Chapter 312 [Welcome to the Slaughter Pier!] (1/2)
In the passage.
Su Chen listened to the cheers that echoed throughout the venue, and his mood couldn't help but surge.
This year's LPL Summer Split promotional video took a lot of effort from shooting to production, and is obviously much more sophisticated than the Spring Split.
One of the most important reasons is that ym won the MSI championship on behalf of the LPL, which also rekindled the hope of the entire division.
After defeating the LCK division and winning the MSI championship, the LPL once again has the confidence to challenge for the supreme throne of the S championship.
This is also the origin of the theme of the Summer Split promotional video "Fighting for the Top of the World".
"It was okay in the later stage, but there were a lot of mosquitoes when I was shooting." Xiaotian, who was standing behind Su Chen, commented.
"It feels like the atmosphere of the summer games is several times better than the spring games." He stuck his head out with his left hand and looked at the scene in the stadium.
Su Chen took a deep breath, held the zipper of his coat with his fingers, and pulled it all the way to the top, his eyes becoming firmer.
…
After the promotional video is played.
LPL host Yu Shuang, wearing a printed cheongsam, came to the top of the stage with a smile.
"Friends in the audience! Welcome to the opening game of the 2018 lpl summer game. I am Yu Shuang!"
"After nearly two months of offseason, we have returned to the venue in Hall 9 of Supermarket Plaza, standing on this familiar stage to witness the beginning of a new story!"
"At the MSI Mid-Season Invitational that ended in May, we broke the three-year drought and won the MSI championship again, returning from Europe with full honors."
"The one who accomplished this feat is a new generation team that has just advanced to the LPL in the spring split. They are young and fearless, and they continue to create their own legendary path with miracles again and again."
"Let us welcome the young miracle team with the warmest applause!"
Under the guidance of Yu Shuang.
In the left channel of the competition stage, Su Chen led the ym players to the stage one by one.
On the LED display in the center of the stage, a sailboat riding the wind and waves also appeared, which was eventually determined as the ym team logo.
Five people lined up under the spotlight, and the camera passed over each of their faces.
Different from the green face when he took the stage in the spring game.
Once again standing on the stage of the opening match, the ym players had confident and determined expressions on their faces.
As the leader of the team, Su Chen, facing the attention of the audience, stretched out his fist and knocked on his chest, nodding towards the fans' cheers.
After winning the MSI championship and returning from Europe.
ym's identity is completely different.
They are no longer a rookie team that needs to be looked up to in the spring split, but have reached the top of the lpl and become the strongest team.
This summer season, Su Chen wants everyone to realize one thing.
The era of the Yonko is over.
In the summer split, lpl will only have one king, and that is ym!
"And the one they are going to face today is the runner-up in the LPL Spring Split and their old rival, the edg team!"
On the right side of the passage.
Wearing the new version of the summer split team uniforms, the edg players took to the stage one after another.
iboy, meiko, junior boys scout, huni...and the team spirit of edg, the factory director!
In the starting list announced before today's game, the factory director took the place of Little Peanut and will start in the opening game.
In the last two games of the spring finals, the factory director performed very well, which also regained the trust of the edg management. This is one of the reasons why he was able to start again.
In addition, considering the recent ongoing Asian Games exhibition match lineup voting.
Edg gave the factory director the starting lineup during this period, and obviously had the idea of fighting for him to get a spot in the Asian Games.
Across the stage, Su Chen and the factory director looked at each other. The latter nodded to him and walked back to his competition seat.
"What do you mean, it's a classic fan meeting. You can't be soft this time." He poked Xiaotian with his left elbow, "We agreed not to work overtime."
"Don't worry, I won't stretch my hips like I did in the spring finals." Xiaotian clenched his fists with a firm gaze.
The best way to pay tribute to an idol is to surpass him!
Xiaotian already understood this truth.
Tonight, his fighting spirit was quite strong.
After the players on both sides were in place, the screen temporarily switched back to the Dousha LPL live broadcast room.
"Haier Brothers" appeared in front of the camera.
"Hello, I'm a doll!"
"I'm Miller!"
After the two briefly introduced themselves, they then chatted about various changes in the lpl during the break, as well as predictions for the summer split.
Before the start of the summer split, the lpl also officially clarified that the home and away system would be implemented in the new season.
Currently, lpl has six home cities across the country: Kyoto, Magic City, Xian, Wudu, Jiangzhou, and Hangcheng.
All matches in the LPL Summer Split will be held in these six cities.
This can also further promote the popularity of e-sports events, allowing more lol fans to watch the games offline and call their favorite players live.
In addition to the launch of the home and away system.
During the summer transfer period, Wawa and Miller also made a summary of the personnel changes in each club.
First of all, the old and strong teams.
The personnel of edg have basically not changed. The director of the summer competition mentioned the starting position as the only point worth paying attention to.
On our side, the original substitute top laner Jin Gong was traded to fpx, and will rotate with the original starting top laner 369 in the summer split.
It is worth mentioning that fpx has also introduced the original vg mid laner easyhoon, who will take up the starting position in the new season.
But these are minor repairs.
The two teams rng and ig have undergone the biggest changes.
On rng's side, Uzi returned from the summer game with full blood after recuperating from the spring game.
According to recent news in the circle, Uzi's recent state in training matches can be described as "terrible".
Most coaches believe that rng will be the favorite to win the championship in the summer split.
On ig's side, the shy replaced Duke in the starting position. This talented top laner who has shown potential in the S7 season, after being benched in the spring split, returned to the starting position in the summer split and will burst out.
What kind of energy it will produce is enough to make people look forward to it.
In addition to the old teams, the league's new teams, Snake, Galaxy RW, and the newly introduced ldl jdg, including the fpx team that is only one step away from the playoffs in the spring, are all new generations that cannot be underestimated.
strength.
"In general, the changes in this year's summer split are quite big. After winning the MSI championship, we all felt the renewed vitality of the lpl," Wawa said. "Of course, the biggest favorite for the summer split championship is,
It’s still the ym team.”
"Yes, but today's Bo3 between ym and edg is also a test of their status in the summer split. Although ym won the msi championship in Europe, everyone still remembers that they were forced by edg in the spring finals.
I've been in desperate situations." Miller nodded.
"After some experience in msi, whether ym can continue to maintain a good enough state in the summer split to accept the test of the entire lpl division will be the biggest highlight of today's opening game..."
Following the discussion between the two.
The live broadcast screen has also returned to the scene.
The big screen has entered the bp stage.
In the first game of the opening game B03, edg got the priority to choose the side and locked the blue side first.
"For edg, it is definitely good news to win the blue side in the first game. After witnessing ym's playing style on MSI, edg should take action against their trump card tactics, AD top laner."
"Yes, after all, YM has come up with too many tricks on MSI. Let's see how EDG will lay out tonight's tactics after more than a month of digestion."
Three bans in the first round.
The blue edg banned skateboard shoes, airplanes, and bombers in sequence.
"The left hand is not allowed to hold the plane, and the skateboard shoes and bomber are locked at the same time. The three ban positions of edg are evenly distributed!"
For ym on the red side, the three ban positions are ez, Luo, and Syndra.
"YM's ban is quite routine here. It's still the idea of keeping the bottom lane, but now Lucian is released..." Wawa frowned.
"I feel like EDG is going to grab Lucian. This hero is now swinging in three directions. If they get the one on the blue side that they don't ban, they must grab it first," Miller analyzed.
Sure enough, the blue side’s first choice was Lucian!
The audience was in an uproar.
The camera even showed EDG’s top laner Huni.
After more than a month of offseason, when he reappeared in front of the public in the summer split, his appearance had changed somewhat.
Without the heavy cold texture perm in the spring competition, Huni lost a lot of weight in the summer competition, and at the same time changed his hair style to a refreshing one, which seemed to be a bit of a haircut.
He lost to ym in the spring finals, which obviously had a big impact on him.
The selection of the blue square is completed.
The camera moved to the red side of the competition seats.
Meng Ma walked around behind the players and stopped next to Xiaotian.
"Since the opponent has taken Lucian, they will definitely find a way to get lane rights in the early stage. We can find a way to overtake the opponent in terms of rhythm. Blind Sin, Centaur, Nightmare, you pick the one who is more confident.
"Meng Ma looked at the information recorded in his notebook.
"Nightmare has been strengthened recently. We still have to grab it, otherwise I won't be sure how to fight it if it's left to the other side." Xiaotian thought for a while and said.
"I think so too." Meng Ma nodded.
For the ym on the red side, choose one or two to confirm.
The eternal nightmare on the first floor, and the wheel mother on the second floor.
"Ym's idea of grabbing Nightmare in the first round basically follows the changes in version 8.11. After Nightmare has been strengthened, even before level 6, Nightmare still has the capital to invade the opposite jungle area, and its initiative is still very strong.
, I no longer have to work hard to reach level six like before." Wawa analyzed.
On the blue side, the second and third choices of edg are still under discussion.
Abu stood next to the factory director and asked him what he thought.
"I think this nightmare is most likely to be placed in the jungle position. Although there is also talk of a nightmare in the mid lane, we have not yet found that Knight's hero pool has a trend in this direction. The remaining two choices in the first round,
ad We definitely want to take Kai'Sa, what do you think about the jungle position?" Abramovich said.
"Prince." The factory director said without hesitation, "Nightmare still needs to reach level six before he can do anything. I have to bring up the rhythm in the early stage and can't let the opponent's solo player get too comfortable."
Abu nodded.
The blue side’s second and third choices were established, and Prince and Kai’Sa were revealed.
"In this way, edg is sure to get a double AD lineup, and Lucian can only swing between mid and top. He gave the factory director the prince because he wanted to do more things in the early stage. Let's see the last selection of red side ym in the first round...
..." said the doll.
The red side's last choice in the first round, ym took out the Frost Witch.
"Ice Girl mid laner? This is a hero that has never been used by the left hand in the Spring Split. After YM got Ice Girl in the middle, it was not easy for EDG to pick up an assassin-type mid laner like Enchantress, and Ice Girl's ability to push the lane
, the control effects are very good.”
After seeing ym get Ice Girl, Abu frowned and thought about the strategy for the second round of BP.
In the first round, edg's idea is to try to block ym's trump card tactics first, ban skateboard shoes and bombers, and grab Lucian by the way. This is a restriction on ym's MSI play style.
However, ym looked quite calm today. Xiaotian and Zuo Zuo each had new heroes appearing, which made Abu secretly shake his head.
In the training matches with ym in the past few weeks, I have never seen them play like this. Sure enough, they still have something hidden!
After thinking about it for a while.
For the ban position in the second round, Abramovich still banned Qinggangying and Sword Princess to prevent the red side from directly grabbing the fourth pick.
ym was the mid laner twice banned, banning Zoe and Galio in succession.
"Hey, ym's squad is a bit interesting. Without Zoe and Galio, Scout really has no other heroes to get. Ym wants edg to put Lucian in the middle. This way of dealing with it is quite clever.
." The doll understood.
"With the double AD lineup, plus the prince jungler, edg actually lacks control and openness, so I think they may have to judge whether Lucian should be placed in the mid lane based on ym's fourth pick." Miller said.
The red side, ym's fourth choice, directly locked Kalma.
"Wheel Mama Karma's bottom lane push combination, then EDG has to find a way to give meiko a push that can push against him. Kai'Sa's laning ability is actually weak in the early stage. If EDG can't get the lane right in the middle or bottom lane
, Ice Maiden Nightmare’s bottom lane with four packs of two is very difficult to deal with.” Watanabe said.
Abu is also thinking about this issue.
The edg side must have come out first, and the last choice of ym went to the higher unit.
If Lucian is given to Huni, and a Gnar or Captain is drawn from the opposite side, it can barely be dealt with, but in this case the rhythm of YM's midfielder will be great.
Abramovich also didn't believe that ym would play another long hand in this round, so he finally decided to switch Lucian to Scout in the middle, trying to find a way to suppress the wandering left hand before level six.
In the blue square, the fourth and fifth choices of edg are established.
Go up to single Nal and assist Feng Nu.
"Sure enough, Lucian was given the scout," Wawa breathed a sigh of relief, "He has often won this hero in the past few seasons, so there is no problem with his proficiency."
"Feng Nu can prevent the entry of Nightmare. It's difficult for YM to get past the bottom lane at level 6. From a defensive perspective, EDG did quite well, but..." Miller didn't finish his words.
Just grabbed it.
"But we have to wait and see if Jiang Ke University, the last choice, will cause any trouble." Wawa said with a smile.
Skateboard shoes and Lucian should be grabbed and banned.
Qinggangying and Sword Girl were also banned in the second round.
Looking at the current lineup, when facing Gnar, YM can actually beat Jayce, Crocodile, and Captain, but it is hard to say whether it can achieve perfect online suppression.
Time passes by second by second.
The fifth floor window of ym is still blank.
On the big screen, Meng Ma was still communicating with Su Chen.
Wawa was also a little impatient: "These two have been discussing for a long time, and it seems that ym still wants to make a big move as his last choice."
"Hey, is it possible that there is a new hero? According to the usual practice, in this kind of opening game, ym will usually pick a top laner that has not been used before, catching the opponent off guard." Miller laughed.
"A new hero..." Wawa was recalling the hero pool of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, but was interrupted by Miller.
"Eh...no way!"
The doll quickly raised his head and looked at the bp screen again.
On the fifth floor window of the red square, ym, after being blank for more than ten seconds, a hero with a faint green body finally appeared.
Holding a harpoon, his eyes are hollow, and his haggard figure is like a ghost, exuding a strange aura.
"Drag them... into the water!" a hoarse voice roared.
ym’s last choice was the new hero that was just released in version 8.11 a week ago.
Blood Harbor Ripper!
Pike!
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Let me have a meal and then write the second update.
