"In the second round, their vision arrangement in the bottom lane is the same as before. It's extremely deep."
Taking advantage of the short break between games, the analyst team was still pointing out the vision problems in the previous round.
"As for our Olaf, he's not like Spider, Blind Monk, and Excavator, who can use their skills to evade vision in the jungle."
In the video call, Su Cheng, who was in China, said, "Wolf's vision is locked on Olaf, who doesn't have any movement skills to evade vision arrangements. Olaf and Lin Yan's roaming to the bottom lane a few times have been fruitless."
"In other words, if we don't gank the bottom lane before level 6, SKT's vision arrangement in the jungle will slow down our pace."
Olaf was indeed a bulky hero. He was powerless against SKT's impenetrable vision arrangement.
The main analyst held a transparent thermos flask in his hand. He had gotten some goji berries from somewhere and was holding the flask in his hand.
"Olaf isn't very effective against SKT," he said, taking over the topic. "If possible, we should prioritize Blind Monk and Spider."
They had just received news that SKT had chosen the blue side for the next round. This made YM's BP even more difficult.
Hanyi glanced at her notebook and fell into deep thought.
The Staples Center was bustling with activity.
It was already evening in America, and the sky was getting dark. Many audience members were sitting in their seats with hamburgers, hot dogs, and Happy Drinks in their hands, filling their hungry stomachs.
There was a guy who stuffed an entire hot dog into his mouth and was caught red-handed by the cameraman. The big screen on the stage showed the scene of him opening his mouth and swallowing the hot dog, which attracted the audience's teasing laughter.
It was eight o 'clock in the morning on a Sunday in China. Many white-collar workers and students were still sleepy. They were eating breakfast while looking at their phones or computers.
On the screen was the highly anticipated S6 global finals. The bullet screen was filled with comments.
"Welcome back to the live broadcast of the 2016 League of Legends Global Finals …" Doll's voice ended.
"The MVP of the last game …" Mille looked at the screen. Bang smiled and raised his right hand to make a shooting pose. The photo looked relaxed. "Sure enough, Bang got the award. Level 81 EZ dealt 44,000 damage in 39 minutes. His average damage has exceeded 1100."
"That's pretty impressive. EZ's average DPS in the S Tournament is only 28,000, and his DPS is less than 700." Doll could not help but click her tongue. "As expected of Bang, the strongest Izreal user."
"His EZ is really too strong." PDD sighed. "Whether it's the output environment or the micro maneuvers, there's basically no mistake. It's very disgusting."
"What's even more troublesome is that SKT has chosen the blue side for the next round. YM's ban position is very tight," Mille said. His brows were furrowed as he felt that things were getting troublesome.
Not only him, but many of the audience members also felt that something was wrong.
"YM won the first round purely with their advanced technology, catching SKT off guard. There's still a gap between their strength."
"I think so too. There's no advantage in choosing Lucian in the middle lane in the second round."
"No advantage?
Idiots don't come to the middle lane. Can't a Level 6 solo kill and run? "
"Do you think Faker is an idiot?
He didn't come to the jungle because he wanted to fight you head-on? "
"Does anyone really think that SKT is a braggart?
It's easy for the Double Champion to beat YM, a team with no foundation. "
"I've already said before the match that it's good enough if YM can win even one round. I think SKT can choose a skin now."
Lin Yan returned to the stage with a paper cup filled with Red Bull. He was not in a good mood.
He knew that Hanyi had made a small mistake in his BP in the previous round. The lineup that the blue side had chosen was not much stronger than SKT's.
As expected, Bang's steady carry had eliminated the suspense of the match in the middle of the game.
"Don't be nervous, Brother Han." Xiao Tian turned around and saw the cold sweat on his coach's forehead. He could not help but tease him. "We didn't even panic during the match. What are you afraid of?"
Hanyi's expression was solemn. He kept flipping through the BP records in his notebook. This round, the red side was destined to force him to make a choice in BP. It was impossible to achieve his goal of "I want all of them."
He had to make the lineup more balanced and reasonable. In the previous round, he had simply judged that Olaf was better off fighting Blind Monk in the jungle. He had abandoned Sindra and let Xiao Tian take out Olaf first.
However, the effect was average. It was not that Xiao Tian was not good at playing, but that this hero had decided that he could not restrict Azreal in the bottom lane.
Hanyi's expression was serious. On the other side, kkoma was chatting happily with his teammates.
Lucian's lineup had successfully broken YM's lineup and even had the priority to pick a side. Kkoma did not know how he could lose.
After both referees had confirmed the lineup, the third round of BP began with a crisp sound from the players' headphones.
Sparse cheers and applause could be heard from the audience below the stage. Many of them were eating outside the stadium and had yet to enter the venue.
Doll could not help but lament, "SKT has given their first ban to the Spider Queen. Xiao Tian's performance against Little Peanut in the semifinals was too amazing. SKT has banned this hero for three consecutive rounds."
"YM has banned Azreal. They've learned their lesson from the previous round. They don't want to let Bang get an ADC with invincible mid-game combat capabilities." PDD nodded in satisfaction.
In his opinion, although Hanyi was not the best coach in the country, he had an obvious advantage — he was not stubborn.
This advantage seemed extremely simple, but there were not many coaches in the country who could do it.
It was common for S5 to not ban Ironman. Everyone knew which versions had to be banned. However, these coaches did not take the usual path. They used the team's fate, version, and the opponent's players to fight. They would not turn back until they hit a brick wall.
Following that, SKT banned Lucian. Kkoma was on the blue side and had sufficient ban slots. He simply blocked Lucian and forced YM to ban Sindra.
Hanyi could not help but lick his slightly chapped lips. SKT had the right to choose from the blue side. Without Lucian, it would be difficult for them to find a way to deal with Sindra.
He had no other choice.
"Now that Sindra and Lucian have been banned, the mid laner's ecology has returned to how it was before the finals," Doll said.
"But I think after the finals today, someone will definitely use Lucian as their mid laner." Mille laughed.
"I'd still like to remind everyone to be cautious when using him," PDD said seriously. "The heroes used in professional competitions are not necessarily suitable for random matches. Lucian is indeed very cool to fight against traditional mages, but it's also very miserable to be ganked by a jungler. Don't blame me for not reminding you when Supreme Ghost gets attacked."
SKT's last ban slot was given to Dragon King. Faker did not use this hero, and Lin Yan's proficiency with this kind of wandering hero was too exaggerated.
The choice was once again returned to YM.
Hanyi was still hesitating. To him, three ban slots were not enough. The red side's must-ban Panther Lady was still outside.
'Panther Lady …' He took another look at SKT's competition records compiled by Su Cheng. 'Dumb Chicken has never used this hero in his entire professional career.
'Should I use it?'
The thought that had just appeared in Hanyi's mind vanished into thin air.
He did not dare to take the risk.
"Ban Panther Lady." Hanyi shook his head helplessly.
The red side's BP disadvantage was too great. He was completely following Kkoma's footsteps and had no way to resist.
"SKT will snatch Blind Monk first." PDD was slightly worried. "Now that Panther Lady is gone, YM is only left with Olaf as the strongest hero in the version. Do you still want to choose this point?"
"Ember and Excavator!"
Mille was slightly surprised. "YM did not choose Olaf. They chose Rexey, who has a lower priority in this version."
"Ah, this … In terms of jungle strength and restraining Blind Monk, Excavator is not as good as Olaf, right?"
Doll could not understand YM's thoughts. He and Mille were not aware of Olaf's clumsy performance under SKT's dense vision defense.
Kkoma was not surprised. He knew what YM's coaching team was planning. Olaf's strong vision did not give him an advantage against SKT. As the side that controlled the vision, they were well aware of this.
Many spectators in the stadium's spectator passageway had just calmed their stomachs and rushed back. They had witnessed the BP match on the display outside the stadium and erupted into cheers.
Kkoma adjusted his headset. His handsome face was full of confidence. He raised his voice and suppressed the faint cheers in the team voice chat.
"Let's show our last two supports. Let's first choose Henar's Victor, then choose Nar."
SKT quickly chose a player and locked on!
"They did not choose Ella. Currently, female gunner and Karma are still outside. YM is also faced with a choice!"
PDD finally spoke. "Both sides did not ban supports in this match. Now, the relationship between the remaining strong supports is like this. Ella counters Karma, Karma counters Female gunner, and Female gunner counters Ella."
"They're all interconnected. Whoever chooses first will be at a disadvantage."
PDD used his index finger to push up his glasses. "If I'm not mistaken, the last counter position in YM's red square should be reserved for supports."
"They've chosen Victor. Lin Yan, what do you want to use?" Hanyi asked.
Lin Yan glanced at both sides' lineups. "How about Ryze?"
When Lin Yan first started playing as a professional, he rarely practiced this hero. This was because the Great Demon King Faker's five-stacked super charge in the S5 global finals was outrageous. Ryze was not in line with his personal style.
At that time, Faker could even use a set of skills to mindlessly control General Pawn's card from full health to death.
However, in Version 6.14, which was updated in July 2016, Ryze was reworked. Now, his R had become Warp Realm Jump, which would activate a teleportation gate with Ryze as the center. Friendly units in a circular area would be teleported to a distant place.
Ryze became a card-like hero with a single carry in the middle of the game. Various skill mechanisms were changed. It was completely different from S5's mindless Magic Machine Gun. Lin Yan had no reason not to include him in the hero pool.
"Are you sure you want to use it?
This hero's early combat power is too weak. We have to wait for Time Staff. "Phyllostachys Pubescens tilted his head and asked.
"Use it. It can be used in the middle of the game. Let's not drag it out until the 40-minute mark." Lin Yan made up his mind.
Strictly speaking, Ryze could not be considered a late game hero.
In the middle and late game (25-40 minutes), he could make Time Staff + Seraph's Embrace. During this period, he could exert his strength. When it came to the late game, Ryze's weakness in team battles was unavoidable.
Hanyi then took down Bobby, who was relatively good against Gnar, for Jin Gong.
"Ryze!"
Doll was a little surprised. "This is the first time I've seen Ran play this hero. I don't know how good he is!"
In the Chinese live broadcast room, with Lin Yan's choice of hero, the bullet screen exploded in an instant.
"He's showing off in front of an expert. You're playing Ryze?"
"Are you crazy?
Playing Ryze in front of Faker?
Haven't you been educated? "
"I'm convinced. It's Lucian and Ryze. All of them have never been played before. Is he really practicing heroes in the finals?"
Kkoma paced back and forth behind the players' seats. Lin Yan's previous record of using Ryze was zero. This choice was indeed unexpected, but compared to the black tech Lucian, it was much better.
"Ice and Karma. They'll definitely take Ella. Dumb Chicken, go to the bottom lane and catch her. Ella will definitely die," he ordered.
Dumb Chicken nodded vigorously.
As expected, YM chose Jayla to counter Karma in the end.
The lineups of both sides were confirmed.
SKT: top laner Gnar, jungler Blind Monk, mid laner Victor, bottom laner Ice, and Karma.
YM: top laner Bobby, jungler Excavator, mid laner Ryze, bottom laner Lu Jin, and bottom laner Ella.
"Stay steady in the bottom lane. SKT will definitely target you guys," Xiao Tian said while shaking his legs. "Don't press the line. Take the view behind the tower and the bushes on the line. I can go and crouch."
"Understood. We'll just wait for the team battle." JKL nodded and let out a long sigh of relief.
Jack was well aware that he and Little Ming were up against S6, the most consistent and strongest bottom lane duo in the entire world. The pressure on them was immense, especially after the opponent's ADC had managed to get a pentakill in the previous match.
He had to thank his friends who were playing on the two forums. If he had not been reading Tieba's posts every day for the past six months, he might have been beaten to the point of being autistic.
Lin Yan put on Flash and Sprint. First, he changed his skin to SKT's Ryze. Then, he adjusted his runes. Big Essence Movement Speed, Red Magic Penetration, Yellow Growth HP, Blue Growth HP, 3 fixed magic resistance and 6 growth CD reduction, Ryze's standard.
His talents were 0-18-12. His main attribute was Storm Knight's Frenzy. He hesitated for a long time before finally choosing Xiao Tian's two talents, [Insight] and [Explorer].
(Tip: Insight – Summoner's CD reduction by 15%, Explorer – Movement speed in the bushes and rivers + 15)
Both coaches shook hands and stepped down, leaving the stage for the ten players.
The audience who had filled their stomachs and throats were once again in an uproar. They waved the support sticks in their hands and cheered for their favorite team!
In the corners of the stadium, huge black and red YM and red SKT flags fluttered in the wind!
Summoner's Canyon loaded.
Lin Yan bought a Blue Crystal and a Reusable Potion and rushed to the mid lane.
The nine players from both teams once again faced each other in defensive positions, dancing and flashing their team emblems. Only Faker did not participate. He seemed to be burdened by his idol image.
Li Xianghe looked at Lin Yan dancing crazily in front of him with the skin he had won last year. His heart did not waver.
However, the audience did not think so.
On the stage of the S6 finals, a newcomer who had not even debuted for a year and had not used Ryze in the previous matches was now using the champion's skin to provoke them in the mid lane!
However, Lin Yan only wanted to invite Faker to dance with him. He had no other intentions.
After jumping a few times in the mid lane, he saw that Victor was not moving. He lost interest and retreated back into the tower.
After going online, Faker clicked on Q [Siphon Energy] and tried to switch health with Lin Yan.
Lin Yan retreated while throwing out Q [Overload]. Rune energy burst out, but Victor easily twisted his waist and dodged it.
After that, Faker blocked in front of the minions. It was obvious that he wanted to use Victor's Level 1 Q to suppress Lin Yan.
However, Lin Yan was not annoyed. Before Level 3, Ryze was still a small fry. It did not matter if he missed a few attacks.
After all, he did not plan to fight Faker in this match.
After missing three attacks, Lin Yan successfully killed the minions with low health with a long-range Q and reached Level 3. He decisively switched health.
E [Spell Surge] + W [Rune Imprisonment] consumed the surge effect and doubled W's imprisonment time to 2 seconds. At the same time, the two skills stacked two layers of runes.
The refreshed Q [Overload] successfully hit the imprisoned Victor. The two layers of runes exploded, refreshed a shield and increased Lin Yan's movement speed. He successfully retreated.
Faker turned around and used a set of QE. Although he used Thunder and refreshed the shield, it was not profitable for him to switch health.
Because of his positioning just now, he attracted the aggro of YM's minions. In the two seconds that he was imprisoned, the two rounds of minions with the Artillerymen made his health drop quickly.
In this version, Ryze could refresh shields and had the imprisonment effect. It was many times stronger than the later versions. As his level increased, the more profitable it became.
It was just a little expensive.
A set of EWQ consumed 130 mana. Ryze Level 3 with Blue Crystal only had 650 mana.
However, Lin Yan had Xiao Tian.
Phyllostachys Pubescens, who was operating Excavator, did not have much need for blue buffs. He even directly gave his first blue buff to Lin Yan.
On the other side, Faker did the same. His old teammate Dumb Chicken did not want blue buffs.
The midlaners from both sides left the line in a rather strange manner after a little over three minutes. When they returned, they were stepping on blue circles.
"Both midlaners are treated very well." Doll could not help but sigh. "The jungler gave his first blue buff to his teammate in hopes of helping Victor and Ryze, the two midlaners, to be more comfortable in the lane. Their equipment will be ready early."
However, there was bad news in giving the midlaner a blue buff. The positions of the junglers on both sides were exposed.
The red side's Xiao Tian was in the bottom half, while the blue side's Dumb Chicken was in the top half.
This way, the midlaners near the enemy jungler's half were extremely restrained in their positioning, afraid that their opponents would find an opportunity. On the other hand, the midlaners who had the protection of their own junglers began to aggressively change their positions, wanting to take the opportunity to gain an advantage.
Xiao Tian and Dumb Chicken were also aware of the consequences of giving out blue buffs. The two of them had a tacit understanding. They did not catch anyone and only focused on farming.
After Faker's health was changed by Lin Yan, he also retreated to his own minions. He knew that it was impossible for him to exhaust Ryze, who had a blue buff.
Doll and his two partners chatted for a while about the analysis of the strong lineups of both sides. Then, they saw that neither side had killed anyone yet, and their health levels were very healthy.
The junglers of both teams had just returned home to replenish their green junglers. The two of them were not in a hurry. They each placed their eyes at the entrance of their own jungle to defend. Then, they continued to farm the four newly spawned jungles.
"Both sides are quite restrained in the early stages of this game. Both junglers are seeking to develop," he said. "It looks like both sides are going to compete in the mid and late stages of this game?"
The audience also thought that both sides were going to farm the jungles until the end of time. The LPL fans could not hold it in anymore.
"They're still farming?
Have you forgotten how SKT killed them in one wave in the last game? "" Yeah, yeah.
I'm really impressed. Why don't you go over to the opposite jungle and look at Blind Monk's position! "
"Not fighting with SKT in the early stages, but playing mid and late game operations with them. YM is really something. As expected of the top game understanding."
"I don't understand. The bottom lane is at such a huge disadvantage. Why aren't you helping them? Are you waiting for Bang to smash your brains in the team battle?"
Xiao Tian, who was playing a match on the other side of the ocean, naturally did not know about the dissatisfaction of the Chinese fans. He had been farming hard all this time because there was no suitable opportunity.
Moreover, he knew that Dumb Chicken would keep farming, and he also knew that Dumb Chicken must have known that he would do so.
The two of them had a tacit understanding. They would increase their levels and finances first.
The junglers of both sides were like hunters hiding in the bushes, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
After close to six minutes, the Summoner's Canyon was still calm. The difference in finances between the two sides was only 0.2K, a negligible gap in terms of last hits.
"Xiao Tian, come over early. Blind Monk will definitely wait for Victor to reach level 6 before making his move!" Lin Yan urged.
Lin Yan was currently level 5. He knew that Dumb Chicken and Xiao Tian were waiting for the mid lane to reach level 6 first. They were hoping to gank the opposing mid laner to death, and then go to the bottom lane to surround and kill the four packs of two.
However, there was no difference between level 5 and level 6 damage. He had to seize this opportunity to make his move!
Xiao Tian controlled the River Crab in the bottom half of the jungle and headed straight for the middle lane.
Lin Yan activated Sprint the moment the Excavator entered the bushes at the bottom of the middle lane. Through Faker's vision, he wanted to retreat when he saw Xiao Tian approaching, but he was still one step too late.
Ryze cast W [Rune Shackle] from 600 yards away and trapped Victor. He then used a normal attack to attack him.
At this time, Faker was trapped for one second, and Phyllostachys Pubescens buried his head in the hole and headed straight for Victor's feet!
Faker called out to Dumb Chicken as he tried to escape.
He looked at the distance between himself and the Excavator. He knew that before Faker's imprisonment ended, he would be sent flying by Blink and continue to be controlled.
He quickly used Purify to remove the imprisonment, and then retreated backward with W [Gravity Field] at his feet to prevent the opponent from attacking him.
"Chase, chase, chase!" Lin Yan said as he ran forward.
Xiao Tian didn't need him to say anything. He decisively flashed after him, and Void Burrowing Beast came out of the ground and knocked Victor up!
The control duration was exactly one second. The control reduction effect provided by Purify was not applicable to knock-up!
Lin Yan took advantage of the knock-up process to use Q [Overload] and E [Spell Surge]. Then, the Q [Overload] refreshed, followed by the Overload effect of Rune Explosion.
He even managed to insert a normal attack at the end of the second Q with great detail!
[Overload], which triggered [Surge], dealt an additional 40% damage. Together with the three bloody scratches from Little Tian's Q, Faker's HP was in danger!
Xiao Tian used E [Tear] before he was stunned, but without the Red Rage effect, the Excavator E did not have the True Damage bonus, and Faker's HP was left with almost two bars!
Lin Yan used the acceleration effect of Sprint and Wind Paladin to chase forward. He did not continue with his normal attacks, but followed Faker, waiting for his skills to cool down. For this, he had entered the range of the defense tower.
The 2.25 seconds cooldown of E was quickly refreshed, and Lin Yan used EQ again.
At this time, Faker did not care about turning his head to dodge the skill. He turned around and used Q [Siphon Energy] to get a shield to block the damage!
Ryze's two skills hit, and after shattering the shield, Faker found that he only had 10 HP left!
At this time, he had used the pause when Ryze was casting the skill to run out of the opponent's normal attack range.
Dumb Chicken had reached F4 and could come to his rescue soon. If Ryze dared to continue chasing, only death would await him!
Many thoughts flashed through Faker's mind in an instant. However, after Ryze's Q [Overload] struck, another pale blue energy shot out like maggots from a tarsal bone!
Faker fell to the ground amidst the cheers of the audience!
"Ryze's normal attack!" Mille shouted excitedly. "Faker's last bit of HP has been cleared!"
Lin Yan retreated with Xiao Tian without looking back. Dumb Chicken touched the wall of F4 and wanted to stop them, but the Heavenly Sound Wave was blocked by Xiao Tian, who was at full health.
YM's Nakano took one HP from Faker and successfully retreated!
At this time, the director replayed it in slow motion. Doll shouted in hindsight, "Oh my God, this Ryze's details are really good!"
"He combined three normal attacks into his skills to catch Faker, and each one of them was quite smooth. It did not delay his normal combo at all!"
He was so excited that his face was red. "I don't think I need to explain how important Ryze's combo is in the early stages."
"One normal attack is 40 HP, three normal attacks are 120 HP. In the early stages, it can withstand the damage of two small skills. If it was Ryze who did not deal with the details, Faker might have escaped!"
"Looking at this Ryze, it feels a little like last year's S5 Faker Demon King Ryze," Mille teased. "He's crazily interspersed with normal attacks, and his combo is very smooth."