Two waves of mistakes ruined the overall situation.
Facing a lineup like the Thorn Birds that is not very strong in opening up, they gave the Thorn Birds a chance to go around and start a team fight. This was one of the biggest mistakes of the SKT team.
Looking at the overall situation, SKT only made two real mistakes in decision-making and even operations. Due to this, Double C was defeated in Solo C.
And this time.
But these two times were fatal.
If Li Luo's unfavorable positioning and teammate's counter-attack before were said to have pierced SKT's chest with a sharp knife, then this wave of team battles has already pierced SKT's heart with all the blades.
Fortunately, Wolf's ultimate wine barrel move destroyed the Thorn Birds' formation that rushed forward.
However, just as the surviving members of SKT quickly retreated, the ultimate move of the fortune teller once again locked them in like a talisman.
In the end, except for Leopard Girl, who managed to escape with her own agility, the rest of the SKT team died.
Although Leopard Girl was alive, she had no chance to capture the dragon due to the strict defense of the Thorn Birds team.
Along with the roar of the dragon, the economic gap between the two sides was widened to a huge 10,000 yuan.
Even so, fans of the SKT team have not given up hope.
Although they don’t understand the game well enough, they know the achievements their favorite team has made.
It’s not like they haven’t experienced an economic turnaround after falling behind by 10,000, and they have experienced it more than once.
However, the players of SKT are feeling miserable.
"They underestimated the enemy too much. They have been abused for two years, and LCK's problem of using arrogance to test the opponent has not changed."
In the EDG base, after Tianye threw a can of Coke to the smart lwx, he opened a can himself and drank it down in one gulp. Tianye squinted his eyes in contentment.
He, EDG, Meiko, and the former Luo Fei are the only Grand Slam support players in China so far.
His good friend and good partner went out to play a game, so he naturally wanted to watch.
Not only is he observing, but so is everyone else in EDG. Anyway, it is also the offseason for the club at this time. Except for the time for training matches, EDG still gives the players a lot of free time.
Looking at SKT's miserable situation, Meiko said with a smile.
"It's a pity that last year we only had a chance to compete in the intercontinental competition, and there was no chance to compete at other times."
The factory director felt a little sorry.
If they had been allowed to play more games with SKT when Li Luo was defeated, it would not be too easy to avenge the humiliation of S7's two consecutive comebacks.
But now it’s pretty cool to sit at home and watch SKT being abused.
From the perspective of professional players, although SKT's tactical system is very careful, they have obviously not positioned themselves correctly in the second division as they are used to being abused in the country.
Do you really think that the performance data of the Thorn Birds in this spring split is not as gorgeous as their SKT data in the LCK, and that the Thorn Birds will not be able to do it?
The Thorns in the playoffs and the regular season are basically two teams, right?
Looking at the state of the Thorn Birds in the first round of the group stage, it is obvious that they seem to have evolved again.
Faced with such a Thorn Bird, instead of using your LCK's best operating system to defend and counterattack honestly, you actually dare to turn around and use a strong offensive poke lineup?
I can give you what I can.
SKT is still struggling to support itself.
However, the Thorn Birds team is not in a hurry.
After taking the big dragon buff, the Thorn Birds began their ultimate torture.
Xiye's early development was already very good, but after two waves of team battles in the mid-term, her equipment was already far behind Akali.
With the blessing of being able to wear shoes, the power of Xiye's plane when poked cannot be underestimated.
And every time Xiye's poke hits someone, Li Luo's fatal brilliance always follows instantly as if he has eyes.
At the same time, the Thorn Birds also immediately started a 41-point zone after preparing their peripheral vision.
SKT wanted to start a team, but couldn't.
It can't be carried by separate belts.
Finally, when the Thorn Birds team's Baron buff disappeared, SKT also lost two of its three highland towers and crystals.
Earth fire earth fire.
This is the refresh order of these four little dragons today.
A perfect dragon sequence.
Unfortunately, the Thorn Birds are now in control.
SKT failed to hold on until the second baron was refreshed.
When the game time came to 25 minutes and 11 seconds, SKT had no choice but to surrender.
“It takes two years to sharpen a sword, but after cutting it for 25 minutes, I find it still needs sharpening.”
"It's just a group match. When you play cards, will you show off the king directly?"
Another round of fierce fighting started between SKT fans and anti-fans.
"Ah, yes, yes, this actually shows me that SKT is hiding tactics again."
"The game is not over yet. A BO1 can't explain anything. Don't forget S6. SKT will come back in the second round of the group stage."
"Ah, yes, yes..."
…
"It's not fun."
Brother Shengqiang was obviously still a little unsatisfied after the game.
SKT ah.挓
That's SKT.
Brother Shengqiang debuted very early, and he just happened to catch up with the dark era of the LPL division.
only……
Brother Holy Gun, who has never entered the World Championship, is not even qualified to be abused by SKT.
At that time, SKT only lived in the legend of Holy Gun Brother.
Although IG felt proud when they faced Dynasty SKT 3-0 in the finals of the S7 season, this had nothing to do with Holy Spear, nor did it directly change Holy Spear's impression of the SKT team.
Although Brother Shengqiang didn't say anything before this game, he was still a little nervous and excited in his heart.
He spent a lot of time studying Khan during the LCK Spring Split.
The final conclusion was that Khan was a very powerful person. Although he was much older than me, he was very strong in criticizing him.
But now after the collision...
The bubble that SKT was strong in the heart of Saint Spear has dissipated.
That’s it?
Sure enough, my teammates are stronger.
Especially Luo Ye.
Three crowns for faker and two crowns for bang.
Together they have five crowns.
He has five crowns, but he hasn't beaten Luo Ye's two crowns. Luo Ye is too powerful.
In contrast, everyone in the SKT team clearly seemed to have been severely damaged.
Khan was a little better. This actually made him more of a target, so instead of being convinced, he was still holding back a fire in his heart.
Clid and Faker fell silent.
Their midfielder...
Compared to the Thorn Birds, the midfielder's help to his teammates is far inferior.
In contrast to the silence of these two people, Bang and Wolf felt a little disappointed.
Can't beat it.
Really can't beat it.
They picked up a very strong lineup. It was just that they didn't take advantage in the laning phase. They also failed to seize any rhythm points that should be grasped in the mid-term.
I really can't beat line to line, and I can't beat team fights either.
Faced with the Thorn Birds people coming over to shake hands with smiles on their faces, the SKT players felt extremely uncomfortable.
However, a loss is a loss. The only thing they can do is to go back and review the game carefully and strive to regain their position in the subsequent games.
…
The Thorn Birds team has always been humble and low-key in their interviews.
Especially after this game, Xiangguo, who was in charge of the interview, took Zhu Kai's advice to heart.
After all, the Thorn Birds are not a strong team with a deep foundation. Now that they have just arrived to participate in MSI, if they say too much harsh words, once they are slapped in the face in the future, the backlash will be quite serious. Therefore, for the psychological consideration of the players, Zhu Kai let Xiang Guo
Be restrained during interviews.
Xiangguo did restrain himself when mentioning the issues between the strength of the two teams in the interview.
However, when asked about the matchup of the jungler position, Xiangguo didn't mince words. He bluntly said that he still misses the time when he played against Bengi more. He even mentioned blank Xiaohei.
But Xiang Guo did not mention clid. When clid learned about it in the background, he felt a little bad.
"Don't let your mentality be affected, he did it on purpose."
After hearing the retelling by the team's translator, faker spoke.
"Of course I know."
clid is very frustrated.
If you choose the blue side here, choose a blind monk for him and he will directly kick the opponent.
There is a three-day offseason between the first and second rounds of the group stage.
However, it seems that it is not easy for the SKT team to adjust their state during the offseason.
As expected, the big brother of G2 who likes to cause trouble started to bombard people indiscriminately on Twitter again.
The G2 team specially listed the game lengths of the five teams that played against the Thorn Birds in the first round.
Arranged from high to low.
G2 actually lost miserably in the first round of the group stage.
But what's more interesting is that they lasted longer than SKT.
This behavior of treating oneself as a clown on the surface, but actually mocking the SKT team made the SKT players very angry.
SKT vowed to give G2 some color in the second round.
Three days passed quietly.
SKT, simmering with anger, began to attack the G2 team.
However, the G2 team, which is often beaten in the second round, is uncharacteristically different today. They seem to have changed their nature. Not only have they not become weaker, they even feel stronger.
Especially the caps in the middle, not only suppressed the fakers in the matchup, but also cooperated with the jungler jankos to successfully catch a wave of fakers.
The most heart-wrenching thing is that the hero chosen by the caps in this game was still Ryze, and he still used Faker's champion skin.
Under this kind of provocation, Faker's always calm and composed expression on the court also cast a dark cloud.
"It's so cheap, this G2."
Even the trouble-making old man like Holy Spear Brother can't bear G2's actions.
"That's right. Maybe they will use our LPL skin in the end to try to mess with our mentality. Brother Luo, Ah P is just a fool."
Xiangguo smacked his lips and said.
"It's okay, one is Kai'Sa, the other is Xayah. He just has to choose. But if he is smart, he will choose them all to resist the pressure. I, the fortune teller, have no skin."
Li Luo seemed quite unconcerned.
"Stop talking, Capital is heartbroken after seeing this. This year, if not for myself, even for a great artist like Fortune Master, I have to give full play to 120% of my strength. I really can't stand it any longer."
Xiangguo said sadly.
"Then Brother Luo chose Vayne this year."
Liu Qingsong said expressionlessly from the side.
"Okay, okay, I'm still getting MSI. Don't talk too far. It's okay to talk about it. It's time to start choosing a dermatology department and you have to surpass Karma Wei."
While Li Luo was speechless, a flash of worry flashed through his heart.
Although everyone is joking, based on Li Luo's understanding of his teammates, once he gives himself too many easy hints, their error rate will greatly increase on the competition field.
Fortunately, Zhu Kai also stood up in time and gave the contestants a serious "chicken soup lesson", which made everyone stop there.
The second round of the group stage was still smooth sailing for the Thorn Birds team.
In Li Luo's impression, the IG team before its rebirth won the group stage with a luxurious record of 9/1, which was already the best group stage result in all previous MSIs at that time.
However, as each team made adjustments in the second round, IG also experienced some setbacks.
Although the major media are hyping them up, IG often suffers from a disadvantage in the early and mid-term in the second round, and then relies on their personal ability and teamfight cooperation to comeback in the later stage.
This also left a huge hidden danger for IG’s upset in the knockout rounds.
To put it bluntly, the version just hasn’t kept up.
When everyone was adapting, IG, immersed in the world of strong players, found it difficult to make reasonable tactical changes for a while, which doubled the pressure on both the players and the coaching staff.
The media propaganda and flattery are also a big thunder.
Having learned from the past, Li Luo not only analyzed the team's tactics in detail with Zhu Kai at this MSI, but also reached the third level of tactical reserves.
Even the knockout Thorn Birds can handle it easily.
Just to hide their tactics, the Thorn Birds were not as aggressive in the second round as they were in the first round.
Especially when facing the FW team, Thorn Bird even took out Bomberman for Li Luo.
The behavior of the Thorn Bird also caused the Sichuan Opera audience in Wanwan to change their faces.
After all, the first Thorn Bird was killed, and many people in the Bay Area were scolding it at that time.
However, now in the second round, the Thorn Birds has selected a gangster hero for Li Luo. In the eyes of countless Bayan netizens, this is undoubtedly an alternative "letting go" behavior.
Even though all the players in the Bay Area were disgusted by this elusive bomber, at least the Flash Wolves persisted for thirty-five minutes, becoming the team that lasted the longest against the Thorn Birds in the group stage.
As the second round progressed, the situation in the group became increasingly clear.
Flash Wolves still maintained their team's traditional performance in the second round.
The problem is that they didn't stand out as well as usual in the first round.
This also resulted in the Flash Wolves ranking fifth among the six teams.
Under the rules of this competition where only the top four can advance, the Flash Wolves directly pulled.
On the contrary, the TL team came up from behind and ranked fourth.
After the SKT team lost to G2 in the second round, the players were scolded by Kkoma. Since then, SKT's mistakes in operations have significantly reduced.
They gradually discovered that compared to the common situation in the LCK division where the pace was too slow, the weak offensive of those LCK teams had already made them somewhat out of touch with the world.
Now that more than half of the group stage has passed, they have finally found some rhythm in the MSI competition.
This is the growth of a team.
Of course, despite this, they still failed to complete their revenge when facing the Thorn Birds.
It's just that compared to the collision in the first round of the group stage, SKT has become a lot better in this second round.
They know they are making progress, so they are not in a hurry.
This actually made SKT play better.
The two sides fought for a full thirty-two minutes before SKT, which chose a regular lineup, was defeated.
When the second round of the group stage came to an end, the Thorn Birds were undoubtedly at the top of the list with an undefeated record.
