Alliance: Let you buy the top order, you buy an old man?

Chapter 210 EDG’s Command

The LPL division leads directly to the finals, where the winner of the first knockout round awaits.

From the S3 season to the present, the LCK team has won all the world finals championships, which means that they have an identity every year - the defending champion, or in other words, the defender.

However, at this time, in this new international competition based on divisions, the LPL teams stood up!

EDG won the MSI championship, and fans from other regions could say that EDG was the only team to stand up.

But in this situation where four teams need to play together, and each team in another division can only appear once, LPL still won the first place in the group stage, which represents the improvement of the strength of the entire division!
The dolls and Miller on the commentary table were filled with emotions and emotions.

They are witnessing the rise of a division!

"We can't relax yet. Our results against LCK were two wins and two losses!" Miller said solemnly: "And one of the games was won by OMG with all its strength!"

"That's right! According to the rules of the intercontinental competition, although the knockout rounds are nominally BO5, each team needs to play once in the first four rounds! If you are not careful, you may not be able to wait for EDG's second chance to play!"

Wawa has automatically regarded EDG as the key to victory.

When the end of the group stage was announced, the LPL coaching team took several captains back to the hotel, and they quickly got into training.

"Fortunately, we have one day of preparation period." nofe said confidently: "Although the LMS region is unlikely to pose much of a threat to the LCK, we can also find out some of the habitual operations of the LCK teams and target them."

Not only has the Asian Intercontinental Championship entered the knockout schedule, but all other continental competition regions have also synchronized. Therefore, it is basically impossible to invite teams from other regions to play training matches at this time. The four teams of the LPL simply started sparring.

"Come on, come on! Our team's playing style is very similar to that of Samsung. You can treat us as Samsung, use your best strength, and don't hold back!" nofe greeted Hongmi and the WE people behind him.

In the group stage, WE lost to Samsung and scored a crucial point. If it weren't for the two teams RNG and EDG who played a fast-moving game in the end, and OMG won two consecutive games and was upset, LPL would have been in second place in the group stage!

The WE team members were also unwilling to accept it and quickly turned on their computers to join the custom room.

According to the observations of EDG people off the table, Samsung is indeed very similar to EDG. The only difference between the two is that EDG can not only operate, but also attack and push in three directions.

However, Samsung's mid-lane crown is not as delicate as Scout's operation, and the bottom lane ruler is also a stable output player. It is difficult for them to play a fast offensive rhythm.

Under nofe's instruction, EDG focused on operations in the training matches and reduced the aggressiveness of Scout in the middle. In this way, the game styles of EDG and Samsung became more similar.

Watching the whole process of the training match, WE's head coach Hongmi was also very surprised.

"How did you lead this team? It's too outrageous!" Hongmi pulled Nofe and whispered: "I'm not talking about operations, but their overall game awareness! You know, I have always emphasized this, I am here in WE I feel like I’ve taught them a lot in the past six months, but they’re far behind compared to you!”

At the end of S4, Hongmi broke away from the Samsung coaching staff to work alone, and he did not go to a well-known team - VG. At the time of S5, VG had not spent a lot of money to win the midfielder of SKT. The team composition of VG was relatively ordinary. Redmi has also made great progress in its hands.

However, it is still far from the goal that Hongmi expected. In the middle of the season, Hongmi joined the prosperous Lao Gan Daddy as a mercenary, but it did not get a good ending.

In the subsequent S6 season, VG recruited players with great fanfare, but the former star players did not perform well after coming to VG. This year, Redmi once again failed in the World Championship qualifiers.

During the transfer period, he received an invitation from WE; at that time, WE's performance was similar to that of VG, and both teams were eliminated in the World Championship qualifiers.

What makes Hongmi fancy is that they ensure that the five starting players will not change within two years. This is a premise for a coach to have a significant impact on the team; if the players are changed frequently, the players that the coach has just trained will be exchanged again. , there is not enough tacit understanding between the players!
Then in the S7 season, WE did improve its strength all the way, but what made Hongmi puzzled was that the understanding of the young players under it was also not low. The strength could be said to have soared, but the gap with EDG was It's getting bigger visibly to the naked eye!
Although the two teams are in the same division and are teammates in this intercontinental competition, if he aspires to win the championship, EDG is the hurdle he must overcome!
After Hongmi praised Nofe, she turned around with a sad look on her face.

"I may not have done as much as you. I am mainly responsible for tactical research and development and opponent research in EDG." Nofe suddenly said: "In fact, I think their ability to make such obvious progress is largely due to the team members. Clear separation of command authority!”

Hongmi looked surprised. Whether a team can play as a whole during the game, the unification of command authority is very important, but nofe said the command authority is divided?

Although your EDG is very strong now, there is no need to entertain me!
"Don't worry." Nofe saw the other party's confusion and continued: "Under normal circumstances, we will emphasize one thing, 'Don't have two voices in the team'! Even if it is not the right decision, the five people Uniform execution is far better than quarreling over the command on the spot!"

"That's right." Hongmi nodded.

"So when we take over a new team, we will let them play a few training games as soon as possible, listen to the team's voice, and find out the most suitable position for command."

"It is best that this candidate is not the core output player in the team, because the focus of the output core should be on operations."

"When I first came to EDG, their double C was the core, and the other three lanes were tool players. I felt that anyone other than double C could participate in the command. The candidates I determined at that time were top laner and support. Nofe recalled the scene more than half a year ago: "At that time, Mu Fan mainly used a tank top laner. But I soon discovered the problem, what is it?"

"The top laner has to participate in the command, usually after the team has formed a team in the mid-to-late stage, while the support team can only focus on the bottom lane in the early stage in most cases! If he is asked to analyze the overall situation, the strength of the opponent's lane will inevitably decline."

"Not only will the laning decline, but his character is a bit indecisive, and his effect as a general commander is actually not very good. So at that time, EDG was in trouble for a period of time, and even lost many small games because of it, including one Big venue!”

"But after Mingkai returned to join the team, the difficulties I was struggling with were suddenly solved! The most suitable person to take on the early command is the jungler! With the jungler's analysis of the situation, the mid lane position will be quite comfortable; The support can also focus more on exerting its laning strength, while the top laner is responsible for assisting the jungler in commanding, such as TP timing, top laner support ability, etc."

"In the mid-term, the roles between top laner and jungler will be reversed. Mu Fan has a better control over the general direction of the game than Ming Kai. Therefore, Mu Fan is the main commander, and Ming Kai is responsible for coordinating and pointing out some details.

As for Meikou, he continues to be responsible for the command of the bottom lane duo, which is equivalent to a special operations team, used to ensure the safety of the bottom lane output position, and to call in teammates to protect AD at critical times! "Hongmi's eyes narrowed slightly, showing a thoughtful look. The situation mentioned by Nofe seemed simple, but it was to distribute the command power to the appropriate people according to the progress of the game stage.

If a layman hears this, he may immediately think that the command system of the competition team should be like this!
But only these coaches who have been in high-level first-line teams all year round can deeply understand the harsh conditions required to achieve this effect!

They could have joined a top team, but which one of these players is not extremely talented?

Which one is not one of tens of thousands of people?
Before these players joined the professional team, they were basically the commanders in the rankings; without a good sense of ranking, they would not be favored by the professional teams!

Therefore, the command within the team of many teams is chaotic. One person only speaks one word, and whoever has the loudest voice is the commander!
Don't feel unreasonable or impossible, this is what most teams, even in the top leagues, are like!

In other cases, the team's coach is not the kind of takeout person who works part-time. They may realize the importance of unified command and select a person suitable for command within the team.

This situation is slightly better, but there are problems that need to be faced.

Firstly, is the commander himself suitable? For example, in the first half of the Spring Split before the director returned, EDG's decision-making was not as clear-cut as it is now. Secondly, can the commander be effective?For example, the certain team that went out to the LPL this time did not have a high commanding position in the team, and the star players did not listen at all!

With many factors mixed together, it is actually very difficult to form a team with clear command ideas and sufficient execution ability of the players!

At the very least, within the scope of the LPL, Hongmi believes that the WE team that it spent half a year training cannot be ranked among the top three teams in the LPL in terms of individual player strength alone; but coupled with command ability, overall, it is definitely a top three team!

Because of this, Hongmi understands how difficult it is for a team to achieve the level of action coordination that EDG has. However, despite these difficulties, the other party has already raised its own operational decisions to an incredible level!
I am afraid that even last year's peak SKT will be surpassed by EDG in terms of command and operation!

The training time felt very fast. 957, Kandi and others felt that they could learn a lot from sparring with EDG. They were playing vigorously, but EDG stopped the training match.

When the time comes, EDG's break time is early and accurate.

In fact, they were not like this at the beginning. They followed the 'rules' of playing as late as they could and playing one more game until Li Mufan joined.

"It's only ten o'clock." Xi Ye said, "We're not going to play tomorrow anyway. Let's have another round, just one round!"

A round of training matches lasts seven games, and only fools fall for it.

"Forget it, let's do it tomorrow morning. We usually get up at eight o'clock, and we'll make an appointment then." The factory director rejected the other party's proposal with a smile on his face: "Sleep is guaranteed, and the training will be effective if you feel refreshed in the morning!"

Xiye scratched her head and felt that what the factory director said made sense. However, they were used to sleeping in the middle of the night and it was impossible to change it in a short while. Forcibly changing it within a day or two would only make their waking state worse.

It can only be said that it is symbolic to go to bed a little earlier, which is probably one or two o'clock.

Li Mufan and others turned off their computers and left the training room in the presence of all the good LPL brothers.

"I guess we'll practice by ourselves tomorrow morning. I think we can try out JT's mid lane routine!"

Walking on the road, Li Mufan held his right hand with his left hand and said with a serious look on his face: "With the addition of Wei, the combat power of this midfield and jungle set at the 10-minute mark is too strong! The burst is not inferior to that of Enchantress and Blind Monk, and its stability But it’s even better!”

"The only drawback is that it is difficult for the Choppers to win the game in the mid-to-late stage, and Wei's combat environment in the late stage is worse than that of the Blind Sin!"

The factory director was in front of him and stopped when he heard this, "Wei? This hero actually doesn't have much to practice. The main thing is to look at the jungle ideas. I can take it out at any time, but the effect is not guaranteed!"

"This is what we need to think about!" Li Mufan emphasized the emphasis and walked forward: "I thought about it for a while. Wei's positioning is similar to that of the blind monk and the spider. They both play rhythm, but they are different. The blind monk. Monks and spiders focus on fighting in small groups. They have strong early combat effectiveness and can complete invasion missions alone.

Wei's combat effectiveness is actually average. His characteristics include control, armor-piercing and damage-increasing, and a non-target displacement that makes it easier to avoid sight. "

"So Vi is a very unique hero, and he must be linked to the line!"

The factory director raised his hand and slowly rubbed his chin, gradually slowing down his pace. Li Mufan took the opportunity to speed up and go back to the room to grab the bathroom.

The next day, the first knockout round of the intercontinental competition began, with the two teams competing against each other being the LMS and LCK divisions.

According to the pre-match rules, the top-ranked LCK has the priority to choose sides in the first two games, and the loser chooses the side in the last three games.

The LCK coaching team doesn't seem to want to be slowed down by today's game. They know in their hearts that the only game the LMS has a chance may be the Flash Wolves vs. AFS, the first place in the LMS and the last place in the LCK.

But they are not willing to lose a game. In fact, these people in the LCK are very dissatisfied with being ranked No. 2 in the group stage of their division, so they can only find a way out by torturing the LMS team.

In the first round, KT took the lead as usual.

It can be said that KT performed quite poorly in this intercontinental competition!

From the loss to LPL No.4OMG on the first day to the second day, in the crucial game of LCK, the little-known JT team in the LMS was caught off guard with a 'strange' lineup!
Although nothing unexpected happened in the end and KT won the game, for LCK, they lost the entire group stage!
(End of this chapter)