Strictly speaking, the players in the LPL region had not had any proper rest or relaxation during this entire period of time.
After their LPL league ended, they immediately threw themselves into the training of the other three teams. Then, they rushed all the way to Manchester, England. They didn't even have time to adjust to the time difference. They hurriedly familiarized themselves with the venue and returned to the hotel to start a two-day training competition with the teams in the other regions.
Then, it was the group stage.
Every night, they would continue their internal training.
After the group stage ended, they didn't have time to rest and adjust. They rushed to Paris, France, familiarized themselves with the venue, and then repeated the cycle of competition and internal training.
Now, they were in Berlin, Germany. The mission was still the same.
It was a huge drain on their stamina and energy. Moreover, their nerves were always tense and it was difficult for them to relax. Even for these veteran professional players, it was a difficult challenge.
However, what was rare was that even though they were under such pressure, none of the players from Team KG and Team God had complained about being tired.
All of them persevered in silence.
On one hand, this was naturally the reason why these two teams were able to go through so many seasons and steadily rank at the top of the list of strong teams in the national server and even in the international professional esports circle.
On the other hand, it was actually because of this year's finals. The continuous results made the players of the two teams feel slightly tired, but more than that, they couldn't help but feel excited.
Group stage.
Top eight.
Top four.
Round after round, they advanced forward.
Step by step, they climbed to the top.
Compared to the previous years, this year's was the best they had achieved so far. Everything proved to them that hard work was rewarded. In the face of such a huge reward, and thinking about the future that might be even more beautiful, no matter how tired they were, it was replaced by even greater excitement and anticipation.
Stamina and energy were exhausted.
But their emotions and morale were still high.
Hence, even if Team KG and Team God could foresee that all of their players would fall asleep for three days and three nights after the finals ended, at least for now, their high spirits would help them continue to persevere.
The coaches and leaders of the two clubs were well aware of this, so they did not try to persuade their players to rest. Instead, they let their players continue to train with high morale.
This drive was very important.
Once he let out a sigh of relief, it would be extremely difficult to make up for it again.
The managers of the two teams also patted each other on the shoulder to encourage each other.
"Let them fight like this."
"At this point, they know better than we do."
"Sleep more or less. It's okay."
"If we can really win the championship this year … no matter what price we have to pay, it will be worth it!"
…
Although Team Rapid Waters had returned to China, the remaining two teams, Team KG and Team God, could still continue to train against each other.
With Lin Feng, Li Shiyi, Ceng Rui, and Tang Bingyao as training partners, there was no problem in terms of manpower for the mock competition. Moreover, in addition to the first team of each club, the second team and substitutes could also help. Basically, they could make up for the two teams' lineups.
However, tonight's training was mainly against Team KG.
The two teams were matched against each other in the semifinals. God's team had a higher chance of winning against Legend. Only KG's team had to go up against SSK, which would be a huge challenge for them.
Even if Team KG was at its peak this year, and even if Team SSK's strength was not at its peak, there was still a gap between the two teams.
One could say that SSK's world number one midlaner was not as dominant as before, but this was only true for a handful of strong midlaners who also stood at the top.
Take Demon Ghost, who was the main midlaner of Team KG, for example. She was still lacking.
"As for Demon Ghost, try your best to resist the pressure in the mid lane."
"You need to make sure that you don't have any problems with your development. Stabilize the pace and drag it to the mid and late stages."
In the training room, Morning Star began to put himself in Demon Ghost's shoes and come up with ideas.
"How about this … it's best to choose a functional midlaner."
"Lulu and Fan Mother can give it a try."
"Or the other one, Ice Girl and Victor, who focus on sustained damage and crowd control in team fights."
Demon Ghost nodded.
"Sure, sure."
"I think both are fine, but the first one is probably safer. I'm more comfortable with Fan Mother, so I'll be in charge of giving Konjac and Circle God a boost in the mid game and be the second support!"
In fact, after reaching a certain level of strength, there were very few professional mid laners who would willingly take on the role of a team player. Most of them definitely hoped to rely on themselves to choose an offensive mid laner hero to carry the entire team. Ghoul Demon was no exception.
But this time, his opponent was SSK, the world's number one midlaner, so he had no choice but to be willful. Knowing that he was no match for his opponent, the best thing he could do was to do his best to contribute to the team.
Beside him, Snowy Nightsong was sharing his experiences with Konjac, the ADC of Team KG.
"If Phantom Ghost chooses a support-type mid laner like Fan Ma, it would indeed help you improve your survivability and fault tolerance as an ADC."
"Then you can consider choosing an AD hero that leans towards the late game."
"Ice … or Rat? You can consider Big Mouth too. "
"But if you choose such a hero, it won't be a problem to have someone to protect you in the mid and late game. But you have to be careful in the early game. It's too easy to be targeted. And even if it's a normal 2v2, the two guys at SSK's bottom lane … are not to be trifled with. You have to be careful."
Konjac nodded solemnly.
In terms of playstyle, Konjac and Snowy Nightsong were almost the same. They both liked to take the initiative and attack in the early game. However, Konjac's individual skill was slightly inferior to Snowy Nightsong's. Back in the LPL in China, he was able to put up a good fight against weaker teams. But if his opponent was a duo like Cube and Ray, he would not even know how he died if he rushed in rashly.
Li Shiyi pulled Old C over to share some of his opinions in a low voice.
Lin Feng looked at everyone, then at Tian Tian.
"Then, shall we begin?"
"Let's give it a try."
Everyone had their own roles. Although Lin Feng was originally a midlaner, he had Morning Star as Demon Ghost's sparring partner, so he had no choice but to switch to the top lane to be Tian Tian's opponent.
Of course, he was the only one in the training room who could be Tian Tian's sparring partner.
Soon, the training match was over.
Everyone wiped the sweat off their faces, but their faces were filled with satisfaction and joy.
The effect …
Not bad!
Only Lin Feng frowned.
"Yeah."
"Not bad."
"But I'm still missing something."
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