Chapter 670: Can a reckless man also use his brain?
Wukesong Live, on the main stage.
Xing Dao took over the round MVP medal from Mr. Huang Jiashi. It was gold in color, with the words "2018 LPL Summer MVP" printed on the top and a golden dragon floating on the lower part.
I accepted a routine interview and said a few words briefly.
He returned to the hotel with the medal, packed his peripherals and toiletries, and got on the bus to Daxing International Airport with the EDG team members.
After security check.
Waiting in the departure lounge for the Airbus 319 bound for the ancient capital of Six Dynasties.
During my free time, I turned on my phone and used data to watch the live broadcast of the semi-final between IG and JDG.
The reason why I didn't stay and watch it on site.
This is because before the game started, everyone felt that JDG, an e-commerce team that had been formed not long ago, was at the third level, only slightly better than the group that was at the bottom.
Even though JDG defeated the championship fragment RW and became the biggest dark horse in the playoffs, few people classified JDG into the "multi-strong" range of the LPL's one super and many strong patterns.
The same is true for IG.
This can be seen from the comparison of pre-match data.
In terms of winning rate, IG and JDG are ranked second and fourth in the LPL region respectively.
There is only a difference of two places in the ranking.
But the actual data was a full 14.1% different.
After fifteen minutes, IG had more than a thousand more economic points than JDG.
In terms of teamfight win rate, IG has 10.9% more win rate than JDG.
There is a qualitative difference in each item.
From the commentator's point of view, JDG is simply "not to be underestimated", and the implication is obvious.
——As long as IG plays seriously, JDG will not have any chance.
The first game.
IG played Duke instead of The Shy, and they chose Aatrox for Duke, who has a steady style and a hero pool that mainly focuses on tanks. This shows the coaching team's thinking.
It's obvious that they are training troops.
After a Ban/Pick with almost no hesitation.
The lineup is finalized.
JDG was on the blue side, with Urgot on the top lane, Sejuani in the jungle, Ryze in the mid lane, and Vayne and Tam in the bottom lane, a combination with all abilities.
IG was on the red side, with top laner Aatrox, jungler Zac, mid laner Jayce, and bottom lane Kai'Sabron charging the formation.
In four minutes, Ning Wang Cosplayed as Factory Manager and ganked the mid laner, helping Rookie E get the first blood.
At eight minutes, Ning Wang ganked the bottom lane and sent Vayne and Tam back to the fountain.
Next.
It can almost be said that it is IG's random killing rhythm.
As long as there is someone in front of them, IG players will start a fight.
Start a war and you will win.
In just twenty-six minutes, the kill ratio was 16-1, and the economic gap widened to a full 16,800.
IG didn't even play The shy, but they beat JDG, the second in the division and the LPL summer semi-finals, into a simple man-machine game.
"I've said JDG is not good enough. RW was just careless for a moment."
"This Vayne doesn't even dare to attack people. I thought another e-sports Yuan Shao was going to appear."
"Another clean sheet."
"Let's go, they are not even on the same level."
“…”
The comments in the barrage are very consistent.
But what was unexpected was that JDG showed strong resilience in the second game and grasped the key points.
Take out Quinn on top, Scorpion on jungle, Ryze on mid, and Ashtam on bottom, and target Rooike's Clockwork endlessly.
Pressed down the loudest player on IG.
Then we relied on split pushing, Ashe's vision, and Ryze's driving to catch single players to keep snowballing. After 33 minutes, we were leading by 10,000 economy and found an opportunity to rush Nash Baron.
The troops were divided into several groups and they killed IG bit by bit using a blunt knife to cut meat.
The score was tied at 1-1.
IG felt that they had to be more serious and not repeat the mistakes of the spring season, so they brought The shy onto the court in the third game and once again played a speed pass against JDG.
result.
JDG adjusted its strategy again in the fourth game.
Taking advantage of The shy's impulsiveness, he took out top lane Sion and jungle Shen, killing The shy four times in ten minutes. Then he relied on Shen to control the jungle resources and set the rhythm for the whole team.
Even though The shy has strong personal abilities, he was killed four times in ten minutes but still had an output of 11.7K, the highest in the team and third in the game.
But the other positions of IG were crushed by the equipment of Shen, and there was no sound at all when he kicked.
At the end of the game, the two C positions, Rookie and Sima Laozei, only had one and a half pieces of equipment, and their attacks on the JDG front row were no different from scraping.
"First use The shy to withdraw money, then cause trouble for Rookie, this tactic works very well!"
"JDG's Redmi coach is really something."
When Abu saw this scene, his eyes lit up.
Hongmi was the head coach of SSW, the champion of S4 finals, and helped LGD win the LPL Summer Championship in S5 season. However, due to the rule that he could not coach two teams at the same time, he could not follow LGD to the World Championship.
In the S7 season, the reason why WE was ranked among the top three teams was largely due to Hongmi's Ban/Pick and tactical layout.
Today, Hongmi led JDG and the complete IG to the fifth game, which is enough to prove his level.
"It's hard to say who will win or lose in this semi-final." Maokai said with interest.
A 2-2 tie means there is not much gap between the two teams.
Even though IG players have more experience, JDG is the side that equalizes the score every time they fall behind, so it is easy for them to gain the upper hand psychologically.
In the deciding game, anything can happen.
When the Silver Scrapes battle song resounded throughout the Wukesong E-Sports Arena, the fifth game between IG and JDG officially began.
The rosters of both teams remain unchanged.
JDG head coach Hongmi, based on the experience of winning the fourth game, brought out top lane Sion, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Zoe, and bottom lane Jhin + Tam.
Sion and Lee Sin wanted to copy their previous play style and continue to target The shy.
Then the advantage is fed back to the mid laner Zoe.
Jhin and Tam in the bottom lane develop steadily, and after level 6, their two ultimates can be used to assist the mid and jungle and fight for the little dragon.
The setting is perfect.
Unexpectedly.
The reckless players of the IG team also started to use their brains. In the last pick, they gave The shy an Ornn, allowing IG's sharpest spear to hide under the tower.
The other four are jungler Olaf, mid laner Ryze, and bottom lane Ashe + Braum.
During the competition.
Ning Wang changed his previous style of playing where he treated the top lane as his father, and went to the bottom lane to gank twice in a row , helping Sima Laozei get a 2-0 start with a blood tower.
Even though The Shy was targeted and was at 0-3, and only had 160 last hits in the 23rd minute, and his economy was even lower than that of the jungler, but Ornn only needed to call a sheep and push forward.
Not hard enough?
It doesn’t matter!
Tankness has never been a single concept, and it must be measured in combination with the output capabilities of both sides.
It has always been difficult for Jhin to fight against front-line heroes, and Zoe is also very ineffective in frontal team battles. Even though JDG's economy has not been far behind, they are no match for IG in every battle.
Just over thirty minutes.
IG killed JDG's mid and jungle, took Baron Nash, and ended the game with an unstoppable advance.
Combining the points of fourth place in spring and guaranteed runner-up in summer, IG has been confirmed to advance to the S series and obtained the second ticket to the World Finals after EDG.
On September 14, they will compete with EDG for the glory of the LPL summer championship at the Jinling Youth Olympic Gymnasium!
