743: The God of Water Dispenser War Makes His Grand Appearance!

Chapter 743 743: The God of War of the Water Dispenser is here!

"Are you talking about me?"

Li Ruixing stretched out his hand and pointed at himself.

"Yes," Hongmi nodded and said in a deep voice, "Ruixing, your proficiency in the tool man mid-lane is beyond doubt."

This is the truth.

In the current professional arena, there are only a handful of players who can play the tool man mid-lane well, and Kuro is definitely one of the best!

No one knows the tool man better than him!

In the S7 season, Li Ruixing relied on his brainless Galio Grasshopper to provide functionality to his teammates, and then he won the Summoner's Cup with the team!

"Our lineup construction will switch to a powerful top laner who can make a single-point breakthrough + a mid-lane who can provide team-opening capabilities, and exchange it with the plan proposed by RNG. This will be more reasonable..."

Hongmi looked at Gu Xing, "And in this way, Xiao Gu can play the wild core."

The people in the VG training room whispered and discussed in a low voice.

The reason is very simple.

If the mid laner chooses a hero like Akali or Irelia, and the top laner has a line tyrant like Jayce, although the line rights of the single lane are guaranteed, the jungle core hero cannot be selected.

In that case, the four-core lineup will face the dilemma of being unable to reasonably allocate resources.

And the team is likely to have only one auxiliary to start a team fight, and the lineup will be quite deformed.

After the adjustment, Hongmi replaced the mid lane with a tool hero, and the team can feed all the saved resources to the jungler!

In addition, it is well known that the linkage between the mid lane and the jungle is the key in the canyon, far better than the linkage between the top and the jungle.

With the help of the mid laner tool, the combat effectiveness of the jungle core hero can only be described as adding wings to a tiger!

"Rui Xing, get ready, you can try it in the training match tonight." Hongmi said with a smile, "Believe me, executing this tactic will definitely bring you back to your comfort zone."

Kuro took two deep breaths to calm down the turbulent emotions in his heart.

Looking at the coach's eyes, he could really feel the eager expectations and encouragement in them.

"I can try," Li Ruixing agreed, but then added, "But I can't guarantee that my level can still be online... You know, I haven't played a training match for a long time."

Although he played in the group stage, it was purely a spur-of-the-moment decision. He played a game without affecting the qualifying situation. Kuro didn't participate in the daily match beforehand.

He always felt a little uneasy when he thought of this.

Song Jinghao wanted to applaud to welcome his old teammate back at first, but turned around and saw Chao Wei, who looked lonely.

He couldn't help but think of the scene in the group stage not long ago when this newcomer resolutely fought back against Longzhu for the old teammate. After hesitating for a moment, he still didn't show too much excitement, for fear of hitting the newcomer, but just stood up and gave Kuro a hug.

"What about me?" Chao Wei asked the coach, with a bit of unwillingness in his eyes.

Hongmi pondered for a moment, "You can come to the training match tomorrow afternoon as usual. You can play ranked tonight to expand your hero pool..."

He didn't plan to completely abandon Chaowei. After all, the version he deduced had not been considered in actual combat, and he couldn't be sure whether it would work.

"Especially that Syndra," Hongmi said, "Why haven't you practiced it yet?"

Chovy lowered his head and snapped his fingers in frustration.

Zheng Zhixun's mentality was originally bad, and he was naturally not happy because his starting position was in jeopardy.

"If you want to compete for the starting position in this version, then Syndra is a hero you must master. The operating ability is your advantage over Kuro," Hongmi gave earnest advice, "Work harder, it's just a hero, what's so difficult?"

Seeing that Zheng Zhixun's attitude was a bit negative, he added, "Think about it yourself, will you still have such a good teammate next year?"

Chovy suddenly realized when he heard this.

Hongmi was right.

As a newbie, he was led by four big brothers to enter the world championship this year.

Chaowei had heard about VG's serious salary problem from the management more or less during the summer season.

This two-year-old galaxy battleship is on the verge of disbanding.

Next season, Gu Xing will go to class, and there may not be any big brothers left around him!

At that time, it is likely that he and Qingxun 3 and others will form a new VG.

Maybe they can enter the world championship, but it is a bit unrealistic to compete for the championship.

This world championship championship window may be Chaowei's only chance in this life!

Whether it is for money, fame, or simply self-realization, Chovy wants to make contributions in the team and clear all obstacles on the road to the championship for the team!

In this case, then practice Syndra hard!

Chaowei made up his mind and returned to his seat with high morale to start the qualifying journey.

If you can't practice for one day, practice for two days, and if you can't practice for two days, practice for three days!

Until you can practice!

Two days later, on October 19, an enthusiastic netizen discovered that something was wrong with Chaowei's Korean server account, and immediately collected the detailed information and sent it to the anti-bar.

[Brothers, something is wrong. Why did Chaowei Blue Cat's ranking matches suddenly increase? Originally, he played seven or eight games a day at most, but now it has doubled! ]

As soon as the post was published, it attracted a lot of discussion.

The elimination match will be held tomorrow, and the maggot babies are worried about having nothing to do. They patrol the forum to gain experience. When they encounter big news, they are like sharks smelling blood and jump in.

[What's going on? ]

[What the hell is Blue Cat doing? Two pages of Syndra in a row, is he really going to train her to be a master of the ball girl?]

[Tsk, tsk, tsk, this win rate is a bit outrageous. In two days, he rushed from 1000 points in the King to 300 points. Will Chaowei be able to make this super account the first in the Korean server before the end of the world game?]

[It’s normal for Blue Cat to be the first in the Korean server. His B-cancer play is really a big deal in the ranking game. Daddy C never collapses]

[Wait, I haven’t paid attention to Blue Cat’s games and win rate. No one noticed that Chaowei is now playing ranking games every night. Logically, this should be the time for the team to arrange training games!]

[I deliberately dug up the ranking records of the other VG players and found that everyone didn’t play Rank from the evening to the early morning. The interesting thing is that Kuro used to play ranking games at night, but now he suddenly stopped playing]

[Bad, bad, bad, VG is going to rotate, right? 】

It can only be said that VG's strong performance in the past two years has gained a large number of die-hard fans. The fans are so powerful that they can compete with paparazzi. They can detect the clues at the first time, and make a timeline of the ranking records of Chaowei's account, and compare the gaps in the middle with other teammates.

Finally, it was concluded that Chaowei's share of training matches was divided in half.

This instantly set off an uproar in major e-sports forums!

The idle gossipers wandered among them, wanting to get the first-hand gossip source. Countless speculations were rampant, and even the conspiracy theory that the old VG players collectively targeted Chaowei emerged.

The farce continued until the evening of the same day.

In accordance with Riot's regulations, the official VG blog announced the starting lineup for the next day before 11 pm the day before the game.

Top Smeb, jungle Virtue, mid Kuro, bottom JackeyLove + support Caveman!

The original team of S7 Grand Slam!

As soon as the list of blog posts came out, the comment area exploded!

【Ah?! 】

【What the hell did I see? Kuro is resurrected? 】

【V-team welcomes the return of the crooked-mouthed dragon king Kuro! 】

【What the hell, they are in a duel. Isn't Li Ruixing's best at the dragon king...】

【Sure enough, VG is really fighting among themselves? 】

【Fighting among themselves, who is using the three consecutive championships as a bargaining chip? Do they have any brains? It is obvious that Kuro is more suitable for the version than Chaowei, so he was replaced】

【Don't make me laugh, what heroes are in the mid lane in this version? If there was one person who could play Akali, Irelia, and Kuro well, he would not have been robbed of the starting position by Chaowei Blue Cat in the summer season! 】

【Relax, they should be sure that they will win FNC, so they let Kuro come up to practice, and find a hero they like to get a championship skin】

【Wusuowei, I just like this original team of all grand slams, you know VG! 】

[Those who support CP, get out of here. You dare to support them in a game of this level? 】

[Redmi, you are really awesome. Changing players on the spot is a taboo! 】

[Okay, VG, you better not lose a single game tomorrow, or I will beat you to death! 】

Riot was also caught off guard. They didn't expect VG to replace the starting mid laner before the quarterfinals. After VG released the list, they quickly forwarded and liked it, and attached the hastily sorted data.

[SVKJC's five-man combination has a total of 194 wins, which ranks first in the history of LOL e-sports. They are only 6 games away from the 200 mark. I wonder if they can raise the record to a new height? ]

VG's influence is no longer limited to the LPL region, but has spread to the world. Riot's forwarded tweet won countless likes in a short period of time.

I guess the top management is smiling. They got a lot of traffic for nothing and can greatly increase the ratings!

On October 20, the first day of the knockout stage began.

It is worth mentioning that Riot's schedule this year is quite tight.

The quarterfinals started two days after the group stage ended, and the quarterfinals were played for only two days, with two games a day.

Today is the competition in the lower half. In addition to VG vs. FNC, there is also G2 vs. RNG later.

Gu Xing once again came to the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center with the team - the venue for the quarterfinals is the same as the group stage, and it will not go to Gwangju until the semi-finals.

One reason is that the schedule is relatively dense and cannot support the rapid transfer of players and large-scale equipment; the other reason is that... Hanguo is really a bit small, and it is not easy to find a venue that meets the conditions in multiple cities.

But Riot still took the trouble to dress up the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center as much as possible. The overall lighting arrangement in the venue is no longer the warm and enthusiastic warm color during the group stage, but has been replaced with a more calm cool blue, which makes the atmosphere of the venue a bit more solemn.

After signing in and submitting his equipment to the official inspection, Gu Xing huddled in the venue lounge to play with his phone.

"The Internet was a big mess yesterday," he was busy training yesterday, and now he realized it belatedly, and shared with his teammates around him, "My boyfriend even came to ask about it."

Shen Guanshan was afraid that Gu Xing would encounter some difficulties, and he made a special video call to confirm that VG was just a normal personnel replacement, and then he was relieved.

"Hey, who said it wasn't?" Yu Wenbo put his hands behind his head, his face full of speechlessness, "Yesterday, the buddy family chat was in an uproar, and all the aunts and uncles were asking me about the fake news circulating on the Internet, which almost made me lose my mind."

Kuro tore open a warm baby and shook it in his hand, looking a little nervous.

"No way, Old Li," Yu Wenbo noticed the facial expression of his mid laner and couldn't help but teasing, "You are an old man in your Nth year of professional career, and you still panic before going on stage?"

Li Ruixing's Adam's apple rolled, "Sister Li, how long have I not played this kind of game..."

The group stage was just a small test, and it didn't matter whether you won or lost. Kuro played without any burden.

Today is the knockout stage!

If he loses a game due to carelessness and causes VG to be eliminated and disbanded, he will definitely be the culprit!

"Just play normally," Gu Xing said comfortingly, "Although FNC has a certain level, it is really not high. Ruixing, don't panic, I will definitely win when I carry!"

Kuro heard Gu Xing's familiar assurance, and his heart was immediately put at ease, "Xiao Gu, I naturally believe what you say..."

"Let's go, it's time to go on stage!" Vincent knocked on the door to remind him.

When the VG players came out one after another, he was still cheering for the players, "Go, go, go, we must win today, the LPL region must win!"

Gu Xing smiled and responded, "No problem, I will definitely not let you down!"

After stepping onto the stage with the host's passionate introduction, Gu Xing looked around and saw that most of the stands in front were VG fans!

There were only a few spectators holding FNC's orange-red cheering items!

The popularity gap between the two sides can only be described as terrifying!

Kuro listened to the deafening cheers from the audience, smiled happily, and waved to the fans to thank them.

This is why he has been unwilling to leave the arena.

There is everything he is proud of on the stage!

He is determined to win this match!

Compared to the noisy and noisy waves when VG debuted, FNC's chance of enjoying the welcome wave was greatly reduced.

Only some of the audience gave scattered applause in the most basic courtesy.

From the micro-expressions when they came on stage, it can be seen that the FNC players were a little flustered.

They still don't understand why VG changed the starting lineup.

Is the direction of the version not clear?

There are only two paths, the top laner is a tool man in the team fight or continue to penetrate the line, isn't the mid laner still popular as a swing hero with strong line power?

You can use a hammer to replace Kuro who can't even play the line!

You are really not afraid that we will beat you up, right?

But it is precisely because of this that the FNC players think there is a trick.

There is no reason for VG to replace him with a flaw for me to poke!

There must be a conspiracy!

On the commentary desk, Munch, who is wearing a pair of glasses and has a big waist, is also guessing the reason.

"I don't think Kuro's hero pool can help VG very well in the current version. The role he can provide is probably the mid-jungle synergy."

"As we all know, although Chovy gradually changed his bad habits in the second half of the LPL Summer Season, the mid-jungle synergy between him and Virtue is still a bit awkward; on the other hand, Kuro has been partnering with Virtue for a long time, and there is no need to say more about the tacit understanding between him and the jungler."

"But I don't think the synergy provided by VG after replacing Kuro can make up for its own lack of laning level. We all know that Caps is the top European mid laner second only to Perkz. He will definitely kill Kuro if he meets a soft persimmon!"

Munch made a bold guess, "I am very optimistic that FNC will win this BO5 with a score of 3:2 and advance to the semi-finals. In my opinion, VG is too arrogant and has committed the crime of arrogance. They don't take FNC seriously at all, so you must pay the price!"

Standing next to him is Froskurinn, a famous mid-lane fan and VG's die-hard supporter. She, nicknamed Cat, immediately raised objections.

"Just kidding, VG will definitely not lose today," Maomao made an accordion gesture, as if he was cosplaying someone, "Look at their group stage data, a complete crushing, the economic lead in the first 15 minutes was as high as 23, which is enough to prove that VG's laning strength is much stronger than we imagined. Even if the mid-lane is replaced, they can still take the lead in the early stage, and rely on the skillful and smooth mid-jungle linkage to continuously expand the snowball... and FNC's data is actually -77!"

"The gap in strength between the two teams cannot be made up!" Her voice was sonorous and powerful.

Munch shrugged his shoulders, "There is no point in saying more, let the two teams on the stage prove everything with their performance on the field... BP begins!"

"VG has the priority to choose the side in this game because of its high ranking in the group stage. Choose the blue side for yourself in the first game!"

In the player seat, Gu Xing seriously discussed BP with his teammates and coaches.

"Let's ban Sivir first," Hongmi instructed, "The opposing ADC likes to play it very much."

It seems unconventional, but it is actually a very necessary targeted ban.

Ou Cheng is a tool man in the bottom lane, and he is more proficient in the core shooter, hiding and developing until the teamfight period before exerting strength.

In theory, the core ADC needs support to protect them all the time in order to develop steadily.

But FNC's support Hai Lisang is a troublemaker, who often runs to other lanes to lead the rhythm, leaving Ou Cheng alone in the bottom lane.

In this case, the hero who can satisfy this incompatible bottom lane combination is Sivir - she has a good ability to clear the line once her equipment is slightly formed, and the E magic shield can also provide self-protection ability to a certain extent.

And Ou Cheng's Sivir proficiency is well-known to be high, which has to arouse Hongmi's fear.

FNC's ban position is also straightforward, dedicated to Duan Deliang's Rakan.

"My goodness, the card is good, old Duan!" Jack raised his voice and shouted.

Duan Deliang smiled shyly.

"Jack, you have also contributed. If you play Xia very badly, my Rakan might be released..."

Jack glared, "No, buddy, who are you hinting at?"

"I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense!" Duan Deliang denied three times in a row.

Yu Wenbo's smile deepened, "Old Duan, you've taken the bait, haven't you? You must know who I'm blackmailing if you deny it like this!"

"So you're the real black and purple! You've shown your weakness, haven't you?"

Duan Deliang was not a good speaker, and now he had nothing to say.

The VG team was filled with laughter.

It has to be said that Jack is really good at livening up the atmosphere.

"Block the Blue Steel Shadow," Hongmi said to Gu Xing, "Let's give the ball to Xiao Gu first, and try to ban all heroes with too strong presence in the early stage."

The most taboo thing for a jungler is that the enemy jungler keeps leading the pace, putting pressure on teammates in three lanes, forcing him to be unable to continue farming with peace of mind.

Camille is undoubtedly a good ganker, and can often launch an offensive from an angle that no one expects, and Hongmi doesn't want to let her out.

FNC still couldn't guess what VG was up to. They never dreamed that their opponent would go back to basics and play jungle core. In response, they banned Akali, the strongest supermodel monster in the red team.

Redmi's last first-round ban was given to Irelia, who Kuro was not familiar with. FNC coach Dylan Falco chose to ban Syndra.

As the schedule progressed, more and more teams discovered Syndra's weaknesses.

Afraid of close contact.

Heroes like Irelia who mindlessly close contact to control and seek single kills are the biggest nemesis of Syndra!

VG's choice to ban Irelia just now seemed to FNC to be a quick grab for Syndra.

They only knew that Chaowei could not play Ball Girl, and Kuro's hero pool was still six months ago. FNC, who realized that they were being fooled when they saw the starting lineup last night, was not familiar with Li Ruixing. They could only assume that the opponent could play Syndra in this version and ban her.

"Go directly to Kaisa, don't hesitate!" Redmi said in a decisive tone.

In his version, as long as Luo is not there, Kaisa is a well-deserved T0 shooter. It can be matched with any lineup, and can form a good linkage effect with countless hard supports, and it also has a good ability to charge.

Song Jinghao immediately got it.

After FNC selected Aatrox and Leblanc, Gu Xing slowly said, "Why don't we just raise the priority to the middle and top, they can't swing."

Hongmi nodded in agreement after a little thought, "Okay, it's okay to leave Xiao Duan for the second round, there are enough supports left outside."

He decisively showed his sword.

Top single Jayce, mid single Ice Girl!

"Ah..." Ze Yuan on the LPL commentary seat was dumbfounded, "What is VG doing? They can even pick Ice Girl?"

"I think it's a lineup borrowed from Longzhu. If I remember correctly, Longzhu used Ice Girl in the first round of the group stage to match the jungler, Excavator!" Remember to express your understanding, "To be honest, it's not bad. Lissandra is quite restrained by Leblanc in terms of mechanism!"

It's very easy to play Leblanc in the lane. As long as Leblanc dares to step forward with W [Shadow of Demon], Ice Girl can use W to freeze her and then counterattack.

Needless to say, if Leblanc enters the field to consume, she may face Lissandra's R [Frozen Tomb]!

As long as the damage of other people in the team follows up, Leblanc will be crippled if not dead, and will inevitably lose her combat effectiveness!

When FNC coach saw Lissandra being selected, his brows frowned slightly at first, but then relaxed immediately.

"They should want to match Xin Zhao to start the mid-jungle rhythm," Dylan Falco said, "Let's just grab Xin Zhao, and we can save a ban slot in the second round."

After entering the second round of BP, he invested the saved ban slot in the jungle, banning Nightmare and Lee Sin, two T2 junglers who can also match with Ice Maiden.

Redmi fought back, banning Ou Cheng's Xayah and Hailisang's Tauren in turn.

"Let's take the support first... How about Shen?"

Dylan Falco saw Hailisang nod, so he decided to lock in this hard support with long-range support ability.

"Martin, Varus was nerfed in this version, and his data performance is average. I think Tristana may also be suitable for you." He talked to the players non-stop.

"No problem..." Ou Cheng readily agreed. Almost all the ADCs outside were banned. He could only settle for the second best. As long as he could get a big core shooter with both self-protection and development capabilities, it would be a success.

Just as he was about to deploy the runes in advance, his eyes suddenly widened, "WTF, what is the other side trying to do?"

"Qian Jue?!" Hailisang's tone was full of disbelief, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

The small figure of Lamb appeared in the fourth hero selection box of VG!

This character selection that was beyond everyone's expectation immediately set off a lot of noise in the stands!

The LPL live broadcast room also welcomed the question mark screen!

[Renaissance of returning to the basics, right? Can you play jungle core in this version? ]

[Why do I feel that something is really wrong, what kind of understanding is VG? Is this a BP that normal people can make? ]

[Jayce + Kindred, Redmi you are really a genius, I can't make such a top and jungle BP with my eyes closed! ]

[It's broken, VG won't really fall today, Redmi, I'm going to ball you, stop making trouble, okay? ]

[The support picked another Leona, why do I feel that this lineup is weird? ]

The FNC players were even more confused, and they were at a loss.

"Fuck, really don't..." Bwipo, who always loved to laugh, couldn't laugh now.

"Why do the opponents dare to pick Kindred? Do they really think we are VIT?" He was very dissatisfied.

European third seed Xiao Feng was defeated by Gu Xing's Kindred on the first day of this world championship. FNC players were very annoyed when they thought about it.

Are you going to order us?

Come on!

"Don't worry about them for now. Let's choose normally. Don't let VG lead the lineup astray. Tristana is pretty good!" Dylan Falco's forehead was sweating, but his words were still calm, calming the players' emotions.

"It's the same for you in the game. Don't be led by the opponent. Find our strong period. If you can play mid and jungle in the early stage, play mid and jungle. If you can't play, delay until Martin develops and then join the team!" He specifically instructed.

Both sides finished selecting heroes and exchanged roles to show the full lineup.

Blue side VG: top single Jayce, jungle Kindred, mid single Ice Girl, bottom lane Kaisa + Leona.

Red side FNC: top lane Aatrox, jungle Xin Zhao, mid lane LeBlanc, bottom lane Cannon + Shen.

The coaches of both teams went to the center of the stage to shake hands. Dylan Falco saw Hongmi's smug look of winning, and his heart became more nervous and flustered.

After shaking hands hastily, he quickly retreated to the backstage, wanting to see what VG's system was like.

Hongmi returned to the VG lounge calmly and said to Chaowei who was watching the game in the corner, "Blue Cat, you should watch and learn well. Kuro's linkage ability has always been excellent, which is also what you lack."

Zheng Zhixun nodded hurriedly.

He also knew that when he was a teammate with him, Gu Xing basically didn't play jungle core.

First of all, there were not enough resources to share, and secondly, he didn't take good care of his jungler in the early stage.

At this moment, Chovy naturally perked up and listened carefully to the communication voice of the players coming from the TV screen, wanting to learn some useful experience from it.

"Old Gu, are we going to fight in the first level?" Jack was very active and asked Gu Xing at the beginning.

To be fair, FNC's first level team lineup is slightly stronger, and Shen's role in the early stage is far better than Leona.

But Gu Xing still gave a positive answer.

"We must fight!"

"Just don't go over there in a blatant way," Gu Xing marked the route with a signal, "It will be better to take this route..."