Chapter 1067 A powerful opponent! The dawn of the empire
On the second match day of the group stage, after KT defeated INF, C9 in the same group unexpectedly lost to DFM.
It's really lively now.
During the opening game, everyone thought that C9 lost because KT was too strong. Wouldn’t it be easy to beat other wild card teams?
Unexpectedly, they never even played DFM.
You know, C9 spent a total of nearly 5 million US dollars on buying out Ah P's contract this year plus salary, which is much higher than the total worth of the entire DFM team.
As a result, the North American champion was defeated by the Japanese team. Who would have thought of this?
When C9 was wiped out by the team in the last wave, except for the North American commentary booth, which was filled with wailing, the commentators in all language streams couldn't hold back.
Even the Taiwanese commentator laughed outright at the commentator's desk.
"Oops! We were destroyed by the group!"
"Okay! North America is down!"
"This is a rhythm that will send C9 home!"
"Congratulations to DFM! The legendary team from LJL! They defeated the famous North American Light!"
"Did you see it? What does it mean to be assisted by a coach? Before the last wave of team battles, Kazu's record was still 0-1-0. As soon as he died, he immediately accelerated the team's victory. His teammates' 4V5 was even better than 5V5."
“The first week in North America sure doesn’t disappoint!”
"C9 is in danger! It seems that the fifth division of the five major competitions is Japan."
Wanwan is a talented commentator and is willing to say anything risqué. Coaches, players, and even directors have all been poached by the LPL, and they still have unfinished commentary.
In fact, DFM's victory over C9 directly aroused public opinion. This is the first time this year that a wild card team has defeated a team from a mainstream competition area.
The North American audience felt as if they had eaten shit.
Although we are very happy, we should not be disgusting all the time.
That’s 5 million dollars to buy Ah P?
This is even more expensive than KT’s fee for renewing Lin Cheng’s contract. It’s better to continue adding more money to Lin Cheng.
Of course, North American audiences also know that if money alone could influence the situation, Lin Cheng would definitely be in North America this year.
Just like Hanwha cannot buy anyone with money this year, what high-level players have to pursue is not just salary.
In fact, it’s not that the North American champions are really inferior to even the wild cards. This region is such a piss-poor. They dare to lose anyone who wants to win, but it’s not surprising that they occasionally overthrow the strong teams of LPL and LCK.
S9's IG was simply unstoppable in the first half of the year. They also performed very well in the MSI group stage with a 9-1 performance, and even beat SKT to a score of 1557.
After the group stage, everyone felt that IG had a great chance of winning the MSI championship that year, and at least reaching the finals was as safe as a dead dog.
As a result, no one expected that IG would be sent away by the North American champion TL in the semi-finals.
Except for C9’s performance, there were no upsets in the second day’s game.
On the third day of the group stage, KT ushered in the Japanese champion DFM.
When he entered the game, Lin Cheng couldn't help but glance at the DFM players.
It is said that their temporary assistant is the coach's comeback?
Because Japanese ruler Ceros's form has declined drastically as he has aged, DFM signed a new Korean mid laner, Aria, at the beginning of this year. Due to the restriction of two Korean aids, one of DFM's original two Korean aids, Nosuke, must retire.
There is no other way, DFM can only let Kazu, the former professional assistant of the coaching staff, return to the battlefield for the time being.
Kazu has been DFM's tactical coach since 2018, and has come back several times to serve as a tinker. This is his third comeback.
When Lin Cheng learned this information, he couldn't help but send a message to the factory director:
Mr. Mingkai, there is someone in Japan who did what you failed to do.
He came back and even reached MSI.
When will you come on stage? I'll go and support you.
The factory director ignored Lin Cheng and only sent him an emoticon of his own death gaze.
You kid, you're laughing at me, aren't you? Wait for me to fix you during the World Championships.
"Here we go! Today's third game will pit KT against DFM, who just overturned C9. I wonder if today's DFM can continue to surprise us."
Kris' cheerful voice sounded from the Chinese commentary booth. As long as they didn't analyze the situation with nonsense, the audience could still accept the existence of God K.
Another commentator who was partnered with her was MacT, who was said to be tough backstage.
"To be honest, it's unrealistic to expect DFM to defeat KT in an upset, but DFM, which overturned C9 in the last game, also proved that they also have the ability to cause trouble for strong teams, so let's look forward to it!"
Kris: "The director also gave us DFM's league data panel just now, but after coming to MSI, these data are actually of little reference significance. Just like the MSI data of PGG and UOL who appeared earlier can be said to have plummeted.
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MacT: "That's because they met RNG in the same group. There were only three teams in Group A fighting back and forth. Naturally, the data was ugly when they were beaten by RNG."
It has to be said that the LPL commentators also know what the traffic password is.
There is obviously no RNG game, but RNG is always the focus.
"Here it comes! The BP between the two teams has begun. KT did not relax their vigilance just because their opponents were relatively weak. They banned Crocodile and Rambo in the first place. They were both very targeted banners."
"DFM has also taken down Brother Chengzi's signature Blade Girl and Qinggang Shadow. Do you want to counter Morgana's BAN position with the last move left?"
Although Sister Bibi likes to talk nonsense when analyzing the situation, she has still done the necessary homework and knows which heroes are the focus of the version.
"I chose to target the Lee Sin! I still don't have enough BAN slots. The current version of the Lee Sin is so powerful that DFM dare not release it, so I can only release Peanut's jungler Morgana."
"This is the advantage brought by KT players' hero pool! The red side only has three BAN slots in the first round, and the opponent always has heroes they don't want to release and must release them."
The opponent once again targeted Lin Cheng with the top three BANs, and KT decisively took the lead to steal Morgana.
The top three heroes of the blue side were quickly confirmed: Morgana, Lucian, and Tauren.
The first three hands of the red square DFM are: Udyr, Xiaopao, and Zoe.
In the second round, DFM continued to target the top laner, including Bannar and Jayce.
In this way, Lin Cheng was banned from the hero pool for five consecutive times.
On the fourth floor of the red side, the auxiliary Riel was released first, leaving the counter position to the top laner Evi.
The blue side sacrifices Kai'Sa + Captain.
DFM finally took out Evi’s unique skill Urgot.
The lineups of both sides are as follows.
Blue side KT: Captain, Morgana, Lucian, Kai'Sa, Tauren.
Red side DFM: Urgot, Udyr, Zoe, Xiao Pao, Riel.
Although the strength of this game is very different, it is the star team of this MSI, KT, after all. Countless Asian audiences at home and abroad still stayed up late to watch the game.
Even in the island nation, there are many otakus who have temporarily left their two-dimensional wives behind, hoping that DFM can face powerful opponents and bring a surprise to Japanese e-sports.
As a result, the surprise came quickly.
Not long after the screen cut into the game, the audience saw Lin Cheng, who was standing in the grass on the road and river, being surrounded by DFM's Ueno in the grass.
Seeing Udyr leaning up from the river, Lin Cheng was helpless and subconsciously prepared to circle back to his defense tower from above, but he happened to bump into Urgot who was blocking him from above.
The crab faced him and first sprayed his two legs with passive force, and then carried the captain back close to his body.
Udyr connected with bear form's slap.
Lin Cheng had to eat oranges and dodge to save his life.
It will be difficult for Captain Level 1 to learn Orange lane laning.
And Udyr was ruthless enough, and he immediately launched a wave of level two attacks to catch him.
Being dodged back by Urgot E, Lin Cheng was instantly knocked out by Orange in the air, but was still knocked unconscious by Udyr who flashed out of the river.
Urgot gets first blood.
You know, Lin Cheng didn't die once in the first two games, and he actually got his first kill in Iceland by DFM.
The barrage is already boiling.
"Haha! The air attack on Pearl Harbor was successful!"