Ze Yuan followed the camera and looked at the bottom lane's minions. Crocodile could only stay at the bottom lane's second tower. "Zoom is having a hard time. He doesn't dare to go up and take the minions!"
Even though Zoom was very stable in lane and didn't give the opponent a chance to kill him, the minions were still suppressed by Jin Gong.
Even though he used cloth boots to fight against Quinn, it couldn't make up for the difference in equipment between the two sides.
There was no other way. Zoom could only stay at the second tower and take the minions.
Jin Gong was an expert at controlling minions. Naturally, he wouldn't blindly push the minions. He slowly accumulated them and prepared to send them to top's second tower.
During this time, the minions on both sides attacked each other. Every YM soldier that died was like a knife to Zoom's heart, tearing open his wounds and causing him to bleed.
Minions were the lifeblood of every top laner.
Fortunately, Sorrow also noticed the awkward situation his top laner was in. He understood the opponent's thoughts and decided to help bottom lane.
"Look at my position before you act. Don't go too early!"
Sorrow controlled Princes to go to bottom lane and reminded his teammates in the team voice chat. "Leave W until I'm in position."
"Okay, okay. We'll let go of this vanguard. Sorrow, you kill Quinn. We'll switch to a small dragon to stop our losses!"
PPGOD, who was hiding in the top tower, also gave out orders.
With TOP's current lineup and equipment, there was no way they could fight for the Canyon Vanguard that was about to spawn.
The reason was simple. They didn't have a big brother.
Whether it was Crocodile, who dropped cloth boots, or Clockwork and Verus, who died consecutively, they couldn't lead the team to fight against YM in the Dragon pit.
Since that was the case, they might as well continue to trade resources.
Now that TOP knew that Xiao Tian would definitely go to the top half of the map, they were prepared to take the Canyon Vanguard. They were looking for an opportunity to attack bottom lane.
"Sorrow, stand at the blue buff area's pass. Zoom is already moving forward to test the waters!"
Jin Gong frowned when he saw Crocodile uncharacteristically going forward to take the minions. He also felt that something was wrong.
Someone's coming?
He activated W's [Keen Sense] to check his surroundings. Falcon Hua Luo let out a soft cry. With Kui as the center, all enemies within 2100 yards had nowhere to hide.
But he didn't find anything!
Jin Gong let his guard down and felt that no one was waiting for him. He thought that Zoom didn't want the number of soldiers to be too large, so he had to sell his body to deal with them.
His E [Whirlwind Kill] kicked the crocodile, and the Crossbow used the Vulnerability effect, reducing Zoom's HP by one bar.
"Gongzi Ge has been fooled!" He blurted out.
From God's perspective, Jiawen the Fourth was standing less than 300 yards away from Warlow's detection range.
This was clearly done by Sorrow!
"Princes used the Explosive Sphere to launch himself over the wall and surround Quinn from behind!"
By the time Jin Gong realized his sorrow, he had nowhere to run. He could only use [Purify] to dispel the crocodile's stun, and then do his best to clear the top minions in front of him.
"Princes EQ followed by a big move to cover Quinn. Crocodile Fury Q to finish him off!"
The TOP fans in the audience heaved a sigh of relief.
No matter what, at least he got a kill and got rid of the problem of getting zero kills.
At this moment, the caster suddenly switched to the middle lane of Summoner's Canyon.
Zhuo Ding was cleaning up the cannon soldiers under the tower, and Lin Yan was squatting in the TOP Beak Bird camp, coldly looking at Clockwork from a wall away. He had just returned to the city, and at this moment, he had another useless club in his equipment slot. His development was quite perfect.
Knight knew that Xiao Tian and Liu Qingsong were in the top half, so he stood very low, even close to the defense tower. He didn't want to give the opponent a chance.
However, Lin Ran spat out a mouthful of Q [Blood Conversion] at F6. When his energy bar was about to reach half full, he saw Zhuo Ding throw out a magic puppet to finish off the enemy, so he immediately began to charge up [Tide of Blood].
When Blood Nova was fully charged, he made his move!
Golden light flashed, and Vladimir crossed the wall and entered the range of the TOP Middle Tower.
The blood lotus of the R [Blood Plague] bloomed on Clockwork's body!
Then came the damage from Blood Conversion!
E flashed, RQ, and Vampire's damage burst out!
Zhuo Ding had been ambushed and killed by YM's Nakano Asuke. After reviving, he had bought a True Eye. At this moment, it was inserted into the grass of the upper river to monitor the enemy's movements.
But he didn't expect Lin Yan to be able to flash from the Beak Bird camp to cross the tower and kill him, a full-health Clockwork!
Are you crazy?
Zhuo Ding knew that he couldn't put E [Command: Defend] on himself first. Anyway, Vampire had already unleashed a set of explosive attacks.
If he panicked and put E on himself first, then when he threw out the magic puppet later, the dual resistance provided would disappear, and he would suffer more explosive damage.
Zhuo Ding had to use the shield and dual resistance provided by the magic puppet in the most reasonable place.
"Clockwork, throw out the magic puppet first, QR clean up the minions under the tower!"
Lin Yan's basic attack was activated at the same time, and Zhuo Ding's shockwave swept up and killed the minions. Clockwork had successfully leveled up to Level 8!
Zhuo Ding had been prepared for this. He invested his skill points on E and then cast a skill to summon the magic puppet, which provided him with 20 points of dual resistance and a shield. The shield provided by a Level 3 E was terrifying!
Lin Yan didn't care. He had to take this opportunity to kill Clockwork who didn't have the ability to flash!
He used the activated Phase Rush to close the distance and used his basic attack on Clockwork. Before the tower's cannon could hit him again, he turned into a pool of blood and stuck to Clockwork's body!
"Clockwork was forced to use healing spells, but he still can't get rid of the pool of blood under his feet." Ze Yuan's voice was urgent. "Vampire has unleashed his ultimate skill!"
The moment Lin Ran recovered from the Blood Pool state, Blood Plague blossomed and reduced the Clockwork Devil's HP once more.
Lin Yan's HP, which he had lost from taking two hits from the tower, was replenished again!
He carried the tower and continued to charge forward. With the movement speed provided by Boots of Clarity, he used a basic attack.
Now, the duo of Top was on the top lane, while Zoom and Sorrow were on the bottom lane.
Zhuo Ding was the only one around, so there was no reason not to kill him!
With the 25% cooldown reduction, the color of Lin Yan's blood conversion bar gradually darkened, turning from yellow to scarlet!
With the help of the temporary acceleration effect, Lin Yan closed the distance again and used his AQ to restore Zhuo Ding's HP while at the same time reducing his HP!
In the end, he added in a normal attack and used Ignite at the last second to clear out Zhuo Ding's Clockwork Spirit's HP!
After taking another hit, Lin Yan, who had less than half of his HP left, walked out of the tower leisurely amidst the cheers of the audience!
"Huh?
He can kill that? "
Ze Yuan and his partner were dumbfounded. "Knight has a healer. Can he really kill him with full HP?"
Zhuo Ding was also stunned.
He looked at the black and white screen in disbelief, feeling the need to reevaluate his understanding of Vampire.
How could this hero's damage be so high?
His Clockwork was Level 3 E, plus the recovery effect provided by the healing skill and the Time Distortion Tonic …
But he was still killed with full HP?
Was there any justice in this world?
The director replayed the scene again, causing an uproar in the bullet screen. The audience watching the live broadcast couldn't believe their eyes.
[GG, Vampire is really a big boss.]
[How did he kill him?
This is so ridiculous.]
[Did this motherf * cker use a damage cheat?
Are they playing with Vampire like an assassin?]
[Damage cheat?
I suggest checking Knight first. His shield is ridiculously thick!]
[Will there be any team in the playoffs that uses RAN Vampire again?
Don't disgust me.]
"Xiao Tian and the duo took down the Canyon Vanguard together." The director's camera switched again. Remember quickly suppressed his inner shock and focused on the Summoner's Canyon. "It looks like YM is going to release the Vanguard directly to destroy the middle tower!"
"I'll stop them here and don't let them come over. Hurry up and push!"
Liu Qingsong controlled Hammer Stone to walk to the bushes next to TOP's camp, blocking Old Dream's and ppgod's retreat from the top lane to the middle lane.
With a screech, the ugly Canyon Vanguard crashed into TOP's middle lane tower. The tower's HP dropped by half in an instant!
"Policewoman is pushing the tower too fast. TOP has no time to defend!"
Sorrow and Zoom wanted to rush back to the middle lane through their own Triple Wolf Camp, but Phyllostachys Pubescens was already prepared. He gave them a Optimus Prime in advance, sealing off the narrow pass.
"Princes and Crocodile can only use displacement skills to escape to the second tower, but the Vanguard's HP is quite healthy. It can still ram into another one!"
The dull sound echoed through the sound system again. Policewoman fired a few shots, and the second tower's HP was less than 50%.
"YM, retreat collectively. Go and take down the fire dragon that Sorrow didn't kill earlier!"
At this time, Zhuo Ding had just revived. TOP had no way to break into the little dragon pit to fight YM.
With the fire dragon down, YM had expanded their economic lead to 3.5K!
…
Policewoman's pushing rhythm was not over yet. After Jack bought Infinity Blade, he led his teammates to push the tower crazily. Jin Gong also stopped trying to suppress Zoom. After pushing the minions, he controlled Quinn to fly into the jungle to find the other TOP members.
YM's offense unfolded slowly and methodically. In comparison, TOP was like a toddler learning how to walk.
Loopholes, all loopholes.
Lin Yan and the others' attacks were experienced and vicious. After using their vision to control TOP's jungle, they easily obtained the opponent's defensive arrangement. From there, they continuously used Quinn's mobility to outnumber them and snowball the economy.
"TOP's rhythm is still leaning towards the early and middle stages." Ze Yuan could not help but say when he saw the full-health Old Dream being taken out by Lin Yan who had activated the Binding Orb. "Once they lose the upper hand in the laning phase, they will start to get lost. They will even blindly drive the rhythm, which will only increase their disadvantage."
This was a common problem for new players and new teams.
Since the laning phase tested the players' basic gaming skills and the tactical arrangements of the coaches, many times new teams could perform well.
In the middle and late stages of the competition, due to the complexity of the situation, the five people in Summoner's Canyon were no longer fixed in three lines. Everyone was roaming around the canyon, and the coaches' influence was getting smaller and smaller.
Most of the time, the coaches could only give out macro strategies. For example, using the top lane to push and the other four to surround the Dragon.
If this had happened to teams like SKT or SSG, the players would have been able to execute this strategy perfectly.
They had a thorough understanding of the laning phase. When they knew where the top lane was, the four people in the front could start to push the Dragon.
This included how to ensure the safety of the top lane during the laning phase, how to find the right time to attack from the front …
This was the ability that the players had honed through thousands of training matches and hundreds of official matches. They knew how to win the competition correctly.
This was also the biggest difference between high score players and professional players. If the lineup was the same and the economy was the same, the five high score players would only have a 20% chance of winning against five experienced LDL players.
Under normal circumstances, as the players continued to progress in their career, they would become more proficient in the mid and late stages of the game, and their responses would be more in line with the coaches' requirements.
This was also the oft-mentioned competitive experience. The role of a veteran was vividly displayed here.
However, TOP, which had been established for less than a year, obviously did not have this qualification. Their coach was poached from RNG's youth training, and it was his first time coaching an LPL team. He did not have much actual combat experience. The oldest player was Zoom, who had only been in LPL for nine months.
As a result, TOP was still using a very typical Rank playstyle in the mid and late stages of the game. They used the Dragon to end the game quickly, and used the Dragon to fight it out. Everything was to speed up the process of the game.
The team's tactical core, Zhuo Ding, had his confidence destroyed by Lin Yan's unreasonable tower jump. Now, his head was spinning, and he did not know what to do.
In the end, TOP's performance was getting worse and worse. In the first 20 minutes, the first three inner towers were all pushed down.
At 25 minutes, YM was ready to focus fire on the Dragon. TOP finally waited for the two-piece set of the two Cs. They knew that this was their last chance to turn the tables. If they continued to delay, YM's Vampire and Policewoman would enter a strong period.
In the end, they had just charged into the Dragon's pit when Lin Yan activated the Binding Orb and rushed out of the pit!
R [Blood Plague] was sprinkled in the middle of the crowd. After E [Blood Tide] was charged, Vladimir's entire body shrank into the blood pool!
Amidst the cries of alarm, the HP of the three people on the frontline of the TOP battlefield was reduced by 13% in the blink of an eye!
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"
Sorrow habitually pressed on the data panel and saw a Terminator's Death Hat lying in Vampire's equipment column!
Vampire's magic power was now close to the 700 mark, and Brittleskin could not even withstand one set of his damage!
"Everyone on TOP has to use Flash and flee in panic …" Ze Yuan's voice was loud and clear. "But this Vampire's damage is too high!"
Before the two-second duration of the blood pool ended, Lin Yan's E [Blood Tide] turned again, and the second charged Blood Nova burst out again.
There was no chance for the opponent to interrupt at all. The double E in the blood pool easily blew up the HP of everyone on TOP's frontline!
"Old Dream's healing skill is pulled back …"
The high-pitched shouting stopped abruptly.
The blood lotus bloomed on TOP's body, and the damage of the Blood Plague was fully unleashed. Amidst the deafening clamor below the stage, Old Dream's life was mercilessly taken away!
As Zhuo Ding had put a layer of shield on himself, he still had a sliver of HP left.
But then, a sniper scope lit up above his head.
Caitlin's ultimate move!
"Block it!"
There was no need for him to say more. Sorrow stood in front of Zhuo Ding with his halberd, trying to use his body to block the sniper bullet.
But then there was the sound of an eagle's cry, and the high-speed flying Hualo came to reap their lives like the Grim Reaper!
Whirlwind Kill!
Quinn's crossbow aimed at Spring, and the arrow with the Vulnerability effect cleared out Zhuo Ding's remaining HP!
"Both Cs are dead, TOP has no power to fight back!"
At this time, Sorrow, Zoom, and ppgod still wanted to retreat, but Xiao Tian and Liu Qingsong had a lot of control skills, making it difficult for TOP's jungler to move!
Following the system notification that they had been wiped out, the five players of YM turned around and took the Dragon!
TOP had no power to fight back, and YM used the Dragon's buff to increase their economy to nearly 14,000. Then, Lin Yan, who had replenished his equipment, led his teammates to flatten TOP's base in one go!
"This Vampire …" After the game, Remember looked at the stats of Lin Yan, who had just won the MVP award, and couldn't help but exclaim, "If TOP can't deal with him, they have to consider giving him a ban position."
807 KDA, 220% damage conversion rate, 6,596 PK economy lead, 41.1% of the team's DPS ratio …
It was terrifying!
Ze Yuan felt that the atmosphere of this final game was a bit serious, and even laughed and joked, "I think TOP should consider giving Brother Ran a ban position, the effect would be more obvious."
The ten players who had just returned to the stage after the break were still chatting in their seats.
TOPBeishang: [Brother Ran, can you go easy on him?
You're so ruthless!]
YMRan: [Didn't Zhuo Ding say to go easy on him, and to prove who is the world's best mid laner on this stage?]
TOPppgod: [So Brother Ran, go kill Zhuo Ding, just kill him, don't come looking for us. Qiuqiu, come back and ask Zhang Xingran to treat you to a bungalow hotpot.]
TOPZoom: [?
Treating Brother Ran to a meal would cost me half a month's salary. Let Zhuo Ding treat him, he can definitely learn something as a BO3. Shouldn't he pay some tuition?]
When Zhuo Ding saw his teammate's words, he helplessly sent an ellipsis in the chat channel.
I've done so many great things for the team, taking a beating for you guys, and in the end, I still have to treat you guys?
So in the end, I'm the unlucky one?
Lin Yan smiled and typed, [Let's go, let's go to the bungalow tonight, my treat.]
Jack patted his little belly and burped, [I'll come if you pay.]
Lin Yan's words were unanimously welcomed by all the players in the channel. They had always been very familiar with relying on rich people.
Phyllostachys Pubescens, who had found a place to eat dinner, happily twisted around in his chair and decided to mock his good friend.
[Listen to your Uncle Gao's advice, mid laners are too deep for you to grasp.]
This time, before Zhuo Ding could answer, the referee told them to start BP in the team voice chat.
He could only adjust his breathing and strive to be in the best state for this game.
Zoom was right, he could learn a lot from Lin Yan.
Pain and happiness, maybe that was how it was described.
Zhuo Ding tried his best to recall the details of the previous match with Lin Ran. He wanted to apply what he had learned in the second match, which was about to begin.
"TOP chose the blue side for himself in this game, and he still chose Qing Gang Yin in the first round!"
Red Rice sealed off Olaf.
TOP coach Bobby banned Dusk in the second round, not giving YM the chance to get Dusk in the first and second round.
"YM gave the second ban to Raven. It seems that they don't want Zoom to get this kind of mage hero with both tankiness and DPS." Ze Yuan nodded.
"How about we ban Ryze and then grab Vampire?" Bobby was still asking for Zhuo Ding's opinion.
Zhuo Ding thought for two seconds. "It's possible, but if he chooses Zooey …"
In this version, Vampire's natural enemies in the professional arena were Ryze and Zooey. Whether it was the speed of pushing the line or the ability to fight, Vampire was at an absolute disadvantage.
"Then give Vampire to me." Zoom was very aggrieved in the last game. Playing Crocodile, his DPS was less than one factory. It was simply a disgrace. If Zhuo Ding hadn't attracted the firepower for him, he would have been smashed. "The opponent's top laner can't beat me."
With the matchup, Zoom was now confident.
Was Jin Gong strong?
With two world championships in his hands as the main force, the answer to this question didn't seem to need to be explained.
But there were different categories of strength.
Some people were extremely fierce in the matchup. At a glance, you could tell that they were playing tricks. The Shy was one of them. Some people had outstanding commanding ability and could be called the brains of the team. In contrast, their operation wasn't so eye-catching. Mata was a typical example …
Jin Gong belonged to the other group. He developed steadily in the matchup and stood up to win the game with his teammates in the middle and late stages.
Apart from team battles, the values of each of his abilities weren't the best, but when combined together, he became a miniature version of a hexagonal warrior.
In Zoom's opinion, Jin Gong was too stable in the matchup. Sometimes, in order to maintain his condition, he would even not add any support for three minutes.
To deal with this kind of top laner, Zoom's countermeasure was very simple. He would use a hero who developed extremely well in the matchup and would only be useful in the middle stages.
Originally, it was difficult for such a weak top laner hero to enter the professional arena. But now that Vampire was dominating the top laner, it gave him a chance.
Bobby nodded and patted Zhuo Ding's shoulder, asking him to ban Ryze.
Red Rice saw Ryze's ban position and paced back and forth behind the player's seat, thinking of a countermeasure.
"We'll ban Princes, then …"
Red Rice's plan made the five YM players smile uncontrollably.
"Just as we thought, TOP will take Vampire with a substitute ban," Ze Yuan analyzed as usual. "But this is a swing choice. There's no way to determine the split."
But YM's first and second picks were very fast. They were already prepared!
"Zooey and … Jess!" Remember hissed. "YM is going to go with a Poke lineup this round?"
If the commentator could see it, TOP's coach naturally knew it as well.
"We'll have Nalo and Zach, okay?"
Bobby didn't have much experience, but he was very approachable with this group of players. He fully considered their thoughts.
The best way to deal with a Poke was to force it. Nalo and Zach were definitely the best heroes in their respective positions in this ability.
"But isn't the matchup too weak?" Sorrow felt that it was inappropriate. "What are we going to do in the early stages?"
Bobby was also hesitant.
Nalo and Zach were indeed too weak in the early stages, but there was no other way.
According to the balance setting of Fist, forcing a top hero would not be that strong in the early stages. Otherwise, it would become a bugged character.
The best team opener, Princes, had already been banned by Red Rice. There weren't many choices left for him.
"Bull's Head, Bull's Head and Zach." Bobby felt that he still had to consider the lineup from the perspective of a team fight, but at the same time, he made a compromise.
Bull's Head's team opener wasn't as strong as Nalo's, but the advantage was that it was more comfortable in the early stages.
"YM's third pick is Morgana!" Ze Yuan was excited. "Black Shield is very helpful in defending against TOP's forceful team opener!"
Bobby realized that the problem was a bit big. Red Rice's Poke lineup was gradually taking shape, and he had to stop it.
For this reason, he sent both Verus and EZ, the two Poke heroes, to the ban position.
Red Rice, on the other hand, banned Ke Lie and Cheyenne. Both of them also had the ability to forcefully break the formation and would be a hindrance to YM's formation.
"YM's fourth pick is Troll's King!"
Troll's big move drew resistances and health points, providing YM's lineup with stability. In addition, E [Ice Pillar] had the ability to block attacks, so it was a good choice.
"Are you going to take Lu Xian?"
Bobby was now sure of YM's split in the middle and upper stages. He asked Zoom, "Lu Xian can easily beat Jace."
"Ahn, Ahn." Zoom found the hero he wanted to use. "I think Lu Xian is too unstable."
Bobby glanced at his own lineup and felt that there was no core in the early stages. "Old Dream, can you use Little Pao?"
Little Pao and Bull's Head were a strong combination, and she was the main force to push the tower. It was indeed a good choice.
"YM is left with one last choice. Give it to the ADC … Jack took Ember!"
"This Poke lineup is quite strong!"
Ze Yuan shouted. "Although the ADC didn't get Azreal, Ember is a qualified substitute!"
Both sides' lineups were confirmed.
Blue Top: Top Lane Ahn, Jungler Zach, Mid Lane Vampire, Bottom Lane Little Pao + Bull's Head.
Red YM: Top Lane Jace, Jungler Troll, Mid Lane Zooey, Bottom Lane Lu Jin + Morgana.
Bobby glanced at the lineups of both sides. He felt that his team was in danger when he put himself in their shoes.
Wasn't this Poke lineup purely disgusting?
The audience below the stage waved the support sticks in their hands. Before the scattered cheers could converge, the Summoner's Canyon had already arrived!