Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 164 Spring Showdown!

Shock! Numbness! Envy!

The four individuals' emotions were like a rollercoaster, soaring to the sky one moment and plunging into the depths the next.

With such a great feel, any Vayne player would definitely want to buy it. Compared to flashy but impractical special effects, the ultimate control and impact feel would make it a bestseller.

But they also knew in their hearts that only a puppy of such status deserved this kind of skin, and only he was qualified to have dozens of designers study the feel of the model.

"This is so damn cool!!! Oh my god, I'm buying one right now!"

Xiaotian's WeChat message popped up immediately. He, who didn't have a championship skin, almost cried with envy when he saw RNG's championship skin.

The excitement of getting a championship skin has energized the team members, making them get up early every day to train. Even Xiangguo, who usually sleeps in, arrives at the training room early.

The pre-sale of the championship skins means something everyone understands: after seeing Vayne's skin, everyone wants a second skin even more.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the first round of the LPL Spring Split playoffs has come to an end.

The eight teams in the playoffs, both from the East and West, have determined their second-round opponents. They play one match a day, so even the best-of-five series goes by very quickly.

RNG finished first in the regular season, securing their place as an Eastern Conference seed, while IG finished second, securing their place as a Western Conference seed.

The two teams are now waiting for their challengers in the semifinals.

The first day of matches featured WE vs. BLG and EDG vs. JDG.

These two teams were once among the top three in S7. Although their performance this season has been poor, their legacy remains.

In the match between WE and BLG, when they were down by one game, Xiye unleashed his full potential and single-handedly carried the team to win two more games.

As a result, BLG, being a newly formed team, had a strong mentality and withstood the pressure of the first two games, winning the fourth game and leveling the score.

When it came to match point, WE seemed to feel the tension and made a wrong draft pick, giving Xiye the Corki, but arranging Shen for Legge 957 to protect him.

There's a reason why the aircraft was very strong in S7 but was basically ignored in S8.

blg's jungler relentlessly ganked Xiye in the early game, causing Xiye to falter prematurely and lack damage output in the mid-game, leaving Legge's Shen helpless.

After a series of skirmishes, BLG secured Baron Nashor, successfully eliminating WE, one of the three major teams from S7, from the playoffs.

The match between EDG and JDG, an e-commerce team, was much more exciting. The two teams took turns winning, one game at a time.

In the fifth game, Edg still fielded Clearlove. Although Clearlove's performance has declined significantly and he is no longer at his peak, Clearlove is still Clearlove, and his awareness is still there.

A few simple counter-ganks once again showed the ever-changing new generation of LPL players what it meant to be a powerhouse of the old era.

We were stopped in the first round of the playoffs, while Edg successfully advanced to the second round.

BLG, who advanced, will play against SS in the second round to determine the team that will face RNG in the semifinals.

On the other side, Edg will play against Rw to determine who will face IG in the semifinals.

WE's defeat seems to signal the end of the era of the three major teams, and the East and West tournaments will start immediately after the schedule is completed.

At 4 o'clock, Edg was not blessed by fate. In terms of disappointment, Edg has never disappointed his fans.

They didn't even last until 7 o'clock before Rw decisively kicked them out of the playoffs. Clearlove played two games in a row, but it was too late to turn the tide.

After the decisive battle against Haro, a young player sold by his team, Clearlove also felt mentally exhausted. Donib's experience was far beyond what Yagao could match.

As JDG's mid laner, Yagao, although he and ZuoShou are both talented mid laners who came from the same internet cafe, was often limited by his champion pool during the S8 season.

With Zoe, the toothpaste player is completely different from one without Zoe. Rw and IG have advanced to the semifinals, while SS Snake Team is facing off against BLG.

The two teams are evenly matched, but after the five-game baptism against We, the BLG guys are much better than SS in terms of both skill and mentality.

3:1.

They secured the victory in the Eastern Conference and advanced to the semifinals, where they will face RNG.

With this, the Eastern and Western Conference playoffs have concluded, and the semifinals will begin in three days.

Fans aren't too worried about RNG facing BLG in the Eastern Conference.

This new team, BLG, suffered heavy defeats against RNG in the regular season, with their mid-laner, Athena, being no match for Xiaohu.

Not to mention the differences in other lanes, the BLG players are quite satisfied with how far they've come. Facing the RNG team, which is now like a demon king, they have launched their final charge.

The Eastern Conference semifinals kicked off on April 21.

As soon as they entered the game, BLG started to pull off some stunts. Knowing that they couldn't go head-to-head with RNG, BLG's coach had a flash of inspiration and came up with a lane-swapping strategy that everyone was extremely familiar with from an old version.

The idea of ​​using one's inferior horse to compete against RNG's superior horse is indeed brilliant.

But the key point is that, apart from the middle lane, the other two lanes are all occupied by small horses!
Top laner AJ has long passed his peak and is no longer the AJ who dared to pull off some crazy plays in the LPL. When he switched to the bot lane against RNG's bot lane duo, he was ganked by RNG's bot lane and jungle duo at level 3.

From then on, RNG became even more dominant, directly blocking the lane between the first and second towers. AJ's Cho'Gath couldn't even get into lane and could only watch helplessly as the first tower was pushed down and the dragon was taken.

Aj fell, but Letme in the top lane did not. As a fellow LPL top laner, the current Letme is not only excellent in offense, but also has superb ability to withstand pressure, which is no worse than Letme in his previous life.

With a jolt, Athena was powerless to turn the tide. In the first game, RNG destroyed the base in just 18 minutes, making it the shortest game in the Spring Split playoffs.

In the second game, BLG's coach finally regained his composure and started playing a normal laning phase.

But you've never even tried any fancy tricks, how are you going to win a normal laning phase?

The prerequisite for effective strategy and tactics is that the skill levels of the players on both sides are roughly equal.

In the current situation, apart from AJ in the top lane who can withstand Letme's attacks, the other lanes are basically being heavily pressured.

In a best-of-five series, they lost the second game, bringing both sides to match point.

BLG's comeback against WE was far easier than their comeback against RNG. This time, there was no miracle, and no upset.

After securing a decisive 3-0 victory, RNG became the first team to advance to the LPL Spring Split playoffs finals.

The Eastern Conference season has concluded, and the Western Conference season is about to begin.

All eyes were on the epic battle between Rw and IG.

This year, IG's losses were against RNG and RW, not one-sided crushing victories.

Although TheShy is strong, the current meta isn't the true warrior version yet, so there's a lot of suspense in the match between the two teams.

The pre-match odds were also very vague, with IG at 1.1 compared to Rw at 1.2, and the bookmakers dared not make any predictions about which team would win.

But since TheShy had no hand injury, IG ultimately withstood the pressure. Led by TheShy's godlike performance with Vladimir, they won 3-1 and secured their spot in the Western Conference finals, successfully meeting RNG in the World Championship finals.

Just like the opening match, the two sides in this spring final are still familiar faces.

With a fully-formed RNG facing a successfully integrated IG team, a match unlike any other in history was born!

(End of this chapter)