42. Research your opponents for the next round in advance (4k)
On May 23, 2017, the Demacia Cup officially started!
The organizer has already announced the group stage schedule, and the competition format is bo3.
The first round, which is the 23rd and 24th, will be played between the top eight of lspl and the top eight of the city competition.
There are 4 games on May 23rd.
ds vs edg.ant
ryl vs rw
omd vs edg.rgs
sng vs ks (abstention)
In the second round, ig's first game was on the 25th, against the ds team that defeated the edg youth training team 2:0.
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ig training room.
After dinner that night, mafa summoned all the players from ig to study the two game videos between ds and edg.ant.
Both teams have well-known players in later generations. DS top laner Zoom is known as the top laner Duke.
edg.ant's jungler Haro, edg's second prince, and the blind monk kicked edg into s8.
first round.
The ant is on the blue side, top laner Rambo, jungler Blind Man, mid laner Rock Bird, AD Hanbing, and assistant Lulu.
DS is on the red side, top laner Kled, jungle spider, mid laner Fox, ad policewoman, and assistant Karma.
At the beginning of the game, the DS jungler spider started at F6. After finishing the red buff, the Stoneman was upgraded to level 3, and he directly grabbed the first blood in 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
At 5 minutes and 50 seconds, the blind man led Rambo to invade the spider jungle area and helped Rambo capture the spider's head.
At 6 minutes and 40 seconds, DS mid laner Fox went to the bottom lane and jumped over the tower to kill Lulu.
In the 11th minute, Hanbing in the bottom lane accurately hit the spider invading the blue F6 wild area with a magic crystal arrow, helping the blind man get a head.
In 15 minutes, a 5v5 team battle broke out between the two sides in the bottom lane. The DS team played a wave of one-for-three and took advantage of the situation to win the first tower and the first dragon in the bottom lane to establish an advantage. At this point, the economic difference between the two sides reached nearly 4,000.
In the 18th minute, the DS team took down the vanguard. Ant tried to grab it but failed and was saved by Fox's big move. Kled entered the field and cooperated with the policewoman to get two kills. He used the vanguard to destroy the two defense towers in the middle of ant, leading the economy by 6000.
DS took advantage and began to use the advancement of the policewoman and the single belt of top laner Klie. Ant could not handle it at all. Finally, in the 27th minute, the DS team won the Baron and ended the game with a wave of advancement. The head ratio was 4:14.
The mvp was won by Kled from Zoom Duke with 5-0-6.
Second game.
The DS is located on the blue side, with top laner Wine Barrel, jungler gunner, mid laner Fox, ad laner Ice, and auxiliary Tahm Kench.
Ant is on the red side, top laner Crocodile, jungler Spider, mid laner Syndra, ad Big Mouth, and assist Thresh.
At the beginning of the game, this male DS jungler gun was very fierce at level 1. He directly invaded the enemy spider f6 with the top laner wine barrel, beat the spider to the lowest health, and handed over the flash before returning to the tower to escape.
The gun smoothly wiped away the spider's red buff and f6.
The spider returned to the city to replenish the state and then knocked out the blue buff and went to counter the red buff of the male gun, but was directly noticed by the male gun. Assistant Thresh came to throw a lantern to help the spider escape, but the spider failed to click, and both of them were killed.
In the first 5 minutes, the jungler spider collapsed and fell behind the male gunner by 20 knives.
Then the male gunner made two waves of ganks in the middle, killing Syndra twice. In 15 minutes, he assisted the mid laner Fox to knock down Syndra's first tower in the middle. In 18 minutes, the upper and lower outer towers were also destroyed, giving DS all four lanes.
The economy leads by 5,000.
After that, ds easily won the second game through operations, with a head ratio of 16:4.
The mvp was ultimately won by the mid laner Fox with 4-1-8.
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Everyone at ig watched these two games. After all, they are the opponents they are about to meet in the German Cup. Although they have not heard of them, they still have to show the minimum respect.
"What do you think? Tell us." Mafa wants to hear the opinions of the players and discuss how to play the next game.
"I feel like there's nothing much to say, it's just average." Ning was lying on the e-sports chair and was the first to make an evaluation. He felt that the gap between the two was purely in terms of strength. They couldn't beat each other in a line-up. Overall, the rhythm was always at DS.
Here, ant has no room to fight back.
Of course, if it were him, the two games would be completely different. In this regard, Ning is very confident.
"It's pretty easy for us to win."
Mafa nodded after hearing this. He maintained a praising attitude towards the players' confidence. And just looking at the paper strength, ig is indeed much better than ds. This is what Ning was right about.
But what he wants is not this, but to hear the players discuss with each other how to defeat the opponents they are about to encounter. If every time they encounter an opponent, they rely on hard power to win, then when they encounter an opponent they cannot defeat, then
Sent directly.
"If it were you, how would you fight?"
Ning smiled: "For the second time, if I were Spider, the DS jungler gunman would bring people to invade my jungle area. If my teammates couldn't come over, I would definitely leave directly. Spider hesitated, and as a result, he handed over the flash and was beaten back.
Home, basically the jungler has no rhythm this time. You should be decisive and leave, then you can directly change to the jungle. Later, the wave of red buffs against the red buff is too strong, and you sent yourself and the support without lighting the lantern.
Two heads."
"It would have been easier if I had been blind in the first game. I could directly invade the opposite F6 jungle area. It would be impossible for DS's jungle spider to successfully capture and get first blood. Doesn't he like to invade? Just give me a strong attack
Ye, I’ve really never been afraid of anyone.”
"Not bad." Mafa nodded after hearing this. His thinking was very clear and very characteristic of Ning. This made him very satisfied. When facing DS later, as long as Ning follows his current thinking and has no problem with his brain, he can rely on his personal ability.
Hit whatever you want.
"Kid, tell me." Mafa wanted to hear the thoughts between the two junglers.
"The DS Jungle Spider caught that wave and beat it well..." Kid thought for a moment, and he had almost forgotten the rest, and there was really nothing particularly impressive about it.
After recalling it for a while, he suddenly thought of a key point and said with a smile: "It is too risky for the second male gun to invade the opponent's f6 at level 1, and he actually called the top order wine barrel over! What do you think?"
This last sentence was so loud that it shocked the other teammates in the training room.
The kid coughed slightly and put on a serious face: "If I were to counter-jungle, I would definitely not go counter-jungle. As long as the spider is steady and doesn't give a chance, it will leave directly. Then the top laner who came to help the male gun counter-jungle and missed a few soldiers will not lose blood!"
"Not bad!" Mafa nodded again, answering in a very kid-like style.
Now thinking about the two combinations assigned before, Mafa secretly sighed that the assignment was indeed correct.
Ning plays fiercely, while Kid plays steadily.
There is no problem. Kid prefers to protect the development of his teammates. In the past, when Cheng Lu didn't come, he protected Rookie. Now, when Cheng Lu comes, he protects Cheng Lu. The idea is very clear.
But it would be great if I could protect both!
An idea suddenly appeared in mafa's mind.
If it really comes to pass, then ig will be able to become the strongest top, midfielder with the personal abilities of Cheng Lu and Rookie. The two of them with a kid on call can completely kill anyone.
After thinking for a while, Mafa shook his head to interrupt this whimsical thought.
Some of them are too good. Kid's personal ability is not enough now. We can only look at Kid's performance in the future. It is too difficult to live a second life in the last years of his career.
"rookie, what do you think?"
"The mid laner of DS is quite good. Fox is very good at retaining people to start a team in several waves. He is very good at roaming and is a formidable opponent." Rookie smiled and praised him. As one of the best mid laners in LPL, he is very powerful.
Very humble.
"Is there anything else?" Mafa felt that Rookie's words were a bit too brief.
Rookie thought about it carefully, and after being silent for a while, he added seriously: "I will take this opponent seriously."
"..." Mafa feels like saying this is the same as not saying it, but thinking about it carefully, Rookie really has nothing to say. He has always been the most stable point in the team, with extremely strong personal ability, and has never
Make mistakes and work steadily.
Compared to others, this is definitely a player that people won't worry about.
"west, n?"
The two were silent for a while. Although they knew what mafa meant, they didn't know what to say, so they finally squeezed out a few words.
"We can beat each other normally."
Mafa looked at the two of them who were thinking about constipation for a long time before they came up with these words, and shook his head. It would be better to say a few more words to deal with it.
Forget it, as long as you can beat it, ig has never expected to be in the bottom lane anyway.
Mafa turned his attention to Duke. The two communicated with each other. Duke talked quite a lot. He thought Zoom was a very strong player. He played Kled very well in the first game and had an advantage in the lane. Later, he single-handedly led
He also played very well, leaving the opponent unable to deal with it. Every time he started a team battle with his ultimate move, he could cut to the enemy's back row to complete the harvest. Nothing could be seen from the second wine barrel. The combination of spider and crocodile resulted in the spider being exploded.
Too bad, it has no effect.
Duke said that if he were to face Zoom, he would be able to play better.
Mafa also agrees with this. He doesn't think that a small team's top laner can defeat the S6 world champion. There is no doubt about Duke's strength.
From Mafa's point of view, the DS team is actually quite strong in the top, middle and jungle, but if compared with ig, it pales in comparison and is far behind.
If the top, middle, and jungle lanes that you can use are going to be blown up, why should you fight?
It is no exaggeration to say that Mafa believes that if Cheng Lu, Ning, and Rookie are used in the middle and jungle, maybe in less than 20 minutes, they can push the opponent's base evenly without having to work overtime.
This is the most aggressive top, midfielder and jungler that mafa has found in lpl.
However, the risk is a bit high, and you still need to cooperate.
Now it is definitely better to follow the previous two sets to be more stable. Blindly attacking without tacit understanding will be full of loopholes, and the fault tolerance rate is ridiculously low. One person is needed to stabilize the game.
At the end, Mafa looked at Cheng Lu, who was standing on the table with one hand, holding her chin and tilting her head while eating a lollipop. Her face was bulging with the lollipop, like a little girl who hadn't grown up.
Why is my top order such a living treasure?
Mafa was alone and messy, but when he thought about Cheng Lu saying that eating lollipops would keep him in better condition, he didn't care. As long as he could keep winning and win the world championship, he would have taken the lollipops for a year.
"Cheng Lu, what do you think?"
“Very classy!”
Mafa was stunned for a moment. There were still some thoughts left in his mind just now. These inexplicable words took his thoughts astray. How would people in the upper class eat lollipops? Could it be that cutting off the plastic stick is like eating cherries?
It is the same?
After getting rid of the outrageous thoughts in his mind, Mafa asked:
"What's the meaning?"
"It's just very strong!"
"Okay, I understand." Mafa was a little tired and didn't want to say any more.
"I won't talk about the ds team. Let's get ready. The training horse race that I made an appointment with edg will start soon."
Watching the players sit back in front of the computer one by one, Mafa, as a coach, is still thinking about the issues mentioned before.
After watching the DS game, no one could say a few words. You can understand what they mean just by looking at their expressions.
Being strong doesn't mean you can fight casually?
At the end of the conversation, the winner was based on personal ability. The only one who talked more was Ning, which Mafa did not expect.
He suddenly made a new discovery. Maybe Ning was quite suitable for the task of commanding ig. He also had a strong personality. Other players did not dare to talk back to the coach. Ning Guang had talked back to him several times in the past few days.
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If it were some coaches, they would have even brought a chair to carry him down. For a coach from the Bangzi country, obedience and hard work are the most important, rather than strength. This is also in line with LCK's usual style of play.
Just be steady when you make mistakes. The error tolerance rate should be high and there shouldn't be any unstable factors.
In fact, Mafa has a relatively soft personality. To a certain extent, he is the only one who can let IG grow so wildly.
After thinking about it, Mafa still thinks that it is okay to let ig continue to grow wildly and implement this style and continue to play. There is no need to restrict the players.
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At eight o'clock in the evening.
The training match between ig and edg begins.
Mafa started a lineup with Duke and Ning, but Ah Shui didn't play. There are only two days left for the German Cup, so West should be allowed to practice more.
Before it even started, Ning became excited. The ID of the opponent's jungler was edgclearlove7.
At the beginning of the first game, the director's sword is still old, and the spider is caught at level 3. In cooperation with Aguang's Jace, he jumped the tower and killed Duke's Kenan and gained first blood. Kenan was stuck at level 5 and Jace was at level 6.
At this point, the factory director came on the road again and jumped over the tower to take down Kenan's head.
The game time was 18 minutes. Ning's Zach went to the bottom lane for a gank, but was controlled by Meiko's Braum ultimate move. The factory director's spider rushed to counterattack immediately. Both sides hit the top lane with TP, and Kennen's stunted ultimate move had the effect.
Limited, but Jace's combat power is very strong, edg played a wave of 1 for 4, the factory director scored a double kill, ig's disadvantage gradually expanded, edg won the baron through subsequent operations, and finally ning directly played gg.
In the second game, Ning's blind man directly invaded the factory director's spider jungle area at the beginning. The factory director was forced to abandon the upper half of the jungle area. When the spider went to counterattack the red, he was squatted by the blind man. Rookie's Clockwork came to support first, and the blind man took down the spider's
A blood.
When the blind man reached level 6, Ning counterattacked the factory director's f6. He seized the opportunity to touch the wall and kicked the junior mid laner Jace. With the help of rookie's big move, the blind man once again scored a kill.
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The rhythm after that was still controlled by Ning. He caught the factory director's spider once in the jungle and directly scored a solo kill. In the 19th minute, the vanguard team relied on Ning's dazzling R to fly away three local people. ig played a wave of 0 exchanges.
3. Rely on the vanguard to capture the two outer towers in the middle.
After that, ig pushed forward from the side and won the baron in 27 minutes. Finally, Gao Ning hit Jace on the enemy's high ground with a Q skill, flew away and kicked him back. Edg was hit by a wave of group destruction and announced gg.
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In the third game, ig replaced Cheng Lu and kid, and edg replaced Ai Loli.
This time ig won very easily. edg grabbed Jace's middle and upper swing, and ig directly followed Lucian with the swing. In the end, Cheng Lu took down Lucian and faced Aguang's Jace.
The kid spider caught the second level, and Cheng Lu directly took the first blood. Then the blind man who loved Loli came to catch a wave of Lucian, but kid accurately counter-crouched and sent out a double kill. Aguang was directly penetrated by Cheng Lu on the top lane.
, kid lived in the upper half of the jungle. Lucian held 6 heads in fifteen minutes. Aguang's Jayce was beaten 0-4-0. As the high ground on the top road was broken by Cheng Lu alone, edg hit g.
The training match is over.
Mafa feels that the effect of these two combinations is pretty good. Although it is easier for Cheng Lu to win on the court, this is also based on the fact that the opponent is not familiar with it. After he has figured it out, he will definitely take action on the top lane.
Whether he uses his body to resist the pressure, or he squats in the wild and goes to the road, or jumps over the tower in the middle, it can cause a lot of trouble to Cheng Lu.
Mafa does not want to see this situation so early. He hopes that Cheng Lu can play more comfortably and confidently on the top lane and sharpen the sword in his hand, so rotation is a must and this is also a tactic.
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Only two sets of flexible and changeable tactical systems can allow ig to go further, at least the current ig still needs this. If the top and middle lose their voices, ig will basically be gone.
After mafa summarized the training match for the players, he reminded the players to pay more attention to the ds team and not to underestimate the enemy. They could go and watch more of the game between ds and edg.ant.
The players are all quite relaxed at this time, after all, they just won a training match.
Ning smiled and said: "DS defeated the edg youth training, and we defeated edg. They are not on the same level as us. I think we can study the next round opponent snake in advance."
It sounds crazy, but mafa also agrees with this.
"Then you can also study Snake, our opponent in the next round. This is indeed our biggest enemy."
Although Snake and IG have not started playing yet, Mafa believes that IG can win and Snake cannot lose.
It’s impossible to lose to rw, right?
The LPL team has never lost to a team in the City Championship. If they lose, they might as well just disband and go back to raising pigs.
With this idea in mind, Mafa began to study the recent games of the snake team.
The rest of the time is for the players to train freely.
Cheng Lu started the live broadcast and started solo ranking directly. The same was true for her teammates in the training room. In the past few days, the players started intensive training every day, and no one left before 4 o'clock in the morning.
After seeing the Huangpu River at 6 a.m., Cheng Lu got off the plane and went to bed.
