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Chapter 407 The Unpredictable Group Stage! Uzbekistan is Under Pressure!
When Flandre came back, he was still cursing, "These Koreans are really disgusting. They kept asking me if I acknowledged Khan's strength."

"What the hell is Khan? What kind of champion FMVP is he? Pfft!"

"That's how Koreans are," Wang Yao said with a smile, trying to comfort them. "After losing a match, they have to try to regain some face during interviews."

"It's disgusting. The main problem is that they were barely noticeable this round, otherwise I would have definitely shown them their bad attitude."

"Holy Gun Bro said through gritted teeth."

Most Chinese people have little goodwill towards South Koreans and even feel quite disgusted by them. As for Lee Sang-hyeok, the attitude is more like, "It is not the fault of a gentleman who was born in a small country."

"Alright, alright, let's go back first. There's nothing much to do today, we still need to review the day's events," Abu urged.

EDG only had one match on the first day, and the remaining three matches were irrelevant to them, so they simply packed their bags and returned to the hotel, heading straight to the training room.

Maokai needs to review the first game and also needs to continue scheduling practice matches.

The next day, the entire EDG team arrived at the training room early as usual to watch the match broadcast and maintain their form by playing ranked games on the Korean server.

The other two domestic teams will make their appearances today.

IG will face off against Fantic, the strongest team in the European region, right from the start.

To be honest, there's a bit of a history between IG and Fnatic. Back in the early days, IG's win rate against European teams was never very high.

It's very simple: they don't know how to team fight, or rather, the team composition they chose isn't strong in team fights.

The most classic scene when LPL teams faced European teams back then was during the laning phase, when LPL teams were often able to gain an economic advantage of several thousand or even tens of thousands of gold.

But then it was as if he had forgotten how to play games; he couldn't win team fights and was eventually turned around by the enemy.

Fnatic has been a nemesis of IG, and now that the two sides have met again, it gives IG a chance to get revenge.

But no one expected that IG would actually lose!

They lost to the European and American underdogs who have always been looked down upon by LPL viewers.

The EDG players, unlike the audience, couldn't vent their emotions with insults; instead, they were looking for the reasons.

"No, what was IG's coach thinking?"

Meiko was puzzled, "Why is the lineup we got so passive?"

IG surprisingly picked Sion for TheShy in the top lane, shifting their strategic focus downwards.

"Maybe Kim Jung-soo thinks Fnatic's bot lane is a noob and wants JackeyLove to break through from the bottom half of the map?" Xiao Tian said, scratching his head.

“He really doesn’t understand Yu Wenbo at all,” Wang Yao shook his head.

Yu Wenbo's strengths and weaknesses are quite obvious.

It has strong damage output, is good at dealing damage in team fights, and is also very resilient during the laning phase. It is the kind of character that doesn't need to consume many resources but can still deal extremely high damage.

The downside is also obvious: sometimes, in order to deal damage, one may disregard their own positioning.

To put it bluntly, as long as you can deal maximum damage, it doesn't matter if you die. Sometimes, if you're not focused and your position is too far forward, you'll give the opponent an opportunity and end up dying suddenly.

His style makes him unsuitable to be the team's absolute core; JKL's best role is as the second-in-command.

However, Jin Jingzhu chose a lineup similar to a four-protect-one system, which shows that he placed too much trust in Yu Wenbo.

As a result, in the most crucial team fight, Yu Wenbo was caught out and killed by the opposing mid laner Caps, thus losing the game.

In the subsequent match, RNG also used a four-protect-one strategy, but Uzi showed a strong performance. Against C9, his Kai'Sa secured 14 kills, leading the team to a winning start!
There are currently two main strategies in this World Championship. One is to pick strong champions in the top half of the map, and the other is to focus on the bottom half of the map, with both the top and mid lanes playing utility champions and building an aggressive, face-rushing strategy around Kai'Sa.

RNG uses the second approach, and it's quite effective.

This even inspired many teams to learn from them. Flash Wolves adopted their style of play, putting SKT in a very difficult position and almost defeating them.

Fortunately, Lee Sang-hyeok defied the odds and managed to pull off a comeback, thus defending his home turf.

In the first round of the group stage, all sorts of playing styles were seen.

Everyone is figuring out their own understanding of the version, so there's not much difference between them.

On the third and fourth days of the competition.

EDG defeated VIT and PVB in succession, both victories being resounding wins.

They usually won the game in just over 20 minutes.

Therefore, at the end of the first round of the group stage, EDG led Group A with three wins and no losses!
In Group B, RNG is in the same situation.

Facing their arch-rivals SKT, Uzi once again delivered a spectacular performance with Kai'Sa, defeating SKT head-on and leading his team to a perfect 3-0 record in the first round, taking the lead in Group B!
As for Group C, KT also demonstrated the strength of the LCK's number one seed, winning all three matches without any upsets.

The situation in Group D is quite interesting.

Although Fnatic defeated IG, they suffered a defeat against the North American team 100T, while IG won their next two matches.

Therefore, Fnatic and IG are tied for first place in the group with a score of 2-1.

The results of the first round of the group stage were basically based on the seeding order, with no major upsets.

But viewers with more experience watching the World Championship know that the most exciting moments of the group stage are actually in the second round.

After the first round of the group stage, there will be a 3-day rest period.

These three days will give each team ample time to review their first-round matches, as well as study match videos of strong teams from other groups, and gradually figure out the correct way to play in this version.

Teams that figure out the right strategy will make great strides in the second round!
Teams that are out of touch with the current version will most likely be eliminated.

The second round of the group stage will not give players any time or opportunity to make adjustments.

A group's matches must be completed within one day.

The first group to start the battle was from Group B!
And right from the start, Group B saw a minor upset!

RNG easily defeated C9 in the first round.

However, when the two sides meet again, RNG is currently facing a huge disadvantage.

They might even lose this match!
"Good heavens, Uzi is being crushed like this?" Flandre's eyes widened, looking like he'd seen a ghost.

Uzi is rarely pressured; to borrow a phrase from a well-known Chinese streamer, "If Uzi isn't 30 CS ahead of his opponent, he's considered behind."

Since the start of Season 8, RNG has completely changed its tactics, shifting from a top-mid-jungle-centric strategy in Season 7 to a four-protect-one strategy centered around the bottom lane.

Uzi also performed admirably, managing to beat only JD Gaming throughout the year, while securing victories against other domestic teams.

But now, facing the C9 team, which the audience calls "weak European and American teams," Uzi picked his signature champion Kai'Sa, and surprisingly, his CS (creep score) was behind his opponent's.

C9's ADC, Sneaky, who is a cross-dresser, plays Lucian!
(End of this chapter)