Sunday, September 25, Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The weather is just right today, with clear skies and a breeze, and there are waves of intense cheers coming from the stadium again.
It was the schedule for the second day of the first round of the knockout stage of the League of Legends S3 World Championship.
The two protagonists currently competing are the NJS team from the Korean region and the GMB team from Russia.
The current score between the two sides is one to zero, NJS team one, GMB team zero. Since the eight-to-four format is bo3, the NJS team, which won the first game, has already got the match point and has seized the initiative on the road to promotion.
Not only that, the NJS team also has a considerable advantage in the current game, so the GMB team is now on the verge of elimination.
"Go GMB! Go GMB!"
But these have become unimportant things in the face of absolute laning strength and team tacit understanding.
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"But it's not like we don't have any chances now. We are still the only team left. We can look forward to the next best-of-three between C9 and LG."
If the bottom lane hadn't been ganked by Fnatic's jungler, Uzi would have still pushed down the opponent's tower.
Next up was the Royal Club from the LPL region versus the European champions Fnatic.
Moreover, GMB's lineup is not a late-stage lineup. In fact, it is more early-stage than NJS's lineup.
The two games combined were not enough for Zhang Yu to get a good night’s sleep.
After all, if Guozai hadn't had diarrhea before the game, LG might have had a chance to get the No. 1 seed."
As a veteran team, GMB still has a lot of fans. Seeing that their favorite team is currently at a disadvantage, everyone cheered for GMB loudly.
31 minutes into the game, NJS forced a team fight at the big dragon. Watch's Prince flashed and forced the fight open. The other NJS players caught up and exchanged one for five, destroying the GMB team.
“Hahahaha! Yes, maybe, maybe C9 has a chance to escape from the clutches of LG, we can look forward to it.”
After all, NJS's advantage lies here. At 24 minutes, they are leading by 7 kills, two towers, and a small dragon, and the economic gap has exceeded 5,000.
In fact, based on Royal Club’s strength, they could have won this bo3 game 2-0.
Just as the commentator said, the Western teams were almost wiped out in this World Championship.
Rusty said with a wry smile.
Narrator Rusty sighed and continued.
GMB's mid lane highland crystal was pushed down early on. After the team was wiped out, no one came to stop NJS from continuing to advance, and NJS directly pushed down GMB's base in one wave.
The only possible effect is to cheer up the GMB players, but even this effect becomes minimal due to the blocking of the noise-canceling headphones.
But C9's opponent is LG, the big devil in this world finals.
White even used ignite to force Fizz to flash away. If Fizz wasn't so flexible, Clockwork should have been able to kill him directly.
Take the first game for example, Royal Club’s Vayne and Lulu switched lanes to the top lane, while Weapon resisted the pressure in the bottom lane.
The two sides fought back and forth for a long time, but in the end Royal Club won over Fnatic 2-1.
Although there is a certain hero advantage, White's Clockwork almost completely suppressed Xpeke's Fizz, both in terms of last hitting and status.
However, Zac was directly killed by Vayne and Lulu with the help of Lee Sin, while Weapon Master killed Fnatic's Corki with the help of Elise.
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Zirenne laughed.
Of course, the Orange Bears are from the GPL region and are not considered a Western team.
No matter how fancy your tactics are or how ingenious your strategy is, if you are defeated online, what else can you say? Under the powerful attack of the NJS team, GMB did not last long.
In all three games, Royal Club directly defeated Fnatic online, whether it was the AD position, the mid lane, or the top lane, they were all far ahead.
With the explosion on three fronts, Royal Club was leading by nearly 10,000 in economy in 20 minutes, and directly overwhelmed Fnatic's economy in 28 minutes.
The upper and lower lanes were destroyed, and the middle lane was even worse.
However, the fans' cheers are just cheers. They cannot provide economic benefits or buffs to GMB's players, and they do not play a big role in the situation on the field.
Compared with the match between SKT and Orange Bears, this BO3 seemed much more intense.
The doll also laughed.
"But it is a bit regrettable that among the three final four seats that have been announced, there are neither North American teams nor European teams. The entire Western team can be said to have been wiped out at the moment."
Miller asked with a smile.
"What if? Right, haha."
If Royal Club had not been too reckless and played too roughly after gaining the advantage in the second game, and Fnatic had not seized the opportunity, it would be unknown whether the third game would have existed.
The English commentator Kiko warmly congratulated the NJS team, but her expression showed a hint of regret and loss.
In yesterday's upper bracket match, SKT relied on its absolute strength to crush Taiwan's Orange Bears 2-0 and became the first team to be eliminated from the quarterfinals.
After GMB and fnatic were both eliminated, C9 became the only European and American team.
"GG! Congratulations to NJS team for winning this BO3 and successfully advancing to the semi-finals, which is also the third semi-final spot."
After the lane switch, the same thing happened in the normal laning phase between the two sides, and Zac in the top lane was directly killed by Weapon.
"Next up is LG vs. C9, what do you think?"
"I still have more confidence in our LG team. Although C9 is the first seed in the North American region, to be honest, LG is not much worse.
Fnatic's top laner is Zac, who is better at laning, and the jungler is also the very strong Lee Sin in this version.
"I also think LG is much stronger. Whether it's online or in teamwork, LG is much stronger."
The GMB team actually played quite well today, especially their bp and small routines, which were all very exciting and worthy of the title of M5 tactical master.
In this situation, it is no wonder that the atmosphere at the English commentary desk is so depressing. Although Westerners are generally optimistic, they cannot stand this situation.
This game was basically a microcosm of the three games between these two teams.
Su Xiaoyan said the same thing.
"But we can't underestimate C9. After all, C9's performance in North America this season is very strong, and their coaching staff is very complete, and their tactical system is very well designed. They are indeed a very strong opponent."
Seeing everyone so inflated, Miller couldn't help but remind them.
"Alright, alright, the director has given the news. Both sides are ready. Let's go to the ban selection screen."
The transition chapter is so hard to write, and I’m so sleepy. I’m banging my head while writing...