This year's finals were indeed unlucky for Team Minx.
As the most ferocious rising black horse in Korea's LCK division, they stood out as the second seed in their division and participated in the S Series World Finals for the first time. Originally, the outside world had extremely high expectations for this team.
Although it was their first time participating in the finals, Team Minx was filled with confidence.
They were not exaggerating.
Relying on their two core aces, the midlaner and top laner, to lead the team all the way to the quarterfinals was a piece of cake.
This was also an objective and rigorous judgment based on the strength and results of the teams in the previous finals.
But …
No matter how solid one's theory was, it was nothing compared to the fact that God was playing a joke on you.
Team Minx was assigned to a death group as soon as the group stage began. Their opponents were Fate, Assassin, and God- Hand of God. Team Minx was unlucky enough to run into the toughest iron plate of their professional career in the first group stage of the finals.
As a result, they did not even make it to the quarterfinals and were eliminated from the LCK division early on.
Even so, the strength of this team was not to be underestimated.
After returning to the training base of their respective clubs in China, the Minx team members had nothing to do. Naturally, they would watch the live stream of the tournament on the electronic screen every day. Today's match between SSK and KG would not be missed.
Speaking of which —
One of them was the second seed of the LPL division this year, and the other was the second seed of the LCK division. Both teams also had a top-tier top laner in the world. However, KG and Minx had never faced off against each other in this year's finals.
In the two days before the start of the finals, there were only one or two simple fights between the 16 teams.
Both had their own victories.
Therefore, when Fly saw the performance of KG and SSK on the live screen, he only snorted disdainfully as a Minx midlaner.
That was all.
What LPL's second seed? They were still beaten to such a state by SSK. If he had been the one playing, SSK would not have been able to act so arrogantly.
Even with King's amazing solo play from TiTaSi, Fly did not care at all —
That's it?
The world's number one top lane?
Although he did not have a good impression of his top laner, from his point of view, YGG's skill level was just passable. Compared to The-Sword, they were still not good enough.
With that in mind, he glanced at his top laner teammate next to him and asked casually.
He thought that he would get the expected reply of approval.
But he never thought …
However, after a moment of silence, The-Sword slowly opened his mouth and said, "That's right.
"Next time I meet their KG."
"I can't guarantee anything."
He didn't directly mention names because he couldn't guarantee anything.
However, the meaning revealed in his words was enough for everyone to understand.
A dumbfounded expression appeared on Fly's face. He could not help but instinctively lean forward.
"What!?"
…
Today, Tian Tian once again proved how powerful and invincible his Natal Dhanal was.
In fact, it was enough to make all the top professional teams in the world tremble at this moment. Without any hesitation, they made a decision in their hearts. From now on, whenever they encountered KING, they would never give up Lost Tooth, this top laner hero, to their opponent.
Miracles were hard to create.
But in today's best-of-five matchup, the only game that KG won was the miracle of Tian Tian's top laner.
It also forced SSK to send Lost Tooth to the ban position in advance in the fourth crucial game.
It forced the world's strongest team to make such a last-minute adjustment.
This was almost the highest honor for a professional top laner like Tian Tian.
But …
It seemed that it was limited to this.
In addition to Gnar, Tian Tian's other top laners, Rambo, Sword Sis, and Swordmistress, also played amazing and powerful plays. They were still able to suppress SSK's main top laner, Wolf.
Even the other members of KG did their best to help Tian Tian share the pressure.
But after all.
There was a limit to human strength.
The objective reality was that the difference in strength was hard to make up for.
The jungler was suppressed.
The bottom lane was suppressed.
The middle lane … was suppressed.
It was impossible for Tian Tian to turn the tables on such a near-total disadvantage alone. Just like the cold judgment given by Lee Do-jae, a top legend from Korea's previous generation — let alone Tian Tian, even if it was No. 3, he wouldn't be able to turn the tables.
Especially today's SSK team. They were in a completely different state from when they were in the group stage to the quarterfinals.
It was no longer like before, where it seemed to be stumbling, and there were many problems with rhythm and coordination that were sluggish.
It seemed that after reaching the semifinals, the world's strongest team had regained the state and rhythm that they were most familiar with, returning to their peak.
Not mentioning the other four main players.
Han Shihao was in the middle lane. Although the world's number one mid's performance in today's set of 'best-of-five' matches couldn't be considered as stunning or dazzling, he wasn't as lazy as he was in the previous group stage and quarterfinals.
His near-perfect suppression of the opponent's position.
His precise control and grasp of the timing of his gank.
In the team battle, he cleverly entered the field and dealt a fatal blow.
Finally, it was a pleasant surprise for the originally nervous Korean fans.
Their world's number one mid …
He's back!
…
Yes.
Reality seemed to have proven that when the world's number one mid laner, the leader of the Four Emperors, regained his form and rhythm, even if he wasn't at the level of an explosive carry, as long as he was able to perform normally and integrate into the structure of the SSK team, the world's strongest team would once again return to the realm of perfection and invulnerability.
Even someone as strong as Tian Tian could barely lead his team to win a match against SSK even after going all out and unleashing all his firepower.
Even KG's mid laner, Demon Ghost, had received Number Two's meticulous guidance over the past few days. Facing Han Shihao, who had only returned to his normal form, all the hard work he had put in previously seemed to be a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood.
With the end of today's set of best-of-five matches, the controversy and uproar in the outside world also quickly subsided.
Because SSK was back.
As expected.
This team was still as strong as ever.
Even when everyone thought they were the closest to defeating it —
SSK would still prove to everyone that they were unbeatable.
However.
It was precisely at this moment.
Below the stage, in the front row of the audience, Lin Feng thoughtfully asked Morning Star next to him.
"What do you think?"
Morning Star's eyes flickered.
"If it's just this —"
"We can play."
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