The moment BLG's base turned into a sky full of fireworks, Smile was extremely excited and shouted in his live broadcast room:
"Shut up, brothers!"
"YM is really strong. They ended the game with just one wave of team battle!"
He could barely suppress the crazy smile on his face.
The bullet screen was flooded with comments.
[What happened?]
[BLG had a 35-minute advantage and was overturned at the last minute?]
[It's quite ridiculous. BLG suddenly couldn't win the team battle. You don't know why either.]
[Is this the three-star operation that Ze Yuan was talking about?
They died in one wave in the late game!]
Both players had left their seats and returned to the backstage lounge with paper cups. The director showed the economic curve of the previous game.
"Uh …" Ze Yuan took a deep breath. "Isn't this too scary?"
A horizontal line crossed the panel. This was a sign that the two economies were equal. The blue curve above the line was BLG's lead, while the one below the line represented YM's economic lead.
The continuous blue curve of BLG occupied most of the panel.
However, it was obvious from the Y-axis that BLG's economic lead was not big. It could not exceed 2200.
It was not until BLG got the Dragon at the 29th minute that the blue curve suddenly rose. With the destruction of several defense towers, their economic lead smoothly reached 5500.
From the 35th minute onwards, the blue curve suddenly plunged down like diving.
Their economic lead fell from 5500 to 443 at the end of the game.
"YM only had an economic lead in the first 15 minutes of the game. Even if they won the game in the end, their economy was still behind!" Even Ze Yuan, who was experienced and knowledgeable, was shocked.
The live audience's expression changed even faster.
Many fans who supported YM felt that they were in trouble when they saw BLG successfully rush the Dragon.
Who would have thought that after the first wave of Primordial Dragon, YM would suddenly take BLG away in one wave!
The director showed the replay of the team battle at this time. Ze Yuan rubbed his hands together. "The main focus is on the last wave of team battle. Let's see what went wrong with BLG!"
He felt that BLG's lineup should not be at such a disadvantage at the 35th minute.
After all, they were in the lead in terms of economy, and Ruiz, Incubus, and Dusk's equipment were not bad either. How could they be destroyed in a single hit during a team battle?
Several confrontations, including First Blood Explosion, were hurriedly skipped.
The replay was 34: 22. Even though the Dragon's buff had disappeared, BLG was still trying to push forward in the middle lane.
There was still a minute before the Primordius Dragon respawned.
The members of BLG had already returned to the city to resupply once. They wanted to team up and take down YM's high ground in the middle lane. That way, YM would have to divert some of their attention to deal with the super soldiers when they were near the Primordius Dragon.
It seemed to be a very orthodox way of doing things.
But BLG neglected one point – they had no way to set up a sufficient field of vision on the YM Highland.
The Defense Tower's True Sight range was 1095 yards. This function allowed the Defense Tower to see invisible units, including the Artificial Eye.
With the two scanners carried by Little Sleepyhead and Liu Qingsong, the BLG could be said to be in the dark on the YM Highland. They could not see anything.
In this situation, Lin Yan stood in the shadows and threw out the Magic Puppet to receive the shockwave. In one go, Dusk and Pig Sis, who were pushing forward in front of the Defense Tower, were all swept up!
"BLG has no vision here." Ze Yuan felt pity for BLG. "The damage of Clockwork's QR is too high!"
"The key point of their mistake is that they let Clockwork successfully walk to the side. As long as the Magic Puppet attacks, they have no way to dodge!"
The reaction speed of a professional player was obvious. Clockwork did not have blind vision. Using displacement skills to dodge the QR combo was fine as long as they had hands.
But just as Ze Yuan said.
There was no way to dodge.
Dusk could use her ultimate move, but the cooldown of her Fist Grip's QR [Storm Feather Blade] was already very long. Coupled with the modified version of the Blue Sucking Blade, Dusk could no longer use this equipment.
The key point was that this set did not have any cooldown.
If Golden Horn used his ultimate move in this wave, it would definitely not be good in the Primordius Dragon team battle 1 minute later. At that time, once he was crowd-controlled by Aoun Bull's Head, Jack's Kesha could fly in and take his life easily.
King Golden Horn had no other choice.
Chieftain's Pig Sis could use QR [Pig Rush] to dodge Lin Yan's ultimate move, but if he retreated, it would be equivalent to selling out Golden Horn who had taken the shockwave.
As the frontline, he could not let the ADC stand in front while he abandoned his pig and ran away, could he?
The two of them could only take the shockwave head-on. Their HP was reduced by a lot.
Rita also stared intently at the replay.
It was worth mentioning that in the middle and late stages of the game, the viewing angle was not delayed. A lot of information on the battlefield was fleeting. Whether or not they could capture this information and present it to the audience was a great test of the director's ability.
This was related to the viewing experience of the entire region.
However, the LPL director's team was a team that was always ready to enter the factory. As a result, a lot of important details during the game were not captured on camera.
After the game, they were given time to prepare and review the game so that they could straighten out everything.
For example, after Lin Yan used his ultimate move to reduce the HP of BLG's jungler and AD, the director gave a cooldown reminder on Clockwork Golem's ultimate move in the status bar. This was not seen during the live broadcast of the game.
"Fifty-two seconds!"
Ze Yuan discovered the first detail. "After Brother Ran's Clockwork Golem's cooldown, his ultimate move's cooldown is quite short!"
Clockwork Golem was a typical late game hero. After the cooldown was reduced, Olana, who could control the ball, was the best Clockwork Golem.
The basic cooldown of the Level 3 R [Command: Shockwave] was only 80 seconds. With Lin Yan's 35% cooldown reduction, the cooldown of the ultimate move was less than a minute.
In other words, after he finished casting his ultimate move on the high ground, he would be able to recover before the Primordius Dragon team started.
"Due to Dusk's poor condition, BLG was forced to return to the city to replenish their supplies. As a result, the team's combat power is temporarily insufficient." Rita discovered the second detail. "They have no way to compete for the view of the river!"
BLG's main damage output in the late game was Dusk. Although AJ's Ryze was also very strong, he had limited range and did not have much ability to protect himself. Moreover, YM bought a bunch of Mercury Shoes to avoid the crowd control of BLG's lineup. With their magic resistance, it was difficult for AJ to easily deal explosive damage.
During the period when Gold Horn returned to the city, YM caught him red-handed. They immediately gathered together and controlled the view of the river in their hands.
The entire process was deliberately emphasized by the director in charge of the replay. The only thing missing was the camera pointing at Dusk and YM's faces.
"I see …" Ze Yuan finally understood why BLG's team formation was so bad when the Primordius Dragon was born.
"I can only say that the ultimate move Brother Ran used under his own tower was very crucial." Rita sighed. "After Gold Horn was forced to return to the city, it completely disrupted BLG's early plans!"
The director sped up and replayed the entire team battle.
"After standing at the Dragon Pit, the Clockwork is really scary!"
Ze Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw the replay of the team battle. Lin Ran was able to dissuade the BLG players just by placing the Marionette in the river. "Brother Ran's ball control skills are superb. BLG won't dare to do anything rash!"
It was no exaggeration to say that the Clockwork Gargoyle with 600 + magic power could make anyone pregnant.
The disadvantage of BLG's lineup was reflected incisively and vividly in this kind of team battle.
They lacked a front row.
Only Chieftain's Piggy was a tank.
Moreover, the refresh rate of the wild areas in this version was too low. As a result, the Piggy's economy was very mediocre. After 35 minutes, the Piggy's two and a half items could not withstand YM's two Cs who carried Storm Gathering.
The Dragon Pit was dark, and Chieftain did not dare to enter directly. After Jin Gong and Mongoose used Double Punishment to take down the Primordius Dragon, the situation was completely reversed.
Camille, with her resurrection armor, went to the Dragon Pit to start the team battle. Together with Jack, she entered the battlefield. After Liu Qingsong and Bull's Head died first, they forced all BLG members to stay.
After that, it was YM's four against five.
"This team battle …" Rita's eyes were full of splendor. "It can only be described as pleasing to the eye!"
Ze Yuan also echoed. "The four YM members each did their part. Their team battle strategy was very clear. First, focus fire to kill one. Then, Qing Gang Yin and Kesha split the formation, allowing the two relatively clumsy characters, Aoun and Clockwork, to easily deal damage to the enemy!"
Lin Yan's big move forced him to use Double Flash and also killed Road. When the director replayed it, he even zoomed in on the camera, wanting everyone to see how Morgana died. When he and AJ played Two-people Rotation to increase the distance, the director even slowed down the playback to let the audience see the details of the positioning skills.
At the end of the replay, in the voice broadcast of the team wipe, YM's four remaining heroes crossed BLG's jungle and walked towards victory with their heads held high!
[I didn't expect you to slow down the playback at the end. Director, you didn't think I could learn how to pull, did you?]
[I admire this director. One replay can let people see so many details. Were you doing J-Beta during the live broadcast?]
[To be honest, YM's handling of this team battle is really ruthless.]
[Isn't this Brother Ran's great contribution?
One big move to send Dusk back home, allowing the team to snatch the river view. The second big move directly forced Double Flash and a kill, sending BLG away happily.]
[It's not the mid-game YM's other people holding on well in the front?
Four against five made Clockwork work hard in the bottom lane to develop. It took a full 10 minutes for BLG to take the Dragon.]
Lin Yan returned to the backstage lounge, and the first thing he did was to fill the paper cup with drinks.
Throughout the whole process, his expression was calm as usual, without the slightest fluctuation.
The victory of the last game was completely within his expectations.
From the very beginning, BLG had fallen into their trap.
YM let go of the canyon vanguard and focused on collecting the number of little dragons.
As long as they could get three little dragons, the benefits provided by the ancient dragon's buff would be incomparably terrifying.
The result was undoubtedly successful.
BLG thought that by getting two vanguards, they could control all the rhythm in the early stage.
But they overestimated their ability to snowball.
BLG, who failed to use the vanguard to seize more resources, was delayed and finally forced to fight the ancient dragon team battle with YM.
The double punishment of Aoun + Qing Gang Yin was also a routine that YM had long prepared.
One after another, as long as YM could drag it to the ancient dragon team battle after 35 minutes, they would definitely eat this true damage buff!
He filled a cup of iced black tea and returned to his seat to listen to Red Rice.
In fact, Homme did not prepare much information about BLG's team before the game. He just let the players go up and discuss it by themselves.
And he was already studying the opponents in the playoffs.
"Everyone's lane operation in the first game was pretty good …"
Red Rice said this and pressed the signature pen twice. He asked in confusion, "Where did you learn this move?"
He remembered that he did not teach it.
After Jiang Chenglu translated, the YM players laughed together.
"It's a long story." Lin Yan stopped laughing and cleared his throat. "It was two years ago."
"Hmm?" Red Rice did not understand.
"SKT used to dominate the world back in the day, and one of their methods was this switch," Lin Ran explained in detail. "Before the S6 finals, we even studied and observed SKT's matches."
"At that time, it was to prevent ourselves from being hit in the finals. I didn't expect it to be used on BLG today."
Speaking of this topic, the players sighed endlessly.
They had personally destroyed the dynasty built by SKT and then watched this legendary team fall from glory to decline.
Now that they thought about it, they could not help but feel that the world had changed.
…
"The second game has begun. YM is now leading 1-0!"
Amidst Ze Yuan's excited voice, the BanPick panel appeared in front of the audience once again.
"In the last game, YM used an unconventional strategy to defeat BLG," Rita commented. "However, the whole game did seem a little boring …"
The game lasted for a total of 36 minutes. The only serious 5v5 team battle was the last one. The rest of the time, there were always people developing. Even if there was a slight conflict, it would be over quickly.
The final head-to-head ratio was 4: 8.
On average, there was a kill every three minutes.
For the audience, it was quite boring. It was no wonder that LCK's ratings were not ideal for the past two years.
"Let's see if YM will show us something new and interesting in this game!" Rita said with anticipation.
She felt that YM's strategy was just a spur of the moment.
"What's this?!"
"YM took the lineup of Captain + Kesha + Bull's Head in the first round!" Ze Yuan's tone was exaggerated. "Are they going to drag out the game again?"
Captain's own characteristics were standard Level 13 power. Under normal development, the time point was about 22 minutes. Kesha's early combat power was not particularly strong. With YM's two flanks chosen, unless the middle jungle picked two early game heroes who were very strong at driving the tempo, they would have to wait until the mid to late game team battles.
Rita still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.
However, YM's fourth choice mercilessly crushed this glimmer of hope.
"Pig sister Sejuani!"
Mongoose's jungler position meant that YM was destined to copy the strategy of the last game and drag it out into the late game.
Everyone in BLG frowned. Their faces were clouded.
Playing a game of strategy and creating some TV effects, why were they addicted to it?
That was enough!
"We'd better get a support point with enough damage in the late game. The combination of Dusk and Morgana in the last game was really out of place …" Head Coach Jin Taiying paced behind the player's seat. "Jin Jiao, what ADC do you think is more suitable?"
The two commentators were still giving advice to BLG.
"I don't think there's much of a problem with Verus. He has a high attack speed, and he's not short in the late game. He also has a percentage of damage. The damage is very impressive." Ze Yuan's reasoning was sound. He then looked at his partner. "Rita, what do you think?"
"I think it's okay." Rita took over the topic. "And Verus can add some control. The laning strength of the bottom lane is not bad."
In a sense, Verus was a very reliable choice.
In the current version, he was a jack of all trades in the bottom lane.
They didn't know what to choose, but Verus was definitely the right choice.
Smile in the other live broadcast room also thought so.
However, unexpected things always happened.
A character that surprised everyone appeared in Golden Horn's hero selection box!
"Vayne?!"
Ze Yuan faintly felt that he was hoarse. "Is BLG serious?"
"It's really locked in!"
Unruly's face suddenly leaned forward and almost hit the monitor. His mouth was wide open. "Ah?"
"BLG, are you kidding me?"
The live audience burst into a frenzy of cheers!
No matter whose fans it was, they were extremely excited the moment they saw Vayne appear on the scene!
The chat in the live broadcast room was in full swing.
[66666, I'm convinced of this version's ability to pick Vayne.]
[Commendable courage!
By the way, have you written the application?]
[Here's the question, who should you write it for?]
[I think you should write it for Kid. "What's your Vayne's win rate?"]
Rita didn't expect that it would be BLG's turn to perform in the second round!
"Vayne is considered a small counter against Kesha. Her damage output in the late game is also much higher than Kesha's!"
"Little Northeast added a Swordsister. He wants to use Arielia to help Vayne through the early and mid game!"
Next, only YM's fifth pick was left.
"Continue to use Clockwork?" Red Rice suggested.
"Don't, don't, don't!" Lin Yan rejected repeatedly.
He had been playing for 30 minutes and had been fighting a battle of wits and courage with the minions. He was a little tired of Orianna.
"Let me think, what should I use …" he muttered to himself. He slid the mouse wheel and browsed through the list of heroes.
"Victor, how about it?"
Liu Qingsong, who was in charge of getting the hero for him, was stunned. "Victor?
Are you sure? "
Three-handed heroes had long been abandoned in the current version. Even Victor's Ultimate Skill, Doin B, wasn't used. One could imagine how lousy this hero was.
"It's okay, just get it for me." Lin Yan was full of pride. "I'm Victor's Papa C!"
Red Rice didn't have any objections.
Ever since Lin Yan proposed that ridiculous Kakashi theory, he decided to let this group of players play by themselves. Anyway, it was just the regular season.
Seeing that his teammates had no objections, Liu Qingsong locked down Victor and muttered, "Let me say this in advance. I'm definitely not going to the mid lane in this game. With this little damage, I can't kill Swordsister at all."
"Hmm …" Lin Yan pondered for a moment. "You speak as if you've been in the game before."
Liu Qingsong was speechless. He couldn't find any reason to refute.
Because Lin Yan was telling the truth.
While the YM players were teasing each other, Ze Yuan and Rita were still discussing Lin Yan's last Victor.
"Today feels like the Renaissance. Clockwork, Vayne, Victor … They're all heroes that haven't appeared in the professional scene in a long time!"
Rita nodded in agreement with her partner.
"It's mainly because the pace of the early game is too fast in this version. The Canyon Vanguard team battle requires a lot of strength. Heroes like Victor and Clockwork have no room for mistakes. Plus, they have short legs and can't move.
After exchanging heroes, the lineups of both sides were finalized.
Blue BLG: Top Tank Kenan, Jungler Zack, Mid Tank Swordsister, Bottom Tank Vayne + Tam.
Red YM: Top Tank Captain, Boar Girl, Mid Tank Victor, Bottom Tank Kesha + Bull's Head.
"… I have to say, out of these ten heroes, there are less than three that are strong in the early game." Ze Yuan was already prepared for the 35-minute meeting.
He thought that both sides would develop until the Canyon Vanguard appeared at the 8-minute mark. Then, they would start the first round of strategy games.
Little Northeast in the mid lane played very fiercely.
Starting from level one, he made use of Swordsister's flexibility and constantly harassed Lin Yan with Q soldiers.
"Brother Ran didn't panic at all. He didn't hesitate to fight back. His Q [Siphon Energy] hit Swordsister!"
Victor was also a BUG-level hero. His Q skill provided two waves of damage and had a layer of shield in hand.
Lin Yan purposely disgusted people. He even brought Immortal Grasp in this round. When Little Northeast's Q soldiers returned, he used a normal attack with the Immortal effect to lower Swordsister's HP again.
"Wow … Little Northeast really took a lot of damage with this Immortal!"
However, Mole didn't retreat at all. In this round, he changed the strategy of the solo Nightmare in the previous round. His playstyle was much more aggressive.
He probably didn't find a chance to solo in the previous round and was a little anxious now.
Lin Yan calmly accepted the other party's invitation for a blood swap. When he reached level three, he didn't choose W, nor did he upgrade the level of E [Death Ray].
He chose two levels of Q.
This time, the output of Siphon Energy increased by another level.
If Swordsister dared to come up, he would use a set of AQA.
Because of the normal attack, Victor was always in combat mode, and the Immortal Grasp could be triggered at any time.
Little Northeast didn't expect Lin Yan to be so despicable. After being tricked, he lost a lot of HP.
When the time came to four minutes, he had used up all three bottles of Corruption Potion. He could only huddle in front of the tower and recharge.
"Little Northeast's line alignment is a little problematic." Ze Yuan glanced at the caster's camera. "Is Swordsister being suppressed by Victor under the tower?"
"Under the tower, Little Northeast took another QA from Victor. Ouch … Swordsister's HP is less than 13%!"
Rita said. "BLG's Zach should be coming over to help. This will give Little Northeast a chance to return to the city and teleport over!"
Little Northeast successfully cleared the minions with the help of the jungler. He returned to the city to replenish his HP before teleporting back online.
He looked a little irritated.
Anyone who played Swordsister would feel bad if Swordsister was suppressed by Victor in four minutes.
Not to mention Little Northeast, who wanted to suppress the lane alignment in this game.
"Don't fight so hard." The support Road looked at the mid lane and quickly reminded him. "When you reach level six, the jungler and I can go to the mid lane to help you!"
Little Dongbei's ears turned red when he heard that.
"No … Swordsister is being destroyed too badly. I have no problem with the Blood Swap step!"
He quibbled.
That was part of the reason.
Thanks to Lin Yan, Irelia was humiliated in Version 8.14. The upper limit of her passive skill was changed to five times, and the damage reduction effect of W [Dance of Teleportation] was also removed.
This caused him to suffer a lot when he exchanged blood with Lin Yan.
However, Little Northeast was too reckless.
There were two fights where he didn't pay attention to the minions' positions.
In the early stages, the minions' focused fire damage was very impressive. Lin Yan was very good at taking advantage of this and frequently lured him into the minions.
A combination of many factors led to the failure of Little Northeast's alignment.
After that, Mole wanted to be steady and wait until he reached level six before trying to freeze his hands.
However, Lin Yan chose to return to the city after killing eight waves of minions.
With the salary given by the system, he directly upgraded the Hex Core.
When he returned to the lane, he began to mindlessly clear the minions with E [Death Ray].
After clearing the minions, he didn't stay in the mid lane. He often went to the Razorbeak Bird and the Three Wolves' camp to steal some monsters to replenish his nutrition.
"Little Northeast really doesn't have a chance!" Ze Yuan shouted. "Brother Ran knows Swordsister's strong phase very well. He's done a great job of avoiding the battle!"
Mole could only swallow this loss and peacefully develop in the mid lane.
Soon, it was seven minutes.
This time, BLG learned their lesson. They didn't release the minions to YM anymore. Instead, they rushed to get the minions before the vanguard respawned.
"YM doesn't want to release the minions. They want to tank this wave!"
Rita sounded surprised. She obviously didn't expect YM to do this.
After all, Victor's strong phase hadn't arrived yet. A tank wave wouldn't be as good as YM's.
"Captain's ultimate skill is in the middle of the Dragon Pit. In order to help his teammates get the minions, AJ went back to the city to buy equipment and teleported over!"
But BLG immediately realized that they had been tricked!
"YM's four players in the front retreated, leaving Jin Gong alone in the mid lane to destroy the minions!"
Originally, AJ had a small advantage when he used Kenan to fight Captain. This wave of teleporting to the bottom lane completely ruined his early game.
"Two whole waves of minions. Brother Gongzi has developed well!"
It was completely different from the previous game. YM was now using neutral resources in exchange for the development of individual characters.
Jin Gong single-handedly destroyed half of AJ's defense tower. When he returned home, he received two three-phase minions.
AJ had already gone to prepare for the vanguard. Suddenly, the bottom lane went crazy.
"In order to get to the Dragon Pit as soon as possible, Jin Jiao and Road chose to go straight through the middle lane … but Xiao Tian and Liu Qingsong didn't agree!"
Originally, they had said that they wouldn't go to the middle lane this game. However, they still couldn't resist the temptation of the True Fragrance.
"Bull's Head Chieftain flashed WQ two combo. He appeared from the shadows and sent BLG's duo flying!"
Pig Girl also used a big move!
Jin Jiao's Vayne couldn't move because of the chain control. Lin Yan used ERQ three combo!
Although Victor's current strength wasn't high enough, killing a squishy Vayne with a set of skills wasn't a problem.
"Road couldn't even use W [Feast]. He could only watch as the ADC fell in front of him!"
Tam, who was alone, couldn't escape his fate.
Lin Ran took another kill, and took the opportunity to take down the vanguard with his teammates!
At the thirteenth minute, YM cast vanguard in the middle lane, forcing the other side to defend.
Then, the little dragon spawned.
YM took the lead to occupy the river's view. It reminded BLG of the painful scene from the previous game. They successfully got a little dragon!
In the next twenty minutes, BLG silently developed, waiting for Jin Jiao to come out.
Finally, when Vayne made three pieces of equipment, BLG could finally hold their heads high and wanted to take on the Dragon for the team battle!
"Ran Bro's Victor is standing at the front, and he's holding off BLG's army all by himself!"
Jin Jiao wanted to quickly attack. He wanted to show off his skills.
Q used [Dodge Ambush] to roll to the side. Suddenly, a golden light flashed!
"Victor directly flashed to Vayne's face!"
Ze Yuan didn't expect the plot to unfold like this. His voice was broken!
Death Ray + Chaotic Storm!
Lin Yan, who also made three pieces of equipment, also brought Storm Gathering. 48 magic power in 30 minutes. This number was definitely not low.
Vayne did not have a lot of Magic Resistance equipment on her, so Lin Ran's sudden burst of attacks had greatly reduced her HP!
"Tam flashed and swallowed Vayne. He still wants to fight back!"
Lin Yan directly activated his stopwatch. With the captain's big move's protection, he forced Vayne and Tam to stay!
"Xiao Tian, get rid of the Dragon. QR, come out and use your big move from the side!"
After Vayne survived, she had completely lost her combat ability.
Lin Yan's attacks were heavy. His violent attacks made Jin Jiao unable to attack!
"BLG is missing a damage core. With only Kenan and Swordsister, their damage output is lacking!"
It was this little bit of health that allowed YM to operate. In the end, they exchanged 2 for 5!
At 32 minutes, YM was wiped out by BLG!
In the following team battle with Primordial Dragon, Vayne was more cautious. Lin Yan's laser shot out. When Jin Jiao was hit, half of his health was instantly vaporized!
"BLG is no match for YM. This Vayne has no environment to attack at all!"
At 38 minutes, YM was wiped out again. Then, the remaining two could still end the game!