I'm the chef in T1. The fatter Li Ge is, the stronger I am.

Chapter 166 Because the Qualifiers were too boring, I decided to add something new to the Group Stage!
"Nice!"

"Well done!"

"Puhu, this Tam is really skilled! I saw him save Yu Ge in several waves!"

“Humph~ That must be amazing! Only those who mainly play ADC know how difficult it is for ADC to fight in a team!”

"You all are so strong! I'm going crazy under your crotch!"

Everyone stood up from their seats, talking and laughing, and after chatting for a while, they walked towards the SKT soundproof room.

The SKT players who were packing up their peripherals saw Wang Yu coming with new teammates, and everyone had a different expression on their face.

Huni felt that the loss was very unfair.

The cause of all this started with the wave of rats in the top lane triggering the censer.

As long as the rat does not trigger the censer's lifesucking and attack speed bonus.

He can survive, and then he can kill the rat, and then continue to operate with the barrel, and at least he can kill another one!
However, no matter how confused he was, Huni didn't have the nerve to ask Wang Yu.

"Master!"

Blank's expression was extremely respectful. He bent over 90 degrees, buried his face in the ground, and held Wang Yu's hands tightly.

Hear this title.

Wang Yu scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

He was joking when he said he wanted to take Blank as his apprentice.

Unexpectedly, Blank took it seriously and called himself the "Master" and Bengi the "Second Master".

"Shanjiu, just call me Brother Yu like before. I haven't taught you anything."

"That won't do! I can become SKT's starting jungler now, half of the credit goes to you, and half of the credit goes to Second Master!"

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The corner of Wang Yu's mouth twitched.

Decided not to discuss this topic any further.

Release the hand that is shaking with Blank.

Wang Yu came to Faker again.

The two smiled at each other and hugged each other briefly for a few seconds.

"Brother Yu, you guys are the answer to this year's version!" Faker said admiringly.

You should know that the "version answer" of the World Championship every year is first announced by the LCK region.

But this year the situation is different.

Before the game starts.

The LCK region has the same understanding as other regions, believing that the current mainstream version is soft supports with shields.

According to BP priority.

Luo, who has multiple displacement skills, instant team-fighting capabilities, and self-protection capabilities, ranks first.

Janna and Lulu, who can protect both ADC and themselves, are the second choices.

The third tier is more extreme supports such as Nami, Sorcerer, Karma, and Sona.

As for hard supports like Tam, Thresh, and Nahm, they have almost all been abandoned by the LCK coaching staff and are only chosen when they are forced to do so.

But after the game is over.

Faker had a strong premonition in his heart.

Next, the other two LCK teams will immediately use this lineup of the TOP1 team to experiment in the first round of the group stage!
Once it is confirmed to be feasible.

In subsequent games, the LCK region will no longer use such a rigid lineup of a fixed soft support and a normal attack ADC.

As long as the lineup changes, the choices made during BP will also lead to countless divergent lines.

The source of all this was that TOP1 used an "unconventional" lineup in a BO1 match.

[Like the butterfly effect]

[A butterfly flapped its wings on the other side of the ocean, and finally triggered a terrifying tornado]

Two passages from a book he had read not long ago suddenly popped up in Faker's mind.

“We discovered it by accident!”

Wang Yu responded very modestly.

The two didn't chat for long.

After all, the referee next to him was still urging him on.

There will be six BO1 matches every day in the group stage, and each team will have unique roles. Some players have special requirements, so the official usually reserves about 1 to 10 minutes before the start of the game to prevent unexpected events.

"Brother Yu, see you in the second round!"

"Ah."

Shaking hands with Bang and Wolf.

Wang Yu led his teammates to the center of the stage, bowed to the audience in front of them to express their gratitude, and then returned to the soundproof room to pack up the peripherals.

The third game is AHQ vs. C9.

Not much attention.

It can be seen from the amount of barrage in each live broadcast room that many viewers have already gone to the post-match interviews, waiting for the interview with the TOP1 player.

Duke and imp went to the LCK region to be interviewed together.

The LCS region is under the charge of Xiye and Xiao Ming.

Wang Yu came to the LPL region alone to accept the post-match interview.

Rita, who was in charge of the interview, saw Wang Yu coming and greeted him.

After a brief discussion between the two, the interview officially began.

"Welcome Emolove. How does it feel to defeat your old team SKT?" Rita said as she handed the microphone to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu took the microphone with a smile and said to the camera: "Of course I feel very happy after winning the game!"

"I see it!"

Rita smiled slightly and then asked the first question!
"Does Emolove remember the timeout around the 8th minute mark in the game?"

"At that time, the SKT players reported that you used a game bug to trigger the censer, but we all know that it was not a game bug. However, no one figured out how you did it until the end of the game. Can you reveal more about this?"

Listening to this question, it was exactly what I expected.

In fact, Wang Yu had considered whether or not to use this mechanism in the group stage before the game started.

After kkoma learned of Wang Yu’s thoughts, he gave a corresponding explanation.

"Xiaoyu, do you think the quarterfinals/semifinals are the real world competition?"

“This idea is actually wrong.”

"Sometimes the BO1 format in the group stage is the most deadly. Many strong teams want to hide their tactics and save them for the quarterfinals or semifinals."

"But they overlooked one thing! The BO1 format has the most variables! You can't be sure whether other teams in the same group will use their best moves in the group stage just to advance to the quarterfinals."

As the saying goes, true and false.

Dare to use this lineup in the group stage and win the game.

First of all.

Got the points.

Second.

In the first game of the group stage, TOP1 took out the mechanism understanding of the hard auxiliary triggering the censer.

When facing the TOP1, other teams dare not use any special tricks.

After all, the prerequisite for using the special move is that the two teams have similar understanding of the version, so they just have to rely on this wave of special moves.

The players may not think too much about it.

But the coach must take all aspects into consideration.

just in case!

What other tricks does the TOP1 team have?
Instead of leaving your special moves to an uncertain opponent, it is better to leave them to other teams in the same group.

After reaching this conclusion, Wang Yu decided to use this lineup in the first group match.

"Um"

"There's nothing to hide. In the next game, there will definitely be other teams that will try to replicate the lineup we just used."

"In short, the new version of the talent: Stoneborn Contract can trigger the censer after the deceleration effect is achieved."

"From now on, the audience will no longer have to watch soft supports fighting each other's hair, and no longer have to wait for both ADCs to develop each other for 30 minutes before the game ends."

Wang Yu's words have already said everything that can be said.

only.

To the audience, these words had a different meaning.

[Let me translate for everyone, Brother Emo: I am so sleepy watching the qualifying rounds! ]

[So what Emo means is: Because the Qualifiers were too boring, I decided to add something new to the Group Stage? ]

[Hahaha, the description of soft and support pinching each other's hair is too descriptive! ] [The qualifying match is indeed the best hypnotic video, the commentary is not passionate at all, and I could hear the sound of last-hitting in my dreams a few days ago! ]

Just when Wang Yu was being interviewed.

on the stage.

The third game also began.

AHQ vs. C9!

As an LCS region that likes to "research" new things, the C9 team directly copied the lineup of the TOP1 team in this game and made some slight modifications.

For example, the snake girl in the middle lane became Ryze, and the rat in the jungle became Kindred.

Although the heroes have changed, the core has not changed at all.

Kindred only lacks the instantaneous burst damage compared to Rat, but has excellent self-protection ability.

The LPL region interview area in the backstage.

It was learned that in the upcoming third game, there was already a team imitating the TOP1 lineup.

Rita's mouth opened wide.

She thought that after the fourth or fifth game, some teams would start practicing.

But never thought about it.
As soon as the previous game ended, a team started to experience the next game firsthand!
This is proof enough.

The lineup and game understanding demonstrated by TOP1 are so important to other teams participating in the World Championship!
But Wang Yu shook his head slightly, as if disappointed with the results shown by C9.

at first.

The audience was still confused.

After all, judging from the lineups of both teams.

It is obvious that the optimized C9 lineup can win the game more easily.

Kindred's sustained combat capability is much stronger than Rat's, and it also has a lot of tolerance.

Even if the game is accidentally dragged into the late stage, C9 does not have to worry at all. They can let Kindred stack up the layers and then end the game.

However.
As the third game progresses.

The result surprised the audience!
The AHQ team defeated the C9 team with almost absolute advantage!

Also a jungle core hero.

Kindred was unable to stack more than five layers until the end of the game!

First is the laning phase.

Because of the two melee tanks in the bottom lane.

AHQ team's ADC Tristana developed extremely quickly, and in less than ten minutes, he destroyed the bottom lane tower. He then began to switch lanes and fight for control of the map vision, preventing Kindred from invading his jungle to plunder the mark.

And wait until the team fight.

The AHQ team's handling method was also extremely simple and crude.

Focus fire on Kindred and kill it instantly!
Even Imp, who had rich competition experience, had to play countless training matches before he was finally able to take care of Wang Yu from a supporting perspective in this game.

The ADC player of the C9 team, who had never tried this lineup, did not protect his jungler teammate during the team fight.

Kindred was being targeted by five opponents, so even if he used his ultimate, the time and environment for his output were very difficult.

And when Kindred died.

C9 quickly lost the team fight.

Several consecutive waves were disastrous defeats.

After the economic snowball rolled, the AHQ team quickly ended the game and stopped the game time at 29 minutes!

After the C9 team's personal experience.

The next three games.

The other six teams no longer dared to copy the lineup of the TOP1 team.

The game once again entered a rhythm that was extremely torturous to the audience.

But the next day.

Things have changed dramatically!
First game.

SSG vs. G2.

The lineup of the blue side G2 team is: top lane Titan, jungle Sejuani, mid lane Card, ADC Caitlyn, and support Ashe.

The red side SSG team lineup is: top lane Shen, jungle Olaf, mid lane Lil'Glengar, ADC Tristana, and support Leona.

The moment when the game enters the loading screen.

The whole scene immediately became lively!

the reason is simple.

The talents of the five heroes, Titan, Sejuani, Ashe, Olaf, and Leona, are all Stoneborn Contract!
Just half a day.

The coaching staff of G2 and SSG have already studied the game lineup of the TOP1 team and developed a lineup suitable for their own team's players!
The game has just started.

An extremely fierce battle broke out between the two teams.

Relying on his super strong combat power in the early stage, Olaf frequently invaded Sejuani's jungle area, compressing Sejuani's development space.

Caitlyn and Ashe relied on their long arms to almost suppress Lucian and Leona so that they couldn't even touch the minions.

The game time is ten minutes!
Another scene that has never appeared before appeared!

Olaf and Frost simultaneously revealed the Burning Censer!

One relies on [Countercurrent Throw] to help his ADC trigger the censer special effect.

One uses the slowing effect of each normal attack to help his ADC trigger the censer special effect.

The game time has just reached 11 minutes.

Both teams chose to start a large-scale 4V4 team battle in the bottom lane.

In the end, Tristana got a triple kill and SSG took the first little dragon.

The audience thought that SSG, which had gained the advantage, would go smoothly and end the game quickly.

But when the game was 17 minutes in.

The second most important piece of equipment for Frost: Hurricane!
The G2 team's lineup also entered its peak period.

The mixed damage equipment of the mid-lane Card makes up for the lineup's lack of output. The stable control brought by the W skill combined with the policewoman's clamp, once the censer is triggered, even Leona with the W skill activated will be controlled to death by these two squishy outputs!

The economic gap went from 5,000 to 2,000, and then the economic gap was eliminated.

The two sides fought back and forth.

The players watching the game said it was very exciting.

The game was 35 minutes in.

SSG used Shen's solo lane to contain Titan, and then had Leona and Olaf deliberately stand in G2's field of vision near the middle river to ambush people. Lich and Tristana successfully stole the Baron.

After getting the Baron buff, SSG gradually used operations and pulling to widen the economic gap again.

40 minutes.

The policewoman, who has not yet obtained six pieces of equipment, has entered a brief period of weakness, while Tristana, who has reached level 18, has officially started to exert her strength.

After a wave of group wipeout.

The G2 team, which had held out for such a long time, suddenly collapsed. In just two minutes, SSG seized the opportunity and flattened the base in one wave!
Post-match interview.

An Zhangmen, the big brother of the team who got the first victory, also had a smile on his face. He told Zhao Enjing beside him that the reason why he chose Olaf as a jungler was inspired by yesterday's TOP1 game.

Starting from the second day of the group stage.

The version answer has begun to change!
The first round of group matches was very exciting.

Some teams did not understand the version well enough and did not ban Galio. Instead, they used double shooters + censer and defeated this version of the son.

See this scene.

The fixed ban seal on Galio on the red team also began to loosen gradually.

At the end of the second round of group matches.

The situation is more obvious.

After many days of competition and training matches.

The LCK and LPL teams, which adapted the fastest, have already firmly established themselves in their respective groups.

RNG in Group D is far ahead of the others with a record of 6-0. Even the No. 1 team in Group A can only rank second in the overall record because of the loss to SKT in a BO1.

finally.

The teams that advance to the quarterfinals are:

Group A: TOP1, SKT.

Group B: ROX, EDG.

Group C: SSG, G2.

Group D: RNG, FW.

I have to take a break from my tenosynovitis, so the updates are a bit slow. During the competition period, I will try to update more and try to finish writing and publishing it in one go.

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