Chapter 335: A Preview of the S9 Finals, But Galen Cat?!
Two days, eight games, four wins and four losses.
If we said that when we won two wins and two losses yesterday, LPL fans could still faintly see some hope for the LPL region.
So after getting a record of two wins and two losses again today, all LPL fans can see is the desperation of the LPL division!
Because the three teams other than the IG team are clearly using their strength to stage a ridiculous drama called "the strong team must not be able to beat, and the weak team may not be able to beat"!
With such strength in the LPL region, do you still want to play a world championship record of "getting stronger and stronger year by year"?
It's just daydreaming, wishful thinking!
For a while, countless insults against the LPL division came one after another, and countless LPL fans vented their dissatisfaction with the "rotten" LPL division in their hearts.
Even the IG team, which won both games, was not spared, because even so, many LPL fans no longer believe that the IG team can still break into the World Championship finals like last year when the LPL region as a whole has been rotten to such an extent!
However, for the viewers in other regions, they will not care about the life or death of the LPL region at all, just as the audience in the LPL region will not care about the life or death of the LCS region at all.
After the LPL region ended their two-day battle of shame, the final finale of the second round of the Swiss round is the most watched and anticipated match by all viewers around the world today!
Team G2, vs, Team SKT!
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"Good! Welcome back to the second day of the S9 World Championship Swiss Round! ”
"Hello everyone, I'm still your commentator in the second half!"
"Hello everyone, I'm the commentator Hitomi!"
After the short intermission, as the director camera was given to the LPL official commentator again, Wang Duoduo and Tongxi's pair of "LPL's new commentary pairing" appeared on stage again.
As for Wang Duoduo's former partner Kris, as early as April 2019, he had "disappeared" by Wang Duoduo's side.
"Although the tragic loss of the RNG team in the last game made all our LPL fans very sad, in my opinion, everyone doesn't need to be too sad, after all, the loss of the RNG team can give them a hard wake-up call."
"As long as the RNG team can reduce mistakes and improve its competitive state in the next competition, then I think the RNG team still has a very good chance to reach the quarterfinals of S9 from the 1-1 group!"
"Of course, there is another reason why we don't need to be too sad, and the next thing that will bring us is this key battle between G2 and SKT!"
After a simple "sadness" for the RNG team, Wang Duoduo's voice quickly turned from sadness to joy, and he began to look forward to the last game that was about to start.
"That's right, it's really the most anticipated game of the day."
"We all know that at the end of 2019MSI, Dark and Faker, the two big demons, agreed to meet again in the S9 World Finals."
"But what I never expected was that because of this random draw rule under the Swiss round system, the two favorites G2 and SKT would meet early in the second round of the Swiss round!"
"Although even if this game is lost, there is a high probability that it will not affect the loser's subsequent place in the quarterfinals, but under such a tight and tight schedule in the Swiss round, each additional round of matches means exposing the possibility of one more tactic."
"So I believe that neither G2 nor SKT want to lose this game, they want to advance to the 2-0 group and try to qualify directly to the quarterfinals of the World Championship with a 3-0 record."
Hitomi nodded solemnly and said, it can be said that she is also full of expectations for this game!
"That's true, after all, who likes to lose if they can win?"
Wang Duoduo smiled and agreed, as if he was calling the names of some teams, but LPL fans had no evidence, so they could only grit their teeth while quietly waiting for the start of the last game.
Because for them at this time, it doesn't matter if the LPL region is bad or not, they just hope that they can see enough exciting games in the S9 World Championship!
"Okay, we can see that the players from both teams have started to appear, so I'll also read out the starting lists of both teams."
"G2 team, top laner BrokenBlade, jungler Dark, mid laner Caps, bottom lane Perkz, support Hylissang."
"SKT team, top laner Khan, jungler Clid, mid laner Faker, bottom laner Teddy, support Effort."
"Presumably attentive viewers and friends have already discovered, hey, why is the top player ID of the G2 team and the support player ID of the SKT team a little unfamiliar?"
"The reason is actually very simple, that is, in the Summer League, both the G2 team and the SKT team found that after the substitutes came on, the team's run-in and win rate were better, so BB players successfully replaced Wunder, and Effort players also successfully replaced Mata."
As if talking about cross talk, Wang Duoduo and Tongxi introduced it in harmony with each other, and at the same time informed the audience that the sides of the two teams in this game are the SKT team on the blue side and the G2 team on the red side.
And after all the players of both teams sat down in the players' seats and completed all the pre-match preparations, the BP part of this finale officially began!
Chiana! Alligator! Angel!
The first three bans of the blue SKT team directly banned the three-handed heroes used by the G2 team Uenakano in the last game against the TES team as soon as they came up.
At a glance, it can be seen that the SKT team is still very afraid of the strength of the G2 team in the upper half, so they want to play a game advantage by suppressing the lane in the first half.
Jess! Panson! Cards!
So, when it was the turn of the first three players of the red G2 team, they did not say a word about banning Khan's two-handed singles, while also preventing the possibility of these two heroes swinging into Faker's hands.
The hero of the card hand is also to prevent the Faker player from getting it, and then pose a major threat to the G2 team's sideline after reaching level six.
As for the hero pool of Clid players?
There's no need to worry at all, because in Dark's opinion, no matter what the opponent targets him or what hero he chooses, he can't get the jungle counter-position advantage!
Spider Queen Elise!
Since the G2 team didn't target Clid, Clid took it upon himself to go straight to the first floor of the blue side and fight the spider jungler.
After all, if it is a step later, once Dark gets the hero with a strong ability to drive the rhythm in the early stage, then the early stage of the SKT team will hardly want to play!
"This hand spider is still very good, to grab the ban, in this way, even if the blind monk is released to the Dark player, the blind monk's early rhythm ability is still weaker, and the SKT team is absolutely acceptable."
Seeing the SKT team's grab, Wang Duoduo agreed.
Although Spider is certainly no match for the Blind Monk 1v1 in the jungle, as long as Clid doesn't let Dark go to the gank line, it is actually equivalent to completing the task for him.
"Cat!"
"The first floor of the G2 team directly grabbed the cats that the SKT team didn't have time to ban, so they directly prepared the EZ cat's bottom lane combination?"
"Nope! Dark player still took the lead in getting himself the blind monk jungler, is he worried that the blind monk will be snatched by the SKT team to play single, or support? ”
When the first and second floors of the G2 team directly selected the cat and the blind monk, these two very normal versions of the selection were very abnormal in Hitomi's understanding, because once the SKT team grabbed EZ, the strength of the so-called version of T0 auxiliary cats was actually not as strong as imagined.
"No, the G2 team is cheating on the ban!"
"If the SKT team gets EZ down the road by grabbing the ban, then they will be in the middle of the scheme!"
"Because in the LEC Summer League, in addition to the EZ cat's bottom lane combination, the LEC team often chooses the bottom lane Galenga cat combination!"
"Dark's blind monk seems to be protecting his hero pool, but he actually wants to see if the SKT team will be fooled!"
And just when Hitomi Xi was puzzled, the next moment, she suddenly thought of something, and suddenly exclaimed in shock.
Nymph Sona!
Tam, Lord of the River!
What's more, when all LPL fans were shocked by what kind of routine Galen's cat was on the lower road, the second and third floors of the SKT team also "unexpectedly" selected the lower lane combination of the piano girl Gatham.
"It seems that the SKT team usually watches the LEC league, and I know that even if I give EZ to the G2 team, I must not use it."
"In this way, no matter whether the bottom lane of the G2 team is EZ Cat or Galen Cat, the SKT team duo can complete the pressure resistance with the combination of Piano Girl Tamu, which can be regarded as an improvement of the lower lane of the Piano Girl Gem Combo in the MSI version."
When the second and third floors of the SKT team were locked, Wang Duoduo said solemnly.
Then, it was the turn of the G2 team, which countless people were most curious about, to choose on the third floor.
Power of Demacia Galen!
As a result, a hero choice that stunned the vast majority of the audience appeared.
In this game, when facing the SKT team, Perkz's hero choice turned out to be not EZ, but Galen!
"Wow, Galen cat, I didn't expect the G2 team to really have the guts to move this group to the stage of the S9 World Championship, and it deserves to be the team that likes to live the whole game the most!"
When the third floor of the G2 team lit up Galen's avatar and completed the lock, Hitomi was overjoyed.
"Some viewers may not understand why Galen's cat can go down, but in fact, the strength of Galen's cat is still very good."
"The first is Galen's cat's recovery ability, as long as these two heroes are obscene enough, it is almost impossible to be killed by the opposite line."
"The second is Galen's cat's mobility ability, Galen's acceleration and cat's acceleration, as well as the cat's ultimate deceleration, can easily catch up with the enemy, if Galen reaches level six, it is even possible to directly kill a set of big swords!"
"The third is the snowball ability, once the lower lane is advantaged by Galen's cats, then they can support through strong mobility, and then bring a greater advantage to their teammates!"
Hitomi said emotionally, although she didn't think of the possibility of Galen's cat at the first time, but after remembering it, she relied on her pre-game preparation to successfully inform the public of the advantages of this combination.
"That's why the SKT team chose the piano girl Tamu to go down the road combination, since you can't kill Galen's cat, you can't let the other side get up, and the best way to do this is to mix with them!"
"So this also means that under the premise that this game is destined to not play anything in the lower road, the competition between the two teams will be crucial."
"Next, let's pay attention to the game between the two teams in the second round of BP!"
As Wang Duoduo's words fell, the banning stage of the second round of BP began immediately.
Wind! Cannon!
Although the SKT team has yet to select the top middle hero, the last two bans of the G2 team are all aimed at Faker's hero pool, after all, in their opinion, Khan is not as dangerous as a tenth of Faker's!
Sindra! Kennan!
On the other hand, the last two bans of the SKT team are aimed at the heroes of the two heroes in G2 respectively, and there is no one way to go, because that will lead to their own hero choices being limited.
Sorcering Queen LeBlan!
After discussing who to leave for the counter spot for a while, the G2 coach decided to let Caps choose the mid laner who was not too afraid of being targeted, and leave the final counter spot to the BB player.
In this way, when the G2 team can play an advantage in both lanes and the middle lane, and the middle lane will definitely not be disadvantaged, the tactics of the SKT team to keep the top half of the zone will be invalid on the spot.
Twilight Star Spirit Zoe!
Peerless Sword Hime Fiona!
When it was the last two picks of the SKT team, Faker took the lead in selecting Zoe, a mid-laner who was also quite flexible.
As for Khan's hero selection, after struggling for a long time, he still decided to choose the top single sword Ji who could win with a single belt in the later stage.
Planck, Scourge of the Seas!
In this case, the G2 team has nothing to say, and directly backhanded the top laner captain in the counter position on the fifth floor of the red side.
At this point, the lineups of both teams are all finalized!
The blue side SKT team, the top laner Kenji, the jungler spider, the mid laner Zoe, the bottom lane Qinnu, and the auxiliary Tamu.
Red G2 team, top laner captain, jungler blind monk, mid laner enchantress, lower lane Galen, support cat.
"Both teams are all non-AD lineups, so this game could turn into a very intense hand-to-hand fight."
"And no one thought that in order to win this small game, both teams would come up with unconventional combinations in the bottom lane, so that this game will be very exciting."
"But as I just said, who wins and loses in this game still depends on how the two teams play in the upper half of the field, as long as the upper half of either side can take the lead in opening the situation, then the balance of victory in this game will most likely be tilted to that side!"
When the lineups of the two teams were finalized and the coaches of the two sides shook hands in the center of the stage again after half a year, Wang Duoduo and Tongxi said with great anticipation.
At the same time, the fans of both teams immediately sent their cheers and blessings to their respective home teams.
"Come on, G2! G2 Go Works! G2 Go Works! ”
"SKT come on! Come on, SKT! Come on, SKT! ”
And as the cheers of the fans at the scene fell, the game officially entered the summoner's canyon.
As analyzed by the commentators of each division in the BP stage, because the lineups of both teams did not have much strong control before level six, especially the bottom lane combination of both teams was a small strong that could not be beaten, so the early process of this game was not as intense as usual games.
Although the SKT team relied on the initiative of the Clid spider in the early stage to frequently invade the upper half of the G2 team's wild area, trying to put pressure on Captain BB and the Dark Blind Monk, the G2 Ueno duo did a very good job of defense, and did not let the SKT team taste any sweetness in the early stage.
And the calmer the game situation, the more it actually tests the ability of the junglers of both teams to read the game.
When the game time finally came to 8 minutes, in the case of the second blue buff of the SKT team, because it was clear that Faker Zoe would definitely return directly after taking the blue, the Dark Blind Monk, who finished playing his red BUFF and upgraded to six, did not say a word, and directly pinned the signal "on the way" to the first dragon.
At the same time, Hi Lisan, who was finally upgraded to six, also followed the instructions of the Dark Blind Monk, and immediately opened the final chapter of the ultimate magic book and swept towards the SKT duo, which not only successfully played the weakness of Effort Tam, but also successfully beat the SKT duo home.
So, with the advantage of the second half of the area, Dark Blind Monk led his three teammates to take the lead in getting the first earth dragon of this game!
Although SKT immediately backhanded the Canyon Pioneer at 10 minutes of gameplay with a round advantage, the G2 crowd didn't care about this, because with the current slow pace of the game, the number of dragons is the guarantee of the later win rate!
And when G2 changed the usual offensive rhythm and chose to develop steadily in this game, SKT was a little anxious.
Especially when the combination of G2 lower lane Galenga cats is getting stronger and stronger, the SKT duo can only choose to go to the middle lane to huddle, and then cooperate with the canyon pioneer to hit a G2 middle lane tower.
But it's just one end, when Perkz Galen pushed down the route with Hi Lisan Cat and went directly to the middle lane to guard the tower, SKT's wave of mid lane attempts could only stop there.
The mid-lane push tower failed, and the development of G2 Triple C is getting better and better, which makes the SKT crowd, especially the top single Khan, more impatient.
So much so that at the moment when the Clid spider had just approached from the middle lane to the upper lane, Khan Kenji directly opened the ultimate challenge to Captain BB.
However, Captain BB naturally couldn't be killed alone, and after flashing back to the tower, he easily widened the distance between him and Khan Kenji.
"The spider is coming looking for you."
But Captain BB's danger alert was not lifted, because the Dark Blind Monk clearly saw that the Clid spider was the first to go to the upper road, so all he could do at this time was to remind and hurry.
Flash! Cocooning!
Sure enough, the moment Dark's voice fell, the Clid spider had already come out of the grass and handed over the flash E.
But with his predictive turn of the corner, Captain BB easily dodged this deadly skill!
Golden bell jar!
At this time, the Dark Blind Monk, who was a step late, finally gave the W skill to Captain BB, so that after knowing that he had no way back, Clid Spider decided to change his head!
G2. Dark kills d!
First Blood!
dKilled G2.BrokenBlade!
So, the game time was 12 minutes and 55 seconds, and after a long battle, the bloody head of this game finally broke out! (End of chapter)