Team God versus Team Fate.
One was the first seed of the LPL, while the other was the second seed of the LCK.
Both teams were at the top of the world and could be said to be first-tier teams.
At the same time, both Team God and Team Fate had one of the best mid laners in the world as their team's core.
The match between these two teams was undoubtedly going to be exciting, especially the match between Morning Star and Moon. The former was the strongest of the Seven Kings, while the latter was the weakest of the Four Emperors.
The two top mid laners in the world were the closest in terms of strength.
It was also destined that if these two met in the middle lane, the sparks from their clash would be incomparably fierce and dazzling.
Therefore, the match in the fourth training room was very much worth looking forward to. However, the match hadn't started yet, giving Lin Feng and the others some time to make their own choices.
Come to think of it …
The match that was about to start was bound to be exciting, but today's practice match wasn't the only one worth watching.
There were a total of eight training rooms, and almost all of the sixteen teams in each of the major divisions were currently sparring with each other. For example, a match between Morning Star and Moon could be easily found in other training rooms of similar standards.
Lin Feng dragged Tang Bingyao, An Xin, Ceng Rui, and Li Shiyi to the second training room next door.
The practice match that had just started was also worth watching.
Team KING.
Team Battle.
Team Cog.
…
While Lin Feng and the others were still in the first training room, Shi Hang mentioned that Team KING's first practice match was against the second seed of the LMS region, Team Thunderclap.
At this time, it was KG who had just finished his first match. His second match was against the North American COG team, who had also just finished their previous match.
If the main focus of the match between Team God and Team Fate was on their respective mid laners, then the focus of this practice match in the second training room was undoubtedly on the top lane.
The match between the top laners of both teams.
Tian Tian was now one of the Seven Kings in the world after his breakout performance in the S5 World Finals last year. He was also recognized as the world's number one top laner, and his individual strength was unrivaled in the LPL.
But in this match against Team COG from the North American division, Tian Tian finally met his own formidable opponent —
Seven。
This ID might have lost some of its luster in the current S6 season, but as long as one was a veteran player or someone who paid attention to North American tournaments and had witnessed the previous World Finals, there was no way they wouldn't know the existence of this ID.
Before Tian Tian, this Seven was the previous holder of the world's number one top laner title.
He was also one of the Seven Kings.
Putting aside Tian Tian's experience in Season S1, Tian Tian, who began to shine in the international arena in Season S3, became famous even earlier than Tian Tian.
His playstyle belonged to the stable school.
Whether it was his individual skill, team battles, awareness, or the big picture, he was almost watertight. His top laner hero pool was even more unfathomable. No matter how he was targeted or banned/picked, he could always unexpectedly take out a random top laner hero and perform calmly.
"This is an all-rounded top laner."
"For a team, having such a top laner is like eating a tranquilizer, because no matter what happens in the other lanes, at least you will always know that your top lane will not have any problems."
Professional and senior commentators in the industry had made such an evaluation of Seven, and were not stingy with their praise and praise.
But similarly, after such praise, the other half of the evaluation was filled with regret and regret:
"But … even so, he still can't really drive his teammates."
Yes.
Almost all the teams in the world of esports with Seven Kings, whether it was Team God, Team Assassin, or even KG and Europe's MLG, had always been able to show enough strength and strong muscles in the past seasons, and achieved corresponding results in the World Championship.
But Team Cog seemed to be the only exception.
This team … Although they had always been able to fight their way into the S Series World Finals in the past, they had always performed poorly. Even with Seven Kings as a top laner, they always seemed inexplicably weak when they encountered other teams in the World Championship.
They did not look like a veteran team at all.
There were even cases where Team Cog encountered a wild card team and almost lost.
The problem was not with Seven.
It was with the other positions of Team Cog … They were indeed a little weak.
"It's not that a god can't carry four noobs at all, it's just that a top laner like Seven, with his playstyle, is destined to be the type of player who can't provide much help to his teammates."
In the second training room, Ceng Rui looked at the training match between Team KG and Team Cog. He glanced at the seven king-level top laners of the North American team and said emotionally.
Li Shiyi also nodded. "This one … is indeed not a carry type top laner."
Lin Feng touched his nose and gave his own evaluation. "His strength is definitely at the level of Seven Kings, but … this type of top laner is not suitable for Team Cog."
These words hit the nail on the head.
Different players had their own playstyle, and Seven belonged to the type of player who could be as stable as an iron bucket without any loopholes. This type of top laner did not need anyone to worry about him at all. There would never be an accident, and he could do what he needed to do impeccably.
And if there was even one more player in the team who could stand up and form a certain level of coordination with the top laner, the overall strength of the entire team would be completely raised to a whole new level.
But Team Cog really did not have a second strong point other than Seven.
So even if he was as strong as Seven Kings, Seven would not be able to do anything.
"If he were in a team like Quick Water or Assassin, I reckon that Quick Water and Assassin would have the confidence to go up against teams like SSK or Season," Li Shiyi added.
The others listened and nodded in agreement.
It had to be said that it was indeed a pity.
But in reality, there were not so many ifs, and it was true that not every professional player could find the most suitable team for themselves.
So correspondingly, even if the current Team Cog had a top laner like Seven, they still could not be considered a truly strong team. At least in this training match … they were destined to not pose enough of a threat to KG.
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