Chapter 361 The war drums sound, the final begins, and the first game is fierce!
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November 3rd.
Incheon.
Wenhe Stadium.
There was a long queue early in the morning in front of this venue, which can accommodate 50,000 people.
A considerable number of them are LPL fans who come to watch the game. It even sounds a bit fantasy to have so many domestic fans come to support in a foreign home stadium.
In fact, many LPL fans have difficulty getting tickets before they go on sale. Maybe the Koreans themselves did not expect that the S series event held in their country again after four years would not include any team from their LCK.
What happened in one time and space now happens again in another time and space in a foreign country.
Korean scalpers are crying.
No matter how large the number of LPL fans who go to South Korea's home games is, they are still far from emptying out the tickets hoarded by ticket sellers.
They have to choose to sell at a lower price. After all, no matter which country they are in, there are fans who do not have a home team and really love the league.
It is precisely because of the combination of various circumstances that the number of spectators at the scene is still frighteningly large.
Players from the IG team and the EDG team met in front of the player tunnel on the other side of the venue.
Except for the two newcomers Jin Gong and Xiaotian, EDG's veteran players have long been familiar with IG's players.
"Brother Luo, let me tell you, even though I call you brother, when it comes to this today, I will go to the lower road to fuck you."
Ning Wangjian came up to him and said very straightforwardly.
"You think our Guokui family is vegetarian? You didn't beat us this year."
With a smile on his face, Li Luo pulled Xiaotian beside him over.
Xiaotian looked at Prince Ning, and his eyes, which were not big at all, narrowed.
"He? He can't."
Prince Ning chuckled and said deliberately.
Xiaotian wasn't angry either. He had expected this to happen before he came.
So Xiaotian calmly explained the fact: "You have never won."
Prince Ning smiled stiffly, then curled his lips: "I can kill you in the jungle."
"You never won."
"Do you have the ability to let me go, Camille?"
"Don't let go."
"Blank!"
Prince Ning cursed: "Choose a blind monk for me, and I can kick you to death."
Xiao Tianyi grinned: "Who can't do it, blind monk? I can do it too."
"Yes, yes, you can. When you play in the summer split, you can get rid of R and then Q. You can."
"Then I win."
Prince Ning, don’t turn around.
He didn't want to say another word to this person.
With his outspoken temper, I really don't like Xiaotian's character.
It's so weird and irritating.
On the other side, Rookie was also having friendly exchanges with his junior classmates.
The shy's Chinese is quite difficult to communicate in daily life, so he just came over to say hello to Li Luo, and then went to the side to talk to Duke.
Baolan and Jackeylove walked over. Jackeylove looked the same as last year, but his career over the past year had given him an indescribable temperament.
There is such a thing as temperament.
When two ADCs stand together, you can often tell who is confident and who is not.
"Brother Luo, be gentle today."
Jackeylove said with a smile.
Li Luo glanced at him, and after two seconds of silence, he suddenly spoke: "Looking at you, you must have figured out how to hit me, right?"
Jackeylove was stunned when he heard this, and there was a moment of astonishment in his expression.
However, this momentary change of expression was captured by Li Luo, and Li Luo knew that he had got some kind of answer.
Baolan on the other side said without hesitation: "Brother Luo, you will know when the time comes. I will not be lenient."
"Then you have to be tougher than me."
Meiko came up and said leisurely.
Soon, the staff came over and took the players from both sides to the backstage lounges of their respective teams.
The players on both sides said goodbye.
On the way to the lounge, Meiko glanced at Li Luo, who seemed to be thinking, and asked, "What's wrong, Lao Li?"
"It's okay, I just feel that today's IG may be very well prepared."
Li Luo shook his head slightly.
In this whole year, IG has never won against EDG in BO5 or BO3.
But when it came to the last game, which could be said to sum up the whole year, Li Luo was not 100% sure in his heart.
The World Championship version matches the IG team very well.
EDG has reached where it is today thanks to its varied tactics.
In other words, the EDG team is not the chosen one in this world championship.
They just played well.
From the most intuitive perspective, no team in EDG has a BP that would make them feel troublesome in this World Championship.
However, when facing IG, during the discussion between Abu and Li Luo, they felt the pressure of BP for the first time.
BP is one of the most important parts of a game. Whether you can win on BP will at least lead to a 30% chance of winning.
This is no exaggeration at all.
Many teams feel this way when facing EDG. They have to make a lot of ban concessions against Li Luo. However, against Li Luo, the restrictions on EDG's other positions will be seriously insufficient. Moreover, EDG's other positions are not strong enough.
It is weak, and the contraction and contraction only enlarges the room for EDG to play in other positions.
But when EDG faced IG, they had to target some necessary heroes.
The IG team's unconstrained fighting style will also become a bigger obstacle to EDG.
"Being well prepared is a must."
Abramovich smiled after hearing what Li Luo said: "But it doesn't matter. You know the professional capabilities of our coaching team."
"that is."
Zhu Kai also echoed.
Although...his business ability is just that.
But this is not the area where Zhu Kai is strong.
His strength lies in the cohesion of the team.
"Of course I know, and you can rest assured that no matter what IG does against you, I can handle it."
Li Luo smiled and said, after all, he has already won a world championship, and having worries in his heart does not mean that Li Luo will be afraid.
Especially when both parties know the basics.
After all...some of the most important time in life is spent with each other.
…
Time passes minute by minute.
Soon, the opening ceremony of the S8 finals kicked off.
Riot Games likes to put on some mixed reviews at the opening ceremony.
Of course, there are mixed reviews here, with "praise" accounting for only a smaller part.
The theme song of S8 is the pinnacle of perfection.
This point has not changed at all with the arrival of Li Luo and the change in the winner of the S7 World Finals.
Li Luo didn't pay much attention to this, and didn't even think too much about it.
Before the rebirth, both the media and the player public liked to associate the theme song with the winning team, and find points in the name or lyrics of the theme song that seemed to be connected to the winning team.
For example, the most intuitive ones are the Ji in the Peak Realm and the Ji behind the IG team uniform.
The nirvana resonance generated by the phoenix, the team logo of FPX, and the theme song of the S9 World Championship.
Etc., etc.
In Li Luo's view, the reason why people are strong largely comes from the level of thinking.
In fact, no matter which team wins the championship, there will always be people who associate the factors in the theme song with that team, and it will make people feel very reasonable.
After the opening ceremony, the pre-match promotional videos for both teams also followed.
In the magnificent music, Li Luo's figure was the first to appear.
Under the Seoul Tower, when Li Luo looked up at the top of the tower, Li Luo's voice also sounded.
"I have already climbed that peak once, but this mountain is not only on this side. Different directions also correspond to different challenges. I want to climb it a second time."
As Li Luo finished speaking, Jackeylove's figure also appeared.
"I once watched my teammates successfully reach the top, but at that time I was just a substitute who couldn't play. But it doesn't matter. My seniors have left a path to the top. I just
If you follow the footsteps of your predecessors, you will surely reach the top."
Meiko stepped onto the steps and walked to Li Luo's side. Wearing an EDG team uniform, he stood with his arms folded across his chest in the downward view: "That's true, but climbing requires a leader. Now, people who have climbed
We are the ones leading the way to the top."
…
As figures appeared one after another, almost all the players from both teams were present on both sides of the Seoul Tower.
It is worth mentioning that both Chinese and Korean players, like IG last year, all speak Chinese.
When all the players arrived, the scene on the field shattered like pixel blocks, and the players fell into a void surrounded by darkness.
As the light above the head lit up, the S competition trophy shone brightly above.
For the players who were standing still on the stage, they had no time to think about how the promotional video was shot.
After all, the countdown to the life-and-death struggle between the two sides on the playing field has come.
"Hello, viewers, what you are watching now is the finals of the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals! Hello everyone, I am Wawa."
"Hello everyone, I'm Miller."
"Hello everyone, I am Zeyuan."
Three figures appeared on the screens of domestic players.
They commented on the semi-final between EDG and KT, and after only resting the BO5 between IG and VIT, they went into battle again.
In the first civil war of the LPL, of course, the three most popular commentators will be chosen.
"Today's game... I can only say that no matter who wins, it actually doesn't matter. As a commentator, I can see the civil war in the LPL division in my lifetime. I personally feel that it is really worth it."
Guan Zeyuan wisely did not analyze who would win. His simple words also blocked the mouths of Miller and Wawa, who were about to set a trap for him.
In one sentence, state your position directly.
"Indeed, between EDG and IG, one was the world champion last year, and the other won all the championships so far this year except the S competition. To be honest, I am more optimistic about EDG in this game."
Miller said very bluntly.
Wawa also nodded: "I am also optimistic about EDG, but there is a reason why I am optimistic about EDG."
"Oh? Tell me."
Guan Zeyuan became interested.
"Does that need to be said? Of course it's because of Brother Luo."
Wawa seemed to be holding back a smile: "Hey, I just want to ask you a question. Nine of the ten people on the field are my teammates, Brother Luo. Tell me, how can we lose?"
As soon as Wawa said this point of view, Guan Zeyuan's mouth twitched.
It sounds reasonable, but in fact it is no different from nonsense.
Indeed, except for Li Luo, the other nine of the ten people are all current or former teammates.
But what can your teammates do? Can your teammates voluntarily kill you two in such an important event?
"I think the tactical preparations of both sides in today's game are very important. According to what you said, if you think about it from another angle, the IG team actually knows Luo Ge very well. It is possible for them to figure out what to do.
How to deal with Brother Luo?"
Guan Zeyuan hit the nail on the head.
It’s true that everyone on IG is Li Luo’s teammate.
But on the other hand, Li Luo is also their teammate.
Li Luo understands them.
Why don't they understand Li Luo?
"This is indeed the case, so the key to today's game lies in the reserves of both sides."
As Miller spoke, the director's prompt also came.
The baby sitting next to him cheered up: "OK, the players on both sides are ready. We got the news that IG has obtained the priority to choose sides. Their starting five are: The shy, ning, Rookie, and Jackeylove.
,baolan.”
"The starting five of the EDG team are Jin Gong, Xiaotian, Scout, Brother Luo and the support Meiko!"
"The BP between both sides...has officially begun!"
As the commentary finished, the screen switched to the BP interface.
The barrage is also being discussed in various ways.
"Hey, where is Qi-chan? Why did he go down after just playing a BO5?"
"To be honest, I think Qi-chan is better than Tian."
"Are you mistaken? If I remember correctly, Prince Ning has been suppressing Xiaotian this whole year and even going to Xiaotian."
"Come on, have a fight. Anyway, for me, I can accept whoever wins. Get the beer, melon seeds and drinks ready. Just enjoy the game and that's it."
"It's true that I'm a bronze and silver guy. I know how to bully people online every day, complain about this and that, and even question this. Why don't you teach players how to play games?"
"Come on IG!"
"Come on EDG!"
"Brother Luo, come on! Go for your second duck!"
…
During the barrage discussion, the top three banners from both sides were also revealed one after another.
The EDG team's third ban on the red side is very simple and crude.
Jess.
Camille.
Sword girl.
The three ban positions on the IG team are given to Ryze, Rakan, and Ezreal respectively.
When the first three bans of both sides were announced, many viewers felt a little confused.
IG’s ban person...isn’t he a little too crazy?!?
Even the three commentators in the commentary box felt this way at the beginning.
Fortunately, the three of them have made a lot of preparations to commentate on this final, especially Guan Zeyuan.
After thinking for a while, Guan Zeyuan slowly said: "EDG's ban people are easy to understand. Whether it's Jess or Dao Mei, these two heroes IG can be used for mid-to-upper swings, and Rookie and The
shy’s proficiency with these two heroes is very exaggerated.”
"The main purpose of Camille's words is to target King Ning. King Ning's most outstanding hero this season is Camille, so we still have to respect him."
"But in this case, EDG can only release Akali."
"Yes."
Miller also nodded slightly, and then said: "As for the ban people on the IG team, to be honest, I think they know very well that there are endless bans for Luo Ge's heroes, but EDG can only choose one adc in a game.
Anyway, I can’t ban them all, so I’ll just let them all out.”
"Needless to say, Ryze, this thing is EDG's system hero, and he banned Luo... probably because he wanted to prevent EDG from getting Xia Luo while grabbing Akali."
Miller's analysis is spot on.
As for pressing down Ezreal, he did not go into details, because they had already analyzed this problem as commentators before.
Ezreal is Riot's biological son and a snake oil hero. No matter which version he is in, he has a chance to appear.
The best thing about Ezreal is that he doesn't need too much equipment to be involved in the battle, and with his flexible body, he can do a lot of damage in the early and mid-term small or large-scale collisions between the two sides.
Excellent results.
What is your favorite thing about IG?
Needless to say, it was a fight.
It goes without saying that Li Luo's Ezreal is proficient. The last move in the S7 World Finals was Li Luo's Ezreal grabbing the Baron and establishing the victory.
Therefore, in the eyes of the audience, this hero may be a gangster, but in the eyes of the IG players who have been teammates with Li Luo, it will be very troublesome for Li Luo to get this hero.
Ezreal is not weak during the laning phase, and paired with Karma, his laning strength will rise directly to the T1 level, so it is better to press it down.
As for the other heroes...
Li Luo can only take one anyway!
Yes, that’s it!
As the words of the two commentators and analysis fell, Akali was locked on the first floor of IG in an instant!
"When I grab Akali, it's true!"
Guan Zeyuan smiled.
Explain that the sense of accomplishment at work is to successfully predict what heroes professional players will choose.
"Then the EDG team can take Sword Demon. I think it can be supplemented by Xayah or Kai'Sa."
Not to be outdone, Miller followed up and said.
EDG did indeed choose this way.
Although Xia is taken first and Sword Demon is taken second, as long as the heroes are right, the order of left hand and right hand does not matter.
To the casters, at least the first two hands are very clear.
Further down, they actually can't guess it.
There are only a few powerful heroes that are unsolvable in the version. They are all placed there. You take one, and I will take the other two. It is not difficult to guess this. The difference lies in which side focuses on it.
EDG battle table.
Li Luo was thoughtful.
Play all, ban Ezreal.
Li Luo had really thought of this possibility.
The reason why Xia was released for him was actually not that difficult to guess. It was simply to weaken Li Luo's aggressiveness.
Xayah is a hero who prefers defensive team play. Although it is version T0, it is just because of the adc position. As the version goes by, it is easier to win for an offensive AD than for a defensive counterattack to cooperate with the team in team play.
This is a fact.
However, even Li Luo would have a hard time guessing what choice IG will make next.
Soon, IG’s heroes on the second and third floors were locked.
Second floor, Xin Zhao.
Third floor...Lucian.
"Xin Zhao..."
Li Luo narrowed his eyes.
Among the teams in the LPL division, IG and RNG prefer to choose Xin Zhao.
Xin Zhao is very popular after the rework.
It's just that the EDG team has more choices, so Xin Zhao is chosen very rarely.
And choosing Xin Zhao means he will attack.
Look at Lucian again.
Not to mention, what Ning Wang said before the game didn't seem to be a joke.
He doesn’t really want to keep coming over to quarrel with the bottom lane, right?
Lucian made Li Luo understand the IG team's thinking in this BO5 game.
That is to force them to use a defensive adc, and then give Jackeylove a strong early adc.
To put it bluntly, it is just to test the strength and see if Jackeylove can suppress Li Luo when he gets a strong hero.
For professional teams, the first game of BO5 is a matter of trial and error.
Perhaps in the eyes of the audience, many teams’ first heroes are incomprehensible to them, especially when they lose, and they will think, “How could a team’s coach be so stupid as to choose this hero?”
Fight?" or "How could a mentally retarded coach let such a powerful hero go?"
It can be said a thousand times, but the fundamental problem is that as long as you lose, your breathing will be wrong.
Just like this one, IG released Xia, who no one dared to release to EDG before.
If EDG wins, they will definitely be criticized by IG fans and some people who don’t know the truth and like to join in the fun.
But what if...IG wins?
That would mean they no longer have to consider dealing with Xayah as a ban player.
However, EDG must consider the possibility that IG is strong in the bottom lane. As long as IG can win, the blue side will have no brainer to choose Lucian.
Therefore, in the first game of BO5, both sides are actually gaming and trial and error.
For IG who is relatively proactive, their trial and error costs are acceptable. After all, even if they lose this round, the most they can do is ban Xayah in the next round, but after banning Xayah, they don’t need to ban them again.
Luo, Baolan can also choose his own champion skin, Luo, to match with IG to make other tactical adjustments.
Link by link is what the coach really needs to achieve in the entire BO5.
Once Xin Zhao and Lucian are locked in, EDG will have to consider mid lane options.
The third floor of the red square is actually equivalent to a well-off special space.
So the advantage of the red side is actually that they have two counter positions.
Therefore, the selection of people for the third floor is very critical.
After hesitating for a while, the EDG team directly chose the Trickery Enchantress for Scout.
"The Enchantress... is locked! The younger brother's Enchantress, so from this point of view, EDG's first three picks are actually in the C position, and the strength is indeed high enough. Next, it depends on what the IG team will do.
Got it."
As Guan Zeyuan's voice fell, the two sides began the second round of bans.
There was no ambiguity on the IG team's side. One Thresh and one Niutou took down Meiko's signature and the Niutou Chief, who ranked first in assist BP rate in this world competition.
The EDG team ignored the possibility that IG might let Akali go to the middle and continued to target Rookie desperately.
Lissandra, who is considered a well-off person in the fight against the Enchantress, and Syndra, Rookie's signature hero, were all killed immediately!
On the IG battle table.
Rookie smiled helplessly as the director cut to the scene.
This target also made him numb.
"Good guy...are you so targeted?"
After watching EDG lock Olaf on the fourth floor to increase the strength of the midfielder, Guan Zeyuan said thoughtfully: "The IG team must be careful with the back-up BP. The question now is, should IG?
Let Akali stay on the top lane. This version of Akali is actually good at beating Sword Demon."
"But if they move Akali to the middle and let Rookie play, there won't be many options left for The shy. Although The shy can also play a hero like Sword Girl who is stronger in single-line combat against Sword Demon, IG has already
The heroes we used lacked late-stage capabilities. If you want to play Akali for Rookie, The Shy should have a big core."
"But it's not easy for big cores to beat Sword Demon in the laning phase. This will sacrifice The shy's laning ability... It's a closed loop."
While Guan Zeyuan was talking, the fourth floor of IG first locked up a hand of Braum.
Followed by the fifth floor... finalized a snake girl.
"Sure enough, Akali went to fight on the road."
Guan Zeyuan said with a smile: "Let me tell you a trivia fact. Currently, Rookie has a total of 7 mid lane heroes in the World Championship, namely Lissandra, Enchantress, Syndra, Galio, Ryze,
Knife Girl and Jace."
No matter what Zeyuan says, the audience already understands it.
Seven heroes.
There are currently five people in the ban position.
EDG took one themselves.
In other words, if Rookie does not take the eighth hero Snake, his hero pool will only be targeted by Galio.
For a while, many IG fans were in a cold sweat.
Well, well, well.
He is Rookie.
If he were the mid laner of any other team, if he was targeted like this, he would basically not have to play.
Rookie's hero pool is deep enough, so he can still withstand it.
EDG battle table.
"I knew it."
Meiko showed an understanding smile.
What the commentators can see and analyze is only the surface layer.
For the EDG team, they don't care whether Rookie plays Akali or The shy plays Akali. What they really care about is whether their counter position can be effective.
Normally, before the opponent's mid laner and support come out, the team on the red side will consider releasing the support first, leaving the counter position for the jungler.
In this way, they can also perfectly take into account the strength of the midfielder and the jungler's support from a God's perspective.
But EDG didn't do that.
They chose to take the jungler first and leave the counter position for the support.
The reason is that IG banned too many supports.
Luo, Tau, Thresh.
These three heroes go well with Xayah, and also go well with the overall lineup.
But if these three heroes are gone, what else can EDG get?
Titan, female tank?
Or... Tam, who seems to have been forgotten by IG?
From a lineup perspective, IG has Xin Zhao and Akali both cutting in.
Xayah, who already has a strong life-saving ability, if paired with Tahm Kench, EDG's back row output point will be like an iron wall in team battles.
But in terms of results, IG took Braum. If EDG really took Tahm, it would be more difficult to defeat Braum and Lucian in the laning phase.
In addition, if you take Tahm EDG, you will lack points to start a group.
In the professional arena, theoretically a team cannot do without a team.
But there is one exception.
That is when the opponent is under offensive pressure.
IG has Lucian and Akali. There is no doubt that they have some offensive pressure.
Therefore, EDG can give up team initiating, and then... add something that can pull the team together.
For example...
Meiko looked at Abu with a wicked smile: "Then I'll just play."
"Just take it, this thing is very good."
Abu smiled and said.
On the fifth floor of EDG, a hero was revealed.
And it was quickly locked down.
Time old man, Kieran!
"Time... Time appeared on the fifth floor of EDG! This... the ultimate move was revealed in the first move?!"
At the commentary table, Guan Zeyuan's expression was full of astonishment.
"Oh, then the lineups of both sides are determined."
Miller was also quite surprised.
But it is undeniable that a hero like Old Man Time is a Tianke when fighting against the relatively bulky Braum.
Moreover, the two Ueno brothers on the EDG team sometimes have a lot of room for performance if Old Man Time protects them like this!
"The blue side IG team, Akali in the top lane, Xin Zhao in the jungle, Snake Girl in the mid lane, and the bottom lane duo is Lucian and Braum!"
"The red side EDG team, the top laner Sword Demon, the jungler Olaf, the mid laner Enchantress, the bottom lane duo is Xayah paired with Old Man Time!"
"The players on both sides are ready, let's enter the LPL Autumn Split together... Ahem, just kidding, let's enter the first showdown of the S8 Global Finals together!"
