Chapter 250 Five black USB cables and a white three-socket charger
For the vast majority of teams that are confident of entering the World Championship, their online abilities are not as good as those of the second-tier AD players, and they have absolutely no value in training.
But.
The intensity of confrontation in the bottom lane of LPL is very high.
When players go abroad, there is generally a "level-up" effect.
The EU region, including the number one Ou Cheng, was basically suppressed by the LPL players.
Doublelift, the top-ranked player in the NA division, was beaten up several times by Death Sentence. Although we cannot rule out the possibility of real-person PK in offline competitions, it does explain something.
There is also a classic joke.
OMG's Big O only realized that he could go outside the protection of his own tower to fight in the World Championship...
and.
Xiao Zhao (iBoy) has just been promoted from the youth training camp, and he may be able to improve further after enough practice.
In addition, when protected and able to maintain stable development, Xiao Zhao's performance in team battles is more stable than A Shui, which is suitable for EDG's style of play centered around the bottom lane.
Abu decided to rotate the two ADs according to different lineups .
The benefit is that there is a competition mechanism and fault tolerance.
While motivating the players, it can also avoid a series of emergencies such as falling ill on the spot, or failing to adjust to jet lag and resulting in poor condition.
The dual system and dual AD will also make it difficult for the opponent to effectively target you.
Of course there are flaws.
First of all, it’s the mentality.
Even if the rotation mechanism was agreed upon when the contract was signed, when it was actually implemented, A Shui, who won the spring and MSI championships with the team and performed well, would feel unhappy to a certain extent.
Next, is proficiency.
Both the training matches and the main matches are divided into two systems. Compared with a team with only one lineup, the tacit understanding will inevitably be lacking.
This problem soon manifested itself in actual combat.
In the cross-group confrontation stage, EDG lost to RNG and LGD successively and only won four games.
"Brother, losing to LGD proves our strength, right?"
A Shui was once again singled out for criticism for his sudden death.
Back in the training room, find some joy in the midst of hardship.
"Hahahahaha." Xiao Zhao laughed happily: "Ah Shui, just wait and see. I will avenge you when I beat Dan in two days."
"MD, buddy wants to come up by himself." A Shui shook his head and sighed.
The joke that the three heroes of Lingshi Road were destroyed by a DAN is still brought up by players from time to time to make fun of it.
There is no doubt that it will be written into the annals of LPL.
Although everyone loses, it is not shameful to make occasional mistakes during the regular season.
but……
Very unhappy.
"It's okay. You can support me spiritually."
Xing Dao was controlling the Shen on the laning line while chatting: "If Xiao Zhao is more stable, I want to beat DAN into a pulp."
"Linglong Tower...is not bad, we can give it a try." The factory manager had the same idea.
DAN's predecessor is 2144D.
In the summer season, when they just made it to the LPL from the LSPL, they relied on their sharpness and the benefits of being a new team to get a 3-0 start against the three heroes of Lingshi Road.
Once called a celestial being.
What a pity.
Next, DAN's undefeated myth was cut short.
In the same group, they lost to IG and WE successively.
In the confrontation between different groups, they were defeated by RNG, NB, JDG, SN, and OMG in turn, so the classic picture of five black USB cables and a white three-port charging head appeared.
The most crucial aspect was that DAN easily defeated LGD and got the fourth point.
If they can even win against LGD, they will definitely not be able to be included in the ranks of strong teams.
August 5th.
That is the eighth week, the third match day, and the second round of competition among the same group.
The teams that faced off were IG and WE, IM and Snake, and EDG and DAN.
The first two BO3s were played to the full extent and lasted for quite a long time. By the time EDG came on the court, the time had reached the much-anticipated 7 o'clock.
"Hello, audience friends, welcome back."
"This is the 2017 League of Legends Professional League, the summer season."
E-sports poet Wang Duoduo read out the opening remarks.
Standing nearby is the oxygen tank commentator Haokai.
"In the first two games, WE defeated IG 2-1, and Snake defeated IM 2-1."
"The next match will be between EDG and DAN."
"Recently, EDG's youth player iBoy turned 17 and entered the LPL arena, so EDG adopted a rotation mechanism."
"However, judging from recent performances, the performance is not that stable."
Wang Duoduo immediately changed his perspective when he said this: "Of course, it will take some time for new players to get used to each other. For a team like EDG that aims to defend its title, the regular season is just a training session. Fans don't need to worry too much."
“I don’t know who will be on stage today.”
Speaking of this.
The director just conveyed the information to the front desk.
Haokai listened attentively and took over the conversation: "I just got the list. EDG will start with iBoy today."
"There is no change in the DAN team."
"It's still Lies on top , Karin on jungle, Ggoong on mid, QiuQiu on bottom, and Cat on support."
Lies is a rookie top laner.
After playing in TGA level competitions for two years, he joined DAN in the S7 Spring Season.
It plays a certain role when we win, but he is not blamed much when we lose the game. The performance is considered average.
Ggoong is the second Korean brother who was beaten badly by OMG leader Gogoing. To this day, he still retains quite good strength and is the carry point of the team together with jungler Karin.
The bottom road...
QiuQiu's ability is acceptable.
Of course, it's just okay.
The Cat, known as the King of Cats, is a little hard to describe.
As we all know, the words "Emperor", "Emperor" and "King" are not good words in LPL.
Players like the King of Dharma and the King of Wilderness are notoriously bad.
Ning was given the title of 'King Ning' because he allowed Xing Dao to accumulate blood rage, resulting in a 1v5 quad kill, and was fined 10,000 yuan for bringing Wanglaoji on stage.
Being called the Cat King, it is self-evident how Cat behaves.
The audience seats were almost all fans of the EDG team.
The director turned his camera several times before catching a glimpse of a figure holding a DAN cheering sign... She was a tough girl with a look comparable to Ruhua's, and a very obvious beard.
Fortunately, at this time, the two teams had already walked onto the main stage along the dedicated passage.
The screen immediately switched to a close-up of the contestant.
“Come on EDG!”
"Kill DAN. Don't let this team kill you twice."
"Can the factory manager choose his own champion skin to play in a game?"
"Ahhh, Brother Jie is so handsome. It would be great if he could be my HR!"
"Shopping upstairs in the supermarket."
"Come on iBoy, mommy loves you!"
“…”
Accompanied by the barrage of comments, both sides debugged their peripherals, confirmed with the referee, and officially entered the Ban/Pick stage.
Because there is a double round-robin competition within the same group, each team will have the right to choose sides first.
Last time, EDG chose first.
This time it's DAN's turn.
What is more surprising is that DAN did not choose the blue side which had a relatively higher chance of winning, but took the initiative to ask for the red side, as if he wanted to play something special.
Disable heroes.
Staggered selection.
At the last counter position, this move was finally revealed.
Top lane: Fiora vs Shen
Jungle: Mantis vs. Male Gun
Bottom Lane: Varus vs Jhin
Support: Lulu vs. Thresh
In the mid-lane position, Scout used the Dark Sovereign Syndra, and faced... South Korea's second brother Ggoong's Voidwalker Kassadin!
