Herbivorous junglers, pig girls, trolls, etc. have received large-scale enhancements.

This is also the designer's intention, to forcefully slow down the pace of the game.

In addition, the core equipment of critical attack speed ADC heroes such as the Storm Sword has been reduced in price, and heroes such as Kai'Sa, Big Mouth, and Policewoman have been strengthened.

Among the elemental dragons, the gain attributes of the wind dragon and water dragon have been increased, which avoids the situation where both sides ignore the dragon in the early stage and focus on the Canyon Herald.

After listening to Meng Ma's explanation, everyone in ym was speechless.

Although I have already seen the version update announcement, from this analysis, Riot is completely targeting YM's fast-paced play style that mainly focuses on the top half.

"You don't need to pay too much attention to it. Similar changes have been made in the World Championships over the years, and this kind of change is about tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. Although our dominance in the top half has been weakened, we have more tactical options in the bottom lane.

Some."

Kai'Sa's appearance rate dropped in the second half of the summer split, but after the World Championship version is updated, Kai'Sa will rise again.

's signboard.

"Indeed," Su Chen agreed, "and the removal of the four sisters in the top lane doesn't have much impact on me. I've already passed the stage of becoming the Jinchuriki of the four sisters."

"Speaking of strengthening the ad hero, doesn't it also mean that I am strengthened?"

Hearing what he said, Xiaotian suddenly laughed.

"Indeed, Brother Chen is an old adc."

"It's okay. Just let me play with Urgot. Leave all the enchantress and clockwork to the other side. I can't solve the problem with my pure armor." Left hand also said with a smile.

Seeing that the players were in good spirits, Meng Ma was relieved.

"Everyone will play on the Korean server this afternoon to get used to it. We will start training at 7pm, and we will continue at this pace until the beginning of the group stage."

"Who shall we fight in the first battle, rng?" ​​Xiaotian asked curiously.

"RNG has already made an appointment with IG," Meng Ma said with a smile. "Tonight we will play a round of b03 with fnc, then tsm, and tomorrow I have an appointment with afs... In the past few days, the eight teams in the group stage will play one round one after another.

.”

"As the No. 1 club in the world in terms of strength, we still have a lot of reputation, and all the subsequent appointments are already fully booked," Meng Ma said with a smile.

"It's really different from when I was in MSI." Su Chen couldn't help but sigh.

When we were in Europe, the lck team directly rejected ym's request to play training matches.

At that time, their attitude was very straightforward. There was nothing to study about the LPL team, and playing training games might have revealed their own tactics.

But half a year has passed, and now all the teams in the division want to play training games with ym to study and learn their playing style.

This is the effect brought by the MSI championship and the Asian Games championship.

Strength is the basis for gaining respect.

…

With the beginning of the National Day Golden Week.

The qualifying round in Seoul, South Korea has also officially started.

As predicted before the game, the wild card teams in the playoffs are just the experienced babies of the third seeds from the four major regions.

IG in Group A won all four games in the first round, beating INF (Latin America Division) and DW (Oceania Division) in the same group, qualifying as the No. 1 seed.

The remaining three No. 1 seeds qualifying are c9, g2, and Hong Kong team g-rex.

In the second round of the knockout round, ig once again slaughtered the second seed dfm (Japanese team) in Group B, taking the lead in entering the group stage with a score of 3-0.

Then the other three No. 1 seeds broke out of the tight encirclement without any suspense and advanced to the group stage.

After the official conclusion of the qualifying round, Riot Games officially announced a data list.

This includes data such as average KDA per game, first tower rate, Baron control rate, etc.

And ig occupied the top of every list, showing an extremely ferocious state and triggering heated discussions.

[It’s unbelievable that IG with such strength would be forced to compete in the playoffs, while teams like FW and Mad can directly advance to the group stage. Riot Games should really modify the competition system]

[The qualifying round is simply a personal show for ig players. Rookie and the shy’s dominance in the lane is so terrible. Such a team is only the third seed of lpl? 】

[Song Yijin is the number one mid laner in the world! Just wait to be beaten by him, I’m talking about your caps!]

[Now it’s the teams’ turn to panic, haha. After watching the qualifying rounds, fnc and kt probably don’t want to meet ig]

…

On October 8, after all four qualifying teams were born.

The second-round draw ceremony for the group stage begins at the League of Legends themed exhibition hall in Seoul.

I was the first to take out the first ball. After taking it apart, the note showed the ID of "c9".

"The first one drawn is c9, they will enter group a!"

The camera showed c9's mid laner Jensen Jianhuang. At this moment, he could no longer hide the smile on his face.

Although there is RNG in Group A, it is overall the weakest among the four groups. C9 has a good chance of qualifying as the No. 2 seed.

The second one drawn was g-rex. Knowing that they had no hope of qualifying, they had no reaction to this draw.

Unless you are assigned to the weak group A, g-rex's strength will be used to give points in the other three groups.

Instead, the camera showed ig. The player representative, Rookie, looked calm and knew what was going on.

Group ab is already crowded, group d has ym, and ig is automatically assigned to group c. This is a good sign.

"Great, ig has been assigned to Group C, which greatly increases their chances of qualifying!" Miller said excitedly during the off-site live broadcast.

Although there is South Korea's No. 1 seed kt in Group C, there are two remaining teams, and ig is not worthy at all.

Even if they can't beat kt, ig is very sure to qualify as the second seed. This is absolutely good news.

"But in this case, g2 will eventually go to group D. The predictions on the Internet have come true." Wawa smiled helplessly.

The final grouping of the s8 group stage:

Group a:fw,rng,pvb,c9

Group B: fnc, afs, 100t, grx

Group c:kt,mad,vit,ig

Group d:ym,geng,tsm,g2

The addition of g2 directly raised group d to another level, from a group of death to a group of hell.

[Hahahahaha, it made me laugh so hard. The top four MSIs were actually divided into the same group in the World Championships. The group stage directly became smaller MSIs]

[Ym, what kind of bullshit luck is this? You said you didn’t want g2 to come, but in the end, g2 really squeezed in. It’s amazing! 】

[perkz: I didn’t expect that my grandpa is back again! 】

[I have a very bold prediction. The final ones in Group D are g2 and tsm, and Samsung and ym are both in the top 16. Is this possible?]

[The people above are overthinking, have you ever seen the top 16 world champions go home? 】

After the final grouping of the S8 group stage was established, the official posts of the sixteen teams also released updates, gradually heating up the atmosphere of the World Championship.

Among Group D, which was watched by netizens who were gloating about their misfortune, g2 had the most optimistic attitude. They directly named the other three clubs and asked them if they had decided who would be the second seed.

But neither tsm nor geng paid any attention to g2, only ym replied with a meaningful smiley emoticon.

…

October 10, 4 pm, inside Busan Bexco Convention and Exhibition Center.

The s8 group stage has officially kicked off!

On the dim stage, as the countdown ended, LCK Roaring Emperor Quan Yongquan slowly appeared on the stage in a burgundy suit.

He raised the microphone, as if he was about to open a bow and shoot an arrow, bent his body to an exaggerated angle, and then shouted with all his strength.

"All Summoners, welcome to Busan City, are you ready for the 2018 LoL Global Finals?"

"After a whole year of journey, 16 teams came here with their dreams, hoping to win the legendary Summoner's Trophy and become the champions of the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals!"

"16 teams, 16 different journeys, everyone has experienced laughter and tears, writing their own story, but in the end, only one team will win the Summoner's Trophy!"

"Let us witness together the birth of the strongest one!"

"Tell me again loudly, are you ready!!!"

With his shouting at the top of his lungs, a sound that almost overturned the dome came from the entire venue.

Seeing that the atmosphere was already heating up, the Roaring Emperor stepped aside and directed the audience's eyes behind him.

With the background music of "rise", the Samsung team walked out from the back of the stage. Leader An at the front of the team held the silver-white Summoner's Trophy.

"I would like to ask the champions of last year's S7, Team Geng, to return the Summoner's Trophy!" Roaring Emperor said loudly.

Under the applause of the audience, Leader An, surrounded by his teammates, slowly placed the Summoner's Trophy on the booth in the center of the stage.

And the camera immediately showed a close-up.

Different from the MSI Little Gold Cup, the Summoner's Trophy, which symbolizes the championship of the S tournament, has not been changed since 2014 and has been used until this year.
To be continued...