After the interview, Li Xu met up with his teammates and returned to the hotel. After a quick meal, they returned to their respective rooms.
Today's match went very smoothly. Li Xu posted on Twitter in high spirits, "Today's match was very easy. I hope the rest of the matches will be as smooth."
Li Ge was the first to like it, followed by his teammates. Many fans also left encouraging comments.
Even SKT's official account joined in the fun, expressing that they would continue their winning streak the next day. In an instant, Li Xu's post was filled with song and dance.
The next day, at 5 pm, SKT versus PVB. This team, which had fought back and forth with IG the previous day, did not put up much resistance against SKT despite being at a complete disadvantage. SKT easily won the Vietnamese championship.
Two hours later, it was time for SKT to face off against IG. One was the most dazzling team in the history of League of Legends, the other was last year's global champion. The two most favored teams in this year's MSI finally met for the first time.
Currently, these two teams were the only teams with a perfect record of 3-0. This match attracted everyone's attention.
In the BP segment, the blue team, IG, had consecutively banned Tam, Gário, and Rexil in the first round. The first two supports and the first ban showed that they did not want to let SKT's bottom lane play.
SKT was used to picking EZ and Tam in the bottom lane, or a support with strong protection. They would let Teddy in the bottom lane play and focus on the middle lane.
In the red team, SKT had banned Law, Jess, and Akali in the first round. These three were the heroes who had performed very well in yesterday's match. Especially The Sh's Akali, who had shocked the world with her Flying Thunder God Technique.
IG did the same as G2 yesterday, snatching Ryze from the first floor and releasing him to SKT.
SKT, on the other hand, snatched Dao Mei from the first floor. Since the other team dared to release her, Jin Zhengxun wanted Li Xu to take her down without a second thought. This hero, who was outstanding in both solo and team battles, could still be a middle lane player.
Ze Yuan: "Dao Mei? After seeing what Li Xu did to Dao Mei yesterday, IG still dared to release it. It seems that they have a lot of trust in their top lane's ability. No matter what you use, my Brother Shy will not lose to you. "
Long Hair: "To be honest, I feel that Dao Mei is worthy of a ban. But whether or not she is stubborn or confident, we will see after the match."
However, SKT's second hero choice was beyond everyone's expectations. It was the Jewel Knight.
Ze Yuan: "Gems? Was he going to use the gem and the zither girl? However, this is a common tactic used by Western teams. Even when this tactic was popular, SKT did not use it. "
Long Hair continued, "Furthermore, SKT isn't the kind of team that plays tricks. They don't look like they would put in a lot of effort to practice this kind of strategy."
As soon as they saw Gem appear, IG pulled out Draven and Titan. It was obvious that they wanted to kill Zither Maiden and Gem in the bottom lane.
With Gem out, SKT's third player had no choice but to pull out Zither Maiden.
To be honest, Li Xu did not have any confidence in his own team's strategy. They did not practice this kind of formation at all. In the few internal team training matches that they had, they did not have any advantage against their own second team.
Teddy almost never played Zither Maiden. Even in Rank Entertainment, Teddy would only pull out Kenji and Yasso for fun.
In the second round, SKT was the first to ban the Swordswoman. IG saw that Li Jiu still dared to use the Swordswoman yesterday, and it was very likely that they would let The Sh take a Swordswoman to the top lane to solo the Swordswoman.
Seeing that IG had no intention of banning Sareth in the second round, SKT decided to snatch it instead of letting it go to the other team.
In the end, both teams decided on their lineups.
IG's blue team:
Top Laner: The Sh (Heart of Fury, Kenan)
Jungler: Ning (Qing Gang Ying, Camille)
Mid Laner: Rookie (Wandering Mage, Ryze)
ADC: Jackeylove (Glory Executioner, Draven)
Support: Baolan (Deep Sea Titan, Noletis)
SKT's red team:
Top Laner: King (The Liberator, Sareth)
Jungler: Clid (Blind Monk, Li Qing)
Mid Laner: Faker (Blade Dancer, Erelia)
ADC: Teddy (Zither Maiden, Sauna)
Support: MATA (Valoran's Shield, Tariq)
As Sareth was chosen in the second round, the Dao Mei that was originally planned for Li Xu was given to Li Ge. Li Xu took Sareth and went up to face Kenan.
In the game, SKT rarely showed off their strategy. Since they did, they chose to team up and look for opportunities. In the end, IG also thought of the same thing, and the two sides started fighting in the middle lane.
MATA's Tariq blocked the bushes and stunned Titan and Ryze who were looking into the bushes. Clid successfully took down Ryze.
However, Teddy's Zither Maiden got lost and caught up from the bottom of the river. She was blocked by Draven and Qing Gang Ying in the middle of the river and was beaten up. After giving up her barrier, she was quickly beaten to death. She had no choice but to give up her Blink, but she was still killed by Draven's axe.
After the two sides exchanged one for one, they pulled away from each other. On IG's side, Titan, who was the first to be beaten up, was still alive. Titan was still very tanky when he was at level one.
Zither Maiden did not do anything this time. She did not even get an assist before she gave up her kill and two summons.
After the first team battle, Li Xu felt that something was wrong. His own mid laner Dao Mei and the duo in the bottom lane did not have a Blink. Qing Gang Ying had too much space to play.
When Qing Gang Ying had a Blink, it could be said that he was one of the most stable gank heroes.
Li Ge also knew that Qing Gang Ying would come to the middle lane, so after Dao Mei cleared the first wave of soldiers, she deliberately went from the top of the river to the bottom of her blue buff and inserted her vision into the river to prevent Qing Gang Ying's gank.
However, Li Ge did not expect that the rhythm would come so quickly. Just as Li Ge finished inserting his vision back, Qing Gang Ying directly jumped out of the bushes in the river and stunned Dao Mei.
Qing Gang Ying had already crouched in the bushes in the river before Li Ge's vision. Li Ge's vision made him relax his vigilance.
Dao Mei was stunned, and Ryze, who had been promoted to level two, came up and took control. He cooperated with Qing Gang Ying to kill Dao Mei, and Qing Gang Ying took the kill.
At this time, Clid's Blind Monk had finished fighting the red buff and started to fight his own blue buff. He could not do anything about Li Ge's situation. He had deliberately moved down to protect the bottom half, but no one expected Qing Gang Ying to come so quickly.
MATA's Tariq's first team also gave up their Blink. Without the Blink of SKT's duo, both junglers knew where to go.
As a result, the Blind Monk was found by Qing Gang Yin when he was farming the Toad. No one knew that this Qing Gang Yin actually started the game with the fasting style. Except for a red buff and the river crab, he didn't farm other wild monsters. At level two, he invaded the Blind Monk's wild area.
Qing Gang Ying directly came up and stunned Blind Monk. Clid's jungler skill was used and could only run back. He was chased by Qing Gang Ying and ran from the jungle to his own second tower with about a quarter of his health left.
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