Chapter 690: The Last Step to Legend
The first game was a battle worth watching for all teams.
Because the two teams are LCK's No. 1 seed KT and North America's No. 1 seed TL.
Even though LCK has suffered consecutive defeats in the world arena in the past two years, not only has it always lost to EDG, but even the most confident regional battle was defeated by LPL.
But as the saying goes - a lean camel is bigger than a horse.
No matter how much LCK loses, it is still the second division.
KT, a team known as the "Galaxy Battleship" since its formation, successfully ascended the LCK throne after a season of running-in. It ranks second only to EDG on the ESPN Poison Cow List and is higher than IG and RNG.
In comparison.
North American TL is not a weak team either.
But in front of KT, it was obviously not favored.
This is also true.
Even though TL launched an extremely fierce attack on the bottom lane in the early stages of the game, using exquisite coordination to first kill Deft and then kill Mata, they got a 2-0 start.
However, the mid and top lanes soon fell into a disadvantage due to personal ability issues.
The team's vision is constantly being compressed.
Twenty minutes later, after KT had opened up a 5,000 economic gap, they began to crush TL, easily winning any team fight.
In the end, KT easily won the first group match with a total record of 14-4.
The second game is between RNG and G2.
RNG used a lineup with Urgot on the top lane, Taliyah on the jungle, Sion on the mid lane, Lucian on the bottom lane and Aurora.
There is no problem with top lane Urgot. This hero has long reach + killing + crowd control, and is tanky enough. He has become the new favorite of this version. He is effective whether used against Aatrox or Sion.
There is no need to say much about the jungle Taliyah. As long as the ultimate skill to divide the battlefield is there, it will always be of sufficient use.
Sion is a hero that RNG mid laner Xiaohu is good at. Even though Banner of Command was removed in version 8.12 and he lost the means to completely suppress AP heroes, Sion was able to occupy a place in the middle lane with his super fast clearing speed.
only……
R NG's bottom lane went astray.
Indeed.
Lucian was buffed in version 8.18, but the slight damage increase was far from enough to make up for the shortcomings of the hero itself.
Dawn Goddess is an extremely risky support who can ruin a good game if you are not careful. Even EDG, who are best at fast breaks, and IG, who are the most reckless, rarely choose her as a support.
Although RNG won the game easily, the problems in the lineup cannot be ignored.
The third game is between VIT and Flash Wolves FW.
The Electric Wolves, who had a poor record in the past two years, wanted to avenge their previous defeat and started with the second-best team in Europe. They achieved a record of 5-1 in just ten minutes.
Unexpectedly, we lost every subsequent team battle.
VIT easily reversed the situation with a perfect rhythm of killing people, destroying towers, and taking the big dragon.
"Today's game was very interesting."
Wang Duoduo commented on the first three games and found a pattern: "All the teams that had an advantage in the early stages lost in the end. What I am curious about now is, will there be a team that strategically gives away first blood next time?"
"In fact, I think it's mainly a matter of hard power." Yuzu, who almost killed a level 6 Mantis with a level 4 Pantheon, was more serious: "Rather than saying that the team with the advantage in the early stage lost, it's better to say that the stronger team can easily turn the situation around even if it has a certain disadvantage."
"After all, this year is a version where a hundred flowers bloom, and the counter relationship between heroes is not so obvious."
Compared with the fixed lineups and routines in previous years.
This year, the options are more diverse for all positions.
No matter the top, jungle, mid, or bottom positions, everyone can step up and carry the team.
This means that the role played by the players' personal abilities far outweighs the Ban/Pick advantage, which is definitely good news for LPL teams.
"Indeed." Wang Duoduo nodded: "Don't miss the next two games. At 19:00, our LPL fourth seed JDG will play against LCK second seed AFs. At 20:00, it will be a match between our LPL first seed EDG and C9."
The reason why the two games are introduced together.
This is because in Wang Duoduo’s mind, he thinks JDG’s chances of winning against AFs are relatively low.
You know.
The AFs team, with LCK rookie No. 1 top laner Kiin as its core, defeated Gen.G (Samsung) and KZ in the playoffs, and fought with the runner-up GRF until the fifth game before losing. It is definitely a strong team second only to KT.
The young JDG team has performed well in the LPL region.
But there is still a clear gap compared to EDG, IG, and RNG.
It is the weakest among the four seeded teams in LPL.
Top laner Zoom, jungler Clid, mid laner Yagao, bottom laner LokeN and Green Hair are all very young and lack sufficient experience in major competitions. They may not be able to withstand the pressure from AFs.
What I never expected was.
Yagao used Leblanc, Deceiver, and not only suppressed AFs mid laner Scout's Zoe on the field, but also gained an advantage of more than one-third in last-hitting.
And then feed the advantage back to the jungle.
Then set the pace for the whole audience.
Zoom was even more fearless and took out Shen to fight against Kiin's Sion. After the development period, he formed an unsolvable split push situation and even killed Kiin by diving over the tower!
Even though the AFs team has stronger operational capabilities and can keep the economic gap within two thousand.
But the further it goes, the weaker the AFs lineup becomes.
At 32 minutes, JDG decisively rushed to kill Baron Nash.
Relying on Shen's single-line entanglement, two lines of super soldiers were destroyed, and AFs was exhausted to death on the high ground!
“Awesome!”
"The fourth seed beat the second seed, it's comfortable."
"That's all AFS is?"
"JD alone beat the African team (AFs), and there was no need for the big brother above to do anything."
"My Lord, times have changed!"
“…”
The LPL audience was extremely excited.
JDG's fourth seed qualification is seen by most people as just a formality to familiarize themselves with the international stage. As long as they don't lose to the "European and American noobs", they will have accomplished their mission.
result……
How could they actually slaughter the second seed of LCK?
"JDG really is a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger in this game!"
Wang Duoduo couldn't help but admire: "It's actually a very risky choice to use Leblanc . Leblanc's ability to push the line is definitely not as good as Zoe's. If you trade blood, you will lose. Leblanc will hardly make a sound in the early and mid-game."
"The same goes for the top lane. Anyone who dares to use the weakened Shen in the top lane must be very confident."
"Speaking of which, the most famous Shen in our LPL region is actually General." Youzi recalled: "General used Shen for half a year and Fiora for half a year last season, but this season, General has hardly chosen these two heroes..."
"It's mainly because there are better options for General." Wang Duoduo spared no effort to praise: "As a unique player in the world, General's hero pool covers all types of top laners. This year's World Finals is the last step for General to become a legend!"
