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Chapter 324 Advancing to the Finals! Sandstorm! The Smell of Gunpowder!

"Today's winners' bracket match is a rematch of our Spring Split finals!"

"This is the fifth meeting between the two teams this season, but the previous scores were..."

Upon seeing the director present the glaring "10-0" comparison, Guan Zeyuan's expression instantly became somewhat unnatural and hesitant.

Fortunately, Miller immediately chimed in with a laugh, "But this also proves that JDG's performance this year has been quite good. They were runners-up in the Spring Regular Season, Playoffs, MSI, and Summer Regular Season!"

"Only in this way can they go all out against V5."

Clearly, the two teams are very "familiar" with each other and know each other very well.

After all, they've fought far too many times!

Of course, as the commentators said, this also proves that JDG's strength is indeed remarkable, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to play the full game so easily.

"V5 picked Taliyah, who is relatively weak in the laning phase, so will JDG pick an assassin mid laner?"

"Although it hasn't truly become the mainstream pick, several teams' mid-laners now prefer to use assassin heroes, and Knight's assassin mid-lane is definitely one of them."

"Unfortunately, in the end, Zuo Shou still picked Galio to counter him, and even grabbed Jarvan IV to build a team composition!"

The comments section was immediately filled with "Coward!"

Hongmi, who was already looking preoccupied, had a slight change in expression when she saw the hero that her opponent had chosen.

"V5 has picked Qiyana again!? This Qiyana could very well be Ye Shifu's mid-lane Qiyana again!"

"Taliyah and Qiyana seem to be a very popular mid-jungle combination in ranked games!"

The Qiyana + Taliyah mid-jungle combination is not particularly rare, at least in solo queue games.

Besides their extremely high burst damage, Qiyana's reliable water element control makes it easy for the two to deal maximum damage together. Taliyah can also set up walls in open terrain to coordinate with Qiyana, making them capable of synergy in various dimensions.

"Left Hand, you absolutely have to play aggressively in the mid lane this game, try to keep him under pressure!" Realizing what was happening, Redmi quickly had the translator relay the message: "We can't let Kanavi have a hard time in the jungle!"

“￥%@#%”

The translator looked completely bewildered, but fortunately, Redmi recognized the other person's nodding gestures as evidence that they understood what he was saying.

In his opinion, Galio, while not exactly a counter to Qiyana, should still be a formidable opponent.

However, the gameplay screen was still different from what I had imagined.

Ever since Galio failed to gain an advantage in the early game trades, mid-lane shots have gradually disappeared from the live stream.

The situation in the mid lane can only be vaguely discerned from the slightly slower CS difference between the two sides!

"Galio can't move without contesting the minion wave, but Xun keeps using the minion wave advantage in the mid lane to invade the Prince's jungle!"

"Neither side achieved much in the early game, but the prince's jungle has been significantly reduced!"

"However, Kanavi seems unwilling to suffer any more losses this time. He pretends to leave, but in reality, he is lying in ambush in the back, looking like he wants to fight!"

"Galio has retreated to a safe position!"

The moment Xun saw the prince peek out, he used Smite to clear the jungle monsters, then immediately set up [Stone Scattering Formation] and used his ultimate [Sand Wall] to escape.

In the narrow terrain of the wilderness, the stone-scattering formation almost completely blocked the road ahead.

This makes it difficult for the prince to use his EQ combo from a certain angle, and naturally makes it difficult to interrupt Taliyah's ultimate!

Suddenly, Prince Kanavi threw his flag "into the wall," then used his EQ combo to fly out, seemingly trying to pierce the wall. Just as he flew halfway out, he suddenly used a triangle turn and flashed out, forcibly passing through the stone-scattering formation using the "Triangle EQ Flash"!

The Taliyah, who had just mounted the stone wall, was knocked off by EQ and then covered by Cataclysm.

And immediately, [Justice Takes the Stage] sat down!

"Both bot lanes are on their way to provide support, but Taliyah is deep in the enemy jungle and might not be able to wait for her teammates' help!"

"JDG finally found a good mid-jungle synergy!!"

"Xun landed and flashed away to dodge Galio's ultimate, but Zuo Shou had already flashed to chase after him!"

"Um, what's that!?"

Although Taliyah's ultimate was interrupted, she was unable to ride the stone wall skateboard.

However, the formation of the wall drapery was not interrupted.

Qiyana anticipated the attack by half a second and launched the shockwave of [Brilliant Spectacle] at the sand wall that pierced through the jungle in the mid lane—the entire jungle was suddenly surrounded by a circle of [Warning Edge]!

In the jungle, there are gaps between the walls, and Qiyana can usually only push down one independent wall.

However, Taliyah's ultimate ability, Sand Wall, is like a connecting element inserted into the entire jungle.

They even managed to send a "trigger" from thousands of miles away to the middle lane!
The astonishing shockwave, combined with the sand wall, formed the "Sand Wall Shockwave," which spread and exploded rapidly from thousands of miles away!

Galio and Jarvan IV, who were chasing each other, had nowhere to hide in the narrow jungle area, and were then bounced back and pulled away by Taliyah's W.

Furthermore, Qiyana's ultimate ability has a little-known "visual mechanism": {If it spreads too far, the walls at the end will not display the "warning edge" effect of the shockwave.}
This resulted in the shockwave spreading to the stone beetle wall below, but due to the distance, the bottom lane duo who came to provide support were completely unaware of it!
As soon as Ruler and Missing reached the vicinity of the tri-bush, they were inexplicably stunned by the sand wall shockwave, and the two V5 bottom laners on the other side of the wall jumped out.

Two flowers blooming simultaneously!
V5 Ye Bo then demonstrated the effects of using this move in more combinations.

For example, Taliyah can take off to provide support, while Qiyana cannot. However, Qiyana can use her ultimate's trajectory to create an effect similar to an "intercontinental cruiser missile"!

Wow, that move was pretty cool, wasn't it?

[Red lotuses bloom beside the mountain, flames engulf 100,000 people in Hanzhong! Fireworks burst forth, burning 800 li of land near Yiling!]

What you're about to witness is the most predictable 3-0 scoreline of the century.

[When Zuo Shou meets Master Ye, he practically wants to wear three layers of diapers to prevent leaks; he's even more filial than the Master Thief!]

Following "White Horse" and "Plain Water," now there's "White Gun." Is it really useful to keep trying to catch him? Who said my Holy Gun Bro is useless?!

[Haha, if JDG wins in the loser's bracket and comes back to fight their way back, I really hope they get swept seven times this year!]

In fact, Redmi specifically devised tactics for today's game.

And it was already put into use by WBG yesterday.

Redmi believes the secret to defeating V5 is to dominate the top lane, so they want to return to last year's "Ueno Twins" duo system, which the team was most proficient in at the time.

But it's clear—judging from JDG's narrow victory over WBG yesterday—that this tactic isn't entirely useless, but its effectiveness is rather mediocre.

It's not that JDG has become weaker.

369 is not weak, but its {offensive attribute} is too weak.

Even if the top laner and jungler successfully gain an advantage, 369 will find it difficult to exert significant lane pressure, making ganks extremely inefficient and cost-effective! More importantly, this version is different from last year; there are very few junglers left who can be played as carry junglers, so even if the top laner wants to sacrifice some resources to feed the jungler, it won't make a difference!

This is why it's said that JDG has really benefited from the "version's dark side".

The three universally popular top laners in the Spring Split are still: Quesant, Sion, and Gnar.

Back then, the main focus of top laners was on utility and team fights, so 369's nickname "Korean Shield" (a mix of black and white) had a perfect opportunity to shine, and every JDG player could play their most comfortable role.

Even V5's Flandre didn't show any problems at the time, and he remained as steady as a rock even when facing Zues, who was said to be the strongest laner at the time, at MSI.

But by the summer season, everything had changed overnight.

The three most versatile top laners in the Summer Split have become: Renekton, Jax, and Quesant.

Even the only identical Quesanti actually underwent a significant reduction in "utility" in the third nerf after MSI due to the weakening of his W's control and release, while his damage output after activating his ultimate was enhanced, making this hero more of a melee fighter.

Sion, almost the only pure tank champion left in the Summer Split, was able to maintain his place in the Summer Split only because V5 developed the "ultimate support" early game tactical design!
It's clear that the main theme and synonym for top laners these days has become {Carry} and {Aggression}!

As we all know, these two terms naturally imply "high risk" and "low tolerance for error." Therefore, some players who are not good at playing offensively are more likely to make a lot of mistakes and experience a decline in performance in this environment.
In addition, the changes to the Mythic items Infinity Edge and Gale Force in the bottom lane during the Summer Split have greatly affected Ruler's performance.

So for JDG right now...

If the mid laner fails to step up in the early game and fails to help Ruler get his items, their combat power will be damaged far more than during the Spring Split, and could even be fatal!
Unfortunately, JDG's mid laner has consistently underperformed when facing V5 this year!

To know.

Why did LNG suffer such a crushing defeat before?
Because their strength lies in the mid and jungle, while their top and bottom lanes are mediocre, their strengths are almost completely countered by V5, and since they are completely contained, they have no way to exert their strength!
The current version of JDG is clearly very similar, which is also a result of version compatibility.

"Congratulations to V5! They have defeated JDG once again and are the first to advance to the finals!"

"Did they ultimately fail to achieve it?"

"But it doesn't matter, JDG will face their loser's bracket opponent tomorrow, so they still have a chance to return to the finals!"

The JDG members on stage looked dejected, as if they were questioning the meaning of life.

This is different from what outsiders perceive.

Outsiders might think that since he's already lost so many times, given the principle of "a dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water," he should be unmoved by any further losses.

The problem is that, in the eyes of the JDG players, their two defeated opponents, BLG and WBG, had each won a game against them!

Why can't they win a single game?!
This inevitably affects one's mindset to some extent, and even makes some people doubt themselves.
The second day's match between LNG and WBG was less suspenseful than expected.

LNG was clearly still reeling from the battle with V5. Scout was even captured by Xiaohu again, Breathing continued to be forced into a gap by TheShy while remaining invisible, and Light was being relentlessly suppressed by Gala.

The comments section is full of people saying that LNG is practically charging WBG!

Ultimately, LNG was the first to head to the gauntlet to join BLG and TES.

Fully charged, WBG will continue their rematch with JDG.

Actually, it's not hard to see this from this perspective.

In a double-elimination tournament, the number of matches played by the loser in the winner's bracket and the winner in the loser's bracket is the same for both teams.

In contrast, it is clear that WBG is less willing to face V5 at this stage and use all their trump cards—after all, many things can only be used once, and even if they can defeat V5, V5 may still eventually fight their way back to the finals from the loser's bracket!
Of course, WBG would never "intentionally" lose the match and stage an Oscar-worthy night.

Fight or fight normally.

Even if they had won the day before yesterday, they probably still wouldn't have used any of their trump cards when facing V5 in the semifinals of the winners' bracket.

After all, WBG's points in the Spring Split were not as good as JDG's. If they couldn't win the Summer Split championship, the points for second, third, and fourth place would be meaningless to them, and they would all have to play in the gauntlet!
Danny clearly understood this better than Redmi.

However, it's also possible that the entire JDG team and Coach Redmi simply desperately wanted to beat V5.
And now we've arrived at the true cycle of life and death.

WBG seemed to have finally bared their fangs, or perhaps JDG was still in a daze, as their results also exceeded everyone's expectations.

WBG ultimately defeated JDG easily with a score of 3-1!

"Congratulations to WBG! They've made it to the LPL Summer Finals!"

"Because of the result of this game, it has to be said that the playoff situation has become quite chaotic!"

"If WBG wins the Summer Championship, is it possible that JDG, who were runners-up in both the Spring Split and MSI, will have to go to the Regional Finals?"

The commentators were still analyzing the situation.

BLG was the most bewildered team in the audience.

Why would JD.com be forced to play in the qualifying rounds?!
It's important to know that apart from one lucky win against JDG in the Spring Split, BLG has been getting completely crushed throughout the year—at the very least, they've been second-rate!

Without a doubt, if JDG makes it to the gauntlet, BLG's chances of advancing will become extremely slim!
And at the same time.

The LCK matches on the other side were equally intense.

In the winners' bracket match, the entire T1 team seemed to unleash their inner power, with Lee Sang-hyeok even appearing to have regressed ten years in skill, overpowering Chovy despite his still-healing hand injury!

T1 ultimately defeated GEN, who had been struggling with their "mental demons" for the past two years, with a score of 3-2, becoming the first team to advance to the finals.

They've also been confirmed to qualify for the World Championship!

In the post-match interview.

When Aunt Youxi was asked by the host about her feelings about entering the World Championship and the hot news about the neighboring country, she pretended to be indifferent and didn't know, and asked again about the reason for the matter.

Then he responded with a smile.

"that."

Whether it's a rumor or not, I don't think it matters anymore.

"Anyway, all I want to say is that in the past 13 years of T1's history, they have never once lost a BO5 match against an LPL team in the World Championship!"

"Qianxi and Hekui also went to LPL this year, so they won't be an exception!"

[Hey, how about adding a few more qualifiers to Egg? Next time, say no one could beat T1 in the S3, S5, and S6 World Championships! That way, it won't get bounced back~]

[It really did amuse me, the world's number one mid-laner from Building 2, Fuxing Community, Xujiatun, Tashan Township, Lianshan District, Huludao.]

[Hehe, V5's devoted followers, just tell us if it's true or not! We'll see!]

【Gumayusi? Binmayusi!】

[You little rag's gone crazy! Wait till we meet next time, I'll beat you into a rag and rip your head off!]

Despite the fact that most of the domestic broadcasters were mocking the streamers.

But as soon as these words were spoken, the air was still thick with the smell of gunpowder.
(End of this chapter)