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Chapter 375 The Second Team in the World to Advance to the S7 World Championship
With the game at this stage, LGD is unlikely to make any major mistakes.

With Zhou Dian and imp, two "big shots," the whole team is now as stable as a rock, incredibly stable.

LGD's lineup in this game is much more solid than IG's.

With the advantages we've gained so far, we can slowly develop and gradually erode IG's dominance; there's no need to rush.

IG knew that continuing to farm would only lead to their demise, so they launched a frantic offensive, trying to find the rhythm of the game by ganking.

However, Shen exists, or more accurately, Shen's ultimate ability exists.

Not only do IG's proactive attacks fail, but they often end up hurting themselves as well.

With less than 19 minutes into the game, Kog'Maw had already acquired two core items, and with Lulu's Ardent Censer, it was practically a death sentence for IG in this match.

At 23 minutes into the game, Brand, who was risking to establish vision, was caught and instantly killed by Wei Shen's Syndra, and LGD began to take Baron.

Prince Ning attempted to steal the dragon by using his EQ combo to dive into the dragon pit at the last moment.

However, LGD accurately controlled the Baron's health to around 2,500 points, not giving the Prince a chance to use Smite.

At the same time, the prince, who had just descended into the dragon pit, was immediately mocked by Zhou Dian's Shen and killed by Da Kou in a few hits.

At 26 minutes into the game, the three-piece Kog'Maw set was unstoppable.

With Lulu and Shen protecting him, he sprayed five enemies at once.

IG was wiped out by LGD in one fell swoop!
With the destruction of IG's base crystal, LGD won the fourth game.

This also means that LGD won the BO5 semi-final against IG.

"So, after this one-for-five exchange, we can congratulate LGD."

"In this BO5 against IG, LGD lost the first game, then won the next three, completing a reverse sweep and ultimately defeating IG 3-1 to advance to the finals of this year's LPL Summer Playoffs."

Guan Zeyuan continued, "LGD's opponent in the finals will be the winner between RNG and EDG in the other semifinal."

Congratulations to LGD!

Congratulations to LGD!

Zhihuan and Rita followed Guan Zeyuan in saying the same thing.

The official live stream room was already flooded with a barrage of "Congratulations LGD" messages.

The director's camera was still on the main stage, following the five LGD players.

Zhou Dian and his teammates were naturally happy to defeat IG and advance to the Summer Split finals.

The good news is that LGD's victory today gives them enough points to qualify for the S7 World Championship, which will be held in their home country this year.

Then, I wasn't too excited.

After all, LGD's only goal for the Summer Split is to win the championship.

This goal has not yet been achieved.

Zhou Dian walked in front, followed by his four teammates. The five of them walked to the other side of the stage and shook hands with the IG players on the field one by one.

The IG players looked somewhat bewildered, because towards the end of the fourth game, they themselves didn't even know what they were playing anymore.

Rookie, in particular, looked bewildered and somewhat lost.

Only TheShy's expression remained relatively calm. When shaking hands with Zhou Dian, he suddenly smiled, seemingly lost in thought.

Zhou Dian didn't understand what TheShy was laughing at, so he immediately returned the enigmatic smile.

After shaking hands with the IG players, Zhou Dian and his four teammates went to the center of the stage and bowed to the audience.

The LGD fans in the audience responded with enthusiastic cheers.

Randomly, the director switched the live broadcast camera back to the commentary booth.

"Uh, congratulations again to LGD. Let's take a look at the MVP of the fourth game."

“It was given to Imp’s big mouth,” Guan Zeyuan said.

"No problem, the highest output in the whole game, and far ahead of everyone else. Of course, all five players on LGD performed exceptionally well in this game, everyone was making great plays!"

"On the other hand, you can sense that IG is getting more and more confused as the game progresses," Zhihuan chimed in.

"The 3-1 result is consistent with the performance of both teams on the field. LGD showed a mentality, execution, and drafting level that were far superior to IG. IG's loss today was not unjust!"

"IG's summer split journey is not over yet after losing today's match."

"Tomorrow afternoon, IG will play against the loser of another semifinal group in a third-place match to compete for the third place in this year's LPL Summer Split!"

"Of course, no matter what the result of tomorrow's third-place match is, IG's journey this season is not over yet."

"Regardless of the outcome of the remaining matches in the Summer Split, IG has already secured a spot in the LPL's S7 qualifiers. After the LPL Summer Split finals conclude, IG will compete for the LPL's third seed in the S7 World Championship!"

After catching his breath, Guan Zeyuan continued, "Since we're talking about the S7 World Championship, we also have to mention LGD, the winner of today's semifinals!"

"That means that after entering the LPL Summer Split Finals, LGD has become the first team in the LPL and the second team in the world to qualify for the S7 World Championship!"

After reaching the Summer Split finals, LGD's total points for the year have reached 180.

This score is enough to guarantee LGD a spot in the S7 World Championship as one of the top two seeds from the LPL.

Whether LGD will ultimately be the first or second seed depends on the outcome of the Summer Split finals.

SKT, from the neighboring region, became the first team in the world to qualify for the S7 World Championship, ahead of LGD.

They are both the spring season champions of their respective regions.

Unlike LGD's winning streak in the Summer Split, SKT's performance has been quite poor since the start of the LCK Summer Split regular season.

After the entire summer season regular season, it seems he hasn't really adjusted his form.

In the end, they barely made it into the playoffs, and had to start from the first round.

However, this SKT team that came up in the BO5 knockout stage was like a completely different team.

They began to demonstrate their strength as a dynasty team, winning all the way up.

In the LCK Summer Playoffs semifinals a few days ago, SKT faced off against KT, the biggest favorite to win the LCK Summer Championship before the playoffs began.

Despite losing the first two games, SKT miraculously came back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2, eliminating KT and advancing to the Summer Split finals.

Based on their points, they became the first LCK team and the first team in the world to qualify for the S7 World Championship.

At that time, KT was defeated by SKT in a reverse sweep.

In the training room at the LGD team's base, one person was laughing so hard he was practically going crazy.

This person is, of course, imp.

Of course, seeing Deft and Mata get such a humiliation, it's hard for Imp not to burst into laughter!
Let's go back to the semi-final match between LGD and IG.

After Guan Zeyuan finished talking about the two teams' situation regarding the S7 World Championship, he immediately changed the subject.

"We just received a notification from the back office that the post-match interviews for this BO5 are ready!"

"Now, let's hand the camera over to the host!"

The post-match interviews featured LGD's top laner, jungler, Zhou Dian, and Eimy.

After finishing the post-match interview, Eimy went backstage first.

The reason Zhou Dian was kept on the main stage was to present him with the MVP trophy for the LPL Summer Split regular season.

After a brief award ceremony, Zhou Dian, holding the regular season MVP trophy, walked off the main stage and returned to the locker room.

Walking through the players' tunnel, Zhou Dian had only one thought.

The LPL officials are really lacking in common sense.

The regular season MVP trophy won't be awarded before the match; it will be presented afterward. Although it's unlikely LGD will lose to IG this year.

But if LGD really loses, how will Zhou Dian have the face to accept the Summer Split Regular Season MVP trophy after the match?

Just after the entire LGD team left the venue.

The second best-of-five (BO5) match of the LPL Summer Playoffs semifinals took place today between RNG and EDG.

In the end, RNG defeated EDG with the same score of 3 to 1.

Thus, the two teams facing off in the 2017 LPL Summer Split Finals will be LGD and RNG.

The LPL Spring Split finals this year were held in Nanjing.

The Summer Split Finals will be held in Beijing!

The next day, August 26th, Saturday.

There will be another LPL third-place match at 4 PM today, between IG and EDG.

However, it's estimated that neither side has much will to fight.

Firstly, both sides had played a best-of-five series the day before, which took a toll on them. Playing best-of-five series consecutively is quite exhausting.

Secondly, the outcome of this third-place match will have no impact on either team's chances of advancing to the S7 World Championship.

Regardless of who wins or loses this match.

Both EDG and IG will be participating in the gauntlet tournament anyway.

As for the so-called third place in the summer season and its glory.

Honestly, in esports, who cares unless you win the championship!

Surely no one would actually hype up things like runner-up or semi-finalist!

Therefore, both teams played their best-of-five (BO5) match for third place quite casually.

It's not that the operation is arbitrary.

The main difference is in the draft phase; there's no longer any targeting or backstabbing, just standard drafts.

There were even some who let their personalities run wild during the selection process.

In the first game of the BO5, Scout picked Yasuo against Rookie's LeBlanc.

The appearance of the "Happy Wind Man" added a bit more entertainment value to this battle for third place, which was inherently lacking in appeal.

Actually, Yasuo was one of Rookie's signature champions.

In the 14 OGN Summer Finals and the 15 LPL S5 Qualifiers, Rookie won both games with Yasuo.

So when Scout picked Yasuo.

In the official live broadcast room, there were also quite a few "chicken gate nodding" comments floating by.

However, things are different now.

In this game, Rookie's LeBlanc was brutally beaten by Scout's Yasuo. Although he wasn't solo killed, he was completely outclassed.

In just 25 minutes, EDG easily defeated IG, winning the first game of the BO5 series.

Meanwhile, in the LGD training room at the base.

After watching the first game, Zhou Dian felt that the match was not very interesting, as both sides seemed rather casual.

Perfect timing! The LCK Summer Split Finals are also today, so why not switch channels and watch the LCK Finals?

At that time, LCK was still the undisputed number one region.

The live stream of the match was much more popular than the relatively lukewarm third-place match in the LPL.

The final matchup is between the rising Longzhu (LZ) team, which has made a strong comeback in this summer's season, and the veteran LCK powerhouse, the three-time world champion SKT team.

Zhou Dian mainly came to see Khan, the top laner of the Longzhu team.

The rise of Dragon Ball in the Summer Split is largely due to the emergence of Khan.

When Khan was a foreign player in the LPL, he didn't really perform well, and he even went from the LPL to the secondary league LSPL.

At that time, many people still considered him a complete noob.

However, after only one summer season since returning to the LCK, Khan has already become a key player for the Longzhu Gaming team and a strong contender for the title of World Champion at the weekly championship.

Some even believe that he is the greatest in the world today.

When people talk about Zhou Dian, they inevitably mention Khan as well.

Many people think the two have very similar gaming styles.

These are all top laners who were extremely rare during this year's Summer Split and were still able to carry the game.

Similarly, although both players often play damage-dealing top laners, they can also play mainstream tank heroes quite well.

Especially in recent versions, in the LPL and LCK regions, Khan is basically the only one who often picks damage-dealing top laners.

Zhou Dian is picking fewer and fewer damage-dealing top laners.

This is why some people think Khan is even stronger than Zhou Dian.

Throughout the LCK Summer Split regular season, Longzhu Gaming, like LGD, secured first place in the regular season and directly advanced to the LCK playoffs finals.

As for SKT, the opponent of Longzhu in the finals, as the Spring Split champion, their performance in the Summer Split was quite average. Their regular season results barely made it into the playoffs, and they will have to start from the first round in the playoffs.

Unexpectedly, SKT seemed to have suddenly awakened in the playoffs, defeating three teams in a row: the African team, Samsung, and KT, and advancing to the finals.

Thus, SKT, who had stumbled in the regular season of the Summer Split, became the favorite to win the championship in this final due to their inherent aura, overshadowing the Longzhu team.

But the result of the match once again proved that pre-match favorites are useless.

Factors influencing the outcome of a competition include skill level, performance on the day, and even the player's physical condition.

But it is not easily affected by whether the audience approves of it.

LZ easily defeated SKT 3-1 in the end.

It was so easy that it made one think that SKT's only win in the third game was a deliberate mistake by LZ after taking a 2-0 lead.

In the four games of the finals, Khan chose Jax, Jayce, Camille, and Jayce again.

The only game we lost was the one with Camille, but that loss had nothing to do with Camille.

In the current meta where top lane tanks are rampant, Khan surprisingly picked a split-push top lane champion in four consecutive games.

Some people exclaimed that even Zhou Shen (a popular streamer) wouldn't dare to play top lane in a best-of-five series anymore.

After all, in yesterday's BO5 match where LGD defeated IG, Zhou Dian played four games and also chose a tank hero in one of them.

Zhou Dian came to watch this LCK finals specifically because of Khan.

Let's see if we can gain something that we can use in the LGD vs. RNG finals a week later.

Zhou Dian never puts on airs or thinks others are not worth learning from.

In his view, no matter how many championships you win, you need to constantly learn from your opponents in order to continuously improve yourself.

In retrospect, watching this LCK finals was indeed worthwhile.

That leads to the conclusion that Jayce is not only a viable champion in the current version, but can also carry the game.

Previously, Zhou Dian himself, as well as the LGD coaching staff, felt that Jayce was no longer very effective.

It's been a long time since we've seen Jayce in the entire LPL competition.

(End of this chapter)