In the final of the League of Legends event of the Esports World Cup in the early hours of this morning, T1 defeated TES to win the championship. This is the third time in a row that an LCK team has defeated an LPL team in a world-class competition, and it also shatters the confidence that TES has built up for LPL audiences through their excellent performance in the previous three days.
After losing the game, Xiaoxiao, who commented the whole process of the E-sports World Cup, posted a Weibo update, pointing the finger at the coaches of the LPL. For the controversial casting during the game, Xiaoxiao focused on the alignment of the road. In the case of determining that it could not cope with the Zeus Rambo, TES's decision was incomprehensible.
In the fourth game, 369 originally intended to choose Rambo first (369 Rambo had a 100% win rate this season), but for some reason, he finally locked the plane. After this person was pressed, 369 looked a little frustrated with one hand on his forehead. Sure enough, Zeus still locked up Rambo in the last game.
This is the point that laughs and complains, he thinks that the thinking of LPL coaches is too rigid. At the critical moment, in order to keep his "safety card", he ignored the construction of the overall lineup. Every time they come to a critical game, the LPL team will always become cringe from the BP start, and the LCK side will become more and more bold.
Faker was not as strong as the superstitious version in the tiebreaker, defeating Cream's plane with Yasuo, a hero he hadn't chosen for a long time. The entire BO5, the BP on the TES side is not as fast as the T1 adjustment, and the latter found that the small cannon could not handle it, and then all of them were banned.
Because the AOE effect is too strong, the follow-up Xiaoxiao deleted the Weibo complaining about the LPL coach. However, in the newly released news, the idea of "believe in yourself at a critical moment" is still emphasized. In his opinion, at this time, there should be confidence in the player's ace (369 Rambo), rather than conservative casting. (Grab the plane first)
In this Esports World Cup, the casting of T1 players is not bound by the version. Zeus's top laner on the first day, Zeli, stole a game in Bo3. Gumayusi uses a different ADC for each game, and 10 different heroes are chosen in 10 games. Even Faker regained the two AP midlaners of Fox and Tsar in the finals, and did not stick to the version.
Throughout the three seasons in the history of the S competition, which was won by the LPL three times, except for IG with hard power, FPX and EDG's BP ability is stronger than that of their opponents. The Titan mid-laner and the meaty Ruiz are memories that belong exclusively to Parisians; The Icelanders also dared to use reverse versions of heroes such as mid-laner Zoe and top-laner Kenan in the deciding game. In many cases, casting that brings out the individual abilities of the contestants is often easier to win.
At present, the LPL Summer Championship is just over halfway, and the LPL team still has a long time to prepare for the new World Championship. I hope that on the stage of the S14 World Finals, the LPL team can have a deeper understanding of the version and find a style that suits them.