You promised a top lane tutorial, but you're just using Worlds as material for your videos?

Chapter 416 Three-team tiebreaker: The most chaotic group in S-series history!

After the six BO1 matches on the 6th, all sixteen teams participating in the main event of the World Championship have completed their first three group stage matches.

The first round of the group stage has now come to an end.

The second round of group stage matches will begin in four days, on the 12th.

The group stage is halfway through, and SKT is currently in first place in Group A with three wins out of three.

Team Dragon Ball in Group B is ranked first with three wins out of three matches.

RNG is ranked first in Group C with three wins out of three matches.

As for Group D, both WE and Rabbit Team have a record of two wins and one loss.

However, based on the current head-to-head record, WE is temporarily ranked first in Group D.

In other words, of the three LPL teams currently competing in the S7 World Championship, apart from LGD, the other two are both first in their respective groups.

It's a shame that LGD is the number one seed from the LPL this year.

With no matches scheduled for the time being, what can the fans of each team do together?

It's just this trivial matter that they're arguing about!

On the internet, LGD fans don't know what to say when faced with those slightly barbed comments.

After all, it's a fact that LGD is currently second in their group, and not every fan group has the ability to deliver a strong performance against the odds.

Having experienced the overconfidence during the S5 World Championship, LGD fans now understand the importance of keeping a low profile and quietly making a fortune.

Therefore, in terms of fighting power, the "Optimistic Family" cannot compare with the other two top fan groups in the LPL, "Pig and Dog".

Then we'll just have to resort to the ancestral skill that all netizens possess—being stubborn!

Many LGD fans said, "Just watch whether we beat SKT in the next match and that's it!"

Since they've already made those tough statements, all they can do is hope that LGD can beat SKT in the next round of the group stage.

What if you don't win?
What else can we do? We'll just bury our heads in the sand!

Since it's not like I'm using my real name online, I'll just pretend nothing happened.

Under normal circumstances, the internet has no memory.

of course there are exceptions.

The internet often remembers when people are kicking someone when they're down or kicking someone when they're falling from grace.

During the few days without matches, all teams have been immersed in intensive training.

Even the teams with a record of zero wins and three losses have not given up.

After all, there is still hope of qualifying. If they can win three consecutive games in the second round, they can at least get a tiebreaker.

There is still a dream, what if it comes true?

The training matches between the teams these past few days have been quite chaotic, with all sorts of strange and unusual hero strategies being used.

However, most of these were brought out by teams whose current performance is at a very unfavorable level.

After all, their hard power is not enough, so they can only hope to win by surprise.

In the past few days, after witnessing many unconventional tactics and maneuvers, Zhou Dian also felt that his thinking had been greatly broadened.

When you see something new, you have to learn it. He also took this opportunity to practice a few of the tricky tactics that his opponents used in the training matches.

Whether it's useful or not is another matter; each case needs to be analyzed individually.

But it's never a bad thing to have more tricks up your sleeve; it's always better to be prepared!
Four days passed quickly amidst the intense training day after day.

The second round of the S7 World Championship group stage has begun.

The schedule for the second round of group matches has also been adjusted.

In the first round, the matches started at 3 PM every day.

Now it starts at 12 noon every day.

In each World Championship, the second round of the group stage always starts earlier than the first round, which takes into account factors such as the possibility of tiebreakers in the second round.

The second round of the group stage will begin on October 12th.

Today we will decide the two qualifying spots from Group B.

Currently, the qualification situation in Group B is arguably the clearest among all the groups.

The Dragon Ball team, which topped the group, is in a class of its own with a record of three wins and zero losses. It's practically a certainty that they will advance as the group leader.

The race for second place in Group B was originally somewhat unpredictable.

Before the group stage began, it was generally believed that IMT and FNC were of similar strength and were the second-tier teams in the group.

As for the Vietnamese team GAM, they are widely expected to finish at the bottom of their group and be eliminated.

As a result, FNC suffered three consecutive losses in the first round of three matches.

Now, everyone thinks that there's no doubt that the second place in Group B will be IMT, the second seed from North America.

However, the final result of this group was beyond everyone's expectations.

Group B, which was considered to have the clearest chance of advancing before the second round began, has turned into the most complicated group stage qualification situation in the history of the S-series so far!
In the first game, the Vietnamese team GAM went all out, with their top laner Urgot and jungler Kayn catching IMT off guard and leaving them unable to cope.

Relying on unconventional tactics, GAM ultimately defeated IMT with ease, bringing their record to the same two wins and two losses as IMT.

In the LGD team's training room at a hotel in Jiangcheng, Zhou Dian and Dgc both seemed lost in thought after watching the match.

Zhou Dian actually practiced the hero Crab quite a bit when it was first reworked more than two months ago.

He's quite skilled at handling crabs, but he hasn't had the chance to show it off yet.

It seems to be working well now, and I might consider eating crabs sometime.

As for the champion Kayn, Dgc believes that LGD doesn't need to consider him at the moment.

The GAM team has long been centered around their jungler, Levi.

But apart from Graves, Eimy isn't very good at playing other jungle carry champions.

Furthermore, LGD has never played a system centered around the jungler.

This is something that can't be learned in a short time.

This is a change in mindset, which requires a long and gradual process.

There's no need to practice the operation; just practice until you're proficient.

GAM beat IMT right away, and everyone thought the Vietnamese were unwilling to be eliminated so easily and would fight IMT for second place in the group.

As for FNC, no one thinks they can make it out of the group stage.

After all, with their current record of zero wins and three losses, they have already stepped one foot off the cliff.

Moreover, FNC's next opponent is Longzhu Gaming, one of the favorites to win this World Championship and the number one seed from LCK.

As expected, Dragon Ball easily defeated FNC.

In this game, Jayce was allowed to leave the field.

As a renowned Jayce player, Khan also didn't hesitate to lock in Jayce.

Then, Khan's Jayce completely dominated Soaz's top lane Renekton.

Just like the Jayce game LGD played against C9 a few days ago, it was another game where Jayce dominated the entire match.

Coincidentally, in the LPL, both matches were commentated by Wawa and Miller.

Miller immediately exclaimed, "Khan's Jayce is so strong! His Jayce and Zhou Shen's Jayce seem to be a level above other players!"

"However, I feel that these two's Jess probably won't be able to be released later!" Miller continued.

Hearing this, the doll smiled and said, "That's true, but I have a feeling there's a possibility that these two might be able to release their Jayce." "What possibility?"

"LGD and Longzhu are facing off. I feel that with Zhou Shen and Khan's confidence, neither of them will ban the other's Jayce."

"That's certainly possible!"

Back to the game.

FNC actually came up with a rather unexpected move in this game, namely their support Sona.

During the break, many support players from various teams practiced Sona in ranked games.

FNC was the first to bring it up.

However, in this game, Rekkles picked Twitch, and Twitch's laning ability is still a bit weak.

This bot lane duo of Twitch and Sona couldn't beat the enemy's Kog'Maw and Lulu.

FNC lost this game, suffering their fourth consecutive loss in the group stage, bringing their record to zero wins and four losses.

Now FNC isn't just one foot off the cliff, but both feet are hanging over it.

Of course, given the current situation in Group B, it's too early to declare FNC a death sentence and say they're 100% out of the group.

But just like the saying often used to describe the Chinese national football team—the only remaining possibility is theoretically qualifying from the group stage!

Theoretically, there is indeed a possibility of advancing from the group stage.

But in reality, it's impossible!

If this possibility were so easy to realize, then there would be no need to add the phrase "theoretically".

Next up is FNC's back-to-back match against IMT.

On the day the teams that advance from the group stage are determined, apart from the top seed in the group, all other teams will play back-to-back matches, which means they will play two matches in a row.

The first back-to-back match fell to FNC.

Who told you to be a team that came through the qualifying rounds? That's why you have no "human rights".

It seems like just two BO1 matches, nothing serious, but the knockout stage is BO5.

However, this is playing against two different opponents in a row, which is a natural disadvantage for teams playing back-to-back games.

Everyone thought that FNC's journey to the S7 World Championship had come to an end.

They will be eliminated from the group stage with five consecutive losses.

However, after a hard-fought battle, FNC narrowly defeated IMT.

They secured their first win in the group stage, while also keeping their "theoretical" chance of advancing from the group stage alive.

Of course, this "theoretically" still depends on the opponent's reaction.

Next up is the GAM vs. Dragon Ball match. If the Vietnamese team wins, FNC will be eliminated from the group stage.

However, after FNC defeated IMT, Longzhu has already secured four consecutive wins and qualified for the next round, but they have not yet secured first place in the group, so there is no possibility that they will throw the game against the Vietnamese team.

The Vietnamese were greatly encouraged after seeing IMT's defeat.

If they can win this game against Dragon Ball, they will basically advance from the group stage.

Because IMT's final opponent is Dragon Ball, and against Dragon Ball, who haven't yet secured first place in the group, IMT has very little chance of winning.

In this match, Longzhu did not underestimate their opponents from the wildcard region, banning the Crab and Kayn combo that they had performed well with in the previous game.

So in this match against Longzhu, GAM pulled out another "big move" and picked out the jungler Rengar, a champion that hadn't been played for a long time.

This match was indeed the toughest one Dragon Ball had fought so far in this World Championship.

Unfortunately, after a grueling 50-minute battle, GAM was ultimately no match for Dragon Ball and was defeated.

This means that FNC, currently with one win and four losses, still retains hope of advancing from the group stage.

Next up is GAM's back-to-back match against FNC.

GAM suffered a hard-fought defeat and their morale plummeted, while FNC saw a glimmer of hope for advancing and their morale soared.

With the tide turning and the tide shifting, FNC actually delivered a crushing victory in this game, easily defeating the Vietnamese team.

Of course, the most important point is that nearly four hours after GAM picked the top and jungle duo of Urgot and Kayn, FNC came up with a countermeasure.

Therefore, in this game's draft phase, FNC did not ban Urgot and Kayn like they did in Dragon Ball, but instead allowed them to be picked.

GAM didn't hesitate and immediately locked in Urgot and Kayn.

And so it was.
Fell into a trap!
A crushing defeat!
After this match, FNC and GAM will have completed their six BO1 group stage matches.

Both teams finished with the same record in the group stage: two wins and four losses.

FNC, who started the group stage with four consecutive losses, seems to have an increasingly good chance of advancing from the group stage.

If Longzhu defeats IMT in today's final regular group stage match, FNC will be able to play a tiebreaker.

However, at this point, both GAM and FNC began to worry.

Because Dragon Ball had already secured first place in the group a round in advance, everyone was afraid that Dragon Ball would throw the final match to IMT.

If IMT wins against Dragon Ball, they will advance as the second-place team in their group, while FNC and GAM will have to accept elimination.

Therefore, IMT was determined to win this game against Dragon Ball.

When they saw the starting lineup for this Dragon Ball match, both FNC and GAM panicked.

Khan didn't go!

After securing first place in the group early on, Longzhu removed their absolute tactical core player – top laner Khan – from the final match.

They replaced the top laner with Rascal.

What does this mean? Is this a sign that the government is about to loosen restrictions?
Many LPL viewers watching the match also criticized the Koreans for their lack of sportsmanship.

Is this a way to guarantee their "American daddy" group's advancement?
FNC enjoys a fairly good reputation among LPL viewers.

Compared to the Vietnamese team GAM and the North American team IMT, most LPL viewers hope that FNC can ultimately advance from the group stage.

However, even though the top laner was changed, all five players on the Dragon Ball team were playing seriously and there was no haphazard play.

It seems that Dragon Ball wants to advance with a perfect record.

Qualifying with a perfect record in the S-series is a record in itself, and very few teams can achieve it, so it's definitely worth striving for.

The final group stage match between IMT and Longzhu in Group B was another agonizing game that lasted over 50 minutes.

But it's not just the ten players on the field who suffer from bladder problems.

Off the field, all the players and coaching staff of both FNC and GAM were suffering from bladder pain.

The players on the field couldn't go to the toilet, but they didn't even dare to go.

They were afraid that if they went to the toilet and came back, IMT's disadvantage would turn into an advantage.

In the end, Dragon Ball managed to defeat IMT without any major setbacks, advancing from Group B with a perfect record.

This makes them the third team to advance from the group stage of the World Championship with a perfect record, following SSW in S4 and SKT in S5.

Both of the first two teams eventually won the S-series championship that year.

Dragon Ball, already one of the favorites to win this year's World Championship, is even more favored by outsiders after advancing from the group stage with a perfect record.

Many LPL viewers expressed pessimism, saying: "With Dragon Ball being so strong, how are our LPL teams supposed to compete? Is the World Championship destined to be dominated by Korean teams?"

After Dragon Ball advanced with a perfect record of six wins, the remaining three teams in Group B all had a record of two wins and four losses.

Most importantly, the three teams have the same head-to-head record.

Therefore, to determine the second qualifying spot from Group B, a three-team tiebreaker, unprecedented in the history of the S-series, will be required.

(End of this chapter)