Fierce shooter

Blessings come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.

Although GEN's anger was gone, the body had not yet cooled down.

Edgar also knew very clearly that since there was no room for maneuver, what they had to do now was not to give up, but to do their best to fight a battle of dignity behind the train station.

In fact, Edgar's deep self-esteem never believed that the players he led would be worse than EDG's players.

Even though he was denied a clean sheet by EDG last time, he felt that most of the reason for the loss was that his players did not show their full strength.

This is specifically reflected in some mistakes in the game. Without these mistakes, they would not have lost so miserably.

This sounds like nonsense.

But Edgar really feels that if they can defeat EDG in the second round, even if they fail to qualify, they will still have an answer when facing domestic fans.

Now that the players have no psychological baggage, there is no need for everyone to play timidly.

Therefore, when the second round of the group match between GEN and EDG kicked off, the five young men of GEN stepped onto the competition stage with great courage. It is no exaggeration to say that if they tied a white stripe on their heads, As for the belt, it really smells like the little life next door.

"Murderous, very murderous."

When the EDG team took the stage, Jin Gong said in Chinese with a slightly strange tone.

Xiaotian touched his nose and said, "Is there a possibility that what you felt was the fart I just let out?"

"hehe."

Jin Gong was startled, then smiled happily, stretched out his strong arms and put them around Xiaotian's neck.

"The EDG players seem to have a really good relationship."

In the commentary box, Wawa and Miller stood there. They will be responsible for the commentary of the second round of the group stage.

At this time, Wawa noticed the EDG people on stage and said with a smile.

"Indeed, the atmosphere is very harmonious."

Miller nodded with deep understanding: "I still hope that EDG will deal with it carefully. The changes in the first three groups in the second round should be enough to attract their attention. The hungrier the beast, the more terrifying it is. Now GEN are like hungry wolves. They have lost their chance to qualify and want to bite anyone they catch."

"Yes, and this time there is no team in the other three groups that has won the group stage and qualified. Whether EDG can become the first team in the S8 World Championship to complete the group stage with a complete victory depends on today."

As the two commentators communicated, the bp between the two sides also began one after another.

Not surprisingly, GEN focused on nightmare in the BP this time.

They also did not choose a dual-core jungler and ADC system like last time, and then used the mid laner to protect them.

Instead, he changed his playing style. He first selected Lucian for Ruler, and paired it with coreJJ's Nami, trying to use the strength of Lucian and Nami to gain a laning advantage.

Even if there is no way to achieve lane superiority, with Lucian's flexible characteristics and Nami's strong backhand ability, GEN can cope well with the EDG team's sudden attack, whether in the laning phase or in team battles.

Of course, this version of Luna's combination cannot use electrocution and E skills to match Lucian. When the two are paired together, Nami will only choose the more conventional "Alley" talent.

The intensity is not particularly high either.

In the middle, Crown Brother took out his unique hero Malzahar, and Crown Brother became the first and only player in the S game to play Malzahar in this version.

After Leader An replaced Haru as the starter, he chose the classic Zach in the jungle position.

The midfielder and jungler are all retro. Edgar's thinking in this game can be described in four words as "unexpected".

Zach is also very good at hero security. Even if this version is not popular, as long as he does not encounter a jungler that is too strong in the jungle, Zach can actually fight.

The main reason for choosing Zach is that GEN on the BP side has blocked strong junglers, so Leader An is certainly not very afraid.

Moreover, the reason why he chose Zach was to pave the way for the team's last move, cuvee in the counter position on the fifth floor.

Akali.

This is the top lane hero that cuvee finally got.

It is also GEN’s ultimate move prepared for this World Championship.

You must know that Akali's ban rate in this S competition is very exaggerated.

But neither EDG nor GEN like to play Akali's team very much.

EDG doesn't like to use Akali. It doesn't mean that they don't know how to use it, but the organ that EDG currently displays in front of other teams does not include Akali.

As an assassin hero, Akali is easily targeted in this version where units are generally functional heroes and warrior-type heroes.

Especially when encountering warrior heroes, as long as the Devil-Drinker Mercury Shoes are used, Akali's threat to him in terms of matchup will be almost non-existent, and Akali also needs to output the environment if she wants to enter the field. Yes, a troublemaker like Zach is the perfect partner for Akali.

What makes GEN a little uncomfortable is that the EDG team's top hero is Poppy.

GEN doesn't know what EDG is thinking, even if they can afford such a hero.

It’s true that Poppy is Knuckle Zac, but the problem is that Poppy is not a popular version, and Jin Gong’s hero pool is indeed a bit deep.

In other positions, Xiaotian unequivocally decided on the blind monk in order to speed up the early stage.

Considering the intensity of the matchup in the middle and jungle, the junior team finally chose to use the Czar to deal with Malzahar.

The Tsar undoubtedly has a certain advantage when facing Malzahar. Malzahar's passive shield, which gives countless people inexplicable headaches, is useless in front of the Tsar.

In addition, in the bottom lane, Li Luo's Kalista and Meiko's Thresh, who made many famous scenes on the field, also added countless bloody levels to the bottom lane matchup.

When the bp was finished, Edgar left the stage in a daze.

As a three-star meritorious coach, he sadly discovered that when facing the EDG team, not only was he unable to study it thoroughly, but it was also extremely difficult to guess EDG's basic tactical concepts.

Among the five heroes selected by EDG, there were three heroes that he did not expect at all. Except for Lee Sin and Thresh, the other three heroes seemed to have become the basic imprint of EDG players. These heroes Although they do not exist in the version and have not become big hits in the version, they are not outside the version and are heroes that can be played under certain circumstances.

The lineup chosen by GEN is not a popular version, so EDG naturally does not need to use heroes that are popular in the version.

Amid the almost "sad and angry" cheers from the Korean audience, the second round of the showdown between the two sides kicked off.

The two sides were fairly stable at the beginning, similar to the previous set.

But GEN soon couldn't hold it any longer.

First there was a wave of fighting in the bottom lane, initiated by GEN.

According to Chi Emperor's idea, he originally wanted to consume one set and withdraw immediately after finishing the attack.

Nami's weakness and Q skill can block Kalista's pursuit route.

However, when he moved forward with E and Q, his most critical damage skill, Q, Penetrating Holy Light, was narrowly avoided by Kalista's AQ double jump.

Without the damage of the Q skill, Lucian's burst is naturally not enough to suppress Kalista's larger health volume.

Nami tried to use water bubbles and weak restraints, but Meiko on the side was able to dodge first and use Flash E to force out the Flash of the Shoku Emperor.

Li Luo raised his A soldier and at the same time dodged A and exchanged the small soldier with E. After slowing down to Lucian, he also avoided Nami's blisters. He then jumped again. In conjunction with Thresh's extreme distance hook, he first collected Lucian and then killed Nami. Beautiful, a double kill was completed during the matchup.

"It takes a hero like Kalista to achieve the ultimate laning."

After cooperating with Li Luo to get the kill, Meiko sighed with emotion.

The main reason why Kalista is not suitable for the S8 season version is that the warrior heroes in the S8 version are quite attractive.

Once a hero like Kalista reaches the late stage, he is likely to be scratched before pulling out his spear. Especially if he fails to pull out the A-finished spear, all his teammates may die.

In addition, there are indeed many popular control-type heroes in this version. Once Kalista takes control, she will be no different from a useless person.

It’s interesting to say that the reason why EDG dared to choose Kalista is ultimately because Crown Brother’s selection of Malzahar provided EDG with space to help the junior player get the mid laner and the core Czar.

With a big late-stage core like Tsar, ADC naturally doesn't have to worry too much about late-stage abilities.

The bottom lane blossomed first, and GEN could only focus on the top lane.

Zach, the leader of An, took the lead and used Jin Gong's flash, and cooperated with Akali to try to kill Jin Gong.

However, Xiaotian's blind monk approached at an extremely fast speed. With a wave of unpretentious touches, one jio and two candied haws feet, Akali who entered the tower was directly knocked away. At the same time, this After the kick, Akali's position also gave Jin Gong a perfect wall-dong angle.

Although Akali successfully replaced Jin Gong's Poppy with her superior health and burst damage, her own health was low and was taken by Xiaotian's blind monk without a suitable escape route. To the head.

The two sides fought until one for one, which was not a bad thing for GEN.

However, the timely support of the younger brother turned Zac, the leader of the security team, into five pieces of tissue after he jumped to the wild area, and was later stabbed to death by the soldiers.

The Czar got the head, so Crown Brother naturally became emo.

"This... to be honest, it's just a gap in physical strength."

As the game time came to fifteen minutes, and the head-to-head ratio between the two sides was stretched to 7 to 1, the doll who had something to say said straightforwardly.

Miller also nodded slightly: "To be honest, GEN's idea is very good. Although their lineup is old-fashioned, it is the style of play they were best at in the past. Unfortunately... times have changed. Ah, EDG is no longer the EDG it used to be."

"The bottom lane has never been matched up before, and Lucian will be useless in the mid-term. In addition, Jin Gong's Poppy W skill is too good. GEN tried to target the top lane several times, but with little success, dragging the team to If it's a battle, whether it's Zach or Akali, their room to play will be severely limited when facing Poppy."

The cheering sound at the scene became smaller and smaller.

Why don’t Korean audiences want to see GEN avenge their shame?

But they... are of no use!

Even Crown Brother, who had stabilized the defense tower, suffered a serious blow. When the game time came to 17 minutes, Crown Brother, who was guarding the second tower, was directly pushed back by the Czar's drift. Meiko's Thresh was on the side. The hook was followed up seamlessly in the zone, and then the second stage of Q pressed forward, and then the junior lantern pulled his czar out of the defense tower. With the cooperation of Li Luo, who was beating the three wolves while jumping to the middle, he completed it easily. Killed Malzahar.

Xiaotian arrived at the right time and released the Canyon Pioneer. EDG's four-person grouping in an instant overwhelmed the second tower in the middle and was quickly eliminated.

It is worth mentioning that EDG did not choose to retreat, but let Jin Gong TP to the front. Jin Gong's Poppy used his ultimate move to unexpectedly charge R in the shadow of the wall under the tower, directly handing over the GEN team. Lucian, who had cleared the line with the Baptism of the Holy Spear, flew out.

EDG just evacuated after most of Highland's health was consumed.

Little dragon, big dragon.

All map resources were under EDG's control, and GEN once again entered a chronic death state.

This time they persisted longer than last time. It took EDG a full 27 minutes to level GEN's base, and GEN was not blocked this time, and more or less took two heads.

This is not the biggest blow to GEN.

The real blow came in their final group game.

When faced with MAD, the king of Group A, GEN went from being confused at the beginning to struggling desperately, and their mentality went through reincarnations one after another.

But in the end, it was MAD who succeeded in defeating them. It seemed that all the power they had accumulated after failing five games was used against GEN.

GEN is obviously struggling, but there is a certain difference between the feeling of losing after struggling and the feeling of losing when it fails.

GEN has been consuming their energy.

But MAD is like a sixth man who is recharging his energy. What they are waiting for is this final backstab.

As it turns out, their backstab was successful.

Although the process was tortuous, the MAD players, who also achieved a 1/5 record in the group stage, felt as if they had won the championship when the final battle was completed. The five of them hugged each other with excitement.

In contrast, on the GEN team, cuvee was sitting on a chair, pulling out the keys and looking around in confusion.

Head An was silent, with his head lowered and his face darkened.

Brother Crown lay on the table and burst into tears.

Emperor Chi took off his glasses, leaned his elbows on the table, and kept rubbing his eyes.

coreJJ looked the calmest, but his messy hair gave people the feeling that he was on the run.

It's obviously 1/5.

But at the end of this group stage, the mood was completely different.

This may be the alternative charm of e-sports.

"So, contentment always brings happiness."

In the backstage lounge, seeing everyone in GEN, EDG couldn't help but feel a little sad.

It seems like they gave GEN away, but is that actually the case?

The elimination of GEN did have their shadow, but the ones who really sent GEN away were actually themselves.

EDG qualified with a 6/0 record in the group stage.

VIT ranked second in Group A with a 4/2 record of double-killing GEN and double-killing MAD, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

Seeing this VIT, Mingkai seemed to think of EDG.

After all, EDG can be considered a "4/2" professional player in previous S competitions. In the seasons when they were in the top eight, every group stage seemed to end in 4/2.

It's a pity that they were in the top 16 last time, which was a bit miserable.

This time the group stage went 6/0, so their ending...

Will it be different?

How far can they go?

Mingkai, a veteran of the League of Legends, was looking forward to it silently.

Li Luo, on the other hand, stared at the eight teams that entered the quarterfinals and fell into deep thought.

In the S7 season, the teams that entered the quarterfinals were not much different from what they remembered before their rebirth.

But this time, something has changed.

Not only are there drastic changes in the group stage groupings, there are also drastic changes in the group stage rankings.

What Li Luo is really concerned about is the grouping of the top eight.

Among the three current LPL teams, two are first in the group and one is second in the group.

This means that the three LPL teams are very likely to encounter civil war in the eight-to-four collision.

No matter from any perspective, Li Luo didn't want this situation to happen.

I'm tired. I have to spend tonight in the service area. There was an epidemic in my hometown just after leaving. There is still an itinerary code on it. I won't let you off the expressway. If you want to get off, you will have to be taken to the quarantine. I have no choice but to serve now. Let's deal with it. Calculating the time, it should be gone tonight. I originally wanted to ask for another leave, but when I thought about the leather that had been blown out before, I still used my mobile phone to pick it out and it cracked.