Chapter 496: Semi-Finals Against AFS, Lycan on Top

The next day, the quarterfinals continued, with AFS facing off against RNG.

This game is related to TES's opponent in the semi-finals, so everyone at TES chose to gather together to watch the game.

I saw Hongmi saying: "Although we have played against these two teams before and won both, I still hope that everyone can take it seriously. After all, all teams are making progress, and we cannot let down our guard."

Players from both sides appeared, and everyone in RNG seemed to be in bad shape, especially Letme.

Little Peanut joked: "Have Letme been scolded? Look at it like this, like a child who feels aggrieved after being scolded."

Chen Wei muttered: "It looks like this, probably because he didn't learn anything from us."

Little Peanut smiled: "Is it such a simple thing to learn something? If it were that simple, then everyone could learn it and would be invincible."

The players from both sides took their seats and the game started. As everyone thought, RNG still played the same thing as before. They continued to resist the pressure on the top lane and relied on the bottom lane to fight.

But AFS is different. They chose to play RNG in the middle and bottom lane, instead of choosing to break through in the top lane.

In the first game, UZI played Lucian, who was more flexible and had strong laning ability, destroying AFS's bottom lane.

Although AFS has been targeting the bottom lane, it is of no use. Mlxg has been counter squatting in the bottom lane.

After winning the first game, everyone in RNG was smiling and their mentality was much better.

Letme laughed, proving that they really had no pressure.

Little Peanut muttered: "We won't let them gain confidence. What if they sweep AFS 3-0, transform, and kill us in the semi-finals..."

Chen Yiqiu smiled: "It's not that simple, AFS is not easy to bully."

Immediately afterwards, the second game began. This time RNG continued Lucian in the bottom lane.

However, this time, AFS took out Dao Mei in the middle, which was very strong in the lane, and cooperated with the jungle to suppress the RNG midfielder.

Then we targeted the bottom lane again. This time there was no anti-crouching by Mlxg, and RNG couldn't resist the bottom lane.

AFS took off from the bottom lane and won the second game.

Lee Sang-hyeok commented: "AFS midfielder plays very well, we may need to pay attention to this."

Little Peanut was very confident: "It's okay, Brother Xianghe, the combination of the two of us is definitely better than them."

In the third game, UZI showed off his unique skill Kai'Sa, and the audience cheered.

From the beginning of the laning phase, UZI has been very strong.

Coupled with the support of the little tiger Lissandra in the middle, the bottom lane quickly achieved a breakthrough, and the game ended in more than 20 minutes, with a score of two to one.

Liu Qingsong analyzed: "RNG's midfielder and bottom lane are now cooperating better and better. Letme in the top lane is basically a marginal player. No one cares about him, as long as he can hold the opponent back."

Chen Yiqiu agreed: "Yes, the pressure of the AFS top laner is completely different from that of Letme. The AFS top laner needs to consider supporting his teammates and roaming. Letme only needs to focus on laning. This should be the task assigned to him by RNG."

In the fourth game, AFS played a trick and suddenly took out Sword Demon in the middle to face Xiaohu's Ryze.

Ryze, who originally looked like a mid laner, was switched to the top lane to face Poppy.

Hongmi took it seriously: "Swinging in the middle? This seems to be the first time AFS has played this way. It seems that it is at the last moment and must be taken out."

Little Peanut answered: "I feel that this RNG is not easy to play. It should be very difficult for Galio to face Sword Demon. It will also be uncomfortable for Poppy to fight Ryze on the top lane. At best, it will develop peacefully."

Sure enough, just as everyone at TES thought, RNG was defeated in this game.

From the laning stage onwards, the team completely collapsed and was completely unbeatable. In the end, it was difficult to get a kill and avoid being shaved off. It was already so miserable.

The game was dragged into the fifth game. At this time, the faces of everyone in RNG were ugly, and they were not as calm and calm as before.

On the other hand, AFS is facing a headwind and is getting better and better.

Lee Sang Hyuk commented: "For RNG now, we need to stabilize our mentality. If there is a problem with our mentality at this time, it is very likely to collapse directly."

In the fifth game, the players from both sides appeared on the stage and the war song sounded.

In this AFS mid laner, Chen Yiqiu suddenly felt a little familiar when he brought out Enchantress.

Is RNG going to lose this game? Could it be said that they escaped the curse of G2, but will it happen again to AFS in the end? It turns out that the problem is not G2's, but RNG's own.

Chen Yiqiu's idea soon came to fruition. RNG performed very poorly in this game, especially UZI, which was beaten by the opponent in various ways.

Let the little tiger in the middle send the opposite enchantress up.

So, UZI, who was in very poor condition, met a enchantress with advanced development. The scene was too beautiful to watch.

In the end, RNG failed, losing to AFS 2-3 and eliminated.

The commentator could only regretfully announce: "With the explosion of the RNG base crystal, RNG, which had high hopes for us, fell to the quarterfinals. There were too many mistakes. What a pity..."

Little Peanut exclaimed: "I thought I had a good chance, but RNG didn't want to cherish it. How can I lose? I obviously have a good chance of winning."

Lee Sang Hyuk commented: "Maybe there is something wrong within the team. The mentality is poor and has not been adjusted well. Everyone is not talking. It is easy for communication problems to occur."

Liu Qingsong agreed: "It should be a matter of mentality. Uzi's mentality has always been poor."

Chen Wei smiled and said, "You can only say this here. If you say it outside, you will probably be criticized."

Liu Qingsong was not tolerant at all: "Uzi is prone to red and warm. Isn't this something everyone knows?"

Hongmi said, "Anyway, the game is over now. Our opponent is determined, AFS. Next, we will train against AFS."

"Just now, their Aatrox and Ryze were swinging in the middle and top, which is very worthy of our attention."

So everyone in TES devoted themselves to training and prepared for the semi-finals.

After a day of training, Chen Yiqiu took a shower and lay on the bed to rest.

Sure enough, the internal network has exploded. The first hot search: RNG eliminated

Second place: RNG lost to AFS

Third place: RNG2:3AFS

Swept the top three, and they were all talking about the same thing.

Fourth place: Letme invisible

Fifth place: Xiaohu status

Chen Yiqiu was the most amused when he saw these.

Although it is true that there were some personal mistakes, it is also a fact that RNG's overall strength is not good.

The mid and top felt like they were pushed out to take the blame.

The comments below were basically insults:

[In this BO5, I didn't even know that there was a Letme playing on the field. ]

[Letme is pretty good, he was invisible but didn't give up, there was a beast who gave up the opponent's Leblanc. ]

[Is this beast playing Sivir? ]

[Xiaohu didn't give up? If he didn't give up Leblanc, would it be so fat? ]

[I just want to ask you who gave up more? ]

The fans of different players in the team attacked each other, and no one came out to manage. No one in RNG spoke up, and it is estimated that it is now completely chaotic.

In the next three days, the remaining two quarterfinals were carried out fiercely.

Finally, FNC defeated GEN and entered the quarterfinals, and IG defeated G2 and entered the quarterfinals.

In this way, the semifinal matchup was determined.

TES VS AFS.

IG VS FNC.

A week passed quickly.

The TES team came to the game again.

Entering the lounge, everyone put down their things.

Chen Yiqiu sat on the sofa and played with his mobile phone. Since AFS eliminated RNG.

AFS has a lot of support on the Internet:

[AFS won't win the championship this year, right? They seem so strong. ]

[If AFS wins the championship, will RNG be whitewashed? After all, they lost to the champion. ]

[That's right, RNG just met the champion in advance, isn't it normal that they can't beat them? ]

[That's about it, who told you that AFS can beat TES? ]

[AFS didn't win before, so can't it now? ]

[If AFS beats TES 3-0 or 3-1, it means that TES is not as good as RNG. ]

Chen Yiqiu can see that only a small number of people really like AFS. Among the rest, either they hated RNG in the past, and when they saw AFS beat RNG, they decisively chose RNG.

Or they are TES black fans, and they will support whoever TES plays against.

However, these things don't matter. Anyway, this is not decided by online voting, and being supported or not has no effect.

At the commentary booth at the game site, Colonel Guan, Miller, and Wawa were ready.

Colonel Guan explained:

"The semi-finals of the 2018 League of Legends World Championship are about to take place, with TES from the LPL region facing AFS from the LCK region."

"Both teams are in very good shape at the moment. After AFS eliminated RNG in the quarterfinals, they have received a lot of support from the entire network, which will inevitably bring some pressure to TES."

Wawa had a different opinion:

"I think it's hard to say, because TES has beaten RNG many times, and TES has also beaten AFS. They have always been in good shape. Of course, things on the field are hard to say."

"Before RNG lost to AFS, it is estimated that many people did not watch AFS. In short, time will give us the answer, so let us welcome the players from both sides to the stage!"

On the field, TES and AFS are about to appear, starting with AFS.

"AFS! AFS!"

There are quite a few people cheering for AFS at the scene.

Next, it was TES' turn.

"Top! Top!"

At this time, the gap was revealed. The cheers of TES instantly flooded the entire venue, and other sounds were covered.

The director gave a close-up of the TES players, and the audience was even more excited.

The players of both teams faced each other in the middle of the stage, and Chen Yiqiu faced AFS's top laner Kiin.

This person is known for his stability. If The shy's upper limit is 95 and the lower limit is 70.

The shy will fluctuate between 75 and 90 most of the time.

And this Kiin's upper limit is 85 and the lower limit is 75. Most of the time, he fluctuates between 80 and 85, highlighting stability.

The players of TES and AFS shook hands and came to their respective positions.

Chen Yiqiu put on headphones, the equipment was debugged in advance, and his fingertips entered the BP phase of the first game!

This game TES is on the red side, and AFS is on the blue side!

In the ban stage, AFSBAN dropped Draven, Kalista, and Vayne.

And TES targeted the middle lane and banned Galio, Ryze, and Tsar.

Colonel Guan began to analyze: "Although it seems that AFS has banned three marksman heroes, it seems to be targeting the bottom lane, but if we consider Qiu Shen's hero pool, he can use these three heroes to play in the top lane."

"This is a bit confusing. It's hard to say whether it is targeting the bottom lane or the top lane."

Miller continued: "Yes, and then TES chose to target the middle lane. After banning these three heroes, they have to operate with Kuro. I wonder if Kuro is ready?"

Entering the hero selection stage, AFS on the blue side locked on the Aatrox on the first floor.

Seeing this Aatrox, Colonel Guan analyzed: "In the previous quarterfinals, AFS used the swing between Aatrox and Ryze to make RNG suffer a great loss. Now they seem to be planning to repeat the same trick."

"However, now there is no Ryze, they need to come up with another hero that can swing between the middle and top."

It was TES's turn to choose. TES got Luo and Shen on the first and second floors.

Miller explained: "TES's Shen can play in the top lane or in the jungle, which is also a swing. Now both sides are playing hide-and-seek and releasing smoke bombs for the opponent."

AFS got Lucian and Thresh on the second and third floors.

TES locked Kaisa and Akali on the third and fourth floors.

After locking Akali, Colonel Guan continued to analyze: "Akali can also swing between the middle and top in the hands of TES, so now AFS is under pressure."

"TES Shen, Akali, mid, top and jungle are all swings. I don't know what will be chosen on the fifth floor, how to deal with it?"

Miller continued: "Aatrox can play against Akali and Shen on the line. It doesn't seem to be a big problem, but Qiu Shen may use a big move on you on the fifth floor, which will be troublesome."

ASF locked Gragas and Lissandra on the fourth and fifth floors.

Miller explained: "Kuro chose to avoid laning. Lissandra is a hero who pushes the line and roams. The laning is not the focus."

At this time, TES's fifth floor had not determined the hero. Just when everyone was guessing, suddenly, TES got Lycan on the fifth floor!

After the Lycan was locked, the official live broadcast room exploded:

[Ah? This is the wrong choice, Lycan? Is this hero still playable? ]

[TES, don't mess around, this game must be won. ]

[It's over, TES seems to be inflated, and actually chose this kind of hero. ]

[If it doesn't work, take Urgot, don't we have Urgot? ]

Lycan was replaced by Chen Yiqiu, and Qing Gangying was the jungler.

The countdown soon entered the last twenty seconds, and the lineups of both sides were determined:

Red side TES: top single Lycan, jungle Qing Gangying, mid single Akali, ADC Kaisa, support Rakan

Blue side AFS: top single Aatrox, jungle Gragas, mid single Lissandra, ADC Lucian, support Thresh

Colonel Guan analyzed: "TES got top single Lycan in the top lane in this game, which is a bit exaggerated. I don't remember seeing this hero in the game."

Miller analyzed: "Is it TES's ultimate move? I don't think so. Although most top laners are not easy to play against Aatrox now, there are better choices than Lycan. Qiu Shen's hero pool must support it."

Entering the game screen, Chen Yiqiu's Lycan chose Doran's Shield and went straight to the top lane after going out.

Little Peanut set the pace: "Why do I feel that all three lanes are not easy to play against each other? I can only resist the pressure in the front. Everyone be careful. Let's upgrade to level 6 first."

He was under a lot of pressure in this game, mainly because the lineup was not good and the combat effectiveness in the early stage was too weak. At least wait until level 6.

This is a great test for the jungler, who needs to help the team get through the early stages. Needless to say, the strength of the line players can definitely hold up in the line, but the premise is that they cannot be broken through by the opponent's jungler.

The opponent has no intention of invading. The first wave of soldiers came out, and Chen Yiqiu's werewolf returned to the line.

The sword demon came out, and Chen Yiqiu directly ignored the sword demon and pushed the soldiers. (End of this chapter)