Chapter 137 Drawing Lots for the Quarterfinals

After the group stage, the eight promoted teams will have at least 4 days of rest.

But for most teams, it's far from time to relax.

Advancing to the quarterfinals means qualifying for the world championship. Even a team as weak on paper as MSF still has the possibility of winning the championship.

Precisely because they are all qualified to compete for the world championship, no team will choose to relax at this time.

EDG has become the hottest target in training matches during this period.

It is precisely because of their outstanding abilities in the group stage that everyone thinks they are the strongest contender in this world championship.

On the second day after the group stage, the coach asked everyone to calm down and get into intense training.

Everyone still remembers the boss Ed Zhu's big pie in their hearts. At this time, they are in high morale, so they naturally have no complaints about the arrangement made by the coach and manager.

10 o'clock in the morning.

Everyone from EDG gathered in the conference room.

"Everyone's performance in the group stage was indeed outstanding, but that is already in the past. I believe that the World Championship is not just about qualifying. What is our goal?"

“No cavities!”

Coach Nofe acted awkwardly when he came up, but Chen Mo didn't cooperate and everyone burst into laughter.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, everyone silently said "win the championship" in their hearts.

"Naughty!"

Coach Nofe rolled his eyes at Chen Mo, and then continued: "In the knockout stage, I may arrange for two junglers to alternately play, so Xiao Mo cannot relax even if he succeeds."

The knockout stage is a Bo5 game, which is very different from Bo1.

Nofe does not dare to expect that several other teams will not study their own team during this period, so it is the best option to alternate between two junglers with completely different styles in the knockout stage.

The factory director nodded slightly: "This is best. If I don't play well, the team can replace me at any time."

If someone else were to say this, it might sound like green tea.

But everyone knows that Chen Mo’s appearance in the group stage was strongly recommended by the factory director, and what he said at this time was completely sincere.

A few years ago, the factory director would never have been able to be so selfless. As a professional player, who doesn't want to get more opportunities to play.

But it's different now.

After experiencing the setbacks last year, the factory director has gained a lot of perspective.

He just wants a championship now, even if EDG can win the championship, even if he does not participate in this championship.

"I also fully respect the team's choice."

Chen Mo responded seriously.

In e-sports, strength speaks for itself. The factory director cannot force him to play because of his seniority, and Chen Mo himself cannot force him to start because he performed well in the group stage.

The one who plays well is on top, the one who plays poorly is on the bottom.

It's that simple!

After a little boost of military morale, everyone had a quick lunch, and a training match was scheduled for the afternoon.

Abramovich’s chosen opponent is FNC.

Among the three teams that may become opponents, SSG and EDG have played the most training games. The remaining two teams, MSF and FNC, have not played many training games.

So Coach Nofe wanted to let the players get familiar with their opponents before the knockout rounds started.

There are no underdogs in the World Championship, especially in the knockout rounds.

FNC was able to advance to the knockout rounds despite a 0-4 start, proving that they do have something.

After communication between the coaches of the two teams, the training match was held as scheduled in the afternoon.

Chen Mo looked at the IDs across from him. There were many familiar faces among them.

For example, top laner international friend Soaz, mid laner Caps, and ADC European city Rekkles.

Overall, this is not a very strong team, but it does have the potential to create miracles.

"In the first game, Ming Kai will go first."

Before the game started, Nofe said: "I haven't played in a game for so long, so let's warm up first."

After a short BP, the lineups of both sides were quickly released.

EDG chose the traditional incense burner system, and the factory director also selected the pig girl he was best at.

The game starts soon.

Although he hasn't played a game for a long time, the factory director did not relax during the period when it was confirmed that Chen Mo would be on the field, and he would also conduct high-intensity rank training every day.

Compared with Chen Mo, his style is indeed more stable.

Start off steadily, and wait until Pig Girl reaches level six before choosing to attack the bottom lane.

With the cooperation of Pig Girl, FNC's bottom lane combination both died, allowing iboy to successfully score a double kill.

After creating a gap between the two sides in the bottom lane, Oucheng was no longer iboy's opponent in the lane.

In Chen Mo's opinion, the player Ou Cheng may be considered a top ADC in Europe and the United States, but on the world stage, he is really not good enough.

Not surprisingly, due to their advantage in the bottom lane, EDG quickly won the first training game.

"Compared to the LCK, there is still a gap between the European and American divisions."

After this training match, Nofe commented: "The FNC team is a bit like us before, mainly relying on the mid laner to drive the rhythm. As long as the mid lane is held, there will be no rhythm in other lanes.

Their top laner is far less stable than Ah Guang, so the title of international friend is not for nothing."

Although the opponent is not strong enough, the training match cannot be terminated just yet.

In the second game, it was still the same cast.

Interestingly, in the second game, the factory director made adjustments to his playing style.

He chose the prince jungle, but he did not play the role of a tool player with meaty equipment. Instead, he chose damage equipment and frequently set the pace.

"He's learning from me!"

Chen Mo immediately realized that the factory director was trying his best style of play.

However, as time went by, problems gradually emerged.

Abandoning your most accustomed style of play and incorporating new ideas will only result in nondescript results.

EDG still won this training match, but it was very difficult to win.

The problem lies with the prince.

Since the prince has no meat, even if there is a good opportunity to take action, the factory director does not dare to break the alliance decisively like Chen Mo.

Then when it had to be opened, because it was too fragile, the prince immediately lay down immediately after entering the field several times.

This led to the fact that EDG clearly had a great advantage online, but due to the sudden death of the jungler, the training match was delayed for a long time.

After the game was over, the director took off his headphones and shook his head slightly.

Facts have proved that he really can't play Chen Mo's style of play.

Nofe also knew the factory director's intention, so after the beating, he didn't say anything, just patted the factory director on the shoulder.

Just when the third training match was about to begin, news came from FNC:

"Can you let the Silence players play?"

Compared to the factory director, they want to see the substitute players who performed miracles in the group stage.

They had played against the factory director before, but their impression of Chen Mo remained in the game video.

The power that is said outside is not really good. Only by fighting can you know whether it is really good.

"Then come on, Xiao Mo."

Coach Nofe agreed directly.

The third training game started soon. I don’t know if they wanted to see Chen Mo’s true level, but FNC directly released the male gun.

Nofe was very understanding and let Chen Mo choose it.

Not long after the training match started, Chen Mo showed great aggression. Even if he chose a hero like a male gunner, he would not forget to help his teammates while developing.

When the male gunner gained the upper hand, Chen Mo began to invade the jungle aggressively.

Under this rhythm, male guns develop quickly.

When the training match progressed to 25 minutes, the male gun's damage had already begun to become unreasonable.

After Ou Cheng was performed a health bar disappearing spell by a male gunman, he decisively chose to surrender, and his teammates all agreed.

"call--"

When the game ended, FNC jungler Broxah breathed a sigh of relief:
To be continued...