For this year's LPL, the pressure brought by the group stage is much lower than in previous years.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After the several-day group stage, all four teams in the LPL have advanced to the quarterfinals, which is quite reminiscent of the LCK dominance.

Among them, the first and second place in Group A are SKT and TES, Group B is JDG and G2, Group C is DME and DWG, and Group D is SN and TSM.

There are four LPL teams, two LCK teams, and one lone player each in the LEC and LCS. In a sense, this also reflects the true strength of each major competition area.

Soon, the draw for the top eight followed, and this time the guest of honor for the top eight draw was Brother Zaozi.

After the draw for the top eight teams was completed, the opponents of the top eight teams were also announced.

In the first half, SKT will face TSM, and JDG will face DWG.

In the second half, DME plays against G2, and TES plays against SN.

"SKT and DME are not in the same half zone. It seems we can only meet in the finals."

"Don't say that, what if JDG destroys both DWG and SKT?"

"TES and SN were drawn together, what a pity."

"DME is playing G2, and Kuang XiaoP and Kuang Xiaomao are far away, especially Xiaomao. This year, he didn't even finish second. It's too miserable."

As the most popular and most watched team among the four major seeds in the LPL, after it was determined that the opponent in the DME quarterfinals was only G2 and not SKT, the LPL audience immediately calmed down and felt very relaxed.

After all, there is an absolute power gap between DME and G2. If G2 is defeated, let alone the passers-by and the audience, DME fans themselves will take the lead in attacking DME's official blog - this is completely impossible.

In contrast, the LEC European audience was very panicked.

Although G2 is also a team that can create miracles, it is more effective against Korean teams, but not so good against LPL teams.

What's more, last year's G2, which had the strength of a galactic battleship, was sent away by the Red Dates. Now G2 has lost the dominance of last year. If it meets the Red Dates whose teammates have fully upgraded their strength, the outcome can be imagined.

Therefore, on the night when the draw ended, the G2 coach lamented in the hotel room with a somewhat gloomy face: "This was a tough battle."

Next to him was a G2 player with a somewhat depressed expression.

At this time, they were all gathered in the room. They had just watched the drawing ceremony of the top eight together. They were praying in their hearts, hoping that they would be able to draw SN in the top eight - the first among the four groups. JDG was in the same group, so it was not

We will meet each other, and among the remaining three groups in first place, SKT, DME and Suning, we all know with our feet who is easier to beat.

It's a pity that as Europeans, they failed to capture one-third of the European spirit this time. Not only did they fail to face SN, they didn't even meet the Korean team with their own restraint attributes. They directly faced off against last year's team.

Their dream of the red date combination in the quarterfinals was shattered.

How can this not make people mentally shattered?

"Sister Zaozi is such a nightmare. Last year I met her in the top eight, and this year it's her again." Jankos sighed, and the caps next to him also nodded.

As the top mid laner in the LEC, Caps doesn't even accept Faker, but only accepts Xiao Dongzao. Now he has to face Dongzao again after a year. Just thinking about the difficult matchup, he feels like Alexander.

"What are you afraid of? There is never a sure-win team. Why can't we be upset if FPX was upset last year?" Seeing that the morale of his teammates was low, perkz immediately said with a smile.

As an optimistic and proud person, he cannot allow his teammates to fall into a slump before the game starts. At least in his opinion, no matter what the objective strength gap is, you must play with a desire to win. This is what e-sports should be.

Some spirit.

Then seeing his teammates looking over, perkz continued: "We definitely won't be able to play DME with our regular style of play, but don't forget that in the group stage, we didn't show any of our trump cards, and DME has already

Their mid laner Annie has been revealed. As long as we make good use of this and find a way to crack Annie, we can score one point first, then take out our trump cards and score two more points in the next four games.

Points—doesn’t this mean we win?”

After a pause, his tone became more optimistic: "Two years ago, I also thought that we could not be RNG's opponent, but what was the result? We defeated them three to two, defeating RNG, which was considered invincible.

! Then this year we will make the final preparations to defeat the superior and complete the revenge of last year’s quarterfinals... Why can’t we do it?!”

Listening to perkz's bold words, the room suddenly became quiet.

But the next second, caps was the first to respond: "I agree with perkz... we shouldn't feel that we have lost before the fight has started."

"Indeed." Wunder also stood up, "No matter whether others believe it or not, you must first believe in yourself, and I think the top laner girls in DME who just debuted this year are only at that level. If you fail, I will lead you to win!"

"Wunder, what are you talking about?" mikyx and jankos looked at each other and said with a smile, "The two of us are the rhythm engine. To win the MVP, it should be decided between us. Why are you joining the fun as a top laner?

, it’ll be over when I win!”

"Caps is the number one mid laner in the world, beating Xiao Dongzao!"

"Hongye is seriously overrated. She is just a foster dad behind Dongzao. Jankos, you can beat her with one hand!"

"You're right!"

Just like that, the atmosphere in the room changed again, while the G2 coach on the side watched silently, with the corners of his mouth rising slightly.

Maybe this is the reason why he came to the G2 team.

Always have an optimistic attitude.

It’s really contagious, isn’t it!

…

Having regained the confidence to defeat the enemy, everyone in G2 immediately took action.

In addition to watching other top eight games and learning from ideas and play styles, they themselves are also constantly looking for heroes who can restrain Wolf-Head Annie.

This is obviously not easy. Considering the caps hero pool, G2 tried for a while the idea of ​​using Sword Girl to deal with Annie, but the response in the training games was mediocre. If they really met Xiao Dongzao's Annie, G2 had no confidence to win.

.

But this is normal.

Otherwise, in the group stage, facing Annie from Dongzao, other Group C teams, such as DWG, TL or MAD, would not invariably choose to ban her when they met in the second round - just because of Sister Zaozi's laning ability.

, you can't restrict her from going out for a walk at all.

But just when the G2 coach was at a loss for Annie's strategy, in the national server rank, caps unexpectedly discovered that the wolf-headed Annie also performed very well after he gradually got started.

Won the MVP in the King Rank.

This was very surprising. The G2 coach immediately copied several of the lineups used by DME in the group stage with Annie in the training match on the second day. After an afternoon of training, the performance was unstoppable.

, and directly ran over DWG, who had made an appointment with them for a training match.

At this moment, the G2 coach finally understood.

It turns out that there is no need to prepare so many means to target Xiaodongzao’s mid laner Annie.

DME has already shown a ready-made lineup and play system. Just copy and paste it. Isn't it good?

…

While G2 was working hard, in late October, half of the quarterfinals passed quickly.

In the first half of the competition, SKT successfully defeated TSM, and JDG also defeated DWG with difficulty and advanced to the semi-finals.

Next comes the game between G2 and DME. Although there is no suspense in the eyes of the LPL audience, in the eyes of the LEC audience, G2 still has the possibility of winning - it makes no sense, purely because of trust, and besides the World Championship

There is no shortage of upsets. The G2 of the S8 did it. What if the S10 does it too?

"G2, charge, charge!"

"Complete your revenge, smash winter dates! Caps, you are the world's best mid laner!"

"Does anyone really think that Xiaodongzao can beat caps? No way, right?"

"DME is overrated, they are not that strong at all! G2 will be here today to prove to the world why the LEC is proud of them!"

"G2>SKT>DME>LPL>LCK!!!"

There are still five minutes left before the game starts, and the live broadcast room is already filled with comments from LEC viewers.

Even the North American audience who usually sneered at LEC rarely shut their mouths at this moment and did not say any more weird words - after TSM was sent away, the World Championship has nothing to do with North America, but G2 is Europe and the United States after all.

A member of the camp.

Letting G2 win is better than having all Asian faces in the top four.

The audience was in high spirits, and at the same time, after the G2 players appeared on the stage during the host's introduction and took their seats, their expressions were particularly excited and full of confidence.

Yes, for G2, the preparations during this period have been very sufficient.

They successfully copied DME's mid laner's fast attack style, and after practicing frequently in training matches, they not only mastered this system very well, but also defeated TSM who had an appointment for a training match - TSM and G2 were not there.

In one and a half regions, when we arrange a training match together, we are not afraid of revealing our tactics, and each other believes that the other party is a good one and will never make it to the top eight, so the safety factor is very guaranteed.

More importantly, as Caps became more and more proficient in controlling Annie, he also discovered that he could use mid laner Jiao Yue to restrain Annie, and the effect was astonishingly good.

Then the next step is very simple.

If DME picks the Fire Girl first, G2 will use Bright Moon to deal with it.

If DME doesn't plan to use the Fire Girl, G2 will play with the Fire Girl lineup and treat others in their own way.

After all the calculations, I have been fully prepared. If I want to win the first game of this bo5, my chances are definitely not small.

After a while, as the game officially started, the two sides entered the first round of BP.

Because Xiaodongzao’s regular mid laner is also very good at playing, and Akali seems to be available for play recently, after some hesitation, G2’s first three moves were still targeted and banned.

Akali, Syndra and Clockwork were given enough respect.

Of course, this also contains a certain meaning of "I have banned so many mid laners, please choose a fire girl, please".

Otherwise, based on normal BP considerations, PPGod’s Bard, Red Leaf’s Leopard, Male, and Gun, and Qinggang Ying from Flower Camp should all be qualified to be in the ban position.

Immediately after the first round of BP, the selection process came.

Among them, DME was also unambiguous. Seeing that they were invincible, they dared to release the wolf-headed fire girl G2. It was obviously disrespectful to themselves and they immediately locked it up, which also gave all LPL viewers a reassurance.

However, while the LPL audience was rejoicing, the G2 players also cheered happily - they were fooled, DME was fooled!

After preparing for so long before the game, they were waiting for this fire girl, and they finally chose it!

That’s right!

Create a miracle, the following defeats the top!
Chapter completed!