Chapter 302 As Long as the League of Legends Exists, SKT Will Always Be the World's Strongest Team

"Here, take a look, how's it?"

October 5.

Opening day of the 2017 World Championship.

Wuhan, hotel.

Li Zaiwan twisted his fat buttocks and showed off his new uniform.

SKT's new uniform was actually produced as early as the summer season. The new design is very eye-catching, with a bright red color, but not as old as the old uniform.

It looks very conspicuous, especially for people with white skin, it is even more dazzling and eye-catching, and it highlights the individual's physique.

For example, after Chen Yiqiu wore it and posted a Weibo dynamic, he received more than 50,000 comments and even made it to the Weibo hot search list.

So at this moment, Li Zaiwan couldn't hold it back and wanted to put it on to see the effect.

But...

It can only be said that appearance and figure determine everything, which is hard to say.

"Well... I think it's OK."

Chen Yiqiu tried to speak in a tactful tone: "Compared to that, I prefer the three stars embroidered on the chest of the new team uniform."

"...Yiqiu, you really know how to talk."

Lee Sang-hyuk smacked his lips and expressed admiration for Chen Yiqiu's high emotional intelligence.

Anyway, he couldn't help but complain after seeing Li Zaiwan's outfit.

"Hehe..."

Li Zaiwan nodded with satisfaction, but a little melancholy, and asked Kkoma: "Coach, why can't we wear the new uniforms from the group stage? This uniform is much better than the old one."

"Don't mess around. I specially asked a master to look at it this time. The red color means that our team will always move forward courageously. This time, the new uniforms must be advanced to the finals before they can be worn."

Kkoma said like an old charlatan, "If you wear it in advance, the effect will not be good."

"Oh, our great SKT dynasty, on the day of the four-time champion, put on a brand new red uniform. Everyone, think about it, what a wonderful picture that is, can you imagine it? The whole world is cheering for us..."

"...I think the coach is seriously ill, it seems that it's time to get married."

Chen Yiqiu turned his head to comment.

Peanut didn't dare to speak, Bae Jun-sik was in a trance, Lee Jae-wan was shy, and only Lee Sang-hyuk nodded: "He has been like this recently, and he wants to win the fourth championship so badly."

"You don't want to?"

"Nonsense, of course I want to."

Lee Sang-hyuk rolled his eyes.

"Let's go, our excellent players, it's time, come on in the first game today!"

At this time, a staff member of the club came to notify everyone, and everyone packed up and set off for the bus.

In the end, Lee Jae-wan didn't dare to disobey Kkoma's wishes.

And this red team uniform, in Chen Yiqiu's eyes, is far less glamorous than everyone looks at the moment.

In his mind, one thing that he remembers very deeply is that SKT wore red clothes on the day of the S7 finals, boarded the Bird's Nest, and then was defeated by Glory 3 to 1, and the dynasty collapsed.

So, this thing looks unlucky, so don't wear it if you can.

"Finally I've waited..."

At eight o'clock in the morning, the SKT team arrived at the Wuhan Sports Center.

At this moment, the giants from major regions around the world have arrived one after another. The Wuhan Sports Center is also surrounded by people inside and outside. The square outside the door is full of teams selling support items and fans cheering.

There are also many photographers and Internet celebrities taking pictures. Occasionally, they can catch star players who have not entered the venue. Various interview videos are very lively, and the e-sports atmosphere is very strong.

"By the way, the S game held in your country this time is really lively."

In this situation, even Faker, who is used to seeing big waves, couldn't help shaking his head and exclaimed.

"Well, in fact, the most League of Legends players have always been in China."

Chen Yiqiu nodded. Everyone is relatively low-key, mainly because their popularity is too high. Once exposed, it is estimated that it will affect the subsequent audience entry.

So everyone did not show up, hurriedly entered the venue from the backstage to punch in, and then entered the lounge to prepare for the game.

SKT was divided into Group A this year.

The opponents in the same group are: EDG, AHQ, C9.

Among them, EDG, as the No. 1 seed of this year's LPL region, was assigned to SKT's Group A, which caused a great public opinion reaction in the outside world.

Almost all LPL viewers and EDG fans were disheartened, feeling that EDG was really unlucky and was assigned to the death group.

——The group where SKT is now the death group.

As the saying goes, I am hell, that's it.

And today SKT's first game is against this year's second seed AHQ, and EDG will be ranked tomorrow.

The annual event began, and SKT people were inevitably "harassed" when they were resting in the lounge. Old friends from the world game gathered together, G2's A P and others, TSM's Bjergsen and Big Brother, and even LPL people came to take a look. The main player was a global star.

It was not until the opening ceremony that everyone dispersed.

…

The opening ceremony of the 2017 World Championship was very grand, especially the opening ceremony promotional video. Chen Yiqiu said on behalf of SKT that "As long as League of Legends exists, SKT will be the strongest team in the world", which once ignited the scene.

The enthusiasm of the audience at the Wuhan Sports Center also exceeded everyone's expectations. After the stage appearance, when returning to the backstage, Li Zaiwan praised the atmosphere of the scene and was still not satisfied.

"Oh, why are we just showing up? It would be nice if we could stay a few more minutes. I really want to hear them shout SKT a few more times."

"What's the rush? You'll shout naturally when you play the game."

Chen Yiqiu smiled and said: "It's better to prepare now. Although AHQ is not a strong team, it cannot be underestimated."

In his heart at this moment, he is actually a little worried about the state of the team. SKT in the S7 World Championship is far from invincible, and he doesn't know that this long-awaited trip to the top of the Bird's Nest will have accidents and twists and turns.

Hope everything goes well.

"RNG is on the stage..."

At 3:30 in the afternoon, RNG, as the home representative, was well deserved to be scheduled for the first game of the S7 opener against FB.

Needless to say, the result is that if RNG can't even defeat FB, then it can really kill them with a piece of tofu.

The official specially assigned the weakest opponent to RNG. What they wanted was a good start and a good start.

Half an hour later, RNG lived up to expectations and defeated FB. After the second game, it was finally the first showdown of S7 in Group A.

Everyone in SKT sorted out their things and stepped onto the stage.

…

"Welcome back, this is the venue of the 2017 Global Finals, Wuhan, China. Hello everyone, I am Zeyuan."

"I remember."

"Hello everyone, I'm Rita."

"So after the previous two exciting duels, now comes the third match of today's group stage, which is also the first round matchup of Group A this year."

Guan Zeyuan and the other three appeared in front of the camera with smiles and controlled the field with familiarity: "I believe everyone is looking forward to SKT's first game in this year's S Championship."

"Yes, AHQ feels a lot of pressure. They met SKT in the first game."

I remember feeling sad: "I hope AHQ can adjust its condition today and give us a wonderful game."

"To be honest, from the perspective of paper strength, SKT is undoubtedly the dominant side, but in e-sports, we can't just look at paper strength. Performance in the field is also the top priority..."

Guan Zeyuan spoke up for his good brother, and then he cheered up: "Then the players from the two teams in front are ready, let's enter the third match today, SKT vs AHQ!"

After saying this, the director's camera switched to the BP interface.

In the first game of the S7 World Championship, SKT is on the blue side and AHQ is on the red side.

As soon as they came up, both sides eliminated Lulu and Feng Nu respectively, and then SKT added Policewoman and Dashu.

AHQ bans Jace + Spear of Revenge.

The banners on both sides generally tended to be more meta-oriented, and also targeted the opponent's strong points.

Because there were too few ban positions and they were on the red side, AHQ could only target the first-hand Jace, which was considered their best effort.

"In this case, Lulu Feng Nu is gone, then Fan Zi Ma and Bron are actually good choices."

"Hmm... In addition, AHQ released a lot of top laners in this game because they were on the red side. I feel like Reaper should be very happy now. He hasn't been this comfortable for a long time, right?"

The director's camera happened to show Chen Yiqiu, and he did have a smile on his face, which caused bursts of screams from the audience.

Then... SKT immediately locked Qinggang Ying.

"Wow…"

"Qinggangying, locked instantly!"

"It's started, it's started, Reaper is very comfortable now!"

There was an uproar at the end of the court, and Guan Zeyuan made a joke.

In fact, Qinggang Shadow is not popular in the top lane in this version, and the appearance rate is very low. However, heroes also depend on the players. It is normal for everyone to get Qinggang Shadow with the ID of Reaper. It also deserves everyone’s cheers and applause.

"When I hold this Qinggang Shadow, I feel like AHQ's scalp is going numb now."

Rita's tone fluctuated and she looked at the big screen.

In the AHQ team, top laner Ziv's facial features twitched and sweat broke out on his forehead the moment he saw the opponent locking Qinggang Ying.

He was already scared when he saw the hero's profile picture and ID.

"Cheer up, man!"

The teammates next to him were a little speechless for a moment when they saw that this guy's mental quality was so low.

"...It's not that I don't want to cheer up, it's just that it's really hard to play. I feel like it's not fun no matter what I choose now. How about having fun on the road like this? There's no way I can do anything."

Ziv spread his hands.

Before the start of the S7 World Championship, in order to let outstanding players from all over the world feel the local enthusiasm, the official specially promoted the top of the canyon to the official training uniform.

Therefore, players from various major competition areas have actually played against each other many times during this period.

And AHQ top laner Ziv met Chen Yiqiu several times. The process and results were very tragic, and he was almost mentally scarred.

Now when we meet him in the main match, he has already begun to suffocate in advance.

"How can we win with you like this!"

Mid laner Westdoor angrily said: "Seeing that someone else's ID has shrunk first, why are you still playing a career like this!"

"Don't talk about me, he will be the same as me when you meet him!"

"Isn't my opponent strong? Faker! Do you understand the value of the great devil Faker?"

"Then let's switch. I'm actually okay in the middle..."

"No change."

Everyone: "?"

"Okay, okay, the Twisted Treant is gone, but there is still Void Terror, right? This is fine. If the opponent doesn't choose it, just take it. If it is stable, you can't do anything to the opponent. This is the T1 version."

"Okay, then I'll take Void Terror."

Ziv gritted his teeth and nodded.

The stability of the big worm is very top-notch in the version, and the most important point is that it is easy to mix.

It may be uncomfortable to meet Reaper's Jayce, but it should not be as difficult as imagined for the Steel Shadow.

When AHQ picked the big worm, they also got the jungle Jarvan.

"Both the big worm and Jarvan are very strong heroes in this version. There is no big problem... If the big worm is selected, the pressure on the top lane should be less."

In the outside world, everyone saw AHQ's two picks and gave affirmation.

And in the SKT team, AHQ's choice was also not surprising.

"Keep taking it, give Wanghu a blind monk, and then Xianghe a clockwork."

Kkoma held a small notebook behind him and commanded to take people.

They actually did a lot of preparation and BP during this period, which is also the norm for teams participating in the S game, so the selection of players for both sides was not slow.

Soon, the lineups of both sides were completely settled, namely:

Blue side SKT: top single Qing Gangying, jungle Lee Sin, mid single Clockwork, bottom lane Annie + Braum.

Red side AHQ: top single Maokai, jungle Prince, mid single Syndra, bottom lane Xia + Rakan.

The lineups of both sides were determined and the game was loaded.

"AHQ's Xia and Rakan selections are very good. I didn't expect SKT to release them. They chose Braum. In this case, the early laning of the two sides in the bottom lane should not cause too much sparks. It mainly depends on the performance in the mid-to-late team battles."

The game started. After both sides entered the game, they gathered to make vision, and Guan Zeyuan analyzed it like this.

AHQ's lineup is actually a little more fierce than SKT overall. Except for the top single Maokai, their lineup has very strong combat capabilities in the mid-term.

On the contrary, SKT, who was thought to continue their domineering style, got the double C of Clockwork + Annie in this game, which needs a long time to develop before they can stand on the stage.

Of course, the rhythm in the early stage will naturally be handed over to Chen Yiqiu and Peanut.

"So from here we can see that the current SKT is very dependent on the performance of Chen Sheng in the top lane... How should I put it, I don't know if you have noticed a detail."

Guan Zeyuan pays close attention to SKT, or it can be said that every LPL commentator is now very concerned about SKT because of Chen Yiqiu's existence.

"SKT has actually reflected this point recently, including the summer finals. Although SKT used to pay attention to the top lane, it definitely didn't have the feeling of going all out now."

"From the side, this may be a tactical change, but it is also true that the status of SKT's other lines fluctuates greatly."

"So this year's SKT may not be absolutely invincible... Let's see, both sides are on the line normally, and Qing Gangying... Qing Gangying is squatted!"

Guan Zeyuan's voice suddenly rose.

It was at the river on the top lane, before the troops touched each other, Chen Yiqiu was suddenly ambushed by the AHQ top and jungle who had planned it in advance.

This was really premeditated. AHQ had obviously waited for a long time for this targeting. After being caught, Qing Gangying was knocked up by the big worm and was left there.

"AHQ!! Very clever ambush, this wave of Reaper was knocked up and couldn't get away!"

"Wow... This is really a bit unexpected. AHQ obviously came prepared. The death of Qing Gangying once will make the big worm in the top lane have a better life."