I'm the strongest mid laner

Chapter 235 The group stage starts, Hello Yue Lun (RYU)!
"Come on, let's have a drink and rest."

Kkoma clapped his palms, attracting the attention of everyone in SKT, so that they would no longer look at the panel where the game ended.

"Although we lost, it was considered a preliminary understanding of the opponent's strength. Although the CP team is a new army, it is stronger than we imagined."

kkoma has been watching the training match between CP and SKT from the back, and he saw the shadow of another team in CP, that is the former SKT, the SKT of S3!

"Let's talk about the advantages of the five CP players first." Kkoma opened the notebook, which recorded the conclusions he had just observed.

"Their personal ability is very good, and their laning ability is also quite strong." kkoma showed that he set the main tone.

"This point, I believe I don't need to say it, you should be able to feel it in the line with them."

Faker and Marin nodded silently, agreeing with kkoma's point of view very much.

The most important test for the solo lane is the player's personal ability, not only the operation level but also the reaction, observation, and anti-gank ability, including the operation of the pawn line.

Generally speaking, going back to the city without TP will hurt you a lot, losing pawn line and experience, but sometimes you won’t lose these when you go back to the city, because the operation of the pawn line is done well before returning to the city, and the pawn line is stuck , to prevent soldiers from entering the tower.

Another one, when playing the online advantage, how can we suppress the opponent to the greatest extent?

That is to gain the lead in last damage, and use your own suppressive power to curb the opponent's hero's last hit. The opponent can only gain experience but not step forward to last last hit, and the economy will slowly open.

The most important thing about the single lane is this, which is more important than the operation level, that is, the understanding and use of the pawn lane. In this regard, faker and marin have just experienced the abilities of TheShy and Chen Lang, which is really good.

The two are already very good players in laning, but neither the operation nor the operation of the pawn line took advantage, so Chen Lang and TheShy's laning ability is indeed very strong.

As for bang and wolf, they don't have a particularly obvious feeling. After all, their combination is very imba, but JackeyLove and lqs can be regarded as stable, which shows that their strength is not bad, but they don't know how high the upper limit is.

"They are actually a bit like us. They all like to exert pressure online to radiate the overall situation. This is the use of personal ability. This is their advantage but also their disadvantage."

Pointing to the replay video, kkoma said: "Look, Riven's wave in the top lane can actually go, but he didn't go in order to suppress, and then he was caught in this wave."

"TheShy is a very strong player and very confident, but he is too high and is a breakthrough point, which is easy to be targeted. As long as he deliberately sells a loophole, he will definitely be fooled."

"Jungle Peanut is very aggressive. He likes to invade the jungle after gaining an advantage, and use the jungle as a base to compress our defense. This has a great impact on the lane."

Once the wild area is lost, it means that the field of vision is black, so when SKT is faced with this situation, the lane will be cautious and dare not play aggressively at all, so as not to be caught by Peanut.

Therefore, after CP gains an advantage, they will rely on this to quickly gain a greater advantage, and then go round and round.

kkoma continued: "When it comes to jungle, I have to talk about Lang in the middle lane. Their mid-jungle linkage is very good. The two often move together to jump over the tower and grab it to help teammates establish an online advantage."

"So, in the next round, we need to support the jungle as much as possible. If we go to the jungle to support online, CP's offense will be hindered. Once Peanut loses his rhythm and they don't play smoothly, they will mess up."

"Also, their mid lane is the core, and it's also the starting point of the rhythm. After several waves of bengi, you go to the mid lane to catch him, and he knows it. His anti-gank awareness is very good. You can't always try to catch him. It's a waste of time. A lot of time."

Players have very strong personal strength and great potential, especially daring to play is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

Kkoma looked at Faker and said: "Faker, your task is to keep an eye on him, and don't let him wander away easily."

As long as Chen Lang is under tremendous pressure on the line, he will naturally be unable to roam, which will break the CP's mid-field linkage, and Peanut will be alone and helpless if he wants to invade the wild.

As for whether faker can keep an eye on Chen Lang, don't even think about it, is there anyone who faker can't keep an eye on?
Faker nodded, expressing his understanding, this requires him to focus all his attention on the lane, and it will be a real 1V1 lane match in the middle.

"In the bottom lane, we have the advantage. Whether it is catching up or catching down, we can get the advantage, enough to have the ability to determine the outcome of the game."

kkoma also watched a lot of game videos from other competition areas. The No. [-] seed in each competition area is his key observation object. After playing against CP in the LPL game and the training match just now, he found out the advantages and disadvantages of CP. And initially formulated several sets of countermeasures.

Now is the time to experiment with the protocol.

"Cool!"

After winning SKT, JackeyLove stretched his waist, and couldn't hide the smile on his face.

TheShy and Peanut are also very happy. SKT is a veteran giant of the LCK, and there are champions Nakano faker and bengi among them. They are really very happy to win against each other.

For the two of them, faker and bengi are seniors, and it feels so good to beat them~
"It's not as hard to hit as I imagined." JackeyLove started to fart.

"The top, middle and wild fights are very passionate, and the bottom lane doesn't fight much, so of course you don't feel anything." Chen Lang complained.

To fight faker, he really used all his energy. The opponent is really strong, and the laning pressure is very high. Chen Lang believes that TheShy is the same, and Marin's strength is still very strong.

In this kind of battle between top players, a small mistake may be caught by the opponent and be suppressed or even killed. This kind of game consumes a lot of physical and mental energy.

Generally, after a high-intensity game, the players will be very tired. At the end of a BO5, both sides will make a lot of mistakes. This is the performance after the decline in physical and mental strength.

lqs said: "The opponent is very strong in the bottom lane. This is thanks to Peanut who came to the bottom lane a few times to put pressure on them, otherwise they would have passed the tower long ago."

This is what kkoma said earlier when Peanut got the advantage and went headlong into the jungle, but SKT had no vision in the jungle, and would play very passively in the lane, not daring to take the initiative, for fear of being caught by the opponent.

As long as the jungler does not reveal his position, all the enemy lines will be afraid, which is an invisible deterrent.

"It's okay." JackeyLove laughed and said, "Anyway, we just need to keep them on the road, and the middle and upper fields will fight."

"Warrior version, the top order still depends on shy brother, get more advantages, let us lie down~"

After being praised by JackeyLove, TheShy whispered: "I will try my best~"

"Brother Peanut, the bengi champion and jungler have been ruled by you, strong!" JackeyLove turned to look at Peanut again and said.

Little Peanut just smiled shyly, and JackeyLove sighed: "Brother Lang is also fierce, solo killing faker twice, it's too strong!"

Several people kept nodding, which was really strong.

There are really not many players who can kill faker solo, and faker's operation is recognized as strong, otherwise he would not be hailed as the big devil. A world championship left an indelible impression on audiences all over the world.

Chen Lang smiled and patted JackeyLove's head: "Stop flattering, take a good rest, the second training match will start soon."

"How did you feel when you played metal just now?"

JackeyLove shook his head: "It's not easy to play. Although the skateboard shoes are strong against the line, it is too difficult to play metal. We can only ensure that the development will not fall too much."

The E [Tear] of skateboard shoes can return the CD after killing minions, so it is very easy for skateboard shoes to make up damage.

"Why don't you put metal + Japanese girl in the next one, and try another combination?"

"Ah, this is too difficult~" JackeyLove cried.

"SKT may not continue to choose the metal combination. The training match itself is to play more OP heroes, and it is not a competition. Winning or losing is not important. Everyone is exploring the version."

Chen Lang said: "We don't have a coaching team, so we can only play more training games to explore and find ways to restrain ourselves."

"It's okay, Brother Lang, we can definitely win the next round. My buddy just paddled a round. I want to stand up in the next round. Let SKT see how strong you are!"

Seeing that they were almost done chatting, Lin Huiyin brought water to a few of them. They drank water and rested for a few minutes, and the second round of training began.

"This one, the other party really didn't choose the combination of metal!" JackeyLove was very surprised when he saw the other party's pick. Did Chen Lang guess right?
"Then we have to fight the opponent well in the next lane!" After winning the first training match, JackeyLove's confidence increased greatly.

"Then let me go down the road and give it to Jack C." Little Peanut said with a smile.

JackeyLove patted his chest and assured: "No problem, let me come to C, you all lie down, and you will win!"

With that said, the game begins.

After 20 minutes, JackeyLove looked at the failed font on the screen with a heavy heart.

"My buddy was knocked out." JackeyLove spat out these words with difficulty.

In this one, he thought he could play C in the bottom lane, but found that SKT changed his strategy and went straight to the lane. TheShy was also caught badly and died 6 times.
Naturally, they couldn't beat bang+wolf in the bottom lane. Peanut ran up and down the lane, and Chen Lang in the middle lane was also marked to death in the lane. He and Faker had solo kills and had no time to roam. SKT showed strong laning ability. The players His personal strength is fully reflected!

Thinking of the rhetoric before the start of the training match, JackeyLove couldn't help but blush a little, this bragging is exaggerated~
"I didn't play well just now. I took a control in the early stage and was hit with a flash. It will definitely not be like this in the next round." JackeyLove and his teammates said.

"Don't care about winning or losing the training match. Now we're just looking for problems. The more we lose, the more problems will be exposed." Chen Lang didn't care about winning or losing this round.

Through the second training game, he saw another horror of SKT, that is, its strong adaptability, and its ability to quickly make adjustments and formulate countermeasures.

The strength of SKT is not only the strength of the players, but the coaching team is also very good.

Players such as Faker are like generals fighting outside on the battlefield. Kkoma's coaching team is their logistical support, allowing them to only focus on the front without worrying about logistical issues.

We were able to play a few training matches against SKT today. After losing the second game, Chen Lang and the others adjusted their state to prepare for the next training match.

However, CP lost to SKT in the next few training games, and JackeyLove was almost beaten into autism. After winning the first game against SKT, he thought SKT was not that difficult to play, but the next few games made him feel To the terrifying strength of SKT!

Fortunately, the first victory told him that SKT is not invincible, otherwise JackeyLove felt that this team might not be able to win!
A few days later, the draw for the group stage of the LOL Global Finals began.

The teams that were selected for the finalists a few days ago can only participate in the group stage, which is what we commonly call wild card teams. This kind of team is generally relatively weak, and only two teams can advance to the group stage.

According to the regulations of different groups in the same competition area, teams in the same competition area will not compete in the group stage.

LPL and LCK each have three teams, which means they will go to three groups respectively, and they will not meet each other before the top 8.

Group A: FNC, FW, KOO, C9.

Group B: CP, PNG, AHQ, H2K.

Group C: SKT, TSM, EDG, BKT.

Group D CLG, LGD, KT, OG.

When the lottery was divided into groups, LPL was quite happy, because the lottery was really good.

The first group does not have an LPL team, but there is a FW (Flash Wolves) from the Wanwan division, also known as the anti-Korean hero. They are good at playing LCK and can often beat LCK teams in BO1.

Group B, where Chen Lang and his team belonged, included North American and wild-card teams. The overall strength of North America was particularly low, and they were even inferior to AHQ Wanwan. Basically, advancement was not a problem.

Group C is the group with SKT, EDG is also in it, but EDG fans are not worried at all, BKT is a wild card team, and TSM is the second seed in North America, the strength of these two teams is far behind.

The only suspenseful thing is the competition with SKT. EDG will compete with SKT for the first place in the group. The fans think that they will qualify 100%, and even get the first place in the group!

It is not difficult to defeat SKT, isn't MSI defeated?

Now it is nothing more than defeating SKT again, and EDG fans are full of confidence.

The strength of Group D looks similar, CLG is the No. [-] seed in North America, KT is the No. [-] seed in LCK, LGD is the No. [-] seed in LPL, and OG is the No. [-] seed in North American LCS.

The No. [-] seed has all gone to Group D. From this point of view, everyone is equally divided. As for the No. [-] seed CLG in North America, no one thinks how strong it is.

Everyone is a relatively mediocre team in their respective competition areas. On paper, they are all about the same strength, so this group is recognized as the team with the closest strength among the four teams!
However, the fans of the LPL opened the champagne in advance. They felt that there is no problem with the three LPL teams entering the quarterfinals together this year.

Because, LGD's strength is far stronger than the other three teams!
LGD is not much inferior to EDG, and EDG defeated LCK's No. [-] seed SKT. It can be seen that LGD's strength is not as simple as it appears on paper!
That is to say, they met CP. If they hadn't met CP, according to LGD's fiery state at that time, it was entirely possible for them to defeat EDG and win the summer championship!
If this is the case, LGD is the No. [-] seed of LPL, and this difference in strength naturally still exists.

Comparing the records vertically, CP took away EDG 3-0, and LGD 3-1. At least LGD won CP in one game. Looking at it this way, LGD's strength is actually higher than EDG!

After the lottery grouping, the LPL competition area was full of encouragement, and everyone was happy for this grouping.

"Steady, steady, this year I hope that the quarterfinals will avoid civil war, let's talk about the semifinals, and we will defeat the LCK and advance to the finals separately!"

"Such a good group, if you can't advance to the quarterfinals, you really have to swim back!"

"The first three groups, this picture is so beautiful, I dare not even think about it!"

"If all three teams win the first place in the group, there will be no civil war in the top eight. This draw is really good, but EDG is a bit unstable. I don't know if they can beat SKT~"

"Even if the EDG team qualify for the second place, they may not necessarily meet LGD and CP. I hope to meet LCK and send them away~"

Before the game, Western media and ESPN listed CP as the number one team in the world, because they defeated EDG and LGD to win the championship, and SKT lost to EDG at MSI, so they think that LPL is stronger than LCK.

The No.2 team is LGD, No.3 is SKT, and EDG ranks fourth!

LPL teams occupy three of the top four, which shows how optimistic ESPN is about LPL!

CP is also considered to be the favorite to win the championship. The odds of the top five are not high, and CP is the team with the lowest odds.

After the draw for the group stage, a few days later, the competition officially began.

During this period, the players were all training on the European server. This year's S tournament was held in the UK, and Riot also gave all the players super accounts for them to play ranked training on the European server.

The top scorers are SKT and CP, all of them are kings with a thousand points. Peanut, Chen Lang, faker, and bengi are even fighting for the top spot.

Because of the outstanding performance in qualifying, everyone believed in ESPN's prediction. After all, the players of these two teams are a bit too fierce, and the players on the European server are almost beaten to autism.

The first day is the match of Group B, and the battle teams are CP against H2K.

Sitting on a chair, Chen Lang looked at the opponent's mid laner's ID and couldn't help laughing.

I know this player well!

RYU (Yue Lun)!

Since S3 became a stepping stone for faker, his one game made faker's reputation and also played his own nightmare. He couldn't bear it anymore in LCK, so he left Europe and joined H2K.

This year, he entered the World Championship, and it happened that SKT also came. When RYU was interviewed by the media before the game, his biggest obsession was to fight against faker, and he wanted to avenge his shame!
As long as faker is discussed, RYU will always be pulled out to flog his corpse. That double-robbery battle can be called the battle of the century. It destroyed RYU's self-esteem and became the pain of his life, becoming a lingering shadow.

(End of this chapter)