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

Chapter 251 Finals!

"There are two teams from Group B, IG and EDG. The battle between them will determine the king of the whole summer!"

The remembered voice was deafening, echoing the endless cheers and shouts in the field.

Li Mufan and others got up and went to RNG's seat to shake hands and greet each other. The other party's mental state was not very good, and only Xiao Ming and Xiao Hu managed to smile very reluctantly.

Seeing the loneliness on their faces, Li Mufan felt a little bit the same way. Once upon a time, he had gone through the same process while at IG.

But e-sports is so cruel, the winner is the winner and the loser is the loser.

Li Mufan sighed lightly and did not say any more words of comfort, leaving them to adjust the situation on their own.

If the adjustment is not good, even if RNG has the points to be the runner-up in the Spring Split and the top four in the Summer Split, it is very likely that it will miss the World Finals.

"If we win the championship in the end, as long as RNG can beat WE in the semi-finals, it will be able to advance directly to the S competition with the highest points in the year!" Meikou counted on her fingers and said with some surprise.

"Indeed, IG's points are too low. Unless they win the championship, they will have to play in the bubble game. WE is also a bit difficult. Boss Su is fierce in foreign wars, and he will be stretched when encountering little tigers in civil wars." The factory director shrugged: " In the spring split, WE was defeated by RNG. Both teams fell to the third place match today, their mentality was more or less affected, and I don’t know who will win the day after tomorrow.”

Five days later is the LPL playoff finals. Before that, WE and RNG have to decide the playoff No. 3.

"By the way, Brother Fan, what do you think about playing IG?" the factory director turned around and asked.

"I don't think so. Anyway, we have already entered the World Championship. Relax!" Li Mufan put his hands behind his head, and there was no trace of nervousness or worry in his expression.

"That's right!" The factory director was infected by Li Mufan's open-mindedness. Originally, he was still a little determined to win the LPL summer championship.

But according to what Li Mufan said, it is true; in the final analysis, the most important thing is the World Championship that is coming soon, and all the games before that are just a foreshadowing.

"And regarding competition, when you are weak, the belief that you must win will help you break through yourself; but when you have become a strong person, what you need most is to learn how to treat every challenge ahead with a normal mind. ." Li Mufan patted the factory director on the shoulder and said something sincerely. Then he ignored the stunned expression on the other person's face and turned back to his seat to pack his peripherals.

"When did Brother Fan become a great philosopher?" the factory director asked Jack, who was walking next to him.

"Brother Fan, hasn't he always been our life mentor?" Jack asked.

The factory director was stunned.

"That's good! Damn the finals, let's just relax tonight!"

That night, on the pretext of successfully qualifying for the World Championships, Abramovich called the entire team's starting lineup plus substitutes, coaching staff, translators, data analysis team, and other support staff to the hotel, and directly booked three large tables.

Training matches are important, but they also need to be relaxed.

Since the start of the playoffs, EDG has not missed a day of training; starting tomorrow, they will also maintain an intense and focused schedule before the finals.

But now, it will be a night for the boys who have worked hard for a year to celebrate the achievement of the staged goal!
After watching the IG game in the semi-finals, everyone in EDG actually didn't panic.

After a little analysis, it can be seen that although the current IG has a much stronger operational foundation in the later stage, it is all based on the advantages they gained in the early stage.

For the two BO5s that IG won in the past, their opponents must have been able to discover this, but the problem was that they discovered it but could not crack it.

Because what IG is proud of is their strong laning strength!

The three lines are all players with weird operations, and if you take the three lines alone, they are at least the top two in LPL in terms of operation skills. With such strength, it is not surprising that WE and JD.com started at a disadvantage in almost every game when facing IG. .

In the regular season, the same was true for IG, crushing most of its opponents in the lane.

Everyone knows this, but the gap in hard power, whether it is coaching or tactical system, etc., cannot smooth it out.

At the beginning, WE was able to drag IG to the late stage of the group fight through its impregnable defense; in the 5V5 group stage, the player's operation is also important, but the cooperation between the players, the strength of the lineup in the late stage, etc., are undoubtedly More important than operation.

Therefore, WE can overthrow IG in the regular season.

As a result, in the playoffs, IG's improvement in late-stage pulling and teamfighting caught WE off guard!
It seems that the current IG has evolved into a complete body, which means it cannot handle it at all.

It’s not just the fans of the IG team who have this idea, including many passers-by and the LPL commentary circle, who are also optimistic about IG and look forward to the ancient giants being able to win the Silver Dragon Cup!
But only the coaches in the front row of LPL such as Hongmi, Nofe, and Feng Ge can see clearly that although IG is strong, EDG is not timid.

IG's strength is divided into two stages. The first stage is their strength in the laning phase, which is also the basis of all their strength. At this stage, most teams are already helpless against IG.

But some frontline teams, such as WE and RNG, can still survive this stage by designing defensive tactics.

Then came the second stage where IG showed its rapid improvement in the playoffs, pulling and teamfighting in the later stage.

When you can't beat IG in the early stages of laning, and you finally find out in the later stages that you can't beat the opponent in a team fight, the final result will naturally be that you lose the game!

There is only one example of this scene, and that is WE who was defeated by IG in the semifinals!

But what about EDG?
IG comes up and lines up.
Can you win the match then?
Not necessarily!
The first stage got stuck.

The player operations of EDG's three lanes are not inferior to IG!

Coupled with a wily factory director and a girl who is invincible in the current version of the bot lane, how can IG gain an advantage in the laning phase?

IG's advantage in the first stage cannot be spread, let alone that it is better than EDG in teamfighting and pulling in the later stage. After all, this thing that can be achieved quickly in one month will not be the final exercise of eight months of training and review day and night. Out of EDG's opponent!
". Mingkai, you need to pay attention. You can go to the top lane, but catching the opponent's top laner theshy will have a very limited effect on the entire battle." Nofe used a marker to draw an ID of theshy on the tactical whiteboard behind him. lock up.

nofe has a feeling that theshy and Mu Fan, the two top laners, are really similar.

Theshy, who debuted in the game for the first time, hasn't given him this feeling yet, but after reaching the playoffs and even now that IG has reached the finals, the feeling in nofe's heart has become stronger and stronger!

No matter what hero they get, pulling is their first priority; even if they are ganked or set up, the expressions on their faces that are calm in the face of danger are exactly the same. As long as there is a chance to counterattack and break the game, they will definitely choose to counterattack. beat!

The result of this is that WE also chose to help the leg brother during the laning period, trying to open the gap on the road, but it was impossible to do so.It's useless to catch him. No matter how he catches him, he can't widen the gap online. Theshy is still useful in group fights!

Isn't this the Li Mufan who played in the Spring Split and MSI?
However, after a season, there are basically no teams that will choose to catch him in the summer split. Everyone finds that catching him is a waste of time, and it is better to open a breakthrough in other lanes.

WE also used the bottom lane to open up a huge gap and gave EDG their only big defeat.

Thinking of this, nofe emphatically said to the factory director: "The opponent's bottom lane is also a new AD. His operation is indeed remarkable, and his reaction ability is also top-notch. But a newcomer is a newcomer, and the IG Summer Split has been going smoothly until now. , it can be said that he did not suffer many setbacks.”

The implication is that this newbie needs to be given more experience.

"No problem! It's my job to catch you!" the factory director said proudly, patting his chest.

Suddenly everyone in the training room burst into laughter.

August 8, Beijing Wukesong Stadium
This was the basketball competition venue for the 08 Olympic Games. The venue has complete facilities and a huge internal space, enough to accommodate [-] spectators to watch the game!

This is also one of the few professional sports venues in the country that can compete with NBA venues, and the rent is expensive.

Taking this place as the venue for the final final event of the LPL for a whole year, it is evident that the organizer Tengjing attaches great importance to this summer finals.

The IG players started from the temporarily rented hotel, rushed all the way to the underground parking lot outside the stadium, and then went all the way to the lounge from the staff passage.

Under the arrangements of the staff, the players began to prepare to put on makeup before the game, hand over the equipment to the referee for unified inspection, etc.

The most senior player in the team, Broiler, was sitting on the chair in the middle of the lounge, explaining precautions to his teammates with a smile on his face.

In fact, except for Broiler, the other four IG players have come to the LPL finals for the first time. Even the top three, jungler, and AD are in their first season in the LPL.

"Listen to me, brothers, you have performed really well this season. I am really, really excited to be here!" Broiler couldn't contain his excitement.

He remembered the S5 two years ago, when it was also the LPL summer finals, and he was sitting in the lounge; but Li Mufan was not EDG's top laner at that time, and he was still sitting next to him. That was also the first time Broiler came to IG. During the season, Li Mufan helped him go from being completely unfamiliar with the LPL to getting along with everyone.

Thinking of this, the corners of Broiler's eyes became moist;
"Hit him hard!" Broiler waved his fist: "It's the top laner on the opposite side! I'm going to clean up the house today!"

Ning laughed when he heard this: "Don't worry, it's my fault that we didn't win in the regular season. I will definitely make Cheng Lu feel comfortable today!"

After entering the LPL for the first time and reaching the finals, Ning's confidence is extremely high today.

At this time, a staff member knocked on the door to remind them that it was time to play.

Broiler got up and walked at the front. He is the undoubted core of this IG.

In the center of the arena that had been set up, host Liu Hang was reciting the same scene words until the end, when he began to introduce the participating teams.

The first one to take the field was naturally EDG, which had won two consecutive LPL championships.

Everyone at IG was waiting on the side of the entrance channel, just one turn away from the stadium, and the voices of the spectators in the surrounding stands could be clearly heard.

As the EDG players appeared on the stage, massive cheers and screams erupted in the stadium.

Broiler pinched his fingers. He could hear Li Mufan's ID being shouted outside. He looked back at his teammates behind him and found that the expressions on their faces were so similar.

Eager to fight and look forward to victory!
If we win this BO5 today, they will be the ones cheering on the court next time!

“Next, let’s welcome IG players to the stage!”

As the host read out the lines, Broiler and others adjusted the wrinkles on the collars of their team uniforms, and stepped onto the stage under the spotlight in front with confident smiles!

No one cheers for me today, but in the future I will have thousands of people surrendering!
Standing in the EDG formation on the other side of the stage, Jack bumped into Li Mufan on the right with his shoulder, tilted his head and said, "Look at IG opposite, it feels like us at the beginning of the game."

No one pays attention to them, no one cares about them, but as long as they use their strength to conquer, they can eventually become the center of the field!

"Today's game against Broiler. To be honest, if IG loses here, it will be quite cruel for them." Li Mufan said.

In the third place match two days ago, RNG finally adjusted. In a brutal three-to-two match, it struggled to defeat WE to get No. 3 in the summer split.

In this way, if IG cannot win the championship, they will not have as many points as RNG based on points alone. By then, they will have to watch RNG become the second seed of the LPL, while IG will go to the bubble tournament to compete with WE for the last world championship. Quota.

"That's what e-sports is." Head coach Nofe stood at the edge of the team and now speaks Chinese very proficiently: "There is no pity or cruelty. This is the most ruthless place. Only winning, winning until the last moment, let's Everyone remembers your name!"

Nofe didn't say anything, he thought of S6.

In the semi-finals, everyone remembered kkoma, and no one recognized Nofe who single-handedly brought out the ROX team; in the finals, everyone was shouting Faker, but ignored that, when the team fell behind 0-2 , used a Dragon King and a Victor without hesitation, dragging the BO5 into the finals, and also allowed SKT to choose to ban the Dragon King's crown in the fifth game!

In e-sports, no one will remember the loser, and the loser does not need to be pitied!

Li Mufan's originally depressed mood suddenly brightened up. He raised his head and looked at IG on the other side, and his eyes met with the broiler's. Their eyes were full of fighting spirit!

"Next, let's hand the stage to the two teams, the 2017 LPL Summer Season Playoffs Finals! It's about to begin!"

As soon as the host finished speaking, the dazzling spotlight on the scene was instantly extinguished, and then the big screen in the middle seamlessly connected to the pre-match interview.

Players on both sides made frequent remarks, and various taunts attracted fire, pushing the atmosphere to a climax.

Then came today's commentary. The veteran partners Watanabe and Miller were at the commentary desk, and IG veteran top laner PDD was also invited to be a special guest.

"I'm looking forward to today's game;" the round-headed PDD looked at the camera and said: "The two generations of IG top laners after me are about to stage a shocking contest here!"

(End of this chapter)