LOL: This man is too persuasive!

Chapter 367 The intrigue and decisive battle has arrived

"Jinghao, the LPL has started to party, and now you KT are the hope of our LCK."

"Sehyung, Wonseok, and Hyukkyu. You have to work hard!"

Backstage, Faker took the lead and directly put pressure on the KT players who were about to take the stage.

I have to say that language is really an art.

Some players and coaches in the LCK who originally wanted to ridicule SKT suddenly didn't know what to say to SKT who lost the game because of Faker's words.

After all, after KZ suffered an upset loss to the Xia team, which ranked fourth in terms of hard power in the LPL, letting SKT, which ranked fourth in terms of hard power in the LCK, be a scapegoat.

SKT naturally becomes a hero if they win.

But losing, SKT also became the "culprit" that pushed the LCK to the edge in the intercontinental competition.

Although it is reasonable to say that "the number one seed wins the number four", it is also true that SKT lost the game and the points in the LCK and LPL divisions came to 0:2.

After all, it's not just the Wolf Warriors viewers in the LPL division who hate SKT for establishing the Triple Crown dynasty. Other teams in the LCK division also hate it.

SKT is the only family!

Faker becomes the king alone!

This directly resulted in more than 70% of the audience in the entire LCK division being SKT fans, even though SKT did not win the championship last year!

As the wages of League of Legends e-sports players have skyrocketed in recent years, coupled with the intensification of poaching Korean players and raising prices in the LPL division, many clubs have to invest more money in order to maintain their competitiveness in the league.

Because the industrialization of e-sports in Dahan Ming Kingdom has been vigorously carried out at the end of the last century, after a long period of hard work and attempts, many old clubs have actually reached breakeven, and even make a lot of profits every year.

However, as the popularity of the League of Legends project continues to increase, the cost for clubs to sign players is also increasing.

The originally stable state was gradually broken.

Although the loss is not a loss, I have always been able to earn 80, but this year I can only earn 50 due to increased costs. From the club's perspective, does it count as a loss of 30?

Unlike many second-generation rich people in China who invest in e-sports clubs because of their own hobbies, the LCK side is more about earning Mane!

Now, because the SKT club is still the only one in the LCK league, it is difficult for other LCK clubs to gain "fans".

Because SKT’s team uniforms sell for 20,000 won, and they may sell 30,000 pieces a month.

And my KT ancestor didn’t even have a star. Even if he played well this season, even if he won the World Championship, would the price of the team uniform dare to exceed 20,000 won?

Absolutely impossible!

SKT’s team uniform has three stars on it!

What's even more disgusting is that even if it only sells for 18,000 won, it's cheaper than SKT, but the number of units sold may not be as much as SKT. Even if SKT didn't make it to the finals, or even the World Championship.

Reality is so realistic!

A whale falls and everything comes into being.

In the LCK league, SKT is the whale, and other clubs are looking forward to its fall to allocate resources so that they can expand their scale and obtain more profits!

Of course, another reason why the club makes less money is that the prize money for League of Legends events is too small.

Like Dota 2 next door, the prize money for the first International Invitational Tournament was as high as 100 million U.S. dollars!

TI3 directly rose to 140 million knives.

NB team won the championship in TI4, and the prize money was as high as 500 million U.S. dollars!

And it has been improving in the following years!

In contrast, League of Legends’ World Championship prize money before Season 5 was only one million dollars, and it only rose to two million dollars in Season 6!

In recent years, it is clear that the popularity and revenue of League of Legends competitions have continued to rise. However, last year’s S7 World Championship prize money fell instead of rising, falling to 182 million U.S. dollars.

As the most popular event in the world, Riot Games is really stingy!

The World Championship prize money is less than a fraction of the total sales of a certain skin from the farmer next door!

Therefore, in order to fight for their own interests, each LCK club hopes that SKT will die soon.

In contrast, the LPL has constant private fights, but everyone is losing money. Even EDG, which won the championship last year, can barely balance its books, so the clubs are relatively harmonious.

In this intercontinental competition, the unity of the LPL can be seen.

Of course, the Xia team took the lead and went directly to the Kled and Zhumei dual-riding system that they planned to use in the playoffs. The most important thing was because of the selfless dedication of Aguang, Monkey and coach Bai Yueya to the LPL.

……

"We didn't play well, but you don't have time to be sad. The next one to face should be RNG, right?"

Seeing Faker's hidden words and carrying a gun, Wolf also became angry: "Go quickly, I will cheer for you in the lounge, and I look forward to your triumphant return!"

"KTRolster—"

"You are our hope for the LCK!"

"This season is the biggest pillar that allows us to defeat the LPL before the World Championship and maintain the Royal Division!"

"come on!"

"I'm optimistic about you!"

Wolf's chubby figure, coupled with his tone of voice, made all the KT players shake their heads helplessly.

They all knew that the SKT players resented their coach for letting them play second.

"How can we win if we are not united?"

KT's auxiliary player Mata sighed very softly, and the pilot Deft on the side also stood there for a while, silent.

That's right

Although the intercontinental competition only lasts four days, from various details in the game, it can be easily discovered that the LPL division is obviously more united than the LCK division.

Like RW upset KZ in the first game.

Looking at the match from a professional player's perspective, Deft doesn't think it was just a coincidence.

The various performances of the Xia team in the game can be seen that they are very familiar with the KZ team's playing style!

This cannot be studied by studying videos alone.

However, as a team that just purchased an LPL seat this season, the Xia Team was reorganized, and its results are at the top end of the LPL. They have never played against the Zonghuang Team!

Why are they so familiar with KZ's playing rhythm and the players' game style?

This is nothing more than what EDG, who played against the KZ team several times in the mid-season this year, told them!

after all,

There is no team in the LPL that is more familiar with the KZ team than EDG.

As for the LCK

KZ and the others don't know whether they deliberately messed up or deliberately didn't reveal it.

When mentioning information about the EDG team, several players talked about things that everyone can see, the really useful "keys", but BDD, Xiaohuahua, Khan and others did not mention a word!

Of course, this is just Mr. Dai’s subjective assumption.

In his heart, he still hoped that it was just because the KZ guys were influenced by the club and failed.

……

"Let us welcome Royal never give up and KTRolster team to the stage!"

After a short ten-minute break, the players from RNG and KT stepped onto the stage under the host's aftershocked voice.

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, ten people walked to the contestants' bench and began to quickly debug peripherals.

“KT’s side is full of antiques!”

“I didn’t expect that this team would be able to reach the top of the standings this summer.”

Looking at the familiar faces that kept appearing on the screen, Ming Kai sighed: "Alpacas are really good at beating puppies."

If Bang is the most severe priest, then Deft must be the most severe priest.

S5、S6两个赛季，Deft与Uzi交手6个大场12个小场，Uzi仅仅赢了1个大场，4个小场。

The winning rate can be said to be a bit disastrous!

"Indeed. People like Bang have played against Uzi in global competitions. It's really unkind for Deft to directly join LPL and EDG."

Mala Xiangguo recalled the unhappy games he played in RNG and couldn't help but shake his head. "But this year's puppies are in extremely good condition. Maybe they can create a miracle against Deft?"

"After all, apart from being stably arrested by our EDG, RNG is very stable against other teams."

Before Mala Xiangguo could finish speaking, Yan Junze couldn't help but was being pushed to the bench.

"What are we EDG!"

"Xiang Guo, you are not a kind person."

"How long have you been in RNG, how long has it been since you joined EDG."

"How come after winning a few games, now everyone is calling us EDG!"

"This" was a sharp question about posture, and Mala Xiangguo, who was not very eloquent, suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He scratched his head and looked around, asking for help.

But suddenly I found that in addition to my teammates, IG, who has many good friends, and the Xia team, which has two former members of EDG.

Your RNG came on stage to play a game, but you, a little substitute, are so arrogant?

With the numerical advantage, he instantly became tough:

“Once you enter a pig farm, you will always be a pig!”

"You dare to say that I am not from EDG. Can you ask the factory director if he agrees?"

"Ask the thousands of teammates behind me if they agree!"

Mala Xiangguo shouted and looked at the factory director with great pride.

It’s true that you are player No. 003 in LPL, but my head coach Clearlove7 is player No. 001 in LPL!

"Uh..."

"The game has started, let's watch BP!"

"I'm just kidding you, why are you so arrogant?"

He spread his hands out, but feeling the murderous aura from the man behind the spicy hot pot, he immediately retracted them and changed to a posture with his hands folded across his chest.

"Who allowed me to win a spring championship and an MSI championship this year?"

"Do you have an MSI championship?"

Mala Xiangguo also imitated the posture and crossed his arms with his chest, very proud of it.

"never mind!"

"Watching the game, I won't talk to you about these things."

I felt the pain in my heart.

If the IEM and national e-sports championships are not counted, Liu Zhihao has not won a championship for seven years in his career, which is really a failure.

Compared to Mala Xiangguo, he really can't be arrogant.

"Mata on the opposite side is also an old guy. It's not easy for the puppy to hit the bottom lane in this round."

After Zhizi saw the IDs of KT's bottom duo players, he immediately changed his mind and said: "This guy is quite enviable. He and I seemed to have played professionally in the same year, but he won the OGN championship the next year."

"Hey"

"Can you guys let go of the EDG summer finals and let me win a championship for my brother?"

"Uh-huh!" After hearing the gesture, IG, especially Song Yijin, was unhappy. He immediately shouted: "Why do you think RNG can enter the finals?"

"If we play against our IG in the playoffs, it's not necessarily who will win and who will lose!"

"Ah, yes, yes."

He looked at the serious broiler with a sly posture and smiled mischievously.

And this expression, in Song Yijin's eyes, seemed to be that the opponent was being grabbed by the alchemist's snake-drawing dragon's hand and crying when he was laughing at him during the spring playoffs, and his face suddenly turned red.

"Mata is a guy with great vision. It is said that his command is also very spiritual. It is really difficult to deal with."

At this critical moment, the great Yu Wenbo stood up: "He cooperates with Deft, and the RNG bottom duo may not be comfortable playing."

"That's true, it still depends on BP."

Jiang Zhun, who had been silent and didn't say much, suddenly spoke: "Uzi shouldn't have any pressure playing Deft now. He is in really good shape during this period. The most important thing is to look at the support position."

"Mata, Mafa, and Madlife seemed to be known as the top three supports in the LCK before, right?"

"The old man's hero pool is very deep. He might be able to find some heroes that can support Shi Senming hard."

"Of course, he doesn't seem to be operating very well right now. I hope Uzi and Shi Senming can seize the opportunity to break through him online!"

The hard power of KT's five lane players is not considered to be the top group in the LCK. However, under the command of Mata, this team has exploded with amazing potential in the summer split, passing all the way, whether you are a legendary team or a Rising star dark horse or spring split champion, KT won them all!

Therefore, Jiang Zhun had studied this team before the intercontinental competition.

Among the five team members, the one he fears the most is not Semb, Deft, or Pawn, but Mata!

This old guy has great control over the layout of the field of view and the timing!

There are similarities between KT and EDG in the summer split, that is, many games last less than 25 minutes!

EDG relies on breakthroughs in the jungle, as well as strong execution capabilities and a relatively advanced understanding of the version.

KT relies on Mata's command and arrangement.

This guy plays support, and he can spend one-third of his economy on buying vision!

With the green jungle knife removed, the KT team's vision in the summer split can still light up most of the Summoner's Rift!

KT always relies on poor field of vision to make operations and gain advantages.

"Jace?!"

"This Semb really dares to take out things!"

Just as Jiang Zhun was deep in thought, Zhi Zhi suddenly shouted excitedly.

Looking at the screen, the lineups of both sides have been selected.

RNG: Sword Girl, Verus, Morgana, Barrel, Ryze

KT: Sword Demon, Jess, Pig Girl, Big Eye, Shen

"Jess step up?"

"KT's counter position really worked!"

Recalling the order of hero selection, Jiang Zhun easily deduced that KT should be top laner Jayce, mid laner Sword Demon, and bottom lane Shen + Big Eye.

As for RNG, they have top laner Dao Mei and mid laner Ryze.

"If Yan Junze can play Ryze, top laner Ryze and mid laner Ryze will actually be much easier to beat."

"If the sword girl is in the middle, it will be difficult for Xiaohu to have lane rights in the early stage!"

"The top and middle players on both sides can swing. Let's see how they change in the end."

(End of this chapter)