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Chapter 640 That year's finals were EDG vs SKT! Faker broke down in tears!

And at this time.

On the public screen of the live stream, countless comments were flooding in like a torrent!

"Welcome to LPL!"

"Let's congratulate the LPL!"

"EDG!! Go EDG!!!"

"Go DWG!"

"It doesn't matter which side wins, the most important thing is that the game looks good!"

Even though the live stream is currently filled with mostly low-quality ads, it hasn't stopped more and more viewers from flocking in!

Putting everything else aside, Tencent Esports should be raking in advertising revenue from this final round alone.

soon.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people.

The clock finally struck exactly 17:00 PM.

It was also at this moment.

"Boom!"

The sound of huge drumsticks rang out, like a thunderclap from a clear sky!

At the scene, tens of thousands of spectators were stunned, and everyone turned their eyes to the front.

on the main stage.

Beneath the horizontal giant screen, golden lightning bolts converged and eventually formed a large Arabic numeral—10!

Instantly, the emotions of the entire audience were ignited, and they joined in the shouting!

The loud shouts swept together, adding fuel to the already heated atmosphere!
"9!"

"8!"

"7!"

"..."

With each change of the numbers, the color of the lightning became a deeper, more ethereal blue.

In the end, it had completely turned into blue lightning!

"3!"

"2!..."

"1!!!"

"boom!!"

Countless dark blue lightning bolts converged at one point, eventually forming a pillar of light that pierced through the heavens and the earth!

It was at this moment that, without anyone noticing, all the lights in the venue were turned off.

On the main stage, a door shimmering with a hazy light opened directly to the audience.

A deep blue light converged on the left side of the large screen, transforming into a group photo of the DWG players.

Immediately afterwards, the light turned black and formed a group photo of the EDG team on the right side of the big screen.

At that moment, a spotlight suddenly shone down.

Then everyone realized that the contestants from both teams were already standing on opposite sides of the stage!
In an instant, shouts filled the air!

"DWG!! DWG!!"

"EDG!!! EDG!!"

Amidst such shouts.

The spotlight dimmed again the next second, and the contestants disappeared from view.

Instead, a group of backup dancers and the lead singer emerged from that door.

The rousing background music began to flow throughout the entire venue.

Season 10 promotional song - Take Over!

Ten seconds later.

Just now.

A small platform, surrounded by curtains on all four sides and radiating a golden, hazy glow, gradually rose from the center of the main stage.

The entire scene gradually fell silent, and everyone's attention was drawn to the mysterious Taichung Station.

Under such scrutiny.

The curtains around the small platform slowly unfurled, revealing its true form.

—Summoner's Trophy.

at the same time.

The melodious violin music of the background music gradually amplified, and the sound of war drums resounded throughout!

The audience erupted in cheers, with countless frenzied shouts erupting!

This is the end.

The lights in the entire venue began to slowly come back on!
On the stage, the players from DWG and EDG stood prominently on either side of the podium!

The background music suddenly froze.

The spotlights shone down, illuminating both teams!
The main character on stage has changed!
Below the stage, countless spectators cheered and waved their light sticks, supporting the contestants on stage!
This is also the time.

The host, dressed in a black suit, practically jogged onto the stage, beaming and shouting in an enthusiastic tone, "Welcome to the finals of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship!!"

"Two teams representing the pinnacle of the world's esports scene have arrived before us!"

As he spoke, the host turned around and pointed to DWG on the left, whose entire team was dressed in blue and white uniforms: "The number one seed team from the LCK region—DAMWON Gaming!!"

Then, he waved again to the right of EDG, whose entire team was dressed in white: "And, the number one seed team from the LPL region—EDward Gaming!!"

The audience reacted strongly!

Both teams' fans were cheering fiercely for their respective teams.

The team names 'EDG' and 'DWG' instantly filled the entire venue!

Next, just like in previous S-series tournaments, the host started introducing the players and coaches from both teams one by one.

"DWG's top laner—Nuguri!"

"..."

Each contestant was introduced and waved to the audience, who cheered louder and louder.

When they arrived at Wang Yao's place...

The host even deliberately drew out the sound in a playful manner:
"EDG's support player, yes, it's Kshine!!"

Wang Yao also smiled faintly and waved to the audience.

For an instant.

The entire stadium was practically ignited!

You could even see that some of the European fans in the front row were shouting even louder than the LPL fans!
It has to be said, this is quite a sight.

As I said before, Wang Yao's popularity is no longer limited to a single region.

In a sense, the ID Kshine is the official symbol of the league's competition, so this reaction is not hard to understand.

on the stage.

After the host finished introducing all the contestants and coaches.

He finally raised his right hand high: "So, now, I declare—"

As he spoke, the host swung his hand down hard.

"The 2020 League of Legends World Championship Finals, now, begin!!"

The words fell.

The lights in the entire venue began to dim once again.

As the large screen lit up.

next second.

The camera pans across the city from high above, offering a panoramic view of the city's central district and capturing the towering skyscrapers.

Scout's voiceover says, "Getting here again... I think we've reached the final stage of our journey. I want to win this championship and don't want to have any regrets."

In the background, EDG's black and white flags are waving.

Countless spectators stood up and shouted, their expressions filled with excitement.

Then, the camera pans to a different scene.

ShowMaker sat on a bench in the sunlight:
"That year's finals were between EDG and SKT, with a final score of 3-0. When I saw Faker sitting in a chair, sobbing uncontrollably, that scene is unforgettable for me."

"At that moment, I thought, if I could become a professional player, I would definitely win everything. Now that the trophy is right in front of me, I have to consider whether this might be my only chance in this lifetime!"

The picture rotates.

The streets of Shanghai are bustling with activity.

The summoner stood atop a high platform, the blue crystal blending seamlessly with the blue sky.

In front of the camera, Jiejie adjusted her glasses:
"Our two teams have similar styles and are both very well-rounded. I think this will be our toughest match yet, but we are confident of winning our fourth title."

Beside him, BeryL said with a smile, "They've already won the S championship three times. I think this time, it's our turn to lift the trophy."

The camera turns again.

Saint Gun scratched his head: "Actually, our two teams are old rivals. We've played many games together. As for fighting, we're definitely not afraid."

Scout, standing nearby, also laughed and said, "Four-time champions, we all really like that title."

In the background.

The screen flashed by one explosive team fight after another, showcasing the actions and maneuvers of both teams.

The LPL commentators' voices were filled with excitement and disbelief: "EDG! This is EDG!! They won this team fight!!"

"That was a perfect flanking maneuver! ShowMaker's LeBlanc has slashed in! They're going to win!!"

"Niu Guli charged in! Fiona is unstoppable now! Huanfeng's health bar is gone!!"

"A brilliant hook! Kshine's Thresh has ended the bot lane matchup!"

"JDG! JDG is down!!"

At this point, the background music reached its climax.

The players from the two teams walked towards each other, staring at each other across the Summoner's Cup.

The background music also came to an end at this point.

The promotional video is over!
The iconic fist icon has reappeared!
Back to the scene...

Pudong Football Stadium, live.

When the lights in the entire venue were turned back on, the audience came to their senses.

This means that the BO5, representing the highest level of League of Legends competition in 2020, has officially begun!
On the LPL official commentary booth.

"Alright! Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Finals stage. This is Pudong, at the football stadium!"

Hello everyone! I'm Wawa!

"Hi, my name is Miller."

"I'm Long Hair." "The three of us will be providing commentary for this match!"

The three official commentators were facing the camera and reading their opening remarks.

"After a half-hour opening ceremony and cheers, our match is finally about to begin."

While smiling and spreading his hands, Wawa looked at the two people next to him and said, "Besides, both sides in the match are old friends of ours, EDG versus DWG!"

"Alright! Both players have entered the arena, the draft phase is about to begin!"

Right there in the narration.

On the big screen, the images of the players' seats on both sides have been projected.

DWG, the entire team was wearing blue and white team uniforms.

EDG, on the other hand, remained in full black team uniforms, resembling the main villains in a story.

In the first game, EDG was on the blue side and had the right to ban and pick first.

DWG is on the red side and has the final counter position.

"EDG was also very quick in banning champions, directly banning Graves, not wanting to give it to Canyon, the jungler from the opposing team."

Hearing what Wawa said, Miller chimed in, "We definitely need to target them. Canyon's Graves has been performing very well throughout this World Championship."

"But I think we should focus more on his Nidalee. In this World Championship, whenever Canyon gets Nidalee, he plays extremely aggressively!"

"Maybe EDG wants to take it themselves? Although Jiejie's Nidalee lacks aggression, his map control is still quite good!"

As the group was talking, DWG immediately banned Nidalee, not wanting EDG to get her first pick.

It’s not that I’m afraid, it’s just trouble!

Nidalee is too strong in the jungle in the early stage, so the pressure on the line will be very great. When the pressure on the line is great, the jungle will suffer.

Seeing that the opponent had banned Nidalee, Clearlove and the rest of EDG discussed the situation.

There's nothing I can do. My level is limited and I can only rely on the players.

The only representative jungle core hero left is Kindred, in addition there is also Lillia.

But Lillia is much worse than Kindred.

After a brief discussion, EDG removed Twisted Fate, the card that Xu Xiu had played exceptionally well against SN, as their second pick.

"EDG has deactivated Twisted Fate, it seems they plan to take advantage of their blue side to first pick Kindred."

The doll said quickly.

at the same time.

On the DWG side.

Seeing that EDG wanted to pick Kindred, coach Liang Daren asked Canyon, "Jianfu, the opponent might pick Kindred. Can you handle it in your jungle?"

We've already banned Nidalee, so banning Kindred would be a waste of a ban slot.

It would be better not to ban Nidalee at all; each side could just ban one.

"Don't worry, I can handle it."

Canyon's voice was calm, yet you could feel his confidence.

"Ok!"

Liang Daren nodded and smiled, he still had faith in Canyon's capabilities.

Since they weren't planning to ban Kindred, Liang Daren simply banned Heimerdinger as their second pick, not wanting Wang Yao to get it.

Otherwise, if Galio is the support, this thing pushes the line too fast, and combined with the powerful Kindred, it will make it impossible to play in the jungle.

Once the bottom lane loses lane priority, EDG will use the dragon to create momentum, and they can basically get the dragon soul in the 20-minute mark every game, leaving DWG with no way to deal with it.

"Big Head has been banned!"

Seeing this, Wawa laughed, "It seems that Kshine's amazing skills have left DWG with no good way to deal with him."

"Although the big head is gone, Kshine still has his classic three-pronged attack. His performance with hook heroes in this World Championship was still quite good."

Seeing that the big head had been pressed off, Wang Yao smiled.

Although he plans to win by surprise today, just knocking off a big head is not enough!

"It looks like they're planning to let us have Kindred."

The factory manager pondered for a moment, then asked, "What should we ban as our third pick?"

"Let's use Orianna to target the enemy mid laner."

Wang Yao said it casually.

"Ah."

Jiejie nodded in agreement, "Their mid laner has indeed been in good form at this World Championship, so we need to target them carefully."

After hesitating for a moment, the factory manager still banned Clockwerk.

The main reason is that the World Championship has been going on for so long, and as a coach, he can see that Scout's performance in the mid lane is quite inconsistent.

If Orianna isn't banned, the opponent will most likely pick it. Although you can pick it instead of banning it, Scout's Orianna is definitely not as good as the opponent's Xu Xiu.

Seeing that Orianna was banned, DWG didn't hold back and banned Scout's Syndra in return.

After the first round of bans, EDG immediately picked Kindred for Jiejie as their first pick.

"As expected, EDG still picked Kindred."

The doll sighed.

Seeing that Kindred was snatched away by EDG right away, Liang Daren smiled, because he had been prepared for this all along.

After discussing with others, DWG directly helped Canyon get a Lee Sin.

Among the remaining late-game junglers, there are none who can rival Kindred, so it's best to pick Lee Sin to speed up the early game.

Lock on the Lee Sin, and then send a Tsar to Xu Xiu in the middle lane.

In this way, the two can complement each other, one provides the rhythm in the early stage, and the other can provide a backup in the later stage!
The important thing is that both Azar and Lee Sin are good at restraining Kindred and can kick or push people out of his ultimate.

"DWG is so confident, they've revealed their mid and jungle players right away. I wonder how EDG will respond."

"Actually, LeBlanc is quite good against Azir, but this champion is just average in the current version."

"And most importantly, he can't push the lane as well as Azir in the front, so his help to the jungle is limited."

"I think Scout needs to pick a champion that can push lanes and support Jiejie's Kindred more."

While the commentators were analyzing the situation, EDG was also actively discussing their options.

The factory manager originally wanted to move Flandre's champion picks back as much as possible to see if he could counter the enemy top laner.

However, Wang Yao stopped him.

"We're on the blue side, so if we don't pick our top laner, why would they pick theirs first?"

Ultimately, after discussion, the factory manager decided to give Flandre Ornn, the champion most frequently used in this World Championship, and then gave Scout Zoe.

In this way, the front row team fight and consumption are all available.

"EDG is playing it safe and gave Flandre Ornn. I wonder what kind of champion DWG will pick to counter Nuguri."

Miller muttered something to himself.

Like TheShy and Bin, Nuguri is a very aggressive top laner. In addition, he is also known as the second easiest top laner to gank in the world.

While everyone was guessing, Liang Daren had already smiled.

Because the heroes EDG has chosen so far are pretty much what he expected.

"Xia Quan, let's take him."

Hearing Liang Daren's words, Nuguri nodded, and excitement appeared in his eyes.

"Everyone is mortal, and some people need a little help!"

"Lucian?!"

When Wawa saw this hero, he screamed in surprise.

Because there's also a scientist in the LPL who likes to play this stuff, and he goes to the top lane.

After Lucian was locked in, DWG coach Liang Daren's confident look became even more determined. This was his plan for EDG to first pick Kindred.

Lucian can definitely have lane priority against Ornn in the top lane, and then he can reliably defend the river crab.

If the Tsar in the middle lane plays well in the laning phase, he can also control the river crab in the bottom lane.

That Kindred game is going to be very difficult!
Facing DWG's locked-in Lucian, Flandre's lips twitched, feeling quite frustrated.

It was bad enough that I was tortured by that man in LPL who used his long arms to hit his short arms, but how come I encountered such an inhuman person again in the World Championship!
While everyone was talking, both sides had already started the second round of banning.

EDG immediately banned EZ and Pantheon, not wanting the opponent's bot lane to have an easy time in the early game.

Seeing this, DWG didn't hesitate and directly killed Draven, and then added Tam.

There is no need to say much about Draven. This hero is too strong in laning phase. If he is picked by the opponent, it will be very stressful.

As for Tam, his protective ability is very strong. One Kindred ultimate is already a headache. If there is another Tam, it becomes a luxury to focus fire on someone and kill him instantly.

Moreover, Ah Shui has a top-tier Senna skill, so we absolutely cannot let him get it!
After the second round of bans, Liang Daren picked Jhin for his AD carry, Ghost, a champion that the opposing team played well.

"DWG has given their counter pick to their support, so what about EDG? I wonder what kind of bot lane duo they're planning to pick!"

While the commentator was saying this, a surprised voice could be heard from EDG's voice chat.

"Holy crap, Yao-ge, are you serious? You're going all out right from the start?!"

Ah Shui was taken aback because Wang Yao was going to start doing scientific research again.

This is the World Championship, after all!

Seeing Ah Shui's surprise, Wang Yao said seriously, "Don't worry, we'll choose this one this time."

"Well... how about we give it a try?"

As Ah Shui spoke, his gaze fell upon the factory manager standing to the side.

Listening to their conversation, the factory manager was also pondering something.

Logically speaking, the finals, especially the first game, must be stable.

If we lose right at the start, it will have a huge impact on the atmosphere of the entire team.

With the selection time about to end, Wang Yao hurriedly urged Ah Shui, "You should make your selection first."

"Row!"

Ah Shui nodded and then confirmed the hero that Wang Yao wanted to play.

"Everything in the world hangs on one arrow!!!"

Ashe and Jhin are among the more common AD carries in this World Championship.

So as soon as Ashe was revealed, Miller habitually asked, "EDG gave JackeyLove an Ashe, so where's the support?"

"I wonder what kind of champion EDG will give Kshine."

"I think if that doesn't work, let's go with the robot. It just so happens to be a hero that Kshine is good at."

"And he was pretty good at playing with robots before, and his hooks were quite accurate."

Miller analyzed it.

The commentators were speculating which hero EDG would give Wang Yao, and Clearlove was also hesitating.

After hesitating for a moment, the factory manager still chose to unconditionally trust Wang Yao, since Wang Yao had played Ashe support before.

"Alright! Let's build Ashe and Varus in the bot lane then!"

……

(End of this chapter)