Perhaps because they lost so badly in the past two years, the four seeded teams of LPL are unusually united this year.

Because of the same-region avoidance principle in the World Championship, the four LPL teams will be divided into four different groups and will not face each other before the knockout stage, so they don't need to worry about anything for the time being and have been exchanging tactical experiences with each other.

They would arrange training matches with teams from different regions, and then get together at a fixed time every night to discuss what they had learned that day, and practice through matches to filter out potentially useful information and strategies.

The teams that participate in the tactical practice training every night are rotated, except for the fourth seed LBG team of LPL——

Because they are the only team in the LPL that needs to play in the qualifying round. If they fail in the qualifying round, the entire LPL region will be embarrassed.

Therefore, during the qualifying round, the LBG team must continue to be the banker, playing at least three rounds of games every day, in order to strengthen their understanding of the new version and get the players back to their competitive form.

The LBG team did not disappoint everyone. They dominated the qualifying round and were the first to get a spot in the main competition with a perfect record.

The fourth-seeded Korean HZ team, which was placed in another group, was not far behind and also advanced directly into the group stage as the group's first.

When the WDG team was drawn, it was placed in Group B. In the same group with it were the Pacific Division's No. 1 seed FLS team, the Korean Division's No. 3 seed PCG team, and the Japanese Division's No. 1 seed XBG team that advanced from the qualifying round.

This group is very special -

Because the four teams in this group are all from Asia.

The teams from China, Japan and South Korea, plus the FLS team from Taiwan, the four teams have a total of 24 players and their coaching staff, all with black hair and yellow skin.

This is the first time that such a situation has occurred in a world competition. The visual impact is very strong. The team, which was not originally the strongest, has become the most watched group by domestic audiences.

The lpl and Korean teams are old rivals. As the number one seed, it is unreasonable for WDG team to be defeated by the number three seed of Korea, right?

Because some LPL clubs introduced a large number of top Taiwanese players, the original Taiwan division became less competitive and was eventually forced to merge into the Pacific division. This hatred that destroyed the division is simply irreconcilable.

This year, the FLS team, known as "Pineapple Cake", composed of five Taiwanese players, was very strong. It had no rivals in the Pacific Division and secured a spot in the World Championship with a perfect record in the summer season.

Their fans know clearly that these five players will most likely be recruited by LPL teams next season, so they hope that the FLS team can achieve good results in this year's World Championship, both for revenge and for a better future for these five players they like next season.

The XBG team from the Japanese region was a little weaker. They were defeated twice by the LBG team in the qualifying round and finally ranked fourth. However, they miraculously won two bo5s in a row, defeating the third place in the same group and the second place in another group, and entered the group stage.

Their strength may not be high, but after the qualifying round, their condition is getting better and better, the players are more confident, and they may not be without the ability to fight.

However, due to some historical reasons, LPL teams usually fight back when they meet Japanese teams, and domestic fans are also looking forward to a satisfying crushing victory.

In short, the WDG team has countless new and old grudges. The tension is already very strong before the group stage of the World Championship officially begins.

"Xiaomi, do you feel that the coach has been a little bit nervous these days?"

In the WDG team's exclusive training room, Ji Feng leaned close to Lin Mi's ear and whispered mysteriously, "I didn't find the hero during the training match just now, but he didn't even get angry. He even said that it was too late for him to speak, and he would pay attention next time."

Lin Mi guessed, "Maybe the group stage is about to start, and the coach doesn't want to put pressure on you because of such a small matter, right?"

Ji Feng immediately shook his head: "Impossible, this is just the group stage. The day before the finals, he even called me a bastard."

Lin Mi: ...

You secretly stuffed the pineapples you couldn't finish into the drawer of your coach's office, and only realized when they had rotted and become smelly that the coach didn't beat you because of the consideration for the finals, okay?

As soon as Rong Zezhou entered the room, he saw his brother getting close to his boyfriend again. He walked over unhappily and kicked Ji Feng's chair, kicking him away. Then he pulled a chair and sat next to Lin Mi, admonishing him, "Stupidity is contagious. You should stay away from him."

Ji Feng pushed himself back with his feet and said seriously, "Brother, stop messing around. I'm talking to Xiaomi about serious matters."

Ji Feng's rare seriousness frightened Rong Zezhou, and Rong Zezhou quickly asked, "What happened?"

Lin Mi looked at his boyfriend with an indescribable expression: "You believe this too?"

Rong Zezhou: ...

Rong Zezhou stood up, grabbed the back of Jifeng's chair with both hands and pushed him directly out of the training room, pretending to shake him out. Jifeng cried out loudly, "Brother, you have changed", but there was no fear on his face.

Roll and Yan Jin happened to come back from outside. Seeing the two brothers making trouble, Roll's eyebrows jumped, then he took a deep breath and put on a fake smile: "Baby, the game will start tomorrow. Pay attention to safety when playing around, and be careful not to get hurt--"

blast:!!

Help, the coach is so scary!

Rong Zezhou: ...

Ugh, mentally retarded.

Yan Jin pulled Roll away with a frown on his face, and said helplessly: "The pressure from public opinion has been a bit high recently, and your coach is having a seizure. Don't pay any attention to him."

Roll protested solemnly: "I am trying to accumulate merit and build up my character before the game. What do you Americans know?"

Yan Jin pretended not to hear and continued, "This afternoon's training match with DZG has been cancelled. They have arranged to meet with the Korean PAO team."

PAO team, the number one seed in the Korean region, is hailed as invincible by many netizens.

The PAO team almost never arranges training matches with other regions. The WDG team also asked someone about it, but the answer was that the training matches were fully booked and there was no time. Unexpectedly, the DZG team was able to arrange one before the game started.

Being able to play a game with PAO team and observe their understanding of the version and recent status is very important for LPL, so DZG team simply canceled the training game with WDG, and WDG team had no objection.

Although according to the rules, information about training matches cannot be leaked, but if the PAO team has any new tactics, we will always be able to see some clues when we arrange a training match with the DZG team in the future.

However, when the four LPL teams held a meeting in the evening, all members of the DZG team looked as if they had lost all hope in life.

I knew without asking that the afternoon training match must have been messed up.

As the champion of this year's spring season, the runner-up of the summer season, and the second seed of the lpl, the strength of the DZG team is unquestionable. Even the WDG team's win rate in training matches against them is only about 60%. This is also because training matches generally do not involve late stages. Therefore, if no special tactics are used, the strength of the WDG team and the DZG team is basically the same.

But I didn't expect that DZG team would lose like this when facing PAO team.

"My dears, our team will not play in the training match tonight. Let's take our time."

The coach of the DZG team collapsed on the sofa. "My mind is a little confused. I need some time to sort it out."

"Let's not ask about the specific content of the training match. Just tell me whether it was because the BP was not done well, or you couldn't beat the laning phase, or your operations were not good enough?" Roll couldn't help but be curious.

The coach of the DZG team almost cried: "We can't win in laning, we can't win in operations, and I can't figure out if there is a problem with the BP. I thought we were just a little bit away from winning at MSI. If we work hard, we will have a chance to win the World Championship. I didn't expect that the PAO team has also improved a lot!"

The conference room fell into silence.

It stands to reason that these words should not be said in front of the players, so as not to affect their mentality, but the enemy is too strong, and the coaches feel that the players must be mentally prepared.

Especially in the group stage, they will face PAO team and the third seed ZY team of LPL. They have to be extremely alert and not relax at all.

"I think we are still not well prepared for bp."

Ever since he learned that most of WDG team's weird swing tactics came from Lin Mi's hand, he was temporarily invited to the coaches' discussion group, and he could speak his mind at this time.

"Our previous preparations for the current version were basically based on the situation in the play-in rounds, but in fact, from the world championships in recent years, although the play-in rounds and the main competitions used the same version, there was a big difference in the selection of BPs."

The other coaches all nodded.

They all knew about this situation, but the group stage had not started yet and the Korean team was unwilling to schedule a training match with them. Although they had learned some new tactics from Europe and the United States, there was still a gap in their understanding of the version compared to the Korean team.

It’s not that LPL coaches have a worse grasp of the version than Korean coaches, but because the person who wins the game is the version.

Even if you can list countless advantages of the lineup you chose, it won’t work as long as you haven’t played the game.

There is still a big gap between theory and practice.

"In fact, the situation at the World Championship is pretty much the same every year,"

The coach of the DZG team sighed, "Before the game started, we always felt that we had grasped the version, but when we actually got on the field, all kinds of unexpected problems would arise, and we couldn't fully implement the tactics we wanted to implement."

"There is no way. Our players are no worse than Korean players in terms of operation ability, but in terms of discipline and execution, we are indeed inferior to them."

The coach of the ZY team spoke frankly, "But I don't think we will definitely lose to the Korean team. If we can play to our strengths, we may be able to fight."

Lin Mi nodded in agreement: "That's what I want to say. I watched all the games of the four Korean teams this season, and found that just like what the coach said, they are very disciplined and have a set pattern for what to do and when."

"These Korean teams are like machines. When you watch them play, winning or losing depends on who can get the other team into their own program first."

Lin Mi continued, "It is precisely because of this fighting style that the people who fight against them feel that they are losing very helplessly, as if they have no chance at all. However, in fact, the gap in strength is not as big as it seems on the surface."

Lin Mi opened his laptop and projected it onto the big screen.

"This is the time heat map of the four Korean teams that I summarized. It can be seen from it that when they are in an advantageous position, the time movement lines of each lane are almost exactly the same. Once they fall into a disadvantageous position, they will look for opportunities to turn the situation around in the opposite direction."

"However, our four teams are completely different."

The heat map of the four LPL teams appeared on the big screen again. It was a flourishing scene, forming a sharp contrast with the South Korean team.

"Each of our teams has its own style of play. Even in different games of the same team, the overlap rate of the heat map is not high. So when we play against the Korean team, we are easily led into their program without a fixed program, which leads to inexplicable loss."

The coach of the DZG team frowned and said, "So you mean that we should also follow a fixed program? But time is limited now. Even if we are willing to practice, we can't catch up with the Korean team in a short time."

"Were you beaten stupid by PAO?"

Roll snorted proudly, "Doesn't our Xiaomi want us to disrupt the rhythm of the Korean team?"

Lin Mi smiled: "The coach really understands me. Since we can't form our own program in a short period of time, we might as well make it impossible for the Korean team to enter their program. If both sides are fighting in a free-for-all, the gap in discipline and other aspects will be infinitely narrowed."

"This is called beating the master with random punches."

The coach of the ZY team finally understood, "When it comes to brawls, we've never been afraid of anyone!"

The coaching staff of the four teams got together to study for a long time, and finally made up their minds to give it a try.

Although this style of play may not work in a bo5, the group stage is bo1, so anything is possible.

So that night, the "supervisors" in the live broadcast room where the OB players were training were all confused.

The competition is about to start tomorrow. Why are all the LPL players not playing training games or ranking games, but all running to form a team to play ARAM?

They are the kind that are determined not to attack the tower. A team of five professional players can fight a group of passers-by in a melee for 40 minutes.

What motivated these players?

Is he just giving up or going crazy?

Soon, they got the answer in the second day's game.

The third seed of lpl, ZY team, defeated the arrogant PAO team with a style of play that was almost like a free-for-all in the opening match. A big upset occurred in the first game of the group stage!

The audience in the Korean region was stunned, the audience in the LPL was stunned, and the audience all over the world was stunned.

How could this ZY team, which looks like a lunatic and has no rules, beat the PAO team?

[Fuck, is this a game I can watch? Did the ZY team eat spinach before the game? How can they be so fierce! ]

[The players of Team PAO were all terrified, hahaha. Who could have thought that Team ZY would have a big fight in the canyon? ]

[What Pioneer Dragon? Team ZY couldn't see anything. They could only see the lone player of Team PAO and the unethical group fight! ]

[Hahaha, it’s so cool. I declare this is the coolest day of my year. I want to laugh when I see the Korean coach’s silly face.]

[That's enough, isn't it just random fighting? PAO team just didn't react, this is just a Bo1, try playing like this in a Bo5? ]

[You are almost there, that's the PAO team. Our third seed can beat them by one point in a Bo1 match. Isn't that worthy of praise? ]

[That's right, why pretend to be rational now? Just laugh it off. ]

"PAO underestimated the enemy," Yan Jin, who was watching the game in the backstage lounge, concluded, "It seems that yesterday's training match with DZG made them feel that LPL was no match for them. When doing the draft today, they released the hero that ZY is best at on the red side. They really looked down on us."

“So they lost.”

Roll smiled and said, "It would be best if all the Korean teams underestimated their opponents today. Let's give them a 4:0 victory and see if they still show off!"

Rong Zezhou looked at Roll with a look that looked like he was mentally retarded: "Besides Team ZY, our team is the only one that will play against the Korean team today. What do you think will happen to Team PCG after Team PAO's failure?"

They must try their best to win, otherwise the Korean region will be defeated by LPL 2:0 on the first day of the group stage, and the participating teams will be scolded to death by fans!

roll:……

Roll stopped laughing and felt a little sad: "So we gave Team ZY such a good idea yesterday, but in return we got an opponent who fought back with all his might?"

"Isn't this called shooting oneself in the foot?" Ji Feng whispered.

Lin Mi rubbed the child's hair in a scolding manner and said with a smile: "Isn't this good? We are the number one seed of the LPL. Do we still need to rely on our opponents to underestimate us to win? The boat god said that the game with a weak opponent is boring. Only an opponent of equal strength can let him show his strength."

Rong Zezhou resolutely refused to take the blame: "I think winning is more important."

Lin Mi looked over puzzledly:?

Rong Zezhou immediately changed his words: "Of course, I think no matter how PCG performs, we will definitely win."

Lin Mi: ^_^.