"Welcome back to the live broadcast of the 2017 Asian League Finals. The match between RNG and MVP is about to begin. LPL is leading LCK 2: 1 …"
In the LPL lounge, everyone's eyes were glued to the big screen. The IG players who had just returned to their rooms were also silent. They sat in the seats closest to the door.
The person who was curled up in Lin Yan's arms twisted her body uneasily.
"Are you nervous?" Lin Yan asked.
"A little." Su Cheng nodded.
Lin Yan looked up and saw that Gouba and HooN had similar expressions as Su Cheng.
Previously, they had all provided data analysis and decision-making assistance to their own teams. This was the first time they had worked together to give advice to a team.
Of course, they were nervous. No one wanted to make a mistake in their analysis and decision-making.
The BP on the screen had already begun.
The MVP used his priority to get the blue side and banned the policewoman from the game.
Firefox, who was wearing tactical goggles and a white shirt, wasn't surprised. Even though Policewoman fit RNG's BP strategy, he never expected to get this hero.
Uzi was famous for their lane suppression. If the MVP coach released the policewoman, then their bottom lane would be able to hang under the tower.
"The red team's RNG still banned Zach," Doll said as she looked at the BP panel. "MVP banned Blind Monk again. He's probably afraid of Saucepan's anti-jungler …"
Firefox banned Callista. Even though Skateboard Shoes didn't have much power in the later stages of the game, he could basically eat the top lane in the early stages.
They definitely couldn't get this hero on the red team, so they might as well ban it.
MVP banned Xiao Hu's Rock Sparrow in the end, while RNG banned Sindra.
Lucian was released.
Lin Yan could feel MVP's conflicted emotions through the screen.
In Version 7.12, the bug that allowed 'Cripple's passive physical damage to be stacked with the Black Cleaver's armor-piercing effect' was fixed (see picture). However, it did not affect Lucian from maintaining his position as the T1 mid laner.
Should Lucian take it or not?
The MVP mid laner Ian's individual strength was average. He could only be considered below average among the LCK mid laners. His familiarity with Lucian wasn't high either.
(See this chapter.)
But if they took down Lucian, there was a high probability that they would be able to keep their spot in the middle lane …
The MVP coach was also a little bewitched. Ever since Lin Yan had pulled off this dirty trick in the S6 finals, many people wanted to pick Lu Xian whenever they saw her.
All of them were poisoned by Lu Xian Poison.
He hesitated for a long time before giving up the hero Lucian and locking the Wine Barrel.
He felt that Xiao Hu would not choose either.
The MVP coach was well aware that this guy had two faces, both external and internal.
"Kuch, Kuch, Kuch!" Firefox saw that the other side had given up on Lucian and quickly shouted, "Take Lucian too!"
Although Xiao Hu was steady in external battles and rarely played a hero like Lucian, Ouze could be used.
"MVP immediately took Hammer Stone and Kassadin. It looks like he still wants to use Kassadin to counter Airplane." Mille looked at the BP panel of both sides. "RNG took Piggy in the end. This way, we won't lose to Wine Barrel!"
After the first round of BP, Lin Yan could feel Su Cheng's tense body relax slightly.
Everything was going according to the plan.
MVP was like a little white rabbit that was about to fall into the trap that the LPL hunters had carefully prepared for it.
In the second round of bans, MVP naturally targeted Xiao Ming. He banned Boulogne and Titan, two heroes that could complement Lucian.
On the other hand, RNG was targeted at the AD. Ice and Verus were banned.
Now, the only ADCs left were Little Pao, Big Mouth, and Dusk.
After thinking about it, MVP chose Little Pao. Since they had taken Kassadin as the mid laner, they naturally needed to get some strong characters in the early game. Little Pao's early small-scale fighting ability was not bad.
In the end, the lineups of both sides were finalized.
MVP of the blue side: top laner Crocodile, jungler Wine Barrel, mid laner Kassadin, bottom laner Little Pao + Hammer Stone.
RNG of the red side: top laner Princes, mid laner Boar Girl, mid laner Airplane, bottom laner Lucian + Karma.
Mille felt that MVP's lineups were better. It was very balanced. In the late game, Little Pao's range advantage against Lucian was very exaggerated. Coupled with the level 16 hero Kassadin, MVP's lineups were not weak in the early, mid, and late game.
He carefully considered his words. "This game still depends on whether UZI's bottom laner can gain an advantage. Lucian + Karma, this lane suppression is definitely top-notch …"
Doll also felt that RNG's lineups were a little strange. However, in this kind of situation, he naturally would not say it out loud. He just nodded and did not say anything else.
If many of the audience could read minds, they would probably shout that they were the same.
RNG's lineups seemed to be more aggressive in the early game. However, the awkward thing was that they could not form a team before level 6.
Princes and Pig Girl relied on big moves to keep people. Lucian, Karma, and Airplane did not even have a hard control.
With such a lineups, before the jungler reached level 6, RNG would not be able to take the initiative to control the rhythm of the game.
After reaching level 6, Hammer Stone, Wine Barrel, and Crocodile would be very strong. If they really fought, RNG might not be able to win.
There was no rhythm in the early game, and it was not easy to win in the mid game. In the late game, they would have to face the two cores of Kassadin and Little Pao. How could they fight?
[Is this BP out of his mind?]
[I didn't expect the red side to give Mi De Tiger the mid laner first. Can't you give him a counter position?]
[Wind BP, those who understand understand, those who don't …]
The camera panned to the LCK coaching team. Karma's face was full of smiles. He kept flipping through the notebook in his hand. It looked like he was already studying the opponent for the fifth round.
However, the LPL lounge was also full of joy.
Firefox, who had finished his BP, returned to the lounge and high-fived with White Crescent and the others to celebrate.
In their opinion, BP had won this round.
Firefox executed it perfectly.
He banned Sindra and then let Xiao Hu get Airplane. He deliberately tricked the opponent into choosing Kassadin, a late-game big core that countered Airplane.
Kassadin was better at fighting Airplane after reaching level 6. However, before level 6, he could not do anything about Airplane. He would definitely lose the right to the middle lane.
At the same time, Ouze and Xiao Ming at the bottom lane also got the strong combination of Lucian and Karma. They would definitely suppress Little Pao and Hammer Stone at the bottom lane.
He had done all the points that the three analysts had emphasized before the game.
The audience and commentators, including the opponents, felt that RNG's BP was very bad because they did not have enough information. There was a big gap between them and the LPL coaching team.
They did not know that the LPL analysts had already stripped MVP of his clothes.
Firefox did not plan to follow the normal BP train of thought from the beginning.
Every step he took was aimed at MVP's weak point. Every move was fatal.
The map of Summoner's Canyon was loaded. The ten heroes bought their equipment and left the fountain!
"Let's go to the bushes at the bottom lane!" Spicy Saucepan's voice echoed in the LPL lounge.
"Will he come?" Xiao Hu was a little uncertain.
Ouze's voice was resolute and decisive. "He will definitely come!"
This was one of the MVP's opening strategies that the analyst team had emphasized. If the mid laner lost lane control and had an advantage in the jungle, and the support had strong control skills, they would group up and invade the opponent's bottom lane. They would try to use Summoner skills or snatch buffs.
At that time, Gou Ba's suggestion was to let the bottom lane push and snatch the second lane while the support set up vision to observe the opponent's jungler.
However, the RNG players felt that they could do a sneak attack without any morals.
The five heroes huddled together in the bushes near the intersection of the red bottom lane and the river.
This place was far away from the triangular bushes at the bottom lane.
"The five RNG players huddled together. It looks like they want to do something, but if they take the initiative to invade the jungle, they won't be able to hold them back …" Mille spoke as fast as ever.
The moment the five RNG players entered the bushes, Doll looked at the screen and suddenly raised his voice. "The five MVP players huddled together and passed by the triangular bushes at the bottom lane. What's going on?!"
"Let them all come here. This time, we'll kill them all!" Spicy Saucepan was as greedy as ever. It wanted to eat them all in one go.
The five MVP players didn't notice anything. They walked out from the triangular bushes at the bottom lane and headed towards the RNG blue zone.
They were all gathered together. It was a great opportunity.
When Little Pao, who was walking at the back of the team, passed by the bushes, the RNG players made their move!
Spicy Saucepan took the lead. Its Q, Arctic Raid, hit Little Pao!
Phosphorescent Bomb, Translucent Holy Light, Giant Dragon Strike, Soul Flame …
All five skills hit Little Pao. The ADC was originally made of glass. How could she withstand this kind of damage?
MaHa was killed in mid-air!
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Shi Senming roared. His enhanced Q, Brahma Incantation, hit the four MVP players and dealt high AOE damage.
"Xiao Ming's damage is full. Letme Princes's Giant Dragon Strike also broke the armor of three players!" Doll shouted. "Ouze, start attacking like crazy!"
MVP didn't expect the opponents to be here!
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!" MaHa, who was already dead, shouted.
It was four against five. In a first-level team that mainly relied on normal attacks to deal damage, they had no chance of winning since their ADC was the first to die!
Of course, they had to run, but how?
RNG's ability to hold people back before level six was not strong. Now, MVP had sacrificed himself to the opponents.
Karma's RNG's slowing effect was amazing. They couldn't move at all!
They were very far from the defense tower. The road back to the base of the tower was like a conveyor belt for RNG's slaughterhouses!
"0 for 3!"
Doll jumped up and down happily on the commentary platform. Since the camera wasn't pointed at him, he could use his actions to express his emotions. "RNG has won!"
"Nice!" The LPL lounge burst into cheers.
The RNG analyst, Gou Ba, high-fived FireFox excitedly.
Su Cheng, who was in Lin Yan's arms, tensed up again.
HooN's BP and Gou Ba's first-level team analysis were very effective.
Now, only her lane switching analysis had not been verified.
Now, the pressure was on.
"Don't worry so much." Lin Yan patted her back. "RNG's chances of winning won't be low."
"Sigh …" Su Cheng frowned and sighed.
Her current mood was different from when she watched YM's matches.
After all, this was someone else's kid.
Su Cheng felt like she had been entrusted with the task of babysitting. On the day of the college entrance exam, she had to make breakfast for RNG's kid and send him to the exam room.
What if the kid ate breakfast and got a stomachache?
The game was still in progress. RNG's excited voice kept coming.
"Everyone is repeating themselves …" Xiao Tian couldn't help but sigh when he heard letme repeat the phrase "I'll push the lane" six times.
"Look at the atmosphere. It's so exciting." Guo Hao carried two bags and sat down.
Xiao Tian retorted unhappily, "What?
Voice is used for communication. Repeating a sentence so many times. What if the teammate misses out valuable information? "
"I remember that you even sang during the competition." Su Cheng suddenly stabbed him with a knife.
"F * ck …" Xiao Tian didn't expect his own analyst to stab him in the back.
Lin Yan rubbed the girl's head and looked at the bag in Guo Hao's hand. "What's this?"
"… champagne," Guo Hao said casually. "When the situation is about right, we can open it to celebrate."
"F * ck!"
Firefox couldn't help but swear. "We're not AC Milan. Don't open champagne halfway through the game!"
"Oh, I'm a pig?
Do I know how to set up flags? "Guo Hao waved his hand to show that he understood." Of course, we'll open it when we push the base. "
Lin Yan felt that the manager's butt was itching. How many people were in that sentence?
He still remembered that he said before the game that if he lost the finals, he would run ten laps around the base.
Guo Hao's expression became serious again. "If no one claps for us, we'll celebrate by ourselves."
Firefox wanted to say something but stopped. She then nodded.
…
Su Cheng, who was originally curled up in Lin Yan's arms, suddenly squirmed.
On the screen, the MVP team sacrificed themselves in the bottom lane. They endured Ouze's skill and forcefully pushed the wave of minions that reached the bottom lane in 6 minutes and 48 seconds. They returned to the city with 15 kills.
"They returned to the city! They returned to the city!" Lin Yan was excited.
Su Cheng watched as the MVP duo bought their equipment and rushed to the top lane. She couldn't help but clench her hands into fists and wave them in the air.
The three LPL teams watching the game were once again in a frenzy!
Bobby, who was watching the game with his hands on his hips, let out a long sigh of relief.
"The MVP duo switched lanes to the top lane!"
Mille, who didn't know the whole story, was very surprised. "This is an unconventional choice. RNG doesn't seem to be prepared. UZI and Xiao Ming are still pushing in the bottom lane!"
"This switch has to be handled properly. Otherwise, the 2k economy gap that accumulated in the first seven minutes could be wiped out by this switch!" Doll looked at RNG's unhurried pace and couldn't help but worry.
The bullet screen was anxious. Although RNG didn't have as many fans as YM, they still had a lot more fans than WE and EDG. At this time, the fans started to express their opinions.
[Ouze is holding back the minions?
He's not even playing with you anymore!]
[Can't you react faster? Can't you just switch lanes?
I'm dying of anxiety.]
[The Koreans are so dirty. They switch lanes when they can't win?
If you're so good, why don't you continue to play with Ouze?]
On the battlefield.
Spicy Saucepan had already received Xiao Ming's message and had gone to the bushes behind the first tower in the bottom lane.
"Crocodile still has a big move. You guys be careful!"
Letme reminded them. He used Dragon Tackle to kill the last few minions in this wave of minions. He was ready to hide in the bushes and wait for the victory report.
"Saucepan has rushed to the bottom lane ahead of time. They seem to know that MVP is going to switch lanes. They're preparing for a 3v1 tower raid!" Mille's eyes lit up when he saw RNG's preparations.
MVP's top laner, ADD, controlled Crocodile to rush to the bottom lane. There was a cannon under the tower that helped the minions absorb a lot of damage. If he rushed over now, he could still kill five minions.
Nicknamed "Little Looper" and "Little Jin Gong" by the Korean forums, he was very steady. He had an outstanding awareness of gank and was extremely good at resisting pressure.
However, he didn't think there would be any problems with this switch.
This was because there had been teams that had lost to them before, such as Longzhu, who was currently in the limelight in China.
No matter how strong Khan was at that time, wasn't he also dizzy from the switch?
However, ADD was still more cautious. He planned to plant a True Eye in the bushes behind the tower for 75 yuan to ensure his own safety.
Then, a chubby Polo Pig appeared in front of him with a whoosh.
Arctic Raid!
Polo Boar knocked Crocodile unconscious!
"Kill him!"
Spicy Saucepan's thin body exploded with a huge amount of energy. His voice exploded in the lounge like spring thunder after a rain.
"ADD didn't expect Saucepan to arrive so quickly. The cannon minions that entered the tower killed him!" Doll watched as Crocodile's health dropped rapidly. His voice was filled with excitement.
Crocodile used all his strength to expand his body. He wanted to show off his power as a top laner in front of the three ants and counterattack. Of course, this was mainly because ADD couldn't run away. Xiao Ming's Karma was accelerating and decelerating. There was no way he could run back to the second tower.
Ouze's Lucian kept shooting Holy Light into Crocodile's body from a distance.
"Crocodile gave up E [Horizontal Charge], but W [Grim Hunt] can't bite UZI." Mille took a deep breath. "His control of distance is too good!"
ADD only realized that he couldn't reach the enemy's core damage dealer, Lucian, after using his teleportation skill.
Even with W [Grim Hunt]'s 50-yard attack range, he was still a little short!
Ouze's agility was incredible with the help of Xiao Ming's Karma's acceleration.
"Pigsy stacks up and stuns Crocodile again. Crocodile can't fight back and can only wait for death!" Doll was very excited.
"Give the kill to UZI again. He now has three kills. This wave should be destroyed when he returns to the city!" Mille's voice was loud and clear.
The three RNG junglers took down the unguarded tower at the bottom lane. However, they didn't return to the city. Instead, they went straight to the middle lane to continue pressuring Kassadin!
"Letme's resistance to pressure is very good. He just won't go out. The MVP duo can't do anything to Princes who's hiding in the bushes." Doll tried to control his emotions so that his trembling voice would not affect the quality of his commentary. "Kassadin and Wine Barrel in the middle lane can't hold this tower either!"
The MVP players vaguely realized that they had fallen into a BP trap.
Kassadin and Wine Barrel were both short-handed. Faced with RNG's aircraft and Lucian's indiscriminate bombardment, they couldn't hold the tower at all!
Gulagas tried to use Rolling Wine Barrel to clear the minions, but the newly upgraded Level 6 Spicy Saucepan rushed forward with its Q and hit Wine Barrel.
R [Arctic Hell]!
Arctic Lasso froze the bare-chested Beer Man in place!
YM Black Dragon Champion Lucian leaped into the air with a Black Dragon behind him. Both the Black Dragon and the Black Dragon had particularly eye-catching scarlet eyes. Countless light bullets poured down along with Lucian's roar!
Holy Lance Baptism!
With the help of the Spicy Saucepan, Ouze was unstoppable as he stuffed the hot muzzle of his gun into Wine Barrel's mouth!
"Wine Barrel fell to the ground. Kassadin, who only has Lunchbox, can't do anything. He can only retreat to the second tower!
It's only been eight minutes and RNG is about to take down MVP's tower in the middle lane! "
In eight minutes and fifteen seconds, MVP's tower in the middle lane collapsed!
"Even though MVP duo took down RNG's tower, it wasn't worth it." Doll forced himself to calm down. "RNG was already prepared. They knew that MVP wanted to switch lanes, so they went with the flow!
Their tactical sense is too good! "
The LPL lounge had become a sea of joy!
Both sides had a kill ratio of 5: 0 and a financial gap of 3,500 gold coins!
The game had only been going on for eight minutes!
Bobby's face was flushed. He shook hands and hugged HooN, Gouba, and Su Cheng one by one.
"You are the best analysts I've ever seen, the best!"
Three analysts, three analysis strategies, all right!
Everyone in the lounge stood up. Seeing such a big advantage, the players knew that this game was in the bag.
Even though they couldn't open the champagne at half-time, they could hug their companions.
Lin Yan stood to the side and watched Su Cheng smile like a flower. He rubbed her head and gently hugged her.
Then, he felt a sharp pain in his chin.
"Ouch …" Lin Yan rubbed the area where he was hit. "Can't you grow a little shorter?"
Su Cheng was 1.71 meters tall, taller than Jack and Xiao Tian. When she hugged Lin Yan face to face, her forehead bumped into Lin Yan's chin.
For the first time, Lin Yan felt that it was a bad thing to have a tall partner. He had seen that in novels and on TV, the characters were all cute and lovable. He wanted to try it out.
"Tsk …" Su Cheng retorted. "Why don't you say that you're short?"
Phyllostachys Pubescens, who had wanted to come over and hug Lin Yan to celebrate, turned around and left.
During the live broadcast, he had repeatedly emphasized that he was 170 centimeters tall, but when he heard Su Cheng, who was 171 centimeters tall, say the word 'short', it deeply hurt his self-esteem.
Xiao Tian lowered his head and looked at his body. He let out a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Phyllostachys Pubescens also had a thin waist and long legs. At only 90 kilograms, he was even thinner than Su Cheng.
Holding a grudge, he made up his mind to find an opportunity to ridicule Su Cheng Fatty.
…
"With the birth of Baron Nash, the economic gap between the two sides has reached 8K. The MVP is about to be unable to maintain this economic red line." Mille looked at the Spicy Saucepan on the screen, who was riding a cute Polo Pig but was still ferociously fighting in the wild. "In a while, the Dragon team battle will sentence the MVP to death!"
Ouze was leading the way. In the last 20 minutes, he had already dealt 220 damage. With Ruin + Black Cut + Cannon in hand, his equipment was luxurious.
The MVP team's voice chat was dead silent.
If they had thought that the first level team battle at the beginning of the game might have been a coincidence, then they knew that RNG, or rather, LPL, had seen through their tactical arrangements after seven minutes.
LPL had obviously come prepared!
The lineup that had originally looked very good now seemed to be full of holes.
Now, the team's late game big core Kassadin didn't even have room to develop.
Ian was chased around by the five RNG players. The opponents were always two people who came looking for Kassadin, making it impossible for him to eat minions.
The scariest thing was that the remaining four teammates still couldn't beat the three RNG players.
In this match, the Uzi's submachine gun seemed to have been grafted onto Lucian's Holy Rifle, crazily spitting out bullets.
Maha's Little Cannon had only dealt 160 damage so far. Just the minions alone had been left behind by Ouze by 60. In other words, the economy was close to 4 deaths.
How could they play this game?
"UZI is once again sliding forward with Karma's shield. This combo is so fast!" Doll shouted in disbelief. "What am I seeing?"
Ouze, who had charged out from the shadows, shot two bullets at Little Cannon under the turret. W [Fervent Bullet] tapped on the floor to shorten the recoil and followed up with two more bullets. Q [Transparent Holy Light] followed closely behind!
Little Cannon, who had just handed over a healer, had just finished charging and jumped off the ground.
However, Lucian tapped on the floor again to reduce the recoil. The last two bullets were successfully fired and caught up to Little Cannon's body, killing him!
Lucian's combo was extremely smooth, without a single pause!
"Little Cannon died in mid-air!"
Mille was extremely excited. "This Lucian's combo speed is too fast. It reminds me of UZI's 1.8 second shots in the grass!"
Ouze didn't have time to be happy. "Dragon, Dragon, Dragon!"
For a moment, the little fatty's roar echoed in the LPL lounge.
"Five RNG players are heading towards the Dragon. MVP, do you want to try and take over?"
"Give way, give way." Ian had no intention of going over. "Wait for me to reach level 16!"
Little Cannon was already useless, but he, Kassadin, had not died even once. Even though he didn't deal much damage, he didn't fall behind in level.
After a while, when he reached level 16, he would definitely let Lucian know why the flowers were so red!
However, RNG didn't give them a chance to breathe. After getting the Dragon to return to the city to resupply, they led the minions straight to MVP's second turret in the middle lane!
"I'm going, I'm going, I'm going!" Spicy Saucepan saw that the opposing team still wanted to defend the turret, and was enraged.
Pig's Q followed up with a flash followed by an R. The combo was completed in one go. The pig under her seemed to have drifted for no reason and moved in front of Hammer Stone.
She threw Arctic Lasso and hit Hammer Stone!
"Saucepan can't take it anymore. Let's go and deal damage!"
Hammer Stone, who was stunned, couldn't use a single skill and died on the spot!
Ouze took the head.
MaHa controlled Little Cannon to deal damage, but with Princes and Pig in front, it was difficult for him to threaten RNG's backline!
Ian Kassadin was weakened by Karma and Airplane as soon as he entered the game. His already low damage was reduced again.
He couldn't even break Karma's shield!
"Ouze is slipping!"
On the screen, Holy Spear Ranger Lucian's gun was spewing flames, and every bullet took away a large chunk of MVP's HP.
His slashes were smooth and beautiful, and his skills were released at the right time.
Maybe it was a habit, but when he used the mouse to click on the floor to cancel Lucian's skill, it was still four clicks.
Just like six years ago.
The sound of the ground knocking could be heard in Summoner's Canyon.
After the skill was used again, Ouze looked at the MVP players who had flashed away, and controlled Lucian to extend his arms.
Holy Spear Baptism!
As the bullets poured down, the Uzi felt as if he was holding two scalding Uzi in his hands!
Cold Pursuit, adjust the angle!
Don't even think about escaping!
The bullets continued to hit.
Crocodile fell to the ground. Triple kill.
Meat Egg Onion Chicken's Wine Barrel was full of armor piercing effects, and when the bullets swept over, he knew he had no chance.
He drank a mouthful of beer, burped, and fell to the ground!
Quadruple kill!
"Is there a quadruple kill?" Ouze's eyes were bloodshot.
"Kassadin with low HP, he's out of mana!" Xiao Hu, who had been tailing his opponent, quickly reminded him.
"I've given you a buff, hurry up!"
Xiao Ming gave Ouze a speed boost.
Lucian's movement speed suddenly increased, and he put away his guns and rushed out like a ninja.
Cold Pursuit.
Flash.
He pulled the trigger, and two bullets shot out, and the beautiful sound lingered in Ouze's earpiece.
Kassadin's chest was penetrated, and he fell to the ground.
Quadruple kill!
"It's going to happen!" Mille jumped up. "LPL is going to win!"
"The champions of the first Asian Tournament!" Doll shouted. "LPL!"
"We're the champions!"