LOL: The world’s best red-temperature mid laner!

Entering the game screen, Xiao Leyan played Nidalee, so his playstyle was very aggressive, invading the jungle and actively seeking out fights with the opponent.

However, WBG handled the situation cleverly, avoiding direct confrontation first.

Not only that, Tarzan's jungle route planning was very reasonable, which caused Xiaoleyan to not only have zero jungle clear count, but also fall behind.

Xiao Tian had a bad feeling: "I feel like something's going to go wrong. If this keeps going, how can Nidalee compete with Lillia in team fights?"

Lü Yi said, "Picking out Nidalee in this game was to put pressure on ourselves. The mid laner is Azir, who can't coordinate with Nidalee. The draft was terrible."

After seven minutes, the leopard woman, still unable to find her rhythm, got a little impatient and opted to directly attack the hive worm.

Lilia's choice to fight the dragon seems to be an attempt to exchange resources.

An outrageous thing happened: NIP's mid laner and bot lane duo chose to harass the dragon pit.

The Brood Bug and the Cheetah Woman were fought by one person.

Meiko muttered, "This isn't right, is it? Wanting both? Isn't that too greedy?"

Ah Shui analyzed, "Their lineup is too early-game focused, putting them under a lot of pressure, so it's normal that they don't want to give up any resources. If they can get all of them, they have a pretty good chance of winning this game."

Lü Yi countered with, "What if we don't get it and also lose the team fight?"

Ah Shui spread his hands: "Send it."

Xiao Leyan's Nidalee was quite fast; she came to support him as soon as she finished off the Broodlings.

The teammates were also quite good, preventing WBG from taking down the dragon, and the two sides began to stalemate.

Suddenly, Leona used her E skill to engage, initiating a team fight!

Lü Yi immediately made a judgment: "We definitely can't win this wave. Should the Nidalee composition not poke, but engage directly?"

As expected, NIP tried to kill Braum instantly but failed.

Instead, WBG found a perfect angle to counterattack.

Xiaohu's Zeli unleashed her ultimate skill, dealing massive damage.

369 shouted, "Xiao Hu is still attacking! He's still attacking! Don't kill Xiao Hu, I'm scared!"

After a 3-for-0 exchange, Ah Shui concluded: "This game is probably lost. An early-game composition has been completely destroyed like this."

After that fight, WBG got into control of the game and completely dominated the bottom lane.

The support player follows the jungler around, causing trouble everywhere.

Not only that, Xiaohu's Zeli is also very stable. With her E skill, as long as she stays close to a wall, it's impossible for the opponent to catch her.

Not to mention that Xiaoleyan was playing an uncontrolled Nidalee.

Ten minutes later, the second team fight broke out with the Broodlings. This time, WBG initiated the fight, and NIP hesitated before engaging.

Warhorse analyzed, "It's chaotic. NIP is in chaos. Whether to fight or not seems to be unclear, and it's possible that we won't get any resources and will just end up feeding kills."

And it turned out to be true. NIP watched WBG finish off the Brood Worms, and then got caught in a team fight. Xiaohu's Zephyr activated his ultimate, Overlimit Flash, and charged in to deal massive damage.

"Little Tiger, is he that fierce? Is this really Little Tiger?" 369 felt incredulous.

WBG has secured two more kills this time, bringing the score to 5-0.

The rest of the match turned into a one-sided massacre by WBG, who took down Baron Nashor in just 21 minutes, creating a 10,000 gold lead.

Meiko exclaimed, "Is this the breath of the Disbandment Bureau, the Little Tiger who preys on those he knows? It's terrifying!"

"I feel we need to be careful when playing WBG, so we don't crash and burn."

Lü Yi laughed and said, "It's okay. If you defeat WBG 3-0, WBG's buff won't have a chance to be used."

"Their buffs only come into play in crucial moments of a close, back-and-forth match."

Meiko nodded repeatedly: "Indeed, one has to believe in metaphysics."

In the final 24 minutes, WBG easily tied NIP, much more easily than in the previous four matches.

So, everyone on the forum was discussing it like crazy:

[Holy crap, disperse your breathing, kill the familiar tiger, concept god.]

[If, and I mean if, WBG and Top Esports go to a fifth game, is WBG guaranteed to win?]

The key is that they won't play each other a fifth time, so don't worry.

I'm suddenly starting to worry about Top Esports. Will BWG change its ways?

[Still trying to transform? Breathing and Little Tiger transform every year, only to be disappointed every year.]

On TES's side, Lü Yi received a message from Shanji: "Ah! I actually forgot to invite the gods today, it's all my fault, boohoo, otherwise we could have won."

Lu Yi was speechless. Fortunately, Shanji hadn't consulted any spirits, otherwise, the loss today would have been his fault.

After watching the match, the TES team reviewed the game with WarHorse and analyzed WBG's playstyle.

A few days passed quickly, and the semi-finals began!

In the afternoon, the TES team departed from the training base and arrived at the competition venue. After getting off the bus, they entered the venue through the gate.

Just then, Lü Yi heard someone shout, "God Yi!"

Looking back, it turned out to be Light, and other people from NIP.

Light came running up excitedly and called out, "God Yi, go easy on me today, God Yi."

Xiao Tian teased, "Don't you guys have 'Disperse Breathing' and 'Kill Familiar Tiger'? How many times have Xiao Hu and Yi Shen fought? Still haven't figured it out?"

While the other WBG members were still some distance away, Light lowered his voice and said, "Tiger has a notebook that records the playstyles of other mid laners in the LPL."

"It's very detailed, even including personality, zodiac sign, and fortune telling. There are more than thirty of them now, totaling tens of thousands of words. Then I discovered that half of them are by Yi Shen!"

Lu Yi muttered, "Hmm? Is it really that responsible? That's still tens of thousands of words."

Light explained, "Because you've played too many heroes, Tiger has to analyze the gameplay of each one."

Ah Shui laughed: "So, Yi Shen is the kind of person Xiao Hu fears the most, because he can't analyze anything and can only win by overwhelming his opponent with pure personal strength."

Light continued, "When we were discussing tactics yesterday, Tiger said he was fine in the mid lane, and he could pick... and go for it in lane."

Light deliberately kept it a secret.

Meiko teased, "You little brat, you're here to sell information, aren't you? Is this the kind of thing you can talk about?"

Light smiled.

Lu Yi suddenly felt that Light had a desire to join TES, otherwise why would she be so enthusiastic?
But it's not good to say it directly, that would be too awkward, and besides, it's just his inference, he doesn't have any evidence.

At this moment, the WBG members approached, and Xiaohu stepped forward and asked, "I heard someone calling me?"

The TES members shook their heads in disapproval.

Xiao Hu looked at Lü Yi: "God Yi."

Lü Yi nodded: "Brother Tiger, you were so carry against NIP! The mid lane difference was huge in game five."

Xiao Tian chimed in from the sidelines: "Mid lane Zeli, flash in, super limit flash, Xiaohu, you look so unfamiliar."

Xiao Hu smiled, and you could clearly sense that he was very confident. He tried to suppress this confidence, but he couldn't.

Lu Yi glanced back and saw that everyone else was greeting him warmly, but Tarzan seemed a little shy and didn't take the initiative to talk to him.

The two teams walked forward together, then parted ways. The TES players entered the locker room to wait for the match to begin.

Just then, Lü Yi received a message from Shanji: "God Yi, keep it up! Today, we NIP fans are Top Esports fans! Help us get revenge!"

"This guy is really disgusting. He's like a cripple when playing against other teams, but he gets serious when playing against our NIP team."

Lu Yi smiled without saying a word. He had originally wanted to make a joke, wondering if the difference in breathing was due to the different strength of the opponents.

But I thought better of it. After all, Shanji isn't a member of TES anymore, so we're not that close, and it would be awkward to say anything like that.

On the other side, in the commentary booth at the match venue, Wawa, Miller, and Rita were ready.

The commentator, Wawa, announced: "The upcoming match is the semifinals of this playoffs, with WBG facing off against the world's number one team, TES."

Miller chimed in, "There's a meme going around that if WBG can drag the game into a fifth match, they're guaranteed to win."

"So, they only need to win two games. As we all know, the current version is the Blue Alliance, and the Blue side has a 70% win rate. According to the rules, WBG can select the Blue side at least two games."

Rita laughed and said, "Does the designer have some kind of business relationship with WBG? This is a custom-made version, especially favorable to WBG."

The host took the stage and, after a brief opening speech, invited both teams to come on stage.

Lü Yi led the TES team onto the stage, causing a stir among the audience.

After all the team members came on stage, they shook hands face-to-face in the middle of the stage and then went to their respective positions.

Lü Yi was ready, and everything was in place for the first round of the business plan (BP) phase.

In this match, TES was on the red side and WBG was on the blue side.

Wawa commented, "WBG is on the blue side in the first game, which is crucial. If they win this game, they can lose the next one, and the third game will still be on the blue side."

"We just said that as long as we win two games against WBG, we're guaranteed to win. Doesn't that mean we'll make it to the finals?"

Miller laughed and said, "I don't think the WBG players are that optimistic, after all, they are facing Top Esports, the world's number one team."

Banned users:
TES: Scorpion, Brand, Lillia
WBG: Kalista, Tristana, Yone

The commentator said, "This is very targeted. Brand and Lillia are gone, and Tarzan's other jungle carries are not playing well."

"For example, Nidalee and Karthus are very dependent on their teammates. The teammates must be able to cooperate with you. If the teammates are not good, the jungler can't do anything."

During the hero selection phase, WBG, on the blue side, picked Quesanti on the first floor.

Doll analyzed, "This should be the most confident hero in Breathing, and Quesanti does have the ability to carry, so it remains to be seen how 369 will deal with it."

TES got Zyra and Renekton on the first and second floors.

Rita commented, "369 chose the safest approach, using Renekton to lane against Quesanti. Now it's up to the mid laner to decide. I'm really looking forward to seeing what new strategies Xiaohu can come up with to deal with Yi Shen."

“When I was laning against Rookie before, he picked Zarya and made us feel like Xiaohu had transformed.”

WBG got Kai'Sa and Sejuani on the second and third floors.

The doll analyzed, "Light getting Kai'Sa is quite crucial; his Kai'Sa is indeed quite good in team fights."

"Of course, he's facing the owner of the Kai'Sa championship skin in this match, and Jackeylove should know how to deal with Kai'Sa."

TES locked in EZ on the third floor, entering the second round of draft picks.

TES banned the Tsar and the plane.

WBG has banned Ryze and Riven.
Wawa expressed disbelief: "Top Esports has started banning mid-laners? This is leaving Xiaohu no chance!"

Miller said, "There aren't many mid-lane champions left to choose from, and there are some that Xiaohu definitely doesn't want to pick."

TES got the Loki on the fourth floor.

WBG locked onto Titan and the Otherworldly Painter on the fourth and fifth floors.

Miller exclaimed, "A ghost painter? I never expected that!"

"I rarely saw Xiaohu play this hero before. Although this hero is a long-range mage, the skills are quite complex and require a lot of skill."

Immediately afterwards, TES picked LeBlanc on the fifth floor!

Rita analyzed, "LeBlanc! Yi Shen is using LeBlanc again. I've forgotten when the last time was. It's his signature hero, but he hasn't used it before."

"Of course, it might be due to the version. LeBlanc was indeed relatively weak in the previous version, but in this version, her pick rate has returned to the top ten, so Yi Shen decisively picked her out!"

Wawa said, "LeBlanc does have a tough time laning against Alter Enchantress because Alter Enchantress has normal abilities and crowd control that can interrupt LeBlanc's dash abilities, including LeBlanc's W."

"Of course, this involves a game between the two sides, and it depends on their actions and reactions."

The lineups for both sides have now been finalized:
[Format: BO5]

【TES】VS【WBG】(0:0)

Top Lane: [Desert Butcher] VS [Nazuman's Glory]

Jungle: [Rise of the Thorns] VS [Wrath of the North]

Mid Lane: [LeBlanc the Deceiver] VS [Alien Painter]

ADC: [Ezreal] VS [Daughter of the Void]

Support: [Phantom Feather] VS [Deep Sea Titan]

Once the game started, Xiaotian began to dictate the pace: "I feel like I have an advantage in the laning phase, it would be a shame not to make some moves in the early game."

"Yi Shen, let's coordinate our mid and jungle roles and then do something big together."

Lü Yi understood; Xiao Tian planned to gank the mid lane early on, freeing up the mid lane so they could roam together.

However, Xiaohu wasn't stupid; he must have been prepared when he saw this lineup.

Neither side showed any intention of engaging in a level 1 team fight, and the game started normally.

The first wave of minions appeared in the mid lane, and Xiaohu's Alternate Painter chose to push the minion wave aggressively.

The commentator, Wawa, said, "As we just mentioned, LeBlanc has a hard time against Alter Painter, but it's also quite difficult for Alter Painter to completely overwhelm LeBlanc, let alone solo kill her."

"Given Xiaohu's consistent playstyle, I think the mid lane will most likely just focus on farming."

Lu Yi wasn't in a hurry to attack. When dealing with a painter, unless you kill them with a single combo, you shouldn't make a move lightly.

Xiaohu definitely won't give him a chance to initiate with his Q skill; he'll just rely on his range advantage to kite him.

In the top lane, the crocodile is facing off against Quesanti. It looks exciting, but both sides are just trading blows and it's hard to get a result.

You need to be more proactive with your breathing. Once you reach level six, the crocodile's ability to make a decisive move becomes very strong, making it difficult to fight back. If you want to find an opportunity, you must do so before level six.

Of course, it doesn't matter to him even if he can't gain an advantage, as Quesanti is much stronger than Crocodile in the late game.

The crocodile's strongest period is in the middle; just avoid its strongest period.

Less than three minutes into the game, Xiaotian had already reached the bottom river. The river crab hadn't spawned yet, so he headed straight for the mid lane.

Miller commented, "Hey, Tian's play here is pretty clever. Xiaohu set up vision up there, and Zyra circled around to look for an opportunity from below. Will Xiaohu fall for it?"

Rita then said:

"It still has to be Zyra. Her jungle clearing speed is fast enough that no other jungler can match."

Xiao Tian gave Xiao Hu a mark: "Get ready to attack!"

Lü Yi tried to approach; Little Tiger definitely wanted this artillery soldier. (End of Chapter)