S3 World Finals Group Stage.

Group A:

SKT T1, win/lose: 7/1, ranked 1st and qualified.

GMB, win/lose: 6/2, ranked second, qualified.

Group B:

RYL (Royal), win/lose: 8/0, ranked first, qualified.

FNC, win/lose: 6/2, ranked second, qualified.

In the group stage, 8 games in 4 days, 4 teams will be determined.

The royal team, which was officially ranked seventh by Riot, entered the top 8 with a complete victory, becoming the biggest dark horse in this S3 World Finals.

And the SSO team, which has high hopes from the Korean audience, does not even qualify.

The crotch-pulling performance of the SSO team was completely unexpected by the audience in the Korean underworld.

In the official Riot rankings, Faker is the top dade in the SSO mid-laner dade, ranking above the dade.

However, in OGN and in South Korea, both fans and commentators agree that dade is the world's No. 1 midlaner!

Faker in the Double Tribulation?

Put me behind the dade!

Dade, who was favored by the Korean audience, performed very strained in this World Championship, and SSO was eliminated in the group stage.

The fans of the angry Korean underworld immediately blasted dade, and the Korean commentator even arranged an award for dade!

Blowing into the sky before the game, the game pulled the crotch incomparably dade award!

As the crown celebrity of the DADE Award, DADE won the first DADE Award!

In the previous life, in addition to dade, there were also Nami from S4, Godv from S5, and Ming Kai from S6.

Fans of the Korean underworld scolded dade, and they longed for the crash of all the members of the SSO team.

At the end of the S3 group stage, all teams had a two-day break, during which the media rearranged the chances of the favourites to win the S competition.

First of all, it is still the EDG team officially recognized by Riot, not the royal family who played a crushing performance in the group stage.

The dominance of the royal family in the group stage is obvious to all, especially the royal player Uzi, whose VN shocked the world, and many foreign viewers knew for the first time that VN could still be played like this!

However, it was such a terrifying royal family that was killed by EDG3-0 at the S3 World Finals trials.

Based on EDG's terrifying record, foreign media ranked EDG in the first place!

The EDG team ranks first in the championship win rate list, with a 33% chance of winning the championship.

In second place on the list is Team Royal, while in third place is Team SKT T1.

SKT T1's mid-laner Faker has shown great dominance in the middle, with their team having a 29% chance of winning the title.

After the announcement of the championship list, audiences at home and abroad expressed their opinions.

"Damn, stupid fists look down on me LPL, when I didn't play in the group stage, I ranked the royal family seventh, damn, the royal family is really tough, after killing them, I obediently ranked the royal family second."

"EDG is still cowhide, lock the first, invincible existence!"

"The strength of SKT T1 should not be underestimated, and when the royal family encounters SKT T1, it cannot be taken lightly!"

"Assi, why are the top 2 LPL teams, the LPL garbage division, and we are killed indiscriminately in the all-stars!"

"Xiba~~, these media don't understand at all, the NJB team is the strongest team!"

"Xiba Media, is it to kneel in Huaxia, what is there to kneel in Huaxia, isn't my Dahan Republic of China stronger than a developing Huaxia?

What is there to kneel in Huaxia, our Korean underworld has a history of 5,000 years, we have four major inventions, we have Chinese characters, we have various traditional festivals similar to the Dragon Boat Festival, do you have Xiba Huaxia? ”

"SKT T1 come on, NJB come on, blast me to kill Huaxia!"

"Oh, God, the first and second are the LPL team, the third and fourth are the Ogn team, why is our C9 not favored?"

"FNC is the strongest!"

The Korean audience is incompetently furious, and they are now pinning their hopes on SKT T1 and NJB, hoping that these two teams will blast EDG and the royal family to maintain their poor self-esteem!

"Please, please, don't draw EDG, don't draw EDG!"

"Brothers, I'm willing to use the head coach to be single for ten years, in exchange for our royalty not being able to draw EDG before the finals."

Large meeting room.

Chris looked at Uzi who was praying with murderous eyes, can this little fat man speak, why don't you change yourself for ten years of singleness?

Wipe!

The members of the royal family watched the lottery on the big screen with worried faces, while the members of the EDG team looked indifferent.

The EDG team is aiming to win the championship, and it doesn't matter who the opponent is.

On the big screen, the draw of the top 8 battles began.

In the top 8 battles of the S3 season, there is no principle of avoiding the battle in the same division, and the top 8 draws are all drawn blindly, and those two teams are drawn, and those two teams play.

The first team to be drawn was Team NJB, and after the staff showed it to everyone, the second team was drawn.

The second team to be drawn is Team GAB, and the third team to be drawn is EDG.

After seeing that the third team was EDG, the members of the royal family couldn't help but get nervous.

The EDG team is in Group A, and if the royal family draws the B team, it is possible to play EDG in advance.

What makes the royal team desperate is that the fourth team is not them, but FNC!

The draw of the teams in Group A is over, which are EDG, NJB, GAB and FNC!

"Hasty!"

"Why doesn't it work, Chris, could it be that you can't find a girlfriend in the next ten years? That's why it doesn't work? ”

Uzi is once again targeted by Chris's murderous gaze, and now Chris especially wants to tie Uzi's mouth with a rope.

On the big screen, the extraction continues.

Now in the draw, the opponent of the team in Group A, the first team in Group B is GMB, and the second team is RYL!

Seeing the three letters of RYL, the royal clan burst into cheers.

“NICE！！！”

"Almost, almost, my little heart!"

"Damn, you don't have to play EDG, it's comfortable brothers!"

"Chris, thank you!"

Uzi expresses his gratitude to Chris, who is kicked away by Chris.

Uzi, who was hiding from Chris, smiled: "Thank you, Chris, I hope I won't be able to draw EDG next time, isn't it ten years of singleness, you can do it!" ”

In the laughter of the royal team members, the top 8 teams were determined.

Group A: NJB vs. GMB, GAB vs. Royalty, EDG vs. C9, FNC vs. SKT T1.

For such a game, not only the players of the royal family are satisfied, but also the domestic audience is particularly satisfied.

"This group is really good, I'm still worried that the royal family and the EDG team will directly face off in the top 8!"

"The grouping is good, EDG and the royal family should easily advance to the semi-finals!"

"It's comfortable, it's comfortable, who smoked this, I love him to death!"

"I'll be able to watch EDG's game soon, EDG will give me a blast and let them see why the EDG team is the number one in the world!"

"Scare me into a cold sweat, as a dog fan, I'm really afraid that the royal family will run into EDG!"

"Royalty, EDG, rush to me, kill labor and management, labor and management want to see your final division!"

The domestic audience is looking forward to EDG's performance in the World Finals.

The first game of the top 8 is NJB vs. GMB.

The game is in BO3 mode, and as a seeded team of OGN, NJB's strength cannot be underestimated.

In previous lives, NJB almost toppled SKT T1, SKT T1 and NJB In the semi-finals, NJB defeated SKT T1 twice.

This is the only team to double defeat SKT T1 in the S3 Finals.

Unlike the SSO team, which is extremely crotch-pulling, the NJB team easily defeated the GMB team in two consecutive games and became the first team to advance to the top 4.

"This NJB team is very strong!"

The EDG team, who watched the whole game, commented on the NJB, and if EDG beat the GAB team, then they will have the NJB team among their opponents in the next round.

"They have a lot of quality in the bottom lane, but I feel like we are better than them in the bottom lane!"

Aya Hirano was very confident in Sima Lao Thief, and felt that they could beat the other side in the next lane.

"That's not it, who am I, the old thief of the steady AD Sima, I will definitely kill them!!"

"What if you get killed by the other side?"

Aya Hirano asked rhetorically, and the old thief Sima smiled disdainfully: "Even Uzi can't kill me, and they deserve it?" ”

"Besides, I have two big dads, do they have them?"

"Come on, come on, C9 come on!!"

"C9, the only light in North America, don't be afraid of hardships, defeat EDG, I will always love you!"

"C9 First, Lady Luck will take care of you!"

Los Angeles, Staples.

This mega stadium, which can accommodate 20,000 people, is already overcrowded.

In the S3 season, LOL has surpassed Dota, StarCraft, Warcraft and other games to become the world's No. 1 competitive game.

The S3 Finals, as a grand festival of LOL, no LOL player who likes to watch the game wants to miss it.

Before the game began, Staples made waves of noise, and its atmosphere was comparable to that of the Lakers reaching the Finals!

C9, the North American team, is the host of the S3 Finals.

Team C9 is a dark horse in the North American Division, and it is also the only remaining team in the North American Division.

“Hai！！！！ I love you! ”

"Sneaky, come on, you're the most handsome!"

"Balls, blow up EDG for me!"

The sound of the scene was higher and higher, and the C9 team members appeared on the stage with the cheers of the audience.

Standing in the passage, looking at the list of members of the C9 team displayed on the big screen, Lu Yiming was not familiar with it.

The only player he has an impression of the C9 team is their ADCSneaky.

I don't know Sneaky because of how well he plays.

It's because Sneaky's women's clothing is good-looking.

Women's ADC, Sneaky!

The tide dissipated, the spotlight hit in front of the EDG channel, and Lu Yiming walked outside indifferently, not affected by the atmosphere of the scene at all.

"Brother Kai, Brother Kai!"

Ming Kai's sleeves behind Lu Yiming were pulled, and Ming Kai looked back at Sima Lao Thief suspiciously, not knowing why.

", Brother Kai, I'm so nervous!"

The old thief Sima who usually talks a lot is full of nervousness at the moment, Ming Kai has a smile on his face, and he pats the old thief Sima on the shoulder:

"Take a deep breath and walk out without looking at the audience, just looking at the ground."

"I was nervous when I participated in the tournament for the first time, and I was also nervous when I participated in IPL5, for fear that my hands would not be able to play well."

Ming Kai was about to continue to comfort Sima Lao Thief, and Loong reminded Ming Kai: "Brother Kai, don't say it, it's your time to appear!" ”

Ming Kai could only give Sima Lao Thief an encouraging look, and he strode out of the passage and enjoyed the spotlight!

Today, the world's focus is on me!

"I'm still a little nervous, and it feels like a dream."

"No, I never dreamed of going to the Worlds myself!"

"This is the World Championship, the world's top LOL masters are here!"

The old thief Sima was talking to himself, and Loong patted the old thief Sima on the shoulder, then clasped his hands together and made a thousand-year-killing motion.

Loong, who has always been steady, lightly killed the old thief, and the old thief immediately closed his mouth.

""

"It's your turn!"

Zhu Xiaolong pushed Sima Lao Thief, Sima Lao Thief was killed by him like this, and the tension just now disappeared suddenly.

"EDG, come on, EDG, come on!"

"EDG, smash them for me!!"

"EDG, slaughter them, rush me!"

EDG wearing a black and red team uniform stood on the stage, and the Chinese people who came to watch the game immediately cheered for EDG, and in a place not too far from the stage, wearing a long white floral skirt, with EDG benchmarking on his face, and Bai Ye Hibiscus with a light stick in his hand, cheered for Lu Yiming with his biggest voice:

"Come on, Godfather, you are the number one in the world, the number one in the world forever!"

"Come on, Godfather, rush and rush!"

As if hearing his own shout, Bai Yejin saw Lu Yiming, who was standing on the stage, showing a smile in his direction.

"Come on, ah, ah, ah!"

Bai Yejin screamed excitedly, she is now Lu Yiming's brainless fan, the ultimate brainless little fan girl.

And Lu's father and Lu's mother also had a smile on their faces when they saw this scene.

After the members of the C9 and EDG teams took the stage, the host of the scene began to introduce the members of the team in English, and at the same time, the short video of C9 and EDG began to play on the big screen.

As the parties, Lu Yiming and others came to the EDG competition seat at the invitation of the staff.

The S3 Finals finally had the appearance of a regular game, with two teams competing in two rooms, eliminating the behavior of peeping and fans reporting points at the root.

After debugging the keyboard and mouse, the EDG team and the C9 team officially started the competition.

"Okay, the two sides have entered the BP interface, and our long-awaited top 8 match has officially begun."

"This is the first time that the EDG team has appeared at the World Championships, and in the official ranking of Riot, the EDG team is at the top of the list, and in the championship ranking given by the media, EDG is still ranked first!"

"The whole world recognizes the strength of EDG, and I think this is an honor for our LPL."

"Then let's take a look at the first game of the EDG team today, whether they can play the momentum of the world No. 1!!"

In the excitement of the LPL commentary, the EDG team and the C9 team BP began.

For the C9 team, EDG still gave a small respect.

C9 midlaner is Hai, nicknamed Haige, a Chinese player, who scored 2500 points in the North American server in the S2 season.

Hai is the No. 1 midlaner in North America, with a hand of cards, Jace and Kenan play brilliantly, and is the backbone of the C9 team.

The EDG team banned Hai's Jace, as well as Shen and Wei.

On the C9 team's side, clockwork, foxes, and blind monks were banned.

"The C9 team still respects the godfather very much, and banned two mid-laner heroes!"

"Why aren't there three, have you forgotten the single blind monk among the godfathers?"

The two commentators ridiculed that Lu Yiming's mid-laner blind monk is at the level of Da Luo Jinxian, and how many LOL players have not learned the operation of Lu Yiming's blind monk!

At the end of BP, the C9 team on the blue side directly locked the strongest hero robbery in the current version, and EDG locked the crocodile and the enchantress.

"Enchantress??"

"It's tricky, but it's okay, there are countless enchantresses who have died at my hands."

"Godfather, yes, I'll let you know what the real world's No. 1 midlaner is."

For Lu Yiming, C9 mid-laner Hai is very unconvinced, he has been an e-sports genius since he was a child, CS, Warcraft are all good games.

After switching to LOL, he easily topped the North American server and became the founding veteran of C9.

C9 took down the Titan and Zack again, EDG took out the bull head and EZ, and then C9 locked the plane and the sword demon.

Seeing C9 take out Zack, the resurrection flow of the sword demon Ueno combination, EDG's Ming Kai couldn't help laughing:

"C9 is okay, it deserves to be a dark horse in North America, and I know that the resurrection of Zack's sword demon flows into the wild."

"I'll use the spider, I'll let C9 know if it's Zack Sword Demon's resurrection stream Ueno Yue Tower is powerful, or the Spider Crocodile Zoo combination Yue Tower is powerful!"

Since the Sword Demon landed in LOL, the Ueno combination of Zack Sword Demon has been developed by many teams, and both of these heroes have resurrected heroes in the early stage, and they are much stronger than other heroes in crossing towers.

But EDG was not interested in the combination of Zack Sword Demon at all, and in countless experiments, EDG came to a conclusion.

The Ueno of Crocodile + Spider is stronger than the Ueno combination of Zack Sword Demon in terms of early combat power and tower crossing ability.

Ming Kai took out a hand of spider jungler, and the lineups of the two sides were quickly determined.

Blue side C9, top single Zack, jungler sword demon, middle single robbery, down plane + Titan.

Red side EDG, top single crocodile, jungle spider, middle single enchantress, bottom lane EZ+ bull head.

From the perspective of the lineup, the lineup on EDG's side is more inclined to a pre-mid-term.

The C9 lineup is a bit more late.

Regular AP runes, flashed and ignited.

Lu Yiming didn't play any routines in terms of rune talent, and for the C9 team, Lu Yiming didn't need to play any tactical routine design at all.

It's OK to crush the strength!

Entering the game, EDG chooses a one-word star to occupy a place, avoiding playing a level 1 group with C9.

C9 has a Titan hook, Zack's E skill and passive resurrection, and Sword Demon's Q skill and passive resurrection, and C9 is a loss to play a level 1 team.

But contrary to EDG, C9 chose to invade in a group, EDG looked backwards, and Ming Kai was forced by C9 to leave the lower half and go to the upper half.

"The C9 team chose to invade, Ming Kai was forced to change the wild area, and the EDG team had a bad start!"

Watching the EDG team being forced by the C9 team to change the field area at the beginning, the impatient viewers in China jumped out one after another.

"Damn, what's the situation with the EDG team, why was it changed to the jungle at the beginning?"

"Hey, isn't the godfather known as Zhuge Yiming, he has a set of tactics in the country, why don't you have tactics in the World Championship?"

"What is EDG doing, what about Lu Yiming's tactics, what is going on with tactician master Lu Yiming today?"

", Lu Yiming's domestic competition, how good is the tactical design, why is the tactics gone as soon as he goes abroad? Ming Kai was forced to change the wild area, thanks to it! ”

The impatient audience kept yelling, but after less than a minute, their mouths were all closed.

Because Lu Yiming let them know what is the world's No. 1 midlaner!!

(End of chapter)