Chapter 46-Time Assassin, season debut!
"Everyone is familiar with IG's top laner Yuan. He has performed well in recent games. He played for OMG during the spring season. Now he is playing against his old team, which is also a big attraction."
After Miller finished speaking, the atmosphere among the audience instantly became heated.
“That’s right. When he was in OMG, Yuan often used tank heroes like Maokai and Gnar, and his performance was pretty good. But after joining IG this season, he seemed to have suddenly changed his style of play.
“Whether it was Jayce or Olaf before, or Riven that UP brought out last time, they all attracted a lot of new viewers.”
Wawa flipped through his notebook, knowing all of Yuan Shen's past achievements.
no way.
If we were to ask which contestant is the most popular right now, Yuan Shen would definitely be at the top of the list.
Ranked first on the MVP list, he plays aggressively and his operations are amazing.
More importantly, when everyone was playing tank heroes like Maokai and Gnar, Yuan Shen brought them so many surprises.
Jayce, Olaf, Riven...
Many of them are veteran heroes who have not appeared on the field for a long time, which makes people always have expectations for Yuan Shen.
I hope he can bring out more heroes to play top lane.
The BP of both sides started soon.
The blue team IG took the lead and directly banned the hero Maokai.
It’s not that Yuan Shen is afraid of facing the big tree, but this hero is really good at dealing with it.
It is more difficult to blow up the tree than to blow up other heroes. You must spend more time and effort to blow up the tree.
With Yuan Shen and Rookie, IG has always had enough Ban positions, and they can take out one or two to make their core players play more comfortably.
OMG, on the other hand, directly banned Clockwork and Tsar.
It is useless to target Yuan Shen, because no one knows what hero Yuan Shen will choose to play top lane.
This was the case with Jayce and Olaf before.
The last time UP was launched, Jayce and Olaf were banned, and Yuan Shen ended up getting Riven.
Although the jungler has been targeting the top lane, Yuan Shen still developed.
Afterwards, IG banned Thresh.
Noxia is completely two different people when he has Thresh and when he doesn't. He has always been known as the best Thresh in the country.
He reached the top of the national server with a support role, and is considered a standard king of the road player.
In the last move, IG banned Stateless’s Viktor.
As OMG banned Morgana in the third round, both sides officially started to select players.
"Morgana is gone too. OMG's ban is very targeted!"
"That's right. IG's most popular bottom lane system recently is the double shield system. Annie and Morgana are gone now. I don't know... Eh?? Ekko??"
Miller's eyes widened.
IG's first move was to directly lock in a new hero that had just been released.
Ike!
“Is this hero finally going to be on the field? Rookie’s Ekko!!”
The doll was very surprised.
Since the hero Ekko was launched on the Chinese server, he has appeared most often in the mid-lane position.
It has high burst, control, a high kill line, and a big move to save your life. It is perfect for assassin masters.
Therefore, as soon as he went online, his popularity surpassed Yasuo and became the hero with the highest BP rate in the national server.
"OMG locked in Gragas and Gnar, which is also a classic top and jungle duo. With Maokai banned and Centaur weakened, Gnar is indeed a good choice."
After Yuan Shen left the team, OMG chose to let Ice Sunset, who had previously been a substitute for Uzi, move to the top lane as the starting top laner. His performance in the early stages of the summer season was quite satisfactory and there was not much to criticize.
However, compared to Yuan Shen, it is much worse.
"Nar? It seems the other side hasn't realized it yet."
Fumanduo laughed.
Yuan Shen also raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
Love taking a bath?
I'll give you a bathtub!
Ike fights Nar, three rings against three rings.
completely fine.
IG's second and third picks directly locked in the excavator and the wheel mother. The first three picks made the OMG coach fall into deep thought.
"Jiajun, Ekko mid, what do you want to play? How about Yasuo?"
"Not bad, Yasuo is good at beating Ekko."
Being stateless doesn't matter.
Since the opponent has already clearly chosen Ekko, it doesn't matter if he chooses a Yasuo to counter and leaves the final choice to his teammates.
Yasuo and Gragas can work well together, and the wind wall itself can also restrain Ekko's Q skill.
Of course, the only one who can enjoy this treatment in OMG is Uzi.
OMG locked down Yasuo and Alistar in the third and fourth hands.
IG's last two heroes were directly targeted at Titan and Rambo.
OMG’s last hero makes his debut.
When the familiar red glasses were seen, the scene instantly erupted into extremely loud cheers.
This hero's appearance rate is not very high and he is only T2.
But just like Riven and Irelia are the heroes of faith for top laners, Vayne is the hero of faith for ADCs.
The hero's data is not outstanding, but the mechanism is excellent and the upper limit is very high.
With Vayne being confirmed, the lineups of both sides were fully revealed.
IG blue team: Rambo, Digger, Ekko, Annie, and Titan.
OMG red side: Gnar, Gragas, Yasuo, Vayne, and Alistar.
The time is still counting down second by second, and the audience is already looking forward to the start of the game.
However, when IG chose to exchange heroes in the last twenty seconds, screams broke out at the scene.
Ike and Rambo swapped positions!!
"Is this...IG going to start again?"
“It’s shaking again!!”
"Top lane Ekko? Mid lane Rumble? When did Rookie learn Rumble?!"
"Some people have played top lane Ekko in ranked games, but generally speaking, he is a very unpopular character..."
Miller frowned. He had also played top lane Ekko before.
The high burst and speed of the three rings are very effective in fighting against those stupid heroes.
But, is Ekko good at beating Gnar?
"Ike is easy to fight... eh."
The coach's question stumped Xi Yang.
He is also a player who switched from mid lane to top lane, just like Zzitai.
But Ekko is an AP assassin that was only recently released, and he has never practiced him.
Usually, you hardly see Ekko in the top lane matchup, so how does he know whether it is easy to play against him or not?
"I have long arms, so it should be fine."
Sunset gave a more stable answer.
His relationship with Yuan Shen was pretty good before, after all, there was no conflict of interest.
But now, he has to obey the orders of management.
In the top lane, stay stable and withstand pressure, and let the mid and bottom lanes carry the game.
He has become accustomed to days like this.
The game officially begins.
The cheers from the audience did not make Yuan Shen nervous at all.
With Doran's Ring and two reds, Ekko's online ability is not weak.
When facing Gnar, you still need to withstand pressure in the early stage.
After all, Gnar is a long-handed hero.
The Q skill steadily took away the economy of three melee soldiers, and Yuan Shen carefully controlled the distance.
Although Gnar has long arms, his range increases over time, and his length at level one is limited.
(End of this chapter)