695: Another Shady Move, Targeting From the LCK Region

Chapter 695 695: Another dirty trick, coming from the LCK division!

On the day of the finals, Gu Xing picked up his phone as soon as he got on the bus.

After replying to the blessing messages from relatives and friends, he received a WeChat message from his girlfriend. The attached picture was a photo of him boarding the plane.

Shen Guanshan finally ended his six-month exchange semester at the Sorbonne University two days ago. After a short break, he packed his bags and prepared to return to China for the summer vacation.

Gu Xing typed in response, [Look back and tell me when you land, we have a day off after playing today, so I can pick you up... Do you want to go back to school after arriving in the imperial capital? 】

My girlfriend responded very quickly, probably because she was paying attention to the messages while boarding the plane.

【Yes! Report back to school, and go out with Gu Pan for two days before returning to Zhenhai]

As soon as Gu Xing saw their names, he remembered the killing contest the day before yesterday.

At this time, Song Jinghao happened to be stepping on the steps to board the bus. He was looking at the remaining seats, trying to pick a good seat that was pleasing to the eye.

Gu Xing really didn't hold back at this moment, suppressing his laughter as he typed, "I've set up two computers, they should be there when you get home, one for each of you and Gu Mu"

Shen Guanshan obviously had no idea about the content of the bet between her boyfriend and Smeb, and thought that "two computers" meant buying them with money. When replying, there were a lot of emoticons, including but not limited to 90° bowing and giving away hands. Hold flowers and so on.

【Thank you very much! 】

Gu Xing couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he received the heartfelt thanks from Shen Guanshan.

There is someone else you really want to thank!

Before he could continue to send messages, Shen Guanshan brought the topic to the right track.

[I’ll watch your game after taking off later, ho ho ho... By the way, do you have a good chance of winning today? 】

Gu Xing thought for a while and answered truthfully, [There is a saying and it should be]

There is indeed a certain gap in the paper strength of the two divisions. As long as the four LPL teams don't do anything outrageous, the winning rate will definitely be higher than that of the LCK.

And as far as Gu Xing knows, Hongmi and others spent the night discussing the order of battle and targeted BP strategies yesterday, and they obviously didn't slack off at all, and they were trying to crush the LCK to pieces.

In this intercontinental competition, the right time, place and people are all gathered together. Gu Xing is confident of winning!

Shen Guanshan reminded, [I'm not too worried about your performance, but aren't there new players in the team? It’s always right to pay more attention to his mentality...]

Gu Xing was convinced, [it makes sense]

He said goodbye to his girlfriend, turned off his phone and went to observe Chaowei.

This guy was as thin as a bamboo pole. He was curled up in his seat and looked quite at ease.

"Blue Cat, are you nervous?" Gu Xingxing asked specifically just in case.

"Don't be nervous," Chaowei said happily, patting his thin chest, "Brother Xing, didn't you teach me how to overcome the fear caused by too many audiences? I'm not afraid at all now!"

He uttered heroic words.

As a result, soon after arriving at the venue, Chaowei was no longer as relaxed and happy as before.

"Please ask the LPL and LCK coaching staff to exchange the list of teams to be sent for the first game..."

Under the guidance of Fist Vincent, the head coaches of both sides shook hands in turn and handed the black ball with the team logo ribbon of their own division to the opponent.

The leader of LCK is KT coach ZanDarC. After he opened the lottery ball, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then showed a gloating smile.

Hongmi opened the colored balls at the same time, with an expression on his face as if it was true.

"How is it?" Gu Xing couldn't wait to know the matchup, so he grabbed the coach and asked.

Homme handed the ribbon to his jungler.

Gu Xing immediately unfolded it to take a look.

Red circle, oppressive golden wings...

It's SKT T1!

"Okay!" Gu Xingle bloomed, "The one we are playing is SKT!"

He already learned from the joint coaching staff the order of play in his home division on the way.

VG is the vanguard!

Hongmi also nodded in agreement, and conveyed the meaning to Gu Xing's ears through the interpreter of the Marquis, "Yes, SKT is our most suitable opponent, and we will not be cheated by the other party like Tian Ji's horse racing."

Judging from the matchups in the group stage, KT and SKT, the life-and-death rivals, can be regarded as the strongest teams in the LCK region in this intercontinental competition.

Although everyone thought before the game that SKT’s Ueno and Jungle pair were not particularly strong, the three of them have so much experience in international competitions that they can often show a competitive level that is far superior to that of domestic leagues. This should not be underestimated. watch for!

Therefore, the unanimous view of the LPL joint coaching staff is to try to let the top two seeds of the LPL compete with the two strongest teams in the LCK to frustrate the opponent's energy and win a precious victory.

As for Dragon Ball and GEN, the two words coincide with each other.

The other two teams in the LPL are best able to win. If they really can't win, they can wait until the fifth game and wait for VG to come back to clean up the mess.

Now VG will face SKT in the first game of the finals, which is definitely a good draw in Redmi's opinion!

But Chaowei couldn't laugh anymore.

"Fighting SKT?!" Chovy's eyes widened, his whole body slumped back, and he murmured, "It's bad, it's bad..."

SKT's mid laner is Faker!

The scene of how Lee Sang Hyuk violently beat up his junior two days ago will never be forgotten by Jung Ji Hoon who was watching the game backstage at that time!

And Faker's ID alone is enough to scare countless professional players in the same position!

Chaowei is no exception.

Please, this is Shi Yizhong!

He instantly forgot the mentality he had promised Gu Xing on the bus. His heartbeat accelerated with nervousness, and cold sweat began to ooze out of his palms. He followed his teammates in a daze and prepared to go on stage.

Wawa Miller on the commentary desk was chatting with each other, analyzing the hard power of the two regions in this game from various mysterious angles.

In their mouths, no matter how the troops are arranged, LPL will not lose!

"In my opinion, let VG take the lead and get the first red, RNG suppress the fourth game, and the beginning and the end can stabilize the morale of the army..."

Ji De was also on the same stage for commentary, but he really couldn't get a word in. He could only nod and agree with them occasionally, saying "Wawa (Miller) is right."

Suddenly, he received the information provided by the director in his earphone.

"The first game is out!" Ji De was excited, "LPL really sent the No. 1 seed VG, and LCK chose to let SKT play!"

The Haier brothers were listening carefully with their ears erect, and laughed out loud after hearing the identity of the enemy.

"I have to say that our coaching team is very smart. VG has always been known as the 'nemesis of SKT'. I don't know how we can lose when the two meet!"

The director also gave the historical records of the two teams.

In the group stage of the 2016 World Championship, VG2:1SKT; in the knockout stage, VG3:0SKT.

In the knockout stage of the 2017 World Championship, VG3:0SKT.

Added together, the small game has 8 wins and 1 loss!

More than 10,000 spectators in the Dalian Sports Center saw the record of the far-leading match, and their hearts were at ease.

In the crowded live broadcast room, there was also a cheer.

[Good! Take the lead with 1:0! 】

【It's so funny. I can't imagine how hard Xing Ge hit Blank】

【Don't forget that there's also Mai Bo vs. Thal. Don't hit him too hard. What if T Huang retires and a stronger top laner comes to play, allowing Faker to enter the world competition and start slaughtering people? Then you, Song Jinghao, will be in trouble! 】

【Why do you only see the bright side? Chao Wei, the newbie in the middle lane, is playing against Faker. Do you really think he can withstand the pressure? 】

【If he can't withstand it, Wu Suowei will be fine. As long as he doesn't get killed by a single player in two and a half minutes, isn't it easy to just wait and win? 】

Hongmi thought so too.

"Blue Cat, I'm going to choose a hero that's relatively strong in the early stage for you. Just don't be murderous. As long as you clear the minion line in time, and follow Xiao Gu's command for the rest, we can win!"

He let Chao Wei mess around, but he didn't want to give up the strength of the middle lane.

As a former professional player, Hongmi has experienced many bloody lessons.

In a high-intensity professional arena, if you choose a weak hero, you can forget about staying in the line. Even if the opponent doesn't kill you, he can control the middle lane to radiate the jungle and side lanes, and torture the other four teammates!

"... No problem." Chaowei's Adam's apple moved slightly, and his voice was hoarse.

In the hot weather, he was sweating all over, his hands and feet were cold, and he was still immersed in the fear of the upcoming match against Faker.

"Are you afraid of Hammer?" Jack heard Chaowei's inner fear and was very dissatisfied with it. "Faker has more hands than you, right?"

"Just get him!"

Before Chaowei could reply, he had already entered the BP stage.

LPL ranked first in the group stage and had the priority to choose the side in the first, third and fifth games. VG was on the blue side in this game and banned Crow first.

The opponent's Kkoma probably thought of countermeasures against different enemies in advance, and decisively blocked VG's Sword Demon who could be used to swing in the middle and top.

After Redmi banned Ornn, the opponent blocked Song Jinghao's Sword Princess.

The thinking of both sides was very clear.

What Hongmi needs to do is to create a single-lane space for Smeb and ban Thal, a tank hero who can hide under the tower and last hit without thinking.

Kkoma must strive to keep the top lane from collapsing, and must hold on until the trio develops and stands out to take over the game.

Therefore, in the last ban space in the first round, Hongmi took the initiative to ban Mundo, who was originally supposed to be banned by the red team.

After all, if Smeb wants to break through Thal, he will definitely not use this tank hero, but he doesn't want to let the opponent choose.

Kkoma was satisfied with this and banned Duan Deliang's signature Luo.

"Take Ryze first," Hongmi made a judgment, "Don't let the opponent play this kind of hero, it's easy to play variations."

It is no exaggeration to say that Lee Sang-hyuk can be said to be the only true god in the field of Ryze, and it is terrifying to get him.

Hongmi wants to replace ban with grab to limit Faker's performance.

Kkoma's response is to get Irelia and Lucian.

"The opponent wants to use Irelia to attack me?" Song Jinghao sneered, "Are you crazy?"

The reason he believed that Thal was the one who played Irelia was because SKT banned Fiora, Irelia's traditional counter position, in the first round.

If you don't want to use Irelia in the top lane, why do you want to ban Fiora?

Hongmi had the same idea as him, thinking that Thal was rarely able to stand up and wanted to fight Song Jinghao head-on.

For the remaining two positions in the first round, Hongmi first got the Minotaur in the support position, and then looked at Gu Xing.

"Xiao Gu, what are you going to choose?"

In the S8 season, Hongmi began to give Gu Xing unlimited firing rights, and the selection of players was entirely based on his analysis and feelings, and he had no objection.

Gu Xing thought for a moment.

“…Let’s use Kindred,” he said with a smile, “This version has just been strengthened. If I don’t use it once, it would be a bit unfair to her.”

“Choose, choose, choose,” Yu Wenbo fanned the flames, “Old Gu, if you don’t stack 10 layers of marks today and let the opponent kill you like a pig, I will deprive you of your championship skin!”

The lock of the Eternal Hunter Twins caused a thousand waves in the stands on all sides of the scene.

The excited shouts of tens of thousands of spectators lasted for a long time!

Wawa was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth, “I guessed before the game that after Kindred was strengthened this time, Brother Xing would most likely use it directly, and now it turns out to be true!”

Kkoma also smiled happily.

Like the LPL region, the LCK coaching staff also stayed up all night last night.

They knew that the four teams were inferior to the LPL in terms of overall hard power, and they had to take risks if they wanted to win.

At least one of the two powerful teams, VG and RNG, must be defeated!

And the only thing that LCK can lead its opponents is the coaching staff.

They must do the BP to the extreme to ensure that the team has a chance of survival!

The four coaches brainstormed together and really made them come up with something.

Especially in dealing with RNG's four-protect-one system and VG's Kindred system, it can be said that they have gained a lot!

Now seeing that the confident VG chose Kindred and stepped into the trap, Kkoma was naturally overjoyed!

The third choice, SKT decisively showed its sword.

"Blind Monk?!" Miller took a breath, "SKT wants to improve the confrontation in the jungle and let Blank take the lead in the matchup!"

"Lee Sin can be said to be a common restraint character for Kindred. In S6, it was often picked out and used by players!"

Blind Monk's QRQ can instantly kill Kindred at half health, so that Yang Ling can't even use his ultimate move, and in the later team battles, he can also use R [Dragon Tail] to kick the opponent out of Yang Ling's blessing area.

Pure restraint!

Hongmi frowned, "SKT has something..."

"No, Hongmi, why do you always say that the opponent has something?" Gu Xing smiled and shook the baby warmer in his hand, "It was the same in the first game against KT. The opponent's Lucian swayed and made our scalp numb. If it weren't for the opponent's rookie's poor performance, we really couldn't say that game!"

Hearing the teasing of his own jungler, Homme smiled embarrassedly.

"My fault, I wasn't well prepared..."

His BP level was not particularly good. Usually, he relied on the excellent hero pool of the star players in the team to gain an advantage in the ban and pick phase of most games, which did not represent how outstanding his ability in this regard was.

It just so happened that the BP coaches of the other three LPL teams - Niu Niu, Nofe and Heart were also heavyweights. Facts have proved that a group of cobblers together can never beat Zhuge Liang. Now they have been ambushed by SKT, and Hongmi naturally feels guilty.

"Turtle," Jack exclaimed, and talked to the frightened Chao Wei beside him, "Blue Cat, did you see that? This is the team tyrant! Even Hongmi has to apologize to him today!"

"When Lao Gu first came to VG, he was so humble and eager to learn, following Hongmi and asking questions..."

"Nico, get out of here!" Gu Xing scolded, "Hurry up and ban the hero!"

As SKT locked in Lee Sin, the second round of BP has also begun.

Kkoma banned both Shen and Gangplank, and told Hongmi that he wanted to block Smeb's hero pool.

Hongmi ordered the team to block Zoe and Syndra, two mid-lane heroes with strong line rights, in an effort to relieve Chaowei's line pressure.

For the fourth choice, SKT showed the support Braum, intending to use the security door to restrain VG's double shooters.

"Mai Bo, what else do you think is good against Irelia?" Hongmi asked Smeb for his opinion.

"...I can take weapons," Song Jinghao said his thoughts, "It's not difficult to carry through all the way."

Hongmi confirmed again and again, "Are you sure you can do it?"

"No problem," Smeb vowed, "Just let me choose, the opponent's top laner Irelia must not be very skilled!"

After weighing the overall lineup of both sides, Hongmi finally agreed, and gave Jack a Kaisa to resist pressure and develop. The overall tone was set as a breakthrough in the top, middle and jungle, intending to catch SKT's weak points to target.

Kkoma was ingenious in the selection of the Counter position.

A purple-skinned Yodel wearing a mask appeared in the hero selection box, and the shuriken he held tightly emitted lightning!

Kennen!

"Ah?" Song Jinghao was dumbfounded, "Mid-lane Irelia?"

"Fuck, this can also be shaken?" Duan Deliang complained in a low voice, "SKT is playing too fancy..."

Hongmi's face was frozen.

He thought that Lee Sin was all the trump cards of SKT.

I didn't expect there was another hand of shaking!

In order to cover up the swinging attribute of Irelia, Kkoma took great pains to design the ban position, banning all of Smeb's many proficient offensive top laners, as if he was going to put Irelia in the top lane!

Who would have thought that there would be a reversal in the end!

"It's broken, Kennen is a blood counter to me!" Song Jinghao cried.

Jax will never be able to beat Kennen in his life, and the electric rat is the natural enemy of the weapon. From laning to team fighting, it is pure crushing!

More importantly, VG has no way to swing the middle and top lane!

You can't swing the weapon to the middle lane and let Smeb force Ryze to maintain the balance of the top lane!

"Don't worry," Gu Xing was calm, "Just wait for me to be the C."

"That's right," Jack said, "Mai Bo, when can you learn from Lao Gu? His hero was also restrained, and he didn't take it seriously at all, okay?"

The unyielding Smeb stopped complaining and gritted his teeth as he looked at the opponent's player seat.

SKT, you are really good at hiding!

You disgusted me for two years back then, and now the dynasty has collapsed, you still won't let me go, right?

Wait for me!

The players of the two teams exchanged heroes, and the lineups of both sides were determined.

Blue side VG: Top single Weapon, jungle Kindred, mid single Ryze, bottom lane Kaisa + Minotaur.

Red side SKT: Top single Kennen, jungle Lee Sin, mid single Irelia, bottom lane Lucian + Braum.

Just looking at the lineup, VG lost.

As a result, Hongmi looked extremely regretful before leaving, and kept apologizing, "My fault, kids, everyone try to stabilize the situation, just do your best, no one will blame you..."

He was afraid that his BP mistakes would drag down the team and even the entire region, so he could only pin all his hopes on the players' individual performance.

That being said, none of the five starting players, including Chaowei, believed Hongmi's consolation.

No one blamed?

If VG dares to lose this intercontinental final, just wait for the e-sports forum to open a meeting tonight to make it a hot search!

Chaowei was so nervous that he could only adjust his mood by taking deep breaths.

"Block the opponent's ID after entering!" Gu Xing taught Chaowei the method he taught Kuro last year, "Don't think that the opponent is Faker, play freely!"

Chovy nodded solemnly and agreed, and after entering the canyon, he followed Gu Xing's teachings.

But before he could put all his attention into the game, Zheng Zhixun would often think of the opponent's mid laner at the beginning of the game, and he was quite afraid, always hesitating and not daring to fight the enemy to the end.

However, after two waves of soldiers, Chaowei found something wrong.

Faker, your laning level seems to be quite average!

This game will be written in the next chapter