Chapter 176 - LGD's Attack, the Final Four
IG and WE, the two group leader teams, are each firmly in the top four, waiting for the arrival of challengers.

The teams ranked second to fourth in the group have to fight their way up from the bottom layer by layer, which is quite like they are going through all the levels to face the ultimate boss.

From eight to six, from six to four, the team that made it to the semi-finals was officially announced.

The two teams that advanced to the semi-finals are EDG and...LGD.

Given EDG's performance, it is not surprising to achieve this result.

Although RNG found a style of play that suits them, the training time was too short and they eventually fell in the top six, losing 2-3.

What is really surprising is LGD.

LGD's performance in the regular season was not good. The jungle king Eimy was really unable to handle the task. If it weren't for Wei Shen and Imp's excellent form when playing against VG, they would have most likely been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

Yuan Shen also watched LGD's game, and they were in very hot form.

In the first game, Wei Shen was evenly matched with Hou Ye, but starting from the second game, he suppressed Hou Ye for three games in a row.

To bully an honest person, you have to show your harsh face.

Of course, the biggest reason why LGD won the game was that Imp killed his way through the bottom lane.

Eimy no longer focuses on clearing the jungle, but instead chooses to protect the middle and lower lanes.

Apart from VG's continued love for military training MaRin, there is nothing new or changed.

In the end, MaRin won the game with a record of 3-12-9 in three games.

As for why we made it to the semi-finals...

It's a bit dramatic.

The one-minute BO5 incident still broke out.

LGD won without a fight and QG was declared the loser on the spot.

And LGD’s next opponent is IG.

The list of the top four opponents has just been released.

EDG vs. WE.

LGD vs. IG.

The winner advances to the finals, and the loser can only play in the third place match.

Netizens were talking about it, saying that these two games were really worth watching.

All four teams have a lot of fans, and all the tickets for the game were sold out in just half a day.

At that time, Uncle Master Mingkai and Grand Elder Abu defected from WE and set up their own team, causing the three uncle masters to retire sadly.

Now the new WE2.0 is determined to defeat EDG, which has grown into the LPL civil war god and league overlord, and restore the glory of WE.

LGD was the runner-up in the league for two consecutive years last year and reached the semi-finals of the world championship, only losing to EDG and IG, and is completely in the position of the third team in the league.

The first semifinal, EDG vs. WE, started first.

Yuan Shen and all the IG players watched the entire BO5.

The playoff version has also been changed and is slightly different from the regular season version.

The most important reason is that they want to see if EDG and WE have any hidden big moves.

In the first game, both teams had standard lineups, but the players were very familiar with each other.

After 40 minutes of fierce battle, EDG took the first victory.

In the second game, WE was the first to use their ultimate move.

All three lanes chose strong lineups. Ben used the newly remade Zyra and performed very well, leading the team to win back a game.

In the third game, Zyra was banned and EDG also came up with something new.

The fast-push system with Deft and Miss Fortune as the core destroyed all of WE's outer towers in just twenty minutes.

The disgusting thing about the new version of the policewoman is the clamps and the terrifying headshot damage in the later stage. In Deft's hands, the role of the policewoman is fully brought into play.

In the fourth game, even the new version of Snake was brought onto the stage by Pawn.

In the most crucial match, the two sides fought extremely fiercely, and fifty people were killed in the whole game.

And the final result was that EDG won the game.

EDG is the first to advance to the LPL Spring Finals!
Even Yuan Shen was a little surprised by this result.

According to original history, RNG without Uzi should be the champion of this spring season.

But now that RNG has Uzi, it has caused problems in its tactical choices, and ultimately only made it to the top six.

Of course, in addition to RNG’s own problems, there is another very important reason.

That is the strength of the LPL region today, which is many levels higher than the original S6 in history.

Even Yuan Shen cannot estimate the role a top team can play within the league.

In order to break the monopoly of this team, other teams, other players, and even Riot officials will try to find a way.

Enemies are everywhere, and he dominates the world.

This is the final test before becoming a god.

"Meeting!"

After watching the match between EDG and WE, everyone in IG had a clear idea in their minds.

Tomorrow is the day they play against LGD, so they need to make pre-match arrangements and summaries as soon as possible.

(Actually the semi-finals are two BO5 games on the same day, so I changed it.)
The first car in Group B has been overturned by the second car in Group A.

And in front of them was the third in Group B.

After the second team in Group B self-destructed, LGD is now the last remaining hope of Group B.

……

On the day of the competition, the huge venue was already packed.

Various cheering slogans can be seen everywhere.

"IG come on!!!"

“Go LGD!!”

IG's bus had just dropped off the players at the game when they saw LGD's bus coming from the opposite direction.

The buses of both teams blocked the entrance of the competition hall and neither side gave way.

The two drivers looked at each other, sneered, and remained in a stalemate for three minutes before the problem was solved with the coordination of the club security. "The driver has great confidence in us."

Xiao Ming sighed. He didn't think it was childish to do so, but he felt the tense atmosphere before the war.

"There are so many spectators here. Today's game has attracted a lot of attention."

In the commentary booth, Wawa said cheerfully: "Hello everyone, I am your old friend, Wawa."

"Hello everyone, I am the commentator Zeyuan."

"IG and LGD are old rivals from last year's summer finals. They also met in the semi-finals of the World Championship, and IG won both times. They met again today, so it can be considered a grudge match." Wawa said.

"Who says it isn't true? Facing IG, which has won all the regular season games, as long as LGD can win the next game, it will be a glory for the family!" Guan Zeyuan nodded.

"Haha, Guang Zong Yao Zu is so funny, but LGD is in really good shape, the mid and bottom double Cs are playing really well."

"That's right. After a whole regular season of ups and downs, they finally found their form in the playoffs. When facing VG, they fully showed their style. This is..."

The doll was a little embarrassed.

The opponent is too weak and can’t blow it at all?

It seems that LGD has made it to the semi-finals, but the strongest opponent they encountered along the way was just VG, which was fourth in Group B?

How can I brag about this?
"The performance of top laner MaRin is also crucial. I remember when he first came in the spring season, he was too easily trained and caught by the opponent. Some people said that he had a poor awareness of anti-gank. In fact, it is not true. MaRin did not have these problems when he was in SKT. In addition to the anti-gank ability himself, the information provided by teammates is also very important." Zeyuan said.

"MaRin's top lane has become more and more stable recently. It can be seen that his running-in with the LGD players is getting better and better."

The doll nodded with a look of regret.

"If Yuanshen hadn't switched to jungle, today's top lane matchup would have been very exciting."

Guan Zeyuan also smiled when he heard this.

In the live broadcast room, a bunch of people immediately started posting memes.

"The world's second-best top laner, MaRin is feeling miserable!"

"I thought I could kill Yuan Shen in LPL and avenge my defeat in the World Championship, but he switched to jungle and doesn't want to play with you anymore."

"It's so funny, it's so exciting to just pretend and run!"

……

While the two commentators were chatting, the players were introduced on site and the game quickly entered the BP interface.

Passionate music started playing.

Most teams will choose to play it safe in the first BO5 game and choose a mature and stable lineup first.

Fumanduo originally thought so, but after seeing the high morale of LGD players, he changed his mind.

Attack!

In the first game, we must severely crush LGD's spirit.

Once they get angry, it will more or less cause them some trouble.

In the semi-finals, Fumanduo was not going to play any cards.

In the first game, because IG had higher points and had the priority to choose sides, they actively chose the red side.

LGD's third ban position on the blue side was given to Zyra, Cassiopeia, and Policewoman respectively.

IG banned Alistar, Kog'Maw, and Skateboards.

Of the six ban positions on both sides, five were given to the bottom lane and support positions.

"LGD's three moves banned all three reworked heroes that performed brilliantly in yesterday's BO5!! Could it be that IG used Cassiopeia and Caitlyn in recent practice matches?"

Guan Zeyuan's eyes lit up.

IG had played the hero Zyra once when Jhin was first released. There was no update at that time, but the effect was still amazing.

"No news. I've been following their training matches recently."

Wawa, who had more seniority and connections, shook his head and denied Guan Zeyuan's guess.

"I think LGD is a little afraid of IG playing these heroes. Their BP this season is a bit weird."

Isn't it?

According to the statistics of the previous season, the IG team used more than sixty heroes throughout the entire spring season.

As for other teams, the maximum number is only 32.

What about jungle Karthus, Rumble, and Xin Zhao, top lane Yasuo, Corki, and Void, mid lane Titan, Sion, and Poppy...

Even in this situation, IG has been able to maintain a winning streak in the regular season.

Horror!
Of course, it was already the early days of S6 that various heroes were able to appear.

As the ultimate talents are gradually adjusted and balanced, and as each version is developed and mastered by major teams, some strong lineups that are the "optimal solution" for this version have also been fixed.

The era of chaos and disorder is over.

There are three mythical gods in the top lane: Maokai, Poppy and Titan.

Jungle Kindred, Graves and Excavator.

Mid lane Victor, Tsar and Leblanc.

The bottom lane is Annie, Jhin, Frost, Kog'Maw, and Skateboard Shoes.

Support Alistar, Jyra and Thresh.

These are the regulars in the current professional arena and are also the T1 heroes in each position in the RANK bureau.

In the first hand, LGD directly picked up Titan, a hero that can be used in top, jungle, mid and support.

They seldom use this hero, so the commentators think this move is just a ban instead of a grab.

IG's development of Titan is too deep.

But this still cannot block IG's wavering thinking.

The red team used one or two hands to directly lock down Ekko and Tam.

The hero Ekko can also play the mid, jungle and three positions.

Whether it is TheShy, Yuan Shenyi or Rookie, they are all very proficient in Ekko.

Tam can also play both support and auxiliary positions.

(End of this chapter)