Alliance: IG, I will take you to rush again

Chapter 97 The playoffs are late but arrived, the first match of SNG (subscription required)

Time flies to August 8th, and IG has just finished its last game of the regular season.

After losing one game first, they regained two games in a row, won the victory with a score of 2 to 1, and successfully revenged the DAN team.

At this time, IG's regular season ranking was fixed at 11 wins and 5 losses.

After the game against OMG, IG quickly lost to Snake, one of the bottom teams in the league, with a score of 0 to 2.

The ranking competition for this year's LPL summer playoffs is quite fierce.

Before the start of the last week of the competition, EDG, WE, and IG in Group A have already determined their places for the playoffs, and the rest is to compete for the ranking in the regular season.

而A组的最后一个季后赛资格争夺相当激烈，拿下IG的SS战绩为4胜10负，DAN4胜11负，IM4胜11负。

After DAN and IM played a good start, the follow-up was not good.

Before IG played against DAN, it had already scored 2-0 with no IM.

Unfortunately, IG lost 0-2 to EDG in the last week. As a result, with WE, EDG, and IG all 11 wins and 5 losses, IG had the least points and was helplessly ranked No.3 in Group A.

This once hit the IG players a little bit. This is the cruel competitiveness of Group A. The second record of the three leagues meets, but IG can only be ranked No.3 in the group. This gap is somewhat unacceptable.

The situation in Group B on the other side is much better.

RNG, ranked first in the league, has 12 wins and 4 losses, ranking first in Group B.

OMG with 10 wins and 6 losses ranked No.2 in Group B.

NB with 9 wins and 7 losses ranked third in Group B.

SNG with 7 wins and 9 losses ranked fourth in Group B.

And IG has 11 wins and 5 losses. The third place in Group A will play on the first day of the playoffs against SNG, which is fourth in Group B.

If IG goes well in the playoffs, they can't escape even one game.

In contrast, Snake, the fourth in Group A who also played on the first day, is lucky. With 5 wins and 11 losses, the bottom three in the league can actually advance to the playoffs.

This has to feel the unreasonableness of grouping.

In Group B, Snake was at the bottom, but in Group A he was able to enter the playoffs.

You can only blame DAN and IM for not living up to expectations.

Prior to the start of the game on August 8, the situation of the standings was quite clear.

Group A: EDG, WE, IG, Snake (ranking in descending order)

Group B: RNG, OMG, NB, SNG
IG still has two days to prepare for the upcoming playoffs.

This is also the first time IG with this new lineup has participated in the playoffs.

……

"Hey, this is No.3. I'm really convinced. We didn't have to fight on the first day when we switched to Group B."

Anti-involution, no overtime No. 1 Ning Wang complained.

"Isn't this a good thing, one more BO5!"

Ah Shui clasped his fists and said excitedly.

This guy can't wait to play games every day, isn't the game more interesting than rank?

The days of training at the base are getting more and more boring, but the games are more passionate.

"Indeed, our goal is to compete for a place in the World Championship from among the three teams. The first round of the competition should be regarded as training. If we fail the first round, we will not be eligible for the play-offs. We might as well pack up and leave early. .”

Lin Yue said.

Facing the upcoming playoffs, he and Ah Shui have high fighting spirit.

This is the first playoffs of their careers. After watching BO5 for so many years, Lin Yue finally has a chance to play by himself. It's hard not to be excited.

Rookie and Duke didn't have the enthusiasm of newcomers. You must know that they were beaten by NB in ​​the first round of the spring split with an exaggerated 3-0, and they became real clowns.

Now, no matter how good the regular season record is, they don't have the confidence to say how far they can go, they just try their best.

There is another person in the entire IG who is full of passion, and that is TheShy, who was reused in the second half of the season.

After entering August, TheShy and Duke's chances to play are mixed. From time to time, Duke will start and TheShy will be replaced in the second game.

Due to the completely different laning styles of the two players, IG has always given the opponent a sense of mystery recently.

It's a pity that they are in Group A. If they lose in the first round, they will completely lose their qualification for the play-offs.

Therefore, in the match against SNG, they only have one option to succeed.

Now the entire IG is preparing not only for a few players, but also for the coaching staff and management.

S7 is the first time that an S competition is held in China, and the popularity is overwhelming. The number of places in this world competition cannot be measured by money.

IG's performance in the summer games so far has far exceeded everyone's expectations. The record of winning all foreign games is a sense of security that other teams cannot give.

Many fans are looking forward to IG's ability to go to the World Championship to show off its glory and win for the LPL.

However, they have to survive this first round.

Seeing that the time for the playoffs had come, IG fans fell asleep in their coffins and dared not show up on major forums.

For no other reason, the older generation of IG always made various mistakes in the competition. At the beginning, it was hard pressed by WE. After that, IG and WE fell apart. Up to now, WE has won the championship of the Spring Split.

Even if the outside world says how fierce IG's summer split is, and the new lineup can be expected in the future, that's just the future.

At this stage, WE's record is still on par with IG. In terms of sub-points, WE is even higher than IG.

Such an IG is indeed advantageous enough, but no matter how you look at it, the opportunity to stand out is not today.

Since the future can be expected, then the coffin will be opened in the future, and it will be good to be a corpse honestly during this period.

If you don't have expectations, you will never be disappointed.

At least this wave is not bad.

……

On the eve of the game, the IG base.

"Brothers, I see you have been sitting in this rank, don't you want to eat dinner?"

Ah Shui had just finished a 50-minute rank round, and he took off his earphones with relief, only to realize that he was a little hungry.

At 20:30, I haven't eaten dinner yet, so it's hard not to be hungry.

"We all ate and ordered takeaway."

Lin Yue said, pointing to the takeaway box with leftovers on the side.

"Okay Brother Yue, don't call me for dinner."

Ah Shui complained.

Under normal circumstances, the two of them either eat the cooking made by the base aunt, or order takeaway together.

Situations like Lin Yue stealing food are rare.

Except in the game, Ah Shui often relies on Lin Yue.

"I can't help it. I'm so hungry that I can't even move the mouse. You're still clicking on the keyboard. I can't just click by myself."

Lin Yue said helplessly.

"I can't help it, the bladder game, my buddies are exhausted after the fight, if I don't replenish some energy in time, I will send it directly for tomorrow's game."

After Ah Shui finished speaking, he clicked on the takeaway platform, and his stomach kept growling. Only then did he realize how hungry he was.

"By the way, Brother Yue, what takeaway did you order? I don't know what to eat."

Ah Shui looked at the dazzling array of shops, and suffered from the difficulty of choosing again, so he simply asked Lin Yue directly.

"The soup powder and a basket of steamed dumplings are barely enough to eat, and the taste is quite good in a noodle restaurant."

Lin Yue smashed his mouth, and pushed the noodle shop to Ah Shui, and asked him to order some snacks by the way, just in case.

"Oh, this beef noodle is the best seller, with rave reviews and good appearance. How about I eat beef noodles today, as it happens that I haven't eaten it for a long time."

Ah Shui said excitedly, and immediately placed an order.

The noisy base immediately quieted down when they heard the word "beef noodles". Rookie and other veterans, including Lin Yue, turned pale.

"Hey, hey, don't order beef noodles, this stuff is not fun to eat."

Lin Yue quickly reminded.

"???"

Ah Shui raised his head in a daze, and looked at Lin Yue in puzzlement. From the corner of his eyes, he found that all eyes were focused on him.

"Why is this, such a big reaction."

"Don't eat beef noodles. It's okay to eat after the playoffs. I'll treat you to it then. Don't worry."

Coach Chris panicked.

"okay…"

"Have you placed an order yet?"

"No."

"That's fine."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then they were relieved.

"Tomorrow's game, and today's beef noodles, you wish we could die."

Lin Yue complained, why doesn't this guy have any sense of vision, at this juncture, the whole beef noodles are put on this stack of debuffs.

"What's the matter? I don't want to order it until it tastes good."

Ah Shui said aggrievedly.

Why is it restricted to order a takeaway by myself?

"Do you really know or not? If you eat beef noodles before the game, you will definitely lose your performance. No one can escape the curse of beef noodles."

Lin Yue exaggerated.

"It's so serious! Fortunately, I didn't order it. It's okay. I won't eat it if I order it."

Ah Shui panicked.

Now he finally understood why everyone reacted like this.

Ah Shui, who doesn't believe in evil, even searched on Baidu, and there is indeed such a precedent, EDG Nami.

EDG is an old victim.

If it hadn't been stopped by everyone, IG might be the next victim. The playoffs start tomorrow, which is scary.

After the beef noodle turmoil ended, everyone in IG continued to rank. At around twelve o'clock, under the urging of the coach, everyone was forced to go to bed and rest.

In order to have a better mental outlook the next day, everyone needs time to rest.

At two o'clock in the morning, the entire IG base was quiet at night, and Chris sat alone on the first floor of the base, wearing glasses and writing down some strategies that need to be considered in the BP tomorrow in his notebook.

They have nothing to lose in this playoffs.

To be honest, Chris didn't know what to do. This team is too young. BO5 is completely different from BO3 in the regular season. It is a tug-of-war of mentality and spirit.

Not only the ability to compete with the players of the team, but also the ability to adjust and adapt to the situation on the spot.

Except for Rookie and Duke, this IG team participated in the LPL playoffs for the first time. The rest of the team was not there in the tragedy of the spring split, which is a bad thing.

Chris is a little afraid that such a thing will be discovered again, even if their opponent SNG tomorrow is not very strong.

Otherwise, at this point in time, he wouldn't have added points here all night to make sure nothing would go wrong.

He will try his best to make the team's BP more comfortable, and how well he plays depends entirely on the player's ability.

"I hope you will have no regrets tomorrow!"

Chris looked forward to it.

After closing the notebook, it is a new challenge to meet IG.

……

At 8:22 pm on August 13, the Shanghai Hongqiao competition venue was overcrowded.

The LPL summer playoffs will kick off here today, and the first game will be IGvsSNG starting at 14:[-].

Although the record gap between the two teams is too large, due to the different groups, IG, which is tied for second in the league in terms of record, has to face SNG, the seventh-ranked team in the league.

The hard power gap between the two teams seems to be very large, but in fact IG is the side that has no confidence.

Before the game, Lin Yue, Ah Shui and others frequently went to and from the toilet, and their nervousness was palpable.

Chris enlightened everyone on the sidelines, instilling chicken soup for the soul every day. Although this thing has never been effective, Chris himself has developed a habit, and the players also regard it as a pre-match cheering session.

The scale of the playoffs is much larger than that of the regular season. Countless spectators gathered at the scene, even the outfields were full of people.

Lin Yue discovered the situation outside the venue on the team bus. This scale has the atmosphere of the intercontinental competition some time ago.

However, this time there will be no audience leaving early, and many of them are IG fans.

In terms of pre-match predictions, all commentators believed that IG was the stronger side, and many commentators even believed that this was a one-sided situation and gave a three-to-zero prediction.

And Guan Zeyuan has not made pre-match predictions since the kneeling incident at that time, and he is quite honest in the playoffs. He is probably waiting for the bigger stage of the World Championship.

With Guan Zeyuan keeping his mouth shut, IG fans can still open some coffin seams to breathe fresh air.

"Welcome to the first round of the 2017 LPL Summer Playoffs. The exciting playoff schedule is finally here. Everyone has already known the eight teams that have advanced to the playoffs. Today's first match It's IG who ranked third in Group A against SNG who ranked fourth in Group B."

Remember to say the opening line of the playoff opener.

"IG's performance in the summer split is remarkable, and everyone can see it, while SNG barely made it to the playoffs by relying on Wolves' outstanding performance throughout the season. There is a gap in strength between the two teams."

Another female commentator Su Xiaoyan said.

I believe that many old LPL viewers know that Su Xiaoyan is a female commentator with good professional skills.

"According to the arrangement of the competition, in the first round of the game, the higher-ranked IG has an advantage. By default, it takes the lead in the first round, while SNG has the priority to choose the side and choose the blue side."

Remember to say.

At this point, the players on both sides have completed the debugging and are ready to enter the BP stage.

It is worth mentioning that IG's starting top laner for this game is TheShy.

Chris took the initiative to make a change and chose to let TheShy, who is currently in a better state, get a chance to start.

The main core of SNG is the wolf line, which is also the top laner. Using TheShy to suppress the wolf line is a good way to target it.

The better record in the regular season allowed IG to start with a 1-0 lead. After sitting in the seat, Lin Yue's nervous mood completely calmed down.

With the start of the playoffs, the power of the incense burner has gradually become known to the public.

The choice of Lin Yue, the world's number one girl, is precisely for the next world championship.

As long as they successfully enter the World Championship, IG will have a natural advantage.

"Let's focus on BP. SNG's top three bans are Snake, Rambo, and Mouse, while IG's top three bans are Kassadin, Thresh, and Spider."

"The SNG of the blue team chose Dazui. It seems that Dazui Lulu is going to be Dazui. Recently, Dazui is a hero who is very popular in Hanbok. A person called A monster swept the whole network, and also caused a storm of cheating. , but was finally confirmed to be the AD of RNG's second team."

I remember seeing the hero Big Mouth and thinking of recent popular events, the equipment of the incense burner ushered in its peak period.

"IG's first two-hand pick is to lock the prince and add a small cannon. In this way, Lulu is directly handed over to SNG. It seems that IG should have a countermeasure."

Su Xiaoyan said.

Dazui Lulu is almost a bound combination, IG did not choose to snatch it, it must have its own ideas.

That's right, as she said, after a brief exchange, Lin Yue and Chris decided to put their big mouths to each other.

Chris had studied it before the start of the playoffs. After all, Big Mouth is also their commonly used hero.

The most powerful choice for this combination is a high-explosive AD like Xiaopao combined with an auxiliary with a hook.

And the best choice for this support with a hook is a robot.

After SNG took out Lulu and the wine barrel, IG locked the robot.

In the previous match with OMG, Xiaowu's robot made Lin Yue notice this hero.

In the face of the late-stage AD with no displacement, the robot is definitely the best choice for laning, especially the late-stage AD with protection soft support, and Dazui Lulu is a typical example.

"The IG bot lane duo is as strong as ever. This time they came up with a combination of small cannons and robots. The small cannon's appearance rate this season is not high, and the robots only appear at certain times. However, the IG bot lane duo played well. It has always been excellent, even if it is the first time they come up with this combination, it is very exciting."

Remember to say.

SNG didn't expect IG to make a decisive change in the playoffs and came up with a rare combination.

SNG then banned Kenan and Clockwork. The top laner Prince did have a high appearance rate, but since the tank equipment has been strengthened, the top laner is still dominated by tank heroes, and fighters like Prince are rare.

IG bans rock sparrows and weapons.

The IG on the red side went out first in the fourth hand. Chris asked Ah Shui to get off the plane and left the counter position to TheShy.

Since they are all on TheShy, there is no doubt that the counter position belongs to him.

Seeing the plane, SNG decisively took out Lu Xian's mid laner as a response. Lu Xian just suppressed the plane casually in the lane, and took out the big tree in the last hand, the wine barrel played wild, and the big tree topped the lane.

The version has changed.

"For the counter position, IG chose Big Chongzi. First of all, Big Chongzi is the counter big tree in the lane, and secondly, Prince is the jungler who uses Ning more times. This BP is very reasonable."

"IG's top and bottom lanes are very easy to fight, but the plane that most needs to be developed in the middle lane is targeted. SNG is on the contrary. It needs Lucian to bring the rhythm of the early stage, and the top and bottom lanes can basically resist the pressure. In the late team battle, Lulu gives SNG The bonus of this double AD is very high, from the perspective of the lineup, SNG is stronger in the later stage."

Remember to analyze.

"This lineup is very IG, stable in the middle, suppressing up and down, and the jungler gives Ning a half-meat prince, which is in line with IG's usual style."

Su Xiaoyan laughed.

After the BP ended, the coaches of the two sides shook hands and made peace and returned to the field.

SNG (blue side): XiaoAL Dashu, H4cker Wine Barrel, fenfen Luxian, Fury Dazui, Yoon Lulu.

IG (red side): big bug, prince, plane, small cannon, robot.

SNG's early lineup was actually quite average. Players like fenfen, Fury, and Yoon dropped sharply after that, failing to leave a deep impression on the audience.

Hacker has moved to many teams, at least he can find a starting jungler position in a weak team, and the salary is good.

After Lang Xing left SNG, he reached the World Championships in both RNG and LGD respectively, which can be regarded as a dream come true.

Facing this mediocre SNG team, IG will not relax in its playoff debut.

(End of this chapter)