096: Are you worthy of the advantages your teammates gave you?
"Virtue's male gun slides forward, and the EQ of the empty bullet is extremely smooth, harvesting Swift's life!"
Hallucination's originally calm tone rarely became impassioned.
There was thunderous applause in the performing arts center!
VG supporters, who had the numerical advantage, cheered in the audience, cheering for their home team!
On the big screen at the scene, the contest between VG and NB has entered the end of the second round.
The kill ratio between the two sides was 22:8!
Accompanied by the cold female voice of the system, Gu Xing operated the male gun and sent the mid laner Dade away with the last bullet in the barrel!
The group is destroyed!
"VG is advancing with great success, ready to bulldoze the opponent's base!"
I remember my voice was loud and powerful, "They are going to defeat NB 2-0 and end the inter-group round robin with a complete victory!"
"Although Virtue was targeted in the early stages of this game and died twice in a row, he still managed to recover from the disadvantage by relying on his perfect performance in team battles!"
Huan Huan has become a huge fan of Gu Xing and highly praises him, "Virtue's current abilities are very comprehensive and NB can't limit them at all!"
Seeing the NB main crystal broken and separated, Gu Xing finally relaxed and moved his tense body.
VG is invincible along the way and will naturally be studied in depth by other teams.
The game tapes have to be watched over and over again by the opposing coaching staff.
Gu Xing, who was in the limelight for a while, was definitely the one to take care of.
First of all, he is a jungler, the current offensive spearhead of the team. If he can be suppressed to death, the entire VG team will be like a stagnant pool of lifeless water during the laning period.
Secondly, Gu Xing is a newcomer.
Compared to veterans like Imp and Easyhoon, newcomers are easier to target, and once they are at a disadvantage, it is easy to lose their mental balance.
NB did exactly this in this game.
They invested a large amount of ban positions in Gu Xing, and then let the mid laner Dade choose Malzahar.
When I got stuck at the level 6 node, I didn't rush back to the city to supply equipment online. Instead, I chose to sprint and cooperate with Swift to invade the VG wild area!
When Gu Xing is caught, he immediately uses R [Grip of Hades] to freeze him in place and prevent him from moving!
Swift just needs to be at the side to make up for the damage. The suppression effect of Hades' Grip lasts for 2.5 seconds. Gu Xing doesn't even have any room to operate and can only let the enemy midfielder send him back to the spring.
After two losses, Gu Xing's early development dropped a lot.
However, NB tried to control the Fire Dragon in the 11th minute, but a fatal flaw was exposed.
Gu Xing and his teammates surrounded the river. He used E [quickly draw gun] to go down to the dragon pit, and Q gunpowder bullets to connect the basic attack and punishment. The burst damage was enough to grab the fire dragon from Swift!
Later, he picked up the lantern thrown by the small piece of Thresh and came to a safe location in the river separated by a wall.
The VG players were attacking from two sides, blocking all the NB players in the middle.
The NB on the red side was forced to have no choice but to pass through the pass between the lower river channel and its own blue buff camp and try to retreat and escape.
Brother Long, who got the troll, set up E [Pillar of Ice] to seal the middle area of the pass!
The huge slowing effect makes the entire NB team difficult to move!
The narrow pass gave them nowhere to escape.
Gu Xing hit four people with an R [Ultimate Explosive Bomb], causing explosion damage!
Marquis's vampires sprinted in and killed indiscriminately, and the VG Fire Dragon Group played 0 for 4, instantly establishing a team advantage!
Gu Xing relied on the Fire Dragon team battle to eliminate all the gap in positioning, and even overtook him.
The follow-up is to counter the jungle control map. Xiao Duan is freed from the lane and works with Gu Xing to put pressure on Swift in the jungle.
In the end, victory came naturally!
The spotlight on the dome flashed endlessly, and I remember loudly saying, "Before the summer split started, no one would have expected that VG would show its amazing strength!"
"Their winning streak continues. They currently have 10 wins and have locked in a playoff spot 5 rounds in advance!"
The threshold for the playoffs is the top four in each of AB's two groups.
Now the fifth place in Group B where VG is located is LGD. After the inter-group competition, the Optimistic Family has 4 wins and 7 losses, and their results are slightly dismal.
This means that even if LGD wins the second round of the group round-robin, it will only end with 9 wins and will definitely not be able to squeeze in front of VG.
In short, no matter how bad VG's subsequent games are, they can still enter the playoffs with a guaranteed minimum!
Gu Xing and other team members were very concerned about their results. Knowing that this victory had given them a ticket to the playoffs, they couldn't help but gather together to celebrate.
Brother Long has very rich social experience. Although he is younger than Mr. Hou, he is very open-minded and takes over the task of boosting morale without hesitation.
"There is only the last 1/3 left in the summer split. The road ahead is smooth and smooth. Everyone has put in a lot of effort, but don't let go of your energy. Keep up the good work, brothers!"
He hooked Gu Xing beside him with a smile on his face, "Our goal is definitely not just to reach the playoffs!"
By trading Imp during the transfer period, the club obviously wanted to make a breakthrough in performance.
What's more, with the winning streak up to this point, just entering the playoffs is no longer enough to satisfy Brother Long.
Gu Xing felt the solid strength coming from his shoulders. Hearing the encouragement from his top laner, he couldn't help but feel excited.
The Imp was dissatisfied, and he still looked like he was doing nothing, but it didn't ruin the fun, he just stayed on the edge of the team.
After the short celebration, everyone did not forget to go to the other side of the stage to shake hands with each other.
The NB players looked depressed and had a negative attitude.
I have to say that their performance this summer was very poor.
The club was acquired by NB in the spring, but due to process issues it was not possible to change the name, so it still competes in the league under the name QG.
At that time, QG performed very well and reached the top of LPL for a time. The linkage between Swift and Doinb was extremely efficient and strong.
Known as the Rainbow Team, their playing style is very entertaining, and coupled with the arrival of Uzi, they have attracted many fans.
Everyone thinks that QG will be the favorite to win the Spring Split.
However, the sudden conflicts within the team completely destroyed them, and the midfielder broke up one after another, and a wave of 5 in one minute...
QG's spring split can best be described as anticlimactic.
When the summer split came, Doinb and Uzi left the team one after another, and the club brought in Dade to play the mid laner.
Swift was still holding her breath and wanted to prove one thing to Doinb - your departure will have little impact on us.
It's a pity that God did not fulfill people's wishes.
The moment QG officially changed its name to NB, there seemed to be a bad luck attribute attached to the team.
Several team members were in extremely poor condition and were not adapted to the version, causing the team's performance to plummet.
They fell from the top of the league in the spring split to second from the bottom in the summer split.
Currently in Group A, NB's record is only better than the lousy SAT.
It’s not even as good as the dean’s version of IG, which relies on Song Yijin to carry the load alone!
The strong gap was difficult for the team members to accept.
Losing this game will make NB's hope of advancing to the playoffs even slimmer.
And Doinb, who went to the sub-league to work as a power coach and play in the LPL, became prosperous. Seeing that he could return to the top league after winning the championship, he showed them what cruelty means.
Swift is naturally not happy.
Gu Xing was not very familiar with the NB team members. Seeing the numb expression on the other's side, he wisely kept silent and simply shook hands before going to the center of the stage to bow to the audience in thanks.
When I returned to the lounge, I found that the management of my team was very happy, especially the manager Lu Wenjun, whose face was filled with laughter.
"You handled the fire dragon group really well. You grabbed a dragon and the ultimate damage was maxed out..." Hongmi first praised Gu Xing for a few words, and then changed the subject, "But there are certain problems in the early stage."
After hearing this, Gu Xing quickly admitted, "Indeed, there was no need for me to die in the second wave. I was a little greedy."
At that time, the NB midfielder and jungler broke into the VG jungle area, and he arranged his vision in advance to see the opponent.
Gu Xing did not choose to evacuate immediately.
He also wanted to delay for a while, waiting for his teammates to come to help support, so that the enemy could be surrounded.
But Dade was very decisive and flashed forward R [Grip of Hades] to control Gu Xing!
Swift followed up with Flash and successfully killed him.
At that time, Gu Xing never expected that the other party would be so decisive. He would take action without saying a word, using all his skills to attack him!
NB's midfielder handed over the flash and sent him back to the spring. In the end, Swift sent the tower Dade to escape through a detour, which did not bring much profit to VG.
At this moment, Gu Xing frankly admitted his mistake. After all, he was not a robot.
When there are many competitions, it is inevitable to make mistakes when faced with targets.
Fortunately, the team still won.
Seeing that he had a good attitude in admitting his mistake, Hongmi did not dwell on the issue anymore, but just reminded Gu Xing to be careful in the future.
Gu Xing agreed and came down and ran to join Mr. Hou.
My friend Ding Ran returned to Zhenhai last night and planned to stay with his parents who had returned from a business trip for a while before the start of his freshman year.
It will probably be August when he returns to the Shanghai stock market.
Gu Xing felt bored without a friend to talk to about everything, so he had become very close to Mr. Hou recently.
The heart-to-heart chat late that night made the relationship between the two develop by leaps and bounds, and they became a lot more familiar with each other.
"What is this?" Gu Xing clicked on Mr. Hou's mobile phone interface from the air. There were a lot of Korean characters in it, which he couldn't understand at all.
"I'm en, there is a League of Legends section in the Korean forum," Hou Ye replied casually, "Many netizens are surfing in it."
He learned the usage of surfing from Gu Xing.
Originally, Easyhoon thought it only had a literal meaning. It wasn’t until he saw the surfing emoticon of “Tianyi 3G is too fast” on his jungler’s phone a few days ago that he realized that this Chinese word has such a meaning.
"Is VG popular in Korea?" Gu Xing was very curious.
Mr. Hou shook his head, "It's relatively ordinary. We don't have many fans."
"You and Pupu can't do it either?!" Gu Xing was surprised.
"That's it..." Mr. Hou explained to him in detail.
Gu Xing finally figured it out.
Imp liked to cause trouble in Korea back then, and he was not afraid of it.
Young and energetic, he made wild remarks in every interview, claiming that he would trample his seniors and beat all his opponents to tears.
South Korea is a country that attaches great importance to seniority, and there will basically be no consequences for those who do not respect their seniors.
A player as crazy as Imp is no exception.
Especially in 2013, he won a place to participate in the S3 World Championship with MVPOzone, the predecessor of Samsung White.
As a result, MVPOzone, which had high hopes from Korean netizens, was eliminated in the group stage, becoming the first Korean team in the history of League of Legends to fail to qualify from the group stage!
This is simply a shame and a big insult to Korean netizens!
When MVPOzne was eliminated, Imp's previous arrogant remarks in the country were finally backfired, and his popularity in South Korea fell to the bottom.
Subsequent netizens even sent razors and dead rats to Goo Shengbin, which was no different from a personal threat.
The reason why Imp went to the LPL to develop after the end of the S4 season is because there is too much money here, the team strength is not very strong, and there is still hope of entering the world championship.
The second reason is that he really doesn’t want to stay in Korea to play professionally, so it would be good for him to come out and work in a different environment.
"What about you?" Gu Xing understood why Imp was not loved by Korean netizens, and looked at Mr. Hou in confusion, "With your kind of character...and the world championship, why are you not popular?"
In his opinion, the Marquis is a humble man and even has no black spots, so he should be very respected in South Korea.
Easyhoon spread his hands helplessly, "From S3 to now, South Korea has won a total of three S tournaments. Although there are two winning teams, in fact, except for Bengi and Faker, they are three different groups of players..."
"More than ten people have won the world championship, and I am still Faker's rotation. How many people do you think will pay attention to me?"
The reason why champion players are valuable is because things are rare and valuable.
But the LCK has won the championship for three consecutive years, and the identity of a World Championship champion is no longer so eye-catching.
Entering SKT and competing with Lee Sang Hyuk for the job gave Mr. Hou his initial popularity.
But it is precisely because of this important identity that Hou Ye's popularity has always been tepid, and he was firmly suppressed by Faker.
The two Korean players are not very popular in South Korea, and VG's remaining three starting players are all Chinese who have never appeared in the global finals.
It’s not hard to understand why the team as a whole is less popular.
Mr. Hou showed a smile, "But some time ago, many netizens were discussing you on the forum."
"Me?" Gu Xing didn't respond.
"Yes, especially when you and Xiang He were scheduled together that day. There were a lot of posts on the forum at that time." Mr. Hou showed him his phone.
In the global League of Legends field, Lee Sang Hyuk has the largest traffic.
There are updates about his ranking on the Korean Net every day, and there are fans who are making ranking highlights for Faker for free.
Gu Xing was the one who took advantage of the situation this time.
He looked at the Korean language on the screen and was curious about how these foreign audiences would evaluate him. "Can you translate it for me?"
Mr. Hou slid his slender fingers on the screen and scanned the comments.
"The first few posts are all about Faker's popularity, which makes famous players express their love."
He turned the page and found an article about Gu Xing, "This netizen said that he is following LPL games and thinks you are very strong."
Gu Xing was secretly happy, it was useful to praise a stranger, "What else is there?"
"Someone is praising your academic qualifications," Mr. Hou browsed carefully. "Here are the news reports where you previously broadcasted that you were admitted to college..."
This press release was in Chinese, and was later translated into Korean and posted to the forum.
There are also dozens of comments below.
[What level is Fudan University? I only know that there is Qingbei in China]
[Probably similar to our SKY...]
【Is this kind of academic qualification required for e-sports now? 】
【horrible????】
"?It means laugh," Mr. Hou said softly, "It's similar to the Chinese hehe."
"Haha, now it doesn't just mean laughing..." Gu Xing complained, then focused on the comment, "What does SKY mean?"
"They are commonly known as the three sky universities in our country, Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University. Their initials together are SKY..." Mr. Hou explained, "They are the three most famous and strongest universities in our country. .”
"Is this so..." Gu Xing understood.
"The following is a comparison between you, Peanut and blank. You three are similar in age and have performed well in your respective divisions."
The Marquis' words made Gu Xing immediately prick up his ears and listen carefully, "What did they say?"
"The evaluation is not high," Easyhoon rubbed his eyebrows, "Everyone generally feels that the LPL cannot be compared with the LCK now, even if we win 8 consecutive games, it will be useless."
Gu Xing thought for a moment and said, "What they said is correct."
The gap between the two leagues is indeed huge now.
Even many domestic netizens doubt that the top teams in the LPL will not even make it to the playoffs in the LCK.
"What does this mean?" Gu Xing clicked on the comment with the most words.
The Marquis glanced at him this time, his expression slightly hesitant, obviously hesitating whether to say something or not.
"You can just translate," Gu Xing said very freely, "My ability to withstand stress is pretty good."
Seeing that his jungler really didn't care much, the Marquis spoke slowly.
"Peanut and Blank were both young players born in 1998. According to the data, Virtue's birthday was at the end of 1997. It was too late to start his career. In terms of talent and potential, he is definitely not as good as the other two junglers."
"Little Peanut was already the runner-up in the league when he just turned 18, and Blank even won the M Private Championship. The question is, what kind of champion is Virtue now?"
When Gu Xing heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
He was amused by what the netizens said, but he had to admit that what they said did make some sense.
No matter how fiercely he kills in the regular season, he still has no real honor.
And it is indeed a bit late for Gu Xing to enter the professional arena.
During the previous trials, it was precisely because of his age that several teams did not offer him an olive branch, but instead favored Jack.
However, Gu Xing feels that if he had to go back to high school and have it all over again, he would still not choose to enter the professional arena early.
Studying is his retreat and protection.
"What are you looking at?" Jack appeared behind the two of them and put his big head on their shoulders.
"Look at the comments on Korean websites..." Gu Xing patted Jack's big head, "Let's go eat, Brother Duan has already finished the interview!"
He looks particularly happy today.
Yesterday morning, Gu Xing received the first monthly income of his career.
A basic salary of 22,000 yuan, a bonus of 16,000 yuan for winning 8 MVPs in June and a live broadcast contract, totaling 46,930.7 yuan after tax.
Gu Xing felt that this amount of money was not a small amount for him.
The key is that looking at the soaring balance in the bank card, I feel a lot more at ease!
The atmosphere of the team these days is also bright and joyful.
With a winning streak all the way and no performance pressure, the players became more confident in their playing style.
However, Imp has seen the team flourish, and there have been signs of checking in for training recently.
In the first two weeks before facing EDG, Goo Shengbin trained intensively for 15 hours every day. After defeating his old rival Deft, he relaxed immediately.
Now I have returned to the pattern of entering the training room to work and being the first to leave the room at night, exactly the same as at the beginning of the season.
During the Red Rice period, I have been sitting on the sidelines.
He sees everything.
But I have to wait for an opportunity before I can put my words on the table.
Now that the team has won consecutive games, Hongmi knows that it is useless even if he looks for Imp. Gu Shengbin will use recent results to refute him.
Of course, Homme will not deliberately let VG lose the game because of this matter.
Just wait and see what happens.
Hongmi, who has been in the League of Legends e-sports circle for four or five years, knows very well that a sudden increase in training volume will not have an immediate effect on professional players.
But once the dosage is reduced, it will greatly affect the players’ on-the-spot judgment!
On July 8, VG officially started the second round of intra-group round-robin competition.
The first opponent is Planet Light OMG.
Previously, OMG was at the bottom of Group B and their state was extremely poor.
In the collision between the top spot and the crane tail, netizens thought that VG would win easily.
The result surprised them.
VG was in a tough fight in the first game.
Gu Xing chose Rek'Sai, hoping to help the bottom lane open up the situation during the laning phase.
However, Imp made a careless move in order to control the lane, and was hit by OMG's assistant Xiao Wu's Thresh hook!
Immediately afterwards, Lucian, the old thief of Sima, used a set of combos to catch up with the flash and kill Imp first!
Seeing that the opponent's duo was in good condition, Gu Xing did not dare to take action forcefully, so he gave up in frustration.
But this wave of rewards was more than just a first-blood bounty worth 400 gold coins. Gu Xing's rhythm was also affected.
He was happy to catch it once in the bottom lane, and he could eat enough with a human head.
But in this way, Gu Xing not only failed to get the kill bounty, but also disrupted the jungle route.
Later, Gu Xing did not give up helping the bottom lane.
"Virtue is still coming, and he insists on helping Imp to open up the situation!" Su Xiaoyan was surprised by Gu Xing's persistence, "But VG is already at a disadvantage in the bottom lane!"
Su Xiaoyan knows that there is a popular saying in the jungle position.
Help the good but not the bad.
By helping the dominant lane expand its lead and tearing open the enemy's wounds, the benefits obtained will be higher, and the combat effectiveness of the dominant lane will be more guaranteed. You won't be afraid of counter-crouching when you go there for a surprise attack.
You basically don’t need to worry about the disadvantaged road, just let it go.
But in this game, Gu Xing was determined to help the bottom laner who was knocked out of the lane and killed earlier!
Partner Changmao glanced at the lineups of both sides and explained in his unique slow voice:
"It's not that we can't understand that helping the superior but not the inferior does not apply to all games. Generally speaking, the point of view is correct, but this game is an exception."
Changmao spoke slowly, and his hypnosis skills were not inferior to those of hallucinations. It would be the end of the world if the two of them partnered up.
"With the BP over, VG has set the tone for this game. They must help the bottom lane to fight. Once Imp loses its advantage, the team will have to wait until the late stage for Hou Ye's yellow chicken to take over the game."
OMG is really not strong.
Judging from the player configuration alone, top laner Frozen Sunset’s level is limited, but playing a tank in the front row is okay.
As a mid laner who has risen in recent years, mid laner Icon has a fierce laning style and has a lot of solo kills.
The combination of Sima Laothief + Xiaowu in the bottom lane is considered a first-class goalkeeper in the LPL.
It doesn't look like a bottom relegation team at all.
But the key issue is the mid-term processing after the line transfer.
The team members led by Icon often get lost and send out several waves of big rhythm.
All the kills obtained in the early stage can be sent back in one wave in the mid-term, allowing the opponent to collect neutral resources.
The coaching staff couldn't teach anything, and the players were extremely confused and had no idea what to do.
Gu Xing grabbed OMG's pain point and hit it hard.
In the mid-term, I relied on my matchup advantage and squatted in the jungle to catch OMG's lone player.
"The old thief wants to eat the sheets!" Su Xiaoyan exclaimed.
From the perspective of the old thief Sima, there was a shadow on the side and in front, and Rek'Sai suddenly came over from the other side of the wall with E [Dig Tunnel]!
Flashing forward, the combination of Q [Prey Search] comes out of the ground.
Challenging the punishment and blessing, Rek'Sai's set of damage knocked the old thief down to his remaining health!
"The old thief's treatment is still cooling down, so he can only watch the burning effect of Red Punishment clear his health bar!"
The audience burst into applause, and VG supporters were excited!
Thanks to Gu Xing's help several times, Imp was finally raised.
However, in the later stage of the team battle, he judged that there was a slight problem. In order to deal more damage, he moved too far forward.
This flaw was firmly grasped by Xiao Wu!
Flash + E [Pendulum of Doom]!
Once the Imp is brushed back, it's too late to retreat.
OMG rush him to death like a mad dog!
This wave of teamfight failures resulted in the team losing the Baron.
Fortunately, in the later stage, the Marquis was powerful enough to save the situation.
The sand soldiers operating the Yellow Chicken charge forward, causing huge area damage. Gu Xing and Brother Long are like bodyguards, guarding the Marquis, and the Yellow Chicken moves forward like a bulldozer!
After a fierce battle for 39 minutes, Easyhoon's wave of sand soldiers stabbed OMG's double C to low health, and finally won the victory with difficulty.
In the second game, Imp became much more stable in the lane.
But when it comes to team fights, he gets sick.
In fact, the problem is not very serious at first glance. It is just a matter of moving two steps ahead, or there are small flaws in the judgment of skills and damage.
But in the LPL arena, if the ADC, who is the core of the team's output, makes such a mistake, it will be fatal.
A wave of team battles failed in the mid-term, causing VG to be bulldozed on both sides of the high ground.
The team's disadvantage was too huge. OMG got lost and gave away several opportunities, but VG failed to turn the situation around!
He could only watch helplessly as the other party pushed away his own crystal!
"OMG ended VG's winning streak in small games!" Su Xiaoyan's voice trembled with excitement, "Virtue suffered its first defeat in her career!"
After going through a roller coaster in 2015, OMG fans were mostly dispersed by the breakup and results.
There were not many OMG fans at the scene. They were quite surprised by the performance of the home team, and they burst out with a few shouts!
Gu Xing was helpless.
A month into his professional career, this was the first time he witnessed an explosion at his home base on the field.
The reaction to the barrage in the event live broadcast room was extremely violent.
[I’m so stupid, I never dreamed that OMG could beat VG!]
[I originally thought that a team of at least the level of RNG would be able to break the golden body, but I didn’t expect that I would fall to OMG?]
[Old 59E burst into tears, this planet keeps spinning, day by day, month by year, year by year...]
[Imp, are you hammering? Bobo died suddenly in a team battle and didn’t wake up? 】
[Are you being too careless and treating OMG like a dish?]
"My, my, my..." Gu Shengbin blushed and apologized to his teammates, "There is something wrong with my condition today."
The game wasn't over yet, and Gu Xing didn't want to blame him, "It's okay, it's just a regular season game, it's no big deal."
Hongmi showed its attitude with tactical adjustments.
He asked Brother Long and Ye Hou to use more offensive heroes, shifting the team's focus to the top half.
The adjustment was fruitful.
There is indeed a gap in the hard power of the two sides.
Even though the tactic of forcing the upper half is not what VG is good at, it still established a certain advantage during the laning period.
When the lane change begins, Gu Xing and his teammates set up traps in the jungle, open their pockets, and wait for OMG's lost players to come over one by one and kill them.
In 34 minutes, VG finally defeated OMG!
Under the score of 2:1, there are crises and loopholes hidden.
As soon as Gu Xing returned to the backstage lounge with his peripherals in his arms, Hongmi fired at Imp, "Can you tell me what you are doing today?"
Gu Shengbin, who is usually very crazy, was reluctant to say anything when faced with Big Brother's questioning.
"You had such an advantage in Kalista in the first two games, and you fought like this in a team, are you worthy of the advantage your teammates gave you?!" Hongmi was furious.
There was a muffled sound!
He slapped hard and successfully weakened a little of the table's health.