Chapter 132: Facing T1!

The second day of the group stage.

Despite changing a time zone, Ye Bo still got up at ten o'clock on time, which made his teammates who were troubled by jet lag very envious.

Today's game EDG is ranked in the last match of the group, so it is not very urgent.

Ye Bo opened the notebook by himself, pulling left and right for the records of T1, trying to find flaws in the playstyle from it.

Because today is about to face T1, but there is not much intelligence about the opponent's World Championship, Ye Bo can only think according to his own deduction.

"Don't know if they will ban Caitlyn"

EDG, or the four LPL teams, have a "small problem" in BP.

Everyone doesn't play the seemingly simple "Caitlyn System" very well.

This is also a problem discovered in the internal training matches of the LPL region. Each team's Caitlyn system has its own problems.

The Caitlyn system needs to meet several conditions.

In addition to the person operating Caitlyn having no problems, the team's focus must also be in the lower half area, and the mid lane needs to focus on roaming, and the jungler also needs to be a dog for the bottom lane.

RNG's Ming cannot choose a strong "laning soft support."

JDG's jungle core cannot be a dog for the bottom lane.

TES mid laner is not good at focusing on the roaming end, and the AD is easy to die suddenly.

As for EDG...

Viper's hero pool is definitely deep, but it just happens that this traditional AD, his career win rate is only a very embarrassing 【11 matches - 18%】!

In the final analysis, it is because (pure basic attack type AD) and (skill type AD) are completely two usage ideas, and in the ecology of the bottom lane in recent years, it has basically become the world of skill type AD.

Such as Aphelios, Kai'Sa, Lucian, Xayah, Miss Fortune, Jhin...

So, although the four LPL teams have Caitlyn practice in training matches.

But due to their own problems, including the play-in stage RNG games, as well as yesterday's JDG and TES games, they were all self-banned Caitlyn, regardless of red or blue.

As for EDG's game against G2 yesterday, it was G2 on the red side who banned it early, perhaps because they were shocked by the team name.

But Ye Bo believes that T1 is very likely to have discovered this problem!

After all, as long as you go to observe the performance of the other three LPL teams, you can clearly see that everyone is self-banning Caitlyn on the blue side, and naturally there will be reverie about EDG.

It is obvious.

If EDG is also considered by the outside world to "not know how to play" Caitlyn, all subsequent games may have to add a fixed ban position.

This will undoubtedly have a huge impact on BP.

Just then, Ye Bo's door was suddenly knocked lightly, but only twice.

Ye Bo got up quickly to open the door and found that it was actually a few other teammates.

"I knew Ye Bo must be awake, he is simply a human alarm clock!" Jie Jie with heavy dark circles said confidently.

"Wow, everyone woke up so early today?" Ye Bo asked curiously.

Sheng Qiang Ge handed over breakfast while walking into the door: "Jet lag makes me wake up very early every day, and I can't sleep even if I lie down."

"Me too."

"I'm not, I have no sleepiness at all when I think of tonight's game!"

Ye Bo noticed that today's teammates seemed extremely full of energy.

Flames could almost be seen in their eyes.

"That's just right, everyone came, let's talk about the BP of tonight's game..."

Perhaps it is because the opponent faced today has special significance for EDG.

Actually, to be honest, they also defeated T1 once in the group stage last year.

But even so, they were backhanded and beaten for two games in the year they won the championship, still qualifying as the second in the group stage, unable to break the curse.

No one wants to repeat history again.

But Ye Bo's joining made these four EDG people really feel that perhaps this time it is possible to break it!

The crowd practiced together until the afternoon, took a nap to adjust their state, and prepared to go to the competition venue.

Local time 5 pm.

Madison Square Garden was noisy, and the first game opened first!

The first game was still the two unlucky eggs of Group A, DFM vs G2.

But just when everyone thought that this G2 would at least bully DFM in the group, it was not a problem.

The result surprised everyone!

The two sides fought quite back and forth. Except for the mid laner Caps who played some suppression in the mid lane, the other three lanes were completely indistinguishable, and the bottom lane was even a not small disadvantage!

Finally, they fought for 45 minutes, and it was only by relying on DFM's Da Zuo sending a big one that they barely played a finishing team fight to end the game.

The moment the base shattered, G2's members all had a batch face.

The once European hegemon, the three-time European champion, now actually fell to the point of sweating even when playing DFM...

It is very difficult for anyone to accept this.

The good news is that the games of the other LPL teams in the first two games today were all ended in big victories!

RNG defeated the number one seed North American C9 in Group D with a strong performance, which can be said to have greatly boosted morale!

Ming reproduced the strength of the hard support king, chose Nautilus to reproduce RNG's classic jungle-support linkage, and showed his new interpretation of this patch!

JDG defeated another North American team 100T.

And what is also worth noting is DRX in Group D.

Facing RGE, which crushed TES yesterday, DRX actually played the same crushing performance!

What's more interesting is that DRX's lineup is very similar to the lineup EDG chose yesterday.

Except that the mid lane Sylas was changed to Akali, and the bottom lane Kalista was changed to Caitlyn, the construction of the whole playstyle and system is almost exactly the same!

The use of the two teams made the Ashe support, which is very rare in the current patch, enter the public's sight at once.

【Ah ah ah? I really thought RGE was very fierce this year!】

【Almost there, just stealing my EDG's tactics! Wait, my TES brother will steal it tomorrow too!】

【RNG's state is very good! Looking at it this way, EDG lost this game, and then RNG can take the first in the group, the probability of the top 8 fighting internal war is so high.】

【EDG can't lose, okay! Wait for Ye Bo to educate Big Fly well!】

【Wake up, I'm already waiting for my Faker to say "Welcome the next genius mid laner to appear."】

【Don't fight and sing down LPL, I really don't know what kind of mentality it is, KRD don't be too arrogant! Believe first, then believe!】

【No, brother, EDG vs T1, it's really hard to believe~】

【Don't worry everyone, EDG will win!】

Ye Bo replied to a post below this post, and then closed the phone.

Actually, Ming Kai told him to try not to look at the major forums and post bars before the game, especially those related pre-match remarks.

The other four experienced teammates also did this.

Regardless of whether the pre-match public opinion is optimistic or singing down, it brings invisible psychological pressure to the players, which is very likely to affect the performance and state on the field.

But Ye Bo doesn't think so, he even actively searches for relevant topics to watch.

If he sees someone singing down himself before the game, he will be full of motivation and want to prove himself.

If he sees someone believing in himself before the game, he will directly add a big buff like wanting to achieve that expectation!

"Everyone don't have too much pressure," Ming Kai comforted the team members: "Anyway, our qualification should be stable, everyone treat this game as a training match, winning or losing is nothing!"

"What kind of words is this, Factory Manager!" Ye Bo's face was red, and his voice was full of energy: "We will win!"

"Ye Bo is right! I have confidence!"

"Brothers, cheer up!"

The staff knocked on the door to inform the players to go on stage.

EDG team members stretched out five palms and stacked them together, and finally lifted them up in the "must win" in unison.

The restless and loud sound echoed heavily in the closed room.

……………

"Okay, audience friends! This match is the highlight of the second day!"

"The summer champion EDG from our LPL region will face the LCK number two seed T1 team, which will also be a key dragon fight that determines the situation of Group A!"

The camera is aimed at the EDG player seat.

Ye Bo's body drove the chair to turn around, looking very excited.

And the other four people looked serious, sitting in their seats and holding their breath.

On the contrary, the T1 crowd on the other side, their expressions were relatively more relaxed.

The crisp sound of sonorous power resounded through the audience.

The BP panel was officially presented in front of the audience!

"The players from both sides are ready! BP has started!"

"The group stage has two rounds, the first round EDG is on the blue side, coming up first to send Maokai to the ban position!"

"T1 also decisively sent Sylas to the ban position, this hero we originally thought would be lonely in the World Championship, it is indeed unexpected that Ye Bo's performance in the last game was so bright..."

Ye Bo carried out BP unhurriedly, and has become more and more skilled and natural.

He still continues to use the system he experimented with successfully yesterday to further verify.

The reason for banning Maokai is also considering that the "meat fighting" ability of the top-jungle Maokai will be slightly weaker, but this hero is very powerful in "counter-attack" and "defense" rhythm, so he simply pressed it on the ban position.

And T1, as expected, really didn't choose to ban Caitlyn, which almost everyone defaulted to on the red side before!

Round 1 ban—

EDG: Maokai, Renata, Aatrox

T1: Sylas, Kalista, Yuumi

"EDG chooses to grab Caitlyn first!"

"This is a very popular system in the play-in stage, but currently no team in our LPL has used it..."

Bengi behind the T1 player seat was obviously a bit surprised to see the opponent grab Caitlyn.

Obviously, their training department had already discovered in the data collection that the Caitlyn selection rate of LPL was extremely low, and also realized that Viper's career win rate of Caitlyn was ridiculously low.

"It doesn't matter, let's go out normally according to the plan," Li Li Xianghe's mood did not have any fluctuations, and he spoke to stabilize the military heart.

"Just grab Akali directly."

T1 chose Akali + Lee Sin, not only the patch strong mid-jungle, but also grabbed Lee Sin, who can "break shadow" gank Akali.

Their BP thinking for this game is actually very simple.

Three ban positions, the last hand of Yuumi and Aatrox in the first round of BP of both sides, is the focus of the game.

Seeing the opponent take the initiative to ban Aatrox, T1 naturally did not hesitate to disable Yuumi.

The strength of Aatrox was already revealed in the playoffs.

Among all light fighters, Aatrox is now the existence with the highest upper limit from laning to team fighting.

As for Yuumi.

Although it was weakened a lot in milk volume, the rise of the "Magic Cat" school has currently been verified by the competition field!

As a hero without any output risk, the poke efficiency of Yuumi's Q skill is unexpectedly high, and building AP can also enhance milk volume and adaptive power, which can be said to be the latest answer for Yuumi.

The special mechanism of the hero, average or advantage, is easy to amplify a big brother with excellent development on his side to a degree that is difficult to handle!

These two heroes are currently buying houses in the ban position, and are currently non-ban-must-pick.

And if EDG doesn't grab Caitlyn, T1's Caitlyn system is quite mellow, and they think they can completely accept being grabbed by Ye Bo's Akali.

Subsequent BP is relatively routine.

Just the BO1 confrontation in the first round of the group stage.

Both teams obviously didn't want to hand over all their hole cards here.

But it is obvious.

T1's understanding of the patch has similarities with EDG.

Neither side chose the big core AD like Aphelios and Jinx that must be produced in the summer season, and the goal is to enhance the combat power of the lower half area in the early stage.

The only difference is—T1 chose to match with hard support.

In the World Championship patch, a group of soft supports have been weakened, but hard supports have been greatly strengthened!

In fact, during the play-in stage, 90% of the teams chose hard support, which seems to have become the latest patch consensus in the World Championship patch.

Not only because soft support heroes and a group of soft support equipment have been weakened.

It is also because the great strengthening of {Mist Robe} has brought back the hard support that had already disappeared—RNG used this thinking in the first game today.

So this is why, when EDG chose a rare soft support like Ashe in the first

But was immediately and decisively declined by the EDG crowd.

At this time, Ye Bo, holding a small notebook, was recording BP matters.

Almost no resolution was passed, everyone seemed to be logical, and naturally defaulted to this "substitute coach."

In the World Championship patch, Maokai was slightly reworked and has become a non-ban-must-pick choice.

On the contrary, Wukong, who dominated the summer season, had a lot of basic values cut, plus the great strengthening of heroes such as Graves, Lee Sin, Hecarim, etc., and the selection rate plummeted like Zeri.

As expected by everyone, the changes on the eve of the World Championship really caused the environment to undergo earth-shaking changes!

And in the early stage of the patch.

Everyone's understanding of the patch obviously has not opened up too much gap.

"Actually, I feel that RNG's Yang has a big impact on three people, I hope it won't affect the group stage..."

Ming Kai, who stood by and assisted Ye Bo as a "coach assistant," couldn't help but squeeze a sweat for the old opponent.

After all, they heard that RNG Yang three people on the spot as soon as they landed in Mexico City.

Immediately after.

October 5th, the National Day festival, even more terrifying things happened.

This finally made everyone look at "The Influence of Yang" more seriously.

Because RNG actually lost a game to DFM in the play-in stage!

Successfully broke the historical record of LPL against LJL, and honorably became the first LPL team in history to lose to the Japanese region!

This defeat, which far exceeded everyone's expectations, brought up a wave of singing down on the internet.

【It's over, it's over! Looking at it this way, LPL will definitely be over this year!】

【Ah? I thought it was RNG 3-1? How come it looks like DFM 3-1?】

【Really embarrassed, even the little days can lose, who else can lose next? Still have to lose to Vietnam? Really don't want your face!】

【Don't be black, RNG can only go to Group D, can't lose to Vietnam, at most lose to North America!】

【Report! The latest news is that DK also has people hit, RNG's dog luck is too good, damn!】

【Understood, understood! It's all strategy, Yang finished first, and won't Yang later, when the game is played halfway, incarnate as the roar of the heavenly deity and output directly to the face, the guaranteed second round must-win method!】

Although there is a storm of losing to the Japanese team.

However, the competitiveness of the play-in stage is really not great, and it is obvious that there is a strength gap between the two sides, and the final quota for entering the group stage has not been affected.

The four teams that fought out of the group stage also joined the four groups according to the principle of regional avoidance.

The final grouping situation of the group stage came out one after another—