On the afternoon of the last day of the MSI group stage, close to the start of the game, edg submitted the starting list for the first game of the day to the tournament and announced it on the official Weibo.
Pawn's ID is placed in the center as the starter, while the mika player that the audience has been waiting for is still placed in the corner as a substitute.
Except for a few irrational team fans, most of the people following this official announcement are still discussing rationally.
The lpl audience actually has expectations for the starting lineup. When edg played against fw and clg, they started pawn general. If the penultimate game of the group stage against the weak wild card team sup brought up mika - wouldn't it be like facing a strong team?
pawn plays mika against a weak team.
That's like a slap in the face from coach edg's own rotation strategy!
Therefore, the shrewd Abramovich will definitely insist on starting Pawn first, and then temporarily replace Mika before the start of the second game against SKT.
The canyon script writer has already found an excuse for Abramovich - [pawn player needs to rest due to waist discomfort due to consecutive starts, and edg will be replaced by mid laner mika in the next game]
The audience patiently waited for the highlight of the day.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, edg went out to sup in the first round.
There is no suspense in the game, even if EDG has degraded to the extremely procrastinating tactics before Mika's arrival, it will be easy to deal with the wild card team.
In less than thirty minutes, deft controlled the mouse and pushed away the main crystal first.
Then there are four games from other teams. The second round of China-South Korea competition between edg and skt will be scheduled for the final game of the group stage.
The games on the field ended one after another.
In the lounge, Abu, who was calculating and calculating, was lying on a chair and grasping the pearls of wisdom.
Contrary to what the audience guessed, he actually agreed with Mika's suggestion and insisted on continuing to play Pawn against SKT in the last round!
The reason is very good.
So far in the group stage, edg has a record of 9-0 despite playing one more game. Among the other teams, clg 6-2, fw 5-3, skt 5-3, g20-8 and sup 0-9.
In other words, edg, clg, fw and skt all qualified early, and edg ranked first in the group regardless of the final victory or defeat.
Abramovich's only goal now is to avoid an early encounter with SKT in the knockout rounds. Although the opponent's performance in the group stage is not satisfactory, the strength of the world champion is there, and it is difficult to regain form after a week's rest. In order to avoid SKT and securely enter the MSI finals
, the best way is to personally give skt a victory.
In this way, even if skt loses to g2, it will be tied with one of the two teams clg and fw due to the 6-4 overall record. After calculating the mutual wins and average time per game, they will be ranked third.
edg's opponent in the knockout round becomes fw, while clg and skt compete with each other and both lose!
So insisting on starting pawn this time is not only a win-win situation!
edg defeated skt, which proved the strength of the team and the coach's trust in the players, and severely damaged skt's confidence. If they lose to skt, they will save the money to treat Haidilao next time, and gain the favor of mika and pawn at the same time!
What a win!
At 4:30 in the afternoon, skt lost to g2 in an upset. At this time, the audience was finally surprised to discover Abramovich's calculations - at this moment, skt was ranked third or fourth, and the decision of fate was actually in the hands of edg.
When edg subsequently released the player list for the final group stage, mika was once again placed on the bench.
Then everyone's emotions finally exploded.
"Abu wants to pretend to lose the group stage to avoid meeting the top four of SKT. Although the tactics are not illegal, it is too disgusting!"
"Sure enough, it's an off-the-chart move that Abu can come up with..."
"Haha, Han Za, don't yell. Who said SKT lost so much before, and now it can only be controlled by edg."
"Haha, the knockout round is the main event. Isn't EDG really afraid of losing the game and awakening SKT?"
"Is edg planning to control points since yesterday? Does mika-chan know?"
"How could Mika not know about this as a player? Don't think Sakura-chan is too naive."
"Seriously, do you think that guy Abu's character will tell Mika about the point control in advance?"
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In the lounge, Abramovich finally couldn't hold back and wanted to give hints to the players who were about to play. Of course, he would definitely not tell the players that they were acting on purpose, but would give a small reminder.
His high-pitched eunuch voice sounded, "Oh, it's troublesome. If we win this last game, we will have to compete with SKT in the semi-finals!
Of course, haha, I’m not saying that I hope to lose the game. It would be great to win, but if we lose the game and send skt to third place, we won’t lose.”
"That's not good..." Mei Xia didn't allow Abramovich to affect the team's desire to win. "We will definitely win and advance completely. Since the goal is to win the MSI, we don't care who we play in the knockout round!"
Abu's conspiracy has been successful, and Sakura Girl's opinion is meaningless. Now all he needs to do is agree with it. He smiled and replied, "Ah, yes, yes! Use your strongest strength, don't worry about the rest."
Meixia didn't say any more.
She is more willing to trust her teammates. She believes that after her transformation of EDG over the past season, her teammates will never lose badly when faced with SKT, which is currently at its lowest point. Even if they do not have the ability to win, even if they lose the game,
.
She is still convinced that edg has changed for the better!
And the competition really surprised Abu.
edg actually won smoothly!
Blank twice failed to gank the tanky tree on the road. In the mid-term, he failed to punish and lost a small dragon. Then he went to the big dragon group. Wolf Thresh, the most stable support of skt, took the initiative to start the group. His economic level was very backward. In Q University,
The tree entered the crowd and was immediately harmed and melted.
In the end, edg got an advantage of 9,000, and skt did not have the mid laner and Luo support, allowing them to win step by step.
The whole game was quite boring, almost all SKT was making mistakes and losing rhythm.
But the game time is fixed at twenty-eight minutes. This alone proves that even if Edg leaves her, this team can carry out decisive operations and team battles, rather than aimless so-called Korean operations!
"Nice, senior director, senior pawn did it." Mixia waved her little fist in the lounge.
Abu was dumbfounded and said, "This is actually a win...well done, even pawn can win on the field. It seems that skt's state is really bad, Haidilao can't really..."
"Well, Coach Abu, did you just say Haidilao! Yeah, Haidilao!" Mixia smiled and stabbed Abu.
And for a while, the LPL audience completely recovered from the initial strong lack of confidence and unreality when EDG defeated SKT in the first round, and the barrages and forums began to party.
"The misunderstanding has been resolved. Edg is really not responsible for his mistakes. Abu is innocent."
"Is there a possibility that SKT is too good?"
"No, you will lose even if I ask you to be a Mika. Is SKT so rubbish?"
"If this continues, it seems that EDG will really defend the MSI title!"
At the same time, the audience felt a little worried about whether Mika would continue to play in the future.
"mika: In the MSI knockout round, it doesn't seem to matter whether I play or not."
"No, I still want to see Mika-chan on stage. If I don't have Mika-chan for two days, I'm going to die..."