Chapter 132: Fight against T1! A fateful duel in the style of "To Do List"! Coins are burs
Chapter 132: Fight against T1! A fateful duel in the style of "To Do List"! Coins are bursting!
The second match day of the group stage.
Despite changing the time zone, Ye Bo still got up on time at 10 o'clock, which made his teammates who were troubled by the jet lag very envious.
In today's match, EDG is ranked last in the group, so there is no need to be too anxious.
Ye Bo opened his notebook and flipped through the records of T1, trying to find flaws in his playing style.
Because they will be playing against T1 today, but there is not much information about the opponent's world game, Ye Bo can only think according to his own deduction.
“I don’t know if they will ban female police officers.”
EDG, or the four LPL teams, all have a "small problem" in BP.
No one is very good at the seemingly simple "Police Girl System".
This is also a problem discovered in the training matches within the LPL region. Each team's female police system has its own problems.
The female police system needs to meet several conditions.
In addition to the person who needs to handle the policewoman, the team's focus must also be on the bottom half. At the same time, the mid lane needs to focus on roaming, and the jungler must serve as a dog for the bottom lane.
RNG's Xiao Ming couldn't choose a strong "line soft support".
There is no way that JDG's jungler will just be a dog in the bottom lane.
TES's mid laner is not good at focusing on roaming, and AD is prone to sudden death.
As for EDG
Viper's hero pool is definitely very deep, but he happens to be a traditional AD player, Caitlyn. His career win rate is only an embarrassing [11 games -18%]!
In the final analysis, it is because (pure A-type AD) and (skill-type AD) are basically two different usage ideas, and in recent years, the ecology of the bottom lane has basically been completely dominated by skill-type AD.
Like Aphelios, Kaisa, Lucian, Xia, Good Luck Sister, Jhin
So, although the four LPL teams all have policewomen practicing in the training games.
However, due to their own problems, including the RNG games in the qualifying stage, as well as yesterday's JDG and TES games, all of them banned the policewoman themselves, regardless of red or blue.
As for EDG's match against G2 yesterday, it was G2 on the red side who banned early on, perhaps because they were intimidated by the team name.
But Ye Bo believes that T1 has most likely discovered this problem!
After all, as long as you observe the performance of the other three LPL teams, you can clearly see that they are all on the blue side and ban the policewoman, so they will naturally have fantasies about EDG.
It's obvious.
If EDG is also considered by the outside world to "not be able to play" Miss Fortune, it is likely that there will be an additional fixed ban position in all subsequent games.
This will undoubtedly have a huge impact on BP.
Just then, there was a sudden knock on Ye Bo's door, but it only happened twice.
Ye Bo quickly stood up and opened the door, only to find that it was his other teammates.
"I knew Master Ye must be awake. He is simply a human alarm clock!" Jiejie, with dark circles under his eyes, looked confident.
"Wow, everyone woke up so early today?" Ye Bo asked back curiously.
As Saint Gun walked in, he handed over breakfast: "The jet lag makes me wake up very early every day, and I can't fall asleep even if I lie down."
"Me too."
"I'm not like that. When I think about tonight's game, I don't feel sleepy at all!"
Ye Bo noticed that his teammates today seemed extremely motivated.
It seemed as if you could see flames in his eyes.
"Then everyone is here just in time. Let's talk about the BP for tonight's game."
Perhaps it is because the opponent they face today has special significance for EDG.
In fact, to be honest, they did defeat T1 once in the group stage last year.
But even though they were at their peak in the year of winning the championship, they were still defeated twice in a row and still qualified as the second in the group stage, unable to break the curse.
No one wants history to repeat itself.
But the addition of Ye Bo made the four EDG players really feel that maybe they could break through this time!
Everyone trained together until the afternoon, took a short nap to adjust their state, and then prepared to go to the competition venue.
Five o'clock in the evening local time.
Madison Square Garden is packed with people, and the first game begins!
The first game is still between the two unlucky guys in Group A, DFM vs. G2.
But just when everyone thought that it would not be a problem for this G2 team to bully DFM at least within the group.
The result surprised everyone!
The two sides fought back and forth. Except for the hat king in the middle lane who was able to exert some suppression, the other three lanes were completely evenly matched, and even the bottom lane was still at a considerable disadvantage!
In the end, after a 45-minute battle, it was only thanks to DFM's Colonel's own heavy sacrifice that they were able to barely end the team battle and end the game.
The moment the base was destroyed, all G2 members looked dismayed.
They were once the European hegemons and the European treble winners, but now they have fallen to the point where they can't even beat DFM.
This would be hard for anyone to accept.
The good news is that the first two games of the LPL teams today both ended in big wins!
RNG defeated the number one seed North American C9 in Group D with a strong performance, which can be said to have greatly boosted everyone's morale!
Ming reproduced his strength as the king of hard support and chose Titan to recreate RNG's classic jungler-support linkage, showing his new interpretation of this version!
JDG defeated another North American team, 100T.
Also worth noting is DRX in Group D.
Facing the RGE team that crushed TES yesterday, DRX actually played a performance that also crushed them!
What’s even more interesting is that DRX’s lineup is very similar to the one EDG selected yesterday.
Except that Sylas in the middle lane was replaced by Akali, and Skateboards in the bottom lane was replaced by Caitlyn, the entire playing style and system structure are almost exactly the same!
The use of the two teams has brought the ice support, which was originally very rare in the current version, into the public eye.
[Ahhh? Yesterday I really thought that pigeons were really popular this year! ]
[That’s enough, um, I just stole EDG’s tactics! Wait, my Top Esports brother will steal it tomorrow too! ]
[RNG is in great shape! So if EDG loses this game, RNG will get first place in the group and the chances of a civil war in the quarterfinals are very high]
[EDG can’t possibly lose! Wait for YE to teach Dafei a lesson! ]
[Wake up, I'm already waiting for my coworker to say "Welcome the next talented mid laner"]
[I really don't know what kind of mentality it is to criticize LPL before the game even starts. Krd, don't be so arrogant! Believe first, then believe! ]
[No dude, EDG vs. T1, it’s really hard to believe~]
【Don't worry, EDG will win! 】
Ye Bo replied to this post and then turned off his phone and handed it in.
In fact, Mingkai told him that he should try not to read the major forums before the game, especially those related to pre-game comments.
Four other experienced teammates did the same.
Regardless of whether the public opinion before the game is optimistic or pessimistic about the players, it will ultimately bring invisible psychological pressure to the players, which may very likely affect their performance and condition on the field.
But Ye Bo didn't think so. He even took the initiative to search for related topics.
If he sees someone speaking ill of him before a game, he will be very motivated and want to prove himself.
If he sees someone believe in him before the game, he will want to fulfill that expectation as if he has added a big BUFF!
"Don't be too stressed," Mingkai assured the players, "We should be able to advance anyway, so just treat this as a training match. Winning or losing doesn't matter!"
"What are you talking about, Director?" Ye Bo's face flushed, and his voice was full of energy: "We will win!"
"Master Ye is right! I have confidence!"
"Come on, brothers!"
The staff knocked on the door and told the players to go on stage. The EDG players stretched out their five palms, put them together, and finally raised them in a unanimous "We must win".
The restless and loud sound echoed heavily in the closed room.
...............
"Okay everyone! The next game is the highlight of the second day of the competition!"
"EDG, the summer champion from our LPL region, will face T1, the second seed from LCK. This will surely be a crucial battle to determine the outcome of Group A!"
The camera is aimed at the EDG player seat.
Ye Bo's body made the chair spin around, and he looked very excited.
The other four people had serious expressions and sat upright in their seats, holding their breath.
On the other hand, the T1 players all looked relatively more relaxed.
The powerful and crisp sound resounded throughout the venue.
The BP panel is officially presented to the audience!
"Both players are ready! BP begins!"
"The group stage has two rounds. In the first round, EDG was on the blue side and they still banned Treant first!"
"T1 also decisively banned Sylas. We all thought this hero would be forgotten in the World Championship. We didn't expect YE to perform so well in the last game."
Ye Bo carried out BP at a leisurely pace, becoming more and more skilled and natural.
He continued to use the system that he had successfully experimented with yesterday to conduct further verification.
The reason for banning Maokai is that the "melee" ability of Maokai in the top and jungle will be slightly weaker, but this hero is very good at "counterattack" and "defense", so he is simply banned.
As expected, T1 did not choose to ban the policewoman, who almost everyone had assumed was a must-ban on the red team!
A round of ban——
EDG: Treant, Renata, Sword Demon
T1: Sylas, Skateboards, Cat
"EDG chooses to grab the policewoman!"
“This is a very popular system in the play-in rounds, but no team in our LPL has used it yet.”
Benji, who was standing behind the T1 player seat, was obviously surprised to see the other side grab the policewoman.
Apparently, their training and competition department had discovered during data collection that the selection rate of Miss Fortune in LPL was extremely low, and they also noticed that Viper's Miss Fortune career win rate was ridiculously low.
"It's okay, we will march out as planned." Li Xianghe's emotions did not fluctuate at all, and he spoke to stabilize the morale of the troops.
"Just grab Akali."
T1 chose Akali + Lee Sin, which not only makes them the strong mid and jungle in this version, but also allows them to snatch Lee Sin who can "break the shadow" and gank Akali.
Their BP idea for this game is actually very simple.
There are three ban positions, and the last pick of Cat and Sword Demon in the first round of BP for both sides is the focus of the game.
Seeing that the opponent took the initiative to ban the Sword Demon, T1 naturally banned the cat without hesitation.
The strength of the Sword Demon was revealed in the playoffs.
Among all the lightly armed warriors, the current Sword Demon has the highest ceiling from laning to team battles.
As for the cats.
Although the healing power has been weakened a lot, the sudden rise of the "Mage Cat" school has been verified in the arena!
As a hero without any output risk, the Poke efficiency of Cat's Q skill is unexpectedly high, and AP can also enhance the amount of healing and adaptability. It can be said that it is the latest answer of Cat.
The hero's special mechanism, balance or advantage can easily amplify a well-developed big brother on your side to a level that is difficult to handle!
These two heroes are temporarily banned and must be picked.
And if EDG doesn't grab the policewoman, T1's policewoman system is quite mature, and they think they can fully accept Ye Bo getting Akali's unique skill.
The subsequent BP is relatively routine.
It was just a BO1 match in the first round of the group stage.
It was obvious that neither team wanted to give up all their cards here.
But it's obvious.
T1's understanding of the version is similar to EDG's.
Neither side chose Aphelios and Jinx, the must-have core ADs in the summer season, and their goal was to enhance the early combat effectiveness of the lower half of the zone.
The only difference is that T1 chose a hard support.
In the world championship version, a number of soft supports have been weakened, while hard supports have been greatly strengthened!
In fact, in the qualifying stage, 90% of the teams chose hard supports, which seems to have become the latest consensus in the current world championship version.
It’s not just because the soft support heroes and a number of soft support equipment have been weakened.
Moreover, due to the great enhancement of the equipment {Mist Robe}, the hard support that had disappeared was brought back - RNG had the same idea in the first game of the day.
So this is why everyone was surprised when EDG chose an uncommon soft support like Ashe in the first group match.
And this will.
A prompt of [Fateful Duel] appeared in front of Ye Bo.
And this time is different from the past!
【Faker-Fateful Duel】
[1: Shadow Lord, Difficulty]
[2: Justice Colossus, Difficulty]
[3: Rune Mage, Difficulty]
【4: Desert Emperor.】
"Turtle. Gold coins exploded?"
It was the first time that Ye Bo had seen such a fateful confrontation with so many options. It was just like answering a multiple-choice question!
The long list looks just like a to-do list!
And in terms of form, it is also very different from what I remember.
In the past, other people’s fateful duels all required the opponent to select a hero first, and then the challenge would be triggered based on the “matching situation”.
But Li Xianghe's fateful duel————just requires Ye Bo to choose these heroes himself and defeat them!
Even if it's done!
Ye Bo didn't know why this happened.
However, he also knew very well that it was impossible to select options that were obviously unsuitable for the current lineup in order to complete the task, and ensuring the team's victory would always be the top priority.
The good news is.
The hero he originally wanted to choose for this game was on the table, and his ranking was not too low!
The lineups of both sides are confirmed.
《Blue side: EDG丨丨Red side: T1》
[Top: Desert Butcher vs Future Guardian]
[Jungle: King of the Ruined King vs. Lee Sin]
[Mid: Leblanc vs. Stray Thorn]
[Shooter: Piltover Policewoman vs Arrow of Retribution]
[Assist: Radiant Lady vs Soullock Warden]
(End of this chapter)