As the third day of competition comes to an end, a dark cloud seems to be gathering in the sky above the LPL competition area.
For the audience, the process of this intercontinental competition was more unacceptable than before.
After all, the LPL has won the Intercontinental Championship two consecutive times since the start of the Intercontinental Championship.
After all, the Chinese one is more convenient to use on the Tian Ji horse racing system left by our ancestors.
However, Tian Ji's horse racing aside, even in the group stage, the LPL division has never had a situation where only one team won the LCK division team.
JD.com lost to Griffin on the first day of the group stage.
Although the Thorn Birds crushed KZ, SKT returned the favor shortly after. Even though the process didn't seem so smooth, and FPX even had an advantage for a while, anyone with a discerning eye can see that in terms of the players' personal abilities and the team's
On an operational level, the SKT team is simply better than FPX.
FPX's attack was like a stormy sea. The sudden huge wave was terrifying, but as long as one wave was blocked, the size of the huge wave seemed to gradually begin to weaken.
To put it bluntly, if FPX wants to beat SKT, in addition to having its team in good shape, it also needs to use some novel tactics to have a chance.
But if SKT wants to beat FPX, it only needs to get a regular lineup and develop steadily into the later stages.
As the LCK's group match result against the LPL came to 2-1, the Korean media also began to hype it up and at the same time belittled the LPL region.
The team led by you, Li Luo, is awesome, right? OK, let’s put aside the Thorn Birds and talk about the LPL division.
In the process of talking about the LPL division, I would like to give Li Luo a hat by the way. For example, I would like to publicize that Li Luo's existence has broken the balance of the LPL division, causing other teams to be unwilling to make progress and not want to pursue the championship, etc.
The most frightening thing is that there are people who don’t know whether it’s Chuanzi or someone who shares the same brain as Malphite who will be taken advantage of.
In just one night, the inside of Kangba became smoky.
Countless comments that had been silent in the septic tank quickly emerged.
Of course, at this time, only a few people will target the Thorn Birds, and the vast majority of people are complaining about the two teams in the LCK.
Among them, the biggest rhythm band is "Conspiracy Theory."
Words like "Serve the country with loyalty and loyalty" flooded the air.
After all...except for the Thorn Birds, the other three teams participating in the intercontinental competition this time all have Korean players.
JD team’s imp, FPX’s doinb, Top team’s Loken and ben.
These are all Korean players.
If you lose, everything is wrong.
Netizens have 10,000 reasons to criticize him.
However, just when the opinions on the Internet were shaking, except for the Thorn Birds, the coaches of the other three teams among the four LPL teams were very experienced in telling the players not to browse the forum.
Early that night.
In the training room, the top team is still sparring with the Thorn Birds team.
Li Luo still has a certain understanding of this year's DWG team's tactical style.
Therefore, he asked the team to imitate DWG's style and top training.
The effect is surprisingly good.
Although DWG's tactical style in the S9 season also relies on the midfielder to set the pace, overall DWG's midfielder tends to be more roaming.
But the showmaker's laning ability is there. To put it bluntly, DWG is a team that purely relies on its midfielder ability to penetrate the opponent during the laning period, and then radiates to the overall situation.
But in fact, the tactical style of the TOP team is theoretically restrained against DWG.
First of all, in theory, the left hand is not afraid of showmaker in lane.
Both of them are top-ranked players in the Korean server, and they often play against each other. The left hand also said frankly that he is not afraid of showmaker, and can even beat him.
Jungler Xiong Xiong's strength has also improved to a certain extent since his heart was frozen. Although he is relatively comprehensive in the jungle, he may not be able to fight against those who have not evolved into the third uncle at this moment, but he can survive in the jungle position.
I can have a close fight with Xiongxiong.
After all, every player needs time to grow. No matter how strong Uncle San is, S9 is not the time for him to shine.
In addition, the effect of the tactical simulation was good, both Zhu Kai and the TOP team Bai Yueya seemed to be relieved.
However, Li Luo still has some worries about tomorrow's game.
Before actual combat, everything must be labeled "theoretical".
There are too many factors that affect actual combat.
Firstly, TOP is currently the only team left in the LPL in the group stage. Even Zhu Kai has been giving them chicken soup, saying that the outcome of this game is not critical. After all, even the last place in the intercontinental competition can play in the knockout round.
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The group stage is actually more like a warm-up for both divisions.
Even if they are ranked second in the LPL group, they are just beating the hot players in the LMS and VCS divisions again.
But it is still unclear whether TOP will have stage fright tomorrow.
Whether the left hand can display its due strength in competitions is also unknown.
Li Luo from this group has also helped, and the Thorn Birds and even the other two LPL teams have also made their due contributions. Now top can only rely on itself.
The third day of the group stage.
It is also the last day of the group stage.
LMS and VCS were as usual, they were brutally beaten and failed to win a game in the entire group stage, and were completely shaved off by LPL and LCK.
They seemed to be looking away. The Korean audience did not boo them, and even applauded their "experience baby" behavior. Isn't it wonderful to regard this event as a trip?
As the last game of the LMS division ended, the smell of gunpowder on the scene and online began to get stronger.
The showdown between DWG and TOP has begun.
DWG's coach looks very serious.
They don't know how the LPL team will proceed with the game information.
But based on TOP's performance on the first day of the group stage, the LCK division still attaches great importance to TOP.
Therefore, the LCK division has also made a lot of preparations.
As soon as the first three teams from both sides appeared, Li Luo in the backstage lounge frowned.
The two teams have different styles and different focuses.
For DWG, what they need is to get strong heroes in the middle and jungle, especially Showmaker in the middle. If they can get Syndra, Showmaker will be very confident in the middle lane.
For the TOP teams, although the lane rights in the middle are equally important, the more important thing is the jungler Xiong Xiong.
If you can get Xiong Xiong's signature wine barrel, then the top rhythm and group start in the early, middle and late stages will be guaranteed.
TOP did not kill Syndra on the blue side. According to their original intention, they obviously wanted to grab Syndra.
But the DWG team released the cat in the first three ban positions.
This last ban position released a cat that must be selected in the current version, which is clearly putting pressure on the TOP coaching staff.
And when the cat on the first floor of TOP showed up after hesitating, mlxg frowned and said: "No, don't do this. If you do it, it will feel like the bucket is gone."
Li Luo stared at the screen in silence.
White crescent moon.
As one of the earliest professional players in ancient times, Li Luo had paid attention to Bai Yueya when he was playing professionally in Huayi.
Li Luo was too young at the time, but as he grew older, he knew clearly that in that era, the jungle blind monk himself rarely appeared on the competition stage, but it was the "unique brother" Bai Yueya who was the blind monk at the time.
The monk took to the competition stage.
It can be said that White Crescent's contribution to the LPL is not insignificant. However, after becoming a coach, he has certain flaws in both his BP and coaching abilities.
Just like now.
Due to the Korean team's very thorough understanding of the version, White Crescent Moon did not dare to let the cat go to DWG.
Therefore, he gave up the core of the team and chose to play as an agent. Although he was good at playing this kind of hero, he was definitely not very skilled.
The moment they saw the top locking the cat, many players in the lounge knew that the top might be trapped in the trap.
As expected.
The DWG team directly grabbed the wine barrel and Syndra.
Two of TOP's best heroes were directly taken by DWG.
The subsequent bp has been unsightly.
TOP knows that this version doesn’t really like playing with barrels.
Therefore, the wine barrel is on the road by default.
But in the end, DWG swayed and the barrel was moved to the auxiliary position.
TOP got Gnar for 369 on the top lane, Xiong Xiong on the jungle side got Wei, and then Ekko for the left hand. This gave the players in the backstage lounge a little more confidence during the discussion.
Loken added Wheel Mom as the core ad, and the lineup they came up with was somewhat inspired by the Thorn Birds.
"In this case...it feels good. The AD on the DWG team will not survive."
Liu Qingsong said.
DWG chose Wine Barrel paired with Kalista in the bottom lane.
There is no problem in suppressing the wheel mother in the matchup, but once Vi is locked in a team fight, it will be difficult for Kalista or Syndra in the middle to survive.
But it is worth mentioning that this is a male gun.
At the same time, DWG finally settled on a Sword Demon in the top lane.
The white crescent moon's face is not particularly pretty.
The authorities are obsessed with it.
Although Bai Yueya felt uncomfortable during the BP process and felt that she was being tricked, she only realized how outrageous her BP was after she got off the stage.
It is equivalent to being completely led by the opponent.
Li Luo could only sigh slightly at this.
Although countless players complained about Left Hand's incompetence in the competition, when facing Syndra, he was able to counterattack with an assassin-oriented hero like Ekko.
Most mid laners can't do this.
There was no offensive pressure on top in this game.
Therefore, the top players did not play impatiently in the early stage, using Ekko's E skill to perfectly restrain Syndra's pushing characteristics. In the early stage, the jungler Xiong Xiong used his left hand to play Syndra's flash.
But then Xiong Xiong was caught to death in the wild area. To be precise, he was caught to death by two Akers together. Syndra, who was beaten home, moved to a ward deep into the top jungle area and outflanked Xiong Xiong from behind.
Caught off guard.
At this time, the left hand in the middle, which has the advantage of facing off, is clearing the lane. Even if it was realized at the first time, it would not be able to support it at all.
After Sindra hit the ball with an extreme distance push, the male gunner successfully gained a kill.
TOP, who had taken first blood, was obviously a little anxious in his playing style.
All the shortcomings of a new, immature team were revealed.
First, 369 Gnar tried to get stuck at the last moment of the ultimate's duration and jumped up with W to stun the Sword Demon. Then he transformed into Little Gnar and gave the Sword Demon a set of spa. It was just the right time to catch him.
If the male gun doesn't come in this wave, 369 does have a chance to kill alone.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
After a 2/0 start, the blazing jungle pressure began to increase.
TOP really started to collapse when a confrontation broke out in the middle at 7 and a half minutes.
After pushing the ball to Ekko, Showmaker directly hit Ikko in the face with a set of ultimate moves. Although he could not kill Ikko instantly, he suppressed Ikko's health line to a very low level.
In the shadows, the male gunman swung out a big move and harvested another head.
Later, in the mid-term, TOP relied on the cat's ultimate move and cooperated with Wei to launch two good counterattacks. However, after each kill, TOP only received dry kills and made no substantial snowball progress.
This also resulted in top's economy already falling behind by 3,000 yuan before the two parties started taking over.
And when the left hand continued to do nothing, the operation seemed to start to show some deformation.
To put it bluntly, there are some changes in mentality.
On the contrary, the Korean Loken, whose development was only average, managed to survive many team battles to the end with his hard output, helping TOP continue to spark the fire.
However, when the game time came to 29 minutes, Loken was still caught. He had just flashed in the previous wave. After the male gun's W hit the E skill shield in this wave, showmaker's flash pushed the ball and hit him.
He pulls E forward, and the Q wall explodes with R and melts instantly.
In the end, he achieved a luxurious record of 9/0, and evened the TOP.
Although this game lasted about 30 minutes for TOP, the overall feeling of depression given to the LPL audience was much greater than when SKT faced off against FPX.
To describe it in four words, it is...
Being pressed down and beaten.
As the game ended, the scene felt like a party. Tonight was destined to be a carnival for Koreans.
Everyone in TOP walked off the stage dejectedly.
And tonight will be the heaviest blow the LPL has suffered after being invincible for two years.
"It's better to let the three old and powerful teams IG, EDG, and RNG go. What are they playing?"
"So, it's not LPL that's strong, it's Brother Shine, right?"
"Everything appears under the sun. Perhaps it is true as the Korean media said. With Brother Luo, no one wants to compete for the championship. They all want to clock in and go to work."
"The guy upstairs has a bad brain, so I suggest you go find the King of Thunder and Lightning to get some power."
"If you don't understand the brain circuits of this group of people, how can this be dumped on the person who should be dumped the least?"
"The Thorn Birds tactic is so powerful, please share it and help other teams."
"The fact is that with the intercontinental competition format, the Thorn Birds alone cannot win. And to be honest, the LCK is really strong this time. Whether it is Griffin or DWG, it makes me have a dream.
It feels like S5 or S6."
"Could it be that... the thorn bird can't be defeated, right?"
"It's very possible. To be honest, although MSI Thorn Birds defeated them this time, SKT's strength seems to be the worse among the four teams, which doesn't mean anything."
