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Chapter 346 Return Journey, Summer Tournament Continues
After the awards ceremony, the players and staff of the LPL teams returned to their hotels from the competition venue.

After everyone returned to the hotel and put away their personal belongings,

That evening, the four LPL teams that participated in the Intercontinental Cup held a celebration party together.

We just had a simple celebration.

After all, everyone had to catch a flight back to Shanghai the next day.

In addition, there was a segment to thank the fans who traveled all the way from the mainland to Taiwan to support LPL.

Noon the next day.

The four LPL teams took a bus together to the airport, ready to return to Shanghai.

Bored on the bus, Zhou Dian browsed posts on various social media platforms for a while.

It has been a night and a morning since LPL won the Asian Games last night.

However, the enthusiasm surrounding this topic has not diminished at all.

Related topics remain at the top of the trending search list.

Netizens are still enthusiastically discussing last night's LPL's 3-0 victory over LCK.

PYL, who was sitting next to Zhou Dian, suddenly burst out laughing.

Zhou Dian turned his head to look, and PYL immediately handed him his phone.

I took the phone and saw a joke on the screen.

Before the Intercontinental Cup finals began, KT's head coach said something in an interview:

"If LCK can't win the championship in a competition like this, then I'll swim back to Korea!"

So this joke is a dig at LCK's performance in yesterday's finals.

The general content is——

After the South Korean team won the gold medal in the men's 1500m freestyle final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, reporters interviewed the winning South Korean athletes:
"Congratulations on winning the championship! I heard you only started swimming in the summer of 2017, is that true?"

South Korean team member: "Yes, I've been practicing swimming for more than three years."

Reporter: "Wow! That's incredible. To achieve such success after only three years of practice, what were you doing more than three years ago?"

Korean player: "I'll be a coach for KT!"

Thinking about KT's rather inhuman draft picks last night, and how they were crushed by LGD in less than 30 minutes, Zhou Dian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Given the level of KT's head coach, coaching in League of Legends is not a suitable profession for him. He really needs to switch careers as soon as possible!"

Besides this, all sorts of jokes and anecdotes also keep popping up.

In short, LPL fans are celebrating.

LPL teams have suffered terribly against Korean teams in recent years.

In the past two months, LGD won the MSI championship.

Now it's another Intercontinental Cup finals where LCK is defeated 3-0.

For LPL fans, it can be summed up in one word—awesome!

It was already dark when the LGD team returned to their team base in Shanghai.

It is the evening of July 10th.

Less than three days later, on the afternoon of July 13th, the fifth week of the LPL Summer Split regular season will continue.

LGD only had one match in the fifth week of the regular season.

It's this Sunday, the 16th, and the opponent is the EDG team.

There are still 6 days until the competition, so there's plenty of time.

The group had just returned from Taiwan Province, exhausted from their journey.

Dgc then gave the team members a day off.

Back at the base, after putting down his luggage, Zhou Dian went straight to the training room.

For him, there's nothing to do right now, so he can only play solo!
Log in to your Korean server account and start queuing.

The current game version for both the Chinese and Korean servers is 7.13, which has been updated for almost half a month.

The recently concluded Intercontinental Cup used version 7.12.

Last week, the LPL regular season was still using version 7.12.

These days, the entire LGD team has been preparing for the Intercontinental Cup, and they played a lot of matches on July 7.12th.

Therefore, LGD hasn't practiced enough of the new content released in version 7.13.

When it comes to training, the more you practice, the better!

In version 7.13.

In the top lane, AD Kennen has been nerfed, while AP Kennen has been buffed.

Two of the former three legendary heroes, Treant Protector and Poppy, have also received a slight buff.

Gnar and Troll Warlord have also been buffed.

Troll Warlord's Q skill can now be used to attack turrets again.

Whether in the Chinese server or the Korean server, Gnar has had one of the lowest win rates in the top lane for a long time.

After the buff to Gnar in patch 7.13.

In casual games, Gnar's win rate has improved significantly so far.

These next few days, Zhou Dian plans to practice with the newly buffed Troll.

The hero's mechanics and controls aren't complicated; it's more about awareness and strategy.

Moreover, the troll was originally chosen to counter the then-popular Egyptian God cards.

Although it has been strengthened, it is estimated that no team will use it in the short term.

It can be used as a trump card, brought out unexpectedly, to achieve unexpected results.

The morning of the 12nd.

Zhou Dian was still the first one up, arriving at the training room first.

Then comes PYL.

Then the rest of the LGD team gradually arrived.

Today is the third day since I returned from Taiwan Province.

The short one-day holiday is over.

Although there are still five days until the match against EDG on Sunday, the players should get back into the swing of things.

The LPL match version has been changed to version 7.13.

The LGD coaching staff scheduled a practice match today, as the players need to adapt to the new version as soon as possible.

Today's practice match opponent is RNG.

The LPL regular season is currently in the inter-group competition phase.

Therefore, in general, when playing practice matches, players will choose teams from the same group.

LGD experimented with some new strategies in scrims, but the results weren't ideal. They identified the problems and will work on improving them. The Summer Split regular season isn't even halfway through, so there's still plenty of time to adjust.

Thursday afternoon, July 13.

The LPL Summer Split regular season, which had been suspended for twelve days due to the Intercontinental Cup, has resumed.

First up is a cross-group match between JDG from Group B and IM from Group A.

JDG seems to be in better form recently. Before the regular season was suspended, they defeated Snake Esports with a clean 2-0 victory.

In today's match, JD Gaming ultimately defeated IM with a score of 2-1.

JD Gaming's mid-laner Doinb played exceptionally well in both of their winning games.

Next up is the match between OMG from Group B and DAN from Group A.

Team DAN performed exceptionally well in the first five rounds of group matches during the regular season.

After the group stage ended, both DAN and WE had a record of four wins and one loss, but DAN prevailed over WE with a better point differential, becoming the top team in Group A at that time.

Most people believe they have witnessed the emergence of a dark horse.

As a result, after the inter-group matches began, DAN lost to LGD and RNG with scores of 0-2 in both matches.

As a result, many people began to question the true worth of this dark horse.

Of course, this doesn't mean they lost to the newly crowned MSI champions, but rather that LGD, who are currently in excellent form and have remained undefeated since the start of the Summer Split, are still a formidable opponent.

They still lost to RNG, whose form had improved.

Both of these teams are strong teams in the LPL, so losing to them is understandable.

Therefore, today's match against OMG has become a battle for DAN to prove their "dark horse" status.

As a result, OMG came back from a 1-0 deficit to win 2-1 against DAN.

After watching all three matches, it felt like DAN couldn't match OMG's strength in any position.

After losing to OMG, DAN suffered three consecutive defeats in inter-group matches.

Now it's not just the DAN team that's facing criticism from the audience.

As a result, the strength of Group A has also been questioned by many viewers.

Team DAN dominated Group A with a series of 2-0 victories, securing first place in the group.

How come they suffered three consecutive losses as soon as they left Group A and faced teams from Group B?
Does that mean Group A's overall level is poor?
The first match on Friday is EDG vs. NB.

After losing to OMG earlier, NB changed their starting bot lane duo to Death's Declaration and Doomsday.

After Death's Declaration came on, he continued to carry the team, and NB won two consecutive BO3 matches, including a 2-1 victory over WE.

After a break of more than ten days, NB switched back to Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong for their bottom lane match against EDG today.

As a result, NB was thrashed by EDG in two games.

Of course, it's obvious to anyone with a discerning eye that the main problem wasn't in the bottom lane; NB lost these two games due to the difference in overall strength.

However, these two players lose as soon as they step onto the court and win as soon as they step off, leading to increasing criticism of Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong.

Then, a highly anticipated match: RNG vs. IG.

The focus is on Uzi, who missed the entire summer regular season before the Intercontinental Cup due to a hand injury.

They will return to the LPL arena in this match.

In the first game, Uzi performed poorly, and IG won the first game.

In addition, Uzi's performance in RNG's two group stage matches at the Intercontinental Cup was also quite average.

Many people have begun to question Uzi's condition after his comeback.

But then, Uzi carried the team in two consecutive games.

RNG's comeback from a 1-0 deficit to defeat IG proves that Uzi is still the same Uzi.

However, IG's choices in the decisive third game were criticized by many.

After the BO3 series reached a 1-1 tie.

In the third game, IG replaced Duke, the S6 champion top laner, with rookie TheShy.

As a result, IG lost the third game.

TheShy also became the worst performer among the five players on IG's team in the crucial third game.

On various forums, mockery abounded.

What kind of genius boy?
Is blowing so loudly useful?

Whether it's a mule or a horse, we'll only know after the race.

Praise for winning, criticism for losing – this is the eternal theme of esports.

Those who criticize TheShy for not living up to his reputation might have been praising him excessively after TheShy came off the bench and carried IG to a comeback victory in the previous match between IG and Suning.

Zhou Dian understood this principle early on, so he never cared about other people's opinions.

Just focus on playing well, that's enough.

A good mindset is a key factor in determining whether you can unleash your full potential in a competition.

Some players have the skill, but they're incredibly strong in ranked matches and practice games.

But once on the field, he gets flustered and his hands tremble, preventing him from performing at his best.

What a waste!

In the following Saturday's match, DAN lost again to SNG from Group B with a score of 1-2, marking their fourth consecutive defeat in inter-group matches.

Two days later, the argument that Group A was too weak as a whole resurfaced!
The date is July 16th, Sunday.

The final match day of week five of the LPL Summer Regular Season.

There are two matches today. LGD's match is the second one, originally scheduled to start at 6 PM.

When the entire LGD team arrived at the match venue located in Zhengda Plaza.

The match between Snake and NB is still in its second game.

Today, as expected, NB has once again switched back to the bot lane duo of Death's Declaration and Doomsday.

Both players performed only moderately in this BO3, but NB still managed to come back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Snake Esports 2-1.

All I can say is that Snake's current state is absolutely terrible.

After losing to NB, Snake has now suffered seven consecutive losses.

Since the start of the Summer Split, Snake Esports has not won a single best-of-three series.

It's not just the Summer Split; Snake Esports has been like this since the Spring Split this year.

From a regular in the playoffs to failing to make the playoffs altogether.

In the summer season, Snake went on a downward spiral, struggling to secure a single victory.

It seems that the BO10 match in the S6 gauntlet completely crushed Snake Esports' morale!

Each of the three matches between Snake Esports and NB lasted nearly fifty minutes, and by the time it was LGD's turn to take the stage, it was almost 7 o'clock.

(End of this chapter)