Chapter 476: Spring Tiger Brother? A bloody fight?
The last semi-final of LPL is over, and the finals of other regions are basically settled.
After a fierce competition in LCK, KZ (formerly LZ), which introduced Xiaohuasheng, finally won the championship of the spring season.
The number one team in Europe is the ancient powerhouse FNC.
The number one team in North America is TL, which was on the verge of relegation last season, but made a big investment in star players this season and finally emerged as a dark horse. Their AD is Doublelift, who is familiar to many viewers.
The team that advanced from the Taipei Division was the Flash Wolves, a team that had never missed an MSI.
In addition to these, participants include Southeast Asia, Brazil, Japan, Latin America North and South, Türkiye, CIS, and Oceania.
certainly.
EDG doesn't need to know the regions that are there to 'make up the numbers' later.
If you really meet him in the group stage, you can just study the video a little bit.
What we need to do now is to devote all our energy to dealing with RNG and maintaining EDG's position as the dominant force in the region.
therefore.
The next afternoon, EDG players and the logistics team went to Chengdu together.
Landing at a first-class infrastructure, first-class service team, but because there is no first, it is named Shuangliu Airport.
At 3 pm on April 28, the most crucial battle of spring officially began.
After the magnificent theme song of "Kai Tian" was played, the camera swept across the crowded scene and then shifted to the commentary seat.
"Hello, summoners!"
"I'm a doll."
"I'm Miller."
“I’m PDD.”
The competition's dedicated commentator duo, the 'Haier Brothers', and a spherical special guest who had to wear a custom-made suit appeared on the screen.
"The entanglement between EDG and RNG is indeed very long. Everyone has a deep impression of each player. In recent years, these two teams have always maintained the top two positions in the division. Even today, their dominance has not declined."
"RNG started from the first round and defeated one opponent after another, and finally made it to Chengdu. We can see that their performance is getting better and better."
"UZI's lack of rustiness due to not playing in the first half of the game has now completely recovered."
Wawa introduced: "EDG has experienced changes in jungle players. The factory manager who originally wanted to retire has returned to the battlefield. The core player General has also found a hero that suits him after several months of practice and has regained his strength in his heyday."
"Yes." Miller took over: "The match between these two teams can be seen as the final clash of the 'version answer', because the strongest teams in our LPL have a style of play that revolves around the top lane, the bottom lane, and the mid lane for roaming support."
"Come to think of it, there has never been such a big disagreement before."
"I can't say it's a disagreement. I think it's the diversity of the versions, and the improvement in the strength and understanding of professional teams." PDD changed his perspective: "Before, everyone flocked to learn whatever style was strong, such as imitating the LCK's operations in the beginning."
"As a result, I found that blindly imitating is not enough."
"Now people don't blindly imitate others, but instead create their own things, so a hundred flowers can bloom."
"A lot of the credit goes to EDG and General."
5v5 esports is different from 1v1.
There is no way to make the most intuitive comparison of comprehensive strength.
Some players seem very strong, and they perform very well in laning and team fights. The highlights of their performances can form a series on their own. Their particularly classic operations cannot be surpassed even by top players several seasons later.
But I just can't win.
Some contestants seem to be mediocre, and apart from some outstanding aspects, they are just mediocre.
However, I can win honors in various competitions with the team.
Who is stronger?
Who is weak?
It's hard to say.
But if professional players are asked to make a choice, they will definitely choose to win honor.
Therefore, even if the championship team's performance is not completely correct and some things are obviously controversial, most players will try their best to get close to it.
There is only one reason.
——They won.
It was not until EDG overthrew the dominance of LCK and Xing Dao continued to carry the game against the odds that other LPL teams gained the confidence to stick to one path in an environment where promotion and relegation were cancelled.
It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why LPL is able to excel in both spring and autumn is largely due to EDG.
We chatted briefly.
Switch to pre-recorded trash talk.
Xiaohu appeared wearing colorful goggles and said confidently, "Let EDG see the Spring Tiger Emperor."
He said in a very sly tone: "I thought he was my brother's brother."
The two of them sang in unison, immediately livening up the atmosphere.
In the jungle position, Zzitai and Karsa organized a joyful collaboration between idols and fans.
Meiko and Xiao Ming, two assistants named M, performed a yin-yang fish-style blow to each other.
On the surface, A Shui and UZI were polite to each other, but there was actually a lot of gunpowder between the lines. A Shui meant to defeat the old wave just like UZI inherited Smile's position. UZI said that he did not say that back then, but proved it with actual actions.
Letme has earned a reputation as a believer in equality for all. He relaxed a lot in front of Xing Dao and said he wanted to test his own strength.
Xing Dao chuckled and said that he would do his best.
In the last second before the camera went dark, it was obvious that Letme looked a little panicked...
The short film has finished playing.
The contestants were introduced onto the main stage, greeted the audience, and then entered the soundproof rooms on both sides.
Check to make sure there are no issues with the equipment.
Enter the Ban/Pick stage.
EDG has a higher ranking in the regular season and has priority in choosing sides.
But just like in the semi-finals, we did not choose the relatively comfortable blue side.
Instead, he took the initiative to come to the red side.
Obviously, it is to prepare for MSI and the subsequent Intercontinental Championship and Asian Games.
Because EDG has played relatively few full BO3s in the regular season, only two more than IG, which never works overtime, and it does not have enough experience playing on the red side, so it can make up for it here.
RNG was obviously somewhat dissatisfied with this.
As strong teams in the LPL region, even if EDG restrains RNG in the "closed loop theory", this behavior of giving up advantages and focusing on training still makes RNG very unhappy.
Let's discuss it briefly.
Decided to use the ultimate move right away.
"Look at the bans in the first round. RNG banned Irelia, Vladimir, and Taliyah, and released two big sword heroes, Aatrox and Yasuo."
"EDG banned Ornn, Kaisa, and Karma."
"RNG grabs Galio first on the first floor."
Miller watched the two sides deal with it: "Galio's support ability is very strong and his tankiness is high enough. EDG's first two picks are Varus and Troll, which is a counter to a certain extent."
"RNG's second and third floors are Zac and... Shen?!"
The other heroes are fine.
As the blue steel shadow lit up, the audience in the venue and in front of the computer screens all fell into an uproar.
Galio is the mid laner.
Zac is a support.
Shen can only play the top lane position.
Picking top lane Shen against EDG... It's a scene I haven't seen in a long, long time.
Letme, whose strength has greatly improved this season, is going to fight General to the death?
