Discussions about the LCK first division have been raised again.
"To be honest, the LCK is really strong. All three teams have reached the semi-finals. It's terrible!"
“Isn’t this the LCK Autumn Split?”
"I hope CP can work hard and hold on~"
"This schedule is not friendly to CP, and in order to win this championship, the three LCK teams united and did not play training games at all!"
"Really? This is so disgusting!!!"
“Haven’t Koreans always been like this?”
According to media reports, the top four teams in the LCK division met this time, and they unanimously decided not to play against CP in training matches for the sake of final results, but to retain the tactics and hero system.
This is huge bad news for CP.
After all, during a week's rest, the players need to rely on training games to maintain their touch.
Not being able to make an appointment for a training match at this time is a fatal flaw for a team that aims to win the championship!
This means that there is no way to maintain the feel through training matches for a week, and at the same time, there is no way to implement new tactics and systems.
"What should I do? I can't get an appointment for a training match."
Hongmi himself is a coach from the LCK. He has some connections in the LCK, but this time he was rejected for training matches.
"There is no way to make an appointment with Little Peanut." Chen Lang frowned tightly: "They will play with us in the next round. It is impossible to make an appointment for a training match at this time. SKT and ROX are already making an appointment, and SSG is not making an appointment with us either.
about."
"How about making an appointment with a domestic team?" JackeyLove proposed a solution.
"It's useless." Chen Lang waved his hand and refused.
"At this point in time, the teams are usually on vacation. RNG and EDG have been eliminated. They are preparing to go back at this time. It is impossible for them to stay in the United States and play training matches with us."
"The teams that can be found are not very strong and cannot make it to the World Championships. You won't be able to achieve anything by training with them."
"There is no solution." Xiaotian sat on the chair with his head lowered and sighed deeply.
"Can we only play ranked to maintain our feel?"
Everyone was silent. The feeling of maintaining my skills in ranked games was much different from those in training games.
Even if training matches are not as serious as games, the effect is far better than ranking.
Everyone you meet in ranked is a monster, and if you play too much in ranked, your game thinking will become more casual, which is not conducive to the game.
The competition is about stability, but the ranking is about showing off as you like, which is completely different.
For professional players, ranking is about practicing heroes or keeping their hands warm, rather than improving their status.
"If it doesn't work, I can only maintain my status in the rankings. As for training, let's play against the second domestic team."
CP also has a youth training system, which is the team in the LSPL.
"If we don't know the opponent's strength, we can practice routines." Chen Lang said.
"I actually have a routine that I think can be practiced and used in the competition as a preparation."
"What's the trick?" Hongmi looked at Chen Lang.
Chen Lang saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, and he said: "The current version of Han Bing has been weakened, but in fact the impact is not big. Han Bing does not rely heavily on the slowdown and damage of the W skill. His passive and
The ultimate move is the most critical part!”
"The current version's supports are basically soft supports or output-type supports, such as Zyra and Karma. There are not even pure protection supports like Lulu and Feng Nu."
"This is because of Thunder. It is true that output-type assists paired with Thunder are easier to gain blood volume advantage in lane, which puts great pressure on the ADC."
Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, Chen Lang said: "The AD in the bottom lane is basically the version of the tool player. I think it can be the tool player to the end!"
"What do you mean?" JackeyLove didn't understand what Chen Lang meant.
"The bottom lane is mainly auxiliary, with ADC as the auxiliary!"
"Ah?" JackeyLove was shocked: "Isn't my ADC worthy of taking resources?"
Chen Lang waved his hand: "It's not that the ADC doesn't consume resources, but it means strengthening the protection of assists and allowing output assists to occupy an important position."
"AD ultimate moves like Ice or Verus can be used to start a team. There is no equipment to provide output in the early stage, but it can be paired with auxiliary heroes with explosive output!"
"For example, heroes like Fire Man and Bomberman."
Listening to Chen Lang's words, Hongmi quickly sketched out this lineup in her mind.
It seems that it is indeed possible.
Now when bot lane is facing off, it's not about which side's AD plays well, but which side's auxiliary plays well, then the bot lane will have an advantage.
The role of auxiliary in the early stage is far greater than that of AD. The role of AD is to develop steadily and wait for equipment to take over the game in the later stage.
"You can even be more extreme and choose 3AD!" Chen Lang's eyes burst out with a ray of light.
"We have heroes like Lucian or Airplane in the middle. They are not weak in the laning, and they have a strong voice in the mid-term teamfight. With the female gun as the support, they can make black cuts and create a output environment for us!"
"Black cut female gun?" Xiaotian glanced at Chen Lang doubtfully.
Isn’t this a ranked way of playing?
"Black Cut's passive itself is shared, which means that the whole team can share the armor cutting effect by one player, and the female gun's ultimate move can trigger Black Cut. This is the most critical point."
"As long as the hero Gunslinger uses her ultimate skill well, even without equipment, her output will be pretty good!"
When Hongmi heard this, her eyes suddenly widened.
This solution seems to work indeed!
Chen Lang continued to talk: "So, if Han Bing or Verus's ultimate move hits someone, the female spear or support like Zyra will directly throw it away, and the opponent will die if they don't dodge!"
When lqs and JackeyLove heard this, they looked at each other.
The two work as a bottom lane combination and know the hero's damage and skills very well.
Hearing what Chen Lang said, they subconsciously thought about that scene, and it was indeed true.
The female gun is as big as Zyra's, and has a very wide range, so once it is controlled, it is really not easy to get out, and you can only rely on dodge to hide.
However, it takes 5 minutes of CD to flash, but only 100 seconds for the ultimate move. This gap is huge.
"It's easy to gain an advantage in the lane!" JackeyLove and lqs said.
"Yes." Chen Lang nodded: "So, you need to practice."
"As long as the proficiency of the hero is improved, it will be an advantage when facing off in the bottom lane, which will be of great help to the situation."
"So, our training direction is to practice good routines for heroes, rather than practice rhythm. As long as we have an advantage online, the jungler can set the rhythm no matter what." Chen Lang smiled.
As for the players’ personal status?
Chen Lang believes in his teammates. He doesn't think that a week without training games will cause their condition to drop.
Whether it is TheShy or JackeyLove, Chen Lang has great trust in their personal abilities.
"That's it." Hongmi nodded and immediately contacted the second domestic CP team.
When other clubs have holidays, players will also have holidays.
But at the critical moment in the S game, CP could make the members of the second team work overtime with just one sentence.
At this point, e-sports media around the world are reporting on this matter.
The LCK team did not arrange training matches with the LPL, resulting in CP having no training matches to play.
Many people are mocking the narrow-mindedness of Koreans, but at the same time there is nothing they can do.
After all, the top four and three LCK teams are trying to quarrel with each other. What can you do?
...
The semi-finals are here as promised.
SKT and SSG will play first.
SKT's advantage is very obvious. They quickly won two games and were only one game away from taking away SSG 3-0.
SSG was eliminated with just one goal, and no one expected them to advance to the semi-finals.
However, in desperate situation, SSG did not give up and defeated SKT in the third game, bringing the game to 2-1.
SSG chased two games in a row, dragging the game into a BO5 decider!
The war song sounded on the stage!
No one in the audience expected SSG to be so resilient!
Many spectators switched sides and cheered for SSG. They also wanted to see the first handicap of two to chase three in the S game!
This is also a record!
However, SKT finally defeated SSG and advanced to the finals!
The moment they lost the game, SSG's ADC Ruler sat in a chair and couldn't recover for a long time.
It can be said that his final mistake cost SSG a heavy price.
This year, their World Championship journey ends here.
"Go back." Leader An saw that his brothers were depressed, and as the big brother in the team, he patted everyone on the shoulders.
Looking at the gorgeous lights on the stage, SKT’s celebration after winning the game, and the enthusiastic cheers from the audience, Boss An spoke firmly:
“Next year, we’ll come back!”
...
SKT successfully advanced to the finals. This is also their third time entering the S finals!
Three World Championships, three finals!
SKT also made history.
Moreover, there is another data that is even more terrifying.
That is every world championship that SKT has participated in, they have reached the finals!
IEM, MSI, S tournament...
This is an extremely terrifying achievement and a very glorious honor.
"Next, SKT will be waiting for their opponent, I don't know if it will be ROX or CP!"
"Actually, for SKT, these two are old rivals~"
"Indeed, SKT has played against these two teams quite a lot, and they know each other very well."
“Support CP’s advancement!”
Netizens are cheering for CP.
The match between CP and ROX begins!
"Wanghu, are you nervous?"
In the BP stage, Rat King Pray looked at Little Peanut with a smile.
"I'm quite nervous." Although there was a smile on Little Peanut's face, his voice was more serious than usual.
"This is your chance to beat up your old teammates~" Smeb said with a smile.
Little Peanut shook his head: "They are really powerful, but I'm not very confident that I can beat them."
"We are not weak either." Assistant GORILLA said with a smile.
pray said: "After all, you have been their teammate for a year, and you know their playing style and habits better. We will follow your instructions to play."
"Yeah." Little Peanut nodded.
"If you want to ban someone, ban Syndra."
ROX is discussing BANPICK.
The main thing is that Kuro's Syndra is not particularly good at playing, but Chen Lang's Syndra is amazing, and ROX doesn't dare to let it go.
"Syndra, Ryze and Snake forced him to get the vampire." Kuro said.
"I'll take the Dragon King. The vampire's lane is weak, and the speed of pushing the lane is not good. I can finish pushing the lane and roam around freely, and the vampire can't watch me."
"Okay." Pray agreed with Kuro.
Just as they said, ROX banned three mages, Syndra, Snake, and Ryze.
JackeyLove said with a smile: "Brother Lang, the three mid laners on the opposite side are banning, how afraid of you!"
Xiaotian said: "If the center and jungle linkage is good, you can win the game. The opponent will definitely target Brother Lang!"
ROX doesn't ban the jungler because they think Xiaohuatai can suppress Xiaotian in the jungle, so there is no need to ban him.
CP banned Leopard Girl, Jace and Kenan.
"Smeb's Kennen is quite strong, so I don't give him a chance to perform in team battles." Chen Lang said with a smile.
"ROX will definitely steal the policewoman on the blue side. This is the hero they will definitely choose on the blue side in so many games."
"After banning three of my mages, Kuro probably wants to use a hero who can push the lane quickly, either Karma, Dragon King or Ice Lady, a card-type hero."
Chen Lang analyzed ROX's banners: "They won't fight me in the lane. The strong mid laners in the lane have almost been banned. They will definitely choose roaming mages. I can play the mid lane later and look at them."
How to choose."
As soon as Chen Lang finished speaking, ROX grabbed the policewoman and selected her instantly.
"It's indeed a policewoman!" Miller said.
"ROX just wants to pin Brother Lang to death in the middle, this BP." Guan Zeyuan sighed.
"Policewoman." JackeyLove laughed.
"Then let's teach them a lesson?"
lqs looked at the selection interface and said: "Come on."
JackeyLove and lqs choose Ice and Female Gun instantly!
"???"
"Holy shit, did you choose the wrong one?"
"No, can you choose the wrong person at this time?"
"I chose the wrong cliff, these two ADs were chosen instantly!"
"Can you BP again? This is not the end of the world..."
"It's not a bug or something like that. Rematches are not allowed. CP can only play like this..."
"Holy shit, my mentality is broken. If something like this comes in the first game of BO5, doesn't this mean that the opponent will win?"
The mentality of netizens who were watching the live broadcast instantly exploded.
Commentary seat.
Guan Zeyuan, Miller and Wawa were chatting comfortably about the players and lineups of both sides.
As a result, I suddenly saw the scene where JackeyLove and lqs chose Ice and Female Gun in seconds!
The three of them were dumbfounded.
"this......"
"Is this a slippery mistake?" Miller said in disbelief.
Wawa said: "The auxiliary female gun, this is something I haven't seen for a long time..."
Guan Zeyuan said sarcastically: "Perhaps this is a big move?"
"It doesn't look like it." Wawa said confidently: "How can you use a big move in the first game..."
"Too."
"No matter what, once the hero is determined, it cannot be changed. We can only trust the CP players."
"yes."
The three commentators were a little nervous, but they still cheered CP on the stage.
On the other side, all ROX members were dumbfounded.
They didn't know what others were thinking, but at this time their hearts were very shaken.
"Isn't this the ultimate move we prepared?" Rat King Pray said blankly.
Assistant GORILLA echoed: "Yes, we have hidden the ultimate move for a long time. We were originally planning to use it in adversity. Why did CP take it out???"
Damn it, is there a mole!!?
The ROX people thought this in their hearts.
Then, all four people's eyes fell on the little peanut.
Here, only Little Peanut has anything to do with CP. If there is really a mole, it can only be Little Peanut!
"Brother." Little Peanut also looked confused: "What are you looking at me for?"
"I don't know!"
Looking at Little Peanut's blank eyes, and thinking that everyone has been training together these days, Little Peanut doesn't have time to tell Chen Lang and the others.
Besides, Little Peanut had no reason or motive to do this.
After all, Xiaohua is originally Korean. Now that he is back in the LCK, he definitely hopes to win the championship in the LCK.
If you tell CP and give him the championship, what benefits will he gain?
Besides, when CP won the championship before, some people thought that Little Peanut could be replaced. After all, CP’s jungler could just work with the mid laner.
Chen Lang's light was so great that it enveloped the rest of his teammates.
As a jungler, Little Peanut often coordinates with the mid lane to set the pace, so his own strength and brilliance are most seriously obscured.
He joined ROX this year, not necessarily because he wanted to prove his ideas.
After all, for a strong and proud player, the most unbearable thing is doubts from others.
No one would be happy to be given the title of "Lying Crown"!
If you want to say, it's just a lie. However, Xiaohuahua performed very well last year. The champion who was not a lie at all is said to be a lie winner, which is a bit of a blow to the players.
"Could it be that they also discovered this routine?" Pary took a deep breath and thought.
"Probably, we'll know after we get online and check it out."
Regardless of whether the CP is really a routine or they chose the wrong hero by hand sliding, they will be able to detect it when they are laning.
If you choose the wrong hero with practiced routines and hand skating, there will definitely be a big difference in your laning style.
