LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 294 Who is the world's number one top laner?

Entering the hero selection stage, the two sides fought back and forth, with Irelia facing Fiora in the top lane.

Meiko muttered: "Smeb used to be called the world's best top laner because of his great mechanical skills. How good is his Irelia?"

Everyone looked at Su Mo, as he had the most say on this issue.

Su Mo said, "It's definitely not bad, but Theshy got Fiora, so it's definitely going to be hard to beat her, and it's going to get harder and harder to beat her in the later stages."

The factory manager asked: "Can your Irelia beat Theshy's Fiora?"

Su Mo smiled: "Why should I use Irelia to fight Fiora? I can choose others."

The BP continued, and KT snatched away Luo, resulting in IG's bottom lane having to use Alistar to cooperate with Xayah.

As for the middle lane, KT got the Tsar in the middle lane and faced Rookie's Lissandra.

Meiko analyzed: "Don't you think IG's lineup lacks damage? In a teamfight with this lineup, if the bottom lane doesn't develop well, the mid, top and jungle may not be able to take over the game."

Entering the game screen, both sides were very cautious in the early stages and did not give the other side any chance.

There will be friction occasionally but it is not a big problem and it will stop there.

In the top lane, Irelia began to be suppressed by Fiora. Theshy's Fiora was very strong. Smeb was suppressed for a few hits at first, and then quickly became ten hits.

Nine minutes into the game, Ning Wang's Zhao Xin suddenly came to the top lane. Smeb was not in a good condition and was pinned under the defensive tower.

The next wave of soldiers entered the defensive tower, and Ning Wang went straight up.

The factory manager muttered, "Is it ready? Irelia still has two-thirds of her health left, she has her ultimate, and she has flash."

Smeb's Irelia was indeed trying her best to operate as hard as possible, but it was useless.

In the end, he was still knocked into the air by Xin Zhao. Fiora eliminated the four flaws in his ultimate move, and the blood recovery array was triggered. In the end, Fiora took the kill in one go. Thanks to the blood recovery array, Xin Zhao survived.

Meiko exclaimed: "Nice! This is the IG we know. This is how IG plays the game. If you don't agree, just fight."

The last-hit gap in the top lane began to widen little by little, and Theshy completely took the initiative.

At the same time, Score's Gragas came to the bottom lane and ambushed in the grass.

While Jackeylove's Xayah was last-hitting, he suddenly used E flash and ultimate to blow the enemy back. Luo followed up with his ultimate to charm the enemy. Xayah was unable to use either her ultimate or flash and was killed instantly.

The number of kills was equalized, but IG's economic lead was more obvious, and Fiora's lead in last hits in the top lane was getting bigger and bigger.

Meiko muttered: "Did you notice that Theshy was not afraid at all when facing Smeb? It seemed that he didn't take the opponent seriously at all. He was very proactive and dared to fight."

Zzitai said: "Theshy is very strong. If it weren't for Mozi, I feel that no top laner in LPL can suppress him."

Meiko nodded: "That's true. If you are strong enough, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Fifteen minutes into the game, both sides began to make trouble around the little dragon.

At this time, IG's economy is already ahead by more than 2,000.

Abu said, "Now the kills are equal, IG is ahead by more than 2,000 gold. This is a bit scary. It's only been 16 minutes."

Everyone in EDG noticed this. Except for the bottom lane which was behind in last-hitting because it was caught, other lanes were ahead in last-hitting, including the jungler position.

Meiko was a little panicked: "It feels like IG is improving very fast, maybe they are the biggest threat!"

The factory manager was relatively calm: "Don't worry, IG may not win this game yet."

Suddenly, the situation changed. Ning Wang's Zhao Xin was setting vision, but he was in too deep a position and was ambushed, so he had to use his flash and ultimate.

The factory manager saw an opportunity: "Zhao Xin is useless in teamfights without his ultimate. Ning Wang gave him a chance."

However, this is not the end yet. Baolan's Minotaur wanted to clear the way for his teammates, but was controlled by the opponent and was forced to use his ultimate skill, but he failed to start a team fight.

Meiko laughed and said, "What are these two doing? They used their ultimates before the teamfight even started. What's the point of IG winning this teamfight?"

"IG still not leaving? Still not leaving?"

IG's behavior made everyone in EDG feel incomprehensible. The jungler and support had lost such important ultimate skills. Any professional team would have left at this time.

But IG not only refused to leave, they actually fought with KT. In the end, they were naturally defeated, with a three-for-two exchange, and they didn't even get the little dragon.

The factory manager summed it up: "IG's biggest weakness is that they have to fight even when they can't win. The opponent doesn't have a dragon, so they don't give it up even though they can obviously give it up."

Su Mo has a different opinion: "It sounds reasonable, but how do you judge when you can't win? Maybe from IG's point of view, they can win even with two less ultimates."

"If they succeeded, it would be because they were skilled and daring. They just didn't succeed this time. We can only say that this is their style and it cannot be called a shortcoming."

After this wave, KT began to seize opportunities for IG. When IG players did not have flash, they pushed the team too deep and caught various people.

KT fans at the scene were all excited:

"KT! KT! KT!"

Meiko felt something was not right the more he watched: "IG seems to have no discipline at all. They gave away a lot of inexplicable opportunities. The situation was originally good, but they gave away so many kills and towers, and the economy didn't even widen."

Twenty-eight minutes into the game, Theshy and Rouji suddenly cooperated in the bottom lane, killed Smeb, pushed down the second tower in the bottom lane, and pushed the high ground.

KT didn't react in time, and by the time they wanted to defend the bottom lane, it was too late.

The factory manager evaluated: "This Theshy's Fiora is a big threat. I saw Smeb was pinned under the tower for a long time and Smeb couldn't get out at all."

Meiko agreed: "Indeed, he's almost 29 CS ahead! My god, it's 350 minutes now and he has CS? Is that so abnormal?"

Everyone on EDG was scared. Although IG had been losing a lot in front of them, their economy was not behind at all. It was only because of the advantage of Fiora's solo push that they maintained their lead.

KT also started to move, with four people attacking the big dragon head-on, leaving Irelia alone to guard the home.

"Anxious, KT is definitely anxious." The factory manager muttered.

Fiora rushed over from the bottom lane, but before she arrived, KT had already taken the Baron, and Irelia TPed to the front to fight the team.

The factory manager said: "Hey? What is Fiora doing? Why doesn't she TP? If she goes over there, the team fight will be over."

Su Mo said, "He's too greedy. He's holding back on TP because he wants to make a move. If KT loses the teamfight and gets wiped out, Fiora can just TP in one move to end the game."

When Fiora arrived at the front, the team battle entered its final stage. Fiora entered the field and took two kills. Both sides exchanged four for four. Fiora decisively TPed, and the super soldier had already arrived at KT's home.

Meiko smiled: "Mingkai, your awareness is not good enough, you still have to rely on Brother Mozi."

"If Gragas hadn't left and was killed by Fiora, this would have been a real one. It makes sense to keep this TP."

The factory manager touched his nose awkwardly and retorted: "He can't do this... only one wave, the barrel is still alive."

In the end, the wave did not end as we were held back by the Gragas.

IG started to push the top lane, and in a team fight, they exchanged one for two. IG made a profit, but did not win completely, and the opponent could still drag it out.

At this moment, Theshy, who was pushing the tower in the bottom lane, suddenly came over from behind and wanted to cooperate, but there was a disconnect between the front and the back.

So Fiora gave up a wave for no apparent reason.

"This..." Everyone in EDG felt a little embarrassed.

Because IG mainly relied on Fiora in the early part of this game, everyone was optimistic about this Fiora, and no one expected such a mistake to happen.

Su Mo was not surprised at all, because that's how Theshy is.

Neither side had a top laner, and they began to exchange resources. IG went to get the Ancient Dragon, while KT went for the Baron.

Su Mo commented: "I feel that IG should not change. Their lineup is for solo laning, and Baron is more important than Ancient Dragon. If the opponent gets the Ancient Dragon, it will be difficult to solo laning, and KT will force a teamfight instead."

Sure enough, just as Su Mo said, after getting the Baron buff, KT forced IG to fight.

IG was facing four against four in a one-on-one duel in the bottom lane, and Smeb was chased and beaten by Theshy.

Smeb can only use his life to buy time. Even with the Ancient Dragon, he is no match for his opponent in a one-on-one fight.

On the front side, IG's team battle was a 50-50 match, with two for two.

Everyone on EDG became nervous. It was impossible to tell who would win. Fiora was still pushing forward in the bottom lane, and there was only one front tower on the opposite side, which could be easily taken down.

At this moment, a dramatic scene occurred.

Fiora used the resurrection armor of Irelia, and when the minion line came over, he didn't wait and went straight to destroy the tower.

As a result, after Irelia was resurrected, she TPed directly to the front. KT suddenly had the advantage in the front. After winning the battle of three against two, they pushed the tower together.

Meiko exclaimed, "It's over! Three people will definitely push the tower faster than one person, it feels too late!"

Sure enough, KT's base crystal had only a little bit of health left, and IG's base crystal exploded first.

Zzitai lamented, "What happened? It was just a little bit short. IG had a lot of chances to win. Why were they so reckless? Even more reckless than me."

Su Mo smiled and said, "It can only be said that there were too many accidents this time, otherwise IG would have won it long ago, but this is the characteristic of IG, it is unavoidable."

Abu greeted, "I think what Meiko said just now makes a lot of sense. IG's progress is indeed much faster than we thought. We should also pay attention to IG and not just focus on KT."

Su Mo took out his phone and wanted to check the online chatter. Sure enough, after KT won, there was only one-sided ridicule:
"I thought IG could win, that's it?"

"That's not good, little brother. I've given you so many chances and you still can't win."

"EDG can still compete with KT, but forget about IG."

"KT is really strong. I feel like Mozi miscalculated."

This situation is normal, as many people only look at the results and not the content.

After all, there is a saying that goes "If you lose, everything you say is just an excuse."

So after losing a game, if someone stands up and says that they lost because of bad luck, they will be ridiculed by everyone.

Soon, there was movement in the group.

IG, Ning: "I am really impressed. We were just so close. It's so annoying. We could have won."

RNG, Xiaohu: "You guys are really awesome. You almost beat KT."

IG, Rookie: "Awkward, try harder next time."

EDG, Meiko: “I’m scared. IG’s strength has grown to this point.”

RNG, Letme: "It seems that we RNG also need to work harder. It's a pity that there is no LCK team in our group, which is boring."

EDG, Clearlove8: "You're still pretending, don't be too outrageous."

After watching the game between KT and IG, the EDG team chose to return to the hotel.

There will be RNG's games later, but there is no opponent in the group that EDG is interested in, so we didn't stay to watch.

I went back to the hotel to eat something and review the game between KT and IG. There are indeed many things worth learning. The next step is training.

Just then, there was another message in the group.

RNG, Xiaohu: "Should we discuss tactics together? We are all in the same region and should help each other." RNG, UZI: "I think this is a good idea. Pass!"

EDG, Clealove8: "Uzi, are you two acting? You two are from the same team, and you're acting?"

Abu: "I think it's OK. Let's all come to our EDG training room at 10pm. Is that OK?"

IG, Ning: "No problem, I told the coach."

RNG, Ming: "Let's do it! LPL will win!"

It was ten o'clock in the evening, and Su Mo left the room and went straight to the training room.

The door was open, there was someone inside, and it was a bit noisy.

Su Mo walked in and saw more than ten or twenty people gathered inside, talking in a buzzing manner.

"Brother Mozi is here!" Suddenly, Xiaohu noticed Su Mo.

Everyone looked over, and Letme ran over to greet them, "Brother Mozi, you're the only one missing. As expected, the big guys always come last."

Su Mo muttered, "Didn't we agree on ten o'clock? Why are you here so early?"

Letme smiled and said, "We are eager to learn. Come here early to learn something from Brother Mozi."

Su Mo walked into the crowd, and Abu greeted him, "Now that everyone is here, you can communicate however you want. Feel free to do what you want."

Su Mo was suddenly surrounded. The tall and strong Ning Wang squeezed through a gap and squeezed in, saying:

"Brother Mozi, what do you think of our performance against KT today? Is there anything we can improve on?"

Su Mo shook his head: "No, I think your IG is in pretty good shape now."

Ning Wang said again: "Our IG should be stronger than RNG now, Mozi brother, what do you think?"

Su Mo was stunned. What the hell? RNG's people are here. Is it too low to ask such a question?

As expected, UZI immediately responded: "If you think we can win, we can arrange a training match. We haven't even played yet, and you're saying this?"

Prince Ning retorted: "Your group is full of rotten fish and shrimp. The more we fight them, the worse we get."

Baolan suddenly rushed over, grabbed King Ning's arm and dragged him away, saying, "Sorry, we didn't keep an eye on him. We're sorry for disturbing him."

Prince Ning was dragged away like this.

UZI looked at Su Mo and asked, "Brother Mozi, you were so optimistic about FNC before, but after playing against them today, it seems that they are not doing so well."

In today's match between RNG and FNC, RNG won.

Su Mo replied, "Let's not talk about it now. Let's see in the second round. Besides, if the strength is similar, it's normal to have wins and losses. BO1 is more random."

UZI smiled and said, "Okay, it seems that we have to win the first place in the group to prove our strength, otherwise Brother Mozi will not look down on us."

Su Mo didn't say anything. It wasn't that he underestimated RNG. FNC was indeed strong, and it would not be surprising for either of them to get first place in the group.

Everyone continued to discuss, Su Mo turned into an encyclopedia, and everyone wanted to ask something.

Su Mo answered the questions he knew and said he didn't know if they were answered. After all, they were just communicating with each other.

Of course, in addition to LPL, teams from other regions are also communicating with each other.

For each team, the ideal situation is to win the championship themselves, and then the team from their own region wins the championship, which is always better than the team from other regions winning the championship, so they will help each other to some extent.

On the LCK side, players from the three teams KT, AFS, and GEN are also gathering together to communicate.

In comparison, the atmosphere on their side is much more serious.

Mata said: "After the first round, I feel that today's LPL is much stronger than last year. Last year it was mainly EDG, but today RNG and IG are not weak either."

Then he looked at Smeb and said, "Our top lane seems to be struggling. We can't hold on."

Smbe said: "It's strange. The top laners in their region used to be pretty average, but since the rise of Mo, there are more and more powerful top laners."

Kiin agreed: "Let's put Letme aside, Mo and Theshy are both very strong and hard to deal with. However, IG as a team seems to have no discipline and always gives them some inexplicable opportunities."

"Their weaknesses are mainly in the jungle and support positions. If we can make full use of these two points, we will have a chance."

Mata shook his head: "IG's jungler and support also have their moments of performance, and in this version, the importance of junglers and supports is decreasing. It mainly depends on the three carries, which is fatal. All three carries of IG are very strong."

"It's hard to say who is stronger between EDG and IG. EDG's play style is more holistic, with many tactics and routines, while IG's highlight is individual ability and operation. They are different types of opponents."

Everyone in LCK feels so much pressure. Last year they only had to consider EDG, but now there are too many teams to consider.

Ambition spoke up: "No matter what, this championship is extremely important to our region. We must keep the trophy in LCK and wash away last year's shame. We need to communicate more in the future and find out their weaknesses."

On this matter, the three LCK teams are of one mind. Regardless of who wins the championship, the championship must be won by the LCK team.

The next day, the second round of the group stage continued and EDG met GEN again.

This time Su Mo was very bold and let Zzitai go up to fight. In the end, Zzitai did not fail in his mission and defeated GEN with his teammates.

As a result, public opinion on the Internet exploded, because GEN had already been eliminated and it would not affect the outcome of subsequent games!
The LCK team was eliminated in the round of 16!
Su Mo took a look at the forum, where someone had shared the LCK audience's comments on this matter.

"Why hasn't a team like GEN disbanded yet? They are a disgrace to our region!"

"Making history! Samsung is the kind of club that can make history, whether it's positive or negative."

"I can understand that we can't beat EDG, but we can't beat TL? Disband."

"I don't expect to see this kind of club next year."

Su Mo took a look and found that the situation was actually similar to that in LPL. The audiences in all major regions had the same temper. If they lost badly, they would just wait to be scolded and forced to retire or disband.

At the same time, the process of Su Mo's previous conversation with Cuvee was unearthed.

First, Su Mo said that GEN might have difficulty qualifying, and European and American teams are more difficult to play against than LCK teams.

Then Cuvee said that European and American teams are more difficult to beat than LPL teams.

Now the results are out, GEN was eliminated, EDG firmly sits first in the group, it is obvious who the clown is.

However, Su Mo did not chase Cuvee, there was no need.

On the second match day of the second round of the group stage, EDG faced TL.

Su Mo continued to be absent, so Zizi took over and won his fifth victory.

Just when everyone felt that everything was going well, something outrageous happened.

IG lost a game to C9! This was something no one expected.

And KT remains undefeated.

This means that even if IG can beat KT in the end, they will still be second in the group.

This is bad news for EDG. They may draw IG in the quarterfinals. Whether they can beat them is another matter, but no one wants to start a civil war too early in the S game. It's boring.

The third match day of the second round of the group stage is also the last day of the group stage.

EDG rushed to the competition venue again. Today's task was relatively simple. They only had to play one match against VIT. Su Mo didn't even plan to play.

Everyone in EDG is paying attention to the other two games, IG vs. KT, and FNC vs. RNG.

The match between FNC and RNG will determine who is the first in Group D.

In the lounge, the EDG team ate snacks while watching the game. This was their calmness after booking first place in the group, just watching the fight between two tigers from a mountaintop.

A moment later, the game between RNG and FNC was about to begin.

Su Mo saw the message in the group.

RNG, UZI: "Brother Mozi, we are ready to go. First place in the group, win!"

EDG, Mo: "I wish you a triumphant return."

EDG, Clearlove8: "Uzi, win first, then we can talk about this. You just know how to brag."

Players from both teams come on stage and enter BP.

FNC used a trick in the BP stage, moving the Aatrox to the middle lane to face off against Xiaohu and Ryze.

At the same time, Urgot was snatched in the top lane, resulting in Letme being unable to use a hero to deal with Urgot, and finally he could only choose Sion to be beaten.

Meiko commented: "You know what, FNC has some talent. Aatrox is playing mid and top. Isn't this our strategy? Did they learn it too?"

Su Mo responded: "Caps is also a genius-level mid laner. He practices heroes very quickly and is willing to put in the effort. If he wants to practice, he will definitely be able to do it."

Entering the game screen, Xiaohu slightly suppressed Caps in the early laning phase and was ahead by more than ten hits in terms of last hits.

But in Su Mo's opinion, it is far from enough.

As the level of the Sword Demon increased, Ryze's advantage began to shrink, and he had to make cloth boots to fight back.

In mid-term small-scale team battles, the advantages of the Sword Demon are reflected. He has output and control, and most importantly, he can withstand the pressure. His ultimate skill has a built-in resurrection effect, and he can stand up even after being killed. These are advantages that Ryze does not have.

Moreover, FNC is known to play around the middle lane and not go to the bottom lane, so the bottom lanes on both sides develop peacefully.

UZI could only worry because the opponent didn't fight him and just pushed the line.

Meiko analyzed: "FNC's Braum in the bottom lane is interesting. RNG's bottom lane selection of Alistar as a support must be for the sake of attacking, but Alistar has no way to take the initiative when facing Braum. If he takes the initiative, he will definitely suffer a loss and most likely lose."

"FNC decided not to attack the bottom lane and avoid RNG's advantage in the bottom lane. It was very smart."

Su Mo replied: "The average strength of the players in European and American teams is not that strong, so they are very dependent on their coaches. The coaches are very capable and have been trained."

The factory manager jokingly said: "So what that means is, if we are too strong, it will harm the coach and make him not want to improve?"

Abu rolled his eyes: "Mingkai, are you ashamed to say that? Aren't you embarrassed?"

The game continued, and the gap between the two sides did not widen until the 25th minute, when there was a team fight for the Baron. Caps, the Aatrox, was like a god descending from heaven. He defeated RNG in the team fight and took down the Baron.

If the Sword Demon makes the Resurrection Armor, he will have three lives! The game will lose its suspense immediately.

Zzitai exclaimed: "Caps, you have something. You are worthy of being the King of Magic. You are so good at playing Aatrox."

“I feel like FNC is a bit stronger this year.”

The game ended quickly and FNC defeated RNG. However, because RNG had beaten FNC once before, and both teams had the same record against other teams, they needed to play an extra game to decide who would take first place.

The factory manager immediately ridiculed him in the group.

EDG, Clearlove8: "Uzi? What happened? Why didn't we win?"

RNG, UZI: "Why are you in such a hurry? Give them a round and fight back in the extra game."

(End of this chapter)