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Metamorphosis: Chapter Seventy-Three: The Man Who Inherited the Title "Brother"

The next day, as the competition finally reached the semi-finals, countless viewers were already eagerly waiting in front of their screens, ready to savor today's feast.

If LCK matches are like Shakespeare, giving people a slow-paced, contemplative experience, or like enjoying an Italian meal...

The LPL battles are full of chaos and unknowns, requiring constant remedies like quick-acting heart medicine or takeout to calm things down.

Sure enough, right from the start, FPX put on a pretty impressive revenge match.

3 to 1.

JDG retaliated in the same way they beat them before, giving the viewers in the live stream a thrilling experience.

Congratulations to FPX!

The one waving his hands in a flowery gesture ultimately beat the one drinking red wine; perhaps this is what they mean by "too tacky to be cool."

[Xiao Tian: We can't win in lane, we can't win in team fights, and I knew we were going to lose as soon as Kassadin was picked. My bot lane kept calling for me to go, but how am I supposed to go? And why does this Nidalee keep invading my jungle? My hands are shaking. My top laner isn't giving me any feedback either. Am I weaker than him? Why did they pick Graves for me? Oh, I picked it myself. Never mind then.]

[The winner you thought was FPX; the real winners: Taobao and Tmall]

Just as it was early June, with the JD.com 618 shopping festival about to begin, JDG's Waterloo in the semifinals was truly a laughing stock for their competitors.

This guy just sits at home, and ads rain down from all over the world!

Seeing the screen full of comments, the cat and the baby laughed themselves to death at home.

When the competition ended, Roland and the others stood up, knowing that it was their turn to perform next.

"How about the match starts at 5 PM and ends at 7 PM?"

"I can give it a try, but wouldn't 7 o'clock be during rush hour?"

"Probably not. The venue is in a pretty remote location, and there aren't many cars outside due to the natural disaster. It shouldn't be a problem to get back and have dinner."

"Okay, let's get right to it." The group decided on the competition in the room as if they were having a casual chat, without feeling any tension at all.

The reason is simple: they are the LPL champions.

As champions, they represent the face of the entire region and the highest level of strength in the LPL region to date. Therefore, they should naturally maintain the confidence to crush everything, rather than showing humility in front of their supporters.

No need.

Really unnecessary.

When LCK wins, they never stop taunting LPL.

Times have changed, but they're just petty gamers. There's no need for them to follow the trends of the times. Even before going on stage, Roland updated his blog with a prediction that he would win the game, which caused quite a stir off the field.

But so what?

If I say I'll smash your dog's head, I'll smash your dog's head. Who the hell's going to be polite to you?

As soon as the contestant took the stage, the audience who had come to hear the news immediately burst into their voices, and the entire live broadcast room was instantly flooded with comments, even causing many Little Tyrant (a popular Chinese video streaming platform) devices to crash.

【Here it comes~】

[The King of Boards, the god of initiating raids!]

To be fair, although Banhuang usually acts like a suave and sophisticated guy, he can be incredibly ruthless when he needs to be. The LPL hasn't seen a player like him in a long time.

[Wuhu, TES, charge!]

This time, the guests responsible for commentating on the match were beyond everyone's expectations. In terms of popularity, arranging for Guan Daxiao and Maohuang to commentate together would undoubtedly be the most entertaining option.

However, this time, the official approach can be considered to have taken a different route.

They invited Wawa from the atmosphere team, Umbrella Eagle, a former member of the Dark Team, and Da Mi, the largest of the four female commentators from the ancient era, to form an unconventional iron triangle lineup.

The moment the new viewers joined the live stream and saw Da Mi appear, they immediately flooded the chat with all sorts of nostalgic comments.

Although many people have forgotten many of the old scenes, many veteran players will surely remember the picture of the four commentators with their backs to the audience.

After all, this is also part of youth [humorous]

Here's a brief introduction to GEN, or rather, this team can't be introduced so simply; we need to give you a thorough overview.

Top laner Rascal, the real deal when it comes to the "brother" title. Note that he didn't earn his "brother" title through individual skill, but rather through the excellent cultural customs of South Korea. Viewers who have been fortunate enough to watch the GEN documentary might have a very deep impression of him.

After all, this is the man who single-handedly stirred up a global outcry from the League of Legends community.

To this day, the death stare between Rascal and his jungler Clid remains one of the few classic moments in the LPL, especially their eyes. I would believe you if you told me they went backstage and started fighting after the match.

As for his skill level, he was so-so in S10, but in S11 he suddenly became the LCK's top lane solo kill king, which won back some fans.

Jungler Clid: Back then, a certain baboon paid for a player to help him rank up. During one of his rank-up attempts, he got into an argument with a random player. Because he only knew one English swear word, he was attacked and couldn't speak Chinese. Spurred on by this, Clid underwent two years of arduous training, turning his lack of Chinese into the best Chinese among all Korean players.

The most outrageous thing is that he might have been a member of the Anti-Japanese War forum, and his way of insulting people has the flavor of an old-timer from that forum.

It turns out that profanity is the real driving force behind language improvement. My suggestion is that in the future, when learning English, don't enroll in those pointless exams; instead, spend an afternoon arguing with foreigners online. Who knows, you might become a grammar master in two years!

He is quite strong in terms of skill. He was once the star player of JDG, then the star player of Guapi, and finally came to GEN. However, he is not very famous, which is somewhat inconsistent with his strength.

Mid laner BDD, in short: if born in Huainan, he's Bdd; if born in Huaibei, he's Scout. What you think of Scout, that's all.

Bot lane Ruler + Life: This year has been a relatively happy year for Ruler, because the whole world knows that apart from having a phobia of dogs, this AD is not afraid of any other bot lane player in the entire LPL, and can go toe-to-toe with anyone.

However, he also has a bad reputation in the LCK.

The owner of the S7 championship skin, with championships, runner-up finishes, and FMVP awards in his professional career, is a player who can still lose lanes against top-tier AD carries, which is why he has never gained widespread fame.

On the contrary, Ruler's team fight damage output has always been quite good.

I still vividly remember the scene from the Intercontinental Cup when a group of EDG players were yelling about killing Ruler and rushing onto Ashe. But if you ignore the ambient noise, you'll find that his Ashe was dealing damage almost the entire time, it was just too powerful.

This is GEN, a team with a very high skill ceiling and a very high skill floor.

Metamorphosis: Chapter 74: If I run away, he'll be the one who suffers.

With both teams ready, the second major match of the day officially began. This MSC was rather special, as it significantly reduced the role of the coaches, greatly relieving the pressure on White Crescent.

Unlike the previous tournament format, in order to highlight the nature of the entertainment tournament, it is stipulated that the first game of the BO5 series starting from the semifinals will be a blind pick mechanism. In other words, you can see the most confident heroes of both sides appear on the field, without having to consider any team composition or coordination.

If both sides have good teamwork and the entertainment value is maximized, you might even see two Zeds in the mid lane [laughs].

And so, the two sides started their antics.

GEN: Top lane Sett, Jungle Elise, Mid lane Pantheon, Bot lane Kai'Sa + Nautilus

TES: Top lane Singed, Jungle Xin Zhao, Mid lane Qiyana, Bot lane Syndra + Pyke

Overall, it's not much different from the previous life, except for a few slightly different heroes. Although it looks like there's no synergy at all, it's an entertainment match, so we still need to have some fun.

Moreover, with Pyke on the team, it is theoretically possible to accommodate various lineups.

Of course, there are indeed many theoretical aspects as well.

"The enemy bot lane is a real rank-chasing machine, picking this kind of thing for a casual match." Roland couldn't help but complain as he looked at the enemy bot lane's incredibly solid composition.

"Keep it up, top lane, just wait and see, those who know, know what I mean."

"what?"

"The same goes for the mid lane. I am known in the martial arts world as the 'Son of Grass,' or in common parlance as the 'Luck Picker.'"

"..."

Before the game even started, the top and mid lanes were already giving up. However, TES did use some tricks at the start of the game. Roland showed up in the mid lane at the beginning, pretending to go to the bottom lane, and then retreated back to the blind spot, and returned to the top jungle with the top, mid and jungle.

Although it's not entirely clear whether the other side has any intentions, it's always good to be on guard.

That's right, it's to defend against the enemy's top, mid, and jungle invasion. Given the enemy's level of combat strength, Roland simply doesn't believe they have any plans.

"Could they have gone to our lower jungle?"

"Impossible. We placed a hook in the bottom lane, and the enemy hasn't taken the bait yet, so it must be in the top lane."

"Wait? What the heck is a fishhook?"

"Son, be quiet. All your dads want from you is one thing: answer fewer QQ messages, okay?"

"roll!"

Whether the other side will come or not is really just a matter of how much sacrifice is required.

For Roland, if this ambush succeeds, it will be a 4v3, giving him a huge early-game advantage. Even if it fails, he'll only lose some experience as a support, which is an acceptable loss overall.

Pyke + Syndra against Nautilus + Kai'Sa, without jungle assistance, have almost zero kill potential before level six.

"coming."

"Ok?"

Since it was a proactive counter-gank, TES positioned their defensive vision relatively deep, near the entrance to the F6 pit, in order to avoid alerting the enemy. This position offered limited vision, but just enough to detect if anyone was invading from the jungle, and conveniently avoided the jungler Elise's scan.

In other words: the enemy is in the open, while we are in the shadows. This is going to be interesting!

"Wow, Gen.G is in trouble this time."

"Judging from this positioning, GEN should have anticipated that they might run into TES's top, mid, and jungle trio, but they definitely didn't expect Pyke to be here as well."

"To go first or second? It's up to TES to decide!"

"Wow, Ah Ban, Ah Ban is going!"

Almost the instant the three GEN members face-checked the red buff bush, a dark figure appeared behind them. In order to allow his teammates to kill Sett immediately, Roland directly learned the E skill this time.

E【Phantom Waves】

With a single movement, Pyke stunned and immobilized all three members of GEN.

"Nice! Perfect!"

"Focus fire on Jinfu first, and remember to keep up with Ka Ge's control."

"GOGOGOGOGO!"

"Here come my darlings~"

In TES's team voice chat, the four players' emotions instantly surged with shouts. With E skill stun and Zhao Xin's Q skill knock-up, they were the ones who would ambush the enemy. Zhao Xin could preemptively Q jungle monsters to gain stacks. With just two skills controlling the enemy, they successfully prevented the enemy Sett from using his W skill from start to finish.

There are four people here.

Unlike those ridiculous scenarios where you casually lose 15,000, in a professional match, four people fighting one person can literally cripple you with just basic attacks, let alone with the added damage from skills.