Chapter 688: Move forward courageously on Train to Busan!
Since important events such as MSI, Intercontinental Championship, and Asian Games all take place from May to August, the recent schedule is very tight.
EDG, the main force of LPL, is either playing a game or on the way to the next venue.
The designed tactical system and trump card heroes were used almost without reservation.
but.
Captain Ranqiri's big trap has never been discovered.
Even today, some teams will still use Gangplank .
Moreover, since the Captain has changed from following the trend to stealing money to a targeted choice, and the users' proficiency is relatively higher, the Captain's overall winning rate in the professional league has reached more than 56%, making him a hero that cannot be ignored.
This is obviously a good thing for EDG.
——As long as someone dares to choose the captain across from Xing Dao, he will definitely understand what despair is.
After studying the new version briefly and processing their visas, the EDG team set off for Pudong International Airport, preparing to fly to the training camp in Seoul, South Korea, to familiarize themselves with the food environment first, and then arrange training .
The rules of this World Finals have been modified compared to previous ones.
The first is to open up the double substitute mechanism.
Before S7, there was only one way to bring two substitutes.
That is, when there are two foreign players in the starting lineup and the substitutes are also foreign players, the official requires the team to bring a local emergency substitute.
This emergency substitute will not be allowed on stage unless it is absolutely necessary.
To put it bluntly, it is just a patch to prevent some shameless teams from exploiting loopholes in the rules and fielding three foreign players.
In the S8 season, in order to treat everyone equally, the official decided that regardless of whether the team has foreign players or not, they can bring two substitutes to the competition.
but.
In order to avoid the problem of champion skins being too cheap, Riot Games has upgraded the requirements for substitute players to obtain skins.
It is no longer possible to get a skin with the team just by appearing on the field once.
Instead, you must participate in at least two games that affect the qualification situation in the qualifying and group stages, and participate in one knockout match to be eligible to customize the championship skin.
In addition to the starting five, EDG also brought Jiejie and Zzitai.
Jiejie has played in the LPL semi-finals and finals, and performed quite well. He had to rotate with Zzaizhuang on the court.
As long as EDG wins the championship, this skin will definitely come to them.
But if you want Zzitai to get the skin, the difficulty and risk are a little higher.
"The knockout round depends on the situation."
Abu discussed with his team members in the waiting room: "If we are drawn to a weak team, Liu Zhihao (Zizi) will have no problem in the last game, but if we are drawn to a strong team, it will not work... The qualifying round has nothing to do with us, the two group matches are easy, we can just play in the first round."
The so-called matches that "affect the qualifying situation" do not refer to life-and-death games.
As long as the ranking is not determined and the win or loss is not important, the game will affect the qualifying situation.
In addition to Samsung, EDG's Group B also includes LMS's second seed MAD and a team that advanced from the qualifying round. When playing against these two teams, just letting Zzitai go up for a bit of action will meet the official requirements.
As for the knockout stage, it mainly depends on the draw for the quarterfinals.
If you draw a relatively weaker team and first get a score of 2-0, you can naturally let Zizi go up and play a skin game.
If we were to meet a very strong opponent in the quarterfinals, there would be nothing we could do.
"Then I'll wait, hehe..."
The posture was smiling happily.
When I first saw the news about the competition system reform, I thought I would have no chance to get skins from my teammates.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden turn of events.
As long as your luck is not too bad, you can meet the requirements.
Highlight a pleasant surprise.
The distance from Pudong International Airport to Seoul, South Korea is not far, only one hour and forty-five minutes by flight.
The EDG team boarded the plane at 9 a.m. and landed at Incheon International Airport before 12 noon. They then took a bus to the training base for this year's finals.
Speaking objectively, the environment around the training camp is good.
It is located between two tall buildings, offering a quiet spot amidst the hustle and bustle of the city.
The room faces north and south and has good lighting. Although the overall area is a little small, it has everything you need. It not only has standard washing facilities, but also is equipped with daily appliances such as microwave ovens and gas stoves. If the food is not to your taste, you can cook it yourself.
Air conditioners, humidifiers, mosquito repellent equipment and other electrical appliances are all available.
The training room is a separate room. There is a long computer desk in the hall for the team members to use. The bed was moved out from the original bedroom and the layout was changed to that of a coaching room.
The computer equipment has some minor flaws, but they are within an acceptable range.
The factory manager, who had personally experienced the experience of being disconnected and pushed to the high ground in the Dragon Tiger Cup and the referee doing nothing, was deeply moved.
EDG has just moved in .
The teams that arrived first sent out invitations to fight.
For strong teams, EDG is the biggest opponent, and they want to use training matches to get a feel for the situation and make preparations for a rainy day.
For weak teams, playing against EDG is a very good learning process. If they can learn some useful tricks from it, it may help the team to win a crucial game.
After research.
Abu decided to try them all out in order from weakest to strongest.
After all, LPL has the slowest update speed, and competing with teams from other regions can help deepen the understanding of the new version.
Even the weakest wildcard may have some unique ideas that the mainstream regions don’t have, and it is not completely without merit.
We had a simple discussion for a few days.
On October 1st, the one-week qualifying round officially began.
There were no accidents during the process.
The four teams from the mainstream divisions, JDG, G2, C9, and GRX, faced the wildcards and all won first place in their groups with an absolutely crushing record, and then obtained the qualification to advance through the knockout match between the first place in one group and the second place in another group.
Except that C9 narrowly won against the Vietnamese Buffalo with a score of 3-2.
G2 and GRX both advanced easily with a score of 3-1.
JDG defeated their opponent 3-0 and advanced to the group stage without any suspense.
When the dust settled on the last small qualifying match, all the wildcard teams were eliminated, and this year's World Finals entered the official stage of competition between the strong teams in the mainstream regions.
The complete group list then appears on the big screen.
Group A: FW, AFs, VIT, JDG
Group B: EDG, Gen.G (Samsung), MAD, C9
Group C: KT, RNG, TL, G2
Group D: FNC, IG, 100T, GRX
“Congratulations to JDG!”
Commentator Eleven was delighted: "In this way, all four seeded teams in our LPL region have entered the group stage. According to the grouping situation, they all have the opportunity to advance further."
"Next, the qualified teams will have two days to rest."
"On the 10th of this month, all teams participating in the group stage will compete fiercely at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center."
“Let us wait and see what kind of results we can achieve!”
