When the game came to the second round, IG immediately began to change its tactics.
They also discovered that blindly trying to force a team fight with EDG was nothing but a pipe dream.
EDG's laning strength in the early and mid-game was equally fierce, and they had already discovered the weaknesses of their bottom lane supports. The fact that they took away three supports in the first round of the last game was naked proof of that.
It completely destroyed Baolan’s hero pool!
This situation has basically never occurred when IG played against other teams in the past.
Who dares to ignore IG's top, mid and jungle?
EDG: I dare!
And they did achieve the desired tactical effect, quickly taking down IG in the first game.
IG is always at a disadvantage in every team fight. The more disadvantaged they are, the more anxious they get, and the more anxious they get, the more they lose!
So this time, Kim Jeong-soo started to change the formation and shifted the tactical focus to the lower half.
Try to choose heroes with initiative in laning for the mid and top lanes, and then tactically protect the bottom lane.
IG can't play four protecting one, but they can play four protecting two like EDG after getting lane control.
For Kim Jeong-soo, the right to play in the middle and upper lanes is crucial!
Because only in this way will the bottom lane not be targeted all the time.
However, for kkoma, his thoughts were seen through and through.
In the second game, EDG also began to change its tactics, placing the core rhythm point on the mid and jungle.
Directly picked out Nightmare and Akali in the mid and jungle.
Li Xianghe practiced Akali for so long just for today's game.
Smeb picked Irelia in the top lane, cutting off IG's chance of choosing Jayce.
If you pick top lane Irelia first, there will basically be no top lane Jayce.
The reason is simple, because there is no difference between Irelia beating Jayce and a mother beating her son.
No matter what version, the revised Irelia is Jayce's biological mother. As long as she doesn't die before level 6, she can kill Jayce at level 6 no matter how poor her development is.
IG still used Jayce in this game.
Because even though Jayce can't swing, he's still strong in the lane.
Your Irelia is the mid laner, so I will go top with Jayce.
Your Irelia is top lane, so I will go mid lane with Jayce.
Although it involves a bit of risk.
But if Jayce can face off against Akali, at least he will have no pressure in fighting against a hero like Akali who is not strong in laning phase.
The lineups of both teams are as follows:
Blue side IG:
Top Aatrox
Jungle Taliyah
Mid Single Jayce
Bottom lane group EZ Gatam
Red side EDG:
Top Lane Irelia
Jungle Nightmare
Mid Alone Akali
Bottom lane team: Kai'Sa and Braum.
In fact, many commentators think that EDG's choice of Kaisa in the bottom lane is not a good choice.
The reason is simple: in the knockout stage, Kaisa's performance was really too bad!
The current version places great emphasis on the ability to take over team fights in the early and mid-game, and Kaisa generally only has the ability to take over team fights when the three-piece set of Sheepstick, Hurricane and Infinity is completed.
This also leads to Kaisa's combat effectiveness being very weak in the early stage. Before the three-piece set, he only has some combat effectiveness when he just gets the sheep knife, and the rest of the time he is like a waste.
Many teams just drag their feet when they pick Kaisa, and generally dragging their feet never has any good results.
Uzi already likes to use Kaisa very much.
However, in the knockout stage, RNG didn’t dare to pick Kaisa because the disadvantages were too obvious.
So, why did Xu Yuan choose Kaisa?
Soon, Kim Jeong-soo found out.
As the game was about to begin, IG faced the first problem.
Akali and Irelia, who is the mid laner?
They are more inclined to have Irelia as the top laner and Akali as the mid laner.
So Jayce was given to Rookie.
As the game began, Kim Jeong-soo did not relax.
Because even if Akali is now really played by mid laner Lee Sang-hyuk, playing as a mid laner does not mean that you cannot swing.
What if Lee Sang Hyuk goes there?
There is no rule that says you can't change lanes in the middle or top.
So they have to figure it out!
"It's really hard to play against EDG. In the past, IG always swayed others, but the problem is that EDG also knows how to play the same heroes in this version. A single Irelia puts IG in a very passive position."
Colonel Guan saw this.
"Yes... Once this sword girl takes it, Jayce can only choose to evade."
"EDG has completely taken the initiative on the field."
Because even if IG knew where Irelia was going, they would just be less disadvantaged.
As soon as Theshy entered the game, he controlled the Sword Demon to rush to the top lane. He had to find a way to find out who was standing on the opposite top lane.
In the last game, five people were hiding in the bottom lane at level 1, but Xu Yuan was so steady.
This time IG also gave up such behavior.
When he walked to the triangle grass in the top lane, he happened to see Irelia entering the grass.
"Their top laner is Irelia."
Theshy spoke immediately.
"Then I'll be in the middle, Theshy, you play Irelia."
Rookie nodded.
"good!"
Theshy agreed and waited for the laning phase to begin.
In order to prevent the opponent's top lane Irelia from suddenly returning to the city and letting Akali come up, and then letting Irelia TP to the mid lane.
Theshy even set up his vision in that bush.
However, EDG really had no intention of forcing Irelia to fight against the opponent's Jayce.
Because there is no need.
IG had already been dealt with by EDG in the same way during the summer finals, so they were definitely more cautious this time and it wasn't so easy to trick them.
Xu Yuan controlled Kaisa to defend the vision and chose to push the line.
EZ's early-stage fighting ability is not bad, but EZ's biggest problem is that he has no ability to push the line.
Before items like Ravenous Hydra came out, there was almost no AoE.
What hero is flexible, has damage, and has AOE?
That's too perverted -
Oh, it seems to be true, the wind version of Aphelios.
That's okay.
So even though Kaisa is very weak in the laning phase now, EZ doesn't dare to E in the face at will with Braum's protection. Xu Yuan only needs to push the line and then retreat, that's enough.
He chose to push the line not to gain line control.
Because there is no way you can get this thing with this one.
Why? Because of Taliyah and Jayce!
There is definitely no lane control in the middle lane in the early stage, so Jayce has the initiative in this case.
Xu Yuan judged that Rookie was likely to come.
It's not even just Rookie, maybe he will choose four against two like them.
So he chose to push the line and then retreat.
Even if A Shui blocked the line and caused him to lose some soldiers, he would never move forward a step.
Pushing the line is not to gain an advantage, but to prevent others from crossing the tower.
Some people may say: Can't you just put the remote control there?
Can't control it.
Once the opponent's mid and jungle come, you have to run backwards no matter what, and the lane will still be pushed forward.
What if the other side cuts off our retreat?
Not only could he not escape, but all the lines were gone.
On the contrary, retreat after pushing the line.
Even if there is a dilemma of being stuck in the line, no matter how hard A Shui tries, the line is not so easy to control.
Xu Yuan could just wait for the jungler to come and help him handle this line.
This is much safer.
It’s not that Xu Yuan is cautious, it’s because IG really plays like this sometimes.
He is not a person who likes to show off. Why doesn't he ask his teammates for help?
If you have no teammates and are blocked in the line, and if you have teammates and are still blocked in the line, what are your teammates doing?
The early stages of the game were relatively stable, and IG did not act rashly.
It’s not that IG has changed, it’s that EDG hurt them in the last game.
However, this calm did not last long.
Four minutes into the game, Ning Wang cooperated with Rookie to attack Lee Sang-hyuk.
The timing of this wave was pretty good, but Lee Sang-hyeok was too calm and used flash directly.
Maintained his status.
He did not intend to use the Xiazhen to evade it because it was useless.
The scanner that Ning Wang brought with him when he went out had already been discovered by the vision arranged by EDG's bottom lane.
If you are caught by the rock sparrow or the rock spike, it will be a lot of fun.
Six and a half minutes into the game, Xiaotian's nightmare was activated for the first time.
His target is Rookie!
Just like IG’s first choice to gank the mid laner, Xiaotian’s choice was the same.
Akali needs help in the early stages, after all, she is too weak in laning phase.
This time, Rookie's flash was also used, so they were evenly matched.
But at this time, fighting had already started on the road.
Smeb who got Irelia and Theshy who got Aatrox were both very confident.
For two equally confident top laners, the blood swap is naturally quite radical.
But the difference is that King Ning will come!
So just after Smeb exchanged blood with Theshy, he saw Ning Wang appear in the top lane.
Smeb: …
Does this guy want to give me military training again?
However, he was not panicked.
With Irelia's current level 6 strength, fighting two people under a tower is not a dream!
"Really? Can we cross it?"
Theshy remained skeptical about this.
Because if he put himself in the shoes of the character, he would definitely be able to do it.
However, King Ning felt that this was an opportunity.
"If I don't wait now, I'll have no chance. Don't worry, I'll leave when I see the opponent's mid laner TP. I'll trick the T no matter what!"
He spoke with a solemn oath.
Theshy felt relieved and nodded.
Then the tankiness was manipulated.
Irelia's ultimate skill now has a disarming effect.
Faker is very confident in Smeb, and if he says there is no need to tank, then he really won't tank.
Although Smeb was still killed, he also replaced IG's top and jungle under the tower.
Theshy: …
It doesn't feel like a big profit. Smeb still has the T, so he won't lose much in this wave.
No, it’s not that it’s not very profitable…
Isn't this a huge loss? !
Ten minutes into the game, Ning Wang chose to attack the vanguard.
At this time, A Shui and Xu Yuan have similar development and have the initiative in the bottom lane.
After noticing Prince Ning's move, A Shui spoke immediately.
"We have lane rights in the bottom lane, do we need to go over there?"
“No hurry.”
Rookie shook his head directly.
"If the opponent wants to come, you come again, and if he doesn't move, you don't move."
Ah Shui nodded to show that he understood.
"I can fight. I have R. No need to come to the bottom lane."
Smeb also spoke in EDG's voice chat.
Xu Yuan said,
"I can fight, but this is also an opportunity."
"We will pull the enemy in the vanguard pit and push the lane as much as possible in the middle lane to see if we can threaten IG's middle lane tower."
Xu Yuan didn't care and continued to develop peacefully with A Shui in the bottom lane.
But now is an opportunity.
If IG's middle lane tower is destroyed in a team fight, that would be a huge win.
However, Li Xianghe feels that the success rate is not high.
Although IG doesn't have much operations, it's not stupid.
Sure enough, IG responded very quickly to EDG's actions.
The team fight suddenly started by chance, and then the mid and top players on both sides started to rush towards the opposing AD.
This is the role of AD in this version: to attract fire.
Xu Yuan and A Shui both surrendered their double summons and barely escaped.
The support wasn't so lucky.
The two sides traded one for one, EDG's mid and top players were in better condition and chose to go forward.
King Ning failed in his attempt to punish him and had no choice but to let him go.
The first team fight was still very rational. Although IG didn't make much profit, it didn't lose anything either.
As long as they can defend this vanguard and prevent the tower from falling, IG can accept it.
However, EDG played too smartly.
They knew that no matter where they placed the vanguard, IG would defend them. So Xiaotian did something sneaky.
He released the vanguard in the top lane, and when IG's attention was drawn to the upper lane, he let Smeb TP directly to the bottom lane.
Cooperating with Li Xianghe's Akali, they suddenly launched a four-on-two attack!
By the time IG reacted, the Vanguard was already at the gate of the top lane, and even though Rookie chose to T to the bottom lane, he was unable to save IG's bottom lane group.
At this moment, Li Xianghe handed over TP to the top lane again, cooperating with the vanguard to push IG's top lane tower.
This set of operations directly made IG dizzy.
Four one split push?
Four or two points push!
The basis for executing this tactic is that there is no tower at this time, so the vanguard will not suffer any loss even if there is no one nearby.
Xiaotian guarded the vanguard and rushed towards the tower, and Theshy had no choice.
"How come IG is at a disadvantage again during the game?"
Miller couldn't help but speak.
Is there anything wrong with IG's performance? Actually, there isn't any problem.
Except for the slightly reckless tower dive in the top lane, the team was basically evenly matched with EDG in team battles.
At least in team battles, IG is indeed the first opponent that EDG cannot always gain an advantage against.
However, although they had no disadvantages in laning and team battles, IG's operations were visibly lagging behind EDG.
Faced with EDG's unconventional operations, IG, which was obviously playing well, was still at a disadvantage.
"This is what I said at the beginning, IG is strong, but EDG is stronger!"
"Because EDG is strong in all aspects, their operations are completely ahead of IG!"
The Chinese commentator Maomao spoke excitedly.
She was very happy at this moment because her judgment was correct.
"Why does IG seem to have no brains?"
"Is it possible that EDG's operations were just too good? Who could have thought of this?"
"Come on, why are we at a disadvantage again? Come on IG!"
“Come on EDG!”
The LPL audience was also stunned and cheered for their favorite teams.
“This is too strong...EDG!!!”
"Even IG couldn't get the upper hand. I suddenly understand why KT couldn't beat EDG."
Now I understand.
Even such strong teams like EDG and IG have such a hard time playing against them.
KT can’t win...seems normal?
They were suddenly relieved.
Although we don't want to admit some gaps, there is nothing we can do about it because the facts are in front of us.
Time passes by little by little.
EDG and IG are still in fierce competition, but what makes IG fans sad is that IG has failed to win every time.
Although the loss was not much, it accumulated little by little and the economic gap has accumulated to more than three thousand.
Is the economic gap of 3,000 large? Actually, it is not that large in the 20 minutes or so, at least it is not so large that it is impossible to win.
However, EDG's team fighting ability makes people feel helpless.
They basically never lost money, and they made money in every team battle!
No matter how little you earn, it is still earning.
The worst thing is that Kaisa really stabilized.
After that wave of four-on-two, Xu Yuan had already regained the initiative in the bottom lane.
Although we didn't get to the point of killing the opponent in the lane, we were gradually getting ahead in development.
This is not good news for IG.
Kaisa was weak, but that was before she had three pieces of equipment.
Now that Kaisa's weakest period has passed, Xu Yuan now has two sets of equipment.
By the time she had the three-piece set, Kaisa had completed her initial transformation.
If Kaisa wants to dominate team battles now, three pieces of equipment are not enough, four pieces are needed.
But at least the three-piece set is not weaker than other ADs?
Moreover, the bottom lane of IG in this game is EZ, so Xu Yuan has more room to play in team fights.
EZ is strong in pulling, but the lineups on both sides are basically face-to-face.
In this case, it is difficult to pull.
IG can’t stand it anymore.
They wanted to break the deadlock, so they turned their attention to the solo laning Irelia again.
Although Irelia is relatively fat at this time, because Smeb's equipment is very aggressive, he chose the Ruined Trinity.
In terms of tankiness, it is not very tanky.
If you insist on catching him, you can kill him.
But IG was afraid that when they were trying to catch Smeb, EDG would directly attack the Baron.
Now Kaisa and Nightmare are not slow at all in killing the dragon.
So they could only send out the middle and upper two people to catch it.
Because in this way, at least there is TP in the middle and upper parts, and whenever EDG starts to kill the dragon, they can quickly provide support to the front.
However, Lee Sang Hyuk guessed IG's thoughts completely.
"They will definitely catch Smeb, you try to stop them as much as possible. As soon as we see the opponent's mid and top appear in the bottom lane, we will immediately attack the dragon!"
"As long as you can hold them back, this dragon will be ours."
Lee Sang-hyuk spoke calmly, Smeb nodded slightly in agreement, and began to push the bottom lane.
I'm dying, brothers!
Sure enough, IG's mid and top chose to go out.
The moment they saw them in the field of vision, EDG directly chose to attack the dragon!
"EDG is going for the dragon! IG's mid and top must end their fight with Smeb as soon as possible, EDG is very fast in killing the dragon!"
Miller clenched his fists.
This may be the most crucial wave in this game.
Rookie and Theshy were not particularly impatient. After all, TP was very important. What if the other party stopped fighting again?
But it is impossible to say that there is no rush at all.
They could only take forceful action and try to get rid of this Irelia as soon as possible.
However, Smeb at this moment... is actually very comfortable.
Like to catch?
When it comes to fighting one against two, Smeb feels that it is not easy.
But simply holding you back is not difficult.
Irelia with a line of soldiers is as slippery as a loach and cannot be killed in a short time.
Seeing that the Baron's health dropped to 7,000 or 8,000, IG was really anxious.
IG's mid and top gave up chasing and prepared to find a position to TP.
However, at this time, Smeb, who was originally retreating, came closer again.
He stood arrogantly not far from IG's mid and top, as if to say:
Come here!
IG was really annoyed, but there was nothing they could do. They could only retreat to the second tower and choose TP.
But what they didn't expect was that Irelia chose to rush the tower!
Flash and then R, and the second stage of E is pulled out the instant Q goes out. The stun state directly cuts off the TP of IG's mid and top!
"Nice! Good job!"
Xu Yuan looked excited.
IG made a mistake!
They were eager to TP, but underestimated Smeb's determination to keep them.
At this time, it was impossible for IG's mid and top to reach the target because their TP was cut off!
The situation suddenly took a turn for the worse for IG, and Ning Wang gritted his teeth and had no choice but to choose to grab the dragon.
However, how could he get close to the dragon pit?
Knowing that the opponent's mid and top could not reach the dragon pit, EDG directly cleared the field.
He didn't even give Prince Ning a chance to fight back!
Even though Smeb died in the bottom lane, EDG in the front had already taken down the first Baron of the game effortlessly!
The format of the competition suddenly became much clearer.
Until now, EDG has officially gained a very obvious advantage.
And the next time...
EDG naturally advanced around the Baron buff.
Akali and Irelia were on the top and bottom, and the rest of the junglers and supports protected Xu Yuan as they approached the middle lane.
Push forward on three fronts!
It is difficult for IG's top or mid laner to defend against Akali with the buff of the Baron.
Only the dead Irelia can deal with it.
However, even for Irelia, her singles ability is still very strong.
IG began to become overwhelmed.
EDG slowly but steadily took down the defensive towers one by one.
By the time the Baron buff ended, IG's three outer towers had been completely destroyed.
The economic gap at this time has widened to more than 7,000!
Many IG fans are somewhat desperate.
Why do I suddenly feel like... it’s gone again?
"Why do you want to care about Daomei?"
"Should we let him continue to lead it anyway?"
"Kai'Sa is getting fatter now, and already has three pieces of equipment, so it's hard to beat her."
"The operational gap in this wave is too big! IG is in such a difficult situation!"
They are trying desperately to find a solution for IG.
Although we knew from the beginning that the final would be difficult.
But they also don't want to be defeated 3-0!
They can accept three to two or three to one.
Three to zero, that's really a bit painful.
However, facing EDG's "thriving" mid and top laners, IG really had no other options at this time.
Although the Baron Buff has disappeared, IG's development space has been compressed to the extreme at this moment.
Little dragon, buff and so on.
I totally don't dare to watch it.
Because IG's jungle area has been completely lit up by EDG!
There is not much time left for IG at this moment.
"What should we do next?"
Prince Ning had been knocked unconscious.
Being pulled to the side lane all the time, shouldn’t this be our IG’s favorite tactic?
Why are you so skilled in EDG?
Oh, you also play mid and jungle, that’s fine.
"Just defend first. You can only defend and then look for opportunities."
Rookie remained calm and spoke seriously.
This is not a good solution, but it is the only thing IG can do.
After updating their equipment, EDG chose to force the middle directly.
But this time, 41 was chosen.
Li Xianghe's Akali had quietly completed the three-piece set. He did not choose to continue carrying the team, but instead put pressure on the front and helped Xu Yuan take down the tower.
Smeb's Irelia began to threaten IG's bottom lane high ground.
"What a familiar scene. It seems to be the same in both games today. IG's solo lane strength is obviously not low, but every time I only see EDG's solo lane play out. I think IG needs to think about why."
Colonel Guan sighed and spoke.
Are you saying there is a difference between IG and EDG in single lane?
That’s true.
IG is actually a little stronger.
But it is obviously stronger, but I just can't beat it.
As a result, every time it was EDG's mid and top teams that developed, while IG was on the defense.
This is not a problem with the players, it is entirely a difference in operations.
The most unfortunate thing for IG was that they encountered EDG, a team that was not inferior to them in laning and team battles, but crushed them in operations.
The little advantage IG has in laning and teamfights cannot make up for its lack of operations.
This problem does not matter when playing against other teams, because in terms of laning alone, IG is already at a level they cannot reach.
But playing against EDG...want to relieve the itch and kill the opponent in the laning phase?
Let’s just forget it.
In this dilemma, IG has only one decision to make:
Start a group!
This has always been their way of turning the tables in the past.
Thanks to the outstanding individual abilities of the players, IG's team battle ceiling is very high, and they can often perform beautiful miracle team battles when they are at a disadvantage.
However, at this time, EDG's voice.
"keep Calm."
Xu Yuan set the tone.
"They will definitely choose to fight. IG has always been like this and will not choose to retreat any further."
"We will initiate the fight first and don't give them the chance to attack us."
"Xiaotian, get ready!"
He knew very well that IG was not a team that would sit still and wait for death.
Under this disadvantage, their choice must be to start a team fight.
Then Xu Yuan’s choice is... to open it actively!
You IG like to initiate team fights, but are we EDG afraid of team fights?
You fired me? I'll fire you too!
Just when IG was about to start a team fight, the view suddenly went dark.
Rookie was shocked.
“They’re open!”
This is Nightmare's ultimate move to turn off the lights!
EDG did not choose to pull back, but instead decisively chose to start a team fight.
This caught IG off guard.
By the time Nightmare's ultimate ended, the support Tam had been killed, and A Shui barely survived, but had lost his combat effectiveness.
Rookie's Jayce was even forced to flash and had to retreat.
The damage is too high!
EDG was well aware of how powerful their charge was, so they charged very decisively.
"It's over! IG has been dispersed and has lost its combat effectiveness!"
"Even though they only lost one Tam, the Sword Demon's ultimate has already been used, and the AD has no health left. They can only give up the highland tower!"
"If that happens, we'll lose two lanes!"
Colonel Guan's lips were chattering and his eyes were becoming more and more excited.
It's almost over!
The highland towers and crystals on both routes were destroyed at the same time.
EDG did not choose to retreat at this time, but chose to continue pushing forward!
The opponent's key skills have been used, and IG no longer has any ability to defend against them.
"EDG didn't leave, they're still pushing!"
"IG is still defending desperately, but it's no use. EDG's sudden charge in the last wave destroyed most of their skills. Now IG can't win at all. The economic gap is too big!"
"Ace! Team wiped out!"
"Then... I think we can congratulate EDG now."
After the team wiped out IG, Colonel Guan also showed a slight smile.
With the explosion of IG's crystal, the score became two to zero.
Two consecutive crushing victories with almost no chance of fighting back allowed everyone to see clearly who is the strongest team of this era.
The name of this team is EDG!
In the third game, EDG used the same trick again, and IG was dragged down. But they still fell into trouble.
Even though they tried their best to fight with EDG, the calm EDG did not leave many loopholes from beginning to end and easily took down IG.
"Let's congratulate EDG!"
"With a crushing score of 3-0, we won the 2018 League of Legends World Championship!"
"We are the champions!"