Chapter 118: Tragic group stage, quarterfinal draw?(1/2)
Needless to say anything else, just for the current top spot in Group B, SKT...
All players and players must maintain enough respect for them.
After all, this is the strongest team in the history of LoL e-sports since its popularity, and it is also the current two-time champion of the LOL World Finals.
As for whether you think a wealthy team will be able to do this this year??
Let me tell you a joke, there are three major misconceptions that have been widely circulated in LPL.
"SKT is no longer good, Brother Li has become profitable, and LPL is invincible."
What is an illusion? Just wake up and stop thinking about the series.
From S5 to now, I don’t know how many people think that lck and skt are going to be cold.
To this day, LPL does not dare to say that it is really the best in the world. This cautious and humble attitude is very important for the long-term development of a competition region.
Unfortunately, for some people, God knows how many times they have to be slapped in the face before they realize this truth.
Just like now.
When everyone thought that this year's SKT was in an average state, except for Brother Li, who was confused in all lanes, and the big daddy in the middle lane was unable to support himself.
As a result, after the mid-season, SKT looked like a completely different person.
First of all, huni is no longer a waste.
Although this Huni lacks a lot of spirituality, it also makes SKT's top lane much more stable.
Secondly, Bang works again.
The reason why the player Bang has not been favored by others is that many people say that he is a typical system player and cannot be separated from the SKT team.
It is true that this statement may have its own truth, but it also shows that Bang occupies a very important position in SKT.
As the C-position in the late stage, the most important core of the team in this version, Bang's improved state directly adds a lot of security to SKT in the later stage.
Your brother Li will support you from the front, and bang will be done here.
Finally, Little Peanut became sensible.
What kind of situation would happen when SKT played a game before? Peanut didn’t know what he should do, and he would be confused.
You must know that Little Peanut has always been called the most aggressive jungler in the LCK. He is one of the very few junglers in LCK who does not use anti-crouching to control the map, but focuses on gank suppression.
But after he came to SKT, SKT almost had to implement a mid-protection style of play, which directly put the little peanut in a dilemma.
Tell me, should I continue to stick to my own characteristics and invade and suppress, or should I cling tightly to Brother Li’s lap??
At the beginning, Little Peanut might be hesitant, but after the mid-season, Little Peanut also understood that there is always and only one person at the core of SKT, and that is Brother Li.
At this point, there is actually no difference between SKT and RNG in history.
Brother Li will have many excellent teammates, and they will also have many highlight moments, but can you say that they are not four guarantees and one??
Sorry, they also have four guarantees and one guarantee.
The difference between them and RNG is that the puppy plays the AD position, and his dominance is still in the lane in the late stage. In the late stage, his teammates really only have four tools.
And Brother Li plays the mid laner, which ensures that he can activate the whole game, bring his teammates with him, and even form a multi-core system in the later stage.
So it’s the same four guarantees and one, the only difference is that the position played by Brother Li can do much more than the position played by Puppy.
This is why SKT always wins when it protects Brother Li, and RNG always pulls ahead when it comes to protecting the puppy.
The most he can do is to give his teammates an advantage, but he cannot completely kill the game.
After several heavy blows from reality, Little Peanut said that he also realized it.
Labor and management, Brother Bao Li, can’t you just be a tool??
In this way, coupled with the always stable Li Ge and Wolf, SKT, which was originally a bit scattered, has been highly integrated again.
Although in some positions, their players cannot fully utilize their strengths and characteristics, in this version that still requires operational decisions, SKT's approach directly makes its combat effectiveness soar.
Facing SKT like this, EDG must be extra careful.
Because everyone knows that EDG's style is exactly the same as SKT.
In the past, Dragon Ball and RNG had similar styles and were beaten badly. If EDG doesn't pay attention today, it wouldn't be surprising to be beaten badly by SKT, which is more integrated.
At the same time, regarding the other two teams, Lin Xiu feels that it is still necessary to give EDG a friendly reminder.
C9 and GAM.
Of these two teams, one is the third seed from the LCS and the other is the Yuenan wild card.
At first glance, both teams look bad, but this team is bo1...
Not to mention anything else, c9’s title as an artist is not in vain. What this team likes to do most is to use various SAO routines in BO1 to directly deceive you.
Although the training conditions in GAM are difficult, the level of players is actually quite good because of this. Didn’t you see that SofM from this place has already made a success of playing in LPL?
"I hope my brother can give me some help and don't go back directly after the group stage."
Anyway, Lin Xiu asked herself that there was only so much she could do.
During these times, whether it is EDG, WE, or IG, these four teams can be said to have helped each other in preparing for the battle together...
And Lin Xiu didn't believe that with EDG's strength, as long as he didn't suddenly make a sudden move and didn't get crazy, why wouldn't they qualify??
So, brother EDG, can you please be more powerful??
With this S7, we must have three people to advance to the top eight together!
Then, after everyone had been waiting for a long time, the game between SKT and EDG finally came as scheduled....
I don’t know if it’s because I saw RNG’s performance earlier, so EDG played very unrestrainedly this time, completely unlike that top team that was keen on operations.
It is precisely because of such a changed yet rigorous play style that EDG successfully defeated SKT and won the first day of the group stage.
Speaking of which, iboy in the bottom lane should be especially mentioned here. He did something that shocked everyone during the game.
Yes, I was really shocked.
He went to show his sign in front of SKT's spring water. This damn thing almost made everyone in SKT angry to death.
If you say you win, you win. It’s not like we, SKT, have never lost to you. The defeat in the 2015 mid-season tournament is still fresh in our minds.
But you came up to me and showed your sign, what the hell is this thing about??
You must know that this kind of behavior can be said to be extremely unrestrained and arrogant in the world competition, and even using the word insult to describe it is not an exaggeration.
But that's it, SKT still has to endure the ridicule from iboy.
Who told you to lose?
If you don't accept it, just fight back in the same way in front of me.
Although skt did succeed in making EDG suffer in the second round of the group stage, it also allowed everyone to see EDG's rare bloodiness.
It seems that EDG is not as calm as imagined.
This group of people, or this group of EDG that has injected a lot of fresh blood, is actually very motivated.
At the same time, when RNG and EDG both ended the first round of the group stage at the top of the group on the first day, it seemed that the LPL's offensive wave had started.
In the third group, although WE lost to Samsung, it ended the first round of the group stage with 2 wins and 1 loss.
Then, it’s the second round of the group stage.
RNG still showed its terrifying dominance, with 6 wins and 0 losses, qualifying first in Group A.
Although Longzhu was very unhappy and made many changes, it could only finish second, with 4 wins and 2 losses, qualifying second in Group A.
In Group B, SKT ranked first in the group, with 5 wins and 1 loss; EDG lost to C9 after losing to SKT. Fortunately, they made timely adjustments and ended up with 4 wins and 2 losses, qualifying second in the group.
Group C is quite intense.
First of all, the team pool in Group C is very interesting. Starting from the No. 1 seed, they are G2, MSF, WE, and SSG.
Leaving aside the second team MSF and the teams from LCS, the strength of the latter two teams cannot be underestimated.
WE, the runner-up in the LPL Spring Split, is a team that is just shy of 100 million points to make it to the mid-season.
SSG, not much to say, was the runner-up in last year’s World Finals.
You may think that this team is old and useless, but you cannot deny that this team is still strong and sophisticated.
Especially the captain of this team - Leader An.
It is no exaggeration to say that he started the LCK operation era, and in this season where the bottom lane is the core and requires careful operation and planning, he can play a very big role.
In the end, a bloody fight broke out in Group C.
Samsung,G2,WE.
All three teams had 3 wins and 3 losses, and then through extra rounds, WE finally qualified as the first place.
The second team that qualified was Samsung, which defeated G2.
I guess no one expected that G2, a veteran team and the No. 1 seed of the LCS, would end up in the top 16.
The final group D.
To be continued...