May 30th, today is the day when the MSC semi-finals begin.
Since the BO5 of the two semi-finals today has to be played, the first game is scheduled for 1:00 pm Beijing time, which is 2:00 pm Korean time.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, the entire KT team had already prepared in the lounge of the LOL PARK venue, discussing what lineup to choose.
Everyone was very enthusiastic about the discussion, mainly because the first game of the BO5 semi-finals adopted a blind pick mode, and guessing the opponent's lineup became a very interesting thing.
Kuro: "The opponent's AD will definitely play Varus, but the other positions are less certain."
Lin Cheng: "As for the jungler, I'm sure it will be the male spearman that Jin Ki-bum can't play."
Bono: "Just say it, can you not take me with you?"
Lin Cheng: "I'm sorry, it's the male gun that our team doesn't know how to handle, and we can't play well with it."
Bono: "·····"
Because there is too much luck involved, the blind draft mode has not appeared in the competition for a long time.
After all, tactical reserves and BP cannot be reflected in the blind draft mode. If you are unlucky and encounter a perfectly restrained lineup, you will basically lose more than half.
However, this time MSC itself is a bit entertaining, and the blind selection mode can be regarded as a little surprise for the audience, giving the audience a chance to see heroes that may not usually appear.
For example, Varus, in this version, is basically locked in the BAN position. Now players from both sides can choose to shoot at each other.
Everyone spent a long time in the lounge predicting the opponent's lineup, and finally came to the conclusion that... everything was just guessing.
After all, guessing the opponent's lineup involves the risk of being predicted. When being predicted, should we also predict the opponent's prediction?
What if your opponent predicts you and predicts his prediction?
If this continues, the cycle continues without reaching any conclusion.
Therefore, the blind selection mode is sometimes not so easy to pick out the lineup.
Either choose your most comfortable lineup, or guess the opponent's lineup and target it.
But if you are not careful, you may leave lasting regrets.
Just like Yue Lun back then.
He probably also hates why he chose Zed during the blind pick. If he had changed heroes, he wouldn't have been whipped to death today.
Soon, under the instructions of the staff, the entire KT team sat on the playing seats and began to debug the equipment.
The Chinese commentary for this game is Watanabe and Little Umbrella.
Wawa: "Here it comes! It's finally time for the LCK and LPL champions to meet. Today, only one division champion can advance to the MSC finals to see who can have the last laugh."
Xiao Umbrella: "Although MSI has been cancelled, it can be said that this MSC has provided many high-quality games to everyone. In terms of the quality of the games alone, I think it is higher than previous MSIs."
Wawa: "After all, it is a head-on confrontation between our first division LPL and the established division LCK. If the level of participating teams can be guaranteed, there will definitely be no weak teams like the wild card division coming in to give away points, and the quality of the competition will be guaranteed."
When Wawa said this, he completely forgot about the scene where IG was beaten violently by three opponents in turns yesterday, and the barrage was already ridiculing him.
Wawa: "The first game that is about to take place is really a tough battle for us in the LPL. After watching the first day of the group stage, I believe that everyone has no doubts about the strength of this KT team. Just look at the Hongmi coach.
What arrangements will be made?"
Xiaoxian: "Yes! We all know that coach Hongmi's BP is very targeted. Let's see if Jingdong can restrict the performance of KT players through tactical arrangements today? Especially on the top lane, we can't let Brother Chengzi go too far.
Feeling comfortable.
Moreover, JD.com must also block KT’s early offensive lineup. They are really good at snowballing in the early stage. We all know JD.com’s late-stage operations and teamfighting capabilities, but whether they can withstand it in the early stage is the key.”
Wawa: "Yes, then here comes the question! How to deal with it without BP in the first game?"
Xiao Xian laughed: "There's no way, I can only guess in the first game."
Just then, the pilot screen was shown to the scene, and the players of both sides in the first round had already entered the selection mode.
Because there is no BP link, players on both sides can choose freely without knowing the opponent's lineup.
From the audience's perspective, both ADs showed Varus first, both showing signs of being a slave.
As for Lin Cheng, there were too many choices and he didn't think about it at the first time, so he chose Galen first.
Garen can be said to be a hero that many players have been exposed to for a long time when they first learned. The operation is simple, the lines are passionate, and the big sword was once the dream of many elementary school students.
There is even news about a young and ignorant boy carrying a stick and imitating Galen by squatting in the grass.
It can be said that Galen is a hero of faith at a certain stage.
What is faith?
Sword girl, you have to persevere even if your breasts are cut, this is faith.
Yasuo, even if his leg is broken and the data is 0-21, I still want E. This is faith.
Garen, no matter how the situation collapses, it is still faith to shout for Demacia and charge towards the enemy.
Kuro: "Hey! Lin Cheng, you don't really want to play Garen, do you? Then I'll kill Teemo, and you'll take the blame if we lose."
Lin Cheng: "...I'm just kidding, I haven't thought of anything fun yet, you choose first."
In the screen that the KT players couldn't see, JD's mid laner Toothpaste also showed his Zed after his teammates showed their heroes.
Xiao Umbrella: "Brother Guozi, this should just be a flash, right? After all, this is the first BO5, and Zed is not a hero that can be used in this version."
The baby smiled: "What's so fun about the blind selection mode? Of course it's a confrontation with heroes. What's the most classic scene left to us in the blind selection mode? It's just two tribulations! What does toothpaste mean?"
"Yue Lun:???Why isn't this stupid game cool?"
"Let Yue Lun go, how many years have it been?"
"Don't be sad Yue Lun, the other Jie was just carried away yesterday."
"Don't be so bright! If you have the guts, just lock it down."
"The calamity of Gao Crazy Liang! It's done!"
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To be honest, the blind selection mode will actually make players get entangled.
Generally, when players play matching games, they can just lock what they want to play.
But there are many things that professional players have to consider. In addition to lineup matching, they also have to guess the opponent's possible choices.
The lineups of both sides were selected for a long time. Lin Cheng originally wanted to lock down Dao Mei for a massacre, but then he thought about it and the opponent must be guarding him.
So, Lin Cheng finally replaced Galen with Jace.
As a veteran top laner, Jayce's characteristic is that he almost never gets countered when playing blindly.
The shortcomings are also obvious. Jayce desperately needs the protection of the jungle. If he is targeted by the opponent a few times, he will be a useless person.
The lineups of both sides are selected.
Blue side KT:
Top road: Cheng (Future Guardian, Jace)
Jungler: Bono (Prince of Demacia, Jarvan IV)
Middle: Kuro (Desert Emperor, Azir)
Bottom lane: Aiming (Arrow of Punishment, Varus)
Support: Tusin (River King, Tahm)
Red square JDG:
Top road: Zoom (Desert Butcher, Renekton)
Jungler: Kanavi (Wild Huntress, Nidalee)
Middle: Yagao (Brave Bombardier, Kuchi)
Bottom lane: LokeN (Arrow of Punishment, Varus)
Assist: Lvmao (Soullock Warden, Thresh)
As expected, both sides' bottom lane ADs are Varus, but the selection of Varus means that the support must have the ability to protect.
KT had no shortage of team members because of the presence of the prince, so they chose Tahm Kench as their support.
Jingdong can only choose Thresh, which can not only provide protection for Varus, but also have a certain ability to start a group.
Generally speaking, there is not much difference in the strength of the heroes in the middle and lower half of the two sides. Only the top lane may determine the hero's trend in the game in the early stage.
Lin Cheng said he was under a lot of pressure.
"Jin Jifan, please take care of me more, I'm afraid the other side will come to play mahjong on the road."