"Rox was fooled," Xiao Tian said, looking at the opposing team who had banned Panther Lady. "Hao is known as Little Zhuge. How can this work?"
"Hao is really smart. The Tigers are still a little inexperienced."
Lin Ran also laughed. He didn't expect that Brother Hao's one-handed operation would make the Tigers believe in him.
As a result, it was even more difficult for the red team, who was already very nervous about banning.
The Tigers banned Sindera in the second round. Lin Ran had used the Little Murloc to beat up Sindera in the quarterfinals, so they did not dare to use it to steal the ban. After all, the mid laner Kuro did not perform well this year.
"YM's third ban was given to Kenan," Mille hissed. "This is exactly the same as the way they play the three-star ban."
"In fact, the three-star team and the Tigers do have similarities in their personnel configuration. The top laner is very strong, and the middle laner is more stable," Remember added.
"And both Cuvee and Smeb are quite proficient in Kenan. The latter also made a name for himself this year. We really have to respect him."
The Tigers hesitated again and again and decided to send Ember to the ban position.
"YM gave Xiao Tian Olaf first. Without Panther Lady, Olaf can indeed be said to be the top player in the jungle," Mille said, nodding.
As YM expected, the Tigers did indeed ban Policewoman Ella.
JKL's mouth was crooked and he smiled proudly.
Not only him, but everyone in YM breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Tigers take down Policewoman. As long as they followed the script given by Su Cheng, they were not afraid that the Tigers would not be fooled.
"It's still Fire Ice." Remember looked at his two partners. "YM likes to use this combination to fight against Ella."
"It can also be seen in the three-star match. Fire Man still has to resist Ella's pressure in the lane, but he's not weak in a team fight. He's even stronger," Mille continued.
"It's mainly because everyone's bodies are fragile in this version. Fire Man's big move's AOE damage is too high. Sometimes, this big move will directly cause the center to lose their combat power."
The Tigers then selected Jayce and Blind Monk.
"I'm not sure who's going to use Jayce. Kuro used Jayce in the group stage, and the effect was pretty good." Mille was a little worried. "If that's the case, YM will definitely be restrained by the Tigers."
The YM members were still discussing the last two choices.
"What are you going to do about Bobby?
Bobby is good at beating Jesse. "Xiao Ming asked.
"No, no, if they put Jess in the middle lane and then take Troll on the top lane, how are we going to play?"
Lin Yan retorted. Troll's ultimate move was too effective against Bobby. If Smeb were to carry Troll alone, they wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.
"Let's go for Ike. He's a jack of all trades." Hanyi motioned for JKL to choose. "Can Lin Yan get you Clockwork?"
Lin Yan thought for a moment and nodded.
Clockwork's mid lane was indeed good for Jayce. At least it could resist the pressure. If the opponent wanted to swing Jayce to the top lane, Clockwork's ecological environment was quite healthy when Sindra was banned.
Seeing that YM took Clockwork, the Tigers' last choice was Dragon King Cast!
Lin Yan, who was sitting in the eSports chair, moved forward with a dignified look on his face.
They had talked about Dragon King before the game. They originally thought that the red team had no place for Jayce, who restrained Dragon King, but they didn't expect the Tigers to counterattack.
They first took Jayce and then threw the problem to YM.
If Lin Yan chose Dragon King, he would be restrained by Jayce. If he didn't choose Dragon King, then Kuro would get what he wanted to get the hero he was best at.
The Tigers' BP strategy was much more perfect than he had imagined. The mid-top swing Jayce disrupted YM's arrangement. YM didn't have any advantage in the blue team at all. They only let Xiao Tian get the strong Olaf.
"Tsk …" Hanyi shook her head. "The third choice is to grab Jayce first."
"It's useless," Lin Yan said. "If we grab Jayce first, they'll still have a counter. It doesn't make much of a difference."
"Don't think so much. Let's play well once we've chosen." Lin Yan looked at his teammates. "We also have good news, don't we? At least Rat King got Policewoman."
"That's true." Xiao Tian squeezed his fingers, ready to go all out.
The lineups of both teams were confirmed.
The blue team YM: top laner Ike, jungler Olaf, mid laner Clockwork, bottom laner Ice support Fire Man.
The red team ROX: top laner Jayce, jungler Blind Monk, mid laner Dragon King, bottom laner Policewoman and Ella.
"This lineup … I think the key point is the jungler confrontation." Mille compared. "The Tigers can push all three lanes in the early stage. Let's see if Blind Monk can protect his teammates, and Olaf is responsible for relieving pressure on his teammates."
In the Madison Square Garden arena, the thunderous cheers of nearly 20,000 people were still transmitted back to China after the live broadcast.
The domestic audience was excited.
This was the last LPL team left in New York. After the quarterfinals, they would meet LCK again. Whether they could wash away the shame of last year's S5 was up to YM!
As usual, Lin Yan's Clockwork brought Thunder, Sprint, and Doran's Ring online to confront Kuro's Dragon King in the middle lane.
"They planted a spy." Xiao Ming excitedly marked the minimap. "They planted it in 41 seconds!"
He simply retreated and typed down the time the spy disappeared.
"Then I'll rush to the bottom lane in 3 minutes and 10 seconds!" Xiao Tian was also excited.
The Tigers' positioning at the bottom lane boosted YM's morale.
In League of Legends, insight into the opponent's thoughts was like showing off one's skills. It gave players an extraordinary sense of satisfaction. The pleasure of having everything under control was fascinating.
The minions rushed to the middle lane. Lin Yan went forward to suppress them, not allowing Dragon King to easily use W's Starburst to push them.
Kuro used W's skill to push the stars around him to the outer orbit and then used a basic attack. He didn't want to retreat, as that would give up the best position to deal with the minions.
Lin Yan's basic attack followed up with Q's Command: Attack. He threw out Marionette and used a basic attack. Then, he retreated without looking back.
He used Thunderbolt and two passive Clockwork Concerto. (Oriana's basic attack causes 101826344250 (+ 0.15 AP) additional magic damage.
If the same target is repeatedly attacked within 4 seconds, the damage will increase by 20%. The damage can be stacked up to 2 times.)
He only took two basic attacks and one astral attack from Kuro. In terms of HP exchange, it was a win. However, he still gave up the position to deal with the minions.
There was no other way. The Level 1 Clockwork Q's Command: Attack had a cooldown time of 6 seconds. During Lin Yan's cooldown time, Dragon King could keep using W's Decay Potion.
If Kuro used the Wind Rider effect, not only would he have to give up the position, but he would also lose more HP.
Lin Yan retreated and used basic attacks to push the minions. Kuro, on the other hand, used his protective planets to push the minions over.
Then, he went to YM's F4 camp to make an accessory eye. However, he didn't dare to steal the little Sharp-Beaked Bird.
In the match between YM and Samsung, Crown Bro went for wool and came home shorn. In the end, Dragon King's miserable state of being ridden on by Lamia was still vivid in his mind.
Although the opponent didn't use Lamia, who could guarantee that Olaf wasn't lying in ambush nearby?
Kuro, who was nicknamed Korea's Xiao Hu by the domestic audience, was also a stable character. He rarely made such high-risk moves.
Lin Yan knew Kuro's movements and quickly communicated with Xiao Tian. "There's an eye here. It took 1 minute and 53 seconds. Go around it. Don't go through F4's bush."
Xiao Tian was farming Demonic Swamp Frogs. He planned to level up to Level 3 after farming the first half of the jungle.
"2 minutes and 11 seconds. I have vision of the triangle bush at the bottom lane," Xiao Ming reported the vision information.
Everything went according to Su Cheng's plan.
Xiao Tian went around the second tower and entered the red zone. He perfectly avoided F4's vision and started farming the red buff.
Lin Yan killed the three melee soldiers at the cannon line. After reaching Level 3, he went up and used his skills to trade health with Dragon King.
Kuro used W [Starry Sky Explosion] and Q [Starry Sky Rush].
Lin Yan threw out all three skills with QWE and a normal attack at the end.
With the help of Clockwork's shield, his health was still healthy. On the other hand, Dragon King's health was reduced by more than half. He could only drink a Decay Potion to maintain his health.
Lin Yan won the trade, but his mana was decreasing rapidly. In the early stage of Clockwork, a set of skills with QWE would cost 160 (30 + 70 + 60) mana. Clockwork's mana was less than 500 at Level 3. This was a ridiculous loss.
However, Lin Yan only had one goal. He wanted to stop Dragon King from using W to clear the creeps recklessly.
As Xiao Tian was going to attack the bottom lane, Dragon King would probably use Sprint and E [Starry Sky] to support him if he pushed the creeps quickly.
Xiao Tian's Olaf ate the red buff in 2 minutes and 55 seconds. After that, he went around to the Gargoyle's camp and stood still two steps away from the triangle bush at the bottom lane.
From the audience's perspective, Olaf looked like a fool who was punished to stand still.
For a moment, the livestream was filled with question marks.
"What's the meaning of this?" Doll was confused by Xiao Tian's maneuvers. "The Tigers have vision in the triangle bush."
The director reacted quickly and immediately pulled out the Tiger Team's field of view.
The audience was surprised to find that Xiao Tian was surrounded by a fog of war. His opponent did not notice Olaf's movements at all!
Xiao Tian was like a hunter waiting for his prey. He held two axes and waited for his opponent to take the bait.
At this time, Gera and Rat King were comfortably pushing the creeps. Policewoman + Ella's ability to push the creeps in the early stages was much stronger than Fire and Ice. With the protection of vision, they had nothing to worry about.
3 minutes and 8 seconds later, Gera knew that his vision in the triangle bush was about to disappear. He began to walk up, ready to fill in the gap and continue to suppress his opponent.
3 minutes and 11 seconds later, his accessory eye turned. However, as soon as the accessory eye was inserted, a sharp axe swung over!
A muscular man with a full beard came out of the car in a Sprint!
What's going on?!
Gera was shocked. Why would the YM jungler appear here?!
They had calculated carefully before. In the current version, the jungler could clear half of the jungle in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. If he killed four groups of monsters, it would only take 2 minutes and 50 seconds.
Whether it was three or four groups of monsters, if he came directly to the bottom lane to catch them, he would definitely be seen by the vision they had set up before!
And if the opponent's jungler killed five groups of monsters, without the third Retribution, it would be impossible to reach the triangle bush in 3 minutes and 10 seconds!
They were clearly dead!
However, Olaf had appeared here in an unusual manner …
In other words, the opponent's jungler had been waiting here for at least 15 seconds!
How important was 15 seconds for a jungler in the early stages?
They could kill one more group of monsters and catch people due to the time difference …
But you wasted 15 seconds here?
You must be crazy, right?
Gera turned around and used E [Entangling Root], wanting to tie Olaf up.
However, after Xiao Tian activated Sprint, he easily avoided the skill. He picked up his axe and threw it out again.
Gera used Flash to dodge the axe. He wanted to get closer to Rat King and use the healing to speed up his escape.
But at this time, YM's bottom lane also made a move. JKL used healing to speed up the distance, and his basic attack caused a slow effect on Policewoman. Xiao Ming and Fire Man also followed up with damage.
Rat King also wanted to run away, but Ice W [Ten Thousand Arrows] slowed him down again.
The level two Policewoman only learned two skills, Q and W, and did not have E [90 Meter Net]'s displacement. Rat King looked at Gera who was not far away and could only grit his teeth to heal himself and run away.
"Rat King wants to retreat, but Xiao Ming wants to follow!" Mille's eyes were fixed on the screen. "Fire Man, Flash WQ!"
"The stun effect hit!
Rat King, where are you running to? "
"Olaf is still chopping at Ella, and the last axe is chopping at her!"
With the cheers of the audience, Gera and Rat King died at the bottom lane at the same time!
"Nice!" Xiao Ming saw Tiger's bottom lane die on the spot and let out a shout.
"Analyst Su carried us this time," Xiao Tian laughed. "It feels so good to see Tiger take the bait, right?"
"Keep going, keep going," JKL was also a little excited. "They used both Flash in the bottom lane. Policewoman hasn't healed yet. As long as you press the line, you're dead."
"This gank was very successful!"
Mille saw that Rat King could only use an attack speed dagger after returning to the city. He couldn't help but laugh. "Policewoman didn't use Double Summon, Gera didn't Flash, and Tiger's bottom lane was half destroyed in the early stage!"
"Xiao Tian is still smart. He squatted here for more than ten seconds and actually managed to gank this kind of gambling style." Doll also laughed.
He only thought that it was the player's own idea, but he didn't know that Xiao Tian's every move was based on the information provided by the team behind him and his teammates.
In the Tiger's lounge, the Korean coach, Nofe, witnessed the whole process of Xiao Tian catching Gera.
His expression was solemn.
Olaf had squatted for an abnormal 15 seconds. He knew that the Tigers' Policewoman's early positioning had been seen through by the other team's coaches.
Originally, LPL teams would either copy LCK's operations or be reckless and fight non-stop without a care in the world.
When did they have such a detailed analysis team?
It was no wonder that a stable three-star team lost to them!
Nofe knew that he had to adjust his BP strategy.
When Lin Yan saw that he had succeeded in the bottom lane, he shrank behind the minions and didn't go out. Little Peanut saw Olaf's position and was definitely going to do something. Once he pressed forward and was caught, he would give away the team's accumulated early advantage.
Jin Gong's positioning was also steady, but he didn't expect to be caught like this.
Little Peanut came out from behind the first tower and insisted on joining forces with SMEB to catch Brother Siba.
It was useless even if Ike had W [Time Stagger]. Blind Monk and Jayz's early damage was too high, and he couldn't hold on until the shield was generated.
In the end, SMEB and Little Peanut used two Flashes to kill Jin Gong.
Xiao Tian had originally wanted to go back to the city to farm in the top half of the jungle, but when he saw Little Peanut appear in the top lane, he knew that his top half of the jungle was definitely not safe, so he simply invaded and ate Little Peanut's group of Magical Swamp Frogs.
Then he rushed to the middle lane and cooperated with Lin Yan to catch the Dragon King's Flash.
"Both teams' junglers are very fierce." Mille couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Little Peanut had cleared out Xiao Tian's top half of the jungle. "As expected of the rhythm engine of their respective teams."
Lin Yan was determined to tie the Dragon King down the middle lane.
As the level of Q [Command: Attack] continued to increase, its cooldown became shorter and shorter, and Lin Yan's mana consumption increased.
He held W [Command: Noise] in his hand. It was a little extravagant to use this skill when he didn't have any mana recovery equipment. W of mana was enough for him to use two Q's.
After a little over five minutes, he used up all his mana and went back to the city to replenish his Demon Codex. The Dragon King wasn't in good condition either, so he could only go back to the city to replenish his mana.
"Be careful on the flanks. The Dragon King is gone." Lin Yan reported as he rushed to the middle lane.
At that moment, Jin Gong wasn't in good condition after being depleted by SMEB, and Little Peanut rushed to the top lane again.
"Jayz smashed into him in his hammer form and used up all his damage!" Mille couldn't help but worry for Jin Gong as he watched Ike's HP drop continuously.
"Jin Gong's E moves to hide behind the minions. Little Peanut looks over and aims his Heavenly Sound Wave at the minions …"
Before he finished speaking, the live audience was already crying out in surprise.
"Little Peanut is really daring to use Q's Punishment in this situation!" Doll watched in surprise as Blind Monk played on the screen.
"Retribution kills the long-range soldier in the middle. Blind Monk's Heavenly Sound Wave hits Jin Gong!
The second Q is followed by the E skill, which hits the floor with thunder. Jin Gong is down! "
Jin Gong shook his head, his face full of helplessness.
Little Peanut, on the other hand, was all smiles. His young and delicate face was full of pride, and he even shook his shoulders.
"Xiao Tian wants to grab the bottom lane that doesn't have a Blink!"
Remember suddenly raised his voice. "Ella has been slowed by the axe again. YM, keep up with the damage output from the bottom lane. Ella is very fragile!"
"The Dragon King is rushing over here. Can you kill him quickly?"
Doll was a little anxious from God's perspective. Kuro's Dragon King was already sprinting down the bottom lane.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!" The moment he saw the blue Dragon King appear in his field of vision, Jack hurriedly ordered them to retreat.
They absolutely couldn't die in this wave. The key to locking the Dragon King was to not let him wander around and eat heads.
Xiao Tian was slowed down by the Vine Whip summoned by Ella's E [Entangling Root]. He looked at Ella, who was about to run out of range, gritted his teeth and took two steps forward to pick up the axe.
Ella knew that Xiao Tian's Q [Countercurrent Throw] was ready. Olaf's axe had a range of 1,000 yards. She couldn't walk out, so she could only start to move.
Xiao Tian's mouse hovered near Ella. He wanted to find out more about Ella's movement habits, but Dragon King had already rushed over with Rasengan. There was not much time left for him.
Countercurrent Throw!
The axe was thrown out with a whistling sound, and then Xiao Tian immediately retreated without looking back!
"Hit!"
With Mille's shout, Ella on the screen just happened to move at a right angle and hit Olaf's axe directly!
The Dragon King was a step too late.
Rat King only had a short sword in his backpack. Without a Blink, it was pure daydreaming for him and Kuro to cooperate to kill YM's three junglers!
"The pace of this game is very fast. The junglers of both sides have been fighting like crazy in the first six minutes!" Mille was very excited. "Both sides are staring at each other, and they have achieved great results!"
"The two new junglers are not willing to admit defeat. Their playing style is too fierce!
In just six minutes, five heads have exploded on the field! "