The leader was curious, "I'm confused, how strong is Chen Mo? You're saying that you and Frost are no match for him? "
Hu Jing was silent for a while, "It's hard to say. In terms of mechanics and reaction speed, Chen Mo is at most slightly better than me. Frost should be on the same level as me. However, what's scary about Chen Mo is his understanding of the game and his psychological control. "
The leader was confused, "Understanding of the game and … psychological control?"
"Yes." Hu Jing said, "If you didn't play against Chen Mo personally, you wouldn't be able to feel it. He's very familiar with the characteristics of heroes, when they're strong and when they're weak. The scariest thing about him is that he seems to be able to read his opponent's mind. When I was playing Clockwork, it felt like every move I made would lead me to the Q of his Death Song. It was the most despairing feeling.
"And when he was playing Clockwork, he seemed to be able to guess the position of my Death Song's Q. He would always go to places that I wouldn't expect. He was like a machine, able to accurately dodge all of my non-directional skills."
The leader was speechless.
Hu Jing looked at the recording and continued, "But it's true that these Korean teams are improving too quickly. I don't remember hearing about SOT's Frost during the mock competition, but now he's already one of their main players."
The leader nodded, "That's right, Frost was discovered by SOT a month and a half ago. He's growing very quickly."
Hu Jing's expression turned serious, "I understand, I'll look at the recording again."
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As the first group stage progressed, the situation of each group became clearer.
October 8th, the last day of the first group stage.
The situation in Group A was basically settled. NRG had won all three matches and had secured a spot in the group stage. The other three foreign teams were fighting for the last spot.
Group B was a bit more chaotic. The Chinese team IF and the Korean team SOT both had two points. Today, these two teams would have a crucial match, and the winner would most likely take first place in the group.
Group C was led by the Korean team MAD, while the Chinese team ntclub did not perform well. It was likely that the European team VSG would advance.
Group D's veteran North American team WBG had secured a spot in the group stage. The remaining spot would be decided between the Chinese team MG and the Korean team e-motus.
…
The first match of the last day of the group stage was the main event, the match between IF and SOT.
Today happened to be a Sunday, so the atmosphere at the scene was very high. Before the battle started, there were already waves and waves of cheers.
"Alright, welcome to the last day of the first group stage of the League of Legends World Finals. I'm your commentator, Memories."
"Hello everyone, I'm commentator Ke Zhen."
For this crucial battle, the commentators were still Memories and Ke Zhen. In fact, the commentators had already rotated for the previous matches, but this match was more crucial, so it was still the two of them who were the commentators.
Recollection flipped through the information on the commentary platform. "After three days of competition, the situation of each group is gradually becoming clearer. Ke Zhen, what do you think of the current situation of the domestic teams?"
Ke Zhen thought for a moment. "Among the domestic teams, NRG and IF are in a better position to advance. However, NTCLUB's performance in Group C was worrying, because the Korean team MAD and the European team VSG were playing very well in Group C. If NTCLUB could not adjust their condition in the next round, it was very likely that they would not be able to advance out of the group. As for Group D, as the North American team, WBG has secured a spot in the group stage. MG and the Korean team e-motus will be fighting for second place in the group. I don't think it's a big problem because from their previous performances, MG is slightly better. "
Memories nodded, "Alright, then after today's matches, the situation of each group will be clearer. Today's key matches are IF and SOT. These are also the two teams that we generally believe to be in the top tier. Ke Zhen, what do you think of the results of this match?" "That's right.
Ke Zhen replied, "It's hard to say. At the moment, the teams that we think are in the first tier are IF, NRG, SOT, and MAD. We know the domestic teams very well, IF is slightly stronger than NRG. However, for these two Korean teams, SOT mainly relies on the individual strength of their mid laner, while MAD relies on good teamwork. It's hard to say how strong they are. However, my personal inclination is that IF will win. "
After the two commentators analyzed the current situation of the group stage and briefly introduced the team characteristics and celebrity players of IF and SOT, the match began.
It was obvious that both teams were targeting their opponent's mid laner. Popular mid laner heroes such as Deathsong, Icebird, and Clockwork were all banned. The final match in the middle lane was actually Vampire against Lacus.
IF's lineup was Lady Blade, Scorpion, Vampire, EZ, and Bull Head, while SOT's lineup was Brightmoon, Mundo, Lacus, Big Mouth, and Lulu.
"Alright, then the match will begin now. IF is on the blue side, SOT is on the red side. Everyone, please cheer for your favorite team, okay?"
The big screen switched to the game, and the holographic projection also showed the whole of Summoner's Canyon at the same time.
The audience in the stadium was screaming and cheering loudly. After the first round of the group stage, NRG and IF had successfully gained a large number of fans. After all, these two teams had a complete victory record so far, and the domestic audience had pinned their hopes on them.
Hu Jing said in the team voice chat, "Everyone, do your best. Since this is the strategy, we must win this one!"
Obviously, the jungler Scorpion was a special strategy that was specifically used to deal with SOT.
Although there were 50 heroes in League of Legends so far, there were only a few popular heroes. Many of the heroes were either relatively simple, suitable for beginners, or had not been fully developed.
In the jungler position, heroes such as Wine Barrel, Blind Monk, Incubus, and Widow had all appeared, but Scorpion had not been used in the world finals yet.
"IF actually brought out the combination of Vampire and Scorpion. That's really unexpected! Because we know that the mid laner of IF is a very strong player, but Vampire is a relatively shameless hero. He won't be at a disadvantage, but it'll be difficult for him to gain an advantage in the lane. "
Ke Zhen nodded. "That's right. Obviously, IF's lineup is completely targeted at SOT's mid lane. After banning the popular mid laner heroes, Vampire's strong ability to stay in the lane can tie Frost down. Once Scorpion reaches level 6, he'll definitely be pulling people mindlessly."
Memory: "In other words, IF's strategy for this round is to use Vampires to tie up Frost in the middle lane and then slaughter his teammates.
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