IG did not break its promise.

In the opening game against FNC, they took out a set of Yasuo + Monkey's midfield system for the first time, and successfully changed the line, allowing the lower lane to avoid the strong road of Ou Cheng + Huang Xing.

Not long after the start of the match, Yasuo crossed the tower and killed Xpeke's signature Cassadine.

At the same time, General Sturgeon and Shot Coco also seized the opportunity to kill their sister-in-law on the upper road.

As a well-known international friend, my sister-in-law uses a Lulu order, which can be said to be at the forefront of fashion.

It's just that, compared to the PDD Dragon Girl who is stable and resistant to pressure in the lower lane, his use as a BP swing position and forced to play Lulu is really a bit picky.

Lulu on the road, jungler NOC.

In the case of the congenital lack of front row in the FNC lineup, even if IG got a big advantage and sent several waves in a row, at one point Rekkles' Lucian got a 6/1/2 record, came out of a double suction four-piece suit, dragged the game to 40 minutes, and still couldn't recover the team's decline, and lost the game after IG won the third big dragon.

IG became the first team to enter the upper bracket at this year's IEM8 World Finals.

Next, there is the showdown between the remaining two teams from Group A.

The famous KTB, and the Millenium team from France.

Don't look at Millenium's victory in São Paulo, Brazil, but that's largely due to the fact that there are almost no well-known teams in the tournament, which makes them take advantage of it.

It also turns out that they are not a combination of Koreans at all.

In just 21 minutes, KTB, led by Insec and RYU, set foot on this so-called thousand-year-old kingdom, and it was simply effortless.

After this match, the two winners of Group A were determined.

did not whet the appetite of the audience, and the two winners immediately started a round of showdown.

IGvsKTB！

In order to save time, this IEM8 group stage adopts the BO1 format of two consecutive wins to directly qualify, that is, as long as you win this game, you can advance to the semi-finals as the group leader.

Like against FNC, IG also sacrificed Yasuo + Monkey's system this time.

I also have to say that the personal ability of IG everyone is indeed quite strong, not only did they not suffer in the early stage of the line with KTB, but they completed one for three through a wave of shadow squats in the lower lane, and then the posture was to achieve a wave of one hit and two counter-kills in the middle of the Tianxiu.

In the case of a tower not being pushed, close to the advantage of the head and the knife in the early stage, IG is ahead of the opponent by 3,000 economy.

It's a pity that in the next nearly 10 minutes, IG personnel were frequently arrested, including the three stars and auxiliary, all of them were caught and killed once, and they failed to control the second dragon, resulting in even if they were ahead of the KTB three outer towers in 20 minutes, the economic difference was still 3,000 yuan, and the snowball couldn't roll at all.

Seeing that the situation is getting more and more stiff, and the situation begins to turn to the opposite side, the IG people made a bold decision, that is, to use the vision RUSH Dalong......

The dragon ruined his life!

IG successfully fulfilled this unbreakable famous sentence, although they successfully defended the big dragon, but they were closed by the other party and beat the dog, almost wiped out, leaving only PDD a big dragon BUFF.

After this wave, IG's economy was immediately overtaken by KTB.

However, the Nerve Knife team is not just talking, in the case that there is no economic advantage, IG actually relied on a wave of magical mid lane pressing, pushed off the opponent's mid lane highland, and returned KTB a pseudo-group annihilation.

If it weren't for the fact that the remaining four were in too bad shape, and the opposite wheel mother was about to be resurrected, they could even finish the game in one wave.

Regarding this scene, the English commentary at the scene called it "amazing", indicating that he couldn't understand what was happening at all.

However, what they can't understand is still to come!

In the 34th minute of the game, IG, which had the advantage of being on the high ground all the way, started to fight the big dragon, but was snatched up by Insec's flying mantis at the last moment.

Moreover, this guy not only robbed the dragon, but also managed to slip away......

It can be said that it was this wave of sending Dalong that laid the foundation for KTB's turnaround.

In the end, the game ended in the reckless and strong opening of the last wave of IG, and the monkey opened a big group with a female tan, but Yasuo picked up the big move......

After losing against KTB, IG lost the opportunity to advance directly to the semi-finals and fell into the lower bracket.

"I'm afraid the domestic audience has exploded, this game is really like a roller coaster, and a quick-acting heart-saving pill is needed at any time to prevent a heart attack."

"Hey, it's a pity, IG has a lot of chances to win."

"Their command problem is very big, they love to entangle the big dragons too much, and it was the same when they played FNC in the last game, and it was not easy to end the game with three big dragons in a row, to be honest, if it wasn't for the FNC lineup being too weird, IG would also have a good chance of being overturned."

"In fact, their lineup is very strong, there are Annie and Monkey, there is no shortage of open groups at all, plus the early advantage is so big, it is a wave to win it safely, it is a wave, and it is dragged to the opposite side of the wheel mother four-piece suit, how can this be played?"

"Insec is really powerful, such a brittle praying mantis actually played the role of the front row in the team battle, not only the first to rush in and not die, but also often play a role in restricting to the C position, worthy of being South Korea's ace jungler."

"And RYU's Lulu, although she didn't win the line, her team battle performance far outperformed her posture."

"KTB's support is also very strong, and this female tan's ultimate move is almost never free, and the skill release is also very reasonable."

"I always thought that after the two robberies, this team has declined, but judging from this game, KTB is worthy of being a team that can compete with SKT, even if last year's two chasing three hit them hard, it still failed to break them."

Backstage, Lin Mu and others had a discussion after watching the game.

To sum up, the KTB team may not be the top in terms of hard power, but in terms of command strategy, teamwork and inferior operation, it is definitely a top team.

Such a team is often much more tricky to deal with than the kind of reckless man who can only work hard.

The match in Group A is over.

Next, it's Group B's turn to play.

The first battle of Group B was between RT and C9.

In the competition venue, when Lin Mu and others appeared on the stage, the audience suddenly erupted in a thunderous cheer.

In the crowded auditorium, as far as the eye can see, there are RT light signs and posters everywhere!

Even if they are playing away, the treatment that Lin Mu and others get is no less than that of a European local team like FNC.

In contrast, the cheers of the C9 from North America were significantly weakened when they appeared. Although Europe and the United States are one family, there is almost no difference between Europe and the United States in the eyes of outsiders, but in fact, since S2, the battle between fans about EU and NA has not stopped, and it has become more and more intense.

That's the benefit of a World Championship.

With RT's current popularity, it's almost always home wherever they go.