Chapter 81: Sword Princess vs. Poppy... Why?!
"Top lane: Smeb!"
"Jungler: Peanut!"
"Mid: Kuro!"
"AD: PraY!"
"Support: GorillA!"
"Coach NoFe, and substitute player Sylph!"
"Let us once again welcome the ROX Tigers with a big cheer!"
Inside the venue.
The audience responded with polite cheers for ROX, the LCK's No. 1 seed and currently the biggest favorite to win the championship.
A few seconds later.
The host introduced again: "There is also the ruler of the LPL region, EDward Gaming, who has a brilliant recent record and is unstoppable——"
The camera transitions from the championship trophy to the big screen.
The classic scene of EDG in the quarterfinals then appeared.
At the bottom of the screen, there is also a lineup of five main players, one substitute, and one coach.
"Top order: General!"
"Jungler: Clearlove!"
"Mid : Scout!"
"AD:Deft!"
"Assist: Meiko!"
"Coach Maokai, substitute player Mouse!"
Compared to just now.
This time, the audience's cheers were obviously much louder.
Especially when Xing Dao was introduced, the sound waves almost burst out of the venue.
After all, LCS.NA viewers support North America when Europe and the United States are fighting.
Support Europe and the United States when fighting with the LPL region.
Faced with the LCK, which has won the world finals championship for three consecutive years, played a dominant role, and was arrogant and made all kinds of outrageous remarks, the LCS.NA audience will support all teams except the LCK.
Before the quarterfinals, EDG played away.
At this point, it’s almost half home.
The background music plays to the end.
The contestants entered their respective seats and prepared.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the 2016 League of Legends World Championship, the semi-finals."
"I'm a doll."
"I'm Miller."
"I'm Xiaosan."
'Haier Brothers' and a special guest appeared together in the commentary booth.
"The backgrounds of EDG and ROX are actually very different."
"EDG was very professional when it was founded in the S4 season and is currently the most formal ."
"ROX is a team formed by amateur players. Last season, they were forced to train at home due to a funding shortage. It is not easy for them to get to where they are today."
Speaking of this.
Wawa changed the subject: "But we definitely expect EDG to win this semi-final and stand on the stage of the final."
“Let’s take a look at the data comparison.”
Miller stared at the screen: "General and Semb have very similar styles. They are both carry-type top laners, and their participation rates in teamfights are generally not high, one at 53.7% and the other at 58.5%."
"But once they get into a team fight, both of them can provide a lot of damage to the team."
Next.
The information boxes for the four positions of jungler, mid laner, AD, and support appear one by one in their respective lanes.
After the display is completed.
Enter the Ban/Pick interface.
The night before, ROX won the coin toss and got the priority to choose the side.
Actively came to the blue side.
On the first floor, ban Ryze first.
“General has many heroes with better records than Ryze, but I personally think that Ryze is the most unstoppable.”
"It's easy in the early and middle stages."
"In the late game, Ryze synthesized Zhonya's hourglass and used his level 2 ultimate to push the lane. There was no way to deal with it. There was no possibility of being caught and killed."
Small umbrella for analysis.
After the rework, the ultimate skill that increases movement speed, spell lifesteal and explosive AOE was turned into a teleportation array, and the team battle ability of Rune Mage Ryze was weakened a lot.
But after the equipment is completed, the one-on-one ability is still among the top top heroes.
Once the golden cicada escapes, there is almost no way to solve it.
EDG is targeting Nidalee, who is a pick that all LCK players are good at and a must-have on the blue side.
This way of handling things is relatively common and is within the other party's expectations.
Second and third floors.
ROX banned Rek'Sai, the Void Burrower, and Aurelion Sol, the Starforge.
EDG banned Kennen and Dark Sovereign Syndra.
Enter the selection stage.
ROX first grabs the policewoman on the first floor.
"Suppress EDG's two support heroes and then attack the bottom lane?"
Miller guessed based on the situation: "Indeed, compared to more experienced top laners, General has one biggest shortcoming, which is that he is not very good at supporting."
"We can see that in EDG's previous games, General's teleport was used to supplement his development."
"If PraY and GorillA get a fast-push combination, it's really not that easy to deal with."
"Let's see how EDG handles this."
Wawa looked to the right: "Take a Karma to stabilize the line, then choose Jhin, and directly show the bottom lane combination."
Seeing this.
ROX got Spider Queen Elise and Rising of Thorns Jyra.
Zyra and Karma are classic counters.
In comparison, Karma has more comprehensive functionality and Zyra has stronger suppression power.
The combination of Zyra and Policewoman can easily gain control of the lane when facing Karma and Jhin, allowing the Spider Queen to unleash her unstoppable tower-crossing ability.
Normally.
EDG should consider strong mid and jungle heroes to avoid problems in the bottom lane.
However, what appeared was a Serpent's Embrace who couldn't buy shoes, and a Swordsman who was not suitable for the version.
Very strange.
"Just send out Sword Princess..."
Miller thought for a moment and said, "Given General's personal ability and style, I can understand it."
"Although Fiora is not that strong in this version, in the later stages, when her equipment is complete, few heroes can stop Fiora from split-pushing."
"But if this happens, the factory manager will have to pick up the tank-type jungler, and it will be difficult to take care of the bottom lane!"
A tank-type jungler, in other words, a herbivore hero.
Very suitable for factory managers.
Also suitable for EDG's current lineup.
But all of this has a prerequisite, that is, the bottom lane will not be destroyed.
As we all know, Deft has never been known for his online ability. Among the strongest ADCs, it is no exaggeration to say that he ranks last.
Using inferior heroes, they faced PraY and GorillA, who were known as the "Two Elders of the Mysterious World".
There is also a Spider Queen watching eagerly from the side.
Whether it can hold on requires a big question mark...and maybe it will turn into an exclamation mark.
The explanation is not understandable.
The audience is confused.
ROX team coach NoFe also felt something was wrong.
In recent years, the style of LPL teams, especially EDG team, is always to avoid mistakes rather than seek credit. They don't want to lose anything, but they don't have the ability to do so, so they are always tricked by LCK.
In this game, EDG gave up the bottom lane and focused on the top laner?
It shouldn't be...
right.
EDG's new top laner General is very strong. He killed all the enemies along the way and hardly encountered any decent resistance.
But you have to know.
Who is the opponent in this game?
Semb is recognized as the strongest top laner this year!
Why do EDG think that General's attributes have been weakened in all aspects, and he is no longer the strong Fiora in this version, and can play at a faster pace than Caitlyn.
Think for a long time.
The countdown is about to end.
NoFe then let the team members take out the heroes they wanted.
Mid lane, Mechanical Pioneer Viktor.
On the road…
Poppy the Holy Hammer!
