The Summer Finals are much more important than the previous competitions.

In addition to preparing for the competition, the contestants also had to spare two days to cooperate with the official recording of the finals promotional video MV, pre-game trash talk, and the advertising campaign of the sponsor dad.

With only five days to prepare, this is a very tight time.

S8 This year, it is a blowout year for LPL sponsors, like any international big brands have also put down their figures, KFC, Mercedes-Benz, Huawei, JD.com, Lenovo, Wahaha... Countless well-known companies and big brands have invested capital in the emerging industry of e-sports.

Especially Station B, in the first year of entering the League of Legends e-sports industry, spent 600 million to buy the only broadcast rights of League of Legends in China.

More and more familiar things appeared in later generations, and because he had become more grand, Li Luo smiled with interest.

The fun of the preparation period is not limited to that.

In the LCK Summer Finals, SKT still defeated deft and Mata's KT team with 3-1 points, won the league championship and became the No. 1 seed in this year's LCK region.

Especially in the last game of life and death, all Skt members dreamed of returning to the top, faker sacrificed his wanderings, bang incarnated as ez people, and supported the pressure of early disadvantages, and a reversal of the game seemed to announce the return of the "king".

After the game, all SKT members cried, and Bang had a feeling of nirvana rebirth.

In Europe, Team Fnc advanced as the No. 1 seed, Vit was the No. 2 seed, and Team G2 defeated the runner-up of the Summer Tournament 3-1 to get the last ticket.

In the North American region, the state is still sluggish, the familiar face of the big brother every year, Pilsen is still absent, the first seed TL is under no pressure to advance, the second seed 100T, and the third seed is the North American art team C9.

LMS Division? Is it still the Fw team that won the championship without any suspense? Won the No. 1 seed.

After the finals of each major region, the first, second and third seeds have been confirmed to be ready.

Only the LPL division has not yet confirmed the qualifiers? and the king of the league.

--How do you evaluate the LPL Summer Finals? Rng or Rw, which team are you more optimistic about?

Teams that have just finished playing in the major leagues and are waiting for the World Championship to start? In interviews with the game press, this question was asked.

Perkz: "Rng, of course? I want to officially beat him at the World Finals! .... What the? RNG is the most artistic team in the LPL? Sorry, but when our European and American teams stand on the stage? Can the focus of the gaze be on us? When the time comes, when we get on the Rng, we will pull out a few secret weapons (laughs)"

bang: "I think Rng will win, at the same time? I'm also looking forward to meeting Uzi... Well? I don't dare to say that I can beat him 100%, but I will tell Uzi that since I can suppress you for so many years, this year will not be an exception! ”

deft: "I don't care who will win Rng or Rw?" I just think Uzi will win... Hahaha, why do you think so? Because he's the most dominant player this year? We've met him in Rank lately, and we've played against him a lot? I'm looking forward to seeing him at Worlds."

Big brother: "RNG will definitely win, okay???? Hahaha, I'm just a serious puppy blower? Because he's the best ADC player I've ever seen? I've been seconds by him many times? Recently, I had nightmares when I thought about playing in the finals of S8."

As a new army, Rw, compared with Rng in public opinion, is undoubtedly inferior, and those who support Rng, without exception, are old opponents who have fought against Rng.

Therefore, when everyone mentions Rng, they always think of Uzi.

Under the heated discussion and expectation of the whole network, the summer finals are approaching day by day.

Off the court, there are many, many people who follow the focus battle of Rng vs Rw.

Coaching staff, team analysts, team fans... All looking forward to this game.

The clash of the top teams will reveal a lot of information, tactics, and even trends in the Worlds version.

But it's a pity that Rw's bottom lane is not as good as Rng, and the importance of Nakano has been greatly increased in addition to this version, and Ma Ge can't withstand the dominance of Uzi without the support of doinb, making it difficult for Haro and Aguang in the wild area to maintain the team's disadvantage.

This version of the laner and jungler is too important.

After losing the first game, the end of the Rw team was exactly the same as the first one, they were all the same as being caught by the incense pot on the top road, being blown up by the opposite lane on the bottom lane, Xiaohu and doinb were mixed against each other, and when the time came, Rng snowballed to end the game.

In the last game of the clean and neat tiebreaker, there was a problem with Doinb's mentality, and he was also killed by Xiaohu once online, and the rhythm was dumb.

This time, Rw's problem is even greater, Haro has no experience and can't stand up, and Ah Guang loses himself under Rng's big grinding wheel.

Amid the applause and cheers of the entire venue, Rng lived up to expectations and once again maintained the precedent of never working overtime in the final, winning the game cleanly 3-0.

While this result made Rng fans excited, it also left some viewers speechless.

Too much of a crushing game... It's really not very ornamental.

is also a game, RW can still play back and forth with ig, go to Europe to resist, and always maintain the suspense of the game throughout bo5.

And when playing Rng, Rw has no power to fight back from beginning to end.

There are even some fans who are not Rng, and the duel between IG and RW in the semifinals is much more exciting than the finals.

But whether everyone says it or not, they know in their hearts that RNG is probably the most dominant division of the LPL in history.

Unlike the Edg of the past, this Rng never falls behind in the outstation.

If such a team can't win the world championship, I'm afraid it will be the same as EDG back then, which will greatly frustrate the self-confidence of the LPL division...

It will even make everyone continue to fall into the nightmare of being controlled by the LCK.

With great power comes great responsibility.

"This Rng is too strong, even if you get tired of hearing that sentence, I have to say it again"

"Congratulations to Rng for winning the 2018 Summer Finals, and if they win the last championship of the year, then this team will create a miracle in history and win the Grand Slam honor in the S8 season!"

In the midst of the tsunami, the starting five of RNG, together with coach Chris, substitute players Wuwukai, Xiao Dongdong, and Xiao Tian lifted the championship trophy of the summer competition.

"This is Rng's fifth championship in S8 in a year, and it is also the fifth consecutive championship, this record must not be broken for a long time, right?" The doll said.

"Hahaha, the puppy really hasn't won a championship in the league for five years, and it's soft in a year, and now... He and the real entry into another area of honor, but also the lack of an S8 world champion. ”

Miller quipped:

"You see, the puppy who won the spring championship for the first time smiled so happily, but now, on the contrary, he is very calm, but he is really happy to open five or five, haha"

Seeing the demon-like Wuwu Kai holding the trophy and laughing wildly on the stage, Li Luo also laughed.

The rest of the RNG people also understood Wuwukai's mood very well, and after glancing at each other, they held the trophy directly to Wuwukai.

"Damn, it's so heavy!"

Five or five stumbled, almost threw the trophy out, and the trophy of the S competition, the league trophy is close to forty kilograms, which is considered to be a strong material!

"Let's go, go for an interview to win the championship"

Chris smiled and beckoned the group to leave.

After winning the cup, in the post-game interview session, after a long absence, this time the interview quota was given to Xiangguo and Xiaohu.

This pair is also the most popular Nakano combination in the LPL.

It's not that I don't want to invite Uzi to the town, but it's because after the summer game, it's the S game, in case Uzi doesn't talk amazingly, it's easy to bring up a big rhythm in the two sentences of "bold".

Out of the psychology of protection, the official still selected two relatively stable people to be interviewed.

"Go back and take a break, tonight the club has a celebration party, have a good time to relax and celebrate, everyone has worked hard during this time. By the way, everyone has a share in the championship bonus, and it will be sent to your salary card, pay attention to check."

Shirahoshi said with a smile.

The celebration banquet after winning the championship is to be expected.

It was very cool to win the championship at home, but when I left the stadium, I looked at the cheering fans in the middle of the road, stumbled, and the bus walked for about 20 minutes on the one-kilometer road before walking out.

Riding back to the base, everyone changed their outfits and went out to celebrate.

For Rng, they didn't have any games to play before the start of S8, and they just needed to relax for a short time and prepare for the game with all their might.

But for teams from other LPL regions, the game is far from over.

Among the three places allocated to the LPL division in the S8 World Finals, the champion of the LPL Summer Tournament and the two places with the highest points in the spring and summer were all won by Rng.

Of course, it is impossible for one team to occupy two tickets, so they can only take a back seat and inherit the tickets with the second highest points in the spring and summer seasons.

But an embarrassing thing happened, the points of Rw and ig were actually comparable, after winning the runner-up in the summer competition, the points of Rw and ig were equal, and both teams needed to go to the bubble tournament to determine the points.

There was no interval, and on the second day after the final, the bubble match was held in a low-key manner.

The first bubble match was Ig vs. Edg.

The problem with the strong team Shy teacher is obvious, but against a team like Edg, who sacrifices the top order, in this bo5, Shy teacher took out the sword demon, sword girl, crocodile, three different heroes, a 3-0 without suspense, and easily helped IG win the first bubbling match.

Poor S8 edg could have entered the World Championship, but in the Western Division, he met Rw, which was completely different from his previous life, and was forced to have no choice but to play the bubble game, but the bubble game met ig again and was eliminated.

On the other hand, after the strength of the finals, Rw adjusted the importance of the top order, gave Ah Guang considerable resources, coupled with doinb's rapid support, and JD.com's game, Rw cooperated very well with Nakano, and in the end, Rw also won this round of the bubble game.

At this point in the game, the result is already doomed.

Regardless of which side wins or loses, both sides lock in the ticket to the S match.

It's just the difference between the second seed and the third seed.

In the end, the match ended with ig's 3-2 victory over Rw, and both teams won each other's 3-2, which also shows that in addition to Rng, the second and third seeds are equally strong.

In the LPL division, the three representative teams participating in S8 are determined.

No. 1 seed, Team Rng.

Second seed, Team IG.

Third seed, Team Rw.

The only thing that has changed is that Team Rw has replaced Team Edg.

As the last team in all regions to decide the slot, with the end of the bubble match, it will be the departure ceremony of the S match.

and – the group stage draw – that players around the world are watching.

After resting in the base for a few days, he also took the opportunity to go out for a walk, pretending to be Li Luo, who was going home by himself, and returned to the capital and came to the club and the location notified by the official.

"I'm not late, am I?" It was Xiao Ming who greeted Li Luo.

"Hurry up, it's all here, everyone is waiting for you"

Today, three LPL teams gathered together to prepare for the filming of the departure ceremony.

After the ceremony, Riot will conduct a draw to group groups.

After coming to the venue and greeting the IG and RW teams, Li Luo also changed into the unified jersey of LPL.

This year's jersey draws on the style design of the Asian Games, and it is also gorgeous, especially on the player ID on the back, there is also a dragon lying on his stomach.

According to the director's command, pose for various poss, complete the incomparable departure ceremony of the second grade, and an interview with Riot...

After working for most of the day, everyone completed the task and returned to the Rng base.

The time difference between American time and China time is 13 hours, and when it is night in the capital, it is exactly daytime on the other side.

Several people ate supper, gathered around the screen in the hall, waiting for the results of the draw.

At the draw ceremony, the benefits of the No. 1 seed came out.

The No. 1 seeds in the Chinese LPL region, the Korean LCK region, the European LCS region, and the North American LCS region will not be assigned to a group in the first round.

At the lottery ceremony, the fist really gave everyone a surprise, and the first one to go up to draw lots was the factory director who had been away from the arena for a long time.

When I saw the slightly evil face of the factory director appear on the screen, the foreign friends who were neatly brushed with 777 on the barrage looked confused.

For each team drawn, Riot plays a documentary of the entire team, introducing the team to a global audience about the team's league results and the highlights of the teams that were swept quickly.

The four No. 1 seeds will be placed in four groups: A, B, C, and D.

At the same time, teams in the same division will not be lined up together in the group stage, which can be regarded as a layer of protection.

Soon, under the 7 intentions of the factory director, the results of the lottery grouping came out:

They are:

Group A:

The No. 1 seed in the LMS region, nicknamed the Lightning Wolf FW, the No. 2 seed in Lck, with mata and deft and semble KT, the Vietnamese team PVB in the wildcard region, and the third seed G2 in the European LCS.

Group B:

LPL No. 1 seed RNG, South Korea's No. 3 seed, and S7's runner-up team, changed its name to VIT, the No. 2 seed in European and American lcs, and the North American No. 2 seed, known as the art team C9 team.

Group C:

The No. 1 seed of Lck, the team of three champions of the league SKT, the Taiwanese team MAD, the No. 1 seed of North America TL, and the No. 3 seed of the lpl Rw.

Group D:

European No. 1 seed FNC, North American LCS100T, LPL No. 2 seed IG, Hong Kong team GRX.