Mentioning FPX Li Luo can’t help but feel a little emotional.
There is a connection between FPX and EDG this year, but only Li Luo knows about this connection.
As a new team, FPX's lineup this year can only be regarded as ordinary in the eyes of the public.
The bottom lane duo is Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong, who have not had much success so far.
There are two people in the middle unit, they are stateless and naughty.
Wu State is the main figure that triggered discussions about the FPX lineup. As the mid laner of the old OMG, Wu State has a certain fan base, but his fan base is gradually declining.
The exposed incident is only secondary, after all, e-sports performance is the main thing.
The key lies in performance.
Since the S4 season, stateless performance has been declining day by day, getting worse year by year.
And judging from the team promotional video when he joined the team, it seems that he is not very satisfied with FPX's lineup.
In addition, FPX has introduced the RNG team's substitute jungler Pepper for the jungle position.
Pepper played for a while during the 2017 LPL Summer Split when Xiang Guo was ill.
Moreover, his record is quite good, and he is considered a very good jungler in terms of his playing style.
It's a pity that he didn't get a chance to play with the team in the S7 World Championship.
Now that he has moved to FPX, it can be regarded as a new life in his career.
The connection between the two teams lies in the top lane.
During the winter transfer period, former C9 top laner Ray announced that he was leaving the team and was preparing to return to the LPL to play games.
According to Li Zhe, EDG originally planned to get in touch with the player Ray, but they gave it up after Jin Gong came along.
Ray bounced around several times during the transfer period and finally joined FPX.
Before Li Luo was reborn, Ray belonged to EDG.
Jin Gong belongs to FPX.
Now looking at it, it is a yes to swap the top order.
Li Luo once heard a saying.
The five people who have won the world championship may not all be the strongest among the five positions, but they must be the right ones and the most suitable for each other.
Li Luo when he was in the IG team was not his original appearance and style of play.
What Li Luo did was to transform his style into the one most suitable for the IG team when he was able to do it.
In a five-player team game, someone is bound to make sacrifices for the team.
Li Luo knew this very well.
FPX's lineup this year is not very good in most people's eyes.
But EDG will not underestimate it.
What kind of chemical reaction will occur between players will only be clear after playing.
Just when Li Luo was preparing to train, Meiko, who was sitting next to him, said a long-sounding "Fuck...tang..."
The vast and profound Chinese culture is destined to express different emotions in different WTF.
From Meiko's tone, his "f*ck" words seemed to express a kind of helplessness.
"What's wrong?"
Li Luo glanced at Meiko's screen.
Meiko is still watching the live broadcast, and now it is the post-match interview session.
The screen has been covered by large barrages like snowflakes.
"The best bot lane duo!"
"Are these true Alliance brothers?"
"Oh my god, to be honest, I was really touched, a little bit heartbroken, a little moved."
"Li Luo, Megan, a good partner destined to go down in history!"
"666666!"
"Good guy, I call him good guy. As long as one of these two people changes gender, I also hope that they will be together."
"Jakeylove cried and fainted in the toilet!"
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Li Luo:???
"What can I say?"
Meiko handed over the earphones in a sour tone and said at the same time: "The host who just interviewed asked Baolan why he wanted to change his ID. What do you think he said?"
Li Luo's heart moved when he heard this, and he had a vague guess.
He put on his headphones.
At this time, Baolan in the earphones was still talking.
"Brother Luo really helped me a lot and made me grow a lot, so... I'm very grateful to him."
Li Luo looked at the screen blankly.
In the interview booth, the host Yu Shuang continued to ask: "I believe the audience is very concerned about one issue, that is, which ID will be written on your champion skin signature?"
"megan."
Baolan answered without thinking. When he said this, he paused slightly: "But next time we play against each other, Brother Luo will face Jakeylove and Baolan. I believe our cooperation will not disappoint the fans."
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The interview is over.
Li Luo took off his headphones.
"He said that the ID Megan will stay in the Bird's Nest forever."
Meiko said while observing Li Luo's expression.
"Let's train."
Li Luo glanced at him and said angrily.
IG's post-game interview undoubtedly caused quite an earthquake in the Tieba forum.
With Baolan's words, countless players have begun to look forward to the showdown between EDG and IG.
However, due to the AB grouping, the match between the two teams will not be until late March at the earliest.
"That's fine. Both teams have enough time to get used to each other."
"Indeed, the LPL has just started, and everyone is still in the stage of exploring the version. The later half of the game will become more bloody."
"Brother Luo will play FPX tomorrow. Last time L was in NB, he was educated three times by Brother Luo's fortune teller. I remember it very clearly."
"You upstairs are frustrated. You were tortured even though I made my announcement. How dare you ignore my announcement? I'll blow your skull off with one punch!"
"I bet 50 cents that this time NB... no, FPX will never be stubborn again!"
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The showdown between FPX and EDG kicked off on January 16th.
The venue, which is not particularly large, was filled with spectators.
More than 90% of them are fans of the EDG team.
After all, FPX is a new team. Only a few people come to support offline, and there are quite a few people here mainly to support Stateless.
It is worth mentioning that the commentator for today's game is actually Guan Zeyuan.
He is paired with the popular female commentator Rita.
The bp between the two sides soon kicked off.
The three bans in front of the blue side's FPX were given to Kalista, Fortune Teller and Zuo Yin respectively.
"Zuo Yin will be severely punished in the next version. The official server has been updated, but the competition server has not yet been synchronized. It should not appear in the ban position in the next version. I feel that this update is a bit targeted at playing Zuo Yin.
A better team to play.”
Guan Zeyuan said in the commentary box.
"Yes, the EDG team's mid laner Sout happens to be one of the three Zuo Yin in our LPL division. He is one, Rookie is one, and the other is JD.com's mid laner Toothpaste. These three players Zuo Yin in the German Cup
The performance is quite impressive.”
Rita was commenting from the side.
"Yes, on the other hand, the first three bans of the EDG team are more conventional. Ornn, Tsar, and...Liu Qingsong's Thresh were given to them respectively! Respect the support. This is it."
While Guan Zeyuan was talking, the contestants on both sides were also discussing.
"If they take the prince, we will take the Malzahar Mantis directly."
Li Luo communicated with Abu, and Abu nodded and said, "That's it."
FPX chooses the prince instantly on the first floor.
This is pepper’s signature jungle hero.
At the same time, the midfielder combination of the hero Prince and Malzahar has a very high winning rate.
After all, after reaching level 6, Malzahar will have a big move to stably control.
It's perfect to pair with a hero like Prince who can connect chain control and deal small burst damage.
But in addition to the prince, there is another jungle hero that is very suitable to match with Malzahar, and that is Mantis.
One control, one explosion.
Standard combination.
Therefore, EDG locked Mantis Malzahar in seconds on the first and second floors.
However, FPX's choice of the second and third floors surprised EDG.
They first chose a hand of Karma.
Then he locked up the captain.
Jin Gong's captain was counterattacked by the opponent, which was unexpected by Jin Gong.
The EDG team locked Yin Zeruil on the third floor.
The reason why there is no early pick is because EDG wanted to see if FPX would take ad first.
If they take it first, they will have other heroes to counterattack.
Taking the mid and jungle first is because they are worried that FPX will swing the prince to the top lane and steal the combination of Malzahar and Mantis for the mid and jungle, which will be a bit embarrassing for them.
Judging from the current situation, FPX’s coach has great ideas.
Karma can sway with the support, and FPX's selection of Karma is suspected of forcing EDG to play Yinzeril or ban Yinzeril in the second round. After all, Karma is the best auxiliary hero to match Yinzeril.
The two sides entered the second round of bp.
The blue side FPX quickly eliminated the vampire and Jace.
The captain didn't have a good time when he met these two heroes on the road.
The EDG team's BP in the second round was quite targeted. They killed the female tank with one hand, and then they killed Luo.
FPX already has the prince as a team-starting hero, and what EDG has to do is try to prevent Liu Qingsong from getting a more convenient group-starting point.
At the end of the banning session between both sides, the EDG team showed off a wave of their traditional skills.
"Are you here? Sure enough, the EDG team is a late arrival, Dashu! EDG chose Dashu for the fourth floor!"
Amid Guan Zeyuan's exclamation, EDG's fourth floor was locked instantly.
Only EDG can arouse the emotions of the audience when choosing this hero.
The audience at the scene was in an uproar.
"It's just... it's outrageous..."
"What is supposed to come will come, so I asked how could it be possible for EDG to change gender."
"As expected of you EDG..."
"But one thing to say, don't underestimate the big tree, especially when beating the captain... This version of the captain will steal money, but don't forget that when the captain can QQ the big tree, the big tree can also tie up
When it comes to the captain, the burst of aftershocks when the big tree is tied up is much higher than the captain in the early stage."
Some netizens in Tieba analyzed it.
If the two heroes Captain and Big Tree were taken alone, most viewers would think that the Captain would crush the Big Tree like a cliff.
But that's only true in terms of damage in late-stage team fights.
FPX's top laner Ray's face fell when he saw EDG's top laner knocking down the big tree.
He hated this thing.
To be precise, it is the combination of the big tree and the mantis.
These two guys come together, and if he chooses to do crazy military training in the early stage, his life will be very difficult.
EDG team battle table.
Xiaotian rubbed his hands with a hand warmer and felt quite relaxed.
Recently, Xiaotian can feel that his proportion in the team has increased.
In this game, regardless of whether he is a top unit or a mid-range unit, the hero he chooses is very well coordinated with him and can give him enough room to perform.
However, Xiaotian did not notice the exchange of looks between Li Luo and Abu when they made this decision.
Li Luo knows Xiaotian very well.
Therefore, Li Luo knew clearly that Xiaotian needed to go through at least three stages if he wanted to truly grow into a player who could stand alone.
Now, it's just the first stage.
Build confidence in Xiaotian and let him have a preliminary understanding of his own strength.
The road Xiaotian has to go is still far away.
After the EDG team locked the big tree, the FPX bottom lane duo finalized the combination of Lucian and Niutou.
On the other hand, EDG chose Tahm Kench for their counter position on the fifth floor!
"Yinzeril is paired with Tahm. In this case, the lineups of both sides have been completely determined. The blue side FPX team, the captain in the top lane, the jungle prince, the stateless Karma in the mid lane, and the bottom lane duo are Lucian and Niutou.
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"The red side EDG team, the top laner is Big Tree, the jungler is Mantis, the mid laner is Malzahar, and the bottom lane duo is Yinzeriel and Tahm Kench!"
"The players on both sides are ready, let's enter the first matchup between FPX and EDG!"
As Guan Zeyuan's words fell, the cheers of the EDG fans at the scene sounded like a tsunami.
On the FPX battle table.
"Follow my command."
Wu State said in a deep voice: "In the early stage, I will break Malzahar's shield. If I find an opportunity, I can just come over and grab him. As long as I can hit him with a flash, he will be useless."
"Let me give it a try."
There was a hint of helplessness in Pepper's words.
It's easy to say stateless.
Little did he know that his jungler was under a lot of pressure.
Once a hero like Mantis surpasses him in early development, it will snowball and kill him like a pig in the jungle.
Any wave of risky ganks may cause your own wild monsters to be countered.
He has also studied how aggressive Xiaotian is during this period.
Instead of cooperating with the stateless team, Pepper prefers to find rhythm with Liu Qingsong in the support position.
Before starting on the BP side, the coach himself thought that the hero Card Card was very good, stateless and good at playing, and more suitable for early game rhythm.
But Wushu refused and chose this thing.
It is indeed unlikely that Karma will be at a disadvantage in the laning, after all, this is a jack-of-all-trades hero.
But this thing wants to set the pace or arry?
It's a bit too difficult.
Liu Qingsong didn't say anything, and Pepper, who had an easy-going personality, couldn't say much.
Just fight according to your own ideas.
At this time, Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang are already online.
They had fought against Li Luo before.
Although Li Luo's support has changed, both of them still remember his style.
In this game, Niutou and Lucian started fighting for the line right as soon as they came online, trying to reach level 2.
And at the end of the first wave of troops, the two men had an obvious tendency to press forward.
Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang leaned together and crossed the military line to press forward.
It would be difficult for any Yin Zerui who steals money to refuse the temptation placed in front of him.
But to the two's helplessness, Li Luo's Yin Zerui held back.
Then the big Lucian was within his attack range, but Li Luo didn't use his Q skill to consume him.
"You can't fool him."
Lin Weixiang said helplessly.
In this game, Liu Qingsong did not bring Niutou’s usual talent, Aftershock.
Instead, he chose the Guardian.
This is for this wave of strong attacks at level 2.
If Yinzeriel has just Qed Lucian, then the guardian's talent will be triggered. The two will attack the minions at the same time to reach level 2, and use the guardian's movement speed bonus to launch an initiative against Yinzeriel and Tahm Kench, who are only at level 1.
Even though the distance between the two is relatively long, the two who use the guardian's acceleration to grab 2 can easily gain an advantage in the laning period.
But there was nothing they could do if Li Luo was not fooled.
ps: Next update at 18 o'clock...this transfer period is full of internal flavor
