A+ teams: TSM, FNC

In terms of the overall strength of the two teams alone, they are indeed the worst team in this World Championship.

Not to mention the quarterfinals, they will face the second seed of the LCK, Dragon Ball, who can even be said to be the strongest team in the LCK regular season.

Although TSM is a very optimistic and positive team, they really can't laugh in front of such an opponent.

As a result, the match list for the quarterfinals has been officially released.

Group A: RNG vs Samsung

Group B: SKT vs. FNC

Group C: WE vs EDG

Group D: TSM vs. Longzhu

Looking at this competition list, although the competition has not officially started yet, everyone's pictures have now been released.

This division of strength is so clearly laid out for people to refer to.

Especially the commentators from Latin America and EU clearly had deep sadness in their tone: "If nothing else happens, this year's semi-finals will most likely be against Asia again."

It's a pity for the LPL side that WE and EDG still met in the top eight civil war.

But this also guarantees one thing, that is, there is at least one LPL spot in the quarterfinals.

As for the previous RNG versus Samsung.

Although everyone knows that Samsung is very strong, everyone has to admit that RNG's play style is very restrained against Samsung.

This is really not just a casual comment, but something everyone in the industry knows.

Since the beginning of last year, after the LPL play style represented by RNG took shape, it is basically impossible for everyone not to study the differences between the lpl and lck teams.

If SKT plays RNG, no one knows the outcome.

After all, if RNG is the master of this year's offensive style, then SKT is the pinnacle of this year's operating team...

In fact, historically, SKT’s operations this year did suffer from fraud.

If Dragon Ball fights RNG, what kind of scene would it be like?

You can think about it, there is a high probability that it will turn into a live show, where the two teams act recklessly.

Who can guarantee that there will be no accidents in that reckless scene?

As for Samsung playing RNG...

First of all, I have to talk about the Samsung team, which is very strange in itself.

This year's Samsung is actually very much like a combination of SKT + Dragon Ball.

When it comes to extreme operations, they are definitely not as outrageous as SKT.

But in terms of personal strength and offensive methods, Samsung's top, middle and jungle, and iron triangle are very strong.

When such Samsung faces RNG, a very interesting thing will happen.

Samsung, which mainly plays the top, middle and jungle, coincides with RNG's playing style, which is also very powerful in the top, middle and jungle, or even stronger.

As for Samsung's bottom lane combination, Chidi + corejj, these two can't beat the puppy + Xiao Ming.

It is precisely because of this that Samsung feels uncomfortable.

Originally, when you were playing RNG, the best way to break through was to have a strong enough mid laner, but Samsung's mid laner Crown Brother just couldn't suppress Xiaohu.

In this way, the opponent is equivalent to an enhanced version of his top version.

Facing a team that is stronger than you in almost every aspect, how are you going to fight?

It can be seen that whenever Samsung encounters RNG since the beginning of last year's World Championship, they will basically be at a disadvantage in the line-up.

The result of the disadvantage in laning is that one's personal strength cannot be fully utilized, which also means that Fen and the others are unable to use their offensive and defensive style.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that Samsung is the most difficult team to beat RNG among the many teams in the LCK.

However, there is still time for each team.

There are 5 days left until the quarterfinals officially begin.

It can be imagined that the next five days will be a bloody battle, and it will also be a time for crazy internal training in the two major leagues of lpl and lck.

Since last year, with lck as the representative, everyone has basically formed a routine.

That is the quarter-finals and training matches, and your divisions will have to deal with them themselves.

Currently, in the quarter-finals, lck and lpl each have 3 teams, with a total of 6 teams, directly accounting for three-quarters of the quarter-finals.

We and edg are going to have a civil war, but rng won't.

Then RNG can perfectly serve as an intermediate platform to help each other produce what they have prepared.

At the same time, the three teams can also imitate the playing style of another LCK team in their respective group stages and learn from each other.

"I don't know what kind of game they will give us in these five days."

Everyone, waiting.

Time is passing.

The quarterfinals, which will represent the future fate of many LPL teams, are about to begin.

Also because of the order of the draw, the teams that will face each other in the first round of the quarterfinals are RNG and Samsung.

In terms of personnel configuration, the lineup in the quarterfinals this time can be said to be very similar to the one they played last year.

Only Xiao Ming, this variable and a newcomer, seems to have injected a lot of vitality into both teams.

During this period of time, the preparations made by both teams can be said to be quite sufficient.

The competition between teams in the same division has always allowed the players to maintain a very good feel.

Even during these five days, they were not even in the mood to play with their mobile phones.

Because this BO5 is about winning or losing, and there will be no chance of a repeat.

Even though on paper RNG is indeed the strongest this year, who can guarantee victory?

Don't forget that a proud soldier will be defeated.

The more you think you are awesome, the more cautious you must be, otherwise failure will often happen to you unexpectedly.

Lin Xiu knew this very well.

The lessons in history and what should have happened in the future are all lessons learned in blood.

If we want to taunt and pretend to be x, of course we can. Of course, we need to win the game in advance.

So, with this mood in mind, as the day before the start of the game approached, everyone began to shift positions.

Quarterfinals, Yangcheng, Stadium!

Speaking of which, I have to praise LPL's generosity. The normal capacity of the Yangcheng Stadium is also over 10,000.

The lpl obviously realized the benefit of the full crowd during the group stage and directly expanded the seats by one-third. This brought the number of spectators at the scene to almost 15,000.

With such a scale and such finesse, it is truly a world-class event.

I'm afraid only the LPL can do it. Although the LCK side was very unhappy, they couldn't help but look envious when they saw the hardware conditions of the LPL side.

So, it’s great to have money.

Subsequently, with the end of the opening ceremony and the echo of the theme song of this S7 "The Legend Will Never Go Out", the excited voices of commentators from all over the place were heard.

"Welcome to the quarterfinals of the 2017 League of Legends Global Finals, I am a baby!"

"I'm Miller!"

Well...a familiar old friend.

Then...

Just next to the two of them, a thick border accent suddenly popped out: "Hello everyone, I am Rookie..."

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Well, it seems that the LPL intends to improve the professional level of game commentary.

Therefore, basically every competition will send out a professional player to provide commentary. In this way, Rookie came directly to the scene to provide commentary.

I have to say that Rookie's language learning ability is really strong. Except for his accent and his slow speaking speed, his Chinese is quite excellent.

It is precisely because there is such a real boss providing analysis on the side, that kind of pyramid-level figure among active professional players.

As the golden partners of the LPL, the Haier brothers feel a lot more relaxed...

Soon, the noise and bustle at the scene gradually quieted down.

Because the spotlight on the scene is changing, both teams are about to enter the countdown to the BP stage.

"We have to determine our style of play."

As an opponent who has played against RNG many times, Samsung's coach has a firm look in his eyes: "In this game, we will focus on the bottom lane..."
To be continued...