Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 91 Casa's Synthesis Formula

The LPL region secured a crushing victory in the opening match, while the LCK region was not to be outdone.

In the adjacent studio, LCK also demonstrated its strength as a dominant region for many years in a best-of-one match against North American LCS.

Doublelift became the target of all LCK players' anger, as they vented their frustration over not winning the S7 championship on him.

Li Ge's wandering means he has to come to the bottom lane every two minutes to take good care of Doublelift.

North America is simply too weak right now; even a few people can't put up a fight.

Both teams advanced to the semifinals on the first day with equally clean and decisive kills.

In the afternoon, Taiwan's LMS also successfully advanced to the semifinals, where they will face off against LPL teams.

Meanwhile, GPL from Southeast Asia also advanced to the semifinals with a slight advantage.

The schedule is very tight. Half of the teams were eliminated on the first day, and the second day is the best-of-three semifinal.

LPL region vs. Southeast Asian GPL, LCK vs. LMS.

The fact that they encountered wildcard teams twice made domestic players feel incredibly lucky.

If LMS can perform better and defeat LCK, then the All-Star finals will be an all-Chinese affair.

Even though the team only performed at 60% of their previous training level against the GPL, their ordinary skills and teamwork made the GPL region look precarious and cry out that they couldn't hold on.

The difference in skill level between the players from the two regions is too great.

Looking at the ADC matchup in the bottom lane alone, Li Luo had a 55-CS lead in just 10 minutes. When he had 100 CS, the opposing ADC only had a pitiful 40-something CS.

Needless to say, in the top and mid lanes, Clearlove, having activated Dark Knight mode, chose the aggressive Kha'Zix and equipped it with the Dark Harvest rune.

At this point, Dark Harvest was still the version that could harvest minions and jungle monsters.

Kha'Zix's isolation and high damage combined with Dark Harvest's violent output basically means that GPL's mid-lane Xerath will die as soon as he leaves the base.

With two decisive victories, the LPL region successfully advanced to the finals, a journey filled with close calls but ultimately without major setbacks.

In the second game, GPL pulled off some crazy plays, picking Aery, the Great Inventor, and Yorick, the reworked Gravedigger, for the top lane.

The two summoned creatures were very strong in the early laning phase, and the GPL jungler also chose Rammus, who has a fast rotation speed, and for a time they even gained the upper hand over the LPL.

However, this summoner composition is strong in lane, but when the game drags on to team fights, an awkward situation occurs.

In the LPL region, both top and bottom laners went out to split push, and Xiye's Malzahar, together with Clearlove's Ekko, steadily cleared the wave in the mid lane.

GPL's lineup lacks the means to aggressively dive towers, leaving them with no choice but to retreat and rely on their two key players for defense.

But here's the problem: the top laner and ADC have taken the majority of the gold and are very fed.

If you send only two people, you might get counter-attacked; only three people can reliably cover one.

When the bottom lane duo and Big Head arrived at the bottom lane, Li Luo, controlling Vayne, did not choose to run away. With calm movement, he dodged all the control effects and fought against three opponents, achieving a violent triple kill.

This triple kill officially signaled the end of the GPL region.

Then came LPL's signature macro-play strategy: sending one person to split push in the bottom lane while the remaining four provided vision around Baron Nashor. This would prevent the opposing team from sending anyone to resist the split push lane.

LPL teams will either take Baron Nashor or find a weakness in your positioning and force a team fight.

Clearly, this was the first time the young GPL had encountered such disgusting tactics.

In the new version without Sightstone and Green Blade, GPL lacked vision around Baron Nashor, which gave Clearlove's Ekko a perfect opportunity.

A sudden W+E flash instantly stunned three people.

Malzahar then joined forces with Vayne and Leona, dealing tons of damage and crowd control. Before they could react, the GPL bot lane duo and Heimerdinger fell on the edge of the dragon pit.

With the Baron Nashor secured, GPL's summoned creatures could no longer clear the minions and were forced into a retreat.

Finally, at the 32-minute mark, Xiye's Malzahar seized an opportunity and controlled the lost Yorick.

The next four players unleashed their firepower on Yorick. Seeing this, the rest of the GPL players also decided to fight to the death, but the process was a bit like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather – they died one after another.

At 33 minutes, the GPL players helplessly watched the red "defeat" message on the screen.

It's a pity, both of these matches were due to a difference in raw skill, and even unconventional tactics couldn't make up for it!

Despite their impressive performance against the top-tier LPL region, they remained undeterred and all registered for the final day's Solo King Championship.

The afternoon battle between LCK and LMS also began at 2 PM.

As soon as he stepped onto the field, Brother Li became serious. His face was solemn in the camera's view, as if facing a formidable enemy. He took over the command of the team and became the temporary captain.

LMS's strength should not be underestimated. Although Karsa has reached an agreement with EDG on a transfer, the transfer window has not yet opened.

So this time, jungler Karsa also came to the LMS All-Star selection.

Fofo, who would later become BLG's mid laner, was still in the LMS region at this time. Ziv, who was the face of AHQ, was also a world-class player.

With such a star-studded lineup, the first game between the two sides was already highly competitive.

Unlike Karsa, who later changed his style after joining RNG, Karsa at this time was still a calm yet aggressive carnivorous jungler.

To put it more simply, at this point, Casarte is essentially 50% factory manager + 50% Vietnamese SofM.

Although there are still many technical shortcomings, Karsa has identified and addressed many of them by the time of S8.

After watching Casa's princes being chosen, the factory manager nodded repeatedly from the audience.

Before coming to the World Championship, he had communicated and provided guidance to Karsa a lot.

Some mistakes that the factory manager thought were impossible to make were promptly corrected by his stern criticism.

She has talent! And she's hardworking!

Karsa is just missing a mid laner who can lead him and give him direction.

In the first game, both sides had a standard start.

At 3 minutes, fofo in the mid lane used Malzahar, the meta pick, intending to annoy Faker.

But unexpectedly, Brother Li pulled out an old man from the Time Machine.

This mid-laner, who boasts the highest win rate in high-elo Korean games, is strong for a reason.

The current Aery damage is still 20-60, compared to the 10-25 that was nerfed in later versions. Heroes equipped with Aery are now terrifyingly strong.

That's what makes the old man of time so disgusting.

First, the two Q skills can quickly clear waves, which makes it extremely difficult for many mid laners who do not have lane priority.

Secondly, Zilean's speed boost skill allows him to frequently use it during the laning phase to sneakily auto-attack you and chip away at your health with Aery.

Mid-laners without sustain will lose half their health after being poked three or four times.

Moreover, when facing a jungler like Master An who is so ruthless and uses military-style training tactics, why aren't you going home with half your health?

Ok!

Master An will show you what it truly means to respect your actions!
Therefore, just as the clock struck 3 minutes and 55 seconds, fofo, who had been chipped down to half health by Faker, moved forward without warning, preparing to use his E ability to clear the backline minions.

The next second, a pot-bellied man emerged from behind.

Electrocution on the barrel deals extremely high damage!
When Li Ge used an extremely disgusting slow effect on fofo, Gragas's E skill crashed into him.

At this point, because Malzahar was pushing the lane quickly in the early game and was still some distance from the turret, fofo gave up on the idea of ​​using Flash.

LCK.ambition killed Lms.fofo
First blood!

(End of this chapter)