Only able to watch the water cooler in the lounge, Jiang Chen and Xiang Guo looked at each other.
They both sighed at the same time.
2018.
The most common phrase the commentators said was:
“Just wait for Uzi's three items!”
This man, who was called a ‘god’.
Led RNG to win many battles that seemed impossible to win.
Jiang Chen had once watched his retirement interview.
Asked: "You've pulled off many classic plays in the game, when do you feel you were at your best?"
Seeing Uzi deep in thought, the interviewer continued: “Was it during S3, when you went behind enemy lines and took out their two core carries with one V5? Or the time you, together with Xiaohu, flipped the game by going 2 V 5 at the dragon pit?”
The ‘god’ smiled shyly.
His face showed obvious acne marks, and his eyes held both nostalgia and a sense of loss. He finally answered: "My favorite play was during the 2017 Summer Split against IG, in the mid lane, VN 1 V 5, getting a penta-kill. That's when I was at my best. I've pulled off some dazzling plays after that, but none were as memorable as that one.”
……
“Click…”
The lounge door opened.
RNG's players returned to the lounge.
Their faces were all rather gloomy.
Jiang Chen's thoughts were pulled back by the sound of the door opening.
He tilted his head and looked over.
At the front of the group was Uzi.
Head coach Heart strode towards him.
Taking out his notebook, which had been around for some time, he said, "Jun Ze, you need to pay more attention to your wards next game, don't make any more mistakes."
Yan Jun Ze nodded forcefully: "Don't worry, coach."
Although he had been crushed by TheShy this game.
His mentality was still good.
There wasn't much fluctuation.
Heart turned his attention to Xiaohu and said, "Next game, you need to be more proactive, don't just stay locked in the mid lane, find opportunities to help secure an advantage in the jungle."
"Coach, I'll look for opportunities whenever I push the lane."
Heart nodded.
His gaze swept over Jiang Chen.
A sudden thought popped into his mind.
"Maybe I should let Jiang Chen play!"
But the moment the thought came.
He dismissed it.
Jiang Chen only really knew how to play Riven, and the other team would definitely not let him pick that. If he picked other heroes, it would be like sending him to his death!
Furthermore.
Uzi's team fight ability was a level above Jackeylove's.
As long as they stabilized the laning phase, they could still win team fights.
Yes!
They hadn't been pushed to the brink yet.
The short break ended.
Karsa, Xiaohu, and the others returned to the player booths.
They began to consider their team composition.
After intense champion selection.
RNG didn't choose to swap sides, both teams confirmed their lineups.
IG, on the blue side, picked: Top lane Jayce, Mid lane LeBlanc, Jungle Lee Sin, ADC Xayah, Support Braum.
RNG, on the red side, picked: Top lane Garen, Jungle Camille, Mid lane Lissandra, ADC Sivir, Support Alistar.
In the player lounge.
Jiang Chen watched the picks of both sides.
His eyes widened.
He sighed inwardly: "This... This lineup, this is the exact lineup IG used against G2 in the old Worlds Quarterfinals, TheShy went God Mode, one-shotting four, becoming a God in that match."
"Is this the unseen fate?"
……
Both teams entered the game.
TheShy showed even stronger dominance this game.
Jayce directly solo killed Garen in lane.
Ning's Lee Sin was also incredibly ‘terrifying’, it was as if he had a cheat that gave him vision.
He was always able to preemptively position himself, making RNG feel restrained.
Although LeBlanc hadn’t moved yet, and was locked in the mid lane by Xiaohu.
But Ning came twice in a row.
The first time, he forced Xiaohu to flash.
The second time, he killed Xiaohu.
The mid lane balance was also broken.
RNG is after all the team that’s recognized as the number one team by Riot.
They were still very good at finding opportunities, when they were probing around the dragon, Camille found a chance to stun Jackeylove's Xayah, focusing fire and instantly killing her.
But just at that moment.
A teleport lit up behind the RNG players.
The Jayce, with his ultimate activated, descended from the heavens, with his Q hitting five, then his second Q hitting four, and then he flashed for his third Q, hitting two.
The RNG players' health bars dropped drastically.
LeBlanc followed up with damage.
It was a four-for-one exchange.
RNG was wiped out.
……
……
“Without TheShy, LPL Top Laners would be in an eternal night.”
The commentator’s passionate voice came out from the speakers.
Head coach Heart sat in the lounge, listening to the commentator’s words.
He was so angry that he crumpled the paper with the third game’s draft strategy written on it, and fiercely threw it into the trash bin.
He used all his willpower to suppress the anger in his heart.
He turned his gaze to Jiang Chen, thinking, they’ve already been pushed to the brink, should I let Jiang Chen and Xiang Guo go up and try?
Maybe I’ll ask the other players what they think later…
……
Douyu, Huya, Douyin.
The League of Legends official tournament live stream, the barrage of comments went wild.
The screen was filled with comments.
"TheShy is awesome, is this Jayce the Pillar Man?"
"666…"
"How come this Jayce's skills are different from mine?!”
"Is this RNG? They’re really so funny."
"Same as last game, so boring, they just pushed through easily and ended the game."
"Playing defensively in games, but slaughtering everyone in ranked, that's you, 2200…."
And the RNG fans watching the game in Incheon.
They looked dazed, their hands were too weak to even hold their cheering signs, some of them who were more carefree could only quietly say: “Come on! RNG, reverse sweep.”
As soon as they spoke.
They realised.
There hadn't been a single reverse sweep in World Championships, not once…