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Chapter 487 Knockout Round

EDG quickly lost the final game.

Both contestants walked off the stage, but with completely different expressions on their faces.

The EDG players were laughing, but the SKT players all had sad faces. If you didn’t know, you would think that SKT was the one who lost the game.

After this game, the MSI group stage officially ended, and the four teams that advanced were also announced:

EDG, G2, SKT, TL.

After the qualifying list was determined, the schedule for the knockout rounds was also finalized.

EDG vs. TL, G2 vs. SKT.

Then the winners of the two games will meet in the final to compete for the MSI championship trophy.

Compared to the World Championship, the MSI schedule is much simpler, which is why in the minds of netizens, the value of MSI cannot be compared with that of the World Championship.

There are only three days between the knockout stage and the group stage, but since the opponent in the semi-finals is TL, this time is not short for EDG.

TL is not a weak team, but it is definitely not a strong team.

In Shen Lang's opinion, the reason why they were able to eliminate IG in the original timeline was largely because IG itself underestimated the enemy. Not only did they give the opponent a strong hero like Sylas in this version, they even chose to use Minotaur as an assist, allowing Sylas to steal the ultimate move.

It's always like this on the court. If you don't treat your opponent as a human being, your opponent will often give you surprises.

Compared to EDG vs. TL, netizens in the forum discussed more about SKT and G2.

If the group stage had not been played, most netizens would think that SKT had a greater chance of winning. However, G2 defeated SKT twice in the group stage, and SKT's performance in the group stage was far from good, so much so that now many people think that G2 can win.

SKT fans still have excuses for this.

“Bo1 doesn’t mean anything!”

"What SKT is really good at is Bo5!"

"SKT players have adjusted their form and can easily defeat G2."

"How can the European and American losers beat SKT?"

……

Amid the discussion among the audience, the match day soon arrived.

The first to start the fight were SKT and G2.

Before the game started, Perkz often made trouble on Twitter, either putting SKT's logo on the garbage and G2's icon on the head of the person throwing the garbage, or putting G2's icon on the face of the person sitting on the throne, with SKT and EDG kneeling below.

In short, we have to defeat SKT first and then EDG.

The SKT players were already very upset with Shen Lang in the group stage, and now they were being attacked by Perkz, making them even more angry.

So they played very aggressively in the first game.

Choose EZ and Karma in the bottom lane, Lissandra in the middle, and Kennen in the top lane. The main focus is on the early rhythm, hoping to quickly defeat the opponent and end the game.

In this game, G2 used the bottom lane combination of Sona and Gemma.

In Shen Lang's opinion, this bottom lane combination is really not strong, but European, American and LCK teams like to use it very much.

The first game lasted only 24 minutes.

Just like the game between EDG and SKT, the Gem and Sona combination is indeed strong in the mid-to-late game, but if the opponent chooses an early-game lineup, it is actually very difficult to get through the early game safely.

With EDG as an example, Faker naturally knows how to deal with this combination.

Just grab it and it's done!

The hero Lissandra is very good at finding opportunities, a bit like the Shen that Jiejie used before. When being targeted madly, the Ruby Sona directly blew through the lane.

When being beaten in the laning phase, these two heroes simply couldn't keep steady, as the opponent's damage was too high, so the heroes were killed instantly before their gem ultimates could take effect.

"Gemstone Sona is definitely a version trap!"

After the game, the EDG analyst said with certainty.

Shen Lang nodded slightly: "After the defense tower is equipped with plating, the current rhythm of the game is more biased towards the early stage. The traditional late-stage lineup is really not working now. We have to look for opportunities to fight in the early stage."

In the past, EDG liked to choose late-game lineups on the field, avoiding fights in the early stages and waiting for the double Cs to develop before joining the team. Shen Lang knew that with the update of the version, the pace of the game would become faster and faster, so he has been subtly changing EDG's game style since last season, so that EDG has now transformed into a team that has always been very good at playing in the early and mid-game rhythm.

This is also why after replacing two new players, EDG looks even stronger than last season.

"From the looks of it, SKT doesn't seem to have much pressure against G2."

Meiko sighed.

Upon hearing this, Shen Lang shook his head slightly, but didn't say anything.

If it was that easy to defeat, G2 wouldn't have been able to defeat SKT twice in the group stage.

The second game started quickly.

The heroes chosen by both sides this time were quite normal, but Jankos was obviously in better shape than Clid in this game.

Jankos knew who the core of SKT was, and he targeted the middle lane madly in the early and mid-game. Faker was caught and killed as soon as he came up. But in this game, Caps chose Akali, who has a stronger snowball ability.

With the help of the jungler, the mid laners of both sides quickly widened the gap.

Akali developed very well in the early stage. After this hero's equipment was completed, there was no pressure at all to kill the back row. Even though SKT chose the Xayah and Rakan combination for the bottom lane in this game, they had no way to deal with the well-developed Akali, and would still be killed instantly when Xayah had her ultimate.

Led by Akali, G2 successfully won the game and tied the score to 1:1.

Game three.

G2, who won the game, started to get sick and chose a very late-stage lineup in the third game.

Top lane Vampire, mid lane Tsar, ADC Kaisa.

As powerful as the three Cs are in the late game, they are as weak in the early game. When Shen Lang chose this lineup, he knew that G2 was already far ahead in this game, and the final result was indeed the case.

The ultimate late-game lineup was beaten to pieces in the early game, and the goddess of luck was not on G2's side in this game. The little dragon frantically refreshed the fire and earth attributes, which resulted in them being unable to drag the game into the late game.

In the fourth game, G2 changed its strategy again.

In this game, jungler Jankos chose shoes that have a very strong ability to find opportunities, and he still madly targeted the mid lane.

The effect of choosing this hero was indeed very good, and it quickly helped Caps establish an advantage. Then the two of them cooperated in the mid and jungle to roam the side lanes, slowly expanding the advantage, and finally successfully won the game.

I have to say that the mentality of the G2 players is still very good. Even if the opponent gets the match point, the players still dare to fight hard on the court. Jankos' ability to find opportunities is indeed quite good.

Faker＞Caps, but Faker+Clid＜Caps+Jankos.

Both sides entered the deciding game.

In this game, G2 started to steal black technology.

Pike on top, Syndra + Galio on bottom lane.

Kkoma was directly stunned during the BP phase, and in this game Jankos did not continue to play around the middle lane, but instead focused on the top lane.

Excavator cooperates with Pike, and their ability to find opportunities is very strong. Khan's Kennen can't withstand it at all. Either Excavator flashes up to top, or Pike uses E flash to take the initiative. Anyway, the burst damage of the two can quickly suppress Kennen's health, and then Pike uses his ultimate to kill the low-health Kennen.

After establishing an advantage, Wunder took out a pair of five-speed shoes and started roaming around.

Coincidentally, the heroes chosen by G2's mid laner and bottom lane in this game have a very strong ability to find opportunities, and it is very easy for them to cooperate with Pike to gank.

After 30 minutes of fierce battle, G2 finally won the final game.

3: 2.

SKT was eliminated!