Chapter 268-Grand opening, first battle with Samsung!

The groups have been determined, and the three LPL teams have also bought their own tickets to San Francisco.

EDG was the first to go, and boarded a plane to the United States the next day after the group was confirmed, but it is not known whether they will be the first to come back.

Inside the IG base, everyone had packed their luggage, bringing a lot of bags, large and small, ready to go at any time.

It was not the first time to go abroad, so everyone was prepared. Each person brought three packets of pickled mustard tuber and two packets of instant noodles, which ensured the taste of home without worrying about the suspicion of smuggling pickled mustard tuber.

The World Championship lasts for a month. Considering the time spent there in advance to adapt to the environment, deal with the time difference, and watch various MV promotional videos arranged by the authorities, I will have to stay in the United States for at least 45 days.

Of course, this is calculated based on reaching the finals.

If you are eliminated in the group stage, you only need to stay for about 25 days before you can prepare to go home.

"Are you all here? The bus is waiting at the door. Check your belongings to make sure nothing is left behind."

Su Xiaoluo was carrying a large backpack and a suitcase, chattering like an old mother.

"Please move your luggage up first and check your passports and ID cards to make sure everything is OK before you get on the bus and set off!"

"go!"

The staff got on the bus first, leaving only the contestants led by Rookie standing there with bitter faces.

"You guys are cosplaying as stone lions here, right? Hold on tight... Hey? Where's Yuan Shenren?"

Su Xiaoluo glanced around, but found that Yuan Shen was not there.

"We're still fighting. We were just trying to warm up, but they refused to surrender. It's like they knew we had a flight to catch today."

Jack spread his hands.

"I'll go take a look. There's no rush. There are still three hours left..."

Su Xiaoluo put down the bag and led everyone back to the training room.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Yuan Shen still working hard with headphones on.

"Cuzz? Isn't he number one in the Korean server? His excavator is very strong. I remember it."

TheShy was a little surprised. He slept very late last night and was still a little groggy. However, after seeing the IDs of both sides of the Rank, he immediately became alert.

"What's the score?" Xiao Ming took out his cell phone to check Yuan Shen's score.

Whether in the Chinese or Korean servers, Yuan Shen's rank has always remained in the top ten.

"It seems to be 1903, but one is missing."

After Yuan Shen finished speaking, everyone in IG couldn't help but look at each other.

"One step away... Number one in the Korean server?"

Rookie said blankly.

He clearly remembered that Yuan Shen's account was a small account, and the big account was rarely used because the waiting time was too long.

In the Korean server, it is most efficient to reach the Master rank.

The waiting time is fast and the game quality is not too bad.

There is no problem in maintaining the feel when using it normally.

Yuan Shen's account had only been played for less than twenty days, and he obtained it just before the summer finals.

"To reach the top of the Korean server in just over ten days..."

Although many things Yuan Shen has done are much more shocking than this, when Rookie really saw this scene, he still felt a little emotional.

He had never seen such a terrifying person.

Do not!
This person can no longer be called a human being, he is just a machine that gains points without any emotions.

On the screen, the blue team where Yuan Shen was located had already gained a big advantage.

Facing Cuzz's Excavator, Yuan Shen chose Lee Sin, and his record of 11-2-8 perfectly carried the entire game.

"The mid laner is Faker, and the top laner is Smeb... Then it's not unfair for Cuzz to lose. Haven't they set off yet?" Su Xiaoluo asked.

"Not yet. They leave the day after tomorrow. The three teams will set off together."

Fu Manduo explained that this time they and SKT are in two groups and will not meet before the knockout stage, and he also specially arranged a training match with SKT in advance.

After all, he was once SKT's champion support, so there is still some connection.

"Done, go, go, hurry up!"

Yuan Shen picked up his backpack from the chair next to him and urged everyone in IG, just like a high school student rushing to class after winning his first victory.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I got the first place in the Korean server. It seems that besides Wei Xiao, Yuan Shen is the second Chinese to reach the top of the Korean server, right?"

Jack asked, somewhat uncertainly.

"Who said that? I was ranked first in the Korean server last year, okay?"

The posture on the side was not convinced.

"Come on, does yours count too?"

She Keke ruthlessly sabotaged the show.

Last year, Zzitai did reach the top of the Korean server, but he quickly gained points in the Korean server after the rankings were reset, and finally ranked first with more than 600 points. He only maintained the ranking for a few minutes before he was surpassed again.

After packing up, I headed to the airport. There were still about two hours before boarding.

There's nothing you can do about it, that's how big cities are.

If you really have to board the plane on time, you might be annoyed by some sudden traffic jam.

"What are you looking at?"

Jack came over, and Rookie immediately took his phone and stared at Jack with a wary look.

"Tsk, it's faded, the feelings have faded, and now you're in a relationship you don't even want to be a brother anymore."

Jack looked full of emotion and sighed from time to time.

"Wow, you look at Yuan Shen, he definitely won't hide."

"He's checking the version update. What's hidden?"

Jack rolled his eyes, turned his head and looked at Yuan Shen.

"Hmm? Didn't you read the update announcement for version 6.18 a while ago?"

Yuan Shen was puzzled.

The version for the World Championship is 6.18, the same as last year's 5.18 version, but without the trouble made by Riot designers, the version changes of the entire S6 seem to be much smoother and are generally consistent.

Of course, deformities are also inherited from one generation to the next.

It’s just that last year more emphasis was placed on top lane, but this year mid and jungle are the kings.

In the top lane position, Shen and Gangplank were weakened.

Rek'Sai and Gragas in the jungle position were both nerfed.

These two heroes that Mingkai is best at were both hit.

Especially for Gragas, the release time of his ultimate skill has been changed from distance to fixed duration, which makes the previous EAR combo completely history. If you don't use R immediately after hitting someone, it is easy for the opponent to dodge by flashing.

As for the bottom lane, the CD of Ashe's Q skill is shortened, the damage of the ultimate skill is reduced, the stun duration is reduced, and the early cooldown of W is increased.

On the surface, the purpose was to reduce Ashe's suppression power in the laning phase, but the second change directly betrayed the true thoughts of Riot designers.

The cooldown time of Miss Fortune's ultimate skill has been increased by 20 seconds, and the AP bonus of the E skill has been increased from 0.8 to 0.65. The mana consumption has also increased by five points, and the early laning consumption ability has been greatly weakened.

The Ice Girl's tactics are still playable.

But it’s not as brainless as before, it requires a little bit of skill.

Correspondingly, EZ ushered in a round of strengthening. The attack speed bonus of the passive skill [Rising Spell Power] was improved, and the laning combat effectiveness jumped to the T1 level.

It is easy to gain laning advantage in the bottom lane by cooperating with heroes such as Jyra, Karma, and Nami.

Yuan Shen, on the other hand, looked at the changes to EZ thoughtfully.

Lucian can play jungle, I play EZ jungle...

That makes sense, right?

"Forget it, let's talk about it when we get there. I've been playing Korean server for the past few days and I'm almost sick of it, but I haven't figured out anything."

Jack waved his hand and said that the domestic version is still 6.17. If you want to experience the new version, you can only go to the Korean server.

It’s just that most of the professional players in LCK are on vacation, so not many of them are playing ranked games.

The three teams participating in the World Championship are either on vacation or preparing for the competition, and very few of them come out to practice Rank.

For example, SKT went to Hawaii last year, and this year's travel destination is Cebu, the second largest city in the Philippines, a tourist destination famous for its beautiful sea views and large forests.

They will take a five-day and three-night recharging trip here.

"It's twelve hours on the plane, be prepared."

Su Xiaoluo reminded everyone on IG once again that passports and ID cards are sometimes easy to lose at critical moments.

If it really happens, it will be troublesome.

……

It was already eight o'clock in the evening when we arrived in San Francisco.

Although he had a nap on the plane, Yuan Shen still felt a little tired.

As soon as we got out of the airport, we saw the staff sent by Riot to pick us up. We all got on the official rented bus and rushed to the hotel arranged by the official.

Riot is very generous in treating the players who come to participate in the world championship. The hotel is a five-star hotel in San Francisco. A room costs at least three thousand dollars a day, and everyone is treated as a single room...

There were many people on the bus who had participated in the S2 and S3 World Championships, and they all expressed their admiration for the treatment of e-sports players getting better every year.

In the past two years, the teams that participated in the competition had to find their own hotels. If the teams wanted to train, they had to find an Internet cafe locally.

But if you think about it carefully, Riot has indeed made a lot of money in the past two years and is really not short of money.

Especially last year's IG championship set off a wave of e-sports in the LPL. In addition, this year's League of Legends was selected for the Olympics, and Riot also benefited from it.

In the past, each champion skin could earn at least several million dollars, and IG’s champion skins are worth at least tens of millions.

Still in US dollars!

Coupled with Tengda’s share acquisition and financing, the league is becoming more and more popular.

After arriving at the hotel, Yuan Shen found out that each competition zone stayed on the same floor of the hotel, while Riot arranged each team's training matches in the building opposite the hotel, with each team having one room.

And on the day IG arrived in San Francisco...

Riot officially released two rankings in collaboration with ESPN.

——Combat power rankings of teams participating in S6.

——Ranking of S6 contestants.

This is the ranking list that Riot releases every year at the World Championship, and it is not surprising.

Instead, many are waiting for this year's rankings.

As long as the articles involve rankings and the world's number one, there will never be a lack of popularity and traffic.

And...the rankings released by Roit have always had a special feature.

That is poisonous milk.

Every time the team ranking list is updated, the top ranked teams will soon explode without exception, making fans nervous "Riot Daddy, please don't support my favorite team", but the persistent Riot still does their work of supporting the team without hesitation.

For example, the S4 list...

Dade, Cool, Mata, Namei, Uzi, Froggen, Dandy…

These were the top seven players in Riot's ranking during the S4 World Championship. None of these well-known players participated in S5, and all of them met with accidents in the league.

The Emperor of Spring became Azhen.

Cool became Tai Shang Lao Jun.

Uzi became the substitute Azao.

Mata turned into a one-handed Jayce.

Namei didn't even get to play in the game.

Froggen guest-starred in the draw.

Dandy is preparing to switch to jungle.

In last year's S5, SKT, which was considered by Riot to be the world's number one team, lost to IG in the final.

The world's best mid laner Faker, the world's best jungler Bengi, the world's best bottom lane duo...

It all became a joke.

The only one whose prediction was correct was Yuan Shen’s world number one top laner.

Deserved.

In the forum, many players were discussing the dark history of Riot's Toxic Cheat List, which instantly made many passers-by feel the horror of this "Toxic Cheat".

But no matter how afraid they are, it still can't stop fans from wanting to know the rankings.

As soon as the IG team arrived at the hotel, they learned the news. Several people immediately gathered around the computer and clicked on the ranking list that had been translated and polished in China.

The first thing you click on is the ranking of the participating teams’ combat power.

The team officially ranked first is IG.

TOP1: Invictus Gaming (No. seed in LPL)
"This is a team that everyone is very familiar with. As the champion of the S5 World Championship, they also continued their dominance in the S6 Invitational. They are the well-deserved kings and the current number one in the world! I believe many of you remember this IG and Yuanshen.

Although he has transformed into a jungler, Yuanshen still performs very well in the top position. In the jungle position, he has a variety of styles and can adapt to various versions and play systems. Although he has been more in charge of the game rhythm with his experienced command this year, who can be sure that what they see is the real Yuanshen? "

"Although Ming is a relatively new player, he is an assistant that Yuanshen trusts very much. The synergy between the two of them is the brain of this IG team."

"In the late game, the two core players, Rookie and JackeyLove, stepped up to take over the game and carry the entire game.

Of course, their top laner cannot be ignored either.”

"TheShy, he is Yuanshen's successor and IG's new top laner. His aggressiveness makes many professional players tremble with fear and hold them back. In the LPL league, IG still maintains their absolute dominance. Now, they have come to San Francisco and are on the world stage again.

Although TheShy has no experience in participating in the World Championship, he is an indispensable member of the world's top team. His strength is beyond doubt. We have reason to look forward to his performance in the World Championship! "

"..."

After reading this article, everyone at IG looked at each other in bewilderment.

how to say……

We were officially rated as the world's number one team. It would be a lie to say we weren't happy.

But, I'm also a little flattered.

"We're used to it. Ever since the S5 World Championship, we've always been the world's No. team. It's just that the hype has increased the heat this time."

Su Xiaoluo didn't think it was a big deal. He often paid attention to these rankings and used them as a way to brag to himself and his friends and to attract new members.

Not to mention, the effect is very good.

"We've been fooled. I'm afraid Cheng Lu will be so nervous about this world competition that his hands will shake, he'll sweat, and he won't be able to speak."

"Hey, no way!"

TheShy shook his head and clicked directly on the second list.

Top order rankings.

"First:???
2. Smeb
3. TheShy
4. Looper
5. Duke
6. CuVee
Seventh: Impact…

"Who is number one? Why is it a question mark?"

Jack looked confused, this was the first time he encountered such a situation.

"Didn't I explain it later? I'm not sure whether Brother Yuan will continue to swing to the top lane in this world competition, so I dare not rank first."

Xiaomi curled her lips and looked at Yuan Shen with some speechlessness.

He has never seen Riot give such treatment to any player!
"I was ranked first last year, so what's wrong with me being ranked first this year?"

Yuan Shen smiled.

To be honest, he also has an Olympic champion title this year, an honor he won by breaking through Smeb's defense.

Even if Riot wants to rank Smeb first, they have to consider this matter.

"What about the jungler's ranking? Isn't he number one as well?"

Rookie picked up the mouse and clicked a few times. When he saw the ranking, he couldn't help but be surprised.

“Not the first?”

Ranked first is ROX's jungler, Peaunt.

And Yuan Shen was ranked second.

The third is Samsung jungler Ambition, the fourth is Bengi, the fifth is Black, and the sixth is Karsa.

Mingkai was ranked seventh, while Xiangguo was ranked ninth.

"It's a bit outrageous, just watch it for fun. The top lane is pretty decent, but the jungle is a complete mess."

Yuan Shen waved his hand, and everyone in IG laughed.

"That's right, he's not in the first place, there must be something behind it!"

"I guess it's because he played too much tempo jungle, so his stats aren't as good as Peaunt's. Peaunt played Lee Sin, Spider, Nidalee, and Graves in LCK."

Jack mused.

"So we don't want to take it? That's impossible! The opponent always bans Kindred and Graves..."

Posture rolled his eyes.

“It’s a good thing that I’m not ranked first on the list of poisonous milk.”

Yuan Shen didn't think there was anything wrong with it. In his opinion, the so-called poisonous milk list was actually not mysterious.

When a player, or a team is officially ranked number one in the world, all professional teams will inevitably study them and look for ways, routines, and tactics to defeat the number one player, and to find out where the weaknesses of the number one player are.

If they want to win two consecutive championships, they not only need Riot designer versions to target them, but they also have to withstand opponents from all over the world studying their targeting with a magnifying glass.

Wanting to dominate the world's number one title forever is equivalent to wanting to be the enemy of the entire world forever, which is impossible.

Therefore, in any competitive event, there is no eternal number one in the world.

IG was ranked first by the official because the official recognized IG's strength at that time.

However, this also means that all teams participating in the S game will study IG and regard IG as their biggest enemy on the road to winning the championship.

Just like at the beginning of last year's World Championship, everyone in IG knew that SKT would be their biggest enemy.

Few teams or players can withstand this kind of research and targeting.

A total of the top ten teams were announced on the ranking list.

The second place after IG is ROX Tiger.

The third place is SKT, the fourth place is RNG, the fifth place is SSG, and the sixth place is TSM.

As for EDG, it was ranked seventh, forming the buttocks of the world championship team together with FW, G2, and CLG.

……

There are about fifteen days left until the start of the group stage.

During these fifteen days, they need to adjust their status as quickly as possible, understand the version, study their opponents, and also follow the official staff to shoot MVs and promotional videos...

Overall, it's still very busy.

"The most important thing for the SSG team is their jungler. Ambition is the core rhythm engine of SSG. As long as this point is controlled, SSG will be in disarray. You should be very familiar with the player Corwn. Except for the hero Viktor, there is no need to worry about other heroes." Yuan Shen tried his best to recall the Samsung in the S6 World Championship. The only impression the crown left on him was that he could fight Faker on equal terms with Viktor.

In the deciding game, Faker was forced to grab Viktor instead of banning him, which shows his strength.

In this world championship, the middle lane is also the last glory of traditional mages. Syndra, Clockwork, and Viktor are all popular in the arena.

Since S7, the mid-lane situation has changed.

As for Sect Leader An...

If it weren't for the fact that An controlled four small dragons and won the big dragon fight in the third game, it would have been possible for SKT to win the championship 3-0 just based on SSG's play when they were 10,000 behind in half an hour.

"As for the H2K team, I don't have a deep impression. They played against SKT in S5 last year. This year, Odoamne is still the top laner, Yue Lun is still the mid laner, but Jankos is the jungler, and the bottom lane duo has also been changed. GMB's bottom laner is FORG1VEN, and ROC's support is Vander. There is not much data and few videos to refer to."

Fu Manduo shrugged. Since the draw ceremony, they have been trying their best to collect information about their opponents.

Unfortunately, very few.

The Spring and Summer League lasts for eight months, and the versions have been changed more than a dozen times. The game videos from earlier times have no reference value at all.

In the last three versions, all major regions have entered the end of the regular season or even the playoffs, and there are very few game videos, which are not enough to form a sample.

The only thing that is certain is that H2K is also a team that relies on the mid and jungle to set the tempo. Jankos, the new jungler, has good talent, but Yue Lun is more or less a drag.

As for data such as KDA, average kills per game, etc., they are basically useless.

It is difficult to see anything from the data. At most, you can know which heroes your opponents are good at when playing in the league.

If you really want to understand your opponent, you must study their game videos.

Playing style, jungle routes, ward placement, laning habits...

There is so much to do in just a dozen days.

Studying the opponent and adjusting one's own state are the top priorities.

It doesn’t matter if other things go wrong, you just have to win the game.

Sometimes, the more you wish time would go slower, the faster time would go by so that you could have more time to train, study, and analyze your opponents.

A dozen days passed in a flash.

After arriving in San Francisco, every day is spent training, which is intense, fulfilling and exciting.

Every contestant wants the competition to start earlier, but also wants it to start later so that they can prepare more, just like the complex and contradictory feelings of a high school student facing the college entrance examination.

After continuous exploration, the sixteen teams participating in the World Championship have all gained some understanding of the new version.

In general, there is not much difference between 6.18 and 6.17. There are only some enhancements and weakenings on some heroes, and there are not many essential changes.

After several days of training matches, the much-anticipated World Championship group stage finally kicked off.

September 9th, 30: p.m., Beijing time.

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco.

As the venue for the group stage, the roadside three kilometers away was crowded with pedestrians, and there was a heavy flow of cars in the middle, with the crowds increasing as you got closer to the venue.

S6 is so popular.

As the long-awaited home stadium for American players, even for the group stage, tickets were sold for more than $500.

You know, the last time the United States hosted the World Championship was S3.

Three full years have passed.

Do you know how they spent the past three years?

Uh, I went to the wrong set.

The square outside the auditorium was packed with people.

Blacks, whites, with Europeans and Americans as the majority, fought on their home soil with great fanfare. Passion and freedom were their beliefs, and the atmosphere was far from comparable to the reserved one at home.

There were also many Oriental people who came from afar to watch the game, and a considerable proportion of them were Chinese.

Local international students and Chinese residents even flew across the ocean to cheer for IG and SSG in today's game.

The square was filled with noise, conversations, cheers... one after another. Cosplay, peripherals, food and drinks were all available. Fan groups of many teams gathered together to hold support ceremonies.

As the final battle of each year, the League of Legends Global Finals is the highest hall of honor in the hearts of all players and contestants. After a whole year of hard work, we are only fighting for this day!

"Come on RNG!"

"Come on EDG!!"

"IG!!"

"G2... Never mind, come on H2K!!"

Listening to the cheers of countless people around him like a tide, Yuan Shen didn't feel anything, but TheShy and Xiao Ming were obviously more excited than usual.

In comparison, Xiao Ming, who has experienced the Olympics, is relatively stable. As for TheShy, playing in China means fighting abroad, so he has long been accustomed to it.

However, this was the first time he had seen such a large-scale scene as the World Championship.

This is the charm of the World Championship. Even the initial group stage cannot be compared with the regional finals.

Seeing the fans holding up IG support boards, Yuan Shen took a deep breath.

As the No. 1 seed team in Group A, they will face SSG.

明天也就是10月1日A组轮空，2日和3日他们要分别面对H2K和ANX。

The second round of the group stage will be held on October 10, and the final ranking of Group A will be decided on the same day.

The earlier you start, the earlier you end.

After the match on October 10, they have enough rest time to prepare for the quarterfinals on October 7.

This is the only good thing about Group A.

……

When the countdown started on the huge screen in the middle of the venue, the audience started cheering in unison, almost without any guidance from the host.

"10!!"

"9!!"

……

"3!!"

"2!!!"

"1!!!"

When the last second was counted, the scene changed.

On the big screen, a red fist smashed the screen fiercely.

As the lights sparkled in the venue, the 2016 World Finals theme song "Ignite" resounded throughout the venue.

“Anything produced by Fist must be of the highest quality!”

It has been a long-standing joke that Riot is a music company that was delayed by games, and Blizzard is a film/CG company that was delayed by games. This year, Riot's theme song did not disappoint the long-awaited audience and its quality was extremely high.

The S6 World Championship theme MV was playing on the main screen at the scene. Although the host was unable to be present at the scene in person, his impactful voice pushed the atmosphere to a climax through the speakers.

When the climax comes, there seems to be a fire of passion burning in the chests of all the audience. People who have not been there in person may not understand this feeling.

Listening to this song, I always think of that person in my mind.

He may not be successful or perfect.

But he will definitely be the one who strives to pursue his dreams.

Just like the Chinese translation of the song title.

"Burning"!
……

The opening ceremony is over and the group stage officially begins!
There are a total of six games scheduled today, namely:

IG vs. SSG.

H2K vs. ANX.

ROX vs. CLG.

RNG vs. SPY.

FW vs. SKT.

EDG vs. C9.

Group D has a bye, and the schedule is also very carefully arranged.

The most popular match between China and South Korea was scheduled for the first three days.

One game a day!
Tomorrow, ROX will face RNG.

The day after tomorrow, SKT will face EDG.

And today is also the opening match of the S6 group stage.

LPL's No. 1 seed IG faces LCK's No. 3 seed SSG.

……

"Hello everyone, welcome to the 2016 League of Legends World Championship. I am Wawa!"

"Hello everyone, I'm Miller!"

"I'm Miss, hello everyone!"

"The first game today is the highly anticipated IG vs. SSG match, the first match between China and South Korea! After more than a month of rest, this is also the first time IG has appeared in front of everyone. Yuan Shen looks very happy. Today's game should be a sure win."

Wawa smiled, and on the big screen, the director gave a close-up of everyone in IG.

In the picture, Yuan Shen can be clearly seen chatting and laughing with Rookie.

“No pressure at all!”

"Master An is already an old man, let's show him our LPL jungler today!"

“Go IG!!”

……

The audience in the live broadcast room talked about it, but Miller smiled and said, "Compared to today's game, I am more looking forward to IG's understanding of the new version. As we all know, when they were in LPL, IG often developed some unique systems, such as double shooters on the top and bottom, jungle core, bottom lane mage core, Lucian swing between top and mid, etc. Version 6.18 is a new test for every team. I am more concerned about IG's unique insights into this version."

"Well, I think it's still the same old thing. After all, this version doesn't have much change compared to the previous version. It may have a greater impact on LCK because the top lane Captain and Shen have been weakened, and these two heroes are rarely used in our LPL." Miss explained.

The Captain's appearance rate in LPL is much lower than that in LCK.

In version 6.18, Gangplank's base health was cut by 40 points, the mana consumption of W was increased, the cooldown of the ultimate was increased, and the damage was also cut. People can't help but wonder if this is a sanction launched by Riot against Smeb's Gangplank's ultimate to steal the dragon and change his fate.

As for the hero Shen, he became popular in the support position during the S5 World Championship, and then disappeared. At the beginning of the summer season, the teleportation guide duration was changed to 4.5 seconds, and the hero Shen became popular again.

After being so popular throughout the entire summer season, it's only right that he gets cut.

"Okay, the two sides have finished choosing their sides. In the first round, IG is on the red side. This is very comfortable! In this version, the red side has a higher win rate than the blue side, and everyone knows IG's red side."

The selection of sides in the World Championship group stage is relatively fair.

If you are on the blue side in the first round, you will definitely be on the red side in the second round.

As for the impact on mentality and the pressure of the score disadvantage, I can't care so much about it.

Who made you fail to win the first round?

As soon as SSG came on, they banned three heroes: Graves, Taliyah, and Lucian.

When the third-hand position came out, Wawa couldn't help but frowned.

"SSG has done a lot of research. Yuan Shen's strongest jungler, Graves, the core of the climbing combination, Taliyah, and the mid-top swing Lucian have all been banned."

"Yeah, SSG's bans were very targeted. On the other hand, IG banned An's Lee Sin, Crown's Viktor, and Ruler's Varus, which was also very targeted."

The bans of both sides are very targeted. When SSG was in the LCK league, they often relied on An Zhanmen's Lee Sin to drive the early rhythm. As for Varus, he cut off SSG's possibility of swinging in the middle and lower parts.

Crown's armor-piercing Varus is also a major signature of SSG.

"Qian Jue has been released. I wonder if we can see Yuanshen's Qian Jue in this game!" As soon as Wawa finished speaking, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from the scene.

Turning around, I saw SSG's first choice, with a familiar avatar.

Caitlyn, the Piltover Policewoman.

"Wow!"

"Eh? The policewoman's speed-push system?? They want to protect the ruler!"

As soon as Miller finished speaking, IG responded by showing off two heroes.

"EZ, Braum."

"EZ has no problem with this move. In version 6.18, EZ has been greatly strengthened. The attack speed of each layer of the passive skill [Spell Energy Rising] has been increased, and the bottom lane fighting ability has been greatly enhanced."

"That's right, but Braum was chosen a little early, and Zyra is still out there, so it's not bad to cooperate with Nami!"

After a few people discussed it, SSG's second and third moves were finalized.

Karma the Revelator.

Jarvan IV, Prince of Demacia.

With these two moves, SSG's plan is clear.

Karma plays as a mid-support to offset IG's advantage of picking players later on the red side.

As for the hero Prince, his E skill [Debon Flag] can provide a lot of attack speed to the policewoman, ensuring that the policewoman can quickly start the rhythm of pushing the tower.

In the third pick, IG directly chose Rambo.

The fourth hand is to determine the choice of the mid laner.

Rune Mage Ryze.

Rookie has three backup options after Taliyah is banned.

Ryze, Dragon King, and Card.

Possessing the same powerful control and half-map support capabilities, Dragon King excels in early-stage rhythm and protecting teammates' development, while Card is more focused on mid-to-late-stage solo laning ability and the vision value of his ultimate.

As for Ryze, this hero still has the ability to carry after the revision.

Although it is no longer possible to use the ultimate skill + golden body to solo after the Olympics, it is still the T1 choice of this version.

"Give the jungler a counter position? That's weird!"

"It feels weird. SSG clearly chose Prince as their jungler. It's not a good idea to choose Olaf as the jungler, but Yuan Shen must have other solutions. There's no need to counter the position."

Wawa also didn't understand, and Miss next to her raised an objection.

"Is it possible that SSG's Prince is the top laner? IG feels that they have never had a jungler... er, I missed it. The top laner Gnar plays against Rambo. CuVee's choice is very good. Gnar..."

Before Miss finished speaking, she heard the whole place suddenly exploded.

The sound was so loud that it seemed to be able to blow the roof off!
"Oh my god! This?? Is this going to be locked? Robot??"

Everyone was stunned.

But before they could finish being confused, IG started to make some moves.

"what??"

"What the hell is Wheel Mom?"

"It's over, IG is at it again!"

"What the hell is double AD?"

"It can't be EZ jungler, right??"

Wawa's stunned voice echoed in the stadium: "This... IG is really starting to waver. Is Ezreal a jungler? What the hell is a robot support? The opposite team is Twisted Fate Braum!"

At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, the scene suddenly exploded as IG confirmed its final selection.

The BP of this game was confusing to everyone from the beginning.

Neither Jhin nor Zyra, who are strong in this version, are wanted. On one side is Caitlyn's robot, and on the other side is Annie's Braum.

This combination...

Just one strange thing stands out!
The weirdest thing is, what the hell is this EZ!!!
Everyone at the scene was stunned.

In fact, not only the audience and commentators, but even some professional teams that were paying attention to the game were dumbfounded.

"Is this the understanding of the world's number one team..."

Mingkai felt mixed emotions as he watched the competition on the stage.

Their opponent today is North America's third seed C9, who should not be underestimated either.

He had originally wanted to learn from IG's game, but before the game even started, he already felt a little confused.

Finally, after both sides made substitutions, the lineups of both teams were presented to the audience.

“IG Red Side:
Top laner TheShy: Robot Enemy - Rambo
Jungler Yuanshen: Explorer-Ezreal
Mid laner Rookie: Rune Mage - Ryze
Bottom lane JackeyLove: Goddess of War - Sivir

Support Name: Heart of Freljord - Braum
SSG Blue Side:
CuVee Top Lane: Lost Fang - Gnar
Jungle Ambition: Jarvan IV, Prince of Demacia
Mid Crown: Karma the Apocalypse

Bottom Lane Ruler: Caitlyn, the Policewoman of Piltover

Support CoreJJ: Blitzcrank, the winning robot. "

"Wow! Is EZ really a jungler??"

The outside commentators were already confused.

The coaches and data analysts of the major teams were stunned.

EZ was strengthened, and they all thought that this hero was T1 in the bottom lane, but no one thought that EZ could also play as a jungler.

"It's started. It's all started."

"If EZ can win the game, no other jungler can lose it. I'm putting my words here."

"IG has really gotten too arrogant. Just wait for IG to be beaten by Samsung."

Looking at IG's weird lineup, quite a few black fans are already trying to stir up trouble.

Although IG fans were arguing, they were really unsure.

In the past, there was a gameplay of using Egg Sword and EZ to clear the jungle, but that was a mid-lane blood-sucking style, it didn't allow you to really go jungle!

But for Yuan Shen, there is nothing strange about playing EZ jungle.

EZ jungler first appeared in the S7 summer season. In version 7.15, the cooldown of EZ's Q skill was reduced, and in version 7.17, the AD bonus of Q skill was increased, which enhanced EZ's early damage and late POKE ability, and also made jungle EZ possible.

But in this version, jungle EZ is also feasible.

You just need to replace the Wind Rider with Thunder to increase the damage.

In the early game, EZ Jungler relies on basic attacks and passive skills to clear the jungle very efficiently. He also has super high mobility and can avoid wards to gank.

Of course, the talent is to choose the Decree of the Thunder Lord, and the runes are nine red advanced attack power marks, nine yellow advanced armor marks, six blue advanced cooldown reduction engravings, and three blue advanced growth cooldown reduction engravings.

As for the essence, choose one high-level attack power and two high-level attack speeds.

When EZ's talent runes were shown to the audience, many people felt confused.

Because the third essence also brings attack speed, it has the highest cost-effectiveness and can increase the attack speed by 5% (rounded up).

But Yuan Shen has his reasons for leading in this way.

The big essence adds one more attack power, combined with the innate qualifications in the max talent and the burning of the red buff, it determines whether EZ needs to attack twice or three times when fighting the Razorbeak's monster at level 1.

Moreover, the hero EZ does not lack this 5% attack speed in the early stage because of his passive ability.

(End of this chapter)