Chapter 289: The Meaning of the Cornerstone of the Dynasty! (2/2)
Sometimes, the world is so wonderful.
When you are in despair, in addition to receiving care from the people around you, your opponents will occasionally convey a touch of warmth.
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"Hey, Wolfberry, I've heard everything about you."
"Is it serious?"
"It's not that serious. I will get better soon, maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"Don't lie to me, I read the report and you can't play for a month."
Li Guapi's tone changed:
"However, your mentality is very commendable. Compared to you getting hurt, I don't want to see you become decadent."
Li Hao was lying in the ward and asked half-jokingly:
"To be honest, when you heard that I was injured, were you having fun?"
"Hahaha, no, don't make blind guesses, I just care about you, hahaha."
Guapi this piece of shit!
Listening to the laughter on the other end of the phone, Li Hao complained secretly.
"Guapi, this time, I may be in doubt."
"It would be a real pity if, for this reason, I am unable to play against you in this year's World Championship and fulfill our agreement."
"To be honest, I really want to establish the first alliance dynasty in front of you."
The big devil also sighed sadly on the other end of the phone, but he added:
"Don't worry, I will take care of your regrets for you."
"This year's S-Games will be held in South Korea. You can come to the event. You blocked me for two years, and this year I just established my first triple crown in front of you."
The Big Devil seems to be very confident and doesn't seem to be thinking about SKT's changes this year.
Li Hao has been Guapi's biggest opponent in the past two years. Apart from him, other teams have basically fallen under the iron heel of SKT.
Judging from the rumors coming out of the outside world now.
In the 2018 season, Li Hao suffered a major injury before the spring season started.
The myth of a generation is already coming to an end.
For the big devil, the biggest obstacle may be gone.
Li Hao smiled slightly. It was impossible for Faker to see his expression.
In addition to external enemies, internal enemies are equally difficult to guard against.
Guapi is still too young.
"Okay."
"If I really can't play the game, I will go there to watch you win the cup this year."
"If I can still struggle to enter S8 this year, I also hope to see you on the court."
On the other side, the big devil smiled.
They talked a lot more.
Before hanging up the phone, the big devil said in a deep voice:
"Wolfberry, although I don't really want to see you."
"But, you guy, you'd better get better soon."
"You shouldn't disappear because of this kind of thing, let me defeat you on the field!"
"..."
He said "goodbye" to Guapi and hung up the phone.
If you listen carefully to his words, they are quite inspiring.
Thinking of what happened last year when Guapi asked stupid chicken to give him black roses, Li Hao understood this person better.
Guapi has a strong competitive spirit and even wants to pursue perfection.
If you can't win from your old enemy, you will be somewhat unwilling to do so.
Just like Yue Lun, assuming he wins a championship now, when choosing a tribulation, I am afraid that double tribulation will still be his nightmare.
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The news that TheKing was injured was like a nuclear bomb detonating in the LCK forum.
Many stick guys laughed.
Except for a few people who lamented that injuries have kept professional players away, most of the sticks are the same as the New Year.
"I read the reports from the LPL. This is a major injury that affects his career. There have been many rumors about The King retiring. It is almost certain that he will not be able to come back this time!"
"Although it's not very good, I still couldn't help but want to laugh. When Eunjun was explaining yesterday, he couldn't help but laugh, even though he was struggling to explain."
"Hmph, this is a great thing. The darkness of LCK in the past two years was almost all caused by The King!"
"I had expected his injury. It is impossible for a person to maintain such high intensity all the time. No matter how much maintenance he takes, it is useless. However, in the past two seasons, this guy is really strong and has brought us a lot of benefits in the LCK."
So much trouble.”
"Haha, I can enjoy the game in Incheon this year."
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Some people also asked in the LCK forum:
"Haha, look at your ugly faces. Each and every one of you is so scared by The King, like a mouse curled up in a corner and forced into a blind corner. And a vicious cat is at the entrance of the hole, and it stretches out its sharp claws.
Claws, you are trembling with fear."
"It's really ridiculous that an outstanding professional player was ruined because of injuries. It makes you so happy. You can only defeat him in this way, right? You don't even have any respect. Such
Victory is truly humbling.”
"..."
Once this kind of voice came out, it undoubtedly opened up the scars of many people, and was criticized in various ways on the forum.
For a time, the entire LCK forum was filled with chaos and curses continued.
Some LPL fans were also very angry after seeing those contents.
However, no matter how angry you are, Brother Wolfberry's injury is an ironclad fact.
South Korea, SKT club.
The LCK forum has gone viral, let alone the SKT team.
They knew the news of Li Hao's injury right away.
This season, SKT still retains Kuma, hoping that he will continue to lead SKT in the competition.
"Xianghe?"
"Um."
"You know everything, right?"
"Yes, I called and asked about it."
Guapi said: "His condition is not very good, it may be more serious."
Dun Ma nodded, "Being unable to participate in the competition for such a long time is not an ordinary injury. What's more, he already has an old injury."
"Snake was doing load management last year."
"But, in the end, it still didn't work."
He said very truthfully: "I have studied Snake's new lineup. If The King is here, they will still have the ability to compete for the championship, but now, it is difficult to say."
Having said this, e-sports Wang Leehom's face shone with relief.
Although it was not a glorious thing, I couldn't help but feel happy even if I got a horse.
Li Hao has put too much pressure on LCK in the past two years.
"Xianghe, let's just do our work as a team with peace of mind."
"Um."
As Li Guapi spoke, he looked at his desktop.
There was a thermos cup given to him by Li Hao.
Staring at the thermos cup, Li Guapi had a subtle feeling in his heart, as if things were not that simple.
Immediately, he shook his head again.
No more random thoughts.
"There is a Snake game today. Let's watch the broadcast together in the evening."
"I have something to do when I go out. I'll call Blank and the others so they don't be late."
"Leave it to me, you go."
"..."
At five o'clock in the evening on January 15th.
On 9F of the Super Mall Center in Shanghai, the opening game of the LPL Spring Split officially begins.
Because it is a Monday, the ticket price is slightly cheaper, with rear seats generally priced at 100 yuan and front row seats at 120 yuan.
Ticket sales started on January 8, and all seats at the venue have already been sold out.
Due to the addition of two more teams in the new season, the Spring Split has changed from four days a week to six days a week. Except for Thursday, when all major teams have a break, the competition is basically non-stop at other times.
The intensity of competition in the LPL is much greater than that in other regions.
The opening game of the Western Division, Snake vs. BLG.
Two Lingshi Road teams collided.
In last season's battle, Snake has always been the eldest among the three brothers on Lingshi Road.
In the 2018 season, the third brother changed his appearance and once again challenged his elder brother.
The biggest change that BLG has made based on IM this season is the auxiliary position.
Each major league can only have two foreign players at most. IM's auxiliary player Road was abandoned by the team last season due to quota constraints. As a result, IM became more and more stretched, and instantly lost the flavor of the dark horse team in the S6 era.
Facts have proved that losing a team leader has a great impact on the overall tactics.
The jungler was replaced by SKS this season.
Although Li Hao was not here, there were still many Snake fans at the scene.
On the big screen, on both sides of the split screen, Chris and BLG’s coach Maokai appeared on the red and blue sides respectively.
BLG picked the tsar first on the first floor, and Snake took the Spear of Revenge and added the prince.
With the version changes, the BP method of 7.18 is no longer applicable.
In Modu Orthopedics.
Li Hao was injecting an intravenous drip with one hand and holding the phone screen with the other.
When Snake locked onto Sword Princess with his final hand, he frowned slightly.
The selection of candidates for both parties has ended.
Blue square BLG: Qinggangying, Pig Girl, Tsar, Xiaopao, Bronn
Red Square Snake: Sword Girl, Prince, Zoe, Skateboard Shoes, Bull Head
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Snake's side is obviously composed of Prince, Zoe, and Skateboard Shoes as a three-person group in the early and mid-term.
So holding the Sword Girl in the last hand is obviously a gamble, basically rising to the level of Flandre and AJ fighting each other, because their heroes need to have an advantage.
But Snake's side is obviously more risky.
If Flandre chooses a tank here, Snake's snowball speed will obviously become faster.
Facing a Qinggang Shadow and then using Sword Princess to play solo, combined with the current lineup, once it is at a disadvantage or even evenly matched, Snake's comeback ability is obviously worrying.
From the BP of the first game, Li Hao could already understand the various entanglements in Chris's heart.
In the current version, there is nothing wrong with Chris wanting to play fast in the early game.
However, he was worried that Angel's small shoulders would not be able to carry it.
Therefore, it is necessary to separate part of the core output.
So, having Flandre and AJ fight against each other on the top lane is equivalent to adding a layer of insurance, because no matter how you look at it, Brother Holy Gun, who is just 20 years old this year, is better than the ancient handsome man.
In the event of a solo kill on the road, Sword Girl can still end the game without losing weight.
However, the addition of this heavy insurance makes the lineup less comfortable. Assuming that Li Hao controls Zoe, Flandre can play a big tree, and Snake can only play around the three-person group, and snowball in the early stage.
Roll up.
But now, there is nothing Chris can do.
It's like they are on the red side now, and the counter position is obviously the most suitable for Flandre.
This lineup also led to an increase in the difficulty of Casa. Originally, he could only take care of the lower half.
Now, Brother Wolf has three routes to run.
The 2018 Spring Split officially opened with the cheers of the audience.
Li Hao watched the game carefully.
What he didn't expect was that Snake had a big problem at the beginning.
BLG launched a first-level team routine very purposefully, but Snake didn't notice it at the first time.
Braum, level 1 group drop god.
In Road's first game back, the BLG team saw his value.
Braum flashed the Spear of Revenge in Q, and Smart was flashed at level 1. AJ Qinggang Shadow flashed and then pursued with the E skill. He was stunned by his skateboard shoes, and finally his head was taken by Athena's Czar.
Angel's Zoe was also forced to flash by Braum during her support in the jungle.
Only 54 seconds into the game, Snakes fans felt bad.
Angel's Zoe didn't suffer any loss in pushing the lane because she brought a minion remover.
Flandre was so coquettish that she used the Sword Princess to bring a sign of theft, obviously trying to steal the underwear of the beautiful old man.
Li Hao carefully watched Flando's laning, this girl is really not weak.
AJ was trapped in the tower, and Sword Girl stole artificial eyes, small blue bottles, small red bottles, and various other goods from him.
In front of the screen, the old-style handsome man kept a straight face. He was a little unhappy.
The first piece of equipment was honestly made armor shoes.
Seven minutes into the game, Snake did not collapse due to the level 1 disadvantage. Instead, it stabilized the situation and even surpassed BLG in economy.
Top lane, bottom lane, all are advantages.
The one that is a bit embarrassing is probably Casa.
He really wanted to cooperate with the mid laner, but in the early stage, cooperating with Zoe required fate. Angel fell asleep in front of him several times, leaving Casa empty for a while.
The strategy of raising a father in the middle was bankrupt on the spot.
Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang played relatively strongly, and Calista and Niutou steadily suppressed the quality inspector. After experiencing the baptism of S7, Brother Nongmei passed the quality inspection this time.
However, the bottom line is deeper, the opponent's health line is relatively healthy, and there is a Braum under the tower. The prince is difficult to catch, so he can only invade the SKS jungle area.
Fortunately, SKS is not too strong and is easy to bully.
Casa found that he was already running counter to his established style of play.
But in this current situation, he can only continue.
After Angel cleared the lane in the middle, he ran to the jungle to help, and cooperated with the prince to cause great harm to Pig Girl's jungle.
Kasa ate Pig Girl's second red buff and was ahead of SKS in level.
Damn, what's going on?
I'm here to support my father.
Just playing around, why did I become a wild core?
Angel, don’t be so selfless~!
At 9 minutes and 28 seconds, Li Hao's eyes widened slightly, and Snake fans screamed in surprise.
BLG cooperated with the upper and jungle forces to kill Sword Girl under the tower.
Flandre first used the stopwatch to dodge the first wave of damage, then used her ultimate move on Pig Girl and used her backhand to remove a flaw.
SKS looked back and used the ultimate move, Flandre's reaction was incredible.
Using W to block it accurately at close range, the pig girl who was fainted under the tower panicked and was hit by the flash.
If it were just these two people, Flandre would definitely show off as a Muggle.
But here comes Athena!
The Emperor of Shurima arrived and directly used his ultimate move to push Flandre to the wall. The Green Steel Shadow began to carry the tower, and the Pig Girl also turned around to deal damage.
Flandre was unable to stand alone and was killed under the tower.
AJ came out of the tower with less than 100 blood points, and Tsar got the second head.
Kasa took down the first Fire Dragon, and Zoe pushed the tower in the middle. Snake seemed to be doing well, but the first tower on the top lane was quickly pushed directly by BLG.
Li Hao knew it was bad.
The loss of the top tower basically means that the tactics Chris deployed in the top lane are no longer available.
Qinggangying got the bounty from the first-blood tower and developed to catch up.
The advantages that Flandre had stolen were gone.
BLG got the Rift Pioneer in 12 minutes, and SKS crushed the Eye of the Pioneer when the Czar pushed through a wave of lanes.
Zoe's first tower was knocked down, and the Czar erected a sun disk on Angel's territory.
Snake's field of vision was greatly reduced, and SKS took the opportunity to counterattack the prince jungle.
Zoe has been restricted to the middle lane.
BLG teamed up to capture them, and the Snake duo were besieged in the bottom lane and both died.
The game lasted 26 minutes and 05 seconds, and BLG led with a head ratio of 13 to 3.
Hit the road all the way to the high ground and gain an economic advantage of 10,200 yuan.
At 28 minutes and 01 seconds, the Snake Crystal Hub exploded.
The economic gap at this time has fallen to 12,000 yuan.
In the LPL studio, Wang Duoduo found it difficult to accept such a result.
The same goes for his partner Chang Mao. Although the commentators must remain neutral, they are somewhat biased towards Snake.
However, a tragic defeat forced people to wake up from yesterday's glory.
"I haven't seen Snake fall behind by such a big economic gap in a long time, and I haven't even seen it in the whole of 2017."
"The King's absence has a huge impact on Snake."
"I hope Snake can adjust in the next game."
"..."
In the second game, both sides chose a late-game lineup.
The game reached 40 minutes, and Snake won a team battle, which made the Snake fans at the scene shout in surprise.
1:1, the big score was equalized.
Some old snake fans may not be able to adapt to the current rhythm.
The powerful Snake in the past, the team that made major clubs fearful, is now fighting a new army, and they all have to watch the game with their eggs in their hands.
Why are you here~~
Snake fans just want to see a victory and soothe their inner wounds.
However, at 6:45 in the evening...
"Congratulations BLG."
"Yes, congratulations to BLG for their first regular season win!"
Wang Duoduo said: "Snake has a chance in the end. The team battle is basically 50-50. This wave of decision-making to beat the baron is too reckless. If we don't bet on this wave, the outcome of this game is really hard to say."
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Backstage at Snake, Zuo Wu and Chris were shouting:
"Stinky!"
"With this vision, why do we need to fight the dragon!"
"Qinggangying has teleportation! AJ is not stupid, he will definitely come over."
Zuo Wu and Chris looked at each other, both of them feeling depressed.
The disadvantage in the early stage has obviously come back, so we have to do this.
"You can review it tonight."
Chris glanced at him.
Zuo Wu continued: "I'm going to the hospital to visit Brother Hao."
"Go ahead."
"..."
Chris has discovered a major problem.
In terms of hard power, Snake's performance in these three games will definitely not be worse than BLG. Casa and Angel, who just debuted, also performed brilliantly.
The most deadly thing is the command.
After Li Hao retired from injury, Snake's headquarters seemed to have been destroyed, and there was no longer the clear rhythm of the past.
Chris was wondering, if Li Hao were here, would he have implemented the last decision?
Absolutely impossible.
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The audience saw the BLG players walking towards Snake's player bench with smiles on their faces.
In the past, it was Snake who asked them to shake hands.
It was really the first time that I came over to shake hands.
Whether it's Athena or Golden Horn, they all find it novel.
Even the commentators are saying that the 2018 season is really different.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, EDG defeated VG 2:1, and the process was not that simple.
Hou Ye has ushered in his strong period. Versions of heroes like the Czar are very popular. In the third game, Hou Ye almost led VG to a comeback.
After watching this game, Snake fans are even more worried.
You know, there are WE and OMG in the West.
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After the opening game of the day, discussions continued in major e-sports forums.
Many people realized that there were problems with Snake's tactics.
More people come to this conclusion:
"Comparing the opening game with previous games, you will have a deeper understanding of what the ID TheKing means to Snake and the dominance of this ID."
"Snake's strength is still not weak. After a little bit of training, it can become a strong team. However, it is only a strong team in the ordinary sense. There are many such strong teams in the league."
"This means that losing The King is equivalent to losing the cornerstone of the dynasty."
"Now, everyone should understand better the meaning of the cornerstone of the dynasty."
"..."
There are also old 60Es who lamented below:
"There are two dynasty cornerstones in the league, one in the LCK and one in the LPL. They competed in the league in S2 at the same time. One cornerstone was taken over by SKT, and they kept it, allowing SKT to enter the championship ranks. If they hadn't encountered the LPL
cornerstone, then SKT has established a dynasty."
"It's a pity that we gave away the cornerstone with our own hands back then."
"If The King had been left behind, we would have established a dynasty long ago."
"..."
Others recalled:
"How strong the man who played Maokai in EDG's top lane has always been a mystery."
"In today's opening game, BLG's head coach happens to be Maokai, which seems to indicate that the world has closed."
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Someone is talking about the present moment:
"The changes in S8 are very big. As a veteran of the league, Brother Wolfberry's era seems to have really passed. This will be a chaotic era, and the major teams will open up a new land."
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The e-sports elders showed their true feelings, and they burst into tears with sadness: "Oh, oh, oh, Emperor of Japan, have you finally fallen into the third life?!"
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January 23.
In the blink of an eye, LPL entered the second week. After losing to BLG and WE in a row, Snake finally won its first victory of the season in FPX.
After three rounds of competition, regardless of the strength of the opponent, Snake fought all the way to the third round, and everyone was very anxious.
Snake, once famous for his blitzkrieg, now has a new nickname.
Lingshi Road is 50-50 open, so whoever you hit is 50-50 open.
Snakes fans said: Before watching the game, it is best to prepare quick-acting heart-saving pills.
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PS: I managed to lose sleep last night, took a nap, and still have trouble sleeping at night.
