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Integration: Chapter 74: Let's Order!

After winning the first game, IG immediately reacted and decisively banned Roland's Swain in the second game.

Immediately afterwards, the second law of TES was triggered.

The so-called TES Law is a rule derived from statistics compiled by players after the team's summer split, based on the actual performance of TES players. It generally applies to most of TES's matches.

TES's First Law: When TES faces a strong team, they are likely to pull out something new in the first game, resulting in a 50/50 win rate. Against a weak team, the outcome depends on how aggressively the bot lane plays.

TES's Second Law: When TES has already won the first game, the entire team will receive a +100% debuff to their "Langbi" attribute in the second game, and Flandre has a chance to make a mistake.

TES's Third Law: When the score is tied at 1-1, the passive skill [Roar of the White Crescent] will be triggered 100% of the time, and all team members will skip their rebellious phase and start to get serious, maximizing their fighting power.

These are the three laws of TES Summer Split.

Unfortunately, they met the conditions for the second law. After winning the first game, TES started playing recklessly in the second game, constantly looking for fights with IG members. They were then defeated by IG's extensive experience in chaotic brawls.

The score is tied at 1-1.

I knew Top Esports would lose the second game.

I've figured out this team's style: playful, reckless, and serious. It's only because these players are top-tier that they're not prone to upsets; otherwise, they probably wouldn't even make the playoffs.

This once again proves to us one thing: the only downside to expensive things is their price, and this downside isn't even the product's fault, but rather ours.

WE has left the live stream.

In fact, the audience's guess was correct.

That's the atmosphere within TES. They win almost every summer split match 2-1. White Crescent is almost having a nervous breakdown. Damn it, why are they always pushing them to the limit? Are they kidding me?

"You guys really don't take what I said yesterday seriously? Which of you was serious at all?"

"Coach, we really took this seriously. You can go and watch the video."

"I watched the replay. You guys could have played seriously. You had an advantage and could have pushed down their high ground tower. But you just stayed on the edge, thinking only about team fights. With such a big advantage in the early game, did your later play justify that advantage?"

Looking at the group of team members who looked like serious babies, White Crescent was really furious. If these people had directly resisted her, she could have used the opportunity to scold them and vent her anger. But these kids were just too damn clever.

Every time he finished a game, he would look like he was sincerely apologizing, but then it would go in one ear and out the other, which really made him so angry that he developed high blood pressure.

"Was I too lenient before, or are you just going through your rebellious phase?"

"Coach, I was wrong." Seeing that his coach seemed to be softening his stance, Roland quickly gave him a way out.

"What did you do wrong?"

"I should have initiated team fights more decisively instead of waiting for the AD carry. As long as we kill them first, they won't be able to pull us into the brawl."

"???"

Ten minutes later, when the TES players came out of the rest room again, it was clear from their expressions that their condition had returned to normal.

Although at this stage of the game, TES could still make the playoffs even if they lost every game, Roland and his teammates didn't dare to be too reckless, considering that the coach was under pressure.

If you've been paid, you naturally have to produce results.

To maintain the existing team configuration, they must deliver results to the club; everyone understands that.

So in the third game, TES collectively decided to get serious.

"What's the strategy for this round? Sell water or cut losses?"

"No, can't you think of something more normal? We can win by going head-to-head with sheer strength."

"It's possible, but I glanced at the clock and it's already past seven. If we fight head-on, it'll take a long time. If we go out for dinner too late, we might not get any midnight snacks tonight."

???

"Holy crap, can we tolerate this? Let's beat the crap out of him!"

Dinner can be skipped, but a late-night snack is absolutely essential.

July and August are already the transition period between autumn and winter. Except for magical regions like Guangdong where it is summer all year round and cooling down depends entirely on typhoons, other parts of the country are still relatively normal. At least at this time, you can stop using air conditioning.

As the temperature drops, my appetite kicks in late at night.

For the entire TES team, who had just fallen into the trap of late-night snacks, suddenly depriving them of late-night snacks was even more painful than Riot Games banning their Korean server accounts.

"In that case, let's order first."

"it is good."

Once the strategy for the game is determined, the drafting and banning (BP) phase becomes much easier.

First round of bans:

IG: Renekton, Swain, Syndra

TES: Varus, Thresh, Kalista

Although it's not entirely clear what TES is thinking, IG, trusting Puff, still didn't pick Aphelios, which TES had intentionally let go, and instead gave the first pick to Lee Sin.

One round of PIKC:

IG: Lee Sin, Ashe, Nautilus

TES: Lillia, Sett, Draven

"Hmm? Is TES going to pick Lillia for jungle? This is the first time this champion has appeared in our LPL since it was released on the Chinese server." Cat Emperor looked at TES's pick with some doubt. Knowing TES as he does, they should rarely try new things in the third game.

"Although I'm not entirely sure, Karsa has been practicing Lillia in ranked games recently, so let's look forward to his performance." Since it was his first appearance, the commentators didn't know how he would perform, so they could only be a little conservative in their assessment, but they could certainly give Draven some praise.

Second round of bans: Leona, Wukong, LeBlanc, and Kennen were all banned.

Second round of PICK:

TES secured Zoe first.

Considering that Sett was going to be the top laner, IG picked Aatrox and Orianna for their last two picks. Don't be fooled by TheShy's reputation for long-range top laners in S10. In fact, if you look at the statistics, you'll find that Aatrox is the most frequently picked top lane champion among his top laners in matches.

As for the clockwork, needless to say, those who know, know; two balls and one princess.

IG lineup:

Top lane Aatrox, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Orianna, bot lane Ashe + Nautilus

TES has already selected four champions: Lillia, Sett, Zoe, and Draven. Everyone was speculating about what TES would pick for their last support role.

On the fifth floor, Roland pulled out Zhao Xin.

"Zhao Xin???"

"Wait, what's this TES lineup...?"

While the commentators were still in a daze, the order of the five heroes on TES's hero list started to jump wildly.

Lillia was given to the top laner, Flandre.

Xin Zhao was given to Karsa, the jungler.

Jin Fu was then given to Roland, who was playing support.

TES: Top lane Lillia, Jungle Xin Zhao, Mid lane Zoe, Bot lane Draven + Sett

The lineup is now finalized.

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P.S.: A team was ordered to eat, but I won't say who it is.

Integration: Chapter 75: As everyone knows, the blind monk has a second driving test.

"This... Lillia top lane?"

"Holy crap, the King of the Board taught this thing to Holy Gun Bro?"

Looking at TES's final group assignments, countless viewers were stunned. They had seen videos of top laner Lillia before. Even though Banhuang's popularity isn't as high as those veteran players, there are still people watching his streams every day.

When Lillia was first released, his top lane Lillia videos became incredibly popular.

[TES, let's get this party started!]

Shake it, just keep shaking it.

[The Sword Demon fighting Lillia, wow~ that scene is too beautiful.]

[You never thought you'd be so shameless, did you? You've actually gotten outmaneuvered by someone with long arms!]

Not to mention the audience, even IG is numb now.

If you let Aatrox go top, Aatrox will definitely be tormented; but if you send Orianna top, the jungler Xin Zhao's strategy becomes clear instantly.

Moreover, Karsa picked Xin Zhao as a counter, a champion specifically chosen to counter Lee Sin. In a 2v2 team fight, it would be a one-sided massacre.

No solution.

However, IG is not without its advantageous lanes. TES's bot lane, due to its short range, will definitely not be able to secure lane priority in the early game, but at least they managed to protect one lane.

Since they lacked the ability to lock down enemies in early team fights, TES didn't plan to invade the enemy jungle. In fact, they didn't need to. Except against jungle carry heroes, invading the enemy jungle with other tempo-based heroes would mostly be a losing proposition (S10).

As mentioned earlier, jungle monster experience is reduced and respawns faster in Season 10. In this version, invading someone else's jungle is not as good as farming a couple more camps yourself and trying to reach level nine as soon as possible to get the jungle item's passive. The same applies to ganking.

Moreover, with Lee Sin, invading at level one only slows down his initial jungle clearing speed, which isn't really necessary.

Back online.

As a long-absent support, Roland, upon returning to the lane, did nothing more than attack melee minions as much as possible, and even retreated slightly.

There's no need to elaborate on the support role of Jinfu.

Most people who study Q at Level 1 have something wrong with their brains, and studying W at Level 1 isn't very meaningful, so most people study E at Level 1, but that's the problem.

When both sides are at level one, they really can't beat the other.

Even if Draven is strong, he still needs to use his skills to accelerate and his throwing axes to deal damage. However, at level 1, Ashe has the second-longest range after Caitlyn, plus a level 1 Nautilus with two crowd control abilities. Once Nautilus controls him first, and then Ashe pulls him away, he will lose at least half of his health.

Roland and JKL aren't stupid either; they just let the lane pass go and let you take control.

"This round depends on you guys. If you guys help us get off the plane, we'll take off; if you don't, we'll just crash."