They found that in the three games, the stronger the team they encountered, the faster IG ended the game.
Like the AHQ team, which had yet to win a single victory in the first round, it took IG twenty-five minutes to win.
C9, which only had one win, and IG also took 23 minutes to win.
However, the strongest enemy in this group, SKT, failed to last for twenty minutes, and was bulldozed by IG in just eighteen minutes.
It is conceivable that the more IG's reckless tactics encounter a team with strong operational capabilities, the easier it will be to tear through the opponent's defense.
Because of the extreme laning, your late-stage lineup will not be able to delay the late stage, and the game will end before your power period.
Unless you can defeat my strong heroes online with weak heroes through personal operation, you won’t be able to survive the later stages.
However, it is really difficult to defeat the IG gang of operation monsters with weak heroes in the lane.
This is also the difficulty of IG's tactical system.
After the first round of the group stage, there will be a short break, and the second round of the group stage will not begin until October 12th.
In the second round of the group stage, each group will play for one day, and the top two teams in the group will advance to the quarterfinals within one day.
However, IG will not have any competition until October 15th.
Because Group A, in which IG is located, was assigned to the last day of the second round, while Group B, in which Longzhu was assigned, was assigned to the first day of the second match day.
During this period, IG was just a spectator in the audience, observing the games of other teams.
Because any of these teams may become their opponents in the quarterfinals.
Often in the second round of the group stage, many teams will come up with some new understandings of the version and new tactics to strive for hope.
This round of competition may have the most upsets.
In the previous life, EDG encountered Waterloo in the second round of the group stage and unfortunately missed the quarterfinals.
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On October 12, Group B took the lead in selecting the two teams that advanced to the quarterfinals.
The first and second places are the LCK team from the LCK division and the FNC team from the LEC division.
The strength of these two teams in Group B is quite obvious, almost second only to IG and SKT's lead over other teams in Group A.
Therefore, the promotion results of these two teams did not surprise the audience.
However, in the Group C match on the second day, RNG gave LPL fans a big surprise.
After an upset loss to G2 in the first round, RNG regrouped in the second round and won three consecutive victories, completing a double defeat against SSG in the group stage.
Became the first team to qualify in the LPL division, and even topped the group.
For a time, this news also pushed the enthusiasm of LPL viewers to the peak!
Coupled with IG's far leading record in Group A, the audience is full of confidence.
The slogan that has been shouted for many years has become louder again: this year is the most promising year for the LPL!
In the Group D match on the 14th, the WE team's path to qualifying was a bit bumpy, but the ending was still good.
Although they suffered an upset loss to MSF in the second round of the group stage, they still managed to retain the top spot in the group.
Since then, two of the three teams in the LPL have been confirmed to qualify as the group leaders.
As long as IG can qualify as the group leader on the last match day of the second round, LPL will be able to achieve an unprecedented excellent record of ranking first in the group among all three teams.
At the same time, it will also avoid a civil war in the quarterfinals.
However, although IG currently leads Group A 3-0, the audience still dare not take it lightly.
SKT is closely behind with 2-1. If IG loses to SKT in the second round, there will be a chance for a playoff.
At that time, the battle for the top spot in Group A will become complicated and confusing.
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October 15th, five o'clock in the afternoon.
"Hello, viewers, what I bring to you now is the last game of the second round of Group A. The two teams are IG and SKT!"
In the commentary box, the baby's face was full of anticipation.
If IG can win this game, LPL will have three first places in each group. This is a record that will create history!
At the same time, it can also avoid the possibility of civil war in the quarterfinals.
The eyes of all LPL fans are focused on this game, the last game to determine who is ranked first in Group A.
Because both IG and SKT defeated C9 and AHQ respectively in previous games, they currently maintain an unbeaten record in the second round.
In terms of points, the two teams have also locked in their qualifying spots.
This game will determine whether IG will advance to the top of the group, or whether they will play an extra game and compete again.
In the pre-game interview, SKT made it clear that it had figured out IG's team style and tactical system and found a way to restrain IG.
The defeat in the first round was just a clever calculation by IG.
They can definitely defeat IG in the second round and win the playoffs.
Of course, IG refused to join the playoffs and made it clear that if they can beat SKT the first time, they can win the second time.
Before the game started, the smell of gunpowder was very strong.
[Come on IG! Damn SKT! Little IG, rush for me!]
[Come on SKT, show your kingly style!]
Fans from both sides are doing their best to cheer for their supporting teams.
In such a hot and enthusiastic atmosphere, players from IG and SKT appeared one after another.
"In this game, SKT came to the red side. In the last game, IG used the red side's Counter position to set up a trap for SKT and selected a small cannon to swing to the middle, thus breaking SKT's early rhythm. This
If there is no counter position in an IG game, it may need to be redesigned during BP."
In the commentary box, Miller said with some worry.
Although the game against SKT in the first round was very short and could be said to be a crushing game, it is not necessarily true that IG's strength far exceeds that of SKT.
Instead, they successfully targeted SKT's key points in BP and gained a huge advantage from the early stage, which is why they won so easily.
But in this round, SKT had the counter position, and it was obviously not that easy for IG to target BP.
Combined with SKT's declaration before the game that "it has figured out IG's tactical system," Miller still couldn't help but worry about IG.
But at this time, the doll beside him had already entered into the topic: "Okay, the BP of both sides has begun! IG was on the blue side and took the lead in getting rid of Luo, Panson, and the card master! They prioritized the cards
The setting is very high. In order to prevent faker from roaming around, we killed the card master in the first round!"
"SKT, on the other hand, got rid of Galio, Lucian, and Kalista! These three heroes will definitely be robbed! But they still released Qinggang Shadow."
"But this version of Qinggang Shadow is relatively not that OP anymore, and SKT's placement is also somewhat insufficient."
"IG directly locked Qinggang Ying on the first floor!"
"But on the second floor, SKT chose to take down Syndra and Lulu!"
"Since Lulu has been chosen, it is unlikely that Syndra will be placed in the bottom lane like IG. After all, SKT's faker and banger are the super Kerry points of the team, and they will not play such tool players.
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"It is estimated that one of the purposes of this Syndra is to dismantle IG's bottom lane Syndra's female gun system, and the other is that Brother Li wants to regain his position online."
Looking at SKT's first and second floor choices, Wawa analyzed it seriously.
In the last game, Faker's Kassadin in the middle was shot through by a cannon, causing an early collapse.
Syndra is a hero who is not afraid of being targeted and has strong laning power. Even Lucian, who has a ceiling of laning suppression power, will find it difficult to suppress Syndra in the middle.
"There are also Big Mouth and Feng Nu out there. Although this pairing is slightly worse than Big Mouth Lulu, they are still very strong. Will IG choose them?"
Miller on the side took over the conversation.
"No, IG has locked Bomberman and Morgana on the second and third floors!"
"I would like to remind you that this Morgana still has the possibility of mid lane! IG once used Morgana as a mid laner. This hero is not afraid of Syndra. At the same time, SKT used Morgana policewoman to crack the game in the last game
With IG’s Bomberman and Magic combination, IG took the lead in snatching Morgana this time, retaining the possibility of assisting to get Magic.”
"If I were SKT, I would definitely choose to get rid of Xiaofa in the second round!"
Miller also analyzed IG’s second and third floor options.
As expected, after SKT locked the mouse on the third floor, they quickly eliminated Xiaofa and Prince Ning, who had been playing a lot recently, in the second round.
"The little magic is gone, give me support from Morgana. Make up for the AD damage in the midfield, top jungle, Qinggang Shadow on the road, take care of both Jax and Crocodile, we need to have a strong point."
At the IG competition table, Chen Yu said thoughtfully.
SKT got rid of Fabia and blocked Fabia's Bomberman combination. Morgana had no choice but to go to the bottom lane to assist. Cooperating with Bomberman, she was also excellent at pushing the lane.
However, in this way, the midfielder and upper jungler must make up for the AD damage, otherwise the damage of the lineup will be too simple.
Compared to the jungle, Chen Yu prefers to put Qinggang Shadow on the top lane.
No matter how you say it, the development of the solo lane is still much better than that of the jungle.
So he suggested getting rid of the two heroes Crocodile and Weapon in the top lane who were more restrained by Qinggang Ying.
"The IG got rid of the crocodiles and weapons, so Qinggang Shadow is most likely on the road! I just saw Huni obviously breathing a sigh of relief, you know the VN is still out there!"
The baby in the commentary booth couldn't help but laugh. The camera just showed Huni at the SKT game booth, and everyone saw him smiling with relief.
"The pressure on Zao Sha is really great." Miller also agreed, and then said: "SKT is still prepared to defend, leaving the counter position on the top lane, and the jungler Lee Sin is locked on the fourth floor!"
"Little Peanut's blind monk is also his specialty hero, IG should pay attention!"
But as soon as Miller finished speaking, the audience burst into warm cheers.
Immediately afterwards, his partner Watanabe exclaimed: "Oh my God! It's Yasuo! IG chose Yasuo!"
That's right, in order to make up for the missing physical damage, IG once again selected this hero that is widely loved by players-Happy Man!
Along with it, there is the jungler Wei who is capable of starting a team, knocking up the air, and single-handedly!
