The next day, the quarterfinals between IG and G2 were held as scheduled.
Xu Yuan also came to the scene of the game, ready to watch the game.
Because he was a little curious.
Originally IG and G2 met in the semifinals, but now it has become the quarterfinals.
So, will Theshy’s famous scene of a god descending to earth appear again?
With him were his teammates, all EDG members were there.
After all, we have finished the quarterfinals.
There is not much time left until the semi-finals and finals, and now the training is just to maintain the touch.
"Guess the score. I guess three to one."
Lee Sang Hyuk, wearing a baseball cap and with his hands behind his head, spoke calmly.
"Three to zero."
Xu Yuan spoke with certainty.
Instead, he was a little curious about why Lee Sang-hyuk thought IG would lose.
"European and American teams always have something new to show in BO5. I think they may catch IG off guard."
Li Xianghe seemed to guess what he was thinking and spoke.
The strength gap between the two sides is still very obvious.
Judging from the strength on paper alone, if IG doesn't give G2 a hard time, it can be considered a clean win for G2.
But in real competitions, all kinds of situations always occur.
Even the invincible SKT in S6 failed in the summer season. Does this prove that the team that beat SKT is stronger than them?
Once IG is ambushed by G2, Lee Sang-hyuk feels that G2 still has a chance to win.
Of course, winning two games would be nonsense, unless all the IG members made beef noodles before going on the court today, turning IG into LGD .
"It's impossible. They can't even hold up against me."
Xu Yuan simply shook his head.
He felt that Lee Sang Hyuk still overestimated G2 a bit. In fact, IG's BP level was also better than G2's. In addition, the difference in personal ability...
The gap between IG and G2 at this time is as big as the gap between Frieza and Yamcha.
It might be easier for Theshy to play against Wunder than for Wunder to play against Letme.
Amid everyone's anticipation, the competition officially began.
As soon as the BP started, kkoma let out a light exclamation.
"IG, so smart."
Because IG grabbed the Barrel.
He had also conducted research on G2, and spoke in a deep voice at this moment.
"IG forced G2 to make a choice."
There was admiration in kkoma's eyes. Kim Jeong-soo's BP was indeed beautiful, and he had really studied G2.
"G2 likes to play 131. When G2 wants to choose a 131 split lineup, IG's way to deal with them is to let go of their AD heroes and grab their AP heroes."
He smiled.
"Because there are very few heroes in AP that can split-push and swing."
"There are two possible outcomes if you choose this way."
"First, the AP heroes picked by G2 were killed by IG."
"second……"
"They took a chopper team."
"No matter what the result is, IG will be very comfortable."
To be honest, kkoma was a little surprised when seeing this BP.
Because IG has always given him a clear and pure feeling, he didn't do much research on EDG when they played against EDG in the summer season, but now when he plays against G2, he has done some real research.
He thought IG would rely on the players' strong performance to defeat G2.
"It's over."
kkoma made this judgment very calmly.
This is indeed the case. In the first game, IG almost completely defeated G2.
G2, who gets the red side, often chooses to give the counter position to their bottom lane because their bottom lane is so bad.
Without heroes like Tam and Fatalist who can just survive by force, the team is just a mess.
Therefore, they could only give the counter positions originally used for the mid and top lanes to the bottom lane, trying to make up for the gap in laning ability in the bottom lane.
This tactic works well against RNG .
Because RNG is a team that plays in the bottom half, as long as G2 defends well, RNG will not be able to increase the tempo through the bottom lane.
But now, they are facing IG.
In S8, Ning Wang and Theshy's affinity rate between top and jungle was far ahead of others, and IG was a team that focused on the top half.
This is not much different from G2 on a tactical level.
However, IG's individual abilities are much stronger than G2's.
G2 wants to beat IG by playing mid and jungle, which is pure wishful thinking.
During the second game, kkoma felt something strange.
“Why does G2 still want to take red side?”
The red team got beaten so badly in the first game, is G2 really that stubborn?
Moreover, IG's win rate on the blue side is very high, because there are many heroes that can be played in the middle and top, and there are also many heroes worth grabbing.
This BO5 ended faster than kkoma expected.
The average game time is 27 minutes and 43 seconds, which is only slightly slower than the current EDG.
“What a boring Bo5.”
Xu Yuan sighed.
Although he knew that IG played like this against G2, he didn't see any famous scenes in this BO5.
G2 fell so quickly that he didn't even get to see the gods descend to earth.
I have to say, it’s a bit regrettable.
But this is normal. After all, the current IG has a team like EDG as its opponent, which is a level higher than the original S8 IG.
Given G2's ability, they did their best by lasting until 27 minutes.
EDG doesn’t plan to watch the next two BO5 games.
As expected, KT, as the number one seed of South Korea, successfully defeated FW and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the European and American civil war, FNC also relied on the outstanding performance of mid laner Caps to defeat C9.
Good news: C9 has advanced to the quarterfinals again!
Bad news: C9 is in the quarterfinals, it is always in the quarterfinals, it is still in the quarterfinals!
At this point, the four teams entering the semi-finals have been officially determined:
Top half: EDG, KT
Bottom half: IG, FNC
At this point, the LPL audience is undoubtedly excited.
Could it be that... ?
Any chance to see the LPL Civil War in Incheon, South Korea?
They are not worried about IG in the lower half.
Although FNC is the light of Europe and the United States today, it is common sense that Europe and the United States are equal to losers in the minds of many LPL viewers.
However, KT in the upper half made some people panic.
No matter what time it is, there are always people who like to criticize others, and no region is an exception.
The strength that KT is showing now is also overwhelming.
Although they lost to IG in the group stage, it should be easy for EDG to beat them, but it was not the case.
Teams have their own team style. What if IG happens to be the one that restrains KT?
After all, he is also the number one seed from South Korea.
In the past, it was considered a success if the No. 1 team in LPL beat the No. 2 seed in LCK.
However, there were not many people who were pessimistic about it, and most of them were scolded badly.
The reason is simple: the current EDG...is even more popular than the original RNG in S8.
The same spring and summer championships, the same players won the Asian Games, and the same intercontinental competitions, they crushed the opponent as soon as they appeared.
The difference is that EDG is still strong in the world game, without any sign of weakness, and they can defeat anyone in just over 20 minutes.
This dominance is really exaggerated.
In this situation, even if there are Korean people, they dare not speak loudly.
We can only hope that KT can put a damper on EDG's arrogance.
However, there are people in LPL who are afraid, and the same is true in LCK.
And, much more!
There are some people in LPL who are afraid of KT, but everyone in LCK is afraid of EDG.
"It's over, EDG... Is the world championship for us Koreans over?"
"Although I don't want to admit it, KT's luck is really bad. They were drawn into the same group as EDG. This is not just bad luck. The strength shown by EDG is amazing."
"Is it possible that no Korean team can reach the finals venue in Incheon, our home ground?"
"No! Don't do this kind of thing!"
"Hey, can you guys stop saying discouraging things and lend your strength to KT! KT, Fighting!"
"I can't beat him. I absolutely can't beat him..."
Even if some Korean audiences cursed those who were pessimistic, it was still useless.
EDG left a really deep impression on LCK.
The earliest impression can be traced back to the MSI S5.
They had all forgotten about EDG in S7, but they didn't expect that EDG would make it to MSI that year and defeat SKT, which was recognized as the strongest team at that time.
And in the S game at the end of the year, they faced SKT again and won.
SKT rarely loses key games in international competitions.
Therefore, Korean audiences have such a fresh memory of EDG.
This year's Intercontinental Championship and MSI made them even more scared.
KZ was said to be invincible at MSI.
How invincible was the result? They were defeated by EDG 3-0.
In the past two years, EDG has left a gray impression on Korean audiences.
This team is outrageous.
The only team that can match EDG's current dominance is probably SKT in S6.
But this time, this "SKT" is on the opposite side.
"Phew, it's finally over."
Xu Yuan let go of the mouse and couldn't help but stretch himself to stretch his muscles.
He is doing his daily last-hitting practice.
There are not many training matches now, because kkoma feels that playing too much may sometimes lead to poor condition.
He is conserving the players' energy.
Gather your energy for the match against KT!
However, Xu Yuan is a person who cannot sit still. Since there is no training match, he might as well practice basic skills.
Playing Rank? Not considering.
It will be stupid to play too much Rank because the opponents are too rubbish.
If you say that basic skills are useful, it seems that they are not that useful.
Strong players are basically not bad.
But if you say it's useless, sometimes it is precisely the basic skills that make the difference.
Distance control is one of the basic skills.
I looked back and saw that everyone was very busy.
kkoma was spitting heavily as he helped Xiaotian constantly correct his jungle clearing routes and memorize the opponent's commonly used eye positions.
Nodding his head from time to time to show his approval.
There was obvious fatigue on his face and dark circles under his eyes.
Lee Sang-hyuk and Smeb are constantly soloing heroes like Irelia and Jayce to improve their proficiency.
These heroes are in the upper-middle level, so their proficiency must be improved.
Even though their original proficiency was already very high, there was not much improvement.
But if you play it a few more times, at least you can keep the feel for it.
Meiko kept scrolling through KT's videos over and over again, analyzing the laning habits of KT's bottom lane team.
Xu Yuan: ...
Oh no, I am the one with the most free time?
Continue later!
But let's take a ten-minute break now.
He walked towards the rooftop of the training room, ready to get some fresh air.
Their current training location was specially contacted by kkoma and is a team from the Korean secondary league.
Facing the gorgeous sunset and the gentle breeze.
Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and was in a good mood.
To be honest, he was already feeling a little bored.
Mainly... there is no opponent.
Lee Sang-hyeok is willing to keep fighting even after winning three championships because he is no longer at his peak and can no longer be considered the world's number one.
He has his lows and his highs.
But Xu Yuan is different.
He has been winning since his debut.
After defeating Bang, no one was worthy enough to be his opponent.
Moreover, he has memories of the future and knows clearly that there will be few outstanding ADs in the future.
Ruler Emperor?
A dog-like thing.
Uzi can be easily beaten now, and Xu Yuan is almost the same against Uzi.
However, such a ruler dominated the bottom lane of LCK in the following years.
Even after coming to LPL, he still beat countless LPL ADs without any chance of fighting back.
This couldn't help but make Xu Yuan a little disappointed.
This kind of stuff... can be number one?
He had to doubt the value of the ADs behind him.
The only player that Xu Yuan cares about is Beryl from DWG.
This guy is indeed talented, and the bottom lane with him is quite strong.
But it’s not low anymore.
Beryl's excellence is more reflected in his thinking and overall roaming. His laning performance is just ordinary first-class.
Xu Yuan had to face the reality:
It seems that there is no AD that can arouse his interest.
When he thought of this, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little bored.
"What are you doing here?"
From behind, Li Xianghe's voice came.
Xu Yuan turned around and saw Li Xianghe holding a Coca-Cola.
He casually handed a bottle to Xu Yuan and opened another one for himself.
Xu Yuan looked at it and started laughing.
"why are you laughing?"
Li Xianghe was a little strange.
"I thought you were going to open a bottle of Coke and ask me to drink it with you."
Xu Yuan smiled and spoke.
"Disgusting? When did I become so stingy?"
Li Xianghe sneered, thinking he was just farting.
Xu Yuan could only say it was hard to say.
There is a classic clip about Lee Sang-hyuk. Several SKT members went out to play, and when they were tired they wanted to drink some drinks. Lee Sang-hyuk bought a can of Coke and shared it among the six people.
It seems that Li Xianghe was really nice to him. He was even willing to give Xu Yuan a bottle.
He was so generous that Xu Yuan was almost crying.
The two of them leaned on the railing and looked at the scenery in the distance.
There was silence for a moment.
Suddenly, Li Xianghe spoke.
"Are you planning to retire?"
There was some hesitation in his voice, but he asked anyway.
Xu Yuan was slightly startled.
"Didn't you ask me that question?"
He remembered that Lee Sang-hyuk had asked the same question during the summer season.
"I did ask, but you said at the time, let's talk about it later. I want to hear what you think now."
Li Xianghe nodded slightly and turned to look at him.
"Do you already have an answer?"
Xu Yuan avoided his gaze and looked at the colorful clouds in the distant sky.
"Maybe."
"Have you decided?"
Li Xianghe didn't ask any more questions.
"Well, if nothing unexpected happens."
He no longer has any rivals.
Unless they lose to IG this time, maybe he will get interested.
If they beat IG as expected, he might really choose to retire temporarily.
Because the current bottom lane...
In Xu Yuan's eyes, they are all rubbish.
The reason why it is temporary is naturally because Xu Yuan plans to wait and see S13.
I'll consider whether to make a comeback then.
This season is the only season that Xu Yuan is more interested in, because Uzi will make a comeback and Lee Sang-hyuk will lead the players to compete for the fourth championship again.
The most important thing is that Xu Yuan was very unhappy when he saw Chidi bullying the AD of LPL.
Just fucking call you Chidi!
Do you really dare to come to LPL?
It depends on whether my buddy tortures you or not.
Xu Yuan was planning to give Emperor Chi a surprise.
I hope that when the old rivals meet, Chidi will be able to smile.
If he can't have red eyes when he sees Chidi again, can Uzi still have a red face?
He was a little looking forward to it.
“Sometimes I really envy you.”
Li Xianghe smiled and spoke.
"Your career is going as smoothly as a soaring dragon."
This is Li Xianghe's sincere sigh.
The reason why Li Xianghe persisted to this day is not only because of his unremitting pursuit of the championship, but also because he always fell short.
I have won many championships, but there are always some small regrets every time.
They won the championship as soon as they debuted in S3, but failed in S4 when they had the strongest confidence.
The two-time world champion of S5 and S6 is about to achieve the feat of winning three consecutive championships.
But then a sudden rise of EDG broke his winning streak.
Brothers who often play chess know that having a winning streak interrupted is more painful than getting the eighth place.
Is Lee Sang Hyuk successful?
There is no doubt that he is a very successful player and is now number one in terms of honors.
But is everything really going smoothly for him?
No.
So he is different from Xu Yuan.
Every time Lee Sang-hyeok feels bored, a new strong enemy will appear, and the older he is now, the more likely he is to make mistakes in high-intensity BO5s.
Just like the reverse Everfrost at MSI in S11.
But what’s funny is that WBG didn’t even make it to the fourth game.
Li Xianghe can still hold out for three times.
And what about Xu Yuan?
With the system at his disposal, his strength will not decline even if he does not play in competitions for a few years.
Now his abilities have basically reached their maximum, and no one can challenge his position as the world's No. 1 ADC.
And after winning S8, he completely surpassed Bang.
Both of them are two championships, but Xu Yuan won the Grand Slam for two years!
A champion AD whose condition never declines and who is always at his peak.
It is conceivable how exaggerated his abilities are.
It's normal for him to feel bored because there is really no one who can arouse his interest.
"Sometimes I am also thankful that I still have opponents."
Li Xianghe spoke softly.
"If I really can't see any possibility of losing, then such a career would be too boring."
"The most exciting thing about competition is the feeling of the unknown."
Xu Yuan smiled and said nothing.
byd Aren’t you also in Versailles?
"Are you still going to keep playing? After winning the championship this year."
He asked.
Although he could roughly guess Li Xianghe's answer, Xu Yuan still wanted to hear his true thoughts in private.
"Fight, why not?"
Li Xianghe spoke without hesitation.
"I can feel that more and more outstanding midfielders are emerging. Such a future is really exciting."
There was happiness in his eyes.
Xu Yuan was silent for two seconds, "Come on."
He turned around and prepared to go down.
"Hey, Xu Yuan."
But Li Xianghe stopped him.
"?"
Xu Yuan turned around, somewhat confused.
"If I can hold on until S13, we'll see you at the World Championship."
Lee Sang Hyuk leaned against the railing and spoke casually.
"I still remember the revenge of S7."
"I will not be happy if I don't send you off once in the World Championship."
He said this with a smile on his face.
Although he doesn't want Xu Yuan to retire, since it is Xu Yuan's decision, Li Xianghe will choose to respect it.
However, he would also express it proudly:
Don't think about running away after pretending to be cool.
Xu Yuan was stunned. He understood what Li Xianghe meant.
"snort……"
He hummed, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously, turned around and waved his left hand.
"Just wait, if you're still playing in S13, I'll personally kick you out of the World Championship."
"I should be the one saying this."
Lee Sang Hyuk's smile became even brighter.
He knew that Xu Yuan had made an agreement with him.
This...is pretty good.
Isn’t it just S13?
I, Lee Sang Hyuk...will definitely enter the World Championship!
He can be deified after retirement, but Lee Sang-hyuk doesn't care.
Just waiting for Xu Yuan’s return for the World Championship!
If Xu Yuan knew about Li Xianghe's childish thoughts, he would probably laugh so hard that he couldn't breathe.
What is the ruthless emperor of e-sports?
October 27th, Gwangju Women's University, Universiade Gymnasium.
There was already a crowd of people inside and outside the venue.
There were a lot of spectators at this game, to an outrageous degree.
If KT loses, the audience for this BO5 may be more than the audience for the finals.
After all, it is South Korea's home court. If there is no South Korean team in the final, what is the point of watching the South Koreans?
Korean audiences are not like LPL audiences, their main focus is authenticity.
However, a wave of emergencies also occurred outside the venue at this time.
Generally speaking, there will be life-size standees of the athletes outside the venue.
This is where the problem lies.
Some Korean female spectators secretly drew various graffiti on the EDG players' stand.
There is nothing wrong with this behavior. After all, it is a battle between regions, and it is normal for people to hate EDG.
However, EDG's female fans are no joke.
You're going to draw graffiti for our contestants, right?
Good, good, good!
Then I will just punch him intentionally!
The EDG female fan transformed into Wukong and knocked down the KT player's stand with one punch.
The Korean girl was so angry that she immediately posted on Korean forums and Twitter:
Fans from other places are so rude!
I can only say that EDG’s female fans are really cruel.
This incident quickly caused a melee between LCK and LPL fans.
"Haha, this is what LPL fans are like. They have no manners at all."
"Why are you calling your dad, Xiao Xiba? Weren't you the ones who graffitied the EDG players' signboards first?"
"Is this a country of etiquette? How ridiculous!"
"What are you laughing at? Isn't this Korea's home court? Let's see if there is a Korean team in Incheon in the final, folks."
"The quality of the people in LPL is really too low! They keep attacking us personally!"
"Where are you, horse? Are you a human being? You're accusing me of personal attack. I feel like I just kicked a stray dog ​​to death on the side of the road!"
In the first stage of the confrontation, the LPL brother won a great victory.
LCK audiences had never seen such swearing before and were completely dumbfounded.
Although Korean audiences are very good at ganking offline, but online...the LPL audiences can only say that they are very skilled.
Keys come!
This really made the LCK audience angry.
But they are in CN, and they don’t have the ability to attack people across the border, and they can’t win in a verbal battle.
I've given them all the trouble.
"Come on KT! We must defeat the damn EDG!"
"KT, cheer for me! We must not lose this game!!!"
"KT! KT! KT!"
The only thing they can do is to cheer for KT.
However, the atmosphere at KT, which had already arrived at the scene, was rather solemn.
"Today's opponent is EDG."
KT coach spoke in a deep voice.
"They are our biggest enemy in the fight for the championship. As long as we get through this stage, our chances of winning the final against IG will definitely be high."
Although it seems like nonsense, this is all the KT coach can say.
Or what? Sing your own bad words?
EDG is indeed not easy to beat, but we have to fight no matter how difficult it is.
KT, which has come to this point, has already had this awareness.
deft had been sitting quietly on the sofa in the lounge, thinking calmly.
Finally, we met.
He failed to attend the S7 World Championship last year, and was severely disgusted by Xu Yuan in a private message on Twitter.
This year it’s finally here.
But there is bad news: the opponent seems to be stronger.
No, got stronger?
How has it become stronger? The strength has been this high for the past two years. Please don't make any random comments.
Sometimes you really should look for the reasons within yourself, whether you played in rank or practiced in training matches.
deft looked for it and he also practiced it.
But he still wasn't very sure.
In the final analysis, the strength displayed by Xu Yuan is really terrifying.
Even the arrogant Deft had to admit this.
"But... I can finally play against you in the world championship."
Deft's gaze seemed to penetrate the wall and saw Xu Yuan in another lounge.
He has been waiting for this day for a long time.
This year is his sixth year chasing the championship, but no matter what the result is, he will not choose to stop.
"If there are more, there's no need to say more."
In the EDG lounge, kkoma also gathered all the players together.
He had a smile on his face.
"Defeat KT and enter the final."
“That’s what we’re going to do today.”
"I believe in you, and you believe in me."
"KT is just a small stone on the road to the championship for us, and we can easily cross it."
"Remember my words, stay calm at all times and don't relax until the last minute of the game."
"As long as we perform normally, KT's journey to the World Championship will be over."
He didn't give a very inspiring speech because EDG's players were already full of fighting spirit and didn't need any motivation.
Everyone’s wish is the same: to reach the finals!
Naturally, there is no need for kkoma to emphasize this further.
He looked at the players in front of him, recalling the scene when he first came to EDG.
It’s been almost a year.
Now that the story has come to this point, kkoma believes that there will definitely be a good ending.
EDG is the strongest!
He firmly believed in this.
Fifteen minutes before the game, the live broadcast rooms of each major competition area were in place, and the commentators gave their opening remarks with smiles on their faces.
Today's LPL commentators are Miller Wawa and Guan Zeyuan, which is considered a classic iron triangle.
"Hello, viewers, you are now watching the first game of the 2018 League of Legends World Championship semi-finals, EDG vs. KT!"
"The commentary for this game is provided by me, Guan Zeyuan, Mr. Miller and Mr. Wawa!"
Colonel Guan spoke in a calm tone with a smile on his face.
"What will be played soon is the pre-match VCR for the semi-finals. After the short promotional video, let's look forward to the appearance of the players from EDG and KT!"
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely warm.
As the main screen gradually went dark, all the audience members' spirits lifted.
“Here it comes!”