Chapter 581: Eunjung has never spit in front of Faker
RNG's loss to AFs only made the LPL audience a little disappointed.
The 2200 damage dealt by Xiaohu caused discussions among audiences all over the world.
I still remember that in the S6 finals, the factory manager who scored 4396 with Lee Sin and the champion skin that was kicked by the Vietnamese God of Sin formed an enduring meme.
But now...the number 4396 is getting higher and higher!
"UZI never dreamed that his strongest mid-lane teammate would be the three ugly e-sports players."
"Tiger laughs at me."
"The Tiger Emperor of Spring is no longer good in summer."
"If they can't even beat the Korean team in BO1, how can they play in the round-robin tournament? SKT is the weakest of the four LCK teams."
"It's better to play four protecting one. RNG can't win against a strong team if they don't play four protecting one."
"It turns out that the saying that I am in C of the royal family is true."
“Is this the strength of the runner-up?”
"I can only say that EDG has raised the LPL region to a level that does not belong to it."
“…”
After RNG's game ended, the outside world was completely pessimistic about the performance of the LPL region in this intercontinental competition.
What’s the point of EDG being strong?
The Intercontinental Championship is a matter for four teams.
It seems that even RNG, which was at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, could lose like this.
Who can beat IG, whose general is absent due to injury, and RW, who relies on picking up "champion fragments" to hold on?
"How did 2200 happen?"
The factory manager was puzzled: "He was playing Ryze. Even if he had a teamfight and dealt a lot of damage, it couldn't be more than 2,000 points. Is there something wrong with the data?"
"The data is fine." Xiye remembered the details: "Ryze's arms are too short. If he dares to deal damage in a disadvantageous situation, he will be killed instantly. RNG's teamfights were a bit disjointed, and there was no chance to deal damage."
"Brother, I saw a statistic." A Shui flipped through the post: "Mid Tiger hit a total of 7 Qs, 5 Es, 1 W, and... oh, that's it, just these 13 skills."
"Fuck, what the hell is this!" Jiejie, who came along as a substitute, couldn't help but complain.
RNG lost.
The team that suffered the most was obviously EDG.
You know, with EDG's strength, they have a high enough chance of winning against any team.
What if the other three LPL teams lose and their winning streak in world-class events is broken in the Intercontinental Championship? That would be so unfair.
"Don't worry too much. RNG still has some strength. This is just a small mistake." Xing Dao was not too worried: "You can give them a suggestion, tell Xiaohu not to rush to support too much , it's best not to even use the teleport, and focus on the line."
Speaking objectively, is Xiaohu weak?
No.
Indeed, Xiaohu has always been known as a wimp in major competitions.
There are also many crime scenes.
But if you really want to find someone better than Xiaohu among the active players in the world, there are only a few.
You can basically count them on one hand.
Moreover, Xiaohu’s laning and operation are not bad, and his support frequency is also very high.
The real weakness lies in the understanding of the situation.
In actual combat, Xiaohu would occasionally use teleportation with negative effects, which not only failed to provide any support, but also destroyed the advantages accumulated previously.
It is hard to say whether the strength will increase instead of decrease without teleportation, but the stability will definitely be improved.
“That makes sense.”
Abu agreed: "I will talk to the RNG coach later. Xiaohu's pure laning skill is not a big problem. If he gives up teleporting and switches to a main combat skill, his strength can be greatly improved... He is a little weaker than Scout and Pawn, so this can make up for it."
"By the way, did you see anything in AFs's game today?"
"They are a standard operations team with strong execution capabilities." The factory manager expressed his opinion: " After fifteen minutes, there were basically no cases of being left alone. The vision layout was relatively conventional, but it never stopped... However, their style was also relatively restrained by us."
The relationship between the operations team and the fighting team is like that between the east wind and the west wind.
Only those with great strength can overwhelm each other.
There is no system-level counter.
The reason for saying this is that AFs, like KZ, has its core carry point in the top lane.
The factory manager doesn't think Kiin, the so-called talented newcomer, can be a match for Xing Dao.
Think about it.
The factory manager added: "If I play against them, I will focus on the middle lane, since I am more familiar with them anyway."
"Okay!" Xiye was very happy.
As mentioned before.
The intercontinental competition can be seen as the Asian Games selection to a large extent.
If you want to be on the Asian Games roster, you must have an ID card.
This means that the two foreign players, Doinb of RW team and Rookie of IG team, can only watch and have no possibility of competition.
Xiaohu just showed off another 2200.
As long as Xiye can perform like "Xi Meng Jing Wo", qualification for the Asian Games will be a sure thing.
The remaining 10% is not for those who are not selected.
It is an unexpected situation that may occur in terms of personal safety.
We had a brief discussion.
EDG players continued to rank freely, waiting for the game between RW and KT at 9 pm.
As for the KT vs. MAD and SKT vs. M17 in the middle...is it necessary to watch?
Isn't that just the Korean team showing off their skills?
This is also true.
KT showed a more classic Korean operation than AFs in the match against MAD. In a 32-minute game, the kills were tied at 1-1 before the hub defense tower was demolished.
SKT showed a different style of play against M17 - Faker's AP Galio was killing like crazy.
Faker, who has not appeared in the audience's sight for quite some time, has once again become a hot topic, and the scene of RNG releasing Galio five times in the S7 finals has also been brought up again.
"Faker is still very popular." A Shui didn't expect that SKT just won a small victory, but the public opinion was so excited.
"The first two-time champion, the first big devil-level player, his professional attitude and quality are indeed good, so he must have a lot of fans." Xiye felt that it was natural.
"That's true. Faker never seems to say anything in front of his haters." A Shui recalled.
"Just like Eunjung never cursed in front of Faker." Jiejie added.
" ???!"
"grass!"
“You…”
“It hurts.”
When the other EDG members heard this, they subconsciously felt that something was wrong.
If you think about it carefully...something is even more wrong!
"Did you learn this from that old scoundrel Liu Zhihao (Zizi)?" Ah Shui laughed and slapped his thigh wildly: "No, when Faker starts live streaming, I will open a small account to brush it and see if he will directly end the live streaming."
"No, no, no, that's too rude." Xing Dao tried to stop him. "If you can play in the game, just talk about the game. If you have any dissatisfaction, use the game to solve it. It's wrong to use other people's pain points to make such a bad joke."
"Yes, oh my, I didn't think it through." Ah Shui immediately came to his senses: "Watch the game, watch the game, brother Jie, who do you think will win, RW or KT?"
"To be honest, the difference is quite large." Xing Dao is not optimistic about RW.
Facing other teams, even the champions and runners-up like KZ and AFs, or SKT with Faker, RW is not completely without a chance of winning.
It’s different when we meet KT.
KT's top laner is Smeb, the jungler is Score, the mid laner is General Pawn, and the bottom lane is Deft and Mata. These five players may be a little worse than their respective peak conditions, but they are all old-timers who can't be bitten off, chewed, or softened even in water.
RW wanted to use the four-pack-two gank system with Doinb as the main rhythm point, but the probability of success was negligible.
This is indeed the case.
Although Doinb brought out the male knife, a hero who can climb mountains and cross rivers, in order to lead the pace.
But the veterans in the KT team relied on their rich experience to easily resolve RW's wave after wave of attacks.
At the end of the game, Doinb's record was zero kills, two deaths and three assists, which was almost equivalent to a decoration.
After the first day, the two games between LPL and LCK ended with a score of 0-2, casting a shadow over the LPL audience.
