Chapter 59 Why not raise polar bears at the equator?

Wait until the official notification.

Members of the EDG and C9 teams walked along the player channel and onto the front stage.

Check the peripherals first.

In order to ensure a dispute-free world finals and avoid strange things happening during the game, keyboards, mice and other devices are of specific models specified by the players and provided by the official.

In process.

The live broadcast screen is given to the commentary booth of each channel.

On the Chinese channel, there are Wawa, the Miller-Haier Brothers, and Zhihuan, who has a deep understanding of the game.

"SKT defeated H2K cleanly yesterday."

"Today, it's our region's No. 1 seed, EDG, versus North America's No. 3 seed, C9."

“I don’t know if EDG can replicate this record again.”

Doll teased.

In the group stage, all the strong teams started low and ended high.

ROX and SSG were 2-1 in the first round and 3-0 in the second round.

EDG achieved the same results.

In the first round of the quarterfinals, SKT got off to a good start.

3-0 directly sent H2K away.

Whether EDG can complete the relay is an extremely exciting thing.

As for winning or losing...

LPL's No. 1 seed can lose to LCS.NA's No. 3 seed in a BO5?

This joke is almost enough to raise a polar bear at the equator.

soon.

Both parties have completed debugging.

The big screen first switched to the match schedule.

Then turn to the silhouette of the player.

After familiar faces appeared one by one, the camera moved to the main stage.

"Let me introduce myself to you all again."

Miller explained: "In the 2016 League of Legends World Championship, the rule for the knockout stage is to give priority to the higher seeds."

"It means that the first place in the group has the priority to choose the side."

"EDG, as the first in Group C, took the initiative to choose the blue side."

Zhihuan continued, "There were 50 games in the group stage, and 60% of them were won by the blue team... In this version, or in most versions, the blue team has a certain advantage."

"Ban first, choose first." Wawa explained: "If you choose to grab instead of ban, it means there is one more ban position, which is still very important."

While talking.

The director gave a comparison of the players' data.

First, it’s the top lane.

C9 top laner Impact had a KDA of 2.2, an average teamfight participation rate of 76.74%, and a damage-to-economy ratio of 136%.

On the EDG side, Xing Dao's KDA is as high as 7.6, and his average participation rate in team fights is 56.57%.

The economic damage is better than this one...

Only 80%.

"To be honest, this data is not very scientific and cannot reflect General's strength."

Miller briefly analyzed it: "Because different heroes have different positioning."

"Impact used Poppy, Troll, and Shen, and only used Kennen in one game. General used Vayne, Graves, Ryze, and Rek'Sai. The only pure front row was Titanfall, and he even beat the opponent's Jayce."

"Data doesn't represent everything." Zhihuan was sure.

In fact.

The statistics for the S6 season are in their infancy.

Not scientific.

Even information such as successful group formation and effective control was not included.

Not to mention its role at critical moments.

A club with perfect logistics can also produce statistical tables with certain value.

Official data, just take a look for fun.

After the top lane, the comparisons of jungle, mid lane, AD, and support are skipped one by one.

Finally, we come to the overall data comparison of the team.

In terms of average KDA per game, average economy per minute, and average damage to heroes per minute, EDG team is leading in all three aspects.

The advantages are quite obvious.

Enter the Ban/Pick interface.

EDG was on the blue side, holding down Syndra the Dark Lord, Kennen the Furious Heart, and Nidalee the Wild Huntress.

C9 gave the spots to Rune Mage Ryze, Starforge Dragon and River King Tam.

Just look at disabled.

There is actually not much difference between the two sides.

After all, this version is relatively balanced, and there is nothing absolutely unsolvable. Even OP heroes with high appearance rate and win rate can be dealt with.

First floor.

EDG grabbed the Void Burrower Rek'Sai.

This gave C9 a bit of a headache.

Normally, Rek'Sai can only play jungle.

But EDG had done this once before in the top lane, and the effect was quite good. He could burrow underground to recover health every four seconds, which was a great counter to Rumble.

Before having certain equipment, Rambo can't sustain the damage relying solely on basic damage.

Consider for a moment.

The C9 team got the two heroes, Gnar and Caitlyn.

The policewoman is a first-hand guarantee online.

Gnar has no natural enemy in the top lane except for Yasuo, who is difficult to appear on the stage, and can fight with anyone.

With good control of rage and timing of entering the field, he is also excellent in both split pushing and team fighting.

For a player like Impact, whose skills are gradually declining and who mainly relies on awareness and understanding to play the game, it is difficult to find a better choice.

"On the second and third floors of EDG, it's Karma and Cassiopeia."

Miller read out the choices: "In this case, AD should choose between Jhin and Sivir, but there is no rush to take it, because C9 already has Caitlyn, and there is no way to snatch it away."

"Yes, let's see what happens next." Zhihuan added.

"C9... Clockwork, Olaf!" Wawa thought for a moment and said, "Olaf dribbles the ball and Gnar comes in to shoot. This combo poses a certain threat to EDG."

Face the snake girl.

Most heroes are difficult to enter the field.

Because after Snake Girl was reworked into a mage without shoes in version 6.9, her W skill gained a special "earthbinding" effect.

Enemies within the range of Snake Lady's W cannot use any conventional displacement.

Including flash.

However, Olaf's ultimate skill [Ragnarok] is immune to control and can ignore the problem of ground binding, making it easy for EDG to launch a surprise attack.

"It's Sivir, the double mother combination."

Miller saw what he expected: "For the last position, EDG is going to take... Crocodile?!"

Center of screen.

A hero wearing green scale armor and with a bloody mouth appeared.

——The desert butcher, commonly known as Crocodile, Renekton.

Pause for a moment and select directly.

"Crocodile is not good..."

"In this version, can Crocodile still play?"

“It’s a bit wild.”

"To be honest, I trust General in laning phases, the problem is how to fight in teamfights."

"Strange!"

"Who knows, we might just kill our way through and not even have time to wait for the team fight."