When the YM players saw that the EDG Crystal had shattered, they quickly got up and went to look for Jin Gong.
The moment Lin Yan took off his headphones, the noise in the packed stadium instantly filled his ears.
He looked up and saw YM's black and red flag fluttering in the stands, as well as his own support banner.
The applause and cheers of the audience made him realize how popular YM was now.
"Well played, Jin Gong!" Xiao Ming hugged him.
"I really didn't expect Jin Gong's Q to flash triple barrel. Logically speaking, your hand speed shouldn't be that fast." Xiao Tian was used to being sarcastic. "Is there a problem somewhere?"
Jin Gong, who was originally happy with his teammate's victory, suddenly became gloomy. He began to warn Phyllostachys Pubescens' neck.
After returning to the team's lounge, Chubby's face was filled with uncontrollable excitement.
"Keep up the good work, there are two more games left!"
After playing professionally for so many years, he had never held the LPL championship trophy. Currently, the young team he had built was only two games away from the first top league championship.
In the team's training room, the YM staff and management were even more delighted.
If YM overturned EDG's new king tonight, not only would they receive a salary increase and generous bonuses, but they would also be able to add a thick layer of color to their resumes.
Not to mention, there was also the S6's free overseas trip …
In short, tonight's summer finals was the perfect opportunity for YM to make a big leap!
Unlike the jubilant YM, the atmosphere in the EDG lounge on the other side was depressing.
"What are you guys playing in the early game of the bottom lane?
You guys aren't willing to give up your skills, so you let Tam see Ming Kai. Then, he won't be able to play Princes in the jungle. "
"Also, why are you guys playing so fiercely in the early game of the bottom lane? I don't understand. Do you guys not know about push-back lane, or do you not know that Ice Maiden has a TP?"
Abul's voice was a little sharp and sounded a little feminine.
He usually favored the bottom lane duo in the team and rarely spoke harshly to them. But today was different from the past. He had to show the attitude a manager should have and scold them to wake them up.
When Abu saw Deft and Meiko lowering their heads, the anger in his heart suddenly dissipated.
"Nuoyan, I'll give you Princes in the next round. Perform well." He turned to look at the Factory Director, and his tone was much calmer.
Promise nodded to indicate that he understood. His face was filled with a gloomy aura, and his pair of typical dead fish eyes were filled with displeasure.
The entire game was dominated by a young player who hadn't even reached adulthood. The jungler was completely destroyed. More importantly, the opponent's jungler even claimed to be his fan …
Is this how you treat your idol?
The Factory Director decided to teach this arrogant brat a lesson in the next round.
In the stadium, after the three commentators roughly reviewed a few key shots from the previous game and interspersed the sponsors' advertisements, the screen was handed over to the commentators again.
"Welcome back to the live broadcast of the LPL Summer Finals …" Doll said.
The opening segment was his best warm-up segment, so he quickly said a few words. Otherwise, when the game started, it would be Mille and Remember's stage. After all, their understanding of the game was better than his.
"The last game was too exaggerated." Mille rubbed his chin. "I didn't expect EDG to not even last 25 minutes."
"YM is definitely the most aggressive team in the LPL now," Remember said from the side. "They never hesitate after gaining an advantage. This has something to do with Ran's excellent command."
"More importantly, there will be people who can take turns to lead the pace of the game." Miller and Remember sandwiched Dolly between them and smiled at each other as if they had read each other's minds.
"In this game, Xiao Tian and Jin Gong played a huge role. Previously, the bottom lane duo of JKL and Ming also withstood the impact of Deft and Meiko, the top bottom lane duo of LPL. This kind of team system is the most healthy. It doesn't always rely on one person to win the game."
"You can't always rely on one or two positions in a team to stand up and lead their teammates to win the game. Everyone has times when they are not in good shape. Because of the version, whether the opponent is targeting or not … all kinds of unstable factors will affect the outcome of the game."
The bullet screen obviously understood the subtext.
"Who are you hinting at, you little bastard?"
"Start with R or I? Remember to say it clearly. I'll flood your Weibo tomorrow."
"YM unexpectedly chose the blue side and not the red side." Doll received the caster's message and frowned slightly. "What's the reason for this?
YM has always liked to choose the red side and leave the counter position. "
"That might be the case." Mille pondered for two seconds and said his own understanding. "In YM's understanding, Ember's priority is too high. Letting EDG choose the red side means forcing EDG to send Ember to the ban position."
Remember echoed his words and continued to add.
"And against YM, you have to ban too many points. If EDG is in the red side, the pressure will be very high. There might not be enough ban positions."
Doll, who stood between the two, felt that something was wrong. I was the one who partnered with Mille first. Why do you two have such tacit understanding?
"Chiwil and Excavator are still suppressed by YM. One is an AD choice that can smoothly drag the game, and the other is the Factory Director's ultimate hero. It's worth mentioning that the Factory Director's Excavator career win rate is close to 80%. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's terrifying."
"YM will ban Tam again. He's also a T1 choice in the bottom lane. His ability to seize opportunities in the middle lane is quite strong," Remember said.
"EDG's ban choices are very fixed. Ember, Vampire, and Captain." Mille was stunned for two seconds. "So they've released Blind Monk?"
"What do you mean?
Even Captain Seba didn't ban Blind Monk? "
Xiao Tian did not expect EDG's last ban to release Blind Monk. He felt a sense of humiliation.
You're looking down on me, Phyllostachys Pubescens, aren't you?
"Don't be in a hurry to choose. Let's take Shen as usual," Hanyi said. "Release Ice to them. Let's continue with Verus."
Although Verus had been weakened a lot before, his range of 575 was not much worse than Ice's. Poke's damage was not bad either. He also had a big move to supplement the crowd control.
After Jin Gong took Twilight Eye for himself, EDG did not hesitate to take out Ice and Princes.
"Xiao Tian doesn't have Princes to play in this game," Mille said with a smile. "In the last game, he used Princes to annoy Factory Director so much that he stayed in his jungle to raise pigs for the whole game."
"YM will choose Verus and Bard," Remember said. "There's no problem. Bard can strengthen the bottom lane's laning ability. At the same time, he's also quite good at roaming. He can go to the jungle to help Xiao Tian."
"EDG will choose Big Tree and Boulogne in the third or fourth round," Doll sighed. "They're quite straightforward in this game. They still have Princes in the jungle."
"Let's see what Ran will choose in this game. Junior still has a counter position in his hands. EDG has Big Tree and Princes. The two of them are quite a restriction on the positionless heroes."
In the player's seat, Lin Yan was tilting his head and saying something to Hanyi. He looked relaxed and even took a sip of Red Bull.
Hanyi nodded and agreed to Lin Yan's proposal.
"Blind Monk and … Swain!" Mille saw the avatars on YM's fifth floor and raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Crow?"
Doll's voice was louder. "His last appearance was back at the beginning of the summer tournament. Most teams still used him as a top laner. Only Xiao Hu and Xi Ye chose him as a mid laner more often."
"You don't say, Crow's lineup against EDG is really good. He's good at dealing with tanks like Big Tree and Boulogne!" Remember was full of praise for YM's choice.
The audience below the stage was also surprised by Lin Yan's choice.
After all, Crow had always been an unpopular hero. His popularity at the beginning of the summer tournament was only because of a wave of enhancements. After version 6.13 weakened the cooldown time of Crow's ultimate move and the first stop time of recasting, no one cared about him.
EDG's coaching team obviously did not include this unpopular hero in their regular BP thinking. The Korean coach, Fast Star, was discussing with his team members.
Scout was obviously a little troubled. "Can we choose Grasshopper?"
This was the only choice he could think of in a short time. This hero was indeed good at lane matchups against Crow.
"Grasshopper won't do. We're short of damage dealers!" Fast Star rejected the proposal first.
"Yellow Chicken or Victor. Choose one." Factory Director turned his head and said.
Scout rubbed his head and felt helpless.
This was a newcomer. If he had Lin Yan's position in the team, he would definitely be able to choose Grasshopper.
He did not want to choose either. He just wanted to be alone.
"Hurry up, we don't have enough time." Meiko was a little impatient.
"Yellow Chicken." Scout had no other choice. Victor had no displacement and could easily be controlled by Crow.
"You guys drag it out. As long as Deft announces the death penalty, the team battle will be much easier. The opponent doesn't have any damage. We can hold on for a long time in the front row." Fast Star warned his team members before leaving the stage. "You guys just have to keep defending."
"I'll use special effects this time. With Boulogne's shield in front, I won't be able to exhaust it." JKL changed his rune.
"It's okay. Just focus on me. We'll win this game." Lin Yan glanced at the lineup and felt that the scales of victory were tilted towards them.
The lineup of both teams.
Blue YM: Shen, Blind Monk, Crow, Verus, Bard.
Red EDG: Big Tree, Princes, Tsar, Ice, Boulogne.
Lin Yan adjusted the position of his chair and held the mouse.
Swein was still not the strong Commander Noxus he would be in the future.
Today, he still had the crow named Beatrice perched on his shoulder. This was the origin of his nickname.
He held a cane in his hand and walked with a limp. Together with Ember, they were known as the two cripples of LOL.
(Tip: Author's Words has the skill description of the old Crow.)
His laning ability was quite good. Because E [Suffering] was a target-oriented skill, Q [Raven Attack] had a wide circular range and prioritized attacking the hero, it was a blessing for the weak.
It was just a little expensive.
However, he still had the passive [Rotten Flesh Regeneration]. Every time he killed a unit, he could recover mana. The mana recovery reward for killing an enemy was even more generous.
The key to distinguishing between the new and old Crow players was the level of mana control in the early game and the handling of team battles in the later game.
Lin Yan practiced for a few days after Crow was strengthened in the mid-season competition. After that, he did some random ranked practice to maintain his familiarity.
After all, Crow's skills other than W [Bind of the Crow's Claw] could be used casually. The requirement for hero proficiency was not that high.
Doran Ring went online, and Scout on the opposite side bought a Corruption Potion.
The junior also knew how strong Crow's consumption was in the early game. He only wanted to bring a Corruption Potion and TP to return to the city to make Bee Sting.
When Lin Yan went online, he blocked the minions as usual and let the three ranged soldiers on the opposite side attack him first. Then, he retreated to the back and began to finish off the rear.
This way, when the Artillery Troops arrived, he would have a wave of push back.
Scout finished off the minions for a minute, but Lin Yan did not go up as he expected.
The minions were slowly advancing towards Lin Yan's tower.
What's going on?
You want to catch me at level 2?
Scout was puzzled, but to be cautious, to prevent Blind Monk from gank him, he still set his vision on the opposite side of YM's red BUFF wall after pushing back the minions.
But as soon as he left, Lin Yan began to frequently use basic attacks to attack minions, killing three of the minions that were about to enter the tower.
He had successfully reached level 3.
Lin Yan went up to finish off the minions.
E [Suffering Torment] was placed on the Tsar's body. This skill would cause continuous damage for 4 seconds, and Sven's damage to the target would be increased by 20%. Normal attacks and Ignite were also included.
Q [Attack of the Crows] was cast with Tsar as the center. Beatrice, who was on his shoulder, flew out and continuously damaged the enemies in the circle while applying a Speed Reduction effect.
With the help of the Speed Reduction effect, Lin Yan went up and attacked Tsar with a basic attack.
Scout originally wanted to use the minions to counterattack, but the damage of Crow's set of skills was beyond his imagination. Without Doran's Ring to support his health, Tsar took two skills and a basic attack, and his health dropped by half.
The junior was a little annoyed. He had not fought Crow for a long time, so he did not calculate the early damage of this hero.
He could only use WE to retreat to the back.
But Tsar's level 1 E [Shifting Sand] had a cooldown of 19 seconds.
The minions were in front of Lin Yan's tower, and he had not eaten the Artillery Carriages in this wave yet!
Lin Yan tanked the attacks of three ranged soldiers and one Artillery Carriages, and it was not easy for him.
He could only drink a health potion, and then stand in front of the minions and watch the Artillery Carriages whittle down the health of his own minions.
Scout gritted his teeth and wanted to use WQ to finish off the Artillery Carriages.
But Lin Yan used W [Binding of Crow's Claw] in front of Tsar. After a short delay, a giant claw would grab the enemy unit and cause a binding effect.
Scout looked at the ferocious Crow and did not dare to go up. He simply retreated, and used his sand soldier Q [Violent Sand Strike] to whittle down Lin Yan's health.
At this moment, a sound wave suddenly shot out from the bushes above and hit the defenseless Tsar!
A bald head appeared from the bushes!
Xiao Tian, who had communicated with Lin Yan, knew that Scout did not have any E skills to teleport. His second phase Q followed up with E [Sky Thunder Break Tendon Break Bone] and a red buff, and stuck to Scout at the same time.
The junior did not hesitate to use Blink.
He looked at his health that was only left with 13%. He could only use the Decay Potion in his backpack to recover his health.
What's going on?
Blind Monk's blue and red buff?
Scout was stunned.
They did not expect Blind Monk to be so aggressive. If Blind Monk was in the blue and red buff, he would not be able to grab the bottom lane during the level 3-4 tempo.
Their bottom lane was made up of Verus and Bard, two squishy players with strong lane pushing abilities. In EDG's opinion, Blind Monk should naturally be sent to the bottom lane level 3 to counter crouch bottom lane.
Scout hurriedly shared the news with his teammates.
Meiko finally reacted.
After the previous game, he was caught by Abul and scolded. This time, he did not go into the jungle to scout. He was waiting to set up the Eye of the Accessory so that Factory Director could rest assured and come to the bottom lane to catch people.
However, when Xiao Tian appeared in the middle lane, Factory Director still seized the opportunity. His Princes reached the bottom lane and EQ poked out Bard's Blink.
In the first confrontation, both sides seemed to have lost a Blink, but YM gained more because Scout's Tsar's minions exploded.
The minions in the middle lane were firmly blocked by Lin Yan in front of the tower. Scout tried to use Sand Soldiers to force their way in.
However, Lin Yan's QE skills had been upgraded and Tsar kept using skills to deplete his health.
Scout's Tsar had much longer range than Raven's Hand, so he still managed to push the minions in.
However, he had used up all his health potions and was only left with 13% health.
Meanwhile, Lin Yan still had 60% health.
Scout had no choice but to return to the city to resupply.
He dealt 20 damage to the four waves of minions and even missed a Cannon Cart. The gold coins he had back in the city were only enough to buy a speed-increasing dagger and Eye of the Truth.
However, when he teleported back, he finally had the upper hand in terms of health.