Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 427 Quota Determined
After the most crucial battle, the situation in the qualifying round became clearer.

Although SSG lost a game because they did not have all their main players, the outcome of one game was not enough for them to worry about a place in the main competition.

For LGM, apart from SSG, there are no other opponents that will give them a headache in the qualifying stage.

It can be said that both sides can temporarily fall into a period of superficial relaxation.

Of course, we don’t know how competitive these teams are in private.

Apart from the two strong teams, MAD from LEC made a fortune in silence. Their strength was not a problem and they did not have any setbacks afterwards, so they firmly took the third place.

They have to thank Tencent Esports for not adding too many designs to the qualifying round when planning the event, which allowed them to advance without any pressure.

Otherwise, according to the competition system of a certain parallel world, even if they got the third place, they would have to play another round of BO5 with other teams below.

"The qualifying round is a heart-pounding game. Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back."

"And most of the teams that will enter the play-in zone, except for a few, are not that good at BO5 and cannot muster the tactical reserves needed for a BO5 against a strong team."

"In that case, why not let them decide the outcome in one game in the field they are best at?"

When the competition system was being decided, someone said this, and the result was decided.

It turns out that this change in the competition system is indeed quite suitable for the teams in the qualifying round.

The one-round, one-round format is a bit cruel, but it also allows them to have no worries.

Anyway, the two teams will only play against each other once in the qualifying round, so they might as well show their understanding of themselves and the opponent in this game.

With this mentality, the level of competition may not rise too much, but the intensity will definitely be high.

It just so happens that the game scenes of the summer season are a little bit hypnotic, and the qualifying rounds can be said to have given players a refreshing experience.

As for the fourth spot...

Believe it or not, there are currently three teams attacking this position.

The first one is TL.

After suffering three consecutive defeats at the beginning, perhaps they were finally awakened a little, or perhaps they had basically encountered all the opponents who could be defeated at the beginning.

They finally started winning games.

Unicorns in small regions like DFM, with a lot of buffs, are really scarce. It is still a bit difficult for the remaining teams to fill the gap in combat power with TL.

However, their attack was just an attack.

The two teams competing with them for the last spot, DFM and AHQ, both won in their matches against them.

This victory is there, and if they want to get into the top four, they can only wait for a miracle.

Otherwise, they will have to win all the BO1s against SSG and MAD to have a chance to play a tiebreaker with the other two teams.

Otherwise, we have to expect them to both fail when facing weak teams.

As for DFM and AHQ, their advancement basically depends entirely on the collision between them.

As long as you don't fail and win, you are guaranteed to play in the extra game.

So, time passed day by day, and as one key battle after another was fought, the situation became clearer and clearer.

First up is SSG vs. TL.

How to say it, although this was TL's rebirth battle, it was obvious that their courage and determination could not make up for the huge strength gap between the two teams.

Especially when SSG was also furious.

Although we gave up a fat general, we still lost to LGM. It is impossible to say that these guys were not angry.

Especially crown.

Just act to the end. Since it has been confirmed that the crown can be used, General Pawn will not appear in person before the group stage.

The current Crown is no longer the unlucky one that experienced a sharp decline in S7 because its championship was not recognized and its morale was frustrated.

Although he was a little timid in front of An Bixin, it was only limited to An Bixin.

I beat you, a TL, and you still dare to shout?
Thus, another Zero Dragon Tower appeared.

Ah, not just zero dragon towers, but zero kills and zero dragon towers. He was beaten as dizzy as the Vietnamese prisoners of war in front of the five-time champion.

The key is that SSG doesn't seem like an LPL team, they have no grudge against TL.

So when we pushed the enemy to the end, we had no intention of bullying the fountain.

As a result, TL's idea of ​​exchanging a kill to maintain their dignity while SSG was killing at the fountain was unsuccessful.

After this game, there was already wailing in North America.

After losing this game, TL no longer has enough points to compete for the fourth place.

They became the first seeded team to be eliminated among the so-called four major regions.

"No, TL is just this?"

"How many foreign players have LCS teams bought? Have they changed? It's just a change of name... Wunder and the others are playing top lane, can he play top lane? No, he doesn't have the ability, you know... After China lost, it lost to Taiwan, after Taiwan lost, it lost to Japan, after Japan lost, it lost to Korea, and then there is nothing left to lose... They don't care about their dignity anymore!"

"Considering that their No. 2 seed is also ours, how about giving the spot to Taiwan next time? I think their level is pretty good."

……

In China alone, a large number of viewers were dumbfounded by the precarious situation of the LCS seeds.

Strictly speaking, the only team left in LCS is C9.

Even this C9 team has an IMPACT from LCK.

All I can say is, the future is bleak.

LPL audiences are watching the show like this, let alone the LCS locals.

Apart from anything else, Wunder probably won't be able to survive in the LCS next year.

There are already angry LCS fans investigating whether he is a spy sent by G2 to the LCS to drag down the team. With his current reputation, the LCS will definitely not reserve a place for him next year.

As for LEC... G2's meaning is very clear: as long as Bai Shu doesn't leave, they will never consider other top laners.

Wunder's old teammates said this in a recent interview:
"You know, Bai Shu is my brother. We have fought side by side and defeated many opponents. This guy is incredibly strong. I think we can have a good chemistry as a team of five and bring G2 not 1, not 2, not 3... championships!"

"As for Wunder? I wish him all the best in the LCS."

As for SSG, who was able to achieve such results despite playing as a substitute, and the LCK he represents, they have already attracted the attention of all other teams.

Although I don't understand how they managed to complete the transformation in just a few months, now that things have come to this, all we can do is study and come up with countermeasures.

The other regions feel somewhat hopeless at the thought of competing with such a supernova and the already established LPL.

Is it true that the future championship will be monopolized by these two regions?

…Another day passed, and the showdown between AHQ and DFM finally took place.

The two teams withstood the pressure and did not suffer any setbacks when facing weaker teams.

Now, whoever wins this dialogue will get the final spot.

Before the game, many people were more optimistic about AHQ.

Among the two top seeds in the LMS region, they certainly can’t beat Flash Wolves, but their configuration is pretty good.

According to preliminary assessments of the LPL and LCK, Flash Wolves is considered to be a strong team capable of reaching the quarterfinals or even the semifinals.

Their jungler Karsa is a ruthless guy, while players like mid laner Maple, bottom laner Betty and Snake are all good players.

On the road... On the road is steak, let’s not discuss it for now.

As for AHQ, their mid laner Ximen Yeshuo is also a very good player.

His strength can be said to stand out among the mid laners in this qualifying tournament.

But their overall strength is much weaker, and the strength of the top lane is average, but they are unexpectedly very keen on attacking and are a reckless bunch.

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For DFM, who focuses on the top lane, this is definitely an opportunity. With EVI's sophisticated awareness and steady play style, they have the opportunity to cooperate with the jungler to make a breakthrough in the top lane.

But now, everyone in DFM is still preparing for the next BP, and there is one thing that bothers them.

With their abilities, they can't lay out layers of arrangements in BP like LPLLCK or even induce opponents to choose a specific lineup. What they can do is to put pressure on the strongest opponent by banning.

It is definitely aimed at Simon, there is no need to think about it.

But the question is, what to ban?
"He hasn't used Fizz since the play-in round, right? Should we really ban him? I think we should ban Lich or Ice Witch?" someone suggested.

It is no secret in LMS that Ximen’s Murloc is very strong.

DFM, who had done a lot of research on AHQ, naturally also got the news.

But the problem is that after the S game version changes, Fizz's priority in the mid lane is very low, and so far, his BP rate is even zero.

Including AHQ itself, no team has ever banned or selected this naughty little guy in the S game.

Does Simon dare to take it?
"I think we still have to ban it. For a team like ours, at critical moments, we can only trust the knife we ​​are most confident in!"

Bottom lane player yutapon said so. This guy is older and looks even older. Among the young people who are generally 18 or 19 years old, he looks like an uncle.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he showed the unique Japanese middle school temperament.

"But banning like this is too risky. We can't even target the popular ones in this version?" the coach objected.

After playing the three-ban version for a full year, most teams have begun to feel that just three ban positions are not enough to meet tactical needs.

This is a good thing, which means that these teams have finally reached a certain level of BP.

The official has already announced in advance that the BP mode with two rounds and five ban positions will be officially launched next year, but that will have to wait until next season.

There are only three ban positions available at the moment. If we really leave one for Fizz, it will be even more stretched.

While the two were arguing, EVI, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shouted happily, "Yes! That's it!"

He had been looking for some videos since a while ago, and now, he finally got some results.

During the S League, there will definitely be few participating players who will do live broadcasts to play ranked games or something like that.

But not broadcasting live doesn’t mean their ranked matches won’t be spread.

Those OB anchors will not give up such a huge amount of traffic.

And just now, EVI found a crucial game.

Come to think of it, this match wasn’t even posted by obAHQ and Simon’s bloggers.

Instead, it was sent by Ye Xiu’s OB anchor, Ximen’s opponent in that match.

Moreover, in China, the popularity is not low.

The reason was very simple. In that game, Ye Xiu was killed by Ximen's Fizz.

And he killed twice alone.

Seeing Ximen's extremely elegant e-flash directly predicting Ye Xiu's flash, completing the kill under the tower and then leaving leisurely, everyone in DFM looked at each other in surprise.

You know, among the mid laners in LPL, Ye Xiu has the lowest number of solo kills, and he has almost never been solo killed by his opponent. He is truly powerful.

The result was that he was repeatedly defeated by the LMS runner-up mid laner.

"No, this is Fizz? Is this the strength a hero who has never appeared in the World Championships should have?"

Although there are certainly objective reasons for this, such as Ye Xiu not using his full strength and not being sufficiently prepared for the unpopular version, this is definitely a scary enough record.

You know, although his opponent has never declared it, he has been regarded by quite a number of people as the No. 1 mid laner in LPL and even in the world.

Seeing how a player as strong as Ye Xiu was defeated by Ximen's Fizz in this game, everyone in DFM stared at each other in amazement, and no one mentioned the ban issue anymore.

They were not so arrogant as to think that they could deal with this fishman better than Ye Xiu.

……

So on the day of the game, the DFM coach leisurely banned Fizz in front of the angry eyes of all AHQ members.

"Fuck! Why would they ban me after I haven't used it for so long?"

Westdoor's eyes, which looked sleep deprived, were now wide open.
He really couldn't understand why the Fizz he had hidden for so long was picked out and banned by them?

Looking at the three ban positions of DFM with "Murloc Card XX face", Ximen could feel the full malice towards him.

We can't let him rob the person, can we?
DFM might not have thought that their targeting of Ximen not only restricted the opponent's heroes, but also broke the opponent's mentality.

Ximen has been practicing Fizz intensively these days just to create a highlight moment like this to save the team from danger at the critical moment.

However, the enemy nipped it in the bud.

He is the type who is better at spell assassins and assassins than mages, and all his signature heroes have been banned.

With a mental breakdown, my actions immediately became distorted.

"Eh? Wasn't he able to kill Hua Xia's Ye alone? Why doesn't he seem that strong?"

During the game, DFM's mid laner gave this comment.

Without the strong threat of Ximen, DFM successfully executed their tactics of holding on to the other lanes while the jungler focused on helping the top lane to open up the situation.

When EVI uses Jayce, who is extremely fat, to shout a shock wave and can take away half of the opponent's blood,
"It turns out that judging a team in the summer by its performance in the spring is not objective enough."

"DFM, who were severely suppressed by Flash Wolves in the spring, completed their revenge this summer and defeated AHQ, a strong enemy from the LMS region!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, they will be the only team in this World Championship that does not belong to one of the four major regions!"

(End of this chapter)