In the LCK lounge, the players and coaches of the four teams gathered.
“YM？”
Edgar, the three-star supervisor, also knew the opponent's team. He was confused. "What's going on?"
Kkoma was restless.
LPL's first-hand arrangement had disrupted their plans.
In their opinion, YM was the LPL's trump card. Their chances of winning against the four Korean teams were very high. Logically speaking, they should not be sent out first, just like how LCK would not send out SKT in the first match.
"Are they trying to snatch the first victory to gain momentum …" Kkoma thought to himself.
Lin Yan sat in the middle of the players' seats and placed the paper cup on his forearm.
The low temperature of the ice water penetrated through the paper, causing the skin on his forearm to tremble slightly.
"Brothers, today is a good start." He looked at his teammates.
"No problem, the three-star is not that strong …" Jack yawned and touched his belly, which was getting fatter.
Liu Qingsong reached out to pat Shiba Inu's belly, but was frightened by Jack's grin.
As usual, White Crescent put on his headphones and walked behind them while keeping the headphone cord.
"Be careful. We picked a weaker opponent, but don't be careless." After confirming with the referee that everything was in order, he supported Lin Yan's back and said, "If we lose, the pressure on our brothers behind us will be too great."
The five of them calmed down and began to discuss the details of the match.
After the referee gave the order to start the match, Jin Gong, who was on the blue side, clicked the start button. The BP segment of the match began.
"LPL won the coin toss before the match. We have the priority to pick sides in the first, third, and fifth matches. YM chose the blue side and banned Zach, while the three-star team banned Spider Queen …"
The two strongest junglers of the two versions were banned, and the remaining Wine Barrel Girls each took one. It was very fair.
"Suppress Policewoman, don't let them out," White Crescent said after some thought.
Policewoman's strength was not high when she reached the mid-game. Coincidentally, YM was best at mid-game offense, so YM's opponents would not choose her.
However, from White Crescent's point of view, Policewoman countered YM's playstyle from a certain angle.
This was because the side that had Policewoman in the early game would most likely have the right to the bottom lane.
If the bottom lane continued to be suppressed, it would be very difficult for Liu Qingsong to go offline. Naturally, it would be very difficult for the situation to turn around.
Meanwhile, Samsung turned around and sealed Rock Sparrow.
"YM's last ban was given to Callista, while Samsung banned Lucian."
"Sindra! Sindra!" Lin Yan shouted at Jin Gong when he saw his favorite hero being released.
"Sindra has been released, and YM decisively locked him down. This is one of the signature heroes of Ran!" Mille said.
"Three Stars chose the Xialuo combo. It looks like they want to suppress YM's bottom lane," Doll said, "Let's see what YM's second and third picks will be …"
"We'll definitely get Hammer Stone. How about we get Xiao Tian a Wine Barrel?" White Crescent suggested.
His teammates didn't have any objections.
They first chose Asuke Nakano and the other two spots that were more important to YM, leaving the other two spots for last.
This was very much in line with YM's overall strategy. They prioritized ensuring that Asuke Nakano and the other two spots that were often linked to get comfortable heroes.
Edgar had no choice. He could only make up for Pig Sister. Otherwise, White Crescent would definitely target the ban jungler position in the second round.
In the second round of bans, White Crescent banned Kelley and Galio, blocking the heroes that Cuvee and Crown were good at.
On the other hand, Samsung banned both Verus and Frost.
Now that Dusk had been stolen, Callista, Ice, Verus, and Policewoman were all banned, leaving Jack with few choices.
Edgar found that up until now, the "YM response plan" that he had previously researched was difficult to execute perfectly.
Because there were not enough bans, they were forced to give it to Lin Yan and Sindra. Crown's Snake Lady was difficult to take out.
Snake Lady was not easy to play against Sindra's lane, and there was a chance that she would be caught by the opposing Wine Barrel and Hammer Stone's jungler.
He could only choose a more reliable life-saving hero for Crown, and at the same time, try his best to control the middle lane.
"Samsung chose to get Grasshopper for Crown first …" Mille was not surprised to see Samsung's fourth choice. "This is the main function. He wants to try his best to hold off Lin Yan in the middle lane."
"Do we still want Princes? How about Kenan?" Jin Gong turned around and asked.
He felt that Samsung's last move would most likely be a strong solo hero, and taking Princes would not be an advantage.
"If we choose Kenan, we have to take the AD solo. Our middle lane has enough magic damage," White Crescent said after pondering for a moment.
Jin Gong nodded. "No problem."
"Kenan and Big Mouth …" Mille could not help but frown when he saw YM's last two choices.
"Is there really someone who can protect Big Mouth?"
He asked his own question. "We all know that Big Mouth, a big cannon without displacement, is very dependent on the DPS environment. It's best if he can be used together with Gario.
"But YM's other four characters, Kenan, Wine Barrel, Sindra, and Hammer Stone, are not the line-up to protect at all?"
Doll could not answer Mille's doubts. He looked at the BP panel and changed the topic. "Samsung's last pick got Gnar for Cuvee, and they still want to solo."
If the mid laner Grasshopper did not perfectly fit the "YM's counterplan," then Gnar was completely off the path.
In the original counterplan, the top laner should have chosen a control tank who could protect and support his teammates.
However, because the mid laner Grasshopper was a hero with average damage, it was difficult for Edgar to give the top laner Big Tree, who was purely a front laner.
If they were chosen, they would be Big Tree Sister Pig and Grasshopper Xia Luo. They would be reduced to a four to one system, and most of the damage output in the team battle would depend on Xia Luo.
The odor was too strong. It would be impossible to choose such a lineup without ten years of cerebral thrombosis.
Edgar could only give the top laner Gnar as a solo carry, leaving himself a way out.
The lineups of the two sides were thus decided.
The blue side YM: Top Laner Kenan, Jungler Wine Barrel, Mid Laner Sindra, Bottom Laner Big Mouth + Hammer Stone.
The red side SSG: Top Laner Gnar, Wild Boar Sister, Mid Laner Malzahar, Bottom Laner Lu Xia + Luo.
"This should be an AD Laner Kenan." Mille also guessed Jin Gong's choice. "Then I don't think YM has the advantage in this team battle."
"Samsung's ability to protect the backline and force a team battle is too strong. Coupled with Xia Luo's own big move, it'll be difficult for Ruler to die."
Doll nodded repeatedly. "But I think that if YM can choose such a lineup, they must have a way to deal with it. Maybe they can rely on Brother Gongzi's solo carry to end this battle."
"That's true." Mille originally wanted to say that YM hadn't done a 41 for a long time, but when he thought about how Jin Gong almost caused Huni to become autistic in the MSI finals, his confidence surged. "Let's see how YM performs on the spot."
The audience was still cheering for Samsung. Now that they were unscrupulous, their voices became louder and louder.
After all, their own division had already been eliminated. Even if YM vented their anger now, they wouldn't be the ones to bear the consequences.
Backstage, in the lounges of the two divisions, dozens of players and coaches stared at the screen, not missing a single detail.
Summoner's Canyon appeared, and ten heroes appeared in the spring!
"Let's go to the bottom half of their division." Lin Yan bought Doran's Ring and marked the blue buff of Samsung's bottom half.
Their first-tier team battle strength was quite good, while Samsung's Grasshopper Nakano + Pig Sister were very weak.
Under these circumstances, Lin Yan naturally had to do a first-tier invasion.
"Wait for 1 minute and 30 seconds before we go over. Jin Gong, before you go online, leave a spot for our team's blue buff." He led his three teammates and stood in the bushes behind their own team's red buff.
"Corejj placed an accessory eye in the bushes near the river. Ruler set up an eye in the bushes near the bottom lane and the edge of the river. It looks like they're also on guard against YM's possible invasion." Mille analyzed the game from God's perspective. "Sect Master An wants to start from the wrong position in the top half of the division …"
This kind of misalignment was very advantageous for the weaker side's jungler. It greatly reduced the possibility of being forcefully countered by the opponent.
However, even after 1 minute and 20 seconds, the two accessory eyes in the bottom half of the division still hadn't seen YM's movements.
The old Sect Master An's mind became active.
If the opponent's first-tier team wasn't too strong, he wouldn't want to start from the wrong position in the top half of the division.
This was because his goal for this round was very clear. He wanted to help before level 6.
Help didn't just refer to gank, but also a form of protection.
Kenan had almost no natural enemies online. Gnar would definitely be suppressed before his Q [Boomerang Throwing] leveled up.
It had to be known that Gnar, the top laner of Cuvee, was a three-star late game solo. A certain amount of resources had to be given to him.
After all, the mid laner Grasshopper and bottom laner Xialuo's coordination before level 6 was extremely limited. Naturally, Sect Master An had to ensure the development of his own top laner.
If the opponent didn't invade from the wrong position in the top half of the division, he wouldn't be able to switch to YM's top half.
If he kept farming like this, it would be very difficult to help the top laner in the early game.
Therefore, when Sect Master An saw that YM had no signs of invading, he hurriedly went down. He wanted to start from the blue buff and farm all the way to protect the top laner.
"Eh?
Sect Master An ran back again. "Doll raised his eyebrows. He was a little surprised." The four YM players have no intention of invading. They've been standing in their own jungle for almost a minute! "
However, when the game was 1 minute and 30 seconds old, the four YM players suddenly entered the river and advanced towards SSG's blue zone!
Corejj could clearly see the movements of the YM players!
"Sect Master An, what are you going to do?" Doll shouted. "The blue buff is about to refresh!"
Sect Master An didn't expect the YM players to be so cunning. They waited until the jungle was about to refresh before invading.
However, there was nothing he could do. YM Hammer Stone, Sindra, Wine Barrel, and Big Mouth were all level one players. A head-on confrontation was completely unrealistic.
"I'll go to the top half and open it myself. You guys can go online."
Mille saw this and shouted, "Sect Master An is going to rush to his own jungle again. However, this way, it'll be very difficult for Cuvee to help him!"
Sect Master An only decided to change direction after 1 minute and 32 seconds. He rushed to the top half again. After 6 seconds, the red buff would refresh.
Moreover, the creeps were about to reach the top lane.
If Cuvee insisted on helping Sect Master An open the jungle, then he would lose creeps and experience.
However, if Pig Girl were to farm the red buff alone, it would be too painful!
"Cuvee had no choice but to come over and help with the damage output." Mille laughed. "Otherwise, Sect Master An would have to go back to the city to resupply when he reached level 3."
"Help me attack a few more times!" Sect Master An saw that Cuvee had thrown away his boomerang and was about to leave after two normal attacks. He hurriedly urged him to stay.
"But if I help you, I'll lose creeps." Cuvee was slightly dissatisfied. Creeps were his lifeblood. He definitely couldn't lose them.
"If you help me now, I'll go to the top lane to help you later!" Sect Master An promised.
Cuvee was unwilling, but since his big brother Sect Master An had said so, he obediently helped him eat the red buff.
"Cuvee, if you go online now, it'll be like losing three creeps. How comfortable." Mille couldn't help but sigh.
After Lin Yan went online, he tried to suppress them. After all, a level one Grasshopper wasn't very strong. Sindra had the upper hand in the fight.
However, Crown was very cowardly. He shrank back and didn't try to change his health.
Even though Lin Ran managed to hit the Grasshopper with his Q [Shadow Ball] when his three melee players were at critical health and the Crown Army was about to finish them off, it only managed to tear apart the Grasshopper's protective layer.
The protective membrane's damage reduction effect absorbed a lot of damage for Crown. The Grasshopper he controlled didn't lose much health at all.
When the Shadow Ball hit, Crown stood at the maximum range of 900 yards and easily killed the three creeps with his Q skill.
As usual, he was steady.
However, Lin Yan didn't give up on the idea of wearing him down. The level one Grasshopper's passive skill [Void Travel] had a cooldown reduction of 30 seconds. He still had plenty of chances.
Very quickly, he took advantage of the fact that the three ranged creeps were low on health and used his skill to wear Crown down again.
Malzahar took damage and the cooldown of his passive skill [Void Travel] was reset.
The protective membrane still needed 30 seconds to form.
Crown felt a little frustrated.
Lin Yan's intention to wear him down was very obvious.
However, the key was that this person always made his move when Crown was using his skills to finish off the creeps.
Malzahar wasn't like Clockwork or Sindra who could cast spells while moving. He couldn't avoid the casting action.
This casting action wasn't very long, but Sindra could take advantage of this time to hit Malzahar with his skills.
If Lin Yan continued to wear him down, then the Grasshopper's passive skill would be useless. It was constantly resetting and wouldn't have any effect at all.
More importantly, Sindra's Q skill [Shadow Ball] didn't attract the creeps' aggro. Lin Yan was still full of health at this point.
Crown was under a lot of pressure, but he still had to withstand it.
People who could withstand pressure were like this. There was nothing he could do about it.
"Sect Master An reached level 3 and rushed to the top lane to help …" Mille's commentary target changed along with the camera. "Jin Gong is having a hard time with these creeps."
Jin Gong had been obediently finishing off the creeps. He even waited for the creeps' trajectory to appear before finishing off the creeps.
This way, the creeps wouldn't attack the enemy's creeps because of the hero's last hit, and it could slow down the creeps' advance indefinitely.
However, he missed three creeps at level 1, and they were also only finishing off the creeps.
This caused the creeps on the top lane to still be in the middle of the river.
Sect Master An's Piggy appeared from the bushes and forced Jin Gong to retreat under the tower.
Ahn Bixin looked at Jin Gong who was circling under the tower and grinned proudly.
He became even more excited when he remembered that Jin Gong had also come out from a three-star guild. He had successfully triggered the passive skill [One Hit One Three-Star Traitor].
The Piggy under Ahn Bixin's crotch rose and fell, dancing mockingly.
Jin Gong could only watch as his cannon was devoured by the creeps. He didn't even get a single EXP.
Suddenly, the audience burst into applause and cheers. It was as ridiculous as when they saw the North American TSM's Eye Disassembly.
"Moya (What)?" Sect Leader An was shocked, and the pig under him didn't even move.
[Is the audience disgusting again?]
[This cannon dropped … If I'm in the top lane, I'm going to curse.]
[Sect Master An is still laughing?
If you're still laughing after ten minutes, everyone in YM will be responsible!]
Xiao Tian had just cleared the bottom half of the three-star guild's jungle.
Lin Yan saw Sect Master An's position. His brain worked quickly, and he commanded decisively, "Xiao Tian, let's go to the jungle. We can defend our third wolf!"
He saw that Sect Master An's last hit count was three, and easily calculated the Piggy's farming route: red BUFF-YM square BUFF-YM blue BUFF-YM magical swamp frog.
Based on his calculations, there was still a group of three wolves in the top half of YM.
One should not underestimate this group of three wolves, which was worth only 100 gold coins.
If they could defend their third wolf, Sect Master An would have one less group to farm. It would cost him 200 gold coins, which was close to the economy of two waves of minions.
Phyllostachys Pubescens could not wait for someone to help him defend his jungle. He gladly agreed and headed to his own jungle with a Wine Barrel in his arms.
Sect Master An was oblivious. After he was done disgusting Jin Gong, he dove into YM's jungle. He was ready to eat his third wolf and then go to the top lane to show off.
"Xiao Tian is heading up from the bottom half of his own jungle. He's already passed by the second tower." Doll lowered his voice. "He's going to catch Sect Master An!"
"Jin Gong, can you come down?" Lin Yan gave up on the mid lane minions and quickly approached the jungle. "I can give you this head."
The Siberian was excited when he heard this. He walked down the tower to the jungle without hesitation.
The two people in YM disappeared at the same time. Sect Master An was not an idiot. He knew that they were coming to catch him.
However, he was not too worried.
Sindra and Kainan would not be able to kill the pig girl quickly. At most, he could use Monster Punishment to recover his health.
"You two come too. Don't be afraid of them!" Sect Master An ordered his teammates.
After pushing away the minions, his confidence was as high as his rage. He ran towards the jungle with the confidence that he would win.
"The grasshoppers will come later. Let's go first!"
Lin Yan knew that if Crown wanted to reach YM's third wolf, he would need to take a detour. It was a relatively long journey.
He knew that Sect Master An still had a Punishment on him, so he played a trick.
The moment he inserted an accessory into the third wolf's camp, W [Psychokinesis] grabbed the big wolf!
Now that the large monsters were under his control, they could not be selected.
Sect Master An did not have time to react. He could not even use Punishment!
In the next moment, in his dark vision, Wine Barrel's fat belly crashed into the pig under Sect Master An's crotch. Even the woman on the wild pig was stunned!
Sect Leader An didn't expect that Little Tian would actually come along!
He watched as Wine Barrel used all his skills and lowered his health. He quickly wanted to escape.
However, Lin Yan took advantage of the gap when Xiao Tian was controlling the pig girl to quickly use QE. The chain of control was connected very well. Then, he used a normal attack and used Thunder Lord's Decree.
Sect Master An's health was in danger. He could die at any time.
He tried to use Q [Arctic Assault] to cross the wall.
However, this damn Wine Barrel was between him and the wall. His fat body blocked this narrow space tightly.
If the pig girl used Q [Arctic Assault], she would hit Wine Barrel. She would not be able to cross the wall and escape.
"Xiao Tian is still circling around. Stop him. Don't let Sect Master An out!" Mille was excited. "This pig can't escape!"
Left with no choice, An Bixin could only use Flash to cross the wall first.
However, the little Yodells covered in lightning also came out from above. Jin Gong held the Lightning Shuriken and came to take their lives!
Although it was AD Kainan, the early stage skill mechanism was still there. The damage was not low.
Jin Gong chased after the pig's butt and attacked fiercely.
You're called An Bixin, right?
You don't want me to finish off the cannon car?
The Xi Ba people vented their anger on the pig girl.
"Cuvee rushed to the battlefield. He maintained his rage very well. His full health is very strong now …"
Cuvee still wanted to stop Jin Gong. However, when he used E [Fierce Stomp] to close in on Kainan, Jin Gong also used Flash!
A Q [Esoteric!
Chidori] and W [Esoteric!
Lightning Blade] detonated the storm mark on the pig girl, successfully killing her first blood!
"Retreat retreat retreat, don't be left behind!" An Bixin, who was already dead, ordered his teammates to escape.
Now that the three players in YM had used all their skills, there was no way to stop the other three-star players. They simply stopped chasing and returned to the game line to develop.
"Double Buff in hand!"
Doll looked at Kainan, who was swaying with his Shuriken, and could not help but shout excitedly, "Kainan can't block it now!"
Cuvee returned to the game line. His body had already shrunk. He looked at Kainan, who had just taken the first blood, and his face darkened.
Was this what An Bixin meant by helping him?
How was he going to deal with Kainan, who had double Buffs?
Kainan was already having a hard time in the early stage. It was fine if he had to leave out three soldiers to help open the field, but what was the meaning of giving him one?
Did he want him to die?
Cuvee's emotions fluctuated. He was careless and Jin Gong activated E [Esoteric!
Thunder Armor] caught up and used a normal attack. The red Buff's burning effect continued to burn his blood.
It was uncomfortable!
Cuvee put on a painful mask. His face contorted as he continued to fight.
The applause below the stage stopped abruptly. Sect Leader An also stopped laughing.
It had only been a minute since he danced on the pig in the top lane.
Retribution always came so quickly that it caught people off guard.