Chapter 82: Leading the Times? Not Now!
"Choosing Poppy... Smeb is still quite cautious."
Xiaosan analyzed on the commentary booth: "In the early stage, Poppy and Fiora are in a 'rock-paper-scissors' confrontation, because Poppy's W can block Fiora's Q, and Fiora's QW can counter Poppy's W."
"And this kind of game cannot be done by reaction. It all depends on the choices of both parties."
“That’s right.” Miller nodded: “But in terms of hero selection, Smeb is more team-oriented.”
It is not easy for Sword Princess to perform well in team battles.
Bobby is much more stable.
Even if the ultimate skill doesn't knock the opponent away, it still has excellent tankiness and functionality.
From this perspective.
Smeb's pick seems to be the better choice.
"That's not the way it should be."
Wawa expressed a different opinion: "Smeb and ROX have been working together for two full seasons and have a good understanding of each other."
"General has only played 8 games since joining EDG."
"It's actually reasonable to use a hero who relies on personal ability."
"Yes, yes, I didn't think it through comprehensively." Miller corrected his mistakes.
We chatted for a while.
EDG's fifth floor hero still hasn't appeared.
It makes people wonder.
The top, mid, bottom and supports have all appeared, leaving only the jungler.
What's so difficult to decide?
With the factory manager's ability, he can play all the heroes with ease, except for a few heroes that require particularly high operating skills.
"Just go for the pig girl, my destiny!"
UZI is very impatient and couldn't help but urge the player on while watching the live broadcast.
The RNG team is on a flight tonight.
After watching EDG play against ROX, it’s time to pack up and go back.
Although the two teams have very fierce competition in the LPL region and their relationship is not very good, no one wants EDG to lose in the context of the LPL being without a championship for four years.
But.
Before the countdown ends.
EDG's last choice was...
"What the hell, Rock Bird?!"
"what's the situation?"
"Making trouble?"
"We already have Snake Lady, why would we need Taliyah?"
The RNG players were almost in a state of panic.
The commentators and the audience were equally incredulous.
"What's up with Taliyah? There's only the jungle position left, how could Taliyah be there?"
Wawa's tone was full of doubt: "Did I click the wrong button? Can I choose again?"
One second...
Two seconds...
Three seconds!
After the time limit expired, EDG still did not raise the issue to the referee behind them.
This means that the lineup can no longer be changed.
"What are you playing?"
"Don't want to win?"
"Another place G?"
"This Taliyah is in a bad mood."
“It exploded.”
"I really don't know what happened to EDG. They lost the wildcard game in the group stage, and a top rookie came out to save the game, and the jungler still caused trouble."
"It was the assistant position on the fifth floor who did this. Don't criticize the wrong person."
"Anyone can find a referee, why is no one moving?"
“…”
The barrage was filled with pessimistic voices.
However.
The other side.
The ROX players and coaches all frowned.
There is no way EDG would give away a victory for nothing by randomly selecting players in the semi-finals.
Take Taliyah...
There must be a deeper meaning!
"Oh no, Taliyah can really play jungle!"
Seeing the hero swap, ROX jungler Peanut slapped his thigh.
Professional players have a very deep understanding of hero attributes and mechanisms, and even if they have never played the game, they can still analyze the general situation.
When you don’t know the lane, you can’t judge the reason for choosing Taliyah.
Know the way.
Think about it for a moment.
Now you understand EDG’s design.
——Pretending to have no support ability, he tricked ROX into pushing the line, and then used the global flow of Taliyah to block the road and gank!
"It doesn't matter."
Support player GorillA was not afraid: "Even if Taliyah can play jungle, he still needs to reach level 6. As long as we have a good rhythm in the early stage, it will be useless even if he comes."
"Yes!" The first generation Rat King PraY was full of confidence.
2012.
PraY played in the Black Sword team, also known as the "Nanjing Nursing Home", and won the OGN (predecessor of LCK) championship with his rat.
A year later, PraY was selected as an All-Star.
In the face of the rising star Smile, he did not fall behind and made outstanding contributions to the victory of the division.
In 2014, PraY had a disagreement with the team and did not participate in the competition, so the title of "Rat King" was taken away by the champion AD player Imp that year.
But out of respect for PraY.
People outside call Imp the 'New Rat King' or the 'Fat Rat'.
In 2015, PraY joined ROX tiger, a team that was not favored by the outside world and was called the League of Losers, and he once again shone brightly.
Reached the world finals.
3-1 overturned KT.
3-0 slaughter of FNC.
Although they lost to SKT, no one dared to underestimate any player in this team.
Until this year.
ROX ranked first in the LCK with a record of 15 wins in 18 regular season games and obtained the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
The name of the bottom lane combination 'Xuanming Er Lao' is already well-known in the LOL circle.
Deft?
Meiko?
In PraY's eyes, they are just two relatively outstanding juniors.
Perhaps these two younger generations have the opportunity to lead an era.
but.
not now!
After the final adjustment phase, the coaches from both teams walked to the center of the stage, shook hands, and exited along the aisles on both sides.
The competition officially begins.
Blue side: ROX
Red side: EDG
Top lane: Poppy vs Fiora
Jungle: Spider vs Taliyah
Mid: Victor vs. Cassiopeia
AD: Policewoman vs. Jhin
Support: Zyra vs. Karma
"If EDG wants to win this game, it depends on whether they can create a gap in the top lane."
Miller analyzed: "Although Smeb is very strong, General is equally outstanding. When Fiora faces Poppy, it still depends on the game between the two sides. There is no such thing as you must not do anything to me."
Mostly confrontation.
One side seeks stability.
The other party has no recourse.
At most, you can be ahead by seven or eight last hits, which will consume the durability of the defense tower.
He suppressed the enemy like a tiger and took the economic lead by 150.
Unless you are stuck at the node of a key resource group, this gap is just a matter of a wave of soldiers plus the natural jump of money.
The impact is almost non-existent.
but.
Fiora is different.
The mechanism of causing percentage true damage by breaking the flaw means that no hero can be sure that there will be no problems when facing Fiora.
"I'm still looking forward to what kind of effect the jungle Taliyah can play."
As a former professional player, Xiaosan's focus is more precise: "I just thought about . Taliyah's skill mechanism can indeed be used to clear the jungle, and it even has good confrontation, self-protection, and GANK capabilities."
"I'm afraid it will be EDG's trump card."
The two players faced off at the edge of the river.
1 minute 40 seconds.
The first wave of wild monsters refresh.
ROX jungler Peanut used the Spider Queen, singled out the Gromp, and used punishment to get the "Toxic Skin" effect to increase the development speed.
With the help of Xing Dao, the factory manager started from the red BUFF.
This ensures that at level 3-4, you can move to the lower zone, providing a certain degree of protection for the double lane.
only.
Poppy pushes the line directly.
Fiora helped with the jungle and lost some of her status.
In the top lane confrontation, Smeb obviously had a slight advantage.
