Chapter 401 Opening Match Against SKT!

Everyone in IG walked to the middle of the stage, and the data of the starting five and substitute King Ning appeared on the big screen.

Start from the top lane and work your way to the bottom lane.

When Yuan Shen's data appeared, the atmosphere reached a climax:

"Yuan Shen! Yuan Shen! Yuan Shen!"

Yuan Shen's data has too many firsts. Basically, except for negative data such as the number of deaths, he is first!

And it is the best in all positions. When a jungler's output is the best in all positions, there is no longer any angle that can be hacked.

The world is focused on this!

After the five members of IG appeared on the stage, the host continued: "Let us welcome LPL second seed EDG!"

Immersed in the shock and joy brought by IG, many viewers are still calling IG.

Fortunately, EDG's fans are also very supportive. I want you to warn others that EDG is coming!

Everyone from EDG appeared on the stage, and the director gave them a close-up.

After coming on stage, everyone in EDG stood on the left side of IG.

"Welcome the third seed from the LPL region, RNG!"

Then RNG came on stage, and five RNG players appeared on the stage to be welcomed by LPL fans.

They ended up standing on the right side of IG.

In this way, all three representative teams of the LPL have appeared.

"Now, let us welcome the No. 1 seed from the LCK division, Dragon Ball Team!"

The LCK fans at the scene suddenly became excited:

"Here it comes! The Dragon Ball is here!"

"Peaunt, the best jungler in the world!"

"BDD will prove himself in this S game, he is the world's number one mid laner!"

"Really or not, is Dragon Ball so powerful? So excited?"

The number of Longzhu fans at the scene was not large. To be precise, their team currently does not have many fans. It is definitely not comparable to SSG and SKT.

However, these fans are very excited and excited. After all, Longzhu performed so well in the summer split, and Longzhu is not famous enough now, so they have a sense of mission that they must help advertise Longzhu and let the world know about it.

After everyone in Dragon Ball appeared on the stage, they stood on EDG's side.

"Let us welcome the second seed from the LCK region, SKT!"

SKT is here!

SKT fans are not working so hard. What they are thinking now is that both Longzhu and IG are insurmountable mountains, so how can they get over it?

It would be best if these two teams had some minor accidents before meeting SKT and were eliminated in an upset, then they would be safe.

After SKT is SSG.

SSG has the least support. Although SSG's predecessor, Samsung, also won the S Championship, this SSG has nothing to do with the previous Samsung Blue and White, so it has no fans.

Three LCK teams appeared, standing next to the LPL division, followed by the European division, the North American division, and the LMS division wild card division.

Sixteen teams all appeared on the stage. The three representative teams of the LPL were surrounded in the middle, surrounded by stars, and IG was in the center of the three LPL teams, the center of the world!

"Let us give our warmest applause and cheers to the sixteen teams present. In the next month, they will fight against each other to determine a champion!"

"Oh oh oh oh!" The atmosphere reached a climax again.

Immediately afterwards, the promotional video for this S competition began to play on the big screen.

The theme of this S competition is Heroes!

At the beginning of the promotional video, accompanied by melodious music, a figure appeared from behind, and a familiar ID appeared on the screen: Yuanshen!

"Oh! Yuan Shen! It's Yuan Shen! What a show!" This made the audience excited.

Seeing Yuan Shen appear first, everyone immediately understood why the theme this time was heroes!

This is a hero!

On the fatal stage, other teams have to go down. Because there are many people and the passage is relatively narrow, they need to queue up to go down, otherwise stampede accidents may easily occur.

Only after the peripheral teams have gone down can the center team move.

So the two LPL teams were the last to leave.

"Yuan Shen, let's watch your performance." Suddenly, the factory director's voice came.

Yuan Shen looked over, nodded and said, "Don't worry, we will give LPL a good start."

The factory director smiled: "Okay, you are worthy of being the No. 1 seed, and we will benefit from you."

At this time, a voice came from the other side: "Ming Kai, can you not interfere with Yuan Shen's performance? Doesn't he know that he must win?"

The factory director gave UZI a roll of his eyes: "I didn't talk to you, why do you have to bother me?"

UZI was unconvinced: "You let me hear it, are you afraid of being said that you can't keep your voice down?"

The factory director replied: "I'm too lazy to be familiar with you."

Everyone on IG felt a little embarrassed and didn’t know what to say.

The rest of RNG and EDG can only sigh helplessly. These two people will definitely cause trouble when they meet. What a hatred.

Soon, RNG and EDG also left. At this time, there were only two teams left on the field, IG and SKT!

Everyone in IG turned around, everyone in SKT also turned around, and they all took a step forward to face each other.

At this time, the promotional video has finished playing, and the audience is still immersed in the shock and epic feeling.

The spotlight on the competition stage is focused on the two teams IG and SKT.

So the two teams shook hands, and Yuan Shen faced jungler CUZZ.

CUZZ looks a little childish, but he is quite handsome in person.

However, in front of Yuan Shen, CUZZ seemed a little unable to hold his head high.

After shaking hands with everyone in SKT, the five starting players from IG turned around and walked to their seats.

Put on your headphones, adjust your equipment, and the game is about to begin.

On SKT's side, after CUZZ sat down, Komma walked up behind him and said: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, just play according to the tactics we formulated before."

CUZZ nodded: "Yes, I know."

It was indeed stressful for him when he shook hands with Yuan Shen just now, but he is feeling much better now.

In order to deal with IG this time in the S game, they have prepared a lot of things.

Especially after the grouping was determined, all the energy was put on IG. Not to mention everything was foolproof, but it was also very well prepared.

In the broadcast booth of the LPL competition area, three people, Guan Zeyuan, Rita, and remember to commentate, are ready!

Guan Zeyuan explained: "The upcoming group stage opening match of this S competition will be between the No. 1 seed IG from the LPL division and the second seed SKT from the LCK competition."

I remember answering: "Judging from the performance of the two teams in the summer split, I personally think IG is still better than SKT. After all, IG is the No. 1 seed, and IG went directly to Yuan Shen in this game, which means What, everyone knows.”

Rita summed it up in two words: "Must win!"

Guan Zeyuan responded: "It is indeed a must-win. This is not only a competition between the two teams but also the coaches between the two divisions of LCK and LPL. LCK has dominated this game for two years, S3 and S4, with the Yuan Shenhong came out of nowhere and helped LPL achieve two years of dominance.”

"This year, S7 is a dividing line. After this year, the ratio of the number of champions in the two divisions will become three to two. Whether the LCK will sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, or the LPL latecomers will take over, it all depends on this month! And this game is likely to be a preview of the outcome.”

On the IG side of the game, all five people were ready, so they directly entered the BP stage of this game.

In this game, IG is on the red side and SKT is on the blue side.

BAN hero session:

IG: Xia, Niutou, Verus

SKT: Blind Sin, Barrel, Rambo

Guan Zeyuan analyzed: "In this game, SKT chose to target IG's top and jungle, banning two rhythm junglers, and then blocked Rambo in the top lane. Theshy player's Rambo suppression is indeed very strong."

"Furthermore, if he is not targeted by the opponent's midfielder, his Rambo matchup has almost no opponent. He is overwhelming the opponent. On the one hand, he is a very strong hero, and on the other hand, his operations are delicate enough."

I remember answering: "That's right, and IG is targeting the bottom lane, taking out ADCBAN like Xia, who has a strong life-saving ability. Player Wolf's Lao Niu is also very good, so he also takes out, which is very reasonable."

Entering the hero selection stage, SKT on the blue side locked the small cannon on the first floor.

It was IG's turn to choose, and IG got Syndra and Big Mouth on the first and second floors.

Immediately afterwards, SKT locked in Lulu and Ryze on the second and third floors.

Rita explained: "Faker's Ryze, this hero still needs to be respected. In this game, I feel that Faker should focus on leading the rhythm in the early stage. In the laning, facing Rookie, it is not easy for Faker to gain an advantage. ”

IG got Gnar on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.

IG adds BAN Prince and Pig Girl.

SKT chose to add BAN Reksai and Leopard Girl.

Guan Zeyuan explained: “Both sides chose to block junglers, but one side restricted herbivorous junglers, and the other side restricted carnivorous junglers. In fact, CUZZ is a carnivorous jungler, and he should be the most aggressive one in the LCK. kind."

"It's probably because the overall competition style is different. I feel like CUZZ has become a herbivorous jungler in IG's eyes."

Rita smiled and said: "It's also possible that CUZZ was under a lot of pressure when facing Yuan Shen, so they tended to be weak in hero selection and play style, which left this impression on IG."

IG locked Gnar on the fourth floor, and SKT got Zac on the fourth and fifth floors.

At this time, IG is left with no choice on the fifth floor. At the same time, IG obviously lacks a jungler.

The director gave a close-up of Yuan Shen, who was discussing with Fu Manduo.

Soon, IG made a decision to lock EZ on the fifth floor!

Seeing that EZ was selected, Guan Zeyuan was a little surprised:

"EZ? Yuan Shen used EZ for jungle last year, but wasn't it weakened later? Can you still play it now?"

“Although during this period I heard that some people use EZ jungle in training matches, which can achieve good results, and some people use EZ jungle to increase points at high levels, but this is not a traditional jungle hero, and there are many variables. "

"Generally speaking, in a very important occasion like the S game, and a team like IG, they won't use too risky tactics because it's not necessary."

Rit wondered: "Is there a possibility that from IG's perspective, this is not a risky tactic? Their system is mature and feels very useful?"

"Well... you are right to say that. When Yuan Shen used EZ to jungle last year, not so many people thought it was wrong." Guan Zeyuan touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.

I have been a commentator for several years, and I have been slapped in the face by Yuan Shen countless times.

The lineups of both sides are determined:

IG on the red side: top laner Gnar, jungler EZ, mid laner Syndra, ADC Kog'Maw, support Janna

SKT on the blue side: top laner Shen, jungler Jarvan, mid laner Ryze, ADC Tristana, support Lulu.

Entering the game screen, Yuan Shen's EZ starts to lead the pace:

"I need to play for a while in the early stage of this game. I usually won't take the initiative to do things when there is no red buff. You guys should be more stable in the laning phase. They probably want to target the bottom lane. You can put more pressure on the top and middle lane."

Theshy responded: "I think so too."

Yuan Shen joked: "You always think so. No matter what hero the opponent chooses, we choose what hero."

Rookie continued: "I should be able to suppress Ryze in the middle lane. Ryze has short arms and average laning ability."

Bao Lan said: "I feel that the pressure on the bottom lane will be a bit high. The opponent's combination is quite strong."

Smlz: "I will try my best to withstand the pressure."

The first wave of soldiers came out. The opponent did not seem to have the intention to invade. The IG duo who were responsible for standing guard came back to help the jungle.

Yuan Shen got the blue buff and chose to clear the lower jungle area before going up.

While clearing the jungle, Yuan Shen was also observing the laning situation of the three lanes.

The opposite side of the bottom lane, Tristana and Lulu, were fighting for level 2, and drove away Smlz and Baolan.

However, it seemed that there was no big problem, because Tristana could not control the line of soldiers, and the line of soldiers would soon enter, and Kog's mouth would not lose many experience points.

Since Kog's mouth was selected, the laning was naturally aimed at resisting pressure.

In the middle lane, Rookie's Syndra faced Faker's Ryze. Faker had a clear idea. If he played against Syndra to consume, he would definitely not be a match, because his arms were too short.

So Faker chose to use all his skills to push the line of soldiers, which was his advantage.

Rookie was also very experienced. He controlled the progress of Ryze's line of soldiers and prepared to block the line of soldiers in front of his own defense tower, so that Ryze would be very uncomfortable and easy to be ganked by the jungler.

And Rookie was very comfortable. He could attack and defend in this position, and the opposite jungler would not have a chance to gank in the middle lane.

In the top lane, Theshy's Gary had already pushed the opponent's Shen out of the experience zone. Shen was struggling in the back and could only take advantage of Gary's last hit to get experience.

However, just when everything seemed normal, suddenly, the situation changed!

"The opponent's Ryze is gone." Rookie gave a signal in the middle lane. Now he was controlling the line of soldiers, and Ryze should be in a difficult situation.

"Be careful in the bottom lane." Yuan Shen suddenly saw a key point.

The bottom lane soldiers entered the tower!

This was a large wave of soldiers. At the same time, the opponent's Tristana and Lulu were very aggressive in their positions. They went directly to the defensive tower, as if they wanted to do something.

The state of the big mouth and the wind girl was good. Tristana and Lulu could not complete the tower crossing.

Sure enough, Ryze and the prince appeared!

"Ryze TP over." Yuan Shen understood at a glance.

"I'm coming." Rookie immediately TPed to the bottom lane first tower.

The opponent attacked directly. Lulu flashed and transformed into a sheep to control the big mouth. The prince followed up with EQ, and Ryze output. Although the wind girl knocked the prince away, it was Lulu who was holding the tower now, and the cannon supplemented the damage. The big mouth was killed instantly!

Guan Zeyuan commented: "First blood burst! Tristana's first blood, SKT's move was so decisive, Syndra TPed down but it was meaningless, SKT players have already walked out."

Jide continued: "Lulu is so decisive, his flash to sheep transformation is very critical, Kog's mouth originally has flash, but because of this sheep transformation, he can't use flash and can only wait to die."

"I remember that Lulu is a relatively soft support, and it is difficult to cooperate with the jungler. Now it seems that it is not the case. His control skills are more stable than many hard supports."

On the SKT side, Bang cheered: "Nice! The opponent's Kog's mouth has so many minions that he can't eat them. He has exploded! To be honest, if I were playing this Kog's mouth, I would also lose patience and don't want to play anymore."

Wolf joked: "If it was a training game, I would ask to surrender directly and start the next game, because there is no need to continue." (End of this chapter)