Chapter 258 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
Today's peak match between GT and KZ attracted much attention. As soon as the two sides determined their lineups, official commentators Wawa, Wang Duoduo and Zhou Shuyi started their analysis.
Among them, Wang Duoduo is undoubtedly the main output, and he analyzed the lineups of both sides very clearly, while Wawa and Zhou Shuyi performed slightly worse in the analysis link, but the degree of "confusion" was different.
Although Wawa is not good at tactical analysis, he is a master at livening up the atmosphere. Whenever the atmosphere on the scene is a little dull, he can always throw out a few witty remarks at the right time to make the audience laugh instantly.
Take the duel of mid lane heroes for example. When GT picked Azar and KZ picked Corki, Wawa suddenly had an idea and joked with a smile: "Xiu Shen has been single for so many years, it's easy for him to kill Corki. This mid lane matchup feels like there is no suspense anymore."
As soon as this was said, not only was the live broadcast room barrage instantly filled with laughter, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room immediately became quite good. Of course, some people thought that it was disgusting for the doll to play pornographic jokes...
In comparison, Zhou Shuyi does have obvious shortcomings in professional analysis. Faced with a complex lineup system, she often cannot get a word in and can only agree from the side, seeming somewhat out of place.
Fortunately, she has a sweet image and her occasional cute interactions can win the love of some viewers, but these viewers don’t know that she likes to cosplay as a deer.
Wang Duoduo looked at the two of them helplessly, and could only quickly bring the topic back on track, analyzing seriously: "Let's get back to the point. Judging from the lineups of both sides, the GT lineup of Weapon, Sejuani and Tsar has strong linkage. Sejuani's ultimate control can cooperate well with Weapon's entry, and Tsar can also use skills to pull output in team battles. But Tsar develops slowly in the early stage and is easily suppressed by Corki. The bottom lane Xayah and Rakan combination does not have an absolute advantage when facing Tristana and Braum in the early stage, and the jungler needs to take care of them more."
"As for KZ, the top-jungle combination of Fiora and Zac has a certain degree of initiative in both jungle confrontation and top lane. Corki's damage burst in the mid-term should not be underestimated. Together with the bottom lane combination of Tristana and Braum, their protection and damage capabilities in teamfights are excellent. However, their lineup is less flexible, and once GT seizes the opportunity to start a teamfight, they can easily fall into a passive position."
Wang Duoduo continued his analysis in a clear and logical manner, trying to give the audience a more comprehensive understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of both teams' lineups, laying the groundwork for the fierce competition that was about to begin.
The atmosphere at the scene was as warm as a burning flame. The audience shouted "GT Fighting" in unison, with waves of sound coming one after another, as if to shake the entire Summoner's Rift.
Amidst the passionate cheers, the players of GT and KZ were fully focused and officially stepped into the Summoner's Rift. A fierce battle between dragons and tigers was about to begin.
However, these shouts of support for GT sounded like sharp thorns to the ears of everyone in the KZ battle seat.
Their faces gradually became gloomy, and their eyes revealed resentment and anger.
Especially Brother Han, when he heard the cheers, his anger burned fiercely. He gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves fiercely, and swore in his heart: "In today's game, I must give you European guys a good slap in the face! Let you know the consequences of looking down on others."
"Do you think that if you support GT, they will win? You are too naive. I will show you the strength of LCK later and make you regret your choice!" At this moment, his eyes were full of ferocity.
BDD sat in the battle seat, completely unaware of the anger in Brother Hanzi's heart.
At this moment, all his attention was focused on the screen in front of him. His slender fingers danced flexibly on the keyboard and mouse, controlling the plane to steadily reach the center position.
Looking up at the Tsar across the screen, BDD's heart, which had been hanging in the air, instantly fell to the ground, and his mood became much better.
Thinking back to yesterday, he was still full of anxiety and couldn't sleep. He was always worried about today's game. What he feared most in his heart was being beaten by his opponent in the middle lane.
BDD is a seasoned professional who has won the Spring Championship trophy, but he knows that he is not a strong player in laning phases.
In daily games, he relies more on teamwork and roaming support. If he really competes in laning strength, he knows that there is a big gap between himself and the top laning players.
Now seeing the other side choose the Tsar, BDD secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The hero Tsar has a relatively stable laning rhythm and a long development cycle. As long as you play steadily and don't make fatal mistakes, you won't be suppressed too badly.
He silently encouraged himself in his heart, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, secretly planning the next laning strategy: "Stay stable, focus on development in the early stage, use the advantage of Corki's skills to consume more of his health, look for opportunities to push the line and roam to support, and never let the opponent open up the situation in the middle lane."
At level 1, GT and KZ did not choose to rashly start a level 1 team fight, but instead tacitly occupied the key positions at the entrance to the jungle area.
They have sharp eyes and are always alert to the opponent's movements, fearing that the enemy will invade the wild area if they are not careful, and they will be caught in a passive situation and panic.
At this moment, on the big screen on site, the director switched the camera to the contestant's talent at a very timely moment.
Li Yi chose a talent combination that focuses on laning: Aery is a cornerstone talent that allows him to frequently harass opponents and consume their health during laning; Manaflow Band can effectively alleviate the Tsar's mana shortage problem in the early stages, allowing him to release skills with more ease.
Swiftness increases Li Yi's movement speed in the Summoner's Rift, making him more flexible whether chasing enemies or dodging skills. Scorch further increases his skill damage, giving him an advantage in early blood exchanges.
As for the secondary talent, the attack speed joy is pointed out, which is crucial for the Tsar. It can significantly improve the fluency of the Tsar's normal attack, and can play a role in both last-hitting and fighting.
In addition, you can calmly restore mana, which can ensure the sustainability of mana in fierce laning and team battles, so that you will not fall into output difficulties due to insufficient mana.
This talent combination is very conventional and is the most mainstream way of playing the Tsar at present. It does not go astray and adopt the so-called black technology methods.
The main reason is that there is no need.
There is really no need to reveal too much about the lineup system when playing against BDD.
There are many ways to play the hero Tsar, and different talents represent different ways of playing.
He has no idea of exposing himself yet.
Additional research like this won't come out until two or three years later.
After all, before the Mythic equipment came out, everyone’s thinking was not fixed, and everyone was thinking about different outfits. Once the Mythic equipment came out, we had to consider talents to match the Mythic equipment...
The game time reached 1 minute and 15 seconds, and the Xayah and Rakan duo headed towards the bottom lane, ready to start laning.
The Tsar controlled by Li Yi also quietly returned to the middle lane from the river grass.
At this time, on the KZ team side, BDD's eyes were flashing with calculation.
He has always been a player who never misses any opportunity, and with the mentality of taking advantage of every opportunity, he planned to launch a surprise attack on the Tsar.
BDD stared at the screen, and based on the vision arranged in the bottom lane, he accurately judged the Tsar's route. He was secretly delighted, and decisively controlled the plane to kill from the middle lane towards the river, preparing to intercept the Tsar by surprise.
After arriving at the river, BDD controlled the plane to quickly insert an ornament eye. In an instant, the bush was illuminated, and the Tsar's figure was exposed.
BDD didn't hesitate, his fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard, and he raised his hand to throw the Q skill at the Tsar. In his opinion, this attack was a sure thing, and the Tsar had no chance of escaping.
However, what happened next made BDD's eyes widen with disbelief on his face.
Almost at the same moment when the eye of the ornament was inserted, the Tsar controlled by Li Yi seemed to have eyes on his back and turned around in a seemingly coincidental movement.
This step did not follow the conventional thinking of moving forward, but instead took a step back.
With just this simple step, BDD's Q skill bomb, which he was determined to hit, was wasted, drawing an awkward arc in the air.
BDD was stunned on the spot, his mind was blank. After a few seconds, he came back to his senses and thought it was just luck. He comforted himself in his heart that the Tsar must have just retreated by coincidence. After all, even if he was a top professional player, no matter how fast he reacted, he couldn't have guessed that the skill would be thrown at him the moment he placed a ward.
I had planned it without any intention. Even Sease could not have made such a horrific on-the-spot reaction.
At one and a half minutes, the mid lane soldiers came online on time. BDD was controlling the airplane, and his ability to push the line was indeed mediocre at level one.
On the other hand, Li Yi summoned out the sand soldiers slowly and step by step, preparing to reach level 2 first to gain the initiative on the line.
For a while, the mid lane situation was relatively harmonious. Both sides were cautious in making last hits and testing each other, and there was no fierce confrontation.
Seeing that the middle lane was so stable, the director quickly switched the camera to the bottom lane.
After all, the bottom lane in this game is the fire dragon's spawn point, which makes both teams shift their strategic focus here, determined to make a breakthrough from the bottom lane and start a fierce battle.
The fighting capabilities of the bottom lane combinations of both sides should not be underestimated, and a fierce battle seems inevitable.
Sure enough, at the critical moment when the two sides' bottom lane combinations were fighting for the second position, the battle broke out instantly.
Liu Qingsong controlled Luo and decisively pressed the W skill to take the initiative to attack, aiming directly at the enemy's Caitlyn, wanting to lift it up and take the lead in launching a wave of control.
Seeing this, Gorilla reacted immediately with his experience, and used his Q skill towards Xayah without hesitation, trying to disrupt the offensive rhythm of GT's bottom lane combination.
Luo quickly put Ignite on Tristana, and Tristana was not to be outdone. She cooperated closely with Braum and attacked Xayah with full firepower.
Gorilla also decisively gave up his ignite, and the situation instantly became tense. The ADs of both sides chose to retreat in the fierce exchange of fire. Pray, who was the first to be focused on, quickly pressed the W skill and jumped back to the tower to seek safety.
At this time, Tristana's health was in danger, with only 133 drops of blood left.
On the other hand, Xia was in much better condition. It turned out that Lin Weixiang reacted quickly and gave up the treatment before being ignited, thus successfully maintaining his health.
Both sides were taking drugs to replenish their condition, but it was obvious that the GT duo was in a clear advantage.
Lin Weixiang raised his lips slightly, revealing a confident smile, thinking to himself: The strength of the two Xuanming Elders in the line-up is still a little bit behind that of Xiaogou Xiaoming...
The bottom lane duo had a slight upper hand in this wave of confrontation. Their advantages in health and status made them more intimidating online.
Wushuang pinged a signal towards the middle lane.
Li Yi stared at the screen, quickly glanced at Wushuang's signal on the small map, responded, and said calmly: "No need to gank now, I can stabilize my side, you can focus on developing first."
After Wushuang received the reply, he felt relieved and continued to focus on the jungle area. After all, he knew very well that in this game, the key was to wait patiently for the opportunity.
On Li Yi's side, relying on his precise grasp of timing, he easily grabbed the second level.
A sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he controlled the Tsar without hesitation. Taking advantage of the moment when the plane raised his hand to supplement the soldiers, he took a decisive step forward, instantly breaking the brief peace in the middle lane.
The W skill, Sand Soldier, is released like an arrow from a bow, so fast that people have no time to react.
BDD is indeed an experienced player with extremely fast reaction speed. Almost at the same time when the sand soldiers appeared, he turned around and tried to avoid the attack range of the sand soldiers.
However, Li Yi's operation was more fierce, and the sand soldier's first normal attack was quickly launched.
Then, Li Yi quickly pressed the Q skill "Sand Attack". The sand soldiers, with the sound of whistling wind, accurately poked the plane that was trying to escape, instantly dealing magic damage and causing a 25% slowdown effect.
The sand soldiers approached closely and poked at the plane several times.
The plane controlled by BDD didn't even touch the corner of the Tsar's clothes. If it weren't for the soldiers, the Tsar would have exchanged blood without any injury.
However, compared to the plane that dropped to nearly half its health, Li Yi's operation was undoubtedly a big profit.
Seeing this, BDD had no choice but to open the reusable potion to replenish his status. He also began to move back cautiously, trying to keep some distance and avoid being caught by the Tsar again.
Li Yi would not easily let go of this opportunity to expand his advantage. He continued to push the line in an orderly manner. With his exquisite operation, he allowed the line of soldiers to steadily enter under KZ's defense tower, putting more pressure on BDD.
The 7th wave of soldiers is about to come online, and Li Yi is concentrating on controlling the Tsar.
When the plane was within the attack range of the sand soldiers, it was stabbed hard again and its health was once again in danger.
BDD had no choice but to open the last bottle of potion on his body, and then walked towards the defense tower, apparently planning to return to the city for supplies before going online.
Li Yi's heart tightened, and he quickly switched the screen to the bottom lane to observe the situation.
Braum and Tristana were very honest and did not make any radical moves, but KZ's jungler Zac was nowhere to be seen.
Li Yi felt uneasy, and the feeling that he was being plotted against grew stronger.
"Wushuang!" Li Yi instantly sent out a signal and shouted loudly to Wushuang who was passing by in the middle lane, his tone full of vigilance.
But at this critical moment, the plane that seemed to be going back to the city suddenly turned around. At the same time, Zack, who had disappeared for a long time, started jumping and suddenly rushed out of the bushes, aiming directly at Li Yi's Tsar.
BDD finally showed the long-awaited smile on his face. In his opinion, although his blood volume was not healthy, the Tsar did not have an instant burst. As long as he cooperated with his teammates, he would definitely be able to get the kill.
The commentators on the scene also shouted excitedly, and the audience exclaimed even more, and the atmosphere in the entire venue was instantly pushed to a climax.
However, Li Yi did not panic.
The moment Zack jumped, the Tsar seemed to turn into a golden phantom, drawing a graceful arc in the air, dodging Zack's fatal skills, and then turned around and rushed towards the plane.
At this moment, the Pig Girl controlled by Wushuang flashed decisively from below and hit the plane directly.
Li Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes revealed the sharpness of a hunter locking onto his prey. Under his exquisite operation, the sand soldier stabbed out like a sharp blade and accurately took the first blood of the plane.
A deafening cheer suddenly broke out at the scene!
BDD's expression turned dark...
How could this happen? (End of this chapter)