LOL: The No. 1 Succubus in the eSports Circle

Chapter 164: German Cup Ends
(Before the German Cup final, there is a daily routine, playing some small games with the sisters. Although everyone likes to watch it, it is a bit too long after all, so I think I should just finish explaining the German Cup. Next, there will be a very long daily plot)

September 12 at 23:20 pm,
Xi'an Qujiang International Convention and Exhibition Center Hall B,
2018 Demacia Cup Xi'an Station Finals——SN vs IG!

Despite the high expectations before the game, many viewers still failed to expect that SN, which had been reorganized less than a month ago, would be able to play five full games with IG.

In the first game, SN played blue and IG played red. Both sides followed the exploratory principle and loosened up the BP, and each got a lineup that they were good at.

SN's lineup is Urgot on the top lane, Shen on the jungle, Galio on the mid lane, Sivir on the bottom lane, and Karma on the support.

IG's lineup is top lane Aatrox, jungle Xin Zhao, mid lane Irelia, bottom lane Kaisa, and support Thresh.

When both teams' junglers got Shen and Xin Zhao, the game between mid and jungle became particularly important, and the early tactical design of SN and IG also revolved entirely around mid and jungle.

Finally, relying on Cui Ze's signature Wolf Head Galio, SN had a better rhythm in the mid and jungle. They broke through Ning's Zhao Xin through flexible roaming support, and then frequently targeted the water and blue combination in the bottom lane, helping Sima Laozei and Sheshe establish a huge positional advantage.

In the mid-game, IG once counterattacked, trying to rely on the players' personal abilities to turn the tide of the battle. They did get some kills and defensive towers to replenish the economy, but the vanguard SN still held on.

At 27 minutes, SN ambushed and killed Ning in the jungle who failed to pick up the Thresh Lantern in time, and then quickly started to fight the Baron to force a team fight, trading one for three and getting the Baron buff.

With the help of the big dragon buff, SN broke through IG's middle and lower high ground.

At 29 minutes and a half, IG fought a desperate battle with the crumbling twin towers of Front Teeth, but unfortunately SN's economic advantage was too great. Even though they tried their best, they only replaced Galio and Shen, and finally their base was pushed down by SN in one wave.

In the second game, SN still played blue and IG still played red.

There were slight changes in the BP of both sides. SN's top lane was replaced by Crocodile, the jungle was replaced by Gragas, and the mid lane was replaced by Irelia; IG's top lane was replaced by Ornn, the jungle was replaced by Lee Sin, and the mid lane was replaced by Leblanc.

Facing Rookie's signature LeBlanc, Cui Ze failed to withstand the heavy laning pressure this time and was suppressed by 6 times in just 12 minutes - two full waves of soldiers!
Ning Wang completely stayed in the middle lane this time, acting as Rookie's bodyguard. He repeatedly obstructed the hacker's intention to help Cui Ze clear the line, and also won a 7v2 in the mid and jungle at 2 and a half minutes, completely establishing the advantage.

Just when everyone thought the game was over and IG was going to win the game with an overwhelming momentum, SN showed great resilience.

First, they relied on the crocodile's strong period to control the vanguard, helping Langxing to take the first blood tower in the top lane at 13 minutes. Then, at 15 minutes, they relied on the level 12 crocodile to win the dragon group, and once reversed the score and economy.

However, as Crocodile's strong period gradually passed and Ornn reached level 14 and could upgrade equipment for his teammates, the balance of victory gradually tilted towards IG.

This game lasted for 49 minutes. The double Cs of both teams had economic overflow, the top lane was in full control, and 4 Baron were killed in total. In the end, IG was more skilled and won the victory.

In the third game, the two sides exchanged positions, IG played blue and SN played red.

In the BP, both sides tacitly released the heroes of the version. IG grabbed Lucian, and SN counterattacked by locking down the Snake Girl on the first floor, and then took Urgot.

Afterwards, IG's BP remained unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations. The mid and jungle locked in the combination of Leblanc + Lee Sin, and SN's third floor took down Gragas for the jungle position.

In the second round of picks, SN locked Pike on the fourth floor, and IG got Aatrox and Thresh on the fourth and fifth floors respectively.

Until this point, everyone was looking forward to what hero SN would give to Cui Ze to challenge Rookie's signature LeBron James.

Akali and Galio are both on the ban list, Irelia was beaten in the last game, and the only core mages left in this version are Syndra, or Violet, who he has only used a few times in the ranking.

However, in the last second of the BP stage, SN locked in a hero that stunned everyone - Plague Twitch!
Mid lane Pike!

Mouse assist!

Everyone, including the IG team, was stunned by SN's extremely weird BP.

Once entering the game, the roles of mid laner Pike and support Rat quickly became apparent.

Cui Ze’s mid laner Pike’s talent point is not the mainstream electrocution, but aftershock!

As the laning phase went on, Rookie felt a headache because he found that Cui Ze's mid lane Pike and Akali were so similar.

Similarly, in the Resolve system, Second Wind + Resurgence is selected, plus the passive effect of Doran's Shield. Even if Leblanc uses a QWA or QWE combo to trigger Electrocute, Pike only needs to use W to go into the water, and most of the lost health can be restored immediately.

This is even more shameless than Akali with agility!

Rookie had a headache in the laning phase, but at least he could still get a few last hits. The water and blue combination in the bottom lane were in trouble.

In the same version T0, if Lucian plays well, he will not be at a disadvantage against Cassiopeia. If he can move around multiple times to twist away Cassiopeia's Q, he may be able to suppress her.

But if you add mice to the mix, it’s a completely different story.

Snake's E skill [Twin Fangs] can trigger additional damage when hitting a unit that is damaged by Alchemist's Q, Rat's passive, or Teemo's E skill passive!

The rat's passive ability [Death Venom] can last for 6 seconds!

As long as the rat can activate its passive ability, the snake girl can immediately transform into a spell machine gun, and Lucian and Thresh cannot withstand the damage of the snake and rat combination at all.

Facing this weird mid and support, IG was caught off guard and gave away another point. They were beaten by SN 2 to 1 and gave up the match point.

Unfortunately, the SN team's running-in time is still too short, and the unique tactics such as the mid laner Pike and the bottom support snake-rat combination can only be used once.

In the fourth game, IG returned to the red side and banned Pike, Cassiopeia, and Akali in the first round of BP. They would rather release Lucian than let SN play tricks again.

Although they got the AD Lucian in this version, SN still failed to seize this opportunity because JackeyLove also took out his signature Syndra and played a miraculous role, winning the MVP and helping the team catch up with the score. The two sides fought to a 2-2 tie.

At the Demacia Cup finals, the fifth game of SN vs IG has now reached the 32nd minute.

Both teams’ lineups and KDA:

蓝色方SN，上路厄加特1-5-2、打野青钢影1-3-3、中路杰斯4-2-1、下路死歌3-2-4、辅助卡尔玛1-4-3。

红色方IG，上路剑魔8-1-1、打野赵信2-2-4、中路佐伊1-4-6、下路卡莎5-1-3、辅助布隆0-2-10。

The total score is 10-13-13 vs 16-9-24, with an economic gap of 8.3k! "Ah, my brothers, I didn't play well in the laning phase and raised the Sword Demon."

Langxing's frustrated apology rang in the ears of the team members. He had always been able to gain a certain laning advantage when facing multiple top laners in the German Cup, including 369, who had sharp operations but lacked experience.

But facing the two-time world champion Duke, he failed to gain an advantage in the laning phase in the first four games except for the crocodile in the second game. Even in the only game where they gained an advantage in the laning phase, SN was the loser in the end.

After losing the fourth game, I returned to the preparation room and recalled Cui Ze's inspiring shouts and tricks, Hacker's reckless team fights, Sima Laoze's hand injury that became more and more unbearable as the number of games increased, and Sheshe's encouragement without negative emotions.
A voice suddenly appeared in Lang Xing’s mind: It’s your turn to stand up!

Yes, as a captain, even if you don’t have to carry every game, at least you should do your best to contribute your strength at such a crucial moment.

We are just one small game away from defeating IG and the new world champion!
Unfortunately, it backfired.

Facing the suddenly aggressive Langxing, Duke brought out his keen sense of smell and profound experience as a world champion. He first pretended to be weak and defeated the enemy, and then called Ning Wang to come to the top lane to withdraw the money.

In 12 minutes, the score was 3-0 with the Sword Demon, and in 13 minutes, the first blood tower in the top lane was destroyed, completely turning Lang Xing into a Muggle.

Cui Ze had no complaints and encouraged passionately: "It's okay, Brother Lang. Everyone gets carried away sometimes. Didn't I get crushed in the second game? We still have a chance. We will fight with our backs against the wall in the next wave. Zoe doesn't do much damage. As long as we kill Kaisa in one second, we still have a chance!"

Although he didn't want to say anything unlucky, Sheshe still reported the information truthfully: "Jack's flash should be ready. It will be difficult for us to open it in the next wave. Besides, he seemed to be fine before. He has already bought a stopwatch."

SN’s internal voice chat fell into silence.

How to kill Kaisa with flash and stopwatch?
Hacker's flash hasn't been ready yet, but Wolf has flashed. But will JackeyLove give Urgot a chance to use E flash?
With JackeyLove's aggressive style of play, he might be given this opportunity, but there is a high probability that Urgot will be half-crippled by the Aatrox before he can get within the distance to flash Kaisa back with E.

not to mention.
Duke appeared in the field of vision again, and all SN members clearly saw from the equipment panel that the Sword Demon had already purchased his fifth piece of equipment - Guardian Angel.

Aatrox with Youmeng, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, Resurrection Armor + Cloth Armor Boots, rushing over with the Ultimate Destruction activated. Who can withstand his damage?
At 33 minutes and 26 seconds, as IG played a beautiful 0-for-5 exchange and pushed down the blue side SN's base, the 2018 Demacia Winter Cup finally came to an end.

Miller and Wawa on the commentary stand congratulated IG, while also praising SN's amazing performance.

Miller: "Wow, I have to say this little lion team really gave us a big surprise in the German Cup!"

Wawa: "Yes, in fact, as early as the transfer period, after SN's new season lineup was gradually revealed, many players felt that this little lion had strong paper strength, and their performance in the past few days has lived up to expectations and lived up to the expectations of players, viewers and fans."

Miller: "For a team that has gone through a lot of changes, in just less than a month of running-in period, they were able to make it all the way to the German Cup finals and get the runner-up, and they played a full five games against IG. I think SN's reorganization this season has been quite successful!"

Wawa: "Indeed, but I still want to congratulate IG for defeating SN, a strong challenger, without any danger, and finally defending their honor as world champions!"

In the live audience, almost no fans of the SN team left. After seeing the players packing up and preparing to leave one by one, they shouted loudly to cheer for them and applaud their performance today.

After the Demacia Cup Xi'an Station in the past few days, SN has attracted a lot of attention from passers-by and converted them into fans with its unique style of play and wonderful performance. The sales of team peripherals on Suning's official website have increased significantly.

For fans: It is not shameful to lose to IG, the new world champion.

The little lions have done a great job!
Looking at the enthusiastic fans below the stage, Cui Ze smiled slightly, waved to them, and then followed Snake Mother back to the backstage.

After returning to the lounge, the hacker sat on the gaming chair, adjusted the backrest and lay back, like a salted fish, shouting: "Oh, I'm finally done. I'm so tired, I really want to sleep in."

Cui Ze smiled and said, "We will finish the German Cup today and take a flight back to Shanghai at noon tomorrow. If you don't stay up late, you will definitely get enough sleep."

Lang Xing also laughed: "If he didn't stay up late, he wouldn't be called Yang Zhihao!"

Although the defeat was regrettable, there was no unpleasant atmosphere within the team.

No one thought they could beat IG at first, but they were able to win the German Cup runner-up in less than a month, which is already a very good result.

Just like what Sima Laozei said yesterday, if they continue to work together like this, SN will indeed have a chance to qualify for the World Championship this year!
After the German Cup came to an end, the SN team returned directly to the hotel and had dinner in the hotel restaurant.

It’s not that the club is unwilling to spend money to celebrate, but mainly after playing the BO5 with IG, the players are a little dizzy and exhausted.

What’s more, I just had barbecue yesterday, and I have to take the final photos for the spring season as soon as I return to Shanghai tomorrow.

So tonight, let the boys have a good rest.

While eating, everyone was talking about the arrangements before the spring season.

In the next half month, SN team's schedule is:

On the 23rd, the German Cup finals will be played;
On the 24th, we took the final photos for the spring season;
On the 25th, all staff will have a rest;

On the 26th, normal competition and training resumed.

On January 1, attended the LPL players’ annual meeting.

During the normal training and competition period, players actually just clock in at work every day, schedule training matches and review games in the afternoon and evening, and then compete and live stream on their own late at night.

Once the training and competition start, there is usually not much time for entertainment. After all, we achieved a good result in the German Cup and played five full games against the world champion IG and won the runner-up.

The players are in high spirits now, and they are all looking forward to continuing their excellent performance in the German Cup after the spring season starts.

Therefore, the next half month is destined to be extremely busy.

But before that, it's time for the beautiful Rita to fulfill her obligations as a girlfriend.

Before officially moving into the SN base, I did have a semi-cohabitation experience with Sister Rita. In the beginning, I was sent to sleep in the guest room, but later I could share the same bed with my good sister. However, I never took the last step.

So. Tonight?

Thanks to Rechengx for the 1500 points reward

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