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Chapter 379 How to defeat V5? The "Pandora's Box" has been opened!
"What kind of fortune is this?!"

"Who's that on stage? Isn't that Bang drawing lots?! Is he a mole sent by the LPL?! Investigate him thoroughly!"

"Hehe, could it be that GEN watched the match and immediately had someone switch the bags on the spot~~~"

The audience members were abuzz with discussion when they saw the draw results.

The contestants' backstage staff were already eager to leave, wanting to get back to their hotels as soon as possible to review the game.

After all, today's gains were unexpected for everyone, and even if they don't have a match tomorrow, the schedule for the Swiss rounds is still incredibly tight.

Nobody wants to fall behind the current version.

Not far away, the WBG members were still in the same spot.

After Coach Danny made a series of exaggerated gestures, the bot lane duo sheepishly approached V5.

"Playing a training match?"

"Sure, but we'll have to wait until after our match tomorrow."

Ye Bo looked at his teammates, who were clearly tired after sitting there all day, and bluntly stated that tonight was definitely not an option.

They have a tough battle to fight tomorrow, so they definitely need to prepare tonight and get some rest to adjust their condition.

Although V5 and WBG have a close relationship, their own matches are definitely the most important, which is undeniable.

Regardless of how others perceive it.

At least V5 wouldn't look down on G2!

After all, those who looked down on this team have already paid the price in the World Championship.
"Alright, alright, then you all should get some rest!"

GALA ran back immediately after speaking with Liu Qingsong, and Danny's expression was noticeably stiff when he heard the news.

Danny was clearly getting impatient.

WBG's loss to G2 today is definitely not good news for them—because there are several LCK and LPL teams in the 1-1 pool, and even formidable opponents like T1 and HLE!
After the 2-0 group matches are completed tomorrow, the 1-1 matches for the day after tomorrow will be drawn on the spot, and then WBG will take the stage.

This means that even if V5 is willing to play a few games with them after their match tomorrow, there simply won't be enough time for analysis and integration, and it might not change anything!
It's important to understand that if WBG were to fall to the brink of elimination with a score of 1-2, it would be an incredibly stressful situation for the team!
the other side.

The JDG and LNG teams, who were nearby and saw WBG's movements, seemed eager to join in.

“Should we also arrange a scrim with V5? Let’s learn their lane-swapping technique!” Support Missing asked, turning her head.

Mid laner Knight reacted incredibly quickly; almost instantly upon hearing those words, he silently lowered his head, pretending not to have heard.

369 and Ruler did not comment.

Only Kanavi confidently stated, "There's no need for that. Their strategy might just be a way to specifically counter Tier 1 teams, and we're already 2-0! We're not weaker than them!"

Redmi hesitated for a moment.

In the end, the team members were not sent.

On the one hand, there was indeed not enough time, and on the other hand, JDG had always regarded V5 as a "rival" - after being arrested for a year, they really wanted to defeat their opponent!
This is also why they hadn't scheduled any scrimmages with V5 before.

On the other side, the LNG team seemed to have their own ideas, but Scout immediately rebuked them with a cold face and a sharp voice.

"What's there to learn? If we master our own stuff, we have no reason to lose!"

"If we get T1 in a 1-1 draw, we can win too!"

The first game was an internal battle where LNG lost to JDG, and the second game was against DK, whom they had just won.

They seemed to be in high spirits at the moment, and there was indeed no tense, anxious, or awkward atmosphere like that of WBG.

Of course, this also includes Scout's "one-sided personal grudge" that he still holds onto to this day.
The Swiss cruise ship tour concluded on the second day.

But the nights in Seoul are far from peaceful.

Inside the T1 base.

Back home, the T1 players immediately went back to review the replay of the match—and the more they watched, the more silent they became!

Let's look back again.

There is a clear difference in the details of various lane transitions and the handling of the rhythm of the game.

Even T1's pride in "teamwork" was overshadowed by V5!
Not only were the secret tactics he had meticulously prepared actually developed by the enemy long ago, but even the advantages he was so proud of were actually superior to those of the enemy.
This is quite a blow.

"Everyone, let's rest first. We don't have a match tomorrow," Benji noticed the change in everyone's mood and stepped forward to let them calm down.

But Lee Sang-hyeok suddenly spoke up at that moment.

"No, we need to finish this debriefing tonight; it's very important."

His eyes were very firm, as if he were keeping some promise in mind.

He took the initiative to stand up and come to the screen to lead the debriefing.

“You may not have noticed YE’s first-person perspective just now. In fact, our strategy was effective, but we didn’t anticipate that they might have the same move at the beginning.”

Lee Sang-hyeok was referring to the fact that, 10 minutes earlier, in Ye Bo's first-person perspective, he noticed that the other party had hardly switched screens at all.

The four little ones looked completely bewildered.

He noticed this because when Lee Sang-hyeok was being pressured by the duo lane for a period of time, he also found it extremely difficult to spare the attention to switch screens to observe and command—and this was still the result of Beryl's laning offensiveness being inferior to Keria's.

Perhaps only he would notice it.

“When I came back from the Asian Games, I said that if we want to beat V5, Minxi is very important.”

Lee Sang-hyeok turned to look at Keria.

"The third event of the Asian Games is the best example."

The creation of T1's "lane swap strategy" was initially due to the design of V5's Summer Finals match, where Lee Sang-hyeok grasped the opponent's core intention.

He tried to apply TheShy's status in the WBG team to YE in the V5 team, and suddenly this idea came to him.

However, the system architecture was truly formed after that crucial victory in the third game of the Asian Games.

That game was won because Ruler and Deft's bot lane secured a kill within the first few minutes, completely dominating GALA and Liu Qingsong's bot lane duo and ending the laning phase in just 10 minutes.

In that situation, the bot lane duo had no chance to lane, and Ye Bo could only rely on Ryze to tank the duo, which caused some chaos in the mid-game rhythm and gave them some opportunities.

Lee Sang-hyeok got his inspiration from this: he thought he might as well speed up this process right from the start!

Although they happened to run into V5 switching lanes, it actually ruined one of their own power sources.

But in his view, this was not the main reason.

"This is the wave."

"I told you guys to rotate and dive the tower this time, but why did you, Minxi, order us to chase down the crocodile? Wouldn't it have been enough to achieve the economic exchange we needed by just driving them away?"

Keria, who was asked the question, did not dare to answer.

After all, the outcome of that bottom lane play in reality has proven that it was a wrong decision.

The audience couldn't tell and thought that the loss was caused by the mid-laner being solo-killed, but the people involved knew the truth perfectly well.

Lee Sang-hyeok continued his instruction in a calm voice.

"As a commander, you can't just think about how to attack. A commander must always prioritize the big picture and consider the consequences of making a decision."

"You must remember that every decision you make could potentially kill your teammates."

He looked at Keria, who seemed somewhat ashamed, and couldn't bring himself to say anything too harsh.

After all, he knew best the responsibility and pressure that came with that seemingly casual command, which was by no means an easy task for Keria, who had just started.

and this.

It was Lee Sang-hyeok who summarized "The Method to Defeat V5"!
One method, naturally, is to break through the bottom lane, just like in the Asian Games.

Beryl's weakness in laning provides a natural opening—otherwise, Deft wouldn't have been put on the field as support, forming a bizarre "double ADC" bot lane duo with Ruler!
Although Beryl was a pioneer in the dual marksman bot lane strategy, he clearly doesn't have an advantage if both sides are playing dual marksmen.

The second method is what we'll be using in today's game.

In today's opening match where WBG was overturned by G2, TheShy was fine, but Xiaohu, who was overlooked, became the biggest breakthrough point—which also proves that to defeat such a team, you don't necessarily have to "conquer" the opponent's most crucial point.

Aside from the mid lane, T1 was confident that V5 had no disadvantage in the other lanes!
Of course, there is a third method.

In fact, if it weren't for testing this design today, Lee Sang-hyeok would have been prepared before this World Championship to choose a "strong laner" hero to face V5 at any time.
In any case, the core ideas are almost the same.

Regardless of the method used.

Keria, the "second commander," is of paramount importance!

Lee Sang-hyeok walked over and patted Keria on the shoulder, his calm voice seemingly concealing something.

"If we want to beat V5, I need to beat YE, and you need to beat Beryl."

"Only in this way can it be done."

The biggest difference between a team having a so-called 'soul figure' is that as long as that person hasn't lost faith, the whole team won't lose faith.

Keria clenched her fists, encouraged by the other person's words.

The T1 base, which had been in disarray, quickly regained its vitality.

The good news is that they have plenty of time.

After all, the S13 World Championship has only just begun!
The following day, the third round of the Swiss round, the qualifying matches for the [2-0] group, began.

Since V5, one of the participating teams yesterday, played the last match, the first match was GEN vs JDG.

"As a match between the number one and number two seeds from the two major regions, this game is quite suspenseful and exciting!" Wang Duoduo, the commentator, exclaimed with great enthusiasm.
Standing next to him, his partner, GuGu, chimed in, "It's worth mentioning that JDG defeated GEN at this year's MSI and successfully met V5 in the finals. You could say that JDG has a psychological advantage!"

Wang Duoduo nodded in agreement: "That's right! If we take MSI as a reference, we can only say that the advantage is on our side!"

"Of course, if we take MSI as a reference, V5 also faced G2 at MSI in the next match today."

However, when the match began, things didn't go as predicted online the day before.

These two top-seeded teams surprisingly didn't use their own strategies from the start, but instead both opted for the "lane swap" tactic!
Ye Bo wasn't too surprised by this.

Because after they developed this tactic, they realized that this thing was actually a "Pandora's box".

After all, we should learn from history.

Even the most dominant dynasty teams rarely have a "three-lane advantage" matchup – which means that theoretically all teams can use lane swapping!
More importantly.

If one side suspects that the other side might use it, then they must take corresponding precautions, such as counter-ganking or proactively switching lanes!

Otherwise, you'll fall into the opponent's trap right from the start!
This is what is known as the "quagmire of game theory".

There is simply no way to circumvent it, and it will become an unspoken rule in the competition, forcing both sides to participate in the game.

Only when the game is won can a 'normal matchup' eventually occur!
"Both GEN and JDG seem to have their own understanding of lane-swap strategies!"

It's obvious to everyone that both teams are somewhat out of sorts.

After all, both JDG and GEN are known for their "laning" prowess, especially the two teams' mid-laners who are the two carries, as well as the two AD carries, Viper and Ruler.

But both sides did indeed showcase something entirely new.

For example, JDG's lane swap was mainly aimed at Chovy in the mid lane. 369 once sacrificed his lane and directly copied the strategy of switching to the mid lane 1-1, and we often saw the mid lane become a "three-man lane"!

As for GEN.

Their thinking seems a bit strange; they switch lines extremely frequently, almost every two or three waves of lines will be replaced.

"GEN is probably targeting the jungle?" Ye Bo, who was backstage, noticed something.

Because JDG's lane swap arrangement resulted in neither the top nor bottom lanes having any initiative, GEN was able to secure lane priority on both lanes without any pressure, ensuring that the lane swap wouldn't be a loss.

The goal, naturally, is to blockade the jungle!
Kanavi had just been invaded by multiple players in the upper half of the map and driven to the lower half, where he was immediately surrounded again.
For a period of time, the jungler was practically just "strolling around" to barely avoid being killed by the opponent.

Kanavi could only grit his teeth and spit it out!
Fortunately, JDG had a slight advantage in the first game on the blue side, benefiting from the stable pressure of the bottom lane duo. In the mid-to-late game, Ruler successfully stepped up and took over the game, defeating his former team GEN and taking the first point!
But then we move on to the second round.

Things are starting to look a little off.

It's quite remarkable that the two teams were able to come up with a new system to counter tomorrow's opponent in just one night—naturally, they couldn't possibly have any backup plans.

When GEN invaded the jungle again, JDG, who should have been more experienced, started to suffer a series of bad news in the jungle!
"What? How can you still dare to go, Kanavi!" Wang Duoduo exclaimed anxiously.

"Even without vision, they already know the enemy bot laner is missing, so how dare they go into the enemy jungle?"

Gugu muttered a guess: "Maybe it's because we got crushed in the last game."

In the previous match, GEN's jungle invasions were ineffective, which led to a gradual widening of the economic gap. By the mid-game, the snowball effect caused them to collapse.

But the situation has reversed!

GEN also demonstrated their signature "Turtle Formation" ability, and once they gained the advantage, the opponent wouldn't be able to turn the tide easily!

The score was tied 1-1.

Then came the third and decisive game.

After Kanavi's invasion in the previous game, this game remained unchanged, almost a replica of the second game!

By the 9th minute, JDG was at a disadvantage again.

At this moment, Wang Duoduo, who was in distress, suddenly caught something unusual in a fleeting shot from the director's camera.

"Huh? When did Zhao Xin's Flash disappear?!"

GuGu squinted at it, equally puzzled: "And looking at the cooldown bar, it was just used. That's strange, wasn't he just farming jungle camps?"

The director didn't show the perspective, but the chat was already filled with Conan-like analysis.

It looks like Zhao Xin didn't get over the wall with the Blast Cone—he just used Flash to get over the wall!

The comments section was extremely competitive.

【Mary! Why does our LPL keep producing such overgrown children?! I don't even want to talk about it!】

Anyone who's played ranked matches knows that this usually means they're telling their teammates, "I don't want to win this game!"

[This isn't pure ÷? Super Xiong jungler, huh!]

[JDG is fine as long as they keep winning, but if they lose, they'll definitely explode! I suspect if they play for another two years, they'll produce another "Iceland Romance: A Perfect Match"~~~]

[If this kid can get Ruler back to the LCK next year, he'll behave himself. If you replace him with a god, you'll just have to cook him in a pressure cooker!]

[Wait, is someone from JDG invisible?]

In the third game, the entire JDG team seemed to lose their composure and even looked like they were just messing around, getting completely crushed and stomped by weaker opponents.

JDG ultimately lost to GEN 1-2.

Meanwhile, Wang Duoduo on the commentary stage would sometimes put his hands on his hips and sometimes cross his arms.

His face was filled with grief and indignation.

Although GEN is, after all, the number one seed from LCK.

Theoretically, it's normal to lose.

But the way they lost was too ugly!

Especially in the last game, it looked like everyone was throwing the game after their mentality collapsed, and this attitude was even more unacceptable.

No one would doubt that someone in the team had broken off all ties with another!
“Okay,” Wang Duoduo took a deep breath, “Although the first match was a pity, JDG still has a great chance of making it into the quarterfinals, after all, they started with a 2-0 lead.”

"Next up is V5! I believe V5 will definitely bring us good results!"

"Let's all cheer for V5!!"

[My heart aches for Wang Duoduo; she's using the V5 like a ventilator!]

[Hehe, that's the strength of our LCK's number one seed! V5 was just lucky not to be drawn! Otherwise, they would have beaten GEN just the same!]

[Getting to pop the champagne already — Fun fact: JDG's record against V5 this year is 0-12, a true 24K pure Meng Huo (a legendary general known for his ruthlessness) who hasn't won a single game!]

Instead of worrying about JDG, why not worry about TuBao first? Could TuBao have been so badly beaten in this match that he's mentally unstable and won't make it out of the final sixteen?

[How is that possible! Someone starts the Swiss rounds 2-0 with a strong draw but then fails to reach the quarterfinals? Are they even human?!]

I don't think so. Take a closer look at G2's logo. Doesn't it look like they're wearing a helmet?

[Holy crap, guys, this looks like WBG is doomed! Group 1-1 already has T1, HLE, and LNG, and JDG might be next!]

(End of this chapter)