Chapter 144 Even if there are thousands of mountains blocking the way, let’s just watch the wind bre

Chapter 144 Even if there are thousands of mountains blocking the way, let’s just watch the wind bre

Chapter 144 Even if there are thousands of mountains blocking the way, let’s just watch the wind break through the clouds!
On the 23rd, when the sunset gilded Madison Square Garden, the third day of the quarterfinals officially began.

A bearded European and American man came to the center of the stage.

"First, let us welcome! The 2020 World Championship champion and 2021 World Championship runner-up - DWG KIA!"

"Top laner Nuguri, jungler Canyon, mid laner Showmaker, bottom laner deokdam, support Kellin and head coach Daeny!"

The five members of DK came onto the stage one by one from the backstage player channel, waved to the audience, and looked full of energy.

The host then changed the subject and pointed to the other side: "Next, it's the 2021 World Finals champion! EDward Gaming, who made a comeback this year!"

"Top laner Flandre!"

"Jungle Jiejie!"

Two shouts were made in succession, but no one came out.

The host ignored it and continued to shout out the next name.

"Mid laner! YE!"

As the host's voice disappeared, the cheers from the audience suddenly broke out again, even to a volume far exceeding that of before!
In addition to the large number of foreigners, there were also many local European and American audiences who spontaneously cheered for Ye Bo.

After six group stage matches, Ye Bo has already conquered and accumulated a considerable number of supporters!
His playing style is aggressive and his operations are gorgeous. Defeating T1 and killing Faker alone are big news in themselves. All of these are rapidly increasing his popularity.

"Win, win, we win half of the game at the start."

Ye Bo subconsciously wanted to joke with the person next to him, but then he remembered that he was alone.

When Ye Bo walked out of the passage alone, he seemed a little thin in front of the full team of DK.

The bearded host finished the last two air announcements and finally shouted, "And the head coach, Clearlove Seven!"

As the factory manager smiled and waved his hand he walked onto the platform.

The audience seats below the stage immediately burst into a chorus of “Seven! Seven! Seven!”

In terms of popularity, although Mingkai has retired, he is still a standout abroad.

"I would like to inform everyone that due to epidemic prevention regulations, EDG's top laner Flandre, jungler Jiejie, bottom laner Viper, and support Meiko need to participate in the 'online competition'."

"The top of the finals, the reunion of the top eight!"

“Let’s wait and see the battle between the two world champions!”

The rules of this World Championship state that if someone on the team is tested positive, they can only enter the official designated single isolation room and participate in online competitions.

Of course, in order to avoid gossip, the authorities have almost equipped one-on-one supervisory referees, so there is absolutely no room for suspicion, and it may even be more strict.

This isn’t the first time there’s been an online competition either.

Similar situations have occurred before, including RNG and the opposing DK.

But just like today, there was only one person from the whole team, which was really a bit weird.

There was constant discussion in the theater.

Just when a lot of pessimistic voices were heard in the live broadcast room.

The director cut the camera to the contestants' seats - a hilarious scene that immediately made people laugh!
The EDG player seat was not empty like other teams. Instead, there were four stuffed bears wearing EDG team uniforms waiting for Ye Bo there in advance.

The picture looks a little strange, yet warm.

Obviously, this was something EDG took the initiative to request and manipulate.

Anyway, it does not violate the rules of the competition, so the organizer naturally has no objection.

However, when Ye Bo walked into the contestant seats, he did not sit down directly.

He carefully took out four small objects from the pocket of the peripherals in his arms and placed them in order in front of the four little bears.

That is EDG’s Q version skin figurine.

They are the male gun with sharp eyes, Viego with the Ruined King sword pointing to the sky, Aphelios with dual guns on his back, and Yuumi standing in the light of the magic book.

[My family members are in tears, this is a bit tragic. If we win this match, it will definitely be a famous scene that will go down in history! ]

[Okay! This isn't 1v5 anymore!]

[Don't be so mean, there's a factory behind us, this wave is 1v6! ]

[Brother Kai, I ordered it. Did you initiate it? ]

【One and many duels between Weiyang people! 】

[This organizer is really a waste of money. They still don’t allow players to wear masks to play the game. They must let the last person get infected, right?]

[Anyway, I've already prepared myself mentally for today. Alas, there's really nothing I can do.]

After arranging the figures, Ye Bo sat back in his seat in the middle.

He silently glanced at his teammates on both sides, put on his headphones, and connected to the team voice of the other members in the hotel's isolation room.

The commentators at the scene were also deeply moved by what had just happened.

"This World Championship has been a really bumpy road. First, TES was eliminated unexpectedly, and then RNG and JDG, who we had high hopes for, both fell in the quarterfinals," Guan Zeyuan said with some regret.

"But now, we can only trust the last hope in the region and look forward to the Icelandic miracle happening again. All LPL fans, please cheer for them!"

Rita nodded vigorously: "Believe in our number one seed EDG, and also believe in YE, the player who has brought us countless miraculous performances! He also carried a part of the strength of his teammates today!"

Wang Duoduo just felt that this scene was very poetic.

"That's right. Even if there are thousands of mountains blocking our way, let's just watch the new wind break through the clouds!"

"Let's cheer for EDG! Let's enter this game together!"

When the last shout was uttered, the atmosphere on the scene and in the live broadcast room was pushed to the limit.

A clanging sound was heard and the BP screen was pulled.

Both sides banned speed in the first round——

EDG: Male Gun, Ruined King, Fiora
DK: Akali, Sylas, Policewoman

"The intentions of both sides in the first round of BP seem to be very clear, both are targeting the core players of the other side!" Guan Zeyuan's return to form showed clues.

Obviously, the DK players who had just recovered were all very clear about how great the impact was after being hit.

Therefore, their tactical goal in the first game was very simple and direct—target the middle lane!

The reason why they did not choose to ban Leblanc was that if Ye Bo grabbed Leblanc, they could take out Asgard to fight against the mid and jungle, which would be exactly what they wanted.

As for, on the red side, you have to decide whether to release the cat or the policewoman.

This is also the result of DK's serious thinking.

EDG's Caitlyn system was so successful in the first game against T1. Even though everyone knew that it was a huge advantage because of Leblanc, the mid-term rhythm of relying on Caitlyn's system to almost push the game in 23 minutes was still very deterrent.

On the contrary, the cat that everyone thought should never be released has now suffered three consecutive defeats!

And the three losses were also verified by T1 and DRX, two strong teams that have already entered the semi-finals.

Looking at it this way, anyone would think that cats are not as strong as imagined.

It even has a bit of the flavor of "Version Trap".

As for the DK team, whether from the DWG period or now, it is still built with the jungler as the absolute core.

Therefore, EDG's BP targeting is also a very reasonable choice.

but.

Ye Bo’s preparations these days were naturally not that simple.

"EDG grabbed the tree right away! They didn't grab the cat!"

"From this perspective, perhaps EDG wanted to replace banning the jungler with a steal, and maybe even they felt that the hero Cat had issues with his strength, which might have a significant impact on the rest of the game."

DK's champion coach Danny looked at the big tree with a strange expression.

How could they steal the big tree?

In his BP prediction, it is reasonable for EDG to grab Ninja Turtles, Aatrox, and LeBlanc.

Even EDG felt that the cat was a trap, and also guessed that Ahri was the choice they deliberately released.

But the Sword Demon.
Danny suddenly felt a ripple of panic in his heart.

"Did they find out?"

"Take what we want first."

DK turned around and grabbed Sejuani and Leblanc.

In contrast, they were not worried that Ye Bo would choose the Ice Girl to capture Xu Xiu's Enchantress.

It can even be said that I am very happy about it.

If Ye Bo picked the Ice Girl, it would be equivalent to actively pulling the battle line to the mid-jungle confrontation, and this is the matchup that DK really wants to seize. "Because the jungle position has been blocked too much, DK grabbed the Pig Girl to prevent the jungle position from being targeted in the second round!" Guan Zeyuan expressed his understanding.

"And DK's respect is really high! Xu Xiu's Leblanc is also a steal. They are targeting YE's hero pool. At the same time, Leblanc is also Xu Xiu's forte!"

Wang Duoduo noticed Ye Bo, who was rubbing his chin in thought, and said with a smile: "Coach Ye looks like he is thinking about something."

Mingkai was still standing behind him, barely moving his lips as usual.

Ye Bo looked at his notebook and said decisively, "80% of their Pig is in the top lane. Let's just take Cat and Ornn."

When EDG's first round of selection was over, the commentary desk was also quite surprised.

"EDG didn't even pick Aatrox! Are they worried about the status of Saint Spear?"

"But in this case, isn't this just handing the Sword Demon over to DK? The Sword Demon is a bit of a counter to Ornn!"

No one noticed.

After seeing Ornn, Danny couldn't help but lift his curly hair, and his face looked obviously a little ugly.

He knew that he had been exposed.

But, it shouldn’t be like this!

DK never exposed this in any training matches, how could EDG find out! ?
Actually.

This DK team has a very fatal flaw in this version, which is the same level as the LPL team's inability to use Miss Fortune.

There is a big problem with Niu Guli’s Sword Demon!
Niu Guli's Aatrox career win rate is as high as 35.7%. To be more precise, he has not won a single game since S9, and he has not even had a positive record!

But if that were the case, it would be obvious that Ye Bo was not the only one who would do data analysis.

That would be easily exposed.

You know, Aatrox is a very popular hero in the current version of the World Championship. If people find out that they can't play this hero, BP will be extremely difficult to do!

And there's really no way to temporarily solve this problem.

After all, some players just can’t play certain heroes. For example, some can’t play Xia, some can’t play Draven, and some can’t play Gnar.
So, Danny played a trick.

In order not to expose this problem, they deliberately grabbed a game of Aatrox for Niuguli with a very high priority ban in the group stage. Facing the wildcard top laner from CFO, they struck a heavy blow.

More than that.

In order to cover up this flaw, they even deliberately continued this BP strategy when facing RNG, making subsequent enemies think that the Sword Demon was a hero with a very high tactical position in their team and was always in a position that had to be banned or selected.

In fact, DK lost to RNG in the second tiebreaker due to this reason to a small extent.

Danny thought he had done it perfectly, at least he had successfully deceived all other opponents in the group stage!
But he definitely didn't expect it.
It was because of that game that Ye Bo discovered the flaw in the confusing match that he forced Niu Guli to choose.

Indeed, Niu Guli’s hard power is definitely enough to crush his opponents, and he also has Canyon’s deliberate support.

In that game, the Sword Demon quickly accumulated advantages in the early stage, skipped the laning phase early, and made several operations with the advantage of equipment.

If we only look at the record, or a rough review of the game, no one would doubt anything.

Danny could never have imagined that someone would be so "idle" as to hold a magnifying glass and conduct a "one-on-one" review of the "first-person perspective" laning situation of the five DK players - just to "make up lessons" for his teammates.

You have to know that they played against the wild card team in that game.

Even if someone really wants to study DK, they will take into account the gap in strength between the two sides and it is impossible to study it in such detail!

But Ye Bo did just that.

Anyway, my teammates need to rest during these five days and there is not much time for training games.

He didn't waste a second.

It just so happened that Ye Bo often practiced laning with Saint Spear Brother before, especially laning with the Sword Demon, so he was influenced by him.

So Ye Bo discovered it quickly.

Niuguli’s understanding of the laning phase against the Sword Demon is simply appalling!
It feels like even the Saint Spear guy who has just started training is better than him!
With a Sword Demon of this level, how could DK possibly fight so hard to grab him?
When combined with DK, it is obvious that the BP position of the Sword Demon is being deliberately raised. If you combine the two and make some guesses, you will find a huge contradiction.

As it turned out, Ye Bo made the right bet.

The time he put in paid off.

"DK didn't choose Aatrox either!!"

"They picked Lee Sin to form a strong fighting mid-jungle. Although this is fine, there should be other heroes in Canyon's hero pool, right?"

"And this should put Sejuani in the top lane. It doesn't make sense!"

"The opponent's top laner has already come out, and the Aatrox is countering Ornn. No matter how you look at it, it must be the Aatrox that's being picked."

Choosing Lee Sin was a helpless move, because the jungler position was the focus of the first round of BP. Among the "offensive junglers", heroes who are good at fighting Maokai have all been banned or snatched away, and Canyon can only choose between tanks like Troll and Poppy or strong-opening heroes like Lee Sin and Vi.

Even if the outside world doesn't understand it yet.

But it is obvious that at least between the two players, each of them already knows the truth.

In this BO5, the first rift in the BP game has quietly appeared.

Entering the second round of ban————

EDG: Renata, Lucian
DK: Taliyah, Nunu

Since EDG directly dismantled the two evergreen combinations in the bottom lane, it made no sense for deokdam, whose hero pool was already relatively shallow, to chase and ban the bottom lane.

DK simply put all the bans on the mid laner.

"DK banned four mid laners! And they are all YE's favorite heroes!"

"DK picked Moonman for AD, which is the hero that deokdam uses the most games. However, he can only be paired with Lulu, who has been greatly weakened in this version."

"EDG picked Sivir and Tsar!"

“The Tsar of YE players.”

The three people at the LPL commentary desk paused for a moment, trying hard to recall the past in their minds.

I can clearly recall the "double wall push back" gank in the top lane, and the super long displacement of "Sand Soldiers Pushing Sand Soldiers" jumping over the river in the middle lane, but there seems to be nothing else.

There even seem to be quite a few "ghost scenes".

In contrast.

This is definitely the hero that left the least impression on everyone among the heroes Ye Bo has ever chosen.

This is also normal.

after all.

The Tsar’s “real role” is not easy to see on the surface.

DK has no more options and can only pick Lulu as the last pick.

The lineups of both sides are confirmed.

《Blue side: EDG丨丨Red side: DK》

[Top: Flame of the Mountain vs. Fury of the North]

[Jungle: Twisted Treant vs. Lee Sin]

[Mid-lane: Desert Emperor vs. Leblanc, the Deceiver]

[Sagittarius: Goddess of War vs. Suzu of the Crescent Moon]

[Assistance: Magic Cat vs. Fairy Witch]

"In the first game, both teams' lineups tended to be traditional and conventional, which are the most popular styles in the current version." Guan Zeyuan gave a sharp review of the lineups.

"Well, it feels like it's quite rare for EDG to choose this kind of lineup," Rita said after thinking about it.

"Haha, it may be because of YE player's Tsar. After all, he does select Tsar less frequently, and the lineup will become relatively slow once this hero appears." Wang Duoduo expressed his thoughts.

"Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that EDG has a new BP strategy. After all, we are in the middle of the quarterfinals, and everything should change!"

Ye Bo did make changes.

He had made a lot of preparations for this BO5.

The most basic purpose is to choose "simple and brainless" heroes for your teammates as much as possible to reduce the chance of mistakes.

So if you look closely, you will find that these heroes of EDG all belong to this type.

As for another important point.
It's a big tree.

This is also the reason why Ye Bo decided to take a risk in the first game to test out the opponent's hidden vulnerability in the Sword Demon and make way for BP.

Because these days.

Ye Bo, has been learning about big trees
(End of this chapter)