761: Another secret weapon is developed, and the final is about to begin!
"The version strategy we came up with seems to have really benefited IG..." Kuro looked equally grim.
Gu Xing was also quite surprised.
When he first developed this tactic, he mainly focused on his own team and did not seriously consider whether other teams would adapt.
Unexpectedly, an IG with a better adaptability would appear out of nowhere!
"Their early play style is very fierce. If we follow our logic, the Queshi can perform very strongly." Gu Xing commented objectively and fairly.
As a tactical developer, he has a strong say in this matter.
Regardless of the fact that the mid-lane player in the Hunger Strike style abandons the lane and roams around only begins to exert force in the mid-term, the actual battle begins in the laning phase.
the reason is simple.
If all teams adopt the hunger strike style mid lane gameplay, and at the same time abandon the line of troops and start the war without any scruples in the jungle, then apart from player operation and hero attribute restraint, what other influencing factors determine the outcome of the battle?
Naturally, it is the economic level gap accumulated in the early stage!
This means that accumulating advantages in the early stage of the game will be crucial!
If you can take the lead with the equipment in hand during the laning phase, you can naturally win the mid-term team battle, and you can even snowball the advantage into a victory!
And what is the deepest impression that IG has left in the minds of all viewers?
Line strength!
Especially the two single lanes in the middle and top can often turn a situation where the heroes are evenly matched up into an advantage. Even if they get a disadvantageous matchup, they can force a draw.
It's not reasonable at all, it's all about hard power!
In addition, the hero pool is extraordinarily deep. At least in the version, the strong swing positions all have unique skills, which can reduce the BP burden on the team.
Even the duo of Xiangsong in the bottom lane is considered a first-class combination in the world. They can barely maintain the balance of the line and not fall behind when facing most combinations.
As we all know, the team that controls the lane in the early stage will have unlimited fire rights and firmly control the rhythm of the laning phase.
In addition, junglers can also enjoy the benefits of line rights, and their range of actions will be greatly liberated, allowing them to go to the enemy jungle to cause trouble without restraint.
For Ning Wang, who plays a radical and advocating aggressive style, this is great news!
He can let teammates with line rights act as guardians to cover his attack in the jungle, gather all his troops to attack one point, and open a gap in the jungle!
It is conceivable that after taking the lead in laning strength, IG will snowball rapidly in the mid-term with the hunger strike flow mid-single play. With the economic advantage, IG can completely crush them all the way!
It is precisely because of this that Gu Xing is so optimistic about Ji Team.
You must know that in the first game against KT, King Ning did not even use his line rights to launch several jungle attacks, and he has not yet fully utilized the upper limit of the current version of the team.
But even so, IG can still tear KT apart!
Definitely worthy of such a terrifying comment!
If the team is allowed to figure it out and make further improvements to their playing style, they may really be able to complete the super evolution and become a strong contender for the Summoner's Trophy!
"Ouch..." Song Jinghao wailed as if facing a formidable enemy, "Can He Kui do something useful? Hurry up and carry!"
As mentioned before, Smeb's thinking is completely different from Gu Xing's. He wants his brother team in the same division to die quickly, so that he will not pose any threat to VG.
What’s more, IG’s top laner is TheShy!
Don't look at the fact that Song Jinghao defeated Jiang Chenglu in the summer finals, but the opponent's trump card made him numb and he was once defeated by Dansha.
Smeb has long recognized the fact that his old self is really inferior to his opponent in terms of laning alone.
In contrast, although KT's top laner Kiin is young and has good operations, the pressure he exerts on the laning phase is not strong. Song Jinghao was even able to suppress the opponent when he met the opponent in the mid-season, and delayed it until the mid-to-late stage. Then use your rich game experience to crush Kiin!
If Song Jinghao were asked to choose his opponent, he would definitely choose Kiin without any hesitation.
Smeb can't wait to support KT in public and let his good brother Kim Hyuk Kyu seize the time to lead the team to victory.
Perhaps Deft heard his true call, and showed unparalleled lethality in the second game.
Just 3 minutes later, he created a line kill in the bottom lane!
The Xiangsong duo mishandled the situation and wanted to retreat when they realized something was wrong, but Big Quail tried his best to stay alive.
KT played 1 for 2 in the bottom lane, allowing Mr. Dai to score a double kill. Kasha Tianhu started the game, which also announced that the bottom lane rights had completely fallen into KT's hands!
Taking advantage of Deft's advanced development, Big Quail began to exert its unique expertise and frequently wandered offline to help teammates relieve pressure!
The top two brothers in the Ultimate Team were made to complain endlessly by Matagawa who continued to harass them.
Broilers who were originally able to gain an advantage in online 1v1 battles are now afraid to fight when they see the big quail leaving the bottom lane, for fear that Mata will come out of some nook and cranny!
Ucal successfully obtained the crucial midfield right, allowing the team to completely stabilize the situation.
TheShy's approach is different from Song Yijin's. He has never been timid in his style of play, nor will he timidly develop later. He is as violent and arrogant as ever, and he wants to ride on Kiin's face and play games.
As a result, he was sanctioned by Matagawa.
KT Nosuke collaborated twice and directly eliminated TheShy!
At this point, the initiative of the situation is completely under the control of KT. In the mid-term, the result of the head-on confrontation between the two sides will inevitably favor KT.
Mr. Dai showed off his power, relying on the movement speed and stealth effect provided by E [Extreme Overload] to pull Kai'Sa back and forth, attracting a lot of firepower, and was not killed in the end, playing with IG in the palm of his hand!
Relying on his wonderful performance, KT regained a victory and rewritten the score to 1:1!
The noise in the Gwangju Universiade venue was deafening, and the excited cheers from Hanguo fans could be heard by everyone in VG through the live broadcast signal!
"Handsome Hekui!" Song Jinghao said with a radiant face, "Come on, come on, if you win two more rounds, I will recognize you as your brother!"
Gu Xing laughed dumbly and leaned against the window sill to watch the game in a more comfortable posture.
VG has no training match tasks today, and there will be none in the next week.
After all, it is a critical moment before the finals. After today's game, there will be only two teams left in the global finals. Most of the other teams have entered vacation mode. It is basically unrealistic to schedule a training match.
VG can only occasionally go to the VGP of the second team to tailor-made simulations of certain games in specified situations. The rest of the time can only be analyzed by video recordings to study the opponent.
For example, if you are watching the game today, since there is no suitable person to practice with, it is better to watch the live broadcast of the potential competitors and explore the strength of the opponents.
"One thing to say, KT is really hard to win," Li Ruixing poured cold water on Smeb, "This game was purely a result of the bottom lane's extraordinary performance, but you can't always count on Hekkui to be able to win in every game.
Crush the lane, right?"
He really wasn't wrong.
From the beginning of the third game, IG's Xiangsong combination began to develop steadily during the laning phase, no longer blindly exchanging blood with KT in the bottom lane, and strived for a smooth transition to the mid-term.
The effect is immediate!
KT fell into the same predicament as G2 yesterday.
The auxiliary roaming frequency is not high enough.
Without establishing an absolute advantage, Mata does not dare to radiate influence across the entire map at will.
This causes TheShy to do whatever he wants on the top lane!
Jiang Chenglu had a straight face and a serious look on his face. It was clear that he was angered by the failure in the previous round and vowed to brutally torture Kiin in the next round!
The current laning skills of the two sides are not at the same level at all. TheShy showed his aggressiveness to the fullest. The Sword Demon with one hand was actually able to reverse the Counter Sword Girl. Through delicate operations, he repeatedly stuck the Electrocution CD and poured burst damage into Ai.
Ruilia successfully suppressed the enemy's health.
Later, before the Rift Pioneer was refreshed, TheShy even completed a Cinnabar, which directly helped IG control Purple Garlic!
Mid laner Song Yijin no longer needs to be afraid of Mata's presence, he can rest assured to exert a deterrent in the middle, and use his unique skill Enchantress to teach newcomer Ucal a good lesson!
Underneath the surface of IG's mid-to-high single line operation, there is an undercurrent.
They are still constantly adjusting and optimizing their playing style!
The vast majority of the audience couldn't see the mystery behind it. They just felt that the two sides were fighting passionately, with a high degree of bloodshed and highly entertaining to watch.
But the VG members in the hotel training room had such a keen sense of smell that they immediately noticed that the situation had changed.
Jack hissed lightly, "Something's wrong, IG seems to be still evolving!"
Originally, the Ji team had three lines waiting for the jungler to take the initiative to move closer. Whichever lane King Ning went to cause trouble, his teammates would coordinate with him.
But in the third game, IG reversed course.
After TheShy and Song Yijin obtained the line advantage, they did not just wait for King Ning to arrive in the line.
Instead, take the initiative to move closer to the wild area!
Gao Zhenning took full advantage of this and occupied Score's jungle area first, trying to curb KT's rhythm from the source!
Relying on his mid-level teammates who could arrive at the battlefield immediately every time there was a conflict in the jungle, King Ning was fearless and frequently launched attacks boldly!
This type of play can show the upper limit of IG's combat power that Gu Xing was previously optimistic about!
"This time I finally hit the ceiling of version support," Gu Xing praised, "IG really has something, and its tactical understanding is really amazing!"
To say how strong the coaching staff of the Ji team is, there is no need to say so.
If Jin Jingzhu was really that fierce, he wouldn't have looked like a lost dog when he was kicked out of the club by Longzhu.
Looking at it fairly, Jin Jingzhu is probably an above-average coach. He is tough and not very flexible. Of course, the high-pressure coaching style is very suitable for the crazy people at IG. Otherwise, if it were replaced by a good old guy like Mafa, I'm afraid the whole team would be like a wild horse.
Just let yourself go!
Putting this aside, what Jin Jingzhu brought to IG was only the basic business philosophy, and many of the things were stolen from VG by the players of the Extreme Team.
For a coach of such a caliber, it is obviously unrealistic to expect him to point out the room for improvement in the team's tactical concepts on the spot.
There is a high probability that the players will suddenly understand the true meaning through various details in the game!
Gu Xing could not help but feel admiration in his heart.
This is pure e-sports talent!
If you really want the IG members to tell you the specific reason, as husbands and wives, they might not be able to explain it clearly for a long time.
But their deep instinct told them that Jiang Zi must do it in order to exert their strongest strength.
In the face of the sudden change in the team's play style, KT was very uncomfortable and was caught off guard and retreated steadily!
King Ning can be called the king of destruction in the jungle. He led the team to overturn the situation, used frequent attacks to establish the victory, and won the third set!
"It's gone, it's gone..." Song Jinghao looked at the KT beings under the camera and shook his head in frustration.
KT was already at a loss by IG's strange tactical changes.
Being on the court, KT can better appreciate the strength of their opponents and the gap between the two sides.
As long as Xiangsong and Song don't get sick, Mr. Dai will have no chance to take over the game in front of IG Zhongshang!
In the current version, the influence that the bottom lane can provide is really not as good as that of the solo lane. In the last wave of Deft's 3-piece team, Kasumi was heavily surrounded by Enchantress and Sword Demon, and even in the team battle, she didn't even make two A moves.
Died on the spot.
"I found that KT, like G2, also likes to use wild support to link up. I don't know if these two teams often had training matches before," Gu Xing took a sip of Coke and expressed his thoughts, "But this linkage method is not suitable for the bot lane.
Before Quan has gained a huge advantage, let’s not talk about how many times he can succeed in a round, even if he can perform it every time, it is useless.”
"IG deliberately advanced the pressure time of the middle and upper lines, so that the three heroes with the strongest early combat capabilities on the map were grouped together. Even if KT used wild assistants to link up, there was nothing they could do!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When they meet in the jungle, even if KT and Ye Fu combine, they can only suppress King Ning temporarily. If they wait for Broiler and TheShy to come, KT will immediately scatter!
"That's right," Mr. Hou agreed, "I have to say that IG's handling was very good. They suffered a loss from the wild assistant's linkage in the second set, so they immediately improved it and put more chips into the jungle, using
Use more powerful means to suppress the opponent."
Compared with strong suppression online, applying pressure through the jungle can often yield more benefits.
It's just because if you want to snowball online, you must consider the existence of defensive towers. You can't ignore the tower dad and play strong kills until your advantage is not big enough.
On the other hand, in the wild area, the enemy's defense line is much weaker. Even if the three people gathered together cannot catch the opposing jungler, they can still plunder enough wild monster resources!
According to the basic theory of zero-sum game in the wild area, counter-wilding is the invasion method with the greatest early returns!
From this perspective, IG's tactical evolution direction can be said to be just right, choosing the play style that snowballs the fastest.
"Can we learn from this?" Jack had a sudden idea and planned to copy IG's improved play style, "Let Zhong Shang focus on Lao Gu to attack during the laning period."
Gu Xing responded quickly, "It can be used as a supplementary tactical option, but specific issues need to be analyzed in detail. If we play against IG in the finals, the number of times we can use this style of play will definitely be limited."
"Because our top team is not as good as IG if we only look at the operational level. It is more difficult to get line rights to help the jungle break through."
He told the truth.
Song Jinghao and Kuro both lowered their heads and picked their hands.
This is an undisputed objective fact.
Chaowei was a little unconvinced. He thought of Xia Jue's own experience facing Rookie and made a suggestion, "What if I were to play the warrior mid laner? For example, Sword Demon Sword Girl and the like. Looking at these heroes alone, I feel that I
Not inferior to brother Yi Jin!"
"No," Gu Xing explained patiently, "If the hero Sword Demon is to be used in the middle, we must ban Enchantress and Syndra, otherwise it will be easy to be pulled by Rookie, and the BP it brings to us will be too much.
big……"
Let alone others, Song Yijin is the top operator of these two heroes, and there is absolutely no benefit from being super powerful!
"The opponent attaches great importance to what Sword Girl said. We have to grab it first. However, if we use it in the middle lane after grabbing it, it will be a waste of resources, because it is most suitable to use this hero on the top lane to snowball." Gu Xing told the specific reasons.
The top lane is longer than the middle lane, which is very suitable for a mad dog pursuit hero like Dao Mei who shines brightly with a little sunshine.
Chovy felt extremely helpless after hearing this.
The strongest player in the summer split is the mid-to-upper swing position, which is basically a short-handed hero. He can use his tough melee role proficiency to help the team delay Song Yijin.
But after coming to the World Championship, the addition of two heroes, Syndra and Enchantress, and the emergence of a new version of the ship, caused a huge change in the ecological environment of the middle lane!
If Zheng Zhixun wants to get the summer version bonus, it will undoubtedly be difficult to reach the sky!
"And the opponent's sword demon must be dealt with in a way," Hongmi asked another question, "IG's understanding has also undergone a wave of evolution compared to the summer split. They no longer leave the sword demon to Rookie. , but will be left to TheShy to play.”
"But TheShy's personal strength is somewhat outrageous. If he gets the Sword Demon, there won't be any big holes in the line, but he can play a powerful role in a team fight..." Yin Chengrong said the seriousness of the problem.
Song Jinghao nodded clearly.
He has collided with Jiang Chenglu many times, and he knows that the other party's real strength lies not in the laning, but in team battles.
This is not to say that TheShy is not good at laning, but compared to the exquisite operation of team battles, the details of laning at the peak of Jiang Chenglu are eclipsed.
To operate the Sword Demon is to fully utilize his strengths!
Aatrox, who has a resurrection mechanism, is now basically the god of team battles. He can use a piece of armor to withstand a set of damage and enter the blood pool, and then he can continue to slash after being resurrected. It makes no sense at all!
"I may not be able to deal with him in the laning phase even with Dao Mei. This guy's control over details is ridiculous..." Song Jinghao frankly admitted the gap.
In the third game of the semi-finals that just ended, TheShy used Sword Demon to beat Kiin's Sword Girl, and during the laning phase, he tortured the opponent until he was in pain.
Smeb didn't dare to make too big a mistake.
"If it doesn't work, why don't we ban it?" He came up with a brilliant idea that could solve the problem once and for all.
There is only one BO5 away from successfully defending the title. Song Jinghao does not want to be too arrogant and just plans to win the finals steadily.
Seeing that his top laner felt a little guilty, Hongmi had no choice but to agree, "It's not impossible if you insist..."
Gu Xing held his chin.
Two major problems lie before us.
The first is IG's reliance on line power to target the jungle's mid-upper jungle linkage, and the second is TheShy's top single Sword Demon.
If you solve them one by one, it will definitely be quite troublesome.
Take for example the second question.
You can't be timid before fighting. You really want to send the Sword Demon to the squad, right?
That will make the already tense squad in the team even worse!
The best way is to find a solution and try it. If it doesn't work, then disable the Sword Demon!
Sending him to class is a bad idea!
So is there a way to deal with these two problems at the same time?
Gu Xing couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
like……
There really is.
Seeing all the members of the VG training department showing serious thinking expressions, the boss Ding Jun couldn't help but said with a smile:
"You are too prepared for a rainy day, aren't you?"
"The semifinals haven't ended yet. Are you already studying your opponents for the finals in advance?"
Jack grinned, "Will IG lose? It's very blue!"
The rest of the training department all agreed with their teammates.
In their view, the current competitive level of the team is indeed worthy of a ticket to the finals.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If IG can lose, we will just open the champagne. How can the defeated KT group be our opponents?" Yu Wenbo's attitude was very arrogant, "Deft
,Score... To be honest, you can tell just by looking at the ID, they are all old acquaintances, pure competition losers!"
Facts have proved that what Jack said was not wrong at all.
In the fourth game, KT, who was on the verge of desperation, began to show his true nature as a soft-footed shrimp in the competition.
Mr. Dai did it first.
Playing Xayah, I wanted to use the RE flash operation to control the enemy in the Rift Herald team battle, but the angle was slightly different. Instead of controlling the enemy, I gave away my key flash.
Rookie's enchantress jumped over with a set of skills to trigger electrocution, sending Kasumi, who was still half-healthy, to the spring water!
Having lost the absolute core of the team, KT had no choice but to sell Mata to protect the safety of the other three players.
It's just that IG's offensive offensive after getting the vanguard helped the team establish an economic advantage of more than 3K!
The balance of victory and defeat is infinitely tilted towards the Extreme Team!
Next...Score also did it.
The old captain got lost in the classic jungle area and was arrested on the spot by IG's midfielder and escorted to KT Quanshui for execution!
KT was defeated and their mentality completely collapsed!
Big Orange is decided!
Gu Xing adjusted the volume keys on his computer, and the exciting commentary of the LPL commentary echoed in the VG training room.
"IG successfully defeated the opponent as a team and wants to send KT off!"
"Three to one! Another three to one, IG once again broke the team record and is about to get another ticket to the finals in Incheon!"
I remember that the iconic Wanwan accent was very recognizable, and now I am passionate, "IG's final opponent will be VG, a brother team in the LPL division! This is simply unbelievable!"
"No one thought, no one thought..." Zeyuan said emotionally, "In the sixth year of the establishment of LPL, we will witness a civil war in this region for the first time in history!"
"I have experienced short-lived glory and reached the top of the mountain; I have also fallen into darkness and fallen into the trough. The six years of LPL have been full of twists and turns, but at this moment, I believe that a bright future has arrived!"
"The LPL announced in advance that they will win the championship and runner-up of the S8 Global Finals!" he shouted in a heart-breaking voice, "The LCK team will miss the World Championship finals held locally!"
"Incheon will not see any Hanguo team!"
The venue of the Gwangju Universiade seemed to have become a library, and the director of Riot Games handed the camera to the audience in a very stupid way.
Then I saw the LCK fans who were mourning for their wives, and everyone’s eyes were dull and dull.
Only a few IG supporters from China were arrogantly waving the Extreme Team flag in the stands!
The young players in the IG player seats hugged each other excitedly, celebrating a new breakthrough in the team's history with the coaching staff and management members who rushed to the stage!
Only a quarter of an hour after the game ended, the entry "LPL teams meet for S8 finals" rushed to the top of Weibo's hot search list, and the popularity skyrocketed!
In this year's most valuable League of Legends e-sports event, the LPL division won the championship and runner-up, which is no less than a shot in the arm for countless e-sports practitioners!
The influence it brings is no less than winning the Asian Games title!
Gu Xing didn't have the energy to browse the mobile phone forum that night, but put his energy into the Summoner's Rift to verify his inner thoughts.
It wasn't until he left Gwangju the next day to board the bus to Incheon that he had time to hum a song and check the posts.
After a night of public opinion fermentation, domestic forums have already exploded.
The number of posts in Kangba is close to the number when the Bird's Nest won the championship last year, which is enough to prove the unprecedented popularity brought by the two LPL teams VG and IG joining forces in the S finals!
[Rem has a cute family and has been watching LPL games since S3. I never expected that today would happen! 】
[Things that I never dared to dream about happened actually happened. In S3S4, I thought the Hanguo team was invincible. In S5, they suffered a defeat after the expansion. It was not until the two seasons of S6S7 that I had a little hope after seeing VG win the championship... But this year
A big one came directly, and I didn’t expect to win the first and second place]
[What a fierce little IG. In the group stage, I smashed Griffin and helped the LCK team to reach the top 16. In the quarterfinals, I personally sent away Longzhu. In the semifinals, I defeated KT... I defeated three Koreans in a row. I asked who else?
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[IG’s script is the same as VG’s in the past two years? The difficulty of the tough battle is full, and it is purely based on the Hanguo team to get the upper hand. Does this imply anything? 】
[KRD, get out! So what if Xingge didn’t look down on KT before the game? You guys are shouting that KT can enter the finals, it’s a hammer!]
[Virtue: I love telling the truth, Tietie. The great prophet is here, why don’t you believe it? 】
[Hohoho, is there any righteous person who can bring the news from the Korean forum to this forum for fun? I can’t wait to see how the Han people break through the defense]
Gu Xing scrolled down and found a new repost.
As domestic netizens said, the Inven forum is now filled with all kinds of abusive posts.
[C8 Rome, can KT’s B group just sink into the Han River? It will bring shame to the LCK! 】
[The No. 1 seed in the LCK cannot beat the No. 3 seed in the LPL? KT is about to make me sick and vomit. I will be black for the rest of my life!]
[You idiot, we had high hopes for KT before, but this is how you repay us? You can’t brag at all!]
[Damn it, I even bought front-row tickets for the Incheon finals, but you’re telling me there won’t be an LCK team in the finals this year? What a shame!]
[Do some people from the Han Kingdom now understand the value of SKT and Samsung? These two teams can at least enter the finals of the World Championship. If you change it to Dragon Ball Griffin and KT, the three of them together will not even make it to the finals!]
[The entire LCK army was wiped out and fell before the finals. My youth is over! League of Legends, uninstall!]
Gu Xing was particularly happy to see the actual record of breaking the defense at the Korean Open.
After all, Inven netizens criticized his post-match interview the day before yesterday. Although Gu Xing is not resentful, it is obviously unrealistic for him to hope that life in the LCK will be better.
"Hey, isn't this Brother Xing?"
A pair of thick eyebrows appeared beside the bus window.
"Lin Weixiang?" Gu Xing smiled brightly and gave a thumbs up to praise him, "You played well yesterday."
"That's natural," Lin Weixiang responded with a beaming expression, "You don't even know who I am?"
He suddenly stopped smiling and looked at Gu Xing suspiciously, "Brother Xing, are you so happy?"
In Lin Weixiang's expectation, Gu Xing should not be so happy.
After all, IG played a new game in the semifinals yesterday, and the intensity of the next two games was obvious to all.
If VG fails to follow up and propose a solution in time, the outcome of the finals will still be uncertain!
unless……
Lin Weixiang's expression tightened.
"I must be happy," Gu Xing smiled from ear to ear, "We are all a team of brothers. In the finals, we must perform in the spirit of friendship first and competition second. Don't be burdened!"
He thought about what he had gained last night, and his smile became deeper and deeper.
Friendship first?
Lin Weixiang couldn't help but curse.
A day ago, you would have had some credibility when you said this.
Now everyone wants to compete for the Summoner's Trophy, so naturally they have to fight to the death in the finals!
Lin Weixiang couldn't understand Gu Xing's thoughts, and before leaving, he said harshly, "Let's see the truth on the field and see who is the talker among the seven wolves!"
After the two teams arrived in Incheon, they took a short rest for two days and then ushered in the final battle on November 3!