Chapter 434: Champion and Runner-Up Meet Again

“Invictus Gaming——”

LCK female host Kim Min-a, after seeing the note in Bang’s hand was composed of the letter ‘i’ made up of black and white Tai Chi elements, immediately called out the full name of the IG club.

Instantly, the audiences in the audience showed their own unique performances.

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

For the LCK region, the happy thing was that they drew IG, and KT and Samsung did not have to fight a civil war in the knockout stage, leaving only one seedling in the LCK region in the semifinals.

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

Even in the group stage, they could tie with FNC, the No. 1 seed in Europe!

Although many Korean spectators firmly believe that KT, with its extremely luxurious lineup, fresh blood and many experienced players, can easily defeat IG in the knockout stage.

But if they can beat the weak, such as C9, then it is definitely better to pick the soft persimmon!

[IG's top laner Thehsy and mid laner Rookie are both from our Dahanming country. I believe they will serve the country in the world game! ]

[This draw is really good and bad! ]

[Why is it not C9? If it is C9, the possibility of a civil war in the LPL knockout stage is high! ]

[Bang tried his best! ]

[If Samsung meets EDG, it will be completely finished. Please ask Bang to assign Samsung to FNC.]

[It's okay! ]

"Ahh——"

Rookie in front of the monitor couldn't help shaking his head when he saw IG was taken out of the draw pool.

"Why play against KT?"

"It's too difficult."

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

At the Intercontinental Championship, more than 20 LPL players did not study this strongest team in the LCK region.

Rouji certainly does not have much pressure on Ucal, who only started playing in the summer season last season.

The main reason why he swore was that the configuration of the other four players of the KT team was too good!

Top laner semb, who is extremely offensive, is the best carry-type top laner in this world championship besides Jiang Zhun and Theshy. In addition, his own performance is excellent, and just looking at the player ID gives people a great sense of oppression.

Although Score did not achieve good results in the world championship, as a veteran player of the LCK, his experience in leading the team is really rich.

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

And the combination of Deft+mafa in the bottom lane, although the laning strength is not so outstanding, it is still first-class.

The most important thing is that these two are also veterans who have fought in the arena for many years.

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

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

"No way."

"Drawing KT is the best choice."

"We can only blame ourselves. AFS stole a hand in the group stage."

Yu Wenbo stood up and said: "If we qualify as the first in the group, the opponent must not be so strong."

"That's right." Rouji thought about it and suddenly realized that if they didn't draw KT, then their next opponent could only be EDG.

Because FNC and IG belonged to Group D in the group stage. According to the principle of avoiding the same group, the two teams could not meet in the knockout stage.

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

In Rouji's mind, for some reason, a shoe horn boiled egg head appeared.

At the same time, the sound of shaking kept echoing in his ears.

"Now the only opponent left in our LPL region is EDG!" Guan Zeyuan's voice came from the display screen, "I think Samsung is definitely more difficult to deal with than C9."

"After all, Samsung is the same team as last year. In last season's world championship, Samsung didn't perform very well in the group stage or even the knockout stage, but with exaggerated adjustment and learning ability, Samsung made it to the finals and eventually lost to EDG and won the runner-up."

"So, for the sake of safety, it's best to let Samsung play FNC, so that EDG can easily advance."

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

Everyone knows that Guan Zeyuan's last name is Park.

Ji Dian, who was standing beside him, crossed his hands in front of his crotch and looked at Guan Zeyuan calmly with a raised brow and a bright smile. After stating his assumptions about the draw results, he slowly spoke:

"Zeyuan is right."

"But"

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

"Samsung vs. EDG? No way!" Guan Zeyuan was a little unbelievable and cast his eyes to the screen in front of him in panic.

Bang unfolded the draw results, with C9's unique "9th Cumulonimbus" logo on it.

"It's C9!"

"You scared me to death."

Guan Zeyuan took a deep breath and then looked at Jiede with a smile.

However, Jiede slowly reminded: "C9 and EDG are in the same group in the group stage."

After the voice fell, Guan Zeyuan's facial expression was like entering an ice room at -99°C, instantly solidified and became abstract.

He instantly understood why Jiede said 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 determined, that is, EDG-Samsung and C9-FNC. No matter which of the two draws C9 and Samsung, who qualified as the second place in the group, was drawn, the result would not change!

The barrage in the LPL official live broadcast room quickly increased:

[I am laughing to death! ]

[Amateur! Amateur! Amateur.]

[Park Zeyuan looks like a clown]

[I can't help it. Can the LPL official let Guan Zeyuan commentate on the game between EDG and Samsung? That would be too much of a show effect! ]

[Bang's hand, a stroke of genius! 】

[It is indeed a perfect draw! ]

[I just want to ask, is Guan Zeyuan our LPL commentator or LCK commentator, why does he seem to say everything for Samsung to advance? ]

[It is recommended to investigate Guan Gou's three generations! ]

…

The results of the knockout draw are finally released:

(Upper half)

RNG vs G2

KT vs IG

(Lower half)

EDG vs Samsung

FNC vs C9

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"All encounters in the world are reunions after a long separation"

Jiang Zhun sighed: "I didn't expect that I would meet Samsung, who I haven't played for a year, in the knockout round."

Looking at the familiar team name, Jiang Zhun's thoughts instantly returned to the Bird's Nest a year ago.

His first world championship, EDG's first S championship, and LPL's first S trophy were all won by defeating Samsung!

"Samsung."

Hae Sung-min couldn't help but say after hearing Jiang Jun's sigh: "Samsung was really weak in the spring season. It was ranked last in the entire LCK spring season."

"It was easy for us to beat them."

Hmm?

Everyone in EDG was stunned when they heard what Hae Sung-min said, and then they remembered that this guy had played for two months in the fried chicken team.

Yes, BBQ's performance in the spring season was not very ideal. If Hae Sung-min could say that Samsung was weak at that time, then Samsung was absolutely weak!

"It's like they changed a group of people from last year's world championship. Not only did they not cooperate well, but even Cuvee was repeatedly killed online."

"It's normal. After all, Autumn Withering is completely opposite to Spring Tiger Emperor." Spicy Hotpot smiled.

"We caught them in the knockout round this year. Samsung can't expect to evolve all the way to the finals!"

Mei Kou, who had been relatively quiet, suddenly waved his fists, as if he was going to knock down Samsung.

"To be honest, I was quite surprised that this Samsung team made it all the way to the summer playoffs, then to the world championship, and even passed the group stage." The factory manager was relatively calm.

"So don't slack off, wait for Riot to release the schedule, and we can carry out targeted training plans."

Although the draw ceremony is over, Riot needs to consider the material shooting of each team in the knockout stage, as well as the interval between the group stage games.

Therefore, the schedule is not played in the order of the draw, but will be announced to each team at 11 o'clock tonight after comprehensive evaluation and discussion.

"The more interesting match in this year's knockout stage is the one between IG and KT."

"But it's good for the European and American regions. FNC and C9 are grouped together. In this way, they will definitely have a semi-final team this year, and it won't be as tragic as last year."

Abu judged the draw for the knockout stage from another perspective.

"Then the debate about which region is stronger, EU or NA, will start again."

"But I'm more curious about the two old friends in our club."

The two old friends that the factory manager mentioned are naturally "Yang Fan" and IWD, a North American iron fan.

"Really, one is the iron-blooded War Wolf in Europe, and the other is a C9 legend."

"By then, I guess European Gangzi will definitely wear the FNC uniform and passionately comment on the game."

"As for IWD, this guy should start recording mocking videos"

In their boring lives, after playing training games, EDG occasionally watches these two old friends comment on LPL videos to satisfy their spiritual emptiness.

Therefore, they are very familiar with their personalities.

They can even predict some of their future operations.

"What do you think, if FNC fights all the way through the siege in the upper half and then meets us in the finals, who should European Gangzi support when he is commenting?" Meikou asked curiously.

The factory manager rolled his eyes and said, "Do we need to guess? This guy will definitely wear the FNC uniform during the live broadcast, and if we win the game, he will put on the EDG uniform without saying a word and make a crazy face for the European audience in the live broadcast room."

"He understands traffic."

...

Compared to the cheers of the EDG team, Samsung's side was a little lifeless.

In fact, everyone knows that they can make it from the group stage to the knockout stage, which depends more on the luck of the group stage.

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

The moment Bang drew KT to play against IG, they all knew that this year's World Championship might end here.

"Woo woo, it's actually good to think optimistically."

"People will only remember the champion forever."

"Last year we won the runner-up, but we were criticized and abused when we returned to China."

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

cuvee stretched and began to comfort himself.

For his discouraging words, the head of the team, Ba'an, did not refute or reprimand him.

Instead, he played mobile games quietly by himself.

For the Samsung team this year, being able to reach the quarterfinals is a success.

After all, no one could have imagined that a team that was beaten by the last-place teams in the league in the spring season could awaken in the summer season, beat SKT all the way to the playoffs, and defeated the dark horse Griffin in the competition for the qualification spot, and successfully entered the world championship.

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

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

He knew that it was a bit difficult to win the championship with Samsung's configuration this year.

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

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

The S8 World Championship is a relatively balanced version, and all three lanes can take on the role of carrying the 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 crown in the middle is still lifeless, and can only play some functional heroes.

The carry point of 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 suppression power after the core AD was weakened in the summer season.

Therefore, they played every game extremely hard.

"Let's just take it as it goes."

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

"Of course, if we can beat EDG in a surprise and get revenge, that would be the best."

The coach looked at the players after the draw ceremony, and couldn't help but comfort them.

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

And looking at him like this, An Zhangmen's right hand was a little eager to move, wanting to take the baseball bat placed behind the door.

"Ah!"

"Even if we know we will lose, we still have to play. Only after we lose can we complain here."

After a moment of silence, Master An sighed and said, "EDG was 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 them."

"Hey!"

"We have to cooperate with Riot to shoot a promotional video tomorrow. After the shooting, we will relax in the afternoon and start training well the next day."

"Try not to let yourself down after the knockout stage starts."