LOL: This man is too persuasive!

Chapter 418: First appearance in the World Championships
"A great draw, a great draw!"

Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Andaz Hotel.

In the large suite No. 1020.

Everyone in RNG sat together happily, Xiaohu and Wuzi leaned forward and backward with laughter, and Shi Senming and Yan Junze were also applauding gently.

"The lottery for Group B is also great!"

"Isn't this a guaranteed top eight?"

"Thank you Wolf!"

Although Wolf player Li Zaiwan, who is SKT's support, did many inhumane things to RNG in various international competitions in the past two years.

but,

After he finished the group stage draw, everyone's complaints about him in RNG disappeared instantly.

It’s really a good sign!

Not only did Samsung, the weakest team in the LCK division, be drawn into Group B, but the other two teams were also just as Mingkai described in the mobile memo - cannon fodder!
"I've never had such a wonderful start!" The 200-pound figure was also lying on the sofa, screaming in a weird voice.

Samsung team.

A veteran team in the LCK division.

In this year's version, which favors small-scale team battles in the early and mid-term, as well as confrontations in the mid-to-late stage, it is still possible to fight a way through the LCK and advance to the World Championship.

This is enough to illustrate the strength of the Samsung team.

However, for RNG, the Samsung team is the LCK team they are least afraid of.

First of all, no matter how popular Samsung is, it cannot change the fact that it is the third seed in the LCK division.

Compared to the other two teams, Samsung is the weakest.

Even though their team's team is still the team from the S7 World Championship, due to the individual players' condition, etc., it is difficult for Samsung to achieve the same dominance in this World Championship as in the previous one.

of course,

In addition, another reason is that the style of the Samsung team is perfectly restrained by RNG.

In particular, the bottom lane that Samsung currently relies on has the ability to carry the game. In terms of laning, it is completely unable to beat the combination of Uzi + Xiao Ming.

"Ruler has fought Uzi a lot, right?"

"Always being abused."

"We are basically guaranteed to qualify in the group stage."

RNG is very self-aware of the strength of its team, so even though there is still about a week before the start of the game, everyone is not modest at all.

Samsung still has the same players this year, which means this team is destined to be at a natural disadvantage when encountering RNG!

After everyone had a discussion, several players lay down directly in the training room converted from the Suite Demon.

Kasa opened another two-dimensional game on his phone that had a style similar to butter.

And the posture is watching the dance area of ​​Huya TV.

Several other people started fighting together.

Of course, this is not because everyone at RNG started to slack off after learning that they were the best LPL team in the group.

But because tonight, they will change their positions.

There is only an hour and a half left before Riot's bus leaves.

Can't get an appointment for a training match.

If Rank encounters a bladder bureau, it can only fight once.

Therefore, it is better to relax and reward yourself for your hard work during this period.

at the same time,

In the hotel room where the IG team is located, everyone does not look particularly happy.

Because compared to RNG and EDG.

The IG team is considered the worst team in the LPL.

The strong team they have to face in their group is the European League champion FNC.

Although everyone is usually used to the competition between Europe and the United States, the intensity of the European leagues this year is really not weak.

The three teams that have advanced to the World Championship, G2, FNC, and VIT, are all very strong and distinctive in terms of the strength of their players and the team's playing style.

If you underestimate the enemy too much,

It's easy to roll over.

Moreover, from the perspective of paper strength, the configuration of the IG team is even somewhat inferior to that of the FNC team.

Although the other two teams in the group are wild card teams, the group stage is BO1 instead of BO3. If something unexpected happens, it can easily lead to abnormal scores.

As a result, there may be extra rounds or even eliminations.

"RNG beats three stars."

"EDG is so lucky to play AFs, right?"

"Why not let FNC go to EDG's group and put AFs in our group. Wolf, I hate you!"

Baolan was a little timid before fighting.

Although FNC was badly beaten by EDG in this year's international competition, there is no doubt that the strength of this team is strong.

Especially after the summer split, FNC is making further progress.

To put it in simpler terms, 'FNC' has evolved.

After letting the top laner play support and the substitute top laner taking over the top lane position, FNC's strength has been strengthened on both the upper and lower lines. In addition, Caps is a super newcomer in the European division and the new king of the younger generation.

Such FNC is indeed a formidable enemy for the relatively young IG team!
"Just do it and that's it."

"It's just that it's difficult to qualify first in the group, but it doesn't mean that we will be eliminated."

"Isn't this team 100T easily abused by us?"

"And the GRX team doesn't have the strength of Flash Wolves. It's so stupid. If they can't get first place, they can't get second place?"

"At worst, we'll have to wait and see our luck in the quarterfinals."

"." Prince Ning said carelessly, but his expression soon became serious.

If IG qualify second in the group.

Analysis based on paper strength.

The first teams in groups A, B, and C should be EDG, KT and RNG.

As a result,
In the quarterfinals, they will play against one of these three teams.

Needless to say, EDG has a similar playing style to IG, but EDG is much stronger than IG in the first half, which directly led to IG only winning a small game against EDG this year.

And RNG
IG lost both BO5s this year with a score of 2:3.

"It's not bad."

"As long as we don't draw EDG in the quarterfinals, we can still play a dozen games."

"Although KT is strong, it's not that strong that makes people despair."

"If you win the RNG civil war, it's best to take revenge."

While other teams were still studying their opponents in the group stage, King Ning began to fantasize about his opponents in the quarterfinals, which made the other players on the IG team roll their eyes.

They knew that Prince Ning was arrogant, but they didn't expect him to be so arrogant.

"It's better to prepare for the group stage first." "It is said that RNG's recent training matches have finished six games in two and a half hours and got off work on time. Kasa chases people and kills in the jungle!"

Yu Wenbo's information is relatively well-informed, and coach MAFA also nodded to express that his information is very accurate.

"Training match?"

"It's RNG's training match again."

"Didn't that guy from Stance play a game with WE in the spring split, use his captain to blow up 957, and then keep boasting about being invincible in training matches?"

"If training games are useful, then why is RNG still starting Yan Junze?"

Prince Ning couldn't help but said: "Anyway, we just need to do our best."

"I think it's very easy to get to the top eight."

……

10 month 10 day.

Gwangju Women's University, Universiade Stadium.

There are huge crowds of people, and the bustling crowd is like a tidal wave.

Everyone's face was full of passion and expectation. They were shouting loudly or discussing in low voices. It was very lively.

As the time came to two o'clock in the afternoon, the mood of the crowd in the audience gradually heated up, and the entire stadium was filled with endless energy and passion!
"This is the first round of the League of Legends 2018 World Championship group stage!"

Li Xianjing appeared on the stage in the middle of the stadium wearing a pink hip-hugging skirt and holding a microphone.

"Today, the duel will be between Group A!"

"Let's welcome the four teams!"

The group stage can be regarded as the beginning of the main event of the League of Legends World Championship, but because the schedule is relatively long and there are many games, Riot Games did not specially prepare any opening ceremony.

Instead, we cut the knot quickly and compete directly in the order of the four groups A, B, C, and D.

Therefore, 6 games will be held today!

Since the teams in Group A are EDG, Flash Wolves, PVB and C9, and there are no teams from the LCK division, there are very few Korean nationalities in the audience, and most of them are college students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan or Korea.

Five EDG players wearing black team uniforms and the factory director in a sexy suit appeared, which directly triggered a burst of wild shouts from the scene.

Likewise, since the Flash Wolves are a provincial team.

The EDG fans present cheered and cheered this team as much as EDG.

When the PVB team and the C9 team came on the stage, the cheers dropped off a cliff, which also made the players of the two teams a little embarrassed.

[EDG and Flash Wolves, come on! It’s best to qualify together]

[Why are EDG and C9 assigned to a group again? In my impression, these two teams always seem to be assigned to a group in the group stage, right? 】

[Hey, the wolf king of Flash Wolves has gone to RNG. Why does it feel like Flash Wolves are going to suffer a lot this year?]

[Can all three teams appear? I looked at the draw and I feel there is no pressure.]

[The result is not obvious. EDG and RNG both qualified with the first place in the group, and IG ranked second in the group. 】

[Hey, can IG work harder? As long as we kill FNC, all three teams in our LPL will be first in the group, and we won’t encounter each other in the knockout rounds]

[With this cheering, those who don’t know may think that Dahan Ming Kingdom is our own province]

[There are so many Chinese people at the scene! 】

[The girl that the director just shouted to the camera, "Cheers! She's a good motorcycle. Isn't she a fan of the provincial team?" 】

【…】

"Welcome everyone to watch the group stage of the League of Legends S8 World Championship. I am the commentator doll, and I am Miller."

After the retired professional players in the commentary box evaluated the strength of the four teams in Group A, the Haier brothers appeared in the official LPL live broadcast room.

As the most effective commentary partners in the current LPL division, these two were also arranged by the league to commentate on the first show of the LPL division team.

Tomorrow's first round of Group B, where RNG is located, will be narrated by Guan Zeyuan, who deeply loves the Samsung team in Group B.

"The game is about to begin."

"And before the group stage starts, there's actually a week of play-in games."

"Although there are no teams from our LPL division participating, the things reflected in each of the qualifying games are still worthy of our study."

The two veteran commentators are very good at how to waste the garbage time before the game starts.

Wawa took advantage of the situation and said: "The version of the World Championship is version 8.19, but if you want to say that version 8.19 has any important changes compared to version 8.18, nothing has been changed. It just slightly enhanced a few top laners and jungle heroes."

"But judging from the play-in matches a week ago, these enhanced heroes did not appear on the field too much."

"So, everyone is still at the stage of exploring the version, and there is no specific template for us to refer to."

"Of course, there are still a lot of changes this year compared to last year." Miller began to recall:
"In the S8 season, the most important thing is the revision of runes."

"In addition there are several hero reworks."

"But what can really affect the rhythm of the game is the weakening of teleportation and the weakening of the shield value of Lulu's Censer Monster, the removal of the green jungle knife, the short-lived appearance of the wild core version, and the changes in salary equipment."

Many viewers don't pay attention to normal games. The time they watch the game every year is the finals of the spring and summer games.

Therefore, not everyone in the audience understands the version very well.

So Wawa and Miller listed several of the more important changes for this season.

"Of course, if you want to say what the most important change is, it must be the revision of critical equipment!"

"Fist's revamp of critical strike equipment directly led to the weakening of ADC's dominance in the later stages. In many cases, without a relatively large equipment gap, ADC would not be able to take over the game in the mid-to-late stage like it did in the previous two seasons!"

Whether it is the S6 season or the S7 season, as long as the ADC reaches two pieces of equipment, it can have extremely high output, and it can be regarded as officially debuting.

However, after the revision of AD equipment in this summer split, if the equipment does not have a three-piece set, it will be difficult for ADC to beat the enemy.

This makes the AD position no longer a key position in determining the outcome of the game.

As for which team on both sides has the advantage, it cannot be simply judged quickly from which of the two teams has better ADC equipment and better development.

"This year's World Championship is indeed almost the most balanced version in recent years."

"I can carry the game in several positions."

"On the top lane, you can choose an offensive top laner, or you can choose a tanky and functional top laner like last season."

"In the jungle position, you can play jungle core, or you can play tool man."

"And in the middle, warriors and mages can both choose."

"There are even various unconventional AD combinations in the bottom lane."

"So, compared to the previous two years of World Championships, this year's World Championships is undoubtedly more interesting."

The Haier brothers were boastful and kept talking about how people are looking forward to this year's game.

Although their words are exaggerated.

But old players and viewers all agreed.

The most important thing is that through version changes and the recasting of runes, a League of Legends game originally took more than half an hour, but now the rhythm has been changed to nearly half an hour.

This greatly reduces the occurrence of bladder bursa.

"In the past, everyone could develop stably in the early stage."

"Now that this version has been revised with the revision of River Crab, the jungler will also have to fight for it in the early stage."

"So, small-scale team battles and teams with good resources will definitely have good results."

(End of this chapter)