Chapter 66: Fight against the Snake Team! (Two chapters in one)
On March 10th, the game between EDG and the Snakes came.
The two teams occupy the second place and first place in Groups A and B. The battle is bound to be fierce. The LPL venue at Super Brand Plaza was packed with spectators from both teams early on.
The two sides met in the player tunnel when entering the venue. They are both old LPL rivals and are very familiar with each other.
The mid laner of the Snakes team looked very arrogant and gestured with his little finger. He had been in IG for a while and was familiar with Li Mufan and Jack.
"Wait! Buddy will fuck you to death!" Jack jumped and shouted back not to be outdone.
Both teams are currently on a winning streak. All ten players are in high spirits and their eyes are full of confidence!
"Snake team, we must defend the jungle!" Nofe loudly talked to the team members in the team chat before the draft started, "I will try my best to get lane-excellent heroes for the top and middle lines. You should also pay more attention to yourselves. , to avoid the situation where the opponent supports you first in your own jungle area!”
Ai Luoli rubbed the warm baby in her hands with a very nervous expression.
Li Mufan noticed that his desktop was shaking. He looked down and saw that Ai Luoli's legs were shaking wildly.
"Hahahahahahaha! Zhao Zhiming, are you exaggerating?" Li Mufan couldn't hold back his laughter.
"No, you don't understand!" Ai Luoli sighed: "The opponent is last year's Best Rookie! Do you understand the value of Best Rookie? There are not many junglers in the LPL who can't be beaten by him! And he is good at it. Invasion is a very restrained style! It’s really hard to fight!”
"Don't panic, Li Rucan and I will come to help you. Isn't that how we fight against WE and RNG!" Li Mufan said a few words of relief.
In the first game, BP officially started, with EDG on the blue side and the Snakes on the red side.
Coach nofe comes up and bans both junglers, Mantis and Male Spear!
Although EDG is on the blue side, there is no guarantee that the opponent will release Qinggang Ying. Once there is a double open, nofe will definitely be the choice to protect Li Mufan. After all, Li Mufan has been much more stable than Ai Loli recently.
There is no problem in banning the OP jungler in these two versions.
From another perspective, Ai Luoli still has the blind monk at her disposal, so she doesn't suffer at all.
The Snake Team also understands very well. You have already banned the two OP junglers. If I play Qinggangying again, it will be a waste for EDG. I will directly kill Qinggangying and Enchantress with one hand and two hands!
"EDG will give the last ban to the Eye of Twilight - Shen! Brother Holy Spear likes this hero recently. In the mid-term, paired with Sao Fen's unreasonable bandit-style invasion, he can directly destroy the opponent's jungle! EDG's pre-game research Well done!" Changmao analyzed calmly.
"What should I say? If it weren't for Shen, would you still take the poodle?" Snakes head coach Zhu Kai lowered his head and discussed with Sao Fen.
Sao Fen, a Vietnamese foreign aid player who came to the Snakes in S6, single-handedly disrupted the entire LPL jungle with his bandit-style play!
It's a pity that the Snakes were fooled by the competition system in the summer split bubble game. They were exhausted playing ten games a day, and in the end they failed to advance to the World Championship by a hair's breadth.
But Saofen also won the Best Rookie Award when he came to LPL, which is enough to prove his strength!
The poodle can be said to be Saofen's unique hero.
The previously uncut version of Saofen is in a position to be released and it will definitely get C!
But now the effect of the Lion Dog alone is a bit poor, and it must be combined with Shen to better enter the field.
Saofen listened to the words of the team's translator and thought for a few seconds.
"You can take it or not, I'll just hit him in the jungle!"
Sao Fen has an arrogant attitude!
"OK!" After hearing such an ambiguous answer, Zhu Kai was not unhappy, but appreciated it very much.
As athletes in competitive sports, as long as they are not blindly arrogant, self-confidence is a very rare quality for them!
Zhu Kai believes that Saofen will not be at a disadvantage when facing Loli.
"Look at the Snakes' choice to ban Jayce! Don't give EDG a strong midfielder combination!"
The Snakes' ban was completely within Coach Nofe's expectation. After all, Scout's mid laner Jayce can be said to have been all the limelight recently!
"Titan! Titan!" nofe urged Li Mufan to lock the hero, "Don't give them too much time to think!"
Although they took a few games with other heroes, there is no doubt that the two phantom gods, Titan and Big Tree, still dominate the top lane.
Zhu Kai felt a little uncomfortable. He thought EDG would create a big tree and give up the Titan to him, but he underestimated the opponent's courage!
Compared to the Big Tree, the Titan is more focused on early-mid game and offense, while the Big Tree is more biased toward late-game teamfighting and defense due to the group damage reduction effect of its ultimate move.
The same phantom gods also have different positions.
"Take the troll? I don't want to fight with him!" Brother Holy Spear pinched his fingers, his eyes sharp!
Although Li Mufan's performance in the previous two games of Qinggangying was quite impressive, now that he has already taken out Titan first, it is clear that this one will be mixed in with the laning and other team fights.
Zhu Kai agreed without hesitation. The team members who were on a winning streak were so confident that he didn't mind adding to the fire!
"The Snake team is very strong here! They first locked down the troll to deal with the top lane tank, and then used the mid laner Syndra to ensure the line!"
This.
Nofe frowned, a look of uneasiness appearing on his face.
Troll?
This hero is indeed on the top lane selection board, but very few teams actually use it.
Without him, once your troll fails to take advantage of the single-line advantage, team battles will be far worse than those of Big Tree and Titan!
But facing the opponent's troll choice, Nofe couldn't be happy at all, because he knew his own suffering.
If it were the ROX team that he coached last year, nofe would feel that the opponent's choice of Troll in the lane is suicidal!
But switch to this year’s EDG?
Nofe is now afraid that because he has no advantage online, he will be directly defeated by the opponent in the jungle!
Nofe has been with EDG for only three months and has already figured out the temperament and style of this group of players.
The jungler loves Loli, he knows how to farm and exploit situations, and his jungle skills are not bad, but he always fails to reach his upper limit in the game!
He knew that Ai Luoli was very strong in ranked and training matches, but she could only display 70% or 80% of her strength in matches.
This type of player is completely opposite to a type of player called the competition type. The higher they get to high-level competitions, the more they become more constrained.
The most intuitive feeling is that what Ai Luoli often worries about now is encountering jungle players who are stronger than him!
Originally, I had planned to take the lane advantage from the beginning, but nofe never considered that the opponent would show up with such a BP, and the big tree that was released in the top lane was not selected!
Now that the matter has come to this, nofe can only find a way to remedy the situation.
"Get a Thresh? This game requires your wandering!" Nofe said in a deep voice.
"Okay! Take it!" Mei Kou nodded in agreement.
After being pointed out by nofe about his roaming problem, he has been subconsciously training his roaming rhythm in recent training matches and rankings.
In addition, Meikou also asked analysts to find game videos of several auxiliary players who are good at roaming to study when they would choose to roam and when they would protect AD development in the bottom lane.
If there is no balance between these two points, roaming will be ineffective and may even have negative effects!
Meiquan is eager to test her training results on the field.
"Assist Thresh, form a double hook with Titan." Changmao recounted the BP on the field, "Oh my God! Mid laner Ahri! How many heroes can Scout bring out!"
Ahri's appearance rate this spring is not very high. So far, she is ranked around ten among the mid-range units. However, when her teammates have sufficient initial control, Ahri can often burst into very strong continuous control ability!
With the appearance of the unpopular but popular hero Ahri, the audience cheered one after another, pushing the atmosphere to a higher climax!
The follow-up BP of both sides was extremely fast. The Snake team first snatched the jungler Lee Sin, and then eliminated Ashe and Varus in the second round of bans; EDG retaliated in the auxiliary position, banishing Niutou and Braum. Send me a ban.
"Then the Snake Team is going to fight for Jhin here! With AD in the fourth hand, there are not many AD options left for EDG. Do you want to take the Policewoman?"
The last AD choice that appeared on the fourth floor of EDG was Ezreal.
As both sides confirmed the AD selection, Changmao was a little surprised,
"To be honest, Jack Dirty Dancing's EZ is not as good as the policewoman's. It's easy for him to head forward and E, and the hit rate of Q is relatively average!"
"You will make progress only by practicing! Besides, AD means you have to dare to fight and operate hard!" Zhou Shuyi, the female commentator who is partnered with Changmao, finally found the opportunity to interject, but as soon as these words came out, the screen was filled with bullets.
[Shut up, Sister Zhou! 】
[She looks pretty good when she doesn’t talk, but she looks like silver when she talks! 】
[Really, only Su Xiaoyan understands these female commentators in the LPL a little bit, the others are really not as good as standing around and being a standard vase]
EDG added Jungler Spider on the last floor, and now the entire lineup is formed.
"Malzahar, you don't have to choose!" Changmao said in advance the Snakes' five-hand assistant choice, "But as soon as Malzahar came out, the tempo in the bottom lane in the early stage was slow. If Sao Fen wants to do things, he still has to go to the top half. District!”
The lineups of both sides are confirmed.
Blue square EDG: top laner Titan, jungler Spider, mid laner Ahri, bottom lane EZ, and assist Thresh.
Snake on the red side: Troll in the top lane, Lee Sin in the jungle, Syndra in the mid lane, Jhin in the bottom lane, and Malzahar as an assistant.
"Analyzing from the perspective of the lineup, EDG has a better ability to find rhythm! Small-scale team battles are easier to operate in the mid-term!" Changmao wanted to talk to his partner sideways, and after looking at each other face to face with Zhou Shuyi, he decided to divide the two sides. All said and done.
"The Snake team has a relatively solid lineup, and they are all heroes with a high version selection rate! The first battle between the two sides will begin soon!"
Fans on both sides were cheering for the home team, and the director flashed the camera over the faces of both players before the game was loaded.
Li Mufan picked up the water glass in front of him and took a sip to calm down his shock, then clenched his mouse with a serious expression.
He didn't dare to slack off in the face of Holy Spear Brother, who was one of the best top laners in the entire LPL!
What's more, this holy gun brother is also a war-enthusiastic troll, with extremely powerful one-on-one abilities, and can chase and beat up titans in the early stage!
Li Mufan hesitated for a moment, but still chose the Dolan Ring to go out.
Titan is still a relatively blue hero in the lane. He basically relies on the E skill to quickly clear troops. If you don't want to fight too many battles, then Dolan Ring is more cost-effective than Corruption Potion.
In this game, the opponent picked Malzahar in the bottom lane, and there is a high probability that he will not capture it in the early stage. Saofen may continue to be active in the upper half until level six.
Li Mufan knew how powerful Saofen was in ganking, but he didn't expect that in two minutes and fifteen seconds, Saofen would come directly after finishing two sets of red buffs + two sets of stone beetle wild monsters!
When the stone beetles increase their experience points in the pre-season, the jungler can use the buff monsters and the stone beetles to directly catch three people in two groups! But the update that made the jungler too buggy was quickly cut.
In other words, this wave of Sao Fen is neither a quick grab after buffing, nor a quick three grab, but a very silly looking level two and a half grab!
But unfortunately, Sao Fen's gank route, which seems a bit silly from God's perspective, is very tricky from EDG's perspective!
Li Mufan set his defensive focus on the river grass early, and then began to use the tail knife to control the line. This directly gave Saofen the opportunity to directly touch the line grass from the upper route!
After the Holy Spear Brother reached the second level, he found the right angle and a [Pillar of Ice] stood up behind Titan, blocking Li Mufan's path to return his Q!
Titan was stuck by the pillar and couldn't move. Saofen took aim decisively and fired a [Sky Sound Wave] from the unseen grass, hitting Titan right in the middle!
Li Mufan had no choice. If he didn't dodge this wave, he would be chased and beaten by the trolls and blind monks who rushed up. The troll's level 1 E skill, Ice Pillar, could last for 6 seconds!
Such a long time is enough for the opponent to go to the jungle and kill him. If he doesn't want to die by then, he still has to flash and run.
In this case, it is better to flash save the status as soon as possible.
The line exchanged for two minutes, and the Titan's hook retreat was restrained by the Troll Pillar. For the next nearly five minutes, Li Mufan had to fall into a state of development that was even more obscene.
Saofen turned around and did not hit the remaining F6 in the upper half. Instead, he went straight through the middle of the two towers in the middle to go to the lower half to get a blue upgrade to three, and rushed to the middle to attack in a hurry!
Scout also didn't make a timely ward. In fact, when a mid laner sees the opponent's jungler appear on the top lane, the most likely response he will make is to farm troops from the bottom in the next half minute, and then go to the bottom after this half minute. Click one eye in half area to maximize the efficiency of guard utilization.
But these common competition routines don't work for Saofen, or in other words, Saofen has figured out the usual thinking of these players!
Only then can we develop an unconventional gank idea!
Saofen touched her eyes in the middle and got close to Ahri. A flurry of fists fell on the opponent, successfully knocking Scout home!
Then he helped the posture push the wave midline, and the two of them snatched away Ai Luoli's blue buff!
It had only been more than three minutes since then, and Sao Fen had already taken advantage of EDG's top, middle and jungle positions!
nofe watched in the background and sighed. The opponent's jungler had no rules for farming and ganking, but he succeeded frequently. This means that Sao Fen's understanding of the jungle has reached a certain level, so that EDG's upper, middle and jungle cannot respond effectively.
At 6 minutes and 15 seconds, relying on the little experience advantage gained from driving Scout home earlier, Stance Syndra took the lead in reaching level six with her ultimate move in hand.
Saofen rushed over smelling the smell of blood, and launched an attack without hesitation when she reached the line!
Syndra's posture is also that of an old one. Syndra's combo of flashing EQ's moves that will stun her before she swings forward is very familiar, and she can easily push Scout unconscious under the defense tower.
In conjunction with the W skill, he hit the thunder with a smash, and then used the posture to throw out the ultimate move [Energy Pour]. At this time, the blind monk also used a set of QQE to burst out, and cooperated with the posture to get first blood!
"The Snake team's midfielder shot was extremely decisive! Taking advantage of the slight advantage accumulated by Sao Fen's continuous ganks in the early stage, they snowballed and took the lead!" (End of Chapter)