Chapter 147 6ban mid laner! 1 "big gift"!
Chapter 147 Six bans in the middle! A "big gift"!
"Congratulations to EDG! They got the first point in this knockout match and won the first game of the quarterfinals!" Guan Zeyuan raised his arms high.
"In fact, after Tsar got a triple kill, LeBlanc was unable to suppress the opponent due to the huge equipment gap. Afterwards, all EDG members did not give her any chances, and the outcome of the game was already determined!"
He continued, "They have such a good command of this lineup. Maybe this is the system they have prepared for the quarterfinals!"
When Wang Duoduo heard this, he suddenly remembered the feeling of déjà vu he had just had: "No, come to think of it, isn't this EDG lineup actually the style they have always been best at? This is 'EDG'!"
Rita beside him suddenly realized after being reminded: "Oh yes, it is true, the previous learning"
Due to the influence of the long summer season.
Everyone's impression of EDG has changed to the "strong attack" and "fast pace" labels dominated by the mid lane.
Even DK thinks so.
Therefore, in this game, they never thought that EDG would actually choose the "Tsar Four Protecting One" system.
But you have to know that the previous EDG has always been a "brush core" system with Scout as the core!
It was just that the performance was poor throughout the first half of 2022, until the appearance of Ye Bo changed everything, and it has been used ever since.
And now, Ye Bo seems to have successfully taken over the baton.
Even better!
[Who said that the Tsar couldn't save EDG? It's the people who caused the trouble! ]
[This match is really a stark contrast. They are both four protecting one, but one of them sucks blood from his teammates' noses! The other one carries his teammates on his shoulders! ]
[When I said this, I suddenly realized that this year is different from last year. If EDG can win this game, wouldn’t it be another 1v3 in the semifinals! ? ]
[Haha, if this happens again, it will really be: "If you could do it last year, I can do it too!"]
[I'm testing the gauze! Can the director cut to Scott's perspective? Oh, he's not here, so it's okay~]
[Don't open the champagne, this is just the first game! ]
At the competition site, the cheers from the upper and lower floors of the theater converged, creating a three-dimensional momentum as massive as a tide!
Xu Xiu took off her headphones and heard the noisy sounds in the theater.
Unfortunately, I was not the one to be greeted with cheers.
He believed that he did not make any mistakes in this game. In the early laning phase, he somewhat suppressed the Tsar, and even his Leblanc was present in several key rhythms!
The result was that in just eight minutes, there was no chance of success in the laning phase!
If the collapse was due to his poor laning performance, then he would have nothing to say. But this inexplicable collapse only made him feel depressed, and at the same time, a little unwilling.
Canyon, who had a chubby face, was obviously in a bad mood. He stood up quickly together with Niu Guli, who had a slightly hunched back.
And on the other side of the contestant seats.
Ye Bo was doing the same as usual. After the base explosion, he first looked at the post-match data, and then threw off his headphones in excitement and joy.
"Awesome brother, this is the Tsar"
Just as I subconsciously stood up and turned around to celebrate, I suddenly realized that there was no one on either side of me.
Only the action figure, which was slightly shaken, was looking at him sideways.
Ye Bo walked forward carefully and straightened the doll of the little Ruined King.
Then he walked back to the stairs leading to the contestants' passage.
This scene was clearly captured by the on-site camera, and the director quickly moved the camera to a close-up of the back!
The audience suddenly erupted in screams and cheers, one higher than the other, until the long staircase gradually dimmed in light and shadow, gradually swallowing up the boy's back.
The European and American commentators at the scene were also infected by the atmosphere in the audience: "It is obvious that even though there is only one person on the scene and even though YE has no teammates by his side, he can still blow up the Madison Square Garden Theater just by himself!"
"He deserves it! YE undoubtedly carried the team on his shoulders in this game and won the first crucial victory beautifully!"
"Then let's take a short break and wait for the second match between the two sides!"
Ye Bo returned to the lounge alone and had a simple celebration with Ming Kai who greeted him.
But the backstage, which was once bustling with activity, now seems very quiet.
Ye Bo couldn't wait to open his phone and make a video call with his teammates.
This was the first time he saw his teammates' faces today.
Saint Spear Brother has recovered the best, but his throat is still not feeling well.
The two players in the bottom lane also showed signs of improvement, their faces became a little rosy, but they would still cover their mouths and cough from time to time.
Only the jungler brother still looked pale, and obviously looked very listless.
"Well done guys, everyone played great!"
Facing Ye Bo's full emotional value.
The four people on the other side of the screen also revealed smiles which have become "rare" in the past few days.
To be honest, before today's game started, everyone was very anxious.
No one knows how much of their strength they can display in the current state, after all, their performance in the training match was not very satisfactory.
In the past few days, they have been worried that this incident will cause them to fail in the quarterfinals again.
And if they really stop in the quarterfinals, the four EDG players will probably feel doubly sad.
They were not upset about themselves, but about Ye Bo, their teammate who was making his debut in the S-League. With such performance and strength, if they were to stop here because of such a factor,
"Master Ye is the one who drops dicks!" Saint Spear said hoarsely with a grin.
"Their bottom lane is really not good, it really is." Viper's tone was obviously a little dissatisfied.
If he wasn't still feeling a little dizzy, he would definitely have the confidence to create an advantage in the bottom lane at level rank!
In this way, all the burdens will not be placed on the shoulders of the young teammate in the middle.
"It's not a big problem. We just need to keep it stable today and wait for Master Ye to lead us~" Meiko comforted her partner through the screen.
"Master Ye, what do you want us to choose?" Jiejie, who still couldn't speak clearly, spoke weakly.
Ye Bo opened his notebook.
"Well, let me briefly talk about the BP in the next game."
"So far, it seems to be within our expectations, as long as they don't have some secret weapons we don't know about."
In fact, there are no major changes to the BP between games. These must be prepared before the battle the day before, and at most they can only be fine-tuned based on the performance of the previous game.
And it's obvious.
EDG was able to win the first game so smoothly, and the proportion of BP and lineup was definitely not small!
Not only are the powerful and system heroes of this version, such as Tsar, Cat, and Treant, all available, but the opponent's choices in other positions are also basically made according to deduction.
Every step is within the design expectations.
This also confirmed the loophole in the opponent's top lane hero pool!
Even though the next game is on the red side.
But Ye Bo, who was well prepared, was still full of confidence.
After briefly explaining everything, Ye Bo quickly asked his teammates to go and rest.
After being infected, the biggest problem is actually feeling tired easily.
In the training matches a few days ago, everyone had to take a good rest after each game before they could refocus.
The high-intensity operations and mental pressure of the game are undoubtedly incomparable to the training game. In fact, this is the biggest test of this BO5!
So Ye Bo knew very well that they had to try their best and not let the game be dragged into the fifth round!
Of course, Ye Bo was not idle during the remaining time between games.
He began to review the OB video by himself.
In particular, I reviewed the key waves and pondered the battle decision-making habits of the DK generals.
"I feel like I didn't command well this time, it seems like I could have done better." Ye Bo muttered to himself as he watched the fragile group cooperation of "The Forbidden Army Sheep Comes".
“Huh? This wave is not good enough!?” Mingkai, who was pouring water, screamed in surprise: “When I saw that wave backstage, people jumped up and down. It was so handsome!”
Ye Bo explained to the other party seriously.
"Look, Director A, actually, Ornn's W's Fragility only takes effect at the last part of W."
"So at that time, if I let Xuanjun finish his R, and wait for Azar's R to push back Ornn in the air, I could spray W, so that I could land and use E on top, and then I could hit the group triple Fragile in the air!"
Although, the outcome of that wave will not change.
After all, if Ahri and Lee Sin were hit by double Fragility, they would have died, which is the same result as triple Fragility. At most, even Sejuani might not be able to land with his body intact.
But Ye Bo is very serious about the "operation".
Whenever he found an operation that could be refined and improved, he would carefully repeat the study and practice, and he never got tired of it.
So————Why can Ye Bo often successfully perform those seemingly extremely risky operations on the court?
The answer is actually very simple.
Just one word: practice!
He had done a lot of training in advance, and even often used the time flow practice in the {Trial Field} - which was equivalent to engraving the operation into his muscles.
In this way, when playing the game, he no longer needs to think repeatedly, so he can make the shot as soon as he waves his hand and reduce his error rate.
Of course, it is such a simple method, but few people can do it.
After all, if you want those players who "punch in to work" to go to the training camp to repeatedly practice a small operation that may not be used at all, it must be "trained into muscles".
This is too difficult~
"Hmm? This?" When Ye Bo continued to look back and reviewed one of the operations, he found another "strange" thing.
He immediately opened the training camp to try
Ming Kai looked at Ye Bo who was absorbed in his research, and even his action of pouring water for him slowed down for fear of disturbing him.
At this time, the LCK event live broadcast room was silent.
The MVP selection results have already appeared in the live broadcast - the result is naturally no surprise, and it is almost certain that the four-protect-one player will win the MVP.
In the 30-minute game, the Tsar had an output of 34967, and the average damage per minute exceeded !
Damage conversion rate is 190.6%.
Eat more, fight more!
The damage output ratio is close to a terrifying 49.7%!
"This Tsar alone dealt nearly half of the damage to the entire team." Even the Roaring Emperor couldn't help but be amazed.
"This data should be about to break the record, right? I guess even if it doesn't break, it won't be too far off."
CT brother found the highlight: "Wait, why is this cat's damage so high?"
What is unexpected is that it was not someone else who lowered the Tsar's damage ratio.
It's the cat!
Cats from the "Mage Cat" school can not only provide mounts with higher {Adaptive Power}, but also generate Poke benefits in a team battle that are completely beyond common knowledge!
In several waves of team fights, the damage was almost the same as that of the C position!
"Looking at it this way, it seems like cats are still a bit unreliable."
"DK is now behind, they must adjust as soon as possible, and they must strive to win when they come to the blue side next time!"
The short halftime passed.
The contestants from both teams returned to the stage, and Ye Bo once again walked onto the stage alone and sat in the contestant seat.
"The second match between the two sides begins!"
"DK on the blue side, EDG on the red side, let's enter the BP phase!"
Danny, standing behind the DK player's booth, had a serious look on his face.
But their ideas for this game are not complicated.
In the first game, the reason was due to the information loophole of the Tsar and the unexpected move of the Sword Demon.
In this game, they are on the blue side and should have the initiative as they have the BP advantage.
After careful consideration, Danny decided to continue with the ideas from the first game and make full use of the blue team's BP advantage!
To put it bluntly, they were not prepared to "show their skills."
Danny’s consideration is——————if they win this game, EDG will return to the blue side in the next game, and that will be the key to their victory in this BO5!
no way.
Due to the shortcomings of the bottom lane duo, many tactics and systems cannot be used, so DK actually does not have many "secret weapons" hidden in their hands.
And if in this game, the blue team, which already enjoys the BP advantage, will be anxious to hand over its trump card.
Even if we win this game, if the opponent goes to the blue side and targets us in the next game, it will still be difficult to win this BO5!
The first three bans of both sides————
DK: Akali, Sylas, Leblanc
EDG: Ruined King, Cat, Sword Princess
"In this match, DK came to the blue side and still targeted the mid lane, and they targeted the triple ban mid laner even more!"
"Not only that, DK was the first to snatch away the Tsar who was performing well!"
“Are you trying to block YE’s hero pool to the limit?!”
According to Ye Bo's understanding and logic, DK's bottom lane is not strong, so giving the cat to the opponent will greatly make up for the strength gap of the support.
What's more, there is the wild core Canyon, so the cat naturally cannot be released.
But Danny had studied it, too.
In Ye Bo's hero pool, there is only one hero who is good at fighting against Tsar, Yongen.
But what kind of hero is Yongen?
Once this hero is selected, he essentially has the same power-generating period as the Tsar. In the later stages, he may even be worse than the Tsar, and it is also difficult to gain control of the line from the Tsar during the laning phase!
All of Danny's actions were intended to protect the jungle.
But EDG, as the red team, did not ban the policewoman.
Yes, DK is the only team among the four LCK teams that cannot use Caitlyn.
This can be seen from the three matches between DK and RNG in the group stage, in which neither side made any selection or ban.
But the fact that the policewoman couldn’t be caught had little to do with the egg being lost.
The main reason is that Canyon, as the jungler and rhythm core, cannot play around the weakest bottom lane. It was because of this understanding that Ye Bo was completely sure that the opponent could not take the policewoman.
In other words, even if he guessed wrong, and DK really took out Caitlyn and chose to tie Canyon in the bottom lane————that would be completely acceptable!
But Danny was just as savvy.
He was sure that EDG, which came to the red side, would no longer have enough ban slots to target the jungler, and at least today, the opponent was unlikely to dare to give the jungler a hero with high operation skills.
Even if they do get it, Canyon is sure to counterattack!
"EDG counterattacks and gets Caitlyn + Treant!"
"DK chose to grab Radiance Lady, destroy the pusher group, and then let Canyon grab the powerful Graves!"
The two strongest jungle cores in the current version are the Ruined King and Graves.
Relatively speaking, the Ruined King has a higher upper limit of operation and is suitable for more lineups, which is why EDG banned him.
EDG selected the Sword Demon on the third floor.
When he locked onto the Sword Demon, Saint Spear's breathing became noticeably heavier.
Although he had been practicing Aatrox intensively long before the World Championship, and Ye Bo had been practicing laning against this hero with him.
But if you really have to face Niuguli in the lane, especially when his debuff has not yet disappeared, it is inevitable to be nervous.
"Relax, Brother Saint Spear, there will be no problem!"
Ye Bo gave timely encouragement full of confidence, and at the end he added a light-hearted flick of the tongue to ease the atmosphere.
And that inexplicable self-confidence seemed to have some kind of magic, which really relieved Saint Spear Brother's tension a lot.
Second round of ban————
DK: Yone, Rockbird
EDG: Crocodile, Jayce
"Fifth ban mid! No, this is a sixth ban! DK even banned Tsar by stealing him!"
"This is no longer targeted, it's obvious that they are trying to gather the strength of the entire team to crush your only source of strength!"
"But this is not without cost. You can see that EDG's lineup as the red side seems to be a bit better."
"The only question now is what is left for YE to deal with Showmaker's Tsar!"
The six bans of mid laners have indeed blocked the hero pool for the mid lane.
Of course, Ye Bo still has a lot to play with.
But those, at least in Danny's opinion, are options that can be targeted and cracked.
But the price of dedicating all the BAN positions to the middle lane is naturally that EDG, as the red side, can actually choose a set of heroes that are considered strong in all positions in the current version!
Of course, this can be achieved not only because the mid lane bears the main firepower of BP.
Also, because of the "BP cancer" such as Sword Demon and Policewoman, Ye Bo had already gradually eliminated them in the previous rounds.
In addition to sacrificing the AD position, DK also selected strong heroes in this version, and the strength of the lineup was not lagging behind at all.
But everyone knows that in this version of BP is unbalanced.
The red team and the blue team have similar lineup capabilities—which is a disadvantage in itself!
EDG selected Renata.
DK chose Shen to play the single line with Niuguli, and then chose EZ to cooperate with Lux to deal with Caitlyn's bottom lane pushing system.
Arrived at the fifth floor.
EDG pulled out the answer they had prepared for this second game.
"Pike!?"
The lineups of both sides are confirmed.
《Blue side: DK丨丨Red side: EDG》
[Top: Qing Gangying vs. Darkin Aatrox]
[Jungle: Outlaw vs. Twisted Tree Spirit]
[Mid-lane: Desert Emperor vs Blood Harbor Ghost]
[Shooter: Explorer vs. Piltover Policewoman]
[Assist: Radiant Lady vs Alchemist Baron]
"YE player actually chose to use Pike in the middle to deal with Tsar!?"
"Can this be fought?"
This choice has obviously been questioned by many.
however.
This is actually a "big gift" that Ye Bo prepared to give to his opponent.
That was after the last day of the group stage. Thanks to Ye Bo's Pike's sudden upgrade to level seven, he gained a new understanding - a system he had recently figured out!
A set of systems specifically designed for the DK team and this game.
(End of this chapter)