You said you would teach top lane, but are you going to get materials for the world competition?

It is very difficult to arrange a practice match when the summer season reaches the semifinals of the playoffs.

There are only a few teams that still have games to play.

The other teams that missed the playoffs or were eliminated in the playoffs have gone on holiday early.

The remaining four teams are either the opponents of tomorrow's semifinals or potential opponents of the finals.

The opponents of tomorrow's semifinals cannot play practice matches with each other.

If you arrange the other two teams, it is not easy to come up with too much in the practice match.

After all, it is possible to meet in the finals.

After all, it is impossible to have a mentality of taking one step at a time after reaching the semifinals. The finals are naturally within the consideration of each team.

In this case, WE, which was just eliminated yesterday, became the most sought-after team.

WE was indeed eliminated in the summer season playoffs.

But no matter what the results of the next two semifinals and finals are.

The WE team has already secured a spot in the bubble match of the LPL division of the S7 World Finals.

So it is naturally impossible for WE to go fishing on holiday.

The whole team is still preparing for the bubble match in the base.

LGD wanted to invite WE to play a training match, but of course they didn't.

WE is currently very popular and has been invited by others.

So they had to find EDG, which is not in the same half of the zone as LGD.

EDG is also a team that LGD has played a lot of training matches with this year.

Both teams are very familiar with each other's style.

In today's training match, LGD still used the idea of ​​playing around the bottom lane in the second half of the summer season, and EDG naturally adapted quickly.

And EDG is the team that is best at playing around the bottom lane in LPL.

Whether it is offense or defense.

In addition, EDG's condition today is surprisingly good.

So after several training matches, LGD won one game, and the rest were won by EDG.

However, DGC didn't care much about the result of today's training game.

If the opponent in the final is EDG, then change the routine and play style.

LGD doesn't only know one play style.

In League of Legends, a one-trick pony can only exist in a specific version and it is impossible to exist for a long time.

Only by adapting to the version and constantly adjusting and changing can you win everything.

Of course, but this does not affect the fact that sometimes you can win unexpectedly.

The interval between each round of the summer playoffs is too short, and it is not realistic to rely on this time to practice something new.

In the training match with EDG, playing around the bottom lane can be regarded as consolidating LGD's recent playing tactics.

As for some things that are already known, they will not be easily forgotten.

After the training match, DGC did not arrange anything else.

Zhou Dian and his teammates played ranked games to adjust their own status before the game.

This night, except for Zhou Dian, who was the first to leave the training room on time.

The other LGD players also went to bed earlier than usual.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the semi-finals of the playoffs with IG will officially start. It will be early to go out, so you need to go to bed early to ensure enough sleep.

Whether or not you get enough sleep has a great impact on your mental state and on-site competitive state.

August 25, Friday.

After lunch, all the LGD players, as well as the team leader and coaching staff, boarded the bus and prepared to go to the game site.

Until the final, the game was still held at the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center, where the regular season was usually held.

Today, there were also two consecutive playoff games.

First, there was the BO5 semifinal between LGD and IG, and then there was another BO5 semifinal between EDG and RNG.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

The screen in the official event live broadcast room was cut to the commentary seat on time.

"Okay, good afternoon, everyone!"

"Welcome to our LPL playoff semifinals. Today, we will first bring you the match between LGD and IG."

"I am the commentator Guan Zeyuan."

"I am Zhihuan."

"I am Rita."

The audience felt a little headache when they saw the "hypnotist" Zhihuan.

Fortunately, Zhihuan did not partner with another hypnotist, Changmao.

Guan Zeyuan is still quite interesting, so I guess today's commentary will not be too boring.

As soon as Rita started talking, the barrage in the official event live broadcast room was full of the old joke of "Drinking Warhorse, playing Rita".

"In the second round of the playoffs the day before yesterday, IG fought hard with WE for five games and finally defeated WE, the runner-up of the spring season." Guan Zeyuan spoke first,

"I wonder what kind of performance will be brought today against the spring season champion LGD?"

Hearing this, Zhihuan said: "I am definitely optimistic about LGD's victory in this game, but now this IG team may be able to bring us more surprises in today's game!"

"Now the top laners generally play tank heroes, and the influence of the top lane is actually not as great as before."

"To be honest, this version situation is not very favorable to LGD. LGD's strength in the current versions has been reduced!"

"Yes!" Guan Zeyuan nodded, "I feel that Zhou Shen's carry ability has been weakened!"

"But then again, I feel that Zhou Shen's tank top laner is no worse than his warrior top laner. The main reason is that the tank top laner's inherent carry ability is a little weaker, and there is nothing we can do about it!"

"And there is another point!" Guan Zeyuan continued, "In the game where IG defeated WE the day before yesterday, the performance of IG top laner TheShy was quite crucial!"

"Facing Zhou Shen in the BO5 today is undoubtedly a greater test for TheShy. I wonder if he can still perform like he did the day before yesterday!"

"Let's not talk too much about the good things. The players of both teams are about to appear on the stage. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both teams today."

At this time, the starting players of both teams appeared on the big screen on the scene, and Guan Zeyuan quickly changed the topic.

After Rita read the player IDs, Guan Zeyuan continued:

"The starting lineups of both teams today are the usual regular lineups. IG is still the same as the first two rounds of the playoffs. The top laner is still TheShy, and Duke is temporarily sitting on the bench."

After the commentator introduced the starting lineups of both teams, the equipment of the players on the stage was also debugged.

At this time, the referee came over and confirmed the preparations of the players of both teams for the last time.

After the confirmation, the first game of the BO5 is about to start.

On the commentary seat.

"Okay, no more small talk, I just received a message from the backstage that the players on both sides are ready."

Guan Zeyuan continued: "The first semi-final of the LPL Summer Playoffs, the first game of the BO5 between LGD and IG, the BP is about to begin."

As soon as the voice fell, the big screen on the scene also switched to the BP interface at the same time.

"The right to choose the side in the playoffs is determined by the regular season record. The side with a better regular season record will have an extra game to choose in the BO5."

"That is to say, in this BO5, LGD has the right to choose the first, third, and fifth games, and IG has the right to choose the second and fourth games."

"LGD chose the blue side in the first game, which is also normal. In the recent versions, basically no team will actively choose the red side."

"Okay, let's take a look at the BP of both sides."

The first round of BP.

LGD banned Leblanc, Prince, and Spider.

IG banned Kog'Maw, Jayce, and Taliyah.

In the LGD team voice chat, imp asked: "What do you mean, should I just grab Skate Shoes?"

At a time when the red side basically chooses to ban Skate Shoes in the first round, IG actually gave Skate Shoes to LGD.

This made imp a little suspicious, is there something fishy.

Could it be that IG prepared some secret weapon to fight Skate Shoes and deliberately gave Skate Shoes to LGD to choose?

So, imp first asked the coach to see what the coach thought.

Dgc thought about it for a long time and shook his head.

He was not sure about this question.

So he simply decided to throw the problem back to IG.

Is IG the only one who can do it? It's not that LGD can't deal with Skate Shoes!

Seeing that there were only a few seconds left to choose, Dgc said: "Then let's take Sejuani first!"

So, Zhou Dian locked Sejuani on the first floor of the blue side.

Although the Slag Giant has become more expensive, Sejuani is still a T1-level jungler in the current version.

IG's selection speed is very fast, and they took Skate Shoes and Kennen on the first and second floors respectively.

Since LGD has kicked Skateboard Shoes back, it doesn't matter whether LGD really has a way to deal with Skateboard Shoes.

If IG doesn't choose it in the first two rounds on the red side, it will be really stupid.

You can't let LGD choose both Pig Girl and Skateboard Shoes.

Then what's the point of playing!

"LGD doesn't choose Skateboard Shoes, but IG still has to take it. They took Kennen on the second floor, but I don't know if this Kennen is a support or a top laner."

When Kennen support was developed in S5, it was used to match Skateboard Shoes.

At that time, the online suppression power of this bottom lane combination was unique.

After that, Skateboard Shoes gradually couldn't play, and Kennen support gradually disappeared.

And with the increasing status of Skateboard Shoes now, Kennen support has also returned to the arena.

Later, LGD also took the bottom lane combination of Tristana and Rakan on the second and third floors of the blue side.

Seeing this Kennen, Dgc frowned.

You can't just assume that this Kennen is a support when you see Skateboard Shoes. The possibility that TheShy plays Kennen top lane is also very high.

LGD is on the blue side and can't choose top lane in the last pick.

So we must take into account the possibility that Kennen on the IG side is a top laner.

If LGD directly chooses a pure tank top laner, if IG has a top lane Kennen, it will be a pure beating, and it will also allow Kennen to develop comfortably.

It's time for the second round of BP.

After thinking about it, Dgc decided to give Zhou Dian Gnar.

Gnar is also a bit of a panacea. No matter whether IG's Kennen is a top laner or not, he is not afraid.

As IG chose the big worm in the last pick on the red side, it also shows that this Kennen is a support.

Seeing IG's lineup, Zhou Dian suddenly felt a little bad.

First of all, IG's Skateboard Shoes and Kennen in the bottom lane are undoubtedly a very strong combination.

On the top lane, his Gnar fights the big worm. If the opponent is a little bit weak, he may have a chance to play a big advantage.

However, the one laning against him was TheShy.

Although Zhou Dian thought that TheShy was not particularly good at playing tank heroes nowadays.

But the big worm happened to be the tank hero that he played the most and played the best during this period.

The hero Gnar was actually not as easy to play against melee heroes as imagined.

It was said that long-handed players were fighting short-handed players, but the attack range of small Gnar was only 400 yards, which was neither long nor short, and the numerical value was not outstanding, which was a bit embarrassing.

Especially when encountering heroes with strong recovery ability like big worm, they actually couldn't take much advantage.

This hero can play against anyone in the laning, big Gnar has enough control to fight in a group, and small Gnar can carry alone.

To put it bluntly, it is a jack of all trades hero.

DGC gave him this hero first based on these considerations.

But after the final lineup was selected, LGD's lineup was far less stable and easy to play than IG's lineup.

To put it bluntly, it was still at a disadvantage in the skateboard shoes, which made the subsequent BP passive.

As one of the commentators who understood the game best, Zhihuan also noticed it and said immediately:

"LGD is a bit uncomfortable now because they didn't change their shoes quickly. Zhou Shen picked a Gnar in the top lane. Facing the big worm, it is estimated that it will not be easy to play well. I think it still depends on the bottom lane of both sides."

"Of course, the bottom lane is also the most important lane in the recent version!"

After the two head coaches shook hands and greeted each other, they walked into the player channel.

On the big screen at the scene, the game entered the loading interface.

Blue side LGD:

Top single Gnar, jungle Zhu Mei, mid single Corki, bottom lane Tristana and Garen.

Red side IG:

Top single big worm, jungle Gragas, mid single Lucian, bottom lane Skate Shoes and Kennen.

While waiting for the loading time, the director's camera kept scanning some beautiful audiences in the audience, and several commentators on the stage also started chatting.

After the fans on both sides shouted "Come on" three times, the OB interface appeared on the big screen at the scene, and the first game of the semi-final BO5 officially began.

As soon as the game entered, ten players from both sides lined up along the river and took defensive positions.

Below the big screen on the scene, the cornerstone talents of the ten heroes on both sides were given.

Guan Zeyuan, who was in the commentary booth, immediately noticed something different.

"IG's top and jungle, Big Worm and Gragas, all have Stoneborn Contract as their cornerstone talents!"

Zhou Dian discovered this when the game just loaded.

Big Worm and Gragas both have this auxiliary talent, which obviously means they want to be dogs for their own mid-bottom double shooters.

[Stoneborn Contract]: A cornerstone talent of the Resolute system. The movement damage effect imposed by the hero will mark the enemy hero. When your friendly heroes attack these marked enemy heroes through normal attacks, they will receive a healing effect, and the mark lasts for 4 seconds.

TheShy's choice of this talent is undoubtedly very smart. He knows that his Big Worm can't touch Zhou Dian's Gnar, and it's useless to bring Grasp of the Undying, so he simply brings Stoneborn Contract.

As for Ning Wang's Gragas, he probably felt that there was no pressure against Sejuani, so he simply brought a Stoneborn Contract instead of [Courage of the Colossus].

Because IG's mid and bottom duo shooters are Lucian and Skateboard Shoes, both of whom are very powerful in snowballing in the early stage.

LGD's mid and bottom duo shooters are Corki and Tristana, both of which need certain equipment in the mid-term to exert their strength.

In the late stage, IG will undoubtedly lack damage.

But now Zhou Dian is afraid that LGD will not have a late stage.

Once Lucian and Skateboard Shoes gain an advantage in the early stage, IG will directly group up early.

Under the effect of the two Stoneborn Contracts of the Big Worm and Gragas, both Cs have an extra blood-sucking equipment, and LGD has no chance of turning the game around.

The key to this game is the laning in the middle and bottom lanes.

Zhou Dian and TheShy in the top lane seem to have a hard time determining the outcome of the first game of this BO5.