Chapter 7 [7] Others have C, we have life and death

S5 is disappointing, S6 is despairing.

In the year before the start of S7, pain was always the main theme running through the LPL.

It is no exaggeration to say that from the beginning of S7, "darkest hour" has been synonymous with this season.

But in the chrysalis woven by darkness, LPL has not given up its struggle to pursue the light. Everyone is looking forward to the moment when they break out of the chrysalis.

The epic showdown between ROX, the most ruthless teamfighter, and SKT, the strongest operator, made the LPL realize that there is a huge gap between itself and the LCK that cannot be ignored.

The cold wind in winter is so biting, but spring will always arrive as scheduled.

The LPL league reformed, teams were reorganized, the same tactics began to change, and different styles and characteristics began to sprout.

Amidst the abuse and encouragement, countless wonderful operations and incredible comebacks were born in the league.

The dormant dragon of LPL finally raised its head and won the championship in the intercontinental competition.

The alternation of darkness and light always arouses people's sensitive hearts.

Three teams, EDG, RNG, and WE, entered the global finals.

Everything seems so beautiful, the blue light is coming to the mainland, and it is no longer far away.

S7 is the darkest moment, but it is also an era when stars shine!

Not only in professional leagues, but also in the live broadcast circle.

The "barbaric growth" period of the live broadcast industry is over. High-quality anchors with substantial live broadcast content have passed the "live broadcast winter" ahead of schedule. Huge industrial chains have emerged and are booming.

The older generation's Xiaozhi and PDD are firmly established in Diaoyutai, while the new generation's Wuhu Da Sima and handsome men have suddenly emerged.

The information about Changyu Xiaoc's lowest output of 158 in Korean server history and Nuo's hand being blown up by a dog's head poured into the vast sea, and the stars flew into the clouds in an instant, without making too many waves.

As for Desert Death, even though it was suddenly injected with heat, because the hero was too friendly and "TwoHa" himself did not show up, it was only a small outing.

It is still far from the top of the hero bar.

After all, Tolso, Riven, Vayne, Zed and other yuppie heroes with handsome and cool looks and excellent skill mechanics are still the favorites of most normal players.

Of course, there is good news too.

Although his elder brother Nasus, the dog-head, had difficulty defeating his younger brother in the canyon, this time, Renekton was finally not as popular as the dog-head.

What a breath of crocodile energy!

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October 15th.

The group stage round robin has reached the second round.

Qi Zhou and other EDG players stepped off the bus.

The scorching sun at noon in October in Jiangcheng was so venomous that Abu's anxious heart became even more irritable.

Last year's summer split, EDG's 16-game winning streak created an unbreakable myth. RNG, WE, IG...all the teams in the league were severely overwhelmed by its huge combat power.

It is simply an existence that sweeps across everything.

It is a real benchmark for other teams to learn from.

RNG, which emerged in S6, played completely the same as EDG at that time.

But at the beginning of this season, everything changed.

EDG is still doing the same old thing, sacrificing the top lane in exchange for the development of double C in the mid and bottom.

Both RNG and WE began to pay attention to the top lane and followed the version trend.

After three consecutive defeats at the beginning of the group stage, it was incomparable to EDG players and fans. The hardest thing to accept was actually Abramovich.

After constant thought and reflection, Abu also understood the reason.

EDG's play style has gone too far away from the meta, but changing tactics doesn't happen overnight.

At least...this short 7 days is not enough.

The consequences of temporarily changing tactics in an e-sports competition are the same as changing generals on the spot in ancient times.

A narrow victory is possible, but a big defeat is even more likely.

As for why EDG can still stand out in the LPL, this is also easy to explain.

Even though it is as weak as Gaul, it is still a domineering overlord in Africa.

The current EDG model is destined to be a strong team, but it can never be called the strongest team.

Qi Zhou is very tall, 184cm tall.

Therefore, he habitually follows the team at the back.

Abu stood there, staring at the veteran.

When it was announced that Qi Zhou would be replaced by Mouse, who was known as the "Light of the Top Lane", fans online went into a rage.

"What's the use of switching to the top lane? Picking Lucian is better than anything else!"

"Next season, let's go directly to the second-tier league. Civil War Fantasy God, aiming for the top 16?"

"I knew that when I started counting on EDG, I was already in despair."

"I can only hehe, I seek medical treatment in a hurry...hetui, a dog eats shit in a hurry!"

"Thank you EDG, Waiguo netizens: Never overestimate LPL."

"Originally qualifying was theoretically possible, but with this substitution, it became impossible."

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In the face of criticism from netizens, they were furious.

Abu also once wanted to take back his decision.

But whenever his eyes fell on Qi Zhou, his worries would immediately disappear.

Qi Zhou is really too stable.

In the past few days of pre-match training, even if he still followed the original tactics, Qi Zhou could stand unwaveringly at the top of the road no matter what the pressure-resistant hero was.

Many times, even when the bottom tower and the middle tower are down, Qi Zhou still stands in front of the top tower and is awe-inspiring.

Towers are often destroyed because of tactical abandonment.

There were several times when Qi Zhou's top lane was targeted so badly that he had to merge with the defense tower at the beginning.

Claire wanted to help Qi Zhou, but Qi Zhou refused.

"People are here in the tower, unless five divisions come from the opposite side."

Because of this, no matter how EDG made any changes to their tactics, many disadvantaged games were delayed until the late stages of the comeback.

"Don't be stressed, just play normally. It will be easy to beat C9."

"As long as we repeat the training matches, we can win!"

Abramovich comforted several team members. He knew that several people were silent after getting off the car. They were worried not about C9, but about the lack of error tolerance.

If you lose any of the next three games, you will miss out on Suicheng, the venue for the quarterfinals.

"come on!"

"Come on! ×5"

The EDG team has arrived.

Qi Zhou and his team members are debugging the equipment.

Standing on the player's seat, Qi Zhou looked around. Under the spotlight, the audience was full of people.

It has been more than half a year since I last looked around on the stage.

At this moment, even though he was usually calm, his facial expression showed tension and excitement.

Abu, who had been paying attention to him, was suddenly shocked.

But the next second, Abu noticed that Qi Zhou had returned to his previous calmness.

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"Welcome everyone to watch the live broadcast of the League of Legends S7 Season Global Finals group stage. This is the Jiangcheng Stadium! The second round of the group stage round-robin is currently being held in the stadium."

"I'm the commentator Miller (I'm the commentator doll)!"

The two official commentators were dressed in formal attire and sounded excited.

Even though there is a lot of hair wax on the doll's head, it still cannot restrict his flowing hair and self-thinking.

Miller, on the other hand, is much more decent.

"In the first game of Group A that just ended, SKT, which had won the first round, suffered a misfortune and was strongly defeated by AHQ. The fishmen of Ximen won again!"

"The next game is EDG vs. C9. They lost all in the first round, which means every game in the second round is a battle of life and death for EDG!"
Chapter completed!