Chapter 221 Return to the Peak and Lock Out the Qualification
The moment EDG won C9, countless self-media had already sent out prepared copywriting.
The speed is simply staggering, but it is actually understandable. Today's EDG is the traffic code. Whether it is EDG as a club or the personal fans of director Yates, it has reached a terrifying point.
No matter what the article is, as long as you include keywords such as "Z God" and "EDG", the number of views will skyrocket.
Under this situation, major self-media outlets are like sharks smelling blood, with articles about EDG appearing one after another.
Even many well-known e-sports players have begun to ride on EDG's popularity.
[EDG takes C9 lightly]
[The team that transcends the version—EDG]
[Game review, detailed analysis of Z Shenjin, AD progress]
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With the emergence of soft articles one after another, the popularity of everyone in EDG began to increase at a terrifying speed.
Not only Yezi, the factory director, but also the newcomer Zoom has seen an increase in the number of followers by tens of thousands.
This scene made many clubs extremely jealous.
There's no way, EDG's popularity and fans have grown so horribly.
A rough estimate shows that the number of fans that EDG has increased in one day today may be greater than the increase in fans of some small and medium-sized clubs in one year. It is no wonder that some people are jealous.
The reasons for the sharp increase in EDG fans are: First, after winning against C9 in the bottom lane, EDG not only attracted domestic fans, but also gained many overseas fans.
Especially some European and American audiences. The European and American divisions themselves belong to the "whole-work" division. Now that they see a team that can do better than them, they will naturally be attracted.
For e-sports, strength is above all else.
As long as you are strong and perform well, fans from any country will be attracted.
Take Faker as an example. As a Triple Crown winner, his fans are all over the country. I don’t know how many Faker fans there are in the LPL alone.
Everything comes from strength.
Although the schedule of this World Championship is not even halfway through, the terrifying strength displayed by EDG or EDG's bottom lane has already made everyone look at it.
In the battle against AHQ, Draven slaughtered everyone bloody.
Against SKT, tactical operations completed the suppression.
Against C9, the reverse version destroyed everything and won the game.
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The three games not only completely changed the outside world's view of EDG, but also changed most people's stereotypes of EDG.
Civil War expert, cursed eight?
Sorry, this year's EDG doesn't look like the top eight from any angle.
This is also the second reason for the sharp increase in EDG - the return of starch.
Before the S6 World Championship, EDG was still the most popular team in the LPL. It is not an exaggeration to describe the team as having pigs everywhere, and there are as many piglets as dogs.
On the road, I randomly asked any LPL spectators who their favorite player was, and seven out of ten would say the director.
At that time, EDG was at the height of its power, and its director was second to none in popularity, even Uzi had to be defeated.
However, due to the failure of the World Championship, losing the wild card, and the director's blind beta operations in various competitions... the big tree of EDG completely began to disintegrate.
Countless starches are extremely disappointed, some withdraw from the circle, some fans change their ways, some fans turn black...
It can be said that EDG at the beginning of the year was definitely the lowest point since EDG established the team, and the outside world had more of an angry feeling towards EDG.
But after a whole year of victory, coupled with another brilliant performance in the World Championship group stage, many stars who were originally on the sidelines returned to EDG.
Fans who left and returned + overseas fans + newly recruited fans...
It is no exaggeration to say that the current popularity of EDG has even surpassed the popularity before the S6 World Championship, and is close to the peak of S5.
Moreover, the scale of the league has expanded this year, and the popularity of league games has increased. If EDG can break its own world championship record, not to mention whether it can win the championship, even if it wins the runner-up or the semi-finals, EDG's popularity will be even higher than that of EDG at its peak.
Be high.
With such terrifying popularity, EDG was directly pushed to the forefront.
On Weibo's hot search, EDG is undoubtedly in the top ten. The most outrageous thing is that Yezi's personal popularity ranking is even higher than EDG...
"I'll go..."
Within the RNG team.
At this moment, when they saw Weibo's hot search rankings, everyone in RNG was suddenly surprised.
"Z is too popular now," Letme muttered, "Why is playing C9 so popular?"
Other team members are also a little confused. It is true that Yezi is a popular player, but his opponent C9 obviously does not have a high status in the eyes of the outside world.
Under this circumstance, Ye Zi can still be pushed to the top of the hot search, and the ranking is still so outrageous...
"Byd...EDG isn't buying hot searches, is it?" Xiangguo said bluntly, "The players are more popular than the club, tsk tsk tsk."
"It's possible, but it's hard to say." Brother Feng looked at the screen: "Z's play style and hero pool are so popular.
Think about it, if the puppy chooses Vayne and goes out to kill randomly, the effect should not be bad."
"That's true..."
Several members of the RNG team nodded and thought from their perspective. If they were the audience, they would prefer to watch scenes of unpopular heroes beating up their opponents.
Vayne?
In his seat, Uzi was startled when he heard what Brother Feng said, and then fell into deep thought.
Vayne is indeed attractive, but equally, it is not easy to win the game with Vayne.
But when Uzi saw Z's hot search ranking, his eyes felt a little unwilling. Yezi could win with Jhin, why couldn't he win with Vayne?
There is actually competition and comparison among professional players, especially between those in the same position.
After all, for professional players, fame is money.
Many players are afraid to operate, not only because they are afraid of being criticized, but also because they are afraid of not being able to operate well and retiring on the spot.
Therefore, it is precisely because there are so many conservative players that the aggressive style is so popular with the audience.
No one wants to watch a game where the winner is determined by a wave of team battles after forty minutes of replenishment...
At this moment, Uzi thought a lot, and finally his eyes gradually became firm.
He, Uzi, is no weaker than anyone else.
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As the popularity grows, the audience pays more and more attention to EDG's games.
The next day, EDG played against the AHQ team.
Originally, the popularity of this game would not be too high, but since EDG's popularity has not faded away, the popularity of this game was actually more than half higher than the last time EDG played AHQ.
Before going on the field, Abramovich also smiled and said to the players: "Play better in this game."
The so-called more beautiful means that it is more ornamental.
"OKOK."
Everyone responded and stepped onto the playing field.
Yezi sat on the chair, looking relaxed.
There is no pressure in this game. With AHQ's strength, it is impossible to win against them, and it is impossible to achieve an upset.
Even the AHQ members themselves know this.
Therefore, AHQ chose an outrageous lineup, top laner Teemo, mid laner Snake Girl...
"Hahaha!"
"AHQ is starting to fall apart."
"Teemo can even play...this lineup is the best to win."
In the game live broadcast room, the moment I saw AHQ taking out Teemo, the barrage exploded.
Teemo is a hero with few candidates in the rankings, and the competition is even more unpopular.
In fact, there is only one bully named Teemo who can play Teemo's unique skills. I have never heard of anyone else using Teemo to achieve high scores.
One can imagine how cool this hero is.
"Is the other side crazy?"
Within the EDG team, several players looked at each other, quite speechless.
Yezi smiled and said: "AHQ chose the play style with the most barrages."
"Mei Meng Xing, this is a great game on the road."
"You won't be exploded by Teemo, will you?"
"How is that possible?" Zoom said confidently: "It depends on how I deal with him. If I dare to put Teemo in the lane, I don't know how to write the word "death".
At this time, Ye Zi suddenly had an idea in his heart.
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BP continues, EDG is on the red side in this round.
As expected, Yezi's Draven, Kalista and Xayah entered the ban position.
Yates was also used to it and directly took out the combination of Luo + Sivir.
The audience was a little disappointed when they saw EDG choose this lineup in the bottom lane. After all, this combination is not very strong.
However, when the final selection of EDG was confirmed, the atmosphere was instantly pushed to its peak.
"Oh my god! Dog head! Did EDG Kangte take out the dog head?"
"I remember LZ took out this hero and used it, and he won in the end."
"Teemo plays against Kotou on the road. The two teams are having fun."
In the commentary box, when the commentator saw the final lineup confirmed, he was so shocked that he opened his mouth from ear to ear and even subconsciously raised his voice at decibels.
Needless to say, no matter what the outcome is, this game is definitely full of entertainment.
The major clubs were a little speechless when they saw the two teams playing like this, but after thinking about it carefully, they understood what AHQ was thinking.
After a few days of competition, it is almost impossible to advance with AHQ points.
In this case, it is better to play some weird things to attract popularity.
Moreover, these strange lineups cannot be underestimated. If they are effective, it is not impossible to cause an upset.
After all, EDG even lost as a wild card...
Under everyone's watch, the game finally started.
In fact, there is no suspense. The strength gap between the two teams is already huge, and AHQ’s top laner also dealt with Teemo.
Level 1, Dog Head Smell Experience, Teemo Press forward.
Suddenly, the "impotence" on the dog's head immediately slowed down Teemo.
"Damn it! You're a bitch who's learning W at the first level?"
Everyone was stunned when they saw it, but the next moment, they noticed that the factory director's excavator had come over.
Teemo submitted Flash, but was still chased to death because the line was too deep.
Next, there is basically no suspense about hitting the road.
Teemo, who died once, completely lost his ability to suppress his emotions and became brainless QQQ.
At level six, Goutou seizes the opportunity to decisively "impotence" Teemo and activates his ultimate move.
Although the dog-headed ultimate move cannot reduce the Q skill CD at this time, Teemo's basic attributes are too low, and he will be in trouble as long as he is close.
The dog-head has been Qing the minions for so long, and the damage of the Q skill is much higher. After a few Q skills, Teemo is directly killed alone.
Even when killing alone, the dog's head didn't lose much blood.
"G!"
Seeing this scene, everyone already had the result in their hearts.
AHQ can't deal with the endlessly developing dog head, especially the AD is Sivir.
Just as everyone thought, in the first 20 minutes, Q had already stacked about 700...
At this point in time, the number of layers of this Q skill can be said to be unsolvable, but the reason why I can stack so many layers of Q is mainly because this game is so smooth, and the opponent is still Teemo.
The early stage gems of the dog head + small ice armor + CD shoes can directly fill up the CD, and at the same time, you can also Q Teemo's mushrooms.
Twenty minutes later, Goutou left the mountain early.
In the baron team battle, Sivir accelerated and gave the dog head, and the dog head basically Qed a kid.
In the end, the game was easily won.
The moment the base was pushed down, countless 666s floated on the public screen.
"Niubi!"
"Got head, brother is ecstatic."
"The AHQ top laner was stunned. How dare you choose Teemo?"
"It's so cool to be a hero like Kotou. Just charge up and Q and you're done."
"It mainly depends on your teammates. If you can smell the experience in the passerby game, you will win."
"A professional player's 700Q in twenty minutes, my maximum in twenty minutes is 200Q."
"The development ability of professional players is terrifying."
For a time, many people were talking about the hero Goutou.
In fact, although the hero Kotou is unpopular, it has attracted a lot of attention. Many coaching staff have also tried to let Kotou play. For example, LZ has used the Kotou laner.
However, the playing conditions for Dog Head are still very demanding, and they will basically not be selected in battles of the same level.
EDG took the dog head because AHQ took Teemo first, so they wanted to play with it.
At the end of the game, EDG scored another point, bringing the score to four.
At this time, EDG is temporarily ranked first in the group, and qualifying is a sure thing.
Even if they lose the last two games, they can still guarantee a qualifying spot.
Not surprisingly, the MVP of this game went to Zoom.
This is Zoom’s first MVP. Seeing his figure appear on the screen, a smile appeared on Zoom’s face involuntarily.
"Well done." Abu glanced at zoom encouragingly, feeling very relieved.
"There will be a game between RNG and SSG next, we have to take a look..."
That's right, the protagonist today is not EDG. The game between EDG and AHQ can only be regarded as an appetizer. The highlight is RNG versus SSG.
At first, everyone thought that Group A, where EDG was located, was the death group, but now the situation is that Group C is the most competitive.
RNG and SSG are very close to each other in terms of points. There is only one point difference between the two sides. If RNG can double kill SSG, the first place in the group will be basically guaranteed.
"Ye Zi, which side do you think can win?"
As the RNG game started, Abu suddenly asked Yates.
"RNG."
Yezi said without hesitation.
"Oh?" Everyone at EDG was a little surprised to see Yezi being so decisive.
You know, Samsung is not a weak team, this is a team that can compete with SKT.
"How to say?"
"Samsung's style is a bit restrained by RNG." Yezi said: "Samsung is good at operations and team fighting, has average suppression power, and prefers to play rhythm.
When RNG takes the initiative online, it has a strong ability to seize opportunities and can easily disrupt SSG's operational rhythm."
Speaking of this, Ye Zi felt a little embarrassed.
In my memory, S7's RNG was really a pity and almost overturned SKT.
He has always believed that it is much easier for RNG to play SSG than SKT.
Because Crown's state this year is really not good. The midfielder of Xiaohu + Xiangguo will not only overwhelm the three-star midfielder, but the initiative is indeed stronger. In addition, the three-star bottom lane is stable and suppressed by the Goushi combination in the lane. RNG as a whole
Be more proactive.
Samsung's only winning point is Cuvee on the top lane. However, when faced with an equal top laner like Letme, Cuvee will probably be unable to do anything.
When it comes to team battles, if there are fragrant pots and Letme start a team with players with full talent points, RNG team battles are worthy of any team, but it’s a pity...
Regarding RNG in S7, Yezi is not only a pity but also a pity.
During the sigh, cheers came from the audience.
Ye Zi came back to his senses and looked at the screen, and couldn't help but be a little stunned: "Waien?"
On the screen, the Vayne icon appears and is locked.
Seeing this scene, everyone in EDG looked at me and me, with weird expressions.
It seems that... unpopular heroes are appearing more and more frequently, and the BP style of the World Championship is also changing silently.
