At the moment when the AF crystal shattered, the crowd was in an uproar!
It was the beginning of July in Dalian, but it couldn't suppress the sudden rise in temperature in the stadium due to the commotion!
The LPL fans were shouting and yelling in the stands, the support batons in their hands making a dull sound as if they were accompanying the cheers of the tens of thousands of people in the stadium.
The giant black and white banner hanging from the stands was extremely eye-catching. It fluttered up and down due to the clamor, and the slogan 'IG For the Win' was also constantly swaying.
IG had actually managed to turn the tables around!
Just as the audience had sunk into despair, they had snatched victory from the hands of the AF!
This was simply unbelievable!
"IG has helped the LPL obtain the second point in the finals!"
Mille couldn't control the excitement in his heart. "With this, we've regained the initiative!"
Everyone knew what this victory meant.
With two points in hand, the LPL would be able to drag on until the final match. At that time, YM would be able to end the competition!
In the eyes of the audience, YM was the stabilizing force of the LPL. They would be able to obtain points as soon as they appeared. Seeing them, everyone felt a sense of confidence.
At this moment, the LPL was so close to winning the championship, just one step away!
Si Jiayan began to scream like a groundhog.
"We're going to win, we're going to win!"
She shook her roommate's arm with all her might, but her small body was filled with strength. She shook Su Cheng until she was dizzy. Just then, the fried chicken delivery arrived. She hopped off her bed with light steps, humming along the way.
"Can't you be a little more mature!" Su Cheng felt that the excitement of the players in the stadium couldn't compare to her, and immediately scolded her with a smile.
On the screen, Ning Wang's tanned face was brimming with a happy smile as he hugged Broiler tightly. Old Thief Sima was still expressionless, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was suppressing his laughter.
The director also showed the LPL backstage lounge in the lower right corner.
The players of the three teams were so excited that their faces were flushed red. Even the coaches in suits joined in. A group of young people in their twenties exuded a youthful aura.
Su Cheng saw Lin Yan in the crowd at a glance. He was being pressed down by someone, and Ouze, who had already become Guan Gong, was shouting wildly on top of him. He even spat out the gum in his mouth.
Although Lin Yan had the advantage of height, Ouze's physique could not be compared to a human fox. He could not turn around at all when his emotions were stirred up.
Seeing her boyfriend in such a sorry state, Su Cheng froze and laughed mercilessly.
The LCK lounge, which was not shown on camera, was dead silent.
Kkoma could no longer laugh. His tears were flowing from his stomach. Mata no longer looked as if she had won.
No one had expected that Team Africa, who had a great advantage in the early stage, would be dragged to the middle stage by IG. In the end, they made a series of mistakes and had a decisive battle with the captain, Galio, and Qing Gang Yin in the Dragon's pit.
"Why did they have to drive the Dragon?"
Smeb was extremely disappointed. He originally thought that AF would be able to win the game. As long as KZ went up to clean up the mess, he and his teammates could pick up the Intercontinental Cup.
But he could never guess the ending of the story.
Was it going to be a complete victory and second place again this time?
"It has nothing to do with Dragon anymore," AF's head coach said with a hint of decadence in his tone. "Both teams were evenly matched after 20 minutes. It was already very difficult to play. We don't have the ability to end the game in time. As long as IG drags on, the three pieces of equipment in the center position can also be used by Dragon, and then we will still lose."
In other words, this Baron Nash was just a tool dragon to speed up the progress of the game. It would not have any impact on the final result.
Everyone in KZ looked solemn. They hugged their peripherals and prepared to go on stage. Khan's eyebrows drooped. He looked like he was about to cry.
"Come on, if we really drag it to the fifth game, we might still have a chance!" Score gave Khan a heavy blow, trying to cheer him up.
"… What do you mean?" Khan's tone was bitter.
Score hurriedly gave the newbie mid laner Ucal, who was next to him, a look.
Ucal's scalp went numb. He knew what his old captain meant, but he could not refuse.
After all, this was Korea. Experience was greater than the sky. How could he, a newbie, arm-wrestle with a veteran who could defeat four players at once?
He braced himself and began his performance. "That's right, we have played many mock matches with YM. Our winning rate is very high."
Mr. Dai was dumbfounded.
As a player of KT, he remembered clearly that KT had almost never won against YM since the summer competition!
How could you lie through your teeth?
However, Khan's eyes suddenly lit up. Although mock matches did not count, it was enough to prove KT's strength!
"Are you for real?"
Rat King, who was tall and strong, slapped Ucal hard. This skinny young man almost fell to the ground. "Can you hold off Ran?"
When you start with a lie, you need countless lies to cover it up.
Ucal had seen it for himself.
However, countless pairs of eyes were staring at him with anticipation and hope. He could not show his fear.
He could only hold his head high and speak with a tone of carelessness and self-satisfaction. "Fifty-fifty. I often kill him one-on-one."
Although these were not his original words, Korean culture was broad and profound. This was what he meant.
“Wow！”
This sentence almost caused the LCK lounge to explode.
Other than the KT players, everyone was extremely excited. It was as if they had seen the dawn of victory.
The workers guarding outside the door looked at each other, not understanding what was going on.
"They lost the last game, right?"
Hearing his colleague's question, the other person subconsciously looked at the score. He was also very suspicious. "They lost … Are these people crazy?
Why are they so excited after losing the game? "
Khan, who was in the room, suddenly felt that he had something to look forward to in the next game. He reached out his hand to rub Ucal's hair and said in an intimate tone, "Yuhyun, you're the pride of LCK …"
"Wait for me to come back with a fifth game!"
"We'll depend on you then!"
The rest of the people agreed. They did not doubt Ucal's words.
First of all, the senior captain of League of Legends, Score, was also sitting next to them. As a jungler of KT, he definitely knew the inside story. Since he did not refute it, it already explained a lot.
Second of all, Ucal's current strength was also quite good.
Although he was a newcomer, he had already pushed Pawn, who was severely weakened due to his OCD and waist injury, to the bench. He was a rising star in the LCK league.
Furthermore, Ucal had yet to fight against Lin Ran in an international competition. It was not uncommon for the younger generation to be overtaken by the older generation, and it was not uncommon for the younger generation to be overtaken by the older generation.
Maybe Ucal was Lin Yan's biggest nemesis?
The members of KZ were in a good mood. Khan strode out of the lounge and rushed to the stage.
On the other side, the innocent Lin Yan was still listening to the debate between the coaches with his arms crossed.
"I think you guys should just keep helping the top lane. Let Ah Guang pick a carry point. When he develops, he'll be able to kill everything!"
Not long ago, Heart had decided to practice the strategy of focusing on the top lane. He spared no effort in trying to sell this strategy to Hanyi.
Hanyi shook his head. "That's impossible. We're not IG. We rarely support the top lane. Four Carry Two is RW's specialty."
Ever since Hanyi tasted the sweetness of using Nakano's Four Carry Two in YM, he dove into it and never came out.
He had found an ideal replacement in RW this year.
The top lane Ah Guang and Jin Gong's positions were similar. Captain was also his specialty. From EDG to RW, he was like a fish in water.
The jungler Flawless was nicknamed Xiao Tian. Wouldn't Xiao Tian become Xiao Tian if he shrank his head into the jungler?
The mid lane Doinb was famous for being a carry type hero like Victor two years ago. Now, he had changed his playstyle and frequently roamed around to support the team. He looked a bit like Lin Yan.
The bottom lane was Asura + Prophet. The support was also from YM. He was good at defense and the ADC's damage output was stable.
Looking at it this way, RW was simply a shrunken version of YM.
Other than the difference in the strength of the players, there was not much difference.
Hanyi naturally wanted to stick to the team's previous playstyle. If RW were to fight in the top lane, the results would definitely be mediocre.
The coaches of the four teams had been struggling with the question of whether to play Nakano or Four Carry Two. They still could not come to a consensus before RW went on stage.
"Don't worry, we're prepared. Don't worry …" Hanyi hesitated for a moment. He did not speak too confidently. "Even if RW loses, we still have YM to back them up. What are you afraid of?"
This sentence immediately made the other three coaches give up their banners and cease their drums.
That was the logic of Sparrow.
Besides, they were going to go on stage to do BP. They could just give suggestions. What was the point of arguing when they were about to win?
Ah Guang wrapped his mouse around his peripherals. Seeing that Lin Yan was still in a daze, he could not help but ask, "What are you thinking about?"
"Oh … I'm thinking about what to eat after we win the championship," Lin Yan answered calmly.
F * ck!
What kind of food are you thinking about to fill your stomach at a time like this?
Ah Guang pondered for two seconds. "How about I help you guys play the fifth game?"
If LPL was now behind 1: 2, his words would have sounded rather heroic, with a hint of the wind blowing and the water turning cold, as if a warrior had left and would never return.
However, LPL was leading by a large margin. It was as if Ah Guang wanted to drag the game to the final game.
"Get out!" Lin Yan said angrily as he sent RW and the others out of the lounge.
Ning Wang, who had just returned to his room, laid on his chair and told the players around him about the previous game.
"I don't even know why AF put Qing Gang Yin and Galio in. They even put Kesha and Bull's Head in to deal with The Sh …"
Jiang Chenglu heard his ID. Although he did not understand the meaning of the long Chinese paragraph, it did not stop him from smiling awkwardly.
"And the result?
When I caught Kuro on the top lane, I pulled up and almost kicked Little Temptress's aorta! "
King Ning had always been a person who liked to show off. Naturally, he had to brag about himself after winning the competition. "Before the BP started, Coach even said that he would give me a weak jungler. Am I f * cking weaker than him? Why would I choose a weak jungler?"
Mongoose suddenly interrupted, "Gao Zhenning, were you not good at math back then?"
Ning Wang, who was obsessed with bragging, was a little confused. "What do you mean?"
Phyllostachys Pubescens had already prepared his phone. He quickly opened the video of the last game and handed it over. "Look at the economic gap between the two sides in the mid-game."
"3400 in 10 minutes!"
"Even if you didn't calculate carefully, the economy of Blood Tower is right here, right?
The gap between the two sides is also very clear, right?
You guys didn't even take the lead with the last hit. It was all thanks to the captain's passive that he was able to recover some gold coins … How dare you say it's even? "
Xiao Yu and Ning Wang were very close. He was unscrupulous in his teasing. After saying this, he wanted to see Gao Zhenning make a fool of himself.
Ning Wang glanced at the phone screen.
"Of course I know that the economy was lagging at that time. But isn't a gap of 3400 gold coins considered even?"
Gao Zhenning said confidently. Mongoose didn't know what to say.
What the hell?
He felt that his brain circuit might not be the same as his old teammate's.
Lin Yan stood next to him and tried to hold back his laughter. He remembered how the training team of IG violently beat up the other teams every day during the S7 World Championship.
It was completely unreasonable. If you look at me, I'll f * ck you up. 3000 gold coins was probably not a disadvantage for this group of brutes.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the Shiba Inu's attention was not focused on him. Instead, it was staring at the white plastic bag with the Kaifeng logo on the long table. He was a little curious.
"What's wrong?"
Jack stared intently. "I'm wondering if I should eat something. I'm so hungry!"
YM was the first team in the afternoon, so it was impossible for them to eat lunch. Lin Yan and the others made do with some bread and sausages before they set off in the morning. It was now 7: 30 in the evening. Even if the summer sky was long, the sun had already set.
They had eaten so little for the whole day and had to endure a high-intensity match. Naturally, the Shiba Inu couldn't bear it.
"Then you have to pray that RW is strong enough to defeat KZ. Otherwise, you'll have to endure for another two hours." Lin Yan spread his hands, indicating that he couldn't do anything. "Or you can eat more now. If it's the deciding match, we'll send Lin Weixiang."
"Why did you call me?" Da Mei heard Lin Yan calling him and immediately jumped out from the corner.
"Go away. You have no right to speak." Jack was very vigilant and immediately rolled his eyes at him.
Between being the first team and filling their stomachs, the Shiba Inu chose the former without hesitation.
The YM players could only endure their hunger and continue to stand there.
Fatty Yu, on the other hand, couldn't care less. Since he was destined to finish all his matches in the Intercontinental Tournament, he opened his bag and took out a Spicy Burger. He opened his mouth wide and bit off 1/3 of the Spicy Burger. Then, he stuck the straw into the cup and sucked on the iced cola.
The way he ate was enough to stimulate people's appetite.
Lin Yan sighed in his heart and felt a little envious.
He turned his head and saw Jack staring at Ouze's broad and thick back. He was still muttering something.
He leaned over to hear more clearly.
"Dogs drink Pepsi, dogs drink Pepsi …"
…
When Si Jiayan took the two fried chicken back, the BP match between RW and KZ had already begun.
The two girls got out of bed and gathered around the table, eating dinner while watching the match.
When eating fried chicken, the role of LPL commentator was vividly displayed — even if you didn't look up, the commentator could let the audience know what was happening on the field.
On a certain level, this indeed satisfied many people's needs to watch the match.
The Haier brothers were now in a good mood. Compared to half an hour ago when they were nervous and worried about IG, they were now in a good mood.
"RW has the priority to choose the side in this match. They took the initiative to choose the blue side!"
After banning Sword Demon and Crow, the two strong heroes, Hanyi banned Zooey, who was very bad at Doinb.
KZ banned Qing Gang Yin, Rock Sparrow and Incubus, the three jungler heroes. It was obvious that they were targeting Xiao Fu's hero pool.
After a short period of glory in the spring competition, RW gradually exposed a lot of problems, and Xiao Fu was one of the most important problems.
Their hero pool was a huge problem, and they often got lost in the middle stages of the game. They could still abuse the middle and lower ranked teams, but when they went up against top teams, Little Fu was their breakthrough point.
KZ's coach, Hiari, naturally wanted to seize the opponent's weakness and not give RW a chance to breathe and fight back.
After three bans, there were not many heroes left outside. Hanyi was forced to snatch Zhu Mei for Xiao Fu, hoping that after reaching level 6, she would be able to set the pace.
Si Jiayan fiercely took a bite of the garlic soy sauce fried chicken. Seeing Su Cheng slightly frown, she asked curiously, "Is RW's BP bad?"
"It's not bad … It's just very passive. They took the blue side, but because their jungler heroes were miserably limited, they couldn't take the strong heroes in other positions first. This time, KZ took the initiative."
After Su Cheng finished speaking, she unscrewed the Coca-Cola in the fried chicken set and raised her head to take a sip. Because of her thin body, her Adam's apple was slightly prominent, and her white skin was like white jade under the bright lights of the dormitory.
Immediately after, KZ took Scorpion and Morgana. Immune Shield not only provided the ability to counterattack, but also provided protection for Scorpion to pull people into the game.
"RW's second hand is Ke Lie … It's not a problem. This is Doinb's signature hero, he's very skilled!"
Mille wasn't surprised. This summer, Yasso was popular, and Doinb's solution was to use Ke Lie.
Even though Ke Lie didn't play casually against Happy Windbreaker, his margin for error was still considerable. If Windbreaker wanted to gain the upper hand, he had to maximize his control and bring out the upper limit of this hero. Doin B had always been successful with this move, and it made those players who liked to play Yasuo unbearably disgusted.
But then a hero appeared, and the audience in the stands burst into cries of disbelief!
"Death Song?!" Mille couldn't believe his eyes, "What is this play style?
Top laner Death Song? "
"RW is going to show off his new thing!"
"Ah?" The two girls were dumbfounded, and Si Jiayan almost spat out her cola.
Although she didn't know much about competitions, she had more or less watched some competitions.
What was this Death Song?
Si Jiayan had only seen SKT's famed Mountain Mud use it in an archeological video, and it almost killed Bordeaux.
【？？？？】
[RW is putting on a show?]
[Is this a show?
Isn't this a trump card?]
[Nonsense. Anyway, YM is at the bottom in the last round. I don't expect RW to win against KZ.]
The bullet screen was still in heated discussion, and the BP was still ongoing.
KZ's players frowned. They were obviously stunned by RW's Death Song.
At first, they thought that RW had chosen the wrong hero, but the referee standing behind the players' seats didn't give any feedback. Only then did they realize that it was their opponent's trick.
This was the first time RW had come up with such a strategy, and Hiari was not prepared for it.
He tried his best to delay the BP until the last moment before choosing a hero to buy himself more time to consider.
In the end, he chose the mid-laner Icebird for BDD.
The LCK joint coaching team had prepared a doinb for Ke Lie before the match, and the simplest one was Icebird Anivia.
W Ice Wall could block Ke Lie's Charge path. After reaching level 6, its R [Glacier Storm]'s clearing speed could keep up with the opponent's. As long as it dragged on, Icebird would be a terrifying DPS machine in a team battle.
In the second round of BP, after Hanyi chose Karma and the top-laner Captain for the team, the live commentator finally confirmed it.
"This Death Song is used for Asura to walk down the path of death!"
Doll shouted excitedly. "KZ chose Lu Xian for Rat King, and Khan chose Jess for the counter at the last moment!"
Hiari planned to make full use of the top-laner Khan's advantage. As long as Old Jess kept his cannon form W [Super Electric Charge], it would be easy to defeat him with its high attack speed.
Under the camera, Ah Guang bit his lip. Hanyi even patted his shoulder and said something to him.
He knew that he was under a lot of pressure in this round.
Khan's Jess's suppression was obvious to all. In the S7 Summer Tournament, he had used Captain Piertwerf to give Faker his only LCK loss in his career. He had directly crushed Huni and Untara.
How to withstand the pressure and drag it to level 13 was the key to the match.
"Can it work?" Lin Yan asked Jin Gong. "What do you think of the two sides?"
As the captain, Jin Gong answered without hesitation, "Before the Three Phases were created, Planck had no way to fight against Jesse. During the period when the Three Phases were created, as long as the gunpowder barrel connected to Jesse, he would be able to win against Jesse with the same economy … But to put it bluntly, when the competition entered the middle stage, if Jesse's economy was similar to the captain's, then he would have already collapsed."
Lin Ran understood what he was saying, but the sudden movement on the stage caught his attention.
After Asura got Death Song, he changed his summoner skill to Punishment!
"So this is RW's trump card?" Lin Yan looked at Red Rice.
His coach nodded and said, "Hanyi told us before and suggested we practice together, but I don't think this strategy is suitable for us …"
"Why?" Xiao Tian stuck his head out.
"… Because this strategy doesn't give junglers a chance to survive," Red Rice explained. "You'll know when you see it."
The other players also focused on the screen.
They knew that RW had a trump card up his sleeve, so they weren't too surprised.
In contrast, the audience's reaction was much more exaggerated.
[Death Song brings Punishment to steal his teammate's jungler?]
[My god, did he learn Death Song's jungler from Yamanishi?]
[I have to say, Yamanishi is way ahead of the game.]
[WX: I'm wrong about Yamanishi. I'm too narrow-minded.]
KZ was really panicking.
People were always afraid of the unknown.
There was no doubt that RW's lineup today made them feel uneasy.
Khan wiped the sweat off his hands and took another sip of his drink to maintain his competitive state.
The two teams' lineups were confirmed.
RW: Top Captain, Wild Boar Girl, Mid Kellie, Bottom Lane Death Song + Karma.
KZ: Top Lane Jess, Jungler Scorpion, Mid Lane Icebird, Bottom Lane Lu Xian + Morgana.
Lin Yan saw the prophet rubbing his hands and communicating with his teammates. "Everyone, hold on. Don't drag it to the fifth round."
"I'll try to stall Jess." Even though Ah Guang was under a lot of pressure, he was quite optimistic. He was still smiling. "We'll hold on in the early rounds. It'll be easier in the middle and late rounds."
"Don't worry, don't worry …" Doinb roared. "Brothers, do your best!"
The other four RW players also shouted. Even Hanyi chimed in before taking off her headphones.
When the game started, tens of thousands of LPL fans in the stadium cheered for RW in unison!
They didn't differentiate between groups. Whether they were fans of YM, RNG, or IG, they were all RW supporters!
The entire stadium seemed to be shaking. Wave after wave of cheers were transmitted to the players' ears!
Both parties left the fountain and took defensive positions along the river.
The ten of them were at peace. They defended for 1 minute and 15 seconds before retreating. Little Fu's Piggy Girl started from the top half of the map with blue buffs. She then started farming Magical Swamp Frog and Third Wolf.
After leveling up to level three, Piggy Girl did not continue to move to the bottom half of the map. Instead, she moved up the wall and crossed the river to enter the top half of Little Peanut's map!
Lin Yan sat below the stage and watched a few rounds of the game. He immediately recognized that Little Fu was copying Spirit's gank route in the previous game!
Back then, Little Sprite killed The Shy. Now, Flawless was going to catch Khan!
This time, KZ's reaction was not as good as IG's. Broiler had control of the line at that time. He had set up a lookout at AF's Beak Bird camp. When he did not see Little Sprite, he immediately informed The Shy to deal with the minions.
However, in this game, BDD used Icebird to fight Ke Lie. Without control of the middle lane, it was difficult to set up a lookout in RW's jungle in the early stages.
KZ thought that Little Fu would continue farming. Khan had been suppressing them so fiercely that he did not even let Ah Guang gain experience.
Crossing the minions to suppress them could widen the experience gap between the two sides, but the problem was obvious.
It was very difficult to push the minions.
After the Artillerymen arrived, the minions were directly blocked in front of Ah Guang's tower.
Khan was caught off guard. He did not expect Little Fu to launch a surprise attack at this moment!
Piggy Girl circled behind him and used normal attacks to suppress his health. Khan was still moving left and right to avoid W.
However, Ah Guang caught up and started slashing. He had no choice but to use Flash to escape. In the end, he was knocked up by Little Fu's Flash Q and was inflicted with a Freeze effect on W.
After stacking up, he stunned and controlled Jayz. Ah Guang detonated the powder keg and used Blaze Sword Technique to send Khan back to the fountain!
First blood was born!
The live audience shouted and cheered for RW with thunderous applause and cheers!
Little Peanut, who was farming Third Wolf, saw Piggy Girl's last hit count and level. He knew that she had not farmed in the bottom half of the map.
He immediately crossed the river and went into the jungle to quickly cut his losses.
But RW's duo bottom lane took advantage of Death Song and Karma's push to quickly push the Artillerymen into KZ's defense tower and then disappeared from their sight.
When Little Peanut entered the red zone, he found that it was completely empty!
Everyone in KZ watched in horror as Death Song appeared again with a red buff halo under his feet!
Just now, Death Song and Karma had returned to defend RW's red zone after pushing the minions. Before Little Peanut arrived, they had used Retribution to remove the buff!
There was no bounty hunter system at this time, and the gold coins wouldn't be deducted from minions who took too much Retribution. Not only had Asura's development not lagged behind, they could even earn more gold coins than time!
Little Peanut's heart turned cold.
He had to admit that he was panicking now.
He had thought that RW's desperate gank would make Piggy Girl's jungle rot, but who would have thought that Death Song would use Retribution to protect the red buff!
Piggy Girl, who had received a blood assist, and Death Song, who had received a red buff for free, weren't at a loss.
KZ had lost miserably.