Chapter 565: Drag them all into the water!
The EDG club won the Grand Slam and two consecutive championships in the same year, which is unprecedented in the professional circle. However, the number of S-League championships still did not exceed SKT, but was just the same.
The biggest goal this year is to win the S8 championship.
Regular seasons and intercontinental competitions can all be considered training programs.
During the spring season, OMG ranked sixth in the Western Conference with a record of 5 wins and 14 losses...which was second to last, only slightly higher than VG, which didn't buy a dog in the Year of the Dog.
There was no reinforcement in the summer season.
He is a soft persimmon.
So, Xing Dao prepared to do something fancy.
June 19th.
7pm.
The match between EDG and OMG officially started at the Dongjiao Memory Performing Arts Center.
Compared with Hongqiao Tiandi, the venue of Dongjiao Memory Performing Arts Center - Fanmu Creative Arts Zone is slightly smaller.
But the background layout is much cooler.
A solar system-like orbital map was playing on the big screen, with the OMG team logo printed on the star in the middle and high-tech prismatic light strips on both sides.
"Hello everyone!"
"We came to the Chengdu OMG home stadium on Tuesday afternoon and brought you the second week and second day of the professional league at the Fanmu Creative Arts District."
"The two teams participating in the competition are the OMG team, which is at home, and the EDG team, which came from afar and is very strong."
The two commentators, Ze Yuan and Chang Mao, appeared in front of the camera.
Waiting for Ze Yuan to read the long advertising slogan on the small card.
Changmao went on to say: "From Chuntian's status and battle record, EDG has the advantage. OMG's performance in Chuntian is indeed not so satisfactory."
"It should be said that they were very bad. I think this is very obvious in the eyes of OMG fans and even all LPL viewers." Ze Yuan was more straightforward: "But they won the first game in the summer season. Although they lost the second game, the performance of each position was also remarkable... much better than in the spring."
"And this version gives OMG more options."
"We can see that the competitions in major regions are full of diversity, no longer sticking to conventional heroes and lanes, giving weaker teams more opportunities."
"The deeper the hero pool, the more changes there are." Changmao concluded.
"Yes, let's take a look at the starting lineup." Ze Yuan looked at the information on the screen: "EDG still has the same five players as last week, top laner General, jungler Zweichang, mid laner Xiye, bottom laner JackeyLove and Meiko."
"OMG's top laner is Frozen Sunset, the jungler is Mountain from the LMS region, the mid laner is Icon, the bottom laner is Chelly, and the support is Xiao Wu."
"Okay, Ban/Pick begins!"
"I wonder what !"
EDG is on the blue side, with Vampire, Troll, and Zoe disabled.
OMG is on the red side, with Irelia, Yasuo, and Gangplank banned.
I grabbed the scorpion directly on the first floor.
Full of threats.
In the MSI finals, EDG demonstrated the super long-range pulling combination of jungler Scorpion + support Thresh, combined with Ornn's group knock-up, which was simply unstoppable.
"OMG will be in trouble whether they grab Thresh or not."
Changmao listed the data: "Xiaowu has only used Thresh twice since the spring season, with a record of one win and one loss. He is not very good at Thresh."
"After all, it's not a support named M!" Ze Yuan joked: "OMG didn't take Thresh, but chose to take out Xayah and Rakan... Xayah and Rakan are average in the bottom lane, but there is a possibility of being a mid-jungle, which is the kind of play that EDG used."
"Under normal circumstances, it will be difficult for OMG to beat EDG. But if they take an unconventional approach... that may not be the case!"
As soon as the words fell.
EDG got Lao Niu on the second floor.
Kai'Sa is revealed on the third floor.
The Thresh as imagined did not appear.
Makes the situation a bit weird.
Instead of using the strategy of taking the enemy general's head from the midst of thousands of troops, just hanging a scorpion whose winning rate ranks outside the top ten. It doesn't seem scientific no matter how you look at it.
OMG, I thought about it over and over again, but I still couldn’t figure it out.
Just don't worry about it and pick up a crow that can carry and fight.
"Crow can go to the bottom lane. Xayah and Rakan will most likely eat the development of the middle lane and jungle."
The factory manager frowned and said, "If Xia's economy is very good and she produces a Mercury, I won't be able to pull her. It may not make sense to pull a Crow... It would be better to have a strong pusher in the middle lane to limit her."
"Both Tsar and Rock Bird are fine. If neither of them is available, then go with Rambo." Xiye listed three alternatives.
"That's enough. Both Tsar and Rock Bird can be released." BP coach Maokai made the judgment.
The Tsar is a definite underdog.
Although Taliyah has a high appearance rate in the Korean server, it is mainly used in the jungle.
EDG has already got Scorpion, and OMG has no reason to target Taliyah.
really.
Second round of Ban/Pick.
EDG banned Ornn and Shen, while OMG banned Fiora and Rolling Shoes.
On the fourth floor, OMG chooses first.
Took a Mundo.
There is still room for wiggle.
Mundo is a traditional top and jungle hero.
It was less popular before.
By version 8.11, the strength had increased significantly.
"Until the last minute, we have no idea what OMG is going to play. Let's see how EDG will choose the last two positions."
"The Tsar...can only go center."
Ze Yuan read out the hero's name: "Huh? Pike! EDG already has Niu in the team, and now there's another Pike. Should we go top single Niu or top single Pike?"
"It's unlikely that he will be the top laner because he has been nerfed too much." Changmao analyzed: "Given General's personality, I think it's more likely that he will be the top laner."
Top laner Lao Niu is a monster developed in the S4 summer season.
At that time, when Lao Niu used W [Wild Charge] to push the target away, he could follow up with a normal attack, leaving all melee top laners with no power to fight back, and his winning rate once reached an exaggerated value of 78%.
Then, it was urgently weakened by the designer and left the top lane stage.
The conditions for returning to single-player mode are not yet in place.
The OMG team shared the same view and after a few discussions, they concluded that top lane Pike posed no threat to Mundo and was simply a developmental threat, which was a much-desired situation.
So, it was decided to put Mundo in the top lane.
A Kindred was added on the fifth floor.
"Why?"
"Qian Jue?"
Ze Yuan was quite surprised: "It's not very scientific for Kindred and Crow to go to the bottom lane. The two heroes will compete with each other for development, and it will also waste Kindred's mark... From this point of view, OMG will probably choose the conventional split lane."
“It really took a long time.”
"EDG thought it was Xayah and Rakan in the mid and jungle, so they picked Azar to counter it, but they didn't catch him."
"You put out Azar to push the line and limit the development of my Xayah and Rakan, so I put Xayah and Rakan in the bottom lane!" Changmao stood from OMG's perspective: "In this way, OMG's lineup is actually better. EDG's Scorpion and Azar are both at a disadvantage when they are alone."
While talking.
After the final adjustment, the coaches from both sides shook hands and left the field.
After a short loading, ten heroes split into two sides and entered the Summoner's Rift.
Blue side: EDG
Red team: OMG
Top lane: Pike vs. Mundo
Jungle: Scorpion vs Kindred
Mid: Tsar vs Crow
AD: Kaisa vs. Xayah
Support: Lao Niu vs Luo
The cheers of cheering rose one after another.
No one noticed that when Xing Dao saw Qian Jue, there was a hint of teasing in his eyes...
