The qualifying round was boring, and there was a gap between the weak teams, and it was quite obvious.
Only some of the matches between Japan, who are trying to reach the finals again, and Vietnam are worth watching.
As for the third seeds in the four major regions?
In the history of the league, it is rare for the No. 3 seed in a major conference to fall to a wild card.
These garbage wild cards are no different from their Starfury, they can be manipulated however they want.
So when EDG just got off the plane, LCK reporters were waiting there very professionally.
When Xu Yuan, wearing a mask and with a calm look, appeared, their eyes lit up at the same time.
As we all know, Xu Yuan's personality is completely opposite to that of most LPL players.
Therefore, in the eyes of the media, interviewing him can reveal something different.
Like hyenas, a dozen reporters quickly surrounded them, first consciously leaving a passage for the EDG players, and then holding out their microphones.
"Contestant Savior, do you think you can win the championship this time?"
"Savior, judging from the play-in matches, the S8 version is no longer biased towards the bottom lane. Do you trust your teammates?"
“Contestant Savior…!”
Xu Yuan looked straight ahead, showing no interest in answering.
They are all boring questions.
Now that we have reached this point, who doesn’t trust their teammates?
Oh, Uzi may not believe in Letme and Xiaohu’s carry ability.
That's okay.
Xu Yuan actually didn’t quite believe it.
However, there is also good news for RNG.
At least they are not the number one seed this time, so the probability of drawing G2 is really small.
If you can cancel your account successfully, you will be considered successful.
He walked out calmly and was about to get on the bus when he heard such a question.
"Savior, many ADs said they don't like your style of play. They think your laning ability is very strong but you still like to call the jungler. They think this is a lack of confrontational spirit. Do you agree with this?"
Xu Yuan stopped and glanced at him.
"League of Legends is a team game. Winning or losing in the laning phase determines the victory of the game. I don't need to emphasize this simple truth, right?"
"I don't care if those ADs hate me, because they will soon realize how strong I am."
"I hope they don't cry for the jungler to help them when they're laning, I'll look down on that."
He spoke steadily, his tone calm.
But he spoke more wildly than anyone else.
The reporter who was doing the interview was shaking all over, purely out of excitement.
burst!
This is really explosive!
Although many ADs' claims that they hate Xu Yuan are pure fabrication, Xu Yuan's aggressive response will definitely cause a big stir.
And that’s exactly what reporters want to see.
No matter where they are, most reporters are here to watch the fun, no matter how big the event.
Referred to as Leziren.
After getting on the bus sent by Riot, Xiaotian hesitantly patted Xu Yuan's shoulder.
"Brother Yuan, isn't this too offensive?"
Although Xiaotian is a little bit immature, he was able to say such immature quotes as "I am me, I am Tian" after the S9 World Championship finals.
But he is still quite cautious.
Before Xu Yuan could say anything, Meiko, who also had a calm expression, smiled.
"You'll get used to it."
Xiaotian: ...
It was not until then that Xiao Tian remembered what Xu Yuan had done.
Since his debut, he has looked down on all ADs and dared to speak harshly to Uzi even though his own popularity is not as good as Uzi's.
MSI was underestimated, just fuck ESPN.
A real wild player.
Perhaps his usual gentleness is his protective color?
After nearly two days of rest, EDG's first game in the world championship is about to begin.
The opponent in the first game is C9.
Even though EDG replaced RNG's number one seed, the result of the draw did not change much, at least not in their group.
The other three teams in the same group are C9, VIT, and GenG from South Korea.
C9 fought their way through the play-in rounds, and indeed played like a major region in the play-in rounds.
Although the top and bottom players are not good enough, they can be regarded as a typical example of bad performance in Europe and the United States.
However, the strength of the double C pair of Jensen and Sneaky in the middle and bottom is still online, and it is easy for them to kill the wildcards.
Especially Jensen in the middle.
Jensen's nickname is "Emperor Jian". Compared with the Jian family member in LPL, his career path is not full of ups and downs, but it is equally bumpy.
He became arrogant when he was young and successful. In 2013, he was permanently banned by Riot for serious violations. He was not unbanned until two years later, and then joined C9 and has been playing until now.
In the future until S14, he will still be able to get the starting position in the North American team, which can be said to be getting stronger with age.
Before his debut, the king of France in Europe and the United States was the Ice Bird master, Rotten Meat Root, and the god Bjergsen with four eyes.
After his debut, the King of Europe and America became known as Jian Huang and he and G2's eternal king perkz.
In the future, maybe Caps will be added.
But now Emperor Jian has become much calmer.
Before the Worlds, someone asked him, "What do you think of FNC's mid laner Caps' performance?"
If it was Emperor Jian from 2015, he would probably just give the camera a vicious middle finger:
Don't compare me to that garbage!
However, the 18-year-old boy simply replied:
He is a very good and powerful mid laner, and I admire his operation.
Of course, this may also be related to Caps' outstanding performance now.
After all, Emperor Jian also has good vision.
There is no need to say much about Caps' strength, it is really exaggerated.
As a member of EU, he who came from North America's C9 should have said harsh words to Caps from Europe's FNC.
However, if you can't win after making a threat... that would be too embarrassing.
"Be gentle in this bot lane kill. If there's no cosplay to watch, it'll be your fault, Brother Yuan."
Xiaotian was a little nervous before the game started and said some dirty talk to ease his emotions.
C9's AD is a famous cross-dresser and has appeared in many Cosplays.
What Lux, what Sivir?
Indeed...it's really good!
"If you don't counter-destroy the opponent's jungle in ten minutes, you will have to practice counter-destroying for an extra hour when you go back."
Xu Yuan spoke lightly.
Xiaotian's expression suddenly changed, "I'm so awesome, don't!"
Xu Yuan said that he could really find people to practice with, and some stranger junglers he didn't know could always make him feel dizzy.
The two that impressed Xiaotian the most.
One is called Tarzan and the other is called Canyon.
They are all old rivals in the high-end games of the Korean server, and their scores are ridiculously high.
The EDG players were chatting and laughing in the booth, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.
However……
"Is there anything wrong?"
Some LPL viewers are not as confident as the players.
Because they believe in metaphysics more.
On the one hand, there are always some problems in every LPL World Championship.
"The hottest ones will definitely die" seems to have become a law.
There are always LPL teams that hold the mentality of "if someone has to do the whole thing, why can't it be me?"
Then they suffered a crushing defeat in the group stage and were eliminated in the round of 16.
It made everyone's eyes go dark.
Speaking of hot teams now, is there anyone hotter than EDG?
On the other hand, C9 is also a bit weird.
Since S3, they have been able to enter the World Championship every year.
Except for the year S5 when they failed to qualify with a 3-3 draw, they have made it to the quarterfinals almost every year.
There was even a year when they started the first round with 0-3, but still managed to qualify.
No matter which group they are assigned to, they can somehow qualify.
[Within the top eight I am a singer, outside the top eight I am invincible]
This is the best evaluation of C9.
No one can remember a team that makes it to the quarterfinals unless it makes it to the quarterfinals every year.
For example, the former EDG, and the current C9.
So even when playing against C9, some of the more superstitious spectators were so nervous that their hands were sweating.
They really don't want EDG to become the "favorite that's bound to fail."
However, their worries were completely unnecessary.
"The opponent's mid laner is good at..., let's..., and then try to focus on..., and hold him down to win."
"Don't worry about your vision, play every game as if it were your last!"
kkoma continued to give instructions as usual, even though the opponent was C9.
This is the calmness and steadiness of the older generation of Korean coaches.
The contestants nodded very seriously without any doubt.
After an entire spring and summer, EDG has become a complete team and recognizes kkoma's abilities from the bottom of their hearts.
The BP was done very quickly and the game entered the loading screen amid the cheers from the crowd.
Blue side EDG:
Top Aatrox
Jungle Nightmare
Mid Alone Akali
Bottom lane team: Skateboards and Thresh
Red Square C9:
Top lane Shen
Jungle Xin Zhao
Mid Single Ice Girl
Kasagaro in the bottom lane
Judging from the overall lineup, there seems to be nothing wrong with C9's lineup, and the heroes they selected are not rubbish.
I can even imagine the scenes that will appear when playing in a team.
Ice Girl keeps the people, Zhao Xin brings Luo into the field, and Kaisa is shrouded in the glory of Shen's ultimate skill to harvest.
Excellent teamfight configuration.
However, this was exactly the trap that kkoma set for C9!
Although this lineup is very powerful in teamfights, it has one major problem:
What about line rights?
There is no need to say much about how Aatrox beats Shen. Although Shen is quite strong, Smeb's proficiency in Aatrox is explosive. At the same level, Aatrox can play like a spinning top after level 3.
There is definitely no line right on the top lane.
It is also difficult for the Ice Girl in the middle lane to gain control of the line.
Because the current Akali is the one that has just been revised not long ago.
The R skill "Killing All Inside and Outside" not only has a stun effect during the first stage of R, but is also a non-directional skill.
This means she can even place it on open ground.
Once Nightmare and Akali reach level 6 and attack Ice Maiden together, even if Ice Maiden has two ultimates, she may not survive.
So under normal circumstances, the Ice Girl's advantage in line rights will only last until level six.
Once Akali reaches level 6, the Ice Girl will have to keep an eye out.
Not to mention the bottom lane.
Although Kaisa still has a late-game curve, he can serve as a core.
However, the period of exerting force is too late.
Kaisa is already rubbish during the laning phase, and is paired with a very soft Rakan.
There is no line rights in the bottom lane.
Unless...Xu Yuan falls seriously ill.
kkoma induced C9 to choose such a team battle lineup step by step, but he had no .
What he wants is to destroy the opponent in the early stage!
Even if they can't collapse, Akali and Aatrox's two solo lanes in the mid-to-late game will definitely make C 9 miserable.
In the later team battle curve, the top, mid and jungle also helped to support Skates.
kkoma believes that this is the most versatile lineup in this version, which can be called the version formula.
It can be said that from the BP stage, kkoma can definitely say:
I've already beaten him so much!
In fact, this is true.
Xu Yuan is in very good condition now.
How good is it?
Luo's Q basically never hit him.
I didn't choose to suppress at level 1. After reaching level 2, I set up vision first, and only started to suppress after making sure that the jungler had not arrived.
Use all kinds of weird angles to make your Q hit the opponent's Sneaky.
His skill allocation is very aggressive. He does not focus on E but chooses to focus on Q instead.
Because although the damage of Skateboard Shoes' level 1 Q is terribly low, it only has 20 points of basic damage.
However, at level 2 Q, the base damage suddenly rises to 110.
Faced with Xu Yuan's constant consumption, Sneaky's Kaisa was overwhelmed and gave Meiko an opportunity.
At level 2, when he was pushing forward with Xu Yuan, he decisively flashed E, forcing Sneaky to flash.
When the support Thresh used his flash to replace Kaisa's flash, Kaisa had completely lost the qualifications to fight against Skateboard Shoes.
So much so that when the C9 jungler was ready to come down after more than five minutes, he found that Kaisa had only about 200 health left, and both purification and flash were gone.
The C9 jungler was dumbfounded.
How to catch this?
Brothers who have played jungle should know that in this situation, a single jungler is completely unable to catch the enemy!
If he dares to come, Xu Yuan can easily fight two against three.
Kaisa's health was too low and she had basically lost her ability to fight.
However, because the jungler was leaning down, Sneaky subconsciously took a step forward even though he couldn't communicate through voice communication.
Meiko's eyes lit up, and he seized the opportunity and decisively used Q.
Luo Yi gritted his teeth and used E on the AD to help him block the Q.
As a result... not only was his own health reduced to a very low level, he was also weakened.
When Xu Yuan saw the C9 jungler appear in the middle river, he took action without hesitation.
Over the tower!
"Are we going to cross the tower now?"
"EDG's bottom lane is a bit too aggressive, this is crazy!"
"I swear on my neighbor's Uncle Tom's socks, I've never seen anything like it!"
"Oh, shit, Sneaky! What are you doing?!"
"I'm very angry. You won't be needed to cast spells tonight!"
The comments from European and American audiences were equally amazing.
There were those who praised him, and there were also those who said they wanted to use Sneaky’s cosplay photo to cast a spell.
As for what is spellcasting? Those who know will know.
What we call it here is...craft work.
Xu Yuan's timing was very good, and the low-health Kaisa and Luo could only choose to retreat.
Because if we don't retreat, Skateboards will really let them overtake us.
In less than five or six minutes, C9's bottom lane had been beaten to the second tower.
Of course there is a difference in the players' individual abilities, but more importantly the laning combination chosen by C9 is just too rubbish.
C9's bottom lane combination is very strong in team fights, but that brings up the problem.
Why should you be allowed to develop peacefully until a team fight?
Xu Yuan dares to play Kassar with Meiko because their laning ability is enough to make up for some of the poor online strength.
You are C9's bottom lane... Why?
What level are you at? How dare you play the same bottom lane as us!
When it comes to Cosplay and cross-dressing, Sneaky is undoubtedly a pro and absolutely professional.
And in the field of AD...Xu Yuan is the more professional pro!
you pro?
I'm a pro!
He pushed down the second tower in six minutes, and returned home in seven and a half minutes to help the team take down the vanguard.
Rejecting Xiaotian's idea of ​​putting the vanguard in the bottom lane, Xu Yuan smiled.
"Now that the push is over, how can I put the opposing AD in jail?"
It’s not that tower defense is not attractive, but raising pigs is more cost-effective.
Although he was always pressing, Xu Yuan was also very considerate and gave the opponent a break from time to time.
He will skillfully enter the opponent's jungle area and kindly help the opponent's busy jungler to clear out some wild monsters that have not been cleared in time.
He's really... so asshole.
After being busy for nine minutes, the C9 jungler almost fainted when he entered his own jungle area.
"Fuck! Where's my Toad? Where's my Blue?!"
The remaining three wolves B looked at him with innocent eyes, as if to say:
I don’t know.
At eleven minutes, the difference in last-hitting in the bottom lane had become 107 to 64.
Now even if Uzi comes, he will still be 13 knives behind.
All I can say is that the version really needs an update. "If Xu Yuan doesn't suppress the opponent by 40 knives, he will definitely be suppressed~"
Go home and make a rundown.
When Skateboard Shoes came online again, he took Thresh and forced his way past C9's bottom lane group.
This tower dive was very simple. Two or three insidious Qs pierced through the minions and reduced the timid Kaisa to half health. Then he led the minion line into the tower, and Thresh suddenly attacked.
Xu Yuan purified himself to remove the charm state, flashed to avoid Luo's attack, and went behind the defense tower.
He jumped behind Kaisa at a distance to cut off his retreat.
After Luo gives up his weakness, just stand there and shoot.
Because weakness comes with a slowing effect, jumping with Skateboard Shoes at this time will waste output.
When Meiko was resisting the tower to his limit, the Poké Ball took back Meiko and turned him into a hedgehog for Kaisa.
He waited until the weakness ended before pulling out the spear. Even though Sneaky reacted quickly and used R to block some of the output, it was still useless.
The damage is too much.
After killing Kaisa, Luo's retreat position was blocked.
After Xiaotian controlled the little dragon, he came over and surpassed Luo again.
Highlight a relaxed and carefree attitude.
EDG's mid and top players even have it easier than him.
Smeb has started swimming dragon.
Now the Sword Demon has resurrection, let me mention this.
He handled the first three levels very well and didn't give any chances.
When the strong period comes, suddenly exert force and start spinning the top.
The C9 top laner has already killed twice.
In fact, Smeb in the S8 World Championship was not so strong, but now Smeb has maintained his peak style under EDG's exaggerated training intensity.
The purpose of athletes' training is to maintain their condition.
Training more may not necessarily make you stronger, but it will definitely make you in better shape and allow you to perform better within your capabilities.
With the success of this tower dive, C9's bottom lane completely collapsed.
Xu Yuan even had time to go to the jungle to arrest C9's jungler, which directly led to the current C9 jungle area becoming a restricted area.
As for the top and mid positions, Li Xianghe, who reached level 6, cooperated with Xiaotian and killed Jian Huang once.
Cooperating with Smeb, who is already a dragon, the advantage is also huge.
As a result, the upper jungle area is also full of dangers.
C9's jungler is numb, what should we do?
The wild areas on both sides are like fucking life restricted areas, how can people enter?
He is just a jungler of C9, he is not the Eternal Emperor!
EDG operated smoothly all the way, and C9 was like the Chinese national football team meeting Argentina, and like the War Eagles meeting Xiao Shen, with no ability to fight back at all.
"Fuck, isn't this a bit too frustrating!?"
Although Emperor Jian's temper had improved a lot, he couldn't help but complain at this moment.
He wanted to roam around the whole time, after all, he was playing the Ice Girl.
However, Li Xianghe was too experienced, and the greasy taste made him feel a little sick.
As a result, he never found any good opportunities. He could only watch the situation collapse, but he could do nothing.
That kind of pain is simply heart-wrenching!
It hurts, it hurts so much!
Riot, why, why did you put us into the EDG group?
GenG should be nothing to EDG, but it is also a strong opponent for C9.
The chance of qualifying for the knockout round seems a little slim...
Forever eliminated, everything in sight is ruined!
The more anxious Jian Huang is, the more opportunities C9 gives EDG.
The more opportunities he is given, the more anxious he becomes!
After twenty-three minutes and eleven seconds of game time, EDG completed a speed pass against C9.
However, each of EDG's three Cs died once.
This is C9's last stubbornness.
Even if I can't beat you, don't even think about surpassing you!
“So beautiful!”
The European commentator smiled.
“This is EDG’s strength!”
"As the current favorite to win the championship, they fully demonstrated their suppressive power and did not give C9 any chance to come back from the beginning to the end, announcing to the world: World Championship, here we come!"
"Of course, it is also possible that C9's ability is too lacking."
He paused and gave an ambiguous smile.
"After all, it's an NA team, so it's normal that their strength is limited."
This statement seems to be quite euphemistic, using the words "maybe" and "possibly".
However, in reality, it was almost directed at the North American region:
I wonder what your strength is?
Let's make a real difference on the EU team!
Not to mention whether I can win, but I can definitely last longer than you.
They still have this confidence.
In the barrage, the NA and EU viewers were almost going crazy.
"Fuck C9! Fuck Jensen! Fuck EU! Fuck everyone! Fuck the whole world!"
This is crazy NA fans.
"NA>EU! NA>EU! NA>EU!"
This is a repeater.
"EU is your father, you little bastards!"
This is a proud EU fan.
"Hahahaha, C9 is just the third seed, why are the EU stinking dogs so anxious?"
This is a NA fan who is just being stubborn.
All I can say is that the pig-dog fight in LPL is just for fun. If there is a real offensive derby, it would be like Europe playing against North America.
The Korean and LPL audiences watched coldly, without any feeling.
What are these noobs doing? [Stalk, not a typo]
Most LCK and LPL viewers have no interest in their love-hate relationship.
It doesn’t matter, we are both the same grass!
Although this year's LCK doesn't have much confidence, it still has some strength.
Just like the second brother of many Korean men.
It's a bit small, but it's still there.
Small and cute.
[Cold Fact: The average length of Korean men is 9.7 meters, which is definitely the lowest even in Asia. ]
KT's strength is still acceptable, and its dominance in the league is also impressive.
When standing up to shake hands, Xu Yuan was very polite.
After all, C9 has no conflicts with him.
But when he walked in front of Sneaky, he was a little surprised.
Because from a close distance, Sneaky is clearly a man, but his skin is very fair and his facial features are relatively soft.
At this moment, Sneaky might be feeling a little upset because he lost the game.
He had a somewhat forced smile on his face, his eyes red, and silently extended his hand to shake hands with Xu Yuan.
But it highlights her fragile temperament even more.
Xu Yuan remained calm on the surface.
It's actually quite amazing.
Perhaps this is Sneaky’s “talent”.
After this game, EDG's first day of competition ended.
Today's group stage is not the Swiss round, generally speaking, you only need to play one game a day.
Unless two teams have the same points, they will have to play an extra game to decide the first place or the qualifying spot.
However, EDG was not so relaxed when they returned to the lounge.
kkoma reviewed the game as usual, even though it was a crushing victory.
There was one sentence of his that Xu Yuan remembered particularly clearly.
"You may think that such a game is not worth replaying."
"But as the favorite to win the championship, we will have countless opponents analyzing our videos in every game of the World Championship."
“Even if it’s just a small mistake or a small habit, there may be an opportunity to catch it.”
"It could be just a subconscious movement, or a simple habit of eye placement."
"Kids, you don't want to lose the S8 championship because of some small mistakes, right?"
This Korean coach is very dedicated and conscientious.
Although what was said sounded somewhat familiar to Xu Yuan, he felt as if he had heard it in some strange video.
But it does make sense.
On the second day, they faced GenG, which was supposed to be their biggest opponent in the group stage.
However, this round was also a speedrun game.
GenG is really too weak this year.
The version of the World Championship is like a nightmare for teams like them that are accustomed to dragging the game into the late stage.
During the game, GenG fans felt so sick that they wanted to vomit when they saw Heo Yuan and Lee Sang Hyuk killing like crazy.
Both Heo Yuan and Li Xianghe are their biggest concerns.
One is the one who stepped on them to win the S7 championship, and the other is the one who suppressed them with honors in the LCK before and made them breathless.
But now in the game against GenG, they are killing like crazy.
How could this not make them angry?
However, Xu Yuan doesn't care about that.
Samsung?
I will definitely attack and defeat it!
This is a matter of principle.
Xu Yuan will never show mercy when he meets Samsung.
The reason is simple, because he is demolishing Nice.
The most Wolf Warrior episode!
October 12th, 9:00 p.m., Capital Time.
EDG's third group match against VIT started on time.
The reason why VI T has such a nickname is because their team logo looks a bit like a bee.
As an e-sports club founded in 2013, it was actually not too early for them to join the League of Legends project.
Therefore, the strength is naturally more worrying.
Although he is a bit green, he is developing very quickly, otherwise he would not have been able to enter this year's World Championship.
And they have an advantage that many teams don't have:
Never be stubborn.
Many rebellious teams always like to believe in their own understanding, and they will persist even if they get hurt.
However, VIT always responds to good advice.
Good tactics? I copied it.
Good system? I copied it.
Good BP? I copied it.
Never go against the versions and be good at referring to successful cases.
VIT plays the same lineup that others in LCK and LPL like to play.
He is Europe's copy ninja.
Of course, their BP and system will naturally become more rigid.
Now I meet kkoma who has flexible ideas...
It can only be described as a heavy punishment.
Taking advantage of the swinging position in the middle and upper part, VIT was directly stunned.
Twenty-two minutes speedrun, even faster than playing against C9.
Now, the North American audience also laughed.
"10% off water bottle?"
"Who said yesterday that North America is not okay? Hello?"
“It seems that EU is not doing well either, hahaha!”
"Well done, EDG! Already an EDG fan!"
“I feel like I’m not as good as us!”
For unknown reasons, EDG has attracted a wave of fans from Europe and the United States.
All I can say is that I really won.
When EDG beat North America, European audiences were very happy and became fans.
When EDG beat Europe, North American fans were very happy and became fans too.
I don't know why they are so happy.
An easy 3-0 win in the first round shows EDG's dominance today.
I can only say that this record is commonplace and very routine.
On the other hand, RNG was in a terrible situation.