July 8, 2018, Dalian Gymnasium.

In the lounge, everyone in the LPL sat around the huge sofa, discussing the order of appearance today.

The BO5 competition format in the division requires each team to take turns to play. If they reach the final decider, they will have the opportunity to play again.

Therefore, the game between the coaching staff of both sides is a big test.

There must be a clear arrangement for who takes the lead and who comes from behind to provide support.

At the same time, you must also consider the opponent's appearance arrangements.

"I think we let IG play first and win a victory before talking! The momentum will be better!"

The RNG coach spoke first.

His proposal is relatively conservative. Looking at the worst-case scenario, if IG is allowed to play with the fourth pick, if IG loses the first three games, IG will not even have a chance to play.

And domestic fans attach great importance to this competition, so it would be better to take the lead and let IG get a good start for the LPL.

With the strength shown by IG now, no matter which team the LCK sends, they should be able to cope well.

"How about we go first? We still have a big move. There is still hope of stealing a round by surprise."

RW's coach thought for a moment and volunteered.

The teams that lost to the LCK in the group stage were also holding their breath.

Especially when IG defeated two strong opponents, SKT and KT, the anger of the audience was directed at EDG and RW.

They desperately want to win a victory and prove themselves.

"What do Chen Yu think?"

Abu, the head coach of the national team, glanced at IG's coach Mafa, and then naturally moved his eyes to Chen Yu.

"I think we should guess the order in which they will appear."

Chen Yu said in a deep voice.

You can't just discuss your own order of appearance. The coaching staff of the opposite LCK will definitely not rank you from the strongest to the weakest, but will also make arrangements.

"Over the LCK, they will definitely send their strongest team out in the first game, probably KZ! We just let you go and defeat them."

RNG coach said.

"That's not necessarily true. If it were me, I would definitely guess whether the LPL would send IG to play in the first game! Using Tian Ji's method of horse racing, the LCK should send low-quality horses to compete with IG."

Abu shook his head and expressed his opinion.

"What do you mean?"

Coach RW looked at Abramovich with some confusion.

If according to Abu's Tianji horse racing theory, the LCK sent a low-grade horse to capture the high-grade horse of IG in the first round, then the LPL should not let IG play, but send a mid-level horse to capture the low-grade horse of LCK.

horse.

"Then let us go?"

The RNG coach groaned.

Since IG cannot be the first to play, as the other LPL team that defeated the LCK team in this intercontinental competition, they are well-deserved middle horses.

"Chen Yu, what do you think?"

Mafa did not express his opinion, but continued to ask Chen Yu.

The factory director and other players said nothing, their eyes fixed on Chen Yujunxiu's face.

They are no better than Chen Yu, who can act on behalf of the coach.

The authority of coaches in most clubs is relatively high. At least they have a lot of say in daily life, and at most they can take care of the emotions of star players during drafting.

“I don’t think LCK will necessarily send an inferior horse in the first game.”

Chen Yu thought for a while and then whispered: "Besides, does the LCK really have so-called inferior horses? Every one of their teams is very strong."

Everyone was silent.

Although IG's record in the past year has been too brilliant, defeating the LCK and defeating them.

But in fact, can other teams really defeat the LCK?

In the semi-finals of last year's World Championship, RNG and SKT fought fiercely for five games and were ultimately defeated. It can be imagined that the gap between the two sides was not as big as it was in the IG game.

In the first two days of the group stage, the LPL had two teams in the hands of the LCK.

All teams in the LCK have shown great strength and are extremely threatening.

"Then what should we do?"

Several coaches looked at Chen Yu, waiting for the next step.

Since Chen Yu said this, he must have had his own plan.

"Let's use the elimination method first!" Chen Yu paused, and then said: "We IG will not be the first to appear, and the LCK side will most likely guess it too."

"In order to ensure victory, they will most likely send out a team that has defeated our LPL in the group stage."

Everyone was shocked and whispered at the same time: "AFS and KT?"

"Not bad!" Chen Yu nodded and asked: "Which one of these two teams do you think the LCK will send?"

"It should be AFS. KT was beaten by you just the day before yesterday. Only AFS is undefeated so far. It should be the most stable."

Uzi said.

"No, I think they will send KT."

Chen Yu shook his head and explained: "Everyone watched yesterday's game. LCK defeated LMS in only three games, and AFS didn't even play."

"Can we understand that LCK may be hiding tricks? Or is it creating an illusion for us?"

"The other three teams have all lost to IG. Only AFS has not played against our IG. Perhaps this is the only hope for LCK!"

"I think they won't give up the chance of three to zero!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard Chen Yu's explanation.

No one would have thought that, in Chen Yu’s view, LCK was still thinking of going three to zero in LPL.

"I think it makes sense. If they didn't want to hide AFS to fight IG, they wouldn't hide AFS when they play LMS. After all, AFS is only the fourth seed in the LCK, so it shouldn't have the qualifications to back up the team."

"The most reasonable explanation is that they are playing against IG in secret, but they have never played against IG."

Abu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Chen Yu's point of view.

"Then let's say the LCK plays KT in the first game, who do we play?"

Mafa affirmed Chen Yu's judgment without hesitation, and subconsciously used Chen Yu's judgment as the basis for discussion.

"Let's go! We lost to them in the group stage, we want to fight back!"

Before RW's coach could speak, Brother Coin couldn't help but interrupt.

They lost to KT in the group stage because of hidden moves. Although they were not absolutely sure of defeating KT if they used their hidden moves, they were fearless and desperately needed this opportunity to prove themselves.

"No, since you have the ultimate move, you can't be the first to use it! Before the situation is clear, BP will be affected, and your ultimate move may not be released."

Chen Yu directly rejected Brother Coin's proposal.

The ultimate moves are specially formulated after a long period of research and testing, and require specific BP to complete.

In the BO5 format of the intercontinental competition, each game has a different opponent. The BP of the first two games are blind guesses, and there is no trace.

This situation is not suitable for enlarging the move.

"Yes, I support Chen Yu's view. You'd better observe two more games and wait until the third and fourth games before considering playing."

Abu nodded, agreeing with Chen Yu's point of view.

Coach RW also nodded when he heard this, indicating that he accepted it.

Then he waved his hands to appease the impatient RW people.

"Then let's go?"

Uzi couldn't help but speak.

KT's support is his old partner Mata, and AD is his old rival Alpaca, which he is quite familiar with.

RNG has been in very good shape recently. If they really want to fight, they may not have no chance of winning.

Moreover, it’s not like RNG doesn’t have their ultimate moves hidden.

Xiao Ming and others also nodded when they heard this, thinking that they could compete with KT.

However, Abramovich shook his head: "You and I are the most promising team to win in the LPL, and you can't be the first to play! It's best to be like RW and wait and see for one or two games before deciding."

Then, he looked at the factory director and others: "Let us EDG take the lead!"

The factory director and others were all solemn, but their hearts were filled with sadness.

Once upon a time, EDG was the overlord of the LPL, but they were never reduced to cannon fodder.
To be continued...