This year's summer split, due to the addition of an intercontinental tournament, caused the regular season to be suspended for about ten days.
Therefore, the subsequent schedule is very tight.
The regular season ended on August 20, and the playoffs started just two days later on August 22.
However, under the current competition system, there are not many games to be played in the playoffs.
For the two groups in the regular season, when it comes to the playoffs, the third and fourth place players in the group will advance to the first round, the second place players in the group will play in the second round, and the first place player in the group will directly advance to the semi-finals.
And all are single-elimination formats.
So this also means that only six bo5 games are needed to determine the two sides in the final.
Not only is the interval between the regular season and the playoffs short, but the playoffs will use a new version.
Version changed from 7.15 to 7.16.
Moreover, the 7.16 version has only been updated in the Korean server for a little over a week. The LPL version changes this time have kept up with it quite promptly. There is no situation like the previous version used in the LPL game, which was almost a month behind the pub game.
This will undoubtedly further test the adjustment and adaptability of each team.
The 7.16 version used in the playoffs has no major changes compared to the previous version.
The designer has not made any adjustments to the increasingly powerful bottom lane for the time being.
This is also normal. Designers have historically had too long reflection arcs, too slow adjustment cycles, and incomplete consideration of issues.
Often the closer to the World Championship, the easier it is for League of Legends designers to come up with some deformed versions and produce some versions of monsters.
Players have long been too lazy to complain!
In version 7.16, which will be used in the playoffs, there are only two equipment changes.
The first is to slightly weaken the salary equipment of Diduiu Ancient Coins. The designer said that it was to limit the soft assists that have become increasingly popular recently, but in fact this change has no impact.
Changed means not changed!
Second, if the jungle knife is upgraded to the Cinder Giant, the synthesis fee will be increased by 75 yuan.
The original intention is of course to weaken the tank jungler who has a lot of fire, but such a small change is better than nothing!
Tanks are not only used to fight fires in the wild, but also on the road.
The big tree has been weakened in this version, and the damage of the throwing tree son has been cut.
Lu Chen said a few days ago that he would use Sword Lady to chop down the big tree in EDG, which is also the source of this.
Because Sword Girl has been strengthened in this version.
The extra movement speed provided by Sword Queen's passive [Duel Dance] has increased a lot compared to before, especially in the later stage, the increase is even greater.
It will undoubtedly make Sword Queen's pulling ability stronger.
Lu Chen felt that his Sword Princess was already extremely thirsty!
The other changes have nothing to do with the top lane, they are mainly focused on the mid lane heroes, and they are all minor repairs.
...
At two o'clock in the afternoon on August 22, the first playoff game of the lpl summer season will begin.
IG plays against Suning.
The winner of this game will face omg the next day.
It was still far away from the start time of the training match scheduled by Mingzhe, and Lu Chen was ready to watch the match for a while.
Lu Chen mainly came to see theshy's performance, because in today's bo5, ig started theshy in the top lane position.
Before the game, Lu Chen could think that it would be no problem for ig to win this bo5.
But I didn't expect ig to win so easily. They defeated Suning in straight sets and 3-0.
Moreover, the three games were all slugging games, and each game lasted shorter than the last. Suning could not hold out even one game for thirty minutes.
But theshy's performance in these three games was very average, and I felt that his state was very strange.
It may still be somewhat restricted by the fact that this tank top laner is the mainstream version.
In these three games, theshy was somewhat isolated from his teammates, and did not have any advantage against the wolves.
Especially in the third game, it only took 22 minutes for ig to level Suning's base.
But in this crushing game, the shy top laner Prince's record was actually 0-6.
The performance is indeed unsatisfactory!
ig can easily beat Suning, mainly because of the middle and lower lanes, killing everything.
In particular, IG's adc Xihuang (west) continued the state of failure last week.
Three small cannons, three in a row, won the mvp in the first and third games.
It can be seen that Xihuang is very high today. The little cannon in the first game has already jumped into the spring and killed people.
IG fans were very excited to watch this game, and Xihuang’s performance also made IG fans say:
"I don't know who Jack Dirty Dancing is, I just want Xihuang!"
After watching the ig game, Lu Chen thought that if theshy is still in this state tomorrow, it won't be that difficult to win ig.
When Xihuang meets Ma Ge, he will not be able to perform like he did today. When the time comes, he will target Rookie and the game will be easy to win.
In tomorrow's game, how to restrict Rookie is something Mingzhe needs to consider.
Anyway, the hero Airplane is now the focus of competition in the middle lane.
The Korean LCK playoffs have reached the finals. Judging from the LCK games and LPL's own recent games, the aircraft's carry ability in the late stage is too strong, and the damage is really exaggerated.
If you release planes to your opponent, you must be prepared to end the game in the mid-term.
Mingzhe already has some ideas and is going to try them out in a training match soon.
...
The bo5 match between ig and Suning ended at less than four o'clock.
Therefore, another game in the first round of the playoffs, the bo5 between NBA and Snakes, started at 4 o'clock in advance.
There is still a long time before the agreed training match time, but Lu Chen has no interest in watching the next Bo5.
Although nb is not very strong, the Snakes team is really bad this year. Their entry into the playoffs depends entirely on the support of their peers in Group A.
So this bo5 game, like the ig game, also has no suspense.
Lu Chen clicked on a Korean server ranking game. After entering the rankings, he chose Sword Princess and prepared to start cutting.
And the competition did not exceed Lu Chen's expectations.
nb, like ig, won the opponent with a score of three to zero.
Although each game lasted more than thirty minutes, it didn't seem to have as explosive a program effect as ig.
But the rhythm of the game was always firmly in the hands of nb, and the Snakes had no chance throughout the game.
The first day of the playoffs ended like this.
Two 3-0 games in a row. After these two best-of-five games in the first round, it was still dark outside.
The spectators who went to watch the game also felt that the game was really not enjoyable to watch.
The strength gap between the bottom three of the two groups ab in the regular season and the top three is indeed too big.
The two teams ranked fourth, and both were defeated by the third-placed team three to zero.
...
On August 23, the second day of the first round of the playoffs, the second round of the LPL playoffs began.
Today we also have two playoff games in a row, first the bo5 between omg and ig, and then the bo5 between we and nb.
The game between OMG and IG started at two o'clock in the afternoon. Lu Chen and his teammates boarded the bus after lunch and arrived at the game site.
"Okay, hello everyone, welcome to the second round of our LPL playoffs. The first thing we bring to you today is the showdown between OMG and IG."
"I am the commentator Guan Zeyuan."
"I'm hallucinogenic."
"I'm Rita."
The audience felt a little headache when they saw the "Hypnosis Master" performing hallucinations, but fortunately, the hallucinations were not paired with another hypnotist, Long Hair.
Guan Zeyuan is quite interesting, so today's explanation will not be too boring.
As soon as Rita started talking, the barrage in the event live broadcast room was full of old jokes about "drinking war horses and playing with Rita".
"Yesterday, ig crushed the game in three sets, taking away Suning 3-0. I don't know what kind of performance they will bring against OMG today." Guan Zeyuan said.
Qihuan continued: "Yesterday, ig won very easily, but theshy's condition looks very unsatisfactory, and ond is not a wolf. If theshy is still in the same state as yesterday, it will be very difficult for ig to beat today."
"But now top laners generally play tank heroes, and the influence of top laners is actually not as great as it used to be."
nd, Guan Zeyuan, as the number one Lu Chui, immediately became energetic.
"Teacher Hallucinogen, you said that the top lane is now full of tank heroes. I feel that it is a pity for Lu Shen. With his performance in the first half of the regular season, I thought he was going to win the regular season MVP."
“I didn’t expect that the version has changed so much that the influence on the top lane has declined.”
"But having said that, Lu Shen's tank top laner is no worse than his warrior top laner. Just like his ID, he is as calm as the earth."
"What I least expected was that Xiaohu actually completed a big counterattack in the last week and won the regular season MVP. In the end, the junior was 0.1 points behind Xiaohu."
When Guan Zeyuan said this, edg fans watching the game in the live broadcast room complained on the barrage:
This regular season mvp of my junior brother will make you give me milk!
"Without further ado, the players are about to take the stage. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides today."
The starting players of both sides appeared on the big screen, and Guan Zeyuan quickly changed the topic.
After Rita read out the player ID, Guan Zeyuan continued:
"Both sides started with their usual lineups today. IG's side is the same as yesterday. The top laner still starts with theshy, and the Duke player is temporarily sitting on the bench."
After the commentary introduced the starting lineup of both sides, the players' equipment on the stage was also debugged.
Sitting on the player bench, a familiar voice that had not been heard for a long time appeared in Lu Chen's mind.
