On the second day of the knockout round, NA vs. EU.
As a traditional drama of LOL, this BO5 is full of excitement even before it starts.
The wonderful quotes exchanged between the two sides can be used as a red book of trash talk before the game for other competition areas to study and study again and again.
In the first BO5 battle, the LCS team may have learned from yesterday’s experience and lessons, trying to use inferior horses to deceive the LEC’s superior horses.
However, when P1 was selected for the competition, they met the LEC's mid-level horse MSF.
There is no doubt that the LEC understood the LCS's thoughts in advance and used it to defeat the entire army.
If MSF wins the first game, LEC will send G2 and FNC later, and there is a considerable chance that it can sweep the LCS 3:0 and advance to the next round.
To take a step back, even if MSF loses, as long as the two big brothers are strong enough, they can at least stabilize it until the final game.
The European Rabbitohs' hard power is still better, especially their bottom lane combination, which completely destroyed the P1 bottom lane.
Yue Lun is alone and unable to support himself, so Xiti tries his best to become SVP.
In the second game, LCS sent TSM, while LEC sent FNC.
The two teams fought for nearly 50 minutes. TSM's jungler was fatally out of touch at a critical moment and was caught by FNC in a single second.
FNC took advantage of TSM's downsizing, controlled the Baron and Ancient Dragon without pressure, and played a decisive round under TSM's highland tower.
It's rare for the senior brother to play a carry game, and the burden on Bilson's shoulders is a little lighter, but his teammates are really outrageous and can't carry him!
LCS stands on the edge of the cliff, and they can only place all their hopes on C9.
Now there is only one humble thought in the hearts of all North American players: at least win a round and don’t get swept!
It's a pity that if the fans' prayers were helpful, would the national football team be what it is now?
C9 failed to become the ray of hope for North America and was defeated by G2 with a very targeted lineup.
LCS suffered a zero seal from LEC and was completely nailed to the pillar of shame.
The most innocent ones are none other than the FLY team. They swam home without even playing a game, and they didn’t get any of the spray they deserved.
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The next day, LEC took over and challenged LCK.
There was no upset in the first two rounds of the knockout rounds, so will the same be true in this round?
Judging from the battle records of the two divisions in the group stage, LEC and LCK both scored 2:2, which is evenly matched.
However, BO5 is no better than BO1, and the overall strength of LCK is obviously stronger than LEC.
In the first battle, MSF, which was sent out as a test, ran into LZ.
The European Rabbits, who mainly play the bottom lane, were really bad at this game, and were given a hard lesson by the two veterans Pray and Gorilla.
Khan confidently took out the Sword Lady and directly penetrated MSF's top lane, achieving a superb achievement before the end of the game.
After losing the first battle, the situation became urgent. LEC gritted its teeth and pressed on its own superior horse G2.
LCK anticipated LEC's intention to chase points and arranged for KT to play in the second game.
Facing G2, who often plays unexpectedly, KT, a team with both personal abilities and Korean-style operations, and a brisk rhythm, can undoubtedly have a very good restraint effect.
G2 frowned, having a headache as they bumped into the steel plate of KT.
In comparison, G2 would rather run into SKT or SSG, which are higher in the LCK.
Taking into account the gap in personal abilities online, G2 prepared to win through team battles and picked up a late-game lineup.
KT used a backhand to display strong heroes in the lane, and flourished on the third line in the early stage.
It is no exaggeration to say that KT completely beat G2 in this game.
In the early 20 minutes, KT took an economic lead of nearly 10,000 and knocked down G2's base in one fell swoop.
The suffocating rhythm of the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves presents to the audience the huge disparity in strength between the two sides.
LCK is still strong!
LCK, which won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, pursued the victory and launched SKT to give LEC a fatal blow.
FNC shouldered the expectations of the whole village and went into battle, but could not escape the fate of failure.
The current SKT is very strange. When encountering WE, G2 always plays inexplicably, unable to perform 80% of its strength.
But when encountering other teams, it seems that the condition will improve intermittently and return to the invincible team of kings.
Caps, the new king of Europe, was repeatedly manipulated by Faker in this game, completely fulfilling the nickname "Baby Faker".
Huni has even regained his glory in SoaZ. Just looking at his performance in this game, he can be called a god descending from heaven.
Little Peanut also dares to use Meat Eater to fight in the jungle, and uses his signature blind monk to start a team, dreaming back to the ROX era.
Only SKT's bottom lane was mediocre, and they won by just messing around with the top, middle and jungle, and there was no chance to perform at all.
It tastes a bit like a cruel dish!
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Even though LEC was generally not optimistic about overturning LCK before the game, it was somewhat unexpected that LEC was easily swept out.
LCK's performance in the group stage is definitely not impeccable, and every team has more or less problems.
However, after entering the knockout stage, the LCK coaching staff began to work hard!
LEC's formation completely fell into LCK's calculations. LCK used the team's style of restraint and easily won three games in a row.
Not only that, judging from the state of the BO5 of the three teams, it is obviously much more stable than before.
"I suspect that there are also technical exchanges within the LCK. The lineup that SKT picked today is clearly the most skilled lineup that KT used in the regular season." Abramovich said with a solemn expression.
"LCK's vision and control have become better. They fully learned the lessons from the defeat in the knockout round and improved many details." Feng Ge looked at the information and said.
"The key lies in how to arrange the order of battle tomorrow. Once LEC encounters an opponent with a restrained style, the situation will be quite passive!" Zhuge Liang held an oil-based pen and a tactical pad in his hand, constantly calculating various probabilities.
It is difficult for the players to improve in just one night, so the ability of the coaching staff is tested.
The head coaches of the four teams carefully discussed the order of play and what is the most beneficial situation for the LPL.
The data analysts worked overtime and repeatedly studied today's game videos, trying to catch the LCK team's flaws.
Players not only maintain their ranking but also participate in the strategy formulation process to clarify specific play ideas.
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On the last day of the global competition, the final battle to determine the world's No. 1 division officially kicked off.
The difference from the past is that today the LPL is in the position of defender, while the LCK is the challenger.
There was still half an hour before the game, and a large number of viewers flooded into the live broadcast room.
As usual, there is a VCR session before the game, where the two competition areas exchange harsh words.
In order to show their determination to win, the level of trash talk among LPL players has obviously improved a lot this time.
Not long after, the three commentators, Wa Wa, Miller and Changmao, were in place to warm up before the game.
Wawa: "The day has finally come. There's nothing to say. Just do it and it's done!"
Miller: "In the knockout stage, the LPL defeated the LCK and won the first place. We must believe in our players and coaching staff, and believe that they can bring glory to the LPL!"
Changmao: "It can be said that LPL is still under the darkness of LCK. We have tasted too many failures. However, the more painful it is when we fail, and the happier we will be when we win."
