Chapter 97 JDG Prays to the Gods

Faker's hazy eyes gradually fixed on Xia Sen.

Sure enough, I am so green, exactly like myself ten years ago.
After the fist bump, Faker looked at Xia Sen's back again, shook his head, turned around and packed up his keyboard and mouse.

This scene was captured by the photographer. Looking at the finished film in the camera, he felt that this photo would become a signature scene of Bighand when it was released.

Bighand walked in front, and Faker turned around to look at the ID behind him.
Return to the lounge.

Xia Sen found that Tabe's eyes were slightly red with excitement and he clenched his fists tightly.

"Coach, calm down."

tabe turned and looked over.

"Shut down SKT, haha."

Tabe laughed a little crazily. At this moment, he seemed to feel that the obsession that had kept him on the field for so many years was suddenly much weaker.

After seeing that all the team members were focusing their attention on him, he finally calmed down.

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"To be honest, my heart was pounding when you picked Akali in the second game and Mantis in the third game." Tabe spoke his true feelings.

In fact, he thought it would be better to be more stable, but at that time, Xia Sen and Director Xun insisted, so he chose to believe.

As a coach, he felt that he was a bit emotional, and he would be the one to blame if they lost.

But we won, and we won beautifully.

He knows very well that an essential part of being a coach is belief.

I make BP decisions for them, but I prefer to give suggestions. Most of the time, it is better to let the players make their own choices within a reasonable range.

Even if tabe selected a lineup that looked invincible on paper, what if the players just had no confidence and failed to perform effectively after entering the team?
The ideal is perfect, but there is always a gap between it and reality.

So Tabe figured it out before the end of the regular season, and most of the time he didn't interfere with his players' own ideas, but of course he couldn't go too far.

He believes in his players, and the undefeated regular season is the best proof of that.

Coach xun suddenly shouted: "Just tell me whether I am the C of Mantis or not. I have already decided the MVP of this game."

Bin couldn't bear to watch it and patted Xia Sen on the shoulder: "To be honest, with a mid laner like Xia Shen, even a dog tied to the jungle would bite people."

"Hahaha."

“MD, Chen Zebin, it’s the same for you on the road.

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It may be difficult to say which lane played the best in today's BO5, but the bottom lane must be the most stable.

The three players had stable bottom lane rights, and Gumayusi was surpassed based on this condition.

"Their bottom lane was in average condition. We knew we were going to win after the first game." on said with a smile.

"Of course you would say that if you won. If you were trailing 1:2 now, you would probably just say that the opponent's bot lane was too strong and you couldn't handle it."

"Bin÷, you are in high spirits today. You want to criticize everyone."

on was in really good shape today. Let’s not talk about other things for now. His ideas for team battles were very clear. What Xia Sen heard most in the voice chat was: look at the mid laner, protect the AD.

This is not just lip service, this is real action.

Xia Sen likes to watch on, bin, and xun talk back and forth. After a while, he said, "I think T1 plays much better than Gen.G."

"what?"

"Isn't it always 3:0?"

Of course, it was just a lip service, and everyone knew it.

"As for the mid lane, when we were playing against Gen.G, did you have any images of him? But to be honest, Faker's image was a bit too strong."

"If we hadn't been in good shape and didn't give Faker any chances to seize in today's three games, it might have been a bit difficult to handle."

"And T1's swinging ideas did cause us a lot of trouble. Their tactical ideas are still somewhat advanced. I think we can study them in detail after we go back."

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Tabe watched from the side, his heart full of admiration. It was so rare that a 17-year-old genius could maintain such a sense of preparedness after defeating Faker 3:0.

When I think back to when I was a professional player and we beat FNC in the semi-finals of the S3 World Championship, I felt invincible. Anyone who came would be defeated. I just waited for the finals to lift the trophy every day.

The result was that they were taken away by SKT cleanly and neatly. Even at that moment, they were all confused and didn't want to believe that this moment was real.
Now after defeating two LCK teams at MSI, Tabe feels that he has achieved the first step of revenge.

The more I looked at Xia Sen, the more surprised I was, and at the same time I was extremely glad that I chose him before the game started.

Tabe saw that although Xia Sen was reviewing the game, the team members did not show any resistance at all.

The more passionate the discussion, the further Tabe feels this team can go.

"Congratulations on winning 3:0 again today and securing your place in the finals. You also maintain your team's undefeated record in MSI."

Xia Sen was interviewed in English on the spot.

There were many audience members in the audience shouting “xia shen!”

What he shouted was Chinese, and it was a bit clumsy.

But when Xia Sen heard this familiar nickname with such a tone, he felt that it had a different kind of momentum.

"The audience is so enthusiastic. What do you think of this nickname? We only learned about it from the audience in your region."

"I don't deserve it." Xia Sen nodded seriously. "I'm not a god. The first time I saw this nickname was when I had played less than half of the regular season. I felt stupid at the time. I knew that some people would find it funny. This person has no honors yet, but he is called a god? In fact, I think so too."

"I prefer people to call us by our names or IDs. I am a professional player, nothing else."

Listening to the translation, the beautiful host's eyes flashed several times in surprise.

He is sober indeed. He doesn't sound like a 17-year-old boy. His mind is too mature.

The host suddenly realized that he couldn't treat the person in front of him as a child.

"But you beat Faker today, who is regarded as a god by all of us. Do you still feel that you are not worthy of it?"

The host's topics are very explosive.

"It's different. I'm just repeating the path that Faker has taken. If I want to be on par with him, it's far from enough to just win a BO5."

The host was silent for a moment and decided to change the topic of the conversation.

Brother Bin said in an LPL interview that he broke his promise. He said he would win with a score of 3:1, but he actually won with a score of 3:0.

He told the audience that he would not do it again next time, and predicted that no matter who his opponent in the final would be, he would win the championship with a score of 3:0.

"Gui Gui, Brother Bin's confidence really got him this time."

“Watching BLG’s games is really boring.”

Just when everyone had drawn out their fifty-meter swords.

"It always ends 3:0, so I can't even finish the takeaway I ordered"

"Goodbye, brother. You didn't keep your knife. Be careful in your next life."

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T1's loser interview was the real torture, but only Faker and Benji had to endure it.

"In the first game, the coaching team chose to use Annie, but in fact, this choice was not very good. She was banned in the next two games. We want to know why she was banned in the first game?"

". Because there are not enough ban slots, if the opponent's performance is average after the first game, there is no need to ban it later."

"The lineup you picked in the second game is very difficult to limit Akali. Didn't you expect the opponent's fifth floor to pick this hero?"

“To be honest, it is true.”

"Was the team a little unbalanced in the third game? Looking at the whole game, the rhythm was controlled by the opponent."

This question was asked to Faker.

"There is one thing. My personal and team condition today is not very good. We will adjust and try to return to the loser group again."

T1 fans are not very convinced by this reason.

"In the three rounds of BP, I only saw stubbornness and arrogance."

"I hope I can adjust my condition as soon as possible. There is still a chance."

"Hey, come on."

The process ends.

Xia Sen walked out of the venue. London time is eight hours behind that of China. The game that started at 8 o'clock in China ended in three hours.

This means that it is only around four o'clock in the afternoon in London, and there are a few clouds floating in the sky.

Xia Sen took a photo with his phone and posted it on Weibo, with the caption: We have entered the finals, the sky here is not as clear as in China.
Soon, bighand posted a blog after the game, and the topic of BLG sweeping T3 0:1 quickly became a hot search.

"Xia Shen Pure War Wolf, no problem, there's nowhere else like us."

"You must bring the trophy back."

"BLG go for it!"

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It's time to celebrate. Today the team leader took everyone to eat a grilled steak at a local restaurant that has good reviews.

No one was in high spirits, and after returning to the hotel, everyone took out a bowl of instant noodles from their suitcases to snack on.

I've been here for a few weeks, but I'm still not used to the food.

Xun talks about xiaolongbao every day and says he must order a few big baskets after returning home.

"Why is Director Xun still eating pickled cabbage beef noodles? Isn't it said that pickled cabbage is made by stepping on it?"

The guide didn't care.

"You don't understand, this is the taste I want."

After saying that, he took a big gulp, and each mouthful of noodles was filled with pickled cabbage.
Comfortable. In the evening, Tabe led everyone to review today's game.

Xia Sen opened Weibo and used his free time to reply to some messages of encouragement from netizens.

Everyone is glad that they like bighand, he really likes interacting with fans.

Basically, many people will reply to the Weibo posts you make. This kind of happiness is hard to get if you don’t really like BigHand.

It’s so nice to love Xia Sen.

JDG urgently arranged a training match. Although everyone was a little tired, they still agreed.

Everyone knows that JDG needs them now. If the teams from the same region don’t help them, who can JDG turn to?
Xia Sen encouraged everyone and told them not to be perfunctory and to take it seriously.

JDG will play against Gen.G tomorrow. After all, this is the last chance for them.

When we entered the room and saw the entire JDG team sending congratulations, everyone's tiredness was swept away. After the greetings, the training began.

After four games, BLG chose lineups that were all suitable for Gen.G. It was obvious that JDG was well prepared and won three games.

Knight is under a lot of pressure, as he knows that he must not make any mistakes in tomorrow's mid lane match.

"Come on King K, we'll be waiting for you in the finals."

Looking at the message sent by bigand, knight stretched and typed on the keyboard.

"Okay, wait for me to beat you in the finals." After sending it, Knight suddenly felt very confident, as if there was nothing that could scare him anymore.
"QAQ"

late at night.

Xia Sen entered the simulation space and reviewed today's game again, and also did not miss the simulations with JDG and Gen.G.

After all, the opponent in the final is one of their three teams.

The next day was early morning on May 5th.

After a night of fermentation on the Internet, the news of BLG sweeping LCK was flying all over the place.

Some people in the Kangba forum already regard Xia Sen as the hope of LPL for the next ten years.

The two top mid laners in LCK are somewhat dwarfed by him.

"That's enough. It's just winning MSI, but it's like they've won three world championships." Some people felt that it was overblown and left dissatisfied comments below.

It is always unwise to play against the wind in a resistance bar. Although everyone thinks that this guy is right, everyone still scolds him without any ambiguity.

Now that we have won, what's wrong with blowing him in the wind? Anyway, if Bighand is pulled in the future, he will be criticized. For details, please refer to Angel, who is now designated as the anti-mid in S10.

On Twitter, netizens from various regions were even more aggressive.

“This man is God!”

"Even the LPL mid lane king and the magic king are not worthy of him."

"Bighand is only 17 years old. I think he is better than the 17-year-old Faker."

"I think, guys, S3 was a chaotic start, and the level of professional players was just so-so. Now it's different. It's not easy for newcomers to make it in this environment."

At the same time, various memes are emerging both at home and abroad.

Some people made Faker's Titan triple hook into a ghost video, some criticized Xia Sen as a big bad wolf, and Gumayusi as a sheep.
There are many, but the most classic one is the picture of the Grim Reaper holding a scythe.

This thing is different every year, so it’s always new.

This year, the BLG team logo is printed on the Grim Reaper’s chest. The doors of the four rooms in front, with GG, T1 and Gen.G printed on them, are open and already covered in blood.

The fourth door was tightly closed, and no one knew who would be the next unlucky person, but a dark red area could be seen at the gap under the door.

No matter who he is, no one can stop BLG.

One point is the match between JDG and Gen.G.

BJ time, 8pm.

Domestic netizens are waiting for the game to start in the live broadcast room. Everyone is looking forward to JDG directly eliminating Gen.G. After all, JDG is also the galaxy battleship on paper in this year's LPL.

Tieba analyzed this a lot before the game.

Just like BLG, if we want to win, we can only create a gap in the middle lane.

But can Knight do it?

In a two-handed game, no one is sure who will win.

So everyone re-examined the situation and focused on the bottom lane.

I think as long as Ruler doesn't act and doesn't think about his old club, he'll be safe.

Some people expressed relief about this.

"I can't say anything about others, but Ruler is definitely the one who wants to win the most today. Everyone wants to win. I hope he doesn't let himself down."

In Xia Sen's opinion, JDG did much better in the BP in the first game.

Kanavi's Monkey and Ruler's Jinx both got it, and Knigh's Ahri was in the middle lane again.

In this game, both mid and jungle players were actively looking for opportunities, and the online confrontation between knight and chovy was really exciting to watch.

Although the two of them couldn't kill the opponent, the blood-exchanging scene was really cool to watch.

In the end, JDG relied on the Ancient Dragon group, and Kanavi successfully stole the dragon. The team battle began, and Gen.G could not withstand the killing of the Ancient Dragon BUFF.

Ruler Jinx started and got a quad kill, getting off to a good start.

"I think it was stable today. The only thing we were worried about was Knight's poor condition, but it seems that there is no problem. He fought back and forth with Chovy."

This guy has a good attitude.

Xia Sen and others were also discussing. To be honest, Hongmi’s BP was really strong. BP definitely played a big part in their victory.

In the second game, Gen.G obviously changed their strategy and found a breakthrough in the top lane. 369's Gragas couldn't withstand the pressure, resulting in the gap in the top lane being torn too large.

In the 8-minute vanguard team fight, JDG was beaten 0 for 3, which was a very uncomfortable start.

Later on, JDG kept delaying Ruler's development, but unfortunately they were still one step short in the Baron fight.

The score was tied at 1-1.

It can be seen that Guan Zeyuan's position is very firm, he absolutely hopes that Ruler can win.

In the third game, JDG also changed their style of play and chose a combination for the upper half that was very strong in early-stage fights. As it turned out, Crocodile, Sylas and Maokai.

The vanguard group is invincible. With two vanguards under control, Ruler's development increased significantly.

Guan Zeyuan’s original words: “If you let Ruler develop like this, then what else is Gen.G playing for?”

In 25 minutes, the Gen.G base was breached.

JDG successfully got the match point.

In the fourth game, Chovy's mid-lane Aatrox gave JDG a surprise.

Knight's Sylas was targeted badly by Peanut. In this game, JDG's mid and jungle were suppressed and kept going to the bottom lane to hinder Ruler's development.

After 35 minutes of fierce battle, Chovy's Aatrox flashed and killed Ruler in one second, announcing the end of the game.

BO5 is about to be played to the full extent.

The two teams were simply fighting like gods, with all kinds of moves that were too much to keep up with.

Xia Sen and his companions also watched with great excitement.

"Brothers, I think JDG will stand at the end." Coach xun said mysteriously.

"why?"

"JDG has faith."

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In the fifth game, the battle song sounded and the atmosphere on the scene reached its climax.

BO reached the fifth game, and both sides' tactical reserves were basically exhausted, and the players' conditions were also declining.

Now it all depends on who makes fewer mistakes.

To everyone's surprise, JDG picked a lineup from five years ago.

Ornn on top, Poppy on jungle, Karma on mid, Aphelios and Lulu on bottom.

At 41 minutes and 25 seconds, when the Gen.G base exploded, Ruler covered his face with his hands and burst into tears.

His shaking hands showed how much pressure he was under in this game.

In the deciding game, JDG chose to put all their hopes on Ruler alone. Fortunately, Ruler did it and he really withstood the pressure.

Just as Guan Zeyuan said in a crying voice.

"Facing the powerful Gen.G, JDG fought until the fifth game. They searched hard for a way to break through but could not find one. Helplessly, they chose to pray to the gods. Only the S8 MSI champion RNG responded to them. JDG heard the call, and the mysterious tactic of four protecting one finally allowed JDG to stand in the end. Ruler also defeated his inner demons and avenged his old club!"

Xia Sen and others also shouted "Nice", what a beautiful win.

At this point when everyone was cheering, Xia Sen noticed that when Chovy left the stage, he looked closely at the trophy in the center of the stage, then sighed and left.

Losers will not be remembered, and Gen.G is undoubtedly the biggest loser this spring.

They dominated the domestic league and won the championship, but were defeated consecutively by two LPL teams at the MSI.

They will experience a purge from their own region, and the result may be a complete collapse, or they may get back on their feet and undergo a transformation.

But these have nothing to do with Xia Sen and others, they also have to actively prepare for the finals.

How tight is the MSI schedule?
At least JDG can't rest for a moment, as tomorrow will be the loser's group final against T1.

The day after tomorrow is the day of the MSI finals.

In this MSI, JDG played the game to its fullest. They may not be the worst team, but they were definitely the hardest working one.

　I'm sick guys, I'll adjust it.

　　In the final, we should play JDG. There is not much time for MSI. Let's beat LCK first. The highlight is still in the World Championship. After all, the LCK team in the S game is the most terrifying.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)