"Wuhu, take it!"

Lin Weixiang took off his headphones, changed his previous sad face, and his eyebrows were full of smiles.

He really played with no sense of experience.

SKT's double C is too well developed in the early stage, except for the first wave after being beaten away on the road, Aion basically lives in the lower half of the area for the rest of the time.

Faker this person. In Lin Weixiang's opinion, it was simply terrible, and the steady hand of the tsar made him disgusting.

"Finally defeated SKT!" Little Peanut hugged Chu Ge's shoulders and laughed, "Although it's just a Bo1, I'm still very happy to defeat Lee Sang-hyuk!" ”

Faker is not easy to catch, especially after the successful transformation of Faker, the online is stable, and at the same time, the awareness of gank is full.

When Kuro faced Faker last year, his hands trembled unconsciously, let alone restricting him, as long as he could stabilize himself online.

It's a pity, though.

Little Peanut basically didn't have any impact on the middle lane in this game, and most of the time he was escorted next to the men's gun.

I really can't help it.

If he doesn't escort him, his own male gun will have to eat his own wild monsters, which is a little difficult for little peanuts to accept.

But the good thing.

Chu Ge successfully put the mask of pain on Kakao's face.

"Let's go, shake hands!"

Chu Ge smiled slightly, and after greeting him, he walked towards the SKT player's seat.

The atmosphere in the SKT bench was depressing, and it was a very uncomfortable loss for them.

Because what they are best at is defending and counterattacking, and their late lineup has an advantage, and they can basically stabilize their operations and win.

But halfway through the killing, a Graves!

It was as if he was really an outlaw maniac, madly slaughtering the five people of SKT in the Summoner's Rift, completely breaking their ideal state.

Faker's face was grim, and he didn't smile at the IG players who came to shake hands, and there was only one way to wash away this shame, and that was to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth.

In the next hand-to-hand, press IG to the ground and hammer!

The SKT crowd shook hands in a perfunctory manner and looked unkind.

After shaking hands, bowing, and returning to his bench to pack up his peripherals, Chu Ge casually teased.

"SKT is simply better than the previous teams, they can't handle me, so they can just wait for death."

After packing up the peripherals, everyone returned to the backstage of the players to watch the next play-off.

The winner of this play-off will be the opponent of Team IG in the semi-finals.

There is no draw for the MSI Final Four, and the rules are that the first place will play the fourth place, and the second place will play the third place.

After all, there is always some preferential treatment for winning the group stage.

In this game, TSM and FW are firing on all cylinders.

From the beginning of three minutes, the junglers of both sides continued to bring the rhythm, but with hard power, the lightning wolf finally won narrowly and won the final seat of the semifinals.

SKT Player Backstage.

Including the coaching staff watched the game on the screen absentmindedly.

Kkoma spread out his notebook on his lap, his eyes fixed on the screen, but his mind was thinking about the game.

In this version, the pace of the game is relatively slow.

The average game time in each region is around 30 minutes, and few teams can stretch the pace of the game.

A lot of the reason is.

This version is more biased towards the lower half of the game, while the collision of the middle and upper fields is not so obvious, and the trend of leaning towards the lower half of the game is doomed to a slower pace of the game.

But

Kkoma still has his record of last year's IG in his notebook, and the average IG time of the last Worlds was 22:00, but that's because everyone is playing the Poke lineup.

In the early and middle stages, the middle and upper fields collided, the bloodiness was full, the economy would roll faster, and the gap between the two sides could be widened frequently.

But now it's the version of the lower road!

Why are you IG!?

IG is still playing the same game time as last year in this year's MSI competition

And this is still in the case of replacing 3 players, and the next two are still newcomers.

You know, last year's lower lane was still an AD shooter who played MSI, but this year's LWX and Pinus didn't have this duo at all.

He was able to withstand the pressure in front of the two champion duos of Bang and Wolf, and in the end, he was able to play a huge role in the team fight.

Your IG is specifically designed to receive talented players, right!?

IG is still everyone's imaginary enemy today, what lineup they are good at, what heroes they like to use.

You can use it! I can use it too, so take it!

Prior to this, LCK-style operation tactics were the strongest tactical system in the world.

Whether it is the LPL, or the European and American divisions, they are all learning the operation of the LCK.

Because compared with high-yield and high-risk fights, the operation is much more stable, the online development is stable, there is a chance to gank, there is no chance to brush the wild, avoid small-scale team battles as much as possible, and create a stable development space for double C by switching to the line in the medium term.

Then, play a wave of big dragons to decide the outcome of the game.

Now, IG is using the style of play of the S champion, as well as the strong attack of MSI this year, as if it has completely begun to lead the division.

SKT, which was once impossible to defeat, is now also riddled with holes in the face of IG's attack.

On the road, rely on personal ability to directly give you a single line to penetrate.

Are you still playing with eggs?

Last year's SKT was able to stabilize the dark horse Rox Tiger, because although Smeb is very powerful, Faker can also lock Kuro to the bench.

And Rookie's strength is at its peak, with extremely strong laning ability, and the ability to output team battles is also invincible.

And Kkoma is well aware.

This year's LCK also has a team with a very similar rhythm to IG, that is, the KT team that inherited Smeb.

Now in the early stage of the LCK, the offensive rhythm is also fierce.

However, the difference between KT and IG is that KT's offensive rhythm is still within the framework of the operating system.

It seems to be ferocious and abnormal, but it is still the LCK's operating system in its bones.

Once the alignment period is over, even if there is no interference from the other party, KT's own rhythm will involuntarily slow down, and it will enter the operation instead, and will only fight with you after the opponent has a skill difference with you.

This is also something that was handed over in a set of LCK templates, and it can't be changed at all.

KT averaged more than 30 minutes per game in the spring.

Of all the MSI group stage teams, the team that most closely resembles IG's style is GAM.

But GAM fights purely for the sake of fighting, which is a bit similar to LPL in S3-S5, when it didn't have a tactical system that could match it, and in terms of personal ability, it was too far from the IG team.

Actually.

Kkoma used to really play LPL as a wild card area, just like S3 and S4, although the royal family has entered the World Championship, but.

Hammered by SKT and SSW.

The coach doesn't know how to condition the players, and he doesn't know how to adapt to the version of BP and tactics, so he knows that he wants to fight.

Esports is pure stuff.

Kkoma could see different things in the eyes of the five people on IG, especially Chu Ge, which was something he could only see in Faker's eyes.

The thirst for victory!

Rather than saying that Kkoma is working on IG, it is better to say that he is studying how to restrain Dow and then easily defeat IG.

IG's basically 5 people can come up with a brain, and the five-in-one can rush forward in unison, and there is no need to think about anything else at all.

If you lose the team battle, you will come again.

Rather than die slowly, it is better to fight to the death.

When Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang first joined IG, they were still frightened by this group of reckless people, and the Rookie they thought was more explosive before was a bit of a big deal in front of Chu Ge and King Ning.

They're really there!

Completely disregarding the post-match public opinion pressure.

Especially Chu Ge.

Strong individual ability, as well as terrifying ability to finish games, are like a sharp blade, slamming into the opponent's heart.

Kkoma has always been very clear about where they can beat IG, and as long as they can contain Dow, they are not much different from other teams.

But

With his own Huni and Duke, who was almost beaten out by Dow last year, there is no one on the road who can compete with him.

Then just ask for your own order to be stable.

Kkoma knows exactly where their team has the edges, and as long as they guard against the shifting of the line in the early and mid stages of IG, they will be able to control the pace of the game.

As long as these two points are prevented, although it will not block IG's offensive rhythm, it can at least play a role in delaying.

Once it drags on to the middle and late stages, he believes that with their teamwork and teamwork ability, they can definitely complete the turnaround.

After all, no one knows how to defend and counter-attack better than they do.

In addition to the disparity between individual abilities, there is also the tactical tilt between teams.

The rest of the IG team can abandon the lane support at any time, but SKT can't, their core is in the middle and bottom.

The middle and lower lanes are the cornerstones of SKT winning the competition.

If a team wants to change its tactical system, it can't just play a few days of training matches.

It's a process of breaking old habits and adapting to new ones, while also being compatible with each player's personal style.

Many times, it takes a season, or even an entire year, for a team to complete a change in their tactical system.

Secondly, there is one more point.

That's Dow's vast pool of heroes, and you never know what heroes he's going to take to the road in the next moment.

even

Last year's Command Banner Boss directly killed Faker's hopes of winning back-to-back titles, and he still has to fight for a triple crown.

In the next group stage, IG still abused the teams in the same group and successfully entered the semi-finals with the first place in the group.

Kkoma's face darkened.

Forget about the men's guns, you Dow really take a Pan Sen to play the order!

Huni played Lucian and tried to suppress it, but after the match, he forgot his last name.

The reason for the loss of the first two games was that the counter was completed, which led to Huni, whose personal ability was already weaker than Dow's, and he was directly stringed.

Kkoma is still like.

There are five days left before the semi-finals, and he must find a solution in those five days.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to defend the MSI title.

This year's MSI Final Four is a back-to-back schedule.

No. 20 IG vs. FW.

No. 21 SKT vs. G2.

On the 22nd, the final!

In other words, once the Final Four starts, he will have no time to study.

After playing G2, the next day is the finals.

At this time, the result of IG vs. SKT has sparked heated discussions in the LPL and LCK divisions.

On the LCK forum, the black fans carnivaled, and at the same time as the black SKT, they blew the IG team around.

Step on one hand, the old tradition.

SKT fans wept sadly, and even threatened to go to São Paulo to slash Chu Ge.

Xiba, it's really a shame for the LCK, SKT don't fight, let's come back with all the players!

Compared with the LCK division, the LPL side is completely in a carnival.

After the launch of the star-making plan, the official cooperated with countless self-media to carry out overwhelming publicity for the first time.

For a while, many non-LPL who saw IG winning the championship in the circle of friends last year paid attention, and now they see IG again in their circle of friends.

They couldn't help but search for IG.

Tiger pounce and paste it, just like the New Year.

Some time ago, the bar friends who were disgusted by Han Za raised their eyebrows at this moment.

May 16th.

Early in the morning, the four teams, together with the coaching staff, took the official bus and rushed to Rio.

The semi-finals, as well as the final, will be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rio de Janeiro.

After nearly 5 hours of jolting on the bus, everyone finally arrived at their destination.

After a short rest, the four teams set off again and rushed to the competition venue.

Compared to the humble CBLOL studio in São Paulo, the Rio Olympic Stadium is much more luxurious, and the staff is still putting the finishing touches on the set-up.

After touring the stadium with great interest, everyone returned to their respective backstage and began the training match.

The few days of the off-season have been a kind of torture for the spectators in the major regions.

The torment of waiting for the game is like scratching your heart and liver.

In desperation, I can only mix in Tiger Pounce and Tieba, or watch the event review, as well as pre-match predictions to pass the time.

IG's call to win the championship has always been high, but it's still a cool thing to see their own team blast SKT.

Although SKT was defeated in the group stage, there are still many people who are optimistic.

After all, with two championships and one runner-up in hand, or the champion of the last MSI, where is the background of the top giants, IG still has a lot of resistance to winning the championship.

As many viewers have said, BO1 and BO5 are two completely different games.

In addition to the on-the-spot performance of the players, the BP of the coaching staff is equally important.

In last year's MSI, SKT's results in the group stage were also not good, with only 6 wins and 4 losses, ranking fourth, and worthy of reaching the semi-finals.

Even on the second and third days of the group stage, a wave of four consecutive kneeling was ushered in.

The result?

After entering the semi-finals, God blocked and killed God and Buddha, and after defeating RNG 3:1, he swept CLG 3:0 in the final and won the championship.

Therefore, SKT is a team that cannot be predicted by the results of the group stage.

During the short off-season, the four teams played high-intensity training matches every day.

SKT, in particular, trained like crazy to staggering the other three teams.

Their routine is to get up at 8 a.m., start training matches at 9:30 p.m., play until 6 p.m., have dinner, and then continue to play until 11 p.m.

Every time after a training match, when Chu Ge and the others returned to the hotel, the door of SKT's backstage was still closed.

The sound of a mouse and keyboard can be heard faintly from inside.

According to the staff, SKT will practice rank until two or three o'clock in the morning after playing a training match.

In other words, SKT people only sleep for four or five hours a day.

This kind of almost crazy training was maintained for a while in the regular season.

Later, as the schedule became more and more intense, they temporarily abandoned staying up late and tried to maintain 8 hours of sleep to ensure that they were refreshed.

For SKT's crazy training, Chu Ge does not comment.

This stuff varies from person to person.

Anyway, he thinks that hard work is definitely good, but it is not something that can be changed overnight, but the result of accumulation.

As the tournament approaches, you should try to keep your players in shape.

Of course, it is also possible that SKT is used to this kind of high-intensity training.

During these four days, the four teams took turns to play a training round, and each other won and lost.

All the teams are trying to develop new routines, and they are all trying to hide things.

May 20th.

At half past one in the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the MSI semifinals officially began.

With the four teams entering in turn, the scene suddenly erupted in bursts of cheers and shouts like a tsunami, and the huge sound wave shook Chu Ge's eardrums a little numb.

Standing on the stage and looking around at the dense audience, Lin Weixiang couldn't help but take a deep breath, "Good girl, this is still MSI, that's the World Championship." ”

Chu Ge raised his eyebrows and said: "Where is this, on the day of the finals, there will be more audiences!" ”

The Olympic Stadium is not at all something that can be touched by a small studio in São Paulo.

Just last year, Brazil hosted the 31st Olympic Games in this venue, which can accommodate up to 60,000 spectators at a time.

The promotion of LOL in Brazil has been very successful, and the popularity is not second only to North America, but even higher than that in Europe.

Although they don't have their own team, they still can't stop their enthusiasm for LOL, which is even comparable to their favorite football.

Therefore, there are very many people here today.

Rough estimates, there are at least several thousand.

Chu Ge narrowed his eyes slightly, enjoying this moment to the fullest.

Turning his head and glancing at his somewhat restrained teammates, Chu Ge smiled and said: "Brothers, take it easy, we are originally the champions of the S competition with higher gold content, just a midterm exam, it doesn't matter!" ”

This sentence is actually mainly for newcomers in the duo.

After all, whether it is Xiao Peanut or Ning Wang, both of them have experience in competitions, especially Gao Zhenning, a big-hearted player, the more people there are, the more excited they are.

"I'm so excited!"

Lin Weixiang was not afraid at all.

"Really? Then don't shake your feet. Liu Qingsong smiled, habitually licking his lips and dismantling the stage, "You kid, don't beat Betty, when the time comes, I'll mess up your head when I come back to the lounge!" ”

Chu Ge didn't think it was a big deal to see the heat, and nodded repeatedly, "It's already here, what else is there to worry about, it's okay if the head is broken, anyway, the team doctor's stitching skills are very good." ”

After a moment of silence, Little Peanut Chinese was still not good: "Pigeon, say slowly!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Brazil, welcome to Rio de Janeiro." With the host's passionate roar, the atmosphere of the scene was immediately mobilized.

The current host introduced in a series after an oral broadcast:

"Let's welcome Team IG—"

"Order—"

“Dow！“

In the host's almost roaring introduction, Chu Ge stepped forward, smiling, waving a gesture.

In an instant, the audience suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers and shouts.

IG's popularity today is not inferior to SKT, and his super personal ability, brutal and irascible style, and his personality like to live live have won him a large number of foreign fans.

"Jungler—"

“Ning！”

After the IG introduction, the host immediately began to introduce SKT.

According to the ranking results of the group stage, all four teams were introduced in one round, and the host's voice was a little hoarse.

"2017MS|Semi-finals, officially begins!"

Brazilian time, at 2 p.m. on May 20, the first BO5 of the semifinals at 3 a.m. domestic time, officially began.

When Chu Ge and a few people sat on the player's seat and began to debug the equipment, the passionate and dynamic background music slowly sounded.

The live broadcast screen of each competition area was also transferred to the commentary seat of its own competition area.

ε=(ο'*)))) Alas, today's game is very uncomfortable to watch.

(End of chapter)