Chapter 229 The greatest fight in the world!
After the semi-finals at Madison Square Garden in New York came to an end, IG and ROX, two teams from China and South Korea respectively, met in the finals, but the next stop was Los Angeles, USA.
Staples Center.
In fact, the day after the semi-finals, the IG team boarded a plane to the Staples Center. After arriving, apart from adjusting the training games, the rest was to shoot the promotional video for the finals.
Everyone walked through the streets of Los Angeles, recording the city with their cameras, with the background being the majestic finals slogans of IG and ROX. It is sure to be very shocking when it is shown.
After all the scattered preparations before the finals were completed, I looked back and found that it was already October 30th, the day when the finals began.
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"I'm writing this post to prove that IG won the championship, I'm a fan!"
"I X the factory engine!"
"Damn it, I fuck the aircraft carrier propeller!"
"I can see that each of you has special skills!"
"To be honest, if IG wins this time, it will be the most valuable championship in the history of the S-League."
"Of course they will. They beat SSG in the quarterfinals and SKT in the semifinals. If they beat ROX now, wouldn't that mean they will definitely defeat LCK 3-0?"
"Stop wearing it! We haven't won yet, please stop being so naughty!"
“…”
At six o'clock in the morning of Yanjing time, when the sky was just getting light, countless domestic viewers who had been looking forward to the S-League finals of the century were all waiting in front of the TV and the live broadcast room, analyzing the upcoming battle while waiting.
As for the comments on the forum, there are not so brainless ones like X electric fan propellers. They all gathered together to analyze and predict IG's winning rate against ROX this year.
Some people think that ROX is indeed ridiculously strong this season. In the LCK summer season, they slaughtered their way through the regular season and won the championship. Even SKT, which lost Ma Da Tou, could not match their edge.
IG can beat SSG and SKT, but it is not that easy to beat ROX in S6.
Not to mention that this team also has an invincible top and jungle.
However, some people think that ROX's mid laner is a level weaker than SKT. Since IG can break through SKT's strong mid laner, it may be possible for them to break through the mid lane and disintegrate ROX.
However, no matter how fantastic the analysis is before the game, you still have to try it to know the outcome.
The competition venue was already packed at 6:30 Yanjing time.
After all the players from both sides appeared on the court, the camera of the LPL official live broadcast room also turned to the commentary seats, and the people who appeared in the public eye were old acquaintances of countless LPL viewers.
Wawa, Miller and a guest commentator PDD.
"I've waited for so long and finally today is here." Wawa said with a smile, "Hello everyone, welcome to the 2016 Global League Finals. I'm sure many of us viewers have been looking forward to today's game for a long time."
Miller pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Before the game, I saw a lot of predictions and analyses about today's game on the Internet. Some people were optimistic and some were pessimistic. I understand everyone's feelings. After all, everyone has waited long enough for the LPL team to stand on the stage of the World Championship Finals again. It is inevitable to be excited. But I actually hope that everyone can take today's game in a normal state of mind, because I believe that from today on, it will not be the first time that an LPL team will enter the finals, and it will definitely not be the last time."
"By the way, we've also invited our special guest commentator, Mr. PDD," Wawa said with a smile. "What does Mr. PDD think of today's game?"
Upon hearing this, the PD also pushed his glasses down with a serious (funny) expression, "There have been enough analyses online these days. Regarding IG's game today, I just want to say one thing."
"Oh? What?"
"Look at my divine power, I am indestructible!"
"Can!"
I have to say, putting aside my personal understanding of PDD being a guest commentator, at least his words are still very morale-boosting.
The commentator on the stage was still saying something, but the S6 season theme song had already been heard from the scene, and the promotional video began to play simultaneously with the exciting electronic music.
It starts with a collection of various team and individual highlights of IG and ROX's world championships, including Semb's Fiora , Peanut's various spin kicks on Lee Sin, Li Fu's violent aesthetic Graves, Rookie's seven-goal buzzer-beater against Syndra... and then comes the trash talk between the two teams during the game.
"The glory of LCK is protected by us!"
"We've come so far, we're not going to fall here."
"IG is a strong team, but they're not strong enough to break through us."
"We have already beaten SSG and SKT. Although ROX seems to be stronger than them this season, I believe their gap will not be an obstacle to our victory."
The camera panned from player to player, and then stopped at Smeb. "Some people say I'm not as good as Duke, so I hope to let him see the gap between me and Duke in this world championship."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of booing at the scene.
Obviously, Smeb's words are the most powerful rebuttal to Li Fu's statement in the interview after the semi-finals: "I don't think Smeb is stronger than Duke."
The last person to appear in the camera was Li Fu. His handsome profile was illuminated by the light, and with his eyes slightly lowered, the man spoke in a calm tone, "Rivals? I don't think we have any. If anything, at this World Championship, as long as we surpass our past selves, the championship will definitely be ours."
The LPL division's live broadcast room was suddenly flooded with comments.
"66666"
"I mean, IG and ROX are evenly matched now?"
"It seems like I can really win the championship if I beat myself."
"But I feel like IG is a little behind ROX this season."
“…”
But anyway, after the trailer ended, the first game of the BO5 finals soon began.
Li Fu started in the first position, and Axun started in the jungle again.
Before the game, both sides tossed a coin, and IG won , getting the right to choose sides with one, three, and five.
In the first game, IG chose the blue side.
After a round of BP, the lineups of both teams were quickly revealed.
IG on the blue side: Fiora on top, Jarvan IV in the jungle, Tsar in the middle, EZ and Ashe in the bottom lane.
Red side ROX: Riven on top, Lee Sin in the jungle, Clockwork in the mid lane, Annie and Thresh in the bottom lane.
During this BP process, when Li Fu took out Fiora, there was only a little bit of booing at the scene.
But when ROX's top laner Smeb took out Riven, who was extremely rare in the arena, there was an uproar at the scene.
"What the hell, Riven?!"
"Turtle! Riven vs. Fiora! Is it so exciting right from the start?"
"Smeb is really going to play a father-son game."
"Who told Fu Huang to say that he is not as good as Duke? Smeb will definitely not be able to handle this."
"I am dying of laughter. Brother Fu's taunting before the game was too harsh!"
“…”
At this moment, the audience both on site and offline became excited!
At the same time, in the ROX competition seat, Smeb turned his head left and right to stretch his spine, made an "OK" gesture to the coach behind him, and then looked at Peanut again.
"Any questions?"
"Don't worry, I'll catch him."
“…”
At the same time, IG's game seat.
Li Fu stared at the empty panel in front of him that only he could see.
[Position details: 100]
[Hand speed reaction: 100]
After he defeated SKT 3-1 in the semi-finals, he finished the last game. He earned 20X the number of marks on the world stage, which completely raised his [Position Details] from 96 to 100, becoming his second maxed-out personal attribute after [Hand Speed Reaction].
Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Li Fu's lips. His blood seemed to be boiling. He couldn't wait to see how his 100-point attribute would perform in the confrontation line.
It’s really... exciting.
…
"Riven and Fiora! Wow! These two are really bold choices."
On the commentary stage, PDD rubbed his nose and said excitedly, "Honestly, the upper and lower limits of Riven and Fiora are all based on skill. Some say Riven has an advantage in the early game, while Fiora has an advantage in the mid-to-late game. But in my opinion, these are not absolutes, as the skills of these two heroes can counter each other. As for which one is stronger in the early and late game, I just have one thing to say."
"Whoever is stronger! Whoever plays a stronger hero."
Miller and Wawa next to them also nodded:
"Indeed, it was hard to say in the past, but in today's finals, both teams selected their most representative mechanical heroes. Whoever wins will undoubtedly be the world's best top laner. I think there's no doubt or dispute about that."
"Yes, because the laning matchup between these two heroes is so meticulous, with a head-on confrontation and almost no margin for error. One wrong move can lead to a tumbling lane and a blast."
Along with the commentary on the stage, the game has finished loading and the first match has begun.
The director was very respectful.
Just over a minute after the soldiers came up, the camera was turned to the top lane.
At this time, a small action of Li Fu Jianji attracted a lot of people's attention. She was seen stuck in the grass in front of the tower of the red side ROX top lane before the military line intersected. Then, before the first wave of soldiers came into contact, she repeatedly came out of the grass and pulled the soldiers twice, and the military line was pulled to a position close to the grass.
Because Li Fu kept going in and out of the grass, Smeb had to place wards in the grass in front of his own tower in the top lane in order to organize the troops, thus wasting the first trinket ward position.
"Shit."
Realizing this, Smeb couldn't help but curse inwardly.
"What's wrong?" asked Peanut.
"It's okay, just a small problem." Smeb said noncommittally.
In his opinion, these are just unorthodox practices and harmless.
The real victory or defeat still depends on the laning.
However, Smeb's expression became more and more tense.
Starting from level one, Li Fu's grasp of details completely suppressed him. For example, he learned the E skill at level one to prevent Li Fu from taking advantage of the flaws and consuming his opponent's energy.
But Li Fu relied on a fake move forward to trick out his E skill, and then when Riven wanted to come back to gain experience, he counterattacked with a Q, making a small profit in exchange for blood.
And this is just one of them.
In the following laning phase, there were countless small details like Li Fu and Jian Ji.
For example, when both teams were at level 2, Smeb's Riven was on CD with her Q stacked and wanted to attack, but was countered by Li Fu's QW, and her three-stage Q was knocked away. He also adjusted his position and killed two melee soldiers with low health. While Riven didn't have the E skill, he quickly learned E and attacked back.
Another wave of profit was made from blood transfusion.
"Wow! Brother Fu's Fiora is too thin in the laning phase."
"Indeed, if the game continues like this, it seems Riven will lose her early-game dominance and it will be difficult for her to recover in the mid-to-late game."
"Yes, but wait! Here comes the blind monk!"
"Turtle! Is this how you shake people in the top lane? Doesn't Smeb play a real 1v1?"
"I think this is normal. As a top laner, who says that calling people is not a kind of strength?"
"Indeed, teamwork is also required when mobilizing people. Who can you blame for your poor gank prevention awareness? This time, Brother Fu will be put to the test."
“…”
At the beginning, when they saw Smeb take the lead in summoning jungler Peanut to the top lane and start calling people, the LPL audience were all making fun of it with great interest.
However, when the game continued and the time passed to 16 minutes, the opposing jungler Peanut actually visited the top lane seven times. The LPL audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room were suddenly numb!
"To your father?"
"Fuck! I thought Smeb picked Riven and it was a real manly battle, but it turned out to be a combination of 'Exiled Monk', right?"
"This is so disgusting! Brother Fu is already 0/2, what the hell is this?"
"Let's be honest. In 16 minutes, the jungler was caught 7 times, and Fu Ge only died twice. The last hits were still 50-50. I think it's clear who is stronger, right?"
"The key is who is stronger, we don't have the final say."
"Who has the final say then?"
"Whoever wins gets to decide. If Fu Ge gets caught out in this game, everyone will still be praising Smeb after the game. Who told you to die the first time you're caught out?"
"To be honest, I think it's a bit outrageous that Brother Fu's Sword Princess has sprint and teleport. Although Sword Princess has air slash and displacement, if you have sprint, who else can you catch?"
"Is Sword Princess teleporting while sprinting? I just discovered this! What kind of top-level understanding is this?"
“…”
At this time, in IG's competition seat.
Ah Xun looked at Li Fu who was 0/2, and suddenly felt guilty.
As far as he could remember, Li Fu had never experienced such a frustrating early game when playing top lane. This 0/2 start was really unbearable for him.
"Brother Fu, do you really not need me to catch him?"
Unexpectedly, Li Fu's face was as calm as before, and he even smiled slightly, "No need to catch, just let the opponent's jungler continue to come, the opponent is about to collapse."
The other side is about to collapse?
When Ah Xun heard this, he was stunned.
Although the junglers on both sides had different focuses in this game, he did not catch the top lane, but by moving around in the lower area, he still controlled an earth dragon and a wind dragon.
But if you're talking about about to collapse... no matter how you look at it, it should be you, the 0/2 Fiora!
Li Fu did not give much explanation.
The game lasted 17 minutes and 38 seconds, and both teams' top laners were already level 11.
Li Fu seized the opportunity of the opponent's mistake, and used W to counter Riven's triple Q at extreme distance, immediately creating a flaw.
At this time, another flaw appeared above Smeb's body.
Li Fu moved up immediately, waiting for the CD of Q to try to exploit the second flaw, but Smeb was also very meticulous. The moment he woke up, he used E to pull up at the moment when Fiora attacked, avoiding the flaw and counterattacking with Q.
At this moment, a gleam of light flashed in Smeb's eyes!
"Oh! Riven is using her ultimate!"
"Brother Fu made a mistake. He used W first!"
"But Sword Princess can't lose the momentum! She also used her ultimate skill!"
"But wait! Brother Fu used his ultimate move... why is he running back?"
Not running back.
That's called pulling!
Li Fu started running immediately, with a strong wind surrounding him.
The moment Riven, whose skills and attack range were enhanced after Semb activated her ultimate, rushed up, he used a reverse Q followed by a sprint and high speed to pull back!
Soul-shaking roar!
The next second, Semb looked stunned.
He released W at the moment Fiora used her ultimate, predicting that Fiora would definitely exploit her weakness, so he would definitely stun her. However, he didn't expect that the opponent would actually run away after using her ultimate.
No!
Not running away!
Soon, Smeb's pupils shrank slightly.
Because after Fiora used her W to pull away from him, she used the high speed bonus of Sprint to use Q again to hit his two flaws. After being hit by a Q, she managed to get away at the moment he released the third Q by using the high speed bonus of Sprint!
At this moment, the audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room couldn't help but open their mouths slightly.
Who said sprinting sword princess is useless?
This is going to be very troublesome for Riven!
In a flash, Li Fu had already created three flaws.
But Smeb is also an old Fiora player, and he knew that Li Fu couldn't use A-flash because he didn't have flash, so he just moved close to the wall and retreated to the tower with the last flaw of Fiora's ultimate.
Li Fu also turned around to finish off the enemy.
At this time, it's time for Fiora's ultimate move.
As expected, the two sides stopped fighting at this point.
Because even after Fiora's ultimate ended, a flaw appeared under Riven's body, who had about a quarter of her health left under the tower. But if Fiora wanted to take advantage of the sprint to resist the tower and chase, one QA was obviously not enough to do enough damage.
So, Sword Lady seemed to have stopped.
But at this moment, PDD on the commentary desk suddenly shouted.
"Eh? Brother Fu's E."
Under the director's camera on the big screen, I saw Fiora turning back to the line of soldiers in front of the tower and using E, then she raised her hand and A-ed the soldiers, and Riven also obviously turned back.
Unexpectedly, the moment EA attacked the soldiers, Li Fu suddenly became like a wild dog that had broken free from its reins. Fiora turned around and used the final sprint to accelerate and rush under the tower.
A Q creates a flaw below!
Section 2E!
One hundred percent critical hit!
Swish!
Smeb, with only a quarter of his health left, had only 0.5 seconds left for his next E shield, but this 0.5 seconds became the difference between life and death. Li Fu calculated his health precisely based on the CD and killed him alone!
"IG-Padre6 killed ROX-Smeb!"
The moment the kill appears on the big screen!
Backstage, the ROX coach's pupils suddenly trembled!
Because this wave of single kills is not just a single kill!
It also means that from the BP to the game, all of ROX's early investments in the top lane Smeb have all gone bankrupt at this moment!
