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Chapter 258 The MSI Finals Approach
Actually, since the LGD team was founded...

Previously, I had only participated in the 15 World Championship, and this is the only LOL international tournament I've ever played in.

Of course, during that World Championship, LGD, along with the entire LPL, created countless legendary moments.

Ultimately, LGD left behind classic memes such as "reverse Q" and "Brand's iron refining".

They failed to advance from the group stage and were eliminated in the round of 16.

They slunk back home.

There was no chance at all to play a best-of-five knockout tournament.

This Brazil MSI is only the second time in LGD's history that they have participated in an international League of Legends tournament.

Today's semi-final match against Flash Wolves.

This was LGD's first BO5 knockout match in an international tournament.

After defeating Flash Wolves 3-0.

LGD finally secured their first BO5 victory in an international tournament.

So, there's really no need to specifically highlight this point.

Given LGD's lack of experience in international tournaments in the past.

Many LPL viewers, even without specifically seeking out information about it.

It's easy to imagine that today's victory is LGD's first BO5 win in an international tournament.

When the commentators congratulated LGD on advancing to the finals.

The live broadcast camera focused on the players' seats from both sides.

The LGD players all had smiles on their faces.

But he didn't seem overly excited.

Winning a game is certainly a happy thing.

However, an even greater challenge awaits them the day after tomorrow.

Now is not the time to celebrate.

After taking off his headphones and getting up from his seat, PYL walked at the front, heading towards the Flash Wolves' bench.

During the handshake after the match.

The Flash Wolves players all looked quite calm.

Except Karsa looked a little depressed.

Others may have already accepted the fact that they are less skilled.

Mimi Egg gives a feeling of relief.

Fortunately, the score ended quickly at 3-0.

He really couldn't take the torture anymore!

After the handshake was completed.

The five members of LGD came to the center of the stage and bowed to the audience to express their gratitude.

The enthusiastic Brazilian audience responded with enthusiastic applause and cheers.

Of course, there are also strange noises that can be heard all the time.

After bowing, Zhou Dian and his teammates returned to the players' bench.

After tidying up his peripherals, he turned and walked into the player tunnel.

The live stream then did not return to the commentary booth.

Instead, they went straight back to the comments section.

As soon as the live stream camera focused on them, Guan Zeyuan immediately said, "Congratulations again to our LGD team for sweeping their opponent Flash Wolves 3-0 and successfully advancing to the finals of this MSI Mid-Season Invitational!"

"The final is the day after tomorrow, at 3 PM local time, which is 2 AM Beijing time!"

"The winner of tomorrow's other semi-final match between SKT and G2 will become LGD's opponent in the finals!"

"I reckon it's SKT!" Guan Zeyuan chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Rita immediately laughed and said, "Zeyuan, you're not deliberately trying to jinx SKT, are you?"

"No, no, really no!" Guan Zeyuan waved his hands repeatedly. "I genuinely believe SKT can make it to the finals!"

“Actually, there’s not much difference!” At this moment, Zhihuan spoke up.

"In any case, I don't think SKT is strong enough to be cursed to death by Zeyuan!"

“Hey, that’s right, Teacher Zhihuan understands me!” Guan Zeyuan said immediately.

At this moment, the live broadcast showed the highlights of the third game.

The commentators also stopped their casual conversation.

Ultimately, the MVP of the third game was awarded to Zhou Dian's Graves.

"In this semi-final, there is no MVP award for the entire best-of-five series!"

"But if there is an MVP award, I think it would undoubtedly go to Zhou Shen!" Guan Zeyuan said.

After another round of casual conversation and reading out advertisements.

Guan Zeyuan said, "Now, let's move on to our post-match interview segment. Let's hand the camera over to the interviewers!"

Zhou Dian was invited to the post-match interview for the Taiwan LMS region.

Everyone speaks Chinese, so there's no need for a translator.

It really saved a lot of time.

This resulted in Zhou Dian being the first LGD player to finish his post-match interview and return to the rest room.

As for the post-match interviews in the LPL region, they do not require translation.

However, LPL hosts always ask a whole bunch of random questions.

The interview couldn't possibly end before Zhou Dian finished.

As for the specific questions asked in the post-match interview, Zhou Dian had almost no recollection of them once he returned to the locker room.

The only thing that left a deep impression was the host of the Taiwan competition area, Little Bear.

To be honest, Taiwanese girls are really amazing!
Afterwards, the other LGD players who went to give post-match interviews also returned one after another.

Everyone packed their things and prepared to leave the venue and return to the hotel.

The final is the day after tomorrow.

Time is of the essence, so we should avoid wasting time on trivial matters.

After LGD's 3-0 victory over Flash Wolves.

There isn't much discussion about the match itself online.

Because apart from the first game, the two sides were fairly evenly matched.

The next two games were a complete one-sided thrashing of Flash Wolves by LGD.

It's really hard to call it a quality bureau.

Therefore, there is not much value in discussing it.

Besides congratulating LGD on reaching the finals, taking a side note of Taiwan, and looking forward to the finals the day after tomorrow, there's nothing else to say.

Regarding today's match itself, the most discussed aspect was actually the half-hour timeout in the second game.

Over time.

More and more skilled players are recreating Zhou Dian's Cassiopeia's maneuver of attacking enemies across the minion wave without attracting the aggro of enemy ranged minions.

Then, they would upload their replica videos online.

As these types of videos gradually increase on relevant platforms, more and more viewers are understanding the principles behind Zhou Dian's ability to perform such maneuvers.

I understand now that this is just a game mechanic, not a bug.

Naturally, viewers who were paying attention to or discussing this matter also couldn't help but ridicule the other party involved in the suspension incident—Mimi Egg.

Mimi Egg, were you stupid after being beaten by Zhou Shen back then?

I even had the illusion that there was a bug in the game.

They even seriously called for a pause.

In addition to entertainment.

Many viewers also noticed something.

These remake videos posted by amateur players further demonstrate Zhou Dian's strength.

Because virtually none of them can successfully avoid the enemy's ranged units' aggro with three consecutive basic attacks in one go.

Basically, it takes several or even many attempts to succeed even once.

Moreover, most of these successful replica videos use other ranged heroes with faster basic attack projectile speeds.

In contrast, Zhou Dian used the Cassiopeia, whose normal attack projectile speed is relatively slow.

Yet they can execute this maneuver directly.

Moreover, it happened during a competition.

It was during a high-profile tournament like the MSI semifinals.

What incredible mental fortitude and meticulous attention to detail!

Some people even joked that:

He had no doubt that even if Zhou Dian was using Karthus and Anivia, heroes whose basic attack projectile speed was extremely slow.

It also enables this kind of operation to continuously avoid the aggro of enemy ranged units.

Surprisingly, some people actually tried it.

Soon, a small craze for recreating Karthus, Anivia, and Soraka swept across related video platforms.

Time quickly came to the next day.

5 month 21 number.

It was 3 p.m. local time, which was 2 a.m. Beijing time.

The second semifinal match of the MSI Mid-Season Invitational in Brazil has begun.

The two teams facing off are SKT and G2.
Even in the LPL, the number of viewers attracted to this match was no less than that of LGD's match yesterday.

In other regions, it goes without saying.

A match with SKT is guaranteed to have high viewership.

SKT is naturally the more favored team in this match.

They are even more popular than LGD was to Flash Wolves yesterday.

However, G2 Esports has been the dominant force in the European region for the past two years.

In terms of strength, they are clearly stronger than Flash Wolves.

More importantly, in addition to their strong performance, G2 also possesses the typical characteristics of European esports.

That means daring to choose and daring to fight.

In the first game of the BO5 series, G2's mid laner Perks picked Jayce to lane against Faker's Cassiopeia.

Believe it or not, they actually gained an advantage and achieved results.

G2's top and bottom lanes even have a slight advantage in the laning phase.

Unfortunately, the gap between the two sides' jungles was too large in this game.

Peanut's Lee Sin completely dominated the game.

In the end, he achieved a phenomenal 9-0-6 score.

He decisively won the MVP award in the first game.

That said, Peanut's performance at this MSI was really good.

He is definitely the best performing player in the SKT team.

We've been playing since the group stage.

Except when playing a utility jungler like Ivern.

At other times, he basically dominates every game, delivering MVP-level performances in every match.

His performance was almost comparable to Zhou Dian's.

In this MSI, Zhou Dian consistently dominated and carried his team in every game except when playing tank champions!

Back to the game.

After losing the first game.

G2 made adjustments immediately.

In the second game, G2's top laner picked Gangplank, a champion that hadn't been seen in the game for a long time.

Zven, Europe's top marksman in the bottom lane, pulled out Kog'Maw, a champion he rarely plays at this year's MSI.

Relying on Big Mouth and Captain, two powerful team battle weapons.

G2 managed to overwhelm SKT in several team fights, securing victory in the second game.

They decisively won back a point.

They tied the BO5 score at 1-1.

After watching this game.

Many LPL viewers felt that LGD was a better choice to face G2 in the semifinals before the tournament began.

That's when I truly admire LGD's choice to pick Flash Wolves as their semifinal opponent.

This European hegemon is definitely more powerful than the Taiwanese hegemon!
Of course, being better than Flash Wolves is nothing to brag about.

It doesn't mean anything.

The Flash Wolves are indeed far weaker than the top teams in the LPL and LCK.

G2 Esports is significantly stronger than Flash Wolves.

But against SKT, it really doesn't mean much.

Because SKT's raw strength is indeed far superior to G2's.

G2 Esports may be aggressive and daring, and they can pull off some fancy moves.

But they were still not good enough against SKT.

Losing a game and having the overall score tied in the BO5 has really put SKT on high alert, and they've started to give it their all in the remaining games of this BO5 series.

Sure enough, once SKT gets serious...

G2's strength is somewhat lacking.

In the following third and fourth games, SKT won both games in a row.

In both games, G2 was completely outmaneuvered by SKT's superior strategy.

The process of losing the match was exactly the same in both games.

Even if the heroes of the opposing players are swapped, the way they lose is still the same. They are completely unable to fight back and break the deadlock!

In a sense, this is even more despairing than the Flash Wolves vs. LGD match, where they couldn't win in the laning phase and were completely outmaneuvered by their opponents through fighting and skillful maneuvering.

(End of this chapter)