Chapter 209 Hexagonal Midfielder! Then I came to LPL for nothing!
Chapter 209 Hexagonal Midfielder! Then I came to LPL for nothing!
"Congratulations to V5 for taking the first victory!" Miller shouted excitedly.
"In the first game, they quickly expanded their advantage with the advancement of the bottom lane duo, and quickly ended the game with the strong development and laning ability of the mid lane!"
Wawa at the side said loudly: "To be honest, V5's tactics are too sophisticated, especially YE, who started to use more mages this season. It feels very supportive, and the game has never been out of their control!"
The Duke shook his head and said with some emotion: "I have to say that in this game, JDG's jungler was restrained, and the strong combination chosen by the bottom lane duo was restricted by the strange policewoman support."
"To be honest, when I was a professional player, I was most afraid of teams that always had new things."
Among all leagues, the spring season is the most special time period.
Apart from last year's S12, this is the only time that "subversive" changes were made in the middle of the year.
For all other seasons, the biggest "disruption" changes each year are at the beginning of the year, that is, in the spring season.
So generally speaking, the Spring Split is a stage where all teams explore the whole new canyon—getting familiar with unfamiliar things, and everyone will naturally and instinctively get used to using their most familiar old playing style.
This is the case with TES, JDG, and even WBG, whose entire roster has been replaced. The overall team's playing system has not changed much from last year.
But it's obvious.
Up to now, V5 has had several different systems and playing styles, and has been trying new things.
The one who has changed the most is Ye Bo.
Since last year, basically 90% of the time, "early stage heroes" were prioritized to increase the tempo, as if every game had a sense of urgency of "success or death".
This year, he began to choose core options such as Ryze and Dragon King more frequently.
It seems that the sense of urgency has been transferred to the opponent, while the team has gained a sense of control and relaxation, and the occurrence of "crisis moments" has also been reduced accordingly.
of course.
The most important thing is that even if he chooses this kind of mage core hero, he can still gain an advantage in most laning phases!
This is the thing called "Introducing How to Learn to Send Hair".
The live broadcast room is playing post-match highlights.
The early stage of reflection road level design, jungle confrontation and bizarre laning understanding, to the mid-term passionate confrontation on the top lane.
And finally, the series of shocking star-falling waterfalls from the sky are so vivid in people’s memory, both the visual effects and the actual combat scenes, as if the sense of oppression is overflowing from the screen!
[This is a dragon! It feels really oppressive, right? Are those noobs who played a few days ago worthy of being called the Dragon King? ]
[The new Dragon King looks really cool, but the name of his ultimate skill isn't impressive enough. I suggest changing it to "Heavenly Movement ~ All Things"! ]
[From this perspective, this year's King will be released so early? 】
[Then I have to mention a person. For many years, wherever he was, that team was the No. 1 seed of LPL, and finally won the world championship. That's right! It's me, Flandre! ]
[Don't say that, let's use the process of elimination. EDG also lost a lot of games in the summer season last year, and then Master Ye kicked someone away, and they immediately started an unbeatable winning streak! This is really a human problem! ]
[Designer: "I worked hard to balance the version every day, but I didn't expect that all my work would be in vain because of one person."]
Backstage, the JDG players sitting together had different expressions.
Generally speaking, no one is convinced.
369 felt that he should lose without any effort.
Sion went to steal the buff at level 1 and got his equipment first. However, because he got online later, the line of troops was pushed forward, and the wards he placed at level 1 did not work. It was normal that he could not suppress the opponent later.
Kanavi thinks that there is nothing wrong with his handling. Sylas played so well in the early stage, so it is normal to chase him when he enters the strong period.
Emperor Chi was extremely unhappy!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Finally, he couldn't help but open his mouth: "Ya Yixi, I told you, come down!"
"Why do you keep going to the top lane to catch Sion? Even if you catch him, will it be useful? Can you win?"
Chidi deliberately spoke in Korean so that not many people present could understand him.
And obviously he couldn't be talking to the coach.
Kanavi didn't look at him, but just bent forward, picked up the kettle on the table and poured himself some water.
Chidi thought the other party had grown sensible, so his expression eased slightly, and he bent his upper body forward slightly, using the back of his hand to push his water cup forward 0.5cm.
However, Kanavi just finished pouring the water for himself.
Then he put the kettle back!
"?"
Chidi almost couldn't help blurting out the wise words he had learned from his brother before, "Hey, do you think the water will run into my hands by itself?"
Kanavi just took a sip of water calmly.
The next words he said made Emperor Chi almost explode with anger after being stunned for a moment!
He only said three words lightly.
Even speaking in Chinese.
"It will collapse if you go."
".Shit, we killed the enemy in the bottom lane! Why did the fight in the bottom lane collapse?!"
"Nonsense, every time I switch to the bottom lane, your health is suppressed badly, and when I get counter-attacked, I get directly exploded, and the Dragon King still has a line and can fly."
"And people keep coming into my jungle area. The bottom lane keeps asking me to go. How can I go?"
The two of them each held their own opinion.
This means that players in each position have limited views of other positions.
After all, everyone can only look at the problem from the perspective of their own position.
According to Chidi's ADC thinking, since I chose Skateboard Shoes + Renata, you should always come around the bottom lane and look for fights!
Even if you are not sure of winning in a 3v3 match, you still have to do it. Only then will it make sense to choose this combination.
But from Kanavi's perspective of the wild core.
You guys haven't been able to maintain your health in the laning phase, and you still want me to go to the bottom lane - isn't that just using my jungler's life to give you a chance to operate?
I want to eat fart!
After playing for JDG for so many years, I, Kanavi, have only let the lane give me an advantage!
How could we possibly exchange the jungler's life for an advantage in the lane?
Missing was caught between the two people who were arguing with each other. Listening to the mixed Chinese and Korean voices, she felt a little overwhelmed.
One is the jungler with whom I have been working for more than a year, and the other is the AD player with whom I will continue to communicate closely.
Both must be taken into account
Hongmi on the other side had the same mentality. These two Korean players were players he valued very much, so he didn't say anything at the first time.
But when he saw that the situation was not right, he sighed and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Well, that's not necessary."
"Everyone please be patient. Our team hasn't played many games yet, so it's normal that our playing style hasn't been well-coordinated. We will definitely find the most suitable playing style for us slowly."
“The most important thing now is the next game.”
There is no doubt about Hongmi's BP ability. In terms of pure professional ability, it is not an exaggeration to rank him in the top three among the coaches serving in LPL.
But in his ten-year coaching career, he only had that one experience of a good result in the World Championship when he just started his career and followed his master Edgar as an assistant coach for SSW without any real power.
Afterwards, all the teams he led alone mostly performed very well in the domestic competitions, but started to run into problems when it came to the world competitions!
It even explodes all the time, and has never made it past the top four until now!
One of the main reasons is his personality.
To put it bluntly, "He is too gentle and can't control the contestants at all!"
This is not even as good as the white crescent.
After all, White Crescent has had the famous scenes of throwing Coke bottles in "Am I too gentle with you?" and "Watch the video!", so she can still train the contestants to some extent, and some people are afraid of her when she gets angry.
But the most serious conflict that Hongmi had with a player in his career was in the backstage after losing the S12 group stage:
"If you think I'm a jerk, then you don't have to listen."
If you can’t control the players, this can be a big or small matter.
The downside is that some team members may not practice heroes due to their "preferences", for example, 369 currently does not play because he "does not like" the weapon 0 in version T0.
There may also be players with poor "discipline" who refuse to change despite repeated teachings, perhaps because some people do not want to change their playing style but want the team to integrate, and it is difficult to quickly adjust the status of the players when facing great adversity, so they will directly collapse.
However, if the team performs well and there are no major conflicts between the players, the impact will not be significant.
There is indeed no major essential conflict between Chidi and Kanavi. After all, they are all here to work and may not be together next year, so it's fine for them to just treat each other as ordinary colleagues.
At most, it's just that the ruler can't bully here, and he feels a little unhappy.
But Kanavi also had something to say.
When I was in Griffin, I was bullied because I could only eat Tarzan’s leftover rice and kimchi roots for lunch every day, so I ran to China!
You dared to bully me in LCK, and now you still want to bully me in LPL?
Then my trip to LPL was in vain!
So Kanavi did act like this on purpose. It wasn't because he really had a grudge against Chidi, but he just wanted the other party to face the reality as soon as possible and know that the world here is different!
Hongmi began to plan the tactics for the next game.
The two of them calmed down, and the four of them listened to the discussion together.
It seems like someone is missing! ?
It turned out that it was during the dispute between the two core members who stepped down.
The other key person who lost the lane control in the middle lane, which led to the failure to advance the jungle as planned, had already quietly and skillfully slid his chair back half a step.
I bit my fingernails silently and pretended nothing happened.
It didn't take long for the break to end.
Both players re-entered the stage.
"Welcome back to the live broadcast of the 2023 Spring Split! Now the second round of the match between V5 and JDG is about to begin."
Wawa, who had just finished reading the commercial, was preparing to conduct a pre-match analysis when he suddenly heard the director's voice in his earphones.
His eyes suddenly lit up.
"I have some latest news to share with you. JDG took the initiative to choose the red side in the priority selection right in the second game!"
Miller also said: "This choice is indeed rare"
"But I have another piece of data that may be counterintuitive to share with you. In fact, in the LPL region data so far, the red team's BP win rate is even slightly higher, at 52.3%, slightly ahead of the blue team!"
As early as the first game of the global BP system, there were many discussions about the imbalance between the red and blue sides.
But it is different from what many people expected.
In the spring season data so far, the red team's winning rate is actually higher!
The data for each region is different. For example, the win rate of the LCK blue team is surprisingly high, even approaching 60% at one point.
This may indeed prove that there is a difference between the red and blue sides - but it is definitely not a gap that leans towards one side.
And Redmi also has its own understanding.
In his opinion, the biggest advantage of the "Global BP" competition system is that the red team no longer has a "fixed ban position".
The so-called disadvantage of the red team is actually the existence of heroes in this version that are almost impossible to deal with and must be banned - and these heroes are generally the fixed ban positions of the red team by default.
Take last year’s S game for example.
From the Skateboard Shoes at the beginning, to the Policewoman later, and then to the Sword Demon, they are all things that naturally give the blue team an advantage when they are chosen!
But in the global BP, several strong heroes were selected in the previous game, and there may be room for operation after the number is controlled.
And the red side also has its biggest advantage.
Conte!
In the first game, V5 used the double swing of the mid and jungle + four players in the bottom lane, plus the new double shooter combination of the jungle blades, which resulted in the red team's counter effect not being effective at all.
But that doesn't mean this one can do it.
In Hongmi's opinion, the most important thing against the V5 team is the choice of the counter position - he has to use this to forcibly restrict the opponent's mid laner to ensure that his tactics go as planned!
Of course, this is also an attempt by Redmi.
Ye Bo and Beryl were somewhat surprised when they heard the notice in the background. However, after the last match against TES, they actually had a similar understanding.
Board surfacing is disabled by default.
The 10 hero portraits used in the previous game have turned gray.
"V5 banned Monkey King + Aphelios, while JDG banned Akali + Tsar."
"The ideas behind the first two bans for both teams should be similar to the last game, and they are still banning the opponent's players' special skills."
"It is also because of the disappearance of Varus and the policewoman that Aphelios' priority has become higher than Zelie!"
Starting from the second game, the brain-burning level of the global BP began to emerge.
After a minor rework in the S13 preseason, Zeli became one of the two highest priority "core" ADs alongside Aphelios. If it weren't for the global BP, I'm sure 80% of the games would be about these two!
Then why did V5 ban Zeli in the last game, but banned Aphelios in this game?
Because, Varus, Caitlyn, and Skeleton, who put the most pressure on Aphelios in laning phase, are all disabled by default.
What makes Zeli ahead of Aphelios is her range advantage in laning!
However, V5's third ban has not yet been implemented.
From the camera, we can see that Ye Bo and Beryl seem to be communicating constantly.
Both of them were keenly aware of the difference.
The biggest change in JDG's BP in this game was that they did not ban Quesanti in the second ban, but continued to ban the mid-lane hero.
This creates a new variable.
In the last game, the reason why V5 did not ban Weapon as the third ban because Quesanti was banned was because there was still "Poke Varus", an ADC who was not afraid of Weapon at all, who could be snatched away, as well as many options in the top lane that could deal with Weapon.
But in this game, Varus, Jayce, and Sion have all been banned by default.
If the weapon is released at this time, the blue team will be forced to choose between Quesanti and Quisanti. If they choose the weapon first, they will be countered by the second player, and if they choose Quesanti first, they will be countered by the weapon.
"It's the weapon. Xiaoxun still has that if he wants to beat Wei!" Beryl said shaking his head.
Ye Bo also nodded: "Well, then ban the weapons, and see what their third ban is. There aren't many things left in this game."
V5 sent the weapon to the ban position.
First round of ban————
V5: Monkey, Moon Man, Weapon
JDG: Akali, Tsar, Poppy
The last ban appeared, and the commentary desk didn't realize anything yet.
But the two warring parties had already seen through each other's intentions.
“They want us to do multiple-choice questions.”
Obviously, Redmi is deliberately maintaining the "number" of heroes worth choosing.
Of all the positions out there, what are the remaining OP heroes worth grabbing in this version?
Quesanti in the top lane, Wei in the jungle, and Zeli in the ADC.
Exactly three!
not only that.
The Weapon Master against Quesanti, Poppy and Monkey King against Wei, and Aphelios against Xelie are all gone!
That is to say, no matter what the blue team chooses, JDG will definitely take the remaining two without hesitation and fill up the double OP positions selected by the red team.
And there is no need to worry that the opponent's second and third floors will get the double OP positions selected by Counter!
This shows the difference between Redmi and White Crescent.
Same situation.
In the second game between V5 and TES, White Crescent could only think of running to the blue side in a formulaic manner, and did not consider the red side's counter-attack factor at all, resulting in the fact that the things they stole had no effect at all.
Fortunately, this problem is not difficult to solve for V5.
Because in addition to BP ability, they also have something that the TES players themselves do not have.
"V5 finally grabbed Quesanti! JDG really took Wei + Zeli in the backhand!"
"I must mention that this version of Quesanti has been greatly weakened! I don't know if it can still be shaken now."
Just looking at the changes in this version of Quesanti, it seems like an aorta has been cut.
The abilities that are weakened are extremely valuable.
Q3的{击飞时长}从1秒→0.65秒，Q3的{晕眩时长}从1.25秒→1秒，W的{最小晕眩时长}也从0.75秒→0.5秒。
The loss of R's dual resistance is directly from 65%→85%!
Not only has the key control ability of QW been reduced, but it also becomes more fragile after activating the ultimate skill.
It's just that the mechanism of this thing is so tricky that even after being hit like this, its functionality is still very strong compared to other heroes, just like it has gone from 110 points to 99 points.
"V5 counterattacks and grabs Lulu, plus Lucian?"
"If I want to play Lucian, is Luna better? This combination looks a bit weird."
The commentator's understanding of the game was really lacking. Zoom was only a half-baked player and failed to see the deeper meaning of the game.
But after a brief hesitation, Hongmi's eyes showed shock.
Because at the same time.
The opposing V5 immediately gave him a multiple-choice question.
He realized that the other team's BP manager had a very deep understanding and many things were exactly the same as what he, a full-time coach, thought.
It's like an interpretation of the bottom lane.
In fact, starting from the second game, the position with the greatest impact on the global BP should be the bottom lane——because the keyword of the bottom lane is "combination selection"!
The simplest example.
For example, the disappearance of Renata will limit the combination of heroes: Draven, Aphelios, and Skeleton, and it is easy to restrict them through BP.
For example, Zeli!
Zeli's best partner is undoubtedly Lulu, followed by Cat and Missing's excellent use of Rakan.
The opponent directly grabbed the best Lulu, almost telling you clearly that if you don’t choose a support, you can forget about choosing a good combination. The bottom lane should be prepared to continue to withstand pressure and lose the line like in the previous game.
But at the same time, the mid-jungle hero that best matches with jungler Wei in JDG's lineup is obviously Ahri, which means you have to choose one between the mid and bottom!
"Choose Luo."
In Hongmi's opinion, there are still many options for the mid lane. Anyway, the opponent's mid lane has not come out yet, so the fifth-floor counter position should be enough.
Entering the second round of ban————
JDG: Xin Zhao, Sejuani
V5: Fox, Taliyah
Because he was unsure about where Quesanti would go, 369 first brought out the all-purpose Gnar and left the counter position to the mid laner.
But V5 obviously had plans in advance.
"V5 added Kennen and Kindred!?"
"Qian Jue? Hey, it seems Xun is really good at this!"
Kindred is a hero that is so unpopular in the current version that it cannot be more unpopular.
To be more precise, since the jungle core version of S10, this thing has almost been in a corner where no one cares about it, and only a few players with "special skills" use it.
Although Xun had always been an unknown player in the competition before this year, the commentators had an impression that he was one of the so-called special skills.
This is another difference between V5 and TES.
The "hero pool" of V5's lineup highlights the strangeness and depth of all members!
"In this case, it's only the mid laner, Quesanti!"
"Master Ye's Quesanti!!"
"Although Quesanti has been weakened a lot in this version, I have seen him play in the previous annual SOLO competition. He also relied on this hero to defeat UZI and get the Soloking trophy!"
Hongmi found that things were somewhat beyond his expectations.
Kindred clearly has some ability to restrain Vi's strong headlock.
And the performance of the mid laner, Quesanti, was somewhat unexpected.
Of course he knew that Ye Bo could play Quesanti, but that was the previous version.
After the big nerf in 13.3, it was originally seen as an option that only relied on numbers to force its way into the mid lane, so it should not be that strong anymore.
Can you still "force walk" in the middle now?
Hongmi doesn't really understand Quesanti's mid lane role, mainly because not many people in each region really use him to play mid lane, and he is not enough in the top lane.
And even if they fight, they will target melee heroes like Sylas and Galio.
Didn't think too much about it.
JDG followed the plan and locked in Ahri's substitute, Leblanc, to continue the main theme of the mid and jungle in this game.
Zuo Shou said nothing and made no comment throughout the whole process.
Anyway, the point is to never take responsibility and never take the blame. After all, the coach asked me to choose that!
The lineups of both sides are confirmed.
《Blue side: V5 vs Red side: JDG》
[Top: Furious Heart vs Lost Fang]
[Jungle: Everhunter Twins vs. Piltover Enforcer]
[Mid-lane: Nazumang's Glory vs. Leblanc the Deceiver]
[Shooter: Holy Lance Ranger vs Zaun Fireworks]
[Assist: Fairy Witch vs Phantom Feather]
"It seems that JDG's special selection of the red side is really effective. The lineup looks good!" Wawa said casually.
"The blue team's lineup also looks solid," Miller said, adding, "Let's see if this game can give other teams some ideas. After all, everyone is still in the exploratory stage."
"But I'm personally looking forward to this mid laner, Quesanti!"
"I can only say that Master Ye's boundaries are still expanding! From last year's strong early-game heroes to this year's mid-to-late-game core heroes, he can now even dabble in this kind of 'functional' heroes! If he can really produce results, he's truly a hexagonal mid laner!"
"What a pity. I feel like there's not much to say about fighting against Leblanc?" Zoom also expressed his opinion on the mid lane matchup.
However, it is different from others.
After seeing the opponent choose Ahri in the counter position, Ye Bo's expression seemed a little puzzled.
If it wasn't you, buddy, who taught you to choose Leblanc against Quesanti?
There is another understanding.
This is something that makes Ye Bo different from the people on the commentary desk, and even everyone else at the moment.
And who said that Quesanti is a "functional" hero?
In Ye Bo's opinion.
His understanding of Quesanti in this version is that he is a true "Assassin" hero!
(End of this chapter)