Chapter 101 This game is your stage!
"EDG won the coin toss before the game. They chose the blue side in the first game, and will follow the rules of the loser choosing their side!"
In the player's seat, Li Mufan held two tissues in his hands, keeping his palms dry.
There's no way, no matter how calm I am, it's my first time to play in such a truly eye-catching environment, I'm still a little nervous.
"Abu always wins every coin toss, right? Never loses a game?" Jack laughed and said, "Just call him Coin Brother!"
"Then we have to let the QG mid laner change his name first!" Li Mufan was teased by Jack, and the tension in his body dissipated a lot.
He shook his body and clicked to start the game at the urging of the referee behind him.
As the game screen appeared, the audience burst into cheers!
"The first BP game has begun, EDG took the lead in banning the Spider Queen!"
Unlike when playing WE, press Dazui and Shen first in the first round of each game. When playing RNG, nofe adjusts the ban priority according to the opponent's style and hero pool.
He is targeting RNG's rhythm engine - Spicy Hotpot!
Don't look at the fact that Xiangguo's Spider Queen doesn't play a lot in the Spring Split. That's because his opponents usually ban her!
This hero's style of play is perfectly adapted to Xiang Guo's Hunger Strike style - after all, most spider junglers focus on catching in the early stage and will not go to the jungle.
Once he gets the spider for Xiangguo, he will definitely turn the three lines upside down in the first few minutes!
For a team like EDG with strict tactics and strategies, it is obviously not a good thing to increase the instability of the rhythm in the early stage of the game. Nofe decided not to release it in this round of BO5.
"RNG first decided to ban Jace" I remember analyzing: "It seems that they are quite afraid of junior Jace, but I see that Xiaohu has also practiced Jace recently. I wonder if RNG will be on the blue side. I’ll try to get a hold of it.”
"Judging from the recent active selection of sides, which are all blue, you are tacitly assuming that RNG will lose at least a small game!" Guan Zeyuan grabbed the funnel between the words and joked.
Remember to wave your hands quickly: "No, no, no! In the finals, we can't say that the blue side is definitely better than the red side. Zeyuan, you can't be so arbitrary!"
Guan Zeyuan stopped talking. He looked at the big screen in the field and saw that EDG had already taken out the second ban player.
The same jungle hero, Blind Sin!
"You're still banning the jungler?!" Guan Zeyuan frowned, "Before the game started, we at the commentary desk were discussing whether EDG would come up and target RNG against the set of Galio, Prince, and Rambo that WE brought out.
What we thought at the time was that after all, this lineup has very strict selection requirements, and banning one of EDG's first three hands is the simplest and most effective way! But now it seems they have found a solution? ”
Xiangguo also has a headache!
I've already won two sets of semi-finals with Prince C, so why are you still staring at me and banning Spider and Blind Monk? !
Do you dare to release it and let me take one!
Coach Feng Ge stood behind Xiangguo, stretched out his hand and pinched his shoulder and said: "Don't worry, this is just the first game of BO5, and the opponent must also be tentatively banning people. As long as we win the first game, they will win the next game." I won’t dare to target you like this again!”
Hearing this, Xiang Guo felt relieved. He pointed at the screen and said: "My heroes will never be banned, so just ban them!"
Brother Feng nodded, directed letme to continue ban selection, and banned the top laner Titan in the second move!
"Is this paving the way for Rambo to be ranked first?" the factory director asked doubtfully.
In the small round when he returned to the game in the Spring Split, EDG also selected the top laner Titan. The factory director took out Reksai, and within a few minutes, the two of them trained 957 Leg Brother's Rambo to 0-0. 3!
It can be said that Rambo, a top lane hero with short legs, no movement and a squishy skin, will be destined to explode if he encounters a hero with a lot of control in the early stage and a strong ability to retain people, and then be targeted by the jungler!
RNG is so BP, it is clear that it wants to create a comfortable development space for letme.
But nofe was confident and said calmly: "It's okay, this will not have an impact on our BP! We must also thank Mu Fan for his wonderful performance, giving us an extra ban seat!"
The factory director nodded: "That's true! In the past, I saw others target me, Reksai, but now they target my teammates. They look down on me to a certain extent!"
Li Mufan smiled when he heard this and said: "Isn't this a good thing? It's fun to play with Reksai, and your winning rate and KDA will be greatly improved, right?"
In the last move, EDG assumed the ban position of the Lion Dog, but instead released Shen.
Brother Feng didn't hesitate and pressed down the man's gun with his backhand.
Judging from the situation of the LCK finals, the current version of the male gun hero is already in a state where the red side cannot be released!
As long as you dare to let it go, if the blue side takes it, the wild area will be hit hard!
The male gun has not been enhanced since the minor enhancement in version 7.3, and it also suffered a round of nerfs in version 7.7. However, as professional teams develop it to a higher degree, its applicability becomes stronger and stronger.
Everyone has now discovered that the male gun can not only do evil and invade the jungle in the early stage, but can also be used as a core in the middle and late stages.
And it’s a core raised with pure jungle income!
It's like Bai has an extra C position on the opposite side!
In the semi-finals, WE also faced several male guns, but the effect was not good. Later, when watching SKT's game, it suddenly became clear.
As long as one of the top and middle lines is chosen as a tool man, the role of the male gun will be doubled!
The day after WE lost the semi-finals, they immediately adjusted their BP and asked Xiye to play Karma and Lulu. They continued to choose male guns for Kandi and faced OMG for three consecutive games!
It can be said that in the past few days, the status of male spearmen and mid lane auxiliary heroes in the hearts of many LPL coaches has continued to rise, and has reached the point where the red side has a fixed ban position!
This made Li Mufan couldn't help but sigh. SKT currently has the strongest jungle thug Xiaohuanuo and the training team that is best at studying the version. Their strength is even better than last year!
After watching the three bans in the first round, Guan Zeyuan clicked his tongue and said: "The red team RNG faced EDG with one ban in the top, middle and jungle. It can be seen that EDG's top, middle and jungle are indeed the backbone of the team."
"On the other hand, it also shows that they have more faith in UZI. After all, RNG's bottom lane broke through WE's bottom lane in the semifinals. I think everyone can see UZI's ability to counterattack, and it is worth believing!" I remember analyzing.
"The Enchantress is released, I wonder if EDG will grab it first."
"Gario!" Miller immediately changed his words and shouted in the middle of the sentence: "Brother Guan and I are still wondering why EDG didn't target RNG's lineup. It turned out that they had already planned to use grabbing instead of banning!"
"No problem, as long as EDG also practices this hero, you can play like this!"
But Guan Zeyuan on the other side obviously has a different view, "But if the hero Galio is placed on the top lane, his support will be greatly reduced! If placed in the middle lane, his player style will not be consistent with that of EDG. As we all know, Scout is a carry-type mid laner. If you let him play this kind of tool player, the whole team will be a little uncoordinated."
"In short, I'm not very optimistic about EDG's option of grabbing Galio hard!" Guan Zeyuan concluded: "We can see from previous games that Galio's individual hero priority is actually relatively average, far from reaching the level of a grab. Compared with Han Bing, Lulu and even Shen, they may be more powerful.”
Then RNG immediately confirmed Guan Zeyuan's statement. They decisively locked in Han Bing and Lulu on the first and second floors!
This combination can not only dominate the bottom lane, but also swing Lulu to the middle lane to support a jungler. It can be said to be a perfect two-handed pick!
"It's a loss! It's definitely a loss!" Guan Zeyuan shouted: "Unless EDG chooses Prince and Rambo on the second and third floors here, and brings a complete set of top, middle and jungle!
But doing so is undoubtedly giving up the bottom lane! UZI's bot lane is already strong in the laning, but with a laning combination like Han Bing and Lulu, EDG's bot lane will continue to be targeted in the second round! With such triple buffs superimposed, it is difficult to say that EDG can be stable in the bottom lane! ”
"But if you don't choose this way, what's the point of grabbing Galio?"
After Guan Zeyuan asked, he folded his hands and kept silent, pretending to be an expert. He looked sternly at Remember on the other side to see how he would refute him.
I remember that I couldn't think of any good way to BP for a while, so I could only see what EDG had to say first.
"This Karma?" Guan Zeyuan looked at the heroes on the second floor of EDG and lost his voice for a moment: "Are you insisting on protecting the bottom lane? The blue side is really using the first floor as a ban position!"
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"Not necessarily!" I remember that I already had a guess in my mind the moment I saw Karma coming out!
"Actually, there is a hero recently who is more suitable for Galio than the prince! This hero was often chosen by EDG before."
At this point, it is actually clear that nofe has thoughts on the third-hand selection.
It’s Qinggangying!
EDG not only frequently used Qinggang Shadow in the second half of the regular season, but also specially developed a "double card dual belt" system of cards + Qinggang Shadow for him. At this time, Galio was used to replace the card to match Qinggang Shadow. Totally a valid answer!
Guan Zeyuanqi missed a move, he did his homework but didn't expect this move.
In fact, you can't blame him. When the playoffs came, he was only busy studying the LCK front-line teams. In China, he only studied the games that had already been played, and did not include the regular season for analysis.
And Galio is really too new. After all, he was only reworked and launched on April 1st at the beginning of this month.
Professional players have not played this version, and few mid laners will sacrifice their carry ability to choose Galio for functionality in the ranking round.
As a result, Guan Zeyuan's understanding of Galio's appearance on the court is still based on the top, middle and jungle combination released by RNG against WE.
"But this combination lacks AP damage, and it is not easy to pick up the team in the later stage." Guan Zeyuan thought about it and made an objective evaluation.
But nofe has absolutely no intention of joining the group later!
He had enough trust in Li Mufan that he wanted to give Li Mufan a chance to perform in the first game!
"Play well! The first game is your stage!" Nofe patted Li Mufan on the back.
"No problem! I will let you know how cruel it is to go on the road!" Li Mufan nodded, crossed his hands and moved his palms forward, making a crackling sound.
There were a lot of fans of Li Mufan at the scene, and they burst into warm cheers when they saw Qinggang Ying's appearance!
Who doesn’t want to see the player they recommended carry and perform brilliantly in the game!
Brother Feng was not surprised to see his opponent take out the new Galio system. He even felt that after the redesign, Galio still has more abilities that need to be developed!
Currently, only LPL Galio can appear in the four major regions. Obviously, everyone's understanding of this hero is not complete enough.
(This was indeed the case with heroes such as Galio, Rakan, Sword Demon, and Akali later on. I didn’t know how to play them in the first two versions when they came out. Once I knew how to play them, no matter how much I cut them, I still competed)
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"It's okay, we can ban the two bottom lane heroes later and continue to expand the bottom lane advantage!"
He turned to the incense pot and asked: "Do you still want the prince?"
The reason why RNG took out the Prince before was not just because he insisted on pairing it with Galio. In fact, in the 7.7 version, the Prince itself has also been strengthened to a certain extent, and the amount of W shield has been greatly improved.
In addition, all the carnivorous heroes in the jungle were basically banned in this game. There was no natural enemy left for the prince, so he had plenty of room to play.
However, Xiangguo thought for a few seconds, and the answer was: "Barrel! The wine barrel is more stable. You can't take Rambo with this one on the top lane. The prince is still a bit weak when playing alone!"
"OK OK!" Brother Feng wrote down this option with a pen and signaled Xiaohu to lock the wine barrel on the third floor.
In the first three hands, both EDG and RNG use auxiliary heroes, but the other two hands are completely different!
EDG came up with the top and middle, and RNG came up with the bottom and jungle combination!
This further reflects the current focus of the two teams, one at the top and the other at the bottom!
In the first game of BO5, both teams wanted to play the first set according to their own team style.
Then in the second round of bans, they began to target the opponent's unselected lane to continue to improve their lineup advantage.
RNG even banned Verus and Draven with AD. In fact, Draven was completely anticipating the ban!
In the Spring Split, no one else appeared except for Snake Team Crystal Brother who beat EDG in the bottom lane in one game. But Feng Brother is now betting on the bottom lane. He is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!
If EDG really uses this hero to fight, he will be worried for the whole game.
Then EDG immediately clicked the plane and Poppy!
One is in the middle lane that can deal with Galio's late-game core, and the other is in the top lane that can counter Qinggang Shadow's tank!
Although there is a Sword Girl outside as a hard counter to Qinggang Ying, letme has no intention of taking it, and instead locks the top laner Crocodile first.
As explained earlier, Crocodile is better suited to the game environment than Sword Queen.
As a result, RNG left the last counterpick position to mid laner Xiaohu.
“I’ve trained so many heroes, but in the end I’m still just Rek’Sai!”
The factory director feels like a bit of a unique player. In recent games, he has a forehand Rexer and a backhand excavator.
But we can't blame him. Both sides have quite a lot of restrictions on the jungle this time.
Only the Rek'Sai version is generally not strong enough to be blocked by RNG; at the same time, the factory director is highly proficient and can raise it to a level sufficient to cope with the game.
In the fifth move, EDG finally showed off the bottom lane.
"Wagon Mom? Reverse counter?" Guan Zeyuan was shocked: "EDG selected Wheel Mom and Kalma to form a twin-turbo bottom lane, but Wheel Mom is not easy to fight in the lane!"
"Indeed, the attack range of Wheel Mom is a bit short compared to Han Bing. I'm afraid the lane will be tortured by UZI." I remember thinking deeply, trying to deduce the reason why EDG counterattacked and used Wheel Mom in the bottom lane.
On the other side of the RNG player seat, UZI clapped his hands and smiled happily!
"Hahahaha, don't they know the bottom lane at all? If you hit me with a wheel, I'm afraid my brains will come out!"
Xiaohu also laughed: "Quieshi, Queshi, you are a bit too pretentious!"
"I'll teach him a lesson later!" Xiao Ming agreed.
Nofe leaned next to Jack with a deep expression and comforted: "You may be under a lot of pressure."
"I know!" Jack answered the question first: "Don't worry! You guys are so stable!"
"Okay!" Nofe was very satisfied with Jack's answer.
The reason why he had the guts to play Wheel Mom is that there are not many useful ADs out there anymore, such as the policewoman, which is completely inconsistent with his own layout in this round; second, Wheel Mom and Qinggang Shadow In fact, the compatibility is very good. In the later stage, Wheel Mother is very capable of clearing lanes and guarding towers, which will give Qinggang Ying more space for her single belt!
nofe closed his laptop and waited for RNG to make the last mid laner.
As the first team in the world to put Galio on the competition stage, RNG naturally studied how to deal with it if the opponent snatched their Galio.
Fanatic believers in the void wearing black robes enter the arena!
Malzahar!
This hero has been regarded as a good choice for the auxiliary position some time ago, so some people have overlooked his terrifying aspect as a mid laner!
The insect swarm and the E skill [Evil Star Illusion] kill spread mechanism give Malzahar a strong ability to push the line when he is in the middle!
No hero can take advantage of him in the lane, and once Galio cannot push the lane, it will be difficult to roam.
And don’t forget, Malzahar’s swarms can push down towers!
If you want to force roam, if you go out and come back, your full health tower may be pushed down!
Brother Feng nodded to the complete lineup he finally selected. If you want to start a group, you have to start a group, if you want a front row, if you want a front row, if you want to protect, you have Lulu and Mazar's ultimate move. This lineup is definitely three-dimensional.
Nofe on EDG did not expect this pick of Mazar mid laner at all!
"I have done too little research on the middle lane." nofe blamed himself: "In this way, Galio may no longer be able to play a role."
But this is also the charm of e-sports!
Soldiers have no constant potential, and water has no constant shape. It is impossible to always have the same BP.
nofe hurriedly explained a few words and asked the factory director to find some rhythm in the early stage.
As Malzahar's level increases, the disadvantage of pushing in the middle will become more and more apparent, which is quite disadvantageous for them!
The two commentators on the stage were also quite surprised by RNG's final choice. It was obvious that RNG was fully prepared for this battle!
"RNG selected Malzahar to counter Galio! The lineups of both sides have been confirmed!"
Blue square EDG: top laner Qinggangying, jungler Rek'Sai, mid laner Galio, bottom lane Wheel Mom, and assistant Karma.
Red side RNG: top laner Crocodile, jungler Barrel, mid laner Malzahar, bottom lane Ice, and assistant Lulu.
The ten players on the stage began to exchange heroes, and the coaches from both sides also came to the stage to shake hands.
Guan Zeyuan took advantage of the situation and began to evaluate the overall lineup: "Comparatively speaking, I still prefer RNG's lineup! It is relatively complete in all aspects!
What do you say about EDG? I think there is something wrong with choosing such a mid-to-lower laning combination on the blue side! In this way, the factory director Reksai is very likely to be unable to do things in the early stage! ”
"We all know that Rek'Sai's role in the later stage is quite weak. At present, it seems that the factory director can only take one path, but RNG will definitely be prepared!"
Remember to follow up in time: "But I think EDG's single belt is still good. As long as Qinggangying doesn't kill Crocodile in the early stage on the road, Crocodile will be no match for Qinggangying in the middle and late stages!"
One of the two commentators discussed the pros and cons of both teams' lineups.
As the coach's handshake session ends, the final preparation time on stage also enters the countdown to 5 seconds!
The director once again panned the camera across the passionate audience, and the next moment, the scene of Summoner's Rift suddenly descended! (End of chapter)