LOL: The world’s best red-temperature mid laner!

And Toothpaste got Taliyah.

Lu Yi continued: "Toothpaste's Taliyah was also a good choice. He is actually more suitable to be a tool man."

"The last time we played against T1, there was definitely something wrong with him picking Syndra. Even if he got an advantage, his impact on the situation was limited. This hero requires a high level of personal skills."

Entering the game screen, during the laning phase, it was basically a 50-50 match, with no obvious advantages or disadvantages.

However, with four and a half minutes left in the game, Xun GANK went to the top lane and helped Bin's Master Yi get the first blood.

Lu Yi commented: "The reason why we were able to gank this time was mainly because Bin handled the minion line perfectly. He blocked the minion line, causing Poppy to stand forward."

Xiaotian agreed: "Indeed, as a jungler, I like this kind of top laner recently. It can create perfect GANK opportunities."

Ah Shui teased, "What about the pheasant?"

Shan Ji was stunned: "What's going on? Does it have anything to do with me?"

Meiko snickered: "It's okay, it's okay, it has nothing to do with you."

The game continued, Xun's Sejuani continued to find the rhythm and ganked the middle lane once. Both junglers and supports were there, but no kills were made.

So Xun and On immediately moved to the bottom lane, ganked the bottom lane, and triggered the flash of the opposing ADC.

But this is not enough! Xun continued to squat in the lower road, waiting for the opponent to come out and continue looking for opportunities.

Xiaotian muttered, "Xun was really hard-working in this game. If the opponent doesn't give him a chance to play like this, he'll lose a lot. The jungle has been refreshed but no one has been going to farm it."

Shan Ji analyzed: "I think BLG is getting anxious. They can't afford to lose this game, so they are very anxious."

Just when everyone was worried about BLG's condition, the opposing bottom lane gave them an opportunity and took the initiative to come out and develop.

This gave BLG an opportunity. Xun went around the triangle grass on the opposite side's bottom lane and then cooperated with the duo to get the kill.

Meiko exclaimed: "Good rhythm, BLG slowed down the pressure this time. I feel that the opponent's five-man duo is already having difficulty breathing. This game is about to end."

Later on, BLG was able to outperform G2 in terms of rhythm and team battle ability, so they won the game without any danger.

After the first game, everyone in BLG immediately sent a message in the group.

BLG, Bin: "How was it? Was it easy to do?"

BLG, On: "Don't even need to break a sweat."

TES, GodYi: “Great, BLG.”

After Lu Yi appeared, the group became even more lively.

LNG, Tarzan: "Even Yi Shen approved it, so it must be that I played well."

LNG, Zika: "BLG should be fine today. All four of our teams have entered the knockout stage, which is great."

JDG, 369: "That's right, don't embarrass our LPL region."

Soon, the second game begins.

In this game, Caps got Youkou in the middle lane, Olaf in the top lane, and Nightmare in the jungle.

The bottom lane is Kaisa and Lissandra.

All five heroes are entering the field!
Seeing this lineup, Zhanma began to take notes frantically. There were many unpopular combinations in it.

Xiao Tian muttered, "G2's lineup is quite good. Did they use all their best tricks?"

Lu Yi agreed, "It feels like that's the intention. If you don't take it out, you won't have a chance later. Now is the time to give it a try."

Entering the game screen, the early stage of this game was very tense, with both sides going back and forth, and neither side had a chance to make the final move.

The battle dragged on for more than thirty minutes, and the economic difference between the two sides was only a few hundred, and the number of kills was exactly the same.

Meiko praised: "G2 still has something, and they are evenly matched with BLG."

When a team fight broke out, BLG won two waves of team fights in a row. Although it did not end the game directly, it had already gained a considerable advantage.

However, just when everyone thought BLG was going to win, Bin gave them a chance!

Bin was caught and killed by the opponent while solo laning!
Xiaotian exclaimed: "No, if they die at this time, won't it explode? The ancient dragon and the big dragon are still there."

Meiko sighed, "Abin still hasn't stabilized."

Ah Shui said: "It seems that this one is gone."

G2 started to fight the Ancient Dragon, but because they were one man short, BLG had to give up.

After taking down the Ancient Dragon, G2 went to attack the Baron and also got the Baron.

The ultimate double dragon meeting!
Lu Yi commented: "If we can drag it out, there is still a chance. It depends on whether they can hold on."

As soon as he finished speaking, G2 started pushing the top lane, and On couldn't help but rushed forward and took the initiative to start a team fight.

Meiko exclaimed: "On, what are you doing? You dare to start a fight when there is an Ancient Dragon and a Big Dragon on the opposite side?"

The result was that BLG was defeated miserably!
The second game was won by G2!
Xiaotian laughed: "Sudden attack, BLG suddenly attacked each other by looking at each other, the game that was supposed to be won was lost."

Ah Shui responded: "It's hard to say now, G2 has a chance."

At this time, the group became lively again.

JDG, 369: "No, Abin, what are you doing? Can you give me such an opportunity?"

LNG, Tarzan: "Too many mistakes."

LNG, Scout: "We were about to win, let's play well in the next game."

TES, Meiko: "On, calm down. If we delay it a little bit, we would have had a chance. Why did you suddenly rush in?"

No one from BLG spoke this time. They were probably still reviewing the game and discussing how to play the next one, so they didn't have time.

Soon, the third game began and players from both teams came on the court.

Entering the BP, G2 continued to use their ultimate skills in this game and got Bard in the support position.

On the BLG side, the mid laner is Clockwork and the ADC is Ashe, neither of them has any displacement skills.

Xiaotian muttered, "Why do I feel like BLG is in trouble again? The opponent's Bard is very tricky. It's easy for Ashe and Clockwork to be picked off in a team fight."

However, before the laning phase even started, BLG had already started to make some moves. The mid laner and the duo, three people went to the opposite jungle to counter jungle at level 1.

Meiko was dumbfounded. "No, man, is there such a way to fight back? At least the four of you should go together."

"Besides, the jungler didn't even come. Does this count as counter-jungling?"

Something even more outrageous happened, because BLG's bottom lane was Ashe and Braum, both of whom were very powerful in level one team fights. It started out as three against four, and BLG was not at all inferior. Later, face-to-face Gnar also came, and it became three against five.

BLG then began to retreat, but even so, it was still a two-for-two exchange.

Shan Ji laughed miserably: "Hahaha, what division of competition is this? If you covered your ID, I would have thought it was a Bronze Brawl."

Meiko joked: "It's rare to see such a chaotic game in 2023."

"Now the opponent's Bard has no flash, and the BLG duo has no flash. I feel that the bottom lane will become the focus of competition."

Soon, Xun invaded the opposite jungle and bullied the tree.

But Bin didn't come at the first time, so the duel turned into a one-on-two duel between Xun's prince.

The crocodile came over, and the opponent's support Bard also came over, turning one against two into two against three.

In the end, it ended in a one-for-one fight. The crocodile was too powerful, and the two remaining opponents did not dare to continue chasing.

Xiaotian laughed and said, "Is this a big fight? Both sides are fighting."

"Why didn't you call your teammates before invading? The jungler went to the jungle alone? The teammates provided support based on the situation? Isn't this a random game?"

Shan Ji complained: "I feel like this wouldn't happen in high-ranking pub games. The opponents always outnumber the others."

Both sides entered the stage of exchanging heads, you take a wave, I take a wave, and the gap is always small.

However, the opposing Bard started to make some moves, and BLG released the Rift Herald in the middle lane to try to push the middle lane.

The moment the Rift Herald hit him, Bard used his ultimate skill. This seemed like a normal operation, but it was very strange at this timing.

Meiko muttered, "Wait! This isn't right. G2 has no way to defend. They don't dare to come up and clear the minion line and the Rift Herald. Doesn't Bard's ultimate just protect the health of the Rift Herald?"

Sure enough, the Rift Herald did not lose any health when it crashed into the tower, and the defense tower was taken down by the BLG team.

This is not the end. Ashe's ultimate skill controlled Bard and killed him. Then BLG took the full-health Rift Herald and took down G2's second tower and high ground in the middle lane with the advantage in numbers.

Xiaotian laughed miserably: "Is this Bard BLG's accomplice? Normally, they might not even be able to push the second tower, but now the middle high ground is gone. Are they going to make such a big deal?"

Lu Yi joked, "I guess he's hungry and wants to finish the fight early and go back to eat."

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this. After this wave of fighting, G2 was completely at a disadvantage. The economic disadvantage was not the most terrifying thing. The main problem was that they could not see the field of vision and there was no cover from the middle lane defense tower.

BLG started to snowball and finally won the game easily.

Zhan Ma suggested: "Whether Bard is a good hero to choose or not, we still need to look at the situation clearly and not generalize."

Meiko laughed and said, "It seems that the coach has been frightened by this Bud's outrageous performance."

In this way, all four teams in the LPL region have confirmed their advancement to the knockout stage.

BLG became lively in the group.

BLG, Bin: "Brothers, we got it!"

BLG, On: "Assistance gap, done!"

JDG, Missing: "The support on the other side is pretending to be a professional player."

JDG, Ruler: "Their ADC must be really pissed off. They were developing well and it was almost time for Kai'Sa to start to shine, but the support gave away a huge wave."

In the next three days, several more BO3s were played and the places for the knockout stage were determined.

After the last BO3 was over, the draw ceremony began.

The TES members gathered together to watch the draw ceremony.

The host comes on stage and gives opening remarks.

Then the guest who drew the lots came on stage.

The warhorse asked, "So, who do you want to draw?"

Shan Ji replied: "It's a pity that I can't choose, otherwise I would definitely choose NRG."

Meiko agreed: "I would choose NRG too, if I could."

Lu Yi said: "I'll choose T1. Let's get T1 done as soon as possible, it will be much easier for us to fight later."

Shan Ji was anxious: "No, Yishen, there's no need to make such a big deal, let's do it step by step."

Ah Shui said in a lazy voice: "I choose T1 too. I want to play against my aunt."

The guests who draw lots began to draw lots.

"TES!"

The first one to be picked out was TES!

So TES was placed on the left side of the first BO5.

"GEN!"

LNG was pulled out second, GEN was placed on the left of the second BO5, and so on.

"T1!"

"BLG!"

The left sides of the four BO5s have been determined, and now we just need to match up our opponents.

Everyone in TES became nervous, as the first one to be picked out was their opponent.

"KT!"

When the host read out the two letters KT, everyone in TES breathed a sigh of relief!
Among the remaining three LCK teams, KT should be the weakest, and has a relatively large gap compared to the other two teams.

Meiko cheered, "Nice, nice guys!"

Ah Shui shook his head: "It's boring."

Xiaotian complained: "Is Wenbo so arrogant? Why do I feel like you are pretending?"

“LNG!”

The second thing to be pumped out is LNG.

"Hahaha, if LNG wants to attack GEN, then it's all over," Shan Ji laughed.

Lu Yi said: "It can only be said that it is very difficult, but it is not without any chance."

"JDG!"

The third BO5, T1 vs. JDG!

Xiaotian suddenly realized: "The last one is not BLG vs. NRG? The best player was picked up by BLG?"

Sure enough, the last one drawn was NRG.

The four BO5s were determined:
TES vs. KT.

GEN vs. LNG.

T1 vs. JDG
BLG vs. NRG
At this time, there was a huge quarrel in the group!
JDG, Kanavi: "It's not fair! Why do we have to play against T1, and BLG against NRG?"

BLG, Bin: "We have already played against GEN and T1 in a row, this is fair."

BLG, On: "Brothers, we are waiting for you in the semifinals, just waiting for you to play."

LNG, Tarzan: "Can we re-draw the lottery? We at LNG request a re-draw."

TES, GodYi: "It's okay, there's a chance, play well."

TES, Jackeylove: "T1 and GEN played their trump cards. After we Top Esports won the championship, LNG and JDG each contributed one-tenth of the credit."

BLG, Bin: "It's okay. If BLG wins the championship, we will give all three teams credit."

Everyone was chatting happily, and Zhanma reminded them: "Start training seriously from today. Although our opponent KT is not particularly strong, we can't take it lightly."

TES entered training mode, preparing for the match against KT.

A few days passed, and soon, the first BO5 of the knockout stage began!

At the S game, the TES players got off the car outside the venue and walked into the venue.

Just then, Lu Yi noticed a group of people in front of him, wearing team uniforms...

KT!

Top laner Kiin, jungler CUZZ, mid laner BDD, ADCCaiming, support Lehends.

Lu Yi knew them all. They were all veterans. Only the bottom lane players were a little younger.

The mid, top and jungle are all old enemies of the LPL.

The KT players also noticed TES, and the players from both sides exchanged glances.

TES had the upper hand in momentum, after all, they had defeated each of them several times before.

This is the confidence of TES!
Entering the competition venue, the two teams went their separate ways.

Entering the lounge, Lu Yi put down his bag and took out his mobile phone to play.

Everyone on the internet is discussing this BO5 now.

There is an interesting post in it, which counts how many times each KT player lost to TES.

If we really look at the results of the statistics in this post, KT has no chance of winning at all.

Of course, this kind of statistics is just for fun. The players on both sides have changed many times, so it cannot be generalized.

After a while, the time was almost up, Zhan Ma called out: "Get ready to go on stage, the first game is very important, play with our momentum, play with our style, Top Esports, we will win!"

On the other side, at the LPL division commentary booth, I remember explaining:

"Dear audience, welcome to the 2023 League of Legends World Championship. The upcoming knockout round will feature Top Esports, the No. seed from the LPL region, versus KT, the No. seed from the LCK region!" (End of this chapter)