Chapter 270 - EDG's tragedy
"IG seems to be leading by a lot, but in fact most of the economy is on EZ, and EZ's strong period is now. We must do something. It is best to establish the advantage of victory with the first big dragon. Otherwise, if it drags on to the late game, IG's lineup will not be suitable for teamfights. They only have Braum to start a teamfight."

"It was crucial to demolish the opponent's mid tower and compress the field of view. SSG's defensive ability is too strong."

The LPL commentators were still discussing the situation, but Miller on the side was all smiles, seemingly not worried at all that IG would lose.

"If it was another team, I might have some doubts, but this is IG! It was Yuan Shen who got the advantage. When have they ever let us down?"

After Miller finished speaking, Wawa and Miss didn't know what to say.

Good man, you son of a bitch, are you done pretending?

Didn’t the commentary have to be neutral?
The focus is clear and the stance is firm?
But Miller also has something to say. If it is a civil war, then there is nothing wrong with being neutral.

But this is a foreign war!

If you don’t support the LPL team, do you support Samsung like Guan Zeyuan?
A S4 championship, it’s been two years since then.

Ah!
Of the original ten Samsung players, only four are still able to enter the world competition stage.

The two Korean players of EDG and RNG are both from Samsung.

It’s just that General Pawn has a serious waist injury, so he came as a substitute mid laner this time.

EDG's starting mid laner is Scout, Lee Li-chan, who blocked SKT's toilet with rice cake takeaways when he left the team.

"This robot is quite good. Several times when IG tried to force their way forward, it was the robot's magic hook that caused IG's casualties. When did CoreJJ develop such a skill?"

Having said that, Miller is actually a little worried.

If we really want to fight in a team, IG doesn't seem to be that easy to deal with...

"I'll go find an opportunity, you wait for me!"

After Yuan Shen finished speaking, he went straight to the upper jungle area on the opposite side.

When the SSG players saw IG retreating, they also dispersed. The next two minutes would be a game of vision near the Baron.

The rhythm is back in their hands.

Although IG's crazy attack in the early stage made them feel at a loss.

But when IG's offensive slowed down, SSG immediately found a familiar feeling.

They are very familiar with turning the tide when they are at a disadvantage.

In LCK, they relied on vision tactics and disadvantageous operations to defeat KT and win a place in the World Championship.

If Yuan Shen were to speak, SSG would be a large-scale IM.

Even tougher than EDG.

Smelly and hard.

SSG decisively placed the three outer towers, but it took IG a full ten minutes to destroy the inner towers.

In exchange, SSG also destroyed IG's upper and lower outer towers.

As for the high ground, it is very difficult to go up there without a big dragon.

The key is……

"Why is it the Wind Dragon again..."

Xiao Ming couldn't help but complain.

Except for the first fire dragon, the rest of the dragons are all wind dragons.

There are already two wind dragons now. According to the display on the rock wall of the Little Dragon Pit, the next one will also be a wind dragon.

However, it doesn't matter anymore.

Nineteen minutes.

This time point is extremely sensitive.

On the eve of the Baron's refresh, SSG was slowly setting up vision towards the Baron pit.

But just when they were preparing to safely get through this buffer period, IG made a move.

Ryze uses his ultimate!

The azure teleportation array, with a wave of soldiers pressing forward from the middle lane, blocked SSG's vision and came directly to the bottom lane highland tower of SSG!
There are far more than just a wave of soldiers on the car, there are also EZ, Annie and Braum.

Rambo on the top lane teleported directly, and within just five seconds, all IG players gathered on the SSG bottom lane high ground.

"God's troops descend from the sky!! SSG is too slow to return to defense, the bottom lane high ground tower is about to be lost!"

The speed of EZ and Annie destroying towers is really fast!
Before the SSG team arrived, the bottom lane highland tower had already collapsed.

Moreover, IG had no intention of retreating at all, and they were determined to take the bottom lane crystal in one go!

"SSG didn't expect this at all. Their vision was already moving towards the upper half of the area, but this actually gave IG an opportunity."

"That's right, everyone thought IG was going to fight for the Baron, but they took advantage of their opponent's mentality and successfully broke through SSG's high ground defense. IG's command is amazing!"

"Make a feint to the east and attack in the west, lure the tiger away from the mountain, and I asked you to play professionally, but you are playing military tactics here?"

The audience in the live broadcast room all laughed.

You're the only one called Samsung?

Braum held up a shield and stood in front, and the IG team directly destroyed the crystal of SSG's bottom lane.

The robot's hook was dodged by Braum's W, and the late SSG saw only a pile of ruins in their bottom lane.

But now that everyone is here, what can we do?

Are they still planning to play 5v5 with IG?

Previously, they were able to defend by relying on the highland tower, but that was also because IG was poor at initiating team fights.

But now that they really have to fight in the wild, I’m afraid IG will wake up laughing in their dreams.

"Master An has put up a flag. Do you dare to come over?"

"No, how dare SSG start a fight? It's ok for the robots to sneak up on us, but if they really fight, I'm afraid they will just speed up."

"They sent him out of the country with courtesy. This match was so frustrating!"

The LPL audience was smiling, while the LCK audience was cursing.

Not only did they curse IG, they also cursed Samsung and even Riot Games.

If you hadn't arranged this shitty schedule, would LCK have made such a big fuss at the opening ceremony? ?

A good start, a good start, LPL is popular, but has anyone considered the feelings of LCK?
"Wait a minute! IG doesn't want to leave yet. This position..."

Miller suddenly took a deep breath and made a tiny contribution to global warming.

"Master An is going to be arrested!"

A wave of waves has risen again.

On the field, just when the SSG players thought that IG had left and that IG would use super soldiers to pull them back and take the opportunity to rush the big dragon, Master An, who was preparing to control the red buff in the jungle, suffered a serious blow.

What came towards him was a huge piece of ice thrown by Braum. Although Master An reacted quickly and used the reverse EQ, Ryze's imprisonment had already taken effect.

Rambo's ultimate skill came crashing down, and within the blind spot, EZ's ultimate skill was used!

Pull the moon bow to its full length, and you will see the half-moon in the sky!
A precise silver-white barrage suddenly appeared like a crescent moon, and a cold wind and sharp blade rushed towards the face.

"IG-TheShy (the mechanical public enemy) killed SSG-Ambition (the prince of Demacia)!!!"

The audience was stunned for less than 0.1 second and then exploded!

"Big dragon, big dragon!!"

"Master An is really a timely help! Have you submitted your application to join the party already?"

"Good death, good death, the ruler's face has turned green, I am dying of laughter."

The jungler was killed, and the IG team went straight to the dragon pit.

Although Rambo and EZ's ultimates are missing, the opponent doesn't have a jungler, and with so few people, they have no ability to join a team fight!
"If we take the big dragon, it's a sure thing!!"

"After 21 minutes, IG's economic lead exceeded 10,000. What else can SSG do to stop them? It's stable!"

An economic lead of 10,000 may not be a sure win.

But IG is not EDG.

There is no Clockwork and Rakan on the other side either.

If the bottom lane high ground was still there, SSG might still be able to struggle.

But when EZ and Rambo used their ultimates under the middle lane highland tower, and Ryze drove to the middle lane with two super soldiers and a large wave of soldiers, everyone was speechless.

your sister's.

The highland tower hasn't been destroyed yet, and the super soldiers have arrived.

What a joke! !
At 23 minutes, five SSG players were killed under the front tower, and IG ended the game in one wave.

“Congratulations IG!”

"Congratulations to IG for their first win in the World Championship. Their opponent was their biggest enemy in the group, SSG. With this, their chances of qualifying as the first in the group are very high."

"The pressure is now on EDG and RNG. The first round of the China-Korea match will last for three days, and there will be an exciting match every day!"

"This is the style of the world's strongest team!"

"Jungle EZ, this is IG's understanding of the version. Those analysts who advocated that bottom lane EZ is king can resign now."

"That's right. EZ is such a strong jungler, why let him go to the bottom lane as a tool?"

Domestic netizens are in a good mood.

Brag when you win and criticize when you lose; this is the eternal truth in the e-sports circle.

What's more, in the past year and a half, IG has hardly lost any major competitions.

The most difficult one was a narrow win against SKT with a score of 3 to 2.

But it’s three to two, isn’t that embarrassing?

Didn’t EDG’s MSI also win by three to two?

In S5, IG's top lane was unique, the mid and jungle were a little bit worse, and the bottom lane combination was not even ranked in the top five among the participating teams.

As for SKT, except for the top lane which is slightly worse, the other positions are almost all the best in the world.

If it weren't for the favorable version, it would not be so easy for IG to win the championship.

However, this year, whether it is the Spring Season or the Summer Season, or the MSI or the Olympics, IG or Yuan Shen has never disappointed!

After such a resounding victory, netizens suddenly turned from keyboard warriors to stupid netizens.

"This EZ is so cool. He has been suppressing Master An since the beginning of the game."

"I am dying of laughter. Wasn't the ADC jungler first developed by our Royal Club? You can brag about copying our tactics."

"Yes, yes, yes, Lucian is indeed the best jungler ever."

"To be honest, Graves jungler is also ADC jungler, just with a revised version."

The entire live broadcast room was filled with discussions and the audience was still not satisfied.

The early-game rhythm of the hero EZ is really perfect.

The jungle is cleared quickly and ganking is easy.

Although it is not easy to kill, as long as you can beat the enemy back home, it is easy to take down the first blood tower with full passive, secure the early economic advantage and start snowballing.

Many viewers who watched this game were itching to practice playing as an EZ jungler.

After the game, all IG players went to each other's positions to shake hands.

Then he bowed to the audience, and all the audience gave IG a warm round of applause.

This game is really entertaining to watch.

EZ jungle ideas, flexibility, ganking ability, and map control ability.

It's just like a textbook.

Using Ryze's ultimate to switch lanes and destroy towers made many viewers' eyes light up.

League of Legends, can it be played like this? ?

The interview is over and the next game will start soon.

Because they were both playing in Group A, IG did not return to the hotel but chose to watch the game in the lounge. The battle between H2K and ANX, the second seed in Europe and the first team in Russia, could be considered a European civil war.

“I believe that most people are not too familiar with the ANX team. As a new face in the world competition, this team is also quite strong.”

Miller was in a good mood and talked more, providing scientific knowledge to the audience in the live broadcast room.

"ANX, the full name of Albus NoX Luna, is the CIS LCL Summer Season champion from Russia. ANX was established on May 2016, 5. Its predecessor was Hard Random, the dominant team in the CIS region for two consecutive years in 23 and 2015. All the players were participants in the 2016 MSI Wild Card Tournament. Including the results during the HR period, ANX has won four consecutive championships in the CIS LCL, and is a team that truly represents the strongest strength in the region."

"In the Brazil wildcard tournament, although ANX ranked only fourth in the round-robin, their record was the same as the second and third place teams, 5 wins and 2 losses, and ANX was the only team to defeat the unstoppable LYON in the round-robin. Sure enough, in the subsequent crucial BO5 promotion match, ANX defeated LYON, who was highly favored before the game, 3:2 and successfully advanced to the World Championship. I think ANX has a chance of winning this time against H2K."

"Is it true that they can beat H2K?" Rookie was a little confused.

Although he has never played against H2K, H2K is Yue Lun's team after all, while ANX does not have any Korean aid.

Among the teams participating in the current World Championships, if they don’t have Korean players, they would be embarrassed to call themselves a strong team!
Which team doesn't have two Korean players as standard?

The TSM team, after introducing Kakao, directly became the number one in North America.

After Impact joined the C9 team, they went from not even making the playoffs to being the runner-up in North America.

"It's hard to say. ANX is not that simple. Anything can happen in BO1."

Yuan Shen shook his head.

It is difficult for him to predict the match between the two teams.

Originally, ANX tied CLG 1-1 in the group stage, defeated G2 twice, and even won a game against ROX.

In the end, they lost to ROX in the tiebreaker and advanced as the second in the group.

But in the quarterfinals, they were shut out by H2K, leaving their true strength unclear.

In the upper half, SKT and ROX defeated RNG and EDG respectively and met in the semifinals. While the two teams were fighting fiercely, SSG in the lower half quietly beat C9 and H2K - respectively. They really made it to the finals by luck.

Even if it weren't for the 70-minute comeback in the third game of the final, there would have been no chance of a life-and-death game.

The game started quickly, and before the BP was over, ANX showed his ultimate move.

Lucian and Brand in the bottom lane, Poppy in the top lane, Anivia in the middle, and Elise in the jungle.

After three minutes of laning, a kill occurred in the bottom lane.

Jack and Xiao Ming, who were watching the whole game, looked at each other in bewilderment.

"He fights so fiercely! Is Brand's support so strong?" Xiao Ming swallowed.

"Hellfire, Brand's passive is continuous damage. Every time the Hellfire jumps, it resets the damage. Even after the passive is burned out, there is still continuous Hellfire damage. It's not surprising that it can deal such damage with the magic penetration of the talent rune."

When he saw ANX's support Brand, Yuan Shen remembered the unique skills of this team.

The combination of Anivia + Poppy, ice wall + wall-bang for stable control.

The support uses the hero Brand to replace the tank support.

As the representative hero of the mid-lane burst mage, Brand's skill damage is not low.

And since you have chosen Brand as your support, there is only one way to play in the early stage: be aggressive! Really aggressive! You have to make the opponent doubt his life.

In the absence of group control and stable control, the only advantage of Brand is damage. In a fight, Brand can deal a lot of damage as long as one of his skills hits.

Yes, as long as you hit one skill, the passive burning and hellfire effects are enough in the early stage of damage. And the Q of the brand man has a long range, which is also very effective for fighting POKE.

"The Ice Staff and the Magic Piercing Staff slow down the opponent and deal damage. I think I can learn a few tricks!"

Xiao Ming scratched his head.

"No need to practice, just play. Brand is the best in the world! If I hadn't been able to choose Draven last year, I would have chosen Brand for the championship skin!"

Fire Man, he is so familiar!
When he was playing Fire Smelting Iron last year, he was playing the Fire Man.

She Keke is playing Malzahar before the revamp.

"Look carefully, we can indeed take it."

Yuan Shen nodded, and Fu Manduo beside him was also thoughtful.

When he was in IG, Jack often played the core bottom lane, and Rookie played Lucian or Crocodile, which could improve the early combat capabilities of the top, mid and jungle, so as to ensure an advantage in the early stage.

"It's too easy to fight in a group..."

Jack frowned at the combo of Brand assisted by ANX.

Use the ultimate skill at the beginning of every team fight, use the ricochet effect and high damage of the ultimate skill to force the opponent to disperse their formation, and use the slowing effect of the ice wand to help your side pursue, achieving a soft control effect.

In the second game, after playing for 32 minutes, ANX won its first victory.

On the second day of the group stage, Group A had a bye.

On the third day, IG will face H2K.

That is to say, in the last round of the group stage, they will face ANX.

"Strive to finish the first round with 3-0!"

"It should be fine. H2K didn't perform very well today."

Rookie commented on Yue Lun's vampire and said that there was not much pressure.

By the time we got back to the hotel, ROX had already defeated CLG, and the games against RNG and SPY were halfway through.

RNG still used their old tricks. The top, mid and jungle suppressed SPY's upper zone in the early stage. Then Xiang Guo and Xiao Hu kept ganking the bottom lane and forced SPY's bottom lane to collapse.

SPY's late-game lineup was defeated before their equipment was ready, and they called GG in 27 minutes.

"The next game is going to be interesting, Flash Wolves vs. SKT. I wonder if Flash Wolves can still maintain their MSI level this time."

Yuan Shen is still very interested in the Flash Wolves team.

In the first fifteen minutes, Flash Wolves ranked among the top three in the world.

But once the big dragon spawns, everyone will be lost as soon as the twenty minutes are up.

The result of this game did not disappoint Yuan Shen.

Although the rhythm is a bit chaotic in the later stage, the advantage in the early stage is really too great!

The mid-jungle combination of Lee Sin and Dragon King suppressed Olaf and Snake Girl.

Even though SKT had several good team fights in the late game and dragged the game time to 42 minutes, they were still successfully defeated by FW.

"We really lost... I hope SKT, the runner-up in the group, won't come against us in the end."

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, bad luck."

As soon as Xiao Ming finished speaking, Jack couldn't help but pat him on the head.

"It doesn't matter. If they really want to be second in the group, then they can just stop in the quarterfinals."

Yuan Shen doesn't care. If he wants to win the championship, it doesn't matter who he beats.

If SKT can really make it to the finals step by step, their condition might be even better.

If possible, he even wanted to jump directly to Group C and beat SKT in the round of 16.

As his most important enemy, Yuan Shen only wanted to suffocate SKT in its cradle and did not want to give him any chance to develop.

In the last game, EDG played against C9.

Everyone felt that this was a battle without suspense.

But Yuan Shen still had doubts. If he remembered correctly, EDG in S6 had a big upset on the first day of the group stage.

They even lost to Intz, and were crushed despite being 15,000 economically behind.

As the first No. 5 seed in LPL to lose a wildcard, EDG's lower limit is comparable to LGD, which was eliminated in the round of in S.

Although he has been replaced by Saint Spear Brother now, the biggest problem has not been solved.

That is Mingkai's style of play, which is actually too inconsistent with the current version.

C9's top laner is Impact, who is much stronger than Intz.

Sure enough, after a 9-minute battle, EDG ultimately failed to hold on and lost to C.

Before the China-Korea battle even started, EDG suffered its first defeat.

"Tsk... This state is not good!"

Yuan Shen sighed. IG became the number one seed, and EDG's grouping was actually worse than before.

Originally in history, EDG's opponents were H2K, AHQ, and Intz.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a perfect grouping.

But even with such a grouping, EDG was reduced to having to play a tiebreaker with H2K for the top spot in the group.

Besides, we haven’t fought for it yet!
If it weren't for the stable performance of AHQ's favorite player, who gave EDG two points, and Intz was beaten up by AHQ and H2K in turn, it would be uncertain whether EDG could qualify.

Now EDG has to face Flash Wolves, SKT, and C9.

All three opponents are much stronger than in history.

Although EDG also strengthened its top unit, A Guang became Flandre.

But this version of the top order...

Too marginalized.

Or you can choose team battle heroes like Kennen and Rambonar to fight in a team.

Or you can choose Maokai, Poppy and Titan to be responsible for initiating the team fight and taking the damage.

Or choose Ekko to play solo.

The top laner has lost the ability to dominate the game.

"Perhaps, the current EDG will be eliminated in the round of 16 ahead of schedule?"

Yuan Shen wasn't sure.

Mingkai, who had been in the quarterfinals every year, suffered a crushing defeat in their hometown of Wuhan at home in S7, making a reverse breakthrough into the quarterfinals for the first time.

This time in S6, Mingkai's horse stepped on a flying arrow, and 4396's downfall began.

The pace of the group stage is very tight, and you don't have any time to rest or adjust your condition.

After the game is over, the coach will be responsible for reviewing all the games of the day and studying the playing styles of other teams to find out the most correct playing style in the current version.

Jungle EZ, Scorpion, Lee Sin, Olaf, Centaur, Graves, and Kindred all appeared today.

EZ and Scorpion are the focus of discussion among major teams.

The same is true for Brand Jyra, who plays in the support position.

In the late game, if the character has magic power equipment, the output of Zyra will not be much worse than that of the ADC and mid laner.

This is the case for every World Championship.

In the group stage, everyone thinks this hero is strong, but in the quarterfinals they will find a hero that is even stronger or can restrain the previous hero.

After today's game, Lee Sin and Olaf became the two heroes with the highest selection rates.

There are different opinions on whether Lee Sin restrains Olaf, or Olaf restrains Lee Sin.

But being educated with forehand and backhand is a human problem.

A group of top players from their respective regions gather together to compete at the highest intensity every day and study the most powerful playing style in the current version.

Every day, the old ways of playing are changing.

Every day, new routines emerge.

Every day, the players gain new understanding.

"H2K the day after tomorrow, a quick battle and a quick decision."

Fu Manduo flipped through his notebook.

Only Group A has a bye tomorrow. If you want to arrange a training match with teams from other groups, you will have to look at their game schedules.

There aren't any familiar teams in North America to challenge.

If you want to try out some tactics, you can only communicate and simulate within the team.

"Next, we need to study the blue team's BP. In the current version, the blue team's BP is too disadvantaged..."

Fu Manduo continued to arrange tactics and training. The post-match summary took half an hour to finish. Afterwards, they took the takeaway food sent by the hotel and had a simple bite of the Fuling pickled mustard in their backpacks. Then everyone began to devote themselves to training without relaxing for a moment.

(End of this chapter)