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Chapter 103: Inter-group Showdown Begins, Facing EDG
Friday, July 3th.

There are two LPL regular season matches today.

The match between LGD and EDG is the first one, and it will start at 5 PM.

Even before the match started, numerous posts supporting LGD's victory appeared on forums and other online communities.

The vast majority of these people are naturally not LGD fans.

However, the recent "blitzkrieg against Poland" incident disgusted many LPL viewers, causing many viewers who were originally neutral about the match to stand on the opposite side of EDG, that is, on LGD's side.

Numerous posts offering serious analyses of the match appeared on the anti-racism forum.

Some experienced gamers, after analyzing the game, all felt that LGD had a good chance of winning today.

If it were two weeks ago, when LGD was on a three-game losing streak, the guys on Tieba wouldn't have bothered to seriously analyze the match.

They will only express their support for LGD in a moral and spiritual way.

Analyzing the match means they genuinely believe LGD has a chance today.

Most of these analysis posts ultimately attribute LGD's victory to LGD's top laner, Zhou.

Many fans believe that Zhou will be the biggest variable in today's match.

After all, everyone knows that EDG's top laner is the team's weak point.

Zhou is undoubtedly the key figure behind LGD's recent winning streak.

If Zhou was able to carry the team to victory against RNG, he might just be able to defeat EDG today.

The current situation is that, apart from EDG fans, most LPL viewers hope that LGD can win today.

Most of these people pinned their hopes of winning the game on LGD's singles player.

So, even before the match started, the nickname for LGD's top laner on the forum had already changed from Zhou to "God Zhou".

Today's match has garnered so much attention.

If Zhou Dian carries the team, then the nickname "God Zhou" will be firmly established from now on.

If Zhou Dian gets into trouble, he probably won't even be able to keep his "Zhou" title anymore, and he'll probably be called "Zhou÷" by the guys on Tieba from now on.

That's how Tieba is—it only deals with the real stuff!
Grand Plaza.

Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center.

LGD's rest area.

After a discussion, Dgc finalized the tactics for the first game.

Continuing with the strategy from the second game against Snake, the ball was first passed to imp.

Dgc was somewhat worried that EDG had prepared a package deal for Zhou Dian.

In the LPL, when it comes to how to target inexperienced rookies, no team is better at it than a seasoned veteran like EDG.

Therefore, Dgc decided to give Zhou Dian a tank hero in the first game to see how things went.

Zhou Dian naturally had no objections.

If you can win without lifting a finger, then just lie down!
On the other side, in the EDG lounge.

Just before going on stage, EDG's jungler Fireloli noticed Mouse's serious expression, put his arm around Mouse's shoulder, and said:
"Don't be scared, Guang! Just stay calm on the road!"

After shaking the mouse, Ai Luoli continued, "I'll help you gank him. I'm not like SofM, a jungler who doesn't gank!"

Mouse nodded, but he was still very nervous.

Firstly, EDG has been heavily criticized online recently due to the "blitzkrieg Poland" incident, and Mouse has also been affected by the off-field pressure.

Secondly, his opponent today, Zhou, is a newcomer, but he has won three MVPs in his first appearance in the LPL, which is a very impressive performance.

Furthermore, Mouse recalled the scrim match against LGD more than half a month ago.

Now he is 100% certain that the person who used the ID [LGDFunny] to beat him in several consecutive scrims was definitely LGD's current top laner, Zhou.

Mouse still feels lingering fear when he thinks about that training match.

So yesterday, Mouse even went to Saint Gun Bro to discuss his experience laning against Zhou.

After all, the EDG base and the Snake base are very close to each other.

Of course Ai Luoli knew about this, which is why she mentioned SofM.

Just then, Scout walked past Mouse and casually tossed out, "I'm C today!"

With the team's star player speaking up, Mouse suddenly felt much more at ease.

"Alright, everyone, welcome to the LPL regular season match. I'm commentator Guan Zeyuan!"

"I'm the commentator Zhihuan!"

The two best-of-three matches today were commentated by Zhihuan and Guan Zeyuan.

"Starting this week, which is the fourth week of the LPL regular season, our Spring Split schedule has entered a very intense inter-group competition phase!" In the current LPL format, a team has to play two rounds of intra-group competition, with each round consisting of five best-of-three (BO3) matches.

There will be another round of inter-group matches, consisting of six best-of-three (BO3) games.

In other words, each team will play a total of sixteen best-of-three (BO3) matches during the regular season.

To secure a good regular season ranking within their group, playing six inter-group matches in just one round is crucial.

"The first match today will be between EDG, who are currently ranked first in Group B, and LGD, who are currently ranked fifth in Group A!"

"Although LGD is only ranked fifth in Group A, they have achieved two consecutive victories after changing their top laner, without losing a single game. Their recent form is extremely hot!"

"EDG's performance might be affected by Flash and some off-field events!"

Guan Zeyuan almost blurted out "Blitzkrieg Poland".

If he said this on the official commentary desk, he would definitely be attacked by EDG fans.

Next, after a series of advertising slogans, it was time for the contestants to appear.

The camera panned to the main stage, and when the starting players from both sides took the stage, the number of comments in the live stream exploded.

[Blitzkrieg against Poland!]

Go LGD! Defeat the German team!

[Isn't it EDG? Why is it the German team?]

[They've already launched a blitzkrieg against Poland, what else could they be but Germans?]

【6】

[Zhou Shen, dominate the top lane! Wei Shen, dominate the mid lane! Pu Shen, dominate the bottom lane!]

[And there's also Death God PYL, and the all-star LGD, right!]

[Forget about being a god or not, just crush EDG!]

[Whoever tries to take on EDG, WE will definitely stand up for them!]

[OMG, I'm here to lend a hand too!]

【.】

Right now, LPL fans are in a frenzy, so EDG fans are naturally keeping quiet.

They could only stand by and watch.

You all just wait, wait until EDG beats all your favorite teams, then we'll settle scores with you one by one.

Let's start with LGD today!

Soon, the draft phase for the first game of this BO3 began.

LGD, who had the right to choose sides, chose the blue side, while EDG chose the red side.

As BP proceeds.

Zhou Dian picked Poppy in this game, while Mouse picked Maokai.

The top lane god engages in melee combat.

The bottom lane was given to imp and PYL with the Caitlyn and Karma combination, the same strategy as in the second game against Snake.

Wei Shen picked his best champion, Clockwork.

After both sides had picked 9 heroes, the red team's fifth player had yet to pick their last hero.

EDG reserved this counter position for Scout.

After flashing the fox for a few seconds, Meiko suddenly revealed Zed and then locked it in.

Wei Shen's expression began to turn serious.

Hitting a clockwork toy requires a lot of skill.

However, as long as Zed's technique is good enough, the initiative is in Zed's hands.

Is Scout's pick-the-heal technique good?

This is beyond doubt!
In Seasons 5 and 6, with Faker playing Zed less and less, the two strongest Zed players in the Korean server were BDD and Scout.

In a 40-minute match, the two sides racked up more than forty kills.

Scout's Zed performance was 10-1, earning him the MVP award.

EDG won the first game of the BO3 series.

Zhou Dian lost his first game since joining LGD.

(End of this chapter)