The semifinal between G2 and SKT represents more than just a spot in Paris.

It also represents the handover between two generations of legendary players.

Although as early as the S7 season, SKT led by Faker, together with LZ and SSG, were beaten 9-0 by EDG led by Ye Tian.

But because Ye Tian was in the LPL phantom god EDG, Huni’s true colors were exposed before entering the world game, and Faker was holding down his junior Scout in a single line, the general view of the outside world is that SKT lost, but Faker did not lose.

In the S8 season, SKT did not enter the world championship.

Even though Faker is not in good form, there are two things we can look forward to: the fact that he has come out of a trough before, and his performance in the World Championship and in the region cannot be generalized.

this year.

Faker won the LCK championships in both the spring and summer seasons in a row in the SKT team, and qualified as the group leader. The team is definitely not bad.

As a result, Ye Tian and the European and American rookies defeated them 3-0.

In addition, in the last game, the Qiyana used by Faker was completely ineffective after the laning phase, and even made an ineffective move to push Mercury and Yasuo with her ultimate, which reminds people of the words that have been circulating for several seasons.

——Faker is old.

On the trending search list.

The first one is #Tian Ge entered the finals#
The second place is #G2 promotion#
The third one is the whole life #LPL reunion#
The fourth one is #Hat King steals MVP#
Following closely behind was the topic #Faker’s hands are shaking# which attracted a lot of comments.

[There are gaps in both lanes. Khan is worse than Tian Ge, of course. Faker plays worse than Caps. There is no way SKT can win.]

[Faker is not even 30% of his level left. I thought he was Xiaohu even if he covered his ID]

[Now, meeting Faker in the mid lane is really like meeting UZI in the bottom lane]

【Grass, a road never imagined】

[Before, Tian Ge had to switch to the middle lane to help his teammates relieve pressure, but now Caps alone can defeat Faker. It’s really sad.]

[Losing to Tian Ge is better than losing to others. It is the most dignified exit for Faker]

of course.

These are just the tip of the iceberg.

Player gathering places such as Tieba, Zhihu, Hupu, and Zhangmeng have already analyzed the strength comparison between G2 and FPX.

Caps is the strongest mage in Europe. After defeating Faker head-on, it is no problem for him to be called the world’s number one traditional mage. When it comes to regular mid-lane heroes, no other player can compare with Caps.

but.

Doinb is an alternative mid laner.

In terms of his hard power in laning or team fights, Doinb can only be said to be in the first tier and has not reached the ceiling level.

The key reason why Doinb achieved the highest average damage per point, highest output percentage, highest average kills per game, highest average assists per game, and highest teamfight participation rate among mid laners in the knockout stage was FPX team’s four-on-two strategy.

Moreover, Doinb likes to drag his opponents into areas he is good at and defeat them with his rich experience. The Titan, Rumble, Sion, Crocodile and even Malphite he uses all have high attributes of top lane heroes. In the current environment, it is still unknown who is stronger between Caps and Doinb.

In the jungle position, the general perception is that Xiaotian is stronger than Jankos.

But there is a problem here.

That is, GimGoon’s strength is definitely not as good as Ye Tian’s, and FPX can easily lose the upper half. If Jankos eats more wild monsters, it will be easy for him to gain the upper hand.

“It’s hard to say about the bottom lane.”

“It’s really hard to say.”

AD Patriarch smiled at the questions raised in the comments, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his usually expressionless face: “LWX is in really good shape this year. If there were three or five heroes that could be used in the bottom lane, I would be optimistic about LWX. However, the bottom lane of this year’s World Championship is Xayah and Kai’Sa, and the others are not easy to choose. Considering only these two heroes, A-P may not be worse than LWX.”

“A walking monster?”

“The A-monster should not be as good as LWX, but you have to consider that if G2 has an A-monster, they have to play the game around Tian Ge. Whether GimGoon can hold on is a big question – IG can make a dark three minutes with The Shy, and G2 can make a dark BO3 with Tian Ge…

[Dark BO3?]

[Three to zero, right? Got it]

[To be honest, FPX will be successful if they can win one game]

[G2 plays top lane, FPX plays bottom lane, it shouldn’t be impossible for them to win, catching two people in bottom lane is always better than catching one person in top lane]

[Tian Ge can switch lanes, Caps goes to the top lane to play with Jin Gong, Tian Ge switches to the middle lane, and Monkey King still wants to jump in front of Tian Ge? ]

[FPX’s victory depends on the jungler and the support. Liu Qingsong has the best roaming ability, and Xiaotian is in the best condition among the junglers. If the two of them go to the middle lane to help, Tian may not be able to withstand it.]

[You are talking in your sleep, you dare to arrest Brother Tian? Have you forgotten how those teams died in the past? ]

[I think FPX has a chance, the theme song is Nirvana]

[Only FPX can be reborn? If Tiange leaves the LPL region and plays for G2, it is not rebirth? ]

The comments were full of discussion.

In Madrid, the capital of Spain, G2 members have packed their bags and boarded the train to Paris.

Flying is the fastest and most economical way to travel from Madrid to Paris, France.

Not only are trains twice as slow, but last-minute ticket prices are also much higher.

But…

G2 is a German club.

Going to Paris by plane is completely different from going to Paris by train!

Starting from Atocha Station, we will cross the vast plateau of Castile-La Mancha, cross the majestic Pyrenees Mountains, appreciate the pastoral and coastal scenery of southern France along the Mediterranean Sea, and then turn north into the hinterland of France.

When approaching the city of Paris, the wheat fields and villages on the plains are replaced by satellite cities, and the spire of the Eiffel Tower slowly rises from the skyline, which makes people feel ambitious: “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

AccorHotels Paris combines accommodation and game-watching functions in one, so there is no need to travel back and forth, and it is a one-stop solution for the entire journey.

As the only remaining team in Europe, the official provided G2 with the highest-specification skyline view rooms. When you walk to the window, you can see the iconic Eiffel Tower and the sparkling Seine River.

Ye Tian put away his luggage, took a quick shower, then arranged the photos he had taken along the way into a nine-square grid and posted them on his Weibo.

【Tian Ge, go, go, go】

[Waiting for a three-peat triumph]

[FPX almost didn’t qualify from the welfare group, Tian Ge will definitely have no problem winning against them]

[That Xiaotian is always acting weird, let’s teach him a lesson this time]

[Weird and strange? When? ]

[During the group stage, he went to Weibo to hang himself after a setback. Only Brother Tian was generous enough not to argue with him, otherwise he would have been fined and banned.]

[Not only on Weibo, but also during live broadcasts, Yin Yang Tian Ge stole his ID several times. I think he didn’t enter the LPL at that time, so Tian Ge couldn’t use his own name as his ID? ]

[There is only one day in the world, let Gao Tianliang go back to farming]

[Hahahaha, really good, here’s some trash talk – what kind of profession is this when you’re so bad at it, just go back and farm]

“Hey, this trash talk is pretty good.”

“It can be compared with Mingkai’s pig farming.”

Zou Aguai saw the comment, took a screenshot and sent it to the group: “Brother Tian, ​​do you want to say something similar to this?”

“Don’t make trouble. Mingkai was just criticizing Wei Shen in Rank, not talking trash in the game.” Ye Tian refused: “If I say that, I might get killed by Depression Sword Technique.”

“Depression Knife Technique?” Ah P was very interested: “What is that? Can you explain it to me?”

Depression Knife appeared in 2016.

At that time, the major regions were still very closed and there was not much communication between them. Even though this joke was well-known in the LPL region, A P in Europe didn’t know the specific content.

“Uh……”

“It’s hard to say.”

Ye Tian felt that family disgrace should not be made public.

“What’s so hard to say? If you don’t say it, I’ll say it!” A-walking monster highlighted a person who likes to stir up trouble: “Before, a girl said that she would kill anyone who slandered Mingkai. She has depression, and it’s not illegal to kill people. And FPX’s Xiaotian also has depression.”

“Oh——” Ah P suddenly realized: “It’s okay, Tian, ​​don’t worry. If the FPX jungler dares to rush over with a knife, I will push Wunder out to block him.”

Wunder: “????”

“You don’t need to play in the game anyway, so you can just make use of the waste!” A P not only used Wunder to block the knife, but also to destroy his heart.

however.

next second.

Wuder took a photo showing off his muscles and said: “Think about it, who pushed who out between us?”

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.”

“Hahahahaha.”

“Perkz, you really can’t beat Wunder.”

“No way, the AD is too weak, and the top laners are all stat-crazy.”

The G2 players laughed and chatted happily.

the other side.

The atmosphere within the FPX team is extremely serious.

During the World Championship, Xiaotian’s performance was outstanding.

In particular, FPX gained a considerable advantage in the Ban/Pick stage by mastering Qiyana, a character that most junglers have trouble using.

But the core playing style of the FPX team is actually the coordination between the mid and support.

Since we want to play the cooperation between the mid and support, we can’t avoid the topic of mid lane. If the mid laner is pressed under the tower and cannot move, the so-called cooperation is naturally out of the question.

Want to make Doinb unable to move.

Rookie, who has already slipped from being a chicken to being a chicken, can’t do it.

Faker in his old age can’t do it.

The traditional magic king Caps probably can’t do it either.

Ye Tian, ​​who has never lost a single match in the World Championship, is not so easy to deal with…

“Normal laning is not too difficult for us to handle.”

“The difficulty lies in how G2 will handle the mid-top lane swap.”

FPX coach Zhanma still has something to say: “Tae-sang (Doinb), you have to consider two things. One is to use a top lane hero to line up against Tian, ​​and the other is to use a traditional mid lane hero to line up against Caps.”

“It depends on the jungler and support.” Doinb didn’t make an exaggerated expression at this time, but showed a serious attitude: “I can’t beat Tian in a 1v1, but our jungler and support are stronger, so there’s no need to think about killing Tian or anything. As long as I can move, we can work together.”

It sounds complicated.

To sum up, it’s just one sentence.

——Liberate the middle lane, give feedback to the bottom lane, and use the first lane to drive the latter lane.

“no problem!”

Xiaotian patted his chest and promised: “As long as I can play smoothly at the beginning, I can easily win in the mid-term team fight.”

“In fact, there is no mid-game. After the early game, it’s the late game.” Zhan Ma said, “Tian’s personal ability is too strong. Whether in EDG or G2, he can lead the team into a fast-break team. In fact, G2’s fast-break ability is better than EDG’s. The average time per game is not so low only because there is no policewoman, a hero who can attack the tower.”

“For a team with Tian as the core, the trajectory to winning the game is one or two decisive team fights after Tian is formed. These one or two decisive team fights usually happen in fifteen to twenty minutes.”

Let’s finish talking about the old-fashioned data.

Zhan Ma paused for a few seconds, waiting for the team members to digest the information, and continued: “I won’t say much about the early stages. Everyone knows what to do. The key lies in the decisive battle.”

“First of all, we can’t give Tian the opportunity to circumvent us or take advantage of the terrain. We must fight the decisive battle in the front, preferably with our defense tower behind us. This will eliminate the possibility of surprise and effectively restrict Tian, ​​who has the most luxurious equipment. If we win, it will be easier to pursue him. If we lose, it will be easier to retain more manpower.”

“Then in terms of equipment, try not to let Tian get the head and the tower. If it is a normal laning, it is okay to let Tian take the top lane plating. If G2 swaps lanes, the mid lane plating should never be given to Tian unless there are more things to exchange.”

“In addition to these two points, I have another idea, which is to release the dragon to develop.”

The warhorse threw out the third one as well.

“Let the dragon grow?”

“If it’s a dragon with combat attributes, it will be a big loss.”

Liu Qingsong didn’t quite understand.

After the attributes of the little dragon are fully improved, even a single fire dragon may allow a high-benefit hero to break through the critical damage point. The earth dragon perfectly fits the fast push rhythm of Ye Tian’s team.

Releasing the dragon was something that no other team had considered.

“We can see one piece of data.”

“Tian’s chance of participating in the dragon fight is very low, and he focuses entirely on his own development.”

Zhan Ma explained in detail: “Considering the two trips and the return to the city, the time required to kill a dragon is enough for a single-line hero to get 300 to 400 gold coins, and two dragons are 700 to 800. However, the improvement brought by the dragon in a 20-minute frontal team battle is far less.”

“My idea is to give up the first two or even three dragons, and use this time to gain economy and pave the way for the decisive team. As long as it’s not a double fire dragon, giving up dragons with other attributes will at most have both advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantages will not outweigh the advantages – because it is almost impossible for us to reach the real late stage of more than 30 minutes or more than 40 minutes.”

“What the coach said makes sense!” Doinb was the first to stand up and agree.

For a long time, the teams that fought against Ye Tian have never figured out the true value of the little dragon. They always measured it against the results of fighting with other teams, and therefore attached great importance to the little dragon.

Think about it again.

In a game that is decided in twenty minutes, do dragons with other attributes have much significance besides the twin fire dragons?
Even if there are two earth dragons, it will be just that in a team without a policewoman’s tower-destroying system!
“Yeah!”

“Indeed it is.”

“We can pretend to go get the little dragon, trick their people into going to the dragon pit, and then just turn around and farm.”

The other FPX members reacted one after another.

Concepts are actually just a thin film. Once you break through this film, everything will fall into place.

FPX went from not knowing how to win to having a clear tactical plan. The momentum was completely different from before. Everyone was as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, waiting for the day of the finals.

outside world.

The warm-up for the finals is in full swing.

Except for the rooms reserved for G2 and FPX, all other rooms at Accor Hotels were booked out. Tickets were sold by scalpers at more than twenty times the original price and were still in short supply.

All major media are full of publicity about the G2 club.

what?
G2 club has a bad history and reputation?
joke!

What do journalists do best?
Of course it’s distortion… no, it’s digging out the truth!
G2’s previous various acts of trying to extort money were glorified as a catfish thrown into a box of sardines, and even the rise of the entire European region benefited from the catfish effect brought by G2.

The French newspapers are the best at stirring up trouble.

The newspaper copied all of Ye Tianfa’s itinerary and put it on the front page with a thought-provoking caption: “G2 Tian Approaches AccorHotels Arena” (End of this chapter)