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Chapter 70 Battle Against Samsung!
Ambition can be considered a standard herbivore-type jungler, mainly focusing on farming and counter-ganking, and rarely taking the initiative to gank.

Unless the enemy jungler reveals vision in another location, Ambition will not dare to come out to gank.

Mlxg, a reckless jungler, loves to roam the jungle looking for fights, which torments Ambition and causes SSG's early game to collapse.

EDG and RNG have something in common: their bot lanes can basically hold lane priority, which gives their junglers the opportunity to invade the enemy's bottom side of the map!

The factory manager caused trouble in the jungle, and Wang Yao, who had lane control, could go over to support the fight at any time.

The entire EDG team now has complete faith in Wang Yao's ability to carry the team. He can carry when he needs to carry and stabilize when he needs to stabilize. He's incredibly useful!

"I've arranged a scrim with the LZ team for you guys tonight. They're a very aggressive team, so it'll be a good opportunity for you to get a feel for the game," Nofe said with a smile.

Logically speaking, LZ and EDG are both teams in the upper bracket, so it's almost impossible for them to schedule scrims.

However, EDG's hot six-game winning streak in the past few days has still attracted the attention of the LZ team members.

As another strong team that advanced to the quarterfinals with six consecutive wins, LZ took the initiative to invite Nofe to a practice match.

Firstly, it was to get a feel for SSG's opponent, and secondly, it was to learn about this potential adversary in advance.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that LZ doesn't quite believe EDG can beat SSG, after all, Clearlove has been known as a jinx in the World Championship for a long time.

So what if they changed the ADC? Ruler is still the runner-up ADC in S6, no matter how bad he is. He's not someone that some nobody can mess with.

But soon, as the training match ended, the LZ team members fell silent for a moment.

Their bot lane duo, Pray and GorillA, actually managed to hold their own against EDG's bot lane duo.

The mid-jungle rhythms of both sides were roughly the same, and EDG's disadvantageous early-game lineup managed to drag the game into the late game and win!
What's even more frightening is that they have the feeling that EDG hasn't used their full strength yet, and that the other side is deliberately holding back!

Especially the opposing ADC player, Wang Yao!

……

The next day, all the EDG players, along with Riot staff, cooperated with the official team to film the quarterfinals promotional video.

This included a trash-talking segment with the SSG players, as well as a segment filming a documentary about the team.

They then rushed back to the hotel to continue training matches, their entire schedule packed full.

After the scrims against RNG and WE, there will be post-match debriefing and several team meetings.

On one hand, they discussed the applicability of team system strategies, and on the other hand, they studied the styles and tactics of various teams.

Time flies, and October 19th has arrived in the blink of an eye. The battle for the quarterfinals has finally begun!

As the first team in the upper bracket, EDG is the first team to face off in the quarterfinals. Today, they will face their formidable opponent, SSG!

The Guangzhou Gymnasium was already packed with people, with the number of spectators no less than that in Wuhan.

When the EDG players arrived at the competition venue by bus, a large number of fans had already gathered around the parking lot.

Fortunately, most of the fans were very rational and did not rush out to ask the contestants for photos or autographs. Instead, they stood around cheering for the contestants.

3pm.

All esports live streaming platforms across the internet began broadcasting the S7 quarterfinals live.

"Hello everyone! Welcome to the 2017 Quarterfinals."

"We are today's commentators, Wawa Miller, and we also have a special guest commentator with us today!" As the camera panned to the right, the familiar laugh of "Sao Zhu" (PDD) rang out in the live stream, "Hey everyone, I'm today's guest commentator, PDD."

"Next, I will join everyone in cheering for the EDG team!"

When the World Championship reaches the quarterfinals, the number of commentators in the commentary booth will be increased from two to three.

Two official commentators, along with one guest, form the commentary team on stage.

This year, PDD has gained considerable popularity in the esports live streaming world. In addition, he and Clearlove are veteran LPL players from the same era, so he was invited by the official team to participate in the commentary.

"Hey, what happened to PDD not being optimistic about EDG? How come this 'sassy pig' is here commentating on the match?"

"Is Xiao Xuan here? Yes, yes, yes, it's me, Jiao Mei. Can you take me along to play?"

"Whether EDG can break the quarterfinals curse depends on this year! I hope the bot lane can step up and give Ruler a good beating!"

"There's no time to dwell on the past! Seven Buddha will prove himself to be the world's number one jungler today!"

"Kill Emperor Ruler! Kill Emperor Ruler!"

"..."

On the commentary booth, Miller looked at PDD and asked, "PDD, as a former player, what are your thoughts on today's match between the two teams?"

With former professional players here, they don't need to make too many predictive statements about the outcome.

It would be better to let professionals analyze the differences between the two teams and their respective strengths and weaknesses.

"Samsung has been playing very slowly this year, relying entirely on their macro-management skills to win. If EDG wants to defeat SSG, they can't just compete with them on macro-management alone."

As a professional esports commentator, PDD directly pointed out in his analysis of the two teams: "But to be honest, EDG this year is a bit scary. They are very well-rounded in terms of strategy and fighting."

"Judging from their performance in the group stage, I think this year's EDG team is almost as strong as they were during the S5 MSI!"

PDD's words resonated deeply with the fans present.

EDG during the S5 MSI era can be said to be the strongest team in the history of the LPL!
First, they swept away all their rivals in the LPL region, and then defeated the powerful SKT team at MSI, becoming the only glimmer of light in the dark era.

Whether EDG can regain its former glory this year depends on whether it can break through the curse of reaching the quarterfinals!

"The current World Championship is dominated by bot lane AD carries and enchanter supports. I have a lot of confidence in Kshine; he should have no problem beating Ruler."

"I predict the score will be 3-1 at most in today's match, and I absolutely support EDG to defeat SSG!"

As a popular streamer across the entire network, PDD certainly knows how to speak at this moment.

This year, LPL teams are playing on home turf, and everyone is supporting their own teams. Analyzing the teams is secondary; just blindly support your own team and that's it.

Soon, accompanied by the cheers of the audience and the exciting beat of the background music, the first draft of the S7 quarterfinals officially began!
Since EDG advanced to the quarterfinals as the top seed from Group A, they were given the priority to choose sides in games one, three, and five.

In this series, EDG chose the blue side, which gave them the advantage of banning and picking first. Of course, more importantly, the red side had to take on a fixed ban of Kalista.

This means that the red side inherently has one less ban slot, and due to the presence of the Ardent Censer, the red side's counter-picks are not as effective.

Therefore, EDG, holding the blue side, can take advantage of the priority to choose sides, obtain a strong meta combination, and gain an advantage to win the first game!

(End of this chapter)