The first day of the group stage has come to an end.
Both LPL teams achieved their own victories. Although the enemies they faced were not very strong, they still won, and the victory was quite clean and tidy.
It's just that some people are happy and some are worried.
The South Korean team achieved one win and one loss in today's two matches, which obviously did not satisfy their audience.
Domestic Tieba forums have gathered a large number of porters who are just for fun, and there are considerate translators on hand to serve. The scene in the Korean forum soon appeared in Tieba.
"Give GEN some time. It's a good thing to lose in the first round, but later...I forgot about the later."
"It doesn't matter, GEN has always been a slow team. They made it to the semi-finals in last year's World Championship. They stumbled from the group stage to crushing KZ in the quarter-finals. I believe in them."
"I hope so. I hope they can warm up during the short group stage schedule. Don't forget that they will play EDG tomorrow. How can they play EDG in this state?"
"It's okay to be slow to warm up. The problem is that it's October now and it's getting colder day by day..."
"This is just BO1. This world championship is our version of GEN. We will be invincible when it comes to BO5!"
"Rational analysis, is there a possibility that GEN's main research goal is EDG, so they did not take other teams to heart and underestimated the enemy and lost."
"The rational fans of GEN said that we will not lose a game and advance to the quarterfinals with a score of 5/1!"
…
As a melon-eater, domestic netizens were delighted.
However, in the face of the cruel words sent by Korean netizens from a distance, the grumpy old friends in China did not rush to express their opinions.
Everything will be discussed after tomorrow's game.
Talking nonsense before a game can easily get you slapped in the face.
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Busan.
Inside GEN's temporary training base.
At one o'clock in the morning, everyone is still training.
Without him, no one in GEN would be able to sleep.
Naturally, they have heard and seen the cynicism and sarcasm of netizens on the forum.
They... feel aggrieved.
In fact, some netizens spoke to their hearts.
They have indeed put a lot of research into EDG.
After many rational analyzes by supervisor Edgar and analysts, GEN has reason to believe that their loss to IG last year was because they were restrained by IG in terms of game style.
The teams that GEN likes to play are the ones that prefer operating rhythm.
For example, the EDG team.
Although the EDG team also has a more aggressive style of play, the engine of this aggressive style of play is their midfielder.
As long as their jungler and mid laner contain the early rhythm of the EDG team's midfield, they will be confident enough to drag the situation into a familiar area.
This method of winning against EDG has actually been made public in the Korean professional circle.
It’s just that there are very few teams that can do it.
Edgar has a relatively stable set of tactics, and in his opinion, only GEN can successfully implement this set of tactics.
If the opening battle is lost, then the next key battle must not be lost.
He doesn't want to lead his team into a "life and death battle" in the first round of the group stage.
Turn the tide around tomorrow!
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The next afternoon.
The first match on the second day of the group stage was between EDG and GEN.
Not only was the venue full today, there were also many spectators outside the venue. These spectators gathered together in twos and threes to discuss the game.
In order to give spectators who did not buy tickets outside the venue a better viewing experience, a viewing screen was also set up in the square outside the venue, but this screen was obviously much smaller than inside the venue.
Only spectators who are closer can see it relatively clearly, but for those players who cannot go inside to watch the game, it is great to have this kind of atmosphere.
On their way to the battle table, the EDG people happened to hear the GEN people not far away shouting something when they walked to the exit.
After hearing the voice from GEN, the expressions of the junior disciple and Jin Gong clearly showed a strange look.
"Can you hear me clearly? What are they saying?"
Xiaotian came up and asked like a curious baby.
"I can't hear it clearly, but it probably means that we are the No. 1 seed, and when we meet their No. 3 seed, our psychological pressure will be greater."
The junior student said thoughtfully: "But what they said is actually right. I am under great psychological pressure right now."
Tang Daren Zhu Kai happened to hear what the junior boy said and was about to step forward to comfort him. However, he heard the junior boy minding his own business and saying: "Brother Yi Jin beat him so badly last year. If I beat him
It feels so shameless to balance the power."
Zhu Kai froze in place as he stepped out.
He looked at Abu innocently.
Abu spread his hands.
Well, he was overthinking it.
pressure?
EDG has experienced so many storms this year.
If GEN wants to make them feel the pressure, there is no point in talking.
It must be proven with actual actions.
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In the commentary box.
Guan Zeyuan and Wang Duoduo, the commentary partners at the Asian Games, are now together again.
Although Guan Zeyuan faced the camera with a smile on his face, his smile did not seem so sincere to the audience.
On the contrary...a little bitter?
Guan Zeyuan suspects that LPL officials are targeting him, so does he have to let him explain this game?
Can't you just change it for another day?
He likes GEN.
But he is also a commentator for the LPL division.
This will make him very confused.
Once famous quotes appear in this game, no matter which side the interested parties are on, he will definitely be the one who gets trolled!
After some unpretentious opening remarks, the BP between the two parties kicked off without any sloppiness.
"In this game, GEN rolled the blue side. They were very lucky. Their first three bans were Kai'Sa, Bullhead, and Syndra."
"In contrast, the first three ban positions of EDG on the red side are given to Sword Demon, Urgot and Tahm Kench!"
Wang Duoduo said: "There is no need to say more about Kai'Sa. Yesterday, MAD directly gave Li Luo the MVP of the first S game. It seems that GEN has no intention of letting it go."
"Brother Luo's Kai'Sa really can't be released. As for Niutou and Syndra, it's easy to understand. This version will have more warrior-type top laners. As for Niutou, we all know that although he is a hard support, he is a
A hard support with strong team initiating and protective abilities.”
Guan Zeyuan analyzed from the side: "Meiko is also very good at the hero Niutou. If GEN doesn't plan to rob him, Niutou must be respected."
"As for Syndra... Crown played a game yesterday, and the effect was not good. I also feel that this thing is not in line with his style. It’s okay to ban him. After all, Syndra on the junior side is also one of the unique skills.
One."
While Guan Zeyuan was talking, the first floor of GEN had already selected a hero in seconds.
Banning Kai'Sa means that their thinking is very clear. On the one hand, they want to take Xayah, and on the other hand, they want to force EDG to take Luo.
"This one, I use his champion skin."
After locking Kasumi on the first floor of his house, Emperor Chi said eagerly.
Last night King Chi had a dream.
I dreamed that I could overcome this curse in my heart today, and Chichi Emperor had a vague feeling that as long as he could overcome this curse, then he would have a chance to become the world champion this time!
Take Xia, and use Li Luo's champion skin to defeat Li Luo!
"Very good, that's how it is."
Edgar glanced at Emperor Chi with great admiration.
When it was EDG's turn to choose, EDG indeed locked up a Luo on the first and second floors as GEN wished.
Immediately afterwards, a hand of Thain was finalized.
This is a relatively normal choice in this S game. After all, the two mainstream warrior heroes, Sword Demon and Urgot, have been actively eliminated by EDG. EDG clearly wants to bring functional tanks to the top lane.
After GEN saw that EDG selected Sion, they no longer included Lake. They first locked Braum on the second floor, and then finalized Ornn on the third floor, leaving the middle lane and jungle position to choose between the fourth and fifth moves.
EDG did not hesitate much on the third floor and directly selected Dream Demon in seconds.
The appearance of the Dream Demon made the GEN players and even coach Edgar frown slightly.
Yesterday, they lost to a disgusting and dirty thing like the Dream Demon.
Although they know that EDG's jungler Xiaotian will play this hero, this system should not have a high priority in the EDG team's tactical reserves.
But EDG defeated the Dream Demon in the third move, which made Edgar instinctively feel that something was wrong.
"Now they still have no choice in Double C. There is too much room for choice in Double C with Dream Demon, but we are not so afraid of cutting in."
On the GEN team's side, support coreJJ hesitated for a moment and said: "In the second round, bp block Lissandra, and then press down Lucian. This will make the bottom lane much easier."
"Okay, let's do this."
Edgar thought again and again and nodded slightly.
The relationship between Incubus and Lissandra is undoubtedly a good one.
As soon as the Dream Demon completes turning off the lights, the difficulty for Lissandra to enter the battlefield with her crampons will be reduced again.
This hero is extremely lethal to the tactics GEN wants to implement in this game, so pressing him down is the best option.
As for Lucian, it was also for Emperor Chi's consideration.
Although King Chi wants to be very forceful and says that he doesn’t need to ban.
However, after taking into account Lucian's improved laning ability and the output pressure that he needed to bear, Chi Di finally compromised.
Any overall tactical design requires paying a certain price.
The serious lack of ban positions is the price GEN pays for this strategy.
In contrast, EDG's ban position in the second round was very targeted. In this game, GEN's jungler was Haru.
Haru's advantages and disadvantages are obvious. His advantage is that his play style is more aggressive, but his disadvantage is that he is not very good at playing mainstream heroes like Lee Sin that require sufficient operational foundation.
Haru's Lee Sin is the hero he has played the most in his career.
But the winning rate is less than 40%.
For his blind monk, EDG has no worries at all about going up or down.
GEN has studied EDG.
EDG also studies GEN.
Therefore, EDG decisively eliminated the hero Troll, who had a win rate of over 70%, and the hero Olaf, who was extremely capable of restraining the Dream Demon.
After the second round of bans, the EDG team locked the wheel mother.
"Wheel mother...it's locked! EDG...are you going to play with that?"
In the commentary box, Guan Zeyuan looked at EDG's first round of bans with some confusion.
He remembered clearly that EDG took the initiative to kill Tahm Kench.
As for all the heroes that EDG currently plays, except for Luo, the others are exactly the same as when EDG first showed the "Teleport Fortress".
At that time, EDG relied on Incubus's lights-out, Ryze's ultimate move, Wheel Mom's mobility, and Tahm's tactical characteristics of driving around with Sion, and crushed its opponents with its elusive play style in the game.
But this time, EDG took the initiative to kill Tahm!
"Xi Bal'er..."
Edgar's face turned a little blue.
He realized that his thinking was limited.
Whether it is a mobile fortress or a teleportation fortress, they are actually within the scope of his vigilance.
Koreans are very good at analyzing the tactical core of a set of tactics.
In the teleportation fortress tactic, Tahm's position is undoubtedly very important.
EDG's initiative to kill Tahm Kench in the first round of BP was ostensibly to block GEN's ability to protect the queue, but in fact... was it to cover up the other key heroes they brought out to form the teleportation fortress?
Thane, Incubus, Ryze, Wheel Mom, Luo.
The images of these five heroes appeared in Edgar's mind.
Indeed, the ability to teleport has been somewhat weakened by Tahm's absence.
But this lineup's rushing ability has improved a lot.
Moreover, as long as they have Ryze's ultimate move and Wheel Mom's ultimate move, their transfer ability is also very strong.
Although EDG has not selected Ryze yet, in Edgar's mind, it is basically a done deal.
It’s actually not difficult to break this system.
That is, they robbed Ryze on the fourth and fifth floors.
Forcibly break EDG's system combination.
But in that case, the lineup he wants to choose will inevitably be dismantled to pieces.
Moreover... the priority of Ryze, whose W has been weakened, is too low for their GEN.
No, it cannot be dismantled!
"Let's stick to the original plan. Let's play defense and defend their face in the team fight. If we counterattack, we have a good chance of winning."
Edgar gritted his teeth and said.
Seeing that the fourth and fifth floors of his house selected two heroes according to his original plan, Edgar felt a little disappointed.
He admitted that he was gambling.
Bet on the state of adjustment of our players after their first loss yesterday.
As long as there is no problem with the players' condition, even if EDG's lineup is very strong, they still have a chance to win!
"It turns out that this is what GEN had in mind."
In the commentary box, Wang Duoduo looked at the final two heroes that GEN had finalized and smiled with relief.
And EDG's fifth floor did live up to expectations and finally locked down Ryze.
But when they locked onto Ryze, Abu and Li Luo almost sighed in unison.
pity.
EDG has made two preparations.
Unfortunately, GEN failed to snatch Ryze, and their other preparations were useless.
"In that case...the lineups of both sides have been completely finalized. The blue side GEN team, Ornn in the top lane, Kindred in the jungle, Lulu in the mid lane, and the bottom duo of Xia and Braum!"
"The EDG team on the red side has Thain in the top lane, the jungler Dream Demon, the mid laner Ryze, and the bottom lane duo is Wheel Mom paired with Luo!"
At the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan also nodded clearly: "GEN is actually very smart. Knowing that Brother Crown will most likely be weak when facing the younger brother, he directly asked Brother Crown to give up the line and choose to reveal.
Use supporting heroes like this to deal with the early stage, and in the middle and late stages, the main ones will be Xia Baochi and Qian Jue in the jungle..."
"In this way, it's Ornn's team-building plus Braum and Lulu's double protection..."
Guan Zeyuan clicked his tongue in surprise.
He felt that from a tactical perspective, GEN was obviously serious about its game.
It feels a bit like taking out the stuff from the bottom of the box and using it.
But EDG’s tactics...
But it's just one of the more common tactics among their many.
