On September 3rd, the Snake players packed their things in the morning and prepared to attend this LPL training camp.
In the LMS and LCS regions, many teams have already gone to South Korea.
On Facebook and Twitter, you can see many updates sent by teams.
Before the start of the global finals, whether it is new tactics or old lineup drills, the teams in each major region are about to get to know each other.
In the past few days, the version has undergone a change.
However, this is not the final version of World Championship 6.18.
In the afternoon, the Snake players gathered together to watch the final battle of the LCK division. SG defeated AFS and faced KT today.
This is also the final battle for the third seed.
Because of the high level of attention, the LPL broadcast also arranged for guests to watch the game together.
For example, Colonel Zeyuan was one of the guests.
Before the game started, Guan Zeyuan showed off his skills and talked about the homework he had prepared in advance.
"The two teams have competed 19 times before, and KT has a record of 19 wins and 0 losses. Samsung is currently in an unstable state. It is estimated that it will be difficult to deal with its nemesis this round."
"I think KT should be able to advance."
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When he said this, many people agreed.
For example, the Snake analysts and front office staff all nodded in unison.
"SSG is not yet mature, but KT is different. They have been fighting all the way in the playoffs, and SKT was beaten by them from two to three. It was only two drops of blood between them and ROX, which was extremely strong in the summer.
No, they lost because of luck."
"If KT advances, the three teams in the LCK will be very difficult to deal with this time."
There was a hint of worry in Chris's voice, and he seemed eager to try.
Li Hao smiled slightly as he watched his teammates accept KT's promotion one by one.
This is the Samsung team in the bubble competition.
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After five games, there were waves of exclamations coming from the LPL broadcast room:
"3-2, SSG wins!"
"Three stars below defeated the above, locking in the last seeding spot!"
"They can lose the first 19 games, but if they grasp the most critical game, they can still be the winner."
"This opponent cannot be underestimated, and our LPL team must pay attention."
"After this round of competition, all the World Championship quotas for the six major regions have been announced."
"The S6 Global Finals are getting closer and closer to us. I wish the LPL team good results!"
"Come on, LPL!"
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The next morning, a new announcement appeared on Riot’s official page.
In the middle position, a rolling S6 module is set up, and all the teams in each competition area are announced on it.
North American LCS: TSM, CLG, C9.
European LCS division: G2, H2K, SPY.
China LPL division: EDG, RNG, SS.
South Korea LCK division: ROX, SKT, SSG.
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan LMS divisions: FW, AHQ.
Wild card IWCQ division: INTZ, ANX.
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There is also a slogan below the fist, which translated means:
"From the 16 strongest teams in the world, San Francisco is looking forward to your arrival. This summer the e-sports world will usher in the grandest and hottest moment. We are all looking forward to it, Bill Graham Municipal Auditorium, where we will be
Light up the flames of summer."
"And we have set the final place in the City of Angels, waiting for you to create new glory there."
"..."
Below is a picture of the championship trophy and the global finals logo. You can clearly see the back with the S6 mark engraved on it.
The group draw is under preparation and will begin in a week.
Early the next morning, the three LPL teams, Snake, EDG, and RNG, made an appointment to go to South Korea and started a training camp there for more than 20 days.
The current version is 6.17, which is the last version before the World Championship.
In addition to the release of a series of skins such as the video game Ahri, the video game Kuchi, and the video game EZ, there are also a large number of hero changes.
For example, Ice, which was very popular some time ago, now has the duration of the Q skill changed from 5 seconds to 4 seconds, and the damage of the ultimate skill has been reduced by 50 and 25 points at levels 11 and 16 respectively.
However, this does not mean that major teams will give up on Ice, because this hero's late output has not changed much, and more importantly, his powerful ability to start a group has not been affected.
Excavator, barrel, and captain, a series of heroes with higher BP, have all been weakened.
In the previous version, Poppy, a cute female warrior from Demacia, had a high BP rate, but the designer obviously favored her.
In addition to the initial movement speed increase, W's passive resistance is increased from 12% to 15%.
This makes Bobby
Harder, faster!
The designers have not forgotten the evergreen tree of Oriana. The cooldown and magic cost of her ultimate move have been reduced, allowing her to adapt to the current rhythm.
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The three LPL teams are together and communicate with each other on a regular basis.
Li Hao is quite adaptable to South Korea except for food.
Compared with the usual meals in the team, the food here is much more monotonous.
If I eat too much kimchi in Seoul, my speech will smell like Smecta.
"Version 5.18 will be out soon."
In the training room, Brother Holy Spear said as he selected Kenan.
He has been practicing the hero Kennan these days. This was suggested by Li Hao, saying that it would be easier to coordinate with tactics.
Of course Flandre believed what Brother Hao said.
If you play Three Illusion Gods too much, you will inevitably get tired of it. In fact, I have no problem with playing Kenan Flandre at all.
Chris stood behind Li Hao, turned his head and said to him: "It's almost there, there are still four days."
"After the lottery ceremony is over, version 5.18 will be updated."
There is a total of more than fifty days from the version update to the end of the global finals.
During these fifty days, the top teams in each major competition area will study this version together.
It's a race against time
The impact of version on the outcome of the game has long been self-evident.
Teams that fall behind during this period are likely to be part of the team that leaves the World Championship tomorrow.
Even if you are a wild card, you come with a dream.
Therefore, training matches are played very frequently these days.
Several teams in the LCK are quite curious about Snake.
To be more clear, they were curious about Li Hao. Information spreads so fast, not to mention that many teams will collect information about teams that threaten them in the World Championship before the World Championship.
So, as the solo kill king of the LPL league, a powerful figure who suddenly emerged in the summer split cannot be ignored.
On the monitor, it was 25 minutes and 46 seconds. SG defeated Snake in the Dalong Pit without a team. This group of people did not defeat the Baron and gathered directly in the middle.
After looking at the resurrection time, it was enough for a wave.
[GG]
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Another training match ends.
Chris drew a red X on the notebook.
Judging from his record, Snake has lost more than won in recent training matches.
However, no one panicked.
Zuo Wu looked at Li Hao's desk and saw that the lid of the thermos cup had not been opened. He could tell with his butt that Brother Hao was not using his full strength at all. The Nake team was all familiar with it. This was Brother Hao's habit. He always touched in training matches.
Fish.
However, others did not relax.
Members of the Snake Team have privately interpreted that there are two main reasons why Brother Hao fished in training matches.
1. Putting smoke bombs on the opposing team to create the illusion that Brother Hao's combat power is average. Afterwards, there will be sudden killings in the official match, and the opponent's mid laner shouts grievances. Brother Hao is a wily schemer and knows how to win.
2. Give teammates the opportunity to carry, so that everyone should not treat thigh hugging as a habit, exercise the will and pressure resistance of team members, and improve the overall competitive level.
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"The Korean team has a very fast pace. When we played TSM yesterday, although they won, the styles of the two divisions are really very different."
Gangzi was very impressed. He used to listen to other people's summaries, but this time he experienced it himself. It was much more wonderful than his Csgo head-scratching feeling.
Cuihua also said: "Blind Monk and Leopard Girl, they like to use them very much now."
Li Hao nodded, "We have seen a lot of LCK Summer Split games. They never lack some alternative routines, but we basically didn't see them in this training match."
"The LCK division still has precautions and is hiding something."
Brother Holy Gun turned around and said, "Wouldn't EDG and RNG be at a disadvantage? They basically still play in the same way as the summer games. When the World Championship officially starts, I'm afraid they will be thoroughly studied."
It's not surprising that Flandre knows this, because the LPL privately holds small meetings just like the LCK teams, and this is no secret in all major competition regions.
"Not necessarily. After all, the version is still changing. None of these things are absolute now."
"However, the impact must be a little bit."
After listening to what Chris said, Li Hao thought that he had a brief chat with Qi Jiang while eating yesterday, and the puppy was there at that time.
In foreign wars, brothers and teams will help if they can.
But there are some things that, of course, he cannot explain so thoroughly.
It's like he found a reason to let Flando train Kenan, but whether the other party can listen to it is another matter.
However, Snake and the others made him very happy.
Whether they are training Zyra, training Kennen or training Jhin, these people are working very hard.
This is a very correct path.
Li Hao is very confident. In terms of interpretation of the version alone, it is impossible for analysts from all major teams to be added together to understand it as thoroughly as he does.
After all, if you have experienced it once, can it be the same?
In this world championship, these will be valuable assets for the Snakes.
As for the training matches, Li Hao is really just throwing smoke bombs. Nake’s training match winning rate is about 50%, which is very average.
Worse than EDG and RNG, not to mention the North American Cult who killed randomly in training matches.
TSM, the scrims were really fierce.
Recently, there has been a lot of good news in the North American e-sports circle.
Many North American players feel that the LCS is OK again this time.
TSM will regain its glory in North America.
The players over there are really so optimistic.
Li Hao also read some content on Twitter. Players there are full of thoughts about S6.
EDG and RNG have been mentioned many times over there.
In addition to the old faces, there are really many star players in these two teams.
As for Snake, who is the third seed, there is not much news.
On the evening of September 11, many viewers around the world were paying close attention to the S6 World Championship and stayed in front of the screen.
The group stage draw ceremony has officially begun!
As the lottery ceremony began, Li Hao was surprised to find out.
