Chapter 306: Playoff melee!
As the playoffs of the two major divisions officially started.
The games on the first day did not have any "upsets."
T1, who was second to last, defeated last year's runner-up DRX three to zero without suspense, and last year's champion EDG also defeated WE three to zero.
But from the second day of the game, the battle situation began to become fierce.
First is LCK.
Although the Korean team didn't even enter the finals in this year's MSI, it's a pity that the European and American divisions couldn't become the third place. In the end, the fourth S-series spot of LPL was inherited by LCK, and there are still four S-series spots.
So just in terms of the competitive pressure of "entering the S series," LCK is much smaller—after all, there are only six teams in the playoffs, just squeeze into the top four!
Throwing away DRX, which had no one left in the team, and T1, whose state was clearly full. 【306
The biggest suspense is only left with KT vs DK.
It should be said, everyone is indeed more optimistic about KT.
After all, KT's regular season performance this year was strong, and they even beat GEN in the early summer split. If it wasn't for being caught by T1 twice before and after the substitution, the ranking could even compete with Hanwha.
In contrast, looking at this brand-new DK team, it was already not easy to reach the playoffs.
"Hey, watermelon is here~~~" Xun ran over with a few basins of watermelon, inexplicably excited: "Is it open, is it open? Brothers, cheer for my Xu Ge!"
Beryl directly grabbed a basin and dug a spoonful into his mouth, which made him a bit slurred: "Can Xiu really win today? I feel like I might have to go to the bubble match..."
However, he was about to care about his good brother, but was suddenly attracted by attention.
"Yo? This melon is not bad today, sweet, really tasty!"
"Brother Hekui, have a bite!"
Deft's black coffee hadn't been put down yet when he was stuffed with a spoonful of melon, but he also revealed a satisfied expression.
Watermelons in that corner of Korea are extremely expensive, and it costs nearly 200 yuan converted into RMB, and even the wages of professional players may not be willing to eat them every day.
The bottom lane duo has been eating one a day this summer, and they have gained some weight.
Ye Bo also tasted it and praised: "The taste is really good, is it a new variety today?"
Xun immediately shouted exaggeratedly: "Holy turtle, this is Master Ye's observation! Only Master Ye discovered that today's watermelon is very different!"
Brother Shengqiang smiled and teased: "It's not that I said, Xun, your toad skill is getting more and more proficient, you can lick my Master Ye like this."
"No! It's true, didn't you guys taste it?"
The thoughtful Deft said: "It seems, no seeds?"
Xun nodded fiercely: "Look, look, Brother Shengqiang, you still have to learn from our double C! The boss heard that everyone likes to eat watermelon, so he bought more than ten varieties to try... This kind of melon is also very expensive!"
Brother Shengqiang deliberately sang the opposite: "That feels like there is no soul. We eat watermelon just for that pea shooter feeling, not being able to spit seeds is simply tasteless!"
Ye Bo also nodded in agreement.
But at this time, Beryl suddenly seemed to trigger some keyword, and shouted loudly: "I know!!! This is, no seeds, no!"
"Fuck."
"Original God Brother, you should brush less pressure resistance bar in the future..."
And while everyone was chatting, the game on the screen had already started.
KT took out their trump card as soon as they came up.
BDD selected the mid-lane assassin he was once very famous for, and got "Qiyana" as a counter-pick to fight against the "Mid-lane Neeko" that ShowMaker grabbed!
It is worth mentioning that.
After the last version's change to Statikk Shiv, the playoff version once again re-oriented the version, and made changes to many strong heroes and equipment.
Among them, Neeko's functionality was weakened, and the ultimate move increased a more obvious "pre-swing" and "exposure time," significantly weakening the role of the support position.
At the same time, there are many "physical assassins in all lanes" and "AD assassin equipment" that have been strengthened!
Some people speculate that this is because the designer noticed that the traditional mage core seems to have signs of dominating the mid lane again, and there is also the perennial rule of the bottom lane big core, so they want to change the ecology of the mid lane.
But some people also speculate that it is simply because assassins have been extinct in all lanes for a long time, and they want assassins to have a chance to appear.
After all, this time the strengthening is not just mid-lane assassins, but also many assassin heroes in the jungle position, and at the same time, many popular warriors have been weakened, which really looks like they want to change the overall environment.
It's just very obvious that this strengthening is still very conservative.
Under the premise that assassin heroes are always self-contained with "super high risk," they are currently far from becoming the mainstream of the arena, and no one chooses them.
And KT is obviously prepared.
Because Neeko's entry requires 【Rocketbelt】, the mythic equipment cannot be 【Crown of the Shattered Queen】, and her own body is quite fragile, facing assassin heroes will be under great pressure throughout the process.
And when it came to the team fight, ShowMaker finally found a chance to "install eyes and bypass the back," and wanted to transform and flash to open the group.
As a result, he was directly pushed out by Qiyana's ultimate shockwave in the air for three hundred yards!
"Show Brother missed the ultimate!!!"
"Show! It's over~"
The two "family members" in the V5 base couldn't help but scream for him.
Fortunately, after DK lost the first game, they still quickly found their feeling.
Especially the newcomer duo Peyz and Delight, whose performance can be said to be quite bright, continuously played a line explosion in the second game.
Cooperating with a burst of 07 top laner Little Zeus, they finally successfully fought KT to a 2-2 life-and-death game.
"Show still has #@ cards," Beryl, who didn't stop his mouth, held a large pudding again: "I feel like Show's laning is not as fierce as last year this year, how come there is a feeling of Brother Gun~~"
"Original God Brother, are you praising me or scolding me?"
"I test? Xerath is here!"
Xun pointed at the screen with great certainty: "Show Brother is stealing! He must have watched Master Ye's video!"
Ye Bo was curious and analyzed seriously: "Don't say, Xerath is quite good at fighting Cassiopeia, but there is a Rek'Sai on the opposite side who can catch him."
Cuzz selected the Rek'Sai that he had always been "bragging about" in the life-and-death game.
The reason why it is said to be bragging is because everyone says how fierce this hero is in ranked, but in fact, the number of times he has been selected in games can be counted on one hand, and it even dates back to four or five years ago.
But Beryl's description is really a bit vivid.
ShowMaker, facing the mid-jungle duel with not small anti-gank pressure, actually showed quite good consciousness and defensive ability, repeatedly letting Cuzz run away and lose rhythm.
It really has a bit of "Mid-lane Shengqiang" flavor.
But this life-and-death game was still very anxious, and there was almost no kill outbreak in the early stage.
Just didn't expect.
ShowMaker really stood up in this game!
Just seeing BDD, who was deliberately selling flaws, didn't return to the city, and after eating another Q from Xerath, he prepared to retreat.
ShowMaker didn't want to let go of this opportunity, and directly opened his ultimate 【Arcane Ritual】 in place!
Cassiopeia only needs to eat two ultimates to die at this time, and the new Xerath only has a level two ultimate, which can pee out 5 shots!
Even if the opponent flashes to dodge one, there is at least a 70% chance of a solo kill!
However, ShowMaker didn't expect that he was still fooled.
BDD's Cassiopeia, who saw the plan succeed, suddenly turned around and showed his fangs, just waiting for the moment when the ultimate was opened and could not be "immediately canceled," which was equivalent to the sudden "R-Flash" at the extreme distance during the {self-imprisonment} moment!
Although Rek'Sai's distance of bypassing the vision was far, two seconds of petrification were enough for Rek'Sai to use QR to get close and then forcibly pursue!
But, just at the moment when Cassiopeia R-Flashed and opened his eyes.
Just seeing Xerath's first ultimate... actually shot towards "behind"!
"Show Brother, what are you doing!!" Xun shouted sharply: "Reverse ultimate!"
However, in the next moment, when he saw clearly, he widened his eyes again.
"Why wasn't he petrified!?"
Beryl immediately mocked with a smile: "Exposed, Xun, you fake fan, you clearly haven't watched the video of Master Ye, even I have learned this move~"
Xun, whose flattery was exposed, was slightly embarrassed: "Uh, then why would I, a jungler, watch Xerath's video, it's not Lucian teaching!"
"Hey Show Brother! Show Brother is crazy!!"
Yes, this technique is actually shown in Ye Bo's video.
Xerath's ultimate will make him "face" the target direction, and he can use reverse R to change direction while casting—this is still an example cited by Ye Bo in the video.
It's just very obvious.
BDD and Xun both didn't know this.
Cassiopeia turned around and flashed over, but failed to interrupt Xerath's ultimate, and was directly peed to death by Xerath's two Rs!
Rek'Sai, who landed from a long distance with QR, could only bite the bullet and 1v1, and Xerath was still circling with him.
Just at the critical moment.
Rek'Sai flashed to twist away the Q skill!
And Xerath, as if prepared, instantly flashed to get close, however, the Q skill did not "change direction" as expected!
"Yo!!"
ShowMaker on the screen widened his small eyes.
Xerath's Q skill was dodged, and as a result, he flashed himself into Rek'Sai's mouth, which was naturally doomed.
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha!"
"Show! What are you doing?"
"Show Brother!! This is Show Brother! Right, right!"
The V5 crowd in the base couldn't hold it anymore. ===== CHAPTER 307 =====
End of Chapter
