“Too passive!”
kkoma's heart sank.
The strength of the Censer has been fully demonstrated in the previous match between RNG and SSG, but SKT currently has no experience with this version at all!
This made it difficult for Kkoma, who was used to planning everything, to adapt.
LCK's BP is an intelligence war. Kkoma has no idea what kind of lineup EDG will use in the new version!
This means that BP will be very difficult to do.
The only thing kkoma can do is to choose a lineup that is as team-oriented as possible and make the bottom lane the core.
This can barely make up for the problem of understanding the censer version.
"What kind of mid laner can...wait, is this why they killed Galio?"
kkoma was slightly stunned when he was thinking about the mid laner.
He was originally wondering why EDG wanted to move Galio.
Because this hero is now more used to counter Maokai in the top lane.
Now it seems... maybe EDG has also developed a mid-lane Galio?
The reason I say "also" is because Lee Sang-hyuk is now training Galio madly.
kkoma really didn't have any good choice for the moment. He lowered his head slightly and asked in a low voice beside Li Xianghe.
“Sang Hyuk.”
"Clockwork, or Taliyah Tsar?"
Li Xianghe's eyes remained calm. After hearing the question, he raised his eyes slightly and glanced at kkoma.
I saw that he had a worried look in his eyes.
As partners for so many years, Lee Sang-hyuk certainly knew what kkoma was worried about.
In kkoma's heart, Clockwork is the best choice.
But he knows.
If it were Lee Sang-hyeok, he would most likely choose Taliyah Tsar.
However, the problem is that the opponent is Prince Lulu, and it is too difficult for the Tsar to enter the field.
Once caught, they would basically die instantly.
Expect Meiko to not react?
Even if this situation really exists, kkoma would never consider the opponent making mistakes during the BP stage!
Because whether the other party makes a mistake is an uncertain event.
Expecting to win by waiting for the opponent to make a mistake is not realistic.
So although both Taliyah and Tsar can indeed improve the strength of SKT's lineup a lot.
So, what is the cost?
If you fail...
Li Xianghe will be scolded to no avail!
Because he started a group, I gave it away!
"fine."
A smile suddenly appeared on Li Xianghe's serious face.
He quickly turned his head back to look at the screen, pushed his headphones calmly, his eyes sharp as always, and spoke firmly.
"The Tsar."
For Lee Sang-hyuk, being scolded after losing is what he deserves.
If you didn’t perform well, do you still expect your fans to comfort you?
He couldn't accept himself like this.
If the game was lost because of me initiating a team fight, then...
All the slander is something I should bear.
Ever since losing MSI in S5, he has always liked this sentence:
Can't afford it? Don't play!
As the core of SKT, no matter what kind of pressure he needs to bear in the team battle environment, he must do what a core should do.
Because he is the core.
It's that simple.
This is the responsibility of being a core member!
"……good."
kkoma gently took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and smiled helplessly.
He took a deep breath and helped Li Sang-hyuk choose the Tsar.
In fact, up to now, both kkoma and Lee Sang Hyuk are very clear:
In a strange version.
However, the opponent is obviously already familiar with this version.
EDG itself has already defeated their strong enemies in MSI!
The chances of winning this game are already very slim.
But so what?
I didn’t even fight!
There is never a losing game.
No matter how slim the chances of winning are, there is always a chance, right?
As SKT...
As a champion team that has dominated the League of Legends for several world championships!
They do not allow themselves to have any fear or retreat.
It's just a loss.
They can afford to lose.
"The Tsar?"
For the first time, Xu Yuan looked a little surprised.
In this game, he expected SKT to use Clockwork or Cassiopeia.
Heroes like Tsar and Taliyah, let alone the two remaining heroes of EDG, even the Lulu and Prince who have come out now are already very restrictive.
Although it is indeed easier to seize opportunities.
But correspondingly, it is also more prone to problems.
Xu Yuan loosened his wrist and laughed softly.
"It seems like they are going to fight to the death."
To be honest, this BP is really hardworking.
This is totally unlike anything a team like SKT can do.
Unless... they feel that they will lose if they don't fight.
Being able to push SKT to this point, one can imagine how much pressure EDG is putting on them now.
"it's useless."
It was the first time that Mingkai was so confident. He shook his head slowly but firmly and repeated.
"it's useless."
SKT today is like the LPL of the past.
In every world championship, LPL's understanding of the version always lags behind LCK!
They would suffer great losses in the initial confrontations, and had no idea what heroes LCK could come up with, and were played around by LCK.
It's like this every time!
Now, the roles are reversed.
In the version of Censer, LPL’s understanding is completely ahead of LCK.
And... far ahead!
Just like the LPL in the past, SKT is now as powerless.
All the struggles in BP are just powerless struggles.
Even if EDG doesn't use the Censer system against them, their winning rate still can't be low!
After cooperating with the censer system, SKT no longer had any chance.
This is the reality!
SKT used to be the hunter.
Now, SKT is like a moth caught in a spider's web, struggling in vain.
The roles were swapped.
Now, we are the hunters.
The game entered the second round, because EDG had already selected the bottom lane and jungler in the first round, only the mid and top heroes were left.
So kkoma started targeting Smeb in the second round.
This is as it should be.
He could trust Lee Sang Hyuk, but he didn't dare to trust Huni.
Both hands directly targeted Smeb, removing Kennen and Gnar.
It's not AP Kennen that is moved, it's AD.
This is the value of EDG changing the top lane.
Facing Smeb, if SKT does not help Huni with protective BP, they will probably be stranded.
Especially when the focus is on the bottom lane.
"Pig sister, be careful."
Abu spoke softly, and killed the Sejuani who was cooperating with the Tsar, and then killed the more rogue Shen.
Entering the second round of selection, kkoma took the excavator with the fourth pick.
This is the only good jungler left now.
The two heroes doinb and greyfox are really useless, and the team battles are too stupid.
"The fifth hand should be to fill the front row. Kkoma should know that the censer does not lack output."
Abu patted his little notebook lightly and smiled.
"Well, just take it."
"Troll, grasshopper."
EDG's last two picks were two heroes that SKT had never expected.
Even kkoma had a frown on his face.
But he knew there must be a reason. EDG chose these two heroes, which must mean they think they can win.
SKT knows too little about the Censer version!
"... a wine barrel."
Because of the appearance of the troll, kkoma had to give up his original idea of ​​taking the big tree.
Although choosing Maokai is not in line with SKT's style, it is indeed useful.
It’s a pity that EDG didn’t give him a choice at all.
After hearing what kkoma said, huni hesitated to speak.
huni really doesn't want to play this.
But there is no way.
Facing the cold gaze of Kkoma behind him, Huni swallowed and still said nothing.
Although most of the time, kkoma brother has a very good temper.
But at critical moments, his coaching authority cannot be questioned in the slightest.
The BP of both sides is confirmed!
Blue side EDG:
Top Troll
Jungle Prince
Mid Single Grasshopper
The bottom lane team is Skateboard Shoes and Lulu.
Red side SKT:
Top single barrel
Wild excavator
Mid Single Tsar
The bottom lane team has Rat and Karma.
The competition is about to begin!
"We can see that EDG brought out a lot of new heroes this time!"
"The hero Troll has only appeared once or twice in the summer season of the four major regions. Jarvan IV was originally used more as a top laner, but now EDG has let Jarvan IV return to the jungle position again."
"And the hero Grasshopper has never been chosen by anyone!"
Colonel Guan spoke in a deep voice.
"Is EDG going to play a new system this time?"
Although Colonel Guan is a little platinum or rhinestone, I understand it a little bit.
But, how can you ask him to analyze the function of the incense burner right away?
How is that possible?
If he really has this ability, then he doesn't need to be a commentator and can just become a coach.
The comments also felt that EDG’s BP was not done well.
The opposing SKT all picked the heroes that are currently in their opinion the best version of the game.
This naturally made them a little worried.
"Why did the Tsar, the excavator, and the barrel all get released? What is EDG doing?"
"If you don't take any of the heroes in this version, do you still want four?"
"Brother in front, so neat!"
"Yes! Kill him! Kill him quickly!"
"EDG is not good, like to show off in BP?"
However, they didn't realize that SKT, who they thought had the advantage in BP, was on high alert.
However, the side they thought was underdog in BP had it easy.
Version?
We are the version.
Enter the game!
Without any hesitation, Xu Yuan chose the salary outfit when going out.
"ah?"
Miller's surprised voice on the commentary desk reflected the audience's thoughts very well: Huh?
"This... maybe I'm too nervous. Savior seems to have bought the wrong equipment. Why did he buy only the salary equipment to go out?"
Miller spoke hesitantly.
"??? Salary package?"
"EDG has started!"
"No, why would someone make such a low-level mistake? Master Yuan, please stop causing trouble!"
The barrage was also shocked.
Salary package?
What do you want to do?
Everyone thinks that since you are not Korean, it is not your turn to serve the country.
Only the two coaches backstage looked thoughtful.
"Salary equipment? No wonder EDG is so confident... Who could have thought of this in such a short time? Using salary equipment to speed up the equipment production of the Censer can increase the speed by two to three minutes, allowing the Censer's strong period to arrive earlier."
WE coach Hongmi suddenly realized.
"Salary outfit!"
Kkoma thought about it and realized something, and couldn't help but clench his fists.
The thing he was most worried about came true.
EDG's research on this version is far more in-depth than he thought!
This salary equipment may directly cause SKT to fall into an endless abyss!
Seeing Xu Yuan walk out the door without even looking back, Miller was still trying to make up for Xu Yuan.
He still felt that Xu Yuan had made a mistake in equipping the equipment.
The barrage was also full of criticism.
This is a crucial game. It is hard for the audience not to curse when seeing such a scene in a crucial game.
Even though they like Xu Yuan very much, they like to watch him beat the Koreans in foreign wars, not watch him do something stupid.
It's so real.
However, Xu Yuan on the field didn't care at all.
Salary package?
All we play is salary!
How can the bottom lane play the censer system if they don't buy salary equipment?
Is it suitable?
He controlled Skateboards to go online directly and started dealing with the military line.
Karma is very strong in the early game, and she must deal with the minion line in advance, otherwise it will be easy for the opponent to grab the second place.
"Salary outfit?"
Bang was also surprised when he saw the equipment on the skateboard shoes.
"Maybe this is their strategy. They use salary equipment to speed up the process of making the censer. I must play more aggressively."
"When they go out with double wages, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Now is our chance!"
Wolf reacted incredibly quickly and spoke in a deep voice.
This is the sense of smell as a top-level support.
SKT's support is also considered a signature. Since Fu Manduo, there has been no particularly bad support.
Basically, they are world-class to top-level assistance.
It is too late to send Bang home to change his salary equipment now, so we must seize the opponent's weak period to gain some advantages online, and it would be best if we can kill the opponent online!
This is wolf’s judgment!
"As expected of you, wolf, you are quite smart."
Seeing Karma pressing forward, Xu Yuan nodded slightly in approval.
It is indeed extraordinary to be able to come up with a solution in such a short time.
But the problem is…
There is no need to rush for the incense burner.
Skateboard Shoes' E doesn't even pull down low-health minions.
He retreated directly without any intention of getting entangled with SKT's bottom lane.
Wait until SKT pushes the minion line to the bottom lane before starting to clear the minion line.
"Ashi..."
Wolf felt like cursing.
If Skateboard Shoes plays like this, it will be impossible for him to gain absolute advantage in the laning phase.
With Xu Yuan's basic skills, his last hit was at most three or four hits behind Bang, and it was impossible for him to even reach ten hits.
Such development suppression cannot achieve the goal of slowing down .
If this is a hard support, there is still a chance to catch...
Wait, hard support?
There is no censer for hard supports, so they can only rely on talents like Stone Contract and the like.
...It seems that it is not impossible?
Wolf's thoughts turned around, but he just thought he was overthinking.
Until the third level in the bottom lane, both sides were almost even in last-hitting, and there was no rhythm at all in the bottom lane.
"I'll also make up for the salary when I get home."
Bang couldn't help it.
If the fight continues like this, Bang feels like he is dying slowly when he thinks about the combat effectiveness of the opponent's censer after it comes out.
"Is that enough?"
Wolf asked.
"That's enough. The auxiliary equipment is not expensive."
"Then go back."
Wolf nodded.
SKT bottom lane, wants to return to the city.
However, at this time, Xu Yuan's skateboard shoes started to move forward.
"Don't you want a blood transfusion? Don't leave."
Finishing off the enemy was easy for Xu Yuan, and he even had time to talk nonsense.
An hour or two of last-hitting training every day is not in vain.
SKT's bottom lane wanted to return to the city, but he refused to let them.
He walked forward forcefully, interrupting SKT's bottom lane group's attempt to return to the city.
"Why are you playing so disgustingly?"
Wolf is really speechless.
"I can't go back. The troops are coming."
Bang spoke in a deep voice.
"Then I won't go back. Let Nakano get moving. Sang Hyuk, Wang Hu, can you come?"
wolf calls for backup.
"I...can't move."
Li Xianghe felt worse than them.
He never thought that Grasshopper, a support hero who has been played for a long time, could be so... disgusting when playing mid lane!
He was using the Tsar, and his ability to clear waves was not slow among mid laners.
However, the opponent's grasshopper pushing the line... is simply brainless!
Release the little bugs as soon as you go online, use Q to continuously refresh the duration of E, and the Tsar can't push the middle line at all!
Li Xianghe took out the Tsar to cooperate with the jungler in the early stage, but there was really no good way to deal with the opponent who kept pushing him.
After pushing the line, he disappeared in the middle lane!
This puts a lot of pressure on Peanut.
The opposing mid laner disappeared in the middle lane from time to time, and he was always nervous when competing with Mingkai for resources in the jungle.
Who knows when the grasshoppers will come?
There was no sound from the midfielder, and Wolf probably knew that they were going to have a hard time.
Bottom lane. As Skateboard Shoes' level increased, Rat and Karma no longer dared to push as hard as before.
Because even if the hero equips the salary equipment, the strength curve of the hero Skateboard Shoes itself is enough to support the online confrontation.
What’s more, the one she matched with was Lulu.
The hero Lulu is pretty disgusting in 2v2 fights.
No matter you win or lose in the fight, the rat that Bang kills must be purified, otherwise it will easily die.
What’s worse is that he can’t go back to the city and Bang can’t replenish his salary equipment!
As for Xu Yuan, as long as there is a cannon cart, it is basically used for support.
Plus the blood recovery effect of double salary equipment.
Even if the mouse is invisible, come up and exchange blood.
After fighting a wave, Skateboard Shoes can still quickly bring the health back to the safety line by using the double salary equipment.
The current salary equipment will restore the hero's basic health + part of the lost health when killing a minion.
As a result, even though SKT played very strongly in the bottom lane, they were unable to create any chances.
There is no possibility of even killing!
"How can they be so shameless... Who on earth came up with the idea of ​​the double salary equipment? And why can both salary equipment be effective? I can't accept it!"
Wolf's usually strong heart wall was about to break.
This is too fucking shameless!
If he was not convinced by Meiko when they lost to EDG in MSI, he was at least convinced by Xu Yuan, who did play well.
But if he loses today, even Xu Yuan won’t recognize him!
There is no such thing as soul of bottom lane!
Just exchange blood and go back, it's just a waste of time.
I burn your dreams!
How to play in this laning situation?
"It's unbelievable that a double salary equipment matchup can actually win against the opponent?"
Colonel Guan couldn't help but speak.
This thing seems to be counterintuitive...
Without the attributes of Doran's Blade, can this laning phase still have a slight advantage?
"Could it be that salary equipment is really fun?"
"Don't try it guys, I just played a paycheck and pretended to go out and got slaughtered like a pig."
"He's still pretty ruthless in the laning phase... Yuan Shen's skateboard shoes are so smart in the laning phase!"
Korean audiences have already started scolding SKT's bottom lane.
"You can't even beat the West Eight guys even if they pay you for it, so just retire now!"
"Is this what they call Bang working hard in training? Working hard in training but still unable to win and getting paid to wear skateboard shoes? Hahaha!"
It took nine minutes of game time for the first kill to occur.
And this kill belongs to EDG.
Because they were unable to push the winning line, Scout's grasshopper seized the opportunity.
The moment the junglers from both sides met in the jungle, he decisively flashed and used the R skill to press down Peanut's excavator, suck in, suck in, suck in, suck in!
With the help of Mingkai's EQR, Xiaohuasheng was killed in one second.
After the jungler died, EDG steadily took down the first little dragon.
"How much more?"
Xu Yuan, who was finally willing to let SKT go home, clicked to return to the city and asked Meiko.
"More than five hundred."
"It's almost over. It will take at most three minutes. This round is over."
Xu Yuan nodded slightly.
Incense burner, made in about thirteen minutes!
This is already an extremely extreme speed. Even the Censer in the World Championship is generally not so smooth.
SKT never thought about the double salary package.
Even though they were fighting in the laning lane, they were unable to break through EDG’s bottom lane, and it was completely impossible to break the deadlock.
As long as the incense burner comes out, the killing is basically started.
"No, EDG is now equipped with double salary."
Wolf also realized this clearly and spoke quickly.
"It is very likely that their bottom lane will be three or four minutes ahead of us or even longer in making the Censer. By then, with the attributes provided by the Censer, the bottom lane will collapse directly, unless we wait for me to make it."
"We won't win if we continue to fight them like this."
He is anxious too!
Huni played a Gragas in the top lane, and he was able to play a little with Smeb's Troll in the early stage.
The troll almost killed Hu Ni in that wave.
Huni showed up directly to pick up the guest and drink, making him piss and piss himself in panic.
Totally unbeatable!
In terms of laning details, Smeb beat Huni to pieces.
It's as easy as cuvee beating him.
The jungler Xiaohuasheng tried to catch the bottom several times, but Xu Yuan’s awareness was as good as if he had a spider sense, and he was willing to provide vision!
As a result, Peanut returned empty-handed and was unable to get the rhythm going several times.
Li Xianghe in the middle lane has been playing as Tsar and has basically been following the soldiers until now.
The Scout just keeps pushing the line and disappears after he finishes pushing the line.
There is no way at all.
Pushing the line is completely not on the same level.
Now the grasshopper has an EQW, and basically the whole line is gone.
What the hell is this?
It didn't look like EDG was going to give SKT any chance at all.
wolf, hurry up!
Although there are not many people lagging behind economically now, once Lulu makes the incense burner, the situation will instantly become one-sided.
Before wolf was born, SKT had basically no capital to join forces .
Li Xianghe was silent for a short while.
The current situation is already difficult.
"I'll try to cooperate with you guys to cross the enemy's bottom lane. The top and jungle are coming, so we have to let them cross this time."
It is actually very dangerous for the disadvantaged side to choose to cross the tower, but there is no chance if they don't cross the tower.
Li Xianghe, who was constantly pushed out, really had no other options.
"How much more?"
Twelve minutes into the game, Xu Yuan, who had returned to the line to control the position of the soldiers, asked softly.
"Now... there are still nearly two hundred left."
Xu Yuan spoke without any hesitation.
"I'll help you with the attack, you take this wave."
This is how the auxiliary is treated in the Censer version!
When the AD is almost ready to build the Censer, he even has to sacrifice his own development to let the support build the Censer first.
Meiko was not surprised, as this was not the first time such a scene had occurred in a training match.
He also ate with a clear conscience.
Because after the auxiliary's censer is made, the combat effectiveness of the bottom lane group is much higher than when the AD makes the first item.
Just when SKT was planning to cross the tower, at thirteen minutes and twenty-seven seconds into the game, Lulu, who had taken a whole wave of attacks, returned to the city.
The next moment, he took out a new piece of equipment.
Burning|hot, incense burner!
In thirteen and a half minutes, the incense burner was made.
"game over."
Xu Yuan smiled.