May 8 and 9.

The final two rounds of the screening round were launched.

Vietnam EVS played against the Lightning Wolf FW, who was lowered by half a gear due to poor results in the World Championship and needed to go through a round of BO5 selection.

Turkish SUP vs. PGM...... That is, the renamed RPG.

The big brother of Vietnam fought fiercely.

Worthy of the title of bandit.

However, as a matter of fact, as a former wild card region, even though the strength of Vietnamese players has increased a lot in recent years, there is still a relatively obvious gap compared with the five major leagues.

I was sent back by FW with a 3-1 record.

Turkish SUP and Little Day PGM are gods in the true sense of the word...... Menstrual illness fights.

Because the mid-laner and auxiliary of these two teams are Korean aid.

Top laner, jungler, and AD are locals.

In the game, the Korean aid mid laner was crazy Carry, and the Korean aid assisted to compete for the field of vision.

Fancy head-sending operations were carried out in other locations.

Squatting in the eyes?

That's all pediatrics!

In full view of everyone, Xiao Ri Jungler demonstrated the fairy behavior of scanning shopping and turning a blind eye to two eye positions in the grass, allowing the audience to relive the classic picture that e-sports does not require vision.

But the Turkish player played even more outrageously, with three big mouths in the AD position, and almost every wave of team battles played explosive output.

Ultimately.

PGM lifted the Turkish SUP with a score of 3-2 to get the last ticket to the group stage.

May 11th.

The group stage has officially begun.

Compared to the S-series, the rules of the MSI Mid-Season Championship are simple and crude.

Six teams will play a double round-robin in the same group, and the top four teams will advance.

The difference from the previous one is that this year there is a 'la carte' link.

The specific rule is that the first team in the group can choose one of the third and fourth opponents as the opponent in the knockout round.

The second team in the group will not be scored, but it can only play against the team that is left by the first pick, and the difficulty and risk will be relatively higher.

The two stronger teams clearly want to fight for this privilege.

The two weaker teams need to perform well to avoid being hit by the team that ranks first.

This rule, to a large extent, avoids the occasional bad behavior that occurred in previous MSIs, and makes the intensity of the game improve to a certain extent.

5 p.m.

An aerial view of Berlin is shown on the big screen.

It quickly transitioned to a promotional video with contestants and wonderful shots.

Among them, there is the LPL champion EDG, who has been upgraded from the Phantom God of the Civil War to the Phantom God of the World Competition.

There was a sudden rise last summer, but unfortunately it was a failure, and this year it is again for honor to fight for the LCK champion KZ.

The gold content of winning the championship has been questioned, and the champion FNC is looking forward to proving its strength.

There has been silence for a long time and wants to be a blockbuster champion TL.

There is the anti-Han Qixia LMS champion FW.

And also...... The absolute overlord of the island of Little Days, LJL Champion PGM.

The short film, which blends together several images of all the teams winning the championship in the region, feels a bit shoddy no matter how you look at it.

Fortunately, as the official LCS studio, the interior is not bad.

LCD monitors for information are hung on the walls of the venue, giant sculptures of Baron Nash are placed on the edge of the stage, and an exhibition wall of various figures, medals, uniforms and peripherals for star players has restored the impression a lot.

"Good afternoon, fellow summoners!"

"Welcome to the 2018 MSI Mid-Season Championship, I'm Wang Duoduo!"

"I'm Kris!"

On the Chinese commentary desk, Wang Duoduo, who has deep line skills, appeared in front of the camera with a newcomer.

"We're broadcasting it live for you at the LCS studio in Berlin, today is the first day of the group stage, and EDG has two games to play."

"The first game is the opening game against FNC."

"The second game is at 10 p.m. against PGM from LJL."

Wang Duoduo didn't even need to look at the inscription card, so he memorized this set very fluently: "I think these two games are worth watching, FNC represents the highest level in Europe, and LJL has the strength of the top four in Asia." ”

"God's Top Four Asian ......"

"LPL, LLK, LMS plus small days, just these four divisions."

"That's the MSI only champions, and when you see the intercontinental competition, there are more teams that can hammer them."

"Quick Knowledge: LJL does not belong to the Asian Division, and it is going to play the Pacific Rim."

"Damn, that's boring!"

"Cherish it, this may be the last time you will see a little day this year."

The barrage brushed through layer by layer.

On the main stage.

With the introduction of the host, the contestants walked out of the prismatic passage one by one, waved to the audience, and entered the allocated seats.

FNC is at home and the first game starts from the blue side.

The ban on Sword Girl, Sword Demon, and Orn gave Xing Dao enough respect.

EDG's handling is simple and straightforward, banning Sindra and Cassadine, two mid-laners strengthened by version 8.9, and the last spot is Zoe who has been used the most times by holding Caps Spring.

"Forbidden Single?"

"It doesn't make a difference to Caps!"

At the English commentary desk, Vedius was very confident: "Compared to those players who can tell how deep the hero pool is with three or five heroes, Caps is truly unfathomable. ”

"There were 13 heroes used in the Spring Tournament Caps, and 9 of them had a 100% win rate."

"There are four left, and the win rate is 50%, 66.7%, 75%, and 75% respectively."

"It's unrealistic to want to limit Caps by Ban people!"

"But Sindra, Cassadine, and Zoe are really heroes who are relatively difficult to deal with." Maomao's view is relatively neutral: "There is an interesting thing now, that is, FNC released General's Yasuo. ”

As soon as the words fell.

Exclamations rang out in the audience.

The reason is ...... The first floor of the FNC did not hesitate to snatch Yasuo down.

“Oh！”

"Caps want Yasuo?!"

"It's too risky......"

"It's right to take risks when playing a strong team like EDG, and if you don't have the courage, you have absolutely no chance to win."

"Believe in Caps, believe in FNC."

“……”

The European crowd at home was discussing.

FNC's follow-up selection is also very hard, the top laner position is Sain, the jungler troll, and the bottom lane Varus + Bron, which is both strong enough and has enough control.

After some deliberation, EDG gave up the idea of letting the posture take the robbery.

After all, the posture in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, may not be able to do today's Caps, to the stage of the old do not take the muscles and bones as the ability, it is definitely not a shame to avoid the edge for the time being.

In the end, the lineup is the top laner small fishman, the jungler scorpion, the mid laner crow, and the bottom lane Kasha Tamu combination.

Maokai walked to the center of the field, shook hands with the FNC coach, and the monitor in front of the player jumped to the loading screen.

Soon, ten heroes entered the Summoner's Rift.

At 1 minute 05 seconds, the whole army attacked.

When the minions came to the forefront, wielding swords, shields, and staffs to fight each other, an expected picture appeared.

- The little fishman who is positioned as a top laner, with the talent of electrocution and the skills of flashing + igniting two summoners, came to the middle lane with a trident, and looked at Yasuo of Caps from afar!