These days, Keke has been doing live broadcasts with everyone on IG as usual and running in with the new team until late at night.
As the German Cup knockout rounds officially started, everyone from IG rushed to Qing City and checked into the hotel.
After several days of announcements and preparations, the Demacia Cup quarter-finals kicked off on the 26th at the Huaxi Cultural and Sports Center in Qingshi.
First day:
RA defeated TES 3:2 and successfully advanced.
The match between EDG and WE, a veteran team, was also won by EDG with difficulty 3:2.
The next day, the second round of competition kicked off.
JDG defeated BLG 3:1 with their excellent teamwork skills.
Finally, the pressure came to IG, because they were about to face the veteran giant team RNG to compete for the last place in the semi-finals.
Due to IG's former championship status, its showdown with RNG, also an ancient powerhouse, was called the E-Sports Spring Festival Gala.
However, because it was the German Cup, the two sides were not complete, so this game was jokingly called an e-sports year by netizens.
Although Lin Ruoke had long known that RNG would be the champion of this German Cup, she didn't feel any pressure.
Because the task given to her by Su Xiaoluo was very simple, she only needed to play one more game to make up the five appearances she needed to advance to the LPL.
If you win...then keep fighting and go as far as you can.
If she loses, she will pack her bags with Rookie and Baolan and return to IG to prepare for the LPL Spring Split and study the next round of opponents in advance.
So the atmosphere in the IG lounge was relatively relaxed.
Then...
"Congratulations to RNG! Winning the first victory in the game!"
Along with the passionate shouts of the commentators, IG's base was pushed away.
RNG's top laner Langx won the MVP with a record of 7-3-5.
Although Lin Ruoke's goal had been achieved, the team's atmosphere was still a bit depressing after their first defeat.
Taking advantage of the break, Ding Yubo began to review the situation for everyone who looked frustrated.
The combination of Puff + Nanfeng in the bottom lane is still stable, the jungler Chizuru has a good rhythm, and Rookie in the middle is aggressively suppressing.
The problem is getting on the road!
Faced with Rookie's ultimate laning, RNG's Xiaohu had a very clever way of dealing with it.
It’s not terrible to be defeated! Just be brave enough to escape!
Xiaohu chose the Ice Girl to resist the Broiler's Enchantress, and then frequently wandered to the road without fighting in the lane, helping the Wolf Walk's Crocodile to continuously suppress Ornn and expand its advantage.
Although Lin Ruoke wanted to support him, YM's third-generation jungler Xiaolongbao defended him to death.
Coupled with the vision pressure that Ming put on IG, RNG's Betty finally took over the game in the mid-term as a policewoman.
It is not difficult to see that the rhythm point of IG's failure was that the top lane was unable to withstand the pressure of Wolf Line and was repeatedly given opportunities.
So Ding Yubo repeatedly told Zhang Shuai to hold still and wait for Puff and Rookie to exert their strength.
He nodded in agreement, and the second round of the game began.
RNG once again selected the crocodile, and Ding Yubo immediately selected the captain for Zhang Shuai to see if he could hang out with the crocodile online, otherwise he would be a foster father if he just lived with meat.
However, Zhang Shuai made a mistake and handed over the orange in advance. He was caught by the crocodile and had the opportunity to kill him alone!
After gaining the advantage, RNG started a single belt with Crocodile as the core.
When the time came for the second little dragon, the crocodile was the first to teleport into the dragon pit.
The captain followed closely behind, but because he was too close, he was hit by Xiao Ming's Japanese ultimate move and was killed first.
Seeing this scene, Ding Yubo shook his head and said: "This person doesn't use his ultimate move. There is something wrong with his thinking."
If an old captain comes over, he will never move as long as the dragon doesn't move.
Because the captain's ultimate move has a strong suppressive force on the narrow terrain of the Dragon Pit, he can TP to the rear, or lead the line first, and then throw the ultimate move to receive teleportation support when the fight starts.
But due to his lack of experience, when he saw the opponent putting pressure on Baron, he became anxious first and then gave it away!
There is no captain in this wave, so RNG is not afraid of anything, and will directly attack the top four of five and start Xiaolong.
In the end, Chizuru failed to grab the dragon. RNG exchanged 2 for 4 to win the second dragon, and operated with a huge advantage, slowly cannibalizing IG.
RNG2:0, holding the match point!
After the team members returned to the lounge, Ding Yubo, who was embarrassed, asked: "Why didn't that wave use his ultimate move?"
Zhang Shuai knew that he was talking to himself, so he said vaguely: "I thought the other side was going to open a dragon."
Ding Yubo: "How dare you attack the opponent when you have a big move? Are you not good at leading the line? After they activate the dragon, just throw the big move to retreat. If they want to catch it, they have to hit it against your big move. If they don't catch it, we can completely pull it away." Find an opportunity, the worst is to fight for punishment."
After being asked this question, Zhang Shuai fell silent.
Looking at his mobile phone again, it was the scene from the live broadcast room of the game, and the barrage was even more unsightly.
"Two of them! This is a pure beast. If you help me, I won't do it. If you don't help me, it will explode. Bury it quickly!"
"Is this what Chizuru is? When I fight against a weak team, I hit hard! When I fight against RNG, I show my true colors! I only know how to torture people, right?"
"Can this also lead to the seventh sister? After the whole scene, Rookie and the seventh sister are normal people!"
"It's urgent! It's urgent! Incheon filial sons, it's urgent! Pay attention to your nationality!"
The barrage became weird, and Lin Ruoke's head hurt.
To be honest, she really likes the RNG team.
Whether it is the 1.0 version that shone a glimmer of light in the dark age, or the RNG 1.5 version that fought against GEN as the fourth seed in S12 and all members were suffering from illness.
But the only thing she doesn't like is RNG's extreme fans. It's more offensive than IG's cross-dressing fans, and it's even said to be a bit of a mentality.
Seeing Zhang Shuai watching the live broadcast, Ding Yubo said angrily: "Didn't I say it! You are not allowed to watch the live broadcast during the game! You can't understand me? Turn it off!"
This is not because Ding Yubo is evil, but this kind of behavior is very hurtful, especially after losing with a bad record.
Sure enough, Zhang Shuai closed the live broadcast room in obscurity, but his red ears showed that he had entered a red-hot state.
Obviously, the young genius of IG's second team has not experienced setbacks yet, and his mentality is on the verge of collapse under the barrage and successive losses.
This is the insurmountable gap between an ordinary player and a major competition player - the ability to withstand pressure!
In this case, RNG only needs to do one thing, and that is to catch the top lane, tear open the wound,
If IG wants to win, it must let Zhang Shuai adjust his mentality, otherwise he will have to change players.
However, due to the limited German Cup roster, The shy did not travel with the team to the German Cup.
They simply didn't have anyone who could replace Zhang Shuai to deal with Lang Xing's ferocious attack like a gust of wind and rain.
...
...
wrong! They seem to have a top laner!
Looking over, he saw Lin Ruoke patting Zhang Shuai on the shoulder and giving comfort to the beautiful girl.
However, due to the height difference, she had to stand on tiptoes, which made her look very cute.
Feeling that if he continued like this, he would be eliminated in the first round of the knockout rounds. Ding Yubo remembered that Coco seemed to have few players playing top lane in the team's training matches, and the hero pool was unfathomable.
So he made a decision as bold as Kim Sang-cheol's.
"Coco, can you place the order?"
After hearing the coach’s words, everyone on IG said: “???”
Lin Ruoke also tilted her head and said, "Huh?"
It seems to work!
Although getting Zhang Shuai's top lane card won't change anything, Lin Ruoke still has his own small card pack!
At this time, there were three good top laner cards lying inside.
IG-The shy (2018 champion limited card)!
The black shy wearing a military robe has the skill 'God descends to earth'!
IG-The shy (2019 peak limited card)!
Bai Shy, who is standing tall and hugging his chest while wearing a t-shirt, has the skill of being the best top laner in the world!
IG-The shy (2020 Collection Commemorative Card)!
Keep the separated gray shyness in the milk tea, skill 'Don't eat, don't eat'!
