Chapter 582: One Superior Horse and Three Bad Horses
The audience was somewhat disappointed.
The EDG team did not pay much attention to the consecutive losses of RNG and RW.
There are two reasons.
The first reason is the perspective from which one looks at the problem.
The vast majority of the audience cares about winning or losing. Losing to the South Korean team means losing, and being unable to beat them means being unable to beat them. There is no point in saying anything else.
This view is correct.
If we don’t look at the results in a competition, what else can we look at?
It is just talk not to judge a hero by his success or failure.
If given a choice, a normal person would rather be a rat in Jiangdong who has been despised for a thousand years than be a fragment of a hero in the hands of Boss Cao.
But.
In the eyes of the professional team as the "authorities", winning or losing is certainly important.
The factors that affect winning or losing must not be ignored.
RW lost the game because they were completely defeated by the individual abilities of KT players.
It’s not that they are incapable of fighting against other LCK teams.
The reason why RNG lost is even simpler.
We even have plans for improvements.
If we fight again, I’d say my chances of winning are at least 50%.
This is similar to the situation when we felt despair when we first lost to the South Korean team, but felt like we saw hope when we lost to the South Korean team later.
It's not self-consolation.
But we are really confident of winning.
The second reason is… overall unity.
The LCK region has not won a single victory since the S6 finals, and the four teams have more or less a mentality of sharing the same hatred and a common enemy.
On the other hand, let’s look at LPL.
Of course I want to win.
But the other three teams, especially RNG, actually don't want EDG to get too much attention.
Only after losing two games did I temporarily put aside all those messy thoughts.
Start thinking about how to maintain victory.
When the coaching team communicates and discusses together, they are more open and more willing to absorb suggestions from others.
The first battle on July 6th.
RNG took the stage again, facing the LMS runner-up GRX.
This time, RNG finally showed its true strength.
The mid laner Xiaohu took out the Twilight Celestial Lee Zoe and beat up GRX's mid laner Crocodile.
Mala Xiangguo’s Nightmare was chasing after Shen in the jungle.
UZI and Xiao Ming got the Lucian + Morgana combination, which seemed inappropriate at first glance. The burst AD and the lottery-type support didn't seem to match well.
But when it comes to actual combat, everyone knows the reason.
——UZI, this dog AD, puts on a magic immunity shield and rushes madly to the opponent. Even if he doesn't have any displacement skills, he will not be controlled and detained, highlighting his rogue nature.
29 minutes and 34 seconds.
RNG concluded the game with a total record of 17-5.
Let the LPL region continue to maintain its undefeated streak against the LMS region.
…
The second game is between FW and KZ.
Compare paper strength.
There is a big gap between FW and KZ.
After all, Wolf King Kasra transferred to RNG, and it is difficult for the remaining players to take on the leading role.
As for Hanabi the fire dragon...
Before fighting with Xing Dao, some people still had certain expectations for Hanabi.
After fighting with Xing Dao, Hanabi became a dragon fruit.
But what was unexpected was that FW had enough creative ideas - they chose Malphite and Rakan to go bottom, forcing KZ to give up the normal laning phase and use Xayah to lead Braum to surround the mid and jungle.
Then...FW took out the mid-lane punishment male knife!
The final lineup is KZ top laner Mundo, mid and jungle Xia + Braum, and bottom lane Crow Pike.
FW has Gangplank on top, Gragas in the jungle, Talon in the middle, and Iron Man + Rakan on the bottom lane.
During the battle, Talon and Gragas focused their energy on the bottom lane, helping Iron Man establish an advantage, and then controlling the Dragon Soul to speed up the demolition of the tower.
Relying on the control of the Barrel and the high burst of the Male Sword, he frequently caught people and opened up the situation.
Although the KZ team was very strong, they gradually stabilized the situation and overtook the opponent in terms of combat power after thirty minutes.
But when Hanabi was losing the Baron team fight and it seemed like defeat was inevitable, he found a bush and teleported to KZ's high ground to steal the base.
Two strikes chopped off the remaining hub defense tower.
Then, in a 1v1 real man battle, he used a triple combo of barrel + Q + fire knife to kill PraY's Xia, destroyed the base crystal, and completed a counterattack against the strong.
“It’s beautiful!”
"Electric Wolf is awesome!"
"As expected of the Anti-Han Hero."
"Hanabi, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have mocked you yesterday."
"Hanabi: I can't beat Jiege because Jiege is strong, not because I am weak."
"In the BO1 match against the Korean team, Flash Wolves is absolutely trustworthy."
“Trivia: The reason Flash Wolves are weak in BO5s is that they have never played a full BO5 in their region.”
"Too bad tomorrow is the Tian Ji horse racing format. How is LMS going to win with one top horse and three useless horses?"
“…”
The barrage was full of apologies and regrets.
The ranking in the group stage is based on the total points.
Flash Wolves FW defeated KZ, and the combination of one win and one loss created a full two-point gap.
This gives LPL a great opportunity.
"From the beginning of the competition till now, our LPL region has lost two games, and the LCK has also lost two games."
"The direct confrontation between LPL and LCK, as well as IG vs. SKT and EDG vs. KZ."
"Assuming that neither region loses to LMS, even if IG loses to SKT, EDG will have a chance to play a tiebreaker if they beat KZ. If IG beats SKT, EDG will be able to put on a resurrection armor!"
I remember analyzing the ranking situation: "Based on normal strength comparison, our chances of getting first place in the group are very high... Even if a very small probability event really happens , it doesn't matter. After the second place in the group plays the third place, we still have to play the first place. There is no difference."
"That's right." Xiao Yu nodded. "The next four games will be between our LPL third place RW and LMS third place MAD, fourth place IG and LCK fourth place SK T, and LCK runner-up AFs and LMS runner-up GRX."
"And... the final EDG vs. KZ!"
…
The two games in which the LMS region participated can basically be regarded as embellishments.
This is indeed the case.
MAD was powerless against RW.
As for the extent of this "no ability to fight back"... just look at the data.
——In the LPL region, Mouse, who can only be considered in the middle no matter how he is ranked, and may not even be able to receive the evaluation of upper-middle, used Rambo to score 11-0-7, and completed a series of achievements in one game, including the Super God of Light, Triple Kill of Light, Rambo of Light, and Glory to the Family.
Next.
It’s IG vs. SKT.
It must be admitted that even though SKT did not perform well in the regular season and ranked only fourth in the spring playoffs, as long as this team enters world-class competitions, the pressure they put on their opponents will definitely be no less than that of the LCK champions.
The same is true in actual combat.
In the first 22 minutes, SKT absolutely suppressed IG.
The head-to-head ratio is 12-4.
I got two little dragons, one wind and one earth.
The core carry point even has an economic lead of one big item.
Seeing this, many players lost hope and moved their mouse pointers to the 'X' in the upper right corner. Even the audience who bought tickets to enter the venue lowered their heads to check their phones, or left their seats to go to the security passage to get some fresh air.
However……
The interval was less than five minutes.
Then, waves of exclamations were heard in the Dalian Central Gymnasium.
Facing SKT, a team with profound foundation and terrifyingly high stability, the IG team staged an ultimate counterattack that they could not even dream of!
