Different from the first round format, the second round of the group stage is also called the qualifying match.
Four days!
Every day, one group will play the remaining round of competition between the teams in that group, which is six games, to determine the qualifying spots.
If the total scores of the teams in the group stage are the same and it affects the qualifying rights and rankings, additional playoffs will be held until all results are clear.
One day determines life and death!
The winner goes on to the next level, the loser goes home!
Compared with the first round, the second round of the group stage can be said to completely exaggerate the atmosphere of the World Championship into cruelty. But it is precisely this that makes the World Championship so charming.
Both the players and the audience are addicted to it!
Among the four groups, fn, skt, and ig, the three teams that ended with a complete victory in the first round, can be regarded as the easiest.
To put it bluntly, fn and skt may be studying the knockout rounds now.
But ig doesn't.
It's not that Mafa is very down-to-earth, but that he needs to readjust his tactics for the next appearance.
There are two reasons for the upward posture.
The most important thing: train and improve the status of the other four people to prepare for the next knockout round.
Then, because of the champion skin, the substitute champion skin.
Who doesn’t have a little ambition?
Now that we have reached the World Championships, since we are competing for the Gold Cup as the champion of the "World's First Division".
If the goal is not to win the championship, that would be ridiculous!
lol is not nba.
"Championship heritage" may bring benefits to the mentality, but its effect is not as impressive as imagined.
So the NBA's saying "never underestimate the heart of a champion" doesn't work here.
Riot designers have shown with practical actions: I am the father, and version is the god!
Therefore, for professional players in League of Legends, this is an important factor in determining whether they are strong: adapting to and mastering the new version.
Players form teams, so teams also comply with this law.
Therefore, mafa is not weak to skt at all, just like it is not weak to edg in the league.
But the road must be walked step by step, with high aspirations and a down-to-earth approach.
After the group stage, it is truly a knockout stage that goes from heaven to hell. How to use this time to improve the team's condition has become the only goal of MAFA and the coaching staff.
At this time in China, the "e-sports Wang Jingwei" incident caused by Tabe's "explosive video" still happened.
But this time the protagonist who broke the news was not ig, but lgd.
But because LGD won AHQ, the public opinion storm was far less intense than in the previous life.
The platoon diary of the third young master of EDG is still being updated.
It is written very carefully, and the serial numbers are also arranged: day1, day2, day3
Well, Third Young Master is a strong man, and he drains one pill every day. I guess he drains it while transfusing blood. Otherwise, if he keeps doing it for so many days, wouldn’t he die suddenly?
The writing style is quite profound, the writing power is very outstanding, and it is particularly thought-provoking. It's a pity that I didn't submit the manuscript to the article for signing, otherwise at least I would order a high-quality product for the first time.
And amid all the commotion, the qualifying battle for the second round of the group stage finally kicked off!
The first day of the qualifying match: Group A battle.
There is no LPL team, so the viewing experience for Chinese players is quite easy.
Flash Wolves from Wanwan and LCK's Koo team won the right to qualify.
The second day of the qualifying match: Group C competition.
The Chinese players became a little more serious.
But because we have great confidence in edg's qualification, the main focus is on the second match between edg and skt.
The result of the first round: edg was completely defeated.
What about the second round? Will edg regain its form and teach skt another lesson like msi?
Facts have proved that edg did not disappoint the Chinese audience. The Chinese audience still had too much expectations with a "lucky" mentality.
In this round of the game, faker took out his bald head again. Other teams and professional players basically didn't value the bald head before, thinking that it had been changed!
But Faker suddenly showed up at 15 minutes into the game and used two sets of cards to kill General Pawn, proving that this bald man is really powerful!
It definitely lives up to the motto "I'm bald and I'm getting stronger"!
For a moment, everyone was stunned as to why this bald head could do so much damage?
In 15 minutes, kill a full-blooded, time-stick-making card that was controlled from beginning to end and could barely move!
Who the hell dares to believe this?
The on-site director replayed the replay of the single kill: when General Pawn cut the blue card to replenish the cannon truck, W entered the CD cooling down moment. Faker seemed to be waiting for this moment, and flashed up without any hesitation!
Play two sets, including two w controls.
4 seconds, full health card gg!
For a time, the other three groups of professional team players started the game one after another, trying to "make up for it".
Soon, with the help of the coaching staff, I roughly analyzed the combos of the modified bald head by picking up videos of Faker's Ryze game and previous group matches.
Then there is no more!
These professional players took their hands off the keyboard and gave up.
With the template, it is easy to analyze combos, but it is too difficult to practice!
Each level of passive corresponds to different combos, and there are different combos for different situations.
How to output the maximum combo and how to control the maximum duration of the combo.
This is a huge project and requires enough time to get used to it.
But now, where is the time?
They say that if you sharpen your sword before battle, it will be useless, but it is just before battle, and you are already in the battle, right on the battlefield!
kt won easily, defeating edg in 23 minutes.
With the fourth win, SKT has already locked up the right to qualify in advance.
"Haha~ You are the only one who knows how to play Ryze!"
Looking at the SKT people on the screen who were smiling and walking towards EDG to shake hands, Mafa curled her lips proudly,
"Don't think that I don't know, you are just spreading the news that we don't know how to play captain."
"Come on, let's see!"
"When I meet you in the knockout round, let's see if I can kill you!"
Maybe at this moment, only Mafa can laugh out loud. Other teams, especially those aiming to compete in the knockout rounds and may encounter SKT in the future, are all trembling with trepidation and fear.
Fortunately, edg did not have a mental breakdown because of this big defeat.
Then they won two games in a row without any danger, finishing second in the group and qualifying with SKT.
"Okay, Group A and Group C are finished, it's our turn tomorrow!"
Mafa stood up and clapped his hands.
"All the preparations that need to be done have been done, and the foundation for qualifying in the first round has been laid long ago. Tomorrow, it's up to you!"
His eyes looked at the posture, stayed for a few seconds, and then scanned the four Rookies one by one.
"I have only one request tonight, don't sleep too late."
"Okay, disband!"
After dinner and a walk, I went next door to talk to the factory manager Zhutou and they chatted for a while. After finally chatting with Rita on WeChat, Jiang Miao went straight to wash up and get ready for bed.
Unexpectedly, the bedroom door opened and Gezi walked out.
"No way? I was already very quiet, did I wake you up?"
"No, I didn't fall asleep at all!" He gestured and waved his hands, indicating that it had nothing to do with Jiang Miao.
"Didn't you go to bed early?"
"Can't sleep, brother~" He scratched his hair irritably and pointed to the sofa in the living room, "Come, chat with me for a while."
"I usually don't chat easily, especially at night, especially with a man alone."
"Ding~"
The WeChat message on her phone rang. Jiang Miao clicked on it and saw a red envelope!
A habit I developed in my previous life, I can’t help but think about red envelopes when I see them.
"200 yuan?"
"Ding~ding~ding~"
Three again!
"Fuck! What are you doing?"
"Didn't you say that your price range in Wuhu is 500 to 800? Not counting the night included!" Zhi Zhi put away the phone and patted the sofa next to him, "I'll give you the highest-end price, not including the night!"
"Come on, come on, sit on the uncle's lap and chat with the uncle!"
"What the hell!!!" Jiang Miao got angry on the spot, raised a finger and pointed at the gesture, "Am I, Jiang Miao, this kind of person? You are insulting my personality by doing this! You are challenging my bottom line.
!”
"so what?"
"So for this price, you can't even think of insulting my character or challenging my bottom line!"
“So I have to pay more!”
"Ding~"
"Is it enough?"
"Enough is enough!"
Jiang Miao was now satisfied. Pidianpidianer ran over and sat down, patting her chest.
"I have all the looks you want, and I know all the postures you want!"
"Come on, uncle, tell me, how do you want to communicate?"
attitude:
The insomnia due to posture is naturally due to tomorrow’s qualifying match.
ig's second round schedule is very interesting. The first game is kt, the second game is og, and the third game is tsm. It can be said that it is difficult first and then easy.
But this kind of schedule is actually what most professional teams dislike the most.
Because e-sports pays attention to a game state, and the state is often achieved by playing.
It's smooth, no matter how you hit it. The feel is getting better and better, and so is the condition.
If you lose, your confidence will be damaged. You have to adjust in time or bottom out, otherwise it will be difficult to get back to your state.
But the schedule is difficult first and then easy!
It just so happens that the three games in the second round will be played within one day tomorrow!
In other words, once an accident occurs, there will not be enough time to adjust.
This is what I'm afraid of. I'm worried that I'll let down the trust of my team.
"Ah Shui, why don't you talk to Mafa and the others tomorrow and adjust the tactics?" His posture was a little uneasy, with anxiety written all over his face. "The current tactic still allocates too many resources to the top lane!"
"What? Are you worried that you can't afford this resource?"
"Um!"
There was nothing to avoid, so he nodded simply.
"Are you worried that after taking this resource, you still won't be able to beat Ssumday?"
"That's right!"
"Brother! Are you underestimating yourself?" Jiang Miao spread her hands in an exaggerated manner and asked, "Do you think there will be no results if you play solo with me every day?"
"Let me ask you, were you serious when you played solo with me?"
"Of course I am serious! I am sure that I will give my best in every solo game!"
gesture of raising a finger,
"Not even a single slack!"
"That's enough!" Jiang Miao rolled his eyes and relaxed on the sofa. "It's right to pay attention to Ssumday. After all, he is also one of the top three top laners in LCK! But don't you pay too much attention to it?
Already?"
"Objectively speaking, I don't think you are any worse than Ssumday in terms of single-round laning strength."
"Although Ssumday may be a little better than you in terms of overall awareness and teamwork, it's not much better."
"The most important thing is, this is the S5 World Championship! It's the top laner's version! The top laner is the father, and the top laner is the core of the team. Do you need to compare the team with ssumday?"
"Remember, in the early and mid-term, your teammates will cooperate with you, not you with your teammates!"
"As for the later stage, you have been familiar with our single-band tactics for a long time. Why are you panicking? Just bring it and you'll be done."
Seeing the gesture, he still looked a little disbelieving, so Jiang Miao simply released a shocking news,
"What do you think of faker's laning ability?"
"Of course he is strong, he is a faker!" the gesture blurted out.
"Then if I say that Rookie's current laning strength is not inferior to Faker's, would you believe it?"
Seeing the gesture and not answering, Jiang Miao simply picked it up herself.
"How about we make a bet?"
"I bet that after playing solo with me so many times, Rookie's laning ability is not inferior to Faker's."
Pointing to the red envelope sent by Zhizi on WeChat,
"I believe that as long as we keep winning, we will meet SKT sooner or later. Then it will be time to confirm the bet. I will multiply these red envelopes tenfold and give you a top-grade service in the magic city."
"Hey hey hey, what do you say?"
"Ma Dan~ It's a bet!"
Seeing Jiang Miao's confident expression, his attitude was finally infected and he gained confidence.
"Okay, the chatting service time is up. If you don't turn up the clock, I will leave!"
"Sleep, sleep, farewell!"
As for the words in the bet, they are half true and half false.
Jiang Miao doesn't know how much the rookie's laning level has improved due to solo training.
What Jiang Miao knows is that Faker's laning level has definitely dropped. The moment he chose to compromise and favor the team personally, this result was destined.
In fact, Faker also had to compromise, otherwise the Marquis would dare to continue to push him to death on the bench.
The legend that Ximen Ye said in his previous life proves this point. The little fish people Ximen Ye said are strong, but they are definitely not as strong as imagined.
If Faker hadn't transformed and missed once, how could he be single-killed by a veteran twice?
Jiang Miao did not intend to belittle Faker, but only wanted to use this to mislead his attitude:
You have been playing solo with me for so long, and your current laning level is absolutely amazing!
Don't panic, ssumday is a hammer, fuck him!
"First of all, let me remind the audience that Ah Shui is very good."
"Drink well, sleep well, be full of energy, and eat deliciously!"
"The reason for rotating postures, Mafa said, is just a simple tactical adjustment!"
In the commentary box, Doll Miller had been vaccinated in advance and explained.
Of course, in their view, including the majority of domestic audiences, ig's move is nothing more than helping Zishi qualify in advance. After all, what if they win the S-Games? You have to save the championship skin!
But it must not be said clearly, in order to avoid destroying the power of Joker and Xudong Daxian'er, and poisonous girl Nai was hit by the fist.
Especially after Doll Miller deliberately talked about it and changed the subject with a smile, the domestic audience became more convinced of this and felt more at ease.
"Okay, without further ado, what we are going to watch today is the qualifying match of Group D! The first thing to appear is the battle between NA and EU, the OG team versus tsm!"