Chapter 576: I heard they are targeting the top lane?
"Come on, brothers!"
"Hit hard."
"Everyone needs to get familiar with the new version again, and we have a great chance of winning."
"Kill EDG first, then KZ!"
The FW team members are encouraging each other in the voice channel.
After hearing the last words from the new top laner Hanabi, they immediately fell silent...
"Well...it's right to be ambitious!"
FW coach Zhanma came out to ease the embarrassment: "EDG is not so invincible. No matter how strong General is, he can't break through the hero's own settings... We can suppress him with the tactics we studied before. EDG, which lacks a core carry point, is unlikely to be our opponent."
"Yes, just bring out what we learned in the training game!" Maple, who was in the mid-lane position, said firmly: "Keep the rhythm in the early stage, and leave it to me in the later stage!"
EDG won the coin toss and got the priority to choose the side.
On the blue side, Crow was disabled first.
The reason for this is that Crow's W skill [Imperial Vision] has a range of up to 5,500 yards at level 1 and a CD of only 22 seconds. Standing in the middle lane, he can detect all wild monster camps including the Stone Beetles, which is very restraining of the factory manager's current jungle style.
FW counter-banned Irelia who had group disarm.
On the second and third floors, EDG banned Ashe and Morgana respectively.
The same goes for Ashe's E [Eagle Strike] and Crow's W, both can detect the jungle area.
Morgana...
As soon as the avatar appeared in the disabled seat in the lower left corner, it caused a burst of knowing laughter.
"EDG's current ban thinking is to make up for possible problems of their own. This approach is very stable. Morgana's full-level Q locks people for three seconds, which is really a bit too much." Miller said seriously.
"And it can turn." Wawa immediately added.
"Fuck, I'm dying of laughter."
“Famous scene.”
"Here @ Q spicy dance."
"How can Morgana's Q turn? What nonsense are you talking about."
"Have you ever watched a race? You don't even know the Q turn?"
"It can't turn by itself, but Jack proved the law of gravity."
"Canyon Newton, huh?"
“…”
The barrage was full of joy.
"Hey, you've passed this..."
Miller thought about it and didn't know how to refute it, so he just continued: "FW's second and third bans are Yasuo and Pike, both targeting General."
Since Yasuo's Infinity Blade was revised, the dual effects of Conqueror + Infinity Edge can convert a total of 35% true damage. His speed of killing tanks is not much slower than killing squishy targets. His speed is even more exaggerated than that of the two female gangsters, Fiora and Shen, in their peak period.
As soon as Pike appeared on the field, he played a wave of "Water Ghost Knocking on the Door" in the LPL region, and FW certainly couldn't let it go.
"EDG's first choice is... EZ!" Changmao commented: "EZ is a hero that will never be a problem. It also suits EDG's style. In the mid-game, there is a strong period when he has the Tri-Phase Hex. If he adds an Archangel, his damage will still be high after the three major items are added."
"Especially now that Infinity Edge doesn't deal extra damage, it just converts it into true damage, which reduces the output of critical hit AD a lot."
"As long as he doesn't drag on until he reaches the sixth item, EZ won't be exhausted."
"That's right." Wawa agreed: "FW got Vampire and Scorpion. Vampire is for the late game, and Scorpion... probably because they want to grab it instead of ban it."
EDG's Scorpion and Thresh combination is quite rogue.
Although the Korean jungler MooJin introduced by FW is quite strong and has caught Faker with Nidalee, he lacks experience after all and may not be able to affect the rhythm of the factory manager.
Grabbing a scorpion is a good deal.
It's EDG's turn to choose.
The second and third floors are for Thresh and Gangplank respectively.
Thresh is used to dismantle the pulling combination.
The captain is...keep throwing smoke bombs!
When EDG plays against a team like FW, they will basically not be dragged into the late game. The Captain who can't miss a critical hit with Storm Blade and Infinity Barrel combo is definitely the right choice.
Seeing this, FW added a Mundo who could also use QQQ remotely.
The hero just showed up.
The audience in the LMS region raised a series of questions.
FW's former top laner was commonly known as Mi|Midan, with the real name MMD. After the match with EDG, he became MMP - Xing Dao beat him so hard that his shit came out in a whole line.
In the S8 season, the starting lineup was changed to Hanabi, nicknamed "Fire Dragon".
During the regular season, Hanabi's performance did not disappoint the fans of the FW team. He could handle the roles of output-type top laner, tank-type top laner, functional top laner, and support-type top laner with ease, which raised high expectations among the audience in the entire region.
The result...choose Mundo in front of the Captain?
Damn, you’re being too timid!
Not to mention that Gangplank is a relatively weak hero in the early stage. Even if Hanabi doesn't dare to go head-to-head with Xing Dao, the old Gangplank who plays with a knife, he should at least get a weapon that can interfere with Gangplank's development.
Taking Mundo, shouldn’t we let the Captain do whatever he wants?
…
"Something's not right."
In the EDG player seat, the factory manager said: "Although FW is a bit bad, they are not stupid. It is impossible for them to use Mundo against Gangplank."
"With Scorpion here, Mundo can only play top lane." Xiye said with confusion.
"Not necessarily, it could be a line change." Xing Dao thought of a reason.
"The possibility of a lane change is high... should we seize the opportunity?" BP coach Maokai discussed countermeasures.
"EZ is not very comfortable to catch the lane change. If you fail to catch it, the first blood tower will be lost." Meiko said: "FW may be misleading on purpose."
As mages have been strengthened many times, AD has been continuously weakened.
Bottom lane heroes are becoming more and more unique.
In addition to the relatively traditional LPL region, lane-switching has become common in LCK, LMS, Europe, and North America.
As for the problem that only the outer tower in the bottom lane has no protection mechanism and the first blood tower will be lost when switching lanes... it is still better than being killed by the opponent, losing the player and not being able to save the tower.
Therefore, when FW chooses Mundo against Gangplank, they should think of using the lane switching strategy to suppress Gangplank's economy.
Anyway, a hero like Mundo can just buy two pieces of defensive equipment and push forward. With more than 5,000 gold coins, he can play a good role in team battles.
The Captain's Tri-Phase, Storm Cut, and Infinity cost more than 10,000 yuan in total, and silver snake coins are also required to buy ultimate skill upgrades. If the team is suppressed by a duo for seven or eight minutes, the connection will basically be disconnected before 30 minutes.
However, thinking about this is just the first step.
There is also the second step of the psychological game...to put it bluntly, it is coin tossing.
I guessed it right, the captain will develop very comfortably.
If you guess wrong, not only will the Captain lose his development space, but he will also lose something else.
"It's quite troublesome..."
BP coach Maokai thought of a solution based on the previous games: "How about letting Xiye take Sion to the top lane? It doesn't matter if we don't switch lanes. If we switch lanes, we can take the first blood tower in the bottom lane."
"I'm fine!" Xiye followed instructions.
"Let's not switch like that for now. We can't take it too seriously against FW." Xing Dao rejected the suggestion: "Don't worry about how they play. We will split the lanes normally. If FW wants to switch lanes, let them do it."
"Are you sure?" BP coach Maokai asked doubtfully.
"Sure, no problem, don't worry!" Xing Dao was confident.
"Okay, then let's do as you say!" Maokai nodded without even asking how to respond.
Anyway, the Intercontinental Championship is a matter between four teams.
Even if EDG loses to FW, the remaining three LPL teams will have no problem playing against LMS.
Taking a step back, even if the other teams also lose, there is still a chance to fight from the bottom up.
not to mention.
Will EDG lose?
The experience over the past year and a half has made Maokai deeply believe in Xing Dao's ability. He does not even doubt that the captain can handle something as outrageous as changing lanes on his own.
Enter the second round of Ban/Pick.
EDG banned Malphite and Varus.
FW banned Zoe and Taliyah.
On the fourth floor, FW chose the Piltover Policewoman, who ranked last in both appearance rate and win rate.
You can tell there's a problem .
What puzzled the commentators and the audience was that EDG seemed to be oblivious to this scene and gave Ryze and Troll King to Xiye and Zz1tai respectively.
The last hero chosen by FW is... Minotaur Chieftain!
