"Congratulations to YM for winning the first game of this focal battle," Mille said loudly. "Their attack rhythm was very smooth, and they did a perfect job of avoiding the battle in the middle!"
Amidst the impassioned commentary, the RNG players took off their headphones, picked up their paper cups, and quickly left the stage with their heads down. They returned to their familiar team lounge.
No one said a word.
Ouze sat in his chair with a red face. This kind of public display showed that he was in a bad mood.
Heart looked around and saw the expression on each player's face. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He didn't know what to do.
In the middle, YM used classic LCK-style operations to destroy the entire game.
Looking at the headcount alone, the two teams were still tied at 7: 7 at the 15 minute mark.
But the economic gap was as high as 4K.
Why?
The difference in the bounty from the four towers and the subsequent looting of the jungle resources caused the gap between the players' equipment to quickly widen.
Ouze even hit the highest damage of the game in this game, 28000, but he still couldn't lead RNG to victory.
YM was constantly pulling and swapping resources, using all the advantages in their hands.
The most important of which was the teleportation in Lin Yan and Jin Gong's hands.
RNG used the double teleportation in fights to earn kills, while YM used it to destroy towers.
Eight minutes to capture the Canyon Vanguard, as well as the advantage of Jax and Olaf's own hero mechanics in destroying towers...
RNG at the 10 to 20 minute mark was simply exchanging kills for towers.
But the problem was that heroes could be revived when they died, but towers couldn't be revived when they fell.
After the towers were destroyed, the unprotected jungle also fell. Ouze didn't even kill many groups of monsters in this game. They were all wiped out by YM's mid and upper junglers.
As they fought, their equipment couldn't keep up. When the big mouth's strong period was over, RNG's formation was like a sheet of loose sand.
In the 29-minute Dragon team battle, Troll blocked Ouze's position with a pillar. Then, Lin Yan and Jin Gong rushed into RNG's formation with gems.
A bunch of unknown AOE attacks fell on Ouze. Even with the damage reduction buff provided by Galio's big move, it was useless. In the end, he was killed by Lin Yan's E [Reckless Swipe].
"We can't play like this," Heart finally gave his opinion. "We have to use a lineup that can support the sidelines in the middle of the game."
He thought that the key to the loss of the last game was the setup after losing the Canyon Vanguard.
Galio's support ability was indeed very strong, but his tower defense ability was very mediocre, especially in front of the mid laner Olaf. He was basically in an awkward situation where he could only connect to the bottom of the tower.
Needless to say, Nall of letme's proficiency was very average. Jin Gong also got the kill and vanguard buff in the early game. Once the power of three was created, it was like riding on top of Mondo's wife to play the game.
As a result, Spicy Saucepan could only attack Jack, who was in the middle of the defense.
However, after the jungler's position was exposed, the chain reaction caused was too much for RNG to handle.
"Ah?" Cancel was slightly hesitant. "What can we get while leading the way?
If it's a solo carry, I'm stronger with Ryze... "
Heart looked at letme. "Can you use Lady Sword1?"
Let Di Dong look around. When he saw Spicy Saucepan staring at him eagerly, he was in a dilemma.
He instinctively wanted to use Thain or Aune.
These were the two top laners he was most confident in. Their proficiency could support him through the laning phase. In the team battle, the control of these two tanks would be devastating to the opponent.
But what was RNG's predicament now?
It was not that they could not win the team battle, but that YM did not accept the team battle at all!
In other words, YM would not rashly start a team battle when they were not confident of winning. They would only frequently wander around the sidelines and use their strengths to stall for time and invade the jungle.
In this kind of game where they were pulled into the opponent's rhythm, the role of the tank hero was quite limited. Without the help of teammates, a tank with control and tankiness was no different from a mobile blood bank in the eyes of the warrior hero.
They had to take the warrior.
Only the warrior could defeat the warrior.
Letme was still hesitant.
Spicy Saucepan did not have any hope. It was ready to use Piggy to raise its CS in the next game, but letme suddenly said:
"Both Lady Sword1 and Lady Sword1 are fine..."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room stared at him.
Letme began to feel nervous again. The pride in his heart was half extinguished. He muttered, "I'm just trying. I can't guarantee the results."
"... That's fine too." Heart tried to calm himself down. "Don't give yourself too much pressure. This is just a regular game."
Spicy Saucepan's eyes lit up. He turned sideways and reminded his top laner.
The feedback made Di suddenly feel full of energy. His hands stopped trembling.
...
"Welcome back to RNG's Beijing Wukesong home!"
Doll's voice was loud. "The second game between RNG and YM is about to begin. YM is temporarily leading 1-0!"
The bullet screen in the live broadcast room was still discussing the previous game. The number of people online at the same time had undoubtedly surpassed the number of people in the Eastern region between IG and RNG a few days ago.
[Facts have proven that the team battle in this version is really useless!]
[I think the system of doing whatever it wants is no longer working. This is an antique from last year. There have been 20 versions. If it's used again now, it would be ridiculous if the results were good.]
[His RNG has been torn apart. I don't know if Wootz will recall Teacher Dami from five years ago when he looks at Jin Gong's jax.]
[Hahaha, only now did I realize that the West 8 players are still using the S3 champion's skin. That trophy knocked on the defense tower and it gave me a headache.]
Lin Ran sat on the gaming chair and pushed up his glasses in boredom as he listened to Jack talk to the gray-haired female referee in the team voice chat.
"Your hair color is a bit outstanding. You must have attracted a lot of attention on the street, right?"
"Which hairdresser did you dye it at... Can you tell me?"
Shiba Inu saw that his teammates were looking at him weirdly. He quickly explained, "I didn't want to dye it. I asked Liu Qingsong. He loves to dye his hair. He's just too embarrassed to talk to you..."
"Are you going to die?" His wound was torn and he couldn't help but clench his teeth. He wanted to punch him.
Mongoose's lips curled into a smile.
He had won the MVP of the previous game and was in a good mood.
Jack saw this and started to sow discord. "Brother Ran, someone stole your MVP title. Why don't you give Phyllostachys Pubescens a few punches?"
"Do you have nothing better to do?" Lin Yan laughed. He didn't expect to be dragged into this by Shiba Inu.
He wasn't obsessed with the MVP title.
Especially in the previous game, when Lin Yan was killed at level two and targeted by the RNG jungler at level seven, he knew that he couldn't win the MVP title.
In LPL, unless an individual's performance was outstanding, such as Luo who made a comeback with a ten thousand economy or Sword Magician who killed four players, the MVP was basically based on KDA.
Lin Yan died three times in the entire game. Although he did well in the middle of the game and broke the game multiple times, Mongoose's performance was not bad either. Mongoose's record was much better than his, so it was not surprising that he won the MVP title.
"Players, please get ready. The blue top laner will start the game," the referee behind them suddenly said.
Jin Gong saw that his teammates had no objections. As the owner of the house, he entered the recruitment mode.
Doll Mille in the commentator's seat saw the bank-pick panel appear in front of his eyes. He immediately became excited. "The second round of BP has begun!"
"YM, who has the priority of picking sides, got the blue side and banned Crow first!"
Heart sent Crocodile to the ban position.
Red Rice banned Yasso as usual and continued to release smoke bombs.
"RNG chose to ban King of Troll for the second ban..." Mille pondered for two seconds. "If they do this, won't they have enough ban positions?"
Doll thought along his partner's line of thought and nodded. "There are two strong junglers outside, Qing Gang Yin and Rock Sparrow, not to mention solo heroes like Sword Magician and Swordsister!"
"RNG's intention should be to release a lot of strong heroes. Since YM is on the blue side, they can only snatch one first. Then they can choose two later. This exchange is relatively less likely to be at a disadvantage," Mille guessed.
Heart did indeed think so.
Being on the red side against YM was a kind of torture.
Especially in the current version 8.13, the heroes they were proficient in had not been nerfed. This made the BP stage a nightmare, and they could not restrict their opponents at all.
Heart could only release a large number of heroes to make RNG feel better.
The last ban position in the first round was given to Sword Magician and Olaf.
Seeing that Berserker was banned, the YM fans in the audience laughed instantly.
[I didn't expect Olaf to be banned in this version.]
[To be honest, this hero is too disgusting. Olaf seems to be good against Sword Magician and Sword Magician.]
[The main thing is Conqueror. It's a good match with Olaf.]
[I didn't see it when he was in the jungler position with Predator. Now that Ran is using him as a mid laner, after Conqueror is triggered, the attack power is ridiculously high!]
"YM's first pick, snatch Qing Gang Yin first!"
This move was also within Heart's expectations.
In the current version, the strongest heroes were Sword Magician, Sword Magician, and Qing Gang Yin. Since YM blocked Sword Magician in the last ban position of the first round, it proved that Red Rice had seen through his intention of releasing many strong heroes.
Banning one Homme and snatching one from the blue side would only leave one OP character for RNG. Both sides could reach a balance.
"Using RNG to lock down Swordmaiden and Wine Barrel, this Nakano duo is quite strong," Miller analyzed. "Gulagas' ultimate move is also very effective against Qing Gang Ying, Hex's ultimatum."
"Yes, we can blow Camille away. That way, the ultimate will be ineffective …" Doll said in a low voice.
But immediately, his voice became high-pitched and shrill.
"Galio and Big Mouth!" Wa-wah's shouts resounded throughout the arena. "What's with YM's second and third choices?!"
"Is YM going to demonstrate to RNG the right way to do whatever you want?"
Along with Doll's astonished voice, the audience began to exclaim one after another!
Qing Gang Yin, Galio, Big Mouth …
Without a doubt, this was the Education Bureau!
The moment YM's lineup for the first round was confirmed, the bullet screen in the live broadcast room exploded.
[Are you serious?]
[Sob sob sob, I just said that the system of doing whatever they want is no longer working. YM is going to slap their faces now.]
[You want to kill people with your heart?]
[Can you go easy on them? I'm going to die.]
The faces of the RNG players did not look good.
Teaching from the front to the back was similar to 'two robbers in one game.'
Although Ryu might be the most famous runner-up in League of Legends history, who would want to be Yue Lun?
"Li Yuanhao, what do you want to use?" Heart planned to get the hero first.
After all, YM had already revealed Galio. Since it was impossible to change the distribution path, it was necessary to get the mid laner hero before the second round of BP started.
Mi De Hu's voice was full of killing intent. "Give me Airplane!"
"… Are you sure?" Heart was stunned for a moment. Colonel Kutcher was not a strong character in the current version.
"Choose. I can keep up with his support. I'll be invincible in the later game." Cancellation was very confident in Airplane. It could be said that this was one of his specialties.
Heart paced back and forth behind the player's seat, thinking.
Airplane's passive [Special Delivery] could provide explosive packs for Kutcher starting from eight minutes. The cooldown was four minutes, and Galio's [Hard Bear's Appearance] had a cooldown of three minutes.
On a certain level, Airplane was indeed Counter Galio.
The pure tank Galio from last year could still stand at the front and use Durang's Shield to resist Airplane's mixed damage.
The current weakened Colossus of Justice was no longer able to support him to be unscrupulous in the front row.
"Then you take it." Heart finally agreed to cancel the account.
"Airplane?!" Doll wondered if he had transmigrated.
Was this an S7?
Galio in the mid lane was attacking Airplane?
However, in the second round of BP, Kesha, who was suppressed by YM, successfully reminded him that it was now the S8 Summer League.
"Wait a minute." Doll immediately noticed another problem. "Since RNG chose a plane, wouldn't Lady Sword1 be …"
"For Letme?"
The audience was also confused.
Many RNG supporters were still sighing.
Unlike other passersby, Royal fans knew about Letme's hero pool.
Ever since Knife Lady was reworked in Version 8.8, Letme had never used Erilya in a professional match!
Would it really be effective to let Letme use Knife Lady this time?
Everything was unknown.
The two commentators were also very interested in this topic, but the lineup selection was not over yet. They could only say a few words in simple terms before returning their attention to the second round of BP.
"Kesha and Lucian, two agile and strong archers, have been restricted by YM." Mille frowned. "What are the remaining ADCs?
Verus? "
Red Rice grasped the weakness of RNG's bottom lane. He knew that Ouze did not use mages in the bottom lane and had been focusing on the conventional archers. Therefore, he blocked out several archers who were good at it.
Only Verus was left.
Compared to Kesha and Lu Xian, Verus was very clumsy. He did not have any movement skills in his skill set, so he could only stand still and attack.
If it was really selected, Ouze would be a target. No one could protect him. If he was hit by Qing Gang Yin's big move, his hands would be able to leave the keyboard.
"On the other side, RNG has chosen to block out Jax and Kenji, the two top laners who are better at fighting Knife Lady. They are striving to create a comfortable solo environment for Letme!"
"Let's look at RNG's fourth choice …"
Heart was still discussing with Ouze and Shi Senming. "How about Verus + Boulogne?"
"I don't think so." Ouze objected without hesitation.
He could give in to the top lane in terms of command and tactical focus, but he still wanted to have the final say on which hero to choose.
"… How about Charlo? Is it okay?"
Ouze looked at Shi Senming.
Xiao Ming glanced at the lineups of both sides. "Yes, yes, I think it's okay!"
Although Charlo had been weakened several times, the mechanism was there. He had a certain amount of ability to attack first, and he could also roam to support the flanks. With Charlo in the bottom lane, the laning strength was not bad.
Heart clicked the pen in his hand. The only drawback of the Charlo combination was that it was too slow to form. They also had to drag the equipment of the plane.
However, if it was really a team fight, Charlo's self-defense ability with the [Storm Feather Blade] was much stronger than Verus.
After thinking about it again and again, he finally made up his mind.
"RNG lock in Charlo first, let's see YM's last two choices!"
"The three heroes, Crocodile, Kenji, and Jax, are all gone. There are not many roles left for Jin Gong." Mille stood from YM's perspective and gave them advice. "Kenan and Captain are definitely not easy to choose. If Knife Lady rushes in the face, they will suffer."
"If we choose Cheyenne and Aoun, will the lineup be a little lacking in damage output? We can't just rely on Jack's big mouth, right?"
While Mille was still worrying, YM had already locked in their hero.
"The top laner took Shen, and Liu Qingsong showed off Lulu." Doll could only say that he had seen this scene many times. He understood what was going on, and there was nothing he could do about it. He said subconsciously, "This should be the effect of the show …"
Before he could finish, Shi Senming's hero selection panel lit up!
"Locked in!"
"Big Mouth and Lulu!" Mille's voice was loud and clear.
The YM fans in the audience had the same thought as Doll. They all thought that Liu Qingsong showed off Lulu as a teammate, but they did not expect such a surprise!
Many of Liu Qingsong's fans waved the support banners in their hands, and the noise suddenly skyrocketed!
After RNG took down Ni Yu Xia, the two players exchanged heroes, and the lineup of the two teams was officially revealed.
Blue YM: top laner Shen, jungler Qing Gang Ying, mid laner Galio, bottom laner Big Mouth + Lulu.
Red RNG: top laner Knife Lady, jungler Wine Barrel, mid laner Airplane, bottom laner Lu Xia + Charlo.
"YM … Four to one?"
Doll said bitterly after seeing YM's lineup. "On the other side, RNG is starting to pull and carry?"
Many of the audience's minds were in a mess.
Viewers who had just come to the broadcast room after dinner even suspected that the director was preparing to change the lineup again. How could the lineup of these two teams be reversed?
After coming to their senses, they were even more skeptical of life.
YM wanted to prove who was the true king of four to one?
Even though they were confused, RNG's home audience still cheered for the team they supported under the lead of the fans!
"Chengzi, who do you think will win this game?" Su Hongmin asked his daughter.
He did not understand the game very well, but the two commentators could still give him a general understanding of the situation. The two teams were basically using the system that the opponent was best at.
In Su Hongmin's field of work, it was like BMW focusing on interior and comfort, while the Mercedes-Benz next door focused on control.
It sounded a bit strange.
"Of course YM will win. Aren't you asking me for nothing?" Su Cheng did not expect her father to ask such a question. "My boyfriend is on the field."
"Too bad I'm not a poison healer. Otherwise, I'd definitely say RNG will win," the girl said fiercely. "I'll heal them to death!"
Su Hongmin wanted to ask more, but when the Summoner's Canyon descended, the audience's commotion completely drowned out his words!
The ten heroes bought their equipment and left their respective springs to rush to the river!
"YM has Big Mouth and Lulu, as well as three frontliners with crowd control. The first team's lineup is very solid. They're going to directly invade RNG's jungle!"
Mongoose did not even bring his yellow accessory. As soon as he went out, he used Scan. He drove all the way forward and successfully eliminated one of Shi Senming's defensive eyes.
The duo in the bottom lane all retreated, allowing YM's top, middle, and jungle players to split the EXP.
This way, Lin Yan and Jin Gong, the two solo players, could both level up to two with just one wave of minions.
RNG had no idea how many people had taken the EXP from this position.
The unknowing losers and letme could only prepare for everything. At least the first wave of minions did not dare to push too hard. Otherwise, if they were suddenly taken to level two, it would be enough to make them suffer.
"Mongoose swaggered, starting with RNG's blue buff!"
Qing Gang Yin and Big Mouth Lulu's level one jungle combo was a bit fierce. Saucepan felt that he was not Kandi, and his chances of winning were not high. Once he lost, the game might be over.
To be on the safe side, Saucepan ran to his own top lane to farm the red buff.
Lin Yan was very aggressive when he came online. He relied on his experience lead and chased after him with a War Squall.
Mi De Tiger was alerted when he realized that the jungle was empty. Now that he realized that Lin Yan's positioning was too aggressive, his playstyle immediately changed.
"Jin Gong on the top lane is also pushing forward. letme also took two steps back. It seems like they don't plan to kill three low-health minions in a row to fight against Shen!"
Saucepan's beer man was solo in the jungle, so his farming efficiency was very low. He finally got rid of the red buff in 1 minute and 53 seconds. He carried Wine Barrel and went straight to the top lane!
"Here he comes again!" Doll said hurriedly, "Saucepan's standard Gankmachine playstyle!"
"Gulagash needs to be caught at level two too!"
Jin Gong did not notice. No matter how cautious he was, he did not expect Wine Barrel to catch him at level two.
This was completely unconventional.
It could only be said that Spicy Saucepan's early jungle was unpredictable.
The caster's camera was aimed at Gulagash, letting the world focus on him!
Two minutes later, Wine Barrel went around the triangular bush and entered the vision of Xiba!
Ji Mugong was startled and muttered Xiba under his breath.
"Saucepan successfully went around the back. letme grasped Brother Gong's mentality of wanting to snatch level two and drank a Corruption Potion to fight him!"
Just as Saucepan was about to freeze its hands, a teleportation light lit up on YM's minions beside Jin Gong!
"Brother Ran in the middle lane teleported!"
The caster's camera was on the middle lane in the lower right corner of the screen.
The Colossus of Justice was brazenly tanking in front of the plane!
"What's going on?
Galio has already reached level two? "
Doll finally noticed that Lin Yan was in the lead in terms of level.
He did not know what YM's action of giving experience meant when he took down the Eye Position.
Now, he finally understood.
"Shen took down the last ranged soldier in the first wave of minions while withstanding Knife Maiden's damage. He has also successfully reached Level 2!"
"YM is preparing to counterattack!"
Cancel was only level one and did not have the ability to interrupt Lin Yan's teleportation.
Moreover, in order to avoid crowd control and ensure survival in the lane and damage in a team battle environment, his summoner skill was Purify instead of Teleport.
At this moment, he could only take the aggro of the minions while bullets hit Lin Yan in an attempt to reduce Galio's health.
At the same time, he reminded his teammates in the team voice chat.
"Retreat, retreat, they're all level two. You have no chance of winning!"
Saucepan obviously knew that they had to retreat.
The minions in the top lane gathered 10 seconds slower than the middle lane. The second wave of minions would only arrive in 2 minutes and 07 seconds.
This also meant that letme could not reach level two at the moment.
The level two Galio and Shen had a combination of control chains. It was more than enough to kill him.
Galio's minions in the middle lane were very bad and had a tendency to get stuck in front of the Sell Tower. Normally, no mid laner would teleport to support the side lane.
This was because as long as the TP landed, the minions in the middle lane would be at a disadvantage.
However, Spicy Saucepan did not dare to take the risk.
If Lin Yan really did not cancel the teleportation, Jin Gong would taunt him with Blink and Galio would land a W Blink with War Squall. He would die instantly.
If a level two jungler gave him a one health buff, he would not be able to play in the jungle for the first ten minutes.
This was a professional match, the opponent would definitely not let him go.
"Shen closed the distance, Saucepan could only Blink and throw a Rolling Wine Barrel!"
"RNG jungler's first wave of attack was successfully neutralized by YM!"
Lin Yan canceled the teleportation and continued to fight in the middle lane.
Due to being hit by Airplane for three seconds, Lin Yan's health dropped a lot. He drank a Reuse Potion.
It was worth mentioning that his equipment for this match was the same as S7's. He bought Dark Seal and Potions first, then went back to the city to buy Doran Ring after clearing the three waves of minions.
Although he was weakened several times by punches, Galio's early game clearing ability was still top-notch, at least much better than Airplane's.
When he pushed to the Artillery Soldier, Lin Yan placed an Accessory Eye on the wall above the RNG Beaked Bird's camp.
The family of six monsters was safe and sound, and there was no sign of Wine Barrel.
Lin Yan immediately marked the signal at his own blue buff camp.
In his opinion, because Xiao Tian opened from RNG's blue, it was very likely that Spicy Saucepan crossed the river to get a buff to ensure its early development.
In any case, Wine Barrel was not in the middle lane.
Seeing Lin Yan enter the tower, a strong sense of uneasiness suddenly emerged in his heart.
At this moment, the minions had been pushed in. He stood under the tower and inserted an Eye into the grass below the wall.
The moment the Eye landed, it lit up the grass and revealed the cold and heartless Gray Lady!
The Grappling Hook was already on the wall, allowing Camille to climb up!
Golden light flashed, and Qing Gang Yin flashed over the wall!
Amidst the unbearable screams of the RNG fans below the stage, the second wall kick hit Mi De Hu, who was unable to react in time!
"Xiao Tian reached level three, and also used a Gank!"
Mille shouted, "Xiao Hu purified and got rid of the crowd control in seconds. You still want to use Flash, retreat!"
The next moment, Mi De Hu wanted to use W [Valkyrie Dive] to help him escape.
But it was too late.
YM Nakano suddenly attacked!
Lin Yan flashed and followed up with W [Durang's Shield] to taunt!
He turned around and used E [Righteous Punch] to knock Airplane up again!
Under the passive normal attack, War Squall followed closely behind, and Qing Gang Yin's AQA made a strong attack!
The moment Xiao Hu recovered from the crowd control and was ready to escape, she stretched out her leg blade and cut off Airplane's life with a Tactical Sweep!
YM's fans burst into thunderous applause!
"Airplane is still too brittle!
In addition, in order to take advantage of Gario's teleportation to deal more damage, he attracted a lot of aggro from the minions. His health wasn't full to begin with, but he was killed by YM Nakano's hard damage! "