The German Cup round of 16 finals has officially begun.
This round of competition is a bo3, and opponents are determined by drawing lots. For each major team, it depends on luck and strength to enter the quarterfinals.
If two very powerful teams meet in advance, then one team will be eliminated. It can only be said to be a preview of the decisive battle. This thing purely depends on luck.
"The drawing of lots has begun!"
The scene was packed with people, and the auditorium was almost full. Everyone was waiting for the start of the game. The drawing of lots touched the hearts of countless fans of the team.
Fans don’t want their favorite team to encounter a strong team and be eliminated early. After all, not everyone’s favorite team is a strong team, such as WE, but in recent years, it has lost a lot of fans due to performance reasons.
The two teams with the highest voices are OMG and Guodian EDG. These two teams are very strong in themselves, and they have also been strengthened this season. They can be said to be the two teams with the strongest strength and the most fans.
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The fans of these two teams have a relatively relaxed mentality, because they believe that the team they support is the strongest, no matter who they meet, it is the same, the only difference is that they fight early and fight late, after all, they are aiming for the championship.
Even if OMG and EDG meet in advance, there is nothing we can do. As a champion, you have to face all opponents and not be afraid of challenges.
"Then the drawing started, and the first team appeared, EDG!"
Host Ren Dong was conducting the lottery on the stage. When he saw EDG's name appearing on the big screen, he read it out.
The difference in popularity can be seen from this. Several teams' names were read before, but the audience's response was relatively dull. When EDG's name appeared, the sound in the stadium was much louder, and the fans were shouting.
"Which team will EDG's opponent be?" Ren Dong watched as the names of the other team on EDG were still spinning.
"FTD!"
The moment the team's name appeared, Ren Dong shouted: "EDGVSFTD! The veteran team VS the dark horse team of this German Cup, an exciting battle!"
FTD can indeed be said to be the dark horse team of this German Cup. From the beginning, no one was optimistic about it, but later it defeated many teams and successfully advanced to the top 16. FTD not only defeated many competitors, but also won the support of many viewers.
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As the only anchor team and a non-professional team, it is extremely difficult for FTD to reach this point.
Even the teams in the City Contest are actually considered professional teams. After all, the players are all playing together and they have been playing together for a while, so they have a better understanding of each other.
FTD, a half-way team, can achieve such results, which is even more surprising. It also shows the strength, potential and talent of the players in the team!
Otherwise, how could you achieve this result with just a short period of time?
As Cake said, in the first three days of the competition, Chen Lang, Wushuang and JackeyLove received the most attention, and many teams extended olive branches to them.
However, the three of them have not considered these things for the time being. They are currently focusing all their energy on the next round of the German Cup. They are going all out to see where they can go.
When everyone saw EDG facing off against FTD, they were all amazed.
"Isn't this too outrageous? Brother Lang is gone now?"
"Holy shit, isn't this the hardest one to draw in FTD?"
"The hardest thing to fight? OMG hasn't spoken yet, can EDG fans have some shame? Do you think EDG is OMG's opponent now?"
"I feel sorry for FTD. After finally reaching the top 16, they met EDG. I think Brother Lang and the others are mentally shattered."
"Supporting Brother Lang, it's not easy to get to this point. At first, everyone was not optimistic about them, but FTD advanced. This time, they are underestimated by everyone. Maybe they can still advance?"
"If we want to play against other LPL teams, I feel like there is no chance. But if we play against strengthened teams like EDG, then forget it."
Except for the fans of EDG who expressed their enthusiasm, everyone is not optimistic about FTD. After all, the strength of the two sides is very different.
The German Cup is a training trip for some LPL teams. It will allow some potential newcomers to play games or hone new lineups. Some teams will send out their entire lineups, but it is uncertain.
Judging from the large-scale introduction of Han Yuan into the LPL this year, there must be a lack of integration between the teams. There is a high probability that the main lineup will be sent to participate. In this way, the competitiveness will be much greater.
Therefore, it goes without saying that EDG’s lineup is strong, which is also the fundamental reason why everyone is not optimistic about FTD.
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"Huh!" JackeyLove took a deep breath and looked solemn after seeing EDG in the draw.
Cake exclaimed: "Oh, why is it EDG? It's over now!"
He knows the strength of EDG very well. The factory director is the leading jungler in the country. He dominated the LPL league last year. This year, he has strengthened the middle and bottom lane, making him even more powerful!
"We can only hope that they don't get along well." Wushuang said in a serious tone: "The Koreans have just come to LPL, and they don't understand the language. They won't be able to communicate and cooperate particularly well. This is our only chance."
We can only start with the cooperation in team battles. After all, the online abilities are all real and do not require much communication.
Susu said: "It's really hard to beat~"
When Chen Lang saw his teammates looking preoccupied, he smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, relax."
"It's great that we can get here. Anyway, we have also competed with professional players this time. Even if we lose, it is normal. After all, a team formed in a short period of time cannot beat a professional team. Isn't it normal?"
"If professional teams can be defeated so easily, then we can win the S championship. There is no shame in losing to EDG. As long as everyone performs normally, don't shrink from playing because of pressure and deform your operations. That would be bad.
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Cake was the first to say: "Brother Lang is right. We will make money by playing one more round. It is normal to fail to beat them. There is no need to put too much pressure on yourself. Just play normally and be more open about winning or losing."
Wushuang and others nodded. After Chen Lang woke up, the pressure in their hearts was reduced a lot. What he said did make sense.
They came here mainly to participate. How could a temporarily formed anchor team defeat a number of professional teams and win the German Cup? If it could be done, then all the LPL teams would be disbanded in the future.
Being defeated by the anchor team only shows that the overall level of the LPL league is too bad. Just let the anchor team go to the S competition. After all, it cannot beat the anchor team. It would be a shame for the LPL team to go to the world championship.
"Come on together!"
"Come on!" Several people encouraged each other.
The draw ended quickly, and the opponents of all teams were determined.
The first team on FTD's side is EDG, which is also one of the strongest teams in this German Cup!
As the S4 spring and summer double champion, EDG has strengthened again after the World Championship. The current lineup is much more terrifying than before! It is also considered to be a strong contender for the German Cup championship.
World champion mid laner PAWN and well-known ADC player DEFT joined EDG together. Both the players and the EDG club came together to win the S championship. Both parties share the same goals.
QG's opponent is OMG, which is also Galaxy Battleship. OMG has strengthened the bottom lane AD, and the mid laner and top laner are both domestic lights. They are one of the most concerning teams this time.
FTD and QG are also close friends. They worked together to break through the top 16, but met such a strong opponent in the first round. They are the only two teams with the strongest strength in the German Cup on paper.
However, the biggest difference between QG and FTD is that their teams are actually stronger, and the points rankings in subsequent games also illustrate this.
Compared with FTD, QG still has a greater chance of winning than FTD. After all, QG is also the leading team of LSPL.
"Come on."
The match between FTD and EDG is about to begin, and the audience at the scene is cheering constantly. Basically, EDG fans are cheering for the team.
But on the Internet, there are many viewers who cheer for FTD.
After all, most players watch games through live broadcasts on the platform, and only fans who truly love a certain team will buy tickets to support the team offline.
"This is an easy promotion!" Everyone in EDG was sitting in their seats, and everyone was in a very good mood.
"Yes, finish your get off work early, go back and rest, and study your opponents for the next round." The factory director smiled.
For them, being able to draw FTD is extremely lucky. No matter how you look at it, FTD is a relatively weak team among the top 16, and it is easiest to advance against them.
"Our lineup is well integrated. This time the German Cup is here to compete for the championship." koro1 smiled confidently.
Since DEFT and PAWN joined EDG, they have played a lot of training games on weekdays, and everyone's cooperation has improved a lot.
They have won most of the recent training matches, which also shows that their cooperation is getting better and better. Team integration does not happen overnight. This German Cup is also a training trip.
"Fight slowly, don't overturn."
Meiko is on the professional stage for the first time as a new assistant. He is still relatively shy, but he is still quite confident in the strength of the team and confident that he can penetrate the opponent in the bottom lane.
In order to better cooperate with DEFT, he took great pains to learn Korean, just to ensure that there would be no problems in communication between the bottom lane and the lane. He was really serious about it.
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The game begins.
"Hello everyone, I'm Miller."
"Hello everyone, I am Doll."
The commentators for this game are Miller and Wawa, who are the golden partners of the LPL.
"This game is BO3. I wonder what kind of game the two teams can bring to us."
"The FTD team brought us a lot of surprises in this German Cup, but their luck seems to be not very good. Their opponent drew EDG in the first round..." Miller said.
Wawa nodded and said: "Yes, EDG has just recently introduced two well-known players who performed well in the World Championship. The lineup they formed this time is the only Galaxy Battleship in the LPL. This is also their first appearance on the court. I don't know.
What kind of spark can it cause?”
Another Galaxy Battleship is OMG. These two teams are considered to be the most successful signings in the new season, and the two teams also have the most fans.
"The biggest problem with EDG's lineup is communication. This game allows us to see how well their cooperation is, and whether EDG, which has introduced the champion mid laner, can take its strength to the next level!" Miller said:
"Although FTD is an anchor team, it should not be underestimated. After all, it has defeated many professional teams to enter the top 16. The players' personal strength is very strong and their potential is huge."
Wawa smiled when he heard this and said: "Although FTD players are very strong individually, EDG is stronger, and they are a professional team, so they are more professional from every angle. Besides, EDG players are definitely stronger in terms of their personal strength."
It’s on top of FTD.”
"So, the biggest advantage of FTD is actually no advantage in EDG. EDG has great advantages."
"What you said makes sense." Miller agreed.
Both of them are fans of EDG, so their attitudes are relatively more biased towards EDG. It can be seen from their remarks before the game that they boasted about EDG in various ways.
It's just that it makes sense, and the audience can't help it if they want to complain.
"EDG chose the blue side, FTD is the red side." Miller said loudly: "I don't know if EDG will target FTD's mid lane BP. Many teams have previously restricted the player Lang. His personal
The strength is indeed outstanding.”
Wawa disagreed: "PAWN is the champion mid laner. I don't think lang can be better than PAWN, so EDG should not target lang."
As soon as Wawa finished speaking, EDG banned both mid laners and hit Wawa directly in the face.
The other spot was given to JackeyLove's Draven. They had watched the FTD game and JackeyLove's Draven played very well. Moreover, this hero has high laning intensity and does not require much support. It is the most suitable for FTD tactics.
A hero.
Although the EDG team is very strong, they are very stable, very strict in management, and BP is very serious. They will not despise any player, so they are not like other teams that despise FTD and let go of some players' personal heroes.
"When EDG robbed the policewoman, it was not for JackeyLove to play. This made it difficult for FTD to face off in the bottom lane. The policewoman has long hands after all, and any AD would have an advantage in the bottom lane." Miller said.
"FTD took Shen and Feng Nu, which are the most commonly used heroes by their top assistant!"
Wawa said: "In this case, EDG's backhand can be targeted. It is estimated that the support will choose a hard support, which will make it easier to cooperate with the factory director's roaming."
Compared with EDG's selection, FTD's selection is more formulaic, which is a limitation of the player's ability.
"Sure enough, EDG won Thresh, and the other option was the blind monk, who came out of the jungle first!" Watou shouted.
"Get a C on the road. Let's practice the roaming lineup this time. Doesn't the opponent like roaming?" the factory director laughed.
"Okay." Abu nodded from behind, so they chose Nar.
FDT is a team that likes the linkage of mid and jungle to help the bottom lane gain an advantage. This time they can compete with the opponent in the rhythm of the mid and jungle. Ming Kai admires PAWN's strength very much.
"The counter position is left to you. After all, you have to face off against PAWN, which is a lot of pressure." Wushuang said: "Get the prince for me, be more flexible."
After seeing the selection of FTD players, Miller said: "The counter position on FTD's side is still reserved for the middle lane. The bottom lane AD unexpectedly chose the hero Big Mouth. This hero's output in the later stage is indeed high, but there is no displacement.
It’s not easy to perform against EDG’s lineup!”
"But EDG chose a card in the middle. Is this going to be a roaming game?"
Wawa said: "I think I want to try new tactics. FTD is a team that likes roaming, so EDG wants to compete with the opponent on the rhythm of roaming. I think we can choose an assassin hero for PAWN and play directly in the lane.
Yes, I think this is what everyone wants to see."
"lang performed very well in the German Cup. He was often able to show off his extreme skills to kill his opponent alone. Everyone should be interested in watching the match between PAWN and lang."
Miller smiled and said: "It's not that there is no chance. After all, it is BO3. I don't know what hero FTD will choose. Will he choose Lissandra, who performed well against QG before?"
Wawa said: "Will you choose nightmare? Lang used the nightmare card to achieve miraculous effects before."
Miller shook his head and said: "Probably not. This EDG lineup is relatively solid, and it is difficult for Nightmare to enter the field. Both Thresh and Blind Sin restrain Nightmare's advance, which greatly limits Nightmare's ability to fly to the back row.
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"That's right." The doll nodded.
"What do you want to play with?" Cake asked.
JackeyLove smiled and said: "Brother Lang, choose whatever you want, we believe you."
"You can play whatever you want." Wushuang agreed.
"It's you." Chen Lang chose a heroine.
"The Trickery, FTD actually chose the hero the Trickery!" Miller was quite surprised.
They all thought that Chen Lang would choose a roaming hero, but they didn't expect that he would choose the hero Enchantress.
Although Enchantress's roaming ability is not bad, her line clearing ability is very poor, and poor line clearing ability means that she cannot roam easily, otherwise she will lose the line of troops and the health of the defense tower will be depleted.
"So, FTD is going to play online? In the early and mid-term, it relies on the prince and the enchantress to support the rhythm, and in the later stage, the output is left to the big mouth. It is not impossible."
Wawa smiled and said: "It's interesting. EDG will play roaming and FTD will play online. The styles of both sides have changed!"
Miller nodded and said: "On the whole, EDG has a slight advantage in the upper and lower jungles, FTD has an advantage in the middle, and Enchantress is quite easy to play. At least it doesn't pose that much of a threat to Enchantress."
"Yes." Wawa said: "The card is not a traditional mage, the burst is not strong, and the pressure on the line will not be that strong. Lang's Enchantress can actually kill the card in one set. It depends on whether he can play it.
Counterpoint advantage.”
At the beginning of the game, EDG had Thresh on their side, so they invaded the FTD jungle area to take a look and explore Wushuang's jungle route.
Chen Lang didn't fight very hard in the line. The level 1 Enchantress has relatively weak combat power, so crossing the line to exchange blood will be a big loss.
After reaching level 2, he began to frequently exchange cards for blood. PAWN saw that Chen Lang was so aggressive and kept changing cards on his head. As long as the Enchantress dared to come up and immediately cut the cards to exchange blood with him, it would definitely not be a loss.
Chen Lang saw PAWN cutting the cards like this, including W, which was stuck with the last skill until the time was up before throwing it out. He waited for PAWN's skill to CD before consuming it.
Chen Lang learned the E skill at level 2. When W got the card from the chain, Chen Lang kept chasing A, waiting to trigger the damage of the 2 E skills. For PAWN's card, he threw a yellow card to the enchantress, and the two sides exchanged blood.
It was so fierce that I had already used all the blood medicine.
Wushuang and the factory director have been watching the situation of the three lanes, wondering which lane is suitable for roaming. Then they both saw that the middle lane was fighting fiercely. They both wanted to go to the middle lane to grab after clearing the jungle. The status of the mid laners of both sides
