"Management is starting again, right? Seventeen consecutive wins in the regular season of the Summer Season, and you can't sit as the starter of your team? /smile"

"What kind of moth is this Su Xiaoluo doing every day, he played well in the regular season in the summer season, why is he not a starter in the playoffs?"

"To be honest, it may be that some handsomes need to study opponents, so you have to calm down and get tired of this set of rhetoric, can you change some reasons?"

"If you don't start in the regular season, you can start in the playoffs, the originally stable five-person group has to be dismantled, SXL is really damned!"

The IG fans who saw the starting list instantly caused a sensation.

Mainly scolded under Weibo's official blog and super talk.

Most people scolded Su Xiaoluo, after all, he was the management, and a small number of sane people thought that it was handsome who took the initiative to ask for it.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.

For two consecutive seasons, players who have won four FMVPs, and the club is for them to be treasures, how can there be a conflict of interest?

Moreover, the state of the handsome in the regular season is clearly visible to everyone.

If it's because of a state problem, that's acceptable.

The club is unreasonable, and let Liu Shuai step down when he is in good condition and has no conflict of interest.

Therefore, everyone is more inclined to speculate that Liu Shuai took the initiative to ask for a substitute.

The uproar quickly subsided.

And the impressive playoffs are finally here.

Teams from Group A to the playoffs: IG, RW, JDG, SN.

Group B: ROP, FPX.

The playoff format is the same as before, with two groups of AB competing to determine the final champion.

The format is BO5.

The first round of the playoffs, September 5th, TOP Sno.

These two teams are of equal strength.

It's all at playoff level.

On the top side, the lineup is basically fixed.

In a very dramatic scene, SN came late for the game that day, which led to a small game penalty from the referee team.

On the SN side, the first two games were steady and steady, and a lineup that was biased towards the early stage was selected, relying on the wolf line on the upper road, and the jungler Hacker Ultraman, in the case of a strong attack, quickly won two games.

The start was 2-1, which had a great impact on the TOP situation.

There are even a lot of viewers who ridicule TOP, white prostitutes can't win a game, hurry up and go home to farm!

However, TOP started in the third game and seemed to wake up.

chose a very offensive lineup, Moyu's top lane Keli, and the middle lane corn's knife sister, the two went crazy Kerry game, pulled back a game, and let the score come to 2-2!

There is no change in the lineup in the last game, but the combination of crow + Shen in the lower lane makes it difficult for SN to deal with.

Especially in the early stage, the SN is very disadvantaged.

caused the SN game to explode, and finally TOP won this point and defeated SN 3-2.

This playoffs, the 8.16 version was used, which was one earlier than the LCK, and the 8.19 version was used in the World Series.

In other words, there is a difference of three versions between the playoffs and the worlds.

At this time, it depends on a team's ability to adjust.

The more adaptable you are, the more you can take root in the Worlds.

Version 8.16 doesn't change much.

But there are some heroes that still need to be taken care of, such as Sword Demon.

Since the revision of the Sword Demon, that weakening has really been one after another.

And after the weakening, the intensity is still there, and a new round of weakening is necessary.

This time, it was a big cut, and it was a hard slash.

Reduced passive healing from e[Shadow Rush] attacks on creeps from 33% to 15%, and the number of sprints from 2 to 1.

Ultimate [Destruction] cooldown reduced from 140/130/120 to 160/140/120.

From the current point of view, the cut is indeed serious enough.

But Liu Shuai, as a traverser, can only be described in four words: far from enough.

You must know that in the future Sword Demon, the number of sprints will be directly canceled for charging.

And now it can be charged, which means that the strength of this hero is still there.

In addition to this, some mid-laner mages are nerfed.

Clockwork's base magic resistance has been reduced from 30 to 24, making Clockwork too safe in the Pro League.

Especially in the face of mage-type heroes, both damage and survivability can be full.

And this time, the change can be regarded as weakening the strength of Clockwork against mage-type heroes.

On the Sparrow's side, movement speed is reduced by 5, and the Rock Sparrow changes from 12 seconds at all levels to 16/15/14/13/12 seconds.

The ultimate no longer provides vision, increasing the risk of rushing.

Zuo Yin's overall passivity is weakened, and W's Fa Qiang's income is reduced.

In terms of junglers, the Troll's base damage and Q skill buff have been reduced.

Riot's reasoning was that the troll's heads-up potential in the jungle was too high, even if he didn't have any damage gear.

This round was weakened, which made some old faces disappear from the professional league very quickly.

In addition to this, Riot has a separate column for some of the heroes that have been strengthened.

The name is Tank.

For example, Leona, Amumu, Sein, Ramos, Titan, and Tam have received a major boost.

Riot text makes it clear that the purpose of strengthening tanks is to improve the status quo of AD support.

The implication is that it is aimed at you handsome.

Originally, Riot didn't want to target Liu Shuai, but now the down-lane environment is getting worse and worse from AD assistance.

They had to make changes in that regard.

……

September 6th, 3:30 p.m.

The second BO5 of the first round of the playoffs, JDG vs. FPX!

After the adjustment and cooperation of the regular season, the strength of the JDG team continues to improve.

FPX still hasn't found the right direction.

The final result of this match was no exception, JDG defeated FPX 3-0 and successfully advanced to the next round.

On September 7th, RW vs. TOP!

The difference in strength between these two teams is quite obvious.

RW's Nakano is not to mention, the cooperation between SMLZ and Baolan on the lower road is becoming more and more exquisite, and Qiuqiu and CAT can't withstand the pressure at all.

TOP only had the second game, and with the cooperation of Nakakamino, he barely won a small game of RW.

Then it was swept by RW.

RW defeated TOP 3-1 to advance to the next round.

On the other side, there was an upset.

Everyone thought that EDG would easily crush JDG and advance to the semi-finals.

But what I didn't expect was that EDG was won by JDG 3-1 instead.

And in this game, the most depressed thing is not EDG fans, but thinks that EDG is their opponent's IG......

Liu Shuai looked at the result of the game and rolled his eyes.

Then open your WeChat, find the field, and send a question mark.

Tian Ye replied to the news quickly, and also gave him a question mark.

Then Tian Ye said: "You shouldn't have watched us lose the game and come to have fun, right?" Dude doesn't have that kind of work. ”

Liu Shuai continued to deduct a question mark, and then said: "Big brother, I've been studying you since the playoffs, and then you lost to JDG?" ”

Tian Ye's mentality is okay, and when he heard Liu Shuai say this, he even laughed out loud: "Are you a cheap person who has sprouted bones?" ”

"Hahaha just kidding, come on for the bubble race!" Liu Shuai made a haha expression.

After EDG's loss to JDG, they had to qualify for Worlds through the Bubble Tournament.

Unless RNG also loses to RW, EDG can still advance as the second seed by virtue of the points ranking.

September 9th, 3:30 p.m.

Game 1 B vs. RW in the third round of the playoffs.

These two teams can be said to be a relatively high-level matchup in the summer LPL.

Both sides have top players, as well as characters who sacrifice for the team.

And the style is similar.

The game was a very anxious one.

However, the toughness of RNG is significantly more sufficient.

After losing the first game of BO5, he adjusted his state and playing style in time and quickly seized the loophole of RW.

In the end, RNG defeated RW 3-1 and advanced to the finals in advance.

It also became the first LPL team to determine the seeding for the 2018 World Finals.

Whether you lose or win in the final, you will eventually advance.

……

The playoffs lasted 6 days and the IG game finally arrived.

Although there are also many fans of Haheshy and Rookie, the attention of this game is still enough.

IG vs. JDG.

In the first game of BO5, IG selected a lineup that fits well with the current version.

Top lane theshy Sword Demon, jungler Ning Zach, mid laner Rookie Jace, bottom lane Jack Kaisha, support Killua Bron.

This lineup, the rhythm of the main upper midfield, and then the steady development of the lower lane, waiting for the late Kerry.

On the JDG side, the top lane zoom Urgat, the jungler CLID Pig Girl, the middle lane Yagao Ruiz, the bottom lane Loken Wayne, and the support LVMAO Tam.

In this game, Loken seems to have been punished by God and took something he shouldn't have taken.

As a result, they quickly collapsed in the lower lane.

It's also hard to withstand the pressure on zoom.

The toothpaste in the middle lane and the jungler clid have just begun to cooperate, and the upper and lower lanes are already facing collapse.

In the early 20 minutes, IG scored 19-1, abusing and killing JDG!

Seeing this, the skewers grinned.

"It seems that IG is the same with or without handsome, whoever has this kind of upper middle field can kill indiscriminately, and I can do it too."

"I think it's pretty good, handsome isn't there, and the atmosphere of IG feels more harmonious."

"The cooperation between Killua and Ah Shui is also very smooth, blowing handsome every day, but if you don't play, IG will win casually."

"Sell the handsome, keep the money for the middle and upper thighs contract, there is really no need to keep the handsome."

After the first game of BO5, various string remarks appeared under the IG official blog.

However, it's a good thing to win the game.

True fans didn't say much.

Of course, handsome's personal fans are definitely not used to them, and they directly started the revenge mode.

……

At the beginning of the second game of BO5, JDG's adjustment ability in this game was very good, and Loken, who played badly in the first game, suddenly woke up.

In the steady bottom lane and Nakano's rhythmic ability, I gradually got back on track.

Moreover, Zoom on the road saw theshy holding a sword demon and directly chose Birdman.

In the past, they were all cowardly, and they felt that they couldn't beat them, so they just coaxed them to eat soldiers under the tower, and Zoom was the first player to challenge the hero Kante.

But I have to say that the effect is really good.

In the early stage, CLID has also been helping to catch the road, and soon got the advantage.

In this game, JDG successfully pulled back a game with a huge advantage.

The score came to 1-1.

In the third game of BO5, JDG chose a lineup similar to the first game, and IG obviously wanted to speed up and take out the middle field of Qinggang Shadow + Zuo Yin.

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IG's rhythm in the early stage was very smooth, using the green steel shadow to quickly roll a snowball, and then Nakakamino instantly took the advantage and pushed the game flat.

In the end, he won the game with a score of 22-10 and won the match point game.

In the fourth game of BO5, after the BP of the first three rounds, JDG decided to target Theshy's hero pool and get rid of the hero of Sword Demon.

And with no top orders available, Theshy gets Orn, and Zoom gets Sain.

This game is the most comfortable game to play on zoom.

However, the overall rhythm of IG is much smoother than that of JDG.

JDG got the early lineup of Blind Monk + Zuo Yin, and wanted to play a fast-paced early stage with IG.

But the IG of this time period is not flustered at all.

After several waves of JDG rhythm fruitless, it was smoothly dragged to the later stage.

IG was thrilled and won the fourth game.

In the end, he defeated JDG 3-1 and successfully advanced to the LPL Summer Finals!

After this BO5, Killua's performance is remarkable.

Although I can't say where there are bright spots, at least I don't pull across.

The lane on the lower road can also get Xiaoyu stably.

This kind of game is actually enough for the IG team.

And after this game, some comments about the auxiliary handsome and Killua exploded from the Internet.

"I feel that the current IG is more stable, as long as you don't send it on the next road, this game will win steadily, with a contract of 200 million, it's a waste of money!" Said vaguely.

"Handsome is actually very vegetable, he has been using some seemingly novel routines, in fact, it is to cover up his true strength, I have met him in the rank, the dish is outrageous!"

"I think it's the same, handsome hurry up, IG is now steadily entering the world championship with this configuration, IG doesn't need handsome thank you."

After IG won this BO5, the barrage of disgust with handsome seemed to suddenly increase overnight.

Moreover, this kind of remarks is not to spray handsome, but to guide fans on both sides to fight infighting under this rhythm.

They are kind of sheep-clad in the sheep's clothing of ig, and go to the sheep of handsome.

As he spoke, the rhythm came up.

However, for IG internally, there is not so much intrigue.

The club won the game and everyone was happy.

In fact, there is no such thing as a starter who wins on the field and a substitute crying off the stage.

Moreover, Liu Shuai is quite relieved to see Killua's growth.

After all, he used to be a starter in RW, and after coming to IG, he was a substitute for almost a year.

This playoffs can be regarded as a stage for Liu Shuai to shine on him.

If he can take this opportunity to find a good team next year, it can be regarded as a kind of compensation for him.

……

The semi-finals are over, and the two teams in the finals, RNG and IG, will be played at 3pm on September 14th.

Before the game, both teams released their starting line-ups as usual.

RME, jungler karsa, mid lane xiaohu, bottom lane uzi, support ming.

IG top lane theshy, jungler ning, middle lane rookie, bottom lane jackeylove, support killua.

Handsome's fans saw that the support was Killua again, and they couldn't sit still after all.

The semi-finals did not play, in the eyes of fans, it was a chance for newcomers to experience.

After all, handsome can play to the bottom.

But in the finals, in the face of a ruthless character like RNG, Handsome has not yet started, which is a bit telling.

If you want to say that the last time Killua started, many fans didn't particularly care, but it was not a starter in the finals, and the IG official blog completely fell!

……

IG lounge.

Su Xiaoluo walked up to Liu Shuai with a pot of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Ah Shuai, we said okay, let Killua play the first game, and then you play the second game regardless of whether you win or lose." ”

Liu Shuai looked confused: "Brother Luo, when will we say yes?" ”

Su Xiaoluo's voice became quieter, and he leaned in front of Liu Shuai, and continued: "Ah Shuai, the pressure of public opinion from the outside world is too great, there are many fans who threaten me on Weibo, although I am not afraid of their verbal warnings, but you also have to play, after all, this is the final." ”

Liu Shuai nodded silently, and then sighed: "Recently, I have played less training matches, and if I can't be the best, I won't be the best, if Killua can win, he will be the best." ”

Su Xiaoluo said: "I may be worried that other people don't participate in the training match, but if you say, I definitely won't be worried." ”

"That'...... All right! Liu Shuai agreed.