Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 172 "You and Me" at 17

The weather was gloomy today, but there was no strange wind. It was this kind of weather that made night fall a little earlier.

On the large screen in the center of the stage, the background music of "Opening the Sky" started playing again.

A familiar distant view unfolds, accompanied by a buzzing sound of electricity, as if the microphone has been switched on, and a familiar voice comes out.

"This is IG's best result in LPL history, and also the closest they've ever been to the championship. This time, we are very strong. Although RNG is also strong, you know what I mean!"

Rookie was the first to appear. As a Korean player, he spoke very subtly, but his final hint, raised an eyebrow, and looked in TheShy's direction.

Shy teacher then appeared, still not having learned Chinese, speaking in fluent Korean:
"I've heard Letme's Irelia is really strong, and I hope we can face off today. I'm really looking forward to it."

The camera pans to reveal that Li Luo's previous Irelia gameplay in ranked games was actually edited into a highlight reel by the official team.

The official team even pulled a stunt by having Doll Miller provide narration for the video.

Accompanied by a scene of Irelia's powerful 1v2 counter-kill in the top lane, Letme gradually emerged from the darkness.

"As you all know, top laners get shaky when they don't get feedback. Hopefully, IG can give TheShy more feedback today so his hands don't shake."

Upon his appearance, Letme relaxed and unleashed his ultimate move, the Bible, which made all the audience members who understood the reference burst into laughter.

"Letme is definitely the strongest top laner currently playing. He was the invincible champion top laner in S7. Facing their championship lineup, we really have no hope at all."

"RNG is strong in every lane, so strong that if you dare to gank them, they'll die. As the strongest team currently active, they're practically unbeatable."

Ning is indeed good at creating drama; he made a sarcastic and sarcastic entrance right from the start, and he even predicted RNG's downfall.

As everyone knows, anyone who says they are a fan of Clearlove before the game will inevitably gank Clearlove's jungle.

If you say RNG is very strong, then this RNG team will definitely falter at crucial moments.

"No, no, after all, he's one of the strongest MVP mid laners in the LPL. Facing Rookie, I just hope I don't get solo-killed today."

Xiao Hu joined in the fun, and they started playfully jinxing each other.

"Your jungler is pretty aggressive, but in my opinion, he's just young."

Xiangguo also made an appearance. Now, Xiangguo has taken a more relaxed view of life and death. After winning the S-series championship, he plays even more aggressively.

"I'd like to ask Uzi, as the ADC with the highest average number of deaths in the LPL Spring Split, will you break that record today?"

Bao Lan smiled sinisterly.

As the bot laner who received the most attention from junglers during the Spring Split, Li Luo was unfortunately chosen as the Grim Reaper of the S8 Spring Split.

He averaged 7.1 deaths per game, even setting a record for the highest average number of deaths per game in LPL ADC history.

Baolan's words now speak volumes: he's going to annihilate the puppy to the point of being a total disaster today.

"I think Baolan should pay more attention to his ADC, after all, your ADC is the second best in the entire league."

Xiao Ming immediately retorted.

Ah Shui's KDA was also abysmal. When facing RNG and IG, almost all teams chose to mindlessly gank bot lane, so Ah Shui ranked second with an average of 6.3 deaths per game.

"I'm only 17 years old, and this is just my first season. I wonder how many more years I can play?"

After half a season of honing his skills, Ah Shui has shed his shyness and is now quite adept at trash talk, even going so far as to point out that Uzi is an older player.

"I reached the World Championship when I was 17, and I won the S-series championship when I was 20. What about you?"

As soon as Li Luo appeared, he brought out the Bible of "Brother Zaozi".

However, this time, these words won cheers from the entire audience. This was irrefutable proof and evidence of strength.

"At 17, I'm about to win my first LPL championship!" As soon as he finished speaking, the background music ended, and the pre-match trash talk segment seemed to be over immediately.

But the next second, the screen, which had been black, lit up again, and a familiar face appeared in the middle of the screen.

Upon seeing this familiar face who had attended for many years, the attendees were overjoyed and cheered.

"Let's see who's actually starting to study MSI's competitors."

boom!
The image freezes, and the half-black, half-light Dark Kai slowly disappears from the screen, while the LPL logo reappears in the center of the image.

"Ooooooooo!!!"

"Ooooooooo!!!"

"Rng!!! Rng!!!"

"ig!!"

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"Wow, Mingkai's trash talk was the most outrageous of today's segment. No wonder he can never escape that guy!"

"Yes, as a five-time LPL champion, it's a bit strange not to see EDG this year!"

Miller smiled and nodded, then said:
"This time, IG can be considered to be getting revenge on RNG. After all, IG lost every time they faced RNG in the regular season. If IG can successfully get revenge today, they can not only break their team record, but also prove that they are the strongest team in the Spring Split."

"The strongest team, huh?"

Guan Zeyuan, who was standing to the side, was also amused and burst into laughter.
"You can't just say that. There are records and statistics. Over the years, all the teams that have been voted the strongest by everyone, except for SKT, have basically been terrible."

"However, RNG is indeed in good form right now. They not only have last season's championship roster, but also an extremely healthy rotation system. Both their first and second teams have extraordinary fighting power."

"The performances of RNG's rookie Mole and jungler Tian were unexpected. Facing veteran LPL players, they showed no stage fright and their performances in the semifinals were also commendable. I wonder if Coach Chris will make any rotations today."

"This rotation system, similar to Skt, is fantastic!"

When Guan Zeyuan started praising Han Kuo-yu again, the audience sitting below didn't buy it, and boos rose up everywhere.

If you were to say that LPL didn't win the championship in S7, then it would be fine to say that.

But right now, the S7 champions RNG are playing right there, and you're still here praising the Korean team. Nobody in the audience wants to listen.

"We received a notification from the broadcast director that RNG will field their entire team of five for the first game, without any substitutions."

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the doll immediately stepped in to save the day.

"This season, especially top laner Letme, I remember that around this time in S7, Letme's playstyle was still very raw."

"Miller and I often say that this player is not used to the pace of LPL and is too easy to be ganked and killed by the opposing team."

Some people say Letme's game sense is lacking, but unexpectedly, in less than a year, Letme has become the player with the fewest average deaths per game in the top lane.

"As you can see from this data, Letme leads the top laner position with an average of 1.4 deaths per game."

"TheShy has been becoming increasingly consistent in the top lane lately. Duke hasn't played for two months, right? Today, TheShy is starting in the top lane for IG."

Miller nodded, a cryptic smile playing on his lips.

"I think today's top lane matchup is much more exciting than the bot lane matchup. Letme, who is known as the strongest Irelia player in the Korean server, is facing off against TheShy's best Riven player. There's something to talk about here!"

Upon hearing this, the three commentators smiled knowingly at the same time.

This Irelia player is unknown to laymen, but seasoned esports professionals know the details very well.

(End of this chapter)