LOL: This man is too persuasive!

Chapter 434 The champion and runner-up meet again
"Invictus Gaming——"

LCK female host Jin Minwo immediately called out the full name of the IG club when she saw that the note in Bang's hand was the letter 'i' composed of black and white Tai Chi elements.

At that moment, the performance of the audience in the audience was also different.

Whether they were local viewers from the LCK region or viewers from the LPL or other regions who came to Gwangju to watch the group stage, they were both happy and sad after realizing that the KT team’s opponent in the knockout round was the IG team.

For the LCK division, the happy thing is that the IG team was drawn. KT and Samsung did not have to fight in the knockout round, leaving only one lone team in the LCK division until the semi-finals.

The sad thing is that the IG team is undoubtedly the strongest among the four second-place qualifying teams.

Even in the group stage, they were able to draw one to one with FNC, the number one seed in Europe!

Although many Bangzi viewers are convinced that the KT team, which has an extremely luxurious lineup and has both fresh blood and many experienced players, can easily defeat IG in the knockout round.

But if you can beat the weak ones, such as the C9 team, then it is definitely better to pick the weak ones!

[The top laner Thehsy and mid laner Rookie of the IG team are both from our country, Dahanming. I believe they will serve the country in the World Championship! 】

Yu Wenbo stood up and said: "If you qualify first in the group, your opponent will definitely not be so strong."

Rookie in front of the monitor couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the IG team being taken out of the lottery pool.

"That's okay, KT is at least easier to play than RNG."

"Why are you playing KT?"

"This is so difficult."

In the intercontinental competition, more than 20 LPL players have been studying the strongest team in the LCK division.

As for the combination of Deft+mafa in the bottom lane, although the laning strength is not that outstanding, it is still first-rate.

"Samsung is playing EDG? No way!" Guan Zeyuan was a little disbelieving and looked at the screen in front of him in a panic.

Faced with any situation, the two of them can basically find the most correct way to deal with it.

"After all, Samsung is the original lineup from last year. In last season's World Championship, Samsung didn't perform very well in the group stage or even the knockout rounds. But with its exaggerated adjustment and learning ability, Samsung managed to reach the finals. , and finally lost to EDG and finished second.”

"no way."

Guan Zeyuan took a deep breath, then looked at Remember with a smile.

Because FNC and IG belong to Group D in the group stage. According to the principle of avoidance in the same group, it is impossible for the two teams to meet in the knockout round.

At the same time, the shaking was still echoing in my ears.

【It’s okay! 】

"Samsung team's opponent in the knockout round must be EDG."

Broiler is in pretty good shape this season, and he is actually quite familiar with the KT team.

While they maintain good condition, they also have more experience than most bottom lane combinations.

"Drawing KT is already the best choice."

【Bang tried his best! 】

[If the Samsung team meets EDG, it will be completely ruined. Please Bang assign Samsung to FNC.]

"only"

As everyone knows, Guan Zeyuan's surname is Pu.

Although Score did not achieve very good results in the World Championship, as a veteran LCK player, his team leadership experience is too rich.

"We can only blame ourselves. The group stage was stolen by AFS."

"Axiba——"

"So, to be on the safe side, it's best to let the Samsung team play FNC, so that EDG can easily advance."

"This is a great draw for our LPL division!"

"It's C9!"

[The lot drawn is really good and smelly! 】

He is well versed in operations and command, and is the mainstay and spirit of the KT team.

I saw Bang unfolding the lottery results, with C9's unique "Cumulonimbus No. 9" logo on it.

The most important thing is that these two are also veterans who have been competing on the field for many years.

The main reason why he said something dirty is because the configuration of the other four members of the KT team is so good!
Semb, the top laner, is extremely offensive. He is the best carry-type top laner in this World Championship except Jiang Zhun and Theshy. In addition, his own performance is excellent. Just looking at the player ID makes people feel A great sense of oppression.

"That's right." After thinking about it for a while, Broiler suddenly realized that if they didn't draw the KT team, their next opponent would only be EDG.

For Ucal players who only started playing in the summer split last season, there is definitely not much pressure on Broiler.

[Why not the C9 team? If it were the C9 team, there would be a greater possibility of civil war in the LPL knockout rounds! 】

"Now we only have EDG's undetermined opponent in the LPL division!" Guan Zeyuan's voice came from the screen, "I think the Samsung team is definitely more difficult to deal with than C9."

In Broiler's mind, for some reason a picture of a shoehorn braised egg head appeared.

"You scared me to death."

Standing beside him, I remember crossing my hands in front of the stalls, watching calmly as Guan Zeyuan raised his brows and smiled brightly. After stating his idea of ​​the lottery results, he slowly spoke:
"What Zeyuan said is indeed good."

However, I remember he reminded me unhurriedly: "C9 and EDG are in the same group in the group stage."

After the words fell, Guan Zeyuan's facial expression was like entering an ice chamber at -99°C, instantly solidifying and becoming abstract.

He instantly understood why he remembered saying that EDG's opponent must be Samsung.

Because according to the principle of avoiding the same group in the group stage, the last two draws have actually been decided, that is, EDG-Samsung, C9-FNC. No matter which one of the second-placed C9 and Samsung is drawn, the result will not be the same. Nothing will change!

The barrages in the LPL official live broadcast room increased rapidly:
【I laughed so hard! 】

【amateur! amateur! amateur.】

[Park Zeyuan looks like a clown]

[Brother, I can’t help it anymore. Can the LPL official let Guan Zeyuan comment on the game between EDG and Samsung? That would be so effective! 】

[Bang’s hand, a stroke of genius! 】

[Sure enough, it’s a great sign! 】

[I just want to ask, is Guan Zeyuan our LPL commentator or LCK commentator? Why does everything he says seem to be for Samsung to advance? 】

[It is recommended to strictly check the three generations of dogs! 】

……

The knockout draw results are finally out:
(upper half)

RNG team vs G2 team
KT team vs IG team
(lower half)

EDG team vs Samsung team
FNC team vs C9 team
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"All encounters in the world are reunions after a long absence."

Jiang Zhun sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that Samsung, which I haven't played against for a year, would meet in the knockout round." Looking at the familiar team name, Jiang Zhun's mind instantly returned to the Bird's Nest a year ago.

His first World Championship, EDG's first S Championship, and LPL's first S Championship trophy were won by defeating the Samsung team!
"Three stars."

Hearing Jiang Zhun's emotion, Hae Sungmin couldn't help but say: "Samsung was really weak in the spring split. At that time, it was ranked last in the LCK spring split."

"We beat them very easily."

uh-huh?

Everyone in EDG was stunned at first when they heard Hae Sung Min's words, and then they realized that this guy had played in the Fried Chicken Team for two months.

Also, the results of the BBQ spring competition were not very satisfactory. Even Hae Sungmin could say that Samsung was weak at that time, so Samsung was absolutely weak!

"They seem to have changed a group of people from last year's World Championship. Not only do they have no tacit understanding of cooperation, but even Cuvee has been repeatedly single-killed online."

"It's normal. After all, the Blight of Autumn is completely opposite to the Tiger Emperor of Spring." Spicy Hot Pot smiled a little.

"We were caught in the knockout rounds this year. Samsung has no chance of evolving all the way to the finals!"

The girl who had always been relatively quiet suddenly raised her fist, as if she wanted to defeat Samsung.

"To be honest, this year's Samsung team made it all the way to the summer playoffs, then to the World Championships, and even passed the group stage. I was quite surprised." The factory director was relatively calm.

"So don't slack off. Once Riot releases the schedule, we can carry out targeted training plans."

Although the lottery ceremony is over, Riot Games needs to consider the material shooting of each team in the knockout round and the time interval between the group stage matches.

Therefore, the schedule will not be played in the order of the draw, but will be informed to each team at 11 o'clock tonight after a comprehensive review discussion.

"The most interesting thing about this year's knockout round is the match between IG and kt."

"But it's good for the European and American divisions. FNC and C9 are grouped together. In this case, they will have a top four team this year and they won't be as miserable as last year."

Abramovich was judging the knockout draw from a different perspective.

"The debate over which division is stronger between EU and NA will start to quarrel again."

"But what I'm more curious about are two old friends from our club."

The two old friends mentioned by the factory director are naturally "Yangfan" and North American iron powder IWD.

"It's true, one is the European Iron-Blooded Warrior and the other is a C9 star."

"When the time comes, I guess the European guy will definitely wear FNC uniforms and passionately commentate on the game."

"As for IWD, this guy should start recording taunting videos."

In the boring life of EDG, after playing training matches, everyone in EDG would occasionally watch the videos of these two old friends explaining the LPL to satisfy the emptiness and lack in their spiritual lives.

Therefore, they are very familiar with their personalities.

It can even predict some of their future operations.

"You guys think, if FNC fights its way through the top half and then meets us in the finals, who should the European guy support during his commentary?" Meikou asked curiously.

The factory director rolled his eyes and said, "Do you even need to guess? This guy will definitely live broadcast wearing FNC's team uniform. And if we win the game, he will put on EDG's team uniform without saying a word and broadcast like crazy." European audiences are talking about it.”

"He understands traffic."

……

Compared to the cheers from the EDG team, Samsung was a little lifeless.

In fact, everyone knows that their ability to advance from the group stage to the knockout rounds depends more on luck in the group stage.

If Samsung is not in Group B, but in any of Groups A, C, and D, it is very likely that it will not qualify.

The moment Bang drew the KT team to face IG, everyone knew that this year's World Championship might be over.

"Uh-huh, actually it's good to be optimistic."

"People will always only remember the champion."

"Last year we won second place, but we were criticized and abused when we returned home."

"Failed in the quarterfinals this year, I can actually give myself an extra half month of vacation."

Cuvee stretched and began to comfort himself.

In response to his discouraging words, the head of Team Baan did not refute or reprimand him.

Instead, he plays mobile games quietly by himself.

For the Samsung team this year, reaching the quarterfinals is a success.

After all, no one could have imagined that a team that was beaten by the bottom teams in the spring split could wake up in the summer split, defeat SKT all the way to the playoffs, and defeat the dark horse in the competition for qualifying spots. Griffin successfully entered the World Championship.

Being able to appear in the group stage and even reach the knockout rounds is already a miracle among miracles.

"But it's really a pity." Ruler was a little reluctant.

He knows that with the configuration of Samsung this year, it is really difficult to win the championship.

After all, since the rune revision and major version changes, the game League of Legends is no longer in the comfort zone for Samsung teams.

In addition, Riot has successively removed the eye stone and the green jungle knife, which is a fatal weakening for Samsung who is good at arranging vision.

The S8 World Championship is a relatively balanced version, and all three lanes can play the role of the carry team.

As for the Samsung team, at least so far, Cuvee has not received the power infusion given by the Goddess of Autumn, and the mid laner's Crown still looks lifeless, and can only play some functional heroes.

The carry point for the entire team can only be the bottom lane!

Since Samsung is not in the same state as RNG this season, it cannot continue to maintain its strong suppressive power after the core AD is weakened in the summer split.

Therefore, every game they play is extremely difficult.

"Let it go wherever you go."

"It will be considered a success if we don't lose 3:0 in the knockout round."

"Of course, if we can upset EDG and get revenge, that would be the best."

The coach watched the players look dead after the drawing ceremony, and couldn't help but start to comfort them.

"I hope Roit can arrange our schedule before the KT team. In this case, even if we lose the game, domestic public opinion will be attracted by KT's game." JJ began to pray.

When Leader An looked at his appearance, his right hand was a little ready to move, wanting to get the baseball bat placed behind the door.

"Axi!"

"Even if you know you will lose, you still have to fight. Only if you lose can you complain here."

After a moment of silence, Leader An sighed and said: "EDG were in Group A during the group stage, we were in Group B, KT and IG were in Group C and Group D respectively. Obviously, our game must be scheduled before theirs. "

"Hey!"

"Tomorrow we will shoot a promotional video with Riot Games. After the shooting, we will relax in the afternoon and start training hard the next day."

“Try not to let yourself down once the knockout rounds begin.”

(End of this chapter)