Chapter 51-Fighting the Snake Team, Jack Joins the Team
After defeating OMG, there are not many opponents left for IG in the first round of the regular season.
But, they are all tough guys.
Snake Team, EDG, LGD.
Moreover, all three teams were in the same week.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, three consecutive days of high-intensity fighting.
Defeating OMG might be a big deal for Yuan Shen.
But for IG, it is just a trivial matter.
Excluding the rest time, they have to play 33 BO22 games in 2 days during the regular season. Both the intensity and frequency are extremely high. Compared with Europe and the United States, which only play one BO1 a week, it is simply hellish difficulty.
Time passes day by day.
The game against the Snake team is tomorrow.
The IG members were not too relaxed either.
The Snake team was in the top four together with IG in the spring season. Although they lost to them in the third place match, their strength should not be underestimated.
"This year, LPL will have a total of three teams enter the World Championship. As the champion and runner-up teams of the Spring Split, EDG and LGD have a great chance of entering the World Championship. The remaining spot will be left to QG, Snake Team and us."
Su Xiaoluo kept swiping on his notebook. Next to him, there was a young man with an unusually large head who kept looking at something.
"Wenbo, don't move around during a meeting. Come and sit down."
"I understand, Yi Jin-hyung."
Jack dragged the stool over, and the sharp friction sound instantly echoed throughout the conference room.
"Assi!!"
"Ah!! How many times have I told you to call plants captains during meetings?"
"Don't drag yourself! You're not Lulu, why are you sliding around..."
Yuan Shen was overwhelmed.
The sound made by sharp objects rubbing against flat surfaces is really unbearable.
"Alright, alright, let's continue the meeting. We are all familiar with our opponents tomorrow..."
Fu Manduo presided over the meeting, while Yuan Shen was daydreaming every day.
The current Snake team is not the later Snake Team. In the spring season, the Snake team ranked second in the standings, second only to EDG, and was a very eye-catching dark horse team.
Of course, like QG, dark horse teams often have a big problem, which is the lack of experience and system in BO5, and eventually they stop in the semi-finals.
The current Snake team has two systems, which are very similar to IG.
One is the top single play style centered on Flandre, and the other is the four-protect-one tactic centered on Masto.
"Yuan Shen, you are also familiar with Flandre. He is also a very talented top laner, also known for his fierceness and sharp operation. Before you, he was the synonym of LPL's carry top laner... Are you ready?"
Hearing Fu Manduo say this, Yuan Shen almost stood up at attention and swore loudly.
There's nothing I can do, I'm under stress.
"consciousness".
"Most of the top laners in LPL don't interest me. I hope Flandre can excite me. Tomorrow, she doesn't have to help me. She just needs to stop Beast from coming to the top lane."
Yuan Shen smiled. Flando has not yet experienced the BO6 competition system of S10. He is at the peak of his age and strength. As the future S11 champion, Yuan Shen still values him very much.
……
Early the next morning, after the daily warm-up, a large group of IG players arrived at the competition venue in a mighty manner.
Although Jack’s status has not been officially confirmed and he cannot play in the game, it is still important for him to come to the game and feel the atmosphere.
“Are there so many people?”
"What is this? I've seen bigger scenes than this."
"This light is so big, this cosplayer is so white... Damn, why is there such a show today!"
Kid reacted as soon as he finished speaking, turned around and covered Jack's eyes, signaling everyone to pull Jack back to the lounge.
"Ahem, I didn't see anything."
Jack's cheeks turned red, and everyone in IG looked at each other in bewilderment.
"What should I do? Jack is still young."
"I can't help it, Jack. Please bear with it for a while. You have always wanted to know why Ge Yan is so strong. In fact, he has practiced a kind of Kung Fu, but he has to pay a small price."
His mouth was full of dirty talk, but his expression was serious.
"Go away, stop talking nonsense. You don't understand our ADC business." Kid was so anxious that his face turned green.
What a small price, how could he not know what such a sad person like Zizhi would say.
……
"I believe everyone has been looking forward to today's game for a long time. As the only two teams in our LPL that still use the single core strategy, we are finally going to face off today."
"That's right. The top laners of Snake and IG, Yuan and Flandre, are familiar to everyone. No one would doubt that they are the top three domestic top laners in our LPL."
The commentators today are Changmao and Miller.
Both of them used familiar opening lines and similar dialogue, but I always felt that Changmao was a little worse than Wawa.
The BP of both sides started quickly. The blue team's Snake banned Leblanc, Ekko, and Jayce, while IG banned Lucian, Azar, and Ziggs.
The mid laner of the Snake team is none other than EDG's U. With his Ziggs, you can only see the bomb but not the person, and he is a master in the professional arena.
The reason for banning Lucian is that they are afraid that Kid will be beaten by Masters and will not be able to survive until the late game.
The Snake team was the first to choose and directly grabbed Syndra.
This is also one of Rookie's specialty heroes.
IG, on the other hand, picked Annie and Lee Sin in the counterattack, and Snake directly took Corki and Gnar in the second and third picks.
"Both sides were very conservative in their first few picks. Corki is not as strong as Lucian in this version, but he still has an advantage against Annie."
Miller analyzed.
"Yes, it seems that the Snake team is well prepared today and wants to open a breakthrough in the bottom lane. However, in this case, the top laner cannot be too aggressive. Gnar, the all-purpose hero, is a very good choice. It's a pity that Ekko was banned."
"Yeah, I'm still looking forward to the classic matchup between Ekko and Gnar."
Miller laughed.
"What do you mean? Nar arranged it for him?"
In the IG player seat, KID instantly became energetic.
"Let's do it!"
Yuan Shen also became interested.
The top laners in LPL are either Maokai or Gnar and Centaur, and I am fed up with them all.
After playing the entire spring season, the summer season is still the same, with no novelty at all.
"Coach, I want to play Yasuo!"
Yuan Shen was eager to try.
His proficiency in Yasuo is not very high, but it doesn't matter.
He has seen Rookie play this hero many times.
Ten points are not a difficult task, just win all ten ranked matches.
"Yasuku? OK!"
Fu Manduo didn't care.
He still respects the opinions of the players, especially the core players.
He would only refuse a player's request if the lineup specifically needed to supplement the front row or control.
On the big screen, the avatars of Yasuo and Thresh appeared.
Seeing this scene, the competition venue instantly boiled over.
Looking at IG's lineup, Changmao was the first to express his opinion.
"IG likes to keep the counter position in the top lane recently. Facing Saint Spear's Gnar, I wonder what Yuan will choose to deal with it."
"Well, the mid-jungle combination of Lee Sin and Yasuo, Annie and Thresh are also good. Annie has no displacement, so she needs Thresh's lantern to protect her.
"There is no doubt that Rookie is proficient in Yasuo. Kakao is also an experienced Lee Sin. This classic mid-jungle combination of IG has appeared again!"
Miller smiled.
"I feel like IG could use a mage on the top lane, a hero like Ryze would be nice."
After Changmao finished speaking, the Snake Team's final two options were officially confirmed.
Piggy girl, Annie.
Auxiliary Annie, who has long arms and stable control, often appears in LPL games after being developed by Tabe.
And when IG's last hero appeared, there was a burst of exclamations at the competition venue.
Is it better to update at midnight in the future? Or should we update at daytime in the future?
(End of this chapter)