"YM has the priority to pick the side. They got the blue side that has a better advantage for themselves. Go up and take Roh out first!"
Corejj's Roh was also a unique skill. White Crescent banned this strong team opening support and took Roh apart.
As usual, the three-star coach Edgar banned Callista, the red side's must-ban hero.
"Brother Ran, do you think Rock Sparrow should be banned?"
White Crescent glanced at his BP notebook. Before the game, he would list every possible BP game in the notebook and then change the formation according to the opponent's choice.
Although Crown's Rock Sparrow was very strong, in the first match of the group stage, Lin Yan used Qing Gang Yin to force him to be invisible.
White Crescent decided to ask his own team members first.
"Ban it. If I take Qing Gang Yin in this game, Jin Gong won't feel good either," Lin Yan thought for a moment and answered.
When the Siberian heard Lin Yan's words, he immediately showed a touched expression. Although he won the last game with the team, he really had a hard time against Cuvee.
Galio's body was definitely one of the tankier mid laners, but when placed in the food chain of the top laners, he was in an awkward situation where he was neither tanky nor had high damage. He was powerless against many Warriors in the top laners.
As usual, Edgar banned Kainan, the AP top laner that Jin Gong might use, in case Lin Yan pulled out something strange again.
"YM's last ban spot was given to Pig Sis, and the three-star team chose to ban Galio!"
Remember couldn't help but laugh. "Brother Ran's warning in Summer is still very useful. At least now no team will take the initiative to give him Galio."
"Do you want to take Sindra?"
Jin Gong asked. This hero was the same as Spider Queen. After two years, she was still very strong. However, she was much luckier than her good sister. At least she did not receive a fatal nerf before the Global Finals.
"Let's get Red Cloud for Jack first. If we use Sindra for Crown, Brother Ran, how about you use Lulu or Karma?" White Crescent discussed with the team members.
In this year's global finals, Crown's lane strength wasn't as good as last year's, but his roaming ability was much better than last year's. Perhaps it was because he was taught a lesson by Lin Yan's roaming in the S6 global finals.
Sindra's laning style was a bit like Jess in the previous unit and Policewoman in the AD position. Noobs wouldn't be able to suppress their opponents, and they might even get beaten up. Slackers, on the other hand, adhered to the idea that they could suppress their opponents, but there was no need to do so. They would continue to play the last hit honestly, and they wouldn't ask for any achievements, but only to not make any mistakes. They would only show their prowess in the team battle.
On the other hand, the Big Daddy of the team, a fierce star player, would often be able to suppress the opponent with these three heroes.
Sindra's performance in last year's Crown would have been impressive. However, in this year's World Championship, he had wandered around frequently, and his ability to line up had decreased to a certain extent.
In this situation, Sindra might not be able to achieve its original effect.
"Three Stars got Lady Wind and Princes. It's a pretty good choice!" Ze Yuan looked at Three Stars' first two moves and couldn't help but light up.
"We'll take Wine Barrel and Lulu first." White Crescent still chose to release Sindra and use Lulu, the mid support swing position.
Three Stars on the red side had a counter position. In White Crescent's view, if they took out Lulu, who could swing, YM would definitely have a counter choice.
If Three Stars' second BP was to give Crown the hero first, then Lulu would be assigned to Lin Yan. If it wasn't a good matchup, then Lulu would be given to Liu Qingsong, and Lin Yan would get a convenient hero. If the opponent chose to take the top laner first, then Jin Gong would have room to counterattack.
Three Stars might make a small profit with this counter position, but YM definitely wouldn't lose out.
White Crescent's abacus was very shrewd.
"Verus!"
When Ze Yuan saw Three Stars' last choice in the first round, he knew that his pre-match preparation had come in handy. His speech immediately sped up like a Gatling gun.
"Ruler's Verus is very particular about this because Lady Wind isn't as effective as Lulu in lane. If he takes Big Mouth Mouse, he will definitely be suppressed by YM in lane. However, Verus's long arm advantage and laning ability can make up for Lady Wind's disadvantage. His range is 50 yards higher than Dusk's!"
Ze Yuan continued, "And Verus is also Ruler's signature. He won't be much weaker than Callista. His proficiency is comparable to Rock Sparrow's to Crown!"
"Speaking of Crown, I have to mention …"
Ze Yuan's idol in League of Legends was Three Stars' mid laner Crown. He felt that this ordinary person's story of working hard to prove himself in Brasil's wild card region and returning to his hometown was very inspirational.
He was very excited. He was very familiar with Crown's hero pool and discussed the characters that his idol might choose in the future.
The bullet screen couldn't hold back anymore.
[If you don't understand, just ask. Why is the commentator so familiar with Three Stars?]
[This professional attitude is not bad. At least he knows to prepare some content before the game. He's much better than a slacker commentator!]
[I can recite it like the back of my hand!
What is a competent commentator?
(international recline)]
[Ze Yuan is really hardworking. He's much better than Hao Kai's Fantasy. (Every comment is deleted in parentheses.)]
The second round of BP was still familiar. Three Stars banned Sindra and Shen, while YM banned Gnar and Troll.
White Crescent was Jayce. He was sure that Cuvee would not be used.
If KT was the famous Jayce team in the LCK league, then Three Stars was their outstanding example.
Cuvee, Crown, Master An, Ruler, and Corejj were not players that Jayce was familiar with.
Among them, Cuvee had at least played a few games, and he had won the Kespa Cup with Second Battalion Commander Piltworf. Crown could not play this kind of AD hero because of his personality. He had not used Jayce in a single game in his entire career. He could be considered an anomaly in the mid laner.
Their game style was synonymous with calmness and steadiness. Coach Edgar was a genius among coaches for being able to discover these five players with similar playing styles after the Three Stars and Ten Sons left the Han Dynasty and created a perfect operating system.
Edgar first gave Cuvee the big worm that could be attacked by the opposing team. This hero could be used first and was not too afraid of being countered.
He also released Jayce. Like White Crescent, he was not worried at all.
Lin Yan was known as Piltworf's Cannon King, but he could not choose this game because there were no AP heroes in the top lane other than Rambo. The jungler Mongoose's Wine Barrel was not suitable for the role of an AP attacker because of the restrictions of the Slag version.
On the other hand, Jin Gong would be Jayz. However, he had checked the records of the Xiba's matches and knew that his opponent didn't use it much. His proficiency with it was probably better than Cuvee, but it was still far from being comparable to King Jayz like Khan.
If you have the ability, you can choose. Anyway, this hero was the strongest in the early and mid stages. He did not believe that Jin Gong, who was stable in the lane, could bring out the power of Jayce.
"Big Tree and … Ryze!" Remember was a little surprised. "Double Magic Tank?"
Under the camera, the five YM players and the coach's faces were full of smiles. No one knew what had triggered their laughter.
"The last time I saw Big Tree and Ryze was in the S4 global finals. At that time, the double Magic Tank lineup was almost invincible!" Ze Yuan quoted the classics and spoke with assurance. He had a deep impression of any history related to Samsung.
"In the finals, Royal Family faced Samsung White, who was at the peak of their power, and the only victory they got was with the Big Tree and Ryze combination!"
Remember reacted quickly and said, "But in the past three years, Ryze and Big Tree have been modified several times. The equipment and strong characters in the version have also changed a lot. We still don't know the effect of the Big Tree and Ryze combination now!"
Edgar made his own response after a short period of thinking.
"What do you think about Karma?" He patted Crown's shoulder. "The opponent's legs are very short. You and Lady Wind can kite them at will."
Crown nodded and had no objections.
"Karma!"
When Ze Yuan saw his idol's choice, he immediately held his head high and said loudly, "Her RE [Encourage] provides a group boost to fight against Ryze Big Tree. She also has the right to push in the early game.
No matter how you look at it, Karma's mid laner is the best choice! "
When Lin Yan decided to take Ryze, he was prepared for this. He was not surprised that Crown chose Karma.
The two teams' lineups were confirmed.
The blue team YM: Top Big Tree, jungler Wine Barrel, mid laner Ryze, bottom laner Lu Xia + Lulu.
The red team SSG: Top laner Big Bug, jungler Princes, mid laner Karma, bottom laner Verus + Lady Wind.
"I think …" Remember glanced at the lineups of both teams. "Samsung's lineups are better. YM's arms are very short, and it's hard for them to fight as a team."
When Ze Yuan heard his partner's words, his eyes lit up. "I think so too!"
He added, "But everyone knows YM's strength. I have confidence in them. After all, the team's strength is obvious."
The audience thought that even if YM was at a disadvantage, they would have no problem taking down Samsung.
Cuvee was the only one in the group who could fight. How could such a team stop YM?
Suddenly, the audience cheered loudly. The muffled sound of support sticks hitting each other swept through the Wuhan Sports Center!
Lin Yan stayed in the spring and thought for a moment. He did not choose the Blue Crystal but bought Doran's Ring.
In fact, there were very few players who used Doran's Ring in the professional scene. Most players bought the Blue Crystal. This way, they could quickly synthesize the Goddess's Tear and prepare for the Blazing Angel's Embrace.
As long as the Blazing Angel, which still had a shield, could be synthesized and evolved, it would provide a strong combat power for heroes like EZ's Magic Cutter.
After all, in the professional scene, the early game's strength was not high. As long as Ryze brought Teleport, he could take out the key equipment, the Goddess's Tear, in about three minutes.
However, Lin Yan's understanding of this game was somewhat different.
First, he did not bring Teleport, nor did he bring the weakened Sprint. Instead, he chose Heal.
His goal was clear. He wanted to ensure the strength of his own Level 1 team and the mid laner during the online game.
Otherwise, with YM's lineup, Samsung would definitely invade in the early game. Moreover, they would definitely focus on the mid laner in the early game, using Princes and Karma's strength to constantly attack YM's jungle.
If he brought Teleport and the Blue Crystal, he and Mongoose would be beaten by Samsung's mid laner in the early game. The chances were basically zero.
Lin Yan could only choose between protecting the jungle and taking care of his own development.
He chose the former without hesitation.
In this version, the jungle was extremely important. If the mid laner failed, the entire rhythm of the game could be ruined.
Protecting the jungle was equivalent to protecting YM's crucial early game rhythm.
Another very important point was that by protecting his own jungle, Lin Yan would be able to loot the monster camps in the mid and late game, allowing him to develop better.
Once the jungle was lost, Lin Yan could make Goddess's Tear as soon as possible, but the collapse of the jungle would definitely affect his online development. In the end, his economy would still be dragged down.
This was why Lin Yan had to use Heal and Doran Ring in the long run. Only by increasing his combat power could he possibly make the opponent retreat.
Crown's Karma brought Teleport as usual. This was to keep up with Lin Yan's ultimate move, Wandering Support, after reaching Level 6.
It was because of this difference in Heal that Samsung, who was known for their stability, gave up on the Level 1 jungle invasion.
They felt that as long as they played normally and did not make too big of a mistake in the early game, they would definitely win in the late game.
What a joke. Wind Lady + Karma, wouldn't Ruler take off?
Would Ryze + Big Tree, these two idiots, be able to touch Verus?
Dream on!
1 minute and 38 seconds later, the minions passed over in the middle lane. Lin Yan calmly prepared to finish them off.
Crown followed suit and controlled Karma's RQ to hit six minions.
This was obviously to quickly clear the minions and move away.
However, when Lin Yan saw that he had handed over Soul's Fire, he immediately moved forward and tried to swap health with Crown.
Crown frowned. Seeing Ryze's approaching pace, he did not want to give up this great position to clear the minions.
He controlled Karma to attack with a basic attack.
Lin Yan returned a basic attack. Crown's Karma had just used a basic attack and turned back to take the opportunity to pull away. Three ranged minions were already targeting Ryze. As long as he retreated now, this wave of health swap would be a huge profit.
Since the hero's basic attack required a raise of the hand to cast, Crown used Lin Yan's raise of the hand to easily move out of the 550 yard range of his basic attack.
But the moment he pulled away, Lin Yan's W [Rune Imprisonment] instantly froze him in place!
Ryze's W had a cast range of 615 yards, which was 65 yards longer than the basic attack. This allowed Lin Yan to control Crown at the limit of the range!
With 0.75 seconds of imprisonment, Lin Yan continued to move forward and brought Karma into his basic attack range. Another basic attack was launched!
The moment the particle effect hit Karma, Ryze's feet stirred up the wind.
[Storm Knight's Frenzy]!
Two basic attacks and W's Rune Imprisonment had caused more damage to Karma than the trigger line of the talent requirement of "30% of the enemy hero's maximum health points damage!"
At this moment, Ryze received a buff of 40% movement speed and 75% movement speed reduction that lasted for 4 seconds.
After downing a health potion, Lin Yan chased forward!
"The middle lane is already fighting?" Remember saw Ryze and Karma close together on the minimap and hurriedly urged the director.
The camera instantly switched from the boring farming process to the bloody brawl in the middle lane!
But to everyone's surprise, Crown was being chased by Lin Yan across the minions!
What was going on?
"Ran is chasing after him while taking on the ranged minions' attacks!" Remember was shocked at first, but then there was joy. "Brother Crown's health points are down by half!"
Crown did not expect Lin Yan to be so fierce, and he could not beat him!
Even with the help of the minions, it was useless. The acceleration provided by [Storm Knight's Frenzy] allowed Ryze to run as fast as he could.
The three clumsy melee minions could not touch Lin Yan at all, and the distance between them was getting further and further.
Although the remaining ranged minions could help him, Ryze had an additional W skill!
In the 7.18 global finals, Ryze's W's [Rune Imprisonment] had just received a wave of enhancements. The magic enhancement increased from 0.2 to 0.6, and in an instant, the Rune Mage who had been weakened by the Golden Body was saved.
The magic enhancement provided by Lin Yan's Doran Ring came in handy, and more importantly, he had an additional healing skill!
Karma's + 3 ranged minions could not beat Lin Yan in this situation, and Crown could only run!
The entire scene was recorded by the director, and the audience immediately burst into a wave of applause!
[Ryze is so fierce!]
[Oh my god, Crown's posture of running away with his head in his hands is really handsome!]
[Level 1 Ryze is overpowering Karma. Am I not playing the same game as them?]
Ze Yuan furrowed his brows.
"Uh …" He was about to say something, but he hesitated. "Brother Ran's suppression of the minions is still very strong, as expected of the top player who weakened the Golden Body!"
Lin Yan pushed Crown under the tower, and calculated that Karma's Q [Soul's Fire] should be ready, so he quickly turned around and ran.
Crown only had 40% of his HP left, and he had taken two normal attacks and three ranged minions' damage, so he only had 60% of his HP left.
After the previous battle, both midlaners had used a potion. Crown looked at his HP falling behind, and reluctantly drank the last potion he had.
Lin Yan was very satisfied. A potion was 50 gold coins, which was equivalent to a cannon truck. He had definitely made a killing in this battle.
At the same time, after Crown was one-sidedly beaten, both midlaners continued to fight against the minions.
Karma's RQ had originally depleted six minions, and when Lin Yan overran the minions to change their HP, the three-star minions changed their target, and the YM minions were still focused on the three-star minions.
However, the difference in the damage dealt by the minions was not small, and Karma's RQ was not small, so the minions were still pushing towards the YM tower.
Crown knew that Ryze W's cooldown time was longer than his Soul's Fire, so he wanted to use the cooldown time between the two skills to get rid of the minions.
Lin Yan's eyes were fixed on Crown's movements. When he saw Karma, whose HP had been raised to 60% by a potion, move forward, he did not use a normal attack to continue changing his HP. Instead, he retreated.
Wind Paladin and W were both on cooldown, and Princes was estimated to have risen to level 2, so Lin Yan did not dare to move too close to the front.
He slowly finished off the minions, and tried to keep the minions in a safe position in front of his tower.
"Where is Princes?"
Mongoose asked and answered his own question, and then marked the three-star beaked bird camp and the three-star wolf camp. "If he doesn't come to my jungle at level 2, he should be in these two positions."
Phyllostachys Pubescens knew that he was at a disadvantage in the jungle, and he also knew that Anbi Shin's Princes had a high probability of opening red in the first half of the jungle. He purposely started with the blue BUFF in the first half of the jungle, and tried to get a mismatch with the opponent to avoid meeting.
"The old and astute Master An seems to have guessed Mongoose's farming route. He started with the blue BUFF in the bottom half of the jungle, then crossed the river and went straight to the bottom half of YM!"
Phyllostachys Pubescens did not expect Master An to play a "I predicted your prediction" game with him.
Fortunately, he maintained a good foundation compared to the second subject's jungler. He pulled the BUFF into the bushes and found Princes two seconds in advance.
"Both junglers met, but the level 2 Wine Barrel is no match for Princes. Xiao Tian can only avoid the red BUFF!"
Phyllostachys Pubescens cursed as he controlled Wine Barrel to go around the wall to eat the Stone Beetle.
After Anbi Shin took the red BUFF, he circled around and continued to harass him!
"Isn't Master An a bit too fierce?
This place is very close to the bottom lane, Liu Qingsong can come and help in time! "
Lacerate's damage was average, but his sense of smell was very sharp. He quickly left the bottom lane and entered the jungle when he saw Anbi Shin coming all the way here to counter the red BUFF.
Although the duo team at the bottom lane had successfully reached level 2 after eating the experience of nine minions, they still could not catch Anbi Shin.
The level 2 Princes was too agile in the jungle, and Xiao Tian had leveled up QW and QW. Wine Barrel was an idiot without Meat Bullet Impact.
They could only watch as Princes ate three Stone Beetles with his last Giant Dragon Strike.
"Master An is still too experienced …" Ze Yuan praised. Then he changed the topic. "Let's see if Xiao Tian can get back at him."
He was in a dilemma. His words were biased towards the three stars and YM. At first, there was nothing wrong with it, but after a while, he felt that something was wrong.
Next, Xiao Tian gave up on the River Crab in the bottom lane and went to farm Beak Birds to reach level 3 as soon as possible.
"But Master An is following Xiao Tian like a shadow. He doesn't want Wine Barrel to level up smoothly!"
"Where are my teammates?
Help me! "
Xiao Tian complained and asked for his teammates' help. "Why are there people who don't help? I'm talking about you, Brother Ran …"
Then he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the minimap. Ryze and Karma's bodies were stuck together again.
He switched to the screen and saw Lin Yan beating up Crown!
Karma's health dropped rapidly as he was trapped in place by the Rune Energy. Ryze raised his hand to cast a skill, interspersing it with normal attacks and increasing the distance between them. There was no extra movement in between!
"Ah, this?" Ze Yuan shouted in disbelief when he saw the scene on the screen.
Then there was silence.
Remembering that his outstanding professionalism allowed him to react very quickly. "Crown still wants to run after giving up his Blink. Brother Ran activated his healing to increase his speed. He successfully entered the tower and hit E [Rune Surge] and a normal attack, taking Crown's first blood!"
"What's going on?!"
"Good job, Ran Bro!" Lil 'Tian's expression changed instantly. "Continue to fight. Don't worry about me. Kill him!"
"It's nothing." Lin Yan smiled modestly. "Let's order a three-star dish first."
Due to the sudden solo kill in the middle lane, the balance between the jungle and the middle lane was off balance. Master An could only give up on his plan to harass Xiao Tian and go back to eat the River Crab.
The caster then played the replay of the fight in the middle lane.
After Master An and Xiao Tian finished their first buffs, they went through the YM Red Buff-Ym Stone Beetle-Ym Sharp-Beaked Bird harassment contest in the jungle.
Since the junglers of both sides ate the monsters separately, although neither of them had reached level 3, the time had reached three minutes.
Everything had to be rewound 30 seconds ago using the time rift. It started from the time when the Cannon Soldier arrived in the middle lane at 2: 38.
At that time, the junglers of both sides had already met, and the spawn line was not far from Lin Yan's tower. If Crown wanted to go to the jungle to support from this spawn line, she would definitely lose troops.
If she didn't want to lose troops, she had to push the spawn line into the defense tower as soon as possible.
Crown activated her RQ and used the strengthened Soul's Fire to deplete the HP of the spawn line.
However, Lin Yan seized the opportunity.
Karma's level 1 R [Brahma Incantation] had a cooldown of 40 seconds. Unless she used a normal attack to damage the opponent's hero, there was no way to reduce the cooldown.
This also meant that before the fourth wave of spawn line arrived in 30 seconds, Karma would definitely not have an R [Brahma Incantation] to add special effects to her three skills.
The moment Lin Yan ate three melee soldiers and reached level 3, he decisively flashed forward to close the distance. His Q [Overload] hit Crown and cast E [Spell Surge] at the same time.
He was not in a hurry to use W, but took advantage of the gap to use a normal attack.
At the moment when Crown handed over E [Encourage] and W [Steadfast] Spirit Chain, he used W [Rune Imprisonment] to control Crown!
In the next moment, the refreshed Q [Overload] hit Karma who was imprisoned in place without any suspense.
The movement speed and shield effect were generated on Ryze. Lin Yan walked back to pull open the Spirit Chain and ran back with the help of the acceleration effect. Another normal attack was launched on Crown!
A total of four skills and two normal attacks were enough to reduce Karma, who only had 60% HP, to critical HP.
Moreover, the imprisonment duration of Ryze's EW was 1.5 seconds. Unfortunately, the acceleration duration of Karma's E [Encourage] was also exactly 1.5 seconds!
Karma, who was freed from the imprisonment state, did not have any means of acceleration. She could only use Q [Soul's Fire] to slow down Lin Yan and then use Flash to escape.
However, [Storm Knight's Rush] provided 75% of the reduction resistance. Lin Yan opened his healing skill again. In addition to his talent and the rune energy of Overload, there was a total of three acceleration effects. Crown could not escape from his palm at all!
The EA that accelerated and moved forward steadily made Crown unable to escape and died under the tower!
"The middle lane is the first to open up the situation. This is of great significance to YM!"