Chapter 529: Level 5 top laner? Screw yo
Looking at the flying red fragments and floating dust on the screen, the confidence accumulated by the KZ players and coaching staff for a full six months was shattered.
I couldn't help but recall the scene of being struck out in the S7 finals.
You know.
During the group stage, when KZ saw EDG using top lane Juggernaut + support Gem to kill PGM, they brainstormed and made arrangements against Gem Juggernaut.
In the first game, I thought it would be easy to win.
result.
Those who were killed had no power to resist.
I can't even find any points for improvement or to take the blame.
——F6 was robbed at the beginning and there was nothing I could do.
When Braum went to the jungle to help Sejuani and caused Caitlyn to be pushed back, even if the line was not pushed over by EZ and Lulu, KZ could only replace a Sion who was able to revive, which would not affect the overall situation.
As for blaming BDD for not having any limits...
That's even more of a joke!
Professional leagues pursue stability and can only correct obviously wrong behaviors. Players cannot be required to use heroes with low proficiency to reach their theoretical upper limit.
What's more, if other mid laners are replaced, the probability of changing the battle situation is so low that it can be ignored.
This resulted in the KZ team no longer daring to release even Juggernaut after Irelia and Yasuo.
In the professional league, the top three are absolutely fixed. How big of a loss will that be?
The teams that fought against EDG half a year ago are all clear answers!
…
"Let's take a look at the post-match data."
"EDG's economy was leading the way, and every time they got a kill there was a significant increase."
"In terms of output, General dealt 18,000 damage, which is higher than the other nine people combined."
Wawa looked at them one by one and said: "There is no suspense about who will get the MVP. If it is not given to General, there is really no one else to give it to."
"Yes." Miller nodded with a smile: "This game was almost a one-man show by General. He killed from the jungle to the bottom lane, and then to the middle lane. After the equipment was ready, he started to harvest and destroyed the last bit of resistance of KZ."
"In a match against a top team, only General can perform like this."
"It's a pity that General couldn't choose Juggernaut anymore." Wei Xiao said with some regret: "This strategy was used once in the game because everyone didn't know the strength. After trying it, they would never use it a second time... I don't know if EDG has prepared anything else."
Before MSI.
EDG has a clear skill set for Irelia, which no one dares to use and no one knows how effective it is.
There is a gem sword master .
It was used in the group stage and finals , defeating the KZ team.
For a professional team, this amount of trump cards is not small, but definitely not many either. After all, both Irelia and Juggernaut are based on Xing Dao's personal abilities and have little to do with other positions.
If it were EDG in its prime, they would probably have other killer weapons.
but.
The two problems of Zzitai's slightly insufficient strength and Zz1tai's declining condition have greatly limited the tactical system that EDG can use.
In addition, Xing Dao was continuously targeted by the designers, and his hero pool was compressed.
Whether EDG can come up with something else is actually an unknown.
“I think there should be more.”
Wawa believes in EDG: "General only practiced Fiora and Shen last year, except for using Poppy a few times. At the World Finals, they can show off their talents to everyone."
"From the preseason to now, more than half a year has passed."
“I absolutely don’t believe that General doesn’t have any other heroes besides Irelia.”
"Let's wait and see!" Miller spoke neutrally when making his analysis.
After the break.
The two teams took the stage for the second time.
KZ got the right to choose the side and switched to the blue side. As planned, they banned Irelia, Juggernaut, and Yasuo to avoid being slashed by Xing Dao again.
EDG banned Shen, Taliyah, and Ryze, continuing to restrict BDD.
On the first floor, KZ got EZ, who developed the double blue equipment of Mana Cut + Archangel and ranked first in the win rate among AD heroes.
EDG’s first two picks were the Xayah and Rakan combination.
It looks a little bit strange.
Xayah and Rakan cannot share the bonus of [Death Feathers] in version 8.6, and their laning strength has been greatly weakened.
The same version also saw a price reduction for the Sheep Knife to 3,000 gold coins.
The combination of these two aspects has significantly improved special effect ADs such as Kaisa, Kog'Maw, and Varus.
EDG did not choose T1's top heroes, but instead picked Xayah and Rakan, who were in a slightly declining state, which made many people feel like the Indians, who were at a loss as to what to do.
KZ thought for more than ten seconds.
The champion and runner-up of the uglier competition have been locked in... Troll and Tam.
Tam EZ is a classic extreme self-preservation hero. In the professional league, there seems to have never been an action to kill Tam EZ.
In addition to ensuring tankiness, the Troll also has the idea of using pillars to prevent Sion from driving the car.
In the first game, the reason why KZ couldn't even put up a decent resistance, besides being killed by the Juggernaut, the second key reason was that Sion could drive a car to crush the policewoman's trap formation.
On the third floor, EDG chose Morgana.
Enter the second round of Ban/Pick.
To be safe, KZ continued to target Xing Dao's Vampire and Fiora.
EDG banned two bird things, Crow and Tsar, which BDD used in the spring season.
Up to this point, no abnormalities have occurred.
but……
The one that EDG clicked on on the fourth floor was actually... Lucian!
"??????????"
"????"
"Double AD?"
"Brother Jie is going to show off his top laner Lu Xian, right?"
"There's no need to choose first. It would be so comfortable to wait for Khan to use Jayce and then kill him."
"It's okay to pick first. Peanut has already decided to use Troll. No matter which top laner KZ picks, it will be difficult to fight against Lucian. We can only resist the pressure."
"What's the point of leaving a fifth floor for the jungler? The best way is to let the top laner watch the hero counter."
"Strange..."
The audience was noisy, but no conclusion could be reached.
The coach and players of the KZ team were also confused when they saw Lucian.
After a long discussion.
I feel like there is no other possibility for Lucian except to go to the top lane.
Because Zzitai, this old bastard, has limited strength, his hero pool tends to be traditional mages and assassins, and he doesn't dare to use special mid laners like Lucian who needs to snowball .
Drag it to the last five seconds of the countdown.
KZ decided to let Khan take out the big worm to resist the pressure, and then let BDD choose a Clockwork and Morgana to fight against each other.
"KZ has Poké, crowd control, tankiness, and a late game. The only thing they lack is the initiative to start a teamfight. But this is not a big problem. As long as Clockwork's equipment is complete and he is pulled to the back row of EDG, the teamfight will basically be one-sided."
"EDG's four heroes... are a bit thin!"
Miller commented objectively: "Even if the jungler lets Zweichang kill Sejuani, the troll will steal a large part of his dual resistance, and his tankiness will definitely not be as good as KZ."
"In front of the big worm and Clockwork, Xia and Lucian, two short-ranged players, may not be able to find an output environment."
"Indeed." Wawa couldn't hold on to the idea of "not losing out" any more: "And EDG's lineup feels a bit messy..."
"You only consider the laning phase, not the coordination." Smile said.
Double AD, the damage is indeed very high.
But what about the front row?
How can an AD hero who has no front row to support him and mainly relies on basic attacks to deal damage?
Luo and Morgana group control?
Stop being funny.
During that short period of control, given the tankiness of the giant worm and the troll, at most a thin layer of skin would be damaged, which is far from causing any serious damage.
"Why?"
"Wait, wait!"
When Wawa saw the hero portrait in the center of the big screen, his tone suddenly changed: "EDG's fifth floor... actually got a Captain?!"
