On the first day of the global competition, the venue was packed with people.
In the middle of the shot captured by the director, a large number of LPL fans were waving props of support, roaring like a mountain and a tsunami with great momentum.
As netizens joked beforehand, they really turned the Baodao match scene into the LPL’s home court!
After the simple opening ceremony, the first game started immediately.
FNC on the blue side, RNG on the red side.
Wawa: "RNG has been in a hot state recently. After the return of the puppy, it has won consecutive victories. I think winning this game should not be a big problem!"
Miller: "You still can't be careless! Just like this year's MSI, who would have thought before the game that SKT was almost swept by G2?"
Changmao: "Indeed! European and American teams often give us surprises, not to mention that the group stage is still BO1, so we need to be careful!"
Entering the BP stage, the differences in characteristics of the two competition areas were immediately revealed.
FNC chose a slower late-game lineup, with Gnar in the top lane, Wild Boar Girl, Grasshopper in the mid lane, and Cannon and Fan Mom in the bottom lane.
At first glance, this lineup is quite solid.
It was a little passive in the early stage, but it was also in line with the characteristics of European teams.
RNG continued the four-guarantee-one strategy, with the top laner Big Bug, the jungler Prince, the mid laner Galio, plus Big Mouth and Morgana in the bottom lane.
The version of the competition server has been updated again, and Galio's strategic value has further declined, and many teams will no longer ban Galio.
On the world stage, WE is the one who promotes the system of doing whatever they want, but RNG is also good at this system!
Wawa: "Brother, do you feel that after seeing these selections, you feel at ease?"
Miller: "This is a lineup that is quite characteristic of our LPL division. I have confidence in it!"
Changmao: "In the past World Championships, we tended to blindly imitate and follow trends. This year, our LPL finally dared to use what we are good at!"
Amidst the cheers of "RNG" on the scene, the game entered the Summoner's Rift.
RNG seems to have a special first-level arrangement. Except for Galio who entered the river from f6, the other four players all touched the triangular grass from the top road.
Obviously, RNG wants Galio to make a facial expression in front of him to attract FNC's attention.
The remaining four people use the connection point control to wait for a destined person to come on the road to do eye-catching.
The cute little Gnar didn't expect the approaching danger at all, so he carelessly came to the river to insert his eyes.
The next second, Xiao Ming's Morgana threw out the Q skill [Dark Imprisonment].
Nal was obviously panicked. When he saw a dark unknown substance flying out of the grass, he quickly turned back and flashed it.
However, Gnar did not adjust the angle in a hurry, and this straightforward flash had no effect at all.
Bang~~~
Gnar was imprisoned, and everyone in RNG rushed forward.
The big bug made up for it with a kick to lift Gnar, allowing Uzi's Big Mouth to get first blood smoothly.
Wawa: "Nice! Xiao Ming's Q is worth thousands of gold!"
Miller: "Naru turned in the flash and was still shot. My sister-in-law is indeed one of our own. She submitted the application like crazy!"
Changmao: "Next, Xiang Guo can come up and catch Gnar who hasn't dodged. With the prince and the big bug, as long as you control it first, you can basically kill it!"
As a top laner from ancient times, SoaZ slipped very seriously on the operational side. The reason why he can still sit still is thanks to his experience and awareness.
To put it bluntly, the easiest point for FNC to break through is the top order!
Just when everyone thought RNG was making a profit as a first-level team, FNC suddenly chose to outflank them, preventing RNG from escaping completely after killing everyone.
The resurrected Gnar TP comes online and uses the boomerang to stick and slow down the RNG army.
Karma fired an rq, and the damage exploded. At the same time, the cannon's e skill [explosive shooting] was attached to Morgana.
The situation has taken a sudden turn, and now it is RNG that is riding a tiger.
Morgana handed over the treatment to restore blood and flashed away to prevent the cannon's e from exploding and splashing onto teammates.
After turning on the taunt switch, Galio stopped the chasing Pig Girl and Gnar, giving everyone a chance to escape.
The birds and beasts with low RNG health were scattered in all directions. After applying a large number of summoner skills, they barely managed to save their lives.
FNC's processing was a bit rough. They were greedy and wanted to keep more, but were reluctant to flash them. In the end, they didn't kill any of them.
Wawa: "It's so dangerous! This wave almost exploded!"
Miller: "No one died in this way. To be honest, FNC's decision-making is quite strange!"
Changmao: "Haha, FNC has always been an international friend of our LPL, an old friend!"
The audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room let out a sigh of relief. Just seeing RNG being surrounded and pursued, their hearts almost jumped into their throats.
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm!
However, as a chain reaction, Xiangguo's prince's rhythm was severely damaged. He had to return to the city to replenish his status before going to the jungle alone.
Not to mention wasting a little time, the prince's early jungle farming was quite painful, which made the difficulty and risk of gank intensified.
The three commentators all lamented that it might be difficult for the prince of the incense pot to find his rhythm in the early stages.
At the critical moment, Xiangguo made a rather bold move.
The prince decisively gave up the wild area and captured him at level three!
Taking advantage of the fact that FNC's bottom lane combination was too aggressive, Prince EQ's second company climbed over the wall of Xiaolong Pit, bypassed the field of vision and came to the triangular grass.
This wave of gank is very important. If it does not achieve results, the prince will undoubtedly suffer a loss on top of a loss!
However, this is the key player of RNG, the hunger strike jungler Mlxg!
The prince waited patiently until his skills improved, and then outflanked him from the triangular grass.
Kalmar's re shield group accelerated, retreated with its small cannon, and then QW was completely thrown on the prince.
The prince and Morgana did not flash. On the other hand, the FNC bottom duo still flashed. They could easily avoid the control and safely retreat to the tower.
Even taking advantage of the situation and counterattack is not impossible!
Xiang Guo was not in a hurry to hand over his skills. He let Karma's w chain hang on his body and walked straight towards Xiao Pao.
Level a triggers the red buff effect, and then activates the w skill [Golden Holy Shield] to stick to the cannon.
The small cannon that was double decelerated instantly seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and RNG's Big Mouth and Morgana behind him also caught up.
In desperation, Xiaopao handed over his w skill [Rocket Jump].
However, Rekkles never expected that at the same time as the cannon took off, the prince threw a one-centimetre e behind him, and made two consecutive shots in reverse that were almost predictable.
The prince's gun shot out like a dragon, magically interrupting the w of the small cannon and flying it down from the air!
Morgana kept up with the control with a steady Q, sprinkled gutter oil on the ground, and continued to consume the cannon's health while firing the thunder.
Rekkles felt regretful. If he had just clicked on the cross-dodge, how would he have been shown off by the prince?
Save skills and save big things!
Before the confinement was over, Xiaopao died under the spit from the big mouth.
Uzi has another head, he is fat and healthy, and his growth is excellent!
Miller: "The reverse eq of Xiangguo directly flew the cannon in the air, so cool!"
Wawa: "Perfect prediction! This wave of Xiangguo is so cool!"
Changmao: "Director, please replay it quickly so that we can watch the wonderful operation of the incense pot just now again!"
