Chapter 386 Final opponent, EDG!

After the game started, Baolan suddenly asked: "Who do you think will win in the end?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the conference room changed completely. Everyone who was talking and laughing just now became extremely serious.

If we were just discussing this issue privately, I could just give a casual answer, but it is different now. The whole team is watching the game together, and the coach is also here, so I need to think carefully before answering this question.

If the answer you get is too different from the actual situation, it proves that there is a big problem with your understanding of the game.

Everyone was secretly observing the others, and finally Ning spoke first:
"RNG, I think it should be RNG, the mid, top and jungle are about the same, but RNG's bottom lane is obviously stronger. Right now EDG's bottom lane is too weak."

Everyone nodded slightly, seeming to think Ning's analysis made some sense.

So Smlz also made a choice: "I think it's RNG too."

Theshy also said: "RNG."

In this way, three people chose RNG.

Ning looked at Rookie: "Old Song, come on, why don't you say anything?"

Rookie seemed to be more cautious. He did not speak directly, but looked at Yuan Shen: "Who do you think it is, Yuan Shen?"

Yuan Shen responded: "I think EDG's chances are slightly higher."

Rookie immediately followed up: "Then I choose EDG too."

Ning smiled: "No, Old Song, you are like this? You just want to be like Yuan Shenxuan, right?"

Baolan also made a choice: "I choose EDG too."

Ning nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, let's play it this way, eh? Let's see who wins in the end."

What's even more outrageous is that Smlz, who had already made his choice, suddenly changed his mind: "I suddenly feel that EDG seems to be a little stronger. Can I change it?"

Ning was shocked: "No, I saw you with thick eyebrows and big eyes, you look like an honest person, but you turned out to be this kind of person?"

Ning turned his head to look at Theshy: "You are not going to change jobs too, Theshy."

Theshy hesitated to speak, Ning opened his eyes wide. Fortunately, Theshy didn't say it, otherwise he would start to complain.

At the beginning of the first game, RNG's bottom lane did show its dominance, and with the help of Mlxg, UZI established an advantage in the bottom lane early on.

Although EDG had several counterattacks in the mid-term, they were eventually suppressed and RNG won the first game.

Ning felt comfortable now, and immediately changed into the sitting posture of a big boss, leaning back in the chair and crossing his legs.

Ning said, "I'll give you one chance. If anyone wants to change their mind, you still have a chance. Once the second round starts, you can't change your mind anymore."

No one knows where this rule came from, but since someone has proposed it, we will just follow it.

Baolan, Rookie and Smlz were all observing Yuan Shen's reaction. Seeing that Yuan Shen didn't say anything, they didn't say anything either.

"Okay! It seems you won't cry until you see the Yellow River." Ning responded.

Yuan Shen reminded: "The saying should be: Don't cry until you see the coffin, and don't give up until you reach the Yellow River."

Ning argued: "It doesn't matter, you know what I mean anyway."

The second game started and the two sides switched sides. In this game, EDG chose to let the bottom lane go and focus on the mid, top and jungle.

Although the bottom lane was at a big disadvantage, EDG relied on the magical performance of the mid, top and jungle to win the second game steadily, and the score became 1:1.

Ning continued to sit in a bossy manner: "Don't panic, now it's like a BO3, RNG will win."

In the next two games, RNG won the third game and EDG won the fourth game, and the score was 2:2.

Ning continued to pretend to be calm: "It's okay, now it's a BO1. According to the pattern just now, RNG wins one game, EDG wins one game, then RNG will also win the fifth game."

Everyone else was quite nervous, the game was so close between the two teams, it felt like either could win.

Players from both teams come on stage, and the battle song starts! This battle song can only be heard when the BO5 reaches the fifth game.

Even though they were just watching the game, everyone on IG also felt their blood boiling and they were motivated.

In this game, RNG got a good lead at the beginning, especially in the bottom lane, where UZI's Ashe crushed EDG's bottom lane.

"Nice! This is a sure thing, Uzi still has something, Uzi! Uzi!" Ning immediately turned into a fan of UZI and started cheering for UZI crazily.

You should know that Ning usually has no feelings towards UZI, but now he is cheering for UZI to prove that his understanding of the game is more correct.

Entering the group-building stage, RNG felt that everything was going well and they were able to advance all the way.

Just when everyone thought that RNG had it safe, suddenly, UZI's Ashe made a mistake!

When pushing the second tower, UZI's Ashe was positioned very aggressively, attacking the EDG players alone in the front.

So, Rambo threw down his ultimate to block the road, and EDG rushed forward. UZI's Ashe was killed instantly, which directly led to RNG's collapse in the team battle and the big dragon was taken by EDG.

RNG, which was originally leading in economy, suddenly fell behind!

The worst thing is that the hero Ashe is weak in the late game and needs to snowball in the early game to win. If the rhythm is suddenly interrupted, it will be difficult for this hero to play a role.

Subsequent developments also confirmed that UZI's Ashe was becoming increasingly weak in team battles.

In addition, EDG has Rambo in the top lane, and Rambo's ultimate has a too great restrictive effect on ADC who has no displacement.

In the end, RNG was overturned by EDG and lost to EDG 2 to 3.

"No way? Uzi, what are you doing? You were sure to win, what are you doing?" Ning stood up suddenly, and it seemed like he wanted to go back into the curtain and slap UZI.

Baolan celebrated immediately: "Yeah, we won! Ning Mazi, you are still not good enough."

Ning retorted, "Princess Lan, that's enough. Just choose whatever Yuan Shen chooses."

Bao Lan retorted: "There are only two choices. You and Yuan Shen each choose one. I can't choose the same one as you."

Ning was very angry, but fortunately Theshy made the same choice as him, so he was not the only one who made the wrong choice.

At this moment, Theshy said: "Actually, I also want to choose EDG, but I didn't say it just now."

Ning's jaw dropped to the ground: "Ah? Theshy, you betrayed me too? Okay! I won't go to the top lane in future games."

Baolan taunted, "Our three lanes are all different from yours. If you have the ability, just farm the jungle by yourself instead of ganking."

Fu Manduo interrupted the quarrel between the two: "Okay, now that the game is over, we should discuss business."

Hearing this, everyone became serious.

Fu Manduo continued: "Our opponent in the finals has been determined, EDG. Judging from the situation in this semi-final, it is still quite difficult to deal with."

Baolan echoed, "I think EDG is a little stronger than I thought. Their bottom lane is not as bad as I thought. Even if they face RNG's bottom lane, as long as they don't get TPed by the mid, top and jungle, they can hold their own."

Yuan Shen commented: "In this game now, it is becoming increasingly difficult to simply defeat the opponent in laning phase, because everyone knows how to play, and there is no such thing as a completely overwhelming advantage in game understanding."

Fu Manduo agreed: "What Yuan Shen said is very right. The gap between strong teams and weak teams is not as big as before. The advantages of individual players' basic skills are getting smaller and smaller. What is being competed now is team cooperation, hero pool, lineup matching, etc."

Fumanduo looked at Theshy: "Theshy, how do you feel about the top lane? Mouse seemed to have performed quite well in the semi-final against RNG."

Theshy responded: "Well, he is a player with a relatively stable style and solid basic skills."

Ning smiled: "If you really can't think of any advantages, you don't have to force yourself." Indeed, this wave of praise was a bit forced.

After all, different people have different standards of excellence.

The stronger your own strength, the higher the standards.

Theshy continued: "I think from the perspective of the top lane, I have no problem. I can play all the heroes he plays."

Fu Manduo nodded: "In the middle lane, EDG's mid laner Scout seems to have fully grown up. Now he finally has the style to be the absolute core of the team."

Rookie commented: "I have always felt that he is a very comprehensive mid laner. His abilities in all aspects can rank him among the top three mid laners in the LPL."

Rookie changed the subject: "But I always feel like he doesn't seem to be particularly outstanding in any aspect. I shouldn't have any problem dealing with him in the middle lane."

Ning muttered, "That seems to be the case. This Scout, I feel like he's pretty good, but he's not invincible in any aspect. Laning? Support? Command? Teamfight? He's good in all of them, but not the best."

Fu Manduo looked at the two people in the bottom lane: "This is the bottom lane."

Smlz and Baolan exchanged glances, and Baolan spoke first: "I think it's fifty-fifty."

“Pfft…hahahahahaha…” Ning laughed like crazy.

"Fifty-fifty? How dare you say that? Who is EDG's support? It's Meiko, Meiko! How dare you say fifty-fifty? I can't hold it anymore."

Ning taunted Baolan to the maximum, not giving Baolan any face at all.

Baolan gritted her teeth, rolled her eyes at Ning, and continued:

"I know Meiko is very good, but EDG's bot lane ADC is really not that good right now. In the match against RNG just now, Zet was led by Meiko in the laning phase. Although the laning phase in the afternoon depends on the support, if the AD is too bad, it can only stabilize the laning phase at best, and it is difficult to gain any advantage."

Fu Manduo nodded: "Well, that makes sense. Anyway, it should be no problem for us to stabilize the bottom lane. Besides, if EDG plays against us, they will probably not put too many resources into the bottom lane."

"Finally, the jungler, Clearlov7." Fumanduo looked at Yuan Shen.

"The jungler is the core of EDG right now, the starting point of the rhythm. Fortunately, we have an ace!"

Ning suddenly became proud: "IG definitely has the upper hand in the jungle position."

Baolan immediately jumped out to refute: "What does it have to do with you? Can Ning Mazi stop flattering himself?"

Ning continued: "Although the factory manager is very good, he is still a little bit behind our IG players when competing against them."

"I'm going to vomit...Yue..." Baolan made vomiting gestures, indicating that Ning was too disgusting.

Yuan Shen suddenly said, "Ning, do you want to go up and fight with the factory manager? How about you go up and fight in the finals?"

Ning, who had been boasting about her performance, calmed down instantly: "No, if I go up to fight, the fans will definitely give me trouble. They all came to watch your game."

Baolan taunted, "I'm afraid it's not just the fans' problem. You won't be able to win if you go up there."

Ning evaded the point: "I didn't go up because I was considering the fans' feelings. Do you think I don't dare?"

Fu Manduo said: "In short, during this period of time, we need to strengthen the coordination between the three positions of mid, top and jungle. I am afraid this is also an aspect that EDG will strengthen training."

The next day, all the IG members came to the competition site. Of course, they were not there to play the game, as the competition would start next week. They came this time to watch the promotional video for the finals.

Before the finals every year, a pre-match short film will be played, and the content of the short film mainly includes the contestants on both sides of the final mocking each other.

This is also to create an atmosphere of confrontation and create a sense of confrontation between fans on both sides.

In the backstage lounge, everyone from IG gathered together, discussing how they would perform later.

Everyone knows the general process, the key lies in how to "pretend to be cool".

When mocking someone, you should appear to be very classy. You can't just swear on the street, which is too vulgar.

Fu Manduo reminded: "We have to show IG's style later, and first of all, we have to overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum."

Ning asked: "What is IG's style?"

Fuman asked back, "Don't you usually feel it? Our style of play."

Ning shook his head, it was obvious that he didn't feel it.

"It's...that's it..." Fumanduo hesitated. He found it difficult to describe it in words.

Just then, a staff member appeared at the door and reminded: "Everyone from IG, it's about to start, come over first."

The IG members stood up, left the lounge, and walked all the way to the stage.

At this time, there was already a team of people on the stage, and everyone was wearing team uniforms.

EDG!

EDG’s team logo is very eye-catching, as well as that familiar ID, Clearlove7.

The IG members walked forward and Fumanduo greeted Abu and Nofe.

The players on both sides observed each other.

The factory manager took the initiative to find Yuan Shen and greeted him, "Master Yuan."

"Director."

Meiko found Baolan: "Baolan."

"Meiko..."

The two of them hugged each other first, then pulled aside to start a private chat. Their relationship was extremely good.

Ning muttered, "Why does Princess Blue feel like a spy?"

Rookie complained: "Have you ever seen such a direct spy?"

Ning muttered, "Is it possible that they did this on purpose?"

Yuan Shen and the factory manager said, "To be honest, you may not know how much I hope that our opponent in the final is not IG."

Yuan Shen asked back: "What do you mean?"

The factory manager explained: "Because we have already played in the regular season, it would be meaningless to play again."

Yuan Shen smiled: "So it's because of this reason?"

The factory manager nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's why."

While speaking, the factory manager glanced at Theshy and continued:
"Your IG lineup is so luxurious. I'm so envious."

Yuan Shen responded: "I think it's okay. You EDG are not bad either."

Yuan Shen glanced at Scout.

The factory manager continued, "Don't you feel empty? Always winning the championship, Yuan Shen."

Yuan Shen shook his head: "No, on the contrary, I feel different joy every time I win the championship, because the opponents, teammates and versions are different."

The factory manager said: "If I were you, I would definitely feel very empty. I have always won the championship and I don't know what it feels like to be the runner-up."

(End of this chapter)