ATPnovel Chapter 80 Group A First Match: 3 Champions vs. 1 Champion! [Please Read On! Please Vote!]
Chapter 80 Group A First Match: 3 Champions vs. 1 Champion! [Please Read On! Please Vote!]
After a brief pre-match briefing, the match between the two sides began.
Since it's an online competition, some things are done in the simplest way possible when there's no other way.
"Welcome to the 2020 League of Legends MSC China-Korea Showdown!"
I'm Guan Zeyuan, your commentator for today!
"Hi everyone, I'm Miller!"
"I am Rita!"
After a brief introduction by the commentators connected online, Miller said with a smile.
"I believe everyone has been looking forward to this competition for a long time!"
Our first match in Group A today is between T1 and FPX.
As the only three-time champion team in League of Legends, T1 will face off against last year's League of Legends World Championship winners. This match is sure to be very exciting.
So, for today's match, who do you two commentators think has a higher probability of winning?
Upon hearing the question, Guan Zeyuan immediately grinned.
As long as discussions don't involve Samsung, he usually sides with the LPL.
"How should I put it, I still have a higher opinion of FPX."
After all, they beat G2 3-0 last year, while SKT did not beat G2.
Although the addition of imp this year has strengthened the team, which has now been renamed T1.
But FPX's playstyle is very effective against T1, so I think FPX has a higher chance of winning!
Upon hearing this, many of Phoenix's fans in the live stream panicked.
Watch what you eat!!!
【Oh no, oh no, my little phoenix is in danger!】
[Where's the aftershock? Quickly, use force under the table to shut him up!]
[Calm down. Even with Huan, T1 can't win. Have you all forgotten how he led the team to feed with Qiyana last year?]
Indeed, with this beast around, T1 has no chance of winning!
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After briefly asking Guan Zeyuan for his opinion, Miller then turned the conversation to Rita.
It's common knowledge that Rita is a fan of Lee Doo-hwan; this is something many people in the industry know.
Unfortunately... the woman was in love, but the man was not!
However, when asked by Ji De, Rita still firmly chose T1.
"I feel like T1 has a slightly higher chance of winning. I watched them play against other teams in the Spring Split and they seemed to be playing very easily, as if they weren't even using their full strength!"
These words immediately drew ridicule from many viewers in the live stream.
[I just don't understand, why does Sister Tazi have to like this good-for-nothing of all!]
[My Huan-ge is a four-time champion, young, rich, and handsome. If Ta-zi doesn't like him, does she think she likes you, a goblin who only hides behind a screen and types on a keyboard?!]
[When Huanchu gets killed by Xiaotian like a dog, will Sister Tazi drop her little pearls?]
[You're complaining about just one game? I think Huan was dominating Xiaotian in the early game. If it weren't for Goucao's timely use of his ultimate on Kayle, and LaWu not dodging the hook when Q was used on the bottom lane, would your team have won the championship?]
So why didn't you win? Did you not want to win?
So why did you, Phoenix, only win one championship? Didn't you want to win more?
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Faced with slander and ridicule, Lee Doo-hwan's fans didn't mince words and directly fought back.
After all, you can't reason with a fool; you just need to argue with him and that's it.
You should know that magical clashes are absolutely the greatest invention of the 21st century!!!
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Amidst the verbal battle in the live chat, the competition between the two sides finally began.
In this match, FPX was on the blue side, while T1 was on the red side.
In terms of player removal, FPX immediately removed Ornn.
To prepare for today's match, WarHorse Chen, the current head coach of Phoenix, has studied a lot of videos of T1's performance in the Spring Split.
Through observation, he discovered that T1 liked to have their top laner play champions like Ornn, who could withstand pressure, fight in team fights, and also contribute.
One person is playing in the top lane, while the others are looking for opportunities to open up the game in the mid and bottom lanes.
So, by banning Ornn, not only can the enemy top laner be prevented from dominating, but it also paves the way for your own top laner, which can be considered killing two birds with one stone.
This year, they brought back Khan for the top lane, while the original champion top laner, GimGoon, was relegated to the bench.
Khan, on the other hand, is a player who prefers to attack.
Of course, he has already gained a lot of haters after only one spring season with FPX.
The reason was that during a Spring Split match, he used Fiora to kill a certain world's number one top laner, Aatrox, which resulted in a horde of corpses.
"They're picking Ornn directly, it seems like they're planning to make it easier for Hanzi to play in the top lane!"
After all, if the enemy picks Ornn, no matter how much pressure you put on him, you can't completely shut him down. He always has his ultimate ready in team fights!
Seeing this, Guan Zeyuan chuckled and began to speak.
His tone was slightly flippant, clearly indicating that he genuinely believed FPX could win this first group stage match, and not just because they were an LPL team.
The two sides went back and forth, and the first three people were moved quickly.
After the player relocation was completed, FPX discussed it and decided to give Aphelios to AD carry Lin Weixiang as their first pick.
Besides the fact that this hero is currently in the top tier of AD carries, another reason is that they don't want Gu Shengbin to get it.
Seeing the opponent's first pick, T1 quickly locked in their picks as well, directly choosing the bot lane combination of Varus and Karma.
As soon as Karma locked in, the character of the popular streamer Doinb visibly changed in the bottom left corner of the player screen.
Clearly, if T1 doesn't pick Karma, he's planning to pull out Karma.
This hero has good wave clear, a shield, and a speed boost. He can survive in lane and protect Aphelios in team fights, making him a very perfect mid-lane utility hero.
Since Karma was taken, Little Phoenix had no choice but to give him Ryze, a champion that Doinb is very good at, and then gave Xiaotian Lee Sin, which he had just chosen as the champion skin last year.
Seeing this, Lee Sang-hyeok hesitated for a moment. He had originally planned to pick Orianna, but after seeing Xiaotian pick Lee Sin, he changed his choice to Syndra after thinking it over.
After the first three moves were locked in, the second round of moving began.
In the second round of bans, T1 banned Hanzi's Fiora and banned Lulu as a support.
In contrast, FPX directly assigned all their players to Lee Doo-hwan as jungler.
With the second round of player selections completed, T1, representing the red team, gave Kim Jang-dong a Crocodile as their fourth pick.
If you lack the strength, make up for it with hero stats!
When it was FPX's turn to pick, in order to ensure their strength in the early and mid-game, they picked Jayce for Hanzi in the top lane and Thresh for Liu Qingsong.
Seeing this, Guan Zeyuan deliberately lowered his voice to enhance the atmosphere.
"Now T1 only has Sun's jungler still undecided. I wonder what T1 will use to counter Tian's Lee Sin!"
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