RNG Club.
Mata, Mala Xiangguo and others were sitting together watching the game.
As the leader of Group B,
Like the leader of Group A, QG, they do not need to play in the previous bubble matches and can directly advance to the quarter-finals.
Their opponent in the semi-finals the day after tomorrow has been revealed. It is the WE team that just successfully defended their title and defeated VG 3-0 this afternoon.
Logically speaking, the team that should be concerned about the six-to-four match between EDG and IG at this moment should be the leader of Group A, QG.
But RNG and EDG are the top two teams in Group B.
After the entire LPL regular season this spring, EDG can be said to be the team that puts the most pressure on RNG in all aspects. Therefore, everyone in the club, from coaches to players, attaches great importance to this team.
Apart from this, there is nothing else to look at.
As long as they defeat WE the day after tomorrow and advance to the finals, EDG will have a high probability of standing out among the teams in the upper half and join them in this year's spring finals to compete for the Silver Dragon Cup, the highest honor of LPL.
Therefore, RNG had to care about collecting all the information of EDG's games.
Seeing the start of today's game between EDG and IG, even Mala Xiangguo found the factory manager's step-by-step ganking a bit tricky.
After a moment of silence, Mala Xiang Guo suddenly asked Mata, who was known as the brain of the team, "What do you think of IG and EDG today?"
He expected Mata to reflect on this for a moment.
Unexpectedly, Mata, who looked like a giant quail from Northeast China, looked up without hesitation, glanced at the live broadcast of the game in the training room, shook his head and said, "Why ask? It must be EDG."
"I also feel that EDG has a better chance of winning today." Xiaohu, holding a glass of water, suddenly came over and said with a smile, "As for the score, I'll be conservative and guess 3 to 1."
"I think 3-0 is fine." Mata rejected it.
When saying this,
He looked noncommittal, and his eyes behind the lenses sparkled with wisdom, which made people feel uneasy and wanted to believe him.
Is this what Team Brain predicts?
Some RNG people mourned for IG.
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In the game at this time.
After the factory manager's move in the bottom lane, the director gave the replay again.
In this replay, many people saw more clearly the shrewdness of the factory manager's move to go around the opponent's jungle.
It was precisely because he never appeared in the vision of IG's bottom lane after invading the jungle, even when Meiko came to support him, that IG was completely unaware of the information that the excavator was in the jungle behind them.
——So much so that after Xiao Shiguang's EZ came online, he actually attacked the minion line a few times and accidentally brought the minion line in the bottom lane out.
It can be said that those few blows sentenced Soldier A to death.
But in other words, it was the information gap created by the factory manager that played a decisive guiding role in this wave.
If Xiao Shiguang knew that Zz1tai was there, he would never have dared to attack the minions to push the line without flash.
…
"How should I put it? The taste of a veteran jungler is really different from others."
Miller stroked his chin while speaking at the commentary booth. "Their jungle routes from beginning to end are actually quite conventional, even somewhat 'formulaic'. We can tell at a glance, 'Oh, so that's how it is,' but often at critical moments they will suddenly change, which creates variations."
Wawa quickly replied, "Yes, just like when Fu Ge's Sejuani was catching the enemy just now, EDG gave Sejuani the jungle route at the beginning. Korol on the top lane actually knew that Sejuani was coming to catch him. It should be difficult to catch her when everyone knows it well, but Fu Ge suddenly changed his strategy and caught her."
"Yes, the same goes for the factory manager's wave."
Miller nodded, then smiled at the big screen and said, "The head ratio is 1:1 now. Both junglers used their rich experience to give their teams an advantage in the first two half zones. The situation is still not very clear."
"Hey, Brother Fu is making some moves. What do you think?"
Along with Miller's exclamation, under the director's camera, Li Fu's Pig Girl did not go to the empty lower half of the area that was counter-attacked by the factory manager after returning home, but went directly to the upper half of EDG.
Backstage, EDG waiting room.
Abu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this scene.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
Abu always felt that the guy opposite him...his awareness and sense of smell seemed to be better today than before.
Of course, if he could see Li Fu’s attribute panel, he would know that this feeling was not an illusion.
Yes.
In this game, Li Fu 's mark is top lane.
After killing Rambo just now, he obtained a layer of father energy mark and exchanged it for 5 temporary attribute points.
However, this time,
Li Fu did not add these 5 temporary attribute points to his current highest [Hand Speed Reaction], but instead added them to [Overall Awareness] which just reached the standard of 80 points for first-tier players.
To be disrespectful, Li Fu felt that his hand speed and reaction were more than enough to face a player like Zzaizhuang.
The key lies in the control of [awareness of the overall situation].
When it comes to overall awareness in the jungle, this guy is definitely top-notch in the world, otherwise he wouldn't have defeated SKT to win the world championship at last year's MSI!
For example, the rhythm of the factory manager in the lower half of the area just now,
When Li Fu was chasing Korol, he actually saw that the triangle grass had vision. Even when he went around to kill the river crab and went around to the triangle grass again, he was fully aware that he was exposed to the opponent's eye position.
But at that time, Li Fu's consideration was that he saw the opponent's Rambo, who had been killed once, come back online, so he deliberately exposed his tracks to put pressure on the opponent's line and create the illusion that he was in the top lane. In fact, he went straight back to the city after killing the stone man.
What Li Fu didn't expect was that the factory manager caught this information and guessed the second level. He knew that Li Fu was deliberately setting up confusion in the top lane, so he decisively used this time to invade Li Fu's lower zone.
At this moment, Li Fu went back to the city and went out.
Originally, he did want to go to the lower area to kill the second round of wild monsters.
However, after gaining points in [Overall Awareness], Li Fu's thoughts and information processing abilities were much clearer and faster than before - even though he never caught any information about his counter-jungle attack when he just caught IG, he still reacted quickly and decisively changed his route to go directly to his team's upper zone.
"Hey! Brother Fu's Pig Girl wants to go to the upper half of the area to counter the factory director."
"Yes, because the second round of wild monsters in the lower half of the factory manager's area have also refreshed, and the factory manager is still in the lower half of the area brushing F4."
"He probably thought that Sejuani would go to the jungle area that was counter-emptied first, so he would have enough time to go to the upper area after clearing the lower area in the second round. I didn't expect that Brother Fu didn't even check and went straight up."
"Tsk tsk, the game between these two veterans is really exciting."
"But wait, Zzitai seems to have sensed something. He was sending a signal to Meiko Thresh who had just returned to the city to add wards. Meiko didn't go to the bottom lane. He went straight to the bottom half of the area."
"Hiss! Which floor is the factory manager on?"
"I think it was because Zzitai's Quinn played too aggressively, Rumble didn't have flash, and Zzitai was not in the top lane, so Meiko was sent to the top lane first, at least to help provide vision or something."
After hearing Xiaoxiao's words, everyone on the field realized that for a full six minutes from the start of the game to now, the vision of EDG's upper jungle area had remained pitch black even though it was their own jungle area.
Everyone was speechless.
Who wouldn't be nervous on the road?
There were also quite a few female fans of Korol whispering at the scene, saying that EDG didn't care about them and that they hadn't learned enough from last year's S5 lesson. Fortunately, Meiko was moving up to the top lane, so they were able to suppress their dissatisfaction.
…
"Brother Fu, there's no flash or level 6 in the top lane, we can cross this wave!"
When Zizhi saw Li Fu coming, he was immediately shocked and his eyes were shining.
In the last wave, Li Fu came up. He was quite aggressive in exchanging blood, but was hit by Rambo’s flash and had to run under the tower, only getting an assist.
But if he could get another kill in this wave, Quinn, a hero known for his aggressiveness in laning phase, would definitely crush the opponent in the top lane if he got the advantage.
However, when Li Fu heard Zizhi's words , he did not take any action immediately. Instead, he glanced at the lower half of the area, guessing in his heart how the factory director would respond.
If he was Zzai Zhang, after catching the bottom lane and not going home, he would probably go to clear a wave of wild monsters in the lower half of the area. However, as a jungler, he certainly couldn't ignore the top lane because he didn't have flash. So at this time...
Li Fu suddenly reacted, turned to Rookie and said, "Rookie, after you push the line, come over to me."
Rookie was stunned for a moment. At the first moment, he thought that Li Fu wanted him to cooperate in catching the top lane. Upon hearing this, he still accelerated the consumption of mana and used skills to clear the line.
"Zzitai's Quinn has already pushed the troops under the tower. Rambo doesn't have flash and his health isn't very good. Should we cross this time?"
"I feel like IG is going to get into trouble during this tower dive. Meiko's Thresh is leaning upwards. Thresh is a hero who can turn the tide of the battle under the tower with just one lantern and one hook."
"Yes, but wait! Rookie pushed the lane in the middle and pretended to go to the river to place a ward. After placing the ward, he didn't go back to the middle lane. He went straight to Sejuani in the upper half of EDG."
"No way? Could it be?"
The commentator on the stage felt a sudden shock in his heart!
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At this time, in the EDG competition seat.
Meiko was controlling Thresh and moving towards the top lane while saying to Korol, "Tong Yang, don't panic. I'll be there soon. You can trade blood with him and entice the opponent to fight."
"Okay." Korol nodded.
He admitted that he was a little too excited in the previous wave, but as long as he can fight back in this wave, a carry-type top laner like Rambo will always have a stage to prove himself.
What Korol didn't expect was that just after he went up and exchanged blood with Quinn, he heard Meiko's angry voice in his ears.
"What the hell! Why are Sejuani and Syndra waiting for me here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Fu used an Arctic Assault to lift up Thresh, and with the help of Rookie's Syndra, Thresh was reduced to half health.
"Wow! This is a lot of damage!"
Actually, if you think about it, you can understand it.
After all, a level 5 Sejuani and a level 6 Syndra were fighting a level 4 support, and Meiko went home to restore vision. Apart from the basic support equipment and a pair of straw shoes, he didn't have any other equipment that could be called tanky, and was no different from a squishy hero.
"Oh no! Meiko was ambushed! He didn't have flash this time."
"It feels like EDG was tricked by Fu Ge's Pig Girl this time!"
PawN in the middle lane was originally planning to go home after clearing the tower soldiers that were pushed over, and he never expected that Thresh would be ambushed in the jungle.
But he couldn't take care of the last few kills at the moment and rushed to the jungle to provide support. Unfortunately, Rookie didn't save his ultimate move at all when he had the chance.
Dark energy!
Syndra used her ultimate to directly reverse E: The Doom Pendulum and pushed away Thresh who was trying to get close to his teammates, and blasted him into low health.
The next second, Pig Girl's four layers of passive were fully stacked, and Li Fu directly used the E skill to stun her, then immediately turned around and gave up chasing her with low health.
"Wow! A kill! This pig girl is such a team!"
"Then Rookie's Syndra can take this kill."
"Wait, it doesn't look like a team, Brother Fu is heading up the road!"
"He still wants to kill! He still wants to kill!"
"But Korol's Rambo has already realized something is wrong, and he has already retreated immediately. How can we catch up with him this time?"
Before the commentator on the stage finished speaking, Li Fu's Sejuani returned from the three wolves to the venom monster. There was no vision through the wall, but he decisively used the flash.
The next second, Pig Girl met Rambo who was fleeing in panic.
"Oh my god! Fu Huang is so dodgy!"
"Pig Girl's W has slowed down the opponent!"
"Quinn's attitude has reached level 6, and he turned into a bird and flew over here!"
"Rambo's wave...is gone again!"
This is indeed the case.
Rambo’s flash was on CD, and Quinn flew over with Sejuani sticking to him. The two of them worked together to eat Rambo directly.
PawN, who came from the middle lane, was a step slow when supporting Meiko. As for Korol in the top lane, he was blocked by Syndra and was even more out of reach.
Immediately afterwards, kills began to appear on the big screen.
"IG-Rookie killed EDG-Meiko!"
"IG-Padre6 killed EDG-Korol!"
The head-to-head ratio on the field instantly reached 3:1.
However, this wave came down,
What EDG lost was not just two kills. Rumble, who died twice in the top lane, was completely destroyed. Basically, don't count on him in the early stage.
PawN in the middle lane also wasted time due to ineffective attacks, missed a few tower attacks, and was a step slower in reaching level 6.
Because of Meiko's death in the bottom lane, Deft, who had just gained an advantage, was suddenly alone and the snowball suddenly became smaller.
Even if he is a factory manager,
In this wave, because of F4's greed for the lower zone, as soon as Rambo died, the upper zone also fell directly. With Quinn on the opposite side, he couldn't get in at all.
It can be said that Li Fu's sudden "variation" in the jungle directly made all three lanes of IG more comfortable in the early stage.
Especially his attitude in the top lane. Although the situation was urgent just now and his Quinn failed to get a kill, he couldn't help but mutter a few words in his mouth, such as "Let Rouji not let me do this, is that you look down on me?"
But at this moment, seeing the 0/2 Rambo on the opposite side come online again, Zizi's mouth almost cracked with laughter. Kicking the man when he's down is his favorite thing to do.
Not to mention that the top laner is a long-armed opponent against a short-armed one.
Next up is... torture time!
In the jungle area, the factory manager noticed the delicate situation and his expression looked a little strange.
He thought that his rhythm in this game was already very meticulous. Even when he was jungle farming in the lower area, he did not forget to arrange for Meiko to go to the upper area to provide cover.
But who would have thought it would develop to this point?
So what went wrong?
Is it because our family members have too little awareness?
The factory manager doesn't think so.
Then there is only one truth. The factory manager suddenly raised his head and looked at the pig girl opposite with lightning-like eyes!
This guy's consciousness seems to be getting stronger and stronger.
From the beginning, there was a back-and-forth game between the two sides, and each did something in the upper and lower lanes. In the wave in the upper half just now, he clearly felt that his rhythm was slow and the opponent was about to shoot.
One step slow, every step slow.
These are all chain reactions.
This kid’s awareness is not inferior to mine?
The factory manager is reflecting.
However, some EDG fans couldn't accept it.
Especially the weak IG actually started jumping around in the barrage after Li Fu made a beautiful rhythm, which immediately made the fans even more angry.
What to do then?
It always seems a bit brainless to scold your opponent when others are doing well, so you can only find fault with yourself.
"What's wrong with the braised pork belly? It's been wrong since last year's MSI."
"Yeah, you said you gave away a wave at the beginning, which is fine, but you didn't flash and traded blood with the opponent, forcing your teammates to support you. Isn't that pure giving away?"
"There's also something wrong with this BP. Rambo vs. Quinn, can Rambo thrive? Did the EDG coach get his head stuck in the door?"
“…”
When the situation is not right, blame BP first.
Such barrages always arrive late.
Li Fu went back home. He was the fattest person in the place with two heads hanging on his body.
However, no one knew that the biggest gain for him after killing Korol twice was not the two heads, but the two Father Energy Marks that exchanged for 10 temporary attributes, which directly pushed his [Awareness of the Overall Situation] to 90 points.
The level of a world-class player!
Now, it's time to officially compete with the opponent in the jungle.