After winning the Asian Games gold medal, Ye Tian defaulted to playing the two squads of Dao Mei and Akali in the game. As long as the opponent's brain is not convulsed, it will be impossible to release these two heroes.
Sword Demon's laning strength is not as high as that of Sword Girl, and its mechanism is not as unsolvable as Akali's. However, due to the example of "God descending to earth" and its non-ban status, other teams will definitely use it. Use various means to snatch away the sword demon.
The blue side grabs three bans and can deal with one more.
Others in EDG cannot take the Ban position, so the hidden move by Ye Tian can only be used as a disposable item. At most, the Sword Demon can be unlocked when switching to the blue side.
But the Sword Demon does not have the ability to penetrate tank heroes. Taking the Sword Demon means that EDG can only play in groups and cannot maximize Ye Tian's personal ability.
As for Pike... Like Sword Demon, he cannot penetrate tank heroes. The characteristic of not being able to gain extra health makes Pike unable to compete with most top laners. R [Fountain of Hate] also has many flaws in its killing, including non-targeted ones. The mechanics can all be avoided by positioning, and it is too easy for heavy warriors, tanks, and experienced top players to counter.
When unable to swing, Pike is just a choice that can be used for fun, and cannot be used as the main hero.
“The bottom lane pattern has been decided, and it is unlikely that a must-ban will be played.”
Abmo thought while stroking his stubble: “The mid laner and jungler can make a difference, these two When combined together, it is much easier than a single hero to move out of the ban position.”
That’s it.
It is still very difficult to design a must-have combination.
Scout's personal abilities are relatively balanced and he can use everything, but nothing has reached the top level - team-fighting heroes like Tsar and Clockwork are not as good as Faker, and life-threatening heroes like Enchantress are not as good as Deng. Rookie, who has been the leader for many years, is not as good as the gradually rising Doinb as a warrior and roaming special hero. His status in EDG is equivalent to an important puzzle piece, rather than a pillar that can carry the entire team forward.
Karsa, like Factory Director, is a type of jungler who seeks to gain ground and then hides behind. This type of jungler is both successful and failed in being stable. The opponent will be on guard, but will not put the priority in the first gear.
“There is no particularly good combination of mid laner and jungler.”
“The version used by S8 is too framework.”
Maokai counted the heroes: "Zoe was cut to the point where she couldn't come on the field, and the stopwatch time was delayed so that Crow and Clockwork couldn't come on the field. You can't give Scout a Tsar and hang it in the middle, right? That's not the queen of dragging leaves. The legs are directly pulling Ye Tian's balls."
"Indeed..." Abu rubbed his head: "By the way, what is that trick you are hiding, Ye Tian?"
"Weapon." Ye Tian said the hero's name and added: "Essence-seizing sickle weapon."
"Essence-seizing weapon? Is it very powerful?" Iboy didn't quite understand.
"Of course it's fierce. Three big pieces can kill the Six Gods." Ye Tian thought of something interesting.
In version 8.11 of the remake of Infinity Blade, the designer considered that the new version of Infinity, which doubles the critical hit rate, and the Essence Reaper, which increases the critical hit attribute, would allow Sivir and Draven, who do not need attack speed equipment, to explode. The nature was enhanced, so the Essence Seal Scythe was also redone.
The original 75 attack power of the new version of Essence Reaver remains unchanged, the cooldown reduction is increased from 10% to 20%, the critical hit rate and critical hit mana recovery are removed, and 300 mana and basic attack are added. (Non-crit) The effect of restoring 1% of mana.
In addition, there is another passive that can be called heaven-defying.
——After casting the ultimate skill, the next basic attack within ten seconds will have a six-second [Cui Yao] effect, increasing the attack speed by 50%, and returning 20% of the CD of non-ultimate skills when the basic attack hits. time.
Does it look familiar?
That's right.
This is the passive of Qinglong Dao in the S9 season: Awakening Dragon.
Except for the name of the special effect, nothing else has changed!
For AD heroes, the value of the new version of Essence Reaper is pitifully low. Even for a hero like Sivir who uses the ultimate move first, one more round of skills is not as good as Aashiki's stable critical hit.
For the top laner, the Storm Sword in the new version of Essence Reaper’s synthesis formula is the Achilles’ heel. It’s hard to save 1,300 gold coins, and it doesn’t have any tankiness or special effects bonuses. It’s my first time to return. Anyone who pulls out a storm sword will definitely be hammered down by an opponent of equal strength.
Therefore, Essence Reaver was once thrown into the trash can. Even though the special effects were the same as the Azure Dragon Blade in the S9 season, no high-level players tried it.
Don’t forget, the borders are still settled and distributed at this time. No matter whether you are a king or a master in the late season, the points are very precious, and no one dares to risk buying this piece of equipment that has great flaws in theory.
In Ye Tian's eyes, it was different.
The Green Dragon Sword in the S9 season seems to have 250 more health points than the Essence Seal. There is also a burning gem in the synthesis route that can add a little blood, but you must know that the Green Dragon Sword not only also requires the Storm Sword to be synthesized, The price is as high as 3,400 gold coins.
In addition, Essence Reaper's 300 mana and mana recovery from basic attacks are very high gains for the weapon master. Considering the actual combat effect of E Counter Storm, it can even be used simply and crudely. Understand that blue means blood volume and attack power.
The difference in combat effectiveness caused by being equipped one minute faster has not been calculated here.
Taken together, apart from having one burning gem less HP than the Azure Dragon Sword during synthesis, the Essence Reaver Scythe in the late S8 is stronger than the Azure Dragon Sword in the S9 season in all aspects, and the Azure Dragon Sword is a piece of equipment in S9 The season allows Weapon Master to occupy a place in an environment full of Counter heroes such as Sword Demon, Ornn, Urgot, Vampire, Kennen, etc., and obtain a certain Ban/Pick rate. The significance of Essence Reaver can be imagined.
And.
The Essence Scythe is the icing on the cake rather than a timely aid. It can make the strong stronger and the weak weaker.
Ye Tian can use it.
Other top laners cannot be learned.
"I don't believe that the three big pieces can kill the six gods." The factory director expressed deep doubts.
"Three big pieces of six-god killing equipment are used to hit others. Two and a half pieces are enough to hit an old person like you." Ye Tianshun started the practice mode and pulled the factory director in to perform a wave.
The factory director felt that there were two and a half pieces of Liushen equipment, so he confidently took out a turtle-speed QA Riven, but was defeated by Ye Tian with the three-phase + cloth armor shoes + watch. The armor was so hammered that he had no power to fight back. Even when Ray, who was watching the excitement on the side, was pulled onto the stage, he could not confront Ye Tian head-on. Only then did he understand how much benefit the Essence Scythe had to the weapon master.
However.
It’s the same sentence as before.
In the big environment of S8, if the rest of EDG cannot play a must-ban position, Ye Tian will be restricted to death by three bans and one grab. Even if he grabs first on the blue side, he can only get a lot. It's difficult to penetrate the opposing top laner's Darkin Sword Demon.
“With Ye Tian’s style, we can use Nightmare + Galio to cooperate.”
“But Nightmare + Galio doesn’t have to be banned.”
Abu Let’s talk about some summed up experience: “The version used this year has been focusing on confrontation and avoiding confrontation. For example, in the middle lane, you can use Syndra to fight the Enchantress, and in the top lane, you can use the Sword Girl to fight Akali. However, as long as there is If one side doesn't want to fight, it can just buy Sion, Ornn, Galio, Lissandra and other things to mix with the team. Ye Tian's ability in laning is limited, and Kai'Sa's side-grabbing AD also limits the mid-range. Split pushing in the later stage... I can’t think of a good way anyway.”
These words do not mean that EDG does not have the strength to compete for the championship.
If he really had no ability to compete for the championship, Ai Dezhu would not have spent 30 million to invite Ye Tian out.
It’s just that compared to last year’s set of systems that the LCK team couldn’t parry, and Ye Tian’s invincible performance from laning to split pushing to team battles, EDG has obviously been greatly restricted this year. On the road to winning the championship, there is a high probability that they will collide with the second team of the three teams KT, IG, and RNG. If they fight each other hand-to-hand with one punch at a time, the chance of winning is estimated to be only 50%.
When used in a suitable lineup, the Essence-winning weapon can only win a small game, which is not stable enough.
“So this year IG’s rating is the same as RNG.”
Maokai added: "They have Theshy in the top lane, Rookie in the middle, Ning in the jungle, and Baolan as an auxiliary is also pretty good. If JackeyLove hadn't always wanted to find UZI to prove that he wouldn't lose even if he was shown off, in terms of overall strength, I think IG is stronger.”
“JackeyLove is too greedy. It would be great if someone like me just hangs around.” Iboy has some objections to AD geniuses like Ah Shui who force themselves to be famous, and he would say one or two words of disparagement in private. : "If Brother Tian asks me to use a small cannon, I will use a small cannon. If he asks me to use a female police officer, I will use a female police officer. As long as I can win the game, the female police officer is in the ban position today. I am laughing to death."
"It's really unique for a female police officer to be in the Ban position. Apart from pushing towers, what else can female police officers do nowadays!" Meiko also found it very interesting. S8 has no shortage of tanks.
For example, the Galio, Urgot, and Lao Niu that KT took out are a solid wall.
To penetrate this wall, you must have sufficient output capability.
The policewoman itself has been weakened many times. After Infinity Blade was changed to convert real damage, the benefit of [headshot] was further reduced. In terms of tanking ability, the policewoman in this period is not even as good as Lucian, who focuses on early attack. , the existence value fell to the bottom.
"Huh?"
"Wait!"
Ye Tian caught the key words: "Xiao Zhao, Tian Tian, you two really reminded me, since women Once the policeman can take KT's ban position, we will strengthen the female policeman's ability to push towers. It just so happens that Karsa (Karsa) has been playing in the middle and bottom lanes in the summer season. We will continue to implement this style of play and dilute the presence of the top lane. "
"How to strengthen it? Give the policewoman a Soraka?" Iboy didn't understand.
"You need to open your eyes. Soraka is nothing. Think outside of support." Ye Tian glanced across the audience and saw that everyone had a look of confusion in their eyes. He said without hesitation: "Tian Ye, give it a try." ."
"Big head?" Meiko blinked and brainstormed for a while.
Policewoman enlarged head?
It seems, probably, seems... there is really something going on!
The biggest advantage of the female police officer is to use the 650-yard initial range consumption and point tower. In the system where EDG's top laner can provide sufficient team battle output, in the mid-term, there is the POKE flow of Lanqi + artillery, and the clip to fight the dragon team. The position flow gameplay.
Although it is not a winning factor, it can make the opponent very uncomfortable.
The flaw is that Iboy's laning ability has not reached the ceiling level. Using the policewoman may not necessarily give you a particularly big advantage against Deft and JackeyLove, and you may be counter-pressured when encountering UZI.
KT team banned the female police officer in the first round of the group stage because they thought the female police officer was disgusting. It was similar to chasing away the toad on the feet. If something more serious happens, it’s okay not to chase the toad away. .
With the help of a big head with strong line-pushing ability, the toad can turn into a poisonous dart frog that is shocking to everyone!
To know.
Most of the time, the top laner with the highest hard attributes can use the push and consumption to make a lot of trouble for the rushing heroes, shoot the tank heroes until their noses are bruised, take the support position to bully the AD, and support the two most vulnerable unlucky children, no need to test. We all know how effective it is.
In addition, on the first day of the group stage, one of the core factors that led to the European Optimistic Family G2's upset over AFS was that Hjarnan took out the AD head with a 100% winning rate, which fully demonstrated the suppression power of EDG. Using Iboy's very skilled policewoman + auxiliary leader, coupled with the protection of radar-type jungler Karsa, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a cancer on the field!
“MD, absolutely amazing!”
Abu swore: “I’ll give Ye Ye an account that no one knows, and I’ll practice AD in the Korean server. Anyway, I have Hjarnan in front. You won't be noticed when playing AD. There are many similarities between AD and auxiliary. You can use it in the game with a little adaptation. "
"Yes, just change it to Hjarnan's ID," Ye Tian added. Got one.
"Fuck!"
"Yuck!"
"Hjarnan said no one would believe him if it wasn't him."
A burst of laughter erupted in the EDG training room.
Discuss well.
Start practicing as planned.
At 4 pm on the 14th, Ye Tian watched the second round of the group stage with Abu, Maokai, the factory director, Ray and a few team analysts.
On this day, all the remaining games in Group B will be played, and the teams competing for the first and second place in the group will compete.
Group B includes RNG, one of the strongest teams in this S competition, and Gen.G, which is ranked second in the tier. The other two are MAD, the second LMS species who are regarded as accompanying runners. and North America's No. 1 seed TL.
Almost everyone thinks that RNG will sweep the other three teams and qualify with a 6-0 victory record.
Unexpectedly, in the first game, North American TL gave RNG a showdown. Senior brother Doublelift learned EDG's policewoman + Morgana system to fight Xialuo combination, and relied on Morgana's precise Q skills to get first blood from Ming. , allowing Doublelift to suppress UZI strongly and achieve the effect of breaking a tower in the matchup.
Then, with the frequent support of top laner Shen and jungler Nightmare, Doublelift drove the rhythm of the game and swept RNG with 30.1K damage. The output of one person was greater than the two C positions of UZI and Xiaohu combined. Still high.
See this situation.
Some HZ and GSL angrily put the blame on EDG, feeling that without EDG doing the work of policewoman Morgana, a mere North American TL with Doublelift, who has been in the top 16 every year, absolutely did not let them RNG's ability to roll over.
What’s even more exaggerated is that in the next game, RNG was killed again by MAD using top laner Victor, and the record fell to 3-2.
This time.
Don’t say that you are first in the group.
Even qualifying has become a questionable matter.
【Let’s just say EDG plays this kind of thing to deliberately disgust RNG, right? There were people who criticized me before, policewoman Morgana, top laner Victor, which one didn't go for RNG's four-guarantee-one system? 】
[If you are not a good Guodian, you must be a new generation of e-sports Wang Jingwei]
[How often does EDG backstab other teams? Didn't they blitz Poland because EDG felt that the small prize money was not worth it, and they were afraid that other teams would grab the popularity, so they deliberately deprived themselves of the quota? 】
[It is because EDG is not strong this year and even if they invite Tian there they are not sure of winning the championship, so they resort to this method]
[It would be interesting to get rid of RNG and let KT pick the fruit in the end. ]
[If UZI is eliminated by this method, I will never watch LPL again, disgusting]
[Originally I thought I supported the LPL division, but now I know that I support it. It’s just UZI and RNG】
A series of public opinions emerged in Tieba.
Since Ye Tian is not involved, the area of hatred attracted is not large. Zhuzai and Starch argue hard, but they are far less than the wave of HZ+GSL+Navy Army. They can only hope that the home team will avenge the fans. hatred.
After one game after another, North American TL got a total score of 4-2, breaking the top 16 curse of senior brother Doublelift.
MAD has a total score of 3-3 and is on the edge of promotion.
If RNG loses to Gen.G in the last game, it will have to compete with MAD for second place in the group through extra games. If it loses in the extra games, it will not even get a qualifying spot!
RNG, which was on the verge of desperation, burst out with a certain degree of courage and used violent team-fighting to quickly push Gen. They won a magical team battle that even the casters didn’t know how to win, and successfully returned to the top spot in the group.
But.
Losing to TL and MAD, two small games that gave away points, made many teams see the potential weakness of RNG! (End of this chapter)