Chapter 207-The peak showdown, two powerful teams met in advance!

Time passed in the blink of an eye. In five days, IG only did one thing.

That is to practice with EDG.

SKT used the four-protect-one system that they had pulled out in the group stage, and they have many tactics and ideas that need to be tested.

It's Friday night again, and the nine-to-five office workers and students finally have a weekend off.

Normally, many people would choose to go out with friends for a drink, a barbecue, or play games.

But now, everyone, without exception, clicked on the live broadcast channel and stayed in front of the computer.

SKT, IG.

The biggest highlight of this MSI semi-finals!
The outside world's attention to this game is as high as that of the final.

This situation is not uncommon in e-sports competitions.

For example, in the S4 World Championship, many people believed that the showdown between the top ten players from Samsung was the real S4 final.

The actual gap between Royal and SSW is too obvious.

This regrettable situation will occur when two teams that really have the potential to win the championship meet in advance due to the competition system.

After all, most people prefer to save the best food for last.

The current situation is the same.

IG won the championship last year and is still brilliant this year. Needless to say, this team is the favorite to win the championship in everyone's mind.

As for SKT, although their performance in the group stage was not good and the players' condition was questionable, no one would doubt the LCK team's combat effectiveness and ability to adjust their condition in BO5, which is the authority they have established in the past few years.

Five days, under the rigorous and scientific management system of the LCK team, are enough to complete the transformation of their mentality and restore them to their best condition.

The showdown between Yuan Shen and Faker, the two players with the largest number of fans in the world, is also something that many people are looking forward to.

Now, almost everyone is certain that no matter whether it is IG or SKT, as long as they win the semi-finals, there is an 80% chance of winning the championship.

In the other half of the zone, CLG should win.

After all, everyone who knows FW’s BO5 level knows it.

Before the game starts, there is the customary trash talk session.

Players from both teams appeared on camera and showed off their own sexy words.

Bang: "IG is a very strong team. They have the potential to win the championship without a doubt... except for their bot lane, especially JackeyLove. He is too young and I don't think his ability matches IG's current achievements."

Wolf: "Compared to IG's mid and jungle, Ming seems a bit out of place. I think he is the fifth-best support in this MSI."

Wolf spread his hands and continued, "Except for Super League, any other team's support is stronger than Ming. Among LPL's supports, only Meiko can get my recognition."

Jack waved his hand: "Bang is indeed very strong, and we value him very much. At the same time, we also thank him for his small help in helping us win the world championship last year."

Xiao Ming suppressed his laughter and said, "I hope we can have a head-on confrontation today. I will prove it on this stage...hahahaha!"

Xiao Ming's laughter infected many viewers, and the barrage was full of comments saying "piglets assemble".

Faker: "Rookie is indeed very strong, but I have already proved that I am better than Perkz, which means Yuanshen's vision is not that good. Now I want to prove that I am better than Rookie!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the LPL audience couldn't help but smile.

Damn, not only did Zhou Zhiruo scratch Zhu'er's face, she also wants to compete with Zhao Min, right?
It’s so good!
Blank: "I think Yuanshen's jungle level is not as good as his top lane level. I will prove that his transition is a failure."

Yuan Shen: "Blank may have forgotten that he is just an LSPL jungler. To use an old Chinese saying, he is a frog in a well who has never seen the blue sky."

……

After the trash talk session, Wawa and Miller appeared on the big screen.

"Welcome to the 2016 League of Legends MSI finals... No, the semi-finals stage. I am Wawa."

"Hi, my name is Miller."

"Hello everyone, I'm Wang Duoduo!"

For any important matches, LPL officials tend to entrust the commentary to the old duo, the Haier Brothers.

The commentary of the two cannot be said to be the most interesting, but their style is definitely the most stable, the most able to mobilize the atmosphere, and they will not go wrong in important occasions.

Especially since MSI is being held in Shanghai this year, any mistake could become an international joke.

It would also be safer to let two veterans guide the newcomer Wang Duoduo.

"It's five days. Although SKT was not in good shape before, five days have passed now. IG should still be careful."

"I wonder if SKT has figured out a solution for the hero Prince this time. If they can't solve this problem, it will be like last year's World Championship, with the ban position restricted."

"Professional teams learn very quickly. In five days, other teams might have developed a way to crack Prince's jungle and use it to set a trap. IG must not be careless."

Miller and Wawa sang in unison, not even giving Wang Duoduo a chance to interrupt.

Hearing the two talking about the prince, Wang Duoduo finally found an opportunity to interrupt and said, "That's right. As the military strategists say: more planning leads to victory, less planning leads to defeat, and what about no planning at all!"

Haier Brothers: “…”

The three of them discussed today's BP for a while and felt that there were only two key points.

One is the violent and unparalleled prince that Yuan Shen used during the group stage.

The other is SKT's trump card, the Four-Protect-One system of Time Sitter.

These two are considered the trump cards of the two major teams at MSI.

As for the four-one split push, the double shooter system, Jhin and Zyra, they are all old news.

There are only a few popular versions, so do we have to consider all of them?

The first game officially begins.

Since IG was first in the group, it had the priority to choose sides.

Naturally, IG chose the red side, which is their best side.

The right to choose sides is only valid in the semi-finals. In the finals, a draw will be made again. This is also the norm. The same is true in the World Championship. The first place in the group in the quarter-finals will have the priority to choose sides.

"Ah, what a pity! SKT still banned Jarvan IV." Wawa explained the situation: "But IG responded by banning Star Mother..."

On the blue side, SKT's third ban was given to Jarvan, Kindred, and Elise.

The red team IG blocked Celestial, Jyra, and Alistar respectively.

The bans on both sides were very targeted, one side banned three junglers, and the other side banned three supports.

The former targets the jungler, and the latter targets the bottom lane, which undoubtedly exposes the core carry positions of the two teams.

The mid and jungle duo of Yuan Shen and Rookie have extremely good coordination, and the strength of their collaboration is very high.

But there is also a problem with Yuan Shen’s playing style, that is, he always tends to help the top lane.

Maybe it’s because of the transformation of the top lane.

In this respect, it is a bit like Bengi, but different.

No matter who is in the top and bottom lanes or how strong they are, Bengi always subconsciously goes to the middle lane to help Faker open up the situation.

So in this unsuitable version, SKT played Hei instead of Bengi.

Xiao Hei is more inclined to protect the bottom lane.

After all, he is the jungler of the Royal Club’s second team, and he has heritage in his bones.

Although I didn’t have the chance to protect Uzi, I can now protect Bang, which makes me so much stronger.

Of course, this is only a problem that can be realized when the top teams compete with each other. This problem does not exist when facing weaker opponents.

On the first floor of the blue team, Duke helped his teammates lock down Graves in seconds.

Instead of banning, Xiao Hei’s Graves is also a signature hero.

IG was not surprised by this, and they immediately picked up the Karma + Nidalee combination on the first and second floors.

Rookie has played Karma a lot this season, and he is very familiar with the strategy of playing mid-lane Karma to protect the top and bottom double shooters.

And this hero can also appear as a swing position.

However, Yuan Shen’s Leopard Woman rarely appears.

Many people think that Yuan Shen can’t play Nidalee at all.

Both sides were well prepared for the BP, and the selection of players was finalized without hesitation and quickly.

Soon, the lineup was finalized.

SKT: Ekko, Graves, Ryze, Jhin, Nami
IG: Jayce, Nidalee, Leblanc, Ezreal, Karma.

It can be seen that even if one side has a triple-ban jungler and the other side has a triple-ban support, replacement heroes can be found in the hero pools of the top players on both sides.

The serious lack of bans is a very prominent feature of professional competitions in the chaotic S6 version.

If there are not enough ban positions, the importance of the BP phase will be greatly reduced.

But if we add more ban slots, many powerful heroes will not be able to appear on the stage, which will be very boring.

Just like balancing heroes, the balance of the BP phase also requires League of Legends designers to rack their brains to consider.

Therefore, the issue of whether or not to add more ban slots is hotly discussed among Riot designers.

"IG's lineup, top, mid and jungle are so fierce!"

"That's right, Leblanc vs. Ryze, it's been a long time since we encountered this kind of matchup. Nidalee vs. Graves, it's also a head-on fight."

"I didn't expect Faker to use Ryze. This hero was played by Faker, Rookie, and Yuanshen in the World Championship finals last year."

“I heard that the new version of Ryze has been reworked. This is probably the last version of Ryze.”

After Wang Duoduo finished speaking, the audience sighed.

The focus of this game is obviously on the confrontation between top, mid and jungle.

SKT did not immediately re-activate the four-protect-one system.

Historically, after SKT won the championship, many people praised SKT's four-protect-one strategy and how strong Bang in the bottom lane was.

In fact, they didn't understand the game and were just following the champion's lead.

Once you win the championship, any problematic playing style will be considered the strongest.

Four protecting one is not SKT's killer move, but Kkoma and Faker are using the limited ingredients to make a meal that is as delicious as possible.

In other words, four protecting one was a helpless move for SKT.

Unless they are forced to do so, and unless there are serious flaws in the coordination between top, mid and jungle, no team would choose to play four protecting one.

Except RNG.

Because the four-protecting-one tactic has a very low tolerance for error, when playing other systems, if the ADC can output enough damage, the team battle may be won even if he is killed instantly.

You can harvest at any position, top, middle or jungle.

However, if the ADC in the four-protecting-one system is killed instantly, the team battle is bound to be lost.

The four-protecting-one strategy relies too much on the performance of the core C position.

As for the ADC position, it is very difficult to deliver explosive carry output while remaining alive.

This is not a problem of player level, but the limitation of the ADC position itself.

Even if you are the best ADC in the world, your health will not exceed 2,000, and your double resistance will not exceed 200. In the later stage, if you are concentrated by the opponent for more than two seconds, you will still die on the spot.

In ten team fights, even if the ADC of four protecting one performs perfectly nine times, it will not work. If they die once, they will be overturned.

If there weren't problems with SKT's top, mid and jungle coordination, no matter how strong Bang was, SKT would not have given all the carry tasks to him.

The fault tolerance rate is too low.

(End of this chapter)