"That's it? That's it?"
"I want to laugh. LCK's No. 1 seed? Why can't they last as long as RNG?"
"Sima, pilot, you've lost a few more games. If Yuan Shen doesn't retire, you'll never win the championship in your life, really."
"Matta is such a beast. He can be beaten like this in a laning match. I suggest you go back and eat more bananas to replenish your brain."
The LPL audience laughed so hard that they were numb.
That’s it?
They were easily defeated in 22 minutes. How come KT is easier to beat than RNG?
Then RNG also has something to say. I have played against EDG with all kinds of configurations for such a long time, why are you so bad?
What about the LCK audience? LCK audience, please help.
LCK audiences are more excited than LPL audiences, they are completely crazy.
Although we knew before the game that today would most likely be a tough battle and the probability of winning was very low.
But they never expected that they would be defeated so easily.
What they expected was that KT would fight hard and finally lose 3-2 or 3-1.
This can at least comfort myself:
It’s okay, at least I can win.
There is indeed a gap in strength, let's try again next year.
But if we were defeated 3-0, it would be a bit shameless to say such things.
You're already losing 3-0, and you tell me it's just a "little" difference?
But unfortunately, whatever the LCK audience feared seems to be happening now.
KT was no match for EDG, and after being tricked in BP, they had no power to fight back.
He has become EDG's electronic Palu, and EDG can win however they want.
How can LCK audiences accept this?
Where is this?
This is fucking Korea!
What does KT stand for?
It represents the dignity of our Great Cold Nation!
What's the result?
Look what a mess you have made!
It’s really... so embarrassing!
"Shit, KT, you're such a bad player, why don't you just swim back here!"
"No, this is Korea. We can just take a taxi home. It's easy."
“You still want to take a taxi after being beaten like this? West Eight KT should be like the devout believers on the plateau next door, kneeling down every few steps, from Gwangju to Seoul!”
"I've become an LPL fan. Come on EDG. As for KT? I'm really not familiar with him."
"Say less! KT is our last team after all. Can you be gentler with him? Do you want to destroy Korean e-sports?!"
"Funny! Is it worthy of representing Korean e-sports?"
"Speaking of the representative of Korean e-sports, it's not you guys who play with dogs, right?"
"You don't want to talk about StarCraft, do you? Forget about the fake game. Let's talk about it when the prison base is released!"
"Haha, without SKT and Samsung, LCK would have accomplished nothing!"
The most popular game in Korea is League of Legends, and the second most popular is StarCraft.
So even if it is a League of Legends game, there are some StarCraft players who will watch it.
Just like Dao Silin here would also watch "Lu", and then comment: Not as good as Dao Huo.
After losing the first game, Deft was completely stunned.
He knew that there might be a gap in strength, after all, EDG's strength was visible to the naked eye.
But he really didn't know that the gap would be so big.
Twenty-two minutes… this time is not even as long as a training match.
Is EDG really that strong?
Deft doesn't want to admit it, but it's the truth.
"EDG is really strong, guys. Yuanzi's skateboard shoes today, Guigui, the anchor is not talking nonsense, even the anchor can't achieve such an effect."
"Davey is actually very strong. It was very difficult for me to play against him. I rarely won."
Uzi, who has already returned to China, also started live streaming at this time.
What surprised him was that although he was in the quarterfinals again this year, not many people scolded him.
In fact, this is very normal. Now the most popular and most anticipated team is EDG. It really doesn’t matter to many viewers how RNG performs.
Although RNG is in the quarterfinals again, EDG is a team that has a clear 70 to 80 percent chance of reaching the finals and is guaranteed to be in the top four. It is not really shameful for RNG to be eliminated by EDG.
If EDG wins the championship, then in fact no one can beat EDG.
Whoever meets EDG in the quarterfinals will be in the quarterfinals.
It's that simple.
RNG was just a little unlucky at best.
The audience can be really strict sometimes. When their expectations are high, they will scold you harshly if your performance is even slightly poor.
But the audience is sometimes really tolerant.
Even if you lose the S game, as long as the loss is not too shameful, or it can be said to be a loss in a civil war.
Then it's acceptable.
Except for some die-hard fans of Uzi and RNG who are still sad about RNG's elimination.
Most of the other viewers did not mourn RNG's elimination for a moment and immediately shifted their attention to the next semi-final.
Where is the time to scold Uzi?
"The host thinks your skateboard shoes are not as good as Yuanzi's?"
"Uzi is actually being humble!? Ghost!"
The barrage was a little surprised.
Those who still watch Uzi’s live broadcast are either die-hard fans or die-hard haters.
They had rarely seen Uzi say such things.
“It’s definitely not as good as that!”
Uzi scratched his head and said, "Come on, guys, they're going to compete for their second championship, but I don't even know if I can win one in my lifetime, how can we compete?"
"It appears! Uzi's strongest form! Three Seasons Rice Uzi!"
"He's matured again!"
"Xin Tai Zi! Isn't this invincible? The anchor matured early and won early!"
Uzi was also amused when he saw what they said.
"You guys keep telling me I'm immature, but I can't help it. This is just my personality, okay."
"But can't I praise Yuanzi for his good play? I praised him and you guys criticized me. This doesn't make sense, right? Brother, please stop watching my live broadcast and get out of my live broadcast room."
While Uzi was facing the barrage on the line, Xu Yuan was also thinking about how to play in the next game.
As we all know, the Korean team is really good at adjusting.
Many Korean teams are not at the same level in the group stage and the BO5 stage of the knockout stage.
He had no doubt that KT would perform better this time.
So, how should we break through?
"We dealt them a heavy blow in the last game, so they will probably have to tighten their early game strength this time."
kkoma smiled and made plans.
As a former coach of a Korean team, he knows exactly what KT is thinking now.
First I was a little confused, then a little annoyed, and then after calming down I started thinking of ways to make up for the mistakes I made last time.
And if KT also plans to do so, kkoma feels that he can easily beat them.
Because he is going to play mid and jungle in the next game.
KT's top and bottom lanes are still strong. In the last game, they were severely tricked by EDG.
I must have been prepared for this game. It is impossible for me to use a hero that is weak in laning phase.
But kkoma didn't care because he had already seen that KT's mid and jungle were not doing well.
The mid and jungle of Ucal and Score can't be considered a garbage mid and jungle.
After all, if you are really rubbish, it is impossible to get the number one seed in LCK.
But to say how amazing it is... that's just not true.
It can only be said to be of ordinary first-class standard.
However, Xiaotian and Faker's mid and jungle can easily break through them.
As long as they create an environment for the mid and jungle to perform well during BP, it will be useless even if KT takes the laning position from top to bottom.
If you can't beat the mid and jungle, you're doomed in this version.
This is the version answer that kkoma truly understood!
But he deliberately used that lineup in the first game, not only to trick KT, but also to mislead KT and force them to raise the BP priority of the top and bottom lanes, so that he could get the mid-jungle combination he wanted.
He clapped his hands and began to make tactical arrangements.
"You can't pick a hero that's too weak!"
In the KT lounge, Mata was extremely annoyed.
"Why would you choose a weak lane when you know your opponent likes to take a strong lane? How can you win if you can't get lane control?"
"Even if EDG didn't kill us in this game, they could still kill the Athlon . We are too weak in the bottom half!"
This is Mata's most direct feeling.
It was really painful for him to fight.
When has Mata ever suffered such humiliation?
Even when he was in RNG, he never spoiled anyone.
How could someone who dares to play Jayce as a support alone to annoy Death Sentence even when fighting in the bottom lane without any temper?
Mata still saw deft's performance.
He felt that the problem was not with the bottom lane battle, but the BP directly led to the failure of the game.
"Mata is right."
Khan followed silently.
He didn't think he couldn't beat Smeb, it was just because of his bad BP choices.
"Stop arguing."
The old captain score suddenly looked up and glanced around coldly.
Suddenly, all the sounds disappeared.
As the oldest player in KT, Score is undoubtedly a senior. Even though Deft debuted very early, he still cannot match his say in KT.
The KT coach, who had been wiping his sweat, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Coach, what are you going to do?"
score sighed and asked seriously.
Although he could ask the players to stop talking nonsense, he had to find a solution to the situation.
"...Just do as they say. I'll try to choose stronger heroes for you in the lane. We're going to play in the mid-game this time."
KT coach didn't have any better solution and could only say this.
In fact, he could also feel that the players were having a hard time.
score always feels that things are not that simple.
Wouldn’t K Koma change his formation?
Based on his understanding of Kkoma, the coach is not a person with a particularly rigid mindset.
Wouldn't he have guessed that KT would choose a hero that would play a strong lane?
This is actually very obvious.
But as a player, Score couldn't find a better way for the time being.
What else can I say?
Let’s fight!
Fight first and talk later.
When KT came on the court again, their faces looked extremely serious under the camera.
Rather than being serious, it would be more like being a little... nervous?
"I am not optimistic about the mental outlook shown by KT."
European and American commentators are blunt.
"If players feel pressure before the game even starts, then this game could be a disaster for them."
"Actually, it's normal if you think about it. Who can still smile after being taken away for 22 minutes?"
The Chinese commentator Maomao spread out his hands with an innocent look on his face.
"Can you laugh after being abused in Rank, Wells?"
"Oh, I think I'll smash the computer."
The male commentator opened his mouth humorously.
The second game ended later than the first.
But it wasn't too late.
This time, KT lasted until twenty-six minutes.
They did as kkoma thought and chose to get the stronger heroes in the top and bottom lanes as much as possible.
However, this also gave kkoma the strongest mid-jungle in this version:
Irelia + Gragas!
Li Xianghe's proficiency in Irelia is now extremely exaggerated. This is the result of practicing since Irelia's revision in the spring season.
Logically speaking, the Leblanc that KT chose for Ucal should not be beaten by Lee Sang-hyuk's Irelia.
Because Leblanc is very flexible, with two displacement skills and flash, it is difficult for her to die without the jungler coming.
However, Lee Sang-hyuk still defeated his enchantress.
Because although Li Xianghe's proficiency in Irelia is still a little short of the essential level, he knows Leblanc very well.
Before the S5 MSI, Lee Sang-hyeok's Ahri maintained a 100% win rate.
Ucal is not a mediocre player, it's just that Lee Sang-hyuk is better than him.
After gaining an advantage in the battle between mid and jungle, the heroes selected by KT for the top and bottom lanes became flaws.
If you want to suppress others, you have to push the line.
And if you push the line, you will definitely give opportunities!
KT's mid and jungle rhythm was completely outpaced by EDG's mid and jungle, which directly resulted in KT having only two choices every time EDG's mid and jungle attacked the side lanes.
One is to retreat, give up on suppressing the opponent, and wait patiently for the mid and jungle to appear in sight again.
The second is to delay the situation as long as possible, wait for the disadvantaged mid and jungle to come over, and then play 3v3 or 4v4.
KT played like a turtle in the late game, which made them very unhappy.
This time, more people naturally chose the second option.
However, EDG's experience in catching the side was too rich, and after discovering that they had no intention of leaving, they easily guessed that the opponent's mid and jungle would also support them.
So they chose not to leave any room for maneuver and arrested people very decisively.
Because of their decisive action, the frontal battle was over before KT's mid and jungle arrived.
One step slow, every step slow!
Although Lee Sang-hyuk was more focused on KT's jungler, he didn't actually do a lot of side ganking.
However, this still completely disrupted KT's early rhythm. By the mid-term, the lineup that should have had a huge advantage was only able to tie economically.
And with the rise of Irelia, a plot similar to the previous one began to be repeated.
The only difference is that the one he couldn’t deal with in the previous game was Skateboard Shoes, and the one he couldn’t deal with this time was Irelia.
"Why is it like this again?"
Score was feeling very upset at this moment.
For two games in a row, they couldn't get the rhythm right. Each time, they were directly interrupted by the opponent, and then there was no hope of a comeback.
Score has been a professional player for a long time, but he has never seen a team like this.
Not only is he good at setting the rhythm himself, he is even better at interrupting other people's rhythm.
Who can gain an advantage against this team?
I don’t know the score.
But he was very sure that KT was indeed not good enough.
In LCK, KT is known for its fast breaks, but under EDG's attack, they were as weak as a bunch of wimps who had never seen a confrontation.
"Irelia has been brought to the second tower. We must hide for a while and kill him once, otherwise we will be pulled by the single player endlessly like in the last game."
Mata spoke heavily.
To be honest, Mata also felt uncomfortable.
Although there were not many problems in the bot lane phase, once he entered the lane switch phase, he felt that he was outnumbered by Meiko in terms of vision.
Mata is a very arrogant person. He looks down on many people, including Imp who won the championship with him.
But at the same time, he is also a person who demands very high standards from himself and will not tolerate himself being worse than the players on his opposite side.
But now...it seems to have become a reality.
Mata couldn't accept this and he needed to find some rhythm to prove himself:
I am no worse than him!
"KT's jungler and support started to move, they can't handle it anymore!"
"Faker has been pushing the team all the time. The threat from the side lane is too great. If we don't deal with this Irelia, we might get swept all the way like in the last game. This is definitely not the situation KT wants to see."
"But it's useless! Because we can see from our God's perspective that although it seems that there is only Faker, there are all kinds of signals behind him at any time and anywhere, and EDG's jungler and support are also surrounding Faker!"
"If KT really acted rashly, the game might be over in one wave!"
Colonel Guan's mouth was like a deadly rhythm, his eyes fixed on the screen as he explained.
EDG is so skilled in this system that the protection in the first game was not as much played as the mid-jungle system in the second game.
How to ensure sufficient pressure on the side lanes has always been EDG's key research direction.
The protection of the single-lead road is also very thorough.
"KT feels like they are being tricked. If they really go after Faker, EDG will start to kill the dragon again. What should KT do?"
"Or maybe just go for it. It's a bit disgusting to be played with the same tactic again, to be honest."
"What a despicable EDG! But I like it~"
"Is it really that they can do everything with just one trick? KT really has no way to deal with EDG's system, which is the most annoying thing."
"It's normal, actually. How can LCK have top, mid and jungle players that can compete with KT? They are all useless. Now that they are facing a real strong competition, KT has realized that they are not very good in front of EDG."
The LPL audience on the barrage seemed to be sitting on the Diaoyutai, not panicking at all.
This is our LPL’s No. 1 seed EDG. You don’t have it in LCK, right?
It gives people so much confidence!
EDG had perfect rhythm in both games, so there was no need to worry at all.
What should we worry about? EDG's strength?
So at this moment they started to help KT find solutions, although it was just a joke.
I feel confident and speak casually.
However, this performance of the LPL audience was seen by some extreme Koreans, and it was disgusting enough!
Before you formed EDG, you didn't have a single championship. Now that you were lucky enough to win one, look how proud you are!
If it weren't for EDG, it would be hard to say who would win the championship this year.
Can your IG just bully our KT at will?
What are you pretending for?
But no matter how disgusting they are, it's useless.
If they can't win, they can't win, and as the victors they can humiliate them at will.
Who said KT couldn’t win?
"Don't go, KT!!!"
The Korean commentators' cries were heard from the Korean commentary booth.
They also have a God's perspective and can clearly see that behind the lonely Lee Sang-hyuk is EDG's truck of bread men.
This grab... doesn't it mean it's really sent?
They were extremely anxious at the moment and wished they could go up and help KT fight.
KT is already the last hope of LCK!
If KT falls in the semifinals and FNC can't beat IG, then there may be a scenario that LCK least wants to see, which is even equivalent to a nightmare:
In Incheon, the final venue, two teams from LPL were competing for the final championship.
Things like this... Don't let things like this happen!
If this really happens, it will undoubtedly be a devastating blow to LCK.
By then, countless LCK viewers may be so upset that they won’t be able to sleep well at night!
However, they also knew that they couldn't blame KT any more.
Because only KT can make it to the semi-finals, the other two teams are even worse!
Even the West Eight were eliminated in the round of 16.
However, despite their angry expressions, KT still chose to attack Lee Sang Hyuk.
Tata opens! Tata opens with a self-drawn hand!
When you are at a disadvantage, you have to look for opportunities. This is what KT learned after the lesson in the previous game.
They've really had enough of being turtles.
However, sometimes, the result of looking for opportunities may not be much better than being a turtle.
At the moment KT was in position, Mata, who thought he had successfully caught the enemy, burst into laughter.
But in the next moment, EDG's top laner's TP fell!
The two bodyguards of the jungler and support also surrounded KT's mid, jungler and support.
deft: …
"It's over."
He sighed softly.
Irelia’s fighting power is terrifyingly strong, which is why they have to come together as three people to capture her.
It’s already difficult to fight against just one Irelia, let alone there are more people on the opposite side now.
This time, the whole team was wiped out.
KT didn't have much resistance and was directly wiped out by EDG in a small team fight.
Take down the big dragon and the wave is over.
The game time was fixed at twenty-six minutes.
Good news: It lasted a few more minutes.
Bad news: Still couldn't break 30 minutes.
"Oh, so K..."
The Korean audience at the scene seemed a little desperate.
Even some Korean female fans couldn't help crying.
Their eyes were red and they were muttering something like what to do.
The entire semi-final venue was eerily quiet for a moment.
However, the silence did not last long, as the unique cheers of the LPL audience rang out.
Although there were many Korean spectators at the scene, there were also many LPL spectators.
“Awesome!”
"EDG is awesome! Keep killing them!"
"Three to zero! Three to zero! Three to zero!"
"Final! Final! Final!"
No one cheers for EDG?
No matter, we will take action!
The most positive episode.
Many Korean fans glared at the LPL fans around them, but the LPL fans didn't care at all. With what they considered hateful smiles on their faces, they cheered crazily for EDG on the stage.
library?
Doesn't exist!
This group of people have worked hard to get here from domestic competition and win glory for us in the S game.
Their contestants are doing so well, are we fans going to let them down?
Give me some strong support!
"Don't be so silly! Smile, smile!"
"Why is it so quiet? Is this a library? Or a morgue?"
Some of the audience members even stood up and made crazy faces.
The fist photographer quickly moved the camera away.
This really can't be broadcast. If it continues, it will really explode.
But it was too late.
One of the Korean commentators today is someone who usually broadcasts LPL and he can understand some Chinese.
However, it is precisely because of this that his face looks so ugly.
He sulked and said, "The LPL audience at the event was also very enthusiastic, but they might not be very friendly."
“But this is also very normal.”
"We can't win, so we can only be ridiculed by others."
His tone was a little low.
It was already 2-0, two consecutive crushing victories.
He also knew in his heart that KT's journey in the World Championship might have come to an end here.
To be more precise, LCK's journey to the World Championship has come to an end.
But...how could this happen?
This is the first time that the S-League is held in South Korea, and it is the first time that the number one seeds from the two regions meet.
Two wonderful things overlapping each other...why is this happening?
"It's not over yet! KT hasn't given up hope of winning yet!"
The Korean commentator sitting next to him was still boosting morale, even though the players couldn't hear him at all.
"…Forget it, Jin Commentator."
The commentator who was broadcasting the LPL gave a wry smile.
“It’s over.”
Two consecutive crushing games, anyone can see the huge and breathtaking gap.
As an LCK commentator, he would not be so dejected if he could see a glimmer of hope for a comeback.
But there was not even a hint of hope, and all that was left for him was despair.
In this situation, no matter how much you believe in KT, you still have to face reality in the end.
There's no way... you can win.
"I don't think so!"
However, commentator Jin doesn't think so.
He spoke seriously.
"Whether KT can win or not, we must have hope for them!"
"Because they are our Republic of Korea team. Now that they are at such a disadvantage, we are the only ones who can support them!"
"Hasn't the LPL ever been desperate before? But they still waited for EDG!"
"Even if KT fails today, I still believe that our LCK is the strongest region in the world. There will definitely be someone who will stand up like EDG and save our LCK!"
“There will definitely be one!”
"Have we lost hope? I don't think so!"
"It's just a fresh start! We can wait! For the KT players, if no one is willing to support them at this time, they will also feel disappointed, right!?"
"They have worked very hard to get here. What we should do is cheer for them instead of keeping silent!"
Commentator Jin spoke passionately and excitedly.
He truly loves LCK, and he loves it the same no matter whether LCK's results are good or bad.
It's just a low point, believe it!
"Explanation Jin...you...are right."
The other commentator was silent for a moment and nodded seriously.
"Dear audience members, let's cheer for KT together!"
"EDG is very strong, so strong that KT has little ability to fight back, but we still have hope!"
"Now, the BO5 between EDG and KT has not ended yet!"
"We're not done with this World Championship yet!"
"If one day, I mean if."
[If you lose confidence in LCK, EDG's dominance will continue. ]
“But I think, not today!”
"If LCK still doesn't have any outstanding new players emerging and still can't compete with LPL in the World Championship, you will feel disappointed."
"But I think it's not today!"
"Today, let's enter what may be the last game between EDG and KT, or it may be the game that KT blows the horn of counterattack!"
"They are still fighting bloody battles!"
The Korean commentator was very excited and his words were very shocking.
Xu Yuan and Li Xianghe were also deeply moved after hearing this.
Then they beat KT 3-0.