October 7th, 2017.
In this S7 World Competition, the first round of Group A was officially announced to have ended with the victory of the match against C9.
As of today, the four teams in Group A had a total of:
AHQ：2-1
Skt：2-1
EDG：1-2
C9：1-2
At a glance, the points of the four teams were very close. There was no obvious difference. Every team had hope of advancing.
Because they were the first group to fight and also the first group to finish, the A race team had to wait until the other three teams finished fighting before they could start the next round of elimination.
As for the exact time, he would have to wait until October 13th a week later.
A week did not seem like much.
However, for the members of the current Edg, they were able to obtain a rare buffer time, which made everyone heave a sigh of relief.
This was because the experiences of the past few days since the start of the World Competition had been too tiring.
As the champion of the LPL Summer League and one of the top seeds in the S League, Edg's performance in the group stage was not good, and they were repeatedly defeated by AHQ and SKT, almost falling into a crisis.
This kind of situation had never happened to the team that was known as the " Illusion God ".
As a result, not only were the fishing boats mocking and badmouthing him, but the condition of the team members was also affected.
Under such circumstances, the team members became even more nervous than usual. Even though they knew that their next opponent was C9, who was slightly weaker than them, the pressure on the entire team was still very high. They were afraid that they would really lose the game and become 0-3. The group would not be able to get out of the line, and the first seed team would become the biggest joke.
From the end of the match against Skt to the official match against C9, those two short days were really the toughest time for the members of the team.
This heavy pressure finally dissipated after defeating C9.
After all, although a 1-2 record was not good, it was still countless times better than a hopeless 0-3 score that was half a step into the elimination circle.
After the painful lesson of the first round of the group stage, the mentality of the members of the team had undergone a huge change.
The most obvious point was that the arrogant attitude that looked down on everyone when he first came had basically been worn down by now.
After two painful victories, the members of the team had finally come to a realization.
There were no weak teams in the World Competition. The old rules weren't popular here. Whoever could adapt to the rhythm of the World Competition faster would go further.
Therefore, after the match with C9, the team did not waste any more time. They quickly got back into their preparation mode and began to train for the second round of the knockout round.
As the hero of the previous match, Su Jiu's outstanding performance in the competition finally made him, who had no sense of existence, directly enter the coach's preparation list and begin to rotate training with Mouse.
After a few days of training, the members of the ESPG had a deeper understanding of Su Jiu.
Everyone couldn't help but be impressed.
Because they realized that the playstyle of their two Top's was too different!
They were two completely different extremes.
When they were on Mouse, they basically followed the coach's instructions strictly. They basically chose big bugs, Shen, and big trees as the team tanks. At most, they would occasionally have a Lamborghini.
However, when it came to Su Jiu, the atmosphere was completely different.
What left the deepest impression on everyone was that Su Jiu was always the one who talked the most when the coaches discussed the lineup, more than the other five people combined.
According to the tradition of the previous UEFA, every time the team had a discussion on the lineup, the coach would basically propose the core lineup. Then, the players would arrange the lineup according to their own conditions and decide on a reasonable lineup. Finally, the strategy would be refined according to the selected heroes.
However, after Su Jiu joined this segment, the atmosphere of the entire meeting suddenly changed.
During the first meeting, Su Jiu said this to the coach in front of everyone.
"Coach, I don't want to play with meat. Let me play with damage.”
Su Jiu stated her request straightforwardly.
In the beginning, Coach Nofe thought that he was just a passer-by and had not changed his habit of ranking. Therefore, he patiently explained it to Su Jiu.
He told Su Jiu that there was a huge difference between the professional league and Rank. In this version of Incense Burner, the mainstream strategy with the highest winning rate was to focus on the ADC at the bottom lane. The reason why Lu Xi'an was so effective the last time they played C9 was because their BPs were perfectly countered by us. It was impossible to replicate the same tactic again.
Moreover, under the limitations of the version, there were too few champions that could be used as top-laners. Team tank champions were ultimately more suitable for the competition. Therefore, he hoped that Su Jiu would change her mindset as soon as possible and focus on the team, so that she could integrate into the team as soon as possible.
It could be said that Nofe was considered one of the most good-tempered coaches among the many team coaches. Even though Su Jiu was a newcomer, he was still very patient in communicating with her.
However, in response to his explanation, Su Jiu acted like a hothead.
"Coach, I think you're right, but I still insist on my opinion.”
"It's not that I'm trying to pick a fight, but my tank champion is really rubbish. It's extremely difficult to play. There are only a few days left in the next round of the competition, and I definitely can't use this time to train a master champion.”
"How about this? I chose Lu Xi'an to win the previous match against C9. Let me try a few more times to see the effect. Enriching the team's tactical system is also a necessary part.”
After all, he was an experienced coach. Su Jiu's simple words were not enough to convince Nofe to change his playstyle, which had been passed down for a long time.
However, with the previous successful case of fighting C9, coupled with the uniqueness of Su Jiu's situation, Nofe had a different idea.
" Why don't we just let him try? If he can really learn one or two tricks that are quite effective, it's not bad to use them as secret weapons at critical times.'
With this thought in mind, Nofe agreed with Su Jiu's suggestion. Under the premise of maintaining the normal training of the MDG, he would try to experiment with different tactics according to the two top players with different styles.
When he got on Mouse, he still maintained his previous team-type tank player role and continued to focus on the bottom lane, relying on the ADC to win in the middle and late game.
When it came to Su Jiu, the top lane started to select various champions for output. At the same time, the jungler and mid-laner began to focus more on the strong champions who would lead the rhythm in the early and middle stages. They relied on the coordination of the middle and upper junglers to gain an advantage in the early stages, invade the jungle to create pressure, and finally, in the middle stages, they would directly snowball and win.
Then, during the official match, they would choose the most ideal lineup based on the opponent's playstyle.
This was the plan of Coach Nofe.
Just like that, time passed day by day, and the off-season soon ended.
On October 12th, the night before the second elimination round, Nofe gathered all the players and started the pre-match meeting that was held before every match.
The focus of this meeting was to decide the starting lineup and tactical arrangements for the next game.
Originally, Nofe had thought that whoever had the highest winning rate in the training matches would be allowed to come up.
In the end, however, he realized that in the training match, Edg's combat ability was indeed too strong. Although he used a completely different tactical system and went to a different Top, in the end, no matter who he played against, Edg's win rate was very high. So much so that when comparing the two Top's, the difference in their win rate was not big.
If there was a difference, it was that most of the games Mouse played were in a tense situation.
When Su Jiu went on stage, she had an obvious advantage most of the time and won relatively easily.
In terms of KDA and output, Su Jiu was absolutely crushing.
This made Nofe, who had not been optimistic about Su Jiu's fighting style, feel incredulous.
He really did not expect that Su Jiu, who had originally only wanted to dig out some special tricks, would give him an unexpected surprise.
Su Jiu herself was not surprised by this outcome.
As a transmigrator, although his reaction speed and gaming talent had become very shocking, he knew very well that the development of League of Legends until now, his personal control was very close to the ceiling. He had long passed the period where he could win the game purely by controlling the game. Therefore, his biggest advantage was actually his understanding of the game in the previous version.
With this, he was far ahead of the current world-class players in terms of version understanding and the overall situation.
He knew how to win and how to make the opponent suffer the most. He also knew that there were many powerful heroes and tricks that had not been taken seriously in this version.
Among the Top players, Mouse was only slightly above average.
Therefore, it was normal for them to suppress Mouse in the training match.
Under such a premise, Nofe, who had always advocated data, naturally made the best choice.
"For tomorrow's match, the starting player is Su Jiu.”
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