On the evening of May 5, Berlin time, Germany.

Chen Dongqing rubbed his sleepy eyes, got down the gangway, and stepped on the land of Brandenburg International Airport in Berlin, Germany.

MSI's group stage will begin at LCS Studios in Berlin, Germany.

When it comes to the knockout stage, everyone goes to the Zenith Stadium in Paris.

Taking a small venue that can only accommodate 200 spectators to play the group stage can only say that European Fist is really a bit picky.

But fortunately, the main broadcast channel of e-sports competitions is still the Internet, and as long as the live webcast is still there, the popularity of the game will not be small.

Chen Dongqing thought about it as he walked along the line to the airport hall, but unexpectedly, he was welcomed by countless people!

Countless fans crowded the pick-up hall, shouting "ilex" ID on the side!

Chen Dongqing was a little surprised now.

He's never been treated like this when he's played abroad before!

What's the situation, is this Berlin on Wuhan Line 4?

Chen Dongqing looked up and saw that most of them were natives of Berlin.

And the most annoying thing is that the audience in the audience is not shouting "QG", nor is there the ID of other team members shouting QG, they are all shouting ilex!

The surrounding teammates looked at the pick-up crowd next to them, and they were also secretly helpless.

Although they are all people who win the championship together in the same team, Chen Dongqing's current popularity level is no longer at the same level as them, even Uzi is far behind.

Obviously, since Chen Dongqing was officially crowned the first person in history for the second consecutive FMVP, and by the way, he also won an interstellar championship, and his prestige in the world e-sports circle has risen again.

The whole world likes this "unprofessional" e-sports player, and even the whole world is looking forward to what kind of hard work this person can do!

If you let a passer-by who doesn't know see it, you think it's a big star who is back.

At this time, in the crowd, there were still a small number of international students, who saw Chen Dongqing and shouted excitedly in Chinese: "Brother Shu, is the MSI triple crown problem big?" ”

Chen Dongqing smiled: "Just have hands!" ”

Chen Dongqing is still the same as always, he was crazier than anyone else before the game started, but he was still humble after winning the game, just this kind of temperament, in fact, it is the favorite one of European and American audiences.

Chen Dongqing began to be a group photo tool, gave a thumbs up, and took turns taking a photo with a large number of fans at the scene, and then finally stepped on the bus with the team.

Sitting in the car, I took out my phone and looked at the schedule.

Before the group stage, there is also a play-in stage.

In addition to the four major regions, the remaining sub-regions and the No. 1 seed in the wild card are battling back and forth in the play-in tournament for the final two group stage spots.

Of course, the wild card teams are also divided into high and low, Chen Dongqing took a general look at the score, and found that the dominance of the bending team and the Vietnamese team in the play-in round is similar to the dominance of QG in the main match, and qualifying is obviously not a problem.

Chen Dongqing took the opportunity to click on the post again, and looked at the discussion of the bar friends about today's play-in competition.

[Vietnam's dominance is still strong, and there is really a hand in playing wild cards]

[It doesn't matter, what's the use of abusing vegetables, every time I meet the Chinese and Korean teams, I will do my filial piety, and even the lightning wolf is not as good]

[Indeed, no one really loses to Vietnam, right? 】

[Why don't you talk about next week's group stage?] How do you rate FNC's opener against QG? 】

[It can only be said that European Riot really has an opinion on FNC, how can the host team directly play the defending champion on the first day?] How ugly is this loss? 】

[Is this the end of eliminating G2?] 】

Chen Dongqing looked at the post, and the corners of his mouth were also smiling.

I have to say that this schedule is really abstract.

Even if the LPL organizes its own competition, it is impossible for Tengjing to arrange a showdown between China and South Korea on the first day, right? Even if the win rate is really high, there is always the possibility of overturning, which is not good-looking.

A suicidal schedule like FNC is a bit abstract.

But for QG, of course, it's also a good thing.

The bus slowly drove into the hotel parking lot, and Chen Dongqing got off the bus with his backpack on his back and took a look at the sunset gradually setting in the sky.

In fact, Chen Dongqing was already very sleepy, but in order to put the jet lag in place, he didn't go to sleep directly, but went to eat first, and then arranged everything like the training room, and stayed up until nine o'clock in the evening, when he finally washed up and fell asleep on the bed in seconds.

May 6th.

The MSI Play-In Stage finally came to an end today.

In the final play-in round, there is no doubt that the Vietnamese team EVS and the bend team FW have all advanced and successfully met the group stage of the four major regions.

This is indeed a division, after all, in the first two years of MSI, the group stage has always been played in these six regions, and other wild cards have been blocked by Vietnam and have never entered.

At the same time, QG finally began the formal training of MSI.

"It's the same as before, let's familiarize ourselves with this version before training begins." Banbazi plugged the USB flash drive into his computer and cut out the PPT on the projector.

"The playoffs use version 8.8, which is two versions ahead of 8.6 in the playoffs, but there aren't many updates, so it can be finished quickly."

Banbazi said as he flipped the page down the PPT.

The first thing that catches your eye is an important update.

Kai'Sa, the Daughter of the Void, has received an epic and huge boost!

The attack distance is increased by 25 yards, the passive value is increased, the Q value is increased, and although the W value is slashed, because the passive value is increased, W is not weakened, but enhanced!

E and R are no exception, both with increased values!

In fact, in the previous version, with the increase in the proficiency of Kai'Sa players, the proficiency of this hero has been gradually approaching 50%, indicating that the strength of this hero is not lagging behind, and it is a qualified hero.

But the designers didn't seem to realize this situation, and they were determined to send Kai'Sa to the arena, so they waved their hands and turned Kai'Sa directly from a small tablet to an S-class body, adding a lap from top to bottom!

There is no doubt that the road down is going to change.

"But fortunately, we have practiced a lot of Kaisha's hero, and we have also prepared supporting tactics in advance." Banbazi laughed: "In terms of the adaptability of this hero, we should be ahead of the curve. ”

Uzi listened to this and nodded excitedly.

He'd been waiting too long for Kaisha's update.

When MSI starts, he's going to make the other teams feel the pain!

Banbazi continued to turn the page and explained, "On top of that, there's a huge update, and it's the Enchantress's callback. ”

The Enchantress was redone during the S7 preseason and the Assassins' collective overhaul.

The Enchantress lost the Assassin's Soul during the rework, and the burst was slow, but the damage was higher, and WQ's lane pushing ability was added.

But later, the designer thought that the Enchantress was too strong in pushing the line, so he slashed the damage of W with a single sword, and cut the Enchantress into the cold palace.

And now, the designer has changed his mind and directly redone the appearance of the S6 for the enchantress.

Passive clone, ultimate copy the last time you released a small skill.

Although it had been expected for a long time, even Chen Dongqing couldn't help but marvel when he saw this change.

Turtle turtle, the designer is so easy to do this job, you can get two wages by jumping repeatedly!

Of course, because this is a newly reworked hero, it is temporarily impossible to log in to the international arena, so as not to be out of control.

Then came a number of other updates.

There are not many appearances, but the knife girl who is calling the wind and rain in the LPL has been slashed, the armor has been reduced by three points, the CD in the early stage of the ultimate has increased, and the CD has decreased in the later stage.

Obviously, this is to weaken the knife girl's alignment.

In fact, this version of the knife girl's laning ability is not strong, mainly because it is strong in a small group of one or two sets and the invincible 1V1 heads-up ability.

But it may have been misled by Chen Dongqing's indiscriminate killing, which caused the designer to give this hero a knife to the line.

Obviously, after Qinggangying, another hero who was persecuted by Chen Dongqing appeared.

Chen Dongqing secretly mourned in his heart.

Qinggang Shadow was cut down, Ruiwen Sword Ji designer didn't dare to move at all, and now the knife sister is rare to redo, and he was played with the knife again.

Almost single-handedly, he suppressed the entire system of lightly armed warriors.

I'm guilty.

"Of course." Banbazi continued, "Although the knife girl has been weakened, I think this hero still has a high selection value! ”

"Because this hero only weakens the armor, this is to weaken the strength of the knife sister on the road, and if you fight against the mage in the middle lane, the dominance of the knife sister is still the same, so Li Yuanhao must practice during this time, and he must take it out in the group stage."

Xiaohu heard this and nodded, "Well, Sister Dao I'm already sure, I'll try it in the training competition, there should be no problem." ”

Banbazi nodded: "That's good." ”

In the QG team, you never need to worry about the hero pool, even if some players have heroes that they are not good at, but the sense of responsibility as the No. 1 club in history is on your shoulders, which will force you to train heroes, just so as not to lag behind.

That's the kind of pressure that drives the players forward.

Finally, there is the update of Verus.

Verus' passive attack speed bonus has been reduced, and W's base bonus damage has been reduced.

But to compensate, Verus adds an active effect of W, which can add a slash effect to the next Q.

Uzi nodded with satisfaction when he saw this update.

Verus, a hero, lacks control and displacement, and doesn't even accelerate, and is a classic hero who can be pressed but not killed.

Now W has added a slash effect, which can be regarded as adding a touch of initiative to Verus.

"As for the equipment, there's a small change worth noting." Banbazi concluded, "The scanning lens has been removed, and now you can buy the Oracle Modification directly at the first level. ”

Scans prior to version 8.8 were only able to scan one target area.

If you want the scan to follow the person, you have to upgrade to level 9 to change.

But now it's different, the first level can have an oracle transformation that follows people.

So in this version, the jungler can start the game and then go back to the city to change the scan, enhancing the first-level GINK ability.

"Other than that, there aren't many updates." Banbazi shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Personally, I think there are only a few that have an impact on the game, if there are any other notable updates, you can mention them yourself." If not, then dismiss and get ready for the afternoon training session! ”

Chen Dongqing was not interested, and dragged the chair back to his computer.

This version change has almost no impact on the road.

In this version of the road, there are still tank orders led by Orn's big bugs, mages led by the vampire Rambo, and of course, light warriors like Sword Ji Qinggang Shadow are indispensable.

Then under the leadership of Chen Dongqing, this version also has a series of money-stealing orders such as Victor's list and the captain's order, which can be called a hundred flowers.

In this environment of a hundred flowers, a series of restraint chains such as warriors and tanks, money-stealing warriors, mages stealing money, and tank mages have been born.

In this complex environment, if you want to be a good top laner, you must master an extremely large hero pool, otherwise, you will only be restrained to death by the infinite backhand counter.

And Chen Dongqing, as the initiator of this complex environment, of course, he has eaten the biggest dividend - as long as he chooses the red side, he can choose all kinds of heroes to blow up the opposite side!

It doesn't matter if it's the blue side, even if Chen Dongqing chooses the top list first, it is difficult for the opposite side to have the confidence to compete with him, and it is usually the Peace Development Bureau.

In the training match, the only one who dared to show his sword against Chen Dongqing on the red side was Khan of KZ, and even brought a little trouble to Chen Dongqing for a while.

But it's just a little trouble.

Chen Dongqing will not win the championship and be invincible like in e-sports, and he will encounter all kinds of troubles and difficulties as a result.

Inexistent.

With the blessing of 99 points of operation and 99 points of reaction, he may trip a little, but he will definitely not fall to the ground.

Khan was like Iron Man conjuring a big fist and slamming it into Thanos' face with all his strength - it took a long time to break a little skin.

And Chen Dongqing broke the blade of Iron Man and stabbed him with a backhand

Even the strongest challenger, KZ, is just a one-move defeat in the hands of QG.

And Xiaohu also played quite comfortably in the training match, without any pressure at all.

Turtle and turtle, the intensity of this world championship is really not as good as LPL?

Who is he playing against in the LPL?

Rookie！ Scout！ Doinb！

These mid-laners all have their own strengths, and Xiaohu has to deal with different strategies for different mid-laners, and they are often sweating profusely after a game.

But what about this MSI?

Maple？ BDD？

I can only say that there is, funny.

Looking at the past, only one Caps can be called a strong midlaner, but according to Xiaohu's own feelings, Caps is not as strong as Rookie and Doinb.

Before, when Chen Dongqing said that the competition in the World Championship was not as good as LPL, Xiaohu thought that his eldest brother was bragging.

I didn't expect it, it's really not as good?

So the Worlds is so simple?

Xiaohu finished the training match in a few days, and his confidence doubled!

Our LPL is so spicy!

"Give me the whole knife girl tomorrow!" Xiaohu shouted heroically: "I'll definitely do it for Xiaohao tomorrow!" ”

Hearing Xiaohu shouting Caps "little hat", Chen Dongqing couldn't help but shake his head.

I don't know who will do it tomorrow.

Time flew by, and soon it was May 11th.

Chen Dongqing sat backstage in the LCS Berlin studio, looking at the surrounding environment, slightly disgusted: "Is this still an MSI venue?" It's too picky, isn't it? It's not as big as our home field! ”

Linko smiled: "No way, Europe is so big, Sister Li." ”

"But whether to say it or not, although there are not many people underneath, the enthusiasm of the audience is still quite exaggerated." Uzi chewed gum on the side and said, "When I just went up to install the keyboard, the audience was loud! ”

Chen Dongqing quipped: "But it's a pity, it's their home team that we'll play later, so let's see how the audience boos you." ”

At this time, a staff member came and knocked on the door of QG's lounge, and everyone looked at each other, quickly stood up, and walked towards the stage.

On the stage at this time, a ten-second countdown before the opening ceremony was underway.

Although there were only more than 200 people in the audience, the Germans in the audience were extraordinarily enthusiastic, and everyone shouted the countdown in unison.

As the countdown came to 1, the moment the fist logo appeared, the two hundred people in the audience were stunned to create a majestic sound in this small venue, as if they were dreaming back to 1940.

The European bearded host at the scene also held the microphone high and shouted in a neutral voice: "Okay, let's welcome the 2016 Mid-Season Championship Champion and the 2017 Mid-Season Championship Champion!" QiaoGu！ ”

The cheers from the audience suddenly reached a higher level!

The dome spotlight suddenly shone on the entrance of the passage, and everyone saw the QG players put on solemn expressions and slowly walked onto the stage.

Chen Dongqing, the leader, solemnly held a trophy with both hands and slowly placed it on the high platform in the center of the stage.

The spotlight immediately shifted from Chen Dongqing's side to the trophy, shining brightly on the golden trophy that had just been wiped.

After the trophy was returned, the QG crowd was about to have to play, so they stood on stage and watched as the host invited the other team from the opener, FNC, to the stage.

Seeing their home team on stage, the European audience was naturally the first to cheer.

But I have to say that this call is not much different from the call of QG when it took the stage before.

Chen Dongqing was standing in the team at this time, looking at the audience, still a little surprised.

Chen Dongqing had already felt their popularity in Berlin when the plane landed, but he still didn't expect that their popularity could be compared to the home team.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.

In that case, he would be embarrassed to make a heavy hand.

What if the wait will be too ruthless and beat the fans away?

Chen Dongqing put on his headphones after sitting down, and said, "Brothers, do you want to give the home team a little face?" How about choosing a late-stage lineup to play slowly? Don't abuse them too badly. ”

"Yes!" Uzi likes to play in the late stage, and he said with a smile: "Keep the next road to play, I'll pack C in the later stage!" ”

"Huh?" Xiaohu is in trouble now, "I still want to choose the knife girl, this hero can't play in the late stage." ”

"What's the hurry?" Chen Dongqing smiled: "Do you have to face Caps to choose a knife girl?" You won't wait until you fight the Lightning Wolves? Persimmon to pick soft pinch, do not understand. ”

Xiaohu felt that it made sense when he heard it, so he simply agreed to the idea of playing in the later stage.

Of course, he doesn't have much decision power as the fifth oldest member of the team

What decision to implement, it has to be decided by the two big brothers in the team.

Banbazi listened to the communication between the team members, quietly flipped the page of the notebook in his hand, and invalidated all the BP deductions he had done before

The referee at the back came over to confirm the status of both players, and after confirming that it was correct, the first game of MSI began quickly!

On the LPL commentary seat, the Doll Miller and the two listened to the news from the headphones, and they were also in good spirits!

"Okay, the first BP has begun!" The doll said: "In this game, QG who has the right to choose sides still chooses the position of the red side that they are used to, according to the rules of the event, when the game enters the second round of the round, the right to choose sides will come to the FNC side to ensure the fairness of the game!" ”

Miller nodded, and also said: "At this time, we can see that on the blue side, FNC moves quite fast, and actually directly bans Kaisha at the first hand!" ”

"We know that Kai'Sa is a hero who has received a wave of huge enhancements in the MSI version, but she actually got into the ban position in the first game of MSI, which may reveal a hint of information!"

At this time, the camera happened to be on Uzi's side, and it could be seen that Uzi saw Kaisha being banned, and obviously showed a disappointed expression.

"It seems that the puppy's Kai'Sa proficiency is very good!" The doll laughed, "That's good news for us!" ”

Next, the ban bit is relatively conventional.

The red side is the first hand, QGban drops the burpe, and FNC takes advantage of the situation to send Jian Ji to the ban position.

On the red side's second hand, QGban Zoe, while FNC bans Shadow of the Green Steel immediately afterward.

Seeing that FNC didn't have the slightest head and banned all the sword Ji Qinggang shadows, Chen Dongqing hated it so much.

B raised, Qinggang Shadow is so weak, you are all ban?

You let me use the champion skin!

"Then there's the last move, and QG's side chooses to send Orn to the ban position! Eh, this hand choice is a bit interesting, this doesn't seem to be their usual ban position! The doll turned her head and asked, "May I ask the 369 player, can you give a certain interpretation of this ban position?" ”

Today's third commentator is none other than a special guest, former QG substitute 369.

This is the first time 369 has been on the commentary seat, so he has been silent and has not spoken, and the doll has thrown him a word this time.

369 was stunned for a second, and then said a little shyly: "Orn, this hero, because this hero's late-stage frankness is quite considerable, and the reason why teammates can buy enhanced equipment, makes this hero's late-stage win rate very high, if QG takes the initiative to ban Orn, then they may have the intention of playing in the late stage." ”

It can only be said that although 369 is shy, it is still no problem to understand this game, which can be called in one sentence. Countless barrages have deducted [Understood] and swiped the entire screen.

After the tone of the main later stage is determined, it is not difficult to guess the BP ideas of both sides.

On the FNC side, they moved quickly and quickly locked on EZ - although the routine of the two goddesses EZ started from the LPL, because of the identity of the first division of the LPL, it has now been learned by other divisions.

On QG's side, everyone discussed for two seconds, and locked a big mouth + Lulu with their backhands.

Since you want to play the late stage, let's be a little more exciting and go straight to the most fierce glass cannon in the late stage!

FNC was even slightly stunned for two seconds after seeing the choice of Big Mouth.

They thought that QG was going to choose some kind of policewoman Verus or something, but they ended up with a big mouth

Of course, that's a good thing.

Although the big mouth is fierce in the later stage, it is not as good as the policewoman Verus in the early and middle stages, which can give them more initiative in the lower road.

The doll continued to explain: "Okay, FNC second and third hands, they first locked Karma to match EZ, selected a group of excellent lower lanes, and then locked a knife girl, this should be a choice to grab a ban!" The knife girl swayed in the middle and upper, which can add some confusion! ”

Immediately afterwards, 369 also spoke: "If you choose a big mouth in the lower lane, then Nakano must be stronger, so as to ensure the stable development of the lower road, but if it is QG, I can't say what they will choose." ”

If you want to be strong in the midfield, then Xiaohu must take a counter position, right?

But don't you really give the .Counter bit to Brother Shu?

In the next second, QG's third-hand hero is locked, Scarlet Reaper!

"QG, this is also a one-handed swing position." Miller hugged his chest and said, "Do you want to shake both sides together?" That feels a bit brain-burning! ”

At this point, the competition enters the second round of BP.

FNC, who is on the blue side, does not dare to slack off, and they choose to ban Jace and Victor to give them full respect.

On the red side, Banbazi is aimed at the little hat, banning Sindra and clockwork, and after entering the selection stage, Banbazi does not hesitate to lock a prince!

Of course, this jungler hero is chosen by the incense pot himself.

Champion skins too! Very urgent!

After the prince was elected, Xiangguo rubbed his hands excitedly and decided to play a little more beautifully in this game.

Looking at the excited appearance of others, Chen Dongqing sighed helplessly and shook his head.

It's really uncomfortable to have skin and not be able to use it!

Next, it's FNC's turn to determine the lineup.

Where their knife sister shakes, there will also be a result.

Because QG is clearly going to play in the late stage, the strong midfield is also a must for them.

Vampire plus Prince is obviously not a strong midfield, so FNC thinks that this vampire of QG should be more on the road, which is also very suitable for QG's idea of focusing on the late stage.

So thinking of this, FNC decided to shake the knife girl to the middle lane, and then locked the crow and vampire on the top lane, which also made up for the team's AP damage.

As for the jungler position, they locked a barrel, and the lineup was determined first!

QG's last choice was also unexpected, and they really shook the vampire to the top and gave the counter position to Xiaohu.

And Xiaohu's answer in the face of the knife girl is also quite simple and violent - directly with Galio!

Galio has WE two hard controls here, and the lane melee hero will always be an advantage, so that the melee hero will always be under the fear of the midfield and dare not push the lane.

What, you said that Galio can't beat the knife girl with a line in the middle of the game?

It doesn't matter, I have Brother Shu, let Brother Shu fight!

I have to say that Chen Dongqing has sacrificed too much in this BP.

At this point, the heroes of both sides are also officially determined!

Blue side FNC: Top laner Crow, Jungler Barrel, Mid Single Knife Girl, Bottom Lane EZ plus Kalma.

Red QG: Top Single Vampire, Jungler Prince, Middle Single Galio, Bottom Lane Big Mouth Plus Lulu.

"Okay, it's game on!"

This chapter is a little inkblotted, mainly to introduce the version update.

Tomorrow will be a chapter to finish this directly, this MSI will be soon. (End of chapter)