In fact, the 6 teams in MSI will play against each other for two rounds, and the group stage is a double round-robin format.
In other words, CP and SKT will play a total of two BO1s, and tomorrow’s game is their first meeting, and it is also the first time the two sides have played against each other since the S game.
Both SKT and CP attach great importance to this match.
Mainly in each other's hearts, these two teams also regard each other as their biggest rival. For the audience, this showdown is a preview of the final.
There is basically no discussion about the European and American teams. They were mainly crushed by CP and SKT in the game. As for FW, it is better. At least they won against other teams.
It's just a pity that when they encountered CP who specialized in laning, they collapsed too quickly.
This is also related to the style of the competition region. FW's winning rate against LCK is lower than that against LPL, because LPL focuses on fighting and support, while LCK focuses on operations.
Sometimes, operation is a way to expand advantages, but too safe operation can also be seized by others. LPL is a quick way to cut through the mess, which has advantages and disadvantages.
Teams in the LCK are good at playing in the mid-to-late stage. During this period, the effect of operations is extremely important. Teams like CP that like to fight value the effects of confrontation in the early laning and jungle areas.
FW happens to be a team with a better rhythm in the early stage, and Casa's rhythm in the first fifteen minutes is world-class.
However, they encountered CP. The players were too strong online and could take advantage of each other. Xiaotian could easily find opportunities wherever he went. In this case, the rhythm that FW was proud of in the early stage could not be achieved at all.
If you can't bring out your own advantages, you will naturally not be CP's opponent.
The economic gap is getting bigger and bigger. Coupled with CP's early lineup, the snowball is getting bigger and bigger. It is naturally not a problem to solve the game quickly.
"Looking forward to the showdown between Faker and Brother Lang tomorrow~"
"Support CP, Brother Lang will win!"
"I want to see the battle between TheShy and duke. Duke doesn't look particularly strong, but he also killed a lot of top laners in the LCK. I feel he's pretty good~"
"SKT is actually stronger than the World Championship. The secret to defeating Rox is four-on-four. Duke just lets him go solo and that's it. The four of SKT can withstand the pressure of the other five, which shows how powerful they are!"
"Support SKT!"
"Traitor, get out!!!"
"Just wait for CP to kill SKT!"
In the anti-pressure bar, several posts can appear basically every second of refresh, many of which are discussions about SKT and CP.
"Brothers, let's cheer for Brother Lang!"
On the Cuyu platform, a certain camera shows a black and white anchor smoking a Chinese cigarette butt and shouting loudly to water friends.
All LOL anchors in Cuyu have changed their room names to the names of [Come on CP].
After all, all five CP members have signed contracts with Cuyu Live, so it is normal for the platform to provide full support.
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"It's so stressful."
"The atmosphere today is obviously more depressing than yesterday."
Xiaotian and JackeyLove sat on the e-sports chairs and looked at the audience on the left and right and said.
"After all, it's SKT, the strongest opponent in this MSI." JackeyLove rarely put down his careless look.
In fact, in the S5 World Championship, he did not take much advantage against Bang and Wolf in the bottom lane. The opponent's coordination was better than theirs.
Now, they meet again, and JackeyLove hopes to gain an advantage in the bottom lane.
He has watched a lot of SKT games during this period. The team watched the review of all SKT games from the spring split. JackeyLove found that all members of SKT have grown a lot, especially Bang's performance was very stable with almost no mistakes.
He can play a four-guarantee-one system, or he can be freed. He can definitely produce huge output in team battles, and he can have amazing effects even without human protection. He is almost a perfect AD template.
JackeyLove looked at Xiaotian and said: "You don't have to think too much. SKT will start with Blank, which will make it much easier to beat. If you face Bengi, you will be in trouble."
engi's jungler is more experienced. SKT did not start bengi today, which was somewhat unexpected by many people, but this shows in disguise SKT's intention, which is to do its best to cultivate new jungler Xiao Hei.
"Relax, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, there's still more fight to come."
Seeing that his teammates were a little nervous, Chen Lang comforted him: "SKT doesn't want to expose anything. Bengi is definitely their trump card. They all let Blank play. This clearly means they want to use us as a whetstone for him."
Just like the best experience for a soldier is definitely not training or taking classes, but baptism in a real war. Blank has already played in the spring competition. For him, he has encountered many opponents and many challenges.
But in fact, the overall style of LCK is slow, while LPL is very aggressive, and CP is the representative of it. SKT let blank play just to let him experience the "wild" style of LPL.
They are confident that they can enter the finals, so everything ahead is a training for Blank. Bengi is extremely experienced in all aspects, and the two junglers rotate. When watching the game off the court, you can often see more things.
SKT's request to bengi and blank is to find out as much as possible the flaws of CP and the time when they are used to starting the rhythm.
Just like a player's personal habits, small details such as how many minutes to insert the eyes and where to insert the eyes are enough to be observed, and then the routine is designed around this habit.
The audience at the scene stared closely at the two teams of players on the stage. One team was wearing black and white uniforms, and the other team was wearing bright red uniforms!
The only thing they have in common is that there is a star on the chest of their team uniforms. This star represents the S championship they have won!
This is an honor. Not all teams can have this star. Although many teams have not won the S championship, they will also have stars, which represents the league championship the team has won.
The difference between SKT and CP is that there are many small stars next to a big star, and these small stars represent the league championship!
Except for the 6 teams in MSI, many teams in several major regions don’t even have a star~
For example, rng, IG, LGD, roxtiger... none of these strong teams have won a league championship~
Oxtiger has won the K Cup (LCK's German Cup) championship since joining Peanut, but in fact it is not as valuable as the spring and summer championship, and is generally not included in the discussion.
In S3, SKT won the S championship, and CP was the championship team last year. This is also the rematch between the two championship teams!
"This time, let's fight back together." Bang sat on his seat, rubbing his wrists and getting ready for the fight.
He is more handsome now than last year. Bang was quite fat at the World Championships, but now he has completely lost weight, his face has become much thinner, and he has become much more handsome.
He has become thinner and stronger!
Wolf smiled and said: "Yes, it's time for revenge, I've been waiting for half a year!"
faker nodded: "We must defeat the enemy!"
Lank and Duke were a little trembling: "Brother, you are so murderous~"
Wolf still had a silly smile on his face: "We can't always lose to the same team. Junzhi has succeeded in losing weight. We must also make changes and defeat each other."
"This time when we come to MSI, we come as Avengers. We lost to them last time in the championship. We can't lose in the Grand Slam this time."
faker and bang nodded. They really wanted to defeat CP. This was also their firm belief that they had been training for so long.
kkoma looked at the team members with a smile: "Everyone has fighting spirit, which is good. We must maintain this fighting spirit during the game. Let's find out the details of each other first."
On the other side, Hongmi was also communicating with the team members. Suddenly he seemed to sense something and raised his head to look forward. At this time, KKoma's eyes also happened to look over.
The two made eye contact, then smiled and nodded to each other, but the fighting spirit in their eyes was aroused.
One of them is the champion coach of S3, and the other is the champion coach of S4.
Now, they meet again. One of them is in the LPL and the other is in the LCK. They haven't played against each other for a long time, and they meet again this time.
The battle between the two teams is not only a battle between the players, but also a game between the coaches of both sides, and now, the game begins.
"SKT banned Enchantress, Ekko and Yasuo!"
Today's commentators are Guan Zeyuan and Su Xiaoyan.
Su Xiaoyan answered: "CP banned trolls, Jhin and Ryze!"
Jhin is another new hero recently released. He is an AD hero and the second hero with a bullet loading mechanism.
"SKT has the right to choose on the blue side. What hero will they choose?" Su Xiaoyan said curiously.
"I think I should get the hero for Bang." Guan Zeyuan said with a serious face.
"First of all, Bang has performed very well this season. He is the most stable part of SKT. He can perform well whether he is single-handedly resisting pressure or playing in a double line."
Guan Zeyuan continued: "Furthermore, the current version of AD is no longer an AD that needs to emphasize lane like skateboard shoes. Instead, it needs a tool AD, which can free up the support to roam. Jhin has been banned, which is in line with the tool AD."
There aren’t many left, I think SKT should choose heroes for the bang first.”
The skateboard shoe has been strong for more than half a year, and even after hitting it with fists several times, it still didn't affect his status. So the attack range was reduced a little, and this hero was directly reduced to a sewer AD, and was no longer a popular choice.
Su Xiaoyan nodded and said: "If you put it this way, it is indeed very likely that AD will be chosen first."
SKT is also discussing it.
"There are currently two options, one is to focus on the mid and bottom, and the other is to play mid and upper jungle with them." kkoma walked back and forth in the back to communicate with the SKT players.
"CP is a team that likes to play the middle and jungle rhythm. If they play the middle and jungle, their bottom lane will be very obscenely developed. The player JackeyLove is very similar to Bang. He can adapt to any system and can perform at a very high level in team battles.
output."
"If we want to hit the mid-low tempo, we must suppress them in the bottom lane. For the jungler, we must choose a strong early hero like Spider instead of Kindred, the male gunner."
"We have two choices in the bottom lane. If there is no Jhin, we can choose Lucian or Han Bing."
KKoma looked at the thin bang: "Which one do you want to choose?"
Lucian is the choice to suppress the lane, and Han Bing is the tool player. If you choose Han Bing, it means that SKT has to play the rhythm of mid and top jungle. Wolf will roam more instead of accompanying Bang in the bottom lane.
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KKoma has absolute trust in Bang. He has grown very fast this season, his condition is very stable, and the same is true for his performance in the game.
If faker is the upper limit of SKT, then bang is the lower limit.
faker may die due to aggressiveness, but bang will not. He is like a stable output machine, able to maximize his effect.
He is SKT's late-stage guarantee, and his teammates also have great trust in him!
ang smiled and asked his teammates: "What should I choose?"
Wolf shrugged: "It's up to you."
Faker didn't say anything, and top laner Duke and Xiao Hei were just laughing.
"Do you have any heroes you want to choose?" Bang asked with a smile.
He depends on his teammates' choices to decide which AD to choose.
"Hey, just follow your heart." Wolf said, "We will cooperate with you in choosing the lineup!"
kkoma came to bang's side, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't put pressure on yourself, this round mainly depends on CP's situation."
"In this case..." Bang said: "Then I'll choose Lucian. I can play stronger in the bottom lane, and any hero you choose in other lanes can cooperate."
"Okay." kkoma nodded, so SKT chose Lucian.
Lucian is a good AD in the early, middle and late stages, but his hands are shorter in the later stages. This is a flaw. Now the artillery is a must-have piece of equipment for Lucian, replacing the original electric knife.
"SKT steals Lucian!" Guan Zeyuan's voice became extremely loud, which showed that his prediction was right!
This made him feel very proud, so he continued: "This Lucian is also the first choice to defend against CP. After all, CP's Lucian is indeed a bit too strong, swinging in three directions~"
"Lucian..." JackeyLove thought after seeing SKT's choice.
"Are you going to confront Gang?" Chen Lang glanced at JackeyLove.
Skateboard shoes are not a mainstream hero nowadays. If you want to fight Lucian in the bottom lane, the best choice for JackeyLove is Draven.
"Let AD put it down and I'll think about it again." JackeyLove hesitated and said.
SKT has already selected AD. There is no need for him to rush to select AD now. He can choose heroes from other positions first.
"Wolf played very well with Nami yesterday, I think they may choose it, and Nami and Lucian are also quite strong online."
Chen Lang discussed with his teammates: "For support, Thresh is the hero who can restrain Nami."
Hook heroes can restrain soft assistants, but it is difficult for heroes like Niutou to defeat soft assistants like Nami.
"Then let's use jungle and support first, assist Thresh, and use Lee Sin in the jungle."
This is the first time for Xiaotian to face SKT, and Chen Lang still hopes that he can get the most confident hero to show his confidence.
Subsequently, SKT chose Leopard Girl and Tsarina.
Last year Tsar was still a hero that Faker could not play, but now he is already one of the best players in the LCK mid laner who plays Tsar!
This is faker.
If he doesn't know a hero, he will practice hard and be willing to do everything for the team. His pride will not allow him to slow down the team's BP rhythm just because he can't use a certain hero.
"Tsar?" Chen Lang's eyes narrowed slightly.
Will you take over the responsibility of starting a team and backhand?
"Get me Syndra." Chen Lang looked at Hongmi.
Hongmi saw Chen Lang's eyes and nodded in agreement with his decision.
"SKT gave the counter position to Duke on the top lane, and they chose Poppy!"
SKT most likes to give the counter position to the top laner. One side can wait and see the opponent's choices and decide which system to choose.
Either choose a hero from the menu, or choose a hero from the group.
Because of the existence of Tsar + Leopard Girl + Lucian, the top lane can no longer deal damage, and can only choose tank tanks.
Relatively speaking, Poppy can restrain Blind Sin and Thresh, which is better than Big Tree.
"Let's touch it!"
After the selection, Chen Lang said loudly.
JackeyLove and others had expectant smiles on their faces.
Lineups for both sides:
The blue side SKT, top laner Poppy, jungler Leopard, mid laner Tsar, bottom lane Lucian + Tahm.
Red side CP, top laner Crocodile, jungler blind monk, mid laner Syndra, bottom laner Lud Levin + Thresh.
Chen Lang and others thought that Wolf would choose a soft assistant like Nami, but they didn't expect that they chose Tam in the end.
SKT's lineup output is enough, Tahm Kench can play a protective role, Xiaotian's Lee Sin is more difficult to use, Tahm Kench can eat teammates to protect.
This lineup can be used both offensively and defensively, very smoothly.
CP's lineup is more offensive. Crocodile and Blind Sin are both more active heroes, and Draven and Thresh's bottom lane are destined to always look for opportunities to fight with each other.
In this game, Xiaotian will definitely be in the bottom lane more than in previous games.
There is no way, the selection of Draven shows something.
"666, I saw Draven~"
"JackeyLove has to prove himself and won't overthrow SKT this time!"
"Bang is very strong? I don't believe he can block Draven's axe!"
"Brother Draven's unique skill is online!"
"I just like to watch Draven in Ah Shui, it's so pleasing to the eye~"
When CP took out Draven with his last hand, the whole audience burst into warm cheers.
Even Guan Zeyuan and other commentators laughed in amazement.
Soon, the scene sounded stronger than before.
Because, as soon as the game started, blood was born!
After the two sides entered the game, they began to seize the field of vision in the jungle. Because of Draven, CP's desire to attack was stronger.
lqs' Thresh saw Wolf's Tahm Kench dangling in front of them, and he directly flashed Q [Death Sentence].
Wolf was also startled, and he subconsciously used flash to avoid the hook.
Two yellow lights flashed, and the flashing sound of tearing apart the space appeared at the same time.
However, wolf was still hooked!
The location where lqs's hook landed was surprisingly the location where Wolf Tam flashed, not the location where he was standing before!
After wolf was hooked, lqs flew directly over and weakened him. JackeyLove and others pursued him from behind, killing wolf directly and taking first blood.
SKT does not dare to take over the team. Their early combat capabilities are weaker and they have no control.
Unless Duke's Poppy learns E at level one, the effect of learning E is not great. He has to hit the wall to gain control, otherwise it only has the effect of knocking him back.
Moreover, if Duke learns E, he won't need to fight in the first two levels of laning, and he will definitely be crushed by the crocodile.
