Chapter 37: Swift Sword Master Yasuo appears again
The 11.15 version changes have brought huge enhancements to Syndra. Since the mana consumption of the Q skill has been greatly reduced, Syndra can exchange blood more frequently during the laning period without having to worry about facing the dilemma of insufficient mana.
As a result, Syndra immediately regained her former lane dominance. Her excellent laning ability in the early stage, terrifying explosive power in the mid-term, and unpreventable push in team battles all contributed to her becoming the mid laner in this version. A popular choice.
It's not that WE hasn't considered taking down Syndra, but after all, the pull position in the first round is limited. If RA doesn't take it in the first three hands, WE may really block this hero in the second round.
For RA, it is worth sacrificing the powerful jungler of Ruined King for Syndra.
After all, the person who is about to control this hero has an ID called JOJO.
After RA locked Syndra first, WE directly locked the classic combination of Aphelios and Thresh on the first two floors.
Although the bottom lane in the current version does not have a high say in the game, it is still unplayable if the line is destroyed in the early stage. Everyone in RA has not forgotten that after being tricked by LNG using black technology in the last round of BO5, the bottom lane What a dark time I went through in the early stages of the game.
Therefore, RA also chose to lock down Ashgabulon's bottom lane combination on the second and third floors.
Ashe's late-stage output ability is naturally impossible to compare with that of Aphelios, but it also has early-stage functionality that Aphelios does not have. In addition, the bi-polar ground combination can grab the early-stage advantage from the Urhammer combination. It takes the initiative to push the lane, so in the version that focuses on mid and upper jungle, this combination can be regarded as a relatively safe choice.
"Huh? Both sides have prioritized the bot lane first, but the Broken King has not taken it." Miller said curiously.
The blue side's first three moves have been determined, and the red side only has the third floor left. If they don't take the Ruined King, neither side will be able to get it.
However, when Miller was almost certain that WE would lock down the King of Destruction on the third floor, WE actually showed off Olaf.
The Ruined King, right? I won’t take it.
"Olav?" Miller was obviously a little surprised. When he saw that the waiting time at the top of the interface suddenly returned to zero, Miller blurted out: "It's really locked!"
Olaf can be regarded as one of the sad signature heroes of WE junglers. He used this hero to beat the spider shit out of King Ning back then.
WE chose to pick the player's signature hero instead of the popular version. It is obvious that after experiencing so many consecutive losses, it learned the hard way and chose to believe in the player's personal ability.
After the first three heroes of both sides were determined, they entered the second-hand phase.
Sure enough, WE directly sent the Ruined King to the trigger position.
RA chose to take down Brother Breathing's Kenan.
In the last move, WE continued to take down the jungler's death song.
In this game, both sides obviously put the jungler as a top priority in the Ban/Pick session. Of course, in addition to the possible tactical ideas that may have been set at the beginning, JOJO has directly shown it in the first move. The mid laner is also an important reason.
RA chose to help JOJO get the hero first, which actually reduced WE's pressure on the trigger position and could redirect the target to other positions.
WE's intention to get rid of this dead song is very obvious. Not only will the popular jungler in the version be defeated, but WE doesn't even want to let Le Yan, who is good at AP jungler, get the brush hero.
Since WE still had the upper midfielder to play, RA chose to take down Dao Mei, who had a chance to play in both positions, in the last resort.
This leads to the second round of selection.
WE directly chose to lock Galio.
"We obviously don't want Shanks to compete with JOJO for control, so we just picked a roaming support mid laner." Changmao said.
WE are not fools. The coaching staff of Icon learned from yesterday’s mistakes and naturally saw it.
After all, Icon has been a big player in the league for several years, while Shanks is just a newcomer. Icon wanted to have a head-to-head wrestling match with JOJO yesterday, and everyone saw the result.
It is true that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and they were pinned to death on the beach by the back waves.
Therefore, the tactical goals assigned to Shanks by the WE coaching staff today are extremely clear.
If you can't offend me, you can't afford to hide.
I won’t play tricks with you, my main focus is functionality.
After WE locked up Galio, RA first chose Gnar for Cube, who was relatively comfortable in the lane, and then locked up the King of Trolls on the fifth floor.
"Oh, troll jungler, I almost forgot about this move." Miller showed an expression of enlightenment.
Although Troll is not a good jungler choice in the current version, once the popular jungler was defeated, Leyan really had nothing to offer.
Secondly, the troll actually has a Counter relationship with Olaf.
In the mid-to-late team battles, the Troll can use pillars to limit Olaf's charge. Its powerful ultimate move can also absorb Olaf's double resistance, making Olaf's physique more fragile after he activates it.
Therefore, when WE almost blocked the jungle position, RA still found a good way to deal with it.
Now, nine heroes have appeared on the field, leaving only WE's top laner Breathing Brother and the last counter position.
"If we fight Gnar, will Brother Breathing be the captain?" Miller boldly guessed.
Captain is one of the few choices that can counter Gnar, and he also has certain support attributes and good late-game abilities, so Miller thinks this is a very good choice.
Although Miller's understanding of the game is quite good, he failed to hit accurately in several of his predictions today.
After losing nine games in a row using conventional hero selections, WE no longer trusts the so-called popular version.
WE's coaching staff showed unprecedented radicalness and courage in today's BP session.
No one expected that the red side would directly lock down the wind swordsman Yasuo in the last move!
Although this hero just made his debut yesterday, and under the control of JOJO, he achieved a magnificent record at a historical level.
However, that is a JOJO player. JOJO is a super rookie known for his outstanding personal abilities, and he still has jungler Jiao Yue as his tool man.
After experiencing a brief shock, the three commentators once again looked at the matchup relationship on the top lane, and suddenly showed a look of surprise.
Yasuo beats Gnar.
I see.
Since Yasuo hasn't appeared in the top lane for so long, they almost forgot that this hero has a reason to beat Gnar.
If the captain can only counter Gnar a little, then Yasuo versus Gnar is a truly strong counter matchup.
What really made the commentators and the audience realize Yasuo's strong counter attribute against Gnar was the first BO5 game between IG and Griffin in the quarter-finals of the S9 World Championship.
In this classic game, TheShy directly used Yasuo to stun the Sword King's Gnar, so that the entire game was disconnected, and even the entire BO5 did not recover.
Since then, the restrained relationship between Yasuo and Gnar has been well known to the audience.
However, Yasuo is a hero subject to his own heroic characteristics. Whenever he takes it out, it is an extremely radical choice.
It seems that WE’s top laner Breath Brother is about to step up!
After WE locked Yasuo in top laner Breathing Brother, the lineups for the first game of both sides have been confirmed.
【RA.Cube Lost Fang·Gnar】vs【WE.Breathe Swift Wind Swordmaster·Yasuo】
【RA.Leyan Troll King·Trundle】vs【WE.Beishang Berserker·Olav】
【RA.JOJO Dark Leader·Syndra】vs【WE.Shanks Justice Colossus·Gallio】
【RA.Iboy Ice Archer·Ashe】vs【WE.Elk Waning Moon's Solemnity·Aphelios】
【RA.Hang Heart of Freljord·Bron】vs【WE.Missing Soullock Warden·Thresh】
The two sides of the game are about to enter the Summoner's Rift. (End of chapter)