Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 452: Like to laugh? (Part )

The atmosphere in the Blue Rain Base was relatively relaxed at this time.

This game has little to do with LPL. Except for Fanhua, which will meet one of the two in the semi-finals, the other three teams are basically there to watch the fun.

Of course, we also need to "learn" the two teams' more outstanding BP routines.

As for Zeng Zhuojun, who came just to watch the fun, although he had never played a game of LOL before, he did not have much difficulty in understanding.

After all, there were several tactical masters around him, helping him explain every detail of the game.

"What's the strength of these two teams?" The child pointed at the two teams of ten people entering the venue.

"...In theory, they are both at the championship level. The European team was the world runner-up in the spring, but lost to us in the final." Zhang Jiale, who was concentrating on watching the game, answered fluently.

"I was very confused at one point during the group stage, but now I've basically found my form again. I think I'm still a favorite to win the championship."

Although he said so, it was clear that Zhang Jiale's tone did not show much respect or fear for G2.

There is no way. LPL must have focused on studying G2's game content, and the result is that it is found that their game content is not much different from that in the spring.

Maybe after replacing Bai Shu in the top lane, the team will be more stable and difficult to break through than Wunder, but whether in terms of game understanding or technical and tactical level, the breakthroughs are far less than the progress of the East Asian teams.

Especially in a version that places great emphasis on vision and operations, some of G2's eye position selection and BP ideas seem a bit outdated and out of date in the eyes of LPL.

Zhang Jiale and his team thought G2 was hiding something on purpose, but when they saw that G3 still had no tactical improvements when the game was 3-, and only the players' performance improved, they had to consider a possibility:
In the LEC, where the frequency of activities is high and operations are relatively less emphasized, G2's operational level has been affected by the overall environment and is not as good as before.

Therefore, while LEC viewers are looking forward to the future because of G2's improved form, LPL viewers are generally not optimistic about their prospects of advancing.

Reaching the finals is basically a dream.

As for the eight to four——

“What about SKT in LCK? I’m not really sure about their strength.” He felt a little embarrassed when talking about SKT.

SKT played almost six different overall appearances in the six games of the group stage.

Simply put, they are seeking change in every game.

Sometimes it is a sudden and sudden surge, such as the two duels with Fanhua. In the first game, they were beaten badly, but in the second game, it seemed that they were able to gain some points.

Sometimes, we stay where we are or even take a small step back. This usually happens when we are testing the lineup.

But generally speaking, a team that can make drastic changes in such a short adjustment period must be difficult to deal with.

Zhang Jiale recalled the training matches he had arranged with the two teams before, and something felt wrong.

On the G2 side, Fanhua deliberately reserved three-point of their strength. Although they also tried tactics, they did not fully display them. They just verified the feasibility.

Even so, both training matches were able to create some small advantages, but generally both sides would actively exit the game after the experiment to ensure that the training match did not leave any mark, so they would generally not fight to the end.

Therefore, these small suppressions were not completely transformed into one or two sure-win team fights in the training match. Judging from the scene alone, it seemed that the two teams were fighting back and forth.

But in fact, compared with the flowers that are really fighting fiercely with each other, the value of this is incomparable.

So in Zhang Jiale's opinion, in this game, the balance of victory is basically tilted towards SKT.

As for how much the score has tilted, it depends on whether G2 can perform any miracles.

While we were chatting, the entrance ceremony was basically completed.

"Let's Go, G2!"

"Let's Go, G2!"

Because it is LEC, or more broadly speaking, it may be the last hope of European and American lol games, and no LPL team will appear.

Therefore, the proportion of foreign fans among the audience of this game is quite considerable.

After G2 came on stage, they also received uniform and vigorous cheers.

However, even with such strong support, it seemed that the G2 team did not relax much.

At least this time, they had no intention of continuing the fun-filled gameplay they usually used when they appeared in the LEC.

Obviously, even though they were laughing happily on the day of the draw, G2 did not lack the necessary attention for their opponent SKT.

However, if they cannot win, no matter how serious their attitude is, it cannot make up for their previous exaggerated performance.

As for SKT, there are not many South Korean fans who come to Guangzhou specifically to cheer for SKT. Although the local people are relatively friendly towards SKT, they are not to the point of cheering for them from the bottom of their hearts.

At most, we can just cheer and give a formal encouragement.

But the SKT players obviously don’t care much.

Their aura now is obviously much stronger than when they first started playing in the group stage.

Especially Faker.

Behind the pair of glasses that he had recently worn, those seventeen-year-old eyes already had the domineering aura that belonged to a top-level strong man.

The one who was cheered by the whole audience felt like he was facing a great enemy, while the one with less voice was calm and composed.

"Why do I feel that the South Korean team seems to be a little more competitive?" Zeng Zhuojun tried to ask. Even though Zeng Zhuojun didn't know much about it, he could vaguely sense that the overall status of the two teams didn't seem to match.

The intuition he had developed from years of competing in the arena made him vaguely feel that SKT seemed to be the one with a better chance of becoming the champion.

Especially their young mid laner.

Soon, the first round of BP began.

"They are all quite conservative. They are still testing the waters in the first round."

Both sides made relatively conservative choices during the BP, and there were no fancy moves that could wow the audience as soon as they were picked.

Such as Jayce vs. Rumble, Ezreal Karma vs. Caitlyn Zyra, Ryze vs. Dragon King... In short, they are all relatively formulaic matchups.

The players on both sides have no shortcomings in their hero pool and can only choose hard.

The cheers from the local audience all around began to grow louder.

The game without any fancy moves means that the next game will be a pure test of the basic skills of both sides.

Such matches are generally played at a higher level, and there won't be situations where weak teams rely on fancy tactics to pull off their attacks.

Both teams have good basic skills, and in terms of pure strength, they are both benchmark teams in their respective regions. Obviously, there will be a fierce battle between the two teams.

But is this really the case?

"Something's not right about this line..." Zhang Jiale frowned slightly.

"In the spring, the mid lane was still going back and forth, so why did the gap suddenly widen in the summer?"

Even he, a spectator, could tell that something was wrong, let alone CAPS himself on the field.

That's not right...

Obviously, in the spring, the feeling of playing against the mid laner named Faker was not like this...

Why do I feel such a suffocating feeling?
CAPS couldn't help but think back to the spring, when he was laning against Faker in the semifinals.

At that time, Faker's operation was even more gorgeous than it is now. He was aggressive, daring to fight, daring to suppress, and full of personal heroism, which also put a lot of pressure on CAPS.

But it's just that the pressure is not small.

Both of them are talented teenagers, and CAPS also has his own pride. He admits that in terms of pure operation, the opponent may be slightly better than him, but that gap is not impossible to make up, and he is not powerless to fight back.

Even because the opponent's style of play at that time was too focused on suppression and breakthroughs, it would occasionally reveal some flaws. CAPS was able to seize the opportunity and reverse the situation in one fell swoop.

Ask Jankos to come to the middle lane to gank more often, and no matter how strong Faker is, he won’t be able to make much waves.

That’s how they made Faker play three consecutive “try-hard games” in the spring.

But now, Faker is still the same Faker, and even his operation is much more simple and unpretentious than before, and he no longer blindly pursues advantages.

But what on earth is this damn suffocating feeling?

Everything was flawless and done according to plan. The laning phase was clearly going on normally and I didn't fall behind in terms of last-hitting.

But there is an inexplicable feeling of suffocation that makes it hard to breathe.

It seemed as if everything was under the control of the old rival wearing glasses.

But if CAPS really calms down and develops against the opponent, he will immediately pay the price for underestimating the enemy.

In the previous wave, CAPS returned to the city by the bush and was harassed three times by Faker's Dragon King. However, the Dragon King's positioning was cautious and decisive enough, and CAPS didn't even have a chance to hit him.

The result of being delayed in returning to the city was that he lost an entire wave of soldiers, and suddenly fell behind in both economy and experience.

But this seemed to be just the beginning of the nightmare of laning against Faker.

Why could he put so much pressure on me? CAPS couldn't figure it out.

What made him shudder was that he vaguely felt that Faker seemed to be breaking away from the ranks of the "top mid laners" he was in and slowly moving towards another level.

As to what that level is, CAPS does not know.

He also doesn't know how Faker did it.

By the time he came back online, a wave of lanes had already been lost, and the initiative was firmly in Faker's hands. If there were any moves in other lanes next, Faker already had the power to provide support first.

What's worse is that he is already the only one in relatively good condition among the three lines.

On the road——

"Rambo was suppressed quite badly..."

"This Jayce is quite good. He was quite effective when he fought us before, but Lao Zhao held up well."

"It seems that the top laners in LCK have been favoring Jayce recently. When we met that player, Smeb also liked to use him, and the effect was pretty good, although it was quite difficult to beat Tang."

Amid the comments from people inside and outside the arena, Jace on the screen suddenly raised his giant hammer high:
"Shock wave!"

(End of this chapter)