Chapter 244: A showdown from the past that cannot be lost! A sharp blade confrontation!

Chapter 244: A showdown from the past that cannot be lost! A sharp blade confrontation!

Chapter 244: A showdown from the past that cannot be lost! A sharp blade confrontation!

"Red and blue at the start!" The three people on the LPL commentary desk were all smiles: "Congratulations to V5 for getting the first win at MSI!"

I remember saying passionately: "Although they haven't been on the field for a month, the competitive state of all V5 members is extremely reassuring. Their hot state has not been affected at all! Their performance is exactly the same as in the spring season!"

Guan Zeyuan nodded seriously: "Especially the Titan mid laner. According to the information I know, the Chinese and Korean regions didn't pay much attention to this hero before. This means that the players have only practiced it in the past few days!"

"I can only say that it's a good thing that this is a global BP. Otherwise, I believe this Titan mid laner will definitely become the focus of the subsequent BP!"

"This is only the first game of MSI, but Master Ye can be said to have already personally set a ban for the team's subsequent games!"

Rita exclaimed a little exaggeratedly: "To be honest, Master Ye's Titan is completely different from the others. It seems to be different from everyone else's!"

The live broadcast barrage was already very exciting and the atmosphere was very lively at this moment.

[What do you mean, which hero has the same style as the others? 】

[Pure passerby, this mid-lane can even play a pig-nosed hero like Titan like this, if he plays Leblanc, Akali or something like that, wouldn't he be able to fly? ]

[YE: Because I was not allowed to play Akali, I was forced to play all heroes as Akali]

[Reposted from Big B’s original words in his livestream: “Mm! Ya! I said the host was right! Look, even YE is playing!”]

[Don't come back, the relationship between that Titan and this Titan is probably like the relationship between me and Master Ye - we are both human! ]

[Really? One is a deep sea enchantress! The other is a deep sea enchantress? 】

Compared with the excited barrage of comments, the LPL commentary desk still gave the picture of Jinx, who should have been the "protagonist" of this game.

"Not counting secondary leagues like the German Cup and NEST, the only two pentakills that Deft has had in his ten-year career were both achieved during his time with EDG!" Guan Zeyuan reported the news in sync with the director.

"I used Sivir against LGD in the S5 Spring Split, and Jinx against LGD in the S6 Spring Split. But after that, I got nothing."

"After seven years, in the spring, Deft finally got his third pentakill in his career after returning to LPL, and it was Jinx!"

Deft got two pentakills in the two years in LPL, but he failed to get it again in the six years after returning to LCK.

Now it’s my third year back in LPL, and I just happened to get my third pentakill. I can’t help but sigh at the wonder of fate.

Compared with the excited lpl commentators and audiences.

The LCK commentary station next door watched the T1 base collapse into pieces, and their hearts seemed to be bleeding.

"Congratulations to V5," even though he was helpless, the Roaring Emperor could only speak out to congratulate.

"It's such a pity for this game. In fact, it feels like T1's lineup rhythm has completely stabilized. If it weren't for the pentakill in that team fight, it is entirely possible that the game would have been dragged to the late game."

Bang finished his evaluation pretending to be objective, and deliberately added something to show his objectivity: "But I have to admit that Minhyung's performance was completely outshined by Deft in this game. The difference in their experience in teamfights is quite large."

Wolf next to him also said: "I feel that Minxi's performance in this game was not very good. He was obviously suppressed by Beryl."

But obviously, the three of them were deliberately avoiding a question.

Mid laner!

The two people on the commentary desk were both die-hard fans. Although they were not able to stand behind each other like their old teammate Benji, they would subconsciously avoid the problems in the middle lane.

But for truly objective viewers, it is very obvious.

The area where the two sides really showed a clear gap was the mid laner!
Whether it's supporting the team's rhythm, roaming when they have an advantage, or team battles when they have a disadvantage, Titan's role is significantly greater than Quesanthi's.

The LCK live broadcast room is in the midst of a heated argument.

[The commentators should not be too biased! What does this game have to do with our Min Hyung Hee? It's obviously the mid laner who's messing around! Who can play when the ADC is picking up heads everywhere? ]

[As expected of the No. 2 seed that was crushed by our invincible GEN]

[The opponent was just lucky in the first game. T1 hasn't warmed up yet. Wait for Faker nim to come down and teach this YE a lesson! ]

[Although I hate V5, this Titan is really cool. Oh, it's normal that the second seed can't beat the first seed~~]

[Come on, who said the second seed would be beaten like this? Believe it or not, JDG in the lower half of the bracket would not be beaten like this by GEN? T1 is now a pure disgraceful team! ]

【Shit!! Those who don’t support T1 are all traitors!!!】

Although T1 is only the second seed, it has its own unique characteristics in the LCK region. It can even be said that it is a team with "faith" in the eyes of many people.

Even though V5 was strong before the game and was said to have set multiple season records in the LPL, a considerable number of people did not think that T1 would lose.

Even in this speedrun disastrous defeat, everyone attributed it to Jinx's "good luck" in getting a pentakill, which caused the equipment gap to widen to the point where the game was unplayable.

Even the T1 players themselves think so.

To be fair, although there was indeed a very obvious disadvantage in the early stages, it was the team fight that really made the game enter a state where there was almost no chance of success.

And if we don’t look at it from the perspective of “results”.

In that team fight, T1 could even be said to have found a pretty good opportunity. If it weren't for Titan, they could have really killed Jinx and the result would have been very different!
"We are still on the blue side in this game," Benji was comforting his teammates.

"With the global BP, we can forget about the last game. We are not at a disadvantage."

Although it has been implemented for half a year, the global BP is undoubtedly something new for everyone, and each team has its own interpretation.

And this understanding is obviously correct.

The biggest difference between the global BP and the traditional competition system is that no matter how strong the game was in the previous round, you don’t need to spend any time thinking about breaking the game in the next round.

If it were a traditional competition system, the previous matchup [Titan vs. Quisanti] had such an effect, and there would definitely be a fight for this position in the second game.

Either you squeeze out the ban position and release other things, or you fight for Titan on your own.

But Faker's proficiency in Titan is obviously not as high as that of the opponents - but the opponent's mid laner Quesanti's proficiency is higher than theirs!
If they try to grab Titan, they will most likely perform like the European and American teams did in the past few days.

It can be said that if this were a traditional competition system, just this one point would have already taken away half of T1's life!

It will directly become an unsolvable BP weakness!

However, there is a global BP. No matter how strong you are, you can only play one game. The next game will be a completely new and different BP environment.

"I feel like their jungler isn't as good as me or last year's."

Oner seemed to still have some feelings when he said this.

He half-leaned on the gaming chair with his fists clenched, eager to fight: "Actually, if we jump out of the version, my mid-jungle fighting system with Xianghe is still good. As long as it's not a disadvantageous confrontation like the last game, we won't fall behind."

"Compared to last year, their rhythm point is still in the mid and jungle. For example, if the ban position remains unchanged. Ouch! Anyway, what I mean is, do we not have to follow the version?"

Oner originally wanted to give a "long" analysis, but unfortunately the protein powder reserves in his brain were running low.

After being stuck for a long time, I decided to just give up and just start throwing away the result.

Benji was obviously surprised to see Oner, who was usually not good at thinking, actually speak such a long paragraph.

However, although what he said was a mess, if you analyze it carefully, it seems to make some sense!
The version trend of MSI is to focus on AD and jungle dual core.

Mid-lane heroes are basically functional heroes of various types.

Current BP data shows that the top five mid-lane heroes with the highest BP rates are: Ahri, Annie, Ice Girl, Quesanti, and Titan.

Among them, except Ahri which has a special function that means "absolute laning rights", the remaining four are also function kings with "combat capabilities"!
In the last game, T1 banned Annie, a character that Faker is not very good at, while V5 banned Ahri, a character that Faker is very good at.

In the second game, with fewer options, the lineup construction seems to be more varied - it is difficult for them to build a perfect "version lineup" anyway.

Fei Ke nodded slightly after hearing this: "I have no objection."

Aunt Yoshi immediately followed up with a loud shout: "I have no objection either! Choose a strong laning combination for our bottom lane, so that we can really have an advantage in the bottom lane!"

Whenever she thought about Deft getting a pentakill on her head, she would grit her teeth and be extremely unhappy!
He hates Deft!

On the one hand, as the iron-blooded wolf warrior of the T1 club, he looks down on all Korean AD players who have not entered T1. Even though they were blocked by DRX in the semi-finals last year, he still refused to accept it.

Aunt Yoshi is the kind of person who would rather die in T1 even if she is a substitute!

It’s like he has always firmly believed that the best ADC will always be his predecessor Bang!

As Deft was defined as Faker's "opponent" in last year's promotional video, it is understandable that he puts himself in the perspective of his uncle Faker and looks at him with a slightly "enemy" mentality.

On the other hand, the most important thing is... Shit, why is he the one that my support can't forget in his heart!

This is a battle of dignity between the “ex and the current”!

I must not suffer two defeats in a row!

"Actually, should we consider picking a hero for the top lane?" The skinny Keria hugged his legs and rocked on the gaming chair, not noticing the change in mentality of the AD next to him.

"I feel like we should actually have an advantage in the top lane matchup, which Yu Qi also played against last year."

What outsiders don’t know is.

In fact, Keria is the core of T1 team BP. Many key BPs are made by him, which is very similar to Beryl in the DRX period.

However, Keria's personality is very different from Beryl's. Just like her appearance, she is small and speaks softly, and is not as strong and persistent as Beryl.

"If we want to play with strong mid and jungle and then strengthen the bottom lane combination, the top lane BP must be sacrificed a little. Let's see about this at the BP table!" Benji didn't object.

Zeus, who was standing next to him, did not express any opinion at all.

In fact, from the previous section, it is not difficult to see that the teammates would subconsciously mention "last year" from time to time - last year's S12 was a big blow to their entire team.

They lost miserably to EDG in the group stage and lost to DRX in the semi-finals.

And Zeus is considered by many to be the "culprit"!
Especially coming to S13 this year.

Zeus was also beaten up and sick by Doran in the spring regular season and the spring finals. The result of T1, the second seed, was absolutely inseparable from him.

This made Zeus feel inexplicably "guilty".

Even though his teammates never blamed him, they knew that he performed extremely well most of the time.

Now, he just wants to concentrate on improving his skills and fully accept all the arrangements made by the team.

He had only one obsession in his heart, and that was that one day he would have the ability and opportunity to turn the tide and save the team like YE who defeated him last year.

The short break is over.

Both players returned to the stage.

When the audience saw the two teams coming on stage, they immediately started cheering again.

The T1 fans seemed to have adjusted their state during the intermission and started cheering with all their might again.

There were even many screams in Chinese: "Come on, Faker! Kill YE! We must win! We must not lose!"

When the domestic audience nearby saw this scene, they couldn't help but secretly take a video with their mobile phone, and then posted it on the domestic anti-stress forum.

After taking the photo, I quickly joined the crowd around me shouting “Come on, Master Ye!!”

The shouts of tens of thousands of people in the PK resounded throughout the world, and the sound that continued until the start of the BP was covered up.

"BP has begun! T1 still chooses the blue side, and sends Akali to the ban position first!"

I remember clearing my throat and jokingly saying, "It feels foreseeable that unless Akali is significantly weakened later, it will be impossible to see this hero in V5's game again~"

Rita was full of regret: "What a pity! I don't know when I can see the champion skin in the hands of the original owner again. The Teng Snake skin is so beautiful."

The sales of Akali's two champion skins are extremely encouraging.

In addition to fans, the design aesthetics that appeal to both men and women, as well as the invincible special effects that will make special effects fans pay for it, is simply full firepower coverage!
Guan Zeyuan got back to the point: "There was not much change in the bans for both sides in the first round, and neither side chose to release anything too weird. This may actually mean that both sides have new ideas for this game!"

First round of ban————

T1: Akali, Wei, Poppy

V5: Ahri, Jayce, Galio
It seems that T1's ban position only changed at the last moment.

In addition to Akali, there is also Oner Wei who had the ultimate "death scene" choice, and finally replaced Annie with Poppy.

V5 simply replaced the last banned position, Xayah, with Galio.

"T1 grabbed Monkey King right away! Despite the nerf, he is still the first choice among non-'pure jungler' heroes in the current version!"

"V5 no longer has Wei"

However, it looked like they had only changed their banned positions - but in fact, the tactical intentions of both sides had changed dramatically, and the point of the game was completely different from the previous one!
The ten heroes that were banned by default have caused a huge change in the BP environment of the two teams.

Just like the first scene.

Why didn't anyone from either team ban or select the Monkey King, who was "banned or snatched" by the other team?

Because T1 wanted to grab Quesanti as the first pick at that time, V5 had to go for Titan + Jinx.

T1 subsequently banned Kindred directly instead of rushing to attack. Not only did his ultimate slightly restrain Monkey King, but V5 also had a better counter option in Mantis, so there was naturally no need to choose him.

You can come to the second game.

Without Kindred, Vi and Poppy, who were the best picks for each other, were both banned by themselves.

Monkey King will naturally be promoted to T0 in the jungle area!

"V5 first grabbed Sion, then picked Lee Sin. There was no problem. Lee Sin was a sway for V5!"

Same logic.

Without Quesanti and Gragas, Sion was promoted to T0 in the top lane with no natural enemies.

As for Lee Sin, just as the commentator said, he can not only be used as a secondary option in the jungle to fight against Monkey King, but can also be used as a swing in the mid lane.

"T1 directly picked Xayah and Rakan Phoenix Legend! Xayah is also Guma's signature!"

"I'm looking at what V5 will release on the third floor first."

It seems that there is nothing wrong with T1's move of going to the bottom lane first on the second and third floors.

But to V5, there was something unusual.

"They didn't even release a big core. It seems like they want to launch an early-stage attack." Ye Bo analyzed aloud.

"Yeah, they don't follow the meta," Beryl agreed, and gave the alternatives: "They don't buy Zeli, otherwise she'll be too passive. Let's choose Skateboard Shoes for He Kui."

V5 banned changes in the first round, originally intending to give Zeli to T1.

The performance of Aunt Yosi as the core in the first game was not very good, and there were obviously big problems with his positioning in team battles. This can actually be seen from the fact that Titan was able to find him easily in several waves!
What’s more important is that if T1 takes Zeli, V5 can counterattack and get Sion + Monkey King in both positions T0, so they will definitely make a profit in this exchange.

But now it seems that T1 has obviously changed its thinking in this game and did not follow the trend of the version.

but.

V5 is not prepared to blindly follow the version trend.

Both sides are banned in the second round————

V5: Kenan, Gwen
T1: Diana, Sylas

"V5 picked Nidalee on the fourth floor, Xun's Nidalee! V5 is going to play an early-game offensive invasion, a dream come true for the spring season!"

"Then this is still the mid lane blind man."

"Hey Leblanc? Faker's Leblanc!!"

Since there are only a few heroes left in the top lane, Ornn can only be chosen.

V5’s last pick was a Thresh that could barely counter Rakan.

The lineups of both sides are confirmed.

《Blue Team: T1 vs Red Team: V5》

[Top: Hidden Mountain Flame vs. Undead War God]

[Jungle: Monkey King vs Wild Huntress]

[Mid Single: Leblanc vs Lee Sin]

[Shooter: Reverse Feather vs Spear of Vengeance]

[Assist: Huan Ling vs Soul Lock Warden]

"T1's lineup selection in this game was quite proactive, and some of them were not quite in line with the version, or rather, both teams' lineups were not quite in line with the version!"

"But there is no doubt that the mid-jungle confrontation between the two sides will become the key point, especially the middle lane! The two heroes, Leblanc and Lee Sin, will definitely be a sharp confrontation!"

"In last year's S game, Faker and Master Ye faced off against each other, and today the two players switched positions. However, Leblanc is also Faker's signature. This is a duel from the past!"

"Looking at Master Ye's expression, I really feel that he is quite confident today!"

The director cut to a close-up shot to focus the world on this.

Ye Bo was talking to his teammates while clenching his fingers, with a confident smile on his face. He did not show any nervousness or worry about Kant being selected later.

But for both T1 fans and T1, this is a crucial game that cannot be lost!

But it is also worth mentioning.

In the spring finals, Blind Monk made a lot of money by using numerous famous scenes. In addition, with Ye Bo's training during this period, he has been promoted to level seven in recent days.

After reaching level seven.

Ye Bo realized that he had only superficially considered this hero.
(End of this chapter)