Ah Shui continued, "Anyway, leave Viper to me. I can always beat him every time I meet him. You don't have to worry about that."
Lu Yi smiled: "Okay, then it depends on your performance. Don't let me down, Wenbo."
Zhan Ma said: "Let's start reviewing these four games now, and then start training against EDG."
In the next few days, all TES members devoted themselves to hard training.
LPL game scene, in the lounge.
The TES team is making preparations before the game.
Lu Yi was lying on the sofa looking at his phone, and everyone on the Internet was discussing today's game.
[Are EDG fans ready to cry? TES is coming. 】
【Wait for Viper to beat me until I cry and pee. Today, I will be ruined. 】
[My brother made it to the semi-finals by relying on someone’s help, and that’s enough. ]
[Viper? Is he the No. 1 ADC in LPL who never won against Wenbo? ]
Sure enough, just as Lu Yi thought, both sides are now concentrating their firepower on the bottom lane.
There’s no way around it. In the previous match between EDG and RNG, Viper’s performance was indeed amazing.
TES fans must be unhappy to see this, while EDG fans are pinning their hopes on the bottom lane.
Lu Yi entered Huya Live and took a look, and suddenly saw several familiar anchors broadcasting live.
First up is UZI! He is quite popular, with over 2 million followers, and it seems he just started broadcasting.
I clicked on it and saw UZI was waiting for the game to start. He seemed to be thinking about this BO5.
The barrages are all popping up:
[Master Gou, who do you think will win today? ]
[Who is better, Viper or Ah Shui? ]
[None is as good as one Uzi.]
[Now there is no tiger in the bottom lane of LPL, and the monkey is king. 】
It’s obvious that this barrage was posted by fans.
Then, UZI was stunned, as if he had discovered something, and said:
"Welcome Yishen to the live broadcast room, welcome."
The barrage also followed suit to express welcome.
After all, Lu Yi is not an ADC, so he will generally not be attacked by UZI's fans.
Lu Yi exited UZI's live broadcast room and looked at others'.
Gangzi is also live streaming, with hundreds of thousands of followers.
Lu Yi went in to take a look.
Gangzi was bragging: "Today's game, I tell you, TES will definitely win, with Yishen here, you know, Yishen..."
Suddenly, Gangzi was stunned, then his mouth opened wide, made a very exaggerated expression, and rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not seeing things.
"Yishen is here! Oh my god, Yishen is here in my live studio!"
Gangzi suddenly stood up from his chair, stepped back so that the camera could capture him, then bowed to the camera and said:
"Pay homage to God Yi!"
Lu Yi smiled. Gangzi finally came to live. There is a reward!
So Lu Yi gave Gangzi a lot of free gifts.
"Thank you for the free gift, thank you!"
Lu Yi ran away and continued to look for hosts to see if there were any other interesting hosts.
Soon, he made another discovery.
Lady Attitude is also live streaming!
Su Ah must click in to take a look, and saw Zizi was also bragging to the audience in the live broadcast room.
"It's a guaranteed win, TES is guaranteed to win. Don't you see what state TES is in now? Let me put it this way. In the entire LPL, unless I go to the mid lane to fight Yishen, no one can be Yishen's opponent."
Hearing this, Lu Yi couldn't hold it anymore.
Is this kid serious? He never blushes when he brags, which shows that he is thick-skinned.
Suddenly, Zizi stared at the screen in a daze.
"Hey, guys, I seem to be hallucinating. I actually saw Yi Shen coming to my live broadcast room. What's going on?"
Zizi stared at the screen for several times, and finally said, "Housekeeper, someone is pretending to be Yishen here, block him for me."
Lu Yi couldn't hold it anymore. Was he serious? Was he really unaware or was he just pretending not to know?
However, Lu Yi was not blocked. He stared at the screen and exclaimed:
"Is it true? Oh my god, what's going on..."
Zizhi quickly stood up and knelt on the chair to apologize:
"Yishen, I'm sorry. I thought someone was impersonating your account just now."
The comments in the live broadcast room were so funny:
[Hahaha, you are amazing. Are you so quick to change your attitude? ]
[It is possible to turn against someone, but it highlights flexibility. 】
[As for his attitude towards admitting mistakes, there is nothing to complain about. 】
[I think Yishen is going to block you, so just cry. ]
Lu Yi exited Zizi's live broadcast room and looked for other fun things to do.
On the other side, in the live commentary booth, the three commentators Guan Zeyuan, Wawa and Miller were ready.
Wawa explained: "The upcoming semi-final of this summer season will be between EDG and TES."
Miller continued: "Looking at the current state of both teams, I think both have a chance. TES definitely has the advantage in overall strength, but Viper broke out in the playoffs. His current performance should be one of the strongest bottom lanes this season."
Wawa agreed, "That's right. In the semi-final against RNG, Viper completely defeated Gala. Now it's A Shui's turn. Can A Shui withstand Viper's attack? We'll see today."
Then, the host came on stage and, after a brief opening speech, welcomed everyone:
"Now, let's welcome the EDG team's starting five!"
The EDG fans at the scene were very enthusiastic:
"EDG! EDG! EDG!"
When the director's camera was focused on the EDG team and Viper was given a close-up, a female fan at the scene stood out:
"Hubby! Husband! I want to give birth to a baby for you!"
"Ahhh! My husband is so handsome!"
……
At this time, in the backstage team channel, the TES members were waiting to enter.
Hearing the noise outside, Lu Yi looked at Ah Shui and said, "Wenbo, is the pressure too great? You are not fighting Viper alone now. Viper has his family members."
Everyone couldn't hold back after hearing this, and Shan Ji said, "It's okay, Wenbo still has us, his teammates, so family members are nothing, right?"
Hang agreed, "That's right. If Wenbo is abused by Viper today, we should be able to snatch his family members away. Wouldn't that be even cooler?"
Ah Shui responded: "I'm not interested in this kind of thing, don't drag me into it, I'm responsible for defeating him."
"Now, let's welcome the TES team!"
Hearing the host's call, the TES members walked out from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.
TES fans at the scene began to exert their strength:
"Tao Bo! Tao Bo! Tao Bo!"
The TES team walked to the center of the stage, next to EDG, and turned around to face EDG.
Lu Yi faced off against Scout, and A Shui faced off against Viper.
The director also gave a close-up of the middle and bottom lanes to create an atmosphere of a fateful showdown.
Then the two sides shook hands and turned to their respective seats. After Lu Yi sat down, he put on his headphones, checked in, checked into the room, and asked:
"Are you all ready?"
Ah Shui: “Do it!”
Pheasant: “Fuck!”
Hang: “Fuck!”
Xiaotian: “Go!”
So we entered the BP interface of the first game. In this game, TES was on the red side and EDG was on the blue side.
EDG chose to target the bottom lane and banned Aphelios, Jinx and Senna.
TES also targeted the bottom lane and banned Zeli, Kalista and Lucian.
Seeing this scene, Wawa was shocked: "What's going on? Six ADC bans? Are there any heroes left to use now? Both sides choose to target the bottom lane, there aren't many options left."
Miller analyzed: "Now is not the time to test the ADC hero pool of both sides. Wait, there is still a hero that has not been banned. A Shui's hero, Draven, is still out!"
Colonel Guan muttered, "But do you dare to take it? This is a problem. And I think you need to take it in the first three picks. Otherwise, the second round of BP will continue to target the bottom lane, and you won't have a chance to take it."
At this moment, EDG locked EZ on the first floor!
Miller commented: "Ezreal? This is a good choice. There are no ADCs with higher priority than Ezreal. Moreover, Ezreal is more versatile and can be matched with different heroes. He can also hold his own in laning phase."
At this time on the TES side, Zhanma walked behind Ashui and said:
"What should I take in the bottom lane? I suggest taking it early, otherwise you might not be able to get it later."
"Now you can choose... Sivir. This hero is okay against Ezreal. Of course, if you are confident enough, I think Draven can also be considered."
Shan Ji was the first to get excited: "Can you see Ah Shui's Draven? Let's do it!"
Lu Yi also encouraged: "A Shui, now is the time to prove who is the husband of LPL."
Ah Shui finally made a choice: "Draven."
"Oh! Nice!" the pheasant cheered.
"Welcome to the Draven League!" TES got Draven on the first floor and locked on Renata on the second floor.
In the official live broadcast room, the comments were boiling:
[Here it comes! Ah Shui's Draven, this game destroyed the bottom lane! 】
[I like playing EZ, and I like banning bottom lane heroes. Now let’s see what you guys do. ]
[I heard you packed Gala? Let Wenbo come and see your quality. ]
[Don't be timid in the bottom lane. Anyone who is timid is a son. 】
UZI started his analysis on Huya Live: "If EZ is laning against Draven, it will definitely be difficult to beat him, but EZ is more flexible and can kite. If it's my EZ, there will definitely be no problem."
Zzitai said: "The bottom lane will definitely explode in this game. Either the blue side will explode or the red side will explode. There is no way you can develop peacefully. I'm putting my words here."
Gangzi also expressed his opinion: "Personally, I feel that the focus of this game seems to be on the bottom lane, but that's not necessarily the case. As an old Draven expert, it's not that easy to get a kill just by looking at the laning phase. The opponent is not stupid, and it depends on whether your teammates come to help."
The BP continued, EDG locked Nami on the second floor and got the Nine-Tailed Fox on the third floor.
It was TES's turn. TES locked on the Ruined King on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.
TESBAN banned Monkey King and Xin Zhao, while EDG banned Kennen and Ornn.
TES got Sejuani on the fourth floor.
Wawa commented: "Is Shan Ji still playing top lane Sejuani now? I remember this hero seems to be Saint Spear's specialty. Can Shan Ji play it?"
Colonel Guan was not optimistic: "Since Saint Spear is an expert in Sejuani, he must know how to deal with Sejuani. EDG got Gwen on the fourth floor! She specializes in tanks, so Sejuani will not be comfortable in this game."
Then EDG locked in the Piltover Enforcer on the fifth floor. In this way, only TES’s mid laner was not determined.
The director gave the camera to Lu Yi, and Zhan Ma was communicating behind him:
"There are many heroes that can be chosen in the middle lane now. If the opponent is Ahri, you can choose Taliyah, Azar, and Sylas."
Now Zhan Ma doesn’t know which heroes Lu Yi can play. Before, Lu Yi would suddenly take out some heroes he had never played before. When asked, he would tell him that there was no need to practice, just take them out.
The key is that Lu Yi can really win if he uses it, so there is nothing to say about the war horse.
Suddenly Lu Yi made a choice: "Give me a death song."
Zhan Ma was shocked: "Karus? That won't work. Karthus is too easy to die when he meets Ahri. Why don't you switch to another one? When Ahri reaches level 6 and the jungler comes to the middle lane, there is no other possibility for Karthus except death."
Lu Yi strongly requested: "I want to die, choose!"
"You are the coach and I am the coach?"
"You play the game and I play the game?"
The two spoke almost at the same time.
In fact, this time Zhan Ma made up his mind in advance to take back his initiative as a coach and not be suppressed by Lu Yi all the time.
So his attitude is very tough. Now the whole LPL knows that it is Lu Yi himself who decides on the selection of heroes for TES, and Zhan Ma has no say at all.
That would be troublesome. Even though Lu Yi was the only one doing this, others would more or less listen.
However, fans and unscrupulous media don't care about this. The rumor is that he does nothing at all and lets the players do the BP themselves.
The two were still in a stalemate, when suddenly, Hang picked Karthus on the fifth floor.
Zhan Ma was shocked: "No, who asked you to choose? I didn't ask you to choose, what did you choose?"
Hang muttered, "You'll definitely compromise in the end anyway, can't we just skip the process?"
Now everyone couldn't hold it anymore, but in fact, based on past experience, this has always been the case. Given Lu Yi's status, Zhan Ma will definitely compromise in the end.
So the lineups of both sides were determined:
[Format: BO5]
【TES】VS【EDG】(0:0)
Top order: [Wrath of the North] VS [Spiritual Doll]
Jungle: [The Ruined King] VS [Piltover Enforcer]
Mid: [Death Chanter] VS [Nine-Tailed Fox]
ADC: [Glory Executioner] VS [Explorer]
Support: [Alchemist Baron] VS [Tidecaller Mermaid]
Seeing the lineups of both sides, Wawa analyzed:
"Mid-lane Karthus? This choice is a bit unpopular. Generally speaking, even if you play Karthus, you'll play as a jungler, and the opponent is a hero like Ahri, who has strong ability to cooperate with junglers."
Colonel Guan agreed, "That's right. I don't think much of Karthus in the middle lane in this match. He can be easily broken through by the opponent."
In Huya Live, seeing that Death Song was locked, Zizi fell into deep thought: "Death Song..."
He seemed to have something he dared not say and could only remain in a state of deep thought.
The barrage began to urge:
[What's wrong with Karthus? Come on, you just boasted that you are the only mid laner who can beat Yishen.]
[Pretending to be deep, huh?]
[I guess he was worried about being slapped in the face, so he deliberately kept silent. 】
In Gangzi's live broadcast room, Gangzi's position was more firm:
“Although I am not a mid laner and don’t understand this position, I believe in Yishen. All you need to do is believe in him. Those who believe in him can post messages saying they believe in him, and those who don’t believe in him can post messages saying they believe in him.”
There are more bullet comments in the live broadcast room:
[Believe in Yishen. If you don’t believe in Yishen, who else can you believe in? 】
[Anyway, you just trust me, right? You are amazing. ]
【I believe the other party will definitely give it to you. 】
In UZI's live broadcast room, UZI's attitude was different:
"To be honest, Karthus mid lane is not a good choice. This hero is easy to die. If TES can't play in the bottom lane, this game will be difficult for TES." (End of this chapter)