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Chapter 162 Advance to the semi-finals!Mixed joy and sorrow!

The 22:14 win over G3 in 2 minutes tilted the balance of people's hearts towards IG, which was not so promising at first.

The outcry on the Internet gradually intensified.

Many LPL viewers suddenly felt that the originally powerful SKT might not be so invincible after all.

So, will the balance of victory tilt along with people's hearts?
3:30 pm,

The first round of collision between the LCK and LPL divisions of this mid-season championship has officially begun.

When the game just started, the atmosphere was enthusiastic. Even many spectators who had scolded IG before the game started cheering.

For most LPL viewers, LCK's SKT is like a big mountain hanging over LPL's head. As long as someone can move this mountain away, even IG who is not that popular can support it first.

Soon, the lineups of both sides were selected.

Blue square IG: top laner Gnar, fighting wild boar girl, mid laner Tsar, bottom lane skate shoes and Braum.

Red side SKT: top laner Poppy, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Ryze, bottom lane EZ and Thresh.

"Don't be pressured. If you can win, win. It doesn't matter if you lose."

At the end of BP, coach Chris patted everyone on the shoulders before leaving.

He clearly saw that against a world-class team like SKT, let alone the bottom lane, even Rookie would pick up sweat-absorbent paper to wipe his hands from time to time when drafting, and then pick up the mug to take a sip of water.

Although professional players put a glass of water on their desks, in order to prevent bladder problems, they generally do not drink a large amount of water.

Rookie rarely drinks water one mouthful at a time.

The reason for this can only be said that even when he faced the legendary team SKT and the Big Devil, he was still nervous.

Thinking of this, coach Chris couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

After all, I still lack competition experience.

Last year, IG fought their way through the siege to get the last LPL S competition spot. It should have been their best opportunity to see the world and gain experience. Unexpectedly, they bought a plane ticket and flew back without even being able to break through the group stage.

This year, we started playing against a legendary and world-class team like SKT. If we said we were not nervous, we would be lying to ourselves.

But what can be done?

As a coach, he can only do his best in BP and trust the players with the rest.

After all, it is about growing.

This threshold must eventually be crossed.

The game is loaded and the game officially begins.

In the first 5 minutes, neither IG nor SKT, who met for the first time in this World Championship, revealed much. The three lines were very stable. Even the opposing jungler Bengi got the rhythm hero Lee Sin. In the early stage, he didn't catch very aggressively, but instead kept busy developing in the wild area.

The tense LPL audience at the scene relaxed and even became a little frivolous, smiling and whispering to each other.

When I look at SKT, it’s not surprising.

Until 6 and a half minutes of game time.

The stupid chicken blind monk who reached level [-] pretended to catch it, but secretly tricked Chen Cang into cooperating with Wolf, and the two wild assistants came to the middle. Cooperating with Faker's Ryze, he directly jumped over the tower of Rookie's Czar.

"Oh! This wave of SKT Nosuke is coming fiercely!"

"Rookie's drift reverse push, can he run?"

"Bengi just touched his eyes with W and kicked him back! What a simple combo!"

"Can I change it? Alas, it seems I can't change it."

A blood burst!

At this point in the game, things started to go wrong.

In fact, the bot lane is not bad. IG's bot lane is indeed not as good as SKT, the champion bot lane team of the S competition. But the good thing is that Xiao Guang and She Keke have already been prepared to withstand the pressure. Falling too much counts as victory.

What's really wrong is Rookie.

After being killed once, he became eager to win and began to constantly try to exchange blood with Faker.

You know, although Rookie does not have the championship glory as Faker, he made his famous debut in the OGN (formerly LCK) spring game in 14 by solo killing Faker, who was known as the No. [-] mid laner in OGN at the time.

At that time, he was also known as Ling Jueding.

However, two years later, that man has become a double champion full of honors.

Rookie, who came to the LPL, is still treading water.

Are you willing?
Of course I won't give in.

However, it was precisely this unwillingness that caused Rookie's mentality to waver.

At just over 10 minutes into the game, when Rookie was walking back from the bottom river grass field, he discovered that Faker was relatively close to his position, and decisively made a WEQ drift to push Ryze down the tower.

However, Faker dodged the Tsar's ultimate move with a sideways flash, turned around and caught Rookie's last wave of flashes when he was knocked out of the tower by jumping over the tower. He flashed passively on the second floor and landed on the ground with a set of Ryze's silky small combos. .

Start with WER on the second floor, then take QEQW!

It was clear that Rookie had just teleported online and had almost full health. However, after taking the initiative to hand over the movement due to this wave of active moves, Faker's set of seamless combos suppressed the health line to the point where he was disabled. The last shot was a draw and he was taken away directly. .

At this moment, the scene of the single-kill Fat General card in the S5 finals seemed to reappear yesterday.

The huge venue was suddenly in an uproar!
"Fuck! What the hell!"

"The great Ryze demon from S5 is back!"

"What's going on with Rookie? Why didn't he send him to the middle lane instead of the bottom lane?"

"."

The mentality of the LPL audience at the scene has completely changed.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Rookie was also apologizing at the IG competition.

"It's okay. Just be steady first and I'll find an opportunity to help you." Li Fu said.

"Yeah, okay." Rookie nodded.

Li Fu glanced at Rookie and found that although he said so, his spirit had changed.

However, when the house leaked, it rained all night.

At about 14 minutes into the game, Li Fu caught the vacuum period when Faker flashed himself. Zhu Mei directly Q flashed and hit the hand without giving him a chance to move. He immediately took control of the ultimate move and cooperated with Rookie Czar's push to push Ryze back.

Li Fu's pig girl got the head.

The director's footage showed that Faker's face seemed a little excited, and he seemed to be talking very fast.

The next second, just as a kill was taken in the middle lane, the news of being double-killed came directly from the bottom lane.

There was no way, SKT's jungler teamed up with Duke's teleportation to bypass the back lane, and directly blocked the bottom lane with a wave of four and two.

Why is stance not supported by TP?

Because the TP loop was hit in front of the posture.

What can you do about this?
“It feels like IG’s being kicked out has a chain reaction.”

"Yes, the head count is now 1:4. Except for Brother Fu and Sister Zhu, who are developing well, IG's three lanes are all at a disadvantage."

"Yeah, but Pig Girl is a hero who has developed well and is ultimately a front-rower. I feel like it's hard to play a decisive role as Carrie."

"The good news is that Faker was just caught and killed in the middle. We can only wait and see if Rookie, the czar, can get up."

Hallucination and Remember on the LPL commentary desk put their hope in the IG mid lane.

Unfortunately, when the game time reached 20 minutes, the bottom lane duo switched to the middle lane, and the mid laners of both sides switched to the top lane to face each other. Rookie was caught by Faker when he wanted to look down the river.

Both of them had this flash, but facing Faker who had three stacks of passive ERs and started to receive WQEQ, the Tsar, who was beaten 0/2 in front and was still suppressed by one level, almost instantly melted "Crispy Chicken" ".

There was an uproar again at the scene!
No one expected that when facing SKT and the legendary devil in the middle of SKT, IG's Dinghaishenzhen, who had made his debut by solo killing Faker, would actually become a breakthrough in the middle.

"It's broken! With this wave of IG attrition, SKT is going to attack Baron."

"That's right, the duo in the middle is also relying on them, and Duke's Poppy in the bottom lane directly TPs."

"SKT decisively cuts off the dragon! The dragon's health drops quickly! It needs to enter the kill line."

"Oh! Bengi's kick! The skateboard shoes of my childhood were kicked back."

"Faker Ryze W freezes, the little time is melted!"

At this juncture, the situation has always been against the wind and the posture has become anxious.

His Gnar just became more angry, so he simply jumped in and tried to stage a Tathagata palm slap on the opposite C position.

But Bang's little yellow-haired EZ didn't even flash, and the extremely fast-reacting E skill jumped out of the dragon's pit. Immediately, the IG people who were dragged into the team battle face to face outside dealt with a fierce output!

In the end, although Li Fu took advantage of Bengi's team start to grab the big dragon, IG was defeated by SKT.

The head-to-head ratio between the two sides was stretched to 2:10, and the countless LPL spectators at the game fell into an unspeakable silence, completely different from the joyful appearance before the game.

Backstage, coach Chris's eyes flashed with unconcealable disappointment.

I'm going to lose, he thought.

The result was no surprise. Although Baron was robbed, SKT's offensive did not slow down at all.

Pushing towers, invading, and grabbing orders to gain an advantage, SKT's rhythm suddenly surged.

However, IG was exhausted under the wave of SKT's offensive, demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall, and the balance of victory gradually tilted towards SKT.

During the last wave on the high ground, Duke's Poppy suddenly rushed out with W from the blind spot of the high ground wall. The flash wall hit the Czar. Rookie, who was clearing the line, was melted by the concentrated fire before he could even use his ultimate move.

Someone resisted the tower, and Faker's Ryze flashed into the scene. With a W, he pressed the skateboard shoes of his childhood in place, and then delivered a set of seamless small combos without any sense of sloppiness.

All this sounds complicated, but it happened in the blink of an eye.

It's like IG hasn't taken over the team yet. The only two middle and lower double Cs that can deal damage are all killed.

In an instant, the barrage in MSI's official live broadcast room exploded!

"What the hell? Got melted again?"

"This is a joke! When did Rookie act like this?"

"Rookie's hand is out of shape, but Fuhuang's hand feels a bit invisible."

"It's true. Rookie lost his chain and it was all over. Why didn't Fu Xiaozi say that IG's jungler was on C?"

"Stealth is crazy, catch Faker to death and grab the dragon. Are you blind?"

"Let me tell you, how dare you not ban Ryze when playing against SKT? There is something wrong with this coach's BP."

"." When you win, you have advantages all over your body.

When you lose, everything is a problem.

IG's decline was fully evident in this game, and they were about to be defeated by SKT. The barrage in the live broadcast room also changed rapidly. They began to criticize the players, BP, and the coach, just to vent their dissatisfaction with their failed expectations.

And miracles will never happen.

At 26 minutes into the game, IG's crystal exploded, and the LPL commentator's voice of regret came from the scene.

"Congratulations SKT!"

On the playing field, Rookie lay back on the chair with a weightless body. His heart was full of guilt and self-blame. It seemed that something had been knocked over in his heart, and he did not even dare to look up into the eyes of his teammates.

It’s not that IG has never lost before, but when they lost before, the middle lane was at least a “best effort” game.

But this time, if the pot is divided after the game, we can actually find a lot of excuses from BP to jungle.

But these are actually for outsiders to see.

From his own heart, Rookie could clearly feel that in this game, he was blown away in the middle by the man named Lee Sang Hyuk from the opposite side.

Pure laning was exploded!
No unnecessary excuses whatsoever.

After 10 minutes of laning in the middle, he clearly felt a sense of powerlessness, which he had never felt even when he faced RNG Xiaohu in the LPL Spring Finals.

Thinking of this, Rookie's heart sank a little more.

It turns out that in the past two years, the other party has climbed to the top of the mountain, but he has not yet left the summer of 14?

"Sit up, he's coming."

At this moment, Li Fu's surprisingly calm and calm voice suddenly came to his ears.

"Huh? Oh!" Rookie was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted.

At this time, Faker had already walked behind Rookie.

Facing this little fat guy who once single-killed him in the Korean OGN League, Faker seemed to have no more impressions in his mind. He just nodded politely while shaking hands and turned around to leave.

Looking at Faker's back, Rookie suddenly became a little distracted again.

Li Fu noticed this, but he didn't say much. There were some things that he needed to deal with on his own.

What's more, he didn't play well in this game.

The Father's Energy Seal was placed in the bottom lane, but Bengi's rhythm was in the middle lane.

Li Fu didn't help, and he exploded in the middle.

It helped, but Bengi ran to the bottom lane again and took the top laner to TP over the tower, and the bottom lane exploded.

At the time I thought it was accidental.

But now that I've lost the game and think about it carefully, it's hard to say that this wasn't the tactic that the so-called "man behind the devil" had planned from the beginning, but he accidentally walked into the opponent's routine.

You know, Faker is a double champion.

But Bengi, a man who was born in 93 and has been active in the Korean Professional League since the end of S2, is also an out-and-out veteran. His routines and tactics in the jungle are probably even better than those of Dirty Dance. superior.

Did you underestimate the enemy?

A little bit.

Li Fu rubbed his brows and did not lock himself in the failed competition.

This is just a small game on the second day of the group stage. They still have seven games to play before the end of the group stage.

What he has to consider now is not how to lose, that is what the coach should think about.

What Li Fu needs to consider is how to win?
And in the double round-robin group stage, how should he deal with SKT next time?
Eight o'clock in the evening, by the Huangpu River.

In the tactical discussion room, coach Chris above was reviewing the situation, but everyone below was a little dull.

Yes, even though today's two group matches ended with one win and one loss, and the one they won against G2 set a record for the fastest game to end since the start of this MSI, no one could laugh today.

On the Internet, from Weibo to Anti-Stress Bar to Bhoo, "Operation Green Garlic" was launched against IG's defeat of SKT today.

Various analysis posts are emerging in an endless stream. All the small mistakes and operations of the five players in IG's game against SKT today were put under a microscope and infinitely magnified, welcoming the verbal criticism from netizens.

In fact, to put it bluntly,
Losing a group match is nothing.

But there is no way. The LPL has been suppressed by the LCK for too long. Today's first collision between the LPL representative team and the LCK representative team at MSI has gathered too much attention and hope under the intentional or unintentional publicity before the official game. .

under these circumstances,

IG made a mistake and lost the game.

Then from being popular with others to being criticized by thousands of people, it will naturally happen.

Not to mention that there are many fans of Yusanjia who were originally unhappy with IG winning the championship. They all said in hindsight under the post that if it were replaced by the XX team they support in their hearts, they might be able to win for LPL in this China-South Korea confrontation. Next victory.

Anyway, Yu Sanjia's team can't come to MSI, and no one can criticize things that can't happen, even if they vent their excitement casually.

In this wave of public opinion, the next day, May [-]th.

The MSI group stage has also come to the third match day. IG still has two small games today.

The opponents were CLG, the spring champion of the North American LCS division, and the Flash Wolves, who had played once on the first day of the game.

There was no longer a wave of applause on the Internet before the game.

There are many people who are badmouthing IG.

Some people think that IG will be devastated after losing to SKT.

Some people also think that Rookie will be broken by Faker's performance yesterday.

But Li Fu knew that these did not exist.

After losing to the man from SKT in the middle lane, Li Fu didn't see Rookie who was in a state of despair. He only saw Rookie who rarely got up earlier than him after the early morning of the training match.

He knew that Rookie was holding back some energy.

So, at three o'clock in the afternoon on the third match day.

IG faces CLG!

An easy victory in 27 minutes.

By 05:30 pm,
IG faces FW!

Another unsurprising [-]-[-] win!

On the fourth match day, IG fought against the wild card and G2 again, and defeated them both again.

Then comes the fifth match day,
IG encountered Waterloo again.

After taking away North American CLG at three o'clock, at 04:30, the final match of the group stage began on the last match day.

Coach Chris has been preparing for this for the past few days and studied a set of play styles. However, something changed on SKT's side.

The team made a temporary change and replaced the veteran Benji with the tough and tough Blackie Blank in the jungle position.

When the male gun was banned, Li Fu Spider and Blank Leopard Girl both got wild cores.

In the early and mid-term, the rhythms were mutually matched, and each had its own gains. IG's top and middle teams still had a small advantage even with the help of Li Fu.

The director's camera showed the big devil Faker several times, and all that appeared on the screen was a tense face. From time to time, he would suddenly speed up his speech and command what to say. Apparently he also felt the pressure from IG's midfielder.

This game lasted for 45 minutes, and the on-site staff who originally thought that the previous game was almost over and could get off work early were stunned.

At this point, what Li Fu's Spider can do is quite limited, and the late game will always be the ADC's stage.

But it was SKT's bottom lane, champion AD, Bang, who finally stood up to end the game.

In fact, by the 10th and [-]th minute of the game, both ADCs were fully equipped.

But as the S5 world champion, Bang obviously has one more "magic outfit" than when IG was just starting out in the bottom lane.

That’s [confidence]!
During the baron group, Bang, who was in the grass, raised his hand and scratched Shiguang's skateboard shoes with his big move, and then used his E skill to perform a set of WQ and then draw A.

The skateboard shoes of Xiaoguang instantly killed him, and the shooting coco support didn't even have time to support him.

For a moment, the cheer of "Bang Zreal" resounded in the mouth of LCK commentator Roar Emperor again!
The crucial core output ADC in the late stage died suddenly, and IG was naturally defeated and lost the group stage again.

So far, in the ten matches that lasted for five days starting from May 5, IG finally completed the group stage journey with 4 wins and 8 losses, ranking second in the group stage and successfully advancing to the semi-finals.

The other three promoted teams are SKT, CLG and FW.

Objectively speaking, IG’s performance cannot be said to be bad.

You know, SKT, who ranked first in the MSI group stage, only had 9 wins and 1 loss, only one more win than IG.

Yes, SKT was not able to maintain its unbeaten streak of winning ten games in this MSI group stage - and it was no one else who broke their unbeaten streak, but the second-to-last with 3 wins and 7 losses in this group stage. G2 was directly eliminated.

Among G2's three victories, they only won one against SKT.

The Anti-Korean Heroes truly live up to their reputation!

But this has fueled the voice of Yusanjia fan "Green Garlic" IG on the Internet.

Even the eliminated G2 can win a game against SKT, but our LPL has lost two games in two games. Isn't it a shame?

As for IG, except for SKT, which won all the results in the group stage this time, it was selectively ignored by Yusanjia fans.

The reason is also very clear.

As long as you can't beat SKT, what's the point of reaching the semifinals?In the end, it wasn't just embarrassing me in front of my own house, but it was also embarrassing.

In the end, Tu Qiongdagger made an afterthought - it's really not as good as my big RNG or big EDG!

But now, things are getting worse.

The day after the group stage ended, during the semi-final draw ceremony, IG hit the bullseye with their draw!
Semi-finals on May 5th.

CLG vs. FW!

And IG’s semi-final opponent is the S5 world champion team SKT!

This is nothing short of a bolt from the blue!

It made countless people's eyes darken, even many fans and passers-by who had always supported IG were torn apart at this moment!
To be honest, you can play CLG or FW, at least IG has won against them.

But it happened that we got SKT in the semi-finals!

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