The matter of teaming up is just an episode for the three of them, and their main business is still anchors after all, so they decided to find someone to do some preparatory work first, and the official teaming will start after TI7 ends.

The group stage of the Epicenter Cup has been completed, and the top three in Group A are serenity, passion and y, and the 3-1 loss of passion also gives them a 2-2 win over liquid.

Against the two Tigers in China, the other three teams in Group A were only beaten, even the third-placed Liquid was no exception, losing 2-0 to Serenity and Passion respectively.

OG's results were not ideal, with only 1 win and 3 losses as predicted, and they were barely able to put up any effective resistance against the top three in the group, only taking one point to save face from Na'vi, who was considered to be the weakest.

The strength of the five teams in Group A can be ranked according to their rankings, and the gap between them is relatively obvious, while the strength of several teams in Group B is very close.

The teams in Group B are divided into two tiers, and although the competition between the three directly invited teams is scorching, it is obviously superior to the two teams below who have made it from the qualifiers.

To Kyung's surprise, EG's performance in the group stage was quite amazing, and he and Serenity also achieved a 4-0 record. However, judging by the process, their game did not want the result to be so easy.

Unlike Serenity's clean-cut eight-game winning streak, EG struggled to win against both VP and IG. The two rounds of BO3 were all full, and the average game time exceeded 40 minutes, which shows the fierceness of the battle.

After a period of sluggishness, Universe has suddenly regained its form in this squad cup. In the matches of EG, VP, and IG, they all relied on the universe's key first move at the decisive moment to win the team battle.

Regardless, winning four BO3s in a row will bring EG an unshakable top spot in the group, and they, like Serenity, have already booked a place in the semi-finals in advance.

IG's results are both surprising and reasonable. They started high and went low in the group stage, and after two consecutive wins, they lost the last two games to VP and EG.

As a result, they only finished third in the group and will meet Passion in the first round of the knockout round, and one of the two Chinese teams will surely bid farewell to the Epicenter Cup early.

On the night of the end of the group stage, Jumping Knife and Big Dog came to the room where the Serenity players were staying and talked about the upcoming knockout round.

This kind of small meeting is usually attended by the two of them with Kyung Joon and Super, and the big dog talked about the opponent he was going to face, saying, "To be honest, it may be a little better to touch IG than VP." ”

super also nodded and said: "It's better, after all, there are a lot of training matches, and you know IG better than VP." ”

"IG's version isn't very good, I don't think I can beat you." Kyung-joon's words were very straightforward and did not take into account the friendship with the teams in the same division.

"Well, I've watched their game, and the Heavy is inferior in the middle." Jumping Knife aimed at IG's mid-laner position and put forward his opinion, "When I trained with them before, I could also feel that the machine gunner's laning ability was a little unbearable after the courier slashed. ”

The big dog on the side also added: "And after this version of the altar is cut, IG's disadvantage is not as fierce as before, and their pace is much slower than before." ”

The changes to the mid and disadvantaged lanes in the new version can be said to hit the key point of IG, especially the restraint of the XXS point.

The machine gunner in the middle lane can't be beaten, but he can still be a competent tool man as before. But once the duo of XXS and boboka doesn't keep their online advantage, IG's situation becomes quite difficult.

It can even be said that the rhythm of the new version of IG is very similar to OG, and they are often forced to switch to a four-to-one style of play when they are pressed in the middle and the inferior road is not effective.

If Burning were seven or eight years younger, he might still be able to shoulder this responsibility, but now Burning has long passed his prime, and his current strength is worthy of being first-class, far from reaching the top level, and he can't be relied on at all when talking to the strong.

In fact, this is also the reason for the sudden recovery of the state of the universe. The team positioning of universe in EG is basically the key team battle heroes in the middle and late stages, such as DS, Tidal, and Centaurs. These heroes generally have a common drawback, which is that the online suppression is not strong enough.

Universe is a veteran who has come all the way from the version of the disadvantaged road that only dares to mix experience, and compared with the new generation of No. 3 players, he is obviously not very comfortable with the disadvantaged road environment after the 7.00 version, and often has a mentality of "just be pressed too much", and get by online, completely deviating from the original intention of the disadvantage road altar.

However, when the altar was set up for an initial CD of 5 minutes, the rhythm of the new version of the disadvantage road gradually tended to be before the 7.00 version, so the universe was able to rejuvenate itself.

If passion beats IG, EG will be their opponent in the semi-finals. However, the task at hand is naturally to prepare for the imminent first round of elimination.

Compared with passion, IG must be an outsider, and Kyung Joon is naturally thinking of supporting his family: "Stabilize the advantageous lane, try to choose strong heroes on the line in the middle lane, even if it is a regular lineup, they can't win just by comparing rhythm control and team cooperation." ”

"Hmm!" Jumping Knife also had enough confidence in their strength, and suddenly laughed after nodding his head, "Actually, you don't have to think about EG, we have studied it for the past two days, and I feel that as long as we can reach the top four, the task will be completed." ”

"Mission?" Jing Zhun was slightly stunned, and then reacted, "TI direct invitation? ”

"That's right, we have a runner-up in the Asian Invitational Tournament and a semi-finalist in the Epicenter Cup, which may not have been possible before, but this year it will definitely be enough."

While saying this, the big dog couldn't help but look at Jing Zhun and Super with strange eyes: "You all won the championship of the competition, and the rest of the direct invitations will be selected from a bunch of 234." Your early invitation will definitely not occupy the quota in the competition area, and there should be two more in China this year. ”

These two teams are not difficult to guess, and Kyung Joon directly gave the answer: "You and IG? ”

"Yes, IG is almost open, so there's an advantage to touching them." Big Dog's expression was a little relaxed, "The Epicenter Cup prize money is not much, isn't the team here this time just for TI." IG probably knows that he has a place, and it is quite a problem to play them after the group stage, so now IG is no longer in this game. ”

After all, Kyung Joon doesn't have such a lot of professional experience as Big Dog, and this is the first time I've heard this statement, and if you think about it, it does make sense, and Serenity's pre-Kyiv Major meeting actually had similar considerations.

Everything is developing in the direction of passion, Jing Zhun couldn't help but smile and said, "Then you have no reason to lose, I will congratulate you in advance on getting the direct invitation!" ”

The big dog bared his teeth in a daze: "Don't worry! Definitely take it! ”

(End of chapter)