After CP defeated AHQ, its record led the Group C standings.
After EDG experienced their first defeat, the second game did not disappoint. They defeated C9 and brought the record to 1-1, retaining the chance to qualify.
RNG's record is the same as CP's 2-0, but they will have one more game soon, which is also the last opponent SSG in the first round of Group D.
The group stage is a single-group round-robin competition, which means there are two rounds of BO1 and you need to play against the teams in the group.
RNG plays SSG, this is the end of the first round.
At present, the situation in the 4 groups is relatively obvious.
Ranking first in Group A is ROX, with a 3-0 victory record.
Group B is SKT, 2-0, missing EDG.
In Group C, CP is far ahead 2-0, leaving old rival H2K to play.
By the way, last year Chen Lang was also in the same group as Ryu, and the two played against each other~
RYU has always remembered the shame of last year. This year, when he learned that he was in a group with Chen Lang again, he felt happy and sad.
I'm happy because I have the opportunity to avenge last year's solo kill, but I'm sad because of CP's strong strength.
Even if he can single-kill Chen Lang online, it's hard for him to be optimistic about the outcome of the game.
Comparing the two teams together, to be honest, the difference in strength is indeed quite big.
RYU played in the LCK in the early years, and naturally knows the training and strength of the LCK players!
When he came to Europe, he discovered that not only were the wages here high, but the players were not very strong and the competition was low.
Regardless of the strength of the team, the individual strength of European players cannot be compared with that of the LCK!
When he played against Chen Lang last year, he even felt greater pressure from the LCK mid laners!
If he was asked to describe it, it was the tribulation used by Chen Lang in that game that made him feel the dominance that the fledgling Faker gave him in the double tribulation battle during the S3 period!
No, it's even more terrifying!
Although the fakers of that period were very strong, they were only strong at the operational level.
Chen Lang can put huge pressure on him from the line, the operation of the army line and the intensity of roaming. These are the pressures that the young faker cannot put on him.
Even though Chen Lang is known to be very strong, RYU himself is also a very arrogant person, otherwise he would not have been the number one mid laner in the LCK back then!
Today, the daylight flies by. When he fought with Chen Lang last year, Chen Lang chose robbery, which was tantamount to opening his wound.
Therefore, after losing, he returned to the LEC division. He was no longer confused, but started training hard, just to return to the World Championship, and then take revenge on Chen Lang and Faker!
As for whether he can meet these two people in the World Championship, he is not worried.
He believes in the strength of Chen Lang and Faker, and also believes that they can go to the World Championships.
All RYU has to do is ensure that they can make it to the World Championships.
Before CP played H2K, RNG first played against SSG.
Before the game, RNG fans were very "arrogant" and they felt that the game was already won.
The audience of LPL has also begun to expand.
There is no way, there is indeed evidence that RNG is stronger than SSG!
First of all, both teams played against TSM. TSM brutally beat SSG and pushed the game like a human machine. SSG was beaten to the point where it couldn't hold its head up.
Then there was the battle between RNG and TSM. TSM had a slight advantage in the early stage, but RNG soon found an opportunity and overtook the situation.
Since then, RNG has not given TSM any chance. They ended the game steadily and had a clear advantage.
Comparing these two, no one will think that RNG cannot beat SSG!
"Wait for a 3-0~"
"RNG will be 3-0 earlier than CP. I hope both teams can qualify first in the group. As for EDG, just let it happen!"
"SSG was killed by North American Laobi, and UZI once killed North American Laobi. Do you need to think too much?"
"SSG is indeed not very strong. RNG is not difficult. The first round will be simpler and they will qualify 3-0. I am optimistic that both RNG and CP will qualify first in the group!"
"To be honest, I think RNG's condition has improved visibly since they came to the World Championship. Their tacit understanding and strength in the World Championship are far better than in the playoffs."
"EDG's kind of performance makes me feel like I'm going to lose every game. I feel like they are good at fighting internal wars, but not so good at fighting foreign wars~"
The mainstream people on the Internet are praising RNG and CP, while RNG fans are secretly belittling EDG.
EDG fans are also very helpless, mainly because their record makes them unable to raise their heads.
It's 1-1 now, and SKT has yet to play. It's more difficult to beat them.
The main reason is that if you lose against a FW that shouldn't lose, it will be very hurtful.
According to netizens' speculation, EDG may have to play in the playoffs unless they can win all the subsequent games.
The competition between RNG and SSG can also be regarded as a relatively popular and highly watched event.
Because these two represent the confrontation between LPL and LCK, this is also the first confrontation between LPL and LCK so far!
For the viewers in each other's competition areas, we are the biggest competitors.
Before the game, most people believed that the LPL and LCK would reach the end, and champions would be produced in these two divisions.
There is indeed a certain gap between the strength of European and American teams and these two divisions. Because the LPL won all the championships in last year's events, it is the first division, while the LCK is the second division.
After all, they have repeatedly reached the finals and won second place.
...
"Hello everyone, I am Doll."
"I'm Miller."
"Today is the match between RNG and SSG." Watou said with a smile on his face: "Currently RNG leads Group D 2-0, while SSG leads 1-1. This match is crucial for both sides."
"Yes." Miller replied: "If RNG can win the game, then they will enter the second round of the group stage with 3-0 points, and there is a high probability of qualifying as the first in the group!"
"If SSG loses this game again, they will most likely face a problem, that is, the qualifying situation in the group will be very serious."
Because TSM defeated SSG, if they lose to RNG again, it will lead to RNG3-0, TSM2-1, SSG1-2,.
In this way, as long as TSM performs normally in the second round, there is a high probability that TSM will join hands with RNG to advance to the top eight, while SSG will face elimination.
"This battle with SSG can be said to be a battle of life and death!" Wawa laughed loudly.
Seeing that the LCK team is facing the fate of elimination, he is still very happy as a member of the LPL.
Even on the commentary desk, he would take pleasure in his misfortune.
Like many LPL viewers, he believes that RNG has a better chance of winning than SSG.
While the two were explaining, both sides entered BP mode.
...
"SSG has to work hard!"
"Please be sure to win the game!"
The LPL commentary was relaxed and comfortable, while the LCK commentary was much more emotional.
If SSG can't qualify, the fun will be great.
South Korea is a small country, and the domestic e-sports industry is very standardized. They are not as good as other countries in large-scale events, so industries that can compete in any field will vigorously develop in order to defeat each other.
In the two years of S3 and S4, LCK became the number one division in the world and was also recognized as the strongest country in playing LOL.
This has made Koreans happy for two years. They talk nonsense in the LOL circle and think they are the strongest in the world!
However, S5 is not very friendly to them.
SKT first lost in MSI, but then won the World Championship and advanced to the finals. This gave them hope of the rise of LCK!
All because SKT is too strong!
After experiencing the failure of MSI, SKT achieved nirvana in the summer split. The team's status improved again, and faker also came out of the slump, making everyone seem to have seen him in S3!
High-spirited!
As a result, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, and CP also entered the finals with a complete victory!
SKT failed again.
Before the finals, LCK viewers felt that SKT was stable.
As a result, they were defeated by CP in the finals. They failed to continue their previous glory and were relegated to the second division.
It’s not that SKT is not strong, it’s just that CP is indeed too strong.
Even proud Koreans have to admit the strong strength of CP.
Fortunately, in the S6 season, Little Peanut left CP and joined ROX, and ROX performed strongly in the new season. Although they lost to SKT and finished second in the spring split, they won the championship in the summer split.
The departure of Little Peanut has caused CP's strength to decline. Even though CP's results this year are still outstanding, judging from the performance of MSI, CP's dominance in the World Championship has obviously declined compared to last year.
This year, the two LCK teams, SKT and ROX, are very powerful. In the eyes of the LCCK audience, both teams have a chance to defeat CP and win the championship!
These two teams are currently performing very well in the group stage, but the third seed SSG looks worse, but they also hope that SSG can break through, instead of failing to qualify in the group stage.
Otherwise, the LCK will lose face!
Even if they no longer like SSG, the LCK audience does not want SSG to fall in love with SSG and be eliminated in the group stage. This is a sense of honor for the division, and it can also be said to be a sense of national pride!
"When playing RNG, you must target their bottom lane." The LCK commentator said plausibly: "Their team's UZI player is very strong. Once he cannot suppress him, he will definitely be a threat in the mid-to-late stage."
"Yeah." Another player nodded and said: "UZI likes to press the line and is easier to catch, but mata is an experienced support, so I don't know if it will be more difficult to catch."
"Mata and looper are very strong." The commentator sighed: "Their joining has made RNG a top team. SSG will face severe challenges today. I hope they can defeat each other!"
...
"RNG banned Viktor, Spider and Rek'Sai, targeting the jungler mlxg!"
"RNG's rhythm is slowly changing to that of SSW. The jungler drives the early rhythm, and then the support will cooperate with the roaming. It's just because UZI is stronger in the lane and Mata's roaming frequency is not that high."
"Victor and Syndra are the mid lane heroes in the current version, and RNG and SSG will ban one each."
"RNG has a multi-core lineup, top laner Jess, jungler Leopard Girl, mid laner Snake Girl, bottom lane policewoman, assistant Nami..." Miller frowned as he looked at RNG's lineup.
Wawa also realized what was wrong: "RNG's lineup needs to be developed so much. How can we fight in the early stage..."
SSG's lineup is top laner Kennen, jungler Scorpion, mid laner Ryze, bottom laner Jhin and Karma.
Compared with RNG's lineup, SSG's lineup is smoother and can be played in the mid-to-late stage. Moreover, Scorpion, as a stable team control, has always been a great threat to the C position before RNG Mercury was established.
"Unless RNG can avoid fighting and develop in the early stage, this team will not be able to fight..."
"This lineup is a bit tough, to be honest." Miller said bluntly.
The doll has no choice but to round it up, and it cannot be timid before fighting.
"RNG currently has relatively high points. Maybe they want to try out a new lineup and style of play. SSG is not in particularly good shape. I think they should be able to wait until the later stages."
Miller came back to his senses and nodded quickly: "The lineup is only one aspect, the player's condition and performance are also a key factor. RNG is in very good shape at the moment, and mlxg's Leopard Girl is very fast in the jungle. As long as the Scorpion's development and performance are restricted,
Level, RNG is still very easy to play.”
After he finished speaking, cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
He was really not optimistic about RNG's lineup, but he almost said it directly just now.
As an LPL commentator, if he badmouths RNG before the game even starts, he will definitely be sprayed to pieces.
It would be fine if it were another team, but if it encounters a team with a lot of traffic like RNG, Miller's speech will definitely be enough to make people explode!
Fortunately, the doll helped Miller round it up, and Miller himself woke up in time, so that a large-scale explosion was not caused.
However, despite this, there are also many barrages questioning Miller.
"What does Miller mean? Do you think RNG is going to lose?"
"The fight hasn't even started yet, and you're saying that RNG has lost. Miller, are you the LCK commentator? If you can't speak, just shut up, rubbish!"
"I laughed. Didn't RNG beat SSG in the bottom lane?"
"Miller is so funny. Does this mean he is looking down on RNG? I'm telling you, RNG will win!"
"To be honest, it shouldn't be a problem for RNG to qualify first in the group. It's normal to practice the lineup for the quarterfinals. If this kind of four-core lineup can be played, RNG will definitely be more powerful!"
"I have always said that UZI needs four guarantees and one. Now it has a multi-core lineup, and it also says that there are too many late stages. How can UZI satisfy you?"
At the beginning, both sides are on the road and open jungle routes, and they both know each other.
It wasn't until 5 and a half minutes that the situation changed.
mlxg made the catch in 5 minutes. His Leopard Girl was stuck in the field of vision and walked out from above the first tower in the middle and the wall of the jungle area.
The Q javelin hit Crown's Ryze steadily, but Crown reacted quickly and used a backhand EWQ set of skills to trigger Wind Cavalry to run under the tower and at the same time create a shield, which offset the damage from mlxg Leopard Girl.
Xiaohu's Snake Girl couldn't catch up with the skills, and Snake Girl's own W skill slowdown was restrained by Fengqi. This wave of mlxg's gank failed.
But there is a problem on the bottom lane!
SSG jungler Anzhang took advantage of mlxg's capture, and he chose to capture the bottom lane!
UZI's female police officer couldn't escape death even if she used both of her attacks, she gave out first blood.
Xiaohu and mlxg rushed to the bottom lane to support each other, trying to kill ruler and coreJJ, but unfortunately they failed to kill each other, and mlxg was too aggressive, so he also gave away.
At this point, in less than 6 minutes, RNG started 0-2.
When the barrage saw this, everyone was boiling.
Everyone knows that the RNG lineup itself has to delay the late game, and there must be no problems with the early rhythm.
As a result, now that two kills were directly sent to the front, RNG will become very difficult.
You can only rely on the mid-to-upper to stand up. Jayce is very powerful in the mid-term. If the looper Jayce can stand up in the mid-term, RNG can still fight.
Loope did not disappoint and really stood out.
RNG also stabilized SSG's offense in the disadvantageous game, and everything is developing in a good direction.
Until the baron was refreshed in 20 minutes, both sides made a fuss about the baron.
RNG has no way of picking up the team at this time. What they can do is organize SSG to fight the Baron and delay their development.
SSG's Scorpion and Kennen are both strong team-fighting heroes. Finally, they found an opportunity at 23 minutes, playing RNG in a 1-for-4 wave, and the Baron was also captured by SSG.
Relying on the operation of Dragon Buff, SSG gradually widened the economic gap between the two parties.
The situation was officially over. In the final 30-minute team battle in the jungle, Leader An's Scorpion gained a lot of skills. Although RNG killed Leader An, the team battle collapsed and RNG died in the jungle.
The remaining people replenish their remaining health and then defend the tower.
Mata's Nami opened a good team, but RNG's output was limited, and cuVee's Kenan Silk escaped again.
Uzi and Xiaohu were both killed, and RNG was left with only one auxiliary mata, unable to defend the tower.
32 minutes, the game is over.
SSG defeated RNG!
Miller sighed: "No way, no way. Congratulations to SSG for winning this focused battle."
"But it doesn't matter for RNG. We had 2 wins and one loss in the first round of the group stage, which was a very good start."
...
"Wow, this Karma's shield is so disgusting!"
"It was this shield that saved people in several waves, but it was just a little bit close!!!"
"RNG's midfielder and jungler were suppressed too hard. Crown and An, the pair of midfielders and junglers, performed extremely well in this game!"
"Scorpion's damage is really high. It's so powerful to pull one person into a group with no solution for its ultimate move."
"RNG underestimated the enemy. SSG is not as bad as expected. Their state has improved a lot. Now the three in Group D are 2-1!"
At the end of the game, the barrage was also complaining about the situation of the game.
Among them, many people began to criticize RNG's BP with the benefit of hindsight.
If the lineup wasn't so hellish, they felt they had a chance to win this round!
However, too many cores needed to be developed, resulting in insufficient RNG output, and the early team battles were very weak, causing them to miss opportunities.
But for RNG fans, it is not unacceptable. Miller is right. It started 2-1 and the qualifying situation is very good.
The most important point is that everyone felt that RNG was training their lineup in this game, and losing was not so unacceptable.
Immediately afterwards, the competition between CP and H2K began.
RYU and Brother Lang face off again!
The commentators for this scene are Guan Zeyuan, Wawa and Remember.
"RYU has met the second enemy in life~" the doll joked.
"Second, who is first?" Guan Zeyuan asked teasingly with a crooked smile.
Remember to say: "Who else could it be? A battle between two calamities!"
"Why isn't this game cool yet?" The doll raised his voice.
The ridicule of several people caused the comments in the live broadcast room to follow the trend and make jokes.
Because of this, RYU has become the most popular player in North America.
Not only in North America, but also in the world, he is the second most popular professional player after Faker...
Well, although everyone has been making fun of RYU, it has indeed made him famous.
"Do you think this Brother Lang will still play robbery?" Wawa said with a suppressed laugh.
Remember to say seriously: "Probably not."
"This World Championship is not like last year. The heroes appearing in the middle are relatively fixed. Assassins are not strong in the current version."
Last year in the World Championship, Riven, Olaf and even Juggernaut could be included in the mid lane, but this year there are many fixed heroes in the mid lane.
Basically, it's Syndra, Snake, Ryze, Vampire, etc., and maybe Karma and Lulu who are swinging in the middle.
These are all mages, only there are no assassins.
"I can't say for sure." Guan Zeyuan said with a smile: "Last year Jie was not a regular hero, so Brother Lang chose it anyway~"
...
After BP ends, CP chooses first on the blue side.
"Brother Lang, I'll give you a counter position on this one?" JackeyLove said with a smile.
Chen Lang asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"Let me play robbery for you~"
"You are so bad!" Xiaotian angrily scolded JackeyLove.
"Brother Lang is not that kind of person, how could he do such a heartbreaking thing!"
"That's right..." Chen Lang just nodded, and then he saw Xiaotian laughing and helping Chen Lang rob.
"You're not, but I am!"
"..."
"Nice." lqs couldn't help laughing.
"????"
"What's the meaning?"
"Are you looking down on me?"
"RYU, lang, this is provoking you!" The RYU team members were dumbfounded when they saw CP's selection.
This is so arrogant!
Forget it if you choose to rob, let’s still rob!
How disrespectful is this?
When the assassins can't even come to the scene, a robbery is either a sign of absolute self-confidence or a sign of contempt for other people's performance!
H2K was very angry, but the audience was extremely happy!
Everyone knows the story that RYU and Zed have to tell.
The moment CP chooses Zed, the game becomes full of fun and topics.
All members of H2K have a strong desire to defeat CP.
Guan Zeyuan and the three commentators also laughed out loud when they saw this scene.
"Brother Lang..."
"It does cause trouble."
"I have to say that Brother Lang can bring us joy in the World Championship and let us see the whole life." Wawa breathed a sigh of relief.
If Chen Lang were to know what everyone was thinking, he would definitely feel that he was being wronged.
It’s really not me who’s causing trouble, it’s my teammates, hey!
I really shouldn’t be asked to shoulder this responsibility!
The lineups of both sides were quickly determined.
Except for CP's jump in the middle, the rest of the positions are normal.
Kennen in the top lane, blind monk in the jungle, robbery in the middle lane, Jhin and Niutou in the bottom lane.
H2K, top lane Rambo, jungle scorpion, mid lane vampire, bottom lane EZ and Karma.
