Chapter 258: The King of Hammer, Paper, Scissors! What is the absolute core?

Chapter 258: The King of Hammer, Paper, Scissors! What is the absolute core?

Chapter 258: The King of Hammer, Paper, Scissors! What is the absolute core?
"So it's the mid laner Gragas!?"

The Haier brothers, who were still discussing on the commentary desk, finally realized something was wrong, but they quickly and skillfully changed the subject.

"Then it's happening again! YE, the mid laner for Gragas, also played it last year. It should have been when EDG was playing against JDG last year, laning against Toothpaste!" Wawa quickly recalled his memory.

"Yeah, I think we were the commentators for that game!" Miller also recalled happily: "I remember that Gragas was a little dizzy because of Gaozi's Taliyah~"

"This is another major feature of the V5 team. All members have a very deep hero pool and can make random decisions when drafting. This is also one of the reasons why the team can repeatedly gain an advantage in BP!"

After the commentator mentioned it, the audience in the live broadcast room also recalled the memories of last year.

In fact, since the enhancement of the summer season version last year, Gragas has not undergone any weakening or adjustment, and the values ​​of that version have always been the same.

So it has always been in a "playable" state.

But the reason why the selection rate is not too high is due to the three words "priority".

Just because there are better options.

Just like when Ye Bo needs a pure assassin, the highest priority is definitely to rank down from Akali, Leblanc, and Sylas. Only when {a specific lineup is matched} or {a specific hero counters}, will options like Pike and Akshan be selected.

But in the global BP season, with the existence of hero-burning logic, these heroes will have more chances to appear.

When Chaowei saw the barrel on the loading interface, he was obviously stunned.

He was wavering between the three core magic players, Tsar, Clockwork, and Dragon King, because he felt that Dragon King would be more comfortable against melee fighters like Blind Monk, as he could refresh his passive "Stardust" and also take into account the speed of jungle support.

Although Gragas is also a melee fighter, his positioning is clearly a skill-based mage, and his laning logic is completely different from that of Lee Sin.

As Ye Bo has used more and more heroes in the arena, especially some relatively unpopular ones, it has become difficult for the opponent to fully anticipate them before the game. It is impossible for the opponent to think of every hero he has chosen in every BP!
After all, it is impossible to choose this hero. We also have to consider whether he can beat Nunu or Pike, right?
The good news is that considering that it is difficult for Lee Sin to consume the Dragon King in the laning phase, Chovy's rune fragment carries {Health}, so he avoided the attribute deviation.

"GEN still has the upper hand at level one. With Sion and the Ruined King, they should have a considerable advantage. Will they go for a level one design?" The Roaring Emperor stretched his neck expectantly.

"Oh, it seems not. GEN is still too stable."

The coaching staff attributed the loss in the first game to the GEN players not following the original plan.

Everyone in this game received a strict order and had to proceed with the game "step by step" according to the pre-match arrangements and preparations.

This kind of extremely unexpected game in the first-level group is naturally strictly prohibited.

In fact, if you watch GEN's game videos carefully, you will find that this team has the lowest level 1 team participation rate among all the strong teams.

This is the nature of the team, just like the nature of some teams is that they grow up from time to time.
The Roaring Emperor then went on to analyze the laning phase: "This lineup is basically a common matchup, the less common one is the mid lane."

"You two, what do you think of this counterpoint?"

Scout's first reaction was to search his memory - Gragas had a relatively high appearance rate in a few games in the LPL, and in the first game of this season, it seemed that Gragas was playing opposite him.

In that game, Xiaohu who went to TES played Gragas, and he played Tsar.

Unfortunately, maybe it was the beginning of the season and TES had not yet fully integrated their team. Even the Spring Tiger Emperor smelled of gutter oil. They were kicked to the side of the road by LNG, who was not favored by anyone at the time, and were defeated 2-0.

The Tsar and the Dragon King should be similar, right?
Thinking of this, Scout confidently commented: "From my impression, Gragas is not easy to play against long range, mainly because playing against long range is equivalent to only having one Q skill, and the means of exchanging blood is single, especially if you can move to avoid Gragas' Q, you have no means of consumption, as long as you don't stand together with the soldiers."

Xu Xiu also searched his mind for a while and gave an ambiguous answer: "I don't know much about Gragas, but I remember that Faker played several games in the spring season, and he seemed to be quite good at laning."

Chaowei on the field could not hear the two people's voices and was fully focused.

The lines of troops clash.

The two started playing games as soon as they met.

The Dragon King kept moving forward and backward in the pile of soldiers, trying to trick the Barrel into using Q.

The distance of Dragon King's Q increases according to the level. The casting distance of level 750 Q is only 850 yards, while the casting distance of Gragas' Q is yards.

Chaowei can naturally think of the game points that can be thought of from a God's perspective. He keeps walking on the edge of the distance while keeping a distance from the soldiers. Even if he fails to pull, he will not be "pushed away by both humans and soldiers".

The CD of Gragas' level 1 Q is as long as ten seconds. As long as he can trick it out, the Dragon King can press forward directly and use Q that penetrates soldiers to suppress the opponent!
It is worth mentioning that.

Many of the Dragon King's "mechanism skills" previously developed by Ye Bo have not been deleted by the designer.

For example, the Q that penetrates soldiers in "Dragon Head Raising" is said by many to be a "BUG".

This is also something that the Riot balance team has considered carefully.

Deleting or modifying this peculiar mechanism will definitely be condemned by players, who will say that it restricts the development enthusiasm of the player group.

On the other hand, there is indeed the id factor [YE]!
Just kidding, the ID YE now has a large number of fans in all regions around the world. If you do this kind of operation where you delete and repair the user's ID right after someone else has used it, you will be criticized by fans around the world!
In addition, asking them to recognize these as bugs is itself a bit of an insult to the design team.

It's simply a thankless job and I get scolded all over!
So even though there are no explicit rules within the Riot balance team, and even designers don't have similar discussions with each other, most people are tacitly aware of the operations developed by this id.
————This is just like the "Snake Girl Back R Flash" developed by Lee Sang-hyeok in the game ten years ago. It existed for two years before it was "secretly" deleted in a certain change.

This has nothing to do with the designer's personal preference for the players, it's simply that no one wants to actively stick to them and provoke those angry players and fans.

Of course, this will inevitably bring some side effects.

Due to the existence of this skill that is difficult to operate but has obvious effects, the designers can only weaken it from the numerical aspects, which led to the Dragon King's numerical values ​​being weakened for two consecutive versions before the MSI version.

However, Chovy thinks that the impact is not big, and his Dragon King can ignore the version!

However, in Ye Bo's eyes, his thoughts at this moment seemed as if they were written on his forehead.

Seeing the Dragon King constantly using "Second Q" to spit and rub against himself to test himself, he used Scorch and Comet to tickle himself.

Ye Bo didn't take it seriously at all and just went forward to attack the soldier line.

Other heroes may not be able to hold back when being hit by the instant Q——The Dragon King’s instant Q, although the current version has increased the CD of using it with a fixed {minimum 1 second}, the mana consumption of the instant Q is still only in the single digits, and you can still gain health even if you exchange blood with mosquito bites.

But, the wine barrel is different!
As a hero with built-in recovery, this little bit of blood loss can be restored by a sip of wheat juice passively. The blue blood exchange is not at the same level!

Chaowei soon realized that the opponent was not fooled at all.

So he immediately changed his thinking and turned to a slightly risky way of blood transfusion.

Seeing the Dragon King start to press forward.

Gragas immediately threw out a [Rolling Gragas] with a hook move forward. But when the Dragon King saw the flying Gragas, he did not stop moving and continued to move forward!
Gragas' Q is a {pure gaming} skill.

Because Q's rolling is in the enemy's field of vision, there will not be any {range prompt} during the process, and no {distance change} can be made after it is released. It can only land and explode after reaching the designated location.

This means that when the enemy sees Gragas use his Q, they cannot know the final landing point, and it is difficult for them to move and dodge "instantly" - of course, if Gragas doesn't have a good grasp of the landing point when he uses his Q, it is also easy for him to "Q off target".

This is extremely common in the laning phase against top lane Gragas.

Chovy's counter-intuitive move forward was because he was certain that the opponent would use Q behind him, so he made a big reverse move to avoid it.

If he really manages to dodge, Gragas will be empty and enter a 10-second vacuum period.

The Dragon King can get close and use his Dragon Head Raising to suppress the opponent for ten seconds!
However, the rolling wine barrel stopped almost right under the Dragon King's feet.

Chovy opened his eyes slightly, and reacted quickly by turning around and spraying Q Dragon Breath!

Just because the location of this bucket is extremely central!

It is obviously almost impossible for the Dragon King to walk out on his feet, so in order to avoid being hit in vain, he can only force a counterattack and push the line.

The result was that the Dragon King was hit hard by a fully charged Rolling Barrel, which directly caused a full 163 points of panel damage, plus comets and scorch!
You know, the Dragon King only has 600 health points at level one without any equipment!

The scary thing is.

This is obviously no coincidence.

The second time, the third time. The fourth time!
Before the second wave of soldiers was cleared, the Dragon King was bombed four times in the same way.

In just less than 2 and a half minutes, he had already used up the two bottles of blood medicine on him!
“No!?” The Roaring Emperor’s mouth was distorted into a convex shape: “How can the Dragon King keep getting bombed like this! How can Popo fight against the enemy when he has Gragas’ full Q!? If he gets hit twice more, he’ll have to go home!”

"What happened to Chovy? This is one of his best heroes in the spring!!!"

The so-called expert knows the way.

Most of the audience, including the Roaring Emperor, felt that Chaowei, the Dragon King, looked extremely "stupid".

It's like Popo walks up to the opponent and blasts him to full Q, and then when he sees Q coming, he doesn't run away, but stands there and takes it.

But Xu Xiu, who understood the trick, was already sweating profusely.

It was as if I was immersed in the scene and felt exactly the same way.

"Yeah, that's a bit exaggerated. What kind of prediction is this?"

"YE was completely seen through by Chovy!!"

He first briefly explained to the audience the principle of Gragas Q "Move as Soon as You Strike".

Trying to make the comments understand that it’s not that Chovy is bad, but that both sides are simply playing a game of prediction and positioning.

"Because Dragon King's Q through minions can only be used close to the enemy minions, and Chovy can't approach from the pile of minions to avoid being consumed by the minions, so he can only keep this forward-pressing position. In fact, as long as he can successfully twist away the Q, it will be a big loss for the barrel!"

"But YE seems to be able to guess the Dragon King's movement intentions in every wave!"

Xu Xiu felt that he still hadn't made himself clear: "How should I explain it? It's like they are playing rock-paper-scissors, but Ye can guess that the other party will use scissors in every round, and then he uses fists!"

This time, even Scout didn't insist, and said in a deep voice with a little concern: "The Dragon King is in a dilemma now. He can either give up the blood exchange and hide behind the soldiers, but that would mean handing over the lane control to him."

"If he wants to fight for the lane, he has no choice but to continue this game. But if he loses two more waves of blood, he might be in danger of being killed." "The Dragon King faces a lot of pressure to make a decision."

Only professional mid-lane players can best understand the pressure Chovy is facing at this time.

If you don't push forward to give position, Gragas will directly use Q to push the line. After the health of his own soldiers is reduced, the Dragon King will come up from at least 850 yards away. If you wait for him to walk into the pile of soldiers, he will be seeking death!
But if you want to exchange blood, because your Q is shorter than your opponent's, you must push forward to gain position!
The continuous failure of the game is the result and price of forward pressure.

Is this still against Gragas?!

Chovy felt a little wet on his forehead and couldn't understand why the opponent, Popovich, seemed to be able to see his true thoughts.

It seems that if you take a step back, you won't be able to use Q, but if you take a step forward, you will attack immediately.
The answer is actually that Ye Bo knows the Dragon King too well.

Ye Bo’s judgment is very simple, and it is not some metaphysical “prediction game”.

It's simply the understanding of heroes.

Plus a little understanding of this opponent.

The reason why Chovy's Dragon King is called a unique skill is not only because this hero type makes him very good at super brushing, but the more important reason is that this person's speed of "brushing passive layers" is extremely fast.

In this regard, there were even bored viewers in the spring season who made a comparison and found that Chovy's stacking speed was even faster than Ye Bo, who was also good at Dragon King!

It seems that this person has a unique talent for "layering".

As for the reason, it is actually very simple.

Simply put, this person's obsession with "development" is much greater than that of others. In order to develop, he is willing to sacrifice his health, the situation of his troops, and even his teammates.
To put it bluntly, other people think that they might get hit if they use Q, but Chovy would rather get hit and get that level of Q.

So, what does the Dragon King's overlay rely on?
At a basic level, one would think that it is E that makes the difference, but in fact, it is Q that can really make the difference in stacking efficiency.

The E skill can only be used once per wave. Who can't throw the black hole into the pile of soldiers?

The Q skill can spit out heroes, and each time you complete a circle you will gain extra stardust. This is a skill that can be triggered frequently and can speed up growth.

Then Ye Bo’s judgment is very simple.

Because it takes 1.25 seconds for the Dragon King to spit a full circle from the time he makes the move, but the Q skill only has a range of 750 yards in the early stage. If the Dragon King wants to spit at least a full circle if the opponent retreats immediately, the starting casting distance must be at least close to 600 yards to have a chance.

The key point is the hero Gragas - his Q skill is not only 100 yards long, but also has a coverage range of 900 yards. The right to take the initiative is always in the hands of Gragas.

and so.

As long as Ye Bo finds that the opponent is within 600 yards, he will directly use the "short Q". If it exceeds 600 yards, he will turn around and use the medium-range Q with his feet. If it exceeds 700 yards, he will not use Q at all.

Speaking of this, I have to praise Chovy for being a master of "Distance Control"
Because if he was a little closer to grasping the trick, he might be able to get it right occasionally!

"The pressure on the mid lane is too great!"

The Roaring Emperor couldn't help but speak out anxiously when he saw that the mid laner had returned to the city early.

"Because the mid laner returned to the city first, Gragas is in pretty good shape right now. Does it seem like he's going to cooperate with the jungler to invade the jungle?"

"The blind man has begun to invade aggressively and found the Ruined King!"

The disadvantage in the mid lane began to affect the jungle area early on.

Originally, GEN had a relatively stable start in the early stages of the game. Thanks to the coaching staff's repeated vision and defense, Xun was unable to find a flaw to attack in the first four minutes.

But the middle lane failed and Gragas was in a missed state. This was simply a direct and blatant invasion of the jungle.

Xiaohuasheng had just come out from home to replenish his equipment, so he should have had an equipment advantage when facing Blind Monk who had not yet returned home. However, when they met, he had no way to fight back and could only run away without even resetting the refreshed jungle area!

But in reality Xun was just taking advantage of the power of the other side.

"The bad barrel is on its way! Dolan didn't seem to notice!"

"It's still the same trick of taking advantage of the situation. GEN has totally forgotten their lesson!"

If this wave had been fought by a more reckless team or player, the Ruined King would clearly have had an equipment advantage, but even if he knew there were people behind him, he would definitely have to fight with the Blind Monk a few times to feel relieved.

At least he wouldn't just run away so easily.

But again, every team has its own characteristics.

A team like GEN, which is extremely formulaic and rule-abiding, is very resistant to this kind of chaotic fighting in the jungle.

Xiaohuasheng no longer had the sharpness he had in the past. Seeing that Blind Monk, who had not returned home, dared to chase him, and that he missed in the middle lane, he didn't even dare to turn his head and was willing to be beaten in vain.

"Ayigu! The barrel is on top!"

Little Peanut just realized the bad news when Sion in the top lane came, but his state had been almost half kicked out by Lee Sin, and he still couldn't fight back!
And Dolan was also running away with his head covered.

The jungler had time to return to the city early, and the single laner relied on the lane control to gain roaming time, while the top and mid laners had not returned to the city yet.

The good news is that Gragas is not level 6 yet, so theoretically Sion is still very difficult to kill.

In the end, Sion was just forced to use his flash and double skills, and Gragas helped Jayce push another wave into the tower.

"Brother Saint Spear, I'm short of money! Give me a car!" Ye Bo shouted after taking a look at the equipment bar.

"You eat it all, you eat it all, you eat it all, it doesn't matter if I beat Sion," Li Xuanjun shouted without thinking, "There is also a plating, I will beat it, you just touch it."

Jayce used EQ to hit the full side, then jumped up with Q in hammer form, but did not activate the electric AOE of W, which just happened to severely damage all the minions.

The barrel easily ate it all in one stomach!

Gragas walked forward and attacked the defense tower to get an assist, then saved time and retreated back to the city. Jayce, under the tower, endured the harassment from the landed Sion and forcibly sent the defense tower back with a thousand-mile plating.

"Wow, what a treat! Shouldn't Gragas be a functional mid laner like Ice Maiden Annie?"

The Roaring Emperor from the God's perspective had just finished sighing when he suddenly acted as if he had suddenly realized something.

"I see! V5 might be defending against the attack made by GEN in the previous game!"

"Jayce is very similar to Crocodile, but playing top lane TP can turn the risk of GEN sacrificing top lane in the last game into ashes! On the contrary, V5 has Jayce's TP to support the bottom! At the same time, Lee Sin also went directly to the little dragon after killing the Ruined King, and GEN's bottom lane didn't dare to press forward!"

"Although the mid and jungle teams didn't score a kill in this wave, the killing rhythm was quietly spreading!"

"And Gragas's equipment is really explosive when he returns home. GEN really needs to save Chovy. The mid lane can't be suppressed like this!"

[What does it mean to be an absolute core? He is the absolute core in any game! ]

[Little Flower Circle is really smiling. How can she be chased after having the equipment advantage? She is so cowardly! ]

[Hey, Peanut has to admit his age. He used to treat the factory manager like a ball, and now the new generation is also treating him like a ball~]

[In ancient times, a level 4 Mantis fought a level 6 Pantheon, and now there is a naked little Xun eating peanuts! ]

[Can you blame the jungler for this? How can we play the game when there is no jungler in the middle lane for no reason? You can also blame us, Peanut Butter, that's really unreasonable! ]

[Serves you right! The right hand should never, ever play the Dragon King in front of the real Dragon King! This is a fake being exposed, at best he is a crooked-mouthed Dragon King! ]

GEN looked at the opponent's movement towards the bottom lane and obviously guessed that the opponent was going to attack the dragon.

After Viper came to GEN, he adapted to the team's stable operating environment quite quickly, and felt that there were no problems after playing for a whole spring.

But now in the international competition, he met V5 again, or rather, his old teammate Ye Bo.

He suddenly realized that he was in this team, why did he always feel uncomfortable while playing?

Thinking back to last year, I had so much free time in the team.

You don't need to use your brain at all, just listen to the command of the mid laner, fight and then win. It's like a god's day!

However, Viper’s half-year of being a teammate wasn’t in vain.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think.

If I were Ye Bo now, what would I do?
"Brother Shiyou, why don't you stay here and go to the middle lane with Brother Wanghu?"

Viper looked at the changes on the small map and suddenly had an idea: "The three of them are going to attack the little dragon. Gragas should TP to the middle lane. As long as I don't go for the little dragon, Gragas probably won't go either. I think we can give it a try."

"Help Ji-hoon."

Seizing this fleeting opportunity is a great test of the commander and attacker's ability to seize the opportunity.

And frankly speaking.

Lian Zi, who was weak in roaming, and Xiao Huasheng, whose knife tip had long been blunt, really couldn't seize this opportunity.

Although Viper, who is still in his prime, undoubtedly has this ability, in fact, he is mainly recalling a game from last year.

Very similar to the current game situation, they EDG used similar tactics.

At this moment, the scenes overlap slightly, but the IDs have changed.
“It really works!!”

Peanut took a closer look and realized that this was indeed an opportunity.

The Ruined King was expelled from his own bottom lane and had nowhere to go for a while. The support was about to return to the city after being pushed by the opponent's bottom lane, so he should have been completely unprepared.

This will go around from the back of your own jungle area and surround it on both sides.

It seems to be really unexpected!
Chovy, who was under great pressure in the laning phase, felt like he saw the light when he heard that his teammates were finally coming to rescue him.
(End of this chapter)