This holiday was quite short, and within a few days, it was time to close the team again.
EDG prepared cotton jackets early and planned to go to Iceland to fight MSI in the near summer weather in May.
Iceland is located at 64°09′N and 21°56′W. Although it has a high latitude and even enters the Arctic Circle, it is affected by the North Atlantic warm current and controlled by the westerly wind zone, so it has a temperate marine climate, which is not as cold as imagined.
Iceland is just the first game, and the group stage and confrontation will be held here. The subsequent knockout and final stages will go to Paris and London respectively.
"In Iceland in May, the temperature is between zero and ten degrees. Bring warm clothes to avoid colds!"
Abu kept reminding him that although he had returned to his coaching position, he was still traveling with the responsibilities of his former manager.
...
April 30.
EDG official blog posted a large group photo of the team members, and the caption was [MSI, departure!]
As soon as this blog post was released, it reposted countless comments.
【Come on EDG!】
【Get down!】
【EDG rushing duck!】
"Come on, come on, hand over your passport, ID card, and visa to me first. Finally, check your luggage and confirm that there is no problem. We set off! It was too late to find it back after getting on the plane."
Team leader Chen Yifan shouted loudly in the team members' dormitory.
Chen Ye had already packed his luggage, so he was not panicked, but turned his head to look at Mingkai, "Why don't you go to Iceland?"
Mingkai shrugged, "What am I going to do? It's so far away, I won't go on the stage anyway, so go on a trip?"
"..." Chen Ye scratched his head, and Brother Sheng Gun said in a shocking way: "Don't you get the championship bonus?"
"I think too much, little bitch." Ming Kai smiled evilly, "I have the final say in this, do you think I can get the difference?"
"...It's a waste of money, right?"
"Haha, I want you the money? If I can win the championship, let alone the prize money, I will treat you to a meal for ten days!"
"really?"
"A glance at Ding Zhen!"
...
It was confirmed that there was no problem, and the group boarded the team bus amid the cheers of other staff members.
On the way, Chen Ye received a call from his mother and obviously saw the Weibo post.
"Don't worry, I've brought enough clothes. I'm more afraid of the cold than anyone else. You don't know yet?... Hahaha, that's a must! You must win the championship!"
...
The fleet quickly arrived at Pudong International Airport, where there were unexpectedly many people who were delivering the plane, and even Mr. Jin was waiting here.
Jin Yibo was quite enthusiastic about Chen Ye, holding his hands, "MSI add some fuel and get us a championship!"
In Mr. Jin's eyes, Chen Ye is now a pure hot commodity.
In recent years, the alliance has been intentionally introducing fan circles into the e-sports circle to increase fan activity and topicality.
Let’s not talk about whether this behavior is correct, but the effect is indeed achieved.
The fans are really injecting a lot of vitality into the e-sports circle, but they are different from ordinary e-sports fans.
Their requirements for players' appearance are greater than their grades or strength.
The higher your appearance, the more fans you will have.
Of course, if you can still achieve good results when you are good at appearance, it will be a decisive victory.
Chen Ye is such a contestant, with outstanding appearance and tall figure. The most important thing is that he has gained FMVP.
In the league now, Chen Ye is the one with the largest fan base, who is always bringing huge benefits to the league.
Even in this case, his identity as a financial backer's son seems less important.
Chen Ye was a little confused about the CEO's enthusiasm, but he still smiled and nodded, "Yeah, sure!"
...
Behind Mr. Jin, EDG's boss Edju stood. He himself did not live in the club, so he came directly by himself.
He stood with the staff and led the EDG team members to their special plane.
That's right, it's a special plane.
The straight-line distance from China to Iceland is 7777 kilometers, which is a very long distance. If you are buying a ticket, there is a 25-hour trip, including the transfer opportunity.
So this time Edju spent a lot of money and directly booked a plane to Iceland.
After the charter flight, it only takes about 11 hours to fly from Shanghai to Iceland, which is equivalent to half of the time being shortened.
Of course, the price is not cheap, 1.127 million yuan per way.
If the bag is back and forth, it is cheaper, 2.1 million...
Edju smiled and joked, "Everything is good. If I don't win the championship, I will save a million."
"Yeah? What does it mean?" Viper didn't understand at the first time.
"If you lose, you can swim back, why are you still taking a plane!"
“…”
At 1:00 p.m., everyone boarded the plane quickly, and the special plane lost all the rules and regulations of the previous airlines. Everyone was a little amazed when they looked at the magnificent interior of the plane.
"Wuhu, take off!" Brother Saint Gun made a familiar cry, but this time it really took off.
Even Chen Ye was relieved and happy when he arrived. Every time his family traveled abroad, he just took the first class cabin. This was the first time he chartered the flight.
EDG and his group even had time to sit on the long sofa in the middle and watch the movie.
However, the eleven-hour flight was still a bit difficult. Everyone was very excited at first, but when it came to the end, they should go to bed and play with their phones.
By the time they finally arrived in Reykjavik, the time had already changed to 4:00 pm on April 30, Icelandic time.
Iceland is located in the Greenwich average, that is, the zero-time zone, and the country is the East Eighth District, with an eight-hour time difference between the two places. Therefore, although everyone experienced eleven hours of flight, it actually only took three hours in "local time".
"Brothers, are you okay?" As soon as the landing was approaching, Chen Yifan came to the team members' area and asked, "Do you have any problems with Chen Ye?"
"It's so good!" Chen Ye smiled, "Land quickly, I'm a little sleepy, I can't sleep on the plane."
He hasn't been asleep for fifteen hours now, and he is bored, so he is inevitably a little sleepy.
"Don't be anxious, I'd better wait until night to sleep and adjust the jet lag to avoid problems." Chen Yifan gave a suggestion, but it was not forced. "But if you really want to sleep, it's not bad. Anyway, the competition will not start in a week."
Chen Yifan asked about the other people's situation again and confirmed that there was no problem.
Everyone returned to their seats and prepared, took out their down jackets from their suitcases, and the plane finally entered the final landing stage.
“Welcome to Reykjavík!”
The staff in Iceland were already ready, and a team of white men in spring clothes led EDG to the hotel where the contestants lived.
Chen Ye, who had a short-sleeved + down jacket, looked at the Icelander who was only wearing a thin coat and curled his lips slightly.
Very strong cold resistance...
The engine roared, and a Mercedes-Benz bus carried EDG and his group through the streets of the world's northernmost capital.
Next, the champion team from all regions of the world will compete for a one-month cup competition in this white city.
Chen Ye looked at the snow scene outside the window and looked at the scarce vehicles on the street, sighing that this was really a pretty good city.
Compared to Shanghai, where even if the city is closed, it can be blocked from traffic jams, it is simply too happy.
After checking in at the hotel, everyone in EDG had a light meal in the restaurant, and then started to sleep soundly at 8 pm local time.
This sleep is quite long, lasting thirteen hours.
At nine o'clock the next morning, Chen Ye finally resurrected in full blood.
Chen Ye thought he could sleep, but he found that only one Viper in the whole EDG got up earlier than him...
Chen Ye shrugged, and he simply pulled Viper downstairs to the hotel restaurant for breakfast.
"I don't know what Icelandic restaurants offer to eat." Chen Ye was slightly expectant and chatted with Viper.
The elevator stopped on their floor and opened.
Chen Ye shot his eyes in and was stunned.
He saw a familiar opponent.
Showmaker and Beryl.
I heard from the staff that DWG, oh no, they had already arrived here yesterday, so they obviously had the jet lag.
After this team lost to EDG on the final stage last year, some strange awakening seemed to have occurred. Last year, they were still fighting hard in LCK, but this year they crushed all LCK teams in a kingly manner, as if they wanted to seek revenge on EDG with a strong posture.
Chen Ye and Viper also looked at each other, and they simply walked into the elevator with a swagger. Chen Ye and Showmaker looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
To be arrogant, the whole world knows that MSI champions can only be produced between DK and EDG.
Therefore, there will be no communication between them. There are more opportunities for communication on the field.
When he arrived at the restaurant, Chen Ye looked at the menu and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Unexpectedly, there was Chinese food here.
There was nothing to say, Chen Ye ignored the bread, potato burger steak, and ordered a set of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, spicy and sour potato shredded potatoes, fragrant dried pork and other classic home-cooked dishes.
On the other hand, DK people actually followed suit and ordered a series of Chinese food. They are also part of the East Asian cultural circle, and they are obviously not used to bread and milk.
However, Chen Ye could clearly see that DK assist Beryl was eating while holding his phone horizontally and poking on the screen with both hands.
Chen Ye was so familiar with this scene.
I'm super, original!
During the regular season, Saint Gun Brother did this every morning.
Later in the playoffs, EDG's control became stricter, so Saint Gun Brother never played again, and he was quite decisive.
Chen Ye thought about it, he pretended to go to the front desk to get milk, and then glanced at Beryl's screen.
Well, it's Youla.
This is a character that Genshin Impact has just appeared during this period (from Baidu). Brother Saint Gun is still talking about his plan to wait for MSI to finish and draw a wave of krypton gold.
“…”
Before Chen Ye and Viper had eaten for a long time, many other team members walked out of the elevator, and everyone worked their own business.
Brother Sheng Gun also went downstairs, looked at the scrambled eggs with tomatoes in front of the two of them, and immediately took a breath, and then went to the front desk to order a plate of Kung Pao chicken.
On the way to the front desk, he also saw Beryl's screen, and the surprise on his face became even deeper.
...
It was noon soon.
EDG gathered in the training room prepared by Fist for them.
Abu turned on the projector at the front of the training room and said solemnly: "From now on, we will officially enter the pre-match training session of MSI. So first step is to learn about this version 12.9 that was just updated two days ago."
As he said that, he opened the PPT that he had made in advance.
The LPL playoffs have been using version 11.6, but the official server has undergone several updates in the past two months. Until April 28 the day before yesterday, the MSI version was finally updated, 11.9.
From the playoffs to MSI, there have been three versions in total, so how to quickly get familiar with the version has become the primary issue for major teams.
These three versions have successively repaired the problems exposed in the playoffs.
Version 11.7, the playoffs had just begun, so there were not much changes. They were all numerical modifications and did not affect the hero level.
Version 11.8, the new hero Gwen is on the stage.
The speed of the heroes of the Fist has not been slow during this period, but it is difficult for both Yongen and Salerfanie to appear in the game.
The only decisive king who can play in the game was banned because of the bug.
This new hero has a pretty good mechanism, and analysts have rated her quite high.
But Gwen still has some problems now, because the mechanism is too strong, the value is a bit low and it cannot be affected. Therefore, at 11.8 in the first two weeks, Gwen's ranking winning rate was quite sluggish.
At the same time, there are also quite important hero changes, almost all related to jungle position.
The Blind Monk ushered in a wave of great enhancement in this version.
E [Tian Lei Break], the cooldown time is reduced from ten seconds to eight seconds.
This change has directly climbed the winning rate of the Blind Monk to the T1 ranks of the jungle position. Even now, the single-player line blind monk has begun to play in the rankings. The main E pushes the line and starts to wander, which is quite slutty!
Then there is Rambo.
After Rambo passively overheated, the basic damage of basic attack is reduced, but a new 6% maximum health damage has been added. Moreover, overheated, he will get a 50% attack speed bonus, which will enhance his ability to brush jungle.
At the same time, the E-skill electronic harpoon has also been strengthened. Now, the electronic harpoon will reduce the target's magic resistance by 10% (if Rambo is at a dangerous temperature, reduce it by 15%) for 4 seconds, and can be stacked.
If two harpoons hit continuously, it will directly reduce the resistance by 30%. Combined with the current red temperature attack speed, the E skill will trigger the red temperature, which will be the pure God of War.
Morgana, W increased from 150% to 200%.
Tribulation, the cooldown time of passive to wild monsters is removed.
The damage caused by passively to wild monsters increased from 150% to 300%, and the attack speed bonus increased by 10%.
No Hand, the damage to wild monsters by passive bleeding increased from 175% to 300%.
The dense falls, almost all of which are the increase in online heroes' efficiency against jungle brushing.
After these amplifications, except for Noshou who came to Tu Yile, the other heroes have already possessed the ability of six groups of 6 speed four in 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Monsters like Morgana can even reach the peak of Udir. When they reach level 4, they have to stand in the river and wait for a few seconds.
Finally, cut the alchemy can by the way, and the acceleration effect is weakened from 75% to 60%.
Cut another CD shoe, and the price will increase by 50, from 900 to 950.
Obviously, the designers have had enough of the disgusting game of the playoffs forehands, backhanded Udir. They made drastic moves and sent five online heroes into the jungle area, intending to have a big reshuffle directly!
And when this version was just updated, the team analysts predicted it.
They understand designers so well, they understand that this is just the beginning, and the designers just made a small test of the jungle area, and the big ones have not yet arrived.
So, version 11.9, the big one is here.
In addition to the newly launched EDG champion skin, there are not many, but each of them has important updates.
The first one was the alchemy can, and it was cut again.
The speed bonus is cut directly from 60% to 40%.
Who remembers that the initial speed increase of this equipment was 75%.
In addition, the designer was not at ease and cut the Dead's plate armor with his health from 400 to 300.
Then he was afraid that the horse would still be able to play, so he cut off the acceleration effect of the horse E skill by 10% with another knife.
After several consecutive blows, the personnel were completely useless. The movement speed after the third gear acceleration was much slower than before.
However, Udir still has the ability to play, but he is obviously not as strong as before.
Obviously, the designer finally understood that the hero in the alchemy can system is not the hero, but the outrageous acceleration of 75% of the alchemy can!
Version 11.9 has been out for two days, and now it can be clearly seen that many Udirs in the rankings no longer have their alchemy cans, but have turned to ice fist to increase the tank level. The appearance rate of the two mythical equipment is between 55 and 5.
Then, the designer slightly weakened the wild values ​​of Morgana, Rambo and Bright Moon.
Their performance in version 11.8 was so good that the designers weakened it a little, but the impact was not too great. These heroes can be predicted to be the new favorites of the jungler position in the MSI version.
"So, Chen Ye, do you understand?" Abu looked at Chen Ye, "The MSI version has almost no changes in the wing road, and almost all the changes are in the jungle area, so you need to practice these heroes more."
Chen Ye's face was a little serious, but he nodded.
Rambo, Morgana, and Bright Moon, these are the three junglers who performed quite well in the new version.
It’s okay for Jiaoyue to say, but Morgana, Rambo, and Chen Ye have never played a few games in total. Pure things have to be practiced from scratch.
And the hero Rambo himself has a lot of knowledge, which is obviously not an easy task.
But these three junglers have one thing in common.
They are all APs...
Chen Ye suddenly thought of the echo of Lu Deng, whom he had just synthesized a few days ago.
I was worried that I had no place to use it before...
Is this a coincidence not...
Chapter completed!