Chapter 334: Fighting a Provincial Team Requires a Lot of Horse Racing!

The two-day group stage of Riot's first Asian Challenge has ended.

The LCK region finally ranked first in the group and advanced directly to the finals.

The host LMS region ranked second.

As for the LPL, only the spring season champions LGD and WE won one game each in the group stage.

That was so bleak!

It also made many LPL viewers who were full of enthusiasm and confidence before the game.

The prospects of the subsequent LPL games began to become a little pessimistic.

There is no way, the performance in the group stage was too bad.

And the schedule of this intercontinental competition is very tight.

There are games scheduled every day.

There is not enough time for you to adjust your state.

The third game day of this intercontinental competition.

That is, at 4 pm on July 8.

The LPL region, which ranked third in the group stage, will have a BO5 match with the LMS region, which ranked second in the group.

The winner will face the LCK region in the final to compete for the championship of the first Asian Challenge.

BO5 knockout matches, and this kind of BO5 where each team takes turns to play, and each team plays at least one game.

In the past, this was the BO5 format.

LPL viewers would think that playing against several provincial teams is not a big deal.

There is no need to consider the order of the teams.

The four teams are randomly drawn and they can win easily!

But now, LPL viewers have no confidence.

After all, in the group stage of these two days.

The LPL teams really didn't get any advantage in the BO1 games against the provincial teams.

At this time, the special BO5 format of the Intercontinental knockout match.

It has become a point of concern for LPL viewers.

Because the regular BO5 is completely different from the BO1 game.

But the BO5 of the Intercontinental Championship is, to put it bluntly, five BO1 games.

The previous group matches with provincial teams were not played well in BO1, and LPL viewers are very worried that this situation will continue in the semi-finals.

The semi-finals between the LPL and LMS regions will start in the afternoon.

Throughout the day, all the major domestic online platforms.

were discussing the order of appearance of the four LPL teams when playing against the provincial teams.

The Tian Ji horse racing trick was originally thought to be used only when playing against the LCK region.

But now it seems that even when playing against the provincial teams, we have to study the order of appearance.

Although netizens are not as confident as before.

But the discussion on the appearance strategy has gradually become unified.

That is to let the relatively weaker RNG and EDG teams,

against the strongest provincial teams, Flash Wolves and AHQ, as much as possible.

As long as they can match up, it doesn't matter if these two teams really lose.

Let WE and LGD win three games and they can still win the semi-finals.

The semi-finals will be played at 4 pm.

The night before, several LPL teams still trained until late.

The coaching team composed of the coaches of the four teams also discussed the first team to play in the semi-finals against the LMS region.

The rest were adjusted on the spot.

The time came to July 8.

The third day of the Intercontinental Championship.

There were crowds of people around the Gaoxiong Exhibition Hall.

Most of the audiences who came to the scene came to support LMS.

After all, the LMS region was fighting at home this time.

The eight participating teams of the two major regions of LPL and LMS also arrived at the competition site early.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, almost all the audience had entered the venue.

A ten-second countdown appeared on the big screen at the scene.

This also means that the semi-finals are about to officially begin.

After the ten-second countdown ended, a short film began to play on the big screen at the scene.

The content of the short film was about the pre-match interview of this semi-final.

One player and one coach from the LPL region and the LMS region were interviewed.

For this kind of pre-match interview, the qualifications of the interviewees are very important.

The first person to appear on the big screen was the factory manager - Clearlove.

"Among the three regions, LCK is generally stronger!"

"LMS has also performed very well in the past few days!"

"LPL's performance feels substandard!"

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Zhaozhuang roughly talked about the performance of several regions in the group stage.

The second interviewee in the short film is WE's head coach Hongmi.

He is also the "talker" of the LPL joint coaching team this time.

Hongmi also mentioned at the beginning that LPL's current performance is not good.

Then he also mentioned that WE lacked a main player, and its strength was still affected.

This time, WE's main support Ben was absent in the Intercontinental Championship, and the substitute support Zero was used throughout the whole process.

Then there is the "talker" of the LMS joint coaching team - Niu Niu.

He is the former top laner of the Flash Wolves and is currently the head coach of the Flash Wolves.

In the interview content, Niu Niu recognized the strength of his own LMS region.

It's just that it has never been played in previous international competitions.

So far, the Intercontinental Championship has also played their own style.

Finally, there is AHQ mid laner Ximen Yeshuo, who is the most experienced player on the LMS side of this Intercontinental Championship.

In the interview, Ximen Yeshuo said some polite words, such as "come on" and "do your best".

Subsequently, the "talkers" of the coaching teams of both sides, Redmi and Steak, also announced the teams that both sides would play in the first BO5 semi-final.

The LPL side sent out a team in the first game.

After experiencing the dismal results of the first two days of the group stage, Redmi hopes to get a head start and win the first game to stabilize the morale of the team.

However, he is afraid of sending the LGD team, currently the strongest in the LPL, to play the first game.

What if you go up and encounter the weakest inferior horse on the opposite side?

Wouldn’t that be a big loss?

It feels like a game for LGD was wasted!

So, settle for the next best thing.

They sent out the runner-up in this year's LPL Spring Split, and are now the WE team with the second-best record after LGD in the summer regular season.

On the LMS side, things are a bit conservative.

The ones sent out in the first game were neither the stronger Flash Wolves and AHQ, nor the relatively weakest M17.

Instead, he chose the JT team as a compromise.

In the first game, neither side dared to use any force and sent out their strongest or weakest.

The first match of the semi-finals has been decided, with WE facing JT.

LPL viewers find this acceptable.

With WE's strength, it should be no problem to go all out to win JT.

Win the first game first and not lose again.

If you lose to the provincial team again, you will really lose your face!

This is also acceptable to the audience.

Everyone has the same ancestor, and they also know Tian Ji's horse racing.

To the audience in Tiwan, even if JT loses to WE, it has more or less achieved its goal of winning, and there is no loss!

It's a pity that the LPL didn't send LGD in the first game.

If LPL fielded LGD in the first game.

Then JT can really lose with confidence.

The audience in Tiwan mainly hopes that the Flash Wolves and AHQ can win three games, so that they can advance to the finals.

It is the same reason that the audience on the LPL side expects LGD and WE to win three games.

But if JT beats WE in this first game, it will really be a bloody gain!

The game scene.

After the short interview video is played, the host appears.

Because today is a duel between the LPL division and the LMS division.

The opening of the competition was co-hosted by LPL host Ren Dong and LMS host Anna Li.

Although the accents of the two hosts, one male and one female, are different.

But the two of them spoke the same language, so the scene was quite coordinated.

First, I would like to thank the sponsors.

This is followed by a warm-up prologue.

Then it was time for the contestants to appear.

"After introducing the two major divisions, the first one to appear is our LPL division. Let us invite the first team to compete in the LPL today!"

"Welcome WE~" Ren Dong shouted loudly.

Coach WE and five team members passed through a flash of lights and came down from the stage to the stage.

There was no applause from the audience.

Of course there were no boos, it was peaceful.

"Next, let us welcome JT, the 'strongest on the surface', with applause~"

This Taiwanese female host of LMS has a bit of a shrill voice when she shouts.

Jaylen's team hasn't even appeared yet, but the cheers from the audience are already rising.

Compared with the movement when WE appeared on the scene, it can be said to be a world of difference.

Of course, if you don't get this kind of treatment, you don't deserve to be called a host.

PYL, who was watching the game in the lounge, saw JT coming on stage, turned around and said to Zhou Dian:

"The uniforms of Jay Chou's team are pretty good-looking."

Zhou Dian nodded in approval.

There is only one logo on the JT team's uniform, which is simple and beautiful.

Especially the three-color five-pointed star printed on the side of the team uniform is quite distinctive.

In fact, the LPL in the first two years was actually pretty good in terms of attracting attention.

Whether it is the GT team wearing leopard print uniforms.

The team members' hair was dyed in various colors, and QG was nicknamed "Rainbow Team".

They are all a sight in the LPL arena.

But now the uniforms of each LPL team are due to the official dress regulations that are constantly being introduced.

As a result, the design becomes more and more uniform.

At the same time, it is also full of sponsors' trademarks.

The overall look and feel is somewhat inconsistent.

Back to the game.

After the two teams in the first match of the semi-finals settled.

Ren Dong also briefly introduced today's competition rules to the audience.

Mechanically speaking, the semi-finals are still a BO5 best-of-five game system.

But the list of both sides in the second game of BO5.

It will be submitted after the first match between WE and JT is over.

The on-site director zoomed in on the camera and could see a sticker with the WE team logo on the back of Ren Dong's hand.

Such small details can be regarded as quite thoughtful.

The two teams were in their respective positions, and there was nothing going on with the host.

The camera switches to the commentary box.

The LPL commentators were not able to go to the scene. They were still explaining to the audience at the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center in the magic city, where the LPL regular season is usually held.

At this moment, this place is also full of spectators who came to support LPL, and it can be regarded as a branch venue.

In today's semi-final, the commentators on the LPL side are Remember and Rita.

I remember that like Changmao, he was also the one carrying the bay. This arrangement is quite interesting.

There is also a special guest, PDD, who is also an old acquaintance.

Several commentators began to review the games of the previous two days.

In this way, the review was mixed with small talk, and more than ten minutes passed quickly.

The players on the field were also ready.

The BP of the first game began.

After the BP ended, everyone in the LPL lounge, including Zhou Dian, was worried about WE.

In WE's lineup, only the Corki had late-game ability, and the heroes in other positions were early and mid-game heroes.

The lineup was very hard.

After the game started, WE really exerted its strength in the early stage and gained a considerable advantage.

But as the game entered the mid-game, JT mid-lane FoFo's Taliyah frequently roamed and exerted strength to stabilize the situation.

At 30 minutes, WE only had a 2,000 economic advantage.

At this point, except for Corki, WE's other heroes began to weaken, and the 2,000 economic advantage was simply insignificant.

The game time was 31 minutes.

Condi's blind man kicked JT's auxiliary Tam back in front of JT's mid-lane second tower, and WE focused on him and killed him instantly.

At this time, JT's mid laner FoFo was sick.

FoFo felt that WE had used a lot of skills in this wave, and he didn't want to let WE retreat smoothly.

So, his Taliyah ran to the side to harass.

WE's ADC brother-in-law Mystic played the game of changing skateboard shoes.

He saw that Taliyah's W and E skills were both released, and decisively used his ultimate to suck back the support Braum.

Then he flashed close to Taliyah.

Braum flew out of the ultimate of Skateboard Shoes and hit Taliyah. Taliyah flashed to avoid it, but was still hit by Braum's Q.

Then Braum's passive was triggered and he was stunned on the spot.

Taliyah was killed at 5-1, and JT's support also died. WE decisively started the dragon.

Xiye's airplane did not go to the dragon with his teammates, but returned to the city to pick up the explosive pack.

The four WE players who were fighting the dragon were not in good condition, and the remaining three JT players came to harass.

As soon as they reached the river, a plane swooped in, and the exaggerated damage directly killed JT's ADC.

The top laner was also chased to death by WE.

WE took down the Baron and the situation turned around.

Finally, after a 43-minute hard battle, WE defeated JT and won the first game of the Intercontinental Championship semi-finals for the LPL region.

After the first game, when WE went to shake hands, FoFo forgot to get up from his chair.

Maybe he was still thinking about his wave of illness, which ruined the game.

In the post-match settlement chart, WE's output chart showed a "middle finger" gesture.

The damage of the airplane was particularly prominent.

Xiye in 2017 was indeed at his peak, and his competitive state was very good.

In this game, Xiye's airplane had an output of 48,000, accounting for 47% of the team's output.

However, the MVP of this game was finally given to Kangdi's blind man.

Maybe it was considering the reversal of the situation, which started with that roundhouse kick.