Chapter 233-Qualified team, pot-style play
In the lounge of the Chinese team.

They successfully won the first game, but none of them were very happy.

After all, the first game was really thrilling. If it weren’t for Ryze’s smart gank, the disadvantage in the middle and lower laning phases would probably have been snowballed.

Once the disadvantage is too great, it cannot be recovered by single-handedly pushing the opponent. The opponent can rely on the big dragon to force a team fight, or force a head-on attack to push the opponent down.

Four seconds of transmission time is enough to change the entire battle situation.

By then, even if Yuan Shen was teleported down, it would be of no help.

They have been doing very well in the Olympics so far, defeating their opponents during the laning phase. Everyone can carry the team, with all three cores working together.

But when facing opponents of similar strength online, many problems of the team arose.

The five strongest players together do not necessarily form the strongest team.

For professional teams, the compatibility between players is more important than individual strength. This compatibility covers many aspects, including playing style, hero pool, and player personality.

Give a few examples.

Mata is good at roaming and setting the pace, but he is distracted from commanding the overall situation in the lane. Can they be combined with Uzi who focuses on suppressing the lane perfectly?
Regarding RNG during the spring season, I don’t know how many people said that Uzi restricted Mata’s roaming ability, while others said that Mata dragged down Uzi’s laning strength.

Secondly, it is the compatibility of the hero pool. The ADC picks a Kog'Maw, but teammates are not good at playing heroes that protect the back row.

The mid laner picked a Yasuo, but the jungler didn't know how to play Lee Sin or Gragas...

Not to mention the players' personalities. They are all young people full of vigor and vitality. If their personalities don't match, it's easy to bring the conflict to the field. The split between OMG's mid and jungle and Mata's single-handed Jayce's Death Notice are typical examples.

Compatibility is a complex issue that must be considered from many perspectives.

At least in Yuan Shen's opinion, if all the members of IG were present, they could defeat the current team.

When Yuan Shen was looking down, Coach Abu came over, patted him on the shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "What are you thinking about?"

"It's a question of compatibility." Yuan Shen shook his head.

"We can't use the system that we are familiar with, IG, forcibly. The 4-1 split push in the last game was actually played very badly, with many loopholes. It's just that the North American team also has the problem of insufficient running-in, so we can barely fight each other.

"The five of us lack a tactical system that can combine our playing styles and bring out all our strengths and specialties."

Abu pondered for a while and said, "How about we take this opportunity to try out our idea."

Yuan Shen showed an interested expression: "If you think it's okay, then I have no problem."

Abu smiled, walked over to discuss with the coaching staff, and finally, made a decision.

"Puppy, you play next game."

"Ah?" Uzi, who was eating Brazilian barbecue, looked up, looking confused.

Immediately afterwards, Uzi looked at Yuan Shen.

He remembered it very clearly, because of the previous incident, Yuan Shen had publicly stated that the two of them would not compete in the same team.

just now……

"I'm fine, don't look at me."

Yuan Shen shook his head, indicating that he would obey the coaching staff's arrangements.

No matter who it is, he just wants the championship.

Olympic champion!

……

Since it is not a home game, the commentary booth cannot receive real-time notifications from the backstage.

It was not until the players came on stage again that Miller exclaimed in surprise and discovered that players had been replaced.

"It's a substitution. Is this the first time that Xiao Gou has played in the starting lineup?"

What's the meaning of changing people at this time?
Not only Miller is thinking about this issue, the North American team is also thinking about it.

"Uzi? Why is he here?? It seems that Doublelift's performance has put pressure on the Chinese team! The opponent's jungler played very well in the last game. Do you know him?"

Bilson asked.

Compared to Uzi, he is more interested in Xiangguo.

Hearing this, the others shook their heads.

On the contrary, the eldest brother who often observes Uzi is no stranger to Xiang Guo.

"I know."

"His strength is just okay. He's a new generation jungler in the LPL region. His fame there is just average. His playing style is fierce and aggressive. He's very offensive, a bit like Xmithie," the eldest brother introduced.

In this game, they also rotated the jungler.

"However, his stability is much worse than yours. If he fails to do anything in the early stage, he will often fall two or three levels behind the opponent's jungler unconsciously.

"Pfft." Xmithie sneered, "What's that? You ruin your own jungler?"

There was a burst of laughter from the North American players, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
They are very optimistic.

Soon, the second round of Banpick began.

The red and blue sides swap.

The Chinese team on the blue side blocked Bard, Kindred, and Jyra.

The North American team on the red side banned Ryze, Vladimir, and Malzahar.

"The blue team has the first move, and the North American team doesn't dare to use Yuanshen's Ryze, who played well in the last game." Miller analyzed: "The same is true for Malzahar. If he is released, the blue team will definitely take the first move."

"Yes, the same goes for the hero, the Cavernous Drainer. The North American team will not easily release this hero."

While the two were chatting, all ten contestants on the field finished selecting their players.

The lineups of both sides are finalized.

Team China (blue side) vs Team North America (red side).

Top Unit: Jayce vs. Tree
Jungle position: Male Gun vs Lee Sin
Mid-Unit: Snake Lady vs Dragon King
ADC: Policewoman vs Jhin

Support: Alistar vs Braum
Bjergsen’s Dragon King was the last one chosen.

Snake Girl is undoubtedly a lane bully who can suppress many AP heroes, but in terms of hero mechanism, Dragon King is obviously an exception.

How can a snake suppress a dragon?
It is simply the opposite of Tiangang.

If Bjergsen brings a purifier, the threat of the snake girl will be even lower.

Seeing this non-mainstream hero, Wei Shen had a headache and said:
"Is this the first time that Bjergsen has used the hero Dragon King? I remember he didn't play this hero before."

"Well, he hasn't played a single game in the local division."

Yuan Shen nodded and speculated: "It should be the result of the training camp. CLG's Dragon King + Policewoman system shined at MSI. In the training camp, the players competed with each other, communicated with each other, and must have learned a lot of new things."

"I picked Caitlyn, so they replaced me with Jhin?" Uzi thought about it and couldn't help but smack his lips. "Dragon King with Jhin is more offensive than with Caitlyn. They obviously want to attack the bottom lane this time. They are going crazy against me."

"Haha, don't panic, I'll help you squat."

Xiang Guo said with a smile, moved his fingers, took a deep breath, and relieved himself of his nervous mood.

He was very happy to partner with his teammates in the Olympic Games for the first time.

Thinking back to these days of training, Xiang Guo said to himself.

You, the North American team, are not the only ones competing, learning and improving from each other in the training camp.

……

S6's MLXG is not mature and is very unstable.

Of course, even at the peak of his career, MLXG still had instability. MLXG has always been a double-edged sword.

This deep-rooted style characteristic is the soul of a player and is difficult to change. Forcing a change is not a good thing, but will instead make the player lose the flavor of the game.

Otherwise, RNG would not have bought Karsa to rotate with him.

His weakness is obvious, his ability to control the map is too weak.

The so-called map control ability is not only the ability to control map resources such as big and small dragons, river crabs, and canyon heralds, but more importantly, it is a keen sense of vision.

Audiences familiar with MLXG often see him in the embarrassing situation of squatting with his eyes raised when catching people.

The most impressive ward squat was undoubtedly the team fight in the fifth game between RNGVSKT in the S7 semi-finals. RNG was defeated. At that time, I don’t know how many people shouted at the top of their lungs, asking Xiang Guo to leave quickly.

Don't squat anymore, or something bad will happen...

As a result, something really happened.

In addition to his map control ability, MLXG is excellent in other aspects, especially his incomprehensible aggressiveness and unique flavor.

MLXG has been growing throughout the S6 season and will not mature until the S7 season.

Mata played an indispensable role in its growth process.

And now, MLXG has joined the Chinese team which gathers the top players of LPL. During this period of training, he has learned a lot from MingKai. Yuan Shen also had no intention of hiding his shortcomings. He shared a lot of his insights with his teammates and put in a lot of personal opinions that only those who have been reborn can see... As for whether they can listen to him, that depends on one's own opinion.

No matter what Uzi and Wei Shen think, Xiang Guo feels that he has learned a lot. Long before Yuan Shen debuted, he recognized and admired Yuan Shen's strength, not to mention that Yuan Shen achieved such a dazzling reputation after his debut.

"Eh?" Xiang Guo seemed to have discovered something surprising when he entered the reading interface of the Summoner's Rift. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Yuan Er, why did you bring War Fervor? Did you bring the wrong one?"

Jayce's mainstream is undoubtedly the Decree of the Thunder Lord, which enhances burst damage.

Less popular ones will bring Storm Riders to enhance pursuit capabilities and flexibility.

In the current version, I have never seen Jayce with War Fervor.

"That's right." Yuan Shen smiled. "War Fever will be more useful for Jayce against pure tank heroes like Maokai and Poppy."

"Okay, whatever you say is what I understand anyway," Xiang Guo nodded without commenting.

In this game, he will focus on the bottom lane.

Can't give Yuan Shen much help.

Neither side fought a level 1 team fight, nor did they have any intention of switching lanes.

Start normally.

Yuan Shen’s starting equipment: Confident Doran’s Blade + 1 Red.

Impact, on the other hand, did not buy the mainstream starting equipment of Doran's Ring + two reds for Maokai, but instead cautiously bought Doran's Shield + one red to go out.

Yuan Shen's Jayce is not as famous as his Fiora and Riven last year in the eyes of players and spectators. But in the eyes of major professional teams, his Jayce is more threatening than the former two.

Riven and Fiora are both unconventional heroes, and once the version is changed, these two heroes will easily fail to adapt to the local environment.

But Jace is different.

As long as the skill mechanism of this hero does not change, he can always be used, just like Clockwork, Lee Sin, and Thresh, and is compatible with many systems.

If possible, they didn't want to let Jace go.

But there is no way, the three ban slots in the current version are not enough,
Imapct had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and pick the big tree to counter Jayce...

Theoretically, although the tree cannot beat Jayce, it is not afraid of Jayce either.

Jayce mainly relies on consumption suppression in the lane, and only after the enemy’s health is reduced will he have a chance to burst out and kill...but Maokai has a strong ability to recover in the lane, and after his tankiness increases, he is not afraid of Jayce’s burst ability.

As a top laner who has been playing professionally since S2, Imapact has rich experience in dealing with pressure, and his positioning is quite tricky. He calculates the cost of each last hit and then makes a choice, not giving Yuan Shen too many opportunities to consume.

Seeing that there was no chance, Yuan Shen was not impatient, and steadily controlled the line and last hit. He would press the attack if he could, and would not force it if he could not, and slowly accumulate the advantage.

The main rhythm points in the early stage of this game are the mid and jungle of both sides.

On one side is Dragon King + Lee Sin, and on the other side is Cassiopeia + Graves. Both are very strong combinations and will definitely cause trouble.

The mid-jungle combination on the North American team is more flexible, and they may not be able to win in terms of support.

Taking this into consideration, Xiang Guo prefers to fight in the middle lane. After getting double buffs and reaching level 3, he ran directly to the upper river, ready to take down the crab.

However, he ran into Lee Sin head-on.

Xmithie had the same idea as him and was also ready to control this river crab.

In this situation, if it were Mingkai, he would call for help first. If he was sure that his teammates could arrive first, he would go to grab the river crab. If the opponent's line could arrive first, he would give up for the sake of safety.

No matter what choice you make, the probability of a fight is very low.

Because the other party is not stupid either, he can also think and judge.

But Xiang Guo was different. The moment he saw Lee Sin, his body reacted faster than his brain. He immediately used [Quick Draw], attacked with a basic attack, followed by a smoke bomb, and then [End of the Road], triggering the Thunder Lord's decree...

Xmithie didn't even have time to think about whether he could fight or not, and was directly faced with the choice of fighting or running.

The blinding effect of the smoke bomb made everything around him dark and he couldn't see the mini-map. Xmithie panicked instinctively and ran away directly.

After using a ward and the W skill, Lee Sin no longer had the capital to fight back and could only give up the river crab.

After retreating to his own jungle, he realized that he could have fought for this wave of river crabs.

Both teams are controlling the line in the top lane, and the support from both teams' top laners should arrive at the same time, but in the middle lane, Dragon King has occupied the line rights, and Bjergsen will arrive first, so it's hard to say who will win or lose.

"Fuck, I was fooled..."

Xmithie instantly felt that the opposing jungler was so scheming as to use such a psychological tactic. The senior brother’s information was completely wrong.

Little did they know that this wave involved no psychological tactics at all.

MLXG doesn't play games with his brain, but with his feelings and instincts.

If he feels he can fight, he will rush forward without hesitation, without giving himself or his opponent time to think. The outcome is determined by on-the-spot reactions and operations.

To put it simply, if I don't use my brain when playing, you have to give me your brain too!

Judging whether you can fight based on your feeling is certainly not as prudent as careful thinking and calculation.

So, it's very unstable, and sometimes in the eyes of the audience, MLXG is just giving it away.

This style of play has both advantages and disadvantages, but in this wave, MLXG did gain an advantage.

After controlling the river crabs in the upper half, he can happily control the river crabs in the lower half.

Lee Sin was hit by Graves for nothing and was at a disadvantage in terms of health, so he couldn't compete with Graves for the river crab at all.

Starting with two river crabs, any player who specializes in jungle knows how comfortable it is.

The opposing jungler has fewer routes to invade the jungle and gank people, which is just one of them.

Secondly, Bjergsen’s Dragon King had difficulty roaming five minutes ago.

If Dragon King can't do anything in the early stage, there is no point in choosing this hero.

Bilson was embarrassed.

After finally gaining control of the lane with his hero characteristics, he found that he couldn't swim anymore. Whether he was catching the top lane or the bottom lane, he couldn't go through the river, and many routes were blocked...

The threat level of the first wave of Dragon King after reaching level 3 is greatly reduced.

The crab's vision lasts for one and a half minutes.

Once the river crab vision is gone, the opponent has probably returned to the city for supplies and placed a true eye, making it even more difficult to seize the opportunity.

On the contrary, the river vision and early protection provided by these two river crabs made the Chinese team very comfortable.

They dared to fight freely in both the upper and lower lanes. After Yuan Shen placed a trinket eye at the entrance of the opponent's jungle area, he began to frequently press in to exchange blood.

Uzi showed his ferocious nature and made full use of the policewoman's early strength. He kept suppressing people, as if he wanted to show himself as much as possible in front of Yuan Shen.

chain reaction.

"Tsk, this early game is going to be a bit difficult for us to handle." Bjergsen exclaimed.

Their lineup has very strong fighting and support capabilities in small-scale team battles in the early stages, and they were selected for early-stage quick attacks.

With this lineup of the Chinese team, they should wait until the equipment of the Snake Lady and the Policewoman is completed before joining the team.

Just as they were thinking this, something unexpected happened.

Lee Sin ran into Graves again, and in their jungle area!
"Why is he here?" Xmithie screamed and quickly retreated.

Can't fight.

The opposing Graves is already level 4, and because he gave up the previous river crab, Lee Sin still needs the experience of half a group of wild monsters to level up.

Level suppression, HP suppression, how can he fight?
A familiar scene appeared. Lee Sin was chased by Graves again, and Xmithie was forced out of his own jungle area.

"Is this guy mentally ill?" Xmithie put several question marks on Graves, looking speechless, "After he controlled two river crabs, he didn't spawn his own jungle monsters, but came to our jungle?"

Normally speaking, now that the lane is safe, Graves should just focus on farming.

Graves is a Carny type jungler who relies a lot on economy and level, so his own development is very important. The opponent's lineup, the mid and bottom double C also need to develop, isn't it good to get through the early stage smoothly?
But this male gunner actually chose to invade and cause trouble? ?

Isn't he afraid of being detected by our vision and then being surrounded by us? ?
Xmithie couldn't understand the opponent's jungler's thinking. This was a completely different and bandit-like style from that of Zzai Zhang and Yuan Shen, which was completely beyond his expectations.

This was the first time he encountered an opponent with this style of play.

The consequences of being unprepared are disastrous.

Graves killed the wild monster that Lee Sin was halfway through killing and left happily.

Half a minute later, Graves, who was supposed to go back to his jungle to farm, suddenly ran to the bottom lane, cooperated with Xiao Ming's Minotaur's Q to dodge people, and forcibly hit Big Brother's health, forcing two flashes from the bottom lane on the opposite side.

Xiao Ming looked at the wild monsters in his own jungle, all of whom were happily living together. Even though he was used to Xiang Guo protecting Uzi, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this moment: "Liu Shiyu, you really don't want to farm the jungle!! You can come back after you've farmed the jungle, so that you can have a comfortable rhythm."

"Grabbing after clearing the jungle is a perfect rhythm and low risk. Even if I fail to catch anyone, I won't lose anything." MLXG shared his jungle thinking, "But the opponent will definitely think the same way, and everyone's understanding of the game is similar. If I finish clearing the jungle before grazing, the success rate will be too low unless the opponent is confused and makes mistakes."

"The level of professional players is getting higher and higher now. Everyone knows how to play at a comfortable rhythm. In this case, if you want to catch someone, you must catch them by surprise and play with the perfect rhythm..."

That is, counter-rhythm gank.

Xiao Ming protected Uzi and pushed the line. He pressed the recall button and said in surprise: "Okay, okay, there is nothing wrong with your understanding."

(End of this chapter)