Although European and American audiences accounted for the vast majority of the entire competition, when players from the LGD team and the FW team took the stage one after another, the enthusiastic audience still gave the two teams warm cheers.
Although on the surface, the competition scene in Samba Country is not much different from that of Hongqiao World in Shanghai, the feeling given to everyone in LGD is completely different. There is excitement, excitement, and a strong desire for victory.
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"How is it? It feels pretty good, right? This is the stage for the World Series!"
Lu Haoran followed at the end of the team and naturally saw the light in the players' eyes and said with a smile.
Not only the players, but he himself was also very excited. After all, he was extremely excited to be able to lead the LGD team and represent the entire LPL to participate in an international competition like MSI.
"Not bad, but I don't understand what they are saying."
Xiao Ning was the first to answer, with an expression on his face that was ready to move. He was obviously preparing to show off his skills in today's first battle, and then let League of Legends players around the world remember his ID.
"What's the point of being afraid if you don't understand the words? As long as you can understand the cheers."
Wei Shen said with a smile and waved to the audience, which as expected immediately aroused a small number of cheers.
"It seems that my fame from two years ago is still more or less retained."
Wei Shen was very satisfied and believed that his trip to the World Championships two years ago definitely helped him accumulate some fans.
"Wei Shen, you are so full of nonsense, I'm just giving you face."
Xiao Ming was immediately dissatisfied, and then waved his hand, and as expected, he also aroused cheers.
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"Then I'll give it a try too."
Lang Xing also waved his hand, and a happy smile appeared on his face after being cheered again, but Wei Shen was speechless and choked for a while.
"Okay, okay, let's get ready for the game. The first game is still very important. We must get a good start!"
The players chatted and laughed for a while, and Lu Haoran urged them to enter the players' bench. Although it is absolutely fine to maintain a relaxed attitude before the game starts, if it is too relaxed, it may affect the time for them to get into the state during the game.
Moreover, the competition format of the MSI group stage is a bo1 double round-robin. Each team will only play one small game with two teams every day, so once a mistake is made, a game point may be lost.
For example, in the game that just ended, the tsm team obviously failed to prepare for the gam team's surprise victory, which resulted in their unlucky start.
Therefore, when facing the Flash Wolves, all members of the LGD team cannot take it lightly!
Check the equipment, adjust the keyboard and mouse, and join the battle room.
After all the pre-match preparations were completed, with the sound of "ding", the third game on the first day of the 2017 MSI group stage, the match between the LGD team and the FW team, officially entered the BP stage!
Although Lu Haoran lost the coin guessing session, because the Flash Wolf coach took the initiative to choose the red side, the LGD team was still assigned to Lu Haoran’s favorite blue side.
"Everyone, in order to prevent the Flash Wolves from making a surprise move, we will directly make a surprise move in the first game, and at the same time, we will also give the other teams a wrong message."
When the BP started, Lu Haoran did not rush to ban people, but said to the players.
The lineup everyone in the LGD team likes the most and is good at using is naturally the lineup used in the spring finals, but in the first MSI game, Lu Haoran was not prepared to use that lineup.
After all, the LGD team half a month ago must have been thoroughly studied by Flash Wolves. They are likely to make some targeted tactical arrangements and continue to expand their advantages.
Therefore, in order to prevent overturning in the first game, Lu Haoran decided to let the players directly use a lineup that was different from usual, but in fact it was almost the same.
In this way, even a small change can definitely disrupt the tactics and plans that the Flash Wolf team has designated in advance!
Rambo! Enchantress! Syndra!
The first three bans of the Lao Gan Daddy team mainly targeted the maple hero pool in two hands, plus Rambo, who was single mmd in one hand.
The reason for banning Rambo is not because he is worried that Wolves will not be able to defeat mmd on the road, but because the hero Rambo has been strengthened in the msi version, which has led to several major top laners in the outer competition area also being strengthened in disguise, which has also put the pressure on Wolves.
become bigger.
However, Rambo has been practicing his hero wolf like crazy, and it is very likely that he will use it in the next few games.
Fan mom! Lulu! Rock bird!
The first three bans on the Flash Wolves team were just as Lu Haoran expected. They were all banned after watching the LPL spring finals. He was afraid that the old thief Sima would get the two soft assistants of Lulu Fanma again.
Protect, then deal tons of damage!
And when these three-handed banners played into Lu Haoran's hands, a faint smile appeared on his face.
bp wins, wins half. So far in this game, we have won almost 10%!
"Wei Shen, I've chosen it for you first-hand, resist a little pressure and try out the depth of Lightning Wolf."
The first round of bans was over and before the first round of player selection on the blue side began, Lu Haoran patted Wei Shen on the shoulder and chuckled.
"No problem, I will definitely have an advantage even if I am countered!"
Wei Shen said with confidence.
Clockwork Demon Oriana is locked!
We will help you kill your enemies!
Although the first choice of the mid laner will definitely be countered by the opponent, the impact of choosing the versatile mid laner like Clockwork will be very small. It is a choice that can be used to attack, retreat and defend with one hand.
The Flash Wolves team didn’t hesitate for too long when selecting players for the first and second floors. The first floor chose support Zyra first, while Kassa on the second floor chose his most confident blind monk.
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"Why do I feel that Flash Wolf's first two choices are so similar to the heroes selected by RNG in the Spring Finals?"
"It's obvious that we have been studying our LPL spring finals for several days!"
"But the problem is, rng has never beaten the Godfather since they drafted Zyra and Blind Sin. Flash Wolves don't think they can do better than rng if they get the same lineup, right?"
When they saw the first two picks of the Flash Wolves team, the two Doll Millers in the commentary box immediately became speechless.
I feel that my Chinese knowledge is not very good. I didn’t know that there is a saying that those who imitate me will live like me and will die, not to mention that the person they are “like” to is already dead.
"Since Flash Wolves dared to choose a similar lineup, they must have already figured out how to beat Lao Gandaddy's Spring Finals lineup."
"Let's see how Manager Lu BPs. If they still use that lineup, it means they will have a head-on confrontation with the Flash Wolves in terms of strength."
Miller said relaxedly that no matter what choice Manager Lu made, he didn't think it would be a big problem.
Outlaw Graves is locked in!
River Lord Tahm is locked!
But just as Miller finished speaking, the selections for the second and third floors of the LGD team were all locked up on the spot in seconds!
"Male gun? Tam?!"
"The Lao Gan Daddy team is about to change their lineup. In the first MSI game, they are going to come up with a brand new lineup!"
Seeing these two choices of heroes, Baby Miller immediately became excited, because this meant that the Lao Gan Daddy team had done enough homework on the new version before the game and was actively seeking changes!
"Xiao Ning has played this male gun hero before, and the effect is very good. It is not difficult to defeat the blind monk. It just needs a little brushing in the early stage to upgrade the level and equipment as soon as possible."
"However, Xiao Ming's Tahm Kench has never been used in my memory, but since he has taken it out, it must have been very effective in training matches."
"And if Xiao Ming chooses Tahm, it means that the old thief Sima will take the big C in the late stage!"
"We all know that Sima Laothief's Ash Verus is very strong, but you must know that his Big Mouth is also very, very strong. I didn't expect that in the first game of MSI, we would have the opportunity to see Sima Laothief have another big mouth.
Show your power!"
Wamie Miller said happily, although Sima Laothief does not seem to be as dominant in the bottom lane as Uzi, but after a whole spring game, they can be very sure that Sima Laothief is the most stable in this LGD team.
That point!
The laning may not have a strong suppressive effect, but it will definitely not collapse. At the same time, in the team battle stage, it can produce a very terrifying output effect!
If nothing else goes wrong, the title of the new world's number one adc will soon go to the old thief Sima!
The first round of selection for the Lao Gan Daddy team was over, and when it was the turn of the Flash Wolves team to select players for the third floor, they were obviously hesitant.
The reason is very simple. The selection of players for the second and third floors of Team Laogandaddy was really beyond their expectations. They did not expect that Team Laogandaddy would choose the male gun Tahm!
Especially the hero choice of Tahm, choosing Zyra means that Zyra's role will become very small. After all, after they banned Lulu Fan Mama, they wanted to use Zyra to counter Xiao Ming's hook hero!
Now that Xiao Ming has chosen Tahm Kench, Zyra has almost no effect other than pushing the line. After all, even if he uses e to tie up the old thief Sima, Tahm Kench can also use w to directly devour the old thief Sima!
After struggling for a long time, the Flash Wolves team took the lead in placing Kled’s top laner on the third floor.
Since the bottom lane may not be able to open up the situation, let mmd penetrate the wolf line in the top lane!
The first round of BP ends, and the second round of bans begins.
Although when Xiao Ming chooses Tahm Kench, it means that Sima Laothi will choose a late-stage adc, and it is unlikely to put pressure on Betty and Snake in the front.
But despite this, the last two bans of the Flash Wolf team were very targeted at the old thief Sima, banning both Big Mouth and Varus!
The two bans saw everyone in the Lao Gan Daddy team laughing, but they didn't say anything. Then Lu Haoran targeted Maple again and banned mid laner Ryze and mid laner Jace.
After banning all the heroes in the middle who were relatively easy to deal with in the early stage, Lu Haoran didn't have many hero choices left for Maple, only a few heroes in the late stage.
But by that time, the LGD team might have won the game!
The fate master Jhin!
After being torn between Han Bing and Cripple as the fourth pick of the Flash Wolves for a long time, they finally chose Jhin.
Although she has lost some control ability and vision detection ability, Jhinja Zyra's line suppression ability is fully maxed out, and even if the male gun comes to gank, she can easily escape if the opponent does not have stable control skills.
At the same time, the Flash Wolf team also took the initiative to leave the ice to Old Thief Sima. As long as Old Thief Sima dares to choose, they have 10,000 ways to kill Old Thief Sima!
Tuki, the source of the plague, is locked!
But the next moment, the fourth floor of Team Lao Gan Daddy once again selected a hero that Flash Wolf never expected, Mouse!
"mouse?!"
"Did old thief Sima actually choose a mouse?"
Not to mention the Flash Wolves team, even Doll Miller and the two of them expressed surprise when they saw the choice of Mouse. After all, during the spring playoffs, the hero of Mouse was often promoted to the ban position.
Therefore, the old thief Sima has never used it in a single game.
So much so that even they have forgotten that the hero Mouse is still very useful in the current version!
"Gatam the rat, plus Clockwork in the middle. It seems that this old godfather wants to change his tactical thinking and fight against the Flash Wolves in the late team battle!"
"And looking at this situation, why do I feel that Wolf Line should choose carefully and give the old thief Sima a lineup of four guarantees and one?"
The baby said in surprise, expecting and worrying at the same time.
But the next moment, the fifth floor of the Lao Gan Daddy Team locked onto a hero that Lang Xing was very good at.
Twilight Eyes Beware!
Not only can it withstand the pressure of Kled during the laning phase, but it can also protect the old thief Sima Mouse with his ultimate move when necessary, allowing the old thief Sima to directly deal explosive damage!
"Four guarantees and one, the Laogandaddy team is really going to fight four guarantees and one!"
"Wow wow wow wow, who would have thought that in the first game of the MSI group stage, the Lao Gan Daddy team actually gave up the fast attack tactics that they are famous for, and instead chose the four guarantees and one system that our LPL is famous for!"
"It seems that in this game, Team Laogandaddy is determined to prove to the world that our LPL's four-guarantee-one strategy is the strongest tactic in the world!"
Miller laughed repeatedly, but this laughter was faintly filled with worry.
Because as viewers and commentators, they have seen with their own eyes the glory and desolation of the four-guarantee-one system all the way from the S2 season.
uzi brought the four-guarantee-one system to audiences around the world and proved the feasibility of the four-guarantee-one system. However, the four-guarantee-one system has never succeeded in the World Series.
And now, will Team Lao Gan Daddy and Sima Lao Thief also take over the legacy of the Four Guarantees and One System?
Or, they just want to prove that the Lao Gan Daddy team has very rich tactical reserves, not only can it play in the middle and jungle, but it can also play four guarantees and one!
However, we still need to wait until the end of the game for a post-game interview to get the answer to this question.
After the Lao Gan Daddy team locked up its four-guaranteed and one-guaranteed lineup, the Flash Wolves team once again hesitated for a long time in their final hero selection.
But to be honest, Maple didn't have many heroes to choose from. They could only lock in the Scarlet Reaper Vladimir at the end of the countdown and prepare to decide the winner in a late-stage team battle with the Lao Gan Daddy team.
At this point, the lineups of both teams are officially locked!
The blue side LGD team has top laner Shen, jungler gunner, mid laner Clockwork, bottom lane rat, and auxiliary Tahm!
Red team fw team, top laner Kled, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Vampire, bottom lane Jhin, assist Zyra!