There was a scene of joy on the Dragon Kingdom network.
"Ye Qingjie!"
"Damn it, three of the top four? Guaranteed runner-up. This is our LPL division? It's so strange."
"666."
"This is something I can only imagine in my dreams."
"A battle between pigs and dogs in the second half of the semifinals? There are a lot of topics and expectations." ωωw..net
"The pigs and dogs are gone. It's a pity."
"JDG in the first half works harder and eliminates T1 in the semi-finals. Then we can achieve the epic achievement of the two LPL teams in the finals."
"That said, how do you know that t1 is a sure winner?"
"Nonsense, do you think j-team can win t1 in a bo5 format? Don't be ridiculous."
While the audience of the Dragon Kingdom LPL celebrated winning three semi-finals in their own division, they also did not forget to tease Brother Taobo, the second seed in their division.
"Brother Taobo, Brother Taobo, of the four seeded teams, you are the only second seed that was eliminated by the team from the wild card division."
"Isn't this too embarrassing?"
"It's bad luck. Now that everyone is celebrating, you can't help but pick up any pot."
"Hahaha, I was just joking. I feel sorry for Brother Taobo."
"Brother Taobo's hard power is always among the best in the world. To be eliminated from the group is simply because there is a big problem with their mentality."
"So, mentality and state have a huge impact on a team. The weak defeat the strong in the global finals."
"But I'm still optimistic about t1, after all, Faker is in charge."
With much anticipation, the battle for the last top four spot kicked off at 5 a.m. Dragon Kingdom time.
The venue for the competition was packed with people and the crowd was buzzing.
The largest number of them are fans of t1.
They occupied more than 80% of the entire venue.
The heritage and reputation of the number one team in history can also be seen from this.
Li Hao's parents and Li Hu were surrounded by many T1 fans.
But their momentum was not lost at all, waving the support flags in their hands and shouting Li Hao's name loudly.
In addition to the three of them, Li Hao's fan support group also includes some spectators from other competition regions.
For example, LPL viewers who simply don’t want the LCK team to win.
For example, European and American audiences are fans of Li Hao's fierce fighting style and his courage to fight.
etc.
This is already much better than when the global finals just started.
After all, Li Hao has now proven his worth in the global finals.
On the commentary desks in each competition area, many commentators gave their own predictions of the results before the game.
Not surprisingly, t1 wins.
No commentator from any region predicted that j-team would win.
Even the two commentators in the PCS division felt that the balance of victory had already tilted towards T1 before the game.
"The j-team's ability to reach the quarterfinals has given us a lot of surprises."
A commentary mod for the PCS competition area, give your own reasons in front of the screen.
"And they also defeated LCK's No. 1 seed Gen in the group stage and personally sent them back to their hometown."
"But viewers who are familiar with the game know that."
"The bo1 competition system and the bo5 competition system are two completely different concepts."
"Especially j-team, their opponent today, t1, can be said to be the most successful club in the entire history of League of Legends."
"The team also has a player like Faker, the god of mid lane, who is like a talisman."
"We just hope that j-team can show its strength, play well and enjoy the game."
The casters in their own region all prefer T1, let alone other regions.
On the LPL commentary stage, the three commentators today are the Haier brothers and retired player 957.
"Brother Leg, your prediction is t13:2j-team. Do you think they can play five games?"
Commentator Wow, as a field controller, couldn't help but be surprised when he saw 957's prediction.
Before the game started, the predictions of most commentators and media were 3:0.
A small number of predictions are 3:1.
There were only 957 people who predicted the score of 3:2.
957 pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and showed his signature elegant smile.
"T1 is very strong, this is a fact recognized by everyone."
"But j-team was able to break out of Group D and even double-kill Gen. Their strength should not be underestimated."
"We can't think that just because they come from the PCS division, they have no power to fight back."
"Besides, I saw the growth of their team along the way in the group stage."
"In addition to the stable performance of the nine players in the team, the performance of the mid laner Uniboy Tsar was also world-class."
"I'm optimistic that their double C can bring us bigger surprises in the game."
As a retired player, 957 is more professional than ordinary commentators and views the game situation more accurately.
When he was in the lpl division, he was famous for his accurate game score predictions.
Although Wow and Miller are not optimistic that j-team can play five games with t1, they will still respect Yishou's prediction.
Amid the huge cheers of thousands of spectators, the game finally entered the bp stage.
As a world-class top team, t1 banned the three heroes of Sword Demon, Destruction King and Enchantress with great respect.
They didn't give j-team any chance to show off their unique skills.
On the j-team side, the three powerful heroes of Cat, Male Gun, and Silas have been banned.
“The first-round bans on both sides were very reasonable.”
Miller explained on the commentary box:
"Although t1 is stronger than j-team in terms of overall strength, they did not carelessly and directly banned several heroes in j-team who were the best or who might have accidents."
"The j-team on the red side in the first game was also very cautious and did not give any version of the hero to t1."
"Let's take a look at the selection of the two teams."
"T1 chose Nami. It seems that they are going to choose Luna combination for Auntie and Dr. K in the bottom lane."
"As the second seed of LCK, they only lost one gen in this year's summer split."
"But after coming to the global finals, t1's strong team background was fully revealed. The state they showed in the group stage is better than gen."
"J-Team has single-handedly chosen the top-mid combination of Crocodile and Tsar."
"Crocodile is the best hero played by top lane driver players, except for the strong version of Sword Demon."
"But his opponent today is Zeus from T1. If he plays Crocodile first, it is very likely that Zeus will choose the counter hero."
Soon, the selection of candidates from both sides ended.
t1 selected a combination of top laner Jayce, jungler Wei, mid laner Galio, and bottom laner Luna on the blue side.
On the red side, j-team selected the combination of Crocodile in the top lane, Wild Boar Girl in the top lane, Czar in the mid lane, and Aphelios and Lulu in the bottom lane.
"Brother Leg, which lineup do you like?"
After the selection was over, before the game officially entered the game screen, Wawa turned his head and asked.
957 thought for a moment and said with a smile:
"T1's lineup is an early and mid-term lineup, while j-team is a late-stage lineup with double C as the core."
"The key to the outcome of this game lies in whether t1 can pick up the rhythm in the early stage, and then use their signature snowballing operation to end the game directly before j-team's double c takes shape."
The first game of bo5 was just as predicted by 957.
T1's top laner, Zeus, showed his talent to the world in the first game.
After getting the counter hero Jace, he directly killed the driver's big crocodile online.
The jungler oner also frequently takes care of the top lane, and cooperates with mid laner Galio's long-range support to jump over the tower and kill the crocodile.
Their purpose is very clear.
Since Li Hao is difficult to contain, he will focus on the weak links of j-team and kill them directly.
This strategy worked very well in the first game.
Although Li Hao's bottom lane steadily suppressed Auntie and Dr. K.
But the collapse of the upper midfielder directly left him with no room to perform.
After only holding on for 25 minutes, j-team lost the first game of bo5.