The strongest player in the league

"You're also worried? Aren't you studying your opponents in the S7 finals?"

The factory manager smiled awkwardly, turned to Li Zixiu and asked:

"Axiu, what do you think?"

"I don't think our destination is Madison Square Garden."

Hearing this, the director and Abu's eyes lit up.

……

Chapter 894 The e-sports showdown in the square garden

Located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern New York State, New York is the largest city and port in the United States.

Madison Square Garden is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York. It is above Pennsylvania Station, one of the largest train stations in the United States. Many foreign tourists who come to New York by train will see Madison Square Garden at first sight. It is worthy of being the face of New York. .

As the venue for the semi-finals, this venue can easily accommodate tens of thousands of spectators.

On October 10th, the EDG team came to New York two days ahead of schedule.

Checking in at the hotel, familiarizing yourself with the venue, shooting official promotional videos, everything is already familiar.

On the evening of the 20th, in the officially prepared training room, EDG did not dare to delay for a moment.

There are three teams in the LCK, and the communication between them is closer.

This group of top players exchanged experiences with each other and explored the limits of version 618.

In comparison, EDG is a bit lonely.

However, the EDG players did not panic at all. In addition to the analysis given by their own data analysts and coaching staff, there was also a teacher Xiu who was patching by the side.

Coupled with playing so many games during this period, EDG already has a clear understanding of this World Championship version.

The game video about SSG was also played several times by Abramovich over and over again.

When preparing for the semifinals, the LCK division united and they had reservations about EDG.

For example, in terms of training matches, none of the three LCK teams approached EDG for training matches.

EDG, who understand the opponent's meaning, will not put a hot face on other people's cold buttocks. There is no communication between the two competition areas at this moment, and it is not necessarily who suffers.

However, everyone can understand LCK's approach.

S6 global finals, winning the final championship is not only about the honor of a certain player and a certain team, he also represents the honor of a competition area and a country.

At this time, the enemy and ourselves are quite clear.

On October 10, just after nightfall, Madison Square Garden was flooded with lights, and exciting game scenes flickered on the huge screen.

At this moment, the venue that can accommodate nearly 2 people has been filled with league fans.

With the unrestrained DJ sound on the scene, summoners from all over the world enjoyed the noisy moment.

When the lights dimmed, the familiar metallic sound rushed towards our face with a throbbing rhythm:

"ladies and gentlemen!"

"Welcome to MSG!"

"The semi-finals of the 2016 League of Legends Global Finals have officially started! Today, in this historic venue, let us experience the charm of League of Legends e-sports together!"

"Congratulations to the four teams that came to New York. You are the four strongest teams in the world throughout the 2016 season, representing the highest level of competition in the league. The competition for the semifinals is about to begin, and two of your teams will win The final ticket to Los Angeles!"

"There, you will shine the entire alliance world!"

"So, summoners, let's fight!"

……

"First of all, welcome to the first participating team today, they are"

"—EDG~~~~~~~~~!!!"

Many spectators stood up, and stormy applause rang out.

"EDG!"

"EDG!"

"EDG!"

……

A lot of people were shouting, which made everyone in EDG on the stage applaud.

The movement of the Samsung team that appeared later was obviously much smaller. According to official statistics, among the top four teams, EDG is the most popular team in North America.

Of course, what can conquer the audience is strength!

After introducing the players on the field, SSG and EDG officially took their seats.

Before BP, the two parties entered the final stage of equipment debugging.

In the LPL studio, the three commentators in charge of hosting today are Doll, Changmao and Wang Duoduo.

The shot is shown in the studio, and the doll is making opening remarks:

"Hello, audience friends, welcome to the 2016 League of Legends semifinals!"

"Everyone has been waiting for a few days, the long-awaited match between EDG and SSG is about to start!"

"Today's Madison Square Garden, the atmosphere is extremely strong, even if the game has not started, we can already feel the intense and exciting feeling at the scene!"

Long Mao nodded:

"Well, I also saw a lot of Chinese at the scene. They came from nearby cities to support our LPL team!"

"For today's game, I believe we LPL fans are very confident."

"EDG came to this arena with a record of unbeaten victories. I hope they can continue their momentum today!"

Wang Duoduo, who was sitting on the left, took the words:

"Before I saw some comments on the Internet, some people said that EDG's undefeated record was better luck, and they have been drawing good draws."

"However, I think I need to refute. There are no underdogs in the World Championships. The teams that can stand on this stage are all very good. When you sit in the player's bench and play the game, it is definitely not as easy as you think. EDG can have the current The most important part of the brilliance is hard power!"

"Especially Xiushen, who has won 9 consecutive games. This is not only unprecedented in the World Championships, it can even be said to be unprecedented. This record may even be extended!"

Speaking of this topic, the doll sitting in the middle laughed:

"As soon as you said that, I immediately remembered it. You may not know that the North American audience here is completely conquered by Xiushen. The translator told me the day before yesterday that the league fans in North America have already called Xiushen "League." E-sports God', haha, this title fits the ID of Xiushen very well."

Changmao smiled evilly, "I also know another piece of news."

"The local gambling organization even offered a big or small handicap for Xiushen's consecutive super gods. The odds of 10 super gods in a row are very low. Many viewers think that Xiushen still has super gods in his debut at Madison Square Garden today. Possibly, even if EDG's opponent is Samsung!"

Wang Duoduo smiled and said:

"Personally, I am extremely optimistic about Xiushen."

"Brother Crown has carried several times in this World Championship. He is definitely the top mid laner in the world. Even so, I still feel that there is a big gap between Brother Crown and Xiushen."

"If An Zhangmen doesn't change his style of play to take care of the middle lane in today's game, Brother Crown may be under the greatest pressure so far in this World Championship!"

Wang Duoduo's words were not nonsense, Chang Mao and Wa Wa nodded in agreement.

The match between WE and SSG in the last round is a good example.

When WE imitated EDG's tactics to deal with SSG, Crown had frequent dangers in the middle lane. If it wasn't for team economy, Crown might not have had the chance to develop.

However, WE's mid-dandy Xiye is just Xiaoxiuer, and there is a huge gap between him and Zhongshenxiu.

If EDG personally implements such a tactic, the danger of Crown may be escalated!

……

On the other side, the Korean studio.

"The Korean team is about to collide with EDG, come on Samsung!"

"I watched the pre-match interview about SSG, and the Samsung players are very confident, and I also trust their strength."

"Well, Crown also threatened to compete with God and XIU, this will be an extremely exciting duel!"

"Remember the performance of the last round of Crown?"

"Are you talking about the wave of being three-guaranteed and then staged a counter-kill and successfully escaped?"

"Yes, Crown's confidence is high, today is a good opportunity to prove himself!"

"If Crown can defeat God and XIU, then he will be the big winner of this S match!"

"Hahaha, I suddenly look forward to Brother Crown's next performance, Smecta!"

"Oh, Banpick has started!"

"Come on, Samsung!"

"Brother Crown, come on!"

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Chapter 895 Are You... Shivering?

Accompanied by the cheers of the audience, the first match between SSG and EDG began.

By tossing a coin, SSG chose the blue side in games 1, 3, and 5 of the semifinals.

Although EDG has a troublesome counter position on the red side, Samsung still feels that the blue side is more beneficial.

In addition to the fact that the winning rate of the blue side in this World Championship is more than ten percentage points higher than that of the red side, the priority selection will make their BP slightly more comfortable when facing EDG.

For example, the two options of Jess and Verus, even if they don’t pull them, they can still choose them first. Wither and Crown can also perform these two roles, which will make SSG more tactically changeable, and at the same time have a strong impact on EDG’s other positions. create more restrictions.

At the beginning of BP, Samsung was relatively conservative in the first game. They still followed the example of the previous team and defeated all the three-handed heroes of Zhongshenxiu.

As for EDG, this is to get rid of Ryze, the dramatist and the policewoman.

The blue Fang Sanxing was the first to choose the wild leopard girl, which is the master of An's forte!

EDG first selected Zyra and Ice on the red side.

On the second and third floors of the blue square, Samsung's choice made the audience cheer.

Wheel mother plus female gun!

In this version, the female gun is enough to be on the stage in the World Championship as a support.

Because Zyra is becoming more and more popular in this version, and the female gun has become the existence of Counter Zyra.

First of all, if the female gun is paired with ice, there will be a combination of E + ice ultimate move + barrage time (R), which will make the female gun a good choice when facing mage support.

However, this is not the key to the female gun Counter Zyra.

In fact, there is another extreme factor.

In the current version, female gun's passive—LoveTap, skill introduction:

Doom's Favor - Miss Fortune deals bonus physical damage when attacking a new target.This means that the female gun's basic attack will cause '25' damage to Zyra's plants, which will not consume the mana of the female gun, and has a continuous effect on other targets. Extra damage from guns!

During the laning phase, the blood volume of the Zyra plant is only '44', so that the female gun can kill a plant with two basic attacks instead of three!

If MF and her AD partner attack Zyra plants together, just level A and it's gone!

After the rework of Zyra, the damage is basically output by plants. Under normal circumstances, plants will attack 2-3 times.

MF, on the other hand, can effectively limit this powerful mage support.

For Zyra, she also has a trick against MF, which is to use the second-level W skill at level 4, so that the HP of the seed will be slightly higher, and she has a chance to hit two basic attacks.

However, in conclusion, the long female gun still forms a counter to Zyra.

In the early stage, the MF will bring the magic power to consume and harass, and in the later stage, it will switch to the output of armor-piercing big moves.

Although it is feasible for this hero to play as a support, it is a bit risky in terms of lineup.Without the support of control and frankness, it is easy to become a cash machine for the opponent's assassin.

Especially when Samsung faced EDG in this game, CoreJJ dared to do this in front of Zhong Shenxiu, who is good at assassins, which really surprised the audience.

"SSG is very confident, CoreJJ has no problem taking out MF!"

"Yes, even if God and XIU's mid laners are strong, we SSG are not afraid!"