Chapter 519: Im tough, but I dont seem to be tough anymore
Piglet, a 94-year veteran, is now considered a living fossil in the professional arena.
But as time goes by, many people have forgotten about him. The place where he is mentioned the most is in China. Whenever there is a carnival, Piglet will transform into a god and appear in the public eye.
The reason why he is still somewhat well-known in Korea is simply because piglet was the first LCK S championship champion after all.
The real hopes of the Koreans will not be pinned on the CG team. The most they can do is stand on CG's side when the two teams clash and cheer for them briefly. If CG is really stuck in the mud, it can't hold up the wall.
, they will not have any feelings towards this team.
Oh, by the way, there is also a Korean in CG, and that is Huni, the top laner of the SKT team in the S7 season.
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In the lounge of the Thorn Birds Team.
Looking at the schedule, Zhu Kai arranged the players' schedule and training time in advance, and then it was time to communicate tactics with Li Luo.
By coincidence, the team the Thorn Birds faced in the first round of the group stage was the third seed CG from North America.
Seeing the piglet in the CG starting list, Li Luo had some doubts on his face.
In my impression, piglet's performance has not been very satisfactory since he came to North America.
Since 2017, this ancient LCK great has been frequently demoted to NA's second team.
AD, the mighty champion of the S competition, was sent to the second team to play professionally. This can no longer be described as miserable.
The reason why Li Luo is so familiar with Piglet is because before his rebirth, he went there to watch a Piglet game when he was traveling.
At that time, piglet had just been transferred back to the first team from the second division.
Li Luo's situation at that time had not even touched a training match for a long time, and compared with some young players in the same season, Li Luo was no longer young.
Because of this, Li Luo wanted to see how much strength AD, a veteran in the professional arena, still had after many twists and turns.
But what disappoints Li Luo is that piglet actually played as a midfielder in his first game after returning to the first team.
Piglet, who won the world championship as the AD position, actually gave up this position.
This shocked Li Luo at the time.
But counting the time, Piglet seems to be on the verge of retirement at this time, and can't even get a starting position.
However, after rebirth, Li Luo has seen too many things that have changed his memory.
Therefore, it is not surprising that piglet can still stay in the starting position of the team and still play in the ad position.
Of course, Li Luo is not the type to be extremely cautious about anyone in the professional arena.
Li Luo will treat every player with a rigorous attitude, but this does not mean that Li Luo will be overly careful about everyone.
For example, piglet.
Before facing CG, Li Luo also read some domestic media.
In order to gain attention, traffic and gimmicks, the domestic media wrote a lot of essays about this game. Some people even specially cut out the highlights of piglet in the professional arena and posted them online, in order to attract attention after the first year.
The attention of players who have fallen into the trap.
Don't tell me, don't tell me, someone will be fooled.
Especially the famous scene of piglet, with his evil smile and the confidence in his eyes seems to be really contagious.
But for Li Luo, even Jay Chou's JT team in the same group is more likely to attract his attention than CG.
If a player is really strong enough, it is impossible to be demoted to the secondary league for a long time. The United States is rich, but they are not fools. The price paid by you in the LCK is much higher than that of local players.
Use you to play in the secondary league?
This is not the way to burn money.
However, Li Luo and Zhu Kai still formulated the tactics they would use when facing the CG team.
And... it was "carefully" formulated based on the hero pool recently used by the former world champion adc player.
It is worth mentioning that the CG team is also serious about this game with the Thorn Birds.
There are still two days left in the countdown to the game.
Piglet arrived at the hotel where the SKT team was training early in the morning.
As a former member of the SKT team, neither coach Kkoma nor the owner of the club would be able to turn Piglet away, and South Korea's own class ecology is there, even if Piglet has not played a single game in the nearly four years since he went to the United States.
However, after he joined the team, the junior players would also respectfully call him "brother."
bang is no exception.
Piglet quickly explained his purpose after a brief chat.
Of course, he is not here to reminisce about old times. The real purpose of piglet coming to the club this time is that he wants to learn more about Li Luo's operating habits and weaknesses through the bangs he has played with Li Luo a lot.
Some habits are hard to tell by just watching the video unless you have actually played against them.
There was a little bit of surprise on Ba's face after hearing the purpose of his visit.
Piglet didn't know if it was because he was dazzled or something else. He looked at the serious Bang in front of him and felt that he was distracted inadvertently. From the corner of his eye, he seemed to see that this guy was holding back a smile.
But before piglet could think about it deeply, bang had already spoken with a deep look on his face.
"I know the operating habits quite well. I have indeed played against him many times. What stands out about Shine is his control of the rhythm during the laning phase. Broken down, Shine's attack distance control and coordination with support
The tacit understanding and the timing of launching offensive consumption or taking the initiative are all excellent.”
"And what's more troublesome is that Shine's hero pool is very deep. He can play this version of heroes. Oh yes, this person's teamfighting ability... is also relatively strong, because when we met them, other lanes
We can't beat each other either, so it's unfair to judge our two team-playing abilities in this environment."
When it comes to the next bang, don’t forget to give yourself some respect.
Piglet acted very seriously when Bang was talking, and at the same time he kept nodding his head, carefully studying the information Bang provided for him.
However, there was suddenly nothing to follow, which made Piglet raise his head in astonishment: "Then, what are his weaknesses? Which aspect is easier to seize opportunities?"
"Besides these advantages, everything else is a weakness."
After Bang thought for a moment, he said seriously.
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ten minutes later.
Piglet left the hotel worried.
He's a little confused at the moment.
According to Bang's follow-up statement, Li Luo is not without weaknesses.
But from Piglet's point of view, this junior seemed to be teasing himself.
But he couldn't refute it.
Bang's original words were that as long as he could do better than Li Luo in these advantages of Li Luo, then of course he would be able to suppress Li Luo enough.
This is riding a horse.
Let him, a 1994-year-old player, compete with Li Luo at the same age in terms of strength?
Even if Koreans feel that the world belongs to them, piglet is still a bit accommodating on this issue.
Li Luo is 98, can I beat him?
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The opening day of the S competition is coming soon.
This theme song was very familiar to Li Luo. It was the theme song of S9 before his rebirth. This also made Li Luo seriously doubt whether the S9 theme song had already been prepared by Riot Music Company as early as the end of S8?
There are a hundred ways of interpretation among a hundred people.
Phoenix Nirvana, reborn from the ashes.
Before Li Luo was reborn, this echoed that of FPX, the winner of that year.
But if this year's S-tournament championship belongs to South Korea, the outside world can also analyze that the Korean team, which failed in the world championship for two consecutive years, has been reborn and regained the throne of the world championship.
It would be even better if the champion of the S competition belongs to the Thorn Bird. The Phoenix is also a bird, and the Thorn Bird is also a bird. The color of the feathers is just different. The Thorn Bird has Li Luo who left EDG in Wenrou Township, and there are also several people who have failed before.
A veteran, and the Thorn Birds are in an all-Chinese class. If the Thorn Birds win the final championship trophy, why not analyze it as the Nirvana rebirth of five Chinese people in LOL?
But Li Luo still likes this song very much.
After enjoying the feast of the opening ceremony, the first day of the group stage competition also kicked off.
The schedule for the first day is contributed by three groups: Group C, Group B, and Group A.
Each group contributes two games, six games a day.
Due to the time difference, it would be relatively late to play at normal times in China, so the tournament organizing committee was also very considerate in adjusting all LPL competitions to earlier times.
The latest game on the first day was between FPX in Group A and FNC in Europe. The game didn’t start until midnight on the second day.
The game of the Thorn Birds team is scheduled for ten o'clock in the evening.
Although it is relatively late, generally speaking, domestic netizens can accept it.
After all, the S competition only happens once a year, and it only lasts for more than a month, so it doesn’t happen every day.
You should watch it if you should.
I have to say that Europe knows how to get things done.
The opening match of the schedule is when the G2 team faces the North American team C9.
The old feud is over.
And the facts are as expected. The C9 team has a characteristic. They often lose themselves in the first round of the group stage, and then gradually find themselves. From the second round, they gradually get better and advance without paying attention.
The knockout round.
Therefore, they were in a lost state at this time and seemed a little powerless when facing G2 who was in excellent and explosive condition.
G2 did not hold back at all and directly crushed C9 in terms of hard power.
The first crushing round directly aroused the atmosphere of the audience.
The second game was DWG facing GAM from the Vietnam VCS division.
Vietnam's playing style is extremely fierce, and they like to attack in the early stage.
If they faced one of the other two Korean teams, Vietnam might be able to put some pressure on their opponents in the early stages.
But it is a pity that what they faced was DWG from the LCK division who liked fighting more and whose personal strength was relatively online.
DWG's young top laner Niu Guli made his debut in the world competition. He was previously a substitute in the intercontinental competition.
After five minutes on the road, he completed the solo kill. In ten minutes, Niuguli had already started with 3/0 Jace.
The more Vietnam wants to proactively look for opportunities, the easier it is for DWG to counterattack. It only took DWG less than 25 minutes to completely crush GAM with a 5W economic gap.
This crisp and clear competition has also been unanimously praised by many domestic netizens.
Of course, netizens do not support DWG. On the contrary, when most domestic netizens watch games that have nothing to do with them, they will subconsciously cheer for the team that is on the opposite side of the LCK team.
On the one hand, I simply hate sticks.
On the other hand, there is the "supporting the weak" complex that many people have in their hearts.
Defeating the strong with the weak is still more attractive to most people than crushing them all the way.
Of course, this complex disappears when the opponent is a stick.
The main reason why netizens praise DWG is because DWG ended the game quickly, so that the next game between Thorn Birds and CG can start quickly.
In the commentary box, Doll Miller welcomed the game with a smile on his face.
Even before the World Championship, the three LPL teams had mentioned the issue of the disconnect between the playoffs and the World Championship version, but because the Thorn Birds were playing, the two commentators naturally felt at ease.
Piglet, the former champion ad player?
That's all.
A hero never mentions his bravery.
"The players on both sides quickly took their seats. It can be seen that the CG team with two Korean players takes this game very seriously. Both Hu's expressions are very serious."
Miller looked at the footage given by the director and said.
"But they are the only ones in the team who have serious expressions."
Wawa added a sentence on the side, causing the barrage to burst into laughter.
This is indeed the case under the director's lens.
The three players from North America were talking and laughing.
Judging from their appearance, it seemed that the moment the groupings were determined, they had decided to relax and enjoy the game.
"We can see that the players on the Thorn Birds side are in a relatively relaxed state. This is also normal. The opponent is the third seed in North America. Even if this is the first game of the Thorn Birds World Championship, there is no need to give yourself too much credit.
A lot of pressure.”
After the two commentators chatted for a while, the BP between the two sides finally started.
The Thorn Birds got the right to choose the side in the first round of the group stage. Their attitude was very upright and they didn't mean to underestimate their opponents at all. They directly chose the blue side that was good for the version.
Therefore, CG must assume the fixed ban of Pantheon on the red side.
There are not many bright spots in the bans of both sides. The bans of the Thorn Birds are very conventional. Heroes like Tetsuo and Silas are all heroes that may hinder the Thorn Birds' attack. They can be directly killed.
As for the CG team, in addition to the fixed ban of Pan Sen, one of the other two bans was given to Xayah and the other to Kalista.
Thanks to the fact that Li Luo played two Kalistas in three games in the playoff finals, this hero was also successfully feared by CG and was promoted to the ban position.
The Thorn Birds' BP was relatively conventional. They grabbed Ryze first on the first floor. However, the CG team was decisive. Kai'Sa on the first floor and Titan on the second floor directly locked up the pair of bottom laners. Their overall abilities were relatively comprehensive, and they were also very capable in the later stages.
A strong and stable combination.
What the audience didn't expect was that when it was the Thorn Bird's turn to choose, the Thorn Bird had a bull head on the second floor, and Vayne was revealed on the third floor!
"Wayne comes to fight Kai'Sa... Although there is no advantage in terms of consumption, Brother Luo has also used Vayne to defeat Kai'Sa before, and the effect is quite good. But to be fair, I suddenly saw the AD heroes on both sides.
I have a bold idea."
In the commentary box, the doll's eyes were twinkling at this time.
But what exactly it was, he didn't say.
As the bp progressed, the lineups of both sides were gradually revealed.
On the blue side of the Thorn Birds, the top laner is Camille, the jungler Lee Sin, the mid laner Ryze, and the bottom lane duo is Vayne with the Bullhead.
The red side CG team has top laner Gnar, jungler Prince, mid laner Zuo Yin, and the bottom lane duo is Kai'Sa and Titan.
On the whole, the heroes chosen by both sides in their first game of the World Championship were mostly normal, with the exception of Vayne from Thorn Birds.
However, when all ten heroes on both sides entered the Summoner's Rift, bursts of cheers erupted from the audience.
The bottom lane duo of both sides came directly to the lane, seemingly ready to grab the lane.
Therefore, each other also sees each other.
Located in the blue square, Li Luo's Vayne is wearing red clothes mixed with a little gold, and is carrying a huge-looking crossbow on her back.
Kai'Sa, who is on the red side, piglet, is wearing a black mecha, and her killing aura is particularly strong.
"The adcs on both sides...are using each other's champion skins! Interesting, so interesting!"
At the commentator's table, the baby couldn't help but applaud and admire when he saw this situation.
"This is full of gunpowder. It depends on what kind of sparks the two sides will create in this game."
Miller is also looking forward to it.
Not only the two commentators, but also the domestic netizens who had been affected by the short articles posted by the media now felt a little distracted.
After all, when both sides mustered up the courage to take out each other's champion skins, the momentum was indeed in place.
However, the more people look forward to something, the more likely they will end up in a situation that fails to meet their expectations.
The CG team perfectly explained in this game what the value of the No. 3 seed in the NA division is!
The game time was only 3 minutes and 30 seconds, and Gnar, who was on the top lane, was caught by the gank maniac Xiang Guo in an overwhelming consumption.
Holy Spear Brother controlled Camille, and a set of extremely skillful E-flash and E-flash successfully knocked out Gnar who was escaping in cross-flash.
The blind monk of the incense pot moved his W onto Camille's body, easily attached the Q skill, and then stuck to Gnar and took away his head.
First blood is obtained.
It is worth mentioning that Xiangguo spawned two groups of wild monsters in the lower half of the jungle. One group was red, the other was F6, and the group was toads. They reached level 3, so much so that the CG jungler prince who wanted to take the opportunity to invade the wild area missed the target.
You can go to the bottom lane to brush the stone men, but the stone men area has already been set up by the incense pot when it is red.
This field of vision is now almost at its end, but the prince's movements are clearly detected.
Ryze, who got the lane right in the middle, moved directly towards the jungle.
At the same time, Li Luo's Wei En and Liu Qingsong's Niutou in the bottom lane also immediately moved towards the jungle to double-team.
How could a CG jungler in the jungle not know this situation?
But he has already used EQ, and the CD of the flag is still relatively long in the early stage.
So he decisively chose to go and deliver the tower.
He responded well and successfully sent the tower.
However, his jungle area is also a hotpot.
Just when he was sending the tower, Xiangguo directly kicked the minion in front of Zuo Yin in the middle of the CG team and moved it into the lower half of the jungle area of the CG team.
During the time when the prince was resurrected, counting down the seconds and leaving the house, the punished Xiangguo had already lost the blue buff as a solo player.
The overall rhythm of the early stages of Thorn Birds is simply perfect.
Game time is 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
The Titan hooked the bull's head first, and Kai'Sa stepped forward to consume a wave, but Li Luo's Vayne decisively backhand nailed the Titan that had hooked the bull's head to the side wall, and began to deal damage to the Titan.
Piglet's Kai'Sa saw this and planned to change the target, focusing on Vayne who was falling.
However, Li Luo took a step back to pull away, and with a backhand Q to the side to further widen the distance between him and Kai'Sa, he continued to deal damage to Titan.
The bull head backhand W pushed the Titan who had regained mobility against the wall again, controlling it for the second time, and then calculated the time. When the E skill was turned on, the Q skill Earth Crush knocked the Titan away again, and then the backhand gave Kai'Sa a weak point.
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This piglet is intended to improve its fault tolerance rate in the laning phase, and with the Thorn Birds' lineup, he does not need to bring purification, so this weak piglet can only take advantage of it.
Experience told him that at this time, their 2v2 was already in great trouble.
The Titan was being dealt damage all the time, and Vayne's three-ring attack detonated, knocking out a lot of the Titan's HP.
Finally, Titan had a chance to weaken Vayne.
But what Li Luo brought was purification.
This CG has Titan, Zuo Yin, and Gnar. It is very reasonable for Li Luo to bring purification when there is not much pressure on the line.
After the purification was removed, Li Luo watched as Titan handed over the flash, but Liu Qingsong held the E skill in his hand to control the basic attack on the spot. Li Luo no longer planned to cross flash, and used his advantage of movement speed to press forward.
Collected the Titan's head.
When Titan was being controlled, the piglet had stopped output and ran directly towards the river.
Rich experience once again told him that if he didn't run away at this time, he would be dead.
The bottom lane matchup allows a combination like Vayne Bullhead to get a lane kill.
The professional players in the circle shook their heads secretly when they saw this.
The difference in strength is too big.
Maybe Piglet's AD can't do much in this situation, but there is obviously an insurmountable gap in the support capabilities of both sides.
By this time, the thorn bird is infinitely close to the third line of flowering.
He didn't dare to defend the defense tower with only piglet left, because he didn't know where the blind monk was, and the bullhead could resist the tower, so he killed his Kai'Sa at the cost of replacing himself.
As long as Kai'Sa dies, even if the bull's head will be replaced, Kai'Sa, who has lost a large wave of troops, will be disconnected from the game.
So piglet decisively chose to retreat and not eat.
Less than six minutes into the game, two layers of tapas were lost on the bottom lane.
At 7 minutes and 30 seconds of game time, the level 6 incense pot wandered down the lane and kicked the piglet's Kai'Sa out of the defense tower. The laning in the bottom lane ended completely.
The game lasted for 10 minutes. On the road, Brother Shengqiang completed a single kill. At the same time, Xiye flashed and replaced Zuo Yin's flash. He flanked the back of Xiangguo and kicked the Q skill followed by a double kick and combined with the big move to win the victory with one direct kick.
Zuo Yin's head, the belatedly arrived prince EQ stirred up the incense pot, and then he realized something was wrong, and escaped amidst the roar of laughter at the scene.
It is a confusing operation.
"It's deformed. The Taoist heart of the CG team has been completely destroyed in just over ten minutes."
Looking at the exaggerated economic gap of nearly 5,000 yuan above, Wawa shook his head.
He was quite looking forward to this game.
After all, the Korean media was also bragging before the game, and some people in China were also bragging for the sake of traffic.
result……
That’s it?
When I saw piglet holding Li Luo's skin again, I had a completely different feeling from the beginning.
It feels like...
The piglet is hard, but it doesn't seem to be completely hard.
It's just a win on the surface, but in fact, the gold and jade are lost on the outside.
In just 19 minutes of game time, CG was completely slaughtered by thorn birds.
The head-to-head ratio was 14 to 0.
Linglong Tower!
The Thorn Birds easily won their first victory in the World Championship!
