Chapter 132 The war begins! The Trickster Enchantress appears on the stage of the semi-finals
At 7:30 pm on October 30, 2021, there is only half an hour before the BO5 match between RA and DK officially starts.
In order to watch this semi-final, the audience in the LPL division squatted in front of the screen early in advance. The popularity of the official live broadcast room has exceeded 10 million.
Although the gap in hard power between the two teams almost made this BO5 lose the suspense before the game, the strong dialogue between the two sides in the mid lane position still attracted widespread attention from global audiences.
While waiting for the game to start, netizens also started a heated discussion in the comment area:
"I really didn't expect RA to be able to get this far, but it seems to have ended here."
"RA was able to beat T1 because T1's midfielder couldn't actually put enough pressure on JOJO, but now JOJO is facing the strongest midfielder combination in the world, and it will definitely not be able to make a sound every time like the last BO5. To be honest, if JOJO has no voice, I really don’t know how RA can win.”
"It's really impossible to win the entire BO5 game. I just hope I can win one or two games. With such an intensity of mid lane duel, it's really a pity not to watch one more game."
“I don’t know if Jiebao dares to take LeBlanc today. To be honest, I’m really torn in my heart right now. I want to see Jiebao take out a handful, but I’m also worried that DK will ruin his 100% win rate for Enchantress. The invincible golden body.”
"I think he probably doesn't care too much about these data-level things. Enchantress must be the focus of competition between the two sides in today's BP session. I'm also very curious, Showmaker or JOJO, who is the best Enchantress in the world."
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As the promotional video for the semi-finals completely ignited the audience's enthusiasm for watching the game, the live broadcast camera switched to the scene of the players entering the stadium.
After both players are ready, the first round of this BO5 game is about to begin.
The three commentators responsible for the live commentary of this game are Guan Zeyuan, Remember, and Xiao Umbrella.
Before the BP session started, the three commentators also conducted a brief pre-match analysis and each expressed their own opinions.
"Before taking the stage today, I took a look at the online voting to predict the outcome of this game. The voting results are really not optimistic." Colonel Guan said with a helpless look: "RA's vote rate is less than 10%, and the vote rate is low. Forget it, the key is that luck is not on RA’s side, and the coin toss on both sides was lost today.”
The BO5 of this World Championship uses a coin toss to determine which of the two teams can get the priority for side selection in the first game. In some cases, the priority for side selection can have a huge impact on the game situation.
"The news I just received is that DK took the initiative to choose the blue side after getting the priority to choose sides. This means that they are preparing to grab some versions of OP heroes first."
"That's for sure." Guan Zeyuan stretched out his fingers and counted them one by one: "Enchantress, blind monk, card..."
"DK will definitely grab one of the three heroes on the first floor." Colonel Guan said with certainty: "After all, they are the dominant side in the situation. They don't care about the two counters on the red side, and they don't need help. The reason for grabbing Luciana Mei on the road is to let the middle jungler get the hero that is convenient for him.”
Xiao Umbrella nodded and said: "You have already mentioned three of them. RA must also take on the position of the cat, so one of these three heroes must be released for DK."
"Indeed, with a jungler like Canyon who is extremely good at jungle cores, RA estimates that the cat will not be released in the entire BO5, so it will lose a first-round trigger by default." Remember to agree with Xiaoshan's analysis.
Guan Zeyuan sighed and said: "Hey, why can't LPL practice this cat skill?"
Guan Zeyuan's words directly hit the pain point of the LPL team. Not only does the LPL not like to play the cat hero, but it is also not very good at dealing with the opponent's cat system. Therefore, not only RA has to take on this position, but the situation of other teams is basically the same. Same thing.
During the World Championships, the LPL division often reveals its shallow hero pool and inflexible tactical style. Not being able to play the version of the OP hero has also become one of the reasons why some teams look very strong on paper, but fail miserably in the World Championship.
"RA's BP was really difficult today. It was already difficult to BP when playing against T1. Against DK, it can only be said to be even more difficult."
After the three commentators on the stage briefly discussed for a moment, the players on both sides were ready, and the BP session officially began.
DK took down Syndra and Nami in the first two hands, while RA took down cards and cats.
"The first two draws of both sides are actually relatively consistent with our pre-match analysis, so here comes the key point." Guan Zeyuan said expectantly: "Should RA let the Enchantress or the Blind Sin go?"
As soon as Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, he remembered suddenly saying: "DK directly defeated Bobby in the third hand!"
Poppy is the hero choice used by many teams in this World Championship specifically to restrain the Enchantress. Speaking of which, this routine was initiated by RA.
Of course, it was Fang Jie's idea to use this hero to target the Enchantress at that time, and Fang Jie's understanding of the game was stolen from his own memories before time travel.
"Then his intention is obvious. I just want to take down the Enchantress, and it's up to you to control her." Colonel Guan directly exposed DK's motives.
Under the attentive attention of the commentators and the audience, RA finally determined the third trigger position.
"Blind monk!" Colonel Guan said: "RA still chose to kill Canyon's blind monk!"
When the first round of BP just ended, DK immediately locked the Enchantress down for Showmaker on the first floor.
"It's still here! Showmaker's Enchantress!"
Subsequently, RA locked the bottom lane combination of Jin Jia female tank with the first two hands.
"This is a disguised way of limiting the Ghost Emperor's hero pool," Colonel Guan explained: "Since Jhin is your best AD choice, I will just give it to you first."
And when RA took out the bottom duo, DK immediately locked Giggs and Luo backhand.
Giggs is an extremely popular bottom lane hero in the summer split and playoffs. Although he has been weakened in the World Championship version, he still has a lot of opportunities to play.
Especially for a team like DK that only needs to be stable in the bottom lane and go to the middle and jungle to be able to perform C, Giggs is a hero that obviously fits the team's playing style very well.
Later, RA locked an Ice Girl for Fang Jie on the third floor.
This choice is also expected by the commentators and the audience. Ice Girl is undoubtedly the best choice for Counter Enchantress, so when Showmaker takes out the hero Enchantress, RA will definitely lock Ice Girl in the first three hands to target it.
The two teams then entered the second round of Ban/Pick.
In the second round of pulling, RA chose to pull out Kiana and Nan Dao, two jungle heroes with certain carry abilities.
Including the former Lee Sin, RA has three junglers out of five, obviously showing enough respect for Canyon players.
Here, DK chose to take down Kenan and the prince.
There are already two hands of AP in DK's lineup. There is no way to continue to use Kennen on the top lane. Since he can't choose, it is definitely better to send him directly to the trigger position.
As for the prince, he is also a hero that Le Yan has recently been popular with, so it makes sense for DK to choose to kill him.
In the second round of selection, RA first locked up the male gun for Cube, while DK locked in the top and jungle combinations of Qinggangying and Troll.
Finally, RA locked up Xin Zhao for Le Yan on the fifth floor.
It stands to reason that DK gave Canyon the hero Troll, which meant that his talent was somewhat buried, but at this time, the expressions of Colonel Guan and Qiu Qi were not optimistic.
Guan Da Xiao and Ji Ji are responsible for the commentary of LCK competitions all year round, so they have a deeper understanding of Canyon than others.
The trolls in Canyon are really cruel.
When he gets this hero, he will almost certainly be able to play a gank rhythm in the early stage.
There is still a big gap between people. Although RA played against T1, T1's jungler Oner also took out the hero Troll in the deciding game and ultimately lost the game.
But the strengths of Canyon and Oner are obviously not on the same level.
Even a hero with extremely simple controls can pose a fatal threat to the enemy in the hands of a talented jungler like Canyon.
In the first round of the semi-finals, the final lineups chosen by both sides were as follows:
Top order: [Qinggangying VS Male Gun]
Jungler: [Troll VS Xin Zhao]
Mid laner: [LeBlanc VS Lissandra]
Shooter: [Giggs VS Jhin]
Support: [Law VS Leona]
The two sides of the game are about to enter the Summoner's Rift. (End of chapter)