"This is really an eye-opener for me. I never expected that LPL could lead 2-0 in this year's intercontinental competition..."
"Han Za came out to die. Why can't he see that he was so crazy before the game now?"
"Little Phoenix is so strong, doinb is awesome! This Pan Sen has awakened my desire to open a ranked game and take Pan Sen."
"Are we going to ban Pan Sen again in ranked games starting today..."
"Is this 2-0? I haven't gotten off work yet..."
"Seeing this record, I don't know why, but I suddenly had a bold idea."
After FPX defeated SKT, the Tieba forum became extremely popular.
The joy brought by this victory is much stronger than when the Thorn Birds defeated Griffin in the first round!
The Thorn Birds' victory was foreseeable, or in the minds of the audience, FPX's loss to SKT was much easier to accept than the Thorn Birds' loss to Griffin.
And FPX's victory over SKT was purely an unexpected surprise.
"Nice brothers! So strong!"
In the backstage lounge, the players from the other three LPL teams enthusiastically welcomed the return of the heroes.
Everyone in FPX also had joy on their faces.
This match really relieved them.
It is the first time to participate in this kind of world-type event, and it still represents the glory of the entire division. Who doesn't want to play beautifully?
Although the LPL has been named the First Division in the past two years, the evaluation criteria for the First Division are based on the strongest teams in the division. Although there is an indirect relationship with them, it is really their turn to compete.
When it comes to teams in the LCK division, everyone will still feel scared for no reason.
FPX's victory did not depend on luck.
Regardless of tactics or in-game linkage execution, SKT was completely suppressed.
This shows that there is no such gap in strength between the two teams that they cannot catch up.
The winner of the event will not refer to the usual results, the key lies in the last tremor.
Obviously, FPX won in this final tremor.
This victory also gave the two teams TOP and JD.com a certain degree of confidence.
As FPX changed the score and gave the LPL division a 2-0 lead, the psychological pressure on TOP and JD.com was gone.
To put it another way, even if they didn't win, there would still be Thorn Birds behind to take the lead.
It may be irresponsible to think this way, but similar self-comfort is indeed one of the ways to improve your mentality.
"What are you thinking about?"
Li Luo didn't know when he came to Zuo Shi's side. Seeing that the latter did not participate in everyone's discussion but was contemplating to himself, he immediately asked.
Zuo Zuo was startled. He looked up and saw Li Laowu, and grinned: "No, it's nothing."
Li Luo just smiled when he saw this, patted his left shoulder and stood up to leave.
Of course Li Luo knew why his left hand was like this.
This was due to the psychological warfare he and Zhu Kai jointly "conspired" to do.
The left hand has always been very strong.
If the various aspects of the players' data are broken down, such as laning details, ability to find opportunities, upper limit of operations, overall view of team battles, etc., then the upper limit value of the left hand can be around 95 points, even in the past.
superior.
But no player's strength data is constant.
If it were really divided into numerical values, Li Luo would give his left hand a "floating score between 80-95."
The reason for similar fluctuations is the objective factors of the players.
For the left hand, mentality is the key to determining his fluctuation.
Therefore, Li Luo occasionally looked for "detailed information" about the four mid laners in the LCK during his spare time in training these days.
Every player has a time to eat.
There are also collections of this kind of meal preparation moments on the Internet.
In terms of psychology, even if you are a silver player, if you see a collection of mistakes made by a professional player after covering his ID, he will have a feeling that I can do it.
Therefore, the method used by Li Luo was very simple, even childish.
Unfortunately, this method is very effective for the left hand.
When seeing the "highlights" of these players, the left hand could even cut out a bunch of highlights even ignoring the highlights of his own abuse.
He would only subconsciously feel that the mid laners in the LCK did not seem to have the strength that he had preset.
Especially the Showmaker, who I played against in the last game. Looking back, I feel that many of the operations I made during the laning phase in the previous game were too worrying to be implemented.
If you really let go...
While my left hand was thinking alone.
The backstage lounge of LCK is already clouded.
The weather today is not good.
Now it has cast a layer of depression over the hearts of players and even coaches.
"We...were defeated 2-0?"
The players of KZ and DWG who have not yet played are all buzzing.
When Griffin lost the first game, they were even able to discuss it with laughter. After all, in their subconscious mind, SKT was a sure winner.
Now, the variables are out.
Catch them off guard.
After Kkoma tried his best to regain his composure, he raised his head and said: "Don't worry, we still have a chance. Their remaining two teams are also defeated by us. What we have to do now is to put them before the start of this game."
Forget all the slights, just start all over again, from scratch."
Although what Kkoma said was reasonable, the coaches and supervisors of the DWG and KZ teams secretly sneered at him.
What makes sense may not necessarily be useful.
Now that these are of use to Xibal? The pressure on the players of the two teams has obviously increased.
Under such pressure, it is still unclear whether the players' condition will fluctuate when they get on stage.
But what is certain is that the team that came to power after SKT will definitely have the greatest pressure and will be the easiest to take the blame.
After all, if they lose this one, they will be gone.
After the DWG team's supervisor's eyes flickered for a moment, he immediately said: "Everyone should have seen the strength of our DWG in the group stage. Logically speaking, we should play our part in the third game."
"But one thing I hope everyone will not forget is that the players on our DWG team are all newcomers who have just entered the professional arena."
After saying this, he remained silent.
The supervisor of DWG believes that everyone understands what he means.
Kkoma nodded slightly while thinking.
Indeed, what DWG’s supervision said makes sense.
Although in Kkoma's heart, DWG seems to be a little stronger than KZ.
But their players, with the exception of supporter Beryl, are indeed very young.
However, although Beryl is quite old, according to his age in the professional arena, he is indeed a newcomer who only started competing at the end of last year.
On the other hand, on the KZ team, let’s not talk about the “brother” on the top lane. The jungler Cuzz, and the bottom lane combination of deft and tusin are all veteran players.
In other words, the mid laner Naehyun is a little younger, but he is also a player who entered the professional arena in 2017.
At this time, the morale of the LPL division is at its peak, so the experienced Kkoma is obviously more inclined to let a relatively stable team like KZ come on stage to deal with it.
When KZ wins, the morale of DWG's young players will be boosted, and with their mentality adjusted, they will most likely win the fourth round.
This resulted in a 2-2 draw between the two sides.
The fifth game...
Let’s wait until the fifth round!
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, the supervisor of the KZ team was helplessly stunned and said, "Then let's go."
He originally wanted to refuse.
But I turned around in my stomach and couldn't think of any good way to refuse.
After all, the reasons given by DWG’s supervisor are indeed reasonable.
Only they can get in.
Thinking that his veteran deft only seemed to have lost to Li Luo when facing teams from the LPL division, and not the others, KZ's supervisor gradually felt relieved.
LCK submitted the list of teams for the third game to the referee.
At the same time, the LPL team also submitted the team information for the third game.
TOP.
It’s similar to Kkoma’s idea, except that the LPL team happened to come back in another reasonable way and decided to let TOP play.
TOP is a young team, their lower limit is very low and their upper limit is also very high.
If a team like this takes the field when the LPL is at its peak, they might be able to perform surprisingly well.
Both sides come to power.
The LCK audience at the scene seemed to be on the verge of losing their minds.
This can be seen from the fact that the number of security guards on site has doubled.
When the KZ players took the stage, they glanced at the audience inadvertently. The expressions of the audience made the pressure in their hearts even heavier.
He sat on the duel seat with his left hand, and soon both parties entered the preparation room in unison.
The left hand's eyes were immediately fixed on Naehyun, the mid laner of the KZ team.
Seeing this ID, Zuo Zuo's mind couldn't help but picture the scene last night when Zhu Kai took a page of information and mentioned the player to him. At the same time, Zuo Zuo also thought of the player's many resumes.
Although Naehyun is Korean, his career has been full of twists and turns.
Because his career started in the EU, which is the European League.
Similar to a young boy who came to the LPL to play in foreign leagues from the beginning, Naehyun first joined the OG team, a long-established team in Europe, to compete.
He thought his career would have a good start, but he failed to win a single game in the spring games of that year.
Of course, this lack of victory only refers to BO3. In that spring, they still won three small games in small games.
When Zuo Zuo learned this information, he was completely shocked.
in Europe.
Finished like this?
Moreover, he stopped playing after the spring split and sat on the bench for a full year and a half. He did not become the starter for the KZ team until this spring.
That's it?
What is the concept of being last in the European League? Lefty doesn’t know.
But the player Naehyun has been labeled by him.
"vegetable."
At the battle table of the KZ team.
Naehyun is probably the most anxious person in the team.
No matter what their grades are, as long as they have a clear understanding, they will have a relatively objective understanding of their own strength.
Naehyun is exactly such a person.
He was able to go relatively smoothly in KZ because deft's performance in the league has always been very stable.
The brother who is on the road is also very stable.
Although Cuzz is a bit biased, he has made great progress since leaving the SKT team.
In such a stable environment, Naehyun can grow up steadily.
He is grateful for this environment.
But precisely because he was grateful for his current environment, the pressure in his heart became even greater.
In the commentary box.
As the BP between the two sides progressed, the three commentators also began to list the key points between each other.
"The lineup of the KZ team is very LCK and relatively conventional. They chose to let deft and Rascal on the top lane take on the core of the output. They chose Kai'Sa for deft and a vampire for Rescal. They took the dual core route and at the same time gave
Cuzz made up for the pig girl who forced the team to start the team. In the mid lane, they got the rock bird, which should be intended to roam. Thresh in the support position can strengthen the overall linkage of the team."
"KZ's lineup is very good!"
Miller thoughtfully followed up and said: "But the TOP team is not to be outdone. 369 on the road took out Camille, paired with the jungler Silas. This is a team that LCK likes to use very much.
To set up the combination, I took Akali in the left hand in the middle, and in the bottom lane I added Yinzeriel as the Loken, paired with the auxiliary Karma."
"TOP ensures the bottom lane's laning and teamfighting capabilities while also providing the upper, middle and jungler with the ability to rush in!"
"Of course, the specific lineup of both sides depends on the performance of the players."
As pdd's voice fell, the key rounds of the two divisions also began.
"I can go over and dodge him at level 2."
As soon as he entered the game, Xiong Xiong spoke to his left hand.
"No, just keep a steady pace in the early stages of farming and watch my performance."
The left hand said cheerfully.
Xiong Xiong, who has mastered Chinese listening level 10, can naturally hear clearly what his left hand is saying. After all, the two have been teammates for a long time.
He knows the left hand very well.
When the left hand said these words, Xiong Xiong suddenly stared at the small map with a more fierce look.
"Hand, hand, I'm very relieved about the condition of your hand."
…
"Oh! This wave of exhaustion with the left hand was very beautiful. This is a wave that must be praised. However, he chose to use reverse E to stick to Yanque's face. In this case, he used smoke bombs to hit two sets of QA on Yanque.
After taking the body, the left-hand mid lane has a great advantage in laning, and Pig Girl comes over to gank! But Pig Girl’s distance is not enough, so she can only try to use W to slow down, but this W is twisted by the left hand, so confident!"
As the game time went on, the three commentators clearly felt that their left hand was a little different from the previous one when they followed the director's camera and switched to the middle.
"Just press down and hit!"
At this time, in the backstage lounge of the LPL competition area.
Seeing the feat of knocking away two bottles of red medicine from Yanque with his left hand in just three and a half minutes, an imperceptible smile appeared on Li Luo's lips.
As far as the current situation is concerned.
Could it be that……
at the same time.
LCK backstage lounge.
All the LCK coaches and players looked at the match on the field with some anxiety.
"No, he just got down from TP, and this wave of skills has taken a toll on him... He has to go home when Silas comes."
Showmaker, the mid laner of the DWG team, frowned and said, "What did you hit?"
At this time, the showmaker was a little irritable.
In the early five-minute laning period, KZ's mid laner was completely controlled by his left hand like a primary school student.
He had met KZ's mid laner in the league before, and he didn't feel that he was that weak.
Why do you want to be ordered by a team that was abused by you now?
In my first world competition journey... shouldn't I even be able to compete in the finals?!
