In the post-game data panel, Dao Mei’s KDA is magnificent.
4/0/5!
Even though the last wave of groups failed to keep up with the harvesting pace of their teammates, the group participation rate dropped.
However, in the early stages of Gu Xing's battle, there was little help from his sisters, and the battles basically revolved around the middle lane. As a result, Kuro's participation rate was generally reasonable.
At first glance, Li Ruixing's game was basically flawless except for a little lower damage.
However, anyone with a discerning eye knows how outrageous his sword girl's performance is!
Kuro is also well aware of his poor performance. If his teammates weren't so good and his opponents didn't play well, he would definitely lose the game!
It is precisely because of this that Li Ruixing was unhappy until the handshake session after the game.
The sword girl clearly countered Zoe, but in the end, she didn't have any effect at all.
On the contrary, Fengtang made full use of Zoe's flexibility and showed off several times!
Gu Xing saw the worry on his partner's face and rubbed his shoulder to comfort him, but before he could speak, he received an invitation from the official for a post-match interview.
Kuro still naturally took the keyboard and mouse peripherals from him, turned around and walked towards the backstage, but his shoulders were slumped, and even his back looked a little slumped, looking lost.
Gu Xing sighed deeply in his heart, then put a smile on his lips, and under the guidance of the host, he picked up the microphone and said hello to the audience.
"As far as I know, this should be the first time for Virtue players to come to Europe to participate in a competition. There are also many fans who came to support. After winning the first victory of this mid-season tournament, can you share with everyone your feelings at this moment?
"The host asked routinely.
"Before coming to Europe, I had watched a live video of a local match sent by my girlfriend," Gu Xing said truthfully. "I was shocked at the time and prepared for a warm welcome... But I really thought
When we stepped onto the venue, everyone’s enthusiasm was beyond imagination.”
"Being able to win my first victory today is inseparable from everyone's enthusiastic support," he said with a smile on his face, "Thank you everyone for coming to watch my game."
After listening to the translator's narration, the audience in the venue was extremely excited. They waved their cheering sticks harder and harder in their seats, hoping to let Gu Xing experience the power of the white flag of old Paris again.
After the host started with a gentle topic, his words immediately became sharper.
"The first thing that must be acknowledged is that VG won its first victory, but I noticed that the performance in the specific game did not seem to be as dominant as the last world series - that is, the 2017 Global Finals. The rhythm of the game was relatively inconsistent.
"The speech has slowed down a lot," he turned to look at Gu Xing, "Does the Virtue player have anything to say about this?"
The sudden change in interview style made Gu Xing stunned for a moment.
Fortunately, he has been well trained and has adapted to how to deal with hosts of different styles in the past two years.
Now he said his explanation without changing his expression, "The MSI format has one advantage over the World Championship, that is, the conditions for qualifying in the group stage are relatively loose, and it also gives us more room for trial and error, so we can better figure it out."
Clear adapted version.”
Gu Xing even dared to make outrageous remarks that LPL teams will always perform better than LCK in the MSI format.
Because an important part of it is that there is too much time reserved for thinking about the version.
There is a 6-in-4 double round-robin, with a total of 10 BO1 rounds. There are also two points-giving boy divisions in the LMS and Vietnam. As long as there are no consecutive big mistakes, it is not difficult to qualify.
Unlike the World Championship, there are a total of 6 BO1 games. Although there are second and third seeds from other regions in the group, in terms of hard power, they are much stronger than the two points-giving boys in the mid-season.
If you are not careful, you will be knocked out!
The previously mentioned 2016 mid-season Haidilao Limited Edition SKT is a classic case. They lost four consecutive games in the group stage and still managed to win the championship.
In the World Championships, you lost four games in a row in the group stage and half of your body was buried in the soil. Are you still thinking about winning the championship?
Let’s think about the swimming routes for the top 16 first, and prepare to be ridiculed by netizens!
Therefore, both players and netizens know that it is difficult for a strong team to be upset in the group stage of MSI.
As we all know, the LPL is a typical slow-start competition area.
In the final analysis, the coaching staff has to shoulder the blame.
A group of coaches in the division are far less sensitive to the version than the LCK. To put it more exaggeratedly, they are not as sensitive as European coaches. They were able to react and adjust in the second round of the S group stage. The LPL has to wait until the knockout stage to slowly understand and follow the version.
Up to now, the main method is to copy other people's understanding.
If you understand the version thoroughly and everyone is on the same starting line, the overall level of the LPL will not be worse than the LCK next door.
It's a pity that it didn't happen. Due to the slow start of the LPL competition, the S competition group stage can always perform extraordinary things.
But in the already slow-paced MSI group stage, LPL was able to take advantage of it!
Slowly explore the competition environment, and don’t worry about whether you can advance at all. When you have a thorough understanding of the version, you will have good juice from other competition areas in the knockout rounds!
This is how VG plays now. The group stage is mainly about experimenting with fault tolerance, selecting a sword girl for Kuro, and highlighting a confident one.
"So VG has not yet returned to the style of play it is best at, and it is reasonable for the rhythm to be slow," Gu Xing said frankly, "Don't worry too much, we will show dominance at the appropriate time."
The host nodded and asked another question, "Although it's a bit cliché, I still want to ask Virtue players what their goals are for this MSI?"
"Of course, the farther the better," Gu Xing said jokingly. "After all, the European audience is so enthusiastic. I definitely want to stay here for a while and provide more exciting games for everyone."
The local supporters in the stands screamed with excitement, obviously confused by Gu Xing's words.
"Then I wish Virtue players can get what they want, enjoy the cheers of the European audience in the next two weeks, and climb to the top step by step..." the host said politely.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Gu Xing returned the microphone, he quickly returned to the lounge.
Looking around, I found that Kuro had not returned since he had gone out, and Hongmi was not in the room either.
Gu Xing, who was bored, simply lay on the gaming chair and closed his eyes to relax.
They can't leave right away and will face the North American champions TL later.
"What are you having for lunch?" Yu Wenbo kept shaking his legs, "My stomach is growling with hunger!"
It's late afternoon in China. Due to the time difference, Paris is 6 hours behind the times. It's only noon now, and it's time to eat.
It is worth mentioning that Riot’s schedule this time is not friendly to players.
Starting the game in the morning and continuing until the afternoon is more like the work and rest habits of a normal worker, which is completely inconsistent with the night owl characteristics of professional players who stay up all day and come out at night.
If we continue to follow the previous schedule, professional players will still be sleeping at this time!
But there is no other way, Riot must try its best to take care of the audiences in each major competition area.
Especially East Asia, the region that contributes the most to viewership.
If we wait until the evening in Paris to start the game, it will already be early morning in China and KR, and the number of online viewers will undoubtedly be greatly reduced!
Therefore, Riot Games simply moved the game time to the morning, so that viewers in East Asia can watch high-intensity and high-quality games during the evening prime time.
Since the VG team landed in Paris, they have been adjusting to the time difference and schedule, so much so that Yu Wenbo even developed the habit of having lunch.
"Please list the menu," Jin Wenhe stood up, "I will go shopping with Mr. Hou."
"I want a hamburger!" Jack raised his hand, "The kind with a double patty!"
"I can order a leaf salad," Gu Xing strictly disciplined himself. "There is a game in the afternoon. It's easy to get sleepy if you eat too much."
Duan Deliang believed deeply, "Xiao Gu is right!"
At this time, the door was gently pushed open, and Jin Wenhe turned to look, "Brother Ruixing and Chengrong, what do you two want to eat?"
"Huh?" Kuro's voice was hoarse and his eyes were slightly red. Anyone could tell that he was not in high spirits. "Whatever, just give me a glass of iced Americano."
Hongmi, who followed Li Ruixing back to the lounge, became energetic when he heard about lunch. He was not going to play, so of course he didn't want to wrong himself, so he directly ordered a Mexican burrito with onion and black pepper beef, and also included a thick soup.
It sounds very rich.
Duan Deliang joked, "Okay, Hongmi, you're going to make Xiao Gu and I eat the leaves to death, right?"
"That's almost it," Hongmi looked at him disdainfully, "You can stop talking when you make millions of dollars a year. Our coach can't keep up with you!"
"If you make money, you should be professional and responsible!" Homme said righteously.
"...That's true." Duan Deliang suddenly felt more balanced.
Hongmi is already considered to have the highest salary among coaches, but when it comes to players, it is also the same salary level for famous star players.
With so many soft girl coins, why not eat less during the competition?
When the head coach told the team leader about taboo requirements, Song Jinghao came to his midfielder and hit Li Ruixing on the back hard, "What were you doing when you went out with Brother Cheng Rong just now?"
"A 24-year-old man is still crying, right?"
Kuro turned his back and ignored him.
Jack chimed in with great interest, "That's right, people who don't know think we lost the game!"
"When the time comes when your photos are taken by someone with ulterior motives, you will definitely be trending - shocked, VG's mid laner was bullied by his teammates after winning his first win. Tears burst into tears backstage!"
Yu Wenbo was extremely exaggerated, "In two days we will be able to fast forward to the time when jokes about us bullying you are flying all over the place!"
Kuro finally stopped tensing up and laughed out loud. Then he realized that the atmosphere was wrong and quickly stopped his smile.
He intertwined his fingers, hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath and apologized sincerely to his teammates, "The plate is my problem. If it weren't for me, it might have ended long ago..."
Although the first perspective is not as intuitive as the God's perspective, Kuro can still detect how good Gu Xing's rhythm control ability is, almost blocking Moojin's position to death!
It is no exaggeration to say that if the mid laners of both sides swap, VG can win 10 minutes earlier!
"It's nothing, Aimei," Jack waved his short hand, telling Kuro not to take it to heart, "Winning is better than anything else!"
Yu Wenbo firmly believes that victory will cover up all shortcomings.
This is how VG came through last year. They won all the way and there were no flaws in the team that were difficult to make up for.
"If you like to play Sword Girl, just keep choosing!" Yu Wenbo waved his hand.
After Gu Xing heard this, he asked Kuro kindly, "Do you still want to choose Dao Girl next time?"
To be fair, he didn't quite agree with Jack's philosophy of 'as long as you win, then nothing happens'.
If it's an ordinary team, it doesn't matter if the problem is completely exposed before solving it. There is plenty of time anyway.
But VG is different!
As a double-championship team that vows to build a dynasty, if they really have to wait for problems to break out before seeking solutions, they may miss the best window for three consecutive championships!
But Gu Xing had to admit that after seeing Kuro's poor performance in the first game, Jack's strategy of encouraging the opponent to continue choosing the sword girl was very correct.
Because what the team is facing now is the decline of Kuro's hero pool and personal status.
VG came to the mid-season this time and did not bring a substitute mid laner. They could not let Hou Ye perform the "coach is warming up" scene.
So Li Ruixing can only rely on himself to adjust.
There are only two endings in the end, either the sword girl is trained and everyone is happy; or the problem is exposed and Irelia can only be placed in the ban position in the future.
Fortunately, as Gu Xing said in an interview, the MSI group stage is not too important and VG has enough room for error.
Li Ruixing listened to the words of encouragement from his teammates, looked at Hongmi again, recalled the coach's instructions just now, gritted his teeth and said, "I plan to try again."
Before the game started yesterday, he wanted to select Dao Mei twice in a row.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! I just didn’t expect that the effect of the first battle would be so bad, which made Kuro’s guilt towards the team infinitely magnified.
Now seeing that the competition and training department supports him from top to bottom, Li Ruixing feels that he can play another game.
"Sure," Gu Xing happily agreed, "I'll help you catch it as usual. You can just control the line in the early stage and wait for me to come."
Kuro learned his lesson from this game. He cast his skills very accurately during the laning phase and gained first blood from the opponent in his first cooperation with Gu Xing.
But 10 minutes into the game, variables came again.
The two sides gathered a total of 8 heroes including Nakano and Suke to start a duel at the Canyon Pioneer.
Team Liquid had an extremely strong desire to protect the purple-skinned garlic. Although the field of vision near the Dalong Pit was basically under VG's control, they still forced their way in.
Logically speaking, as long as VG does not make mistakes and has the advantage of vision, it is not difficult to win the team battle.
However, Kuro, who was huddled in the grass, saw Team Liquid members rushing towards him, and immediately couldn't hold back his excitement and threw R [Vanguard Blade] out!
The vampire teacher Omu who was at the front was very fast. When he saw Sword Girl flying towards her with her ultimate move, he immediately opened the blood pool to avoid it.
It didn't matter at first, after all, there were Team Liquid members behind Omu.
But Doublelift's Xayah directly activated R [Storm Feather Blade] to evade Sword Girl's ultimate move!
At this point, [Vanguard Blade] has lost all targets and has not collided with any enemy heroes along the way.
So empty!
You must know that in the current version, Sword Girl relies on the rogue disarming mechanism of R [Vanguard Blade] to fight in groups.
Whenever the sword formation is deployed, many people will be affected in the narrow terrain of the upper river channel, and Team Liquid will definitely lose by then!
Now that Kuro has lost his ultimate move, the situation of Dao Mei, who was already very weak in the group, is even more embarrassing!
VG was almost fighting with one less person. As soon as Li Ruixing entered the field, he was caught by his senior brother with a barb. Team Liquid immediately took away the sword girl who had poor stability with a wave of explosion!
In the end, the VG team battle ended in a 4-for-2 exchange, which equaled a loss of two heads!
The only good news is that Gu Xing's punishment is very stable, and he puts the Eye of the Vanguard into his pocket.
However, after losing 4 lives, VG's game rhythm is bound to slow down.
The game once again entered a tug-of-war.
However, Team Liquid was really bad, and its mid-term operations were in a mess. VG took advantage of the weak lane power to switch lanes when the economy was balanced, and the economic gap was widened to about 3K!
Another key point in the entire game occurred at 34 minutes and 40 seconds.
VG pushed the middle and upper lines of troops forward, and then immediately turned to the Dalong Pit, preparing to capture Baron Nash.
As the game entered the middle and late stages, the players' equipment was all in good condition, and Rush Baron was very fast.
Liquid rushed over to stop VG, but was still a step too late.
Gu Xing raised his sword and used the wine barrel's W punishment to increase his killing line, successfully killing the dragon and bathing the whole team in dragon blood!
After obtaining the Baron's Hand BUFF, VG's operational advancement is even stronger!
Liquid retreated steadily. After surrendering a large number of turrets, they saw that the opponent was advancing even further and had no intention of retreating. With no retreat, they decided to fight to the death.
The teamfight intensity between the two sides is obviously not at the same level.
Gu Xing threw his ultimate move [Exploding Barrel] to split Team Liquid's formation, creating a perfect output space for Jack behind him!
Just when VG was about to win a big victory and advance rapidly, Kuro was embarrassed again.
This time the ultimate move [Pioneer Blade] was connected to Gu Xing's Meat, Egg, Onion and Chicken, accurately disarming Damu's vampire.
Without thinking, Li Ruixing stepped forward with Q to cause fatal damage to the enemy.
However, during the rush, Dao Mei completely left the VG formation, and the enemy Pig Girl seized the opportunity and used her Q to collide forward and stun her in place!
Kuro's Q [Blade Impact] was interrupted again!
This is the embarrassing part of Sword Girl's team fight. Fortunately, in the qualifying match, the team fight discipline is not orderly, and few people will specifically set aside skills to interrupt Irelia's entry.
But the professional arena is different!
Even though Team Liquid seems to be a tough team, they are also the champions of the North American division, and they have defeated many enemies along the way!
The liquid jungler deliberately held the pig and kept pushing forward, in order to interrupt Kuro's only way to enter the field!
Unfortunately, the teamfight and economic gap between the two sides is difficult to make up. Even if VG has one less player to provide output in the teamfight, it can still defeat Liquid.
3 for 5, the VG team destroyed TL, and then a wave of flows directly flattened the liquid base!
There was a bit of bitterness in Kuro's smile, which made it clear that he was very dissatisfied with his sword girl's performance.
That night, domestic public opinion also completely fermented.
The VG competition and training department has always supported Kuro, but netizens are not used to it.
[Can you really stop thinking about that bad-ass knife girl of yours? I’m really going to make you puke when you see me]
[Hahahaha, is this the first time that Q has been cut off in a team fight? The ultimate empty move is even more outrageous at NMB. Those who don’t know may think it’s Sun Yeyou who is trying to steal the house for you.]
[As for Kuro, you are worthy of playing Sword Girl in the professional arena? Can you practice your Grasshopper Karma honestly?]
[Keyboard warriors are really awesome. When I saw that everyone in the forum was denouncing Kuro, I thought I was cheating VG, but it turned out that I won completely? A few operational mistakes have caused trouble for you]
[When the Bird's Nest won the championship, they said that VG had the right to be free from spraying for one year. Now they still have to be scolded for winning the game. This is what it looks like across a network cable]
[One thing to say, I suspect that Kuro’s sword girl is not as proficient as Lin Weixiang. Tonight, I think Wan Xiang’s sword girl can kill super gods in the king’s game]
[Also, red rice, you really don’t have any AC value for the sword girl’s strength in your team members? You still choose even though you know the proficiency is not good? I think you are Red Crescent Moon!]
"Have you seen Hongmi?" In the backstage lounge on the second match day, Gu Xing came to the head coach holding his mobile phone, "Everyone on the Internet is trolling you!"
With the help of the excellent translator Li Zhixun, Hongmi easily learned what netizens on domestic e-sports forums were criticizing.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He looked aggrieved, "No, there will be a quarrel in the MSI group stage. Besides, we didn't lose at all, it was just an ugly win..."
"You have to look at how we won before. It was a clean win," Gu Xing said with a smile. "There is a gap compared to now, and the audience will definitely be unhappy."
Even if I explained it in the post-game interview, it would be useless.
People just watch you win the game and get constipated, so they feel resentful, and they have to say something no matter what.
Gu Xing also felt that VG’s tone was too high before, but now that its performance is slightly worse, it is being put on the altar and constantly roasted by the fire of public opinion.
This makes it difficult for the team to practice their lineup for the main game, and they must take into account the pressure of public opinion.
Duan Deliang gloated, "Hongmi was also boomeranged. Yesterday he said that starving on the eve of the game is the responsibility of our professional players. Isn't it your turn now?"
He switched to an idiom with a serious tone and said, "Be honest and take the blame. This is your responsibility as a coach!"
"Go, go, go," Hongmi pushed Duan Deliang angrily, then looked at Kuro, putting on another kind face, "Rui Xing, do you think you want to try Dao Mei again today?"
Li Ruixing shook his head like a rattle, "It's crazy, I guess I won't be able to practice it for the time being."
He seemed to have accepted his fate, lowering his head and letting out a long sigh.
Tieba Public Opinion Kuro also paid attention to it. It is not good to understand Chinese. When his teammates browsed the e-sports forum, Li Ruixing could not control his eyes and wanted to take a look.
Kuro accepted all the criticism from netizens. It was the first time in a year that he was criticized on such a scale, which made Li Ruixing, who had been going smoothly since joining VG, feel at a loss.
"Why don't you try to deal with the sword girl on the opposite side," Jack encouraged with an idea. "It doesn't mean anything if you get blown out in the training match. Maybe you can hold on in the main match?"
"You little bastard wants to trick me, right?!" Kuro is cautious now and naturally doesn't want to take any more risks. "Ban Dao Girl for now."
Hongmi writes down the team members’ needs in a notebook to avoid forgetting them.
Then he led the team to the stage to prepare for the first strong opponent of this mid-season tournament, G2.
After sitting down at the player's seat, Gu Xing saw Imp typing words in the custom room opposite him.
G2 Imp:【qiuqiu re,Kuro ni nengbuneng zaixuan yici daomei?】
【women xiang ying a!】
Li Ruixing immediately became furious.
Cheap or not?!
Which pot should not be opened?
"Shu Gu, let's swim down the lane in this game," he said through gritted teeth, wanting to vent all the emotions he had squeezed in the past two days, "The opponent must be super ghost!"