Chapter 465: Top of the list
Two waves of mistakes buried the overall situation. Rub
Facing a lineup like the Thorn Birds, which is not strong in opening ability, but giving the Thorn Birds a chance to go around the back and open the group, this is one of the biggest mistakes of the SKT team.
Looking at the overall situation, SKT really made mistakes in decision-making and even operation twice, and was walked away with double C and single C.
And this time.
But these two times were enough to be fatal.
If Li Luo's anti-sky move and cooperation with his teammates to complete the counter-kill were to stab the sharp knife into SKT's chest, then this wave of team battles has already pierced all the blades to SKT's heart.
Fortunately, Wolf's barrel ultimate disrupts the formation of the Thorn Bird rushing up.
However, just as SKT's surviving crowd quickly retreated, the dramatist's ultimate move once again locked them like a talisman. Rub
In the end, except for the leopard girl, who managed to escape with her agility, the rest of the SKT team died.
Although the Leopard Girl is alive, she has no chance to capture the dragon under the strict defense of the Thorn Bird team.
With the roar of the big dragon, the economic gap between the two sides was also stretched to 10,000 yuan.
Even so, SKT fans haven't given up hope.
They don't know much about the game, but they know what their favorite team has accomplished.
The economic turnaround of 10,000 behind them is not unexperienced, and they have experienced it more than once.
However, the SKT players are bitter. Rub
"They are too underestimated, they have been abused for two years, and LCK's problem of testing the opponent in an arrogant way has not changed."
In the EDG base, after Tian Ye threw a can of Coke to Da Smart LWX, he also opened a can himself, poured it down, and Tian Ye squinted comfortably.
He, EDG, Meiko, and former Luo Fei, is the only major support player in China so far.
His good friend and good partner went out to play, so he naturally wanted to observe.
Not only is he watching, but the rest of EDG is also in the off-season for the club at this time, and EDG still gives the players more free time except for the training time.
Looking at the tragic situation of SKT, Meiko said with a smile.
"It's a pity that we also met in the continental competition last year, and we didn't have a chance to play each other at other times." Rub
The director of the factory was a little regretful.
If Li Luo asked them to fight SKT a few more times, it would not be too easy to avenge the shame of S7's two consecutive comebacks.
But now it's pretty cool to sit at home and watch SKT being abused.
From the perspective of professional players, although SKT's tactical system is very attentive, they obviously did not put themselves in the second division right because they are used to abusing vegetables in China.
Do you really think that the Thorn Birds' record data in this year's spring race is not as gorgeous as their SKT data in the LCK, and the Thorn Birds will not be good?
The Thorn Birds in the playoffs and the regular season are basically two teams, okay?
Looking at the state of the first round of the group stage of the Thorn Birds, it is clear that they seem to have evolved again. Rub
In the face of such a thorn bird, if you don't take out the operation system that you LCK is best at, you can honestly play defensive counterattacks, and you still dare to fight against the guest and take a strong attack Poke lineup?
but I can give you what I can.
SKT is still struggling to hold on.
However, the Thorn Bird team is not in a hurry.
After taking the Great Dragon buff, the Thorn Birds begin their ultimate torment.
The development of the early stage of the night was already very good, and after two waves of team battles in the middle stage, the equipment was already thrown off Akali.
With the blessing of wearing shoes, the power of the plane at night is not to be underestimated. Rub
And every time Poke hits someone in the night, Li Luo's deadly brilliance can always follow in an instant as if he has eyes.
At the same time, the thorn bird also started the 41-point band immediately after making a good view of the surroundings.
SKT wanted to start a group, but couldn't.
Divide the belt and can't bring it.
Finally, when the dragon buff on the Thorn Bird side disappeared, two of SKT's three Highland Towers and crystals were also lost.
Earth, fire, earth, fire.
Here's the refresh order of the four little dragons today. Rub
It's a perfect dragon order.
It's a pity that now it's the thorn bird in the hands.
SKT didn't make it to the second big dragon refresh.
When the game time reached 25 minutes and 11 seconds, SKT had no choice but to disarm.
"I sharpened a sword in two years, and after cutting it for 25 minutes, I found that I still had to sharpen."
"It's just a group game, will you directly shine when you play cards?"
Another round of fierce verbal bickering between SKT fans and black fans began. Grade
"Ah, yes, yes, actually, I can see that SKT is hiding tactics again."
"The game is not over yet, a BO1 doesn't mean anything, don't forget S6, SKT will come back in the second round of the group stage."
"Ah, yes, yes......"
……
"It's not fun."
After the game, it was obvious that there was still some unfinished business.
SKT. Rub
That's SKT.
Brother Saint Gun debuted very early, and he also caught up with the dark years of the LPL division.
Merely......
Saint Gun, who has never made it to the World Championships, doesn't even qualify to be abused by SKT.
At that time, SKT only lived in the legend of the Holy Spear Brother.
Although IG raised its eyebrows at the dynasty SKT 3-0 in the finals in the S7 season, this has nothing to do with Brother Saint Gun, and it does not directly change Brother Saint Gun's impression of the SKT team.
Although Brother Saint Gun didn't say anything before this game, he was still a little nervous and excited in his heart. Rub
He didn't miss out on KHAN in the LCK Spring.
In the end, it was concluded that Khan was a very strong person, who was obviously much older than himself, but he was a strong critic.
But now after the collision......
The bubble of SKT's strength in the heart of the Holy Gun Brother has dissipated.
That's it?
Sure enough, the teammates are stronger.
Especially the master. Rub
Faker three crowns, Bang two crowns.
These two add up to five crowns.
The five crowns have not beaten the two crowns of the fallen master, and the falling master is also embarrassed.
In contrast, the SKT team clearly looked as if they had been hit hard.
Khan was better, which actually made him more targeted, so instead of being convinced, he was still holding back a fire in his heart.
Clid and Faker fell silent.
They are in the middle of the field...... Rub
Compared to the thorn birds, the help of the midfield to his teammates is too much, too bad.
Compared with the silence of the two, Bang and Wolf felt a little like death.
I can't beat it.
I can't beat it.
They took a strong lineup of thieves, and they didn't take advantage of the line period, and they didn't catch any rhythm points that should be seized in the middle of the game.
I really can't beat line-to-line, and I can't beat team battles.
Faced with the thorn birds coming over to shake hands with smiles on their faces, the SKT players couldn't be more uncomfortable. Rub
However, if they lose, they lose, and the only thing they can do is to go back and have a good review and try to find their way back in the rest of the game.
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The Thorn Birds' interviews have always been unpretentious and low-key.
Especially after this game, the incense pot in charge of the interview kept Zhu Kai's advice in mind.
After all, they are not the kind of strong team with deep background, and now they are new to participate in MSI, if they really put too many cruel words, once they are slapped in the face in the future, the backlash will be quite serious, so for the psychological considerations of the players, Zhu Kai asked the incense pot to be restrained during the interview.
Xiangguo did restrain himself when he mentioned the matter between the strength of the two teams in the interview.
However, when asked about the alignment of the jungler's position, the incense pot was unambiguous, and bluntly said that he still missed the time when he fought with Bengi at the beginning, and even mentioned blank Xiaohei. Rub
But the incense pot only didn't mention clid, and when clid learned about it in the background, the whole person was a little bad.
"Don't let the mentality be affected, he did it on purpose."
Faker spoke after hearing the team's interpreter's retelling.
"Of course I do."
CLID is very aggrieved.
If you choose the blue side, choose a blind monk for him, and he will kick the opposite side directly.
There is a three-day break between the first and second rounds of the group stage. Rub
However, it didn't seem like an easy task for the SKT team to get back in shape in the offseason.
The big G2 brothers, who like to make trouble, unsurprisingly began to bombard indiscriminately on Twitter again.
Team G2 has made a special list of the five teams that have played against the Thorn Birds in the first round.
They are arranged from high to low.
G2 actually lost badly in the first round of the group stage.
Interestingly, though, they lasted longer than SKT.
This behavior of ostensibly treating himself as a clown, but actually mocking the SKT team, annoyed the SKT players. Rub
SKT vowed to give G2 a little color in the second round of engagement.
Three days passed quietly.
With a breath of fire, SKT began to attack the G2 team.
However, the G2 team, which often plays in the second round, is unusual, as if they have changed their sex, not only have they become weaker, but they even feel stronger.
Especially the caps in the middle lane, not to mention suppressing fakers, they also cooperated with the jungler jankos to successfully catch a wave of fakers.
The killer thing is that the hero chosen by CAPS in this game is still Ruiz, and the champion skin of Faker is still used.
Under this kind of red fruit provocation, faker's always calm expression on the field also cast a cloud on it. Rub
"It's so cheap, this g2."
G2's move is even a little unbearable for Brother Saint Gun, an old oilman who loves to make trouble.
"That's right, maybe they're going to use the skin of our LPL division to try to mess with our mentality in the end, Brother Luo, Ah P is a pure man."
The incense pot smacked his lips and said.
"It's okay, a Kaisha, a Xia, he just chooses, but if he is smart, he should choose all of them to resist pressure, my drama master has no skin."
Li Luo didn't seem to care.
"Don't say it, the capital is heartbroken when I see it, if it's not for myself this year, even if it's for the great artist of the dramatist, I have to give full play to 12% of my strength, I really can't stand it." Rub
Xiangguo said bitterly.
"Then Brother Luo chose Wayne this year."
Liu Qingsong said expressionlessly beside him.
"Okay, okay, I'm still playing MSI, don't talk too far, it's okay to talk hi, at this time, I want to surpass Ka Diwei when I start choosing dermatology."
Li Luo was speechless, and at the same time, a trace of worry flashed in his heart.
Although everyone is joking, with Li Luo's understanding of his teammates, once he gives himself too many light-hearted hints, then their error rate on the game will increase greatly.
Fortunately, Zhu Kai also stood up in time and gave the contestants a wave of "chicken soup lessons", which made everyone stop. Rub
The second round of the group stage was still smooth sailing for the Thorn Birds.
In Li Luo's impression, the IG team before the rebirth won the group stage with a luxurious record of 9/1, which was already the best group stage result in the previous MSI at that time.
However, in the second round, as the teams made adjustments, IG at that time also experienced a setback.
Although the major media are blowing them up, IG often has a disadvantage in the early and middle stages in the second round, and then turns the tables in the later stage with individual ability and team battle cooperation.
This also leaves a huge hidden danger for the knockout IG upset.
To put it bluntly, the version didn't keep up.
When everyone is flexible, IG immersed in the world of the strong is difficult to achieve a reasonable tactical change for a while, and both the players and the coaching staff are under pressure because of this. Rub
The media propaganda and touting are also a big thunder.
Li Luo, who has learned from the past, not only did he and Zhu Kai analyze the team's tactics in this MSI extremely meticulously, but also came to the third layer of tactical reserves.
Even the knockout thorn birds can handle it easily.
Just to hide the tactics, the Thorn Bird didn't play as aggressively in the second round as in the first round.
Especially when facing the FW team, Thorn Bird even took out the Bomberman for Li Luo.
The behavior of the thorn bird also made the audience in Wanwan change their faces.
After all, the first thorn bird was killed, and many Wanwan people were scolding at that time. Rub
However, now in the second round of thorn birds, Li Luo has been selected as a bastard hero, which is undoubtedly an alternative "water release" behavior in the eyes of countless Wanwan netizens.
Even if the players in Wanwan were disgusted by this elusive Bomberman, at least the Lightning Wolves lasted 35 minutes and became the team that lasted the longest against the Thorn Birds in the group stage.
As the second round progressed, the situation in the group became clearer.
The Lightning Wolves maintained their team's traditional abilities in the second round.
The problem is that in the first round, they didn't stand up as much as they used to.
This resulted in Lightning Wolf being ranked fifth out of the six teams.
In this event rule that only the top four can be promoted, the lightning wolf pulled directly. Rub
On the contrary, it was the TL team that came from behind and came in fourth.
After the SKT team lost G2 in the second round, the players were scolded by KKOMA bloody, and since then, SKT's mistakes in operation have been significantly reduced.
They gradually found that compared to the general situation of too slow pace in the LCK region, the soft offensive of those LCK teams has made them a little out of the trajectory of the world.
Now that more than half of the group stage has passed, they have finally found some rhythm for the MSI event.
That's how a team grows.
Of course, Rao is the case, and they still can't get their revenge against the Thorn Bird.
It's just that compared to the collision in the first round of the group stage, this second round of SKT has been a lot more Buddha. Rub
They know they're improving, so they're not in a hurry.
This only makes SKT play better.
The two sides battled for a full 32 minutes, and SKT, who had opted for a regular lineup, was defeated.
As the second round of the group stage drew to a close, the Thorns came as no surprise and stood at the top of the table with an undefeated record.