Chapter 430 The top eight battle! [Fire] vs [Serral]!
Many people thought that Gao Ran could defeat Lu Bu, and many people even predicted the score in advance.
But no one expected that Gao Ran would fight so easily.
The battle was resolved in 3 games and 15 minutes.
The audience at the scene was also a little dumbfounded.
These three games are tactics. In the first game, Lu Bu failed to open the Yamato. In the second game, Lu Bu failed to open the field barracks. In the third game, Lu Bu succeeded in speeding up the high-burning 8 barracks.
"I really want to know what Lu Bu is thinking now."
"Don't think too much...people are stupid!"
Brother Sun said while looking at the screen. Gao Ran walked to Lu Bu's room and shook Lu Bu's hand with a smile.
Although Lu Bu was a little depressed, he had thought of this result before the game.
For someone who has experienced many battles, he was quite calm. He smiled and said something to Gao Ran.
"Lu Bu must be talking about you as a bitch."
Brother Huang speculated to himself.
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There was a lot of applause for Gao Ran at the scene. Gao Ran responded briefly and walked off the field.
He only has one game today.
All the top 16 matches will be played today. Tomorrow there will be 4 top 4 matches, 2 semi-finals and a final Bo7 match.
If everything goes well, Gao Ran still needs to play 3 games.
And it will be carried out within one day, which is definitely a test.
After Gao Ran came off the field, Ozawa also congratulated Gao Ran, and then Gao Ran left Ozawa behind and returned to the hotel.
Ozawa chose to watch today's top 16 match live because there was no competition.
Tomorrow the game will still start at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The third high-octane quarter-final match was against Serral, the European Zerg player ranked fifth in the world.
This player dominated the game for about 18-20 years, and Serral's dominance during those two years was undisputed.
However, after the new generation gradually emerged, although Serral was still the top player, he no longer had dominance.
His high-burning style of play has also been studied.
Serral is a very stable player. His details are very good and his basic skills are very solid.
He will constantly conduct reconnaissance to determine the opponent's tactics. It is a little difficult to defeat Serral with tactics.
The Zerg's speed-up house reconnaissance in the early stage can confirm what tactics the opponent is using.
Hit Serral.
Gao Ran also knows very well how he should fight.
Basic skills.
"Tomorrow will be a tough battle."
Gao Ran muttered in a low voice after watching the video of Serral's game today in the hotel.
There is no other person's information on the phone. Ye Jianing also knows that Gao Ran is playing in a big game, so he has not disturbed him in the past few days and only sent a few cheers.
To be honest, Gao Ran is very confident in his own strength now.
He feels that his winning rate against Serral is at least 80%.
Because Serral's style is too stable and focuses on defense.
Gao Ran is originally an offensive player, and he is good at multi-line and small operations. If the opponent gives him enough space to attack, Gao Ran will be confident to kill him no matter who the opponent is.
Does Gao Ran have any weaknesses?
In fact, there are still some.
Gao Ran trained in the system and knew that the confrontation between his own race was the one with the lowest winning rate.
Especially in PVP and ZVZ, the Protoss Civil War and the Zerg Civil War, the high-burning winning rate is not as impressive as other confrontations.
The human civil war is slightly better.
The reason is also because the tactics of fighting against the same race are so critical.
And there is no particularly big gap at the operational level.
Therefore, generally the same race will fight a little harder against a high-burning opponent.
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The top 8 of ESL Montreal is not surprising to Chinese and Korean audiences, but it is too surprising to audiences who are not familiar with Gao Ran.
Random players, selected by China, fell into a death group in the group stage, with six wins and one loss.
3-0 Lu Bu in the round of 16.
This record has attracted top professional players in Europe and the United States, but they no longer have time to study high-burning play styles.
I can only think about how to deal with high-burning random races.
The top 4 in the second half of Gao Ran are also very fierce.
Serral, the 5th ranked Zerg player in the world.
Flime, the world's No. 1 Zerg player.
Byun, a human player ranked 6th in the world.
Coupled with an unranked Gao Ran, who will break out of the siege has also been heatedly discussed on the Internet.
In the top half, everyone thinks that Satan should defeat Maru and Grey.
The bottom half has a lot of opportunities.
Gao Ran woke up early the next morning. He had set an alarm for 8 o'clock, but he woke up naturally around 6:50.
Still got enough sleep.
Gao Ran took his mobile phone and played casually on the bed for a while before getting up and having breakfast.
Then I lay on the hotel balcony and watched the Montreal sunshine.
This weather is many times more comfortable than the domestic weather.
"Feel good."
Gao Ran previously participated in Dota and PUBG games, and at that time he was surrounded by teammates.
Now that I am competing alone, I feel a sense of tranquility that I have not seen for a long time.
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Inside the Montreal Esports Arena.
More than 10,000 spectators were sitting in the stadium, quietly waiting for the start of the final day of today's final.
There will be 6 Bo5 matches and 1 Bo7 match today.
Yesterday's game progressed very quickly, and the reason is also because there was often a gap in strength between the two sides in the round of 16.
The game, including Gao Ran, was played very quickly.
But it's different today, almost all of them are top 10 players in the world.
In a strong confrontation, the fight will often reach the mid-to-late stage, which naturally takes a long time, and it is very likely that the decisive battle will last until dawn.
After the host talked a lot of nonsense, the first top 8 match finally began!
Maru faced off against the Zerg genius Raynor, ranked 12th in the world.
Although Renault is not ranked very high in the world, its strength is obvious to all.
The first game of the top 8 battle has entered into a fierce battle!
The two sides fought hard for 5 sets, and the last set was even more exhausting. In the end, Renault defeated Maru with a score of 3 to 2 and advanced to the top 4 for the first time!
The game between the two of them lasted a full 2 hours.
The second game is Satan versus Grey.
This is a battle between the second in the world and the third in the world.
However, after taking a break for half a year, Satan's strength has not decreased but has increased!
Although each set took a very long time, Satan successfully defeated his opponent 3-0 and advanced to the top four for the second time!
Gao Ran also watched the entire game backstage and had to lament how terrifying Satan was.
This is a player whose strength is definitely not inferior to him.
Seeing Satan's performance, Gao Ran felt an urge to compete with him.
But the two of them can only meet in the finals.
After the halftime break in the top 8, Gao Ran finally stepped onto the court.
After yesterday's battle, there were a few more foreign fans who supported Gao Ran.
But overall, compared to the popularity of his opponents, Gao Ran’s fans are not worth mentioning.
Serral's fans are all old-school StarCraft fans who came to watch the game a few years ago.
In the past two days, it has been the young Europeans who have stood out.
Serral is now 24 years old, at the end of his prime, and more stable than he was a few years ago.