Dean, stop being C, your teammates are not worthy!

Chapter 260 - Preview of the World Championship, the final battle begins!

The director's camera was on the top lane. This game was a bit strange. The two shooters didn't officially meet until 20 minutes in.

Lucian was four levels higher than Ashe.

If you were a viewer who came to watch the game halfway, you would definitely think that the bottom lane was a disaster.

At this time, TheShy's Lucian did not retreat after pushing the line of soldiers to the high ground, but went forward to attack the tower.

How could the brother-in-law agree?

Ashe used [Ten Thousand Arrows] to slow down Lucian, and went forward to attack the black gunner twice to force him away.

However, after taking two normal attacks from Ashe, Lucian still did not retreat, but took two steps into the tower and continued to attack the tower.

This inhuman behavior made the brother-in-law directly activate the Q skill [Shooter's Focus], which triggered a rain of ice arrows.

At this time, Lucian began to flee outside the tower. The brother-in-law did not give up the opportunity to hit the fallen dog and continued to chase him.

Ashe's passive deceleration allowed her to perfectly walk and kite the opponent.

However, what the brother-in-law did not notice was that while he was attacking Lucian, a bunch of minions under the tower also turned their hatred to him.

He also did not notice that the damage done by Ashe, who was four levels behind, to Lucian was not painful at all.

When Ashe's health dropped to a certain level, Lucian suddenly jumped up.

Blade of the Ruined King, triggered actively.

At the moment of sucking a mouthful of blood, Lucian hit a passionate bomb in the backhand.

When the Ruined King attacked, the brother-in-law reacted quickly and began to retreat backwards, using Ashe's range advantage and deceleration characteristics to perfectly block Lucian's range, so that he could only attack passively.

In this wave, if Lucian wanted to counter Ashe, he could only use E to go over the tower and attack him.

Give up the only displacement and attack someone over the tower?

Only a fool would do this! !

"Ah!!" The brother-in-law was shocked. Is there really such a fool?

Lucian triggered the Ruined King, and the moment he hit WA with his backhand, he immediately used an E skill, chased into the tower, and then followed up with a normal attack.

The brother-in-law reacted very quickly. When Lucian attacked with a normal attack, he immediately used his ultimate move, Magic Crystal Arrow, to pin Lucian who was crossing the tower under the tower.

But at this moment, an incredible scene appeared.

Lucian, who had just used the E skill, used another E skill and dodged Frost's ultimate move by a hair's breadth.

Seamless double E?

Without time to think about it, the brother-in-law quickly flashed to distance himself. Lucian flashed immediately, fired two Holy Light Silver Bullets, followed by a body-penetrating Holy Light and two Holy Light Silver Bullets, and then followed up with Holy Light Baptism.

At the same time, another E skill was handed over, and he escaped from the attack range of the defense tower in a chic manner.

The tower was spraying holy light, and even if Ashe recovered a little blood, it was useless, and he was directly killed by the hard damage.

From crossing the tower to leaving the tower, from the first E skill to the third E skill, the time from beginning to end was no more than two seconds, and Lucian only took damage from the defense tower.

"Xiba!!"

In the LGD base, Imp's KFC family bucket of chicken wings fell to the ground, with a look of surprise on his face.

When TheShy killed Maokai twice before, the Lucian operation and combo he showed were basically mastered by the first-line ADCs in the league. In Imp's opinion, there was nothing to brag about.

It's not that he despises TheShy, on the contrary, Imp values ​​this player more than anyone else.

There was no way, his Tristana was killed instantly by TheShy's Riven.

Moreover, what really made TheShy beat 957 was not only Lucian's hero advantage against the big tree, but also TheShy's understanding of the upper unit, the control of the line, damage calculation, the timing of the kill, and rich solo experience, these things can't be learned at all.

But this wave of killing the higher tower is different, this operation is really too eye-catching.

The principle of the seamless double E technique is very simple, and he often uses it.

The prerequisite for this technique is that Lucian's cooldown is as high as 35%.

(Black Cleaver 20%, Rune 10%, Blue Buff 10%, Total 40%)

Full level E, basic cooldown 14 seconds, 35% cooldown, can make the E skill cooldown time become 9 seconds.

Lucian's [Holy Light Silver Bullet (Passive)] is on the hero, one shot reduces two seconds, and triggering the passive once will reduce the E skill's cooldown by four seconds.

In other words, as long as the passive is triggered twice, the E skill can be cooled down.

Seamless double E is a skill based on this theory.

The combo sequence is WAEAEA or QAEAEA.

The key to playing seamless double E is to use the first skill immediately before the bullet hits the enemy hero after the first skill is released. During the displacement of the E skill, the two bullets of the previous flat attack will reduce the CD. After the displacement, follow up with the flat attack, and the four attacks will reduce the CD by 8 seconds.

At this time, the E skill will cool down immediately, and then release the second E skill to achieve seamless double E.

Combo skills are like magic. After the principle is revealed, you will feel that it is nothing special, but there are very few people who can really use it in actual combat.

This wave of TheShy's tower crossing was too confident. Not only was the operation delicate and full, but the damage calculation was extremely accurate. In the last third E, he did not choose to chase and make up for the damage, but directly maintained the [Holy Lance Baptism] state, and the action of pulling away from the tower was full of confidence.

This single kill, a series of operations, gives people a pleasing, calm confidence and strength.

From a glimpse of the leopard, TheShy's Lucian proficiency is amazingly high.

But the problem is... Lucian is not a traditional top laner.

Including Imp, many people really didn't expect TheShy to do this, and the brother-in-law was also unprepared.

The black man with two guns slaughtered the white royal woman with bows and arrows, which was simply a reversal of the heavens!

After the core of the enemy lineup, Ice, died, IG immediately forced a team fight.

Crocodile, Spider, and Thresh flashed to start the team fight first. The little mage who had developed for more than 20 minutes showed his prowess for the first time. A flash QR killed Xiye's Syndra instantly. Various meteorites fell from the sky, making WE dare not defend the tower under the tower.

WE huddled to defend the middle, and while retreating step by step, the top lane was also demolished by Lucian's crystal barracks, and passed the level alone.

Lucian moved to the middle lane again and cooperated with his teammates to take down the highland tower in the bottom lane.

The decline was irreversible and the defeat was inevitable.

One minute later, IG, who had taken down the Baron Buff, changed their aggressiveness and first broke down the highland in the bottom lane very steadily, then assembled three lanes of super soldiers + Baron Buff, and flattened the main fort of the base in one wave, and the game ended.

As soon as the second game ended, # IG's artistic lineup # immediately became the top ten hot searches on Weibo and Tieba, and countless people were discussing this.

"Cover up the ID, I thought this was a bronze game."

"IG can win even if they play randomly, and they crush the opponent with hard power."

"It's really eye-opening that there can be such a lineup in professional competitions."

Netizens were discussing it, each holding their own opinions.

It has to be said that once the BO5 elimination stage of the playoffs comes, in the face of a life-and-death game that determines whether they can advance, all the major teams will take out their best.

There are too many highlights in these two games, whether it is the climbing combination in the first game, which is likely to become a new star in the arena, or the artistic lineup in the second game, which broke the EU flow split.

The climbing combination is easy to say, everyone can understand the combo of these two heroes.

But the artistic lineup in the second game is too advanced and too profound in its understanding of the game. Many people are confused and just think that IG is playing around.

There are also a few people who understand the thinking of IG's split and think it is very novel.

In addition, there are also those who pretend to know. When they win the game, they are the ones who brag the most, and when they lose the game, they are often the ones who criticize the most.

"Is this lineup IG's new understanding of the version, or as some people say, IG is just a hard power crush, and they can win by playing around?"

This question is also placed in front of Homme.

The ten-minute halftime break is too short, and it is not enough for Homme to come up with a countermeasure.

In the BanPick stage of professional competitions, one thing often happens.

After the BanPick phase, when the coach of our team stepped down to shake hands with the coach of the other team, he suddenly realized that the BP was going to be bad and regretted it.

Is it because the coach is not good enough and can't think of the trap of the opponent?

No.

It's because the time is too short and too rushed.

After the enemy chooses the hero, the professional team only has 60 seconds to choose the hero.

In these 60 seconds, you have to think about the tactical significance of the opponent locking this hero, predict what the opponent will choose next, and think about the overallness of your lineup, the hero's power period, the hero restraint relationship, etc. Once any of these links go wrong, the BP will be full of surprises.

For example, because the opponent's player often uses Spider in Rank, it is predicted that the opponent will choose Spider next, and a targeted routine is prepared.

But what if the opponent does not choose it?

How many backup plans are there?

If you have to make an analogy, BP is like playing the Cloud Top Tactics mode.

You never know what cards the dealer will give you in the next round, nor what cards the opponent will get. You can only take one step and make a decision in a limited time. Whether you can win after choosing a lineup depends on whether the chess pieces on the field are strong and how they perform.

The skill linkage between heroes and the cooperation during the strong period are the fetters.

For example, Pantheon Taliyah, and the gem swordmaster, spider crocodile...

"Come on, I believe you are the strongest." Homme encouraged, but after two consecutive games of being crushed, the effect of chicken soup was obviously not as good as the last one.

The young people of WE walked towards the battlefield with a depressed look.

In the third game, WE first showed the BP problem.

Taliyah, Little Mage, Ryze, Jhin, Minotaur... Roughly counting, there are five heroes that must not be given to IG.

But there are only three ban positions, which is not enough.

On the contrary, IG just continued to follow the previous BP and banned Tam, Morgana, and Olaf.

Without good hardware, Homme could not catch up even if he mastered some tricks.

The BP in this game was at a disadvantage from the beginning.

Ming got Minotaur and Jack got Jhin. The two main heroes directly opened a breakthrough in the laning phase and completed a kill.

Afterwards, with the help of the mid and jungle, they directly gained a big advantage.

In just over ten minutes, they took down the first blood tower.

Economic advantage, vision advantage, dragon buff advantage, the snowball keeps rolling, and when the dragon refreshes in 20 minutes, TheShy's Jayce joins the team, and it is another big boss with terrible damage that cannot be solved.

In version 6.17, Jayce's E skill mana consumption is changed to 40 points at all levels, which is another top lane enhancement.

The dragon forces a team fight, and the game ends in 24 minutes.

"Let us congratulate IG for winning WE with a record of 3-0 without bloodshed, and successfully advancing to the summer finals!!"

PDD and Ze Yuan praised in unison.

The smile was a bit forced. He hoped to hear congratulations to WE at this time. He heard his friends in the club say how hard the five young people on the field work.

But which strong team's players will not work hard?

Professional competitions only look at success, failure and honor.

You will never be awarded a trophy because of how hard you work and how many fans you have.

"IG's state today is really unexpected." Guan Zeyuan commented: "They seem to have come out of the downturn during the regular season, successfully transformed during the preparation period, completed their nirvana, and found their new style of play."

"Yes." PDD nodded, "I believe that no matter who watches today's game, they will take back their previous bad reviews of IG... Especially RNG and EDG, no matter who wins tomorrow's semi-finals, they will face the mountain of IG."

The return of IG's dominance makes all LPL teams a little helpless.

With such a team, when will the LPL league championship be turned to others?

The LPL region is the most complete e-sports market in the world, with the largest number of viewers and the most extensive and rich commercial soil.

Riot officials attach great importance to it, and Riot designers are naturally watching this game.

The designers' hearts are a little cold at this time.

The IG that dominated last year's world championship, dominated this year's MSI, and gave them a headache, seems to be back? ?

Yuan Shen is still the same Yuan Shen. Although he has brought his talent to the jungle position, his dominance remains the same.

And the top laner TheShy has also entered their field of vision.

Change the version again?

For example, cut Taliyah, Kindred, and Vampire again?

"No, we have announced that 6.18 is the world championship version."

If you hit yourself in the face in order to target a professional team, it will be too ugly.

"Let it be." Finally, it was Tryndamere, the CEO of Riot, who spoke.

"We have helped to this extent and have done enough. If other teams still can't beat IG to win the championship, they can only blame their lack of strength. We are the designers of the game. We can control it, but we can't interfere."

"The world champion should belong to the strongest team in the world this year.".

The next day.

The semi-finals of RNG vs EDG opened.

RNG's outstanding performance in the spring season has accumulated a lot of popularity for the team, and Uzi's growth in the summer season has made the team another galaxy battleship.

Especially after Xiang Guo and Uzi returned from the Olympics, they led RNG to a wave of consecutive victories.

During the period when IG was in a slump, many RNG fans boldly stated in forums, Weibo, forums, etc. that RNG aimed at the S6 world championship.

The fans who praised it may not have thought that if RNG failed, these would become the material for haters.

Of course, the same is true for IG. After defeating WE 3-0 and showing amazing dominance, fans have begun to boldly imagine two consecutive championships.

Looking at the player configuration alone, this year is indeed the strongest generation of RNG in history.

The top support of the S4 world champion, Xiaohu and Xiang Guo, who are regarded as the new generation of domestic mid-jungle twins, and "the world's No. 1 ADC" - Uzi.

In Yuan Shen's view, even if the future all-Chinese class RNG only discusses the player configuration and strength limit, it may not be as good as the current RNG.

The former is easy to understand, as the honors of the two Korean players in the top and support are the top.

As for the latter... in terms of the upper limit of strength, the current RNG really has three lanes, including the jungler, and each lane has the possibility of taking over the game and standing out to carry the whole game.

Looper, the top laner, is one of the best top laners in the entire S6, and is not inferior to top Korean top laners such as Duke and CuVee.

Xiang Guo's jungle style has always been a double-edged sword, but after this Olympics, he has also undergone a new transformation and growth, and has become more mature to some extent.

Xiaohu, the mid laner, is still famous for his assassin skills, not the Tiger Emperor who was commented by foreign media that he plays any hero like a support.

Not to mention the bottom lane, the duo of Uzi+Mata, on the day when RNG officially announced the spring game, many people thought that this might be the world's No. 1 bottom lane this year.

The upper limit of the strength of the multi-core system is higher than that of the single-core system... This is common sense.

However, no one expected that RNG in the spring season would still play four-to-one, and finally did not even make it to the semifinals.

However, RNG in the summer season changed a lot, and Uzi also got used to not getting any games with resources tilted in the Olympics.

After returning to China, Looer and Xiaohu have more opportunities to become the core C position of the team.

Such RNG may get good results in the world game.

As long as Mata, the brain of the team, does not perform abnormally in the S6 world game...

Yuan Shen is not sure whether Mata will still be loyal to the country.

However, when playing in the LPL region, Mata's strength is still online.

In the semi-finals, RNG also showed amazing strength. Except for a game in the middle that was dragged to more than 50 minutes by EDG and was reversed by EDG's late-stage lineup of Maokai + Tsar + Sivir, the other three games were all cleanly ended.

RNG 3 to 1 EDG advanced to the finals.

"Come on, come on, just like in spring, IG will beat others in the finals again"

"It was the same in last year's summer season. The opponent in the finals changed from LGD to EDG and then to RNG. Only IG will never be absent!"

"Champion top support VS champion mid and jungle, so lively!"

"RNG is in such a strong state, I don't know who will win at all."

"Damn, can't wait, when will the finals start?"

For the audience fans, this kind of strong confrontation is the most anticipated.

The players of RNG and IG are equally matched, and can be called all-stars.

In addition, after winning WE, IG has won the first ticket to the S game of LPL. The spring championship will get 300 points, plus the guaranteed runner-up 300 points in the summer season. IG has only two choices.

One is to win the championship and directly advance as the No. 1 seed of LPL, and the other is to win 600 points and directly advance as the No. 1 seed of LPL and the No. 2 seed of LPL.

As for RNG, unless they win the summer championship, even if they win the runner-up, they have to play the bubble game.

Because the second-best team in the whole year is EDG.

EDG, who won WE in the third place match, is now looking forward to it.

Because they have 200 points for the runner-up in the spring season, plus 200 points for the third place in the summer season, a total of 400 points.

If RNG is the runner-up, it will only have 360 ​​points, which is not as good as them.

In other words, if IG wins the championship, EDG will directly advance as the second seed.

And RNG will have to compete with WE, Snake Team, and NB for the third seed.

(The top eight points in the spring season: 300, 200, 100, 80, 60, 60, 40, 40

The top eight points in the summer season: advance, 300, 200, 90, 70, 70, 50, 50)

Of course, with the promotion already guaranteed, IG fans only expect a wonderful and exciting game in the finals, preferably a full five games.

In the days without games, netizens can only entertain themselves, posting and discussing various topics, with various rhythms, verbal battles, and flags, leaving a lot of material.

There is a full ten-day preparation period between the semi-finals and the finals.

Compared with the preparation period between the quarterfinals, the top six, and the top four in the playoffs, this period is relatively long.

This is also natural.

The meaning of the finals is completely different. It is the moment when the new king of a regional league ascends the throne.

Including the LCS North American Division with the strongest capital, the competition venues of major leagues before the finals will not be very grand. For example, the LPL playoffs are simply the same venue as the regular season, without any changes.

But in the finals, it is different.

The venue for this year's summer finals was selected to be held at the Baoneng International Sports Story Center in Guangzhou.

The total construction area of ​​the venue is 120,000 square meters. There are 18,000 spectator seats and 60 luxury VIP boxes in the venue. It is large in scale. It is one of the few basketball stadiums built according to NBA standards and one of the best venues in China.

The 16th Asian Games in 2010 was held here.

In addition to preparing for the competition, the players also have to take two days to cooperate with the official recording of the finals promotional video MV, pre-match trash talk, and sponsors' advertising activities.

Well-known companies and big brands such as KFC, Mercedes-Benz, Huawei, and JD.com have invested capital in this emerging industry in the e-sports circle.

In particular, KFC has invested a lot. It is said that it will launch a tournament spokesperson in this finals stage...

To be more precise, it is not a spokesperson, but an artificial intelligence spokesperson.

Colonel KI of KFC, what is coming is still coming.

More and more familiar things appear, and they are brought forward because of him. Yuan Shen is very interested.

There are more interesting anecdotes during the preparation period.

In the LCK Summer Finals, Rox Tiger defeated KT team with a score of 3 to 2 to win the league championship and became the number one seed in the LCK division this year.

In the final life-or-death game, Smeb changed his fate. He used his ultimate to kill the two-blood dragon and led the team to complete a rare comeback in this version, winning the first league championship in his life. All Rox Tiger members cried, and Smeb was reborn.

SKT, with the highest points throughout the year, became the second seed of LCK.

In Europe, G2 advanced as the first seed, and H2K was the second seed.

In North America, CLG has been in a slump since MSI. The summer championship was won by TSM, which has the jungle king Kakao, and the second seed was won by the North American art team C9.

In the LMS region, FW team won the championship without any suspense.

After the finals of each major region, the first and second tier seeds have been confirmed.

Only the LPL region has not yet determined who the current league champion is.

This can't help but make the world's eyes turn to this great country in the Far East...