On the left side of the stage, IG's competition seat.
"Ban the Thresh in the bottom lane." Zzitai shouted.
In the game, he TPed to the bottom lane and landed on the opponent's hook. He was so annoyed that he started complaining as soon as the BP started.
Shekeke next to him said unhappily, "That's not necessary. I can do Thresh, too."
"No matter how awesome your Thresh is, can you be as awesome as the hook of the support named M?" Zziti squinted his eyes.
"Forget it, let's just ban it." She Keke stopped talking.
Rookie suddenly asked, "Should we ban Xiaohu's Tsar in the middle lane? He has been playing a lot in ranked recently."
Coach Chris thought about it.
Just about to speak.
Li Fu suddenly interrupted.
"The Tsar can give it."
"What if he starts killing people?" Chris was a little worried.
"It's okay, Xiaohu will send it." Li Fu said with a smile.
Chris was stunned, remembering the King's game at the Canyon of Heroes that he watched standing behind Li Fu last night.
The mid laner next to Li Fu is Xiaohu, who has killed the opponent's mid laner many times before. Chris even said that Li Fu was going to be defeated this time.
As a result, it was like he became a different person. He lost the game for unknown reasons. The score went from 4/0 to 4/4 and then it became a tie before things started to get back to normal.
Coach Chris couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. He nodded and said, "Okay, that saves a ban position."
After three bans with tight rhythm between both teams,
The results on both sides were soon revealed.
Blue side IG: Thresh, Lee Sin, Elise
Red side RNG: Pig girl, Skateboard shoes, Syndra
Seeing the heroes banned by both teams, Miller on the stage smiled and said, "Haha, it seems that our two teams knew each other very well before the game today. The heroes they chose to ban were not the strongest heroes in the version, but the heroes that the other team's players were best at."
Wawa stroked his chin and said, "Yes, not to mention Thresh, Lee Sin and Elise were also heroes that Malaxiangguo felt very hot using in the last round of the regular season."
"Now it all depends on the first choice of the blue team IG. Currently, Graves is still outside. Do you think IG will let Brother Fu grab Graves again?"
"To be honest, I feel that IG can grab the Graves when playing against EDG, but it is really not suitable when playing against RNG." PDD touched his nose and did not explain the reason. He just licked his lips and showed a look that everyone understood.
There was also a burst of laughter at the scene.
In everyone's opinion, Li Fu's jungle core might be able to snatch the male gun from a half-baked player like the factory manager.
But Mala Xiangguo is not a half-baked jungler, but the most offensive top jungler in LPL. Since the opponent dares to use Graves, he will definitely not be afraid of you selecting him.
"What do you mean? Oh! IG chose to grab the support Braum to increase the priority of the bottom lane."
"So what does RNG say? Should we grab a Lucian? And destroy the classic combination of Braum and Lucian on the opposite side?"
"Sure enough! RNG picked Lucian and Nami as their first and second picks, which is also a very classic Luna combination."
"I can only say that Lucian is indeed very strong in the current version, and can play well with many supports. What about IG? Skateboard Shoes has been banned."
"Would you like to pick an EZ to mix things up? Oh, Ice?"
"The combination of Frost and Braum seems to work."
"In the third round, IG chose to play a jungler. Graves is not considered. Will Gragas play as a jungler?"
"It's locked. Padre6 chose his Gragas as jungler in this game."
In the IG competition seat.
Coach Chris stared at the BP interface and said quickly, "The opponent must have a backhand if they put Graves. We can't use this Graves. We can use Gragas. We don't have to worry even if the opponent chooses Graves."
Li Fu just nodded after hearing this.
However, in the eyes of the audience, Li Fu seems to often use some jungle heroes that are not mainstream in the version in the game, but in fact most of the time he will not interfere with the coach's BP thinking.
And at this moment, on the opposite side of the stage, at the RNG competition seat.
RNG coach Fly frowned as he looked at the two junglers on the ban position, Lee Sin and Elise, both of whom were heroes in today's plan, but he didn't expect that the opponent would ban them all as soon as they came up.
This Chris has really done a lot of research on us!
Fly felt emotional.
Turning his head, he looked at the spicy hotpot, "What do you say? Do you want a male gun?"
"Didn't you say in the afternoon that you wouldn't take the wild core in the first game today?" Mala Xiangguo asked back.
Fly smiled bitterly, "But your Spider and Lee Sin are blocked by the opponent. If you don't take the jungle core, I'm afraid there is nothing else to play. Or have you practiced any other heroes recently?"
Spicy Hotpot pondered for a few seconds after hearing this, and suddenly asked, "How about the people and horses?"
"Human... Centaur?" Fly was stunned.
This is not a question of how good or not.
Although there are teams in LCK using Centaur as a jungler, Centaur's appearance rate in LPL is extremely low.
If he remembered correctly, the only time in the entire spring that Li Fu selected a team to match the team's charge system was when he helped IG play against LGD.
But this time they...
Eh? It seems that it is not impossible.
Spicy Hotpot also laughed, "If he can play, so can I. Targeting me? That's impossible."
So in the next second, when the red team RNG took out the crocodile and the centaur in the third and fourth hands respectively, the audience at the scene was stunned for a moment, and then they all reacted.
"Are you from the Spicy Hotpot team?"
"Good boy! He's teaching me right away."
"Centaurus and Crocodile, this top and jungle combination is quite powerful."
"The last counter position is for Xiaohu? I wonder what hero Xiaohu will use this time."
“…”
The final two selections were soon finalized.
IG selected Quinn and Clockwork as the top and mid combination, and the last counter position was given to the mid laner RNG. After seeing Clockwork, the coach seemed to communicate with Xiaohu, and finally Xiaohu nodded.
So, RNG’s last move locked on Ekko.
At this moment, the lineups of both sides surfaced.
IG on the blue side: Quinn on top, Gragas in the jungle, Clockwork in the middle, Ashe and Braum in the bottom lane.
Red side RNG: Crocodile on top, Centaur in the jungle, Ekko in the middle, Lucian and Nami on the bottom lane.
On the commentary desk, the three commentators also began their analysis.
"Okay, our lineups are locked."
"Yes, let's look at IG first. IG undoubtedly got a lineup that they are very good at and familiar with in this game. The top lane plays the mid lane, the mid lane plays development, and the bottom lane... well, just don't die. In this way, their lineup strength will not be too weak in the mid-term. The disadvantage is that the top and bottom lanes are very easy to explode. If they want to play well, they will probably have to rely heavily on the jungler."
"Yes, RNG's lineup was quite fierce in the first game. I like their lineup more. It is a very classic lineup for rushing into a teamfight. If there is a stalemate in the mid-term, there are many ways to start a teamfight. The disadvantage is that this lineup is not so stable. The upper and lower limits in teamfights depend on the temporary performance of the players."
That is true.
A lineup does not necessarily mean the more team-fighting points the better.
Of course, if everyone of you performs at peak performance and starts team fights at god-level every time then there will be no problem.
The problem is that this is not the case in the game.
If there are too many group openings, things will easily go wrong.
Especially in the middle and late stages when victory or defeat can be decided by a single wave, it is not as stable as a lineup with a single starting point.
Just as the commentator was analyzing the lineup, the game was loaded and players from both sides entered the Summoner's Rift.
In the first game, both sides started off steadily, with long snake formations on both sides and their wards were mostly defensive.
The game time is 1 minute and 54 seconds.
"Be careful on the road."
"No problem, Brother Fu. I'm super stable."
Based on the online time and status of the duo in the opposite bottom lane, Li Fu deduced that the Spicy Pot Centaur was probably clearing the jungle from bottom to top.
As we all know, Gragas is a rhythm-type jungler, and his farming speed in the jungle in the early stage is definitely not as fast as Centaur.
Although his posture in the top lane is very stable, it is impossible for Birdman, a long-range top lane hero, to be 100% stable when he is used to suppress the opponent.
So after Li Fu defeated the red buff, he gave up the plan to clear the lower half of the area. He did not go to clear that group of stone men, but continued to clear from F4 upwards.
However, at 2 minutes and 31 seconds into the game, Rookie placed a ward near the opponent's F4 and detected that the opponent's Mala Xiangguo's Centaur was farming F4.
At this moment, Li Fu suddenly came up with an idea.
Li Fu, who had just come to the upper area and killed three wolves and the blue buff, gave up the Toad group of wild monsters again. After only eating four groups of wild monsters to reach level three, he crossed the upper river and sneaked towards the triangular grass next to the big dragon pool in the upper area of the opposite RNG.
Hosting the commentary stage.
Wawa raised his voice suddenly, staring at the bulging-bellied Gragas on the big screen and said, "Eh? Brother Fu's Gragas is moving upwards? What does this mean? Is he targeting Looper's Crocodile?"
Miller next to him said bluntly, "But Brother Fu didn't do enough jungle clearing. He missed two groups of monsters in the jungle. Spicy Pot's Centaur cleared them all from bottom to top. If they hadn't caught them, they would have fallen behind in the early game."
As a former professional top laner, PDD looked at the top laner and said, "But Fu Ge coming to the top lane at this time is actually quite subtle, you know?"
Um?
Wawa and Miller both turned to look at PDD.
PDD cleared his throat with a dry cough and said, "First of all, look at the top lane. Zzitai's Quinn didn't control the minion line, or the champion player Looper cleverly resolved Zzitai's minion line control. Now the minion line is pushing towards RNG's top lane tower. If Gragas can force Crocodile to not eat this wave of minion line, then IG's top lane will make a lot of money, otherwise it will be a big loss."
At this point, PDD paused, pointed at the triangle bush and said , "Look at the ward that was planted by Zizi under Gragas in the early stage. It only has ten seconds left before it expires. Just now, Rookie's scouting ward at F4 saw Spicy Pot spawning upwards. This is exactly when Centaur should have finished killing the red buff. Quinn, who is entering the tower in the top lane, is in great danger."
"Eh? Wait!"
Miller suddenly raised his voice, staring at the big screen and said, "In the IG mid lane, Rookie's Clockwork has also pushed the line over to level 3. He is pretending to go to the river grass to place a ward, but he is actually moving towards the top lane. Is the IG top, mid and jungle trident going to move together again?"
"But this wave of catching... is it difficult to catch?"
Wawa looked at the troops who went around to attack the stone man after the fight, but frowned and said, "Look, Mala Xiangguo's troops are right behind to kill the stone man. Even if IG has three people to catch him, Crocodile still has more than half of his health. Xiangguo's troops can support him at any time. If we rashly cross the tower at this level, I'm afraid something will happen."
In fact, not only the commentator, but also Zizi has the same concern.
"Brother Fu, this tower dive doesn't seem very stable?"
Li Fu smiled slightly when he heard this.
Cross the tower?
Who said that coming to the top lane means crossing the tower?
He said pointedly, "You'll be fine if the troops enter the tower. Don't just stand there. Go through the tower directly."
The next second, Li Fu's sight fell on the Stoneman camp in the upper half of RNG.
At the same time, Looper on the opposite lane saw Quinn leading a large wave of soldiers into the tower, and suddenly jumped towards him, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Are you going to confront me head on?
But soon, he found something wrong.
The Quinn in front of him rushed to the tower without attacking, and passed him directly, walking towards the second tower.
Looper's first reaction was,
Cut off the line of troops?
Quinn comes to cut off the line of troops at this point?
No way?
You know, Mala Xiangguo's troops just happened to reach the top lane. Wouldn't it be a sheer gift of a kill if Quinn cut off the minion line at this point?
Looper pursed his lips and was about to smile, but the next second he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Damn it!
Quinn is not cutting off the line of troops!
His target is the people in the jungle!
"careful!"
However, the spicy hotpot has a keen sense of smell.
When Quinn passed the first tower and walked towards the second tower, he noticed something was wrong while hitting the stone man, and decisively pulled the stone man towards the second tower.
Sure enough, the next second, the barrel with a bulging belly used E to crash through the wall.
If Mala Xiang Guo didn't have this good sense of smell, he would have been knocked unconscious by Li Fu in this wave. Quinn, who came over the tower, would have stepped on him, and he would have been seriously injured if he didn't die.
But his early movement saved himself.
However, even so, Li Fu's Gragas came over and immediately took over the Stone Man who had just lost half of his blood.
If we only talk about 1V1, Mala Xiangguo is definitely not inferior to Li Fu.
But this was not a fight between real men, as Birdman in Zizi came up directly to help.
Looper's crocodile is close enough to fight 2V2, but if the crocodile comes to support, the team will lose the military line.
Such a large wave of soldiers is no joke.
"Oh! Brother Fu's move has a meaning. It's like giving RNG's top and jungle a multiple-choice question."
"Yes, if you come to support, the top laner will lose, if you don't support, the jungler will lose."
"Is this a loss to the lane or the jungler? This is so awkward."
“…”
In the end, Mala Xiang Guo chose to sacrifice himself and reluctantly gave up half of the stone men that were killed. Li Fu's invasion of the wild area was considered a successful counterattack against a group of wild monsters.
The LPL official live broadcast room was suddenly flooded with comments.
"Brother Fu's counter-jungle strategy at the beginning is pretty good!"
"Spicy hotpot, stay away!"
"Let it go, let it go, you can let it go!"
"Last time we played against RNG, maybe we would have won if we had Shangfu Ge."
“…”
Of course, there were also many RNG fans who mocked them.
"Just because a group of stone men and sons of bitches rebelled, you're already ecstatic?"
"It's so funny. If you don't know, you would think I got first blood."
"To counter a jungle wave, you have to call on the mid and top lanes to work together. This kind of counter jungle is something I've learned a lot."
“…”
Although RNG fans in the live broadcast room were dismissive of Li Fu's counter-jungle attack with the help of his teammates.
But in fact, Mala Xiangguo had to admit that he was a little bit attracted by Li Fu.
Because he had cleared all the wild monsters from the lower area all the way up, and the Stone Man was the last group of wild monsters in his first round of clearing the wild monsters. He could have gone to check on or control the river crab in the upper area after clearing them all.
However, Li Fu's sudden counterattack directly destroyed Mala Xiangguo's plan.
The dilemma he was facing now was that the jungle had been completely cleared and there were no wild monsters to kill; secondly, the opponent had successfully invaded the jungle and had the initiative in vision, so he couldn't follow suit and kill another wave of wild monsters.
Even the upper and lower jungle areas were completely dark, and it was impossible to catch even the river crabs.
Thinking of this, Mala Xiangguo had an idea and decided to go to the middle lane to help Xiaohu push the line.
This is not revenge.
Xiaohu's Ekko fights against Clockwork. Before the damage of his Q skill level increases in the early stage, he is no match for Clockwork in pushing the line.
The same thing.
Line rights determine wild rights.
If Mala Xiangguo wants to control the river crab next, then a very critical prerequisite is that the middle lane soldier line must be pushed out. It can't be like what happened just now, when the opponent's Clockwork has moved up and Xiaohu is still clearing the line under the middle lane tower.
The commentator on the scene was surprised to see Centaur turn around and appear under his own mid lane tower from the top lane, but Miller reacted quickly.
"Oh, Xiang Guo wants to help push Xiao Hu's troops back and seize control of the lane."
"That's right, the so-called mid-jungle synergy. Only when you have the right to the mid lane can you cooperate with the jungler."
Miller just finished speaking when he frowned slightly, "Wait a minute! IG's response was also very fast. Fu Ge's Gragas came directly from the river, and he directly helped Rookie push back a wave in the middle lane."
"It seems that both sides have realized the importance of the middle lane, but IG is still better in terms of pushing ability. The troops were pushed back to RNG's middle lane tower."
PDD stroked his chin, looked at a certain part of the game screen on the big screen and said, "But Mala Xiangguo handled this wave very smartly. He knew he couldn't push the team, so he placed a ward in the middle of the middle lane when IG was pushing the line."
As soon as PDD finished speaking, the director deliberately cut to RNG's unilateral perspective.
With the help of the line eyes that Mala Xiangguo inadvertently dropped when the two sides were pushing the lines, RNG's vision did not disappear after the line of soldiers in the middle lane was pushed under the tower.
At this time, Mala Xiangguo clearly saw the movement of the wine barrel moving downwards.
"Haha, fight with me."
Mala Xiangguo grinned, and immediately controlled the Centaur to pull back, then bypassed the F4 wild area and headed straight for the upper river.
Yes, since the scout detected that the barrel was moving downwards, he would come to control the river crab.
Although it is more profitable to place Harmony at the point where the little dragon refreshes in the early stage, it is never a loss to control the river crab.
In the game scene on the big screen, the Centaur was seen marching with a cheerful pace, and directly used E to hit the river crab.
However, at this moment, the hearts of countless RNG fans at the scene suddenly lifted!
Because from the God's perspective of the big screen, everyone can clearly see that Li Fu's wine barrel is squatting in a cluster of river grass not far from the entrance of the big dragon pit.
At this moment, even the audience watching the entire broadcast had their heads buzzing.
"What the hell? Why is the barrel here?"
"Teleport? Fly through the air?"
"I just saw him walking down. Am I dazzled?"
"Oh no, this spicy hotpot is going to be in trouble!"
As soon as the words fell,
I saw people and horses chasing river crabs happily into the bushes, but in the bushes there was a red [rolling wine barrel].
Bang-!
The moment the horse and the man entered the grass,
The wine barrel burst open with a bang!
The health of the Spicy Hotpot Centaur dropped visibly.
Oh shit!
Why is this wine barrel here?
You know, even the audience who were watching from a bird's eye view were confused by this scene, so it is not difficult to imagine how confused Mala Xiangguo was at this moment!
However, Li Fu had nothing to say.
Just use W to smash down!
The double buff effect on him had not disappeared yet, and he made another basic attack, directly triggering Thunder.
This version of Gragas is an early-stage numerical hero, and the basic damage of his skills is very high, so he appears in the top unit. Li Fu's set directly reduced Mala Xiangguo's health to only a quarter.
run!
Run away!
This thought arises,
The spicy hotpot decisively started the race.
However, from the moment Li Fu hid in the bushes to ambush, Rookie in the middle lane was moving upwards. Seeing that the conflict in the river had broken out, his Clockwork decisively walked up and raised his hand to use QW.
The centaur's blood was immediately reduced.
At the same time, it was slightly reduced.
Taking advantage of the deceleration, Li Fu's Gragas decisively used his big belly and rushed forward with an E, knocking the Centaur, who had activated sprint and used S to move in an attempt to twist Li Fu's E, into the air.
dizziness!
A draw!
Another basic attack!
The next moment, the centaur's blood was directly emptied and he fell to the ground instantly.
"IG-Padre6 killed RNG-Mlxg!"
"First Blood!"
The sudden first blood shocked the whole audience!
Countless RNG fans at the scene were stunned.
The biggest highlight of IG's match against RNG today is the jungle showdown. Many RNG fans also think that Li Fu's jungle core can only bully the half-baked factory manager, and his true colors will be revealed when he encounters a real jungle core like Mala Xiangguo.
Looking at the current situation...
It doesn't seem to be the case.
Wait, the question is back to the starting point - why the hell is this wine barrel there?
The director seemed to see the anxiety and confusion in the hearts of countless audience members, and the camera quickly cut to the group in the middle.
By replaying the footage,
Everyone saw that when Mala Xiang Guo was being guarded by Li Fu and unable to control his blood, he placed a ward in the middle lane while the opponent was pushing the line, obviously wanting to observe before making a decision.
At this moment, the picture on the big screen suddenly split into two, and the director cut out RNG's unilateral perspective and God's perspective respectively.
From RNG's perspective,
I saw that Li Fu's barrel retreated after pushing the line, then disappeared at the entrance of the narrow road next to F4 and seemed to be walking down.
In fact, from God's perspective,
Li Fu's Gragas made a feint, then blocked the vision of Mala Xiangguo's middle lane eye, twisted his butt and went back up and quietly sneaked into the upper half, then squatted in the grass in the river and waited for the opportunity.
He seemed certain that the troops would come.
As expected.
The scene of the first blood was reproduced - the shocked and desperate Mala Xiangguo's people started to sprint but still couldn't escape death.
hiss-!
And when they saw the whole cause and effect of this first blood from beginning to end, there was a sudden sound of people gasping for breath at the scene.
thin!
Brother Fu’s wave is really too thin!
For a moment, IG fans who had just been scolded for "It's not like you're having a climax just by getting first blood and counterattacking the jungler" straightened their backs.
Some people started to make faces:
"Excuse me, we've already taken the first blood. Can we speak louder now?"