Chapter 450 There is only one single seedling left in an instant!
The match between SKT and EDG attracted a lot of attention.
EDG did not disappoint, losing to SKT again.
This is also the third time EDG has lost to SKT since MSI.
The two teams were in the same group in last year's group stage, and EDG had no match against SKT twice. The image of pawn's card being full of health and being wiped out instantly by faker Ryze's flash is still vivid in my mind.
It also created another famous scene in the Faker World Championship.
Not every player can make such a confident move, flashing an enemy with full health in seconds. This requires not only operation, but also advanced awareness and courage!
There is a lot of pressure to play a game, let alone a game that is watched by the whole world!
That kind of pressure is like Mount Tai pressing on you, making players feel tremendous pressure.
The group stage of Group A starts first. ROX is basically the same as CP. Outsiders believe that they have secured the first place in the group, and the other teams compete for second place.
A huge upset that surprised everyone occurred on the first day.
The second qualifying spot is not the first seed G2 of the LEC, nor the second seed CLG of North America, but the wild card team ANX!
This is the big brother from Russia, and this is also the first time a wild card has broken through the quarterfinals!
ANX allows the audience to see the fun of the game, and it is no longer a monotonous hero.
They chose a variety of routines, and the whole thing was a happy game.
If we treat the game as a ranking benchmark, ANX is just like matching.
They like to use a variety of heroes on the field, and are not limited to version heroes like other teams.
They even defeated ROX tiger!
ANX's outstanding performance won them a lot of applause, and many viewers were infected by their gaming spirit.
Both teams have a record of 4-2. ROX tiger and ANX played an extra game to decide who will qualify first in the group!
For a wild card team to achieve such a record is enough to amaze everyone.
At this moment, whether ANX succeeds or fails, they are considered successful.
Unfortunately, ROX tiger's hard power is stronger than ANX. In the end, ROX tiger qualified first in Group A, while ANX was second in the group.
ANX broke many viewers' impressions of the wild card division. Last year, Thailand's Bangkok Giants staged the "Asian Bundle" in the group stage and became a joke.
It also makes many people think that if you find five kings and passers-by on the server in any competition region and form a team, they will be better than them. Everyone's evaluation of the wild card division is that the team is very weak, even inferior to the passers-by.
Also from a wild card background, ANX’s qualification is even more rare.
ANX's qualifying also gave those teams in the wild card division a boost of confidence.
Who said wild cards can't beat the four major conferences?
Then came Group B, EDG did not disappoint.
Except for SKT, they defeated all their opponents in the second round.
Facing FW again, they did not lose the game and safely qualified as second in the group.
It is worth mentioning that EDG adopted a mid lane rotation, with pawn and scout taking turns to play.
In the view of EDG management, Scout is a newcomer after all. It is his first time to play in the World Championship, so his experience and mentality will be affected, and he is not as stable as Pawn.
The outcome of Group C has been decided.
CP lived up to everyone's expectations, qualifying first in the group, followed by H2K in second place.
All I can say is that RYU has a chance to meet SKT~
Finally there is Group D.
RNG entered the second round with a 2-1 score.
Although they lost to SSG, everyone is still optimistic that RNG can take the top spot.
After all, losing to SSG was just an "experimental lineup" and "underestimating the enemy." Once RNG gets serious, no one in Group D can stop them.
However, the facts dealt a heavy blow to everyone. RNG's performance in the second round was stumbling and did not meet everyone's expectations.
On the contrary, it was SSG that stood out. The more they played, the better they got.
Even on the verge of being eliminated, they faced TSM again. Despite their huge early disadvantage, they withstood the pressure and looked for opportunities to kill their senior brother, seizing the slightest chance of a comeback.
In the second round against RNG, the game ended in only 23 minutes.
The head-to-head ratio was 13-3. It can be said that the situation was one-sided and completely bloody!
This battle tore apart RNG's banner and allowed many fans to break their defense.
LPL viewers can't understand why RNG performed so poorly in the second round of the group stage!
At this point, many viewers started to complain.
"Look down on your opponents and test the lineup?"
"Second EDG?"
"Don't criticize me, Guodian. Isn't Guodian better than RNG? Guodian finally fought back after losing to FW, and RNG fought back after losing to Samsung?"
"I laughed. Huang Za loves to round up pigs and rescue dogs. Can this also involve the factory director and EDG?"
"Is this UZI? Is this the first bot lane combination in LPL? UZI+mata, a joke!"
"It's okay, we can target S7, RNG will never give up!!!"
SSG finally ranked first in the group with a record of 5-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals!
At this point, all LCK teams advanced as the first in their groups, which also shocked the world.
This can completely show the gap in the overall hard power of the competition area!
For LPL, there is only one No. 1 seed in CP, while LCK has three No. 1 seeds, which reflects the difference in the overall competitiveness of the division.
In particular, both EDG and RNG lost the two LCK teams.
Doesn’t this mean that the LCK team is stronger than the LPL?
CP is strong, perhaps just because one team is strong, but it does not represent that the entire LPL is strong!
This situation made the LPL audience feel mixed, while the LCK audience was in high spirits.
They feel that SKT, ROX Tiger and SSG have proven that they are the number one division in the world!
And this time, the three No. 1 seeds also gave LCK viewers another hope of winning this year!
No matter how strong the CP is, can it be done in a row?
European and American teams are the same as in previous years, the groups that can qualify will not meet the LPL and LCK.
Although RNG was disappointing, they still defeated TSM in the final battle of life and death and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals as the second place in the group.
At this point, all the top eight teams have been produced.
Then, the drawing of lots began.
...
"The lottery has begun!!!"
Far away in China on the other side of the ocean, Chen Yao was sitting at home with her parents. They turned on the TV and connected to their wife to watch the lottery ceremony in real time.
"In their drawing of lots, the first place in the group will not be drawn against the first place in another group, but will compete with the second place in the group." Chen Yao analyzed the lottery situation to her parents.
"So, there is a high probability that they will start a civil war."
"Civil war?" Xu Juan asked doubtfully.
Chen Jun on the side explained lightly: "It means playing against the teams in their own division."
"Yes!" Chen Yao clenched her right hand into a fist and punched her left hand fiercely.
"So, bro, they have a very high chance of advancing! They often play against each other in China, and the other two teams are not their opponents at all. I think it depends on which team the top four will face!"
As he spoke, Chen Yao's beautiful eyes began to become nervous.
In her opinion, except for SSG, the other two opponents, ROX tiger and SKT, are not easy to deal with.
Moreover, CP is destined to be in the same half zone as one of these three teams, and she is praying in her heart to meet SSG.
No way, this persimmon is the softest~
...
"SKT came out first!"
The person who drew the lottery was a well-known North American player. He is personally known as Draven's unique skill brother, and he even has a Draven pattern tattooed on his arm.
He took out a ball from the lottery pool, and when he opened it, it showed a red target with wings - SKT!
SKT's label automatically moves to the upper left.
Then came the second team.
The first team to be drawn is the first seed in the group stage, and also represents the half of the region they are in.
The second one to appear is SSG.
The LPL audience lamented for a while, and the barrage was also in tears.
This means that SKT will be in the same half zone as SSG.
If they can enter the semi-finals, the two teams will fight!
And this means that the remaining two No. 1 seeds are in the bottom half.
They are CP and ROX tiger respectively.
LPL viewers, like Chen Yao, are praying that CP can be in the same half zone as SSG.
Because the chances of promotion are much higher this way.
SSG is much weaker than ROX tiger and SKT.
No surprise, ROX tiger and CP appear in the upper right corner and lower right corner respectively.
"Please, stop the civil war!"
"To be fair, no matter which team in the LPL wants to win the championship, it will face a huge test. Not only SKT and ROX, but also CP, they are all [dad]-level teams!"
"That's fine. I hope both sides of the LPL win, and then the top four will encircle CK and have a civil war in the finals!"
"That being said, it seems like drawing lots is okay~"
"Don't have a civil war, otherwise you will waste a spot. You can play any team!!"
There was also a lot of discussion on the barrage, and most viewers hoped that there would be no civil war.
"The following is the second round draw, all teams are from the second seed pool." Miller said.
"The same group will still not meet. For example, SKT will not meet EDG because these two teams are in the same group in the group stage."
"SKT's opponent is..."
The draw ball slowly opened and a yellow team logo appeared.
"RNG!"
"SKT beats RNG!"
"..."
RNG fans are not happy, they don't want to meet SKT.
However, in comparison, this seems to be the best choice.
Otherwise, playing against ROX Tiger is almost the same, playing against CP is a civil war, and SSG has no choice~
"It's broken, the stains have been mailed!"
"I feel like I have a chance of winning! Xiaohu is stable in the lane, looper in the top lane is better than smeb, Uzi + Mata in the bottom lane are not beating Bang and Wolf!?"
"Win!"
"Okay, okay, it's not a civil war~"
Then, SSG's opponent appeared, H2K.
"In this way, EDG will be in the bottom half."
Guan Zeyuan smiled and said: "There is a 50% chance of civil war."
"It can't be said that there is a half chance of civil war." Miller smiled.
Guan Zeyuan reacted immediately, and then laughed and said: "Yes, ROX and ANX are the same team, so ANG can only meet CP, EDG and ROX Tiger are together!"
The commentators and the audience were very excited, and the surprised smiles on Miller and the doll's faces could not be concealed.
ANX's eldest brother had a grimace on his face.
This is hard to bear.
They faced the top two teams in the world.
Play second in the group stage and play first in the quarterfinals.
How to play this?
God doesn’t give me a way to survive!
After a brief moment of shock and discouragement, the ANX team members clasped their hands together and encouraged each other: "We have advanced from the breakout round to the group stage, and no one has taken us seriously."
"Now that we are in the quarterfinals, I will not give up!"
"Will you give up?"
"No!" everyone shouted loudly.
"Then let us create miracles again!"
"We were defeated by the second best player in the world, so what if we were the first in the world!?"
Following the assistant's heroic words, the ANX team members felt infinite strength in their hearts, and they looked at Chen Lang and others again with eyes full of fighting spirit.
As a wild card team, ANX was not favored all the way, but they finally made it to the quarterfinals.
Although CP is very strong, if you want them to give up, it's not enough!
After the draw, Miller smiled and said frankly: "This draw is the best draw for us!"
"Avoiding the civil war perfectly, everyone faces each other in the quarterfinals, and at the same time, LCK and LPL face off against each other!"
Wawa smiled and said, "Yes, and they are all old rivals."
"RNG and SKT, EDG and ROX tiger."
The value of this old rival is not the team, but the players on the team.
RNG has UZI, who has played against faker as early as S3, and now the two meet again in the World Championship, a duel after three years!
Rox Tiger has Xiao Peanut. Last year, Factory Director and Xiao Peanut played many games in the LPL, and they are also familiar opponents.
This encounter between the two parties can be regarded as a brief "revenge round".
UZI seeks revenge from Faker, and the factory director seeks revenge from Peanut.
In contrast, the confrontation between the other two teams was not as exciting as these two teams.
After the draw, each team sent a player to represent the team on stage. Chen Lang shook hands with the ANX assistant as a friendly gesture.
This assistant has long hair, and during the game, many viewers thought she was a big girl...
After stepping down, members of the RNG and EDG teams met and chatted. Their true inner feelings were unknown.
But everyone kept a forced smile on their faces.
The factory director was extremely unhappy. He most wanted to meet SSG, but instead he met ROX Tiger, the strongest player in the LCK.
At this time, UZI stepped forward and said to the factory director with a smile: "You are playing ROX Tiger, and we are playing SKT. It is really difficult!"
"But this lottery is not bad. Let's work hard together and strive to enter the semi-finals together!"
For RNG, playing SKT is a good pick.
After all, compared to ROX Tiger, SKT is only the second seed, and ROX Tiger's style is very similar to CP, which is more restrained against RNG.
SKT's top laner duke is far less oppressive than smeb, and with the bottom lane combination of bang+wolf, UZI is confident that it can handle it.
"Yeah, I'm not very lucky." Changmao showed a forced smile.
The two sides had a brief meeting, and then the factory director walked to the other side to find lqs.
When he turned his head, the corners of his smiling mouth suddenly closed up, and his face changed so quickly that it was shocking.
After the factory director closed his mouth, he sneered and softly uttered two words.
"Shabi."
This scene happened to be captured by the camera.
...
The quarterfinals begin on October 14th.
The competition venue was moved from San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium to the Chicago Theater.
Everyone has 4 days of rest.
In other words, each team really doesn’t have much training time left!
The teams competing in the first quarterfinals are ROX tiger and EDG.
The remaining six teams had one extra day of training time due to their schedule.
Teams in the quarter-finals will not choose to practice with teams in the same half, they will choose teams in the bottom half to play training matches.
This can avoid the leakage of tactics. After all, as they are in the same half of the division, if they can win the game, they can meet in the semi-finals.
At this time, the preservation strategy is one of the best options.
At that time, you can catch your opponent off guard, so that your BP and tactics will not be leaked, and you will be more passive on the field.
During this time, all teams are very busy.
Not just players, but coaches and analysts as well.
Even those who order takeout are busy. After all, everyone is discussing tactics and strategies all the time, and the frequency of ordering takeout is also much higher.
CP is relatively better. After all, the opponent is ANX, which is also the weakest team in the quarterfinals on paper.
EDG and RNG are crazy busy. Their opponents are very strong. They are also the top two teams in the LCK. They are at the forefront of the world rankings and are higher than them!
...
Time flies by and the day of the competition soon arrives.
When EDG came on stage, the response from the audience was okay.
But when it was ROX tiger's turn to take the field, the cheers instantly became much louder.
This shows the difference in popularity between the two teams during the World Championship.
In the North American region, ROX is obviously more popular.
This is also different from the team style. SSG is the least popular, even not as popular as ANX.
Everyone likes teams that have an aggressive style and like to fight.
ROX is obviously a tiger-type team, especially the little peanut in the team is a star player.
Last year, I won a championship with CP in the World Championship, and this year I will challenge for the championship again.
The remaining four players in the team are also old faces from last year. They experienced a failure and did not get down, but got up again!
EDG is not bad, but its popularity is still not as good as ROX.
This competition, the commentator is Guan Zeyuan and remember.
Another guest explained that it is PDD of reverse smoking!
"EDG's starting midfielder is scout and koro1!" Guan Zeyuan was a little surprised when he saw EDG's starting lineup.
"This is a bit risky, there are too many team members changes." I remember saying worriedly.
PDD first agreed with the issue of substitutions in this important game, which will test the players' ability to withstand pressure.
If you lose the first game and make substitutions, it will not only hurt the confidence of the players, but also put huge pressure on the players who appear later.
After all, I came on the court despite losing a game, so my mentality is indeed not as good as starting with a draw.
Furthermore, if it comes to a life and death battle, the pressure will be even greater.
It may be more stressful than the previous players.
The first game is a life-and-death game. This is not only a way to practice stress resistance, but also a way to build a big heart!
PDD also rounded things up: "It is also good for koro1 to play. At least he has not played many times this season, and the opponent does not have enough information about him."
"The opponent is unknown to him. ROX's top laner smeb is the absolute core, and ROX will also do BP around him!"
BP starts.
"ROX banned Poppy to prevent koro1 from using it. ROX thinks koro1 might use this hero."
PDD nodded and said: "Yes, EDG banned Jhin. This is to pray for the bottom lane."
"EDG hopes that deft in the bottom lane can play an advantage, which can increase the chance of victory. After all, this is his hero with the highest winning rate."
ROX banned Excavator, Poppy, and Syndra.
EDG banned Spider, Leopard Girl, and Jhin.
The first two are jungle heroes, and they are both heroes that Xiaohuatuan is very good at. Obviously, they want to weaken Xiaohuatana's rhythm ability in the jungle.
"ROX grabs the policewoman!"
Guan Zeyuan spoke at this time: "Pray has the most choices of three heroes this season, policewoman, Ashe and Jhin."
"Jhin has been banned. After Ashe is weakened, she will be gradually replaced by EZ. If only the policewoman is left, ROX will definitely help Pray grab it."
PDD said: "When Pray beat the policewoman before, some of the operations were very detailed. It was indeed a very powerful hero."
Guan Zeyuan said: "In addition, in this World Championship, the policewoman is in the bottom lane with a long-handed support, such as a hero like Karma, and the lane is basically invulnerable, which is very scary."
ROX picked the policewoman on the first floor, and EDG backhandedly picked Ryze and Olaf.
Then, Xiaohuahua showed off his blind monk, with Zyra as his assistant.
ROX lineup, top laner Jayce, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Dragon King, bottom laner Policewoman and Zyra.
The EDG lineup consists of top laner Rambo, jungler Olaf, mid laner Ryze, bottom laner EZ and Karma.
From the beginning of the laning phase, all three lines of ROX have small advantages.
On the road, smeb's Jess flashed forward and knocked back koro1's Rambo. Peanut flashed and touched the eyes to kill Rambo instantly.
At the same time, the bottom lane director and scout are preparing to jump over the tower to kill the ROX bottom lane duo.
As a result, Olaf, the director of the factory, stepped on the policewoman's trap but did not use his ultimate move immediately. He was beaten in vain before he used his ultimate move and ran away, causing the policewoman who was being prayed to flash A and die.
Although the ROX bottom lane duo was eventually killed, it took a long time before ROX mid laner Kuro came to support and killed the support Meiko.
After this wave of rhythm, it will basically be a solo show by Xiaoxiang Peanut and Smeb.
The two of them directly defeated EDG's top jungler. Koro1's top laner Rambo was caught and couldn't take care of himself.
When one of the rhythms was played back, the camera was on Little Peanut.
Everyone looked at this boy with flowing silver hair and thought he was extremely handsome.
The little peanut has indeed grown a lot.
The first game completely suppressed the factory director, which was also an important reason for their victory.
In two consecutive games, EDG was beaten and beaten, and the situation was one-sided.
EDG fans are already desperate, and LPL viewers watching the game are angry.
All the anger was directed at the factory director.
"I have no control over the resources when arresting people. I go shopping in a group~"
"I will prove to the world that I am the best jungler in the world, haha!"
"I'm laughing so hard. The factory director can do this job better than anyone else!"
"Olav's skill, he can jump over towers in the bottom lane without opening too much, and then launch a death escape. You really are the factory director!"
"In the last wave, the factory director was still eating F4 in the jungle. I saw Little Peanut flash and touch his eyes and kick people to death in front of EDG's incisor tower. It was really satisfying!"
"The factory director is really embarrassed. He has been in the top eight every year. Will he still pursue his dream next year?"
"Experts in civil wars, EDG outsiders in foreign wars!"
When ROX won 2-0, EDG still made no substitutions.
They won the third game.
However, they were beaten again in the fourth game. At the same time, Factory Director's blind monk performed too poorly. Compared with Peanut's previous blind monk, it was a world of difference.
At the end of the game, the director's blind monk output was only 4396.
The barrage in the live broadcast room is filled with the number 4396, which has also become the factory director’s personal symbol.
At this point, EDG's S6 journey came to an end and was eliminated by ROX3--!
The next day, the game between SKT and RNG came next.
After experiencing EDG's defeat, everyone has very high expectations for RNG and cheers for them desperately.
In the first game, RNG was impressive, once suppressing SKT and winning the game.
The top laner looper played too well, suppressing Duke in the lane, and was more useful than the opponent in team fights.
Unlike yesterday's EDG game, the first game was disappointing.
RNG defeated SKT in the first game, igniting the hope of winning among all the viewers!
In the second game, SKT replaced jungler Blank, and Bengi was replaced.
SKT picked up the pace in the early stages of this game. In the end, the two sides fought fiercely for 43 minutes, and SKT pulled the score back to 1:1.
In the next two games, SKT won the game with a big advantage.
And there was a famous scene in the game.
UZI was replaced by hero education.
EZ kills Jhin, Jhin kills EZ.
So far, three LPL teams have entered the quarterfinals, two have been eliminated, leaving only one CP team!
The LPL audience's mentality of watching the game for two consecutive days was shattered.
CP is the last lone seedling of LPL!
"UZI, stop bragging from now on. You are the world's number one AD. The series was completely destroyed by bang!"
"Dog-beating stick!"
"Bang is so strong. He caught four and killed one of them, a little tiger. It's really awesome!"
"Mata actor, Windspeaker Zyra, aren't you afraid that RNG won't lose the game?"
"Yes, Mata is too cool. If the two sides switch support, SKT will lose!"
"Xiaohu can't do it either. The faker was completely destroyed in the middle, and the looper started to mix up, otherwise RNG would have won."
"Han Yuan is really unreliable. She will start performing as soon as the World Championships arrive. Strongly boycott!!!"
The audience's anger was vented against RNG and EDG. Because of mata's "actor" issue, even Han Yuan was criticized by LPL netizens.
On the third day, SSG defeated H2K and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the end, only the game between CP and ANX was left.
