"I hope Senior Brother can give some strength this year."

"After all, this year's Worlds is likely to be the most promising opportunity for him to advance to the quarterfinals in his entire career, or even the only chance."

Looking at the icons of Team TL and Team IG, Dark said with a slight smile, but he didn't have any obsession with the relationship between the two.

After all, the G2 team has only one goal for this year's S9 World Championship, and that is the world championship, so no matter what the other teams' ranking and grouping are, it is impossible to affect the G2 team to become the third consecutive champion of the S competition!

Once the DWG team was determined to be tomorrow's BO3 opponent, the G2 team members began to get up and pack their things and prepare to return to the base.

However, tonight's draw for the Swiss round did not end there, but continued with the second phase, which is the draw of eight 1-1 teams.

What all the viewers around the world never expected was that this time, the lottery guests actually gave them a super job in front of the audience all over the world!

That is, the lottery guests actually drew almost all the lottery at this stage into a regional battle!

FPX Team vs RNG Team.

Team SKT vs. Team GRF.

FNC vs. S04.

Team C9 vs. Team GAM.

Four sets of duels, three groups of civil wars!

If it weren't for the fact that Team C9 and Team GAM were not from the same region, otherwise these four 1-1 team battles would have really all turned into civil war battles!

And this draw result is also a mixed blessing for the three major regions.

The good news is that regardless of the outcome of the civil war, a team from each region will definitely advance to the 2-1 group.

The worry is that the team that loses in the civil war will fall into the 1-2 group, and once they fall into this group, if they want to reach the quarterfinals, they will have to win two BO3 wins in a row in the subsequent Swiss rounds!

"The format of this Swiss round is too exciting......"

When the draw results of the 1-1 group were officially finalized, after listening to the analysis of Wang Duoduo and Tongxi, LPL fans all gasped.

But the mood is quite calm, because in their opinion, whether it is the FPX team or the RNG team falling into the 1-2 group, in the case of "rookie pecking" with other 1-2 teams, there is still a very high possibility to bottom out and rebound, and then reach the quarterfinals!

Of course, this team is better off not being an FPX/RNG team!

That's what FPX/RNG team fans think.

The draw for the second stage was followed by the draw for the third stage, which was the draw for the four 0-2 teams.

The draw was announced quickly, with the two matchups being TES vs. JT and RGE vs. AHQ.

This was a good draw for Team JT and Team AHQ, as they managed to avoid the PCS Civil War.

But for the TES team, this draw is a mid-to-bottom draw.

Although according to common sense, even if the TES team is only the fourth seed in the LPL region, if you want to defeat the champion of the PCS region, that is, the champion of the former LMS region, although it is difficult, it is also a high probability of success.

But since yesterday when the GAM team was upset and the TES team became a "Vietnamese prisoner", the majority of LPL fans have lost confidence in the TES team, especially now that they have met the PCS champion, they are even less optimistic that the TES team can win in an "upset".

However, the good news is that this time, when the TES team is facing a battle of life and death, they don't need to fight continuously like other teams, but get two days of rest and preparation.

In other words, for the TES team, whether they can continue the journey of the Swiss round of the S9 World Championship depends on the BO3 showdown with the JT team in two days!

At this point, all the draws for the third round of the Swiss round have officially ended.

While the eight 1-1 teams and the four 0-2 teams all got a day or two of rest, the four 2-0 teams had to start preparing for tomorrow's BO3 matchup.

While such a tight schedule that doesn't even give time off may seem unscientific, in fact, it's the science of selecting the "best eight" team in the Swiss round-robin format.

After all, if you want to be the best team in the top eight, you must get a 3-0 winning record, and to get this record, especially the last BO3 victory, it means that this team must have a lot of tactical reserves and the ability to play on the spot.

As for the loser in tomorrow's game, whether it is because they didn't sleep well tonight, or they didn't prepare for BP, or they made too many mistakes in tomorrow's game, and other reasons, it will be the best proof that they are "not strong enough"!

Whether it's G2 or DWG, IG or TL, they all want to be one of the two "strongest quarter-finals" after tomorrow's game, and be the first to get a place in the quarterfinals of the S9 Worlds!

Unfortunately, the first team to advance to the quarterfinals can only be selected between G2 and DWG.

Because tomorrow, that is, the two matches on the first day of the third round of the Swiss round, it is the BO3 competition between the G2 team and the DWG team that will start first!

Therefore, when the time was very tight, when everyone in the G2 team was still on the bus on the way back, the G2 coach couldn't wait to start introducing some basic information about the DWG team to the players.

"Although we mentioned a DWG team in the previous draw, everyone must be relatively unfamiliar with this new team in the World Championship, so before formulating tactics, I will give you a brief introduction to the five starters of the DWG team."

"Oh yes, before we introduce the players, a word about the coach of Team DWG, KIM."

"I don't know if you still have an impression of this person, he is actually the coach of the IG team last year, but this year he went back to the LCK region to the DWG team, so in terms of team style, we can actually treat the DWG team as a small IG team."

"And that's true, especially the top laner Nuguri of the DWG team, this person is the strongest individual player in the DWG team, and the style of the Theshy player is very similar, he is a manipulation monster, so when he competes tomorrow, BB needs to play 120,000 points."

"Jungler Canyon is the first jungler in LCK history to get five kills, and his individual ability is also very good, and he is also the engine of the DWG team, but I am not too worried about him, after all, no matter how strong other junglers are, they cannot be stronger than Dark."

"A mid-laner Showmaker player, with strong laning strength, especially good at assassin-type heroes, and as the name suggests, he is a Show Maker, and he can often play quite a showy operation."

"The lower road Nuclear player is a veteran player who debuted in 15 years, although his personal strength is average, but he has experience in the game, and he is good at heroes like Kasumi and Kaisha who can take over the game in the later stage."

"The assistant Beryl player, who is the founding veteran of the DWG team, does not seem to be the top in operation, but this person's idea is very powerful, and he is one of the support players who use his brain to play the game, and I heard that this person does not play training matches, and the so-called training is engaged in some kind of meditation training."

"Hi Lisan, I actually don't understand this person, but you have to pay attention to him tomorrow, don't lose the line."

The G2 coach said confidently to Hi Lisang, and immediately heard Hi Lisan with a shocked face, although this request is not outrageous, but isn't it also a little bizarre?

"Haha, don't worry, coach, we can't lose."

"You said it all, this DWG team is a small IG at best, since we have a clean sheet in the big IG, can we still be afraid of them a small IG?"

"2-0, no matter what the quality of this DWG team is, we will definitely be able to keep a clean sheet against them 2-0 tomorrow!"

Seeing the crying and laughing expression on Hi Lisan's face, Dark immediately said confidently to the G2 coach, and at the same time gave confidence to his teammates.

"That's for sure, it has to be a clean sheet!"

"But just like the famous Chinese saying you said before, we must despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically."

"So tomorrow's game, we still have to take it seriously!"

Coach G2 nodded solemnly, and then said categorically.

"Seriously?"

"Yes, yes, I like to take it seriously."

"So coach, since we want to play the DWG team seriously, can we seriously take out the happy wind man tomorrow?"

When the G2 coach's voice fell, Perkz beside him suddenly lit up, looked at him expectantly with wide eyes and asked.

And not only Perkz, but also Caps and BrokenBlade, after all, during these days of preparation, they have developed quite a lot of tactics and routines around the hero "Yasuo"!

"Ahem, we'll think about it in detail when we get back to the base in a while."

"But there should be a chance, but the specific BP situation will have to wait for tomorrow's game."

The G2 coach said with a smile, and then didn't pick up the stubble of the players, but for tomorrow's BO3 battle, his heart is also full of expectations!

……

Although the G2 team's preparation time continued late that night, because they needed to continue to cooperate with Riot in the filming of the third round of the promotional video for the Swiss round early the next morning, the G2 team had to get up early and reluctantly go outside.

Fortunately, today's game didn't start until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the G2 people could hurry up and go back to rest after completing the shooting task, otherwise they might really face the problem of "bad state" when they played in the afternoon.

While the four 2-0 teams were making final preparations for the game, the audience inside and outside the LEC studio, as well as the official live broadcast rooms of each major competition area online, were already full of anticipation for today's game.

The reason is very simple, today's two BO3 battles just gathered four teams from four major regions!

And the scene of such a "close match" of the four major regions can be called unprecedented, and there may not be anyone who will come in the future!

Therefore, the audience of the four major regions all hope that the representative teams of their respective regions can defeat their opponents in today's game and then advance to the quarterfinals of the S9 World Championship first!

"Okay, welcome to all the spectators and friends in front of the screen to the first day of the third round of the S9 World Championship in Switzerland!"

"Hello everyone, I'm your new friend, Drum!"

"Hello everyone, I'm your old friend Guan Zeyuan!"

"Hello everyone, I'm also your old friend Long Hair!"

In the LPL official live broadcast room, with the official access of the live stream, the three commentators located in the LPL official commentary seat appeared in the sight of the LPL audience.

And when they saw Guan Zeyuan and Changmao, the pair of "enemies", reappeared, their faces immediately showed a smile that was not a big deal to see the excitement, because after today's B03 match between the G2 team and the DWG team, one of the two people will inevitably cry out of the studio.

"I believe that all the viewers in front of the screen are looking forward to the match between the IG team and the TL team for a while, but before that, we still have to watch the battle between the G2 team and the DWG team."

"To be honest, as a newcomer to the World Championship, I was surprised that the DWG team was able to reach the 2-0 group, after all, they only scored in the LCK from the minor league last year, and the team has not been established for a long time."

Among the three partners, the newcomer who was the controlling commentator took the lead in speaking, and then Guan Zeyuan grabbed the conversation.

"That's right, Team DWG is a young team indeed."

"However, if you have any knowledge of the LCK region, you must know that although the DWG team only entered the LCK last year, they have already played like a dark horse this year."

"In the spring, the DWG team won the third place in the LCK, and in the summer, the DWG team won the third place and became the third seed in the World Championship."

"In the past two rounds of Swiss rounds, the DWG team has defeated the LEC powerhouse RGE and the LPL powerhouse RNG successively, and then successfully appeared in front of the G2 team and qualified to challenge them."

"Although there is a certain gap between the DWG team and the defending champion G2 team in terms of card strength, I think that if the G2 team is not prepared for the DWG team, then they also have a good chance of being beaten by the DWG team!"

Guan Zeyuan, who was on the left side of the drum, solemnly introduced the basic situation of the DWG team to everyone, but he couldn't hear the long hair on the right side of the drum crying and laughing, and shook his head again and again.

"I'll admit that this year's DWG team did have a dark horse trend, after all, they did well in the Play-In Tournament and the Swiss Round."

"But those who know the G2 team know that although they like to work hard, they will never take any opponent lightly, even a wild card team, but will take it seriously!"

"Besides, in the past few years, there have been many dark horse newcomers in various major regions around the world, such as JDG team, GRF team, etc., but judging from the results, no team has been able to defeat the G2 team and defeat the world champion so far!"

"So now, let's welcome the next challenger of Team G2, Team DWG!"

Long Mao said triumphantly, coinciding with the DWG team taking the stage, so with his line, it seems even more imposing!

"Okay, then I'll take this opportunity to introduce you to the starters of both teams."

"G2 team, top laner BrokenBlade, jungler Dark, mid laner Caps, bottom lane Perkz, support Hylissang."

"DWG Team, Top Lane Nuguri, Jungler Canyon, Mid Lane Showmaker, Bottom Lane Nuclear, Support Beryl."

"At the same time, because the G2 team won the coin toss before the game, the G2 team still chose the blue side first."

"Then let's look forward to whether the G2 team on the blue side will continue to work on BP today, and whether the DWG team on the red side can see the move and play the counter effect that the red side should have."

As the drums fell, all the players from both teams boarded the bench and began the final pre-game equipment adjustment.

And when everything is ready, the first game of this BO3 game has officially entered the BP stage!

Akali! Sindra! Alligator!

The first three bans of the blue G2 team are very targeted, directly pressing the two-handed line masters of Showmaker and Nuguri, and banning the Akali who can swing in the middle of the circle.

The reason is very simple, these two people, especially the Showmaker, have been in great form recently, and once he plays an advantage in the middle, then the midfield linkage of the DWG team will most likely cause some trouble for the G2 team.

Chiana! Panson! Lo!

The first three bans of the red DWG team still followed the consistent banning idea of "targeting Dark" of the major teams, first banning Kiyana, who had previously taken off in the jungle rhythm, and then continuing to ban Pan Sen, who can swing in the middle field, this hero with a current ban rate of almost 100%.

As for the last hand Luo, it is obvious that he does not want to choose the Xia Luo combination, and he is worried that the G2 duo will snatch it.

And just when everyone thought that the first floor of the G2 team would directly snatch the spider, a jungler hero who can also bring the rhythm in the early game, the G2 team suddenly changed their moves and locked on the hero of Rune Mage Ryze!

"I didn't expect the G2 team, which is the stronger side of the card, to take the lead in today's game, and chose Ruiz, a hero who can swing in the middle of the game, and it can be regarded as a substitute ban, because Showmaker and Nuguri's Ruiz are also very powerful."

Just a grab from the blue side made Guan Zeyuan shake, and his heart was not good.

"I'll just say, G2 teams don't take any team lightly."

Longhair said with a smug smile, and just as his words fell, the selection of the first and second floors of the DWG team was also quickly finalized.

Kaisha, Daughter of the Void!

Rock Sparrow Talia!

On the first floor, after the DWG team took the initiative to ban the assistant Luo, the Nuclear player unexpectedly chose Kaisha, who he was best at.

On the second floor, Canyon players also took the initiative to choose a jungler rock sparrow with strong gank ability for themselves, of course, it may also be a mid-laner rock sparrow, after all, the DWG team midfield player is mainly a wandering support.

And when they saw the DWG team choose people like this, everyone in the G2 team showed a smile on their faces.

"It's time to give them a boost."

Dark smiled slightly, and then, together with Caps, directly locked on the second and third floors of two heroes that instantly caused the audience to exclaim in unison.

Titano Tillus of the Deep!

Swift Wind Sword Mighty Yasuo! (End of chapter)