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Chapter 409 A Close Call! Advancing to the Top Eight!
Our opponents are all improving, especially those teams with strong coaching staffs. They seem to have a new understanding every day, and they can quickly widen the gap!

RNG is the most obvious example.

"RNG's top lane was too weak," Maokai pointed out RNG's core problem.

RNG lacks a foothold in the early and mid-game.

The current version of the World Championship essentially encourages teams to fight in the early and mid-game, which benefits warrior heroes.

If the team can pick a warrior hero to stabilize the early and mid-game tempo and give Kai'Sa enough time to develop, it's not impossible to play her.

Unfortunately, RNG's mid and top laners can't pick warrior heroes, especially the top laner.

You can only choose tank heroes who can withstand attacks and pressure.

Previously, people weren't targeting RNG as much, allowing RNG to focus their tactics on the bottom lane.

With the jungler roaming frequently, Uzi's strong individual pressure gives him a huge advantage in the early laning phase, thus supporting the team's damage output in the mid-game!
But now, people directly pick champions like Lucian and Draven to go head-to-head with Uzi in the early laning phase.

Regarding Uzi's weakness in the early laning phase with Kai'Sa, even if we don't completely destroy Uzi, as long as we prevent Uzi from getting ahead of the timeline in terms of development, the entire RNG team will be left without anyone to deal damage.

The same applies to the loss to C9 and the loss to Flash Wolves. In both cases, when the team was grouped up, a Kai'Sa with mediocre development simply couldn't carry the team's damage output!
Then we can only rely on Xiaohu and Letme to supplement some of the output, but those two are simply not capable of doing so.

This is RNG's biggest problem right now!
"Tsk tsk... This is outrageous. Heroes like Aatrox and Irelia have been strong for so long, yet Xiaohu and Letme still haven't mastered them."

Meiko couldn't help but complain, "Even if you can't carry with these heroes, you should at least prove that you can pick them. If you play these heroes normally, they are more effective than tank heroes in mid-game team fights."

Just like Flandre, can his Jayce carry like TheShy? No, but he can still use it.

It's enough to achieve the desired effect as a Jayce champion.

Now, RNG doesn't even dare to try their mid and top lanes.

The next game.

SKT easily defeated Flash Wolves, and shortly after, C9 played another game against Flash Wolves, with C9 winning.

Soon it will be the turn of RNG and SKT to face off!
目前B组的积分情况就是，RNG是3-2，C9目前也是3-2，SKT则是3-1。

Flash Wolves have already been eliminated, so this match is a do-or-die battle for RNG.

"Uh... RNG doesn't really need to rush?"

Hao Kai, the commentator who has taken over from Oxygen Tank, is still comforting the fans, "Even if we lose this match, it's only 3-3. C9 can't possibly beat SKT, right? We can always play a tiebreaker, can't we?"

But his partner, Zhihuan, said something else:
"Brother, if we lose again, it will be a three-game losing streak. Are you sure RNG can really keep their mentality up?"

Hao Kai didn't know how to respond.

Three consecutive losses!

Three consecutive losses in one day would break anyone's mentality!
The match between RNG and SKT has begun again. RNG, who have been pushed to the brink, still dare not make any changes and are still playing the same Kai'Sa strategy.

SKT also let RNG continue to play this system.

The result was the same as always.

In the mid-game, no one stepped up to withstand the frontal attacks, and no one could deal damage.

RNG suffered an unprecedented three-game losing streak in the second round of the group stage, managing to turn their record from 3-0 to 3-3.

For a moment, the domestic audience was completely dumbfounded.

"Don't embarrass yourself, swim back quickly with this performance."

"Hehehe, I can't help but laugh when I think about what the RNG fans said a few days ago. Both teams started 3-0, does that prove that RNG is no weaker than EDG?"

"This once again proves that Bath Dog is a shockwave." "I'm telling you, if you're going to play a match around Bath Dog, you can't win!!"

"..."

No matter how unwilling they are, RNG has to face a situation.

That is, their fate is in the hands of others.

If C9 wins their match against SKT, then RNG won't even qualify for a tiebreaker.

Fortunately, SKT, who had already secured their place in the knockout stage, did not hold back. After all, if they lost to C9, both teams would have a record of 4-2, requiring a tiebreaker to determine the top spot in the group.

For SKT, securing first place in the group is definitely more important, as it will allow them to avoid some strong opponents in the quarterfinals.

SKT ultimately defeated C9.

In this case.

Both C9 and RNG have a 3-3 record, so they need to play a tiebreaker to compete for the last qualifying spot!
"The pressure is on RNG, but I believe in them!"

This time, RNG finally made a change; they no longer chose Kai'Sa, but instead actively chose Lucian!

As it turns out, Uzi's individual skill completely overwhelmed the cross-dressing master. When he also picked a marksman with strong early-game laning ability, he once again overwhelmed the cross-dressing master!

RNG's other picks remained the same, only the marksman was adjusted. But even with this adjustment, Lucian was able to carry their frontal damage output and help them defeat C9.

In the end, they secured their ticket to the quarterfinals without any major mishaps!
Become the first LPL team to reach the quarterfinals!

RNG ultimately secured a victory in the tiebreaker match, earning themselves a ticket to the quarterfinals.

This also avoids the embarrassment of finishing in the top 16.

"Fortunately I won."

Saint Gunner jokingly remarked with a hint of schadenfreude, "If they had been eliminated in the group stage, I can't even imagine how explosive the public opinion against Uzbekistan would have been!"

"Don't even think about it. Just look at the public opinion in China right now. I reckon it's already exploded. This three-game losing streak is really damaging."

Meiko also said, "Don't you understand the nature of the audience?"

That's true. Domestic viewers only care about winning or losing. They don't care about the deeper reasons. They just know that RNG actually lost to teams like Flash Wolves and C9!

Then you deserve to be criticized!

Wang Yao immediately took out his phone and went to the anti-racism forum to see what everyone was saying about RNG's match. Sure enough, there were plenty of funny comments.

The post-match ratings have been released, and all RNG players have inevitably been rated by the audience, along with comments.

First, there's Letme from the top team; his average score is just over 2 points.

"Two points is the most you can get. Even wildcard top laners can outperform you. You should really reflect on your actions."

"One point? That almost set a new record for the worst performance by a domestic top laner."

"At most 2 points. There have been people saying that Letme can play warrior heroes, but after watching so many matches, I don't think this guy can play them at all."

The spicy hot pot served in the wild has received surprisingly good reviews and reputation.

"I'd give it at least an 8 out of 10, right? This family can't do without Teacher Guo!"

"If it weren't for Guo's perfect early game rhythm, I can't even imagine how badly RNG would have lost."

"As expected of the strongest domestic jungler! Guo is awesome!"

(End of this chapter)