LOL: Serve the country with loyalty, I have full attributes to resist Korea

Chapter 327: The streets are empty! The semi-finals begin! All weird things! A flaw in the system?
October 10, State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

As one of the most famous sports stadiums in North America, the venue is quite large and can accommodate more than 20,000 seats.

This is also the home of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and is one of the most famous landmarks in the Atlanta area.

Today the venue was crowded with people, not only were there foreigners wearing red headscarves and red uniforms, but there were also a large number of Asian faces.

What created today's grand scene was, of course, the huge [WEvsT1] billboard that had been erected in the center of the city long ago.

On it, the two figures of Cheng Ming and Li Xianghe were standing opposite each other, looking at each other, which could be said to be a full display of power.

Regardless of whether this match is the so-called "early finals", it is at least between the two teams with the most attention among the top four, so the official almost really gave them the appearance of a final.

Cheng Ming and his teammates slightly opened the bus window and looked out at the crazy foreign fans gathered on the roadside, each of them holding up Chinese cheering signs and shouting heart-wrenchingly.

Some even lifted their shirts to reveal tattoos representing their IDs.
"Damn it! This is not suitable for children!"

Bin turned his head and covered ON's eyes, while he quietly stretched his neck.

"Oh my, I want to see it too! Brother Bin's son of a bitch, he's eating alone!"

Amidst the laughter, everyone felt the novelty of the different cultural atmosphere.

Although the United States is notorious for its unrest, no matter what, at least it takes black fans to do bad things first.

Logically speaking, no matter how perfect a person is, it is impossible for him to be without black fans. After all, there is no need for any reason to hate someone. Even if he has done nothing wrong and is just drinking water, people may dislike his ugly drinking posture.

But, Cheng Ming is the only exception who is almost "almost".

Because in the world of the league, even the most disgusting pressure-resistant maggots will never spray the champion of that year.

No matter how unhappy it is, just like the left hand that was beaten into a sieve a few days ago, as long as he can win a championship this year, he can wash it clean in minutes!
In any case, the players are realistic about the fact that they will be exempt from criticism for at least half a year.

Of course, if some of them are still among the top 16 of the year, don’t blame netizens for sharpening their knives to attack Zhuzhu.

Unfortunately, Cheng Ming’s right to be immune from criticism has never been cut off, as if he has a semi-permanent golden medal of immunity from death.

In the eyes of European and American audiences, who have no competitive relationship with the show in the first place, they can simply enjoy the wonderful performances every year, which will naturally only attract more fans.

But if we really want to talk about haters, perhaps the trip to Korea for the S-League next year will be the only place where they gather.
A quarter of an hour later.

As night falls, the venue is filled with people!

"Welcome to Atlanta!" The bald man's roar echoed throughout the arena.

"Today, the first ticket to the finals in San Francisco will be decided here!"

"The two teams facing each other are the same as last year. This will be the second time that these two legendary teams will meet in the semi-finals!"

“Then first, let me welcome the second seed from LCK: T~~~ONE~~~~” The big bald guy roared out a final tone that was no less than that of the Roaring Emperor.

"Top laner Zeus, jungler ONER, mid laner Faker! Bottom laner Gumayusi, support Keria, and coach Bengi!"

All the spotlights on the dome on the right side of the stage were turned on, reflecting the figures of all T1 members.

Tens of thousands of spectators in the stadium suddenly burst into cheers!
As a team that cannot be avoided in history, even though T1 seems to have a downward trend in recent years, it still has a group of loyal fans.

Besides, to be honest, T1's performance last year was actually the top four in the S game. After being completely rebuilt this year, it once again made it to the top four in the S game.

For most other teams, this would be considered a good result.

The so-called fall down the mountain has always been a comparison with their own past.

Oh, of course, it could also be because of the rise of a new mountain, which creates a natural contrast and causes a sense of falling.
The three new players of T1 looked very reserved. After all, strictly speaking, this was their first time on the S stage. Last year, only Zeus played in the last game.

"Next, please welcome the LPL's number one seed! Team! W! E!"

"Top laner Bin, jungler Krd! Mid laner Angel, bottom laner JackeyLove support ON, substitute Mole, and coach Sask."

The spotlight on the left fell, and with the dry ice mist rising, all members of WE appeared in front of millions of viewers at the scene and around the world!

The bald guy was obviously in a different mood, and his face and neck were flushed with excitement.

The scene immediately erupted with deafening screams. Fans from LPL not only cheered hard, but some even formed groups to beat drums!

It is obviously much higher than the momentum of T1 just now.

In the central auditorium, there was a group of blonde girls, a foreign guy with dreadlocks and a crew cut, a young man cosplaying as Yazotim, and a European and American tourist group consisting of several black men. When the host called out the ID "Krd", they all jumped up from their chairs.

They screamed and clapped loudly, and even pulled the Korean fans sitting around them to stand up together, fully displaying their social attributes and making the Korean fans dare not speak out.

Cheng Ming's influence in the league is no longer what it used to be, and has long gone beyond the domestic circle of LPL.

Those foreigners who watched the highlights on Twitch have been watching this man on the screen for almost three years. Now they have finally seen him alive with their own eyes, and they are naturally very excited.

If you look closely, you will find that there are many familiar foreign professional players among these cheering people, and many of them have admiration in their eyes.

Sitting in the audience seats for the semi-finals today, it seemed like a bit of a "pilgrimage".

Obviously, all the participants on this battlefield are looking forward to the outcome of today's battle, which is destined to change a lot.

"History repeats itself! This will be a battle between the new god and the old emperor!"

"Let's wait and see who will win today!"

Now, the lights dimmed as the host shouted loudly, and the contestants from both teams walked towards the contestant seats.

The live screen also switches back to the live stream.

"Hello everyone, this is the live broadcast of the semi-finals of the 2022 League of Legends Global Finals..."

On the LPL commentary desk, Wawa was broadcasting fluently, and he went straight to the point when he finished.

"Okay, so everyone knows that the importance of this game is self-evident!"

"That's right. For T1, this will be their second time to return to the semi-finals since S7. It will also be their second consecutive year to face WE in the same position!" Miller said in tacit understanding.

"Of course, for Team WE and player Krd, this will be a crucial battle for whether they can successfully defend their title, and whether Krd can achieve the unprecedented and likely unparalleled 'three consecutive championships' feat!" Guan Zeyuan added the last paragraph.

Although it was still 6 a.m. in China, the number of viewers in the LPL live broadcast room had begun to expand rapidly, and the number of barrages in the chat channel had also increased by several orders of magnitude.

[Defend the title! Chase the stars and become a god! WE must win! 】

[It’s time to bring out that picture again———"Is it still worth watching WE’s game? Another victory after waking up"]

[Experts suggest not to open the champagne too early. Based on the crushing momentum of T1 in the first three games against JDG, I feel that they have already evolved! ]

[The above post really shouldn't be too confusing, be careful not to expose the home team! Everyone knows who T1 has defeated before, are you expecting T1 to beat WE and then just wash it off? ]

[It depends on whether K God can do it in the jungle or not. What Oner? Criticize Oner! ]

[This is a blood sacrifice using the blood of the ancient Triple Crown! Kaitian welcomes the birth of the only true Triple Crown in the new world! Wait! ]

While netizens were discussing this, WE had already won the priority to choose sides in the coin toss before the game and chose the blue side in the first game.

With a powerful metallic crisp sound, the BP panel has appeared before everyone!
"Let's enter the BP phase!" The excited doll spoke first.

"Our WE team also won the coin toss. I don't know if you have any impression. I feel like WE can often win by guessing the coin. Their luck is great!" Guan Zeyuan looked at the first ban of Tsar and Nidalee, which didn't have much to say, and talked about an interesting discovery.

"But judging from the big data, the blue team's win rate has actually been balanced this year." Miller thought and responded, "The current blue team's advantage is actually entirely due to Krd's personal advantage."

The advantage gap between the red and blue sides actually depends on the number of strong heroes in each position version.

And whether there are super OP heroes that must be banned or selected.

As long as there are 4-5 excellent alternatives for each position, and there are no monsters that the red team must ban, such as Iron Man in S5, Skate in S7, and Luna in S11, then the blue team actually has no BP advantage.

The reason why the red and blue teams are still extremely important to WE's opponents until now.

Simply because, when everyone faces WE, there are always those two "BAN positions belonging to the id".

The first three bans of both sides:

WE: Azar, Taliyah, Poppy

T1: Nidalee, Cat, Renata
"Looking at the ban they made, they probably want to play that lineup." Keria guessed as he looked at the three heroes on the ban.

Among WE's three ban positions, except for Tsar who is considered a regular ban, the other two have obvious and similar abilities, both of which are heroes that can "block displacement".

WE did not use many things in this S12 World Championship. In the second game of the group stage, facing Samsung, whose morale was already broken and even the European and American teams had suffered a series of defeats, they simply picked the King of the Ruined King and fought a hard battle.

Therefore, the only thing that has left a deep impression on people for the time being is the Pervis system of "double protection of property and law".

And since Belvis's four Qs mean four stages of displacement, it is impossible for him not to use Q during a fight. He is indeed somewhat annoyed by heroes who can restrain displacement.

Of course, T1 has figured out a way to crack it. Or, they have a "secret weapon" that can crack this system!
That's why they didn't ban any heroes in the system in this game.

"WE picked Ryze directly on the first floor. Very confident, Angel!"

"T1 picked the Ruined King and Frost Archer as their jungle options. There's nothing wrong with banning the Ruined King, but why did they bring out Little Lu Bu so early in this game? Perhaps T1 is preparing to have a mid-top-jungle battle with WE?"

"But T1 didn't target WE's Belvis system. Let's see if WE will choose the system that shocked the world in the group stage again!"

The commentary desk naturally has fresh memories of that system.

But in the camera, when Cheng Ming saw the other party take down Han Bing first, a slight smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.

I showed my strength early in the group stage simply because I didn't want to see the LPL region being ridiculed, so I wanted to give Samsung a more miserable scene to attract fire.

But he certainly wouldn't reveal all the key cards of this system in advance just because of this idea. It was just a simplified version!

So the “crack” of that system is actually very simple.

To put it bluntly, just choose a strong enough bottom lane to crush Chrono and Nyla, two heroes who have no laning ability.

In this way, the level advantage of the Canyon Group will naturally collapse, and because of the disadvantage of the bottom lane, it will become a natural flaw in the eight-minute critical Canyon Group!

But in fact, this loophole was left by Cheng Ming on purpose.

To be more precise, he released it on purpose for "T1 and DRX" to see.

Because he knew that T1 and DRX both had a secret weapon, which was a way of seizing the bottom lane, and it was something that had never been used before.

"WE's second and third floors picked the Monkey King and the Starry Songstress?" Miller wondered.

The same doubts also appear in T1 voice.

"It seems that they may not be prepared to play that system?" Oner guessed aloud.

"It's hard to say. It could be a smokescreen!" Keria felt uneasy. "The weakness of that system is actually very obvious. They might want to choose this to ease the laning phase. Don't forget, Seraphine's mechanism can work perfectly with Nira!"

Nyla's passive ability can strengthen the shields and healing of her allies and herself, and Seraphine can take all of them.

And as a long-range soft support with multiple control levels, she can also help Nira get through the painful early stages.

Keria obviously has a good understanding of support, but Xiao Lu Bu is very confident.

"That team has not lost a single laning match in dozens of training games. It's best if they choose Nyla, but it doesn't matter if they don't. As long as we can win the first blue side verification, our subsequent BP won't be so difficult."

"Hyung Sang Hyuk, shall we choose?"

Everyone naturally gave the decision-making power to Li Xianghe.

"Let's take another look, and play mid first."

Li Xianghe actually felt that what Xiao Lu Bu said made sense.

If they can verify the effectiveness of this combination, it may be WE's turn to give up the BP position to restrict the opponent, so they will not always be at such a big disadvantage in BP.

T1’s third floor selected Ahri, who was also a hero that was completely reworked in this year’s summer season.

The reworked skill mechanism has undergone significant changes, especially the rework of the ultimate move, which became the new darling of the arena as soon as the first version was launched.

Second round of Ban:

WE: Fan Ma, Lulu.

T1: Lee Sin, Arms.

When the second round of bans appeared, in T1's eyes, WE's real intentions were exposed!
After all, the two banned ones are both long-handed soft supports with extremely strong laning consumption capabilities!

And because Monkey King experienced a small buff at the beginning of this year, there have been many examples of him being used as a jungler, so it is not entirely certain whether there is a swing between being a jungler or a top laner, so T1 banned the two strong heroes of the two versions.

"Go ahead. No matter what laning situation they choose, the counter position should be determined. Leave the counter position to Xiao Cui." Li Xianghe said.

He also attaches great importance to the laning between the two players in the top lane.

The fourth floor of T1 did not hesitate any longer and directly revealed his preparations.

The body of a Yodel, however, was staring at an extremely large exposed head case.

“Big big big head???” Wawa stuttered and widened his eyes.

"Confirmed! Ah, is this the top laner?!"

"That's impossible. WE's top and jungle are obviously still wavering. The confrontation between Zeus and Bin will definitely not be a peaceful one. T1 has already released three Cs. There is no reason not to leave the counter position for the top laner who needs it most." Miller made a well-reasoned analysis.

"They are all weird things! It seems that T1 came well prepared this time!" Guan Zeyuan shouted with inexplicable excitement.

If someone picked Galio as a support in a random game before S12, it can be said that he would be % sure to be criticized by his teammates and be regarded as a fill-in.

But speaking of it, perhaps it was after this world game appeared.

This method of play is like opening Pandora's box, which led to all kinds of strange things.
As for the bottom lane combination of Galio and Ashe, especially on the field, the most important thing is just one word: 'What's the good of laning?'

No fucking shame!
The most powerful aspect of this combination is its terrifying ability to push the line. They can firmly grasp the line in the lower half of the area to radiate the jungle area, and they are not afraid of being caught. Even after level 6, the jungler is at risk of ganking!

But while the commentary desk was still discussing the selection of Big Head.

WE's fourth and fifth floors almost instantly selected and locked in a hero that no one had expected!

It seemed as if it had been prepared long ago.

“Sindra!? This! This is AD Syndra!”

"And it was a quick pick without any hesitation! It's like WE had already anticipated T1's big move and had prepared a trap for you to dive into!"

"You thought you found his flaw, but you didn't expect that he did it on purpose!"

"And Jack's hero pool is reasonable!"

When all the T1 members saw this Syndra, their hearts skipped a beat.

Due to the S12 durability update, Syndra underwent a small rework, and was put in an awkward situation where she could do some damage in the early stages and couldn't kill anyone instantly in the later stages.

She wasn't even in the top ten among the mid-lane mages in S12, so she was naturally out of consideration for BP.

But apparently, all the old players know one thing.

When Syndra beats Galio, it's like a loving old father beating his son!

Mr. Jackai already had a lot of experience in alien bottom lane, and with Cheng Ming's advance training, there was absolutely no problem with his proficiency.

Besides, no proficiency is actually required.

The faces of all T1 members were a little stiff, but at this moment the arrow had been drawn and the matter was settled.

You can’t let Zeus play top lane Galio, right?
Fortunately, the top laner counter position on the fifth floor played a role.

WE chose Yongen on the fifth floor, and it is very likely that Yongen will be the top laner. Zeus can be said to have taken advantage of the time and place, and finally chose Crocodile Counter.

The lineups of both sides are confirmed.

Blue side LPL Division, WE e-sports club

[Top: Bin's Demon Sword Soul·Yongen]

[Jungler: Krd Monkey King Sun Wukong]

[Mid Single: Angel Rune Mage Ryze]

[AD: Jackeylove Dark Leader Syndra]

[Assist: ON Star Song Songstress Seraphine]

Red side LCK Division, T1 Esports Club

[Top: Zeus, the Desert Butcher Renekton]

[Jungler: Oner, the Ruined King, Viego]

[Mid Single: Faker Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Ahri]

[ADC: Gumayusi Ice Shooter Ashe]

[Assist: Keria Great Inventor Heimerdinger]

(End of this chapter)