As WE eliminated nb three to zero, the top four of the lpl summer playoffs were all decided.
They are edg, we, omg, and rng. They happen to be the top four teams in the spring split. They are the four lpl teams participating in this year's intercontinental competition.
These four teams also happen to be the top two in each of the two groups AB during the summer regular season.
This also shows that the performance of the regular season can still explain some problems. Two rounds of the entire playoffs have been played, and there has been no counterattack.
Not only did there not be any dark horse moments, but in the two rounds that had already been played, the side with a higher regular season ranking basically easily defeated the side with a lower regular season ranking.
Four games were bo5, three were 3-0, and one was 3-1.
The semi-finals of the playoffs will start two days after the six-to-four match ends, and the two semi-finals are scheduled on the same day.
Because it takes more than ten days to participate in the intercontinental competition, the schedule of this LPL Summer Split is extremely tight. Before the finals are decided, there are two games a day, and the interval between games is also very short.
This undoubtedly tests the tactical reserves and adaptability of each team.
Rich tactics naturally require players' hero pools to support them, and the tight schedule is also a big test for players' energy and physical strength.
On the night after the game against ig, Lu Chen played solo queue until four in the morning before going to rest.
During this critical period, Lu Chen naturally had no interest in playing ranked games through live broadcasts. He spent most of the night in solo queue practicing heroes.
All kinds of weird heroes have been found by Lu Chen to play top lane. Even with Lu Chen's current relatively high values in various basic attributes, if he plays in the top division of the Korean server, he will certainly lose more and win less.
Many ob Lu Chen Hanbok ranked anchors called Zeng Jin, the familiar Hanbok ghost, and returned.
The semi-finals between OMG and EDG started on August 25th. On August 24th, coach Mingzhe had some new ideas and told Lu Chen that they coincided with Lu Chen’s views and urgently needed to be verified in the training match.
New idea is about the semi-finals against edg the next day.
Although in recent versions, all teams have focused on the bottom lane in most games, which of course includes omg.
Ma Ge's strength is completely excellent, but Mingzhe still wants to restore the style of play that OMG played around Lu Chenlai in the first half of the summer split in the game against edg.
The starting point for this idea is naturally the top laner mouse player based on edg.
After the recent version changes and the trend of top lane games becoming more and more aggressive, the Audi players in the edg team who were still able to play regularly are no longer able to play at all.
In the last month or so of edg's games, mouse has been playing all the top lane positions.
The reason is simply that Audi's ability to play tank heroes is far inferior to that of mouse.
But in the final analysis, the two top laners of edg are not top-notch in strength, and their flaws are too obvious.
There is a saying, when edg replaced the original Korean player adc-zet with the pink newcomer iboy in the middle of the summer regular season, the only obvious shortcoming in the edg team was mouse.
The factory manager is still not short on LPL!
After careful consideration, Mingzhe felt that OMG was definitely not as good as EDG in terms of in-game operations, so he might as well use his own strengths to attack EDG's weaknesses and completely break through this point.
This point is naturally on the road.
Moreover, it is well known that the factory director does not like to be caught on the road.
In this way, Mingzhe felt that it could be well designed to amplify the already existing personal strength gap between the two sides on the road.
During the tactical discussion in the conference room, the team members all agreed with Mingzhe's idea of changing the strategic focus in the semifinals.
Although in recent games for a long time, Lu Chen mostly played tank and team heroes in order to adapt to the version, many viewers may have forgotten Lu Chen's carry ability.
But Lu Chen's teammates know very well that at some point, Lu Chen is fully capable of carrying the team against the meta version.
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At this stage of the summer split, training matches are hard to come by.
There are still games to be played next, and there are only a few teams. The other teams that missed the playoffs or were eliminated in the playoffs took a holiday early.
The remaining four teams are either opponents in tomorrow's semifinals or potential opponents in the finals.
Tomorrow's opponents in the semifinals will definitely not be able to play training matches with each other.
If you invite the other two teams, it’s not easy to bring out too much in the training match. After all, they may encounter each other in the finals. They have already reached the semi-finals. It is impossible to have the mentality of taking it one step at a time. The finals will naturally be between each team.
Things within the scope of the team’s consideration.
Under this situation, nb, which was just eliminated yesterday, became the most popular team.
nb has indeed been eliminated, but no matter what the results of the two semi-finals are, they have already confirmed a spot in the bubbling round of the S7 Global Finals LPL Division.
Therefore, it is naturally impossible for nb to go fishing on vacation. The whole team is still preparing for the bubble game at the base.
omg wanted to make an appointment with nb to play a training match, but of course he didn't make the appointment.
So I had to find my old friend we.
omg During the summer split, the opponent we played the most in training matches was we.
Both teams are very familiar with each other's styles. Today OMG suddenly changed their thinking and we adapted quickly.
In addition, Leg Brother plays very steadily, and Kandi will take care of the road from time to time. OMG's idea of refocusing on Lu Chen did not achieve very good results, at least on We.
However, Mingzhe doesn't care too much. It was originally used to play against edg. When playing against other teams, he just needs to change his style of play. Omg doesn't only know one style of play.
One move that can conquer the world does not exist in League of Legends. You can only conquer the world by adapting to the version, but this does not affect the fact that sometimes you can unexpectedly win.
The interval of one day is too short, and it is unrealistic to try to practice anything new in this small amount of time.
In the training match with WE, we focused on playing on the top lane, which consolidated some of OMG's original skills and re-familiarized himself with some moves that he hadn't used in a long time.
After the training match, Mingzhe had nothing else to do. Lu Chen and his teammates played ranked games to adjust their status before the game.
Lu Chen went to bed earlier than usual at night. At two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the game against edg would officially start. He would go out earlier, so he needed to go to bed early to ensure enough sleep.
Whether you get enough sleep or not has a great impact on your mental state.
Friday, August 25th.
After lunch, all OMG players, as well as the team leader and coaching staff, boarded the bus and prepared to go to the competition site.
Until the finals, the game was still held at the Supermarket Plaza, where the regular season is usually held.
In the Spring Split a few months ago, omg fell in the semi-finals, and ultimately lost to edg in the third place battle.
Today, Lu Chen's goal, and the goal of the entire OMG team, is naturally to avenge EDG and reach the summer finals.
