Chapter 864

On the big screen at the venue, EDG's crystal exploded with a bang.

"Sigh..."

"What a pity..."

"I really can't take it anymore, how come we got overturned again, what's wrong with EDG!"

The score was set as G2 1:0 EDG.

The camera panned over both teams' benches, G2 members all wore relaxed smiles, looking like they weren't giving their all in this match; while EDG members all looked dejected.

Next, the director pulled up both teams' team gold curves.

From Changzhang securing a kill in the bottom lane gank at six minutes, EDG's gold advantage began to climb, reaching its peak at fourteen minutes, leading G2 by nearly three thousand.

However, in one vanguard team fight, EDG was traded one for four, then G2 pushed two towers in a row, EDG came out flustered to defend, only to have Jankos ambush and kill Mouse in the lane, EDG neglected one for another, and lost another tower.

In less than two minutes before and after, one wave of momentum came, EDG directly collapsed.

From leading by three thousand to the crystal exploding, it took less than fifteen minutes, the match finally ended at twenty-eight minutes...

Nofe also wanted to ask, what exactly happened, why do we keep getting overturned?

A Bu's mood sank to the bottom, he didn't even feel like scolding anyone, he waved his hand and told everyone to pack up and go back to the hotel. After returning, they reviewed the game again, but the atmosphere remained extremely gloomy.

They couldn't find where their problem lay.

Exactly how they lost is of course crystal clear, Scout using Flash to chase and try to secure a kill in the vanguard team fight, only to be controlled and instantly killed, causing EDG to lose the team fight, which was the turning point of the match.

But the key is, why do we always lose like this?

What is the most fundamental root cause?

No matter how EDG reviews, they still can't figure out this problem.

So A Bu exploded again, hands on hips, pointing at EDG members and shouting angrily, saliva flying, plus his sharp voice, the scene was just like a shrew scolding in the street.

Meanwhile, Tang Anna was also not very satisfied with G2's performance in this match.

When G2 members came back down from the stage, Tang Anna sat in front of the computer in the rest room, facing the door, with a cold expression watching everyone come in.

Although Tang Xiao Jie usually doesn't smile much either, she actually rarely scolds people, yet for some reason, everyone's fear of her even surpassed that of Ka Lao Si.

The architect of disaster who caused the team to fall into disadvantage early on due to illness— the bottom lane duo Zven and Mithy— trembled like quails under Tang Anna's cold stare.

Ka Lao Si stepped forward, waving his hands, trying to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, no need to be so serious, we still won pretty easily in the end, didn't we?"

Tang Anna snorted, coldly saying: "If the opponent were Three Stars or SKT, we would have already lost this match."

"Cough cough..." Ka Lao Si awkwardly fake-coughed twice, his momentum instantly weakened, then he defended himself: "So it's precisely because we're playing EDG that I believe if we faced stronger teams, they wouldn't... uh... should..."

"If you think this excuse can convince yourself, I have no objection."

Tang Anna waved her hand, directly picked up her bag and walked away.

She was indeed very angry.

Because similar problems have actually appeared many times before.

So she's too lazy to review again.

Tang Anna actually also knows very well what the root cause is.

The duo— especially Zven— after winning the championship, became complacent with the status quo, lost their sharpness, although it doesn't show in daily training, but their attitude toward matches is clearly different from last year, doing everything with a sense of carelessness.

As for top laner Expect, this player is originally that kind of style, diligent and conscientious, neither outstanding nor poor, compared to last year he hasn't improved nor worsened, in one word: a mediocre but qualified top laner.

Overall, if it weren't for Perkz still being awesome, and Jankos and Perkz also having good synergy, objectively speaking, Tang Anna feels that this G2 lineup is probably already been pulled far behind by VG and a bunch of strong LCK teams, falling out of the world top tier team ranks.

What to do?

Tang Anna also doesn't know.

Perhaps only a major roster overhaul can help.

Those who want to join G2 are naturally plenty, but, where in Europe is there still anyone stronger than this bunch?

Fourth match, SSG versus IMT.

SSG was also hiding trump cards, picked a very ordinary lineup, then started the game very ordinarily, operated very ordinarily, and finally took down IMT very ordinarily. In the thirty-plus minute match, only twelve kills were born, the on-site audience looked drowsy and sleepy.

After this match, the North America region suffered five consecutive losses, Perkz's prediction yesterday was completely correct, North American audiences no longer have the heart to scold anyone, instead they started discussing what to do next year to make NA rise again, then someone said, let's snatch Firrrrrre over...

However, after watching the following match, North American audiences again felt that even if we snatch Firrrrrre over, it might not necessarily save the situation.

Because from this match, it looks like after Firrrrrre came to the World Championship, he also seems to have a bit of unstable divine power.

At around six o'clock in the evening, the fifth match began.

VG versus MSF.

Netizens all said this match is the D Group first and second place contention.

If it were the first day, netizens would say VG has no doubt to be first in D Group, but yesterday EDG and RNG consecutively crashed and burned, making netizens worry, today VG facing MSF, the European second seed with second strongest paper strength in D Group, will they also crash and burn?

Moreover, VG today is using another lineup, mid laner Zzitai plus marksman Kryst4l.

When playing weak teams they don't play Zzitai, when playing strong teams they do, does that mean Easyhoon's condition is not as hot as everyone thinks?

Moreover, VG this match is still the red side, from looking at the previous match results, red side win rate is only under forty percent, obviously in this World Championship, red side is still at a disadvantage— the reason is also very obvious, red side has Kalista permanently occupying one ban position.

After seeing the BP, netizens became even more worried.

Blue side MSF: top laner Dashu, jungler Zhu Mei, mid laner Feiji, bottom lane Weiluosi and Fengnv. Although Fengnv is one hand less than Xia Luo in initiating team fights, in terms of support ability, she absolutely deserves to be called the version's strongest incense burner monster, paired with Weiluosi whose strength is solid in early, mid and late game, they can be called the current version's all-rounder bottom lane combo.

Removing the impossible-to-release Berserker's Greaves, the strength of Weiluosi and Fengnv is only second to Xia Luo, although they may not be able to establish much advantage in lane, but no matter what combo they face, getting it means they can hold the lane steadily. Moreover, after Fengnv reaches level six, due to the existence of Fengnv's ultimate, unless the enemy comes with four or more people, it's almost impossible to dive the tower and kill. This is very tricky for VG, who usually rely on the jungler setting the pace to open the game, if they cannot suppress MSF's bottom lane before level six, afterward they can only let the enemy develop freely.

Red side VG lineup is then: top laner Nal, jungler Jiu Tong, mid laner Yao Ji, bottom lane Xiao Pao and Ka Er Ma. Except for Yao Ji being a version-tier pick among the five positions, the other four heroes are mediocre choices, and the lineup looks like it has no outstanding team fight combo at all.

"How could VG pick such a lineup?!"