After checking the equipment and confirming that everything is correct, the two sides entered the custom room established by OB and began the first round of the group stage clash.
South Korea is on the blue side.
The ones banned in the first round are Karma, Kai'Sa, and Rakan.
Kai'Sa and Rakan belong to a strong version and target ID. Not only did they have the highest Ban/Pick rates in their respective positions in the summer games, they are also the most used heroes by Iboy and Meiko.
Karma is a little weird.
Xiye is the director of the WE team this year and cannot use mixed-game heroes like Karma. Last year, the number of games and data he played with Karma was relatively average. The Korean team should target Karma because they think Xiye is better than Ye Tian and Mala Xiangguo. , Iboy, and Meiko should be biased towards the auxiliary position.
The Chinese team banned Akali, EZ, and Lulu.
in.
Akali is a smoke bomb.
Ban it on purpose, pretending that you can't use it.
The two ban positions of EZ and Lulu seem to be in conflict. After all, the two heroes are not very effective when paired together. It may become Lu E16, but Lulu can be placed in the middle to bring Varus. This is a huge improvement. Sheep Transformation can also threaten a series of operational heroes. Targeting Lulu is more meaningful than targeting Varus.
Enter the selection stage.
After some discussion, the Korean team got the Darkborn Sword Demon, who is a must-choice top laner in the current version.
As a new-generation talented top laner in the LCK division, Kiin masters new heroes very quickly. In this summer split, Kiin used Sword Demon to achieve a gorgeous record of 8 games with a 75% winning rate, and he led by a big score in each game, 5- Records like 0, 6-0, and 7-1 abound.
The strength of the hero and the proficiency of the players are both impeccable, making it worth being the first to grab.
"If you choose Sword Demon on the first floor, the Chinese team will definitely take Sword Girl."
"It doesn't matter."
Korean commentator CloudTemplar analyzed from the player level: "Although Dao Mei can restrain the traditional mage, she does not have a big advantage against Galio and the new version of Crow. Faker also has a move to mid-lane Poppy. Even if the Chinese team's Xiye uses Dao Mei, It’s impossible to break through Faker’s defense.”
"Xi Ye Dao Mei's proficiency is not high. She only won one of the four games." Roaring Emperor listed the data: "With Faker's strength, you will not be afraid of him."
The words just fell.
The first two floors of the Chinese team were selected.
One of them is the new version of Dao Mei that everyone expected, and the other one is more strange.
"Vladimir?"
Wang Duoduo read out the name of the vampire: "Based on the hero positioning and player style, Vladimir should be the top lane hero used by player Ye Tian. During this period, player Ye Tian has used Vladimir many times in the top lane. Overall performance was good.”
"Vladimir is indeed very suitable for enlightenment talents." Rita omitted the words 'Omen of Thieves': "The Korean team got Heart of Freljord - Braum and Gale Swordsman - Ya on the second and third floors. Suo, the lineup is quite special.”
Yasuo + Braum have a wind wall and an ice wall, which can block many flying props and greatly limit the vampire's space to play.
——Vampire E [Tide of Blood] is a ballistic skill and cannot penetrate the wind wall.
When the E skill is blocked, the damage of the vampire RWQ is far from enough to threaten the heroes in the back row. It even dares not W to hit the opponent's back row face with Q, and it is easy to become a bystander on the battlefield.
This is the deterrent power of Tongtiandai in the World Championships.
Even though Ye Tian has become a mediocre person in Rank for more than half a year, and even a young player like Kiin who doesn't know the heights of the world dares to show his teeth, Korean coach Edgar, Faker, CoreJJ and others still have enough respect for Ye Tian and would rather Let Faker take on Yasuo's disadvantageous matchup against Sword Girl, and also suppress the vampire's upper limit in team fights.
What the Chinese team got on the third floor was the Piltover Policewoman.
After the rework of Infinity Blade, a series of mid lane heroes such as Crow, Yasuo, Tetsuo, Ryze, Deathsong, and Rockbird have all been removed. The strength of the policewoman may not be in the top ten in the current version of the bottom lane, even if it is placed In traditional AD, female police officers are far inferior to Varus, Xia, and Ashe.
Iboy took the policewoman in order to replicate the system used in last year's World Finals.
[Top laner takes big C, AD takes policewoman, this is EDG]
[Come back, everything is back]
[Wait for a blood bar to disappear]
[Brother Tian, come on, do it to death]
Barrages started popping up one after another.
The lineup tendencies were determined on the first three floors, and the second round of Ban/Pick went very quickly.
The Korean team banned Soraka and Morgana.
The Chinese team banned Varus and Galio.
"The Chinese team chose Storm's Wrath (Wind Lady) on the fourth floor, and the Korean team chose Abyssal Maw - Kog'Maw and Northland's Wrath - Sejuani on the fourth and fifth floors."
“The Chinese team’s last choice is Crystal Pioneer (Scorpion).”
Wang Duoduo read his full name and conducted an analysis: "The two sides had a wonderful game in the banning/selection process. From the perspective of the lineup, the Chinese team and the Korean team both have high ceilings... and China The team moved Blade Dancer to the top lane and was used by player Ye Tian. Such a split is extremely rare in League of Legends. "
"From a hero's perspective, Blade Dancer is at a disadvantage against the Darkin Sword Demon." Rita pointed out: "But player Ye Tian's personal ability is good enough, and Blade Dancer is used by player Ye Tian, which should give everyone a completely different perception. ”
…
"Sword girl top order?"
"Or fight the Sword Demon later?"
As an Asian Games sparring partner, Theshy was very aware of Ye Tian's accomplishments in Sword Girl. Seeing this familiar scene, he laughed happily: "I know Kiin. His Sword Demon is very confident. Yes, very confident." ”
"Confidence is self-confidence, and strength is strength." Ning added the unfinished words: "When fighting Ye Tian, the more confident you are, the faster you will explode."
"Huh?" Theshy said with surprise, "Don't you have a conflict with Ye Tian?"
"Conflict? Are you kidding? You can't beat Ye Tian, what kind of conflict can he and I have?" Ning highlighted a way to adapt to the situation: "Speaking of how Ye Tian maintains his strength, Rank acts like a fool, usually I haven’t played in a training game yet, but I’m so strong once I get serious.”
"Maybe he can secretly play training matches with EDG." Rookie speculated: "Isn't that Ray of EDG a ghost? Sometimes he is too strong, sometimes he is not good at it, and when he is fierce, it may be Ye Tianshang's. Number."
"Hiss—" Ning gasped: "NND, so shady!"
The IG team members made reasonable speculations and thought they found the reason.
The factory manager, who was watching the excitement in the background, was still puzzled.
The outside world thought that Ye Tian would use Ray's account to secretly play training matches. Everyone in the EDG team knew that there was no such thing!
How could this little... boy be so fierce?
…
In the center of the big screen, the exchanged and adjusted lineup was finalized.
Blue side: South Korea
Red side: Chinese team
Top order: Sword Demon vs Sword Girl
Jungler: Pig Girl vs Scorpion
Mid laner: Yasuo vs Vampire
AD: Big mouth vs policewoman
Support: Braum vs Wind Girl
Ten heroes enter the Summoner's Rift. You can see that the cornerstone rune brought by Sword Girl is Conqueror, which needs four seconds to warm up. The cornerstone rune of Sword Demon is arcane comet, which consumes flow. From the perspective of a bystander, Sword Demon's cornerstone rune is The devil has the absolute upper hand.
In terms of consumption, Arcane Comet is far greater than Conqueror.
In terms of battery life, Sword Demon is far greater than Daomei.
In terms of blood exchange, Sword Demon's passive [Granting Death Sword Qi] has an extra percentage of damage and full recovery.
During the laning period, Sword Demon uses the first and second Q to knock down the sword girl. When he gets close, he uses his passive A and uses the third Q to protect himself. No matter how you look at it, it is an advantage.
"oh?"
"Sword girl goes out pretending to be a potion of corruption?"
Korean commentator CloudTemplar had a hint of ridicule at the corner of his mouth: "The reason why Sword Girl can't compete with Sword Demon in the top lane and can only bully the mage in the middle lane is because the basic attributes are not enough. Although the corruption potion can provide better battery life, its attributes are not as good as Dolan's. The series cannot be compared. If he chooses to go out with the corruption potion, he is doomed to fail!"
"Tian hasn't played a game in the past six months, so his understanding has been greatly deviated." Roaring Emperor shook his head.
From the perspective of the Korean team, the weaker the Chinese team, the happier the Roaring Emperor will be.
but.
Take a personal stance.
Seeing the original ‘World Championship Tongtiandai’ fall in just over half a year, Roaring Emperor, who dedicated his entire youth to the e-sports industry, couldn’t help but feel regretful. The happiest group is the GSL.
Not only did the voting in the League push the South Korean team's support rate to nearly 40%, but they also made wild remarks in posts and in the UZI live broadcast room.
[Sword Girl uses a corruption potion on the Sword Demon? Isn't this a gift? 】
[I don’t even know how to buy the equipment, and I also gave away the authority of the dog master who can lead them to win, waiting for someone to be beaten]
[Tian’s winning rate against Kiin in Rank is only over 50, how can he win the game? 】
[I can only say that it’s a good death]
[Come on, Korean team, kill EDG! 】
[Let me tell you, this is a good thing. When Tian is defeated by Kiin in the group stage, the Asian Games team will have to invite Mr. Gou back]
UZI looked at the barrage and felt a burst of irritability in his heart.
Regardless of whether he was persuaded to quit, UZI did not dare to leak information during the Asian Games training period. This led to all GSLs thinking that Ye Tian's strength had declined significantly, and they opened the champagne when the matchup list came out.
Actually.
In the first training match with IG, Ye Tian used Daomei, and was ambushed by Theshy first, and gained an unsolvable matchup advantage.
This time, except for the different equipment when going out, the heroes, side selection, and cornerstone runes are all the same as those in the training match.
Can Kiin really hold on?
During the game.
Since junglers are types that need development, the Chinese and Korean teams have no plans to open a first-level team.
Mala Xiang Guo and Xiao Peanut started from the top half of the game coincidentally, letting the top lane hero come to help.
here.
The subsequent thoughts of both parties were completely different.
The Mala Xiang Guo starts from the upper half of the area, which is a set of ideas to ensure harvest during drought and floods - the Chinese team's policewoman + Feng Nu in the bottom lane will definitely be able to suppress the Korean team's Big Mouth + Bron, and the Mala Xiang Guo moves to the lower half. You must rely on the help of the double lane to eat the Canyon Swift Crab, and develop and gain the upper hand.
What Little Peanut considers is to brush down to see if there is a GANK opportunity, forcing the summoner skills of Policewoman or Fengnu to reduce the pressure on the line for Big Mouth Braum.
As for hitting the road...
Little Peanut feels that Kiin is sure to win.
Spicy Hot Pot thinks Ye Tian can clear the level.
Very relieved.
The time came to 1 minute and 45 seconds.
After Ye Tian and Kiin finished helping in the field, they met in the river.
Kiin locked eyes on Ye Tian and saw that Ye Tian's equipment was a corruption potion. He did not hesitate to come over with a giant sword as big as a door panel.
The Sword Demon has higher attributes than the Sword Girl, so this is a win.
The Dolan Sword is stronger than the Corruption Potion in a duel, so this is the best of both worlds.
There were two wins before, and this is the third win.
Must do it!
In terms of details, Kiin also did a very good job. He paused deliberately with the first sword, and took the damage from the sword girl before launching the basic attack, maximizing the blood recovery effect of the passive [Death Sword Qi].
Q [Darkborn Blade] hits the first section and inflicts another amount of damage.
Sword Girl carries a corruption potion, and her attack power is not high to begin with. Sword Demon's passive blood recovery triggers it, so Sword Girl's first basic attack is basically useless.
The more critical point is that Dao Mei cannot run away.
——The Sword Demon has used the first stage of Q, and is holding the second stage of Q with the largest range in his hand. If the sword girl turns around and runs away, entering the range of the second stage of Q, she will inevitably suffer extra damage from the knockback and the blade position. .
therefore.
Even if the sword girl is not the opponent of the sword demon, she still has to bite the bullet and go down with A until the sword demon uses up the second part of Q to pull away.
Not only that.
Sword Demon performs an AQAQ combo, triggering an arcane comet and maxing out the damage.
The sword girl can only hit a draw twice, and the first time is almost ineffective. Even with the burning of the corruption potion, it doesn't hurt or itch.
The status of the two heroes widened the gap on the spot.
【Qiang Kiin】
[As expected of our talented newbie from the Korean Underworld]
[The first top order is about to change hands]
[This is the e-sports heritage of our country, even if we lose Marin, Khan, and Smeb, we can still produce stronger masters]
[Teach Tian a lesson, Kiin, we all support you Smecta]
Bangzi was extremely excited to see Sword Demon establishing such a huge advantage.
GSL even celebrated.
[Is this all Tongtiandai? 】
[I don’t know what I’m thinking about using last year’s results to get a spot in this year’s Asian Games]
[Confidently choose the sword girl, but she exploded before the laning started. It’s really funny]
[Puppy, tell those EDG authority DOGs to kick Ye Tian out first and then invite you]
[It’s okay to play with privileges in the LPL, but I dare to play with privileges in the Asian Games and bring in people who haven’t played in a game for more than half a year. It’s embarrassing to the world]
"Player Ye Tian suffered a bit in this confrontation."
Wang Duoduo's face became a little solemn: "Compared with the Darkin Sword Demon, the appearance rate and winning rate of Blade Dancer are much lower. There is a gap in hero strength itself. Player Ye Tian was also defeated by the Korean team during the online process. The sword demon stopped him and started a fight, so the situation was a bit tricky. "
"Let's see what player Ye Tian does next. I hope we can turn the situation around." Rita said this, but she wasn't very optimistic about it.
Kiin put on an arrogant smile.
Ye Tian?
Tongtiandai?
But that’s it!
As an active professional player, if I can win by Rank, I will only be able to win better in the main game!
Just thought of this.
Kiin's face suddenly froze when he saw Dao Mei's movements.
It seems... there's something wrong!
——Sword Demon and Sword Girl exchanged blood in the river, so naturally they had no way to deal with the soldier line. Without the interference of heroes, the three melee soldiers lost blood at a very consistent rate.
Sword Girl came online first. Q [Blade Impact] flew three times like a butterfly through a flower, restoring the blood volume equivalent to one basic attack. She also accumulated the passive [Ionian Zeal] to the point where it was only one level away from being fully stacked. degree!
The sword demon walked near the army line, and the sword girl, who was about to enter her peak state, pressed over.
It was impossible for Kiin to let the sword girl hit the close AQ, so he immediately used the third stage Q [Darkborn Blade], intending to force the sword girl back, but the sword girl only took half a step back, and then hit the sword devil [Darkborn Blade]. The moment Fei Judgment disappeared, he used [Blade Impact] to kill him back!
[Ionian Zeal] stacks up to four layers, the attack speed increases by 20%, and the basic attack comes with 16 points of additional magic damage!
Conqueror triggers, increasing attack power by 10 points and converting 20% of the pre-tax value into real damage!
With the dual blessings of passive and conqueror, Sword Girl, even without the Dolan series of equipment, has far better standing ability than Sword Demon, and has started the pursuit mode.
But Kiin can single-handedly change the messy ASF team, win the spring runner-up, and even beat the older generation of LCK strong players to qualify for the Asian Games. Naturally, he is not an easy person. He not only uses A operations to maximize the formation of Ye Tian During the exchange of swords for swords, A used the second [Death Sword Qi]. He also used the second wave of soldiers to block the line and the protection of the defense tower to fight back after Ye Tian's last sword A came out.
Ye Tian only had one more A in the whole process, and his condition was not dominant. Judging from the scene, Sword Demon did not suffer a disadvantage.
But.
The expressions on both sides were completely different.
Ye Tian's face was relaxed and comfortable, as if he had everything under control.
Kiin was extremely nervous, and there was even cold sweat falling down his forehead... (End of this chapter)