"Everyone, pay attention to Team EDE." Coach Hanyi stood in the training room and looked at the players. "This is our opponent for the next game and also our opponent for the top spot in the regular season. They are also on a nine-game winning streak."
"They are the second team of EDG and have bought a set of Korean coaches. Their current playstyle is more towards the Korean style. In terms of individual strength, there is a gap between them and us." Hanyi flipped through his notebook and said, "However, they are much better than us in terms of midgame creeps and team battles."
"However, we don't have a practice match record with Team EDE for reference. They usually train with the second team of other LPL clubs. We can only use the previous LSPL data for analysis."
The five YM players were lying on the gaming chairs and listening attentively to the coach's analysis of the opponent's characteristics. Lin Yan listened especially carefully. After Su Cheng's advice, he would not let go of any opportunity to improve himself.
In his opinion, the coach's perspective of the game was very different from that of the professional players. Although they were not in a high division, their thinking about the layout of the field of view and tactical decisions was more thorough and long-term than the professional players.
When a professional player also had these abilities, he would become a qualified commander of the team.
The current commander of the team was Lin Ran. This was mainly because he didn't feel any pressure when fighting these LSPL midlaners. He could easily move around and provide support. Even though the team had been winning continuously, Lin Ran didn't feel that his command was outstanding.
It was too simple.
It was so simple that Lin Yan's suppressed emotions began to faintly inflate. Nine games, an average of 26 minutes, Lin Yan won seven MVPs. In the remaining game, Xiao Tian took off in the jungle and Xiao Ming Hammer Stone pierced the bottom lane.
In fact, Lin Yan did not have to do anything at all. He relied on his individual strength to suppress the opponent in the middle lane, then went to the jungle to liberate Xiao Tian. Then, he rolled the snowball to the top and bottom lanes. In 15 minutes, he took down three towers. Xiao Ming began to control the field of view. In 20 minutes, he took down Dragon. The game was over.
"Ning, have you mastered Ember yet?" Hanyi asked her AD. "If we're on the red side, we might not have enough BAN slots. We'll need to steal the BAN slots."
"I haven't played this hero before." Ning glanced at his teammates. "But it shouldn't be a problem. The WR just needs to aim. It shouldn't be too difficult."
Hanyi frowned slightly, but he did not say anything. He had already rejected the tactical system he had previously formulated regarding Ember.
"Xiao Ming, you have to set up your vision well. I plan to fight for the resources of the little dragons in the early stages. As soon as the little dragons respawn, I'll eat them immediately." Hanyi changed her tactics and continued, "Let's try to stack the buffs on the little dragons as soon as possible."
The S6 initial stage dragon spawned every 3 minutes and respawned every 6 minutes. The party would obtain the buff effect of the highest 5 stacks by killing the dragon.
The first four stacks increased Attack Power, Magic Power, Normal Attack, Burning Towers, and Movement Speed to reduce the damage taken by enemy Towers. The last stacks doubled the previous buffs and gave additional True Damage when attacking enemy Heroes.
The first four stacks were still okay, but the fifth stacks of the dragon's buff was really ridiculous.
"They like to use the operation after the lane change to ensure the economic development of the top laner. They use their skillful operation skills to widen the economic gap between the top laners and look for a breakthrough in the solo lane." Hanyi was obviously prepared for this BO1 and continued to speak without stopping.
"We'll try to get an advantage for the bottom lane and let them change lanes. Then, in 3 minutes, the bottom lane team up with Xiao Tian to eat the dragon …"
It sounded very good.
Two days later, the match between YM and EDE was held at the Jingan Sports Center. One side was destined to end their winning streak today.
The stadium was finally full — 70 people. Yes, this was the maximum number of seats that LSPL could provide.
After a nine-game winning streak, Lin Yan gradually adapted to the change in the spotlight. He looked at the audience and saw many female fans holding up YM Ran signs. Ever since his looks were exposed in Chubby's live stream, Lin Yan was used to this kind of situation.
However, Su Cheng was not there. She was still preparing for the college entrance examination. Even though she had obtained a lower score, she did not relax at all. As she said, she had to cherish her talent.
He had just exchanged the points earned from his nine-game winning streak for his ability to farm money and raise it to 76 when the screen loaded into a BP image.
The Ning Ming duo successfully obtained the strong bottom lane of Callista + Bull's Head. EDE's Chiwil Hammer Stone immediately chose to change lanes.
YM was on the red side. Due to the opponent's change of lanes, Xiao Tian's Qian Jue took Jin Gong's Bobby to develop in the jungle. When the little dragon respawned in three minutes, Jin Gong returned to the top lane. The duo at the bottom lane cooperated with Xiao Tian and successfully killed the little dragon.
The plan was executed well up to this point. However, EDE's wave of changes caught Lin Yan off guard.
Due to the bottom lane helping to kill the little dragon, EDE took the lead to push Jin Gong's top lane tower. Then, they switched to the canyon vanguard. After Chiwil ate the canyon buff, he immediately went to the middle lane, allowing the endless stream of strengthened minions to suppress Lin Yan's cards.
Lin Yan had no choice but to let the bottom lane change lanes to the middle while he ran to the bottom lane to continue fighting with the opponent's Lulu. However, the pressure of the minions from the canyon vanguard tied up Xiao Ming, making him unable to split himself. He could only hide under the tower with Ning to deal with the minions.
As a result, there was a gap of about a minute in the bottom half of the jungle.
EDE, as a strong operational team, naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity. They gank from the jungle spider to the bottom lane. Even though Lin Yan's positioning was able to twist around Lulu's Q's Flashing Spear, he still had to use Flash and his big move to stay alive.
This undoubtedly broke his early rhythm. When the second little dragon respawned, the enemy spider and Hammer Stone had already firmly controlled the bottom half of the jungle. Xiao Ming didn't dare to enter the river at all.
Lin Yan was forced to use his big move to scout his vision again. As expected, the two old yin coins were hiding in the bushes near the river.
The five opponents weren't surprised at all. They controlled their vision to force Lin Yan to use his R. Everything was going according to the coaching team's plan. EDE retreated to attack the little dragon.
"What do we do? Should we give way?" Xiao Tian's Qian Jue paced around anxiously in the bushes with the blue buff, completely at a loss.
This was the first time YM was led by the nose. They had never been in such a stalemate.
"Fight!"
Lin Yan clenched his teeth and made the decision. They would have to wait another six minutes for this little dragon to die. If they let Chiwil continue to develop, it would be very difficult to deal with Lulu.
It wasn't realistic to count on Xiao Tian's Qian Jue. In this game, he had to control the dragon and switch lanes. It took almost ten minutes for him to eat two stacks of marks. If he was controlled by Bull's Head and Titan later on, he might not even be able to use his R.
Lin Yan's big move landed on the top of the little dragon pit. He inserted an accessory eye and used the omni-purpose card to harass EDE. Jin Gong and Bobby's TP landed on the eye. The other three YM players used the vision provided by their big moves to rush towards the little dragon pit.
The moment the three of them appeared in the river, a dazzling blue light landed on the eye position in front of them.
It was EDE's top laner, Titan!
The teleportation of this key eye position completely tore apart YM's formation.
Xiao Tian was in a dilemma. If he retreated now, he would be betraying Lin Yan and Jin Gong. He forcefully activated W [Wolf Spirit Frenzy] and rolled forward. He decided to use his big move to throw Xiao Ming's Bull's Head into the dragon pit.
Lin Yan's flash hadn't finished, so he could only try to enter the battlefield from the side.
Jin Gong and Bobby waved the hammer in their hands and used [Judgement of the Guard] to attack the enemy's humanoid spider. However, they were dodged by Flash. Chiwil used his Magic Shield to avoid the attack. Jin Gong then flashed into the dragon pit to meet up with his teammates.
Xiao Tian didn't have much health left. After entering the dragon pit, he used his big move [Sheep's Breath] to try and protect Xiao Tian. At this time, Titan landed and used his skill to attack Qian Jue. QA froze Callista in front of him and used [Undercurrent Surge] to slow her down.
Lin Yan and Ning, the two key players, were forced to deal with Titan outside the dragon pit. Bobby, Qian Jue, and Bull's Head who had entered the dragon pit had very low damage. With the protection of Lulu and Hammer Stone, Chiwil's spider was able to deal damage without any pressure.
The moment the Sheep's Breath ended, Spider Q and Retribution snatched Xiao Tian in the chaos.
One for four. YM was left with only Lin Yan. The situation had completely collapsed.
After a wave of losses, only the sound of mouse and keyboard tapping could be heard in YM's team voice chat. Everyone was replenishing their own development and didn't communicate with each other. Even the experienced veteran Jin Gong didn't say anything.
The game continued. EDE's vision control was fierce and experienced. The five of them had two Eyes of the Truth in their hands and used it to light up YM's jungle.
At 16 minutes, Xiao Ming entered his own red zone and tried to clear his vision. The three players of EDE who had noticed his movements in advance focused fire on him. He couldn't escape death even if he used his big move.
With the support dead, the third Xiao Tian was taken by EDE. EDE took the opportunity to take down the first and second outer towers in the middle lane.
During this time, Lin Yan had been carrying the bottom lane solo. After his improved farming ability, his understanding of the development of minions had reached a new level.
Minions, Magical Swamp Frogs, and the Gargoyle camp on the opposite side. Lin Yan farmed 240 attacks in 20 minutes and successfully reached level 13. He went back home to replenish his equipment. Now, he had Time + Lich + Useless Bat + CD Shoes in his hands. His development was ahead of the opponent's mid laner Lulu.
From his point of view, YM was not bound to lose. If they could kill the opponent's ADC Chiwil, who had 302 stats and had the best development, they would have a chance to turn the tables.
"Help me get some mana. Let's team up and enter the jungle for the Dragon's vision," Lin Yan said in the silent team voice chat.
"Don't be discouraged. We still have a chance. The Dragon can fight back in one wave."
Lin Yan pressed tab and saw that Ning's Callista also had two pieces of the Hurricane Tattered set. Her development wasn't bad and there was a chance for them to turn the tables.
Seeing that his four teammates didn't give any feedback, Lin Yan wasn't surprised. From the training competition to the nine consecutive wins in the league, they hadn't tasted the feeling of being in a disadvantageous position for a long time. Today's match with EDE was undoubtedly a blow to their head, smashing their mentality to pieces.
"Don't keep quiet." Lin Yan controlled the Card Master to walk out of the fountain. "If you lose, go back and scold me. I'll take the blame. My Lil Dragon's commanding was too retarded."
"That was my fault." Xiao Tian finally spoke. "I shouldn't have gone straight for the Dragon. I should've attacked Titan first. If I blocked them, I should've won."
Even through the microphone, Lin Yan could hear the strong sense of regret in his voice.
"Come and fight with Brother Ran. At worst, we'll lose. What's wrong with being a sore loser?" Ning spoke with a devilish northeastern accent.
"Let's take the blame together. Don't talk about taking the blame," Xiao Ming agreed. "My game was a mess too."
"Go go go!
Follow behind me, my babies! "Jin Gong let out a familiar roar.
After Lin Yan removed the blue buff, the five members of YM moved forward. Xiao Ming used the Oracle Lens to scan the bushes one by one. After the effect disappeared, Xiao Tian used the scanning tool again. The two of them worked hard to clear the entire red zone.
Ning's Vision Modification dispelled a small part of the fog of war, illuminating the vision in the Dragon's Pit. The newly born Baron Nash was still there, safe and sound.
Lin Yan heard the other four members of YM heave a sigh of relief. Then, the vision provided by the Vision Modification shrank rapidly until it was dark again.
Team EDE had obviously placed True Eye in the Dragon's Pit.
Xiao Ming quickly inserted the True Eye in his backpack to ensure the vision.
The opposing jungler Spider had been hiding in the Dragon's Pit for a long time. Now that it saw the vision coming in, it quickly transformed into its human form and cleared the front row.
Lin Yan used the Omnipotent Card to awaken Baron Nash from above the Dragon's Pit. The angry dragon spat out fragrant green liquid onto the Spider. Two bars of HP dropped instantly.
The Spider was so scared that it quickly retreated. However, the Dragon's vision would not allow YM to succeed. Midlaner Lulu also appeared in the Dragon's Pit at this time. She cast a shield on the Spider in an attempt to get rid of True Eye.
As EDE had enough vision for him to TP, AmazingJ's Titan was wobbling in the bottom lane.
Lin Yan looked at the minimap. The middle lane's minions were reset to the center of the map. The top lane's minions had just been pushed forward by Jin Gong's Bobby with a dozen or so minions. At this time, they were fighting with the enemy's minions behind the ruins of the blue tower.
Logically speaking, there should be someone to clear out this tempting wave of minions. Spider, Titan, and Lulu all appeared in the vision. It was impossible for them to support Hammer Stone to take down the minions.
The answer was obvious.
Lin Yan took a deep breath. His left index finger pressed down hard on the R skill.
A prying eye appeared above the heads of the ten heroes. At this time, nothing in the canyon could escape the eyes of the card master.
As expected!
Lin Yan found the lone Goddess of War Chiwil in the middle of the first and second towers of the blue tower!
The support Bull's Head was with the rest of the team, checking the vision and preparing for an ambush. Lin Yan made a prompt decision and pressed down on the R skill again. The teleportation point was directly under Chiwil's feet.
The Goddess of War with the ID Jinjiao activated her ultimate the moment she saw the teleportation point. She let out a roar and quickly ran toward the second tower. Titan's reaction was extremely fast. He had already TP 'ed the minions and wanted to surround Lin Yan.
Lin Yan landed and used a normal attack with the passive of Lich's Calamity on Chiwil's body. He took away a lot of HP and used Ignite in an attempt to reduce the amount of healing.
Then, the red card above his head flashed. Lin Yan calculated the time and pressed W again. The moment the red card switched to a yellow card, he locked onto it and used Blink to close the distance and threw out the all-purpose card and the yellow card.
Chiwil quickly used Blink to pull away and then activated Magic Shield to try and block the yellow card.
Unfortunately, the yellow card was slightly faster than the all-purpose card. Lin Yan's all-purpose card and yellow card hit Chiwil's body almost at the same time.
The Magic Shield blocked the all-purpose card, but Chiwil was still rooted to the spot.
The Level 13 Card Master's yellow card stun lasted for two seconds. Lin Yan stuck close to Chiwil's face as he walked. The two seconds of yellow card stun delayed the acceleration of Chiwil's ultimate. Chiwil's AWQ took out 13% of Lin Yan's HP before she died. Then, she was killed by a blue card.
Titan landed and found the situation very awkward.
The four members of YM started the team battle the moment they saw Titan TP 'ed the top lane. Ning directly threw Xiao Ming into the dragon pit. The latter used a Blink to support Lulu and coordinated with Jin Gong's Bobby to Blink into the wall and kill Lulu.
At this point, even if Titan rushed to the main battlefield, it would be useless.
In the team battle of the four third-year players, EDE still lacked the key damage output and crowd control. The result was self-evident. The main battlefield was a wave of 0 for 4. Titan chased after Lin Yan to the bottom of the tower, and the remaining four members of YM started fighting the dragon.
Lin Yan's ultimate turned the situation around!