-172- MSI debut
I can only bring one substitute in the World Championship, I really forgot this, damn it.
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I don’t know if it’s because of the parallel world, this year’s Fist has changed the rules of world competitions such as MSI and S, and the substitutes you can bring from one to three.
Therefore, when we go to MSI, the water dispenser trio in the TL Spring Tournament can go with us.
Plus, Jensen can play, so both fans and media are full of expectations for this TL with dual form.
Before the game, at the end of April, on the eve of the finalists, ESPN also gave the current MSI team rankings on its official Twitter.
Without calculating wild card teams, the rankings of msi teams are ig, g2, skt, tl, fw, respectively.
There is not much controversy on the Internet about this ranking. At least except for G2 and SKT, the rankings of the other three teams are not controversial. As for the European Galaxy Battleship G2 and South Korea's Triple Crown Dynasty SKT, which is the second and third, which is the fans of the two teams themselves are going to fight.
Soon, the time came on May 1st, and the MSI's finalists officially started. Eight wildcard teams gathered at the gg gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and were divided into two groups to fight in a circular battle. At that time, the two teams ranked first in the group will advance to the knockout stage respectively, facing TL and FW directly.
The team that advances to Group A is DBL, which is Vietnam's own home buffalo team, and it is also the opponent that TL will meet in the knockout stage.
There is nothing to say about playing DBL. After finally changing to the starting configurations of Jensen, Xmithie and Corejj, TL easily sent the Big Buffalo away with three to zero pleasure without any pressure.
The Lightning Wolf that night was different. As the last year of LMS, on MSI, the Lightning Wolf lost a lot when facing the wildcard team VEG. She successfully advanced three to one in the end, almost vomiting blood from Taiwanese netizens.
Finally, after a long Bo5 battle the next day, the Big Buffalo at Vietnam also defeated VEG with a score of 3:2 and became the last team in the MSI main match.
"The big buffalo is pretty good. It has the ig style, it's so reckless!"
"It's a pity that I was sanctioned by TL. I have to say that TL this year is really strong and is already close to the level of G2 and SKT."
"Xmithie, jensen and corejj performed well, even if they replaced the red leaves and winter dates, their combat effectiveness was still the same!"
"Nonsense, this is the starting lineup of this year. Hongye and Dongzao both made ssr, which was considered an unexpected surprise."
"Then you say that during the main competition, will TL play the set of xmithie, jensen and corejj, or red leaves, winter dates and olleh?"
"To be honest, the Nakano of the Red Date combination looks obviously stronger, but on the Jensen set, you can come with a top-level auxiliary corejj. He is one level stronger than olleh, and can directly pull the level of the double-person road to the top in the world, which is difficult to choose."
"Indeed... If I were the TL coach, I probably wouldn't know what to arrange."
Although it was a big buffalo, it was at least the first game after Jensen returned to the field, and it was still bo5. Therefore, North American audiences still pay great attention to this game.
The result of the game also made all LCS audiences very satisfied - the abuse of vegetables is the abuse of vegetables, but this is cruel enough! You see, the Lightning Wolf defeated the worse VG and lost, winning the bumps. On the other hand, the stronger Buffalo played against the Big Buffalo with a stronger Buffalo, killing one by one, which shows how hot the current state of TL is.
In this way, the TL fans who originally thought that "there is enough to have a red date combination" and "Jensen, team is safe, don't return", will start to get confused again - Jensen is in such a good state after returning, Xmithie itself is the top jungler of LCS, and also a champion support corejj... This set of players seems to be very good at the same time?
It seems that it is not worse than the championship lineup in the Spring Finals?
What a pity, why is League of Legends 5v5 instead of 8v8? Wouldn’t it be all there?
In fact, what the LCS audience is struggling with is also what the coach is thinking about now.
It is difficult to choose, but it is indeed difficult to choose. If you choose the Red Leaf set, I feel that the Jensen set is not weak, but if you choose the Jensen set, the middle and wild linkage of the red date combination is very powerful.
So, after thinking carefully for a long time, the coach finally made a decision - first play the Winter Dayao first in the group stage, and then play the Jensen second round. At that time, choose a better-in-formed lineup as the starting lineup, and choose whether to switch to the second lineup in the semi-finals in the final four.
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On May 10, the group stage of MSI at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam finally officially began.
On the first day of the main competition, each team had two games, and TL's first game was located after the opening match between G2 and SKT, and the opponent was the Lightning Wolf in the LMS Division.
Compared with the quality bureaus of g2 and skt, tl and fw, these two teams just listen to the names, so by the beginning of the second game, the activity of the live broadcast room on the outside of the Internet began to drop significantly.
However, the enthusiasm of LPL's audience has increased instead of decline. MSI broadcast rooms such as Shark Station and Tiger Station are full of "Come on TL" and "The No. 1 in the World". If nothing unexpected happens, except for its own mountain-winding team, all LPL audiences are most concerned and supportive. I'm afraid that the TL is the TL - one Chinese and two Chinese foreign players, three of the five are descendants of Yan and Huang. Is there any problem with regard to TL as their own team?
Of course not!
What's more, it's the team where my wife is! This is even more supportive!
So, under the anticipated gaze of the audience in the three competition areas of LPL, LMS and LCS, both sides quickly entered the ban/pick stage.
Among them, the Lightning Wolf is in the blue square, and the three-handed banners are Gemstones, Kennan and Akali - it is obviously a banner who has never done any homework. When the T** coach comes over, they will definitely yell to ban the Red Leaf Spider and Rock Bird. Without these two A-Junglers, the overall combat effectiveness of TL is directly reduced by one third.
Then, after several intrigues on ban/pick, the Lightning Wolf chose the top lane vampire, jungle Nightmare, mid lane yellow chicken, bottom lane Kasha + Galio - a lineup with full ability to play the team in the late stage and team opening. The ability to seize opportunities is extremely strong. The only disadvantage is that it is relatively weak in the early stage, so you have to find ways to drag the game backwards.
On the TL side, because the red side has a fifth-floor Conte position, after confirming the top laner Silas, jungle Spider, Lucian + Bron, the last mid lane choice, hesitated for a long time but did not make a decision.
"Do you take this Silas?" asked. The bottom lane duo and jungler have been completely confirmed, and the top lane Silas who were given to Impact is a swing hero. It is also okay to swing to the middle lane to fight yellow chickens. It mainly depends on Tang Xiaotang's personal wishes.
"I... can take it, but I think I can consider other options." Tang Xiaotang looked at the lineup opposite for a while and frowned involuntarily.
She doesn't like the lineup on the opposite side, not because she thinks it's difficult to fight, but simply hates this kind of playing style that completely delays the late stage - choose a hero in the late stage, and uses the excuse of not having the line rights in the early stage, and does nothing except brushing. She is legitimately Gouhe and Mian. In the end, she has a natural advantage in the late stage, and if she can't, she will play gg... What's the difference between this and a coward? Isn't this just that I dare not do things in the early stage?
Come and fight, like a man, we will fight in the early stage. The duel in the Fish Pond competition area was disliked, and we chose a lineup to play a final fight for dozens of minutes. Are you afraid that the audience will not sleep well enough?
So, after a few seconds of silence, Tang Xiaotang suddenly said, "I think I can take... Katerina, Silas, I'll give it to the impact."
He was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Catrina, how do you really want to choose?"
"hold head high."
"This..." I suddenly fell into deep thought.
I naturally know a lot about Tang Xiaotang's hero pool. I probably know that this girl can play everything. Among the middle heroes that can be given priority in the game, Katerina is among the middle lane heroes - but he didn't take it seriously at the time. After all, the hero Carter is very different in rank and in the game. It would be too difficult for Carter to play the effect of a passerby in the game.
But now, in the opposite lineup, the auxiliary Galio is considered a stable control, and although Clockwork and Nightmare have control, they are not stable controls, which gives Carter a lot of room for performance and operation. Moreover, the opponent's lineup's early combat power is extremely weak, and the rhythm is completely in TL's hands. If you really want to take out Katerina to help roll the early snowball bigger and bigger, it is also completely feasible.
"Yes, then Carter." Time didn't wait for anyone, so he finally chose to believe Tang Xiaotang, so TL's fifth move was finally confirmed, and he also determined the division of the entire lineup - top lane Selas, jungle Spider, mid lane Carter, bottom lane Lucian + Bron.
"What, I really chose it, it's Carter! Winter dates were chosen by Katerina, and I'm so confident!"
The commentator of this game on LPL is Wawa and Miller. Seeing that the last hand locked the ominous blade, Wawa made a direct sound, dispelling the sleepiness accumulated by many viewers when watching ban/pick. "It's very interesting. This choice is what TL tells FW, we are going to break through you in the early stage! The smell of gunpowder has already aroused!"
"Indeed, the lineup that TL has taken is very tempo in the early stage, especially Carter. I haven't seen it in a professional competition for a long time. Once I chose it, I felt that Biyasu was much more rare, which made the audience excited."
Chapter completed!