Fierce shooter

The game between EDG and G2 came to an end, and the vast majority of the audience was still unsatisfied.

In addition, a considerable part of the "starch" has an unreal dreamy feeling.

Although EDG won the championship for the whole year before the World Championship, it is no exaggeration to describe it as a hot state.

But EDG in the past also had similar situations.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Since EDG established the team in the S4 season, they have not had a poor performance before the World Championship in any year.

S4's No. 1 seed in the World Championship.

The second seed of the S5 World Championship.

The number one seed in the S6 World Championship.

S7's second seed in the World Championship.

For a team to become a regular in the World Championship is enough to prove how stable its results are.

But has there ever been a World Championship in which EDG didn't disappoint fans?

Therefore, the fans are frightened. They have experienced too many "starches" and perfectly adhere to their newly researched principles in this world championship.

Question first, then question, and keep questioning.

As long as their psychological expectations are low enough, they don't have to worry about EDG giving them a big wave.

Facts have proven that teams whose fans have higher expectations often suffer greatly in performance.

It is precisely because of this continued doubt that countless piggies shed tears the moment EDG truly entered the semi-finals.

"Is it so simple... As a piggy, I feel it's unreal."

"Luofen means there is no panic at all, there is a fall, there are no surprises."

"Seeing how smooth EDG was, I suddenly had a bold idea."

"There's no one upstairs. Don't do it. Take your thoughts back. I will keep a low profile until the last moment."

Many fans in the Tieba forum were a little sad.

The factory director once wanted to reach the semi-finals, but it was a luxury.

Now he is entering the semi-finals just sitting in the background.

This can really be described in one sentence.

Time is also destiny.

EDG's backstage lounge.

Ming Kai looked at the screen, stunned.

At this time, he was putting his hands in his pockets and using his thumb nails to press the pads of his index fingers.

A slight tingling feeling told Mingkai.

This is real.

What he once wished for was that simple.

Perhaps, G2 is really not that strong.

But looking at the past, has EDG really suffered so few defeats at the hands of European and American teams?

It should be noted that before S5, European and American teams would be dubbed "European and American Laobei" in the eyes of the LPL division.

But it was EDG who helped the European team win this title.

The humiliation in the S5 knockout round is still unforgettable.

Although G2 is the third seed in Europe, and before the game started, from the coaching staff to every player, they were very confident about this BO5, but there was a trace of magic lingering in Mingkai's heart.

At the moment when EDG3 beat 0G2 and the base crystal finally exploded, Mingkai seemed to feel that the curse lingering above his head slowly dissipated.

This is very metaphysical.

But sometimes, what metaphysics corresponds to is mentality, and what determines the mentality is the player's on-the-spot performance.

As the match comes to an end, so do the post-match interviews for the elimination rounds.

In this BO3, Li Luo won the MVP of the first and third games respectively. Although Li Luo's record in the second game was particularly luxurious, the official still gave the MVP to Meiko's Thresh. Li Luo felt very happy about this. Reasonable.

As the game League of Legends continues to change versions, the proportion of assists in the team is getting larger and larger.

The solo queue environment for ADC players is getting worse and worse. Especially when the overall level of players gradually increases, many people gradually discover that sometimes assisting a seemingly inconspicuous control can even affect a wave. The outcome of a team battle can even affect the entire battle situation.

As an adc player, what Li Luo can do is use his game experience to improve the team's abilities as much as possible, and at the same time improve the running-in with the support.

The better two people work together, the more miracles they can create.

Naturally, he was invited to interview Li Luo after the game. The person responsible for interviewing Li Luo was Xi Ran, a female host who is fluent in Korean.

This was also Xiran's first interview with Li Luo. She first greeted Li Luo with a smile, then turned on the microphone, and the director's camera also shifted to the interview seat.

After Li Luo greeted the camera, the interview between the two parties officially began.

"I am very happy to invite Shine player to be interviewed. First of all, congratulations to EDG for breaking through the curse and successfully advancing to the semi-finals. How do you feel at this time?"

Nowadays, Li Luo has become an old man. When facing the camera and even the crowded audience in front of him, Li Luo's mentality is as steady as an old dog. He answered naturally: "I am quite happy to play in this knockout match. As for the breakthrough." The curse... To be honest, I feel pretty good. Neither I nor my teammates will be satisfied with the results of the semi-finals."

As Xiran translated into Korean to the audience, there were commotions in the audience.

On the barrage, all kinds of screen swiping began.

"mad!"

"Do you understand Shiyi AD's confidence?!"

"EDG rush for me!"

"I just like Brother Luo's serious and pretentious look."

In the interview seat, Xiran blinked and continued to ask: "The team has already entered the semi-finals. Next, EDG will face a team from KT and FNC. In comparison, which one does Shine want to play with more?" What happened to the team?"

"Well, it feels the same. No matter which team we face next, we will prepare carefully."

Li Luo's answer was rather formulaic.

It's just that Li Luo couldn't think of what to say for a while. This was a home game in South Korea after all, so Li Luo felt that he had to keep a low profile.

Besides... Li Luo really didn't know who his next opponent would be.

After all, sometimes e-sports is indeed magical.

Otherwise, the word "upset" would not appear in this world.

For example, the AFS team in the bottom half is South Korea's second seed.

Kiin, the top laner of the AFS team, was even selected for the Asian Games national team.

And judging from the overall record throughout the year, AFS is relatively dominant.

It was such a dominant team that was crushed by VIT.

Who could have imagined this before the game?

It is not difficult to see from the domestic audience's guessing in the live broadcast room that at that time, the audience who believed that the AFS team would win accounted for 76% of the total proportion.

This is a very exaggerated number.

But VIT just won.

Not only did they win, they also won beautifully.

Think back to before the rebirth, the North American Light C9 who qualified for S8 at that time directly killed AFS with a score of 3-0.

And this North American light was beaten 3-0 by the defending runner-up FNC, which KT is about to face.

Therefore, Li Luo can only give a "hard to say" evaluation about who will win or lose between KT and FNC.

The key still depends on whether KT takes FNC seriously.

"In the third game against G2, both sides came up with relatively unpopular lineups and gave the audience a very exciting showdown. So what does shine player think of the G2 team?"

Xiran glanced at the question card in his hand and asked immediately.

"G2 is a very interesting team. Playing against them makes it easy for me to immerse myself in it and enjoy e-sports in a real sense. They are a good opponent, but our BP did a better job in the last game. a little better."

Regarding G2, Li Luo's evaluation is still relatively high, and it is not fake.

It's just that the issues G2 considered when doing the work were indeed not that comprehensive.

Even though this is a version with a huge proportion of top lane, the existence of adc cannot be ignored.

Having Kind Jue around is the key to EDG winning the game, especially in the later stages when Kind Jue's passive marks are stacked up. Whether it is an increase in range or output, Kind Jue has gone from being shorter than other ADs in one hand. A relatively unqualified shooter evolved into an excellent output machine.

As an opponent, G2 is excellent.

But if you think about it from G2's perspective, there is still a lot of room for improvement in their BP.

Xiran’s first interview didn’t ask too many questions.

EDG simply found a place to hold a celebration party that day and then returned to the base to prepare for the semi-finals.

It is worth mentioning that just before the last game of the quarter-finals started, the Korean media released an exclusive interview about the KT team.

It is said to be an exclusive interview, but more like an event. The KT team's alpaca deft and their top laner smeb attended this interview.

The reason why Li Luo saw this interview was because he discovered that his junior high school student was watching it while he was waiting in line.

Out of curiosity, Li Luo also came forward.

Li Luo doesn't understand Korean, but the younger brother does.

"That's too much."

The junior student saw Li Luo approaching and said with a smile: "Brother Luo, KT seems very confident."

"what did they say?"

The junior boy moved the interview video forward a little. The host said inside, and he translated outside: "The host asked them if they thought the lottery format of this knockout round was not good. After all, there are three teams from our LPL in the top eight. The team, LCK side is not sure yet.”

"This interview should have been done before we played G2, and then smeb said, this is a good signing. They think they will have no pressure to play FNC, and at the same time, G2 may be able to bring out some of our tactics. This It will be easier for them when they face us.”

Li Luo's expression was a little strange when he heard his junior brother's translation.

What this means...

Why does it sound so familiar?

Where have you heard it?

"On the surface, they seem to look down on FNC, but in fact, these people are all old Yin coins."

Meiko came up and said nonchalantly.

He was teammates with deft.

I know deft very well.

During the interview, deft also expressed some opinions on FNC and even EDG.

It's a pity that deft is not very good at pretending.

Especially when it comes to EDG, the obvious lack of confidence has exposed deft's inherent fear of EDG, or to be precise, of Li Luo and him.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

deft and meiko are very familiar with each other and understand each other's playing styles very well.

But in fact, at this level of understanding, deft is at a disadvantage.

deft debuted earlier than meiko.

She is also older than Meiko.

The most important thing is that deft played with meiko at its peak.

But at that time, Meiko was just a newcomer who was gradually growing up.

deft was at his peak during the EDG period. After returning to the LCK, his strength no longer had much room for improvement, and sometimes even declined during fluctuations.

Meiko is different.

Although Meiko's strength fluctuates, in the past year or so, Meiko's strength has grown steadily, and her playing style has also been subtly affected by Li Luo.

To put it simply, the Meiko of today has changed slightly from the Meiko that deft was familiar with back then.

But deft's style and strength have not changed.

Coupled with the terrifying uncertainty of Li Luo.

It can be said that deft is under a lot of pressure when facing EDG.

But in front of the media, both deft and smeb acted very confident.

It's just that smeb seems to be confident from the bottom of his heart.

But deft obviously lacks confidence.

This is true even when it comes to FNC.

"LCK is still worth learning from LPL in this aspect. No matter who the opponent is, they benefit from the harsh environment and rarely swell."

Li Luo said slowly.

Li Luo doesn't know who will win between KT and FNC in the end.

But one thing Li Luo is sure of is that even if FNC can beat KT, it will rely on real hard power, not KT's own expansion and underestimation of the enemy.

In other words, various off-field factors such as mentality will have very little impact on the final direction of this matchup.

What the two sides are competing for is the most intuitive hard power.

…

The final game of the quarter-finals kicked off quickly.

Everyone in EDG naturally paid great attention to the next opponent they were about to face, so they chose to suspend training and watch the game.

"It looks like some people from FNC have serious expressions."

Mingkai said while looking at the contestants under the director's lens.

"Normally, they have a duty to rebuild the glory of Europe. Their second-seeded brother has already entered the semi-finals. Of course, they, the first-seeded one, don't want to fall behind."

Li Luo smiled and said.

The battle between the two sides soon began.

The KT team looked relaxed at first.

But after two games, the two sides tied 1 to 1, KT's expression was obviously not so relaxed and comfortable.

Especially KT's coach, he was shocked to find that his team was not 100% sure of winning FNC without revealing any tactics!

This is a very scary thing.

In fact, the stronger the team, the more sensitive it is in this regard.

Whether everyone is capable of each other, you will know if you bring them to the arena to compete.

Now after two rounds of collisions between the two sides, KT suddenly discovered that FNC was much harder to crack than they thought!

Each team has a different focus.

KT's focus is on the top lane and the bottom lane.

In the mid lane, KT's choice is to let the mid lane play development-type heroes, and develop into the mid-to-late stage to take over the game.

Ucal is indeed suitable for this style of play.

This is also the tactic that KT believes is easiest to win after a whole year of competition.

But FNC's tactics are slightly different from theirs.

The core of FNC is also in the bottom lane.

But the positioning of caps in the middle is completely different from that of ucal. Caps is the kind of mid laner who plays rhythm. Coupled with the super rhythm ability of jungler Broxah, KT lost the game because the rhythm of the middle and jungle was exploded. As for FNC's advantages being radiated to the overall situation.

It's not a good idea to go on like this.

As time goes by, the Korean players watching the game in the venue are sitting more and more upright.

From enjoying the game at the beginning to getting involved in the game now, many Korean players have become nervous.

When the score between the two sides became 2 to 2, many Korean players at the scene could no longer hold back the overwhelming power in their bodies.

They don't want to watch this exciting game.

At least I don’t want to see it when playing FNC!

Another hour passed quietly.

The tense Korean audience gradually relaxed their bodies.

But for a small number of Korean viewers and even the commentary media who have a deep understanding of the game, KT... was a huge disappointment.

Although KT won this BO5 knockout match in the end, the 3-2 score was really too anxious.

And in the last game, the KT team used their ultimate move, and Ucal took out a mid laner, Urgot, in the last game.

This was something he secretly practiced. The mid laner Urgot is paired with the jungler Rockbird. This combination not only has strong 2v2 collision ability in the jungle, but also has excellent initiative.

Originally this was a ultimate move used against EDG.

Now he is forced to be exposed in advance.

Backstage lounge.

After watching the entire BO5 game, everyone in the EDG team felt confident after the final quarter-finals.

Just like what KT said in the interview.

Good sign, this is indeed a good sign.

ps: I have one thing to say, this time the lottery was good, I basically won all of them~