BP officially begins.
EDG had the right to choose sides in three games, and they chose the blue side in the first game.
Right from the start, EDG's BP strategy was a bit surprising. They banned three heroes: Skateboard Shoes, Fiora, and Gangplank.
"Eh? EDG's ban is a bit unreasonable."
On the commentary desk, Xiaoxiao saw this and shouted, "I have never seen a team that played against IG without banning the mid laner."
Miller beside him also nodded, "That's right. Not banning the mid lane is fine, but if you've watched IG's games recently, you'll find that the jungle position is also their rhythm starting point. Isn't that targeted at all?"
Wawa was silent for two seconds after hearing this, and suddenly laughed, "You guys, is it possible? Because we know that the mid and jungle of EDG are also very powerful. PawN has a way to deal with any hero that Rookie in the middle lane of IG brings out, so there is no need to target him."
At this point, Wawa paused and continued, "As for Padre6 in the jungle, what can I say about this player? On the one hand, the heroes and rhythm that Zzai Zhang is good at are similar to those of the opponent. On the other hand, you really can't target a player who often suddenly brings out a bench jungle hero after his favorite hero is banned, but still manages to play well."
After hearing Wawa's words, everyone remembered the times Li Fu had selected players after being "respected" in the jungle position in previous games, when he dared to pick players like Prince and Centaur. Everyone had to admit that Wawa's analysis this time was indeed reasonable.
On the other hand, on the red side IG, the three bans were quite standard, namely Kindred, Ryze and Alistar.
The target is EDG's mid, bottom and jungle.
Meiko's Minotaur has been a bit of a problem recently. He often buys five-speed boots and roams around when he returns home for the first time. If he takes it out, IG will have a hard time playing in the middle and lower lanes in the early stage.
As for why Kindred is banned but not Graves, in terms of the appearance rate of jungle heroes, Graves has a higher appearance rate than Kindred.
This question is very simple.
Because the factory manager doesn’t play the male gunner either.
…
"See, Fiora and Gangplank! The other side is afraid of me!"
In the IG competition seat, Zzitai started to feel proud as soon as he saw the opponent's ban.
Li Fu and Rookie looked at him sideways and didn't respond.
Xiao Shiguang was an honest man. He glanced at Zizi and said, "Isn't it because the opponent knew that these two were banned that you have no chance to play?"
The smile on Zhizi's mouth suddenly froze.
"Fuck! You guys are targeting Brother Fu! What the hell are you targeting me for?"
Then the BP of both sides officially began.
On the blue side, EDG grabbed Thresh. In addition to Alistar, Thresh also inherited the bloodline of the M support.
The hook is very powerful.
Skateboard Shoes was banned, and IG knew that the pressure on the bottom lane this time against EDG might be even greater than the last time they played against LGD.
To be honest, judging solely from the players' individual strength, EDG's bottom lane duo Deft and Meiko should be on par with the combination of Imp and Hirano Aya.
But the difference between the two is,
Hirano Aya and IMP are both a bit nervous.
Teams that have played against LGD know that even if Hirano Aya and Imp gain an advantage in the bottom lane, there is no need to worry too much, because in the mid-to-late game someone will get sick and be killed.
In contrast, Deft and Meiko are stable in suppressing the opponent and are an excellent engine in the mid-to-late game.
In last year's Spring Finals against LGD, Annie got a pentakill in the river, which fully demonstrated the differences between him and IMP, the former Samsung twin ADCs. Even though many people admit that IMP is indeed more talented than the other two, many teams prefer stable players like Deft.
Realizing this, Coach Chris pondered for a moment and quickly made a decision.
"Let's go with EZ and Female Tank."
This was the bottom lane that IG played in the life-and-death game against LGD last time. The advantage of this combination is that on the one hand, EZ is good at mixing with other players and has strong ability to withstand pressure, and on the other hand, EZ is flexible enough that the support can rush into the battle with the group during team fights, instead of doing nothing to protect the ADC and ending up with the ADC dying.
When they saw IG's bottom lane selection, Zzitai and Abu, who was holding a notebook, looked at each other.
They both couldn't help but laugh.
They have studied IG's games thoroughly and know very well that this was the bottom lane chosen in the final game against LGD the day before yesterday. Even this pick was within Abu's prediction today.
Sure enough, the opponent still chose it.
After Abu finished laughing, his expression remained expressionless, but he was secretly shaking his head in his heart.
What a pity...
Deft is not IMP!
EDG is not LGD!
…
Next, the right to choose was exchanged between the two sides, and the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room also began to point out the situation.
"Deft, Annie? It's stable."
"What should PawN play in the mid lane? Leblanc, or Clockwork? This Clockwork is pretty good."
"I'm more curious about what IG's jungler will use."
"What else can you play? If you have a pig, choose the pig. If you don't have a pig, choose the barrel. Do you still expect Fu Huang to pull out a male gun?"
"Hey! The prophet has a knife! She's really a pig girl!"
“…”
Soon, the lineups of both sides surfaced.
EDG on the blue side: top lane Rumble, jungle Jarvan IV, mid lane Clockwork, bottom lane Annie and Thresh.
Red side IG: Quinn on top, Sejuani in the jungle, Syndra in the middle, EZ and Leona in the bottom lane.
In terms of lineup, the three Cs of EDG on the blue side are more mid-to-late-game. In the early stage, as long as they can stabilize the laning phase and wait for the three heroes, Rumble, Clockwork and Annie, to make three-piece sets, the entire lineup will immediately undergo a qualitative change.
In comparison, IG's lineup is more early-stage oriented.
EDG did not expect Zzitai to use Quinn in the top lane, but the intention was very clear after he used it, which was to rely on Quinn's powerful roaming support ability in the early stage and do things secretly while your Rambo was in the development period.
This time Rookie plays Syndra in the mid lane. This hero's early burst and 2V2 ability are far superior to Clockwork.
The lineup is determined and the game enters the loading phase.
Fans from both sides at the scene began to cheer.
As expected, IG's voice was once again completely crushed, with only a few true fans left holding IG's cheering signs and shouting loudly, as if to say that even if there are fewer people, as long as they are there, it is enough.
…
"Okay, our game has officially begun. Let's take a look at the opening moves of both teams."
"Both sides started the game in a long snake formation. This kind of team with veterans is stable. They won't engage in those nonsense level 1 group designs with you."
"That's right, but the female tank who shot Coco placed an invasion ward at EDG's red buff, and this ward doesn't seem to have been discovered. That means Zz1tai 's jungle movement will be exposed."
At this moment, the doll suddenly shouted in surprise:
"Oh wait! We've been discovered. Meiko's Thresh's scan eliminated IG's invading ward."
"Yes, then IG will not be able to determine the route that Zhazi is taking to start the jungle." Miller nodded, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face, "Huh? Bottom lane shooter Ke Ke gave EDG a signal for the blue buff."
Xiaoxiao immediately followed up, "He should have seen EDG's bottom lane go online directly. Judging from the time the bottom lane duo came online very early and did not help the jungler, it is estimated that the factory manager's excavator started from the upper half of the blue zone."
"That's bad!" Baby's face changed slightly.
In the game footage on the big screen, the game time was 1 minute and 40 seconds. The director gave a shot to the factory manager's excavator. It can be seen that the factory manager's excavator on the blue side started with a single F4 wild monster.
Then the route and intention of clearing the jungle are very clear.
F4 + red buff + stone man, after that you can go directly to the bottom lane to catch people.
At the same time, this is also the second-level capture that the factory manager is best at.
"IG's bottom lane misjudged Zzali's jungle route, and they should have let down their guard now. I feel like they're going to suffer a lot this time."
"That's right. Moreover, IG's bottom laner came online only after helping Fu Ge's Sejuani finish the blue buff. EDG should be able to easily determine that Sejuani was clearing the blue buff from the bottom up. Zz1t has already given the signal to the top laner."
It can be said that in the opening game of the jungle, IG was at a disadvantage as soon as the jungle ward was swept out.
EDG fans at the scene and in the live broadcast room were suddenly ecstatic.
"That's it?"
"The bottom lane has been blown up, there's no need to say more."
"The jungle rhythms of both sides are totally not on the same level."
"I've already said that the factory manager's strongest opponent is junglers like Fu Huang."
"There is also a gap between veterans!"
“…”
The live broadcast room was filled with comments.
At this time, Xiaoxiao on the commentary desk suddenly realized something, "Eh? Isn't Zhu Mei going to attack the red buff?"
The game time is 2 minutes and 43 seconds.
At this time, judging from Li Fu Zhu Mei's mana and health, he obviously wanted to clear the red zone before ganking.
But this time, Zzitai chose Quinn in the top lane and exchanged blood with Rambo before the soldiers came up. Now the two players in the top lane have just reached level three, but their health has dropped below half, and they are taking blood potions to recover.
Judging from Korol's positioning, he received the information that the opponent's Sejuani was brushing up from the bottom at the beginning of the game, and he was obviously consciously guarding against it. As a skilled top laner, he had even calculated in his mind the time it would take Sejuani to kill the red buff.
But the only thing Korol missed was,
Li Fu didn't gain any red at all.
"Brother Fu! Oh my God!" Zizi's eyes lit up when he saw Li Fu coming on the road.
He went up to continue consuming the enemy, but unexpectedly he was hit by a harpoon from Rambo. The next second, Rambo, who had just reached the red temperature, suddenly became murderous and rushed up with fire to roast the bird!
Korol knew exactly why Zizi was playing so aggressively in the top lane.
It’s not that he has to play aggressively when he picks Quinn, but because from the opening jungle route of the opposing IG, it can be seen that the opponent is designing his top lane.
Then he simply took advantage of the situation and used the rhythm of blood exchange to make the other party lose his life first.
This style of play is actually a bit hard.
If it were the previous Korol, he would never play like this because he knew that EDG preferred a stable top laner.
Since his teammates have given the opponent a jungle clearing route from bottom to top, he just needs to be timid at level 3.
But this time, Korol suddenly felt that he didn't want to continue being a blue-collar worker and be looked down upon.
At last year's MSI, EDG defeated SKT to win the world championship, ushering in the first year of the championship in the new era of LPL.
However, after winning the championship,
The player who gained the highest reputation in the team was the factory manager, who became the e-sports dream chaser created by the official LPL.
The highest salary,
It is still the two Korean double Cs in the middle and lower positions.
And his, apart from the brief excitement and cheers.
When everything was settled, I suddenly realized that this championship seemed to have nothing to do with me.
He tried to get team management to raise his salary.
But EDG management felt that he was not worth the price.
Why?
Is the value of the MSI championship too low?
Or is it because I have never been competitive and am looked down upon by others?
Korol didn't know.
But he decided to take control of his worth in his own hands this time.
Looking at Quinn in front of him,
There was a gleam of light in Korol's eyes!
You want to kill me, right?
Then leave your life behind first!
Zzitai turned around and used Q to blind the opponent, then used E skill to kick him.
But Rambo's roasting fire could not be interrupted. Quinn was still being roasted while kicking people. The next second, Korol flashed and caught up.
Because he still held a harpoon in his hand.
Even if Quinn uses flash, as long as the harpoon hits him at this moment, he can still kill the opponent.
However, at this moment, Korol glanced at the river behind him, and his pupils shrank suddenly!
A figure that shouldn't have appeared appeared on the road at this unscientific time.
What's going on?
This pig girl doesn’t fight red?
Perhaps it was the unexpected change that affected his mentality, or perhaps it was because his posture was too seductive? The life-threatening harpoon in Korol's hand was empty.
"Oh! Rambo's E was dodged!"
"Even though Quinn's health is low, it would be a bit forced to chase him if he doesn't slow down."
"The key is that Sejuani has already crossed the river and gone around, so we may not be able to kill her this time."
"What does Kou Rou say? He chose to retreat from the triangle grass position first."
"Pigsy is chasing! Can you run? Rambo has put a ward in the triangle grass."
"I'm afraid I can't run away. Rookie in the middle lane has come to support me. He has the lane control in the early stage."
“…”
On the big screen, Rookie, who had little mana left in the middle lane due to pushing the line, came over and used an EQ to push, directly stunning Rambo. Li Fu's Sejuani also rushed up with a Q to connect and control him.
After being sandwiched by IG's mid and jungle in the jungle behind the enemy's Baron, Rambo ultimately couldn't escape death, but the kill was taken by Li Fu's Sejuani with a single basic attack, and Rookie also got an assist.
"IG-Padre6 killed EDG-Korol!"
"First Blood!"
The shocking first blood kill resounded throughout the venue!
IG's fans immediately puffed out their chests and started to make faces.
"Suppression at the beginning? That's it?"
"The way Piggy is bragging is really hilarious."
The fans at the front of the scene who were secretly delighted when they saw IG falling behind in the jungle game at the beginning were dumbfounded.
"What the hell? How come the top laner got first blood?"
"Don't give me the braised pork. I'll be caught dead if I choose Rambo."
"That's right, does EDG need your kill in the top lane? Can't you just hold on?"
“…”
"Are you blind? This time, the braised pork is clearly crushing the opponent, okay?"
"That's right, if the pig girl on the opposite side doesn't come, just kill her."
"Pig girl is so mean, damn it!"
Korol also has fans, and even many of them are female.
Even when renewing his contract, Korol felt that his salary did not increase despite his popularity and achievements, so he complained in the fan group with words like "I don't deserve it". His female fans were so angry that they went to the official Weibo of EDG club to accuse the boss of being blind. It is said that this incident made the EDG boss quite angry for a while.
So fans are a double-edged sword.
But Korol didn't have the heart to think about that at the moment.
The moment the screen turned gray, his face also turned slightly pale and his expression looked a little ugly.
It was clearly a perfect line kill that could prove his strength, but that Pig Girl appeared at the most inappropriate time, which led to his defeat in the top lane.
Was it carelessness?
When the factory manager heard the first blood notification, he switched the screen and looked at the top lane.
The opponent's bottom lane played too timidly, and although his gank was also unexpected, he didn't find a suitable opportunity.
Even if he didn't notice what had just happened, just by looking at the place where Korol died, the experienced factory manager could guess what had just happened on the road.
"Mine." The braised pork seemed to have sensed the factory director's gaze.
"It's okay, just connect the TP cables and stabilize it." The factory manager said in a steady tone.
However, at this moment, his sights were on the triangular grass position in the upper lane, where Korol's Rambo had placed an ornament eye position in order to learn about the movements of the chasing Pig Girl when he escaped.
Immediately afterwards, when he saw Piglet with a red buff on her body passing by the eye position that Koutou had just left on the triangle grass again.
The factory manager looked at the time and instantly formed a map of the route that Pig Girl would take after she killed their Rambo in his mind.
Red + upper river crab + stone man.
For a moment, the factory director couldn't help but show a thoughtful look on his face.
After killing the stone man, as long as Rambo who TPs back to the top lane doesn't give you a chance, then the Pig Girl on the opposite side who has taken the first blood will definitely B once after clearing the upper half of the area.
No, maybe he is already loading the return to city at this time.
So……
Now is the time for him to let go and do things.
The smile on the factory manager's face faded, as if he had switched to a certain mode in an instant.
…
"Eh? Zzaizhi has gone around to IG's bottom zone. IG's venom monsters haven't spawned yet. We can counter-jungle them this time."
Hosting the commentary booth, Wawa was the first to notice the factory director's movements.
Xiaoxiao is quite experienced and immediately determined the source of the factory manager's counter-jungle attack. "Yes, it should be the eye left by Kou Rou on the triangle grass when he was being chased just now that allowed the factory manager to see Fu Ge's movements. In addition, they knew that Zhu Mei's blue buff would start at level 3 at the beginning of the game. This time, the factory manager can just clear the second round of jungle in the lower half of IG."
"That's right. After EDG's Thresh and Annie pushed the line into the tower, they also moved towards the river jungle entrance. They should want to retrieval from the excavator." Miller followed.
At this moment, a red signal suddenly appeared on the small map.
——It was IG’s bottom lane that had a signal on the minimap, but the one being pinged was EDG’s bottom half.
However, from the director's God's perspective, EDG's lower half was empty. What the hell was this Ping?
For a moment, the audience was stunned for a second by the empty signal from IG's bottom lane.
At this moment, Miller suddenly reacted and slapped his thigh!
"I see!"
"Do you remember the signal from IG's bottom lane at the beginning of the game that gave EDG the blue buff point in the top half?"
"At that time, because EDG's bottom lane didn't help Zweitsal to open the red buff, Zweitsal's excavator was left alone at F4, so IG's bottom lane misjudged Zweitsal's jungle route through EDG's bottom lane's top lane line of sight."
Xiaoxiao next to her also reacted immediately.
"No wonder they sent a signal to EDG's bottom lane at this time. IG's bottom lane probably thought that Czar had just finished killing the red buff and was killing the golem or something like that, but they didn't know that Czar had already entered their bottom lane."
"Maybe this was just an accident."
Miller pointed at the big screen and said with a smile, "They thought that Zhazi was scouting from top to bottom. At this point in time, he was in the bottom lane. You see, the female tank who shot Coco had already placed a ward to prevent EDG from flanking when the bottom lane entered the river."
"Eh? Why did Xiao Shiguang go back and walk into the wild area?"
"Oh, EZ's trinket ward is still there. It looks like he wants to put another ward in the river grass through the wall."
"Haha, IG is really stable now."
"But wait! There's Thresh in the bush next to you!"
Along with this exclamation from the commentary desk,
Just at the moment when Xiao Shiguang's EZ was inserting a ward into the river grass through the wall, Meiko, who was squatting in the grass to support the counter-jungle, suddenly threw out a hook!
Close range blind vision Q!
This time, Xiao Guang’s reaction was obviously a beat too slow, and he was directly locked by Thresh’s Q, and he couldn’t even use E!
The next second, Thresh turned around and threw a lantern into the river!
It’s bad food!
The first thing Xiao Guang felt was that there was someone in the river, and his heart skipped a beat!
The next second, when Thresh focused on his second stage of Q and flew up to use the Doom Pendulum to hit him, Xiao Shiguang's hand speed soared, and he directly flashed to avoid Thresh's E and went into the bushes, then used another E to climb over the wall and escape back to the bottom lane tower.
Seamless Flash E!
EZ's flexibility and self-protection capabilities are fully demonstrated.
It's just... it consumes a lot of flash.
And the next second, no one lit up Thresh's lantern at all, and only an Annie walked up from behind.
"Ah, this?!"
Miller on the commentary desk was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "It's not a problem to use this flash. After all, Xiao Shiguang must have thought that Factory Manager was in the river. If he didn't flash decisively, he would be lifted up and injured by the excavator and it would be too late to use it."
"I can only say that Meiko's Thresh is quite good." Wawa also laughed, "This bluffing directly scared off the flash of the ADC in the bottom lane, so their bottom lane confrontation was much more comfortable."
"It's not really a bluff."
Xiaoxiao said, "Do you know what the most critical thing about this wave is? The most critical thing is that although Zzai's excavator was always there, he pulled the frog in the lower half of IG to a position very close to the blue buff. That place is a blind spot in the bush. This means that Zzai's excavator was not in IG's field of vision from beginning to end."
"Eh? There seems to be an explanation for this wave!"
"Yes, the bush ward in the bottom lane that was preventing the flanking has been eliminated by Meiko's scan."
At 4 minutes and 45 seconds into the game, IG's bottom lane brought the troops under the tower back to a position relatively close to their own tower, which was actually a quite comfortable position.
The problem was that the factory director's excavator was lurking in the bushes that had been blocked from the rear like a shark in the deep sea.
The next moment, when Xiao Shiguang's EZ wanted to come up and make a finishing move on the sports car.
Swish!
Thresh, who was cruising at the edge of the opposite bush, flashed and appeared directly in front of EZ, raising his hand to use an E.
Arcane Leap!
The little yellow-haired boy startled and instantly used the E skill to pull back.
However, the classic scene of old Thresh vs. EZ was staged!
When Meiko's Thresh flashed E, the hook in his hand was also thrown towards the tower in prediction!
The next second, the figure of the little yellow-haired boy appeared at the end of the hook!
"Oh my god! My sister made this predicted Q!"
"Little Time has been hooked! The factory director's excavator has also drilled through the ground and knocked me off my feet!"
“…”
The result is self-evident.
Without flash, after being ignited by Thresh, even if he used treatment, EZ with little time could not escape the clutches.
"EDG-Clearlove killed IG-Time!"
Seeing this kill, EDG fans in the live broadcast room were immediately excited again!
On the commentary desk, the three commentators were also shaking their heads and smiling bitterly.
Wawa said: "To be honest, really! I don't think we can blame IG's bottom lane for this wave, they were already very stable."
"Yes, let's talk about the IG misjudged the route that Zweila would take to the jungle, and Zweila was ganking the bottom lane at level 2." Xiaoxiao said seriously, "I won't talk about other teams' bottom lanes, but if it was a top-level bottom lane like Uzi, they would have been defeated long ago."
"You're a little dark, haha."
Miller smiled and nodded, then sighed, "But that's true. Not only did IG defend against Zzaiyi's unexpected level 2 gank, but the two wards that accidentally prevented the flanking were also placed in time. Even the ADC had to place wards. Just imagine how careful they had to be."
Wawa also shook his head and said, "But it was really a coincidence. Xiaoguang was ambushed by Meiko who was helping Zz1tai in the jungle and he used his flash, which laid the groundwork for the next wave."
"Yes, so how should I put it..."
Xiaoxiao shrugged, and suddenly spread his hands and said:
“All I can say is,
This is EDG!
This is a hot man!
This is the strength of the oldest jungler in LPL!"
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately won cheers from countless piglets at the scene!