LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 97 Faker: He is too extreme
Wawa took over the conversation: "Yes, judging from the current situation, I think EDG has a better chance of winning. After all, they beat SKT in the opening game and are in very good shape."

"However, as we saw in the opening match, everything is possible in e-sports, so we can't be too optimistic."

On the competition stage, the host came on stage and after a brief opening speech, he welcomed the audience:
"Now, let's welcome the players from both teams to the stage!"

Su Mo led the EDG team onto the stage and was welcomed by the fans:
"EDG! EDG! EDG!"

Then, the G2 members came on stage, welcomed by the host.

The two teams stood in the middle of the stage, facing each other.

Su Mo deliberately moved to the middle to face Perkz and shook hands.

"It's really you playing mid lane?" Perkz felt amazing seeing Su Mo.

Su Mo replied: "Of course it's me."

After shaking hands, Su Mo turned and walked towards his seat.

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan noticed something was wrong:
"Hey! Did you see that? It seemed like Mozi was shaking hands with Perkz just now. What's going on? Mozi is the top laner, and Perkz is the mid laner."

Miller speculated: "Is it because... both of them are rising stars? Some viewers may not be familiar with Perkz. Perkz is currently a strong contender for the new generation of King of Magic in the LEC region."

"He has a lot of popularity in the LEC. From this perspective, he is a bit like Mozi. They are both very young players with unlimited potential. It makes sense for them to shake hands."

So no one thought much about it.

On the EDG side, before the BP, Abu specifically asked:
"Xiao Mo, do you really want to play mid lane?"

If Su Mo hadn't performed so well yesterday, Abu wouldn't have asked but would have directly refused.

After all, this is the S game, every game is very crucial, and G2 is not a weak team that can be easily defeated.

"Yes." Su Mo affirmed.

He is considering whether to continue with random selection. He hasn't chosen a hero yet, so there is still a chance.

Abu was in a dilemma: "What about BP? You are too sudden."

Su Mo responded: "BAN the top laner, so that Scout can fight better. What do you think, Scout?"

Scout: "I have no problem with that."

During the hero ban phase, G2 chose to target the jungle position and banned Ivern, Olaf, and Nunu.

EDG banned Galio, Rumble and Titan.

Seeing this situation, Guan Zeyuan began to analyze:
"I can understand G2 targeting Czar. After all, that's how SKT played yesterday. This version is not very friendly to Czar. There are not many heroes he can use."

"But why did EDG ban three top lane heroes? These three heroes have indeed had a high appearance rate so far, but will Mozi be afraid?"

Wawa continued: "Is the ban of Galio due to SKT? They have already demonstrated the routine of breaking Nightmare once, so what about the other two?"

Entering the hero selection stage, EDG is on the red side and G2 is on the blue side.

G2 on the blue side locked the barrel on the first floor.

"Damn!" The factory manager complained. He originally wanted to choose Gragas, but the opponent banned three junglers and still wanted to grab a Gragas, leaving him no chance to survive.

Su Mo teased, "Factory, just take Lee Sin, I believe you!"

When the factory manager heard the word "Blind Monk", he stopped talking. He really had a hard time controlling this hero now.

As a result, Abu also walked up and asked, "Mingkai, how about Lee Sin? This is the most popular jungler in the current version. You have practiced a lot recently. Xiaomo's suggestion is very good."

[Get torture points from the factory manager +10]

Su Mo was a little helpless. It could be seen that the factory manager still couldn't forget the Lee Sin of 4396 last year. He felt uncomfortable whenever this hero was mentioned.

"Graves, give me Graves." In the end, the factory manager did not choose Lee Sin.

So EDG locked on Graves on the first floor and got Varus on the second floor.

BP continued, G2 locked in Ashe on the second floor and Lee Sin on the third floor.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "G2 is very confident with Lee Sin as the jungler. With Ashe taking the initiative and using her E skill to scout the field of view, G2 should be preparing to focus on the early game rhythm in this match."

Miller agreed: "That's right, now it depends on what Mozi chooses. From yesterday's game, we can see that if the line is strong enough, it can feed back to the jungle."

EDG got Lulu on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.

EDG immediately banned Syndra and Clockwork.

G2 banned Taliyah and Ryze.

EDG locks down Fizz on the fourth floor!

Miller analyzed: "There is something to say about this Fizz. In the current version, Fizz can play in the top lane or the mid lane, but he is more likely to play in the top lane as a half-tank. Although I haven't seen Mozi play before, I believe he must have practiced it."

Wawa agreed, "Yes, he can train super unpopular top lane heroes like Joker and Nightmare, so it should be easy for him to train a popular Fizz. This is also the first time I see Mozi play a popular top lane hero."

G2 locked onto Zyra on the fourth floor and got Leblanc on the fifth floor!
As soon as this Ahri was picked, many LEC fans at the scene became excited.

Guan Zeyuan introduced: "Enchantress is one of Perkz's unique skills. It should be said that among world-class mid-lane players, there are very few who can't play Enchantress. Most of them are experts in playing Enchantress."

"Also, judging from the hero attributes, I think LeBlanc has a big advantage against Fizz. This match will be a test for Scout."

Miller agreed: "Normally, Fizz is not picked first, but in this version, Fizz can be swayed between mid and top lane. If mid is difficult, he can be switched to top lane, so it is acceptable to be picked first."

"Now it depends on what the fifth floor chooses to decide whether Fizz will be the mid or top laner..."

Just as the commentator was analyzing the situation, suddenly, EDG showed the spider on the fifth floor and locked it.

"Huh?" The three commentators were stunned for a moment. At first they thought Su Mo was being naughty and just showed the spider.

During the BP, players will subconsciously choose a hero and put it aside, but they don’t actually plan to choose it and are still discussing it.

But this time it was locked directly, causing the commentator to think he had seen it wrong.

At this time, Abu was also stunned on the EDG side:
"Xiao Mo, you spider... don't we have a male gun as a jungler?"

The factory manager also glanced at Su Mo and said, "Mo, your hands are shaking, right? You were so nervous when playing against G2. This is not like your style."

Abu patted Su Mo on the shoulder and consoled him, "It's okay, I'll talk to the referee and we can restart the game."

Seeing that Abu was about to leave, Su Mo hurriedly said, "Brother Bu, don't go. I didn't make the wrong choice!"

Hearing this, Abu stopped in his tracks and said, "Ah? Did you choose correctly? Did you hit it with Spider?"

Abu also knew that Su Mo liked to play unpopular heroes, but Spider hit him, which was totally weird!
How does Spider beat Leblanc?
He doesn't understand.

But Su Mo remained calm: "Trust me, I will use this hero if I can win."

Seeing that the BP time was about to end, Abu sighed helplessly: "Okay, okay, you can play if you want, but if you lose this game, I will hold you accountable!"

"No problem." Su Mo nodded, not panicking at all.

"I'm leaving." After rolling his eyes, Abu walked to the center of the stage, shook hands with G2's coach, and then walked off the stage.

At this time, everyone in EDG looked at each other in bewilderment.

The factory manager sighed and said, "Mo, this is the world championship, you better be steady and don't do anything weird!"

Su Mo comforted them, "It's okay, we can win. You guys should first match the summoner skills and talent runes, and we can talk about other things later."

There is no way, the competition has already begun and everyone can only take it seriously.

At the same time, the barrage in the live broadcast room was completely boiling.

"What the hell is this spider? I can't understand it!"

"Why does it feel like we're in the bronze league, with heroes randomly selected from eight options."

"Single Spider, how do you play this?"

"I can only say it has to be Mo. There is always something he can't choose, only things you can't think of."

"Is it possible that EDG is trying to use the double jungler strategy from ancient times?"

"What the hell is the difference between double jungle and free jungle in this version?"

"Ever since Brother Mozi started playing, he's been changing heroes in every game, and each one is more weird than the last. What kind of sea of ​​heroes is this?"

"But to be honest, it seems that Spider can only develop when fighting against Gragas. Gragas' first item is directly green armor, and Spider can't beat him."

"..."

The audience had a heated discussion, expressing their confusion about EDG's final move, Spider.

Guan Zeyuan also said in the commentary booth: "Although I don't know what happened on EDG's side, from the current situation, the game has really started, which means EDG did not choose the wrong hero. At this time, the lineups of both sides have been determined:
EDG red side, G2 blue side:
Top lane: Spider VS Barrel
Jungle: Male Gun VS Lee Sin
Mid: Fizz VS Leblanc
ADC: Varus VS Ashe
Support: Lulu VS Zyra"

Miller also analyzed: "The top laner Spider is laning against Gragas... Fortunately, the opponent is Gragas. I think Spider will at least have no problem laning and can maintain his development."

Guan Zeyuan continued, "But then again, it's useless for you to develop. Spider is a rhythm hero who needs to help teammates build advantages in the early stages. The role of developing online is not very big."

"In teamfights, Gragas is much more useful than Elise. Luckily, our opponent is G2. In this match, maybe Mozi can wait for his teammates to perform."

Entering the game screen, Su Mo's Spider chose Doran's Ring when going out.

The director also gave him a close-up to satisfy the audience's curiosity.

Then the outrageous thing happened again.

Su Mo's Spider didn't go up, but went to the middle lane. Instead, Scout's Fizz went to the top lane.

"Ah?" Guan Zeyuan was stunned. He looked back and forth between Fizz and Spider several times to make sure he had not read the ID wrong.

"If I'm not mistaken, this spider is played by Mo, right? Why is he going to the middle lane?"

Miller guessed: "Is it because... he picked the wrong Elise and thought the top lane was hard to play... That's not right. I feel it's much easier to play against Gragas than against Leblanc."

The three commentators were staring at each other in confusion; they were a little confused before the game even started.

In the official live broadcast room, the comments were all:

"Okay, okay, let's play it this way, right? We clearly have a chance to qualify as the first in the group, but we have to waste the opportunity."

"Is it because you've become inflated because you beat SKT yesterday?"

"EDG is definitely overconfident. Otherwise, how could they choose such a hero?"

"Brothers, I don't dare to watch anymore. Tell me the result after the fight."

At this time, in the SKT lounge, everyone in SKT was also paying close attention to this game.

Before losing to EDG yesterday, SKT was concerned about EDG but not very worried.

They thought EDG was not difficult to deal with, but after yesterday, EDG has become their number one enemy.

"Brother Xianghe, what does this Spider mid laner... have to say?" Xiaohuasheng looked at Faker.

There is no need to talk about Faker's hero pool. He even said in an interview that any hero can be used to play mid lane, depending on the needs of the team.

So it’s definitely right to ask him about this kind of thing.

However, this time Faker also hesitated.

In the past, he thought that any hero could play mid-lane, but there was a bit of pretense in this statement.

If it's a ranked match, he will be confident in playing any hero in the mid lane.

But this is the MSI Mid-Season World Championship, and what matters is the rationality of the lineup!

Isn’t this Spider mid laner too extreme?

What on earth is this guy Mo thinking?

After a few seconds of silence, Faker said:
"Lets see."

Obviously, he doesn't know either!

When the first wave of soldiers came out, Su Mo's spider stood under the second tower in the middle lane, and only moved forward with the soldiers when they came.

This can avoid being discovered in advance when changing lines.

The same goes for Scout's Fizz, who always hides behind the defensive tower and doesn't give the opponent a chance to see him.

The factory manager reminded him, "Mo, if you can't beat the mid laner, just develop. It's normal that your hero can't beat Leblanc, as long as you don't get killed alone. In this game, I will develop first with Graves, and when the bottom lane reaches level 6, I will focus on helping the bottom lane, and you guys in the middle and top lane should be careful."

Su Mo smiled: "Don't be so scared, I can kill the opponent alone."

The factory manager's eyebrows jumped: "Be steady, I don't need you to kill the opponent alone, okay, don't die and wait for me to carry."

Although he trusted Su Mo very much, it was still a little hard to believe that he could kill Ahri with Spider alone.

"The hero Spider cannot be cowardly. He must attack. Either the opponent will explode or I will explode. Otherwise, it will be equivalent to self-destruction." Su Mo responded.

He now has the ultimate proficiency in Spider, and knows exactly what Spider's weaknesses are.

[Get torture points from the factory manager +20]

The factory manager felt that he had said so much for nothing: "Okay, then you can just watch and play."

Soon, Ahri appeared in the middle lane, and Su Mo walked forward to prepare to face Ahri.

"Spider? Did the other side change lanes?"

"Why is Fizz on the road?"

On the G2 side, the mid and top players gave each other signals and sent out several question marks in succession.

Suddenly, the director's camera turned to the bottom lane, and a fight broke out in the bottom lane!

"There's an ambush!" Meiko was ambushed. The opposing Ashe and Jella were lying in ambush in the bush at level 1.

After Meiko's Lulu came online, she subconsciously wanted to enter the bush, but was controlled by Jyra's E skill, and with the help of plants and ice, she dealt crazy damage!

"Go!" Zet's Varus reacted quickly. He chose to use the E skill at level 1 and used the E skill to slow down the two opponents.

However, Ashe also has a slowing effect. The continuous slowing effect combined with Jella's plant output can chase Lulu. Lulu's body is very fragile and she can only use flash.

"I didn't dodge." Meiko provided information.

The factory manager shook his head and his expression became more serious. This BP was already a major failure and he was tricked at level 1. It felt like a devastating start.

G2 retreated to the bottom lane. Their goal had been achieved. They got rid of the aggro of the minions first.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "The bottom lane exploded at level 1. Lulu was beaten to low health and had no flash. How will she fight in the future? If he goes back, Varus won't be able to gain any experience."

I remember being in a dilemma: "This match... I feel it's even harder than the match against SKT yesterday. G2 was very well prepared and used a little trick at level . Plus, EDGBP made mistakes... It was difficult."

In the official live broadcast room, the barrage exploded again:

"Send it! Sent it two minutes after the game started!"

"Well done EDG. This is a familiar feeling."

"Yesterday's EDG was very strange, but today's EDG is the real deal!"

"Here we go, brothers, we are amateurs in foreign wars, this is EDG!"

In the middle lane, Su Mo's Spider was laning against Leblanc. Perkz was quite tough and put pressure on her at level 1.

Seeing that the soldier was low on health, Su Mo's spider used his W skill to self-destruct.

Seeing the Suicide Spider, Ahri pulled back first, so the Suicide Spider took the initiative to walk towards the line of soldiers and was taken down by three melee soldiers.

The second wave of soldiers arrived at the line, and Ahri continued to come up and put pressure.

Just like before, Su Mo continued to use the self-destructive spider to finish off the enemy and keep a distance from Ahri.

So the moment Ahri reached level 2, she used W to attack with AQA and then retreated, leaving Spider no chance to fight back.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "The mid lane matchup is obviously difficult. I thought there was some kind of strategy involved at first, but now it seems that Mo is having a hard time performing."

Wawa agreed, "That's right. At the moment, EDG can only rely on the top and bottom lanes. No, the bottom lane is also unreliable. The bottom lane was pushed out of the experience zone at level 1. Lulu went back to the city for supplies and is only now back on the line. The experience gap is huge."

So, the director turned the camera to the top lane, where Fizz was facing Gragas. The two were obviously exchanging health points, and neither of them had full health points. However, Gragas used his W skill to trigger his passive, and his health points were quickly restored.

But Xiao Yuren is not able to do that and now he is reluctant to take medicine.

Miller explained: "Why does it feel like... none of the three lines seem to be able to win."

In the middle lane, the third wave of soldiers is coming, and there are cannon soldiers that can be upgraded to level three.

Leblanc comes up first to consume some resources, and while Spider is finishing off the enemy, QWA deals full damage.

The moment LeBlanc's W comes up, Spider uses a W to instantly explode, followed by AQA.

Then switch to spider form and move forward. After Ahri uses W to go back, bite her with a Q, and Spider-Man will come up to help.

Originally, Ahri was planning to fight and retreat at the same time, but after being bitten by the little spider, she found that she couldn't beat it, so she pulled behind the soldiers.

Su Mo gave up the pursuit, otherwise he would be beaten up by the soldiers.

This blood transfusion turned out to be a profit.

Miller saw this and said, "This time, Enchanter underestimated her opponent a little bit. I can understand that. After all, she has never faced Spider before. I didn't expect Spider-Man to be so powerful."

"For Perkz, he can continue to learn during the laning process, and overall he still has the advantage."

Suddenly, bad news came from the bottom lane.

Lulu was killed by the opponent!
"Neither of the opposing duo had flash." Meiko was a little helpless. He was forced to flash at level 1, and this time the opponent used two flashes to kill him. He had no choice.

The factory manager's scalp tingled: "Hold on, I haven't even finished the first round and you guys are already giving away."

Meiko responded: "It's mainly because they were ambushed at level 1. These teams are pretty disgusting now. SKT was the same yesterday, playing tricks at level 1."

Su Mo comforted him, "It's okay, I can be the C this time."

Meiko was silent. If it was before, he would definitely be happy when Su Mo said this, maybe he would even encourage him or something, but now... How can this Spider be the C in the middle...

The factory manager's mouth twitched slightly: "Mo, you should stabilize yourself in the laning phase first. You think I didn't see you being suppressed in the middle lane, right?"

Su Mo smiled: "Don't be impatient, be patient."

After saying that, he looked at the enchantress opposite him who was ready to make a move, his eyes slightly narrowed.

The hunting time has arrived!
　Today I updated 10,000.

　　From now on, the update time will be changed to one chapter at 12:00 in the morning and one chapter at 17:00 in the afternoon. Additional chapters will be updated separately.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)