Chapter 170: This game is dedicated to Mr. Mingkai?
The ROX base crystal exploded.

However, the picture was not frozen permanently.

The audience finally saw through the big screen that the Rift Herald was standing next to the exploded base crystal, happily dancing the same dance as the Slap Man’s cousin in the American TV series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”!

Such funny actions made countless audiences at the scene and in front of the screen smile knowingly.

Even the three people in the commentary booth were reviewing the game with a smile.

“The game just ended too quickly. I really didn’t get enough of it!” Wawa sighed.

“Maybe they don’t want to give the other team any time to react. After all, the next stage is just about brushing up their stats.”

Miller actually felt a little unbelievable after he finished speaking.

After all, it was just yesterday.

They witnessed with their own eyes the game in which RNG fought for five games and finally lost to SKT.

Unexpectedly!

It’s only been one day.

Once again, they witnessed the LCK’s No. 5 seed being quickly defeated in the first game of this BO match, without any chance of fighting back throughout the entire process.

In short: I was stunned!

Some scenes will not be broadcast in the live broadcast room at all, so online viewers naturally cannot see them.

But the audience and commentators at the scene could see it clearly!
All the ROX players had dazed looks on their faces when they left the soundproof room.

among them.

The player who received the most attention was Peanut, who was named the LCK Jungle King this year.

Compared with last year.

He did not dye his hair when he participated in the World Championships this year.

Because the base was flattened because the ultimate skill was not used many times in the whole game.

When Peanut left the scene, his black hair had been made into a mess by his hands, which showed how upset Peanut was at that moment.

TOP1 Lounge.

Everyone just returned to the room.

I immediately saw Theshy standing at the door, smiling and greeting me: “Awesome, guys~”

As a player who replaced Duke in the group stage.

If TOP1 can win this year’s world championship.

So as a contestant who has performed on stage.

Theshy can also obtain the wish of many players who have not been able to achieve their goals until retirement: a champion skin with his own signature!

“Everyone played great!” kkoma was also smiling, but before he could finish his compliments, he turned serious: “But don’t be too proud. The reason we won so easily was that ROX took the initiative to seek death. If they hadn’t come to fight at level 1, the result would be hard to say!”

“What about the second one?” Imp, who had snatched the MVP from Wang Yu because of his good performance, had not yet adjusted his mentality and his tone was a little proud.

He just beat Pray on the roster.

And it’s Pray using a mouse!

At this time, Imp could not wait to log on to the Korean Internet and ask these ignorant Korean netizens who is the Rat King?

“Secondly, that’s what I’m going to say next!”

“Because the game ended so quickly, we will play this BO5 as a BO3.”

Kkoma’s words caused confusion among the crowd.

The benefits of coaching experience are evident at this moment.

“How long did the game last?” kkoma glanced at everyone.

Several people frowned slightly and tried to recall.

Only Wang Yu accurately reported the end time of the game: “When the crystal exploded, it was 16 minutes and 50 seconds.”

“That’s right! 16 minutes and 50 seconds!”

“It was too fast! So fast that neither we nor they could react!”

“I believe everyone must be very happy to win the game, but staying excited all the time is actually disadvantageous for the second game!”

kkoma did not arrange any tactics in these short ten minutes.

The World Championship schedule is nearly a month away.

During this period.

They seldom go out to play and basically stay in the training room. Their purpose is to engrave into their memory all the routines and tactics that might be used in the World Championship.

just now.

What kkoma wants to say is simple but also very crucial.

What players and contestants care about is winning or losing each game.

The coach not only needs to think about this aspect, but also needs to take the players’ physical consumption into account!

这也是为什么BO5赛制中，经常可以看见比分为3:0，3:1，却很少能看见3：2的情况。

Every time a game ends.

Put aside the energy loss of both players.

The loser will have psychological pressure that affects his state.

The winner will feel excited because he has taken a step towards victory.

If no one helps the players to adjust their mentality within a short period of time, there may not be any problems in the first two games, but as time and the number of games increase, this problem will eventually turn into a fatal weakness!
What kkoma needs to do is to get these five players back to the state they were in before they played the game as quickly as possible.

Only in this way.

They would not let the excitement of this “massacre” consume their energy and affect the next few games.

There’s no point talking about tactics.

The day-to-day review of training matches has already allowed the players to adapt to this stage.

So kkoma told some little stories and gossips about the LCK players that he knew to distract everyone’s attention.

The effect is really good.

By the time everyone came to their senses, the official staff had already been sent over to remind them: the halftime break was over, and it was time to get ready for the second game!

The powerful music brings the show to an end.

The audience also saw the contestants they loved walking towards the soundproof room for the competition at the first moment.

“Come on, Emo! Beat Peanut! Let him know that there are differences among LCK junglers!”

“Hey, hey, hey? Can you hear me? Emo, smash ROX to pieces for me!”

“Stop talking! I’ll give you 10 super fires once we advance to the finals!!!”

Facing these enthusiastic fans and audiences.

Wang Yu did not make any response, but walked towards the soundproof room faster.

A perfect ending that the audience wants to see is more intuitive than his so-called answer or response.

Commentary seat.

As the BP sound effect sounded, the picture appeared.

“Welcome to the semi-finals of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship!”

“The BO5 match currently underway is between TOP1 and ROX.”

“The second game officially begins!”

Guan Zeyuan, who was chatting with Haier Brothers the previous second, completely entered working mode the next second.

Finished the first game.

As the losing side, ROX still chose to start the second game as the blue side.

Originally, when facing Wang Yu, a fixed ban position is needed, and the red team also has to ban those heroes that are strong in this version.

If you start with the red side.

That’s worse than worse.

The failure of the first game also made Nofe understand.

Galio, a T0-level choice that everyone thought was the answer to the version, had actually been restricted by the TOP1 as early as the MSI period!

but.
New problems also followed.

Put it down or take it?

TOP1 has a way to limit Galio, but they don’t!
“We can’t give it to them. That guy likes to attack. If we give him Galio as a bodyguard, will Wanghu still be able to play?”

GorillA, the brain of the team, obviously has it all figured out.

Last year, Nidalee was still the mainstream jungler.

When peanut faces Wang Yu, he can use the steal option instead of ban to get the Leopard Girl.

But this year?
Nidalee has become a hero against the meta.

We have reached the semi-finals and lost the first game.

Peanut no longer dares to use the method of grabbing the ban to take the Leopard Girl. Therefore.

Galio must be grabbed.

Even if TOP1 has a solution, they still have to bite the bullet and take it instead of using a precious ban spot or giving it directly to the opponent.

First round ban!
ROX: Nidalee, Karma, Ornn.

TOP1: Tam, Lulu, and Xia.

“It seems that ROX is also making changes after the halftime break. Nidalee’s fixed ban position remains unchanged, but Karma and Ornn are on the ban position!”

“This is the first time that Ornn has been banned in this World Championship!”

As an “encyclopedia”, Guan Zeyuan took the opportunity to share this little-known fact with the audience.

Before Wawa and Miller could figure out how to continue the topic.

The top 1 on the red team has already made his choice!

“Kaiying!!! What did I say? Emolove will definitely use this jungler in the semifinals!”

Miller acted like someone who had won millions in lottery, and he was extremely excited.

“From this quick selection, I can feel that Emolove must have been eager to play Kaiying in the game, but… this hero is not very strong!” Guan Zeyuan has a completely different attitude: “According to big data statistics, when Kaiying was first launched, his win rate in all ranks of the entire league was 43.6%, and his win rate in the top ranking was only 39.6%!”

It’s obviously a popular science content.

But the audience can hear it.
[4396? Who are you hinting at, you little brat? ]

[Although someone was eliminated in the quarterfinals again, he is still there! ]

[Emo is a jungler who came out of EDG, and Mingkai is the starting jungler of EDG, so Emo’s instant selection of Kaiying is a tribute to Mingkai! ]

[This game is dedicated to Mr. Mingkai? ]

【7777777! The world is focusing on you! 】

Since Kaiying has two sets of skills that change his mechanism after transformation, he is similar to Mingkai, whose performance in Rank and competition is completely different.

By many coincidences.

Ming Kai also has another title: Dark Kai!

of course.

This is just a joke from the audience.

Everyone knows it very well.

It is impossible for Emolove to simply pick a hero related to Mingkai to pay tribute to him in such a crucial game.

“Clockwork + Kaiying, can these two mid-jungle combinations perform a combo?” Wawa asked curiously.

But Guan Zeyuan is not a professional player after all.

Although he often relies on guessing when commenting on games, he will not make judgments easily in this regard.

“I don’t know. The win rates of these two heroes in Rank are not that high. I have only seen them a few times in ranked games.”

at the same time.

The ROX team voice chat also talked about the same thing as Wawa.

“That’s not possible? Kaiying cannot be selected when he uses his ultimate skill, and Clockwork’s ball should fall to the ground.” Kuro could only answer based on his understanding of the hero Clockwork.

“Brother, you’re right. When I was playing Ranked games before, I thought about trying Kaiying + Clockwork’s ultimate move, but it didn’t work at all. Every time I entered someone’s body, the ball would fall down.” Peanut also said.

I saw that all my midfield players had the same answer.

Nofe, who was originally suspicious, was relieved at this time: “It seems that kkoma just wants to use the new hero to scare us, if that’s the case…”

It’s the blue side’s turn to choose.

Peanut on the second floor got himself a versatile jungler: Lee Sin.

Because Kaiying’s transformation requires causing damage to the enemy hero before collecting energy.

And early jungle collisions are essential.

As a jungler hero with strong SOLO ability, Lee Sin has a 70:30 chance of winning against Kaiying. After War Fervor is fully stacked, the second Q skill can win the game with a 10:1 chance as long as it hits!

third floor.

Kuro continued to take the mouse for Pray.

Facing the highly mobile Kaiying, it doesn’t make much difference whether the ADC has displacement or not. If caught, you will die anyway, so it’s better to get an ADC who can deal tons of damage in team battles.

Just as ROX made its choice.

TOP1 quickly determined a hero.

Xerath!
A super cold dream hero who has not appeared on the field for several years!
How unpopular is it?
When Xerath’s portrait appeared on the third floor.

Everyone was stunned.

Even Guan Zeyuan had to think for a few seconds before he exclaimed: “I figured it out! This is the ancient witch spirit – Zerath!”

“If Clockwork comes first, then this Xerath should be a support?” Miller said uncertainly.

“That should be it. Xerath’s power is second only to Lux. His passive attack restores mana, and with auxiliary equipment, he can poke in the laning phase and reduce the health of the rat. It’s easy for him to help Kaiying cross the tower.” Guan Zeyuan guessed the possibility.

If the first two choices can still reveal something through the skill combination.

So this is the third hand.

It was definitely beyond everyone’s expectations.

This also includes ROX!

“Xerath?”

After seeing the avatar on the third floor opposite, Kuro almost laughed out loud.

To know.

Another person who often appears in highlights alongside the reworked Graves is Xerath!
There are people who play Xerath in the high-ranking games of the Korean server.

just
In most cases.

Xerath is always chasing down the low-health target. His set of skills QWER all fail, and in the end only basic attacks can deal damage, resulting in him being killed by the low-health target.

The reason for this situation is very simple.

Xerath is a very rare hero whose all skills are non-specific skills!
All skills need to be operated by the players themselves.

Players in the Korean server’s King’s Division can dodge all of Xerath’s skills by just moving around, not to mention the top players among the top who are about to advance to the finals on the finals stage!
“Don’t be careless, ban Lux first.”

Nofe is still coaching the BP stage carefully.

Kaiying’s appearance has already given him a headache.

now.

The appearance of Xerath made Nofe’s heart, which had already fallen to the ground, hang in the air again.

There is no trick to getting TOP1.

Nofe absolutely doesn’t believe it!

soon.

The second round of BP is over.

It is the red side’s turn to continue choosing.

“Ah? Minotaur?” Guan Zeyuan was completely confused: “If this Minotaur is a support, then Xerath is an ADC? No, it should be called APC.”

Wawa and Miller, who had high hopes for TOP1, also frowned.

“If we choose this way, won’t we have too many APs? Both Clockwork and Xerath rely on skills to deal damage. If we miss a skill, the damage in teamfights will be much less!”

“I think we need to add some physical damage to the top lane. Kaiying alone is definitely not enough.”

And the other side.

ROX has made its final choice.

Unknowingly.

The fifth floor count position of TOP1 is reserved for the top lane.

It seemed as if even I hadn’t expected this to happen.

When the camera cuts to the contestants.

Duke seemed to be in a state of confusion.

And when the hero avatar at this count position lit up, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim.

The lineups of both sides are confirmed!

Blue side ROX:

Top lane – Sion
Jungler – Lee Sin
Mid laner – Galio

ADC – Mouse
Support – Wind Girl
Red side TOP1:

Top laner – Quinn
Jungler – Kaiying
Mid laner – Clockwork
ADC – Xerath

Support – Minotaur
I am not talking nonsense about the mental state. It is something I figured out after having professional experience and playing competitions. I also asked the active professional players of mine. Although they don’t play League of Legends, it is an FPS that requires more reaction and concentration. You really can’t stay excited all the time, otherwise your state will deteriorate quickly.

I originally wanted to update three times, but I ended up writing this chapter until 6: in the morning. I will write the next two chapters after I wake up. I wrote the competition very quickly. I wrote the last game very smoothly and I was very satisfied with it. I personally feel that this game will be exciting!
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(End of this chapter)