My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 205 Boiling Water Tactics

8 month 26 day.

The Summer Split upper bracket final between V5 and TES is about to begin.

Due to the butterfly effect, TES, who were facing V5 with a heavy heart, naturally dared not make any boastful remarks in their pre-match vlog, and their pre-match trash talk became much less aggressive.

But everyone's gotten used to it. When the factory manager was still around, the trash talk was genuine trash talk; after he left...
Pre-match trash talk can almost always be summarized in three words:

Have you eaten yet?
Correct.

That's how utterly non-aggressive they are.

Luo Ji had no choice. He wanted to be more aggressive, but the problem was that it would be too awkward for him to perform alone. The rest of the team were all easygoing people, so they probably wouldn't be able to say anything meaningful when they were criticizing.

Then we can only go with the flow.
Early in the morning.

The V5 team had already arrived at the competition venue. Although it was only the winners' bracket final, as long as it was a final, they should give it the utmost respect.

Especially Luo Ji.

Knowing full well that only good results can earn big money, he is very excited about the upcoming competition.

no way.

If the economy is not doing well in the next few years, we can only try to make as much money as we can now so that we can relax and do nothing later.

He has studied it.

A normal guy who wants to lie down and dream of making money has three things in common: a bunch of rental house keys hanging from his waist, a stock trading app that makes stocks hit the daily limit, and a pink steel wool ball that smells like perfume.

In his past life, he had no choice; none of the conditions were met.

And this life.

He wanted to choose the first two, and as for the third, he would leave some room for college students to use when they were researching the college student entrepreneurship guide.

"I never expected that our two teams would be the first to face each other."

No surprises.

The moment V5 and their team arrived at the venue, they were greeted by the TES team, who had also arrived earlier.

“Indeed, but if you want to win the championship, you'll have to face each other sooner or later, so it doesn't matter.” Rookie smiled and shook JKL's outstretched hand.

Seeing this, Luo Ji glanced at the time and spoke up:

"I see it's still early, how about we go out to get something to eat? I know a really good beef noodle place."

Are you treating us like players from another region?

I heard about beef noodles.

Dozens of people on both sides couldn't help but burst into laughter.

They didn't have any real animosity. In esports, team changes are quite frequent, and they might be switching teams all over the place next season. There's no truth to the official hype about the intense rivalry.

Even if TES loses this BO5 series, they will still have to rely on V5 to eliminate JDG in the finals.

Ok.

The white crescent moon has clearly accepted it.

If they can't beat V5 in the winners' bracket, then it will be almost impossible for them to beat JDG if they fall into the losers' bracket.

"Then let's rely on our own abilities?"

"of course."

With the big battle imminent, the two teams briefly greeted each other and then separated. Although they spoke humbly, they were actually very confident in their own teams.

I am very confident, at least today.

As the winners' bracket final was as intense as a volcano colliding with the earth, Fujii also showed no mercy by using his most powerful move in the commentary booth.

The old IG dual-carry matchup, right?

OK
Ning Wang was invited directly as a guest.

V5 likes to pull off some crazy things, right? Those loud and boisterous dolls are great at stirring up the atmosphere of the game, and then they can easily add Guan Zeyuan to manipulate the match.

The three golden sauces have been successfully formed!
【Here it comes~】

Good times ( ), bad times ( ), desperate situations ( ), you know what I mean~

Is it time to start? Who's spying? Who's targeting? Who's not playing as a team? Who's a jerk? Who's the mole? Who called for retreat at the second tower? Who's being heartless?

The gap between the two sides is extremely obvious. One side is the top lane, and the other is the bottom lane. This is truly a battle between two opposing forces vying for the main position.

As the two most popular teams in the entire league right now.

That's right, the highest!
EDG's championship victory has been over for more than a season and has long since faded into obscurity. Other so-called "super teams" have also suffered their own setbacks, while JDG has never had a large fan base due to the players' lack of popularity among casual fans.

So much so.

Currently in S12, the most talked-about teams, besides V5 with their all-out avengers mentality, are only TES, who have been on a northward expedition and have rotated their players up.

Although Luo Ji himself didn't understand why he was assigned the Avenger attribute.

But since that's what the official sources say...

Let's leave it at that.

In the pre-match rest area, V5 was different from other teams. The person in charge of arranging the tactical commentary was no longer just the team's coach, but also the "version researcher" Luo Ji.

Nofe even proactively delegated authority to Luo Ji.

Same thing.

When he speaks, it's like a teacher instructing ordinary students; the students might listen, or they might just let it go in one ear and out the other. But when one of the students is in charge, they feel a sense of novelty and are more likely to listen attentively.

Luo Ji didn't resist; instead, he directly took on the important task of providing commentary.

"first."

"Today's match against TES was definitely a clash between the different systems in the bottom and top halves of the map. TES had an advantage with Draven, and without Draven, if we were on the red side, we would even have to take on a ban for Yuumi."

"I know there's not enough time to talk about anything too profound, so I'll use the simplest language to clarify our tactical objectives for today."

Say it.

Luo Ji picked up the water glass on the table.

"That is, the boiling water tactic!"

"Boiling water tactics?"

Luo Ji understands TES. When TES had Da Huang as their top laner, White Crescent's draft picks would focus on Da Huang in the top lane, in addition to the bottom lane.

the reason is simple.

Because V5's mid laner is Rookie, and Knight is not good at playing against Rookie at this time, so the draft will definitely target him.

Then V5 only needs to make corresponding moves, and Knight will definitely not be able to get those few heroes that he can carry with.

Secondly, and most importantly, if you don't give Da Huang (a player's name) a focus in the draft phase, he'll collapse very quickly.

Especially against top laners like Luo Ji, whom he can't beat in the first place, if the top lane is countered, White Crescent wouldn't even know how to play the game.

That being the case.

That means the core of TES's tactics is the carry in the bottom lane.

it is good.

Having clarified this point, Luo Ji's tactical approach was simple: to cripple JKL.

Draven? Here you go!
Zeli? Give her too!
Can you carry one or two games with these two heroes? Can you carry four or five games with these two heroes?
These are heroes that are inherently difficult to play. All they need to do is draft and select a teamfight-oriented composition. Once a teamfight starts, they will target your carry AD carry, forcing you to make mistakes and increasing the burden on your hands.

Follow this strategy.

They don't even need to wait for TES to outlast V5's old man; V5 can cripple TES's AD carry in the third game.

Listening to Luo Ji's "outrageous theories".

The entire V5 lounge gasped in surprise.

Ha people.

This is a real Ha person.

No wonder he's a disciple trained by Lao Qiang.

S6's teammate Xie Jian was completely defeated in a BO10 match. Luo Ji simply copied the strategy from that time, intending to defeat JKL in a BO5 match.

Of course, the damage wasn't as severe as it was back then.

Moreover, this is an open conspiracy.

Draven is a tactical option, allowing the team to ban two top, mid, and jungle champions in the first three rounds; Zephyr is also a top carry in the current meta, and picking her and then banning Gwen naturally gives the team a lineup advantage.

As long as it's released.

TES couldn't possibly escape being fooled.

This is why there are so few League of Legends novels featuring AD carries as the main characters; it's too easy to target them. Unless it's a fantasy League of Legends story, this is the obvious tactic used.

For a typical AD carry player, their hands start to feel numb from the third game onwards, and by the fourth game, they're playing League of Legends while injured.

After clarifying the approach.

When the V5 team came back on stage, their gazes toward JKL from TES inevitably carried a hint of pity.

That kind of gaze.

This left the TES players quite puzzled.

"What kind of look is that?"

"Perhaps they are placing too much emphasis on your performance?"

Mark was somewhat unsure of himself, but aside from that, he really couldn't figure out what V5's look meant.

After a simple entrance process.

The first match between the two sides has officially begun.

A round of ban:

V5: Sylas, Monkey, Lenata
TES: Tsar, Cat, Crocodile

In the first game, V5 already planned to let the opponent's Draven composition out to test its strength. Nofe's idea was simple: only by letting it out in the first game of a BO5 and breaking it could this move not become a hidden threat in the subsequent drafts.

V5 release.

TES definitely has to take it.

A round of PICK:

V5: Lu Xian, Nami, Fox

TES: Draven, Nautilus, Lissandra

"With Draven, why pick a bot lane duo in the first three picks? They really want to gain an advantage in the bot lane." PPGOD exclaimed.

If it were Xiao Yan wielding Draven...

They will definitely pick two top, mid, and jungle heroes in their first three picks.

TES's decision to pick Luna could be interpreted as either overconfidence in their bot lane or a lack of confidence in the Luna combination.

After all, V5 first picked Lucian, and the Luna duo can indeed go head-to-head with Draven in the bot lane.

Second round bans: Sejuani, Trundle, Gnar, Gwent

The fourth hand.

TES defeated Poppy.

to here.

The strategy of "four protect one" is already quite evident.

TES's Draven strategy is built around Draven, and this lineup means that Tian will have almost no time to manage the top lane in this game.

Huh~
Then the last two V5s will be easy to get.

Vi + Kled
The three champions, Kled, Okita, and Nakamaru, charge into the enemy formation. In a sense, Kled also counters Poppy, because Poppy's ultimate makes it difficult for her ultimate to hit the charging enemy.

The last move.

In fact, they had already finished off Da Huang's hero pool.

Gnar, Renekton, Sejuani, Gwen, Graves and Tryndamere are out of meta, Maokai and Gangplank are unavailable, so the only viable champions are Fiora or Camille.

Considering that there would be no jungler to help in the top lane, TES picked Camille as their last pick.

So far:

V5: Top lane Kled, Jungle Vi, Mid lane Ahri, Bot lane Luna

TES: Top lane Camille, Jungle Poppy, Mid lane Lissandra, Bot lane Draven + Nautilus
For the audience.

The appearance of the new Kled naturally caused a stir in the entire live chat.

Doinb, watching from outside the screen, stared wide-eyed.

As a Kled pro player in the competition, he thought he was the only one in the LPL who could play this thing. But when he suddenly saw someone else take it out, he felt like his "daughter" had been taken away by a blond guy on a ghost fire.

But
In the finals, will they still adhere to their idea of ​​surpassing the "Lock Gun" hero pool?
Even if it's broken.

Are we going to fight to the very end, burning our last drop of blood, and upholding our beliefs?

Doraemon's "Dream".

You're stealing the spotlight!
(End of this chapter)