Alliance: If you block my contract, I will just start!

The first game of the playoffs was an upset, which made the audience full of expectations for the subsequent games.

Since LNG can defeat IG, SN may be able to defeat EDG.

Judging from the player lineup, SN is not inferior to LNG at all.

The team has two of the Flash Wolves' trident, Snake and Maple, the ADC is Sima Laozei, and the top laner is Black Angel who has not yet moved to the middle lane.

Facing EDG with such a lineup, we can indeed say "my sword is not at all disadvantageous."

Under such circumstances, rumors of Shen Lang's decline in strength before the playoffs were brought up again. EDG was indeed strong in its heyday, but if Shen Lang's strength was not as good as before, SN would definitely have a chance to defeat EDG.

……

"The heyday? Aren't we in the heyday now?"

Looking at the posts in the forum, Shen Lang felt like laughing.

It has to be said that netizens know how to associate. Just seeing IG lose, they start to imagine that EDG will follow in their footsteps.

In fact, Shen Lang has a very objective understanding of the strength of his own team.

Compared with last season, he believes that the current EDG is in its heyday. Since Jiejie and Bin are newcomers, there is still a lot of room for growth.

Although Xiaodi and the factory manager are both strong, the newcomers Jiejie and Abin, who were personally trained by Shen Lang, are better at cooperating with him and know better how to play the game around the middle lane.

EDG's tactics are very simple now, which is to focus on the middle lane.

The key is that this simple tactic is not afraid of being replicated or targeted by others, because other teams do not have Shen Lang, and Shen Lang is not afraid of being targeted by others.

"Compared to seeing a strong team crush a weak team to win, the audience would rather see a weak team make a comeback and defeat a strong team."

The factory director spoke the truth in one sentence.

Although Shen Lang has many supporters online now, there are also many people who want him dead.

"Will you play against Suning tomorrow?"

Abu doesn’t care what people say online, he only cares whether Shen Lang plays or not.

It is precisely because the tactics are all centered around the middle lane that EDG's overall team strength differs greatly when Shen Lang is on the court and when he is not.

Shen Lang thought for a moment and said, "It depends on the situation."

Abu's face immediately showed an expression of "as expected".

"See how the situation" means not to play first, and wait until the team can't win before playing. In this way, Shen Lang can certainly be lazy, but the situation will be very extreme. Whenever Shen Lang loses the game he plays, EDG will be very passive.

It’s not that Shen Lang has to play to the extreme, but the system’s rewards are too tempting.

The hero proficiency reward for playing poorly in the playoffs is three times that of the regular season. Playing one game in the playoffs is equivalent to playing three games in the regular season. Shen Lang always likes to maximize the rewards when playing games.

……

Amidst the audience's anticipation, the match between EDG and SN officially opened at 8 pm on August 24.

The commentators for today's Bo5 are the Haier Brothers, Wawa and Miller. At the same time, the former ADC of SN's predecessor Snake, Shuijing Ge, was invited as a guest commentator.

Brother Shuijing just retired and his live broadcasts are very successful, so he naturally knows what the audience likes to hear.

"Actually, if we analyze it carefully, it's not that easy for EDG to defeat SN today."

"Oh? What do you say?"

Miller next to him immediately joined in the joke.

"According to my guess, Weiwu Ge may not play in the previous games. Everyone knows that Weiwu Ge is strong, but he's also really pretentious. If Weiwu Ge doesn't play, EDG's strength will be just so-so. SN can easily win the first game, and then play more steadily in the next two games and shut out EDG..."

Halfway through his speech, Brother Shuijing couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Wawa also couldn't help laughing: "You mean SN can shut out EDG today?"

"It's not impossible."

Brother Shuijing continued to be stubborn.

But in fact, he also felt that what he said was outrageous. Not to mention a clean sweep of EDG, it was unrealistic for Shen Lang to pretend to be cool and not play.

No matter how much EDG pretends, it is only pretending in the regular season. Who would pretend in the crucial playoffs?

Are you stupid?

Just as this thought came to mind, Miller next to him suddenly showed a look of surprise.

"According to the backstage director, EDG made a substitution in the first game, with substitute player *** replacing Wave..."

Before he could finish his words, the audience erupted in an uproar.

I've seen people pretending, but I've never seen anyone pretend like this. They're still retaining their strength even in the playoffs. Aren't they really afraid of failing?

"Could it be that Brother Weiwu has some health problems?"

Some netizens began to speculate.

Compared to hiding his abilities during the crucial playoff stage, netizens felt that Shen Lang was more likely to have physical problems.

As a professional player, it is inevitable to have some occupational diseases.

Compared with the former, the latter is more deadly for EDG. There is no second Shen Lang in the e-sports circle. If the key players are unable to play in the game due to physical reasons, EDG's efforts in the first half of the year can be said to be directly wasted.

Just when the fans were worried, the director switched the camera to the EDG lounge.

Shen Lang was seen lying on the gaming chair, his legs resting on the table in front of him, drinking Coke through a straw, and holding his phone in landscape mode, tapping away furiously...

He doesn't look sick at all.

"What kind of occupational disease is this? It's just that I'm lazy and don't want to play."

The fans felt relieved but also a little disappointed with the show.

How can such a talented professional player be so lazy?

Commentary seat.

After hearing the news that Shen Lang would not be appearing, Brother Shuijing instantly became excited:

"See what I said? EDG might really crash in today's game. Without Weiwu Ge's EDG, I can only say that SN will win easily. Weiwu Ge, stop playing that game of yours and warm up quickly to get ready for the next game."

Not only Brother Shuijing, but even Wawa and Miller were a little shaken.

If Shen Lang were there, they would have predicted EDG's victory without hesitation.

But Shen Lang can't go up now.

"Overall, I still think SN has a better chance of winning. EDG's substitute mid laner, ***, ultimately doesn't have the laning pressure of Weiwu Ge, and EDG's strategy is more centered around the mid lane... But no matter what, the final result still depends on the players' performance."

Miller said it very tactfully, but everyone could hear that he was not optimistic about EDG.

Inside the SN lounge.

The players and coaches also learned that Shen Lang would not play in the first game before going on stage.

Their first reaction was a sigh of relief.

When SN players, coaches and analyst team learned that they would face EDG in their first playoff game, they were under tremendous psychological pressure.

Just like what people say online, if you have never played against Shen Lang, you will never know how stressful it will be to face him.

Now that Shen Lang is not on the court, the pressure is naturally much less.

But while they were relaxing, several contestants felt a little uncomfortable.

Brother Weiwu sent in substitutes even though there was clearly nothing wrong with him. This shows that he doesn't take us seriously at all!

You must look good on the field!

If you have the guts, just let Brother Weiwu sit in the lounge all the time!