World6’s voice directly attracted the attention of all members in the training room.
Gu Xing leaned over and took a look.
The match between EDG and ROX is being played live on the world girl’s computer.
Just after a wave of battles, Gu Xingneng guessed that there was something wrong with this wave of team battles.
He was quite curious about what happened.
The director quickly gave playback.
On the monitor screen, Mingkai controlled Olaf, using the teleportation array of his younger brother Ryze R [Warp Path Jump] to reach the back of the next tower of ROX.
Obviously, he is preparing for a wave of four and two in the middle and jungle, forcing the team to gain an advantage!
The two elders of the Tigers, Xuan Ming, huddled under the tower and shut themselves up.
Pray uses Policewoman, a shooter who has a very high demand for tower pushing in the early stage. If he is killed once by jumping over the tower, his development will be greatly affected!
"No matter how you look at it, you are bound to die..." Seeing that the other three ROX team members were in an area far away from the bottom lane, Gu Xing sentenced Xuan Ming and Xuan Ming to death in his heart.
"Don't worry, you'll find out if you keep reading," World Girl said with emotion, "This operation is really outrageous!"
After hearing this, Jack poked his head out curiously and looked around.
In the replay, Clearlove drove Olaf to do his part, taking the lead with an ax in hand, intending to defend his fragile teammates against the tower.
The approach is quite reasonable.
Anyway, he has the ultimate move to avoid control, so he can retreat calmly no matter what.
In line with the spirit of never giving up until the last moment, the Rat King placed bear traps on Mingkai's path.
"Just use your ultimate move and step on the trap to rush forward..." Gu Xing could still picture the scene in his mind.
As a result, Ming Kai was restrained in place by the clamp and did not activate his ultimate move immediately.
Instead, he stood motionless!
The operation of the Rat King paused for a moment visible to the naked eye.
He seemed to be caught off guard by Ming Kai's unconventional behavior.
Then he handed over the headshot A, the rope net and the Q [Peacemaker] piercing bomb!
The defense tower was shot down, and the confinement period of the bear trap was almost over.
Mingkai just opened R [Twilight of the Gods].
Anxious, he rushed towards the two elders Xuan Ming.
After receiving a complete set of combos from the policewoman and two headshots, Clearlove realized something was wrong and wanted to retreat.
In the end, Ming Kai was killed by the bombardment of the defense tower and died tragically outside the tower!
"Ah this..." Gu Xing was stunned, "What's going on?!"
He couldn't understand this operation at all, and his expression was exactly the same as that of the World Girl just now.
It’s not just Gu Xing.
Everyone in the training room who witnessed Ming Kai's operation was stunned and couldn't believe their eyes.
The whole room was filled with gasps and hisses, scrambling to contribute to global warming.
"Director, this is too detailed," World Girl finally regained her composure, "First step on the clamp to allow yourself the longest time control, then use the ultimate move to cancel the passive double resistance bonus, and destroy the policewoman and defense tower. Take all the damage!"
He had a clear view of the black and white attributes, "It's too detailed, even if there is a slight mistake, this wave of factory directors will not die!"
Imp echoed beside him with a smile, "I read the comments on the Korean website last night, and some netizens said that Olaf doesn't need to operate and has hands, so is Clearlove considered a god or devil?"
Gu Chengbin didn't like the factory director.
During the year and a half he was in the Optimistic Team, every time he met Clearlove, he would lament the enemy's awareness of protecting the bottom lane, protecting Deft like a treasure and unable to find any breakthrough point.
The factory manager also often uses cold arrows to seize the bottom lane, always catching Imp by surprise.
And on the other hand.
The shadow of Goo Sungbin's early career came from the game between MVPOzone and WE.
You may never forget the scene of smiling and drinking blood and hitting your own double Dolan with a blood-drinking sword.
Clearlove also had a share of the credit at that time, and he was always able to support his father.
With the blessing of multiple factors, Gu Chengbin naturally disliked Clearlove.
Gu Xing originally thought Mingkai's operation was just a momentary mistake.
Although it's stupid, a good fight afterward might not be able to save the situation.
But then he saw the factory director's incredible performance.
Including but not limited to: Olaf was later caught and couldn't run, his troops were kicked to death by Little Peanut's blind monk touching his eyes and flashing R, he was caught in the bottom lane and was squatted by Little Peanut, and his own duo was killed due to operational errors...
…
Mingkai completely exposed the jungle gap to the audience.
Peanut is like a god of war against him, with all kinds of gorgeous extreme operations at his fingertips, making EDG play around.
After the first two games, EDG trailed 0-2, and it seemed that the situation was over!
It is now dinner time, and the VG training room is filled with the rich aroma of food.
From the staff to the players, no one wanted to go downstairs to eat for fear of missing out on this gluttonous feast.
Gu Xing grabbed a pork chop sandwich. The filling was sprinkled with aromatic cooked onions, and also drizzled with mustard sauce and chili sauce. After one bite, the rich sauce perfectly blended with the aroma of the pork chop without making people feel greasy.
Coupled with the Manchu-Han banquet cooked by Chef Ming Kai, it will stimulate your appetite even more.
"I heard that you had sex at home because you had something to do at home and you went back to China right away?" Xiao Duan picked up a corner of the pizza and stuffed it into his mouth, asking vaguely.
Zhu Xiaolong poured Coke into his mouth, "Yes, they brought in the emergency substitute Koro1 to put out the fire, and now the effect is pretty average..."
Koro1 was put in cold storage by EDG for a long time due to contract salary issues.
If Mou Se's family hadn't been in an emergency this time, as the team's emergency substitute, he wouldn't have had any chance to appear.
Having not participated in team training matches for a long time, Koro1's state has declined rapidly compared with his winning performance in 2015M.
The opposite Smeb is in his prime.
To be honest, even if EDG's two top laners are paired together, they may not be his opponent!
Of course, all of this is not worth mentioning in the face of the jungle gap.
In the third game, Deft finally regained its strength and used the policewoman to drive the rhythm of tower pushing. EDG frequently succeeded in team battles and finally won a small game.
"Can we find any way to deal with ROX from this round?" Jin Wenhyuk asked his coach.
"...It's very difficult," Hongmi pointed at ROX's hero selection, "Smeb even dared to select Sword Princess in the third game, making it clear that he doesn't take EDG seriously."
Sword Princess is completely unusable in the current version.
She has no control skills of her own. In this version, everyone still uses long-hand pulling and pulling. Sword Girl, who is already weak in team fights, looks like a clumsy person in team fights and cannot be of much use.
The only advantage is split pushing from the side.
There is only one way to take Black this one option!
"Besides, ROX is originally a team that focuses on the upper jungle. If Smeb chooses Sword Lady, Little Peanut can't help at all," Hongmi concluded, "So the Tigers' loss in this round has no reference value at all."
Then he changed the subject, "But ROX still exposed something today."
While showing off the beef in his mouth, Hongmi raised his voice to signal the players to pay attention, "The mid laner cast the Star Dragon King, and the pant ro was used continuously in the first two games, and the KDA is perfect."
"This is a hero that ROX has never seen in the group stage."
Since VG and ROX belong to the same half zone and are considered potential competitors, the two teams did not schedule any more training matches after arriving in Chicago to avoid suspicion.
Gu Xing's knowledge of the Tigers was limited to the end of the group stage.
At that time, the crotch players used traditional mages like Victor, which had a bit of an earthbound spirit feel.
Unexpectedly, the style has suddenly changed and now I am playing Dragon King!
Speaking of the Star Casting Dragon King, this hero was launched in the 6.6 version on March 25th along with the qualifying mode. At the same time, Gu Xing received trial training invitations from various clubs and decided to work part-time in the professional arena to earn pocket money.
Time for money.
The unique mechanism of Dragon King made it not popular in the professional arena at first.
The hero itself places too much emphasis on roaming and early and mid-term rhythm. When the game enters the mid-to-late stage, its team battle damage is not as good as that of most traditional mages.
In the version of the summer split that lacked both control and tanking, Dragon King was naturally ignored.
Only some players, led by CLG mid laner Huhi, became the Dragon King’s unique skills.
"It's understandable to appear in the World Championship..." Hongmi said thoughtfully, "In the current version, everyone has no shortage of damage, and there are many squishy tanks that are scarce."
"Although Dragon King can't hit the front row, its output to the back row is pretty good. Coupled with its radiating effect on the side and QE's long-distance team-fighting method, it really fits the version."
Gu Xing took another bite of the sandwich. The grilled pork chop was juicy and juicy, spilling into the bread and mixed with the aroma of butter. The taste was quite unique.
He swallowed the food clean before speaking, "I feel like the Dragon King is a bit like the Rock Bird. It is just a top-level roaming version. The output in the later stage is much inferior, but the ability to retain people is very strong."
Most of the mid laners in the current version are Earthbinders. For example, Ryze has become a popular hero in the game because of the existence of R [Warp Jump].
The appearance principle of the Dragon King is more extreme. The roaming support ability is too strong. To a certain extent, it is very restrained for the Earthbound Spirit character!
Hong Mi cast an approving look, "Chief Que, if Yan Que hadn't been cut so badly, Dragon King probably wouldn't have had anything to do with him in this World Championship."
Sometimes changes in the strength of a single hero may lead to changes in the entire game environment.
The damage-increasing effect of Yanque Q [Stone Penetration] on minions is removed, making her disappear directly from the middle.
It turns out that the heroes with the best support and team fighting capabilities were abolished and replaced by various earthbound spirit characters. Everyone stayed in the lane and kept grinding, waiting for team battles to show their strength again.
The Dragon King came into being in such an environment and became a substitute for the Rock Bird.
"I feel like the Dragon King will have something to say in the next knockout rounds," Gu Xing realized the key point, "If you can cooperate with the jungler and roam, if the opponent chooses a brush in the middle and hangs it in the middle, the pressure on the jungle and side lanes will be too great!
"
"At that time, the Earthbound Spirit will have no choice but to "laugh at his teammates while killing them". He may not be able to delay the formation of his own equipment, and the team will collapse first..."
The girl from the world yelled, "Master Hou, do you know how to use it?"
Li Zhixun, who had been acting as a transparent person next to him before, shook his head repeatedly, "I can't play this kind of hero who emphasizes roaming too much... and it's a bit late to practice now."
He still prefers the traditional mage. The support-oriented rock bird has already made Easyhoon very uncomfortable. After practicing for half of the summer season, he still doesn't have much proficiency.
Now a Dragon King pops up. Just thinking about it makes Li Zhixun's head as big as Yu Wenbo's.
Moreover, as the schedule progresses, from the original one game a day to the current one game a week, it seems that there is more time to practice heroes, but in fact, this is not the case.
The burden of competition training is gradually increasing!
Daily training matches and targeted research on designated enemies take up a lot of energy.
There is less and less time left for players to practice new heroes.
Dragon King is still the kind of character that only the unique skills can be mastered, similar to Ice Bird and Riven.
Because the gameplay mechanism is too special, it requires a lot of practice to improve proficiency.
Easyhoon feels that he may spend time to get started with Dragon King, and finally reach a level that is neither high nor low. It is really not worth it.
"This should be the reason why ROX took out the Dragon King in the quarterfinals. They are sure that many mid laners will not be able to practice it for a while, and it is difficult to imitate this style of play. If someone insists on practicing forcibly, the result will be that they waste energy but get
If you don’t get the desired income, it will only benefit the Tigers without any harm.”
Hongmi didn't care that Li Zhixun couldn't train Dragon King, "It's normal, we can just ban it at worst."
It’s only half a bit, which is still within the acceptable range for VG.
In the training room, everyone was talking among themselves, discussing ROX's style and performance in this world championship.
They are already studying their semi-final opponents.
"EDG can do something!" Jack shouted, "Can we try to delay it until the fifth game?"
In the last game, ROX took out Sword Lady, making it clear that they wanted to tease EDG.
Fortunately, Deft and others fought hard and won the game, saving a glimmer of hope for a comeback.
"If it really drags on to the fifth game, it will probably be ROX's turn to panic." Gu Xing also wanted to see the two sides play the full five games.
He sees the fun and doesn't take it too seriously.
Furthermore, the winners of these two teams will compete with VG in the semi-finals. If the fight can continue, Gu Xing will also be able to get more information about the opponent.
"EDG chooses blind monk..." Jin Wenhe looked at Gu Xing, slightly worried, "Will the factory director use it?"
"Definitely!" Gu Xing said firmly, "There is no jungler who can't blind monk, and Clearlove Li Qing has a very high winning rate!"
During the summer finals, he had gone through Ming Kai's career information.
The blind monk's winning rate is astonishingly high.
Everyone thinks so too.
In the past two days, Gu Xingming must have had some bad luck.
Yesterday, I was chatting with Shen Guanshan and said that Chicago was very safe. Then I turned around and Jin Wenhyuk's wallet was robbed.
Today he said that Clearlove knows blind monk.
Seven minutes into the game, Gu Xing realized his mistake.
The Factory Director is familiar with the gank in the bottom lane. He touches his eyes and pats the floor to slow down. R [Dragon Tail Swing] kicks Grilla to the point where his health is reduced.
Logically speaking, one should use Tianyin Wave to finish the battle to achieve the RQQ kill.
But Mingkai paused for a moment and waited for two seconds before throwing the Tianyin Wave.
At this time, Grilla had already returned to the tower, and he did not dare to trigger the second echo attack to complete the kill!
"No energy!" Gu Xing had a high degree of control over the blind monk and could see through the truth at a glance, "Why did Mingkai press W twice?"
You only need to use the golden bell to touch the eyes. The second stage of W [Iron Shirt] will basically not be used unless it is a duel.
However, Clearlove just used the Iron Shirt and spent too much energy. In the end, R kicked Grella away but was unable to immediately connect to Q!
In the mid-term, it was even more outrageous when Mingkai captured Smeb's Kennen.
R kicked the electric rat away, but Q [Tian Yin Bo] slowed down a step, and Smeb moved sideways to avoid it.
"How can the blind monk's RQQ be empty?" Imp laughed unabashedly, "Clearlove is a dish that makes me laugh harder than ever!"
Many people in the training room have moved to Bengbu.
They really didn't want to laugh out loud when their brother team was about to be eliminated.
But I just couldn't help it.
Brother Long asked Gu Xing with a shy face, "Xiao Gu, did you say that Clearlove is your idol?"
Zhu Xiaolong had seen a video of a passerby qualifying match in which his jungler met the factory director a long time ago, and he had a deep memory of it.
The roots of Gu Xing's ears were blood red.
"Who knew he could perform such unbelievable tricks," he lamented for himself, "I was doing very well before, but why did my crotch suddenly become stretched?"
Factory Director was also considered a representative figure of the map-controlled jungler back then. Compared with Benji, he was a member of the LPL, and his trash talk skills were quite good, and his style was quite lovable.
Gu Xing can't say he likes him very much, after all, Ming Kai does have a lot of black spots off the court.
He just prefers the playing style of the factory director at his peak.
Who would have thought that this world championship would completely tear apart the fig leaf of the factory director.
Gu Xing didn't want to watch anymore and started playing the game to practice farming in preparation for the training match that would be held later.
Clearlove's performance is extremely poor, and Little Peanut will not miss the opportunity to establish an advantage. Currently, it has created a 5.5K economic lead for ROX.
As long as the Tigers play steadily, they will definitely not lose.
There is no need to read any further.
Gu Xing felt that there was something wrong with Mingkai's thinking this time.
It's an operation.
In some respects, map-controlling junglers are indeed more restrained than Peanut.
Mingkai did guess the position of Peanut correctly several times, but often made mistakes due to poor operation and ruined the good game!
To put it simply, it means appearing in the right place at the right time and performing the most outrageous actions.
He didn't know how to evaluate it either.
It was late at night after finishing the training match with H2K.
Gu Xing pushed his score on the US server to fourth place. When the time came to three in the morning, he went to wash up and go to bed.
Lying in bed, he habitually surfs the Internet.
I originally wanted to see how Kangba praised me.
It's a pity that the villain Clearlove stole all the limelight from Gu Xing!
As one of the benchmark players in the LPL, Mingkai has many senior qualifications including the 2015 Mid-Season Championship and FMVP. He can be called a player with a treasure trove of experience.
VG's popularity that swept across Samsung was vulnerable to the director's final blind monk!
Tieba is now full of posts discussing Clearlove.
Only sporadic old posts from yesterday are still praising VG.
Gu Xing had no choice but to click on a few hot posts and browse them.
[One thing to say, is the factory director completely ruined this time? 】
[Laughing, I didn’t expect EDG to win against ROX, and losing to the LCK No. 1 seed wouldn’t be embarrassing, but Mingkai had to choose a blind monk, and he wouldn’t let the audience leave until they laughed to death]
[Olav beats the blind monk, the blind monk beats Olaf, the little peanut is really hard to strike, forehand and backhand teaching]
[Clearlove can’t find a scapegoat this time, right? In S4, Nami was blamed for eating beef noodles, and in S5, Jin Chuanlan was blamed. Isn’t it because of his own cooking this year? 】
[The factory director was eliminated from the top eight for the fourth time, he is really awesome, trash Mingkai, Zi Zi Ba Hua has been in the top eight every year!]
[The output in the last round was 4396, which really made me laugh to death. The damage in the whole game was only higher than that of Meiko’s auxiliary Nami, and I was so embarrassed! 】
Just looking at the damage figure of 4396, it is actually not very low.
After all, the famous scenes of Vayne in 443 and Scorpion in 888 are still vivid in my mind.
Including Gu Xing, in the summer split, he also caused the opposing jungler to have a total output of 2,000.
But the versions are completely different and there is no comparison at all.
In the past, due to the change of lanes, battles broke out infrequently. Everyone's damage was generally low, and the strength of the tanks was too high, making it difficult to cause a lot of damage.
However, the S6 World Championship is a purely damage-bursting version, with a lineup dominated by squishy players, and an average output of 300 points per jungler is considered normal.
Roughly calculated, Mingkai's average damage in the last round was just over 100, which is a very low output.
Gu Xing continued to browse through the posts, and finally found the ported post from the Korean forum.
There is also a translated video of ROX accepting a post-game group interview.
Gu Xing paid special attention to Xiaohuahua, who was also in the jungle position. Some media asked him what he thought of his opponent in the semifinals.
Peanut answered without hesitation, "I remember I mentioned it during the summer split. Virtue players are very strong and performed very well in training matches. You didn't believe it at the time, but now you have seen how powerful they are, right?"
With granny gray hair and a bright smile, the little peanut has a delicate face.
Hearing this answer, the reporters in the audience laughed out loud.
"VG is very strong, but we will do our best to defeat our opponents and reach the finals," Smeb added next to him, "Although I had a feeling in advance that it would be a very difficult battle, ROX did it last year, and I am very confident about it...
…”
Korean netizens obviously don't have that much resentment towards Clearlove, and continued to talk about the interview-related content with a few words of ridicule.
[Little Peanut speaks highly of Virtue]
[Is the SSG that won three to zero any good? It’s definitely not good]
[The two of them seem to have a pretty good relationship, and there is also Jankos. The three brothers are famous for their radical styles. The key is that they have completely different personalities on and off the field]
[The brighter the smile, the heavier the hand will be?]
[ROX should be able to join SKT in the finals and recreate the S5 finals!]
Gu Xing saw the photo of himself and Little Peanut and Jankos in the post. Now it seems that the photo has been widely circulated.
Now he meets Peanut in the semifinals.
I just don’t know if Jankos can make it to the semi-finals...
Facts have proved that Gu Xing was worried too much.
The third day of the quarterfinals.
When H2K faced RNG, their methods were extremely cruel.
Mala Xiang Guo entered the World Championship for the first time and was in relatively average condition, and was defeated by Jankos.
Xiaohu also showed a very low limit.
Malzahar can put R [Grasp of the Underworld] on Olaf's head when Jankos opened it up, which shows his status!
Yue Lun Ryu can get whatever he wants from Xiaohu's head, playing like a god of war.
Uzi didn't get any advantage when facing Otu.
Mata was still playing tricks in the crucial round. When Zyra was chosen, the cornerstone talent was chosen [Windspeaker's Blessing]!
Normally, this talent is worn by soft assistants with recovery or shields such as Nami and Karma.
Zyra was covered in damage and couldn't trigger the Windspeaker at all.
The whole VG team played a training match with TSM in the hotel. They watched the whole game in bits and pieces and were amused by Mata's weird talent selection.
RNG is counting on top laner Looper to provide some help on the single lane end.
A lonely tree cannot support itself.
In the end, H2K defeated RNG three to one and advanced to the semifinals!
The winner of the fourth New York ticket is SKT.
Since the top eight draw ceremony ended, North American audiences have been prepared for TSM to be eliminated in the top eight.
They won the first place in Group D, which had the worst overall strength, but they were very unlucky and met the second place SKT in Group A of the death group.
There was no doubt about the outcome of this matchup. KT showed a very strong level of competition and used Xiaohei to defeat TSM in three straight games. The entire series lasted only one and a half hours, and they easily defeated TSM!
Gu Xing returned to the hotel room and took advantage of his break to finish the game. He turned off his phone and frowned.
"I feel like SKT's intensity is much higher now than in the group stage..."
"The level is indeed better. I felt a little bit at ease throughout the whole process. I didn't take TSM seriously at all. I just used regular play to crush them with hard power." Jack, who was next to me, also thought the same way. "What if we meet SKT in the finals?"
, I guess it will be another hard battle.”
Gu Xing thought about it and stopped in time, "Don't worry about things that are so far away, we haven't won the semi-finals yet."
Seeing this, Jack stopped talking and started chatting, "Tomorrow, Xiang Guo and the factory director will also have an afternoon flight?"
"Yes," Gu Xing took the time to have a meal with a few familiar friends from the same competition area at noon and learned their flight information, "Let's go together tomorrow."
Before going to bed, he opened the curtains and took one last look at the Chicago sky.
The stars are bright, the moon is bright, and the rays of the stars and the moon are intertwined, as if pouring out a gorgeous smooth path on the ground.
When the light encounters the street lights, three or two shadows are added to the curb stones, staggering and covering the light carpet.
The next day all eight teams gathered at the Chicago Airport again.
It's just different from when we came here. This time, four teams will return home to end their journey to the World Championships.
Hongmi and Edgar were chatting animatedly next to them.
Gu Xingze shook hands with Head An and others and exchanged greetings.
An Bixin patted him on the shoulder and said, "See you at the World Championships next year. I won't be able to drink juice until then!"
The other two LCK teams were present, and Cuvee did not shy away from it, "We are die-hard fans of VG now, Virtue, you must win the championship!"
Gu Xing was prepared this time and knew that Samsung only played with the truth and never concealed it, so he immediately agreed with a smile.
Among the four eliminated teams, EDG's atmosphere was the dullest.
It looked like it was going to disband on the spot.
RNG was slightly better, but not much better. The whole team was as listless as the frost-beaten eggplant.
When Gu Xing was about to board his domestic flight, he went over to hug and say goodbye to the close members of the two brother teams from the same division.
"Come on," Xiangguo said without much energy, but his emotional intelligence finally reached a level, "If you can crush ROX, I'll treat you to dinner when I return to Shanghai."
The factory director also pursed his lips and stared with his signature dull eyes, "Strive for the semi-finals to avenge my brother, little peanut is so embarrassing..."
He hesitated and said no more.
A quarter-final match has now shattered most of Mingkai's self-confidence.
Even though he has a strong ability to adjust and a good attitude, he can't bear the little peanut's harsh attack!
After four games, all domestic and foreign commentators at the time gave a post-game performance comparison, and everyone believed that the jungle position was a perfect 0-10.
The factory director was completely blown away.
Gu Xing didn't say much, he just agreed to find a time to have a dinner together after returning to China.
Farewell to two teams from the same division, he felt a sense of loss.
Xiao Duan also said goodbye to his old friend Uzi, and he muttered sentimentally, "When we came to Chicago, we were all in good order, but soon we were all alone..."
"The only good news is that we can also be a team," World Girl interjected, "H2K and we have a very good relationship. If you look at the LCK next door, the two teams are eager to play a game now to determine the winner."
ROX and SKT have deep feud.
Even if they are in different halves, they will not schedule a training match.
I'm afraid of exposing some tactics and information to the other party.
Even though they are all from the same competition region, in terms of unity, they are not as good as VG and H2K!
Team leader Jin Wenhyuk also sighed, "I just keep my 50 dollars in Chicago... 50 dollars!"
Ding Jun suppressed a smile and promised to reimburse him, and planned to give the team leader a wallet after waiting in New York.
When getting on the plane, Gu Xing suddenly thought of a question.
"Who did SKT make an appointment with for a training match?"
It turns out that during the quarterfinals, SKT could make do with Samsung, but if that didn't work, they would make an appointment with EDG.
But now there are only four teams left.
ROX and VG are both their most vigilant opponents in the finals, and they refused to play training matches when they were in Chicago.
H2K is SKT's direct opponent in the semi-finals, and there is no reason to challenge them.
Looking around, SKT seems to be unable to find a suitable partner for training matches!
"You should practice by yourself, usually play qualifying matches, and conduct customized exercises within the team," Hongmi answered the question, "This is not unusual. If we can enter the finals, we will be in this state during the week of preparation."
"SKT just stopped training games a week early."
Only then did Gu Xing understand.
This was not the case when he participated in the LPL Summer Finals.
At that time, VG also played training matches with several LCK and LPL bubble teams.
Nowadays, all the high-end professional teams in the global League of Legends, except for the top four teams, have gone back to their respective homes to start fishing for holidays. There are no kind people who would take their leave to play training matches with SKT.
Hours of air travel go by in a blink of an eye.
"From San Francisco to Chicago and then to New York, we are crossing the United States, right?" Brother Long was excited.
Jack said loudly, "What New York? It's just a little town!"
In mid-to-late October, the weather in New York was getting colder, so all the team members put on warm sweatshirts before leaving the plane.
I took a simple group photo with the team flag outside the airport, and quickly boarded the bus to check in at the hotel.
"We'd better live near the venue. It's convenient, fast and saves worry and effort," Vincent pointed out to them. "In front of us is Madison Square Garden, where the semifinals are held."
Riot Games has spent a lot of money on this North American World Championship.
The venues rented are considered to be some of the best local landmark venues.
The name of Madison Square Garden is quite loud, and it is also famous in New York.
All major sports and music events are held here.
"Ahead is the Empire State Building. You should have heard of it..."
Vincent is still introducing.
He studied in East Baltimore in the past few years, visited New York a lot, and was familiar with the surroundings of Manhattan.
"Do you know the height of the Empire State Building?"
Hearing Vincent's words, Gu Xing shook his head in confusion.
He is not very interested in the height of buildings. He has only seen the Empire State Building in various pictures and does not know the specific information.
The rest of the VG team members looked at the buildings in the distance through the bus windows, measured the height with their eyes, and roughly guessed the number.
"No, no..." Vincent rejected several answers one after another. Seeing that they really couldn't guess it, he simply refused to give in.
"The real answer is, 443 meters."
He smiled mischievously.
Gu Xing and several domestic team members were all happy, and the atmosphere inside and outside the bus was filled with joy.
Only Redmi and Double C don’t know what’s so funny about this number.
Yu Wenbo laughed heartily and was still explaining to his teammates who didn't know the truth, "When Kid was playing Uzi, he used Vayne to hit 443 damage in the whole game... It's not Vincent. Is this true?"
Vincent responded seriously, "Is it possible that I will lie to you again? If you don't believe it, check it out."
When Gu Chengbin heard the cause and effect of 443, he also gloated and laughed like a mouse, "Kid is too crazy, right?"
He and his child Yu Shen had always had a bad relationship with each other because they were both pursuing a female anchor named Ida Yakiniku.
Imp kept these numbers in mind and planned to make a big move next time he met Kid.
There was laughter and laughter all the way, but when they arrived at the hotel training room, everyone immediately calmed down and devoted themselves to high-intensity training.
The main group training target is still H2K.
Gu Xing and Jankos had at least dozens of duels in the jungle during this period.
The jungle is the position where styles are most likely to be influenced by each other.
There have been too many fights, and the two people's fighting styles are obviously similar to the naked eye.
Gu Xing became more aggressive in the early stage, while Jankos's handling in the mid-to-late stage became more stable and detailed.
During this period, Hong Mi took the players to review the game, and also took out the ROX game alone and explained it in detail.
Except for the Dragon King, the Tigers didn't show many tactics in the quarterfinals.
Therefore, Hme focused on the video of several battles between VG and ROX in the group stage, breaking it down and talking about it, trying not to miss any detail.
"Brother Long, please pay attention. Smeb likes to push the lane and suppress it, and he will also ask Xiao Peanut to help. His offensive node is often the wave of ordinary troops in front of the artillery truck. This is different from the gameplay of most top laners...
…”
He urged and emphasized, "Normally speaking, a series of decisions are made at the time when the artillery and troop lines arrive. Smeb prefers the previous wave of troops, that is, to strike 30 seconds in advance to catch the opponent off guard."
Hongmi didn’t have time to go through the video bit by bit to make a conclusion. Many details were searched out by Xie Tunan’s data analysis team.
As long as the sample size is large enough, you will always find the pattern.
"Smeb did this because he wanted to leave enough time for little Peanut. Peanut is used to going to the bottom lane for a walk when the artillery line arrives. It's not to catch people, but more time to protect."
“For a team like ROX that relies on attacking in the top half, as long as the bottom lane does not collapse and can continue to develop steadily, it is an acceptable result,” Hongmi said. “And the best way to ensure the safety of the bottom lane is
Just when the artillery troop line in the lower lane is refreshed, go to the lower half to defend."
Gu Xing instinctively felt that this was a point that could be exploited.
He planned to watch the video again in private and combine the data to try to find more flaws in Little Peanut.
