In the semi-finals, after five fierce games with RNG, the FPX team performed an epic BO5 and lost to the Thorn Birds with a cruel score of 0 to 3.
The result of this game also made the tension between EDG and IG even more intense.
Both teams know that the FPX team that was forced into the bubble match is not easy to mess with, and not only FPX, RNG, and JD.com are also not easy to mess with.
At this time, no team wants to fight for more opportunities in BO5, and there are too many uncertainties.
Therefore, both EDG and IG are holding back their energy and trying to overthrow their opponents.
The next day, the BO5 battle between EDG and IG began.
The Thorn Birds team did not train today, and they were not in a hurry as they had already advanced to the finals.
"Brother Luo, who do you like more?"
Brother Shengqiang came to Li Luo's side, squeezed away Liu Qingsong who was looking at him sideways, and asked with a smile.
"Don't ask such stupid questions. For Brother Luo, the palms and backs of his hands are all flesh. How do you ask him to choose?"
Liu Qingsong said expressionlessly, answering instead of Li Luo.
Xiangguo next to him also took over the conversation at the right time: "It's really hard to say. If we look at the overall strength and the current status of the two teams, I think EDG will definitely have a greater chance of winning. Although lwx is prone to problems during the laning phase,
But as long as he is allowed to develop, he will definitely be able to shoulder the responsibilities of a core C position in mid-to-late team battles."
"Coupled with the junior's natural laning strength... Of course, it's really hard to beat him as a Rookie..."
Halfway through, Xiang Guo hesitated.
There is no way to analyze the IG team according to common sense.
After a moment of silence, Xiangguo added: "Of course, for us, it might be a little more troublesome if IG reaches the finals."
No one refuted Xiangguo's words.
As he said, although IG has always lacked structure in the game and easily gave opponents opportunities, their excellent upper limit ability is even inferior to the Thorn Birds team.
If IG can win against such a stable EDG, it means that their state will usher in an explosive period in the playoffs, which will indeed increase a lot of variables for the Thorn Birds.
"But if IG wants to perform stably, judging from their current situation and performance in training games... it's difficult."
Li Luo, who had been silent all this time, finally sighed and spoke slowly.
The relationship between the LPL's top clubs and the Thorns is good.
In particular, IG and EDG have a close relationship with Li Luo. Li Luo was the captain of the team before this and also led the team to achieve very good results.
You can imagine how good the relationship between the team members is, so the Thorn Birds have no shortage of training partners even at the beginning of the year.
As the playoffs approached, the Thorn Birds often had sparring sessions with the IG team despite being in different groups.
Li Luo's ability to analyze team tactics is self-evident.
When facing IG, Li Luo can clearly feel the disconnect between the IG team and the version.
Someone once said that with the configuration of the IG team, even a tied dog in the jungle can win.
But one generation after another, there is another generation of gods.
Due to the hero pool in the current version, the suppressive power of Rookie in the middle is not as obvious as in previous versions.
Jackeylove played like a god in the second half of the summer regular season, but in the playoffs his mistakes were often more obvious.
Especially when facing the opponent whose first move is Q skill.
In the past, IG could achieve three-line optimization and progress step by step.
But today is different from the past.
The strength of IG players is fluctuating, but EDG, on the other hand, has steadily improved the team's coordination from the beginning of this season.
Although it is not as fast as Li Luo's improvement last year, EDG still relies on their strong training team and strict team discipline to create a reassuring team.
When the gap in online strength between the two sides is not obvious, the importance of the jungle position becomes obvious.
Obviously, without Li Luo's training, King Ning was just like before Li Luo was reborn. He fell into his own misunderstandings during the smooth competition.
In this version where rhythm is extremely important, King Ning's "greedy" habit has had a very bad impact on the team.
It is true that he is very reckless, but most of Prince Ning's recklessness is based on the fact that he has accumulated a certain amount of equipment.
People need to be arrested.
He also wants to kill wild monsters.
However, the disadvantages of this style of play are that it is a bit slow in the current version where the jungle rhythm is the main offensive direction.
Xiaotian is at his peak, and he is very good at seizing opportunities in the jungle.
If Prince Ning doesn't change his fault today...
Li Luo feels that IG may have changes due to this. Unless all online players explode, it is unrealistic to cover up the problems in their jungle area.
Soon, the competition between the two sides began.
Li Luo didn't pay too much attention to it. During the BP stage, all Li Luo paid attention to was the casting of jungler Ning Wang.
When Li Luo saw that IG's coaching staff gave King Ning a higher priority and selected Olaf for him to use in the first three drafts, Li Luo sat back in his chair and patted his forehead.
Perhaps as Liu Qingsong said, Li Luo had no position in this game. Everyone was on good terms, and the palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh. Of course, the most important thing was that Li Luo didn't particularly consider his team's chances in the finals.
Which team will be easier to beat when you encounter it?
But seeing IG fall into the trap set by EDG, Li Luo still felt a little guilty.
as expected.
After Ning Wang finalized Olaf, EDG's subsequent lineup selection changed drastically.
In terms of adc, although EDG chose Kai'Sa very much because of Lin Weixiang, their support team made up for Karma, who seemed to be incompatible with it.
When I took this hand of Karma, it happened to be the time when IG was given the choice of Yin Zeriel in the bottom lane.
Followed by Enchantress in the middle, Gnar in the top lane, and Lee Sin in the jungle position.
The overall lineup is full of variety.
Pull.
In other words, "flexible."
After entering the game, EDG directly took advantage of Karma's RQ consumption advantage at level 1 to force forward, forcing the IG team to give up the jungle position in the early stage, and also allowed Olaf to open the jungle.
The route was successfully captured.
It is a very troublesome thing to catch Olaf's jungle path that needs to be cleared in the early stage.
Xiaotian gave up certain opportunities to clear the jungle in the early stage and chose to harass Olaf in the jungle.
Xiaotian, who can cross walls with his touch eyes, is not worried that he will be stuck by Olaf.
During Xiaotian's pull, King Ning made a mistake in punishment and was punished by Xiaotian, who hit the big stone man. No one on the line could outflank Xiaotian, so he could only watch Xiaotian run away.
After that, IG felt that there was no operation in the early stage. The shy was caught by Xiaotian once when he was deep in the lane. King Ning went to the bottom lane once but had no results. Under the acceleration of Karma, he wanted to drive to the opposite side.
It is not an easy task for Lin Weixiang, who is quite stable.
Li Luo, who was under the stands, couldn't help but smile when he saw this situation.
Before his rebirth, although Lin Weixiang had never died in the finals of the S9 Finals, there is one thing to say: During the LPL playoffs, Lin Weixiang at that time was still relatively easy to control during the laning phase.
He is not stable enough.
Especially when paired with an offensive support like Liu Qingsong.
Now, by mistake, Lin Weixiang and meiko got together, which made Li Luo couldn't help but sigh. After all, meiko is a more experienced support player, and meiko is still good at training AD.
Especially when I partnered with meiko, learning from each other also allowed meiko to learn a lot of skills in partnering with AD.
These skills will be taught back to Lin Weixiang little by little by Meiko as he joins.
Seeing this in the first match between the two sides, Li Luo knew that at least there was no suspense in this one.
EDG is not a team that likes to give its opponents a chance after gaining an advantage.
Their team, with the rock-steady Jin Gong and Lin Weixiang who is trained by Meiko, makes it difficult for them to make mistakes!
The player on EDG who made the most mistakes was the junior in the middle.
After all, he is one of the offensive ends of EDG throughout the early and mid-term. The more times he attacks, the greater the possibility of mistakes.
However, what the little boy got was the Enchantress.
Rookie had no choice but to choose a clockwork when Syndra was pressed down.
Not to mention that Rookie may not be in better shape than his younger brother at this time. Even if he is, the gap in hero attributes is enough to make Rookie drink a lot.
In the mid-term, King Ning, who finally found a rhythm, felt full of malice from the EDG lineup.
EDG vividly interprets the word "walking the dog" with their flexible lineup.
As a hero who only eats wild monsters without playing any rhythm, King Ning's equipment is not considered good at the ten to fifteen minute point.
When he activated his ultimate move and rushed in, EDG, which was half a beat too slow in sheep disguise, was fully activated the moment after King Ning came in.
Karma's RE acceleration caused the EDG group to quickly disperse and pull apart. While pulling away, they quickly turned back to focus on King Ning's Olaf.
Olaf's health bar plummeted like mercury pouring down the ground.
Realizing that something was not going well, King Ning hurriedly dodged to get a position, and IG's characteristic of not selling anyone was also reflected in the team battle. They almost all turned their heads and moved closer to King Ning.
The instant rhythm was caught by Xiaotian's blind monk.
After the Q skill hit Jackeylove's Yin Zerui, Xiaotian's second stage Q stepped forward and touched his eyes in mid-air, R flashed and kicked the two of them away!
The junior enchantress WR entered the scene and melted the two of them instantly!
Jin Gong's Gnar perfectly controlled his anger, and flashed his ultimate move to force the two remaining members of the IG team to flash.
But the younger brother's flash chain retained one more person.
In the end, only Baolan managed to escape, leaving four corpses behind.
The situation was in complete disarray.
Although EDG's operational snowball rhythm is not as fast as that of Thorn Birds, it still successfully bulldozed IG's base 30 minutes ago.
"Obviously, their condition has not returned."
Xiang Guo smacked his lips beside him: "This King Ning doesn't know what he is doing. If he goes like this, he won't be able to win in the Bubble Tournament. He is too independent. If he hadn't been obsessed with wild monsters in a few waves, there would have been a chance.
What a pity."
For a hunger-strike jungler like Xiang Guo, King Ning's pace in this game was really messy.
Fans actually don't understand either.
It is clear that Prince Ning was also a ferocious man when he debuted.
Why does this game make me feel like a kid?
"It's 3 to 1 at most. IG may explode and win one, but this one is almost the limit."
Brother Shengqiang expressed his opinions from the side.
And the reality turned out to be just as Brother Holy Spear had expected.
After losing in the first round, IG seemed to be still sleepwalking in the second round.
However, EDG's BP also made some mistakes and omissions, so that the second game between the two sides lasted a full 38 minutes.
Nearly forty minutes of post-production time.
Forty minutes, the financial difference between the two parties was less than 3,000 yuan, and this bit IG very hard.
However, the key to the team is Jaeiko Thresh’s hook.
Although he used purification to get rid of the control of the hook in seconds, it gave Xiaotian Kiana room to play.
Flash E then R, and using the gap of a few tenths of a second, Xiaotian started a good team fight.
Jackeylove should not have handed over the flash, and was instantly killed under EDG's swarming fire.
The team battle collapsed.
EDG gained the match point first with 2-0.
However, in the third game, IG's condition seemed to be back a bit.
Jackeylove took out his signature hero Draven in the bottom lane. Although Thresh is considered the best match for Draven, Sapphire finally made the choice to take Braum after some trade-offs.
The coach also agreed. Although Braum prefers defense, if he can push the lane, Braum's ability to cross the tower with the jungler and even AD is very strong.
This time IG got what they wanted and won. Not only did Jackeylove have the advantage, Rookie also single-killed the junior boy in the middle. King Ning didn't seem to be so alone anymore. The level 3 spiritual gank helped The shy's Gnar get it first.
A human head.
Under the cheers of countless extreme fans at the scene, IG slaughtered EDG with a head-to-head ratio of 19 to 3. At the end of the game, the game time was only 20 minutes.
Just when countless fans of IG, and even the Thorn Birds, were wondering whether IG's status had returned, IG once again showed its fans a wise saying.
Everything is possible.
In the fourth round, the IG team chose a lineup that was similar to the first round when Delaiwen was banned.
The difference is that the clockwork in the middle is replaced by Syndra.
This is a hero that Rookie is very confident about, so although IG fans feel a little uneasy when they see other heroes, Rookie's Syndra can give them a sense of security.
But the junior midlaner Ekko countered Rookie.
IG seemed to exert all their strength in the BO5 in the third round, so that they were discouraged in the fourth round.
3 to 1.
EDG became the team that joined forces with the Thorn Birds team.
IG can only be reduced to the bubble game, competing with other LPL brother teams for the last spot.
"It's over, let's congratulate EDG and the Thorn Birds team for successfully meeting in the finals! We also congratulate the EDG team for winning the second of the three places in the LPL World Championship!"
In the commentary box, Guan Zeyuan said with emotion: "Judging from this BO5, although EDG has put some effort into it, its overall preparations are obviously better than IG's. IG's state needs to be adjusted!"
"Yes."
The side king remembered to add: "It's just that no one can tell what kind of sparks will break out between EDG and the Thorn Birds until the finals, and who can represent our LPL division as the No. 1 seed!
