Chapter 690
There are no love songs here
With limited time, Tina couldn't ask many questions. She looked at the answer sheet and could only pick one question to ask.
"Here's a question from a fan. They saw in the previous match that you used your E skill, Twin Blades, to intercept Taliyah in her ultimate state, creating a cross-shaped pattern."
Logically speaking, this kind of operation is very difficult to perform. Even if you adjust your state in training mode, the success rate is not high. But you succeeded on your first try in the competition. Everyone wants to know how you did it.
In response to this question, Li Chen humbly replied, "It was mostly luck. After all, as you said, this kind of maneuver is very difficult to pull off. I was just trying it out. Even if I couldn't stop Taliyah, my teammates wouldn't have let him get away."
"At last year's MSI, you said in a post-match interview that you came for the championship and wanted to win it without losing a single time. And later it proved that you really did it, and you were also the most valuable player."
So this year, you've come to MSI again, facing numerous teams from various regions that you yourself have called strong. Are you still confident you can declare victory early once more? Just like last year, without losing a single match!
Tina asked the last question, which was also the question the audience was most concerned about: would a contestant who had already achieved fame and success still dare to make bold statements in public like he did when he was unknown?
Faced with this question, Li Chen remained silent for a few seconds before finally saying, "If, and I mean if, one day someone could defeat me on the field, I would be very excited, because that would mean my strongest opponent has appeared, but..."
"But not yet, understand? Right now, I'm still hoping he'll show up!"
Oh!
"Oh my god!"
"C! C!"
The audience cheered, satisfied with Li Chen's answer, while the LPL broadcast was making final additions for Li Chen.
[Simplified: No rivals!]
Nobody dares to say that, I'm talking about people!
At this very moment, the Western Sea should be here!
【West Sea Love Song? That has a great atmosphere.】
My friend, you know there are no love songs here!
As news of EDG's victory over KZ reached China, related headlines unsurprisingly surged into the top ten of the trending topics list.
However, another related message also trended on social media, even ranking higher: god丶C's incredible cross star, a god standing at the top of professional players!
EDG has won so many games that it's not surprising, but the Irelia's 90-degree interception of Taliyah's ultimate with Twin Blades is something we may never see again in our lifetime.
Some technical streamers and even professional players in the League of Legends community secretly tried it out to see just how difficult it was, but the result was no exception; it only added to the prestige of the maneuver.
It's not that this operation can't be replicated, but rather that it can't be replicated reliably.
Because the stun duration of Twin Blades is too short and the skill range is too narrow, while Taliyah's ultimate is too fast, this kind of operation is almost impossible to complete with skill and can only be done by intuition.
Some people might succeed on a single try, while others might fail even once in ten or more attempts, relying entirely on luck.
Even if someone has a higher success rate, they wouldn't dare to use it in a match because the match doesn't give you time to adjust and prepare.
That very night, a group of ghost soldiers suddenly passed through the area and began to spread the word that the operation was nothing but a flashy gimmick with no practical use, and that everyone, including Li Chen, had only succeeded through luck.
To this end, Li Chen's answer in the interview was specifically cited as evidence.
Li Chen's black and white pieces naturally launched a strong counterattack, and the reason was simple: if he dared to use them in the game, he must be confident.
Li Chen, far away in the EU region, was unaware of and indifferent to this turmoil.
Around 5 PM Berlin time that day, EDG played another match against the Vietnamese team EVS.
Although Vietnam is known as the strongest spinning top region in the future, EDG is not a spinning top. Although they tried very hard in the game, they still did not change anything in the end.
Within seven minutes of the start, lane kills occurred on all three lanes (top, mid, and bottom), and the jungler, Clearlove, roamed freely, going wherever he pleased.
EVS didn't put up any effective resistance at all. If it weren't for the factory manager's mistake in accidentally giving away a kill, Linglong Tower would have been EVS's final answer.
The schedule for the MSI Mid-Season Invitational is very tight, especially the group stage, with two matches every day, non-stop.
Generally speaking, after a match, people will at most play a couple of practice matches or a couple of ranked matches to maintain their skills, otherwise they may be too tired and affect their performance.
But after the first day of group stage matches ended and the teams returned to their hotels, almost every team's mid and top laners were playing ranked games with all their might, and the champions they were using were almost all Irelia.
This wasn't something everyone did on a whim; rather, it was a rather unremarkable piece of information revealed by Li Chen in a post-match interview that made everyone suddenly realize something.
That is, it seems that the reworked Irelia is not only playable in the top lane.
Q is a multi-stage dash, W is an uninterruptible burst damage dealer, E is a remote control that blocks movement, and R is a wide-area trap that refreshes Q.
These skills are fine individually, but when combined, they become a powerful weapon against mages.
Given that Irelia is already a strong champion in the top lane, a variant of Irelia that can be played in both the mid and top lanes was created.
This kind of hero can be ignored or banned, but you absolutely cannot be unfamiliar with them, otherwise it will affect your team's draft and lineup.
In this context, Li Chen's live stream that evening further amplified everyone's attention to Irelia.
Because in a mediocre Challenger ranked game in the EU region, Li Chen unconsciously banned Irelia when he picked Jayce.
Thus, the rumor that the world's number one Jayce player didn't want to play against a regular Challenger Irelia player began to slowly spread online.