Chapter 243 Knockout draw! It's over, it's all fucking over!
RNG failed to beat IG in league points, so it was the third seed in this World Championship, so it was assigned to Group D.
The teams in Group D are FNC, 100T, RNG, and SKT.
To be honest, this year is really the worst year for SKT to enter the World Championship.
In the past, if I didn't make it, I would definitely be No. 1 or 2 if I made it. I had never played in the bubble game.
The problem is that SKT is a bit weak this year.
Lost the signature player, lost the signature coach.
The power struggle between the white-skinned bosses finally ended in the summer split, and at this time it was completely too late to sign players.
If Scout hadn't performed exceptionally well, they might not even have gotten the third seed.
It's also a good thing that South Korea's third seed doesn't have to compete in the playoffs, otherwise it would be really embarrassing for a team of SKT's level to compete in the playoffs.
"RNG is too inconsistent with the version. It feels so uncomfortable!"
Even if it's Xu Yuan, if EDG lets him go and let him be a tool man, then suddenly let him go to the core.
RNG's performance on the first day of the group stage was quite acceptable, and it was still in a crushing state when playing 100T.
Move Xia and let Kasa go. I will never capture him.
This is the formula they have figured out to play RNG.
So when he gets up, you can keep him and fight.
Forcibly reverse the version and force the opponent to play!
Because of this, Uzi, who wanted to copy Xu Yuan's playing style, felt extremely uncomfortable playing.
This is undoubtedly a deviant approach, but it is also the only path RNG can take.
The requirements for Uzi's performance are even higher.
However, nowadays there is no soft assistant at all, and the weakest one is nothing more than Braum.
Let’s not talk about whether they have the ability to carry.
Although SKT is No. 3, it still has a very good training group.
Just this way...
Because Lucian is different from other ADs, such a strong AD can find its own rhythm.
They explored the World Championship version very quickly and quickly began to imitate EDG.
Faced with SKT's constant lane changes, RNG was completely exhausted.
RNG is definitely stronger than SKT now, but their adaptability to the version is actually worse than SKT!
If you know that you may not be able to beat the top player in the middle, then you won’t hit the top player in the middle.
And now the version is different. When the bottom lane is generally hard-assisted, such a radical play style will definitely be more dangerous than S7.
In order to win the game, he couldn't count on mid-range, so he gave up on Kai'Sa and started picking heroes like Lucian.
"We still lost...this is too uncomfortable."
The reason why Xu Yuan played like that in S7 at that time was because the support could play soft supports like Lu Lu, and the mid laner could also play functional heroes.
However, they played very hard.
Finally, in the 33rd minute, SKT successfully completed the comeback.
This was a fiasco for RNG.
However, it all took a turn for the worse on the second day of the group stage!
RNG is naturally no exception.
Does Uzi want to win?
This is nonsense, he must have thought.
Kai'Sa seems to have become a trap in the group stage, and countless teams are trying to find ways to increase their rhythm.
Attacking rashly gave SKT a chance.
The reason is because the mid-level players do not have the ability to carry.
The ability to protect people is not at the same level at all.
However, in today's version of the World Championship, if the mid and top players don't stand up, it means that the early and mid-term are destined to be very difficult.
Use strong heroes to tie the opponent's rhythm to the bottom lane.
Xu Yuan will also feel uncomfortable for a while.
How long have you been playing team-based games with Letme?
No one can protect him!
It is impossible to choose a completely functional hero in the mid-to-upper level. If you choose a hero in the mid-to-late stage, you will not be able to play at all.
"It's okay. We are the third seed after all, so it's okay to play like this."
Even though Uzi had a huge advantage in the early stage, as soon as they entered the line-changing stage in the mid-term, their advantage was gone.
Very simple reason:
Uzi's current playing style is based on S7EDG and Xu Yuan's playing style in the MSI finals.
"Rist is really Sima. EDG is so strong and it is still EDG's version. RNG has been targeted but has never waited for its own version."
"You're smiling, S7 is not your version of RNG? The problem is that you haven't played it before!"
There was a lot of discussion on the barrage, and RNG fans were a little disappointed, but not much.
After all, today's RNG is not the original invincible RNG of S8.
The current RNG league has been suppressed by EDG and has never won.
Finally qualified for the Bubble Tournament and got the No. 3 seed.
But that's it.
So losing to SKT is actually not uncomfortable for them. After all, they didn't win many key games this year.
Besides, the current expectations of RNG are completely different from the original ones.
Once they were the No. 1 seed, so the audience's expectations for them were naturally high.
Now he is only No. 3, so if he can't beat him... then he can't beat him.
In a sense, EDG saved RNG's life.
Because if RNG really wins the No. 1 seed, in this world championship, they will face much greater criticism than they do now.
Unlike RNG's predicament, IG did well in the World Championship.
Although the other four players except Rookie in the mid lane are basically newcomers, these people are not weaklings.
His performance in the World Championship was visibly outstanding.
The difference from the original is that at this time, IG was assigned to KT's group in the group stage.
KT, MAD, IG, GRX.
This is the team situation of the IG group.
It should be noted that this GRX is not the Dragon Cross or the Korean team, but the name of the Vietnamese team.
IG faced KT on the first day of the group stage, and then quickly lost 27 minutes.
Next, when facing MAD and GRX, they also showed dominance and completely dominated their opponents in 24 minutes and 26 minutes respectively to end the game.
Exactly the same as EDG, it also starts with three bars and zeros.
Countless IG fans burst into tears.
Although I can't beat EDG, I can easily beat other teams!
Our IG is saved!
"This is the complete IG!"
"IG is amazing!"
LPL fans of other teams are also very kind.
"Could it be that?"
"IG is awesome! Keep up the good work! Try to join EDG in the finals!"
"I can't even imagine how exciting it would be if IG and EDG had a civil war in the finals in Incheon, South Korea!"
There are also Wolf Warriors among EDG fans now.
They were trembling with excitement at the thought of two LPL teams fighting a civil war in the World Championship held in South Korea.
Is there such a good thing? !
Fans of IG and EDG now belong to the stage where you and I are both good, so naturally RNG, which had an extremely rough group stage, seems a little out of place.
Although it's not a sarcastic statement, "Everyone is so fierce, why are you the only one who pulled your crotch?"
But some gossip is inevitable.
As the group stage entered the second round, IG and EDG continued to make rapid progress.
Needless to say, EDG is a bunch of idiots in the group.
Easily 3-0 again, scoring six bars and zero to qualify with an absolute lead.
IG was equally violent. In addition to almost overturning against KT, they also won steadily against other teams.
He also qualified with a perfect record of six bars and zero.
Only for RNG, the second round became increasingly difficult.
In the final playoff stage, they finally won against SKT and won the last qualifying spot.
As for first place in the group?
It's FNC.
Neither SKT nor RNG defeated FNC. Instead, this team from Europe beat the Korean team and the Chinese team in the group to a pulp.
In fact, it's normal. FNC was originally the runner-up in this world championship, and their combat effectiveness is definitely much stronger than the current down-and-out SKT and RNG.
With RNG qualifying, it also represents the second Korean team to be eliminated in the top 16.
The first team is GenG.
The legend of C9 continues. Although they failed to defeat EDG, they really pulled off a Korean team and advanced to the quarterfinals again.
This kind of group match undoubtedly made the Korean audience look blank.
Three Korean teams, two top 16 teams, get out!
The only team that qualified was KT, which was second in the group.
Many Korean viewers completely broke their guard:
"Why are we so weak?"
And more Korean viewers, holding back their anger, began to call for:
"LCK needs change!"
The operation visible to the naked eye is no longer suitable for this version, but the LCK's play style is still rigid.
Only KT, whose play style is not that LCK-like, successfully qualified.
This has to make them think more.
Is the operation we are proud of at this time a bit outdated?
Just when the Korean audience was doubting their lives, the EDG players also received the news that SKT was eliminated in the top 16.
Li Sang Hyuk's face was calm, but his eyes were a little disappointed.
"The top 16 will be..."
Although for him, the sooner SKT is eliminated, the more it proves that he is indispensable.
However, Lee Sang Hyuk was not so happy at this time.
After all, he has also played in SKT for many years, and he has extraordinary feelings for SKT.
Now that I see that my former club cannot even reach the top eight, I feel a little sad.
happy? Not really happy.
Xu Yuan patted his shoulder and comforted him.
"It's okay. It's useless for you to stay in SKT. Maybe the original SKT didn't even make it to the World Championship."
Lee Sang Hyuk:…
If you don't know how to comfort, you don't need to comfort.
In fact, Xu Yuan is really not talking nonsense. SKT in S8 really did not enter the World Championship.
The original three Korean teams in S8 were KT, GenG, and AFS.
However, Lee Sang Hyuk is still very confident in himself, and he feels that he should not be unable to enter.
With the end of the last group match, the eight teams that have reached the knockout rounds are officially clear.
Group A: FW, G2
Group B: EDG, C9
Group C: IG, KT
Group D: FNC, RNG
The exciting knockout draw also begins that night!
The player in charge of the draw this time is a player named flame.
In fact, the LPL audience is no stranger to him.
Flame once played in the LPL, with LGD at the time.
She even gave her the nickname "Princess".
Although many people think it was because of the commentator at the time that the bald dragon shouted it out, it is not actually the case.
The title Princess was mainly due to the fact that Flame received a lot of resources in the CJ team at that time, and the entire team had to play around him. In addition, he had outstanding looks and was a pure playboy.
Naturally, he got such a nickname.
It is worth mentioning that after he came to LGD, LGD's mid laner Wei Shen also got a similar nickname "Little Princess".
Because Wei Shen's playing style is very similar to Scout's, both of them like to absorb jungle blood, so naturally they also need more team resources.
This kind of nickname sounds funny, but it's really not a compliment.
Just like Wild King Eimy.
Is he the real wild king?
He's a piece of shit.
“Welcome everyone to the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals knockout draw. Now we can see that today’s draw guest, Flame player, has arrived on the stage.”
"He will conduct the final draw soon, let's wait and see!"
Colonel Guan was smiling and in a stable mood.
There is no moment of mourning for the elimination of GenG. The current Guan Dajun has already become the shape of EDG.
"Yes, I hope EDG and IG don't draw RNG."
Miller spoke immediately.
"No matter what, I don't want to draw a civil war."
"It's a pity to say that the first place in the group will only draw the second seed. It would be great if RNG also ranked first in the group."
Colonel Guan said with some regret.
EDG and IG are both first in the group, but RNG is second in the group.
Once they are drawn together, it will not be a very happy situation for LPL.
Although RNG is not the main force of the LPL, no one wants a civil war to start in the top eight.
At this time, the players were also watching the draw carefully in the lounge.
However, the status of each team is different.
The people on EDG were very relaxed. Xu Yuan put his hands behind his head and looked at the screen calmly.
Beside him, Lee Sang Hyuk stood upright with the same calm eyes.
Xiaotian sat closer, holding a bottle of iced black tea and tea.
Meiko and Mingkai were muttering something without looking at the screen.
kkoma pushed up his glasses and waited for the result.
But other teams are not as calm as EDG.
Especially RNG.
At this time, their faces were very solemn.
Once a civil war is drawn, it will be extremely bad for RNG.
Because this version is already obvious.
It is almost impossible for them to beat IG, let alone the more ferocious EDG.
Once their own team is drawn, RNG's fate is to be eliminated.
Now Uzi also knows that the World Championship is almost gone.
It's all clear, but he won't give up until he's eliminated.
Of course it would be best to meet EDG and IG later.
And what about Korean audiences?
They are praying.
In Korean words: Pray nia!
They are not afraid of playing IG. KT still has dominance and is still the No. 1 seed.
As for not winning against IG in the group stage...
It’s just the group stage, the BO5 Korean team is worthy of trust! This is what they convince themselves.
And playing EDG...that's really the end of it.
At least the current Korean audience really doesn’t have any confidence anymore.
EDG's dominance in the group stage was unprecedented, especially the two teams' brutality against GenG, which made many Koreans tremble with fear.
They don't know whether it's because EDG is too strong or GenG is too weak.
But EDG is undoubtedly the strongest among the seven remaining teams in the knockout round.
The current KT is the only child of their old Han family!
It's best if the top eight don't meet EDG.
Flame on the stage has already reached into the No. 1 seed pool.
With a shy smile on his face, he stirred the balls and took out the first ball.
Opened the ball and took a look.
A smile suddenly appeared on his face.
The Korean audience in the audience felt nervous.
not good!
LCK players like Flame who have been to the LPL are basically hated by some Korean viewers.
Seeing him smiling, I subconsciously felt that this pick was probably not good for KT.
Sure enough, as the ball opened the next second, the Korean audience's eyes went dark.
On that piece of paper is the team logo of the best team in the world that you are familiar with this year.
【EDG】
"EDG! I drew EDG directly in the first draw! Princess Princess is really lucky!"
"Is this the player who used to be an LGD player? Now that he has returned to Korea, he still cares about our LPL. Is the next draw going to be RNG?"
Colonel Guan's eyes lit up and he joked.
The barrage suddenly became tense.
"Don't draw RNG, don't draw RNG, I beg you!"
"Shut up, prison! After Samsung is gone, you want to launch a deathrattle to take away our RNG, right? What a cruel heart!"
"Although I'm a bastard, I really don't want to draw RNG. My team has to meet in the semi-finals to guarantee its bottom line, right?"
"Thank you, Piggy!"
"KT! KT! KT!"
"EDG smoke KT for me and send South Korea's No. 1 seed away happily!"
"Dududu! Give your mother KT a happy send-off!"
Flame on the stage has already taken the first place in the second group. This is a team in the same half zone as EDG.
Open it and take a look.
[FW]
Suddenly, Brother Wanwan wailed.
"Gan!"
"Why are we drawn in the same half zone as EDG? Flame is really awesome!"
"I'm dead now, and it's all your fault! Flame, you are really annoying!"
"I am going to be beaten into a wolf by the mainland again. No matter how good I am in the league every time, does it mean I am successful if I reach the quarterfinals in the World Championship?"
LPL is all smiles.
"Wuhu! Not IG!"
"It's okay, it's okay. At least there won't be a civil war between EDG and IG before the finals. As for RNG? Whatever happens, I'm an EDG fan and a rational fan."
"No, RNG can't just follow fate!"
The current RNG is really casual to most LPL fans.
Because I didn’t expect RNG in the first place.
But it’s hard for RNG fans!
Now there is EDG and IG in the upper and lower half. Even if they win the quarterfinals, they still have to fight these two.
How could they not feel uncomfortable?
Other teams in the division don't know how strong EDG and IG are, but they are clear.
The remaining two draws are naturally FNC and IG.
What's more important is the second pool in the group.
First hand, start drawing!
Flame took out the ball and opened it immediately.
The yellow icon looks strangely familiar.
【RNG】
The barrage was silent for a moment, then exploded immediately.
"It's over! It's all fucking over!"
"You really got RNG... Guan Zeyuan, you really deserve to die!"
"Sima Guan Zeyuan, Sima Guan Zeyuan, Sima Guan Zeyuan!"
"Enough with Shin Sima, this can also help RNG!?"
Guan Zeyuan on the stage was also stunned.
No, brother, I just said it casually.
Are you really playing RNG?
Although because the same group avoids choices, it is no longer possible for G2 and C9 to be drawn into the top half.
But RNG can still draw FW!
The situation of FW and RNG is similar. Although they won the first place in the group, they still stumbled. RNG does not have no hope of winning.
The probability of entering the semi-finals is still very high.
But if you draw EDG...that's a real deal.
Anyone who has watched the game knows that this version of RNG is even less qualified to compete with EDG.
Is it possible... to reach the top eight again?
At this time, there was silence in the RNG lounge.
"It seems like your luck is not very good."
Uzi smiled bitterly.
It's the strongest one when you draw it, which is really unacceptable.
Why are we so unlucky?
For Uzi, the worst-case scenario is to draw EDG.
Even if you play on IG, there is always a chance.
Because although IG is also very fierce, they play very aggressively and will give RNG some opportunities.
But EDG…
Too stable.
After getting the advantage, they directly operate until death, without giving RNG a chance at all.
There were several collisions in the summer split, and we basically lost.
I was almost knocked unconscious by RNG.
As a result, EDG is still drawn in the World Championship...
Uzi had to suspect that this was a divine punishment.
He stared at the screen blankly and said nothing.
"If you are proud of yourself, you will be beaten."
Guanhu tried to comfort Uzi.
However, Uzi originally thought that he couldn't beat the middle and upper level, so he found it difficult to beat him.
What use is the comfort of closing the account to him at this time?
In the second draw, Flame drew G2.
Because FW was placed in the upper half, G2 was postponed to the lower half.
And their opponent is IG.
Maybe it's fate, the opponent IG encounters is still G2.
"Oh, IG."
G2 jungle lamb jankos couldn't help but put on a mask of pain.
They didn't win the first place in the group against FW. IG's strength in the group stage was much stronger than FW.
The little sheep has always been very sensible.
"It's nothing, Jankos, trust me, isn't it just Theshy? Haha."
Top laner Wunder is very confident.
The top order in LPL should be like that.
Letme is just like that. It's not like they haven't played in training games before. Wunder has the confidence to be casual.
And Theshy, who can't even break Letme's defense, is naturally not afraid.
At least that's what Wunder thinks.
It can only be said that he is also one of the top men in Europe.
"Wunder is right. You haven't been beaten yet, so don't be afraid."
Although Perkz doesn't agree with Wunder's judgment of Theshy, he likes his confidence.
After all, Perkz is also a confident person.
The rest of the draw is basically clear.
KT was drawn third, and the remaining C9 naturally encountered FNC.
The knockout rounds have been decided:
Top half: EDG VS RNG
FW VS KT
Bottom half: IG VS G2
FNC VS C9
The start date of the knockout rounds is determined to be October 10th.
This...is another classic day.
The first match between EDG and RNG will be on October 10th.
After the lottery was over, some people were happy and some were sad.
On the LPL side, viewers generally believe that the top half is more intense than the bottom half.
Mainly the collision between EDG and KT is very interesting.
KT's current lineup is not bad.
Top laner Khan, jungler score, mid laner ucal, bottom lane team deft plus Mata.
Khan became KT's top laner after Smeb left, and he is also playing very well now.
As for the bot lane group, Deft and Mata are also a very strong bot lane group, and they are very experienced.
The midfielder combination of Score and Ucal is not bad either, and they went crazy in the LCK Summer Split.
In the second half, in the eyes of many LPL viewers, IG's breakthrough is natural.
After all, there is no Korean team.
Although the South Korean team was unprecedentedly stretched this year, all the second and third seeds were eliminated in the top 16.
However, many LPL viewers still feel that the LCK is stronger than the strong European and American teams.
In the past two years, EDG has beaten European and American teams into the so-called European and American competition.
Naturally, LPL viewers also look down on European and American teams.
Therefore, their topics are basically focused on EDG.
"Come on EDG! Let me beat KT to pieces in the semifinals, and we'll meet them in Incheon, South Korea!"
However, there are still RNG fans who are unwilling to give up.
"If, I mean if, RNG crushes EDG, will you support RNG?"
Zhu Zong's attitude is very simple.
"There are no ifs. The difference in strength is too obvious. Besides, if RNG really wants to do it, then it is reasonable to support RNG."
It has been a year since they crushed Huang Za in the country. At this time, Zhu Za can be described as calm and very well-organized.
I used to have fierce arguments with RNG fans, mainly because both sides were not doing well and their results were B-like.
It's different now. S7EDG has won the championship, the first LPL championship.
So what if RNG really wins the championship this time?
Brother, what is your first championship?
And it’s not a shame to lose to Civil War at Worlds.
Even if there is a one in 10,000 chance, EDG will be defeated by RNG.
Although it is a bit difficult for EDG fans to accept, it will not break the defense.
Unanimously open to the outside world!
Xu Yuan stretched, "I didn't expect that the final opponent would be RNG."
To be honest, he is a little tired of playing RNG.
Is it you every time?
"It can only be said that they are out of luck."
Lee Sang Hyuk couldn't help but laugh when he thought about closing his account.
He surfs more and more now and has some knowledge about account cancellation.
This player is indeed very interesting.
"Now that we know who it is, let's start organizing tactics right away."
kkoma is as calm as ever.
"Don't let your guard down because you think it's easy to hit them."
"What if RNG has an epiphany? Although the possibility is low, it is not impossible."
"Continue to maintain our attitude of playing against teams like VIT in the group stage. Don't think that you are a sure winner."
He warned carefully and did not laugh because of playing RNG.
A veteran coach like kkoma knows very well that the team's strength improves very quickly during the World Championships.
Maybe you couldn't beat it yesterday, but you can suddenly beat it today.
Although EDG has a high winning rate, a high winning rate does not mean that it will win.
In particular, the mentality of the players must be correct.
The expressions of the players instantly became a lot more serious.
KKoma’s current prestige is enough for players to correct their attitude.
"Yes!"
Xiaotian responded immediately.
The short but heavy training time begins again.
Xu Yuan had no intention of being lazy and still completed every bit of training conscientiously.
As a former spectator, he knows all too well how critical it is now.
The closer you get to the end, the easier it is to go wrong.
For Xu Yuan, he has been training for almost a year, so it is not that difficult to continue working hard for a month.
Lee Sang Hyuk has played in many world championships, so he will naturally not have problems in this aspect.
The two biggest guys in the team are training seriously.
Other players, including Xiaotian, naturally did not dare to show any signs of neglect or laziness.
This is the power of example.
On the other hand, RNG was extremely unsmooth.
During the training matches during this period, they forced players to cancel accounts and letme get carry heroes. Want to improvise.
However, the effect... is too bad!
Even if he gets a carry hero, Letme simply doesn't have the ability to open a gap in the lane on his own.
The situation of canceling accounts is a little better. Heroes like Vampire Ryze are still good to play and can also produce some effects.
But there aren't many good ones.
RNG is extremely anxious at this time, because there is not much time left for them.
But no matter how anxious...it's useless?
On the afternoon of October 20th, the players from RNG and EDG had already arrived at the home venue of the quarterfinals.
The competition is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)
