Chapter 158 The playoffs are in full swing [Seeking a monthly ticket]
"Congratulations to ig for successfully winning the final game. ig's current record has reached 13-2, temporarily ranking second in the league. When they were ranked above them, they only lost one game to fpx, and this time
We still lost to ig in the game.”
When I saw Ah Shui leveling the A point to blast rw's base at the end, I remember the expression on his face was very complicated. In this season's ig game, I remember not missing a single game from beginning to end.
From the sluggish state at the beginning of the summer split, to the continuous changes in the coaching staff, and then after coach Yun Ge took over, ig's record soared, he has seen it all.
"Let us wish ig a chance to show off their talents in the playoffs. In the next few days, our lpl regular season will come to an end. Everyone can look forward to the schedule."
"Actually, I don't care too much about ig's schedule. As the second best team in the regular season, ig's schedule will definitely be very comfortable. I think what I should be nervous about is meeting ig's team in the playoffs."
Guan Zeyuan is also looking forward to ig's performance in the playoffs. Judging from the current state, the hands of ig players are very hot. He just hopes that their hands will not get cold during the offseason in the past few days.
After winning the game against rw, Yunge did not immediately enter the intense preparation time for the playoffs. He first gave the ig players two days off to let them deal with personal matters, and then waited for their opponents in the playoffs.
After allocating them, start high-intensity training.
Entering the playoffs, Yunge will not let the players maintain a relaxed state for training like before. Although Yunge has not led a team to play in the playoffs, he knows one thing. The mentality of the players in the playoffs must be
Get nervous.
The knockout rounds like the playoffs are completely different from the long-term points games like the regular season. If you lose one or two games in the regular season and make a few mistakes, it won't be a big deal, as long as you change it later.
That’s it.
As long as the points can be guaranteed to enter the playoffs, the ranking does not actually have a very important impact, but the schedule will be a little harder. It is not unprecedented for the playoffs to go all the way from the end to the finals.
Therefore, the playoffs are a competition system that does not allow failure. It is possible that a carelessness or mistake can cause the entire regular season to fall, and all the hard work of half a year will be wasted.
Two days later, Yunge once again arranged for the MAFA coach to pay close attention to the players' various details of the game, even the vision problem. Whether ig could do what he did on the field was one thing, and whether the coach made arrangements was another.
thing.
On the second day after the ig players returned to the team, the entire playoff schedule was released. There were a total of eight teams participating in the lpl playoffs. The top four teams were fpx, ig, tes and rng.
As the second best team in the regular season, ig was assigned to the second half. The schedule for the second half is that edg and lng will play the first round first, and then their winner will play tes in the second round. ig will not join the battle until the third round.
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They will advance to the finals by playing a round of BO5 with the winner of the second round. It can be said that ig's schedule is still very easy. The only thing to pay attention to is to ensure the player's feel in these days.
In the third round, there were countless teams that lost because they had not played for too long. Of course, Yunge would not let the players make such mistakes.
When other teams competed, Yunge arranged high-intensity training for the ig players, at least twelve hours a day, and even a two-hour tactical meeting.
The players don't have many opinions on this. They also know the significance of the playoffs and have no objections to Yunge's increase in training intensity.
The top half of the division where fpx is located is also on the same schedule as ig. The blg team and the sn team must play the first round first, and then the winner of the first round will play against rng, and the winner of the second round will have the opportunity to play fpx in the third round.
Three rounds.
On August 22, the first half of the playoffs started on time. Although this game had nothing to do with the ig team, in order to become more familiar with the opponents in the playoffs, Yunge specially arranged for all ig players to watch the game together. This is also
It can be regarded as a simple tactical meeting, and it can also allow the players to relax.
The first round of the first half of the competition seemed a bit uneventful. Sn, as the eighth team in the regular season, faced blg, the fifth team in the regular season, but there was still a slight gap in terms of hard power.
Except for relying on Sima Laothief Xia's strong performance to win the first game, everything in the rest fell to blg's operation. blg's jungler Guohao targeted SN's Kai Rui, who only had Sima Laothief in the bottom lane.
So he started to crazily target the bottom lane.
After sn's misfire in the bottom lane, blg won three games in a row. Sn had no ability to resist at all. Seeing the expressions of the players after sn was eliminated, the players of ig were not in a good mood.
When IG was young, they also experienced the feeling of making it to the first round of the playoffs. They really didn't want to recall the feeling of working hard all season, only to have it end in one game.
But there is no way. In a knockout match like bo5, it is very painful to be caught with a weakness, especially when the tactical reserves are not rich enough, and you can only be taken away by your opponent in one wave.
This is the case for the sn team. After the bottom lane was targeted, the other two lanes did not stand up, and the coaching staff had no way to deal with it. They could only be beaten by blg using the same routine to win three games in a row, and were easily taken away three to one.
On August 23rd, only one day apart, it was still the same conference room. This time the opponents were the edg and lng teams in the lower half of the district. They were so-called neighbors on Lingshi Road. They didn't expect to play against each other in the playoffs.
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But during the game, the two teams could be said to be fighting back and forth, not like good neighbors living in harmony at all.
In this game, edg and lng fought fiercely for five rounds. In the end, lng was superior and won the game. In the entire bo5, lng performed very well in the jungle and top.
Holy Spear Brother's sword is everlasting, his hand feels fiery, and he beats Sword Fairy Jinoo to the point where he loses his temper. Sofm's unique jungle approach makes Jiejie very uncomfortable.
EDG has an advantage in the middle and lower lanes, but the advantage in the bottom lane is not that much. A young player like iboy is not as stable as expected in bo5. On the contrary, the opposite LNG's little-known Asura is more stable.
In the end, the lng team performed better and squeezed into the second round, while edg could only regretfully lose. edg, who was eliminated in the first round of the spring split, and who was eliminated in the second round of the summer split, was already determined to miss the s9 world championship.
After losing the game, the girl in the battle seat sat on the chair with eyes blank. He seemed to have not accepted the fact. Since he joined edg in S5, this was the first time that the entire season was close to ending at the end of August.
Competition, this is also the first time that edg has missed the World Championship.
But it was this lesson that made edg's management and coaches determined to start rebuilding. Every hibernation was to accumulate strength and let themselves fly higher next time.
On August 24th, the second round of the first half begins. blg will face rng. This time they are not so lucky. As regulars in the playoffs in recent years, it is obvious that rng's players are more experienced.
Facing the blg team that likes to delay operations in the late stage, Uzi chose to strike hard, allowing blg to experience AD's dominance in late team battles. In the end, rng easily defeated blg three to zero and advanced to the semi-finals. Their opponent was
The long-awaited fpx team.
On August 25th, the second round of the second half of the competition came as scheduled, and ig players were also very concerned about this, because the winner of this round will be ig's opponent in the next round.
"Who do you think will be our opponent in the next round?" Looking at the upcoming game, Yun Ge asked the ig players a question.
"It must be tes, the left hand is so strong," Ning Wang replied without thinking. As an old teammate back then, Ning Wang chose to stick out his left hand without thinking.
Ah Shui thought about it for a while, and finally agreed with King Ning, "I also think tes has a greater chance of winning this bo5."
"Tell me your understanding," Yun Ge couldn't deny it, then looked at Ah Shui and asked him to continue his analysis.
"First of all, from the perspective of the lane, TES's three lanes are not weak. The two ADs in the bottom lane are very stable, which can be regarded as a 50-50 open. The 369 in the top lane may be at a slight disadvantage against Holy Spear Brother, but the gap is not as big as imagined.
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"Then the gap in the middle, I agree with King Ning. The left hand is a mid laner with very strong laning ability, not much worse than Rookie."
"But the most critical thing in this round of playoffs is the jungler. TES's jungler Xiong Xiong is very reckless. If his three axes in front of him are effective, TES has a high probability of winning against lng."
"But Xiong Xiong's opponent is SofM. It's hard to say who he is. His jungle style is very strange. I don't know if Xiong Xiong can take advantage in the jungle."
After hearing Ah Shui's understanding, a hint of appreciation flashed in Yun Ge's eyes. Among the current IG, only Ah Shui's understanding of the game can discuss tactics with the coaching staff.
Although theshy and rookie in the top and middle lanes have very strong personal abilities, they do not have any commanding talent. They are the kind of players who just take care of themselves and perform their best on the lane. King Ning is a brainless reckless man, and there is no way to talk about it.
Go to the game to understand.
As for Baolan, he doesn’t seem to understand what game understanding is...
Only Ah Shui is an all-around player. If you want to rate a player's ability, Ah Shui must be the legendary hexagonal warrior. Apart from a slightly higher death rate, there are no shortcomings.
"Rookie, what about you, who do you think can win among these two teams?" After listening to Ah Shui's understanding of the game, Yun Ge looked at Rookie who was paddling aside.
"I...I also think it's TES, for the same reason. Their mid laner has a strong left hand. I've played against him before, and his left hand's laning ability is definitely underestimated. LNG's mid laner is no match for him at all.
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"Okay, since you are all optimistic about the TES team, then open your eyes and watch their games carefully. They may be your opponents in the next round."
Yunge didn't ask theshy and Baolan for their opinions, because Yunge knew that even if he asked, he wouldn't be able to get anything out of them.
In the end, the match between the tes team and lng did not exceed the expectations of the ig players. It was indeed tes that won the final victory, but the process of planning the match was jaw-dropping.
The jungler Sofm who performed well in the last game suddenly became ill when facing the TES team. Several consecutive mistakes ruined the good situation. The spiritual sense of the jungle that faced Jiejie in the last game completely disappeared.
If you watch the entire game and cover up the jungler's ID, the audience may even think that lng's jungler has been replaced. He was not that good at all in the last game.
Rumor has it that on the day after the competition, SOFM players returned to Ho Chi Minh City and directly bought ten properties. I don’t dare to tell you what the specific situation is, and I don’t dare to ask (dog head). Anyway, you will lose everything if you bet on dogs.
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After TES defeated LNG three to one, all the top four regular season teams entered the semi-finals. This also shows one thing. There is no problem with the gold content of the regular season in the summer split. At least the top four teams are stronger than other teams.
A cut.
The first half of the semi-finals will be played in the top half. On August 31st, after a week's rest, rng will face the dominant team FPX in the regular season head-on.
However, the process of this game disappointed everyone. They originally thought that this would be a game where Mars collided with the Earth, and the game would be fierce, but in the end, everyone was disappointed.
After rng won the first place with Uzi's performance, fpx won three games in a row and finally advanced to the summer finals with a record of three to one. The tactics fpx used were exactly the same as blg's tactics against sn.
As long as rng's bottom lane is locked on the bp side and in the game, fpx can easily win the game. In the entire bo5, Xiaohu's state is hard to describe, and it can't even be called a slump. After the game, everyone can't believe it, rng
The man standing in the middle is actually the legendary General Tiger.
As for the wolf line on the top lane, needless to say. When Uzi couldn't stand up, there was no suspense in rng's game. All the ig players who watched the whole game were a little doubtful as to what went wrong with rng.
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Their staffing and tactical system are not very bad, but when it comes to the game, it seems that everyone is carrying a heavy burden and cannot display their full strength.
But Yunge and ig players didn't think too much. After fpx entered the finals, their battle was about to begin. Only by winning the game against tes would ig have a chance to enter the finals and compete with fpx for the final championship.
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This game also has a vital significance for ig. As the spring champions, as long as they can reach the finals of the summer playoffs, according to the points of the world championship, regardless of the outcome of the final game, ig will win.
Automatically get a ticket to the World Championship.
Therefore, whether it is to compete for the championship or to enter the playoffs, ig must win the game against the tes team, and the tes team also has a reason to win against ig. They have been looking forward to this moment for a long time.
In the previous summer regular season, ig won the game twice by stealing games, nailing TES on the pillar of shame. Now in the playoffs, the two teams actually played against each other again. Of course, the old and new grudges were settled together.
.tes will never let go of this opportunity to avenge its past.
Both teams have reasons why they must win the game, but in the end there is only one team that can win the game, and it is still unclear who will win.
