In the life and death game, both sides tacitly sacrificed the heroes that the players were most confident in.
After more than forty minutes of fierce fighting, both sides gathered at Xiaolongkeng.
The economic difference is negligible. Whoever can get the ancient dragon buff on both sides can end the game in one wave.
The moment the ancient dragon's blood volume approached the killing line, a decisive battle broke out.
When V5 took the lead and killed Ah Shui in seconds, Prince Ning risked his life and rushed into the crowd, pulling out his teeth to punish the ancient dragon.
IG, who got the Ancient Dragon buff, immediately felt like a god was helping me. Theshy's Kennen and Rookie's Clockwork teamed up to create a famous scene of overcoming the tribulation.
Kennen's big move electrocuted four, and the clockwork connected the big move. The ancient dragon killing effect was triggered, and the ice and snow on the front of V5 melted almost in the blink of an eye.
IG advanced to the winner's group, while V5 unfortunately fell into the loser's group.
"In the past year, IG has repeatedly lost to V5, and this year IG finally won it back!"
"V5 played very tenaciously, and the players really tried their best. Let's fight for the resurrection match!"
"The life and death situation that I watched the whole thing while holding my urine was very exciting. If King Ning hadn't snatched the ancient dragon, the outcome would have been hard to say."
"The quality of this playoffs is extremely high, and even now it's still hard to say who will win the cup in the end."
"Compared with MSI, I am more looking forward to this year's intercontinental competition. In this year's LPL Spring Split semi-finals, it shouldn't be a big problem to defeat LCK, right?"
"The LMS division has been disbanded. Will the Intercontinental Championship be held this year? If we only play LPL and LCK, the name Intercontinental Championship seems a bit inappropriate?"
"No matter what the competition is, as long as it's the World Championship, LPL means I want to win it all!"
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The next day, the semi-finals between DT and VG came as scheduled.
Players nicknamed this round of BO5 as the "SKT Civil War."
On one side is SKT's core player Faker, and on the other side is Bang Wolf Kkoma PoohManDu's four SKT heroes.
To be honest, isn't the purity of this barbecue stall higher than the T1 game in the LCK?
On the external network, the number of real-time viewers of this game has shattered the record of previous LPL finals.
Among them, players from Kimchi Country account for a considerable part.
In fact, several LCK commentators such as Roaring Emperor even opened a second line of commentators.
The Korean barrage is densely packed, which is very in line with the traditional performing arts of the kimchi nation.
"What's so good about LPL? If it weren't for Faker, I wouldn't watch LPL games."
"The top four of the LPL all have players from our Kimchi country. This is probably the only gratifying thing."
"As expected of the first division, even the semi-finals can have so many spectators, and the scale is bigger than our finals!"
"The competition in the LPL is too fierce. It sounds ridiculous for so many world champions to come together to fight for a Silver Dragon Cup."
"How popular is Faker in China!"
"The difference between having money and having no money is really big. No wonder our coaches and players want to go to LPL. Not only the game level, but also the infrastructure of LPL is much ahead of LCK."
"It is unimaginable in the LCK that there are five or six top-level teams such as VG and DT in the LPL!"
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The game officially begins.
According to the result of the coin toss, VG got the priority to choose the side in the first game.
Surprisingly, Kkoma gave up the blue side with a higher winning rate and chose the red side instead.
Obviously, Kkoma has carefully prepared some designs for this round of BO5.
Bing Jing chose to stay the same in response to all changes, and the lineup he got was also very solid.
Sword Girl, Blind Monk, Syndra, Kai'Sa and Tau Tau.
VG had a poor view of the counter map on the fifth floor and chose Yasuo to face Syndra, and moved the previously locked Neeko to the top lane.
Coupled with Condi's signature prince and the bottom lane duo of Wheel Mom and Braum, VG's lineup instantly became three-dimensional.
As we all know, Syndra is a hero that is really difficult to beat Yasuo, and her matchup win rate on OPGG is only about 40%.
However, there are very few teams in the professional arena who dare to take out Yasuo and build a system around Yasuo.
The new mid laner Mole introduced by VG this season can be called an all-round warrior. Last year, he used Yasuo Tianxiu to counter-kill Xiye's Ryze, which left a deep impression on the audience.
Coach Kkoma has always been very experienced in training players. Instead of erasing the characteristics of the players, he will try to develop corresponding systems to support them.
No, at the critical moment, VG took out Yasuo.
In addition, if Neeko goes to the top lane, it is also an advantageous lane to fight against Sword Girl.
Neeko's skill mechanism is there, giving her a unique advantage when facing aggressive heroes.
On the contrary, because of the disadvantages of poor skill accuracy and lack of movement, Neeko had a hard time against traditional mages.
It can only be said that Kkoma’s BP was a bit harsh, which made Bing Jing suffer a heavy loss.
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However, Kkoma’s preparations for this BO5 are not just bp, but also a series of subsequent packages.
After the prince defeated the red buff, he directly caught the second level, forcing Syndra's flash.
After that, the prince escorted AD Nico on the top lane and pushed forward.
This makes the blind monk quite uncomfortable.
On the top lane, Sword Girl was pinned under the tower by Neeko, and the enemy prince set up a defensive vision, making it almost impossible for the blind monk to gank.
It is easier to cooperate with Syndra in the middle, but Syndra is forced to lose flash. If there is a fight, Syndra will probably be replaced.
Needless to say about the bottom lane, Bang and Wolf, the two old gangsters, still have the wheel mother Gabulon. Catching them is just a waste of time in the wild.
There has been no casualties between the two sides, and such a gentle and gentle rhythm is undoubtedly what VG wants to see more.
On the one hand, the strategy formulated by Kkoma before the game had some effect.
On the other hand, Emperor Kangdi and Xiangguo are old rivals, and the prince's restrictions on the blind monk in this game are very good.
When the blind monk was at level 4, he tried to catch him, but was bumped into by the prince, and left in frustration, touching his eyes.
Then the blind monk came to the bottom lane and was photographed by the pollen from the divination flower that the prince knocked off.
Until both junglers reached six, the blind monk forced a dodge kick back to Yasuo. The bull head who wandered over took over the control, and Syndra exploded, and Yasuo was instantly defeated.
But at the same moment, the prince came to the bottom lane and cooperated with the duo to jump over the tower and kill Kai'Sa.
VG took advantage of the trend and controlled the first dragon.
About a minute and a half later, a wave of battle broke out between the top laners of both sides.
Sword Girl was forced to flash by Neeko, and her own health was not good, so she could only call the blind monk to cover and eat the line.
However, the prince had a keen sense of smell and rushed over.
The prince decisively flashed his eQ, and the sword girl and blind monk who did not flash could only watch as Nico jumped up and her big move bloomed in the air.
Syndra arrived belatedly, and a set of skills replaced Neeko, who was doing a double kill. However, she was also picked up by the prince eq, and was killed by Yasuo who followed.
One for three, VG's initial rhythm was perfect, suppressing DT.
When Nico came out from resurrection, she had a machete and a recurve bow on her body.