Chapter 180-Opening Ceremony, Spring Finals!
The five members of IG stood in the center of the stage, and after enduring the roaring cheers from the audience, they bowed deeply to the audience.

"Let us congratulate IG for defeating LGD 3-0 and advancing to the finals!!"

Wawa and Zeyuan exclaimed in unison.

IG played three games in a row today and played beautifully.

Whether it was a tie or a big advantage, IG demonstrated the team qualities of a strong team.

The Dragon King's global cooperation, Ekko's positioning, Kindred's perfect performance, four kills of Graves...

It is a reflection of the players' personal abilities.

As commentators who have watched the regular season since the beginning, they can feel IG's progress.

At the beginning of the season, their teamwork was still a little immature, the players would make mistakes in their performance, and there was a sense of everyone playing against each other.

But now their collaboration is becoming more and more mature, and as they adapt to the version and run in, their BP is becoming more and more flexible.

The two teams that entered the finals are EDG and IG.

The day after the match between IG and LGD ended, LGD and WE competed for the third place.

Although there is only one champion in e-sports, due to the competition system, the runner-up and third place are also very important, and they are all related to the points of this year's S game.

In the four-hour fierce battle, LGD reversed the previous day's slump and regained the confidence of a strong team in the league.

In the first game, Wei Shen was evenly matched with Xiye, but starting from the second game, he beat Xiye badly in four consecutive games.

Imp in the bottom lane also suppressed the junior Mystic for five games in a row, using his strength to bully the younger generation.

Hirano Aya took Xie Dan for a walk, which was like installing an external brain for Xie Dan so that he would not be too confused.

Top laner MaRin consistently suppressed 957 and Khan, fully demonstrating his strength as the second best top laner in S5.

Judging from the player configuration alone, except for the jungler position, the other four lanes of LGD are all top players. It was only because of problems with the team's rhythm and the inability to adapt to the version that problems arose during the regular season.

Once you find the right state and adapt to the version, it is reasonable to have such an outburst.

The 3-2 victory over WE has washed away the shame that they advanced to the semi-finals without a fight due to luck.

After all, even QG was ranked below WE during the regular season.

only……

The two teams that entered the finals were the first and second in Group A. The unreasonable group stage system once again became a hot topic among LPL viewers.

During this time before the game, Yuan Shen and the IG team also looked up all of EDG's game videos this year, conducted tactical analysis one by one, and observed the performance of each EDG player in recent ranks and training games, in order to develop targeted tactics for this purpose.

Yuan Shen also worked hard. Although he had a system, he would have wasted a lot of time if he didn't train hard on a regular basis.

Apart from anything else, the S5 version where the top laner was king has passed, and with the transition to jungle and the version changes, League of Legends is a brand new challenge for him. The reason why he can still maintain his top level of strength is definitely one of the reasons why his unremitting efforts are.

The other players are improving and catching up with him.

Countless new blood poured into LPL, staring at his back, wanting to surpass him.

The day before the final, IG took a day off as usual.

Of course, this day off won’t allow them to run around. If something unexpected happens before the final, it will be too late to regret.

During last year's German Cup, Insec jumped down from the second floor because he couldn't find the exit and broke his leg, causing players to complain that this was the result of "going downstairs by touching the eye".

Moreover, it is actually impossible to rest on this holiday.

The pre-match promotional videos and pre-match trash talk should all be recorded on this day.

The promotional video was recorded in a large studio in Shanghai.

As for the promotional video for this final, the LPL officials seemed to be particularly serious. The CG of the scenes had already been completed, and they were just waiting for the players to perform according to the script, and then the editing would be OK.

In addition to IG, members of EDG also arrived at the scene early.

"Mingkai, if you have any dirty talk later, teach me a few words in advance. You know, I'm an honest person..."

Yuan Shen plunged directly into the EDG team. The relationship between the two teams has always been good. Since fighting side by side in last year's World Championship, the players have always maintained contact.

"Go to hell."

The old man Seven squinted his eyes and had an expression that said "Don't you dare try to trick me, you little bastard", which made everyone laugh.

"Play today's game with more energy and don't lose face! After all, we are the LPL runner-up, so our strength can't be too bad."

Yuan Shen coughed, put his hands behind his back, looked around, looked at the mental state of the EDG team, then nodded and smiled: "Not bad, very energetic!"

"You're starting now, brat? The staff haven't arrived yet!"

Mingkai was so angry that he was about to die. Looking at the other side, Xiao Ming, Meiko and Jack had gathered together and were whispering to each other.

Fumanduo and Abu were also talking happily and looked very happy.

There were a lot of staff on site, including many very professional special effects teams and music editors. Even the director of the promotional video seemed to have been invited from Japan.

In the performing arts and entertainment circles, Japan and South Korea have always been at the forefront of Asia, and their styles are more in line with the aesthetic tastes of domestic audiences.

Since the finals are tomorrow, the LPL officials acted very quickly, finishing the filming in the morning and completing the editing in the afternoon of the same day. Their efficiency was so high that even sows had to lower their heads in shame.

Yuan Shen was at the scene and also felt the importance that LPL officials attached to this finals. After all, this year's MSI was played at home!!

Looking at the venue in front of him, Yuan Shen didn't know what he was thinking.

The home curse does exist, but it seems to only apply to LPL and North America.

FNC in S1 and SSW in S4 both won the championship at home.

North America and LPL have never had a home champion. Take LPL for example, the 2013 All-Star, 2016 MSI, 2017 World Championship, 2020 World Championship, 2023 Asian Games, 2024 MSI...

All were defeated, without exception.

Although many things happened in the original history, Yuan Shen had more to consider this time as he was playing at home.

This is the second time the event is held at the LPL home stadium.

Following the S3 All-Stars, the League of Legends officials once again chose China as the venue for a world-class event.

Last year, IG's victory in the World Championship had a huge impact, and the number of overseas viewers for this year's Spring Split was much higher than last year.

MSI has attracted even more attention.

There is no doubt that League of Legends players around the world are paying close attention to this year's MSI, which will be held in China.

This is no longer just a regional league, but also a domestic image project.

What people in China always pay attention to is the appearance of the cards.

The scale and grandeur of the LPL Spring Finals will largely determine the attractiveness of MSI to foreigners at that time, and can also be regarded as ticket promotion.

"The results of the last home game were not very good."

After filming the show, more than a dozen people from the two teams went to Haidilao to challenge one of the four poisonous animals in the e-sports circle.

Anyway, people from both sides are here, so let's try to save it together and no one can escape.

"S3 All-Stars... ah."

Mingkai couldn't help but sigh.

That year, due to the outstanding performance of WE in S2, which beat the OGN team that had just opened the server in S2, before the start of the S3 All-Star Game, LPL once believed that it was the number one region in the world.

As a result, they suffered a crushing defeat in the S3 All-Star Game.

Mingkai personally proved that Insec is the world's number one jungler.

The LPL All-Star Dream Team was completely defeated by the OGN All-Star Team.

Since that year, OGN has stood on the bones of LPL and achieved the throne of king. It was not until the 2015 MSI that LPL regained its position.

"The Lost Glory, I Retrieve It With My Own Hands" - Ming Kai

……

After returning to the base, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

Not long after, the official LPL account immediately released the pre-match promotional video of the LPL Spring Finals on Weibo, WeChat public account, Penguin Video and other places.

As soon as the promotional video was uploaded, the number of clicks immediately exceeded 100,000, and it is still increasing at a very impressive rate. The promotional video was also quickly reposted on overseas YouTube videos.

In the IG club, everyone quickly gathered together and clicked on the promotional video.

As usual, the opening is still a fist logo that seems to be able to shatter the screen. After the opening animation ends, it is followed by a low background music.

The scene changes from dark to bright, surrounded by fog, and the two teams split into two and confront each other.

The camera keeps zooming in and out around the ten contestants.

One side is last year's summer season champion and world champion.

On the other hand, they also have three consecutive LPL championships and MSI championships.

In terms of performance, these two teams are the best in the entire LPL.

The next second, the screen went black, and what appeared next was a close-up of each person and the totems behind them.

The first to be given was EDG's bottom lane duo.

The figures of Deft and Meiko emerged, the two people back to back. Behind them, the clouds and mist rolled, and gradually an elk with its horns and head held high appeared.

After the two people, there are Jack and Xiao Ming.

Two thin figures stood side by side, but Jack obviously didn't have such awareness. He put his hands on his hips with an expression that said "let me show off for a while".

Xiao Ming stood aside silently like a little bottom.

The totem was not unexpected, and what appeared was a wolf.

Everyone came out one after another. MingKai's totem was a python, Pawn's totem was an eagle, and Rookie's totem was a phoenix, but none of them looked as domineering as TheShy's descending tiger.

The last shot of the promotional video was given to Yuan Shen.

And behind him is a dragon.

The dragon totem of China!

After seeing this scene, everyone understood something.

This year, Tengda is going to promote Yuan Shen?
However, it is true that Yuan Shen's performance this year has fully proved that his performance is not just a temporary one, but is indeed very strong.

Only by withstanding the test of time can it avoid collapse.

And as the champion FMVP of the S game, Yuan Shen now has the highest honor.

Even Mingkai is a step behind.

After all, the MSI FMVP is less valuable.

However, Yuan Shen does not have an MSI championship and only has one LPL championship, which is a bit thin in comparison.

(End of this chapter)