novellk Chapter 10 has another expert? LGD!
Chapter 10 has another expert? LGD!
The intense battle was truly exhilarating for EDG, and everyone is now looking forward to another match against KG.
"Come on, I have some ideas for this game. I don't believe that if I can beat them in ranked, I can't fight back at all in the match!" Liu Qingsong sat up straight after seeing the message, his face full of dissatisfaction.
The other four KG players were in a similar situation; they wanted to see where their limits were.
"Coach, can you give me a counter pick in this draft? Ban mid lane Ezreal, I want to use Syndra, let's see if he dares to use Quinn!" Left Hand also got angry, having been slightly outmatched by Pawn in the last two games.
This was a feeling I had never experienced before in ranked matches. When facing off against top mid and jungle players, I realized that the mid lane position is never decided by one person alone. When laning against Pawn, Pawn not only made no mistakes, but also had more opportunities to deal with the side lanes.
It seems I'm about to understand something new, something that ranked matches simply can't teach.
What kind of trash were those Korean server ranked games I used to play? They were just a bunch of useless guys with no professional awareness.
"Cough cough cough... I can't fight."
Faced with the enthusiastic invitations from KG and EDG, Lin Kong could only cough awkwardly twice.
It wasn't that I wanted to break them up; "it's really impossible."
"Huh?! Why?!"
All five KG players said in unison, and even TheShy shouted that it was such a pity to lose just now. If they could play a few more games, maybe he could find the balance between split pushing and team fighting.
The training was so effective that I couldn't think of any reason to end it.
"Because it's already 4 o'clock, and we had a practice match scheduled with LGD at 4 o'clock."
"We can't just stand them up." Lin Kong looked helpless. He originally expected to play against EDG for an hour and a half and get speedrun, but he didn't expect to beat them for more than 40 minutes in the second game.
The opposing team is still not done yet; if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have invited LGD in the first place.
LGD!!!
"Is it LGD, the champions of last year's Summer Split?"
"Coach, you're not kidding, are you?"
Zuo Shou suddenly stood up. It's one thing to be able to invite EDG, but let's just say that Lin Kong knows Abu and they can arrange a match.
How come they were able to get together with LGD?
LGD just announced the acquisition of S5 World Champion top laner Marui, further strengthening their roster. They are now the absolute super team in the LPL!
His individual skill in each lane is comparable to that of the peak Samsung White.
"Sorry, I was too loud!"
"We'd better hurry up and tell EDG that we're going to play against LGD." Upon hearing that there was a chance to face off against LGD, ZuoShou immediately chose to defect.
Although Fat General is definitely no less than Wei Shen, Left Hand still wants to see more of the different playstyles of top mid-lane players.
The news quickly reached EDG. Upon hearing that KG was about to play a scrim with LGD, Abu got anxious before the players could even say anything.
"LGD?!"
"Damn, Mr. Lin's connections are really extensive. No wonder I couldn't get a date with LGD today."
"LGD spent all that time playing against KG."
"Tsk tsk, not simple at all, not simple at all."
"Should we try adding another best-of-three series against KG every week?"
Abu smacked his lips repeatedly, saying that even when he tried to schedule an appointment with LGD, he had to put it on hold.
As it turned out, Lin Kong, who led an LSPL team, was given priority over EDG, which really surprised Abu.
No matter what, EDG is a top club in the LPL, so why do they value KG so much?
Inside the LGD club.
Wei Shen was messaging Lin Kong, "All done?"
"How was your game against EDG?"
"It's alright, about 50/50."
"Wow, really? You lead a team that awesome?"
Why would I lie to you? Come and try it and you'll see.
Lin Kong responded with lightning speed, and Wu Wukai was indeed telling the truth; the two games combined lasted at least fifty-five minutes.
Lin Kong met Wei Shen through the game Tianya Mingyue Dao. Lin Kong was originally a game enthusiast, and last year he spent all his time making money and spending it in the game. He also got to know Wei Shen through this opportunity, and the two became friends.
"Alright, alright, everyone, make a few minor adjustments. LGD is almost ready."
After a 20-minute break, the best-of-three series against LGD officially began.
The entire KG team is giving it their all.
Both sides fielded relatively conventional lineups. For KG, the lineup consisted of Troll Warlord (top), Graves, Lissandra, Kalista, and Alistar.
LGD's lineup consists of Lulu, Rek'Sai, LeBlanc, Miss Fortune, and Thresh for the top lane.
These are all commonly used version heroes in high-ranking Korean servers.
"Hmm...isn't this content a bit strange?"
In less than ten minutes, Lin Kong felt an extremely strange feeling. LGD and KG were actually fighting back and forth, it was really a 50/50 match!
It's not because KG is too strong, but rather because LGD played very poorly.
"Compared to EDG, LGD's laning skills in all three lanes are indeed not that much different, but their overall teamwork and coordination are far inferior."
"Let's see how things go in the mid-term."
Lin Kong found it strange. Although LGD did not perform well in the Spring Split in history, they shouldn't be this bad against the newly formed KG.
As the game progressed into the mid-game, starting around 25 minutes, the gold difference between the two sides remained very close. TheShy had a 2000 gold lead in the top half of the map, while Imp and GodV combined had a lead of approximately 4000 gold.
The problem is that TheShy's 2,000 gold lead is just too obvious.
The troll completely outmaneuvered LGD, and LGD's handling of TheShy's split push was far inferior to EDG's.
They were quickly drawn into TheShy's rhythm, and the mid-game team fights were back and forth, stretching the game to over 40 minutes.
LGD finally managed to find Lwx among the five players and launch a top-tier team fight, thanks to their more solid fundamentals and Wei Shen's amazing team fight maneuver.
They finally managed to defeat KG.
The score was now 17 to 15, a very small difference between the two sides.
"Oh dear, what a pity! What a pity!" Xiao Tian exclaimed repeatedly, feeling that this was truly a shame.
Although Lin Weixiang was caught out and killed instantly, they still managed to kill three LGD players afterward. If their skills had been a little better, they might have turned the tide.
"My bad, my bad, if I hadn't been fired." After the game ended, Lin Weixiang felt a little guilty. In the past, he was not only a top player in TCS, but also a mainstay.
But today he was completely dragging the team down. Liu Qingsong might have messed up a bit in the first game against EDG, but he still played his part.
In this game, if it weren't for Liu Qingsong, he would have been crushed by IMP in lane.
"It's okay, practice matches are for finding problems. Actually, there are still many things I don't understand."
"only..."
Liu Qingsong stopped halfway through his sentence.
"What is it? It's just that PYL played terribly. I really didn't expect LGD to be in this situation."
"Left hand must have felt it too, compared to EDG, the difference in strength is not even a little bit."
Lin Kong looked to his left and received a nod of approval. Indeed, Wei Shen was quite strong in the laning phase in this game.
After the match against EDG, Pawn put significantly more pressure on himself. When facing Pawn, he couldn't even coordinate with Xiaotian.
But LGD didn't care about that at all; they were just playing their own game.
"Let's play one more round, this time we'll crush them!"
"I'll teach you a tactic."
Since LGD is playing so ridiculously well, Lin Kong doesn't plan to hold back. He originally intended to save his move for when they play VG at 7 o'clock.
We'll help KG's five players crush VG and boost their confidence.
Now it seems that LGD could very well become the sacrifice.