Chapter 332 Old man, long time no see (no more leave)
The duel between RNG and IG soon kicked off in the quarter-finals of Gwangju Women's University.
The LPL civil war is another showdown between old rivals. The two teams just let it go without much trash talk before the game.
For RNG, they naturally want to make up for last year's regrets in this World Championship.
In the two seasons of S6 and S7, they had one quarterfinal and one quarterfinal, which shows that they are always in the process of improvement.
This year, they want to go one step further.
The next step for the semi-finals is naturally the finals.
After all, if you don't reach the finals, you won't even be qualified to touch the championship trophy.
For IG, they will naturally not be satisfied with the results of these top eight.
So far in history, only one team, SKT, has won the World Championship twice in a row.
IG wants to be the second team.
And for Jackeylove, he wants to prove himself in this world championship and prove that even if Li Luo leaves IG and replaces him with Yu Wenbo, IG's performance will not decline.
He will inherit Li Luo's will and become a solid machine in the IG Trident.
For the Koreans, this kind of civil war in the outer division is what they like to see.
Even if...they only have KT, the only one left.
When the battle began, both IG fans and RNG fans became sincerely nervous.
Time passes little by little.
The results of both sides are also gradually changing.
After three long hours, the score between the two teams was tied at 2-2, just like when the two teams met in China.
After the intermission, the director switched the camera to the backstage lounge of both parties.
The IG players were having a heated discussion. In contrast, on the RNG team, it was just the coach talking, and the players were all sitting on their chairs to rest.
"It feels bad for RNG. They won one game first, but IG took back two games in a row and then won the fourth game with difficulty. I always feel like they are a little tired."
In EDG's temporary base, Ming Kai looked at the RNG people and said thoughtfully.
"Yes, in terms of competitive status, IG is on the rise, but RNG is on the decline."
Li Luo said thoughtfully.
Objectively speaking, the first three competitive states of both sides are quite similar.
But when the fourth round came, the IG team was obviously still in a very high state. On the other hand, RNG began to make some mistakes that should not occur in a team of their level.
Many of them are small flaws in last-hitting.
This small flaw looks nothing on the surface, and most viewers won't even notice it.
But for professional players, this means that their competitive status has declined and that someone is starting to get tired.
Li Luo, who has become a professional player, knows very well that it makes no sense for the audience to use their usual number of ranking games to measure the full BO5 played in the professional arena.
The BO5 in the professional arena is still a BO5 in such a crucial event. Every player on the field needs to devote 100% of their energy and concentration to deal with it.
Instead of being able to reply to WeChat messages while going out, or light up a cigarette and take a few puffs of it, like players normally do when ranking.
Especially for players with injuries, their physical condition will decline more seriously until the last game of BO5.
This is still based on the condition that there is no problem with the mentality.
Li Luo also took advantage of the director to take a look at Uzi's expression.
Judging from his expression, the latter's mentality has not been affected too much. The setbacks throughout the year have undoubtedly had a big impact on him. This series of chain reactions allowed him to still be able to survive in this crucial game.
Keep a stable mood, besides, when they played IG in the fifth game before, it was RNG who finally won.
Not long after, the fifth showdown between the two sides began.
In the first twenty minutes, both sides played very smoothly, with very few kills.
IG is constantly looking for a breakthrough, while RNG is waiting for Uzi's three-piece set in their usual way.
But IG became the first to break through.
The shy's Jess on the top lane killed Letme with a delicate pull. King Ning took advantage of the situation and placed the Rift Herald on the top lane. At the same time, Baolan directly TPed to the Rift Herald with the TP he replaced with Tahm who brought the unsealing secret book.
, cooperated with Rookie to ambush Xiaohu who was walking on the road and prepared to support him on the road.
Xiaohu originally thought that Rookie was alone, so he relaxed a little, and was caught by two people.
When there is a problem in the top, middle and jungle, the mentality of the bottom lane will also be unbalanced.
Xiao Ming and Uzi tried to climb over the tower, but were beaten to the limit by Jackeylove.
From this moment on, the balance of victory gradually tilted towards the IG team.
When the game lasted for 35 minutes, although Uzi already had four sets in hand, the financial difference between the two sides had reached 10,000 yuan.
After The shy's poke accurately hit Uzi, Rookie's Syndra flashed EQ and hit Uzi at the extreme distance for two consecutive times.
Although Xiao Ming used the Crucible to instantly resolve this wave of Syndra's control, Uzi's bloodline forced him to return to the city to resupply.
King Ning's blind monk pressed forward at the right time, and a wave of roundhouse kicks that sealed the victory forced the team fight to start. Uzi had no choice but to bite the bullet and enter the field with remaining health, but even though he was Kai'Sa, he had a big move
Provides a shield, but there is still a huge difference in HP.
When the RNG team was wiped out and IG pushed down the RNG base with overwhelming force, King Ning stood up excitedly and roared, and Rookie also burst into tears.
They...lost all year.
Finally got my revenge in this world championship.
They are the team that successfully advanced to the semi-finals!
The cruelty of e-sports is fully demonstrated today.
RNG's five young men unfortunately left the game, and they once again stopped in the quarterfinals.
No one knows how many years these players have left to play and whether they will have the opportunity to step back on the quarter-final stage and charge to the top of the mountain again.
But at least, their one-year journey has come to an end and has come to an end.
This may be a bit cruel to them.
But if professional players want to grow up, these cruelties are indispensable.
In the post-match interview, Prince Ning told Li Luo in a carefree manner, asking Li Luo to wait for him in the finals.
And this sentence has been widely praised on Tieba forums.
For domestic players, they clearly know that this time is probably the closest to the scene in their dreams.
Of course, everything has to wait until EDG kills G2 first.
G2, the third seed from Europe, has a long history.
They were once participants in the famous "Thunder" scene.
This time they serve as challengers to challenge EDG, which has been the dominant team for a whole year. At least to many passers-by, this G2 team deserves their support.
Especially the Korean audience, since the opponent is EDG, they will support G2 without reservation, so that G2 in the Republic of Korea can feel the enthusiasm and cheers comparable to those at home!
…
October 20th.
sunny.
When he arrived at the scene, Li Luo could see many Asian faces holding G2 flags. At this moment, Li Luo even had a vague illusion that he was in Europe.
However, the venue was very small, and the seemingly awkward venue brought Li Luo back to reality.
Oh, this is not Europe, this is South Korea.
Being able to hold the knockout tournament in such a place, Li Luo seriously suspected that the budget for this venue was deducted by a certain plutocrat.
Even on the battle table, you can vaguely smell a faint musty smell.
Looking at the packed audience, everyone in EDG who had adjusted their machines leaned back on their chairs with their eyes closed to relax, quietly waiting for the referee's instructions.
In the commentary box.
Guan Zeyuan, who emerged from the haze of the group stage, now shines with glory again.
For fans of the team, sometimes it's not a bad thing to get out early, it's very true.
Just like Guan Zeyuan at this time, the GEN he needs to remember has gone home. All Guan Zeyuan can do is to silently bless the GEN players before they go home, hoping that they can get rid of the haze in the coming year.
Former shame.
And now he can devote himself wholeheartedly to the commentary work of supporting the LPL team.
"The G2 side got the priority to choose the side by rolling points, and they chose the blue side! The BP of both sides has begun! The blue side G2, the red side EDG."
As Guan Zeyuan's words fell, the bored audience perked up. Then they looked at the half-eaten snacks on the table and fell into a dilemma of "should I order more food?"
"G2's side... Good guys, they have maxed out their targets. The three-handed hero in front of them directly killed the three-handed adc, Xayah, Kai'Sa, and Wheel Mom, all of them were banned. This... I remember last time
It was back to the end of last year when you saw this scene, right?”
Wang Duoduo said dumbfounded.
After entering 18 years, one is that Li Luo changed teams and joined EDG, and the other is the changes in the version. When many adcs want to be selected, they have to first consider whether they are compatible with the team's lineup.
Rather than like what happened at the end of 2017, either pure tool heroes serve in the middle and jungle, or late-stage core heroes use incense burner monsters to protect them.
Today's version focuses more on the upper, middle and jungle. Under this situation, even Li Luo, who is currently recognized as the world's top adc, cannot be as casual as in the past when choosing heroes.
This can be seen from the fact that the number of heroes used by Li Luo dropped sharply after entering the second half of the year.
G2 can recklessly target Li Luo in the first three ban positions... They are very courageous.
"The first three ban positions of the EDG team were given to Sword Demon, Tahm Kench, and... The Great Inventor. The Great Inventor is a hero that only G2 is using in this world championship. Their adc has taken out
Two games, and they won both games, this can be regarded as a system of the G2 team."
Wang Duoduo had obviously done his homework. After EDG pressed down the Great Inventor, he spoke directly.
"good."
Guan Zeyuan also nodded slightly: "The G2 team is actually quite strange. They have very rich tactical reserves. The top laner, whether it is an AP type mage top laner, an AD type warrior top laner, or a tank type top laner.
They are all great when used alone, and the Ap in the middle is also very good at the mainstream version of warrior-type heroes."
"So the G2 team can select warrior heroes with strong versions for both the middle lane and the top lane at the same time, and then choose the Great Inventor for the AD to supplement the AP output, and just keep pushing the lane in the bottom lane. EDG is obviously more disgusted with this.
The way to play is to knock off the big head directly."
"In that case, the first floor of G2... oh, just Akali?! It's locked!"
As Guan Zeyuan's low voice sounded, G2 instantly selected Akali on the first floor.
This Akali can allow them to swing mid-up, or it can be selected directly as a smoke bomb.
The most important thing is that Akali can restrain Urgot, another strong top laner in the current version, during the laning phase.
Urgot's W skill does not do high damage in a single step, so it is easy to be pulled away by Akali during the consumption process.
At the EDG battle table, when he saw his opponent's first three bans and the hero he grabbed on the first floor, the smile on Abramovich's face faded a little.
He felt... there seemed to be something about G2.
Just when Abu was thinking about whether to bite the bullet and choose Urgot for Jin Gong, Li Luo suddenly said: "Let's take AD first. I know their tactical thinking."
Abu was stunned and then looked over.
There was communication in EDG’s battle booth, and the same was true in G2’s battle booth.
"They only have two good options left now: Lucian and Xiaopao. No matter which one he chooses, we just need to resist in the bottom lane."
G2's coach said seriously.
"I think you may have forgotten his Vayne. If he chooses Vayne, I believe it will be a big trouble for us."
Ap shrugged and said politely.
"Hey hey, it's like I don't have a hero to use. If he chooses Vayne, I will slap his ass hard with Varus!"
G2's adc player Hjarnan stared and said harsh words.
Jungler Jankos added: "If your hand holding the mouse wasn't so shaking, I would really believe it."
The G2 battle table burst into laughter for a while. The atmosphere in the team was quite good, and there was no feeling of pressure at all.
However, at this moment, a hero appeared on the first floor of EDG.
As soon as this hero appeared, countless Korean audiences at the scene couldn't help but burst out in uproar.
As for why it triggered such a huge response from Korean audiences...
The final analysis is that the Korean audience is really impressed with this hero.
It was an impression that was almost engraved in my bones.
Wearing masks and disguises, the GEN people have just arrived at the venue in Seoul. Although Chichi was telling himself to hold back and not go to the game to make himself unhappy.
But human beings can't control themselves sometimes.
He... couldn't hold it back.
Take a look.
Then he saw that hero that he used to love to play, but rarely played since last year's World Championship.
I bloom in the midst of killing, like a flower before dawn.
The fortune teller is on the first floor of EDG, locked down.
Immediately afterwards, Luo was finalized on the second floor.
One hand is a functional AD, and the other hand is a group-playing assistant.
EDG's tactical intentions in this game are clearly revealed.
"Old man, long time no see."
Looking at the portrait of the hero on the first floor, Li Luo whispered in a voice that only he could hear.
ps: I woke up at around ten o'clock in the evening. I wrote some things before. I feel that I have enough time and my mind is much clearer. I won't ask for leave. Tomorrow's two updates will remain the same. I just adjusted the time. It should be at 6 o'clock in the evening.
