Chapter 257: We LCK are invincible! Breakthrough on the laning side?

Chapter 257: We LCK are invincible! Breakthrough on the laning side?

Chapter 257: We LCK are invincible! Breakthrough on the laning side?

When GEN's main crystal exploded into pieces, the LCK commentary booth couldn't stop sighing.

The Roaring Emperor propped himself up on the stage with his elbows, unconsciously rubbing his bangs, his voice hoarse and annoyed: "How could this happen?"

"There's nothing wrong with the lineup in the first game. Even if the ADC is replaced with a few other core heroes, it will be difficult to survive. Obviously, as long as the rhythm is stable in the early stage, there will be an advantage!"

"But maybe it's because they haven't warmed up yet in the first game. The most urgent task now is that GEN must adjust their form immediately. As the only seedling in our region in this MSI, they really need to wake up!"

Compared to the chattering Roaring Emperor.

Although the two people next to him tried to look depressed, to be honest, they were not upset at all inside.

Xu Xiu has no connections with anyone in GEN, but instead has a slight bond with V5—after all, he has his old brother Beryl, with whom he has a deep relationship.

What's more, even if we put aside personal emotional factors.

Deep down, Xu Xiu was slightly more optimistic about V5!
Although in fact, these two mid laners on the field have defeated him in recent years, and even if you count by number of times, Chovy from the same division has even more!

But the ID YE, which only had a short battle in the S game, left too deep an impression on him.

But even Xu Xiu didn't expect that the first match would be so overwhelming.
And if Xu Xiu is still somewhat worried about the situation in his own region, or a little distressed by the loss of this game.

Scout next to him was quite happy!

Don’t get me wrong—I’m not happy because LPL won.

The reason Scout showed up today simply because he wanted to apply for a job. Obviously, the weaker the teams in the LCK region, especially the more obvious the decline in the strength of the mid-lane, the greater his chances will naturally be!
It was only when Scout saw T1 being sent home by two LPL teams in turn and Faker’s extremely poor performance that he suddenly realized that his chance had come!

He was even dreaming.

If Faker is still in this state in the S game this year, and T1 has another miserable S game record, then maybe I will have a chance to return to T1!
The screams and cheers in the Copper Box Hall never stopped.

All GEN members lowered their heads and quickly returned to the backstage lounge. Since the entrance was next to the audience seats, many LPL fans gathered in the front row of the audience seats, waving cheering banners to show off to them!
And when the GEN members just stepped into the backstage and lifted the curtain.

Opening lightning strike!
Coach Score stood directly at the entrance, staring at everyone with a stern face.

His face was filled with an expression of disappointment, which made all the GEN members silent. They dared not to say a word and could only follow behind the other party with their heads down.

"Shit." Before the door of the room was completely closed, Score immediately squeezed out the breath he had been holding for a long time from between his teeth.

"Ah, Xibaer!!!"

"What are you guys playing at this game! How could you possibly be beaten like this!?"

Not to mention the outside audience.

Before the game, everyone in the GEN team except Viper thought that the strength of both teams was similar, and they might even have the advantage.

After all, one of the core players who won against them last year came to their side this year. It's purely a case of one gaining while the other loses!

Who could have imagined that the fight would be such a completely one-sided situation?
It really breaks at the slightest touch!
"Why would we chase after the 6-minute target? Wouldn't it be better to just take the little dragon? Why not follow the tactics we arranged?"

"Also, the mid-game support is too obsessed with protecting the AD! If the opponent's support and mid laner roam around like that, and you, a Titan, don't move with them, of course the opponent will be able to find the rhythm everywhere. How can this situation be stabilized!"

"And Doran! Explain to me, what did you mean by being killed by Sylas during the laning phase? You were at full health, so why were you pretending to be so?!"

"Did you see the ID on his head!!!"

Only after the super senior Score gave a thorough summary did I feel relieved.

The GEN members, whose faces were covered with saliva, didn't dare to respond with even a single word.

He softened his tone a little: "In this game, only Viper and Chovy performed well. As for Chovy, I can only say that Quesanti still doesn't seem to be suitable for us, but the good news is that we burned a lot of heroes in the middle lane."

"Now let me talk about BP. In the next game, I don't want to see any surprises!"

Score has the best attitude towards the two players in the middle and bottom. After all, these two are extremely stable carry cores in the league, and he trusts them the most.

Speaking of the MSI version, it is not particularly suitable for GEN, which is very similar to T1.

Although Xiaohuasheng was also a jungler when he was young, he is now old and his jungler performance is not as good as Oner.

And Chovy’s best hero is well known.

He plays heroes like Quesanti, Titan, Annie and Ice Maiden, and he still acts like the Tsar!
At this point we have to mention his 'Another Self' - Mr. Left Hand. This is completely different. Playing this kind of functional mid laner who doesn't have to take the responsibility of carrying and can just run away after using his skills seems like he has an innate talent.

No need to practice!

Of course, the left hand is not as good as the right hand in using the "Super Brush" hero, which is also the most obvious difference between the two playing styles.

However, when Viper heard the coach talking about the fine-tuning of BP, he was a little distracted for a moment.

He couldn't help but glance at the silent live broadcast on the big screen on the right.

The live broadcast was replaying some highlights from the previous game, and watching Silas unstoppably knocking everyone away in front of the high ground, and sending himself flying, the screen went black for a second, leaving no room for maneuver.
At this moment, Viper still felt a lingering fear.

Today he finally understood how the other AD players facing them felt last year. This is too scary!

Even though he witnessed every wave last year, the experience was completely different when it was his turn to be on the other side!
This scene also appeared again at the Copper Box Pavilion.

This was undoubtedly another critical blow to the LCK fans at the scene.

T1 lost last week, even if they lost to two LPL teams in a row, they can still comfort themselves by saying: "GEN can come!"

But, what if even GEN was abused like this! ?
This is the number one seed in their division who is invincible!

The Korean audiences at the scene expressed their emotions passionately in the LCK live broadcast room and on the Korean website.

[GEN, you bastards! They lost even worse than T1! Did I buy a ticket today just to suffer? ]

[Haha, I'm serious. If GEN loses 3-0 again, I think LCK will really be doomed. What else is there to do? They will just come out and embarrass themselves! ]

[Hey, hey, hey, you don't just go home after losing. This is a winner's bracket match. Why are you so pessimistic after losing just one game? ]

[Why? Little-known fact: if GEN also loses twice in a row and goes home, LCK will become the third fastest region after North America, and it won’t even be able to maintain its second place. This is simply the shame of winning the bronze medal in the Asian Games! ]

[Cheer up, GEN! The final face of LCK depends on you! ]

However, amid a burst of shouting and pessimism.

There are also inexplicably positive comments of support that keep appearing on the screen.

[Believe in GEN! The red team just didn’t warm up in the first game, but they will definitely fight back in this game! ]

[Don’t just look at the win or loss. In fact, GEN only made two mistakes in the last game. If they hadn’t made any mistakes, V5 would definitely not be their opponent! ]

[If you ask me, GEN lost the first game on purpose! It was all a tactic! In the first game, they deliberately chose a rubbish lineup to burn heroes. In the end, they had no heroes to use when facing each other. They could just surrender in the BP! ]

[Indeed, even a well-known LPL commentator posted on Weibo saying that GEN definitely did not play to their full potential. This is the respect from the opponent! ]

[Yes, yes, yes! What the above person said is right! We LCK are invincible! We are the number one region! ]

Somewhere in the stands.

While waiting for the show to start, a man was typing away on two phones, constantly switching between translation software and live streaming.
The person who was traveling with him leaned over and saw the original sentence in the translation software, and immediately glared and shouted: "Fuck! Brother, you are a Krd! How can you brag like this?"

But the man smiled leisurely: "You don't understand~"

"Koreans are so easy to fool. If you tell them you can win, they really believe it~"

"You have to let them feel hopeful, then experience despair, then see hope again, and finally despair again, so that you can walk them smoothly! Let's take the pressure off and there is a professional "Foreign Dog Walking" group that specializes in this."

"Oh my god, it's so high! It's really high!"

It’s true, after a wave of passionate and encouraging remarks emerged in the live broadcast room and on the Korean Internet, many LCK fans really rekindled their confidence.

That’s right, I just lost a small game, right?
BO5 has just begun!
We LCK are invincible!

When the players from both teams returned to the stage, many LCK fans who had regained their confidence shouted and cheered at the stands with all their might. Coach Score, who was walking in front with his hands behind his back and his head held high, was immediately excited when he heard the cheers in his native language.

He raised his hand and patted Chovy's shoulder: "Look, so many supporters from our country are cheering for you. They don't care about the loss in the last game!"

"Show them your true strength, Zhixun! Prove to them that you are the best mid laner!"

"In this game, we can only succeed and not fail. We GEN must save the face of LCK!"

Chovy listened to the coach's encouraging words and only dared to nod his head slightly in an arc that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

All GEN members felt a huge amount of pressure upon hearing this, but of course they all knew that they could not afford to lose this match.

After all, a 0-1 start is not really scary. 0-2 is very scary!

The contestants take their seats and get ready.

The director's camera also cut to the official commentary booth.

The LPL commentary desk was still analyzing the exciting game that had just taken place, with a smile on their faces.

Wawa said excitedly: "V5's policewoman system seems to have a new best answer. Policewoman Neeko feels more intimidating than last year's policewoman Frost!"

"I can only say that V5's unstoppable performance after coming to MSI is inseparable from their continuous leadership of this version and their staying at the forefront!"

Miller, the partner of Haier Brothers, also added: "Of course, including our dear Guan Ge who just posted a Weibo prediction, GEN's strength this year should definitely not be just this, we still can't take it lightly"

"Hey, the BP has already started! GEN switched to the blue side in the second game, and they still banned the mid laner!"

First round of ban————

GEN: Akali, Annie, Monkey King
V5: Xia, Lulu, Toad
"The bans of both teams didn't change much in the first round. The blue team made adjustments because they wanted to grab the hero and didn't want to be OP after the opponent. The red team, where V5 was, continued to use the BP for the bottom lane in the previous game."

"GEN grabbed Sion first! V5 got Lee Sin and Jayce later!"

"It is worth mentioning that Lee Sin and Jayce have a lot of room for V5 to swing! Jayce can swing between top and mid, and Lee Sin can swing between top, mid and jungle!"

The GEN coaching staff was a little surprised when they saw that the opponent's back pick did not grab the bottom lane combination.

In their opinion, it is obvious that the possibility of Lee Sin being the mid laner is greater. After all, he left a deep enough impression on everyone last week.

However, the positioning of the middle lane in this game is very important, so they chose to play it safe.

"Let's go to the bottom lane first. The hero they banned seems to want to charge into the enemy line."

After all, Score is a former professional player, so he is not a complete fool. Looking at the opponent's first round of bans, he guessed some of their intentions.

"I definitely have to take Aphelios, and pair him with Renata, so he can play a counterattack!"

Renata's appearance rate in the current version is very low, which is far from the glory of last year's S game.

The reason is similar to the sudden demise of Verus.

In the hard support version, Renata is slightly lacking in active means, and her own weak laning ability is infinitely magnified.

In addition, the most important "resurrection" mechanism generally needs to be paired with a hero who is more inclined to "fighting" - which is inconsistent with the current rhythm of the big core version.

Of course, Renata's backhand is indeed a good choice.

V5 was a little entangled on the third floor.

Beryl saw that the opponent had already revealed several heroes and directly suggested that he go first.

"Maybe it was because they saw the opponent's bottom lane combination, V5 actually did a rare thing and sent out a support in the first round, locking in Thresh who has been used a lot recently," Miller tried to analyze.

Entering the second round of BP————

V5: Tree, Kindred
GEN: Zelda, Lucian

Since V5's top, mid and jungle were completely undecided, GEN was unable to guess the opponent's lineup for a while and simply focused on banning the AD.

But by the fourth floor, V5's true colors were revealed!
"Kai'Sa!? This hero is rarely seen in this version!"

"Then V5 is going to play an extreme charge again in this game! And it feels like it might be even more extreme than the last game! The blind man is most likely the mid laner!"

AD was selected on the fourth floor, and GEN still didn’t know where the opponent’s final counter position would be.

You can only continue to choose according to your own ideas.

The jungler picked the Ruined King first. Score muttered in a deep voice: "Why do we need Zhixun? Their blind man is most likely the mid laner."

"Choose someone who is easier to play against in laning phase. In this game, you'd better be able to stand out in the laning phase and keep an eye on the opponent. Then we will have a good fight!"

Chovy thought silently and did not answer immediately.

Finally, after three swings, I locked on a hero that was also somewhat rare.

"Wow wow wow it's here, Chovy's Dragon King! His signature skill from the LCK Spring Split is here!" Wawa exclaimed out of habit.

"Will we still see this hero in the MSI version? Even Master Ye doesn't play him anymore~" Miller was joking.

Since the Dragon King became popular after its debut, during the spring season of major competitions around the world in 23, the Dragon Kings of two players were the most famous.

One of them is naturally Ye Bo, who played for the entire spring.

Another one is Chovy!

Moreover, his Dragon King is one of the very few who, like Ye Bo, can gain an advantage in the laning phase.

However, ever since Dragon King was nerfed twice before the MSI version, he went from being a hot topic in the version to being ignored overnight.

As the commentary desk said, even Ye Bo doesn’t play much anymore.

Of course, Ye Bo didn’t play it not because this hero was really that weak—it was just that his priority was lower in the first few games and he had better options.

The current version of the magic core includes the reworked Tsar and Clockwork. Although their selection rates are also very low, they are at least more common than the Dragon King.

So when Ye Bo saw that the other party chose the Dragon King, he was somewhat surprised.

But there are more surprises!

This guy seems to be running into the muzzle of a gun.
"Xun, how about I change a hero? How about you play Xiaxia? I have a hero who is very good at laning!" Ye Bo symbolically asked for opinions from his teammates.

V5 was indeed originally planning to move Lee Sin to the middle lane, and select offensive junglers such as Mantis and Spider from the jungle to continue their strong offensive rhythm of "Beat the Turtle Shell".

But if he is laning against the Dragon King, Ye Bo has a better choice.

He is confident that he can make a breakthrough from the "laning end" option!

It was obvious that his inquiry was indeed symbolic. Xun said nothing after receiving his elder brother's request, but just nodded vigorously.

"V5 finally added Gragas, and it was no problem for Gragas to defeat the King of Defeat in the jungle, and the lineup was also very compatible."

The lineups of both sides are confirmed.

《Blue Team: GEN vs Red Team: V5》

[Top order: Undead God of War vs. Future Guardian]

[Jungle: King of the Ruined King vs. Lee Sin]

[Mid Single: Starcaster Dragon King vs. Gragas]

[Shooter: The Supremacy of the Crescent Moon vs. The Daughter of the Void]

[Assist: Alchemist Baron vs Soullock Warden]

(End of this chapter)