"Congratulations to YM for winning the first round!"
Doll said excitedly from the stands, "They still used their most familiar early game strategy to win this match!"
"To be honest, YM's tempo was too fast and too tight. WE's lineup wasn't weak in the early and middle stages of the match, but it looked like they were being dragged around by YM throughout the match. They lost all initiative!" Miller shouted.
Long-hair shook his head. If he had to guess after seeing the lineup of both teams, he would never have guessed that WE only lasted for 25 minutes.
The bullet screen in the live stream was stunned by YM's performance.
[Who else can beat them?
Someone else should do something!]
[Hahahahaha, thank goodness I didn't get a ticket to the finals. It looks like the match is over after two hours of halftime. Those who bought tickets are losing money, aren't they?]
[Isn't this a bit too much?
WE can't even fight back. They can only be trampled on!]
"It was too easy." Xiao Tian placed his hands behind his head as he walked towards the lounge. He squinted his eyes and said, "Can't you make it more difficult?"
"Let's do it like this. We can still go eat osmanthus duck tonight." Jack was hungry just thinking about it.
He looked at the silent Prophet and patted his support on the shoulder. "Don't worry, just play like normal. Their support isn't that strong."
The Prophet nodded and waved the heat pack in his hand.
"Not bad, Brother Ran!" White Crescent greeted them at the lounge door. He came up and punched Lin Yan on the shoulder.
"It was just so-so." Lin Yan was very humble.
Hearing their voices, Su Cheng also opened the door of the lounge and walked out.
"That True Spirituality Scan that predicted the invasion." Her eyes were shining. "You're amazing."
Lin Yan heard Su Cheng's soft words and saw the light in her black eyes. He was instantly filled with pride.
"Of course." He puffed out his chest. "Who do you think I am?"
"I have their little tricks under my control!"
White Crescent flicked his forehead. "That's not what you said earlier."
Jack shuffled into the lounge. "Aiya … I'm just so-so."
He pinched his throat and imitated Lin Yan's tone.
Su Cheng blushed for a moment.
Lin Yan stepped forward and grabbed the back of Jack's neck. He said in a fierce tone, "Jack, are you rebelling?"
"Aiyo, aiyo, someone's trying to kill me … Why are you trying to strangle me like a Siberian?!" Jack immediately cowered.
Xiao Tian unconsciously twisted his slender neck, looking like a tortoise sticking its head out.
Jin Gong stared at Xiao Tian's neck, revealing a malicious smile. The Prophet beside him could not help but shudder.
…
In the WE break room.
Red Rice's tone was still serious. Following his habit, he pointed out the problems of the previous game.
"Your rhythm of the entire game was ruined by this vision." Red Rice's words were passed to everyone's ears through the translator. "The opponent's mid laner is very smart. He brought a scan in advance and then eliminated this vision when the minions were about to reach the mid laner."
"From here on out, we're already at a huge disadvantage in terms of tactical execution." Red Rice patted the whiteboard and signaled for everyone to focus. "The vision experience of the mid and top laners helped them get the second kill. You guys can't even unleash the power of the mid laner."
Getting the second kill was deadly enough in a casual game, not to mention in a high-intensity professional game. Its importance was self-evident.
"At the same time, we also lost the jungler's movement. This is very important. If we can't grasp the opponent's jungler's route, it means that the risk of Kandy invading is greatly increased."
"Think about it carefully. Other than this vision, are there any other mistakes in your strategy?" Red Rice looked at everyone.
The WE players shook their heads.
Kandy's level 3 blind jungler was actually a bad idea, but he had to take the risk.
If he didn't invade when he was level 3, he wouldn't have a chance when Lin Yan and Ike reached level 6.
If a Nanqiang and Wine Barrel were evenly matched in the mid laner's team battle, there was no doubt who would be more effective.
Xi Ye rubbed his bowl cut in distress.
Lin Yan's scan completely ruined WE's first game.
This was how professional matches were. A single mistake could cause a butterfly effect that could affect the outcome of a match.
In this game, in the eyes of the normal audience, WE's play was terrible. They were completely crushed by YM.
But in Red Rice's eyes, the mistake in this game was the level 1 vision and the scan.
Kandy's anti-jungler invade was forced. After that, WE's every step was led by the nose by YM. Other than that, there were no other mistakes.
Therefore, he didn't scold his players too much. The atmosphere in the WE lounge wasn't as oppressive as before.
…
Lin Yan poured coffee into his paper cup and then followed behind his teammates to the main stage.
"Our overall plan is still the same as the last game. Are there any problems?"
White Crescent already knew that WE had chosen the blue side for the next game. They still had a counter position.
He wasn't surprised by Red Rice's choice. The main reason was that YM was good at too many heroes. If WE chose the red side, they would face too much pressure.
White Crescent had already predicted this. If there were no accidents, YM wouldn't have to change sides in the finals.
The reason why YM chose the red side was very simple — Black Tech.
The last choice would give him and his team members some leeway to deal with WE's big moves. If necessary, they could even reveal their trump cards.
"I still have to play Verus?" Jack sighed. "How boring."
"You should practice more. I've seen your ranking record from Doom. You haven't practiced enough as a hero." White Crescent walked beside him.
"Are you kidding me? Do I still need to practice my Verus?" Jack's mouth twitched.
…
"The second game's BP has begun. WE has chosen the blue side!"
WE's first two bans were given to Qing Gang Yin and Ice as usual. Red Rice couldn't use these two spots.
White Crescent didn't hesitate either. They continued with the ban strategy from the previous game and locked up Big Mouth and Ke Lie.
"The bans of both sides are relatively fixed from the first game." Mille adjusted his glasses and began to analyze. "Both sides are trying their best to block the opponent's early and mid game heroes."
"WE's banned mid laner Qing Gang Yin's ability to help the jungler is definitely top-notch. Ice's E ability can block the opponent's jungler's position. His laning is also very strong."
"YM's banned Big Mouth and Ke Lie are also WE's best heroes. They both have one characteristic — extremely strong mid game combat ability."
Miller continued to express his opinion. "Both sides are banning heroes in the early and middle stages of the game, but their goals are the opposite. WE doesn't want YM to get these strong heroes and snowball the game. YM, on the other hand, doesn't want WE to get a lineup that can compete with them in the early and middle stages."
"This way, they can maximize the strengths of their respective teams."
Doll paused for two seconds after listening to Mille's words. He thought carefully about what he could add.
But he couldn't find anything.
"Yes, that's right," he said dryly.
Red Rice's third ban finally changed his mind. He didn't lock up Lucian anymore.
As smart as he was, he knew that YM had a set of traps to deal with Sindra. Red Rice couldn't use Lucian as a bargaining chip in exchange for YM banning Sindra.
He knew that the opponent wouldn't fall for it.
"WE's third ban is given to Shen. Jin Gong's Shen played very well in the previous game. He didn't fall behind in the laning at all. The nine-minute wave of support also helped YM establish a huge advantage in the frontline battle."
White Crescent frowned.
From the moment Red Rice changed the BP strategy, the previous idea of "playing slow chess" had been broken. The two of them changed their thinking to "playing fast chess". The only time left for the coach to think was the 30-second countdown timer.
If the coach couldn't deal with the opponent's BP strategy in these 30 seconds, then the lineup would be very strange.
Some lineups were unplayable as soon as they were brought out. The players didn't even have the confidence to play.
"We ban Spider. Release Lucian and Sindra!" White Crescent stood behind Lin Yan and said.
Red Rice decisively took out Lucian.
You can use Ike to set up Sindra's trap. I don't believe you can block Lucian!
"Take out Rambo first, then choose Verus." White Crescent was very calm.
"Lucian should be used as a mid laner for Xi Ye, but this Rambo …" Mille thought for two seconds and said, "Xiao Tian used him to fight in the jungle. Ran can also use him as a mid laner. Jin Gong can also play him."
However, Red Rice was sure that YM wouldn't give Rambo to Jin Gong.
Xiao Tian and Kandy were the same. They basically didn't go to the top lane. If Rambo was given to Jin Gong, it would be a blatant invitation to military training.
If they were playing against a weak team, White Crescent might be able to do this. However, this was the finals. Red Rice didn't think White Crescent would do this.
Rambo would be very difficult to play against Lucian in the mid lane. He would be suppressed.
In Red Rice's opinion, this Rambo was most likely given to Xiao Tian.
"EZ and Wine Barrel." He made his own response.
After taking out Lucian in the solo lane, the other people would definitely have to make up for the AP damage. Otherwise, the team would be easily targeted by the tank top lane.
"YM's third choice, take out Lulu for the Prophet!"
"It's fine if you ask me to take Verus, but at least change the support hero. I have two Verus + Lulu, sigh." Jack turned his head and sighed when he saw Lin Ran lock onto Lulu.
"You're not going to let us use this combo in the third round, are you?
BSYY, give us some effort. "Jack even muttered the Pinyin acronym of White Crescent.
It wasn't that he didn't want to use Verus. If the team needed it, he could play the same hero until he vomited. Now, he was just trying to adjust the team's atmosphere.
He wasn't worried about the others. Everyone had good competition experience. He was just afraid that something would happen to the Prophet.
"I … Is my Lulu okay?"
It was rare for the Prophet to chat with his teammates during BP. "If you think it's not okay, I can still use Lady Wind in the next round. My Lady Wind is very good."
At the mention of Lady Wind, the Prophet's slightly stupefied eyes bloomed with confidence.
This was his strongest hero.
On the other side, when Red Rice saw Lulu appear, he wrote and drew in his notebook as a response.
In the second round of BP, White Crescent blocked the top lane Little Man-Fish and Titan, while Red Rice blocked Big Tree and Bobby.
All four positions were given to the top lane.
When White Crescent saw Red Rice's second ban, he knew that the opponent must have guessed that his Rambo would be a jungler.
But it didn't matter.
"Let's take Captain." White Crescent didn't hesitate.
Jin Gong's hero pool was very deep. Although the top lane tanks and Little Man-Fish were all banned, he could still take out other heroes.
When Red Rice saw this Captain, he smiled very happily.
"Karma and … Jess!" Mille was very surprised.
"Then the question is, is this Jess going to be a mid lane or a top lane?" Long Hair was also surprised by WE's choice.
Red Rice had brought out a strong lineup of Jess + Lucian!
"No matter what, Jin Gong's Captain won't have an easy time!" Doll shouted.
Jin Gong's face was very dark.
Between Jayz and Lucian, one had W [Super Electric Charge] which could increase his attack speed, and the other had the passive dual gun mechanism. The captain's bucket could be described in four words.
As long as he had hands.
On top of that, both of them were long-ranged players. Jin Gong could imagine how miserable his situation would be.
White Crescent looked at Red Rice's arrangement and couldn't help but sigh.
So strong, Red Rice.
This top mid lane could not only counter the Captain, but also protect Wine Barrel from invading the jungle.
White Crescent knew that this was WE's hidden move.
957 didn't use Jess or Lucian in this year's Spring Season (see picture). Moreover, he had always been playing the role of a top blue collar top laner. Unless he got Kele, Kandy wouldn't help him.
In this game, WE's bottom laner EZ Karma was obviously going to play. They chose to shift their tactical focus to the top mid lane.
However, White Crescent was also prepared.
However, this preparation wasn't for WE, but for MSI's opponents.
Just like what Xiao Tian said in the trash talk segment, in the second half of the Spring Season, while White Crescent was studying WE, he also took the time to look at the competition in the next division.
LCK had a special feature, which was that Jess had a lot of tricks. Many players were very fond of this second battalion commander Piertwalk.
Whether it was top laner, mid laner, AD, jungler, or support, they could all play Jess.
Especially KT, who was known as the swing team of Jess. Deft Lantern Jess and MATA One-Handed Jess were eternal classics.
White Crescent combined Doom's data analysis and Lin Yan's hero pool to come up with a rough plan to deal with Jess.
The two heroes, Jess and Lucian, had a lot of similarities during the match-up period, and this response plan could be copied.
"Do you want to use it?
Or do you want to hide it? "White Crescent asked Lin Yan.
He still liked to listen to the opinions of his teammates. Currently, they had the advantage of a small game. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be able to win this BO5.
"… Take it." Lin Yan didn't want to hide it.
Originally, they had secretly done some research on Jess in the middle of the Spring Season and were prepared to give it to LCK's team in MSI.
However, who would have thought that the change to armor would cause Jess's appearance rate to plummet.
If they continued to hide this move, it would lose its value the next time the armor was changed and Jess became a sewer hero.
They might as well use it now.
"Prophet, you choose then." White Crescent nodded.
Under everyone's anticipation, a big guy covered in lava appeared in YM's last hero selection window.
Lava Beast, Moffett!
(See the picture for Jess and Lucian's data.)
There was a huge uproar in the stadium.
This hero was basically a symbol of stupidity and rarely appeared in the professional scene. They could still clearly remember the famous scene of a certain LPL blue collar top laner who used Stone Golem in the S5, but the opposing player used Flash to frantically dodge his big move!
【？？？】
[What the hell?]
[Will the Stone Golem hit Jess or Lucian?
I'm afraid he won't even be able to eat minions.]
[He really dares to choose. I'll wait and see how many big moves this Jess uses in one match!]
"Jess?
Is this hero going to be used as a mid laner? "Doll was in disbelief.
"It's a lot more comfortable after level 6, but Jess isn't a threat before level 6!" Mille was a little worried.
"The advantage of choosing Jess is that WE's top and mid laners are all physical damage dealers. Their magic damage basically depends on Karma and Wine Barrel. These two heroes have average damage, so Jess will be more tanky." Long-hair commented.
The lineups of both sides were confirmed.
Blue side WE: Top Jess, Jungler Wine Barrel, Mid Laner Lucian, Bottom Laner EZ + Karma.
Red side YM: Top Captain, Jungler Rambo, Mid Laner Jess, Bottom Laner Lucian + Lulu.
Red Rice rubbed his nose and felt that something was wrong.
"You guys hurry up and help the jungler build an advantage. Finish the game as soon as possible. Don't drag it out." Red Rice didn't forget to remind them before taking off his headphones.
They didn't practice Jess's system much, and Red Rice was afraid that they would learn EDG.
Lin Yan brought Flash and went to the mid lane, pretending to buy a Corruption Potion when he went out.
On the opposite side, Xi Ye's Lucian used Flash and Ignite, and Doran's Sword went out to suppress him.
They had learned their lesson this time. They walked around YM's jungler and chased everyone away, not letting their opponents know where they were.
This time, they were finally able to detect Xiao Tian's jungler route.
In 1 minute and 35 seconds, the minions successfully reached the mid lane tower.
Lin Yan knew that it would be very difficult for him to fight the mid lane in the early game, so he deliberately left the tower with the third minions of the first wave of minions.
This way, he didn't have to worry about Lucian directly crossing the minions to suppress him. Otherwise, if he left the tower after the minions reached the center, it was very likely that Xi Ye would block the minions and cross the line to consume them.
After all, minions had an attack range. As long as the enemy heroes attacked their own heroes outside of the attack range, the minions wouldn't attack them at all.
Lin Yan hid behind the minions and gained experience.
In fact, the mid laner Jess had a much easier time dealing with Lucian in the early game than the top lane.
Because the top lane was too long, Lucian, a hero with long arms, could even suppress the Jess in the early game until he couldn't gain any experience.
However, this kind of operation was difficult to achieve in the early game unless there was a way to push the minions back.
Therefore, although Lin Yan didn't deal any damage, he still gained experience.
And every time a minion died, a + 1 gold coin prompt would pop up on him.
Relying on the talent [Cloud Explorer]: Every time an ally kills a nearby enemy minion, you will receive 1 gold coin.
Every time you hit an enemy hero with a normal attack, you will receive an additional 3 gold coins (if you are a melee hero, you will receive 10 gold coins) (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
(Cloud Explorer's View)
The meaning of an ally included an ally hero, an ally's minions, and an ally's tower.
The effective range was equivalent to the experience range.
It was an anti-pressure artifact, a necessary talent for many top laner Jess, Jess, and support players.
Xi Ye's Lucian dealt damage bit by bit, and the minions' position slowly advanced toward Lin Yan's tower.
He had already missed all six minions in the first wave. At this time, the second wave arrived in front of the tower. Lin Yan decisively went up and used E [Tremor] to kill three low-health melee minions.
Looking at the gold coin prompt that popped up on top of his head, Lin Yan felt very comfortable.
In order to kill these three minions, he ate Xi Ye's set of AQAA.
After the passive shield was destroyed, he lost a few dozen HP.
But it didn't matter. He had three bottles of potions and a teleport on him that could heal the minions.
Lin Yan stood under the tower with nothing to do, so he simply danced.
It had to be said that the Jess' taunt effect of the Jess' dance was comparable to that of the Jess. It looked like it wanted to beat him up.
Xi Ye watched the Jess dance under the tower, and the Jess' deep laughter echoed in his ears.
Annoyed, his hands trembled, and he controlled Lucian to attack in advance. He didn't manage to kill one of the minions, and it was killed by his minions.
F * ck!
Xi Ye decisively opened the settings interface and lowered the in-game sound to the minimum.
His heart was as calm as still water, and he finally felt comfortable dealing the last hit.
After the two waves of minions were killed, Lin Yan dealt four more hits, and Xi Ye dealt eleven.
Lin Yan wasn't in a hurry. The eight minions he missed gave him 8 gold coins, which rounded up to the value of a ranged soldier.
At this time, Kandy had finally reached level 3 and was ready to bring the two brothers to cause trouble.