[LOL] chase light

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In the second week of May, the MSI Mid-Season Invitational Tournament officially started.The PND team representing the LPL will compete with No.1 in the playoffs from several other divisions.They are AG from LCS.EU, SWG from LMS, SINCE from LCK, LMT from LCS.NA and Wolf from IWC.

The six teams will decide the final qualifying situation through a double-loop BO1 contest in the group stage in the next few days.The top four advance to the semi-finals of the next BO5 knockout round, and the bottom two are eliminated.

According to the latest regulations issued by Riot Games: the No. 6 seeds of the competition regions represented by the four teams entering the semi-finals will be directly assigned to the No. 1 seed pool of the S[-] finals, so as to avoid No.[-] in the other three competition regions in the group stage Confrontation ahead.

PND's first opponent is the European powerhouse AG.Speaking of AG, I have to mention their mid laner Moody.The Swedish player, who had intersected with PND's middle and lower duo on ALLSTAR, has been in a good position since he transferred to AG. He even stood up in the last BO5 of the European LCS Spring Split Finals, relying on his own strength He used five kills to save the AG team, which was broken all the way and had an economic disadvantage of [-].

"AG is a team that clearly revolves around their mid laners, which is a bit similar to the former SN."

After the BP started, coach Ah Qi's analysis on AG echoed in their minds. Moody's personal style is in some ways in common with the past SarieL, so in this game, only the mid-lane hero was banned by four.

"Have you thought about what to use?" Gao Xiaoyang asked Qi Rui in a low voice when facing the few mid laners left on the field. "Shall I grab something for you?"

"Need not."

The strong top laner and jungler in the version were basically released. PND grabbed Kindred with one hand, and AG immediately took down Male Gun and Bobby.Then PND Nablon EZ decided on the bottom lane combination, and AG immediately showed Ashe and Bull Head.

The tactical system of both sides is basically established in the selection of the first few hands, and only the final selection of the target position is left.Gao Xiaoyang took the top laner of the relatively unpopular troll in the LPL, and Qi Rui once again picked Jie, who performed well in the spring split.As the core of the team, Moody took out AP Ike tit for tat.

An extremely serious defect of the PND lineup is the lack of sufficient team-starting ability and hard control in the middle and late stages.Zed, as an assassin hero who needs to find the right time to break in and is relatively weak in team fights, and trolls are more inclined to backhands and terrain restrictions, and rely heavily on Bron when starting a team, and the later the jungle Leopard Girl, the more effective it becomes. is equal to zero.

On the other hand, AG has Bobby and Bull Head, and the protection of Ashe can basically be said to be the ultimate.

After nearly five and 10 minutes of fierce fighting, PND, which failed to tie the opponent in the initial advantage period, finally lost to the opponent's offensive and lost the first game, and AG won a point first.

Fortunately, this did not affect the players' state too much, and successfully scored a point in the next game against SWG.

"The qualifying situation is not optimistic."

The media including LPL are asking what happened to PND.This old strong team in the LPL Spring Split did not play as strong as it should have in the group stage. Instead, it won and lost, and its state was extremely unstable.If things go on like this, if they qualify fourth in the group, they will most likely face SINCE directly before the finals.But Ah Qi only spoke of the worst case and some flukes.

SINCE has been winning streak all the way, the wild card lacks enough competitiveness as before, and the remaining teams are clinging tightly to each other. Whoever wins and whoever loses to whomever will cause a storm in the standings.

There are two BO1 games a day, and the tight schedule does not give them much time to analyze the next situation.At the beginning of the second round of the cycle, SINCE scored [-] points all the way to determine the group's first qualifying in advance.After defeating AG and SWG successively, PND's ranking has soared to the third place in the group, which is almost the same as the fourth-ranked AG.

If AG defeats SWG, then PND will face a situation where they may qualify fourth in the group, and their opponent in the first knockout round will be the SINCE team from the LCK.

"How does it feel to let someone else decide your fate?"

The current situation on the scene is that AG is slightly ahead.

"It's not that good." Gu Linjun handed out drinks to everyone. "It's just awful."

S5's PND relied on the opponent's mistakes to sneak into the qualifiers and get the final spot.

All three here can recall a mixture of despair and ecstasy.

"The competition is over, and I don't want to talk nonsense like 'If you won the AG in the first game, you will be as comfortable as SINCE now'. The path is chosen by you, and you have no other choice but to go down."

"I know."

Apart from winning, the only way out is the abyss.

The current situation on the scene is indeed that AG is leading.

But they have a considerable hidden danger, that is, they cannot postpone the second tower of SWG for a long time.

SWG's lineup has excellent ability to clear the line and defend towers and control counterattacks, while AG's lineup is somewhat similar to PND's on the first day.The same sword goes slanted forward and is desperate, and it is very difficult to fight if the opponent drags past the advantage period.

Even if they won this game, SWG, which could not change the fact of elimination, did not give up. Instead, they seized the opponent's top laners who were too deep and gradually returned to the disadvantage.

"Who do you think will win?" Gu Linjun handed the last cup of coffee to Qi Rui, then sat beside him, and watched the game with him.

"can not tell."

The coffee had enough milk and sugar as he was used to.Gu Linjun once teased him that he might as well just drink a cup of hot chocolate, but Qi Rui stared back at him.

In fact, what Qi Rui said is quite right, no one can say which side is sure to win until there are two buffs or five dragons and two buffs in hand.Especially in this match, both sides made a lot of mistakes, but they were different in size and fatality.

"Then let me put it another way, who do you want to win."

Qi Rui glanced at him strangely.

"SWG."

SWG won AG, and AG was determined to qualify for fourth in the group. PND will face the LMT team from North America in the semi-finals next week.This emerging young team reached the semi-finals with a slightly better result than SN, and killed countless strong teams including SN along the way to come to this arena.

When the time came to 31 minutes, the third dragon refreshed.If AG wants to win, it must get the five dragon buff.In order to attack AG, SWG also began to gather all members.The two sides surround Xiaolong and are ready to attack and fight back at any time.

"AG's ADC is scared. Because they can't get Xiaolong in this wave, they shouldn't fight at all." During the replay, Gu Linjun stretched out his finger and pointed to the piece in the lower left corner.Looking along his fingers, Jhin, who was single, was firmly held down by the opponent's big tree, and he didn't hit much output until he died. "This is where Jhin's shortcoming lies. He can hardly produce any output in the sudden outbreak of the drag battle. Once AG's lineup falls into a balance, it is at a disadvantage. They are too lacking in restrictions. Once Jhin does not flash, Dashu can easily suppress him. .”

Jhin is suitable for long-distance attrition battles where the two sides are far away.

After a beautiful one-for-four exchange, AG only escaped with the top order. SWG took advantage of the situation to take down the dragon and surpass the number of towers, sweeping away the disadvantages in the early stage.

Now the field is completely in the rhythm of SWG.

"Okay, let's prepare for next week's semi-finals."

Unlike SWG, AG without a turnaround point is at a disadvantage and is tantamount to never turning over. When SWG rushed to the high ground, AG had completely lost their original high explosive advantage, and had no power to fight back in front of the two heavy tanks.

The PND people who knew the result without looking any further stood up and left the room one by one.

Just like Ah Qi said, they don't want to taste the taste of leaving their fate to others to decide for the third time.

"Scorpions, among the mid laners in the LPL, who do you admire the most?"

"SarieL from PND." The muscular Scorpions laughed heartily. "Maybe there are more outstanding mid laners in LPL, but he and I are old rivals, and there is nothing wrong with admiring our old rivals. What's more, his performance this season is quite brilliant, isn't he?"

Before the game, the media conducted an exclusive interview with LMT.Among them, the mid laner Scorpions and the jungler Witch mentioned the most is the PND mid laner SarieL, who is also from North America. Witch even said that if SarieL is willing to return to North America or go to Europe, he can give priority to the team with him when changing jobs.

"I can't tell you're so popular." Yang Zhuoxi with sour teeth pointed at Witch's face and clicked his tongue a few times. "There is still half a year left in the contract, and the poaching is so fast?"

But the fact is true, Qi Rui doesn't use much social media, apart from Sean and Scarless, the one who interacts with him the most on FB and Twitter is Witch.

"So have you thought about going back to North America or going to Europe?"

Gao Xiaoyang patted Qi Rui beside him.As a star player who has been selected into the top 20 official rankings for many times, when PND found him at the beginning, there were also several teams in Europe with quite good conditions and quite good rankings every year.

"Let's finish this year's contract first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Linjun came down from upstairs.

"What are you talking about?"

He sat next to Qi Rui.

"Let's talk about renewing the contract with Rex." The outspoken Yang Zhuoxi didn't consider the other two people's considerations at all, and sold them out in one breath.

Gu Linjun, who is quite interested in the term "poaching", naturally also saw the interview with LMT.

Qi Rui, who was forced to listen to Witch's "Affectionate Confession" again, felt that Gu Linjun's eyes almost turned into reality fell on him.

"So have you thought about going?"

He wanted to say he wouldn't go.But he was embarrassed.

It was obviously just a random joke between friends in the interview, but it became like he had already planned to leave early.

Because of him, Gu Lin became insecure.

"If we don't win the championship."

The atmosphere took a turn for the worse.

Qi Rui looked at him coldly and remained silent for a long time.What he hates the most is when someone talks to him in a questioning tone.

From Sean to Gu Linjun.

"I……"

"If he's going, we can only bless him, can't you, Lin, don't make a fuss..."

I don't understand why Yang Zhuoxi wanted to make the atmosphere less dignified, he

"Shut up!" Before Yang Zhuoxi could finish speaking, Gao Xiaoyang suddenly yelled and stopped him. "I'm sorry. It's just that you let them have a good talk."

After the two left, Qi Rui looked away, neither affirming nor denying, but trying to suppress the leak of hurt feelings in his voice.

"We're still in the semi-finals."

After the semifinals, there will be the finals, and after the finals, there will be the summer split.

Gu Linjun, who realized that he had lost his composure, wanted to touch his cheek as usual, but his hand froze in mid-air.

He cared more about whether the other party would stay or not than he thought.He couldn't help but care.

But such care has hurt both of them.

Gu Linjun also left, Qi Rui buried his face in his palms, his eyes were extremely dry.