Alliance: Let you buy the top order, you buy an old man?

Chapter 244 Facing RNG
On February 8th, Shanghai Super Brand Plaza.

Today's second semi-final BO5 is in full swing.

"Next, the 2017 LPL Spring Split Champions! The Mid-Season Invitational Champions! EDG!" The remembered voice resounded throughout the venue!

Roaring cheers instantly erupted from the audience. Looking from the angle where Li Mufan was standing on the stage, at least three-quarters of the audience were waving EDG support cards.

When RNG came on the stage, the cheers were much quieter.

Speaking of which, RNG and EDG have quite a connection. Starting from the S6 Spring Split, three consecutive playoff finals were held between the two teams. Until this time, the two teams met in the semi-finals in advance.

"You must have been looking forward to today's game for a long time!" I remember looking excited, obviously I am also a loyal league spectator;

"Director and Little Dog, the two oldest players in our LPL, have been competing in the domestic league competition circle since before the establishment of the LPL professional competition! At the same time, they have always represented the forefront of our LPL's strength!"

I remember introducing the past history of the two people to the audience eloquently, and then cutting to the present day.

"Since the start of this year's S7 season, LPL Spring Playoffs, MSI Mid-Season Invitational Tournament, and the first Asian Intercontinental Championship! EDG has won the championship in every event they participated in! They have even defeated LCK head-on several times. The team has won honors for our division! Their strength cannot be doubted!"

"But RNG has the ADC Xiaoqiao. This alone is enough to show how powerful they are! The strongest bottom lane in LPL, and even the top bottom lane combination in the world! Let's see what Xiaowu and Xiaoming will bring us today. What a wonderful showdown!"

Standing next to Remember is still the very popular female commentator Su Xiaoyan. She pulled the broken hair around her ears and continued what Remember said: "Today's game has another important meaning. If EDG By winning in the end, they will lock in the LPL's first ticket to the S7 Global Finals in advance!"

In fact, as loyal fans of EDG, they didn't need to be reminded by Su Xiaoyan, they had already calculated all possibilities for EDG to advance.

But at this time, when EDG was only one step away from the World Championship, and when the news came out from Su Xiaoyan's mouth, the audience still responded with the warmest cheers and shouts!

With a crisp sound, the first game of BO5 between the two sides has officially begun. As the top player in the regular season rankings, EDG has the priority to choose sides in the first game, and the rules for the loser to choose sides will be adopted later.

As soon as EDG came up, they started targeting RNG Xiangguo's jungle hero.

From the first battle between the two sides in the Spring Split to now, after experiencing several BO5 and BO3 battles, nofe has long understood the RNG team.

From the outside world, stain is the absolute core of RNG, but in the eyes of nofe, it is just mediocre. The real core of RNG is their jungle pot.

It is no exaggeration to describe the jungler Mala Xiangguo as a "rhythm engine".

Whether RNG is fighting on various lines in the early stage, or in the mid-term small-scale team battles where more lines are transferred and fewer fights are fought, or in the late stage it is developing a zone-sharing system and a positional warfare system, as long as the incident is initiated by RNG, it must be The incense pot initiates the first move!

Capturing people, staying in position, controlling resources, and starting groups, Xiangguo's various statistics are not eye-catching among junglers, but he plays an absolutely important role in the RNG team.

Ban the hero that Xiang Guo is good at and is easy to use, and RNG's engine will be half-burned; if you target it a little during the game, RNG's rhythm will be cut off!
As for the ability of the stains to carry in the later stage, which RNG fans are proud of, how can it be carried with a [-] yuan economic gap?

Spiders and blind monks were directly pressed down!

On the other side, RNG chose to ban Reksai, the factory director.

This hero is already the factory director’s signature hero, and after the redesign in the early part of the summer split, the new version of the output-type Rek’Sai is even more fierce, and he is invincible in single combat in the jungle!

Originally, Xiangguo still had a spider that could surely eat Rek'Sai, but now that EDG has banned the spider, RNG can't release Rek'Sai no matter what.

But RNG's BP on the red side is not easy to do.

Kalista is impossible to release. Unless RNG sends someone to break Jack's hand now, this hero will be no different from Tetsuo in S5.

So in the end there is only one ban position left, the ban prince?

Or Jace?

Brother Feng’s answer is no ban!

But it's a pity that nofe has long guessed that RNG's BP is too difficult to do, and maybe he will choose a fish-or-death BP, and ban Luo on the blue side in advance, leaving only Xia.

If EDG does not ban one of Xia Luo, according to Feng Ge's OP hero's full BP, EDG must grab Xia Luo on the blue side, otherwise RNG can directly lock the duo; but if EDG grabs Xia Luo, With one of Luo, RNG can choose the hero it wants among OP heroes such as Prince and Jace.

Nofe pulled the firewood from the bottom of the cauldron and suppressed Brother Feng's last struggle!

After the ban, EDG immediately grabbed the prince!

Jess is indeed powerful and has become the sharpest offensive option for strong teams in the LCK.

In the LPL, the hero Jayce has almost become a must-ban choice for teams playing against EDG.

But just because Jace is great doesn’t mean that anyone can take it. If I give you RNG, do you dare to take it?

Looking at the majestic Prince of Demacia on the first floor of EDG, Brother Feng paced back and forth behind the players' seats impatiently.

BP is difficult to do!

Jace really doesn't want to take it. He, as a coach, knows best that his team's three points are his.

How effective can it be if Jace is taken out?
But if you don't take it, let EDG take Jayce in the second and third hands. That would be too cheap for EDG, and Brother Feng can't accept it.

There is no other way, Quan should grab instead of ban!

"Jace, Xiaohu, do you want to play?"

After thinking about it again and again, Brother Feng was neither willing to let Jess go to EDG, nor did he dare to let Letme take him.

After all, Jace, a hero, is firstly afraid of being caught, and secondly, he is too brittle. Once the snowball occurs online, he will be unable to stop until he dies.

Even if Letme was confident enough to take it, Brother Feng couldn't safely hand over Jace to him to face Li Mufan. "Mid laner Jess? I think it's okay!" Xiaohu pinched his fingers tactically: "I'm the weapons master in the middle, okay, I can take anything, and I'm strong in everything!"

"Okay, Xiaohu takes Jace, and we'll hit the midfielder!" Xiangguo also looked eager to try. As a jungler who likes to invade and gank, he naturally has the highest desire for mid lane rights in the team.

"OKK! Lock Jace, and then choose the bottom lane, Xia, now Xia can protect herself and be the core, she won't be afraid of being charged against a team like EDG with strong teamfighting!" Brother Feng made a decision and picked Jace. Then start getting heroes for the stains.

But Zhu Zi did not agree immediately. He thought for a while and thought of the regular season game against EDG.

At that time, he took two Xia in a row, but the results were not satisfactory.

"No, change to a hero!" Zhu Zi held his chin with one hand and rejected Brother Feng's suggestion.

"Okay, let's change the hero. If you want to go down the road now, Varus? You can choose poke or special effects flow according to the opponent's lineup. The poke flow can also form a double poke system with Jace, you can get it!" There is only 30 seconds of thinking time for a hero position. , Brother Feng was racing against time to make up his mind.

"How can Varus have a poke skill? He can only tie with the A special effects flow!" Ji Zi laughed. A level A with the special effects flow of Varus is his signature; "Okay, take Varus!"

The selection team returned to EDG again. Seeing that RNG had selected two very powerful heroes in the current version, they did not look worried.

"Awesome, you really dare to take this lineup, don't you treat the prince as a human being?" Jack couldn't help but complain.

You said that the opponent would choose a prince first, and you would finalize it with two non-displacement crispies in the second hand. Is it because you were afraid that the prince would not perform well, so you gave the prince two dishes?

Then you're really nice!

Li Mufan was also a little surprised. What do you mean, you don't think that the factory director is still the king of KDA before, the factory director who didn't dare to start a group or go up to sell, right?
It's like RNG robbed Jayce themselves
Li Mufan touched his head and said tentatively: "Do you think RNG really has a swing after taking Jace?"

RNG has always liked to swing BP. This is a fact recognized by all the major teams in the region. Although no one has said it openly, everyone knows it well and often pays attention to this aspect when playing games.

Swinging BP is not just about taking out a hero that can take multiple positions, it’s called swinging!

When EDG takes out Jace, you say it swings up and down; when it takes out Lucian, it's a three-way swing; but if IM takes out Jace, will it still swing?
It’s obvious that he’s on track! IM's top laner AJ is a hammer Jace!

The same is true for RNG.

Take a Jace and dare to step forward?
"Quick, quick, Lucian Lucian!" Li Mufan chuckled: "It's stupid not to choose Lucian when beating Jace!"

In the third hand, EDG chose to grab the auxiliary Karma first. This hero's group shield mechanism makes her application rate for Incense Burner very high, but the hero itself does not have many auxiliary effects except shield and movement speed. The protection ability of the back row is weaker than that of Braum, Lulu, and Feng Nu, and the group start is not as good as that of Niutou, Titan, and Japanese Girl. It is a relatively mediocre existence.

But sometimes, mediocrity can be a good attribute, which means Karma is very well-rounded.

W imprisonment can prevent cuts, RE group shield can quickly improve team mobility in team battles, and can also be used to deal with large-scale AOE damage skills. Flexible selection of RQ consumption during the laning phase is also a good tool.
The effectiveness of a hero ultimately depends on the player's operations and how the entire team can maximize the strengths and avoid weaknesses to give full play to the hero's advantages!

If you want Karma to start a team, it would be a bit difficult, but if you match it with heroes such as Prince and Pig Girl who can start a team, you can largely make up for the disadvantage of Karma being unable to start a team as an assistant.

BP, that's it.

RNG also thought of this, and snatched Pig Girl as the last choice of BP in the first round.

The second round of bans began. RNG knew that the opponent's Lucian must be used to catch Jayce, so they began to block EDG's undetermined AD position hard, banning both Han Bing and Xia.

I remember looking at the BP of the two teams with great interest, and said: "I don't know if you have noticed one point. After the revision and rework, the T80 level jungler whose BP rate exceeded 0%, Zach, in recent days Has it faded out of everyone’s sight in the playoffs?”

The audience at the venue immediately began to observe the BP interface. Indeed, the regular visitors on the BP interface were no longer there.

"This is all due to a change in version 7.15 at the beginning of this month." Data expert Su Xiaoyan opened the notebook in front of her and began to explain in detail;
"The cost of the Q skill has been reduced from 4% to 8% of health. After using a skill, he will lose nearly one-tenth of his health! And he mainly uses the skill W [Unstable Substance] to clear the jungle, and the damage is also low. He was cut in a full circle from level one to level five!"

Zach's original fighting ability was at the bottom of the jungle. He relied on his E skill [Elastic Slingshot] to start fights from a long distance and use his ultimate to bring people back to the field to be active. This weakening attack was even more severe on Zach's side. Its weakness makes its already unfavorable early game even weaker, and the game will be defeated when picked out in the jungle!
"But how can I put it? Zach still retains the gank ability and team battle limit that he is famous for. If EDG wants to take Prince to the road, then jungler Zach still has a chance to bring it out!" Su Xiaoyan finally said concluded.

In the fourth move, RNG locked in the auxiliary Lulu. Lulu plus Verus is also a classic bottom lane combination.

The two's laning intensity can be superimposed to be even better. At the same time, Lulu's strong protection ability can also provide Varus with the team battle survival that he lacks.

But in the eyes of nofe, the protective effect that Lulu can play will be very limited.

Because they didn't plan to engage in any cutting-in style in the first place. If no one cuts in, Lulu's role will naturally be reduced.

A closer look at EDG's lineup reveals that Prince has locked down a key point in a certain lineup. The remaining DPS player, Big Mouth, is still on the court. Galio, the big daddy hero who serves as both front row and protection, has not been eliminated either. Ban!

"Big Mouth and Galio! EDG has chosen their do-whatever combination again!" I remember exclaiming: "Every time when we are about to forget how terrible this lineup is, EDG will suddenly come up with this lineup again. , show your opponents how powerful this lineup is!”

Not only that, in addition to the regular partners Galio and Prince, this one also adds a Lucian to form a double shooter, and uses a Karma to improve the mobility of the overall lineup, making up for some shortcomings of the lineup being too bulky!

As soon as EDG's lineup came out, Brother Feng's face darkened.

Facing such a lineup, Lulu really didn't have much room to play.

To use an analogy, the EDG lineup is like a chariot with a pair of ferocious muzzles, Big Mouth on the left and Lucian on the right. With the blessing of Kalmar's RE, the entire lineup is like a chariot after activation, advancing. Everything was crushed into dust with the roar!

And a hero like Lulu, who is used to prevent sudden advances, has no use in front of the flat-pushing lineup!
"It's broken! Why did I miss EDG's move?" Brother Feng complained in his heart.

Now they still have one top lane left to choose. Brother Feng knows that if the two heroes Lucian and Galio are presented on the opposite side, Lucian must be going to catch Jayce in the lane.

It’s best to get a hero who won’t fall behind against Galio.

"Take the troll!" Brother Feng said firmly: "It's hard to fight from the front, we have to invest in a single belt!"

(End of this chapter)