"Xiao Jiang, be careful not to strike too hard later, and you, Yangzi, save some face for our provincial team members and stop worrying about the abuse of the spring."
Yang Yi was a little speechless. The BP hadn't even started yet, but Klin Dirty Dance had already opened the champagne in advance.
However, the two teams EDG and AHQ are quite destined, and the relationship between the two teams has always been very good.
How good is it?
LPL viewers basically know that IM used to be EDG's second team, but only some Guodian fans know that AHQ once had a nickname called EDG's third team.
Since 2015, the two teams have often arranged training matches with each other and visited each other's bases.
The reason for this is because EDG's boss Ed Zhu has a very good relationship with the boss of AHQ. The two of them also co-founded a youth training team, and this youth training team will produce a jungler with the ID name Junjia in the future...
Also because the opponent in the first game of the group stage was AHQ, an old acquaintance they knew well, most of the EDG generals were confident and felt that they could easily defeat their opponent.
On the other hand, the junior student seemed a little sad at the scene, thinking of some not so good memories, and became a little silent.
In last year's global finals, EDG, which was originally considered to be the top pick, lost unexpectedly to ITZ in the wild card division in the first round. Not only did they lose the opportunity to compete for the top spot in the group, they also fell into having to compete with AHQ.
In the dilemma of fighting a life and death situation.
In this crucial battle that determines the fate of the team, the still immature Scout was put on the bench by the Fat General. He could only witness in the audience, "Forty-one minutes of the game, you didn't kill the Fat General once, how could you?"
It can be said that EDG lost!" A famous scene.
Privately, Scout once thought, if he had been on stage, would he have been able to play better than Pawn?
The answer is no.
Scout was too immature at the time. Although he had a high probability of winning if he played for EDG, he certainly couldn't turn the tide like Pawn did in that game.
After a year of training, Scout returned to the global finals, and his opponent happened to be last year's AHQ. How could he not want to prove himself?
Compared with EDG, AHQ is a little less optimistic.
"Why is it EDG again..."
AHQ's top laner Ziv sighed, no matter how good their relationship with EDG is, when it comes to matters involving their own interests such as qualifying opportunities, it is not worth mentioning.
AD Xiaoan also nodded empathetically: "My luck is really bad this year. Group A really has a devilish schedule. It feels like it's another year to go home after the group stage."
Jungler Dashan couldn't deny it: "Don't say it so early. What if this year's EDG is just like last year, only training matches are strong? And we have become stronger this year, right Ximen!"
Ximen Ye smiled and said nothing.
Nonsense, compared to last year, we have indeed become stronger, but are other teams just standing still?
However, last year's group luck was really good. Although we were grouped with EDG, there were also European third seed H2K and ITZ from the wild card division in the group at that time. Many people felt that AHQ had a great chance of qualifying second.
And the most outrageous thing is that EDG, which had an extremely high winning rate in training matches at the time, suddenly jumped ahead in the official competition, and increased AHQ's chance of qualifying by a few points.
This year it is SKT and EDG. The third seed C9 in the North American division is not a weak team, which puts a lot of pressure on the AHQ players.
"Just take it one step at a time," said support player Albis, who has a more optimistic personality:
"EDG performed so well last year that they almost didn't qualify. What if the same happens this year? And do you think there is a possibility that SKT is not as strong as we imagined this year? In the end, we and EDG will qualify together?"
"The more you talk, the more outrageous are you?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"This is about to start BP. You're not awake yet, are you?"
Listening to the firm rebuttals of his teammates, Albis could only shrug his shoulders in displeasure.
He really feels that SKT is not as dominant this year as last year. Flash Wolves can kill SKT three times in BO1. Why can't AHQ do the same?
Is there a chance for a 1:1 draw in at least the two rounds of the group stage?
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"Okay, we have entered the Bp stage, the last game on the first day of the group stage, EDG vs. AHQ!"
"RNG has just given us a good start in the LPL division. I hope EDG can bring us a perfect ending to the LPL audience in this game!"
There are six BO1 games every day in the group stage. It would be a bit tiring if two commentators were responsible for all six games. Therefore, the official arranged a very user-friendly arrangement for two commentators to be responsible for three games each. For this game now
He was assigned to work under Xuan Ming, the two elders of the interpretation world, Wa Wa and Miller.
The domestic audience at the scene was very enthusiastic, and their applause and cheers almost overturned the Wuhan Sports Center.
Just like the baby-obstacle fish said in the anti-pressure bar that they want to be united to the outside world, fans of each team have temporarily put aside their past prejudices and conflicts, and sincerely supported the three LPL teams competing in the World Championship.
As for teams in other divisions, although domestic audiences will applaud and cheer when they perform wonderful operations and performances, human beings are inherently dual-standard creatures and will definitely be more positive and enthusiastic about their own teams.
The sound-isolating headphones officially provided by Riot Games couldn't stop the roar of the audience at all. Under the unified slogan of "Go EDG", Yang Yi actually heard a few scattered cheers for his own personal support, and he immediately became confused.
There was a bit of enthusiasm.
He leaned on the back of the gaming chair and took two deep breaths before he could barely suppress the restlessness in his heart.
Nofe considers himself a professional coach who has seen big scenes. He has experienced the stage of the finals, but even so, he was shocked by the audience. It took him a long time to calm down and give instructions:
"First, press the barrels and spiders of the opposite jungler, and then consider whether to ban the top lane or the mid lane."
They have played too many training matches with AHQ. The two teams are very familiar with each other, so they don't need to spend much effort on drafting, which directly saves Mingkai the time to study the opponent.
In fact, according to Yang Yi, there is no need to ban the spiders in Dashan. In this version, choosing spiders is no different from committing suicide, unless Dashan can catch a human head in one minute. However, Nofe still did not put the spiders on the opponent for stability.
In this game, EDG is on the blue side and does not have to bear too much pressure on the Ban position, so except for the Ban version of the wine barrel, they have enough room to provide two Bans.
AHQ, who is on the red side, must ban Kalista and bear the pressure of dismantling the Xayah combination. Like RNG's Zuko, AHQ's ADC Xiao An also doesn't like to play Xayah. Throughout the LMS summer,
Saidu only used one handful.
So after a little consideration, the AHQ coach chose to send Luo, who has both the incense burner monster and team-starting functions, to the ban position, and released Xia.
Because anyone who has watched the LPL Summer Finals knows that Majesty’s heroes are endlessly banned.
RNG didn't believe in evil at that time, so they came and grabbed all four players, but what was the result?
He pulled out a Draven with his backhand, directly setting a historical record for the shortest final in the LPL.
In the third hand, Nofe discussed it with the team members and finally banned the card Ximen Ye said.
In the four-guaranteed-one version, the hero Card got a lot of opportunities to play, and he also asked Scout to practice specifically.
It’s just that the junior boy seems to be incompatible with this hero. After practicing for a while, it still smells strange when he takes it out in training matches. The card happens to be one of Ximen Ye’s signature cards, so Nofe simply chooses to ban him.
Murloc, Zed and Cards are the three signature cards Ximen Ye mentioned. Among them, Zed is difficult to enter the arena due to version reasons, and Murloc needs to look at the lineup and opponent to decide which hero to use. This hand of cards
Generally speaking, although Ximen Ye said that he would not retire on the spot, his strength would definitely be greatly reduced.
AHQ's third move was to ban Prince of Klin's Dirty Dance. EDG played a total of six games in the summer playoffs, and Klin's Dirty Dance used Prince's in four games, which was just enough for Jarvan to try four times.
There was a famous scene where EQ flashed and caught the bather brother to death, so there is nothing wrong with it if it is banned.
However, the prince's ban did not affect Ming Kai's mood. Instead, he shouted in surprise:
"Pig Girl! Give me Pig Girl, I will C!"
That's right, Krillin feels that his strongest hero at the moment is not the prince, nor the wild barrel in version T0, but the pig girl Sejuani who can become one with himself.
As long as I get my natal hero, I will be invincible!
Nofe naturally had no objections and simply asked Jiang Chenglu to grab the pig girl on the first floor.
After some hesitation, AHQ locked in the jungler Rek'Sai and the swingable Karma.
"This Karma...where is he going?"
Scout originally wanted to use his best mid laner, Lucian, and directly defeat the opponent in the lane to prove himself.
But seeing this hand of Karma, he suddenly hesitated.
Two days ago, when I had a training match with another group of people, Doinb gave Scout's Lucian a bad feeling when he played Karma in midfield.
Because after Doinb saved enough money to return to the city in the first wave, he immediately took out a small anti-armor, so that Scout couldn't consume him at all, and Karma cleared the line very quickly.
In the mid-term, Karma the Incense Burner played a much greater role in the team fight than Lucian, causing EDG to have a 5,000 gold lead in the training match but was overturned by the opponent.
"I feel like the opponent wants to see the lineup before deciding where to send Karma. If we are strong in the bottom lane, he will support Karma; if we have a big mouth in the bottom lane, he may be the mid laner."
"In that case, you guys choose one in the bottom lane. Is it Xia Fengnu or Big Mouth Lulu?"
"Just Xia and Feng Nu," Yang Yi saw Scout's little idea and took the initiative to help him, "This way we can be more proactive in the bottom lane."
Seeing that EDG locked Xayah and Feng Nu, AHQ quickly locked Varus down.
With the lessons learned from RNG and training games, AHQ’s coaches also know that they cannot give their bottom lane a combination that is too low in laning strength.
The laning strength of the combination of Karma Verus is slightly higher than that of Xiafeng Girl. It should be able to smooth out the strength gap between the two bottom lanes...right?
At the beginning of the second round of banning, EDG chose to continue to block the mid lane hero, and eliminated Galio and Rock Bird, two heroes with strong support capabilities.
It can be said that this move was made by everyone in Sima Zhao's mind, and it was to force Ximen Ye to fight Scout.
The time when I was a coach at EDG was the most exciting time in Nofe’s coaching career, because EDG’s three C hero pools have no shortcomings!
Even if Ban drops so many mid lane heroes, he can still choose one of three for Scout among Lucian, Syndra and Enchantress, not to mention Theshy on the road, whether it is a warrior top laner or a tank top laner, or even
He can play very well as a mage top laner.
AHQ took advantage of the situation and sent Scout's Syndra and Enchantress to the ban position, and then grabbed the top laner Big Bug for Ziv.
It's not that they don't know what EDG wants, but to be honest, after so many training games, they have also seen that Scout's online suppression power when playing Lucian... is a bit average, so they are not afraid at all.
After EDG locked up Kenan Lucian's mid-range combination, AHQ finally revealed its trump card - its ace pilot, applying to play!
Seeing AHQ take out a plane in the counter position, many people on EDG almost stopped.
I thought you had some secret weapon, but after a long time it turned out to be an airplane.
Scout felt that his Lucian was a little underestimated. He was so good at masturbating that Xiaohu didn't even dare to hit his Lucian with a plane!
The lineups of both sides are formed, blue side EDG:
The top laner, Kenan, plays Wild Boar Girl, the mid laner, Lucian, and the bottom lane duo, Xiafeng Nu.
Red square AHQ:
The top laner is a big bug, the jungler is an excavator, the mid laner is a plane, and the bottom lane duo is Veruskarma.
"A very classic EDG lineup, three C positions again!"
Miller made a detailed analysis: "Kennen in this hand should be to supplement AP damage, because Scout has Lucian in this hand, and Kennen's big bugs and Lucian's flying are both advantages. In this way, EDG's top and middle two in the early stage
There should be lane rights from lane to lane, and here in the bottom lane, because there is an auxiliary Karma on the opposite side, the front lane will definitely be pushed."
"In this case, the bottom lane should be easier to gank than the top and middle lanes, but if the factory director chooses to play in the top half, he can actually try to invade the jungle in the early stage, because both Kennen and Lucian can support first.
"
"However, this EDG has offensive pressure, because the AHQ lineup is very solid. The two C positions of Airplane and Varus are very powerful in the late stage, and there is Kalma's group acceleration, and Big Insect's silence and
Varus's ultimate move, Theshy, is actually not very easy to enter the field, and it is easy to be pulled by the opponent." The baby rarely used his brain.
"Yes, so it depends on the director's early rhythm. If the early stage goes well, EDG's lineup can end the game in the first thirty minutes. If it is delayed until thirty minutes later, the situation may not be easy to say.
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The two commentators analyzed the situation clearly and clearly, which also greatly aroused the emotions of the audience, causing the LPL audience to stand up and cheer for EDG.
"Let me go, Mingkai, you have too many fans, don't you? Through the headphones, you can hear many young ladies calling Mingkai, come on." Tian Ye couldn't help but said.
"That's right, after all, this is my home court." Ming Kai said with a smile. It was his first time to play a game in front of his hometown, and he was naturally very excited.
"That's why we have to fight harder,"
Yang Yi said heartlessly:
"If the game doesn't go well, 'Come on, Mingkai' may turn into 'Don't worry, Mingkai' when we go down."
