From the end of the group stage until the start of the knockout rounds, none of the four teams participating in the LPL published any information about their players on the Internet.
They just disappeared from the world, letting the Korean media and domestic eunuchs set the pace overwhelmingly.
We all have been working professionally for so long, so we really understand things like public opinion very well.
Negative public opinion will only appear when you lose the game.
And as long as we can win, all negative public opinions will quickly disappear in a very short period of time.
Although the LPL division knockout round will first face the combined forces of the LMS and VCS divisions, in this BO5, the LPL division, which did not go through any formations, was briefly blocked after easily winning with a score of 3-0.
The mouth of a troll.
In this duel, the only team in the LPL division that did not take action was the Thorn Birds team.
To be precise, playing LMS and VCS does not require the backbone of LPL to take action.
Three games, except that JD.com was a little anxious due to their playing style.
The remaining two games were all random killings, and the LPL team, which averaged more than 20 kills per game, seemed to be venting the anger squeezed out of the group stage.
However, such a menacing attitude was more like a kind of incompetent rage in the eyes of the Korean media. They even used the shortest time to shoot a promotional video for the intercontinental competition exclusively for the LCK region.
Compared with the reserved country, South Korea doesn't care about embarrassing or not.
After scenes of incomparable scenes, the four Korean teams finally met together. When the four Korean teams stood still, the sky seemed to darken, and a demon head made with special effects appeared above.
South Korea seems to be planning to use this lens to show a "return of the devil" momentum.
LPL still has no response to this.
The day of the final.
It started to rain in Seoul.
But the rain can't dampen the players' enthusiasm.
Countless players, wearing raincoats and umbrellas, lined up at the entrance of the venue early. In order to prevent the venue from becoming too clean, the organizers also specially arranged a shoe cover machine in front of the door for every spectator who entered the venue to put on.
Shoe covers.
Fortunately, the capacity of the venue is not large, otherwise the time required to arrange it for so many people would be a bit scary.
Several teams from the LPL division came to the backstage lounge early.
Today's playing order has already been determined after discussions between the players and coaches.
And I believe this order is not difficult to guess in South Korea.
Today's LPL is all about taking a gamble and fighting on the bright side.
The Thorn Birds will appear directly in the first game. As long as the Thorn Birds can win, the pressure on the other three teams in the LPL will be much less.
After all, according to the rules of the intercontinental competition, if the two sides tie at 2-2, then they can discuss another team to play the final game.
LPL, always believe in the Thorn Birds.
In this case, let the Thorn Birds go first. As long as one of the other three teams can take down the LCK, then the champion of this intercontinental competition will most likely be the LPL!
This is a kind of behavior that is biased toward gambling, but it is also the only way for LPL to win.
Several teams had heavy expressions on their faces as they watched the back of the Thorn Birds step onto the stage.
At the finals, Emperor Pao Xiao had already started his hosting style.
After a meal of Jili Guala Smita, the performance of the Intercontinental Finals also began.
Players on major domestic live streaming platforms began to grow impatient one after another as they watched the stinky and long performance.
However, while the performance lasted, in the backstage lounge, the final formation of the LCK competition area was also going on.
"They are most likely going to be the Thorn Birds. Do we really want Griffin to fight? Griffin is ranked among the top two among our four teams. I think it would be better to let Griffin, who lost to the Thorn Birds before,
If KZ goes up to play, our other three teams and the other three teams in the LPL have a high probability of winning."
DWG's coaches offer their own suggestions.
As soon as he finished speaking, the coach of the KZ team suddenly became unhappy: "You mean your DWG will be better than our KZ? Why didn't you go?"
"What you said makes no sense. The only team that lost to the LPL in the group stage was you. Doesn't that mean something?"
"Fight the thorn bird, you can do your best. If you can win the first one, I won't eat pickles for a month!"
"you……"
"Okay, stop arguing."
Kkoma frowned.
He has been maintaining the unity of the LCK division during this period.
The order of the teams in the finals had been decided a long time ago, but I didn’t expect that someone would make an unexpected mistake at the last moment.
The supervisor of the Griffin team also spoke at the right time and said: "We have to consider another question. If we win the Thorn Birds, will our LCK have a chance to take away the LPL 3-0 this time?"
Everyone was silent.
Everyone knows the truth.
If the Thorn Birds really lose, how can the LPL, which has lost its backbone, be their opponent in the LCK division?
But the question is... is this bone really easy for thorn birds to chew?
Seeing that everyone was silent, Griffin's coach continued to speak: "We are going to gnaw on the bones of the Thorn Birds sooner or later. If we don't find a way to defeat them now, why don't we wait until the World Championships to find a way? KZ
We can’t force out the Thorn Birds’ tactics, but we Griffin should be able to.”
"Uh-huh?"
KZ's coach was still stroking his chin and nodding his head, but as he listened, he felt that something was not right.
"Let's just settle it. As the youngest force in our LCK, Griffin will have unlimited possibilities on the court. I believe that these young players, youth, represent vitality. Even though the Thorn Birds seem very strong,
, but they are just a team formed by a few older players at the beginning of the year. Griffin has been working together since last year, and the chance of winning is not small."
Kkoma made the final decision and did not give the coach of the KZ team any chance to say anything.
At this time, the performance on stage also ended.
Players from both sides took the stage one after another.
At this time, nearly forty minutes have passed since the official time for the start of the game.
The organizers seemed to realize that their opening ceremony had some ink stains, so when the contestants from both sides came on stage and made sure that there were no problems with the machine debugging, the BP of both sides started directly!
"The Thorn Birds on the blue side, Griffin on the red side, let the Thorn Birds go first in the LPL today. The first game of BO5 is indeed worth it."
In the commentary box, the three-man commentary team of Wawa, Miller, and pdd stood in front of the commentary table, and it was Miller who spoke at this time.
"Yes, winning a game first will greatly improve morale. The Griffin team here took the initiative to choose the red side when they had the priority to choose the side. It feels like their BP has some ideas.
"
Wawa said, and pdd took over: "It's very possible that the core of Griffin's team is the double C. They choose the red side a lot of times. The purpose is to get the counter position for one of the C positions, so that
Let’s take a look at the bans on both sides... The first three bans of the Thorn Birds are a bit interesting. In addition to banning Tarzan’s spider, they also banned Tahm and Braum?”
"Spider can understand. Tarzan's signature hero is the Spider Queen, but Tam and Braum...are the Thorn Birds planning to let the bottom lane attack? To avoid the kind of protective support that Griffin chooses to play?"
Milles could only consider this reason after thinking about it: "On Team Griffin's side, the third-hand ban position in front of them has taken down vampires, Karma, and cats..."
"The cat they killed in the last move was obviously intended to observe the ban position of Thorn Bird before making a decision. What's more interesting is that they didn't intend to target Brother Luo in the first three moves, but I have to say that among the three heroes, Karl
Banning Ma and Cat is equivalent to dismantling the two most popular systems of the Thorn Birds since the start of the summer split."
"It depends on what the Thorn Birds decide on the first floor. The first floor...oh? Bull head? It's locked!"
The Thorn Birds locked the Bull's head in seconds on the first floor, which made pdd a little surprised and added: "The Thorn Birds' idea is to add stability control assistance to force Griffin to take Silas? But this version of Silas's E skill
The shield is gone, and the online ability has been greatly weakened. It can only be used in the jungle. It depends on whether Griffin wants to use it..."
As a former professional player, pdd is still keenly aware of the Thorn Birds' intention in selecting this player.
If Griffin really chooses Silas, he will probably be in the jungle position, so it will be relatively easy for Xiangguo to target him.
Griffin wasn't fooled either.
They first showed off their signature Sword Demon to the Sword Emperor on the first floor, and then added a strong jungler, Xin Zhao, on the second floor.
This is obviously telling the thorn birds to set up a trick? They will not accept this trick anymore.
The Thorn Bird's response to this was a very fast second lock with both hands.
It is still a lineup system that is very characteristic of the Thorn Birds team.
Incubus, Galio.
For the confrontation in the jungle, Xiang Guo did not choose the prince, but chose the Dream Demon.
Although Xin Zhao's jungle ability is strong, there is still a high probability that Dream Demon's W can block the third stage of Xin Zhao's Q skill. Once Xin Zhao's control fails to work on Dream Demon, Dream Demon's E skill
As well as the deadly rhythm that can be carried in the talent, the Dream Demon's 1v1 ability can overwhelm Xin Zhao.
Therefore, although Dream Demon is not restrained compared to Xin Zhao, it is not counter-countered either. When Thorn Birds chooses Dream Demon, they only need to pay more attention in the early stages to avoid being caught by the faster-paced Xin Zhao.
Once it reaches level 6, Incubus is quite powerful when paired with Galio's boss.
Griffin's coaching staff didn't seem surprised that the Thorns would choose this pair.
While pdd in the commentary box was still analyzing the Thorn Birds' first three BP moves, Griffin's finalized hero on the third floor brought pdd to an abrupt end.
"Ah? Is it true? Griffin, do you really dare to choose?"
The doll took the lead and screamed exaggeratedly.
The audience at the scene seemed to be celebrating the New Year and cheered and applauded with great excitement.
The hero displayed on Griffin's third floor was Li Luo's signature... a tool man and a fortune teller!
The next second, the fortune teller suddenly locked on!
The cheers of the entire audience reached their peak at this moment!
"viper! If you dare to choose a fortune teller in front of Shine, come on!"
"What's so scary about Shine? Teach him a lesson! I believe in you viper!"
"Maybe Shine himself was surprised? Then will he be scared? Viper is a newcomer like you, Daoxian, rush!"
On Korean forums, netizens who failed to get tickets are also talking about it.
And under the Korean director's deliberately embarrassing shots, they did see a somewhat stunned Li Luo in front of the camera.
At this time, Li Luo also noticed the camera, smiled at the camera, and even extended his hand to say hello.
The cheers at the scene seemed to be delayed for a moment.
The next second, Li Luo took out a ruler from nowhere and shook it at the camera.
This ruler quickly turned the already sluggish cheers into a riot.
They were brought back memories.
There once was a player named Ruler who played a game of fortune teller in front of Li Luo.
In that game, his result was disastrous.
He and Ruler are one of the three major fortune tellers in the LCK.
bang, Ruler and now viper.
There are three major fortune tellers in the Korean server, and all three of them are very good at fortune telling.
Bang has a skin, but after getting the skin, once that version is over, Bang rarely chooses the Destiny Master anymore. The Ruler seems to have taken over from Bang, and he will occasionally use it on the field, at least he will not let this hero sit.
Cold bench.
This seems to be a legacy.
However, when Li Luo appeared, Korea's fortune-teller inheritance seemed to be cut off.
Now, is Viper going to take it back?!
"What are you doing with the ruler?"
At this time, Liu Qingsong also looked at Li Luo with some surprise.
"secret."
Li Luo said with a smile: "I didn't expect to take it out now. Isn't it time to catch up?"
"I don't understand you."
Liu Qingsong looked at Li Luo's sunny smile and shook his head speechlessly.
In the second round of BP between the two sides, Griffin seemed to realize that the Thorn Birds wanted to choose a big core in the bottom lane. Dream Demon Tauren Galio, these three heroes will most likely be selected to focus on the bottom lane.
In order to prevent his lower road from becoming a cash machine, Griffin clicked the button on Calista and the policewoman.
In contrast, the Thorn Bird killed the plane and Silas.
The reason why there is no ban in the first round is because the Thorns want to see if Griffin will steal. If Griffin steals, then the Thorns will naturally not take the current lineup.
Now that Griffin's mid laner hasn't been released yet, considering that Silas can steal the support variable of Galio's ultimate move, the Thorn Birds still choose to kill him.
After the banning session in the second round, Griffin's fourth-floor auxiliary lehends player chose Pike!
"Is Pike worthy? It is indeed a good combination, and Griffin's lineup is all about rushing in, which can easily lower the blood line of the Thorn Birds. Pike has something to say about this. It depends on the Thorn Birds team.
How did Bian deal with it..."
In the commentary box, pdd watched Griffin lock on Pike, and then moved his eyes to the Thorn Birds team.
The fourth floor of the Thorn Birds team first locked onto Kennen.
Immediately afterwards... an avatar appeared on the fifth floor that could mobilize audiences around the world.
"Let us hunt those who fall into the darkness together!"
Listening to the voice coming from the earphones, Li Luo narrowed his eyes slightly.
Night Hunter, Vayne, Lock!
There is no hero more impressive than Vayne in the first game of BO5.
This is also one of Li Luo's favorite heroes.
If there is a chance, Li Luo even wants to give Vayne a skin in his career...
