In the player seats.
Lin Yan held a heat pad in his hand.
The quality of the hand warmer provided by the tournament was good. The heat pad was soft and delicate.
Lin Yan tried to imagine it as Su Cheng's hand.
"Why is Hao's luck always so good?" White Crescent, who was standing behind them, laughed. "He always wins the coin toss before the game?"
"I suggest he change his name to Brother Coin," Phyllostachys Pubescens joked. "He's our team's mascot."
"Is Brother Coin okay?" Lin Yan laughed.
"Brothers, let's finish early today," Jack sat there and shook his legs. "I want to eat osmanthus duck. I heard it's a specialty of Nanjing?"
"Jie Kuo, why do you only know how to eat?" Jin Gong picked up his drooping hair and said in a slightly strange tone.
The prophet didn't say anything. He sat there and rubbed the heat pad like Lin Yan.
It wasn't because he was autistic. It was purely because he was nervous.
The prophet knew this day would come when he was promoted to the first team to support Jack.
Half a year ago, he was still worried about how to cooperate with his teammates in the secondary league. Now, he was sitting on the highest stage of the LPL, enjoying the cheers of tens of thousands of people.
The Carp Leaping Over Dragon Gate was just that.
After adjusting the rune page, the prophet looked at the WE player seats in the distance.
It was too far to see clearly.
He looked up at the big screen.
The camera zoomed in on the WE player seats. Ben sat there staring at his monitor. Sweat appeared on his forehead and the tip of his nose.
The prophet was very satisfied. The opposing team's new support, Ben, was also very nervous.
It was their first time in the finals. Who was afraid of who?
He calmed down, took off his shoes, bent his legs and stepped on the cushion of the chair. He rested his head on his knees.
With a clang, the BP interface appeared on the big screen!
"The first game of the finals has begun!"
Not only were the three commentators excited, but the audience in the stands also let out a burst of cheers.
"YM has priority in the coin toss. They are on the red side in the first game. WE is on the blue side. Ban first!"
WE coach Hong Mi was wearing a white shirt and headphones. His expression was cold.
"Ban Qing Gang Ying first." He patted 957's shoulder and said in Korean.
Mille immediately started analyzing the situation after seeing WE's ban.
"After Serene Dream, who has a fixed armor penetration, and Whisper, who has a percentage armor penetration in the later stages of the game, have been weakened, tanky tankers have become popular again. Without their high armor penetration damage, their tankiness in the middle stages of the game is guaranteed."
"And Qing Gang Yin's true damage is quite advantageous against tank heroes in the side. Forcing a team fight into the field will also destroy WE's formation. We all know that WE relies on team fights in the middle and late game."
Long-hair echoed, "That's right, and Ran also has a Qing Gang Ying mid laner, which is the most disgusting. Brother-in-law was inexplicably killed in that game, and then directly ruined the whole game."
"There's another reason, and that's Xiao Tian's existence," Doll sighed. "His AP jungler is too strong."
"Wine Barrel and Spider are his best heroes. Qing Gang Yin, a physical damage mid laner with a magic jungler, is perfect in the early and middle stages of the game."
White Crescent was not surprised by Hong Mi's ban. He knew that it was difficult to ban Qing Gang Yin.
He chose to ban Big Mouth.
This was an important part of WE's system. A strong mid-game Big Mouth was the key weapon that helped them hold Dragon in the team fight.
And inexplicably, Big Mouth didn't ban a single game in the semi-finals between RNG and WE.
The result was obvious.
White Crescent didn't know if RNG coach Brother Feng was crazy again. Ouze said that he could play Big Mouth, and then he just banned it.
Being able to play in the lane didn't mean that you could handle it in the team fight!
For example, Galio wasn't strong in the lane …
White Crescent wasn't smart enough to ban it directly.
"WE's second ban was given to Ice. Everyone knows Jack's Ice. E skills are no different from radar." Mille laughed.
"YM banned Ke Lie!"
Long-hair wasn't surprised. "RNG also chose to ban him in the semi-finals. 957's Ke Lie is very strong!"
"His Ke Lie won all the games in this year's Spring Tournament, and his KDA reached an amazing 18.5!" Doll received the news from the director and couldn't help but exclaim.
Hong Mi paced behind WE's player with a serious expression.
"Ban Lucian," he ordered Xi Ye. "This way, it will be difficult for them to pick a lineup in the mid game."
Hong Mi was very clear about this.
After banning Qing Gang Yin, the only T1 heroes left in the mid lane were Lucian and Sindra.
If they banned Lucian, only Sindra would be left outside.
As the blue team, WE had the advantage. If YM banned Sindra, they could take it.
If they banned Sindra, they could still take Spider.
It was a win-win situation.
White Crescent saw Hong Mi's choice and fell into deep thought.
"Let's release Sindra and ban Spider first," he finally responded.
Unsurprisingly, Hong Mi saw that Sindra was released and decisively chose Xi Ye.
"Wine Barrel?"
Mille saw YM's first choice and nodded in praise. "Wine Barrel can be used now. This choice can be swayed between Xiao Tian and Jin Gong. It's quite a good deal."
Then White Crescent chose Verus and breathed a sigh of relief. He had achieved his goal.
Ice and Big Mouth were banned. He chose Verus again, leaving Policewoman, Chiwil, EZ, and Ember as the ADCs left for his brother-in-law.
In the current version, Chiwil wasn't strong against Verus. If he couldn't win in a fight, he could only push at 55%, and he had to wait for a three-piece set.
Hong Mi couldn't choose him. Faced with YM's overwhelming early and mid-game offense, his brother-in-law's house would be destroyed by YM's hooligans before he could even make a three-piece set.
Policewoman was the same. There weren't many teams in the world who dared to choose Policewoman to push the lineup in the face of YM. They played a four-pack of two. Why would they choose Policewoman to push the lane crazily? Could it be that they had never been caught before in their lives?
The remaining Ember wasn't as strong after his armor piercing equipment (Serene Dream, Whisper) was weakened, and his survivability against YM's encirclement was not strong.
He could only choose Yellow Hair Izreal.
"WE choose Karma and EZ. Give the bottom lane heroes first to avoid being banned in the second round!"
YM and WE's bottom lane duo had been revealed. In the second round of BP, they would definitely target each other's mid and jungle.
It was red's turn to ban first. White Crescent chose Pekingese first.
Hong Mi banned Crocodile. This hero, coupled with Black Ripper's strength, was invincible in the early and mid-game.
What's more, Jin Gong wasn't the only one who knew how to use this hero. Lin Yan was also very good at it. Hong Mi was afraid that he would use it to hit, so he cooperated with the jungler Wine Barrel to forcefully grab it.
"YM banned Blind Monk in the end!
Their second ban was aimed at Kandy. They didn't want to give him a convenient hero! "Mille felt that YM's intentions were clear.
Red Rice looked at YM's ban player and confirmed that the wine barrel that the opponent got in the first round was for the jungler, Little Tian. After all, the red side had the first pick in the second round, and Blind Monk had no need to steal the ban.
He thought about the lineup of both sides and decisively banned Bobby.
YM's three heroes, Wine Barrel, Verus, and Lulu, had too much AP damage. If he was White Crescent, he would definitely add some physical damage to the team.
On the other hand, WE'd brought out Sindra and EZ's mid-game dual Cs to cut through the Brittle Tanks very quickly. YM would most likely need to fill in the tank top lane, along with the other half tank Wine Barrel, to add some tankiness to the mid-game team battle.
Tank top lane + physical damage. Bobby was very suitable. In the team battle, he could provide a lot of crowd control.
More importantly, Bobby's performance in Dragon's team was too strong.
The passive [Iron Ambassador]'s shield helped him resist the Dragon almost without taking any damage. The sides of the river and the walls of the Dragon Pit also gave him more space to use his E [Heroic Charge].
At the same time, [Defender's Judgement] was very useful for teams like YM that liked to rush Dragon. Bobby could knock away the enemy heroes rushing to the Dragon Pit and take down the Dragon first.
Another suitable Yodel, Gnar, had been hit several times in a row. He had only played one game in the entire Spring Season and lost. Red Rice didn't need to worry at all.
"Choose Shen." White Crescent patted Jin Gong's shoulder.
In fact, there was still Jayce outside who could take it. However, if they really chose him, their team's lineup would be too weak.
The Fishman top laner was also a candidate.
The Fishman Fitz experienced the lack of interest in his unit in the 2016 Global Finals. The Yodelers were reborn in this year's Spring Season.
Everything depended on the rise of the tank top laner — Big Tree, Titan, Wine Barrel, and the four Shen brothers.
The Fishman's W [Sea Stone Trident] passive still had a percentage of magic damage. It was targeted at these meaty guys during the laning phase.
The Sh was a very ridiculous top laner among the Fishman players. Others would play three items and then mindlessly turn the tank. They would play as a sh * t stirrer to disgust the opposing team.
However, this man who dared to catch and die got the Fishman, a hero with a lot of escape methods, and could play with him.
At one point, there was a trend of three items + Defeat in the arena.
The additional physical damage from Defeat and the Fishman's additional magic damage were combined together. It was a combination that made the opposing team's top laner's scalp numb.
However, only The Sh and a few other top laners knew how to use this set of equipment. The others were afraid of dying. Although the Little Murlocs had many ways to escape, they were very fragile against top laners. If they were forced to stay, they might not be able to use their displacement skills and die.
The other advantage of the Fishman top laner compared to the AP Fishman was that his ultimate [Giant Shark Strike] could be used as a team opening skill. There was no need to think about feeding the shark to the back row. All they needed to do was to control it.
Everything looked very good.
However, White Crescent did not choose the Fishman Shen for a reason.
First of all, if they got the Fishman, YM's lineup would overflow with magic damage. If the opposing team had Mercury Shoes, it would be very difficult to deal with.
Secondly, choosing Shen was more due to White Crescent and the coach's consideration of the overall strategy.
He and Su Cheng did a lot of analysis of WE's matches. They found that as long as 957 did not get Ke Lie, WE's average jungle affinity rate would only be 7.7%.
Affinity rate was the proportion of the time that the two heroes in the same team were close to each other in the overall game time.
In layman terms, the jungle affinity rate was a quantitative indicator of the time that the jungler stayed near the top laner.
What did 7.7% mean?
In a 30-minute match, Kandy stayed near 957 for a total of 2.31 minutes.
One had to know that this data included team battles, dragon control, and the final gathering to push the base. As long as the jungler was near the top laner, the time would start to count.
One could imagine how much Kandy did not like to carry the top laner.
During the regular season, WE's jungler used a combination of crocodile + spider. Kandy clawed madly but still lost in the end.
With the combination of the two, White Crescent concluded that Jin Gong and 957 would definitely be left alone in the finals.
Then, how could he let Jin Gong do nothing and just tie up 957 and leave it at that?
White Crescent did not intend to do that. If he let Jin Gong choose Shen, he could help his teammates participate in the second half of the battle. It would be very beneficial to the team.
Next was WE's fourth and fifth picks.
"Murloc and Nanqiang, you guys take them," Red Rice said to his jungler.
They were all considered strong heroes in their respective positions.
From Red Rice's point of view, there was a more important reason for choosing Murloc. Mid laner Murloc countered Sindra.
Lin Yan happened to be good at this hero. Red Rice had read the information before the finals. Lin Yan had used Mid laner Murloc against WE in the 2016 Summer League. At that time, he had solo-killed Xi Ye's Little Temptress.
He had gotten rid of this hero by snatching a substitute ban.
Red Rice quietly looked at the blinking hero selection window on the BP screen.
YM's fifth pick had not been decided yet.
But he already had a guess in his mind.
After Murloc was chosen, there were very few heroes left that could fight Sindra.
A black man with an unruly appearance appeared in YM's hero selection window.
Time Assassin Ike.
Sure enough, Red Rice patted Xi Ye's shoulder.
The translator passed Red Rice's words to his mid laner.
"Before level 6, pay attention to suppressing your health. After Ike gets Rocket Belt, don't fight him so easily. Our lineup will be very good in the team battle."
Xi Ye drank a mouthful of milk and nodded to show that he understood.
"YM's last pick is Ike!" Doll was shocked. "This is a very good hero to fight Sindra!"
"Didn't WE think of this?
Since they chose Sindra for Xi Ye, shouldn't they ban Ike? "Doll yelled.
Red Rice wanted to ban Ike, but where would he find a spot for him?
The five ban spots in the first round were all saved before the game. Otherwise, with YM's hero pool, five ban spots would not be enough.
Red Rice was strong, but the foundation of BP had to be given to the players and the team.
In terms of individual strength, the current WE was not as good as YM. Red Rice admitted this.
Using Murloc to ban Ike was the best he could do.
After all, although Ike could counter Sindra after level 6, it was not easy for him to solo kill Sindra. At most, he would only be able to kill two waves of enemies.
If he released Murloc, Xi Ye would have to flash once he ate a shark. Otherwise, he would be at risk of being solo killed.
(See the chart for Murloc and Ike against Sindra. Ike's kill rate was much lower than Murloc's.)
"Before level 6, you have to take down Wine Barrel's jungle!"
Red Rice reminded Kandy. "Sindra won't have a problem getting solo kills before level 6. Xi Ye can help you!"
Kandi nodded and cracked his knuckles, which made people's teeth ache.
…
The two teams' lineups were confirmed.
Blue team WE: Top Murloc, Jungler Nanqiang, Mid Laner Sindra, Bottom Laner Ezreal and Karma.
Red team YM: Top Laner Shen, Jungler Wine Barrel, Mid Laner Ike, Bottom Laner Verus and Lulu.
"I think WE doesn't have enough tactics to start a team?"
Doll suggested. "Sindra's backhand control is fine, but can they only rely on Little Fish to start a team?"
"Actually, it's not bad. WE can also solo with this line-up," Long-hair analyzed. "The three Little Fish are better than Shen in solo fights."
"Plus, WE has EZ and Karma. This line-up is a bit of a poke system. The two archers have the advantage of long arms, so logically speaking, they won't be able to start a team." Mille thought so.
"After all, YM will definitely be the more anxious party in the later stages of the game. WE just need to make up for the backhand control to prevent Wine Barrel from forcing a kill."
At this time, RNG's coach, Brother Feng, was also sitting in the training room of the base watching the live broadcast of the finals.
Three days ago, RNG defeated IG 3: 1 in the third place match. At this time, the team was on vacation, but the coach was still there.
Brother Feng looked at the BP of the first round of the finals and felt a sense of helplessness.
He relied on his "Sway of the Wind" skill to be considered quite good in the LPL coaching team. He was much better than the commentators on the field. Naturally, he could see how good the BP was.
It was too exaggerated.
There was a lot of preparation for the first round of the best-of-five BP match. Because neither side revealed their trump cards, the BP strategy was more like a slow game of chess.
Both coaches could deduce the opponent's BP strategy and use data to analyze the possibilities.
Like this round, neither side used any advanced technology. The BP strategy was based on repeated deductions from the data before the match.
The problem was that both sides were too prepared for this BP segment!
It could be said that the BP of the two teams used all the knowledge available in the version.
No one could calculate against the other. Everyone was like a game of chess, one loop after another. From the strength of the lane to the style of the players, to the overall lineup of the team battle, they had all achieved the optimal solution.
How long did these two teams prepare for the finals?
It had to be known that YM had a total of five days to prepare from IG to the finals.
In these five days, there was a lot of interview work. They also had to complete the rehearsals for the finals. The coaching team also had to supervise the players' training matches and ranked hero practice, as well as review the details.
How much free time did they have left?
It was definitely not enough.
Thinking back to the two 3: 0 victories in the semi-finals, Brother Feng had to admit that they were not even considered as opponents by these two finalists.
Starting from the middle of the regular season, YM and WE only had each other in their eyes. They could clearly see who was the biggest obstacle on the road to the championship.
…
"Go YM!"
The audience took the lead in shouting in the stands.
In an instant, the whole stadium was filled with cheers for the two finalists!
Due to the large number of people, the audience was not divided into two camps like in the regular season, where they had to follow a sequence to cheer for the different teams.
Even though the cheers of the 13,000 spectators were a mess, they were still loud and powerful, soaring straight to the sky!
After a short cutscene animation, the Summoner's Canyon appeared on the big screen!
The audience's cheers went up another level. It even faintly covered the sounds of the two teams making various marks in the spectator system.
"I'll take F6. Can we guard the jungle?" Xiao Tian kept marking the map. "They'll definitely come!"
"I brought a scanner when I went out!" Lin Yan shouted. "We'll give them the jungle and let them shoot!"
"But don't let them see me!"
Lin Ran was hiding under the Chuunibyou Tower. Once the scanner on his body was discovered by WE, this group of people would definitely not let him go for nothing!
"Don't worry, don't worry …" Xiao Tian crouched in the bush of F4. Jin Gong was lying in the bush directly opposite the red buff.
Jack and Prophet were also standing in the bush of the lower half of the jungle. The four of them sealed off the entrance to the jungle. They wanted to find WE's position.
As they expected, WE used Karma's strong support to provide YM with a clear view of the jungle. In the meantime, Ezreal used Q's Occult Shot to scout the bush.
Kandy was very ambitious this round. He took out his nanqiang to counter Xiao Tian's jungle in the early game. Otherwise, when Ike reached F6, the control of the mid lane would be reversed. His nanqiang would not be so easy to invade.
If a player wanted to counter a jungle in the early game, they would not be like a headless fly in a random game. Guessing the opponent's jungler path without vision was a last resort.
It was normal to observe the opponent's jungler path and wait for an opportunity to counter the jungler.
Moreover, they only needed an accessory eye to detect the opponent's jungler path. Why wouldn't they do this kind of free trade?
"Did WE group up and enter YM's jungle. Did they want to initiate the game with a buff?"
The three casters on the commentary platform looked at the movements of the ten heroes on the map. "No … they only placed an accessory eye between YM's Beak Bird and the red buff."
"It's the nanqiang's eye." Xiao Tian, who was crouching in the bush, discovered this information. "This should be the only one they placed. Brother Xiba, did you see any other eyes?"
"No, no." Jin Gong responded enthusiastically.
Prophet calculated the cooldown of the nanqiang's accessory eye and typed it in the team chat.
YM was still waiting. It was still early before the spawn time.
Lin Yan knew that if the accessory eye was placed too early, WE would have time to set up the vision before the spawn time.
1 minute and 25 seconds later, Lin Yan finally walked out of the middle tower.
"Jin Gong, come here. This eye's experience is enough for the three of us to split!" Lin Yan excitedly called for his teammate.
He turned on the scanning lens and the lens revealed WE's vision in the jungle!
"Xiao Tian, I don't want your money!" Jin Gong crouched in the bush and waited for his share of the experience.
Xiao Tian didn't hold back with Jin Gong. Lin Yan turned on the scanning lens and took out the last bit of health from the accessory eye. The two of them each received 10 gold coins.
(Is there anyone who doesn't know about eye splitting?
A turns on the scanning lens and B deals the final blow. A and B get the same amount of money. The free eye is 10 each and the support eye is 30 each.
So don't play support. You're already rich from the scanning lens. Why are you still stealing the AD's money?)
"Ran is quite smart." Mille was a bit surprised. "He brought the scanning lens when he went out. He predicted WE's level one and came back to set up his vision."
"This way, WE won't know about Xiao Tian's route."
In WE's team voice chat.
"F * ck, this person is so dirty."
Seer's vulgarities came one after another. Don't be fooled by the fact that he looked like a harmless and harmless Wang Zai. However, he would always be the one to scold his teammates in the squadron.
In the current version, if you went out with the accessory eye and went back home to change the scanning lens, there would be a 120 second cooldown. After all, fists wouldn't allow you to connect two accessories seamlessly.
In this way, there wasn't enough time to go back to the city to change the scanning lens when they saw them.
Lin Yan turned on the scanning lens. It was obvious that he had brought the scanning lens when he went out.
The key was that he was disgusting. He didn't remove the accessory eye the moment they left. He purposely waited for 1 minute and 25 seconds before starting the scanning lens!
The five WE's players had already spread out. The minions were almost at the line and the jungle was about to spawn. How were they going to set up their vision?
It was really dirty.
WE's players were furious but they didn't have a solution. The Wine Barrel's location wasn't exposed. Kandy could only rely on his own sense of smell to infiltrate the jungle.
"How many people are there to share the experience?" 957's voice was soft and gentle.
"I don't know. Ike is the only one I know." Kandy replied angrily.
"Then I can't push the line. Once he gets the experience, the first 6 minions will be level 2." 957's voice was like a spring breeze. It was neither fast nor slow.
"I'll do it quickly. You release the minions!" Kandy retreated. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He finally couldn't take it anymore.
Lin Yan's 1 minute and 25 second scan was also good for WE. If he went back to the city to change the accessory eye and rushed back to the line, he would lose minions. Normal people wouldn't do that.
That meant that before Ike went back to the city, he wouldn't be able to set up the accessory eye.
You don't even have an accessory eye. If I don't kill you in the early game, I, Son of the Dragon, Kandy, won't be able to take it!
1 minute and 38 seconds. Other than the Demon Swamp Frogs and Gargoyles, the 8 jungles spawned at the same time. The minions in the middle lane also gathered together.
Phyllostachys Pubescens carefully opened the jungles. Lin Yan in the middle lane wouldn't be able to help him much in the early game. He could only rely on himself.
Before level 6, Ike didn't have any control over Sindra. It was a one-sided fight.
Under such a restrained relationship, if Lin Ran was still able to snatch the rights from Seer's hands, Wang Zai and Seer would immediately retire from the game.
Lin Yan didn't have a cooldown cheat. In this patch, Ike's Q [Time Curler] had a cooldown of 9 seconds. How could he snatch the lane from Sindra?
However, he wasn't in a hurry. Since the level 1 scan gave him experience, Lin Yan could reach level 2 with one wave of minions. Xi Ye definitely wouldn't dare to be too aggressive.
He simply stood behind the minions and waited for them to wear each other down. Since the melee minions were closer to him, he dared to go up and finish them off with normal attacks from time to time. As for the ranged minions with low HP, he slowly used his Q to buff them.
However, he still missed two minions in the first wave.
However, Xi Ye was anxious when he saw the second wave of minions coming to the middle lane.
How could this d * mn Ike play like this?
The minions weren't pulled out at all. They were still in the middle!
On the other side, Ike only used his Tail-Closing Blade. Furthermore, they were stuck in Ike's skill casting range.
He never killed both the melee and ranged minions at the same time. He only used his Q [Time Curler] to steadily buff the low HP minions at the edge.
As a result, even if he used skills, the effect of pushing the minions was minimal. Not to mention, he didn't finish off the two ranged minions because his skills were on cooldown.
As a result, even though Xi Ye was using his Tail-Closing Blade, the minions were still stuck in the middle!
He flew into a rage out of humiliation. He wanted to go up and play coquettish to trick the level two Lin Yan into using his health for a trade.
Lin Yan remained calm. He didn't care about the exceptionally enchanting Sindra in front of him.
What a joke. Would Lin Yan fall for such an obvious trick?
In any case, it was impossible for him to solo Sindra before level 6. Xiao Tian, who was defending the jungle, definitely wouldn't be able to take care of the middle lane and catch him. Why would he use his health for a trade?
The cautiousness of a trade, or in other words, the frequency of a trade, was one of the differences between a professional match and a ranked match.
If it were a casual match, Lin Yan would be like most professional players and players. He just wanted to play to his heart's content. He would definitely accept Sindra's invitation for a trade.
Frequent trades in exchange for a higher kill probability. Once a hero's HP dropped to about 13, they would have entered the early kill range of most heroes.
At this time, whether the jungler came to help or relied on his own strength to seize the opportunity, it was possible to complete a solo kill.
But what if I had full HP?
In the early stages, the gap between our equipment and levels hadn't widened. You had 17 cards … no, you had a set of skills, and you could one-shot me with full HP?
That was impossible.
Not every professional player would do the same thing as soon as they went online. The top professional players were much more cautious than in ranked matches. They wouldn't bother with unnecessary trades.
Of course, there was also a way to not let the opponent be scared. It was to give the opponent the illusion that "I can solo kill you" or "My teammates are coming to trade with you. Just you wait."
This technique was more difficult and had nothing to do with the matchup of this match.
Seeing that Lin Yan wasn't taking the bait, Xi Ye could only inform Kang Di to give up on the idea of catching him in the early stages.
If he couldn't catch him, he could only go for the jungler.
Kang Di controlled Nanqiang and started farming Three Wolves in the bottom half of the map. Then, he ate the blue buff and rose to level 3. He called for the mid lane push and prepared to cross the river and use Slide Step to enter YM's jungle from the Dragon Pit.
Kang Di couldn't see the Wine Barrel's jungle route, so he had to guess.
In normal professional matches, Wine Barrel would start with F6 to prevent the invasion of heroes like Spider and Nanqiang. They would farm red and then go to the bottom to farm the blue buff. This way, they wouldn't lose any key buff resources. It would be even better to control a river crab.
The champion jungler on the opposite side, Xiao Tian, was definitely an expert. Kang Di felt that he would do the opposite.
The eye position that had been placed between F6 and the red buff had been cleared. He guessed that Xiao Tian would use reverse thinking to control Wine Barrel to farm the blue from the bottom.
This farming route could prevent Nanqiang from invading the bottom half of the map.
Kang Di predicted this back and forth and felt that this should be the case.
He, who had used the eye accessory at level 1, still hadn't recovered. He went into the Wine Barrel's red buff bush.
There was nothing.
It was empty.
Kang Di felt that something was wrong. He quickly went to the F6 camp to take a look.
It had also been cleared.
There was only one group of Gargoyles left in the top half of Wine Barrel's jungle!
F * ck!
I've been tricked!
Kang Di didn't expect Phyllostachys Pubescens to really start from the top half of the map!
Aren't you afraid that I'll predict your prediction?
Kang Di couldn't leave empty-handed. He had to take down the Gargoyles' camp.
"Xiao Tian's jungle swaps are very beautiful!"
Mille stood on the god's view and saw the movements of both junglers. "He started with F6-RED-BLUE. He's now going to the bottom half of WE's jungle to fight a group of Beaked Birds!"
"This is so profitable. There are two groups of junglers in the bottom half of WE's jungle. Kang Di can only fight one group of Gargoyles. This time, he's missing two groups of junglers." Long-hair sighed.
In the current version, junglers spawned once every 150 seconds. They had to eat six groups of junglers in the first round to reach level 4.
This meant that Kang Di couldn't eat all six groups of junglers. He would have a temporary level gap with Phyllostachys Pubescens' Wine Barrel.
This was one of the reasons why the junglers weren't that good in this version of Nanqiang even though the junglers looked strong.
It was important to remember that the junglers who weren't ahead in level and economy were at a disadvantage. This was because the team's BP, lineup selection, and in-game support were all tilted towards the junglers. If the junglers weren't effective, the team would naturally be at a disadvantage.
At the same time, the junglers' abnormal development curve meant that the junglers couldn't be at a disadvantage. Panther Lady, who wasn't ahead in economy, played a small role in team battles.
In the current version of the game, the junglers were walking on thin ice. If there was a slight mistake in the early stages, the junglers wouldn't be able to fight back, or at least a group of junglers. Once the opponent caught up with the level gap, the junglers would explode.
Once the junglers were able to fight back multiple groups of junglers, the junglers would suffer. Due to the low spawn rate of the junglers, they would face a situation where they had no junglers to farm and were extremely underdeveloped.
Such an extreme "either you explode or I collapse" playstyle limited the junglers' chances of winning in the professional arena.
(Junglers' Nanqiang win rate in the 2017 Spring Season.)
This was because the junglers would be useless if they exploded. On the other hand, junglers like Wine Barrel and Princes would still have a way to start a team and control the junglers.
Kang Di was now at a disadvantage.
More importantly, Xi Ye's Sindra had previously responded to Kang Di's invasion of the junglers by forcefully pushing the junglers.
However, they didn't manage to catch Wine Barrel's movements this time. Lin Yan used his body to slightly block the junglers in front of the tower.
If there was a jungler in this jungler line, it would be very easy to deal with. The two of them would just have to force their way into the tower.
However, Kang Di was farming Gargoyles to supplement his development and couldn't make it in time.
Xi Ye didn't dare to go forward at all.
This was because he didn't catch Wine Barrel's exact location. He only knew that Xiao Tian was in the lower half of his junglers.
If he went forward to deal with the junglers in front of Ektar and got ganked by Wine Barrel, he would lose a lot of blood.
It wasn't until ten seconds later when Ben went to his Gargoyle camp to investigate and found Wine Barrel with a big belly stealing junglers that Xi Ye dared to go forward to clear the junglers.
However, he managed to kill a few junglers.
In the first four minutes, he was exactly the same as Lin Yan's last hit. He managed to recover the last hit economy that he used his long hand to suppress the junglers.
Xi Ye licked his lips and felt that he was in a disadvantageous position.
Lin Yan drank the Corruption Potion. After reaching level 4 and having two levels of Q, Ike's efficiency in clearing the junglers also increased slightly. It became easier to sneak through the junglers.
"WE isn't having a good time now." Long-hair looked at Kang Di's movements and couldn't help but feel helpless for him. "Kang Di has cleared all the junglers in the lower half of the map. He can only go to the upper half of the map now!"
The chain reaction came.
Xiao Tian killed WE's Sharp-Beaked Birds and Gargoyles. Although Ben and Brother-in-law ate a few small Gargoyles, it didn't affect them much. Phyllostachys Pubescens went back to eat River Crabs. WE's Magical Swamp Frog and Third Wolf still reached level 4.
Kang Di ate the River Crab in the upper half of the map. He was still level 3 and there were no junglers in the lower half of the map.
He had no choice but to farm the Magical Swamp Frog and wait for Third Wolf to respawn and reach level 4.
This way, he couldn't control Brother-in-law at the bottom lane.
WE's best system was Kang Di's Brother-in-law. However, he couldn't go to the bottom lane due to the junglers spawning. He could only watch Jack's Verus crazily push the junglers.
Phyllostachys Pubescens used the junglers to clear the junglers. He completely revitalized YM's early game situation. He didn't neglect his own development and at the same time, he also relieved the pressure on the middle and bottom lane.
Jin Gong, who was on the top lane, kept the junglers in the middle.
Due to the experience he gained from the Eye of the Accessory, he got to level 2 in one wave of junglers. Then, he used Shen's early game strength to fight the Fishmen comfortably.
He only felt uncomfortable for a while. At that time, Nanqiang was farming YM's Gargoyles. He was afraid that he would be ganked and didn't dare to go out and eat the junglers.
But now, Nanqiang's red buff had disappeared. He only had Shen with his E taunt. He wasn't afraid of the Fishman + Nanqiang duo at all.
Lin Yan finally reached level 6 at the 6 minute mark. However, he had already used up all three Corruption Potions to maintain a healthy amount of mana and health.
Xi Ye's health was healthy, but he didn't have much mana left.
"I'm going to try and force him. Can you find the opposite jungler?" Lin Yan made his first request of the game.
"Sure, sure." Phyllostachys Pubescens agreed.
He didn't even need to use his brain to know that Nanqiang must be at the bottom lane's Gargoyles or Sharp Beak Birds.
Nanqiang had gone to the top lane to farm his Magical Swamp Frog and the second wave of Third Wolf. Now that the double buff hadn't respawned, Kang Di had nowhere to go. He could only go to the bottom lane and kill the two groups of junglers that had just respawned.
This was the current state of the jungle. After a wave of explosions in the early game, the jungler's position would be locked onto by the opponent for a long time.
Phyllostachys Pubescens controlled the Wine Barrel to enter the WE jungle. He burped and looked through the wall to find Kang Di who was farming Gargoyles.
He rolled the Wine Barrel over and snatched away two Little Gargoyles.
"They're fighting in the middle lane. Ran jumped to his face and hit the third ring!" Mille noticed that there was a conflict in the middle lane!
Although Xi Ye had used QE to stun Lin Yan the moment he jumped to his face, he was still slowed down by Lin Yan's Q [Time Curler].
The Level 3 Q's speed reduction effect was 46%. Without shoes, Sindra's movement speed was extremely slow.
Xi Ye could only move to the side to avoid being hit by Ike's third ring. He avoided Ike's Q who was pulling back.
Lin Yan removed the stun and continued to chase forward. Xi Ye had just used up all his mana, so he could only run back to the tower and return to the city.
Lin Yan went back and blocked a wave of creeps, trying to make Xi Ye lose a few more creeps.
He also went back to the city to replenish his supplies. He bought a ring, buff book, and straw sandals. Then, he switched back to the Eye of the Accessory.
Then, he used [Spacetime Rupture] to return to the middle lane and continue farming.
Although he had brought a teleport, Lin Yan planned to save it to support his teammates.
After soaking in the spring for less than four seconds, his mana was not full. However, due to the existence of the Corruption Potion and Dark Seal, his mana was enough for two minutes.
This was because he would get his first mana buff in two minutes.
In order to prevent YM Lulu, Wine Barrel, Verus, Ike, and Shen's crowd-control skills, Xi Ye had brought Purify. He could only walk back to the top lane.
The wave of creeps that had been blocked before had been completely wiped out.
Originally, he should have called the jungler to help push the creeps, but Kandy's position was found by YM Wine Barrel. He couldn't come over at all.
In seven minutes, although YM didn't explode with kills, their economy was ahead by nearly 1K.
All of them came from the jungler and the third line. Especially the bottom lane, Jack had already pushed 10 creeps.
Since Xiao Tian had been wandering around the bottom lane after clearing the top half of the jungler, Jack pushed the creeps without any restraint.
Although WE's Karma's ability to push the creeps was good, EZ's ability was not on the same level as Verus'. Thus, Brother-in-law could only push the creeps.
Red Rice didn't expect that WE'd be at a financial disadvantage before level 6 even though he had given them a strong early game lineup.
How were they going to play?
After Lin Yan blocked the creeps in the middle lane, he began to attack Xi Ye. Ike's Q had a range of 1000 yards. As long as Xi Ye dared to walk in, he would use WQEA to whittle him down.
With W's [Time Stagger]'s shield, he wasn't afraid of losing health at all.
Xi Ye was at a disadvantage. Sindra had already passed the best stage of the fight against Ike, so he couldn't do anything about it.
In eight minutes, the battlefield finally exploded. Xiao Tian's Wine Barrel took the opportunity to flash out from F6's Camp E and stunned Xi Ye. At the same time, he used his ultimates.
Xi Ye's Purify dispelled the stun very quickly. He also used Flash, but he was still locked onto by Lin Yan's E [Phase Dive]. (As mentioned before, Ike's E was a basic attack, so Flash would only be followed.)
After the two of them finished off Seer, they proceeded to control the first little dragon.
At nine and a half minutes, Lin Yan took the opportunity to return to the city to sell the Corruption Potion and buy the Rocket Belt.
He teleported to the backline position that Xiao Tian had set up.
Halfway through the 4.5 seconds of teleportation, Jin Gong's ultimates landed on him.
"This is a five-pack of 3s!
How is WE going to defend against this attack? "
Doll screamed at the top of her lungs. WE's two players and Kandi were trapped under a tower!
Xiao Tian stood behind the tower and danced. Wine Barrel proudly patted his fat belly!
"I'll be there soon!" 957 immediately teleported down.
Xi Ye also gave up on the mid lane creeps and went down to support.
However, he was one step too late. YM had already made their move.
Jack's ultimates [Corruption Chain] were aimed at the bottom of the tower. Ben went forward to block the crowd-control.
Xiao Tian aimed at the position and E-Meat Egg Onion Chicken crashed into the tower.
Brother-in-law used his E-Skill to dodge. Kandi also moved sideways. However, Ben who was controlled was not so lucky and was knocked unconscious.
The Prophet decisively used [Wild Growth] on Xiao Tian. Wine Barrel's body expanded again. This time, not only did he push Ben up, Kandi who was beside him was also sent flying!
At this moment, Lin Yan landed with Jin Gong!
At the moment he entered the tower, 957 also landed!
Gold Tribute's E flashed and taunted, directly controlling Ben, Kandi, and 957 who had just landed!
The Prophet's W Polymorph died to 957 just as [Taunt] was about to end. The Little Fishman didn't let go of any skills after landing!
Wine Barrel had already blocked the tower. Jack who didn't need to block the tower was dealing maximum damage. Lin Yan aimed at Brother-in-law and EQA went forward to slow him down.
Brother-in-law hurriedly healed his teammates and ran towards the second tower.
Lin Yan's Rocket Belt finally came into effect. W [Time Stagger] was placed behind EZ and then followed up with Push Stick to deal damage!
Brother-in-law's EZ had all of his skills. The moment he saw Ike's Time Field appear behind him, he could only accept his fate!
"YM's control over the tower is perfect!
957 was controlled until he only had 300 HP before he used his ultimate! "Mille praised as he watched YM's delightful control over the tower.
The key was Meat, Fish, Fish, and Little Fish. However, 957 didn't have any of these three in less than 10 minutes. Where could he get Meat?
The ultimate shark was fed to Xiao Tian who was tanking the tower.
However, he drank a mouthful of wine to reduce the damage. Coupled with Lulu's shield and Verus' healing, he was bitten by this meaty little fish's ultimate and survived with only a sliver of HP!
"0 for 4!
WE still have to drop a blood tower. This wave is going to explode! "
Xi Ye who had just arrived at the bottom lane saw the corpses of his teammates and the five YM players hugging together. He had no choice but to retreat to the second tower.
10 minutes later, YM pushed down the bottom lane's tower. They had a 3.5K economic advantage!
"This WE is so difficult. Nanqiang's farming numbers are actually behind Xiao Tian's Wine Barrel. How are we going to play?" Doll shouted.
14 minutes later, WE's top tower was pushed down!
16 minutes later, the five YM players hugged together and pushed. Xiao Tian used Shen's ultimate to enter the tower and started the team again. They traded 2 for 5 in WE's tower!
At this point, all three of WE's towers had been destroyed. Their economy was behind by 7k!
This economic gap was equivalent to each of the five players being behind by a Storm Greatsword.
How were they going to play?
20 minutes later, YM started fighting Dragon. WE resisted with all their might and wanted to use Ice Fist Magic Cleave's EZ to fight a wave of attacks.
However, the jungle was already under YM's control. Lin Yan suddenly attacked from the shadows. EQA + Rocket Belt!
With Lich's Calamity's damage, Brother-in-law's EZ's health dropped to a sliver. Jack shot an arrow from afar and killed Brother-in-law on the spot!
This was Lich's Calamity!
Let me teach you how to play this!
After losing Dragon, WE's base was flattened by YM in 25 minutes!