There are still four days left before the draw ceremony for the first stage of the 2025 season. Although there are still a few teams to play, the qualifying situation is already clear.
Eight teams will end their journey and have a holiday until March 22, which is very refreshing. After all, for some teams, playing games is really a torture.
As a UP that basically disbanded before the New Year and bought some players to try their luck, they still have to work overtime.
The day after the promotion was confirmed, there was no special arrangement for UP, which was basically a holiday, but it was not a free activity, and they still had to rank themselves in the base.
Giving the account to Saber was simply the greatest choice for Liang Yichen after becoming a formal player. First of all, the mid-lane hero selection was similar, and secondly, the two had the same habit of using D flash.
The rank can be kept, but how can Qingyue's game account not be watched by others? At least some anchors who do ranking OB will identify this person as Qingyue.
The overall operation is not as good as the official competition, but it is much better than Liang Yichen himself. As for the reaction of teammates, it depends on luck.
Anyway, Saber will not respond at all, pretending to be cool.
Occasionally go to the polar region to play brawls, or use the newly bought account to play in the top lane to get points. Liang Yichen is relatively free. Winning or losing doesn't matter. He can only try his best not to be bad.
But the coaching team is not so relaxed. They work at high intensity all day long. When taking over this team, no one thought that such results could be achieved.
Five newcomers haven't studied it well, so where is the time to study other teams.
But now I have to collect information and study countermeasures. I will soon play in the knockout rounds. Knowing yourself and the enemy can win every battle. You can't go on the court without knowing the operation habits of the key players on the opposite side and the overall style of the team.
The probability of losing is not small.
The coaching team was not really worried about the mid-lane duel. With Liang Yichen's status, it seemed that he could suppress anyone. They only needed to select heroes that could exert their strength in the early and mid-term and drive the rhythm of other lanes according to his habits.
But other lanes still had to be prepared, so in the next few days, the coaching team began to put pressure on players other than the mid-lane, watching the video analysis of the possible opponents in the second round, simulating the game mode, practicing certain restraint heroes, etc.
Of course, Liang Yichen couldn't sit idle either. He knew a lot about human relationships and principles. He also followed the training without any ambiguity. No matter how good the training was, his attitude must be there.
In a blink of an eye, it was February 16th, and TES defeated LGD 3:0 in the final battle.
The first two games were okay, but the last one~
The most serious insult and questioning to a player is match-fixing, but after watching the third game between the two teams, it is inevitable that people will hesitate.
LGD's other positions are just people. Shaoye tried his best in the bottom lane, and Draven was good enough in operation, but he still couldn't stop the crazy delivery of the little frog. After several operations in the middle lane, there was no difference from buying it.
Can you still play the game with this?
Really, the ecology of the LPL middle lane is different from other lanes. As long as you can play a little, you can make a living.
Compared with the bottom lane and the top lane, the middle lane is actually not very competitive.
There are only a few strong ones, and they are always the ones. The others may not be named, but they can really play the game.
For example, Doinb has not played in the game for two years. This year, he joined NIP and took over directly. He brought his own system and is still a top mid laner after returning.
Of course, the highlight of today is not to watch this final battle without any suspense, but the draw for the knockout round.
All UP people stayed in front of the screen and waited quietly.
According to the competition system, the team will compete with opponents of the same ranking.
After the referee who looks very much like Baolan drew lots, the first place in the group: TT vs. WBG, NIP vs. AL.
Second place in the group: BLG vs. TES, UP vs. IG.
"After watching this draw, I don't know whether the audience friends are happy or sad."
The commentator of this game, Colonel Guan, took over the live broadcast screen, "Seeing the second place in the group, I'm afraid most people will think that the team name is unreasonable."
Of course, Guan Zeyuan is not only referring to the fact that a team like UP can enter the knockout stage, but also that the other three teams with full players are actually in this group.
"At the beginning of the season, you might think that they are the two teams that won the first place in the group, but you didn't expect that they would face off in the first round of the knockout stage. There is no resurrection armor this time. If they lose, they will have a day off. Then we will see who between BLG and TES can complete the miracle of winning five in a row."
"And UP vs. IG, this matchup is even more interesting. A team that may not have had good expectations at the beginning is facing an IG with a luxurious lineup."
"The four mid laners were completely suppressed in the last game, and they won four MVPs and record-breaking personal data. The matchup between UP mid laner Qingyue and IG mid laner Song Yijin is full of highlights."
"But as we all know, the intensity of the knockout stage is completely different from that of the regular season. We will also see the specific quality of UP at that time."
Base.
Assistant coach Ratis came over and patted Liang Yichen on the shoulder, "How about it, young man? Do you feel pressure to face the world champion mid laner next?"
"The pressure is not bad, it's more of an expectation, but I think other lanes are under more pressure."
As Liang Yichen said, the joy of entering the playoffs has been dispersed by the pressure brought by the strong enemy.
Including Gala, any IG player is as powerful as a mountain.
"There is motivation only when there is pressure." The manager waved his hand to attract attention. "In each game from now on, as long as you can win, I will give you extra rewards for each game, 2,000 yuan per person for each small game won."
Don't think it's too little. You should know that other UP players including Liang Yichen basically get the minimum salary of the league, 20,000 yuan per month.
Winning three small games will be 6,000 yuan, which is equivalent to half a month's salary.
This kind of real incentive is more real than saying it in plain words. It can really make everyone show a better state and a more dedicated training level to deal with the next game.
The manager will not do a loss-making business. If you can win all the way, you can get more from the sponsor.
If you are eliminated in the first round of the knockout stage, you don't need to give too much.
Other teams have already taken a holiday, and the training match arrangement can only be invited from the teams that are still playing.
However, UP didn't find a suitable team to play the training match, mainly because Qingyue didn't participate, so UP was the bottom team.
On the contrary, NIP, which has a resurrection armor, often came to the game. Due to face, Liang Yichen had to play a few times and fight against Doinb head-on.
The result was naturally a big defeat, but at least it was not so tragic, and the performance was much better than the previous training match.
But most of the time, Saber still played, and actually won a few times.
Time flies, and it's February 21st. Liang Yichen, who just found his big brother to lead the team to victory, opened Weibo casually and found that he was on the hot search again.
"Qingyue, just when you finish the game, I have something to tell you."
Assistant coach Ratis looked a little unnatural.