Chapter 58-Semi-finals, EDG!

"The schedule is out, everyone check the group message and get ready."

Su Xiaoluo clapped his hands and walked into the training room.

When seeing the detailed playoff schedule in the group file, everyone in IG frowned.

"So, we have to play against OMG first, and then EDG?"

Ziti pounded the table, feeling somewhat unwilling.

The schedule during the spring season was completely different. At that time, the first place played against the eighth place, the second place played against the seventh place, and the team with higher points could play against the team with lower points.

Obviously, high points do not mean strong strength, there is room for controlling points, and Oscar Night is born in such an environment.

Eighty-six people died in more than forty minutes, with someone dying every minute.

In order to avoid this situation, the official directly modified the rules of the summer playoffs.

The first and second place in the league will directly secure a place in the semi-finals.

The fifth and eighth place teams in the regular season will face off, with the winner going to play the fourth place team, and the winner advancing to the semifinals to face the second place team.

The sixth and seventh place teams in the regular season will face off, with the winner going to play the third place team, and the winner advancing to the semifinals to face the first place team.

"LGD really caught them. They will probably beat Snake and QG, and then they can enter the finals."

Jack was somewhat unwilling.

He has experienced LGD's ability to control points.

On the other hand, IG needs to face OMG and EDG and win all of them to advance to the finals to face LGD.

You know, IG's record against EDG this year is really ugly.

In five encounters, there were three losses and two draws, which looks pretty good.

But the small score is nine to two!

Almost a crushing defeat.

The power of the Civil War Phantom God is really too strong.

You know, since EDG was founded, it has won three league championships in a row, and now, it is the first in the regular season and the team closest to the summer championship.

"Don't worry. It's a good thing to play against EDG in advance. We can keep them in third place so they don't have to compete with us for the first place in the annual points."

Yuan Shen controlled the new version of Fiora and played Rank, saying casually.

"Wow, you are really crazy! How is the new Sword Princess? Is it fun?"

Zizi came over to see Yuan Shen's battle record.

He has also played the new version of Fiora and felt very uncomfortable.

This hero has a completely different mechanism from the old version, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are two new heroes.

The playing style, equipment, skill points, and combo sequence are all unknown and are still waiting for others to develop.

"All I can say is, Wu Di."

Yuan Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

He actually has a special feeling for the hero Fiora.

Compared with the old version of Fiora, he got the hang of the new version of Fiora faster and was more familiar with it.

Many combos and tricks are so familiar to me that I don't even need to study them again.

The Fiora version had just been updated not long ago, but he had already raised his proficiency in the new version of the Fiora to level A, and was heading straight for level S.

Obviously, this is not the end.

Version 5.15 was officially confirmed as the playoff version.

All teams are studying this version.

There is a new god in each version. Each version has different strong heroes. Professional teams need to grasp this information as soon as possible.

However, according to Yuan Shen's guess, in the playoffs, no one would dare to use the two heroes, Fiora and Gangplank.

The reason is simple: the time is too short.

If these two heroes appear in the top lane, the game must revolve around the top lane.

Not to mention whether other teams have such a playing system, even if they do, the players may not be able to practice heroes so quickly.

Without sufficient proficiency to support it, it is likely that if you use it rashly, it will be worse than using a big tree to fight a familiar routine.

Fumanduo also has his own considerations for these two new heroes.

Unlike other teams, IG has a complete top, mid and jungle system tactics.

The final result is that Yuan Shen practices Fiora and Zzitai practices Gangplank.

Yuan Shen had no objection to this decision.

No one knows Fiora better than him. The old version of Fiora was known as the god of bullying noobs, but she was rarely seen in competitions or even high-end games.

But after the revision, it has become a hot favorite in this year's competition and will often appear in future competitions.

This difference is enough to prove that the new version of Fiora's mechanism is better and has a higher upper limit.

However, the current version is still not the heavy-armored warrior version.

Noxus and Malphite are still being reworked, and the equipment for heavy armored warriors such as Big Nine, Bloodthirster, and Plate Armor have not yet been fully released.

Currently only the Giant Nine has been released, and the new version of Black Cleaver is still in the test server.

If there is any good thing for IG, it is that the ADC has been weakened.

ADCs of all sizes have been nerfed, especially Skateboard Shoes, who have been nerfed several times.

Simply put, the top position has indeed been strengthened, but it has not yet reached its strongest level.

With this revision, Riot has actually sent out a signal.

In the S5 World Championship, the top lane may be the key.

All the major competition areas received the signal almost at the same time, but the speed of reaction and acceptance were different.

You should know that Riot's version changes are one version slower in the Chinese server than in foreign servers due to review reasons.

The Korean server playoff version is version 5.16, which is the heavy-armor warrior version.

If Yuan Shen remembers correctly, the version for the world championship is 5.18.

This means that the LPL version is three versions behind the World Championship version!

Moreover, two of the versions have undergone subversive changes.

It is almost certain that a team selected in this way will not be able to adapt to the local environment in the World Championship.

To summarize briefly:
The first version, which is version 5.15, is called the Fiora and Gangplank version.

The second version, version 5.16, is called the Heavy Armor Warrior version, which is a version that updates new equipment.

The third version is a fine-tuning version that weakens and strengthens the major heroes.

The fourth version, version 5.18, the Iron Man and Noxus version, is also the world championship version.

When all the LPL teams are studying the Fiora and Gangplank version and selecting the team for the World Championship based on this version, what are other regions doing?
They are studying the juggernaut version, studying new equipment, and being able to end the game earlier, and studying the world championship version of Noxus and Iron Man.

There is a huge difference between the LPL version and the World Championship version, and even the playing style will be completely overturned.

And this is the biggest problem facing all LPL teams.

If they focus on the Fiora and Gangplank version, their research on the world championship version will lag behind other regions and other teams.

If they focus on the world championship version, they will most likely have problems in the playoffs.

This was an unprecedented great attempt by Riot designers, but it brought huge troubles to the major LPL teams.

The result of the attempt is that Riot designers will no longer dare to make large-scale disruptive changes before the World Championship version. Instead, they will inherit the general gameplay of the Summer Championship version and only make minor adjustments to certain heroes and gameplay.

The playoffs in all major regions are in full swing.

Especially the LCK teams, they have been slowly studying tactics centered on the top lane.

In terms of coaching staff and analyst team, LCK, which has been deeply involved in the e-sports field for many years, is much more professional than LPL and has a much higher sensitivity to versions.

Moreover, they have more authority within the team.

Not to mention the European and American regions. They dare to play any cool heroes. Fiora and Gangplank have appeared on their field more than once, and their performances were quite good.

But in the LPL region, there is no such thing yet.

In the two BO5 matches between the bottom four, no one dared to use Gangplank and Fiora.

This is caused by the overall environment of the competition area and also because the LPL version changes too slowly.

The coaches and players of LPL are really slow in accepting the new version.

In the playoffs, there is a BO5 match every day. After the match, the team will have an early holiday. If they win, they will go to the next round.

With such a cruel competition system, no team dares to take the risk of trying new tactics.

On August 8, LGD defeated the Snake team 14-.

On August 8, IG swept OMG 15-.

At this point, the top four teams have all been announced.

And IG is about to face an opponent it has never defeated this year.

EDG!

(S7 is very special, because the development of the censer monster was after the playoffs. It was the players changing the world, and it had nothing to do with the designers. Strictly speaking, it was just that the routine was developed a little slowly, otherwise it would have been chopped down to a fool long ago)

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