novelODS 033 Entering the final stage of OGN
033 Entering the final stage of OGN
Inside the MVP training room, you could hear a pin drop.
The screen turned black and white again, and Ravan's face turned ashen; he didn't know what to do.
AD died three times in four minutes. This is beyond what you call "game management" anymore! It's completely rotten!
Edgar's expression also turned completely off at this moment.
When two players were killed by an invasion at level one, he could still explain it away by saying that the opponent was too reckless and it was a bluff.
But the current situation cannot be explained by the word "reckless" alone.
Even without early jungle invasions, Ashe's ability is enough to create an advantage in the laning phase.
Even without a lane kill, Vi can still tower dive if she farms in the bottom half of the map.
Everything that happened before only made these predetermined events unfold more smoothly.
With this kind of offensive rhythm, it's hard to find a team of the same caliber, let alone in NLB, or even in the entire OGN!
How could such a team be a weak team?
Kkoma is a scam!
Edgar clenched his fists, and anger welled up inside him.
They even said their skill level wasn't high, and that they got crushed by SKT's first team several times.
You're really bold to say that! R1SE's offensive level is so much smoother than SKT's first team!
Can you, SKT, crush them?
He must have been abused!
At that moment, a thunderbolt struck Edgar's mind.
Damn, everything is connected now.
Why would SKT bring in their second-team mid and jungle players just before the playoffs, even though their team record was fine?
A team making a last-minute roster change simply means they've discovered problems during a failure.
Where else could SKT's first team possibly fail?
But by now, with the kill score at 4-0, Edgar realized it was too late.
The moment MVP encountered RISE, it was destined to face defeat.
......
Inside the RISE training room.
Seeing that the game was going even more smoothly than expected, everyone had a smile on their face.
The happiest of them all was Mata, who clapped excitedly as he returned to base, exclaiming, "Nice, everyone! You played really well!"
You put me in the second team! Now I'll personally send you off to the second team with a smile!
Brother Yu Fan, come again next time!
Ma Yingdong was the only one in the room who was unaware of what had happened. He looked at the frenzied Mata and scratched his head in confusion.
Is there any need to get so excited? Is this person usually like this?
But I have to say, these guys are really good. MVP is from a top OGN league club, right? They beat their second team so easily.
Li Zhixing glanced at Mata and suddenly said, "Calm down, Shiheng, we haven't won yet. Think about what you should do now."
Mata calmed down instantly, while Zyra, who had already left, returned to the fountain and bought an extra set of wards...
Li Zhixing wasn't one to spoil the fun, but Zhao Shiheng had indeed gotten a little carried away this time.
Vision is key to operations.
The current version does not yet have the green jungle item, a vision-boosting item; vision can only be obtained through the support's warding stone, so the vision-gathering ability of the support is extremely important.
That's why Li Zhixing spends every day with Mata practicing vision control and strategy in the Rift, helping him develop good vision habits.
Now is the time for Mata to put his knowledge to practical use.
And Mata certainly didn't disappoint Li Zhixing.
Relying on the bottom lane priority, Li Zhixing led his teammates to invade MVP's bottom blue buff area on time, taking all the blue buff and the three wolves.
Mata took this opportunity to establish a strong presence at key intersections in the lower half of the map.
With vision control, you can dominate the bottom lane, counter-jungle, or control the dragon without worry.
Controlling the dragon and pushing down the tower, RISE practically treated the bottom lane like his own backyard, taking whatever he wanted.
MVP, facing a completely dark bottom jungle, dared not utter a sound.
They did consider taking action to mitigate their losses.
But Looper was incredibly clever. Knowing that he didn't need to make a difference in this game, he would retreat to the tower after each wave push, giving the opponent no chance whatsoever.
With the bottom lane taking down the first tower, Li Zhixing quickly directed his team to switch lanes, bringing the game into the mid-game.
At this point, the vision control area has expanded from half of the jungle to the entire area, which places higher demands on vision control.
To this end, almost all RISE team members bought real and fake wards and placed them all over the map under Li Zhixing's command.
This almost perverse method of eye manipulation requires a very high level of financial resources; just one round can cost thousands of gold coins!
But this is definitely a worthwhile deal.
MVP noticed early on that RISE's ward-buying frequency was unusual, and they did consider buying wards to counter it.
After all, the most crucial aspect of operations is vision, which is something they pay close attention to.
However, their vision and strategy are far inferior to Li Zhixing's.
Moreover, the difficulty of performing eye surgery is not on the same level as that of performing surgery on a disadvantageous or advantageous one.
They can't even build vision, and even if they do, the wards will be quickly cleared, making it pointless!
The result of having full vision control across the map is that all of the MVP's actions are monitored, allowing the RISE members to calmly avoid danger and seek good fortune, as if they had been given a third eye.
The game lasts 18 minutes.
Vi unleashed a punch from the darkness, her ultimate ability locking onto Homme's Shen.
Along with that came Mata's Zyra.
With Viktor's combined control abilities and the crocodile's ultimate, even Shen, with his thick skin, would find it difficult to survive!
At this moment, it is still clearly visible in the field of vision that MVP's main force is surrounding them from the river and jungle.
With ample information and a clear strategy, the three of them broke through the encirclement before it could be fully formed.
MVP deployed all its forces except for the mid laner, but gained nothing. This is the consequence of having poor vision.
With all the key players for MVP making their appearance, Lee Sang-hyeok, who was pushing the top lane, no longer had to worry, and he finally unleashed his power after a long period of suppression.
The current version of Gragas is considered one of the popular mid laners. Although his E skill no longer has the knock-up effect, and his W skill cannot enhance basic attacks, it only provides attack damage.
However, the AP bonus of the QER combo is off the charts, and when combined with Deathfire Lich, it can easily achieve the effect of instantly killing opponents.
Taking advantage of his vision, Lee Sang-hyeok stealthily moved through the jungle, appearing from behind Orianna.
First, a Q was used to slow the enemy down, followed by E, Deathfire Touch, and R in quick succession!
The Deathfire Gragas strikes first, hitting Clockwerk to increase damage, followed by Gragas's massive belly and devastating nuclear strike!
In the blink of an eye, the clockwork's remaining health was instantly depleted!
The MVP team felt dizzy and disoriented, completely disoriented.
Running around trying to fill the hole, but it's all drafty. How can we play like this?
Even their operations team has a day when it gets managed?
In the blink of an eye, 22 minutes have passed.
With a wave of his hand, Li Zhixing directed his team to converge at the Dragon Pit, forcing the opposing team to engage.
This time it was Mata's turn to make a move. He cleared out the wards in MVP's top jungle early on, and Zyra made a big move around the jungle.
When the MVP team grouped up in the river, he appeared on the side of MVP, hidden in the darkness, separated from the enemy by only a wall.
"Come on, come on, I'm opening it!"
Zhao Shiheng's voice was exceptionally loud at this moment.
The next instant, Zyra flashed over the wall and unleashed her E and R combo!
E's "Entangling Roots" instantly immobilizes four people at close range, and combined with the subsequent spread of "Strangling Vines," it creates a dreamlike and perfect team fight initiation!
The next instant, the opponent's skills also came at him, but Mata was not afraid at all and faced death calmly.
This version of Zyra's passive is similar to Kog'Maw's; after dying, she can fire a penetrating thorn with high true damage.
For Zyra, who has executed a perfect team fight initiation, dying is the key to maximizing her impact!
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The next instant, the rest of RISE rushed onto the field, and Zyra's Death Thorn pierced through, instantly burying all of MVP.
At this point, the game was no longer in doubt. The opponent had no intention of putting up any more resistance and surrendered with five votes, ending the match.
The camera simultaneously panned to the MVP's base, where a massive explosion occurred!
"We won!"
Behind them, Chef Ma Yingdong's voice was louder than anyone else's, "You guys are amazing!"
This was Ma Yingdong's first time watching RISE play a match, but the result left him in awe.
This MVP team must be from a top-tier powerhouse, right? Their first team is ranked quite high in OGN, so their second team can't be much weaker.
So Rise really is going to beat me up like this? Wow, you've come to the right place.
Ma Yingdong plays jungle, and he really learned a lot from watching Li Zhixing's first-person perspective command in this game.
This game is so simple.
The members of R1SE also showed joy at this moment, and gave each other high fives.
Winning this match means they have advanced to the semifinals and officially entered the final offline stage!
According to the rules, they only need to defeat the bottom-ranked teams in the offline stages to replace the fourth-to-last team in the Winter Season and become a new force in OGN.
Kim Hyuk-kyu clenched his fist. "Just one step away from joining OGN!"
Even Sang-hyeok couldn't help but smile at this moment: "Good luck, Hyuk-kyu."
For the two high school students, this victory had another meaning.
Because, strictly speaking, the two of them are only doing part-time jobs during winter break.
Only after winning the next BO3 can they gain their family's approval and become official professional players.
The bottom-tier teams in OGN aren't very strong. They're not even as good as SKT's main team, and they might even be slightly weaker than MVP's second team.
In addition, since it was a best-of-three (BO3) format, neither of them felt it was particularly difficult.
This opportunity to prove themselves during winter break may never come again, so they must seize it!
Looper chuckled as he lay back in the chair; he was perhaps the most at peace of all.
After all, he didn't do anything in this game; he just won by doing nothing. Even though he won, he didn't feel anything.
Of course, being about to enter OGN is still something to be happy about.
He was pulled into RISE without really knowing what was going on, and the team turned out to be incredibly strong. Perhaps his career was just meant to be this smooth.
Mata was the most excited at this moment. He specifically sought out Li Zhixing and gave the young captain a high five.
The most satisfying thing in the world is to take revenge on your former team after leaving it. When Mata left MVP to join RISE, he never expected that this revenge would come so quickly.
"You really wanted to win today," Li Zhixing chuckled. "You initiated the last team fight beautifully."
Mata smiled happily.
Zhao Shiheng had never felt so fortunate as he did now.
I'm so glad I joined RISE, which allowed me to experience such incredible growth.
Previously, he participated in RISE's special training every day and could feel that he had become much stronger, but he was playing against teams that were not very strong every day, so even if he won, he didn't feel anything.
After all, this was before he became stronger, so it was only natural that he would win against these teams.
But now, after facing his former team, he realizes just how much he has grown through this period of training.
His former employers, who were once on his side and even slightly ahead of him, are now completely unable to keep up with him.
This is the true meaning of joining RISE.
"You should already feel how strong you are now."
Li Zhixing chuckled and said, "This is just the beginning. You will only get stronger from now on and leave all your opponents far behind."
"So, let's keep training."
"Great!" The crowd cheered excitedly!
Li Zhixing smiled, then left the training room and went up to the third floor alone to start editing videos.
The club was thriving, and his self-media business never stopped, maintaining a high output frequency of one update per day.
Logically, today's match would have been perfect material, but unfortunately, NLB officials do not allow him to distribute online match recordings privately, so he can only talk about ranked match recordings.
But it's not a big problem. The offline competition with live streaming is coming soon. There will be no more restrictions on the content of the competition at that time. Li Zhixing will definitely make a profit from this wave of traffic!
......
The next day, in the morning.
The NLB website has been updated, releasing the final roster for the quarterfinals of the online tournament.
SKT K; Najin Shield; BBT; RISE
Surprisingly, two amateur teams appeared in this year's NLB semifinals.
It can only be said that the BO1 single-elimination tournament system is just that cruel. Without any behind-the-scenes manipulation, the major clubs will still fight each other.
Not only did RISE eliminate MVP, but SKT's second team also eliminated KT Bullets, which is also a second team from a major club.
In addition, there is a list of the four teams eliminated from OGN.
GSG; Team OP; NaJin Sword; LG-IM
NLB's offline events will be scheduled between the OGN Winter Season regular season and playoffs, serving as an appetizer for the playoffs.
As a crucial elimination tournament involving OGN's lowest-tier teams and determining the qualification spots for the subsequent Spring Split, it naturally attracted the attention of countless esports viewers.
Of course, Li Zhixing's promotion through his social media accounts also injected extra vitality into the competition.
Discussions about the competition were rampant on well-known esports forums such as FOW.KR and INVEN, and even reached Li Zhixing's eyes.
[Neo's team seems really strong!]
[Yeah, I didn't expect they actually managed to break into offline stores?]
[I told you long ago, Neo's understanding is far ahead of its time, his team can't possibly be weak.]
[Come on, if Neo were really that good, he'd be playing in the OGN already. Why would he need to build his own team and try to climb the ranks? ㅋㅋㅋ]
[Can't you just form your own team and win the championship? Do you need to join someone else's team?]
【ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋThis is hilarious! A random random team thinks they can compete with a big club?】
【Why can't we compete? Didn't we just beat MVP's second team yesterday? Just you wait and see, R1SE will definitely win the championship!】
Li Zhixing found the discussion amusing.
This reminded him of the Chinese e-sports forums from his previous life.
The Koreans' aggressiveness isn't any weaker than that of the other side.
Li Zhixing smiled and swiped up, returning to the post's homepage, where he saw RISE's opponent in the quarterfinals.
LG-IM.
Top laner Smeb
Jungler Lilac
Mid laner Kuro
Bottom lane Sonstar
Assist Lasha