Glory of tactics

No matter what Baihua will be called in the future, whether the newly merged team will be strong or weak will be decided next season.

What Wuxiao is most concerned about now is only the other playoff teams that will start the war first.

As long as Wuxiao can go all the way, sooner or later he will encounter one or two of them.

On June 21st, the first round between Tyranny and Yanyu started.

This year’s playoff format has one major adjustment and several minor adjustments.

The big aspect is, of course, to completely reproduce the new competition system of the second stage of the challenge, cancel the individual competition, expand the group competition to five people, and then calculate the points based on the head.

On a smaller scale, adjustments are made to the match order, home and away arrangements, and schedule.

The order of the matches means that after the first round of knockout matches, the semi-finals in the second round will no longer be drawn. Instead, the winners of 1 and 8 will face the winners of 4 and 5, and the winners of 2 and 7 will face the winners of 3 and 6. winner. It is equivalent to the ranking of the regular season, which completely determines the order of the playoffs.

The home and away arrangement is fixed so that the teams ranked lower in the regular season play home first and then home away, and the teams ranked higher in the regular season play first guest then home. Conveniently, if there is a draw in two rounds, the play-offs can be played on the spot to avoid the fatigue of traveling.

The schedule adjustment is to specifically set aside days for the play-offs, and take a break if there are no play-offs, instead of bringing up the subsequent games.

In last year's finals, Samsara only played three individual matches in the second round and won the championship. Although this created a good story, it also caused considerable losses to all stakeholders.

These adjustments this year can be regarded as the league's official compensation and compromise to the sponsors.

Putting aside the off-field factors that have yet to be seen, the regular season championship is no longer a dispensable honor, but a real schedule advantage in the playoffs.

The top half of the regular season, where the first place is located, is relatively weak, and if they can reach the finals, there is a high possibility that they will have one more day of rest and one more day of preparation time than their opponents in the bottom half.

However, this advantage of being in the top half may not necessarily be the No. 1 position. The road must be walked step by step, and the games must be played one by one. At least in the first game, Tyranny does not have the right time or location.

Yanyu obviously wanted to have a black eight. Last year they defeated Tyranny in the first round of the playoffs, so there's no reason why they don't want to relive their old dream this year.

However, compared to last year, the strength of the two teams has advanced and retreated, completely separated. During the regular season, Tyranny defeated Yanyu at home and away, perfectly avenging last year's playoff defeat.

However, although Chu Yunxiu is a female player and has a soft temper, she is not someone who gives in easily. Facing Tyranny again this year, she still had some thoughts.

On the night of the summer solstice, it was raining continuously in the Jianghuai area. Even if the air conditioning in the competition venue was fully turned on, it still felt hot and humid.

In this rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, Team Yanyu played a beautiful home defense battle.

In the group competition, Li Hua was the first to appear, followed by Sun Liang, Lu Yining, Bai Qi and Chu Yunxiu.

After a season of training, both Lu Yining and Bai Qi have made some progress. Facing Tyranny's two newcomers Qin Muyun and Song Qiying this year, they held on to the weak lead gained by Li Hua and Sun Liang, creating a 10% opening advantage for the decisive battle between captains Chu Yunxiu and Han Wenqing.

In the end, Chu Yunxiu lived up to the efforts of his teammates and defeated Han Wenqing with remaining health, giving Yanyu a head start.

However, Tyranny in the team competition is the complete package. With the master tactician Zhang Xinjie in charge, the reincarnation of the same four All-Stars is dwarfed by comparison.

In the team competition, Yanyu fought fiercely and fiercely, taking full advantage of the home map, but still failed to bring about a victory.

If Fengcheng Yanyu hadn't relied on her powerful mobility and long-range attack power to kill Boundless Sea, who was still alive, Tyranny might have been able to win two kills in the team match.

At 10:10, the two teams were evenly matched in a battle. This result disappointed many fans who predicted that Tyranny would be unstoppable. However, everyone in the industry is still optimistic that Tyranny will qualify.

Yanyu had tried her best to achieve a draw at home. After losing the map selection advantage in the second round, their chances of winning were slim.

The playoffs are one game a day, and before the highlights of the previous night are enough to be recalled, the live broadcast of a new game starts again.

Tiny Herb versus Reincarnation. The two teams ranked fourth and fifth respectively in the regular season. They are very close in strength. Moreover, they are also led by the Five Saints with a single core. There is a lot to watch.

Samsara has one more All-Star than Tiny Herb, but with Lu Boyuan, Tang Hao, Jiang Botao, Xu Bin, Liu Xiaobie, and Gao Yingjie, the first three battles between the two sides were fierce. Although they had the home court advantage, Samsara was still slightly behind.

However, the gap widened in the fourth formation. Wu Qi eliminated Gao Yingjie and Xiao Yun in succession. In the end, the battle between the gun king and the magician was won by the blood volume of the fourth formation.

Tiny Herb is the team with the highest winning rate in the regular season arena. Although Samsara won against Tiny Herb at home, the arena was still won by Tiny Herb. In tonight's arena game, it was the first time in two years that Zhou Zekai scored points against Wang Jiexi.

Wuxiao has stopped his tactical classes in the evenings these days and instead watches the games as a group. After finishing the first half, Lin Jingyan looked around and said: "The arena under the new competition system is not easy to compete in now. In the past, you couldn't compete in the arena. You can also focus on individual competitions. There is always room for scoring points. Now We have to go head-to-head. In today’s arena, more emphasis is placed on the overall situation, especially on not having any shortcomings.”

Fang Rui continued: "Actually, there are some tricks. If the overall strength is not as good as the opponent, there is no need to pursue the final victory. It would be much simpler to set the goal to defeat four of the opponent. And in the team competition This idea can also be used. It doesn’t need to be too complicated. It is just a matter of exchange, simplifying the situation and forming a two-on-two or three-on-three duel. As long as you can ensure that the remaining professional combinations are appropriate, it will be easier to ensure that the two teams are better than playing as a whole. Victory with more than one head."

Several people in the room frowned when they heard Fang Rui's analysis, but no one spoke to refute it. Because this may sound like a wrong strategy, but it is indeed a relatively simple and easy-to-implement tactical policy in this competition system. Especially a team like Wuxiao, whose overall strength is not top-notch, is more suitable for this type of play.

Veteran Sun Leshi said: "Tyranny Samsara, these two teams are the only ones with such a strong substitute lineup. The sixth players of other teams are actually at the same level. Tiny Herb's Xiao Yun is actually not weak. Losing so badly tonight, apart from the fact that there is a certain gap in strength, has a lot to do with account strength and professional restraint."

Everyone said a few words, the intermission passed quickly, and the Tiny Herb Samsara battle entered the team competition stage.