Chapter 58: Quarterfinals against C9!
"Hello everyone, welcome to the 2016 League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals!"
"The two teams fighting today are SKT and H2K."
Ze Yuan, Chang Mao and Joker are responsible for the commentary.
Joker, the most experienced player, took the initiative to tease after his opening remarks: "Today's game is actually very interesting. One of the mid laners on both sides is Faker, and the other is someone we are all very familiar with... Yue Lun!"
"It's interesting!" Ze Yuan said with a smile.
No one remembers the losers.
Just like no one can remember that the second highest peak in the world is K2, no one can remember that the second largest river in the world is the Amazon River, and no one can remember that the second tallest building in the world is the Shanghai Center Building.
No one will even remember the name of the OGN (formerly LCK) runner-up.
Except Yue Lun.
The battle between the two robberies back then was truly a classic.
One is to refine real gold in fierce fire and forge the reputation of a great devil.
One was just a little bit away from completing a solo kill and transforming into the strongest ninja dog.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."
“Hahahahahaha.”
"The blood calamity is coming."
"Yue Lun: Why is this B game still not dead?"
"A battle of revenge."
"You're kidding. How can H2K beat LCK?"
"Predict the score. I think 3-1 is about right."
"Where did the 1 come from? It must be 0."
“…”
The barrage is extremely joyful.
EDG also suspended their daily training and gathered in front of the large monitor to watch the show.
Oh no!
It is for reference learning.
After all, SKT is the team most likely to advance in the left half.
There is no need to say much about Faker in the middle lane and the combination of Ban g and Wolf in the bottom lane.
Although Duke's performance in the top lane is slightly inferior to that of Marin at his peak, he is still a strong player. Not only can he not lose to various opponents, but he also has the most line kills in the LCK region.
Jungler Blank is slightly lacking in experience, but he fits in very well with the team system.
not to mention.
Next to the SKT water dispenser, there was Bengi squatting, a player that no one dared to ignore.
In contrast.
On paper, the H2K team is much weaker than the others.
Except for a very small number of European and American fans, basically no one thought that there would be any accidents.
First round.
H2K chose to invade , and with the help of jungler Gragas's meaty impact and Poppy and Leblanc's stun and imprisonment, they forced the first blood.
The start was brilliant.
but.
Yue Lun, who learned the E skill at level 1, was completely unable to compete with Faker's Clockwork Mage in pushing the line.
There's not even any way to fight back.
Directly suppressed.
In the top lane, H2K player Odoamne was using Poppy and was beaten by Duke's Troll.
Both solo lanes were silenced, and the Gragas used by jungler Jankos could hardly make any sound.
"It's 1-0." The factory manager was sure.
When you use Leblanc and Gragas, you focus on the offensive rhythm.
And we have to play at a very fast offensive tempo.
What now?
Gone.
All gone.
The offense was gone, the rhythm was gone, and the game was gone.
Although H2K was very resilient and held on until the 41st minute, everyone could see that SKT used a gradual erosion attack method, and also had a bit of intentional delaying to mess with the mentality.
second round.
SKT changed their style of play.
From operation to rapid promotion!
As soon as the lineup was revealed, the audience who understood enough sentenced H2K to death.
——The standard LCK team gave up the operations they are best at and turned to fast push, which means they have figured out the opponent's strengths and believe that there is no threat.
as expected.
This game ended in 27 minutes, which was 8 minutes earlier than the average time of the SKT team.
In the third game... Yue Lun showed off the Shadow Lord Jie.
No hesitation, just choose!
“Huh!”
Xing Dao had never expected: "Yue Lun is getting angry."
Being able to choose Jie in such an occasion.
Regardless of the final outcome, the audience gave Yue Lun warm support.
What is even more surprising is that Yue Lun went against the grain and showed considerable strength. Together with the European jungle king Jankos, they suppressed SKT for a while.
Because of insufficient team battle ability, retreating to high ground.
Yue Lun rushed out suddenly.
Single cut Faker.
Yu Wanjun killed the Mechanical Pioneer Victor used by Faker!
“Awesome!”
"Yue Lun is so fierce."
“I’m really back!”
Everyone in EDG cheered.
one person.
A robbery.
A losing game.
As the leading figure in the mid lane of OGN (LCK) before Faker's rise, Yue Lun was brilliant enough even if only his afterglow was left.
The final score of this battle was 3-0.
SKT, led by Faker, won the victory.
But the most eye-catching thing is always the unyielding figure charging alone into the battle line on the high ground.
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
…
October 15th.
The game between EDG and C9 officially started.
One is the No. 1 seed who won the LPL championship with an undefeated record, and the other is the miracle team of LCS.NA.
Even though there is a certain gap in performance between the regular and group stages, the audience still has high expectations for C9.
The miracle team.
It's not strange to create some miracles.
"Don't be careless."
Holding a folder, Abu made a request in the background: "Today we must not only win, but also win cleanly and beautifully."
"that's for sure."
"must."
"no problem."
The EDG players are all very confident.
According to the results of the competition.
Among the mainstream regions, North America is the weakest.
C9 is the third seed in the North American region, and the weakest team to qualify.
Sneaky, who plays the ADC position, is top-notch in North America.
But it is only first-class in North America.
Faced with the hot-tempered Deft and the gap between rookie support Smoothie and Meiko, even the most optimistic fans don't think C9's bottom lane has any chance.
In terms of jungle.
With Zzali around, it will be hard for C9's Meteos to make any waves.
Jensen, who replaced Hai as the leader, needs to be careful.
But with the factory manager around, the younger brother Scout only needs to keep his footing, not engage in online confrontations, and focus on supporting and team fights. There won't be any big problems .
The only hidden danger is...
Get on the road.
"Xing Dao, you must be careful. Impact still needs to be taken seriously." Abu reminded.
"Don't worry, manager." Xing Dao took the responsibility.
Impact?
Big wood?
The unstoppable Weapon Master in S3?
It blew over!
The reason why Impact was able to be unstoppable in single-lane pushes was based on SKT's system of switching lanes to eat the jungler, allowing the top lane to develop for twenty minutes first.
Even though Crocodile was banned, Shen Chao was still confident that he could win.
There was no chance to start over from the beginning throughout the whole process.
In fact, SKT did not put all its hopes on Impact.
Instead, treat Impact as a shortcoming.
Faker's original words at that time were: "If Impact doesn't give up, we can beat Ryl (Royal Club)."
In the world of e-sports where the winner takes all, few people pay attention to the truth.
All I know is that after triple-banning the crocodile, Shenchao was hit in the head by the Weapon Master.
I don’t know if that time was purely a crime without war.
This revenge had no chance for Shenchao, who had to go to North America and retire sadly a year ago due to restrictions of the rules.
but.
There is Xing Dao.
After three days of live streaming, the points I earned did not allow me to draw the Shenchao character card.
But Xing Dao has a top laner, Gogoing Crocodile, in his hand.
Number of uses...3/3!
