Lin Ran slept well, and when he woke up, it was already dark.

Last night, Xiaotian didn't seem to close the balcony door, the curtains were blown by the early morning wind, and the hot air in Rio was intertwined with the cold air of the air conditioner in the house, which made people quite uncomfortable.

Lin Ran rubbed his arm that was caught in the ice and fire to get up, ignoring the garlic king who was still sleeping soundly, opened the curtain and stepped into the balcony, and reflexively closed the door.

The specifications of the Rio hotel are much higher than that of São Paulo, and the wide balcony helps Lin Ran easily see the beautiful view of the blue-green Atlantic Ocean and the lagoon view not far away.

Lin Ran sat on the balcony recliner and tried his best to look into the distance and relax his body.

The waves crash against the shore with a clattering sound, gulls hover low in the sky to feed, the morning sun reflects the golden sand, and several Brazilian teenagers run in a line with a soccer ball.

Lin Ran relaxed for about a quarter of an hour before returning to the house to wash up and prepare to rush to the hotel training room.

He'll have to hurry up and practice, and there are still four days to go until the semi-finals.

Since the mid-season championship is played between spring and summer, the schedule is very dense, and the final will be played the day after the semi-finals, so there will be no adjustment time.

When Lin Ran pushed open the door of the training room in his team uniform, the white crescent moon and doom were already sitting there discussing something in a low voice, and the summoner canyon map hanging in front of them had been messed up by the markers in the hands of the two of them.

They were still holding tablets and playing footage of SKT's match.

doom wiped the ink off the whiteboard, then placed five magnets representing the SKT team members on the whiteboard, and sat there with the white crescent moon to analyze the movements of the SKT players.

Their goal is definitely the final, and the hypothetical opponent is naturally SKT, which is more powerful in hard power.

Lightning Wolf is known as the pioneer of BO1 against South Korea, and the shortcomings of BO5 and the Korean team are still quite obvious - the personal strength is a cut behind.

The White Crescent studies SKT first, and if the Lightning Wolves upset and make it to the final, it will also be good news for them.

After all, this opponent is much easier to deal with than SKT.

"Do you want to go outside on the beach?" The door to the training room was pushed open, and the people arrived before they could be heard.

As soon as he heard it, he knew that it was Lin Weixiang, so he put his hands on Lin Ran's shoulders and kneaded them vigorously.

"Don't go, don't go," Lin Ran waved his hand, "There is not much time, and it's not too late to play after winning the championship." ”

In 4 days, they had to prepare the BO5 of the two teams, and Lin Ran couldn't wait to even eat, where could he take care of going out to play.

Xiao Tian, who had just walked into the training room, seemed to be a little moved.

"If we go out to play and lose to G2 in the semifinals, I'm afraid we will have to be whipped by domestic netizens for a whole year."

Lin Ran reminded.

Xiao Tian looked at Lin Weixiang and thought of the anti-bar carnival night after VN Death rolled.

He shuddered.

"No, no, no," Garlic Wang Ba quickly calmed down, "You can play with Tear Shao." ”

Lin Weixiang asked, happily pulled Liu Qingsong, and the two ran to the beach wearing sunglasses, and they were as happy as the two huskies.

They spent the rest of the four days in the training room, except for a day of filming a riot promo video, pre-match interviews, and rehearsals at the venue.

Everyone at YM had the same idea in their hearts - since they had sacrificed their vacation after the spring game and traveled halfway around the world to get here, there was absolutely no reason to go back empty-handed.

On the afternoon of May 24th, the YM people left the hotel and took a bus to the semi-final venue, the Rio Olympic Stadium.

It hosted the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, and can accommodate up to 60,000 spectators.

A veritable giant gymnasium.

The bus slowed down two kilometres from the venue.

The streets are clogged with water, and the surrounding area is full of cars, and the sound of horns lingers through the glass windows inside the buses.

Lin Ran once thought that he had arrived at the territory of the third brother.

"It's all going to the stadium, we'll have to wait a while." Guo Hao glanced at it twice and knew that he couldn't get over it in a short time.

"All to the game?" Jin Gong opened the curtain and looked out the window, "This is too exaggerated, right?" ”

Outside the window, many Brazilians took out their mobile phones and took pictures of the bus with the fist emblem, smiling excitedly and pointing at the bus.

"There are only two subway lines in the whole city of Rio, and they are all concentrated in the northern region," Vincent, who sat in the front row, hung a camera around his neck. ”

Brazil is similar to Vietnam, and although the professional players are not at the same level, the enthusiasm of the audience for esports is extremely high.

In their opinion, the MSI semi-finals are all esports competitions of a fairly high level, which is not much higher than the level of the Brazilian league, and the audience is naturally enthusiastic.

"But it's not a big problem," Vincent said, pointing his camera at the traffic outside the window and pressing the shutter button, "I already set aside time in traffic jams when I was planning my trip. ”

The 10-kilometer journey from the hotel to the stadium was an hour of grinding, and the YM crowd entered the Rio Olympic Stadium at the last minute.

Makeup, security, pouring drinks......

The white crescent moon also gave them a quarter of an hour to explain the key points of the semi-final, and then the players left the lounge at the urging of the tournament staff.

When Lin Ran stood in the middle of the line and ascended to the center of the stage on the lifting platform, the cheers and screams around him filled his ears.

"Next, let's welcome the top winners of the MSI group stage, Team YoungMiracles!"

Accompanied by the passionate tongue of the Brazilian host, Lin Ran and his teammates waved their arms to greet the audience in all directions.

Lin Ran looked at the G2 crowd directly opposite, Ah P closed his eyes and put his hands behind his back, his body swaying from side to side, as if he was immersed in his own world.

……

"Welcome to the live broadcast of the first semi-finals of MSI."

Today's domestic live broadcast commentary is to remember He Zeyuan.

"It should be two o'clock in the morning in China now," Ze Yuan said, "Those who can get up and endure sleepiness to watch the game must be LPL true love fans." ”

I remember the passionate voice, "That's right, I believe that YM's performance today will not disappoint everyone's expectations!" ”

There is no extra time to prepare, and the metallic sound that symbolizes the beginning of BP has already resounded through the venue!

The Brazilian audience at the scene erupted into deafening noise, preparing for this semi-final!

Since YM won the group stage, they have the right to pick sides in the semi-finals.

White Crescent chose the blue side and tried to take advantage of the YM players' excellent hero pool to hand over the BP pressure to G2.

He came up and pressed Sindra first, with a rather simple purpose - to force the G2 to block Lucian.

This is a conspiracy.

The dilapidated black cut mid-laner Lucian is the real ADC of this version, and he can even go head-on with the hoplites in the mid-term, while those false ADCs in the mid-range can only run away when they see a hero like Shen.

G2 coach YoungBuck is a white bearded chubby guy who has led G2 to three LEC championships in a row since last year.

Although last year's results were 2-8 in MSI and 2-4 in the S6 Worlds, he was already able to show his strength.

After all, for some teams, the civil war is a kind of happiness.

(Quick Facts: Coach YoungBuck left G2 for the sworn rival FNC after S7, and led the team to the final of the S8 World Championship in 2018, which is considered the top coach in Europe)

He decisively sent Lucian to the banning position, and the notebook in his hand kept flipping.

"Let's ban Kenan," White Crescent was thinking repeatedly, subconsciously pressing the pen barrel spring to make a clicking sound, "They should block Shen, so that everyone will have quite a lot of room to play." ”

The idea of a white crescent is very simple.

On the blue side, use the advantage of the first pick to swap bans with G2, and then give the team the advantage hero.

Coach G2 frowned and thought for a moment before making a decision.

"G2's second ban is for Lulu!" Ze Yuan was a little surprised, "This hand is a little strange......"

"Even though support Lulu is very strong in the current version, YM usually doesn't grab support first," I remember also wondering, "They tend to give Nakano and AD heroes first." ”

"They should be able to use this Lulu themselves?"

The white crescent moon on the field thought for a moment, "Ban off the emerald god." ”

Emerald God has a high appearance rate in this MSI (see the picture in this chapter).

In fact, it has not been strengthened in recent versions, and has even been nerfed in a wave in version 7.3 (see chart).

The reason for the sudden increase in the appearance rate of Emerald God is also very simple: it has a strong ability to protect the jungle in the early stage.

The existence of the passive [Friends of the Forest] makes it very easy for the emerald god to protect or invade the jungle in the early stage - with 2.5 seconds of guide time, you can create a magical small vegetation in the monster camp, and after a certain amount of time, you can send the monsters away happily and obtain experience and gold rewards.

If you don't want to wait a little longer, the emerald god only needs to be passive + punishment to complete the instant clearing of the wild monster camp, which is extremely advantageous when reversing the wild.

And this version of the male gun, blind monk, spider this kind of invasive jungler is very strong, Cui Shen can effectively protect his wild area in the early stage while also seizing the opportunity to complete the rapid anti-wild.

And unlike S6, the reduction in the refresh rate of the wild area has dramatically increased the cost and benefit of the wild invasion and anti-invasion - it was originally a group of wild monsters that were reversed, and it was a big deal to wait for the next refresh of 100 seconds, but now the time cost has increased by 50 seconds.

It is very difficult for heroes like the Male Gun Blind Monk to invade the Emerald God Wild Area, and it is very likely that half of the wild area will be reversed if they are not careful, in this case, the carnivorous jungler will basically be disconnected.

And Xiaotian and Lin Ran are definitely going to the anti-G2 wild area, and Cuishen can't be released.

"The last ban of G2 was given to Tam and they are targeting the Prophet!"

The white crescent moon looked at the screen, clicking and pressing the pen shaft.

Due to G2's slightly weird BP strategy, there are quite a few strong heroes released out of the outside now.

But there is only one Karma left in the support position.

If they get Karma, then the first and second hand of the red side G2 will definitely get the other strong heroes.

"Take Karma first, and we can swing it a bit." The white crescent didn't hesitate much, intending to press Lin Ran's choice back.

He was not afraid of the move.

Because the hero pool of YM players is much deeper than G2.

G2 backhand with Shen and Ice.

It's acceptable.

"YM, if nothing else, it's Verus and the Blind Monk...... "Remembering on the commentary stand, he was guessing YM's next pick, "This is the remaining T1-level hero out there." ”

Sure enough, YM locked these two characters extremely quickly.

And G2 made up for the Spider Queen in the last hand of the first round.

In the second round of the two sides, the bans rushed to the middle laner that the opponent had not yet shown.

Clockwork, Enchantress, Fox, and Ryze were all sent to ban.

The white crescent moon knows that G2 now relies on Ah P's personal ability, as long as he can suppress the perkz, G2 will be dumb in an instant.

And the G2 coach also knows that he can't let Lin Ran get a hero who is handy, and Ah P must at least get the hero of the balance of power to ensure that he is not suppressed by Lin Ran.

"Is this a hero pool for both teams to test the mid laner?" Ze Yuan's tone was exaggerated, "The two sides have banned a total of 6 mid-laner heroes in two rounds!" ”

The G2 coach rubbed his beard.

"Malzaha." He said to his teammates.

He decided to leave the final counter position to Ah P.

"Is it okay for Galio and Cyansteel Shadow?" White Crescent asked, he still planned to let the Prophet take Karma to ensure the strength of the lower lane.

"Yes, you can." Jin Gong responded again and again.

Galio isn't easy to play against on the top lane, but at least he can keep up with the speed of support.

The G2 coach paced back and forth in the rear.

He knew the power of Lin Ranqing's steel shadow.

Patting Ah P on the shoulder, he discussed with his own mid-laner.

"Now Ah P hasn't chosen a hero yet, let's see his last choice......" Ze Yuan's voice just fell.

G2 seconds lock female gun.

"What?!" I remember being very surprised by the fifth hand choice of the G2, "This is the auxiliary female gun!" ”

"G2 wants to use cold ice + female gun to play YM's non-displacement lower road, and reproduce the classic duel of the S6 finals!"

"The grasshopper is a swinging choice, and it is going to be used by Ah P to fight the green steel shadow!"

Marzaha relies on the immunity effect of the passive [Void Crossing] to resist the advance control of the Green Steel Shadow, and at the same time, the ultimate [Grasp of the Hades] can also cooperate with the jungler to forcibly capture and kill the middle lane Green Steel Shadow.

As with the support female gun, this is a strange trick - throughout the spring, the grasshopper is used as a support, while the female gun only appears once - as usual, it is used to fight Zyra.

White Crescent didn't expect that the coach on the other side also liked to swing, and had a fight with RNG coach Brother Feng.

He fell into an inexplicable excitement.

It is the impulse and joy of meeting the old man in a foreign land.

It turns out that everyone is out of the same school!

You and Brother Feng swing heroes, I bsyy swing position, everyone is a swing person!

Let's swing together!

"Take Lin Ran, you take Galio to hit, and let Jin Gong take the green steel shadow on the road." He's always been able to respond on the spot.

In this case, he didn't dare to change lanes anymore, and Jin Gong was not very suitable for the lane environment in the middle lane now, so it was safe to play their best positions.

Lin Ran shook his hand, "It's not easy for Galio to fight grasshoppers." ”

Marzaha has a percentage of damage to fight Tangario, and the silence effect of Q [Void Summon] also somewhat restrains Galio's ultimate.

"But if we sacrifice one between Steelball and Galio, we will definitely choose to sacrifice Galio." White Crescent said with a smile.

The mid-term single-belt point development of Qinggang Shadow that eats resources must not be bad, and Galio's meat lump will be pressed if it is pressed, anyway, it is all protected by team battles.

"Tanks don't have human rights, do they?" Lin Ran was a little dissatisfied.

"Tanks still want human rights?" Jin Gong snorted, "I want to laugh." ”

Sawamoto and remembered on the commentary stage didn't know the swing of the hero in the middle of the YM.

"Isn't YM going to change heroes?" Ze Yuan looked at the countdown on the OB screen, a little impatient.

There is also a question mark in the domestic live broadcast room.

"The countdown is over, and the lineup has been decided!" Just like he didn't guess G2's female gun, I remember that he didn't guess the hero choice in YM this time.

"Is it really a mid-laner Galio?" Ze Yuan shouted there, "I've been using it to go on the list since Galio returned from the redo, and I've never hit it with him!" ”

(2017 MSI Mid Lane Hero usage pictured) "My old swan, what new tricks is Ran going to do!" "Remember the tone of excitement.

The line-ups for both sides have been confirmed.

Blue YM: Top laner Green Steel Shadow, Jungler Blind Monk, Mid laner Galio, bottom laner Verus + Karma.

Red G2: Top Lane Caution, Jungle Spider, Mid Lane Marzaha, Bottom Lane Ice + Female Gun.

The moment the lineup was locked, tens of thousands of Brazilian spectators at the scene let out loud cheers and cheers, and the sound converged together, and even came out of the open-air giant stadium!

This semi-final has been hidden since the beginning of BP, and the repeated swaying + restraint choices from all walks of life have made the Brazilian audience who have not seen much of the top teams addictive!

At the same time, the domestic live broadcast room is also boiling.

[Ran's new life is here? 】

[I've already used Galio to walk in the middle, this hero is much stronger in the middle than on the walk, and can fly up and down two ways! 】

[Yes, yes, yes, those teams that played singles with Gaglio before were stupid, why don't you go to be a coach? ] S7 you can win the championship! 】

In fact, there is a saying that Galio did not play the mid laner before.

Because he was a pure tank hero when he just reworked, and he also has a good percentage of damage, he can not fall behind the meat Tan Phantom gods such as Lane Shen, Titan, Barrel, and Bobby, and win a hand of support and group protection in the middle and late stages.

However, in version 7.7, which was coming to an end of the Spring Tournament, Galio was slashed hard, the passive [Colossus Heavy Attack] output was reduced, and the percentage damage gain of Q [War Gangfeng] was also cut, and a part of the damage was transferred to the AP bonus. (See figure for Galio 7.7 changes)

This weakened Galio's top laner.

And the middle lane was the world of heroes such as Lucian and Sindra at that time.

Although Galio has a good support ability after level 6, he has a hard time grabbing lane control against these heroes in the early and middle stages.

This version of the jungler must do things before level 6, and heroes like blind monks and spiders can't get an advantage in the early stage, so the situation will be quite difficult.

In this case, Galio does not have an early support advantage for Lucian and Sindra.

Moreover, Galio's damage ability is insufficient after being nerfed.

In the current version of the top laner, if Galio is selected again, the output pressure on the other three teammates will be too great.

But now that YM's four teammates are not short of output, Lin Ran can rest assured that he can choose boldly.

"I'm purifying, prophet, don't be too fierce on the line." Jack looked at the bottom choice of the cold ice + female gun on the opposite side, and couldn't help but recall the strange trick that the Tigers took out in the S6 semifinals last year.

If you are healed, if you are hit by an arrow of ice, it is a dead end.

Jack would rather give up some of the suppressive power of the line and save his life with purification.

Lin Ran still changed to teleportation to ensure the safety of his teammates, and Ah P's grasshopper was a sprint, although this skill was weakened by Lin Ran, but the mid laner can still be used.

The two sides load into the Summoner's Rift and start the first small game of the MSI semifinals with the crowd cheering!

Lin Ran went out to buy corruption potions, and also bought accessories to scan, marked signals on the map, and commanded his teammates to fight the first-class regiment.

He drove the giant Galio to the front, leading his teammates into the G2 wild like a hen with four chicks.

G2 knew that Galio and Qinggang Shadow were powerful, so they decisively avoided the battle and did not fight, but only left a defensive eye position in their wild area in advance.

But the position of the prosthetic eye was guessed by Lin Ran.

The scan was opened at the connecting passage between the blue buff and the Demon Swamp Frog camp, and the false eye was hidden, and Lin Ran, Xiaotian and Jin Gong divided the experience of the eye position.

Just by removing a prosthetic eye, the Brazilian audience in the stadium erupted in enthusiastic cheers!

YM people can still hear the sound through the soundproof headphones, which shows the atmosphere of esports in Brazil!