Chapter 104 Appearance

The play-in round is approaching, and teams from other divisions have arrived in China before the competition even starts.

The advantage of playing at home is reflected from this moment on.

The game delay is different in each place. The first thing players from other competition regions have to do when they come to the host location is to rank to adapt to the local delay.

Maybe ordinary players can't feel it, but for professional players, even a slight delay difference may directly affect the operation.

Before the players from other divisions arrived, the officials had already issued them super accounts at the top of the canyon.

Top of the Canyon opened in April this year, the actors are not that rampant yet, and the overall level of players is still very high.

With the influx of professional players from all major competition areas, the top of the canyon suddenly became lively.

Not only professional players, anchors on major platforms also seized this opportunity to "touch porcelain" with those well-known professional players.

"Kill the big devil alone!"

This slogan has been posted in many high-end live broadcast rooms.

In this season, Faker is the ceiling of League of Legends in most people's minds. God has not yet fallen. Many people want to increase their popularity by killing Faker alone.

For the current Chen Mo, he does not lack the understanding of heroes and games, but he lacks the experience of playing against other professional players.

This is a great opportunity.

Everyone at EDG also devoted themselves to ranking at the top of the canyon.

Not to mention, as time went by, Chen Mo really discovered a lot of patterns.

Most Korean players are relatively stable, and their ranking is very much like a game. NA and EU like to play showy, and they often win showy heroes in rank...

Players from other regions also feel the enthusiasm of the LPL.

Just like Chen Mo's current ranked game, in less than 15 minutes, 12 kills broke out on both sides.

"The big devil seems a little unhappy."

In the EDG training room, Chen Mo said with a smile.

He was playing double queue with his younger brother in the middle and jungle, but because Faker was placed in the queue, the younger brother took the initiative to give up the mid lane position.

But in this game, the two sides were fighting at the beginning. Forget about the fight, Faker hadn't gotten a kill yet, which resulted in his very poor development.

The game was only ten minutes old, and Faker had already clicked jungle several times.

The key reason why this game is so intense is that the jungler Chen Mo keeps invading the opposite jungle area.

"This is not how the game should be played..."

In the training room of the hotel where SKT stayed, Faker said angrily: "How can the jungler lead the rhythm like this!"

He knew that his jungler was EDG's substitute jungler, and he clearly remembered Chen Mo's performance in the training match, but what he didn't expect was that in rank, this player was even more bold.

However, while feeling annoyed, he did not forget to remind his teammates: "If EDG lets this player play in the group stage, they need to be especially careful."

The little peanut next to him nodded slightly: "Don't worry, if he dares to invade the jungle like this in the official game, I will make him look good."

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September 23rd.

The play-in competition starts on time in Wuhan.

The first game was between WE and R7. There was no doubt that this was a crushing game.

Not only the first game, but also the subsequent games were basically crushing games.

"There shouldn't be any dark horses?"

Coach Nofe left these words after watching the first day of the qualifying round.

The three teams WE, C9, and FNC were like the kings who accidentally entered the bronze round in the qualifying round. They could win in any game. It was a pure fish fry round.

Not only in the group stage, but also in the knockout rounds.

C9 vs. R7, 3:0.

FNC vs. HKA, 3:0.

WE vs. YG, 3:0.

Only FB was slightly worse, allowing ONE to win the next round.

With the end of the qualifying rounds, the final positions of the four groups in the group stage were also announced.

As in memory, C9 is assigned to Group A.

For EDG, this result is acceptable. Anyway, there is not much difference between C9 and FNC. Neither of them is the kind of team that can win easily.

WE was eventually assigned to Group D, and the third seed became the most promising team to break through the group stage.

The group stage will be held on October 5th.

As the group stage approaches, the League of Legends atmosphere around the competition venue gradually becomes stronger.

There are many team posters posted on the street bus stops, and the sewer manhole covers on the road are also painted with League of Legends themes.

On the street, there are also many people discussing the upcoming game enthusiastically.

One said that EDG was more powerful, and the other said that RNG was the hope against Korea... The LPL audience has great expectations for the upcoming group stage.

At this time, the official also announced the schedule of the group stage and the version used.

The opening match will be played by RNG and FB. There is a huge gap in strength between these two teams. LPL should have no problem getting off to a good start.

The last game on the first day of the group stage is EDG vs. AHQ.

In the eyes of most viewers, even the top seed FW is no match for EDG, let alone the second seed in the LMS.

So many people are confident about the first day of the LPL group stage. RNG has a good start and EDG has a good ending. Perfect!

However, what they didn't know was that according to the script of the previous life, RNG did get off to a good start, but when facing AHQ, EDG, which had high hopes, unfortunately lost on the first day of the game.

This was also the beginning of the tragedy for EDG in the group stage.

After the official announcement, major clubs began to get busy.

This World Championship uses version 7.18, which is two versions later than the 7.16 version of the Summer Championship, and has made many changes.

The designer also seemed to feel that the incense burner system was too strong, so he made changes to the incense burner system in the version changes. However, the designer's idea was very strange. The core of the incense burner system is the bottom lane, but the designer focused on the jungle.

The health of the Slag Jungle Knife has been reduced, and the health of the two pieces of equipment, Knight's Oath and Gargoyle Stone Plate, has also been weakened.

Not only that, the designers also made adjustments to powerful junglers such as Spider and Leopard Girl, weakening the basic damage of their skills and increasing AP or AD bonuses.

This is to be expected. Designers are actually very rigid about the positioning of heroes. Take Spider as an example. Designers think it should produce output. If Spider is very powerful in producing meat in the game,

Then the designer will adjust it to get it back on track with the output device.

Chen Mo is better at attacking the jungle, so for him, this change is welcome, but for EDG, the version change is not good news. After all, the factory director is the starting jungler, and he is better at eating grass.

Type jungler.

In addition to the jungle, the designer also made changes to the incense burner equipment.

The attack speed buff effect is adjusted from 20-35% to 25% at all levels, and the life drain buff effect is adjusted from 20-35 to 25 at all levels.

At first glance, it seems to be a weakening, but in fact, the disadvantage of the incense burner system is that it is weak in the early stage. If you really want to hit the late stage, the incense burner system does not lack the 10 points, but it really lacks the 5 points in the early stage. This change

It is not enough to shake the status of the incense burner system.

Coach Nofe also seemed to realize that the changes in the jungle gave Chen Mo more room to play, so in subsequent training matches, Chen Mo's frequency of playing increased again.

"Why don't you try Ornn on the road?"

After a training match, Chen Mo said to Nofe.

Ornn is a hero updated in the 7.17 version. After its release, the rank winning rate was not very high. However, in the 7.18 version, the designer strengthened it in all aspects, and its frankness was greatly improved. Compared with the battle, Chen Mo felt that this hero

A system more suitable for EDG.

Hearing this, Nofe frowned slightly.

EDG does not put too much effort into the top lane. As a coach, most of Nofe's BP ideas for the top lane are to choose the big tree if there is a big tree, and be cautious if there is no big tree.

He went on the road to try new heroes, but he didn't think it was necessary.

"This hero's ultimate move is a bit powerful. You can start a team fight without entering the field, and you can also upgrade equipment for your teammates in the later stage. With this hero, as long as the top lane is balanced, it is equivalent to an advantage."

Chen Mo continued to suggest.

When Nofe heard it, it seemed to make sense.

"How about... try it?"

In the next training match, EDG indeed brought out top laner Ornn.

After the training match, although coach Nofe didn't say anything, it could be seen from the smile on his face that this hero really fits EDG.

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Thursday, October 5th.
To be continued...