Chapter 137: The battle for the top spot: T1 again! An unexpected fifth level 5!
Chapter 137: The Battle for the Top Spot: T1 Again! An Unexpected Fifth Level !
"Okay, welcome back to the live broadcast of the eighth match day of the 2022 World Finals. The final group match is about to begin!"
"Our LPL region's number one seed EDG will also face the final test of the group stage today!"
"I have to say that EDG played very well in the first round, defeating the strong enemy T1 and maintaining a perfect score of 3-0. As long as they can win one more game, they can basically secure a place in the next round."
Madison Square Garden was packed.
Everyone wants to see the final ranking of Group A, which is recognized as this year's "death group", today.
The moment the countdown on the big screen in the venue reached zero, the lights went out instantly, and the EDG members came on stage from the player channel and were instantly greeted with cheers from the audience!
The first game is still EDG vs. G2.
During the pre-match build-up, the big screen on site played highlights of the first round of matches between the two sides.
When Yebosellas' "solo" "Portal Trick" was played again, the scale of the sound in the live theater suddenly expanded to another level.
After the first round, the audience of the World Championship has already witnessed the strength of this new player.
Bold and imaginative operations, coupled with fierce laning style and playing methods, successfully captured a large number of European and American fans in just three games!
G2 also held its breath.
In the crucial first match of the second round of group matches, they decided to show their underwear right from the start!
The experience of the group stage a few days ago proved that in this situation of playing three games in a row, the first game of each team is very important and has a great impact on morale.
"Seraphone!? It looks like G2 has prepared a special move for this game!"
"Wait. The Hand of Noxus!?"
"The first Noxus in the S12 finals! G2 is worthy of it, they are the ones who are doing the best!"
All commentators were surprised by G2's lineup.
Although Ye Bo was a little surprised, his expression did not change.
He conducted in-depth research on teams in other groups.
Naturally, one will devote even more energy and time to one's opponent.
Although it is impossible to fully predict the opponent's BP, there are still a lot of preparations and back-ups.
Take G2's seemingly abstract lineup for example.
Top lane Noxus, jungle Graves, mid lane Galio, bottom lane Seraphine + Alistar.
Ye Bo expected that the opponent would defend the bottom lane, and he actually thought of the option of Seraphine!
It's not just because Seraphine is a commonly used hero in the G2 league.
Moreover, G2 has exposed an obvious gap in the bottom lane in the first round. Even if they realize the importance of line rights in the current version, it will be difficult for them to respond by selecting heroes because of the gap in laning levels!
Of course, he did not think of the option of Noxus.
After all, throughout the summer of S12, there was not a single record of Noxus playing in the world, and there was no way to verify it.
This is also the charm of the World Championship, every team has its own trump card.
Don’t think that G2 seems to be an inexperienced team with 0-3 in the first round, which seems not enough to cause any threat.
But there have been more than one precedents. If we underestimate and ignore it, we may fail!
There are no weak teams in the World Championship. Even if you have a huge advantage, even if you are leading 5- in a BO, it still means nothing until you win the last game.
This is what Ye Bo said to himself.
That's why he treated the Vietnamese team equally when studying the game.
And it’s not just G2 that has tricks up their sleeves.
"Oh! It appeared!"
"EDG is here to help too, Pike is in the middle!"
"YE's Pike in the mid lane, I haven't seen him for a long time. Oh no, I remember the last time he picked him, he was also playing Galio. It was Left Hand's Galio!"
The commentator visibly tensed when he mentioned the last name.
The comments in the live broadcast room immediately began to humiliate the brothers who were already in the sea as if it was a conditioned reflex.
But in fact.
Ye Bo chose Pike, of course, not for any "funny" purpose, but for three purposes.
First, G2's lineup is indeed suitable for Pike and strong roaming in confrontations.
The second reason is that in the tactical system he prepared today, Pike was already on the podium, but he was not the one at the front.
Sanye Bo also wanted to try out an idea.
as predicted.
The moment he entered the game, the prompt box that popped up in front of him confirmed his guess.
[Game Easter Egg Mission: In this game, use the R skill to kill five opponents once each]
[Quest Reward: "Blood Harbor Ghost" Hero Proficiency (depending on the completion of the task 0/5)]
[Tip: There is no penalty for failing the Easter Egg mission]
The last time I played DFM, the task was triggered. Ye Bo, whose historical performance was not very ideal, later went to Baidu to search for the keyword 1945 in the task and finally understood the reason.
And combined with the experience of triggering tasks several times before.
Ye Bo began to speculate about the conditions for triggering these tasks or easter eggs.
Although he still couldn't figure out the connection between tasks like Jack's Love and Pike, Left Hand and Galio. But he vaguely guessed that the more [connection] the team had with the game, the more likely it was to trigger these tasks.
The mission triggered by Pike completely confirmed that his idea was correct!
The reason is very simple—————because the G2 team used the hero Pike in the S game of the same year, and played all five positions of "top, mid, jungle, support and shooter"!
At that time, "one Pike shaking five roads" was a legend on the court.
The successful verification of this conclusion also means that Ye Bo may be able to try to trigger it more actively in the future.
"Pike leaned forward. Oh, what did I see?!" The North American commentator at the scene spoke very quickly and passionately: "Pike changed lanes three times in the air and immobilized five people! G2 suffered a huge crisis in the shadow!"
"While playing a deadly roaming rhythm in the early stage, YE once again played an incredible team-opening method!!"
"Amber Li Debo!"
North American audiences who had never seen Yebo Parker were simply astonished by his strange and smooth combos, which were easily performed as if they were basic exercises.
G2 was definitely unlucky in this World Championship.
Not only were they assigned to this death group, but both times they played against EDG in the first game.
Both times, they became the experimental subjects of EDG's "new tactics".
That's right.
EDG was also experimenting with new tactics in this game.
When all teams realize the importance of lane control in the current version and the criticality of the strength of resource groups, it is obviously difficult to complete the fight for lane control by simply relying on the bottom lane to select a lane control combination.
After all, Ye Bo is not a support player, so this information is mainly discussed with Meiko.
Once Caitlyn is banned, the ability of most other ADCs to push lanes won't be much different, and there are only a few choices for soft supports.
and so.
Ye Bo once again thought of the "Extreme Roaming" option that he most frequently used when he first joined the team.
It’s a pity that this version of Taliyah is really not strong. Its melee combat ability in the early stage is too weak, even weaker than the Tsar, and its selection priority is not high.
This Pike match can be considered an attempt.
Of course, since they already knew the opponent's strength, EDG did not show too many BP designs in the first game, making people feel that it was just a positional choice that had been chosen before.
And it is obvious that G2's lineup in this game once again suffered a certain "restraint" effect.
The game lasted 25 minutes and the outcome of the canyon was decided.
The five EDG players went out again and prepared to push down the crystal.
However, since Caps seemed to be determined to play "safely" in this game, he directly played a pure tank Galio. Even in a very disadvantageous situation, he was like a real wall!
The only kill Ye Bo failed to collect was Caps's, as the opponent managed to escape by luck in several waves.
They acted like they would never be wiped out!
Ye Bo has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
He opened the public screen to communicate with everyone.
【Caps! 1v1?】
After a brief pause, the opponent quickly responded.
【OK, TOP! 】
The economic gap of up to 15,000 is impossible to turn around.
The people of G2 seemed to have triggered their passive skills, and with an optimistic attitude, they naturally would not refuse such an invitation.
"What does this mean! Caps and YE players seem to be going to 1v1 SOLO!"
"All EDG members stopped pushing home, very cooperative, haha."
“I don’t know who came up with this, but it seems that even though Ah P is no longer with us, his spirit is still in the team!”
[This is why everyone likes to watch G2's games even if they are not good enough. This is called playing games! ]
[To be honest, the mentality of these European and American players is indeed good. It would be really fun to play games with teammates who have this kind of atmosphere. On the other hand, (]
[Is YE going to get MVP again in this game? He was only ranked 20th in the top 12 before the game. I think the person who made that list must be very angry now!]
[Master Ye’s operation is really pleasing to the eye. When it comes to his work, no one can beat him! ]
[The fact proves that although special skills can indeed change fate, there are differences in special skills! Even though they are all unpopular special skills, Karthus, Noxus, and Pike are obviously better than each other! ] The outside world is naturally happy to see this kind of interesting things that do not affect the results of the game.
Of course, there is not much suspense about the result.
Galio's clumsiness makes him easy for Pike to manipulate.
Both sides tried frantically, but Pike's hook was obviously much more accurate than Gangfeng's. He was hooked repeatedly without being disturbed, which made Caps so anxious that he couldn't hold back and took the initiative to attack.
But if Galio makes the first move, Pike's flexibility will be fully utilized.
He took a step back, turned around and collided with the opponent face to face, making the opponent dizzy.
After several rounds of tug-of-war, Galio could only helplessly be tortured to death!
Caps smiled and shook his head, then typed [GG] on the public screen.
Ye Bo also quickly responded with a friendly GG (good game).
The teammates waiting in front of the base gate quickly attacked and blew up the G2 base.
"Congratulations to EDG! They won their fourth game in the group stage and continue to lead the Group A standings!" Guan Zeyuan on the commentary desk grinned.
I remember being equally excited: "After defeating G2, EDG's 4-0 score has made them the first team to qualify from Group A. They successfully fought their way out of the death group!"
"Next, they can let go of all the pressure, give it their all in the remaining two games, and go all out to compete for the top spot in the group!"
4-0 is enough to secure qualification.
Ye Bo took off his headphones, felt the rising enthusiasm on the scene, and waved to the fans in the audience with a bright smile on his face.
He also knew that after winning this game, his team would no longer have the pressure to qualify, and he could be considered to have successfully stepped onto the first small step of the S game.
But these are not enough to satisfy Ye Bo.
While everyone in EDG breathed a sigh of relief, they also knew that the next game would be a tough battle!
The deep voice of the English stream commentator came from the scene: "Unfortunately, G2, as the second seed of the European division, still has a big gap between them and the LPL champion!"
"Next, they will take turns to face T1, the second seed from the LCK region! Let's wait and see if they can perform well!"
Ye Bo put away his peripherals and walked backstage with his teammates.
Before waiting for the second game to start, collect the reward for the previous task.
But I didn't expect it.
As soon as the prompt box was called out, the eyes were covered with golden light!
[Congratulations! "Blood Harbor Ghost" has reached the peak level 7! ]
Because the mission objectives were achieved perfectly, the reward was directly a level 6 proficiency Pike.
But perhaps it was because Ye Bo's previous Pike was a reward for the fateful duel, and now he got the same reward again.
It's like two two-stars combined into a three-star!
The fifth golden avatar immediately lit up in the Hero Illustrated Book.
Pike also became Ye Bo’s fifth level seven hero!
This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.
In fact, the hero Ye Bo has been most comfortable using recently is Silas, and he has always thought that he will be his next level seven hero.
It’s quite close indeed.
If it weren't for this hero's special settlement mechanism, most of the extreme operation rewards would be superimposed on other strange heroes, otherwise the breakthrough would have been completed long ago!
Of course Ye Bo was also very happy about this.
After all, if it weren’t for Sylas, there wouldn’t be Monkey King, Vigour, Braum, Renata, Ryze, and many other free level 5 heroes in the hero guide!
Feeling satisfied, he turned around and watched the second game which had already started with his teammates.
He is looking forward to whether G2 can come up with something new in this game.
To be honest, G2's lineup in the first game was very interesting and also gave him new inspiration.
The choice of Noxus looks weird.
But in fact, there is only one goal——absolute fighting ability in the upper half of the early and middle stages!
The only problem with Noxus is that he is too stupid, but his actual stats are quite exaggerated, especially once Blood Rage is activated. Unless you can kill Noxus instantly, there is no chance of winning in a 2v2 fight!
G2's idea is very interesting. They want to use Noxus + Graves, two strong heroes in the early stage, and cooperate with Galio in the middle to launch an extreme offensive in the upper half of the zone.
Since you can’t beat the bottom lane, just avoid the laning!
With the dual control of Seraphine + Minotaur, it gives advantages in team battles and certain amplification effects, creating an alternative lineup with two core players in the top and jungle!
This also proves once again that in League of Legends, no hero is useless or incompetent.
Every hero has a performance scene and a highlight zone that belongs only to him.
The only ones who can't do anything are always people.
G2 did have some issues with the individual strength of their players. For example, they were caught by Pike several times in a row in the top lane, and the disadvantage of the hero Noxus being easily ganked was infinitely magnified.
But there is absolutely nothing wrong with the idea!
Unfortunately, Ye Bo was still a little disappointed.
Because G2 made a comeback and had no chance of advancing to the quarterfinals, all the members had smiles on their faces, and judging by their expressions, they were much happier than TES.
When it came to BP, he started to let himself go and actually put out an entertaining combination of Yasuo + Yongen in the bottom lane!
Caps even imitated it on the spot and picked Pike as the mid laner.
Even though T1 originally wanted to attack seriously, once they saw the opponent's BP, they naturally began to retract their blades and fight in a normal manner.
The ending is naturally no surprise.
"Let's congratulate T1!"
"But G2 is really happy. This brother-brother combination is really something. They were almost killed by Aunt Yoshi in several waves!"
"So the qualifying spots for Group A have been confirmed. EDG and T1 have already secured their spots in the quarterfinals. Both teams have no worries about qualifying!"
"Next, let's see who will be the true champion of Group A. Let's wait and see!"
It's a pity that I couldn't get any useful information.
Only DFM was left before the final battle, and it was obvious that neither T1 nor EDG could use anything against them.
Oh no.
In fact, Ye Bo originally wanted to use it.
He also had a guess - if he used the hero obtained from that quest to play DFM again, would it be possible to trigger a new quest?
But consider that if his BP goes as expected.
This hero might be the magic weapon for today's system, and it would be more effective if used for the first time when the opponent is off guard, so I eventually gave up the idea.
If you want to get some free stuff, there will be another chance later~
Four games are over.
DFM and G2 had a competition between "Western food" and "Japanese food", and it was finally proved that Japanese food was more appetizing.
Finally, we arrived at the last show, and the atmosphere on the scene became increasingly heated.
Although both teams are no longer under pressure to qualify, this was actually within everyone's expectations and is considered normal.
Everyone is looking forward to seeing it.
Can T1 repeat the situation in last year's S11 group stage, where they first lost one game to EDG and then won two games in a row?
EDG can continue to defeat its opponents and break T1's historical record of "eternally qualifying as the first group player" in the group stage!
There is no doubt that this will be the most anticipated matchup today!
"Let's welcome the two rival players to the stage!"
The two teams took the stage for the third time.
The screen slowly faded to black and then faded away, showing a clip of an interview before the second round of the game.
This time, clips of the AD players of both teams were used.
"In the first round, we lost to EDG, but I think the problem was with the lineup selection," Gumayusi said with a slightly indifferent tone.
“I believe our team is strong enough, and I am happy to have the opportunity to take revenge and regain the top spot in the group stage!”
"In this World Championship, we will definitely restore the glory of T1!"
Along with that serious-looking square face disappeared.
The next person to appear was Viper, who had a blank expression on his face and was obviously much more pleasing to the eye.
"After we beat T1 in the first round, I heard that our top laner didn't seem to give a satisfactory answer to the interview questions."
"I will convey his true thoughts on behalf of our top laner."
"At least in that game——————our mid laner was better than the opponent."
“I believe we will become stronger in the second round.”
The scene was instantly ignited by these words.
[This is so hot! You really dare to say that! ]
[Nothing wrong with that. I think, it's hard to say, right? Fei Fei is obviously not as good as Master Ye in that match! ]
[Turtle Viper's Chinese is so good. He has only been here for less than two years. How can someone who has been here for seven or eight years still speak like this?]
[Bold! And seven or eight years is nothing. Some people have studied for 22 years and still can’t figure it out! ]
[Haha, I can only say that you should not be so proud of yourself, wasn't it the same story last year? You should let me win in the first round, just wait! ]
[Come on EDG, charge hard! I can't wait to see the faces of these b people! ]
The spotlights at Madison Square Garden were turned on, and the stage lights were instantly maxed out.
The ten players on both sides of the bench have taken their seats and stepped into the recruitment battlefield.
The crucial match to decide the top spot in Group A begins!
(End of this chapter)