As EDG won the first place in the group stage and advanced to the knockout rounds, major media began to rush to report on it.
Not for anything else, just because they defeated the powerful SKT to reach the first place.
For the LPL, the SKT team is different from other LCK teams.
The LPL has been suppressed by SKT for too long. Even if SKT is not as strong as it used to be, defeating SKT is still what LPL viewers want to see most.
You must know that before the game begins, Riot Games officially announced this year's rankings of major teams.
Three LCK teams are in the top three, but EDG, the number one seed in the LPL, was ranked fourth.
This shows that EDG is not favored by Riot Games and cannot even make it into the top three.
But now, EDG has defeated SKT, the second-placed player in this ranking.
It can be regarded as a slap in the face of Riot officials, and it can be regarded as proof for the LPL.
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In the hotel, Su Ye is watching the game live with the water friends.
They are in Group A and the first group to end the group stage, but at this time the competition in other groups is still going on.
They are not opponents in the group stage, so they don't need to pay too much attention to the teams in other groups.
But it was completely different after the group stage.
He didn't know who his opponent would be in the knockout round, so Su Ye had to start watching the game with his water friends before that.
Also to see which teams pose a threat to them.
No, the Group B match is in progress.
LZ and FNC are also competing for the first place in Group B at this time.
In the live broadcast room, fans were discussing the situation of Group B.
"I feel like this year's FNC has something special. They can actually play back and forth with KZ, and they even beat LZ in a game before."
"Indeed, as expected, teams in other divisions are also growing now, and the LCK's notification status may not be good."
"How should I put it? Both sides are likely to get the first place in Group B. It just depends on this last one."
"Anyway, EDG, which we support, has already advanced. It doesn't matter who comes first among them."
After looking at the barrage, Su Ye began to analyze the game situation.
"The LZ team is playing the upper jungle. This game depends on whether FNC's upper jungle can withstand it. If LZ's upper jungle is penetrated by the opponent's upper jungle, then FNC will definitely not win."
"However, FNC's bottom lane may be strong, but it will definitely not be able to withstand it in the middle of the game."
As soon as Su Ye said these words, some of the quarrelsome water friends were not happy.
Before the game even started, Su Ye began to draw conclusions, allowing those who were already small fans to start making excuses.
"Good guy, you're pretending, aren't you? You're just analyzing it here before the fight begins. Do you think you're a professional commentator?"
"No, he thinks he is a professional analyst. He feels like he is about to be slapped in the face."
"Playing the game is okay, but I feel like you're not good at analyzing the game, little brother."
Looking at the barrage, Su Ye was not angry.
But Su Ye's next operation made those little black guys dumbfounded.
Su Ye predicted the selections of both sides in this game. From banning players to selecting players, Su Ye's guesses were all correct.
Even if there is any uncertainty, it is still one of the two heroes proposed by Su Ye.
Seeing that Su Ye's analysis was so accurate, fans who supported Su Ye in the live broadcast room began to criticize him on the barrage.
"What do you mean, little guys? Has Brother Ye's understanding of the game been recognized by you guys? Can you do it just by analyzing the lineup?"
"You guys can only rely on one mouth, and nothing else will do."
"Except for their mouths, these little black guys are hard-core."
"It's awesome. This analysis is really awesome. Brother Yezi's understanding of the game is really scary."
Seeing that what he said had an effect, Su Ye smiled slightly and continued to watch the game.
Twenty minutes later, LZ successfully won the game.
Surprisingly, all Su Ye's guesses in the game were verified one by one.
LZ did rely on its upper lane to win the game, but what surprised Su Ye was that LZ's bottom lane also performed very well in this set.
Everyone knows that the main core of FNC is the ADC in the bottom lane, and Ou Cheng has always been FNC's big leg in the bottom lane.
In their own local division, Ou Cheng's ADC can produce very good results in the bottom lane.
But this time when facing LZ, they were defeated.
LZ's bottom lane even suppressed Ou Cheng in last-hitting.
This was something Su Ye had not thought of before. Su Ye also paid special attention to the LZ team.
This team seemed to be much stronger than he had previously thought.
Picking up the notebook he had prepared, Su Ye recorded what he had just discovered.
As the saying goes, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Recording these important things will be helpful for subsequent competitions.
Although Su Ye is not a professional analyst, analysts may not be able to see what he can see in the game.
With this important information, Abramovich can also better designate tactics.
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Time flies very quickly, and in the blink of an eye the top eight have been born.
According to competition regulations, the top two teams in the four groups will advance to the quarterfinals.
They are:
Group A: EDG, SKT.
Group B: LZ, FNC.
Group C: SSG, G2.
Group D: WE, TSM.
What surprised Su Ye was that RNG did not enter the quarterfinals.
You must know that in the previous life, RNG entered the quarterfinals and lost in five fierce battles with SKT in the semifinals.
Unexpectedly, RNG in this world has never even heard of the group stage and stopped early in the top 16.
After thinking for a while, Su Ye felt relieved.
After all, there was no such person like him in the previous life. From the time he appeared in the professional arena and made a mark, the gears of the world began to shift.
It makes perfect sense that everything that follows is different from the original world.
The group draw was finally decided later.
EDG's opponent in the quarterfinals is TSM. The strength of this LCS champion cannot be underestimated.
As a permanent team in the global finals, they can be seen in the World Championship almost every year.
The players on the team are also well-known players.
This is bound to be a tough battle for EDG.
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In the week before the game, the EDG players trained extremely hard.
They watched all of TSM's games this year several times in order to better understand TSM's playing style.
It is obvious that the double C in TSM team is their core.
Bjergsen and Big Brother are well known to the audience even in the LPL. This is due to their super strength.
TSM is unbeatable in the LCS division, and there is no opponent for them in the entire LCS division.
They are actually quite similar to this year's EDG script. They also had a big winning streak in the summer regular season and easily defeated their opponents in the playoffs.
This is why EDG studies TSM so thoroughly.
They don't want to lose the game.
Entering the quarterfinals is just a small goal for EDG. Their real goal is to win the championship.
As the champions of this year's Mid-Season Invitational, they will not allow themselves to fall in the quarterfinals.
…
Time flies so fast, a week has passed in the blink of an eye.
As the first team to participate in the quarterfinals, the EDG players arrived at the game early.
The place was still crowded.
This is the advantage of playing at home. Most of the fans who entered the scene were wearing EDG uniforms, including Zhou Shuyi.
Zhou Shuyi's dress today is very special, she looks like a loyal EDG fan.
Not only wearing a standard EDG uniform, he also wore a hat with Su Ye's face on it.
He even had small stickers of Su Ye and EDG on his face.
Of course, she will definitely start a live broadcast at this time.
Now that we have entered the knockout round, every next game will be about staying or staying.
The audience friends were also very enthusiastic. Although they could not go to the scene, they could view the scene through Zhou Shuyi's lens.
"Wow, is the EDG game finally going to start? It's been so hard to wait this week."
"Should I say it or not, today I, EDG, are bound to win over TSM and reach the semi-finals."
"I feel like TSM is not that easy to beat. This team is very fierce."
"Come on, that's all. For the rest, we just need to believe in EDG and Brother Yezi."
"It's true, brothers, put your cheers on the public screen. Come on, come on."
Not only the fans on the barrage were enthusiastic, but so were the audience at the scene.
Their cheers sounded like a roaring tsunami in the stadium.
As the sound of the music changed, the players from EDG and TSM slowly walked out of the player fast lane.
The camera turned to the commentary box. Today's commentators are Duoduo, Tong Xi and Guan Zeyuan.
After knowing that the camera was given to them, they began to discuss it.
Duoduo said first.
"Hello, viewers, welcome to the quarterfinals of the League of Legends S7 Global Finals. Today's game is between EDG and TSM."
"I think everyone has been looking forward to this game for a long time like me. Today we finally waited for the quarterfinals to begin. I hope EDG will cheer."
Tong Xi also said.
"Yes, this game has attracted much attention as the first stop of the quarterfinals. Both teams are the No. 1 seeds in their respective divisions. It is normal for them to meet in the quarterfinals."
"But I still hope that EDG can win the final victory, come on EDG."
Both commentators have already stated their positions. At this time, Guan Zeyuan naturally did not dare to support other teams in the official live broadcast room.
"Yes, judging from previous games, EDG's victory today is quite big. As long as EDG's players can perform stably today, I feel that defeating TSM is not a big problem."
Amid the discussions among water friends, BP has already begun on the field.
In the ban phase, EDG chose to ban Ryze, Ezreal and Kalista.
TSM, on the other hand, banned Big Mouth, Demacia Prince and Xayah.
In the first round of selection, TSM won Zhumei.
This hero has a very high status in the jungle in the current version, and basically there will be a team selection when he is released.
After all, this is a versatile choice, and it will definitely be no problem to take it out.
Next, EDG took down Lulu and Xiaopao.
Xia and Dazui, two powerful heroes, have been banned, so there is no problem for the bottom duo to take them first.
TSM continues to add Varus and Braum.
Third-hand EDG selection of wine barrels.
The choices made by both sides in the first three moves were normal, and they basically chose strong heroes.
The second round of bans began, with EDG banning Galio and Vampire.
TSM banned Jace and Kassadin.
Su Ye chose the top lane position in the first set.
Compared with the jungler and mid laner who always need to lead the rhythm, Su Ye felt that he should take it easy in the first set.
The top lane position is definitely much easier than those two positions.
Abu walked to Su Ye and asked Su Ye what he thought.
"Give me a counter position. First choose a mid laner for my junior. I'll see what hero the opponent chooses and then decide."
If someone else said that, the junior would definitely fall out at this time.
He is a mid laner and one of the double Cs cannot get the counter position.
But if this person was Su Ye, the junior would not dare to complain.
There is no way, everyone knows who is the real leader of EDG.
"Come on Syndra, I'll be stronger in the middle this game."
The junior student expressed his thoughts, and Syndra was chosen the next second.
Next it's TSM's turn.
In the end, TSM chose Airplane and Shen.
Both of these heroes are relatively conventional and have acceptable strength.
It can be regarded as a frequent hero in the current game, and you can’t go wrong choosing it.
The last move came to Su Ye.
"Give me a Galen, I want to play something different this time."
As soon as Su Ye said these words, not only Abu, but also the team members were confused.
They even thought they heard wrongly.
Are you kidding me, Galen?
No one would use this hero to play in a game.
"Brother Ye Zi, are you sure? Are you sure I have chosen you?"
The sister-in-law looked at Su Ye's position with confusion, and then confirmed it again in the team voice.
"Sure, just give me the choice and that's it. Watch my performance this time."
With Su Ye's affirmative answer, before Abu could say anything, the sister-in-law locked Galen instantly.
The moment Galen appeared, the audience burst into thunderous cheers.
Demacia Garen, as a newbie hero, has never even appeared on the professional stage.
For everyone, this hero has few moves and short legs, so he can easily be kited by the enemy.
In this kind of top-level competition, once you are pulled, it is basically gone.
But even in this case, on the stage of the quarterfinals, Su Ye picked Galen in the first set.
The three commentators in the commentary box also looked confused at this moment.
They looked at each other and seemed to think this was incredible.
In the end, it was Guan Zeyuan who spoke first.
"Brother Ye Zi has mastered another black technology. To be honest, I was very surprised when this hero was selected. Galen, there are very few people playing this hero in the rankings."
Duoduo also said this.
"However, the damage of the hero Garen is actually not low. It is relatively high. The damage caused by his ultimate move is terrifying. If it can be used well, this hero may have good effects."
Tong Xi nodded.
"The silence of the Q skill is disgusting. Brother Ye, do you think the hero Garen is too cautious? I feel like they have developed a black technology."
Official live broadcast room.
The barrage of water friends has already exploded.
Where have they seen this kind of scene?
"Here, are you serious? Has my super hero Galen been chosen? I'm numb."
"Hahaha, it has to be my brother Ye Zi. I know that brother Ye Zi will not play normal heroes when he chooses top lane. No matter what the result is, EDG has already won in my case."
"This is indeed awesome. Let's not talk about the effect of the fight. Brother Yezi's courage in choosing Galen is enough for other players to learn from."
"Brother Ye Zi can even pick a wet nurse as a top laner. I don't think it's a big problem to choose Galen as a top laner."
"Okay, I just like watching this kind of dramatic selection."
For a time, Su Ye's selection aroused the enthusiasm of the audience in the live broadcast room, and even the popularity of the live broadcast room increased a lot.
(End of chapter)
