"So far, the Thorn Birds have not lost a single match in the World Championship!"
"The closest the Chinese class has come to winning the S competition!"
"In nine years, the curse of the all-China class not being able to win the S crown will be broken?"
"Can the European kings continue the style of MSI and defeat SKT again to advance to the finals?"
An overwhelming amount of news is pouring out on the Internet.
The LPL audience is also polarized in terms of opinions.
Some viewers hope that G2 can advance to the finals. Firstly, it is because G2 lost to the Thorn Birds at MSI. The Thorn Birds have an advantage against G2 in the past record. Secondly, because they just want to
Simply watching the LCK team lose.
There are also some viewers who believe that since it is the final of the S competition, the battle between China and South Korea must be more eye-catching and more effective.
The Internet was in full swing, and many SKT fans were waiting for an opportunity to join the fight.
However, they all seem to have forgotten one issue, that is, the teams that want to enter the finals are based on their strength, not what they discuss. No matter how much they discuss, they cannot change the final result.
For the players of the Thorn Birds team, they can now be treated like a bunch of people.
Although Zeng Mingkai's sentence "We are already studying MSI's opponents" has become a classic, but in fact, if every strong team wants to attack a higher goal, it is necessary to prepare for a rainy day.
So it was only famous because EDG, which was at its peak at the time, lost the previous games and failed to advance to MSI.
The Thorn Birds listed the teams that may pose a greater threat to them in advance during this world championship, and studied them carefully.
And the Thorn Birds have an ability that no other team has.
This is also the tactic that Li Luo has continued in the three teams since his rebirth.
The core point lies in two words, simulation.
Li Luo's advantage lies in knowing the tactics that strong teams like to use.
This has nothing to do with memory. Players who have a deeper understanding of the game can easily analyze and remember these iconic tactics as long as they have watched the games of that year.
Players who have a shallow understanding of the game will focus on the excitement of the game and the fun that occurs during the game. Naturally, they will not pay too much attention to tactics. In this case, no matter how good their memory is,
, lack of understanding and difficulty in remembering.
This is Li Luo's advantage.
Knowing the opponent's tactics, and then subtly simulating and cracking the tactics during the training match, this kind of training effect will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort.
Therefore, whether it is G2 or SKT, there is essentially no big difference for the Thorns. Both are strong teams, but the Thorns also have tactics prepared in advance. As long as the prepared tactics can be used on the final stage
If you perform well, the Thorn Birds will have the confidence to defeat their opponents.
The main point of the match between SKT and G2 is to see whether both sides can force the opponent to press the bottom of the box.
The day after the game between Thorn Birds and FPX.
The curtain opens between SKT and G2.
During the trash talk session before the game, G2 were full of energy and energy, and used the word "crazy" to the fullest in their European home court.
In contrast, the SKT team is much more restrained.
Perhaps the setbacks in the past two years have smoothed the edges of the LCK division a bit.
They lost a lot of the arrogance they once had on the eve of a game.
It sounds like the only thing that best reflects their self-confidence is Faker's words, "We will be the final winner."
Other than that, other people don't seem to have that much confidence, even Wolf.
The European audience undoubtedly put huge pressure on SKT at home.
The huge venue was packed with seats, and the roaring and tsunami-like cheers made everyone in the Thorn Birds feel their eardrums a little painful in the sea of people.
"It feels like sound-isolating headphones are not that useful in this case."
Xiangguo dug his ears with his fingers and said with a smile.
"What did you say? I couldn't hear you."
Brother Holy Spear raised his voice and said loudly.
Xiangguo was delighted: "I said you were stupid."
Brother Shengqiang really didn't hear what Qingxiang Guo said. His choice was to pretend to understand and even nodded.
"Fuck."
The incense pot is speechless.
Fortunately, the cheers at the scene gradually stopped as the bp started.
Everyone in Thorn Bird also fell silent and observed the BP on the field.
"G2's BP...isn't it a little too relaxed?"
Liu Qingsong raised his eyebrows after looking at the lineups released by both sides.
"Well, a little bit."
Li Luo nodded slightly, SKT did not perform particularly fiercely just because they lost G2 in MSI.
They still chose a relatively stable lineup in this first BO5 game.
Moreover, the five players SKT played in the first game were the same five players who narrowly lost to G2 at MSI, and they did not bring Zeus and Kanavi up.
Khan took out his Jayce, the jungle clid chose the more conventional Pig Girl, the faker in the middle played the Czar, and the bottom lane duo used Bang's Xayah paired with the auxiliary Wolf's Niutou.
G2 dared to release Jayce, naturally because they won during MSI.
But SKT was not stubborn at all and directly banned Pike, whom they could not handle at the time.
In contrast, the G2 team's lineup is fierce.
The top laner is Sword Girl, the jungler is Lee Sin, and the mid laner is Trickery, paired with Drain in the adc position and Thresh in the auxiliary position.
Overall, it highlights an aura that will crush you in the early stage.
But in Li Luo's view, such a lineup lacks someone who can take advantage of the situation in the later stages.
Judging from the style and vision of the LPL division, this is even more so, let alone the LCK side.
As far as the lineups of both sides are concerned, as long as SKT can survive the early stage, it will basically win.
"Ten minutes ago, let's see how G2 played. This lineup is indeed very offensive. If G2 really gets a chance, let alone the snowball speed of this lineup, it will give SKT a drink."
Xiye gave his opinion.
"It's very blue."
…
However, as the game time went by, the brows of everyone in Thorn Bird became more and more frowned.
SKT's defense is very good.
Everyone in Thorn Bird knew this in advance.
But the key point of this game is not how good SKT's defense is, but the G2 team's offense... it's too bad.
The G2 team, which has high hopes from European audiences, indeed launched an aggressive offensive at the beginning of the game.
However, their handling of the details on the offensive end can only be described in one word.
rough.
Their offense is so rough that many LPL fans can't stand it.
It stands to reason that as the LPL is a fighting region, it is not uncommon to make mistakes when attacking.
But G2's offensive mistakes were much more serious than the mistakes they made during the fight in the LPL division.
Their mistakes can be said to be visibly low-level.
And when such low-level mistakes are piled up layer by layer, they become a thunderbolt buried in their own team.
Game time is 15 minutes.
In the fight for the dragon, the caps responsible for consumption made a big mistake.
He didn't notice his position when he stepped on it. Bang found the opportunity to use the feather barbs buried in advance to catch him. With the help of the bull-headed two-link Jace's cannon, he was instantly knocked out. The pig girl's big move was thrown to his subconscious.
The G2 formation, which wanted to rescue, completed the counterattack.
Faker's Tsar Drift came into play, and even though Ah P reacted very quickly and stepped away, he was still pushed back by Faker's Tsar Flash ultimate move.
After a wave of team battles, G2 was defeated directly.
SKT did not end the game quickly. They used the ink-blot style of play that is familiar to the LCK audience and themselves, dragging the game to 35 minutes.
G2 had been tortured since the 25th minute, but SKT tortured them for more than ten minutes before letting them go.
The financial gap between the two parties also expanded to 15,000 yuan before the settlement was settled.
By the end of the game, the Trickery Enchantress was able to make a three-piece set.
This is actually not an exaggeration. What is very embarrassing for the hero Enchantress is that in the mid-term, this thing needs to be consumed frequently on the front, to take the initiative to seize opportunities and find rhythm, instead of having enough energy like other mid laners.
There is room for the development of money-making.
With Enchantress's lineup, if the team battle can be won, Enchantress' equipment will be formed quickly. On the contrary, if the team battle continues to be frustrated, Enchantress' equipment will be difficult to replace.
The answers given by G2 in the first game were difficult to satisfy the audience. When everyone in G2 took off their headphones and walked towards the bottom of the stage, Li Luo heard many foreigners yelling and cursing from around them.
Unlike domestic trolls, most foreigners’ trolling methods are insults mixed with obvious encouragement.
For example, "Wake up, don't fall asleep. If you want to sleep, win this game and go to such-and-such a street to find such-and-such a store and sleep with such-and-such in your arms."
Another example is "Damn so-and-so, have you played so-and-so so many games recently that your brain has become frozen?"
This method of trolling, which is very different from that in China, is quite refreshing to hear occasionally.
However, what the European and American audiences did not expect was that they thought that the G2 team underestimated their opponent when they lost the first game and should cheer up in the second game.
But I never imagined that the defeat in the first game was just the beginning.
SKT was completely relieved after testing the quality of the G2 team for the first time.
They... can switch from defense to offense.
The G2 team is not in good shape today!
Therefore, in the second game, Kkoma boldly adopted the method of changing the formation, instead of changing the formation whenever they lose like LCK teams in the past.
Kkoma was also holding his breath at this time.
It’s just that md keeps losing to Li Luo’s team.
Little G2 still wants to ride on our faces?
So, in the second game, SKT came up with a very offensive and violent lineup.
Sylas is the jungler, Kiana is the midfielder, and the bottom duo is Kalista paired with Thresh.
On the road, let Khan get the captain to take care of the situation.
The BP side is also all focused on the top lane, giving Captain Khan a huge space to play, but all heroes that pose a greater threat to the captain will be pressed down.
The G2 team was not embarrassed either. Spider Crocodile's top and jungle duo were directly arranged and at the same time they took Syndra in the middle.
In the bottom lane, the classic combination of Kai'Sa and Tauren is used to deal with Kalista and Thresh.
It's not that G2 doesn't want to use a better lineup.
In fact, AP, which has just transformed into an adc, has a limited hero pool compared to an experienced player like Bang.
The G2 team originally wanted to open up the situation with Spider Crocodile on the top lane.
However, level 1 SKT suddenly used Lengjian to invade as a group, but directly played a wave of one for three.
The most terrifying thing is that the captain of the first-level regiment holds two heads.
Li Luo's expression was a little strange when he saw this scene.
this……
So familiar.
Wunder won't have to wear a mask of pain, right?
The current version of Yaoguang is still 1,050 yuan.
So even two captains with heads in hand would not be so exaggerated.
After all, the captain's starting equipment is a potion worth 500 yuan.
But with first blood, a kill and an assist, a captain worth more than 750 yuan, a long sword worth 350 yuan, and a blue crystal worth 350 yuan, it really made it a bit difficult for the crocodile to hold on.
Originally, if the captain consumed it for a long time in the early stage, the amount of mana would not be enough.
But now that he has the blue crystal, the captain's situation is obviously much more comfortable. Q hits him one after another, and the crocodile soon becomes unbearable.
Start calling the jungle.
However, Clid squatted behind him, and as the wave went down, the captain added another head.
At this point, the crocodile completely exploded.
The game only lasted 29 minutes, and it came to an end with Khan flashing three barrels in a row and using his ultimate to destroy his AD.
2 to 0.
"G2 played really poorly today."
Xiang Guo was a little disappointed.
Originally, G2's performance in the second half of the group stage has gradually become a bit like MSI.
Especially the scene where the DWG was smashed to pieces in the extra game left a deep impression on him.
But now...
European teams are not very resilient in adversity.
There is almost no situation where LCK teams win two games first and lose three games in a row.
They are too stable.
So the G2 team lost faster in the third game.
3 to 0.
When SKT defeated G2, faker had a smile on his face that he hadn't seen in a long time.
At this time, SKT seems to have really come out of the trough.
Their expressions were full of confidence.
Especially Wolf, after he breathed a sigh of relief, he pointed to the camera above the venue.
On the roof above the stadium, the huge S-match trophy shines brightly under the light.
The implication of Wolf's action is self-evident.
Another 3 to 0.
Two semi-finals, two 3-0 games, were naturally not enough for the spectators who paid for the tickets.
But when I think about the derby showdown in the final...
Countless spectators began to look forward to it again.
"Let us congratulate the SKT team for successfully defeating G2 3-0! We also congratulate SKT for advancing to the finals of the S series event again after two years!"
In the commentary box, Wang Duoduo and Changmao, who were responsible for commentating today's game, said with emotion: "Speaking of which, the last time SKT entered the S finals was S7. What's more interesting is that among the players who played against them in the S7 finals.
, there is our shine.”
"And this year, it's the same again. I just don't know if the result will be the same."
