"Can these guys predict the future? Is there no upper limit to their tactical reserves?"
In the backstage lounge, seeing the situation of the whole game quickly being controlled by the Thorn Birds team, the coach of the G2 team was obviously a little depressed.
They came here to win the MSI this time.
Before the game, they worked hard to increase their presence on Twitter and even major media. On the one hand, this is their tactical characteristic, and on the other hand, the G2 team wants to use this relatively funny method to confuse their opponents.
I know very well how strong they are.
Even though the LPL and LCK have been dominating League of Legends, this time at MSI, the G2 team has absolute confidence to make a splash.
In the first showdown with the Thorn Birds, they directly took out the top laner Pyke. The purpose was to attack the Thorn Birds and at the same time give a shock to all the teams participating in this MSI.
If all teams can be so scared that they press the hero Pyke to death when facing them, then their initial tactical goal for this MSI event will be achieved.
But the thorn bird...
It's totally disrespectful.
No one could have imagined that Dream Demon would move to the top lane. This is almost the first of its kind in League of Legends in the past two or three years.
Unfortunately, they didn't know if the hero Dream Demon swinging to the top lane was a response tactic adopted by the Thorn Birds long in advance.
Because the hero Dream Demon actually does not have high operational requirements.
If you want to play Dream Demon well, you only need to control the rhythm of support, the timing of releasing ultimate moves in team battles, and the timing of entering the field. That's enough.
And the top laners of most teams are actually quite good at this.
From this point of view, if the Dream Demon takes to the road, it seems... feasible?
G2 was abused.
They lost miserably.
After the game, when Wunder came to shake hands with Brother Holy Spear, he gave Brother Holy Spear a resentful look.
This coach has actually given him a way out.
Before taking the stage, G2's coach told wunder and other G2 players that their tactical intentions were clear and clear. It would be best to win against the Thorn Birds. However, if the Thorn Birds were too strong and they couldn't beat them, they wouldn't force it, but at least they had to.
Give full play to the role of Pike and make other teams fear him.
As a result, the data handed over by the wunder was 0/4.
Like a clown.
Data like this shouldn't be scary, it's a good thing if it doesn't make people laugh.
With such a winning streak, the Thorn Birds team's data also reached a terrifying 4/0.
The final match against SKT will be the most exciting matchup in the first round of the group stage that will arouse the emotions of the audience.
And this moment came quickly.
The showdown between Thorn Birds and SKT kicked off on the last day of the first round of the group stage and also the final showdown.
Before the game, the media did not hype this matchup too much.
After all, in the past two years, teams in the LCK division have lost more than they won against LPL teams, and they have not won a single match against Li Luo's team.
Of course, countless Korean media are holding back their energy at this time. They are waiting for a result.
If the final winner of this game is the SKT team, even if it is a group match, they will pour out all the frustration they suffered in the previous two years!
Game day.
The venue was packed with seats.
For local Vietnamese audiences, this kind of high-quality showdown is rare.
Therefore, the audience at the scene was very enthusiastic.
When the contestants from both sides stepped onto the stage, there were endless cheers.
However, the players from both teams on the stage looked quite serious.
Among the two teams, one is the Thorn Birds, which was re-formed this year and experienced ups and downs in the first half of the spring split. It can be said that it has been reborn from the ashes.
The same is true for another team, SKT. They suffered heavy losses in the league last year and are now back to the top after making some adjustments to their personnel.
They desperately need a heavyweight event to prove themselves.
At the battle table of the Thorn Birds team.
Even when facing the meritorious coach Kkoma, who has already won three S-match trophies, Zhu Kai remained calm and composed.
He has a backer.
Does Kkoma have it?
As long as his mentality is not chaotic, Zhu Kai can pay attention to every point that needs attention in an organized manner.
"They chose the red side this time. It feels like there is a routine. The LCK team likes to choose the blue side. When the SKT team has the right to choose the side in the spring split, the probability of choosing the blue side is as high as 90%."
Zhu Kai said slowly.
"It's okay, just let the soldiers come and cover up the water and earth. Mr. Xuan, do you need to ban Jace?"
After seeing the referee reminding him to start BP, Xiangguo said.
"No need, the only one you are afraid of is Brother Shy, the others should stay back a little bit."
Brother Shengqiang chuckled, but quickly added: "Of course, if there are enough ban seats, you can press it. Let me declare in advance that I am not afraid of Khan, but mainly because I am afraid that his mid-term poke will disgust me, Brother Luo.
"
Hearing this, Li Luo smiled: "It doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of his poke."
"Wow, Brother Luo, you wouldn't be so troublesome."
Brother Holy Spear was helpless immediately.
However, the first three bans of the Thorn Birds did not ban Jace.
When RNG faced SKT in the S7 season, RNG's 5-ban Jayce was vividly in his mind.
And this is just a typical example.
In fact, every year when the LPL faced a Korean team, they had to default to a ban spot for Jayce.
This has almost become a tradition.
It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "LPL has been suffering for a long time".
Even during the two years when Li Luo led the LPL to rule, when faced with good players using Jayce in the LCK division, the LPL teams would still choose to ban him to avoid the edge.
But this Thorn Bird is not going to target the ban.
It's not that there aren't enough ban slots, it's that there are other heroes whose priority is higher than Jayce's.
In front of the commentary table.
Wawa and Miller stood ready.
When SKT won the LCK championship this year, there was a lot of hype in the LCK.
Even though the LPL division has occupied the throne of the S championship for two consecutive years, the traditional performance of the LPL is that there will still be people who hype the LCK division.
As the saying goes, three people make a tiger.
Chinese people are always cautious. If there are too many people bragging, it is inevitable that some viewers will hesitate.
Moreover, League of Legends has developed over nine years. In fact, many viewers know clearly that there is an essential difference between e-sports and other sports. With the changes of versions and team members, few divisions or teams can continuously dominate.
Isn't it as strong as the triple crown champion SKT team that failed in the S7 season?
The audience is not sure whether the LPL can dominate the region for a longer period of time.
Of course it's not that they have no confidence in Li Luo.
The main reason is that Li Luo has been running around. If Li Luo has not left the IG team so far, the audience will definitely feel relieved.
Thorn Bird still needs a competition to test it.
"The BP of both sides has started here. The Thorn Birds have been given Silas, Captain, and Bullhead in the three bans on the blue side respectively..."
Miller said.
Wawa followed closely: "SKT on the red side took down Thresh, Karma and Excavator."
"The reason why the Thorn Birds pressed down Silas is probably because they were worried that Faker would use Kassadin to counterattack. Needless to say, the captain, one of Khan's unique skills, the bull head, should respect the wolf. If I
If I remember correctly, Wolf’s Bull Head is the hero he has used the most in his career, but it is also the hero with the highest winning rate.”
Mentioning the wolf's head, Miller sighed softly in his heart.
In the LPL division, there are many good supports for Niutou.
But in terms of winning rate, it is obviously much worse than Wolf's 70 winning rate.
You must know that this is a 70 win rate based on a large base, but all senior LOL players know what this win rate means.
Wolf's winning rate is not achieved by beating others in the rankings, but by fighting for it on the playing field.
The baby nodded: "Yes, in contrast, the SKT team's pressing of Karma should be to eliminate part of the Thorn Birds system. For Thresh, it is most likely to target Liu Qingsong's unique skills. After all, Thresh is a very good hero.
It is versatile and works well with ADCs like Lucian and Policewoman. The last excavator... I don’t want Xiangguo to get a hero with a fast pace and speed.”
"Yes, but there is one more thing, that is, clid's blind man is his signature, one of a kind, and the hero excavator is relatively not afraid of the blind man. Even if the blind man has Q to the excavator in the early stage, he will not be afraid of the blind man.
Too dare to play rashly, SKT should also have this consideration, after all, the blind man is still out there."
Miller's analysis was undoubtedly more thorough, but before he finished speaking, the Thorn Birds team directly selected Blind Sin on the first floor!
"As soon as I grab the blind monk... it's locked! Oh, the Thorn Birds are very courageous, and the Xiangguo side is also very confident. They just want to use your clid's signature hero to beat you! This is the momentum they want!"
Miller's eyes lit up, and his tone rose a bit.
In the SKT battle table, Kkoma's expression did not change much. This change was expected by him.
The Thorn Birds grabbed the blind monk on the first floor, and Kkoma directly let Khan and clid finalize Jace and Akali on the first and second floors respectively.
"As expected, it's Jace...Khan's Jace is also a very iconic hero, but I remember that the Thorn Birds have something to say about dealing with strong lane heroes like Jace. SKT will directly play the top and middle two first.
A hero..."
As he spoke, Miller's brows suddenly frowned: "There are very few coaches who can do BP like this. Could it be that Kkoma chose this because he wanted to shake things up?!"
Miller suddenly thought about this terrible possibility.
Akali and Jayce are two heroes with completely different attributes.
If you want to deal with these two heroes at the same time, but also have to guard against the possibility of them swinging... it's extremely difficult.
Although Khan's Akali hasn't played many games, Miller's impression is that the winning rate is extremely high.
There is no need to talk about faker. No one will doubt whether faker can play Jayce.
He can play any hero in League of Legends.
On the thorn bird battle table.
Zhu Kai frowned.
Although he made many kinds of presets.
But SKT's BP method still made it difficult for him to think of a way to deal with it.
At this moment, Li Luo said: "Let's use Double C. They may swing, but it's not a big problem. Let's get the plane."
Zhu Kai's eyes lit up.
The aircraft system is of course what they are good at, but the hero Blind Sin does not really fit well with the midfielder of the aircraft.
Zhu Kai's problem is that he likes "standard answers."
To put it simply, the BP combination is quite rigid and has no spirituality.
The thorn bird's spirituality was all filled in by Li Luo.
For a game like this, according to Zhu Kai's original idea, he would give Poppy to the top lane in the second and third picks to target Jayce, and then choose a hero in the middle that can cooperate well with the blind monk, and give Li Luo a big C in the bottom lane, so that
Lee fell late and took over the game.
But Kkoma's two heroes disrupted Zhu Kai's plan.
Under this situation, the importance of Li Luo at the tactical level is self-evident.
Plane, fortune teller!
These two heroes are locked directly!
The plane was a little better. When the fortune teller was finalized, the whole audience cheered and players from all over the world were excited!
The fortune teller in the World Championship!
Although... Li Luo doesn't have the championship skin of Fortune Master, there is no denying that this is the hero that Li Luo became famous for.
In the S7 knockout round, I faced the desperate pentakill of the SSG team, which is still vivid in my mind.
I bloom in the midst of killing, like a flower before dawn.
Listening to the voice coming from the earphones, Li Luo felt very peaceful in his heart.
I can mix again.
hey-hey.
After the two heroes of Thorn Bird were finalized, Kkoma hesitated for a long time on the third hero.
It’s not that Kkoma doesn’t know what to choose.
mainly……
It went so smoothly.
After arriving at Kkoma smoothly, he started to suspect that the Thorn Bird was setting a trap for him.
The best ADC mother for their multi-output system is undoubtedly Yin Zeriel.
This is also the system that SKT was best at using in the LCK Spring Split.
Thorn Birds...are you not afraid of them?
Kkoma's hesitation was brief.
In the blink of an eye, the SKT team drafted Yinzeril!
The first three heroes of both sides have been finalized, and they are all quite hardcore in comparison.
"Ban the pig girl and the prince."
Li Luo said slowly.
The BP they need to do in the second round is very simple.
Taking down the blind monk has already broken off Clid's first leg.
Now, banning the two mainstream jungle heroes Zhumei and Prince is equivalent to breaking clid's second leg.
For Clid, which has a very shallow hero pool, having four junglers in the ban position is quite fatal.
The SKT team's second-round ban was also very targeted.
They killed Titan and Pike respectively.
When both sides unveiled their ban positions in the second round, the fourth floor of the SKT team quickly locked in a hero that the Thorn Birds were extremely familiar with.
Wine barrel.
"Leave a special counter slot for the support?"
Zhu Kai was a little stunned when he saw this.
In this case, it is theoretically better to let the jungler go to the fifth floor to assume Counter's position.
After all, the most critical linkage link for the Thorn Birds team, the Yefu hero, has not yet been released.
It would be too hasty to go directly to the jungle.
"There are two possibilities. One is because I'm afraid that Mr. Xuan will choose the wine barrel to fight Jace, and the other possibility...the wine barrel is used to fight auxiliary."
Li Luo pondered for two seconds and then said slowly: "They should understand that Xuan Jun's signature hero is the wine barrel, and ours can indeed use the wine barrel to defeat Jayce. It is still very good to target the top lane with the blind monk."
"If the wine barrel has the possibility of assisting, I don't think it's a good choice for me."
Liu Qingsong was thoughtful.
This requires him to replenish his teammate.
But wine barrels undoubtedly have a considerable degree of restraint effect on heroes who forcefully start a team.
Among the remaining team-fighting heroes on the field, the only one that can adapt to the current version is the female tank.
SKT's three hook targets in the ban position really caught them.
"You can do it carefully."
Li Luo's words rang in Liu Qingsong's ears.
Liu Qingsong was startled for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.
"Quie can do it."
The heroes on the fourth and fifth floors of the Thorn Birds team quickly appeared.
Weapons Master, Jax.
And the Eye of Twilight, Shen!
When bp reached this point, Kkoma's expression finally changed when he saw these two heroes.
Just like the design in his BP, Kkoma is not worried that the Thorn Birds team will choose a strong support type.
He thought of everything that the Thorn Bird could think of.
But this Shen... is actually a bit beyond KKoma's expectations.
And this Jax.
Thorn Birds...want to play solo in front of their SKT team?!
In the end, Clid settled on Leopard Girl.
Li Luo's guess was correct.
SKT's wine barrels were selected for support use.
However, KKoma, who had completed a full set of designs, was not very happy at this time.
This system did not meet his psychological expectations!
