You actually want me to...

It is worth mentioning that, as the natural disaster situation in China had improved slightly at this time, the venue was once again filled with spectators from all over the country, creating the atmosphere for the 6-to-4 competition.

"That's right, you don't even know who's fighting whom today."

The top two teams met in the loser's bracket, and the fans of both teams almost collectively turned into haters last night and attacked them relentlessly. Seriously, just the short walk Roland and JKL took after dinner last night, he posted so much fluff that he reached his experience limit. You can imagine how angry the fans were last night.

"Now that's bad. If we lose, not only will we get a day off, but we'll also get flamed?"

That's roughly the idea.

Such a terrifying pace can only be withstood by professional players who have the backing of their clubs. If it were a streamer, they would probably have to quit the internet that very day. Don't underestimate this kind of thing. Streamers often find it very difficult to resist public opinion and their own sponsors.

Don't believe me? Look at Xu Xu Bao Bao, his ranking is pretty high, right?

Even a top streamer like him has to sleep with his number one fan, let alone other streamers who aren't as popular as him. [doge]

Here they come, here they come, just waiting for the losers to take over.

I'm going to see today which of these two teams is more likely to tank.

[Goal: Reaching the semi-finals would be a success!]

[If it weren't for the revival effect in this year's competition, the supertopics for these two teams would have been flooded with negative comments long ago.]

No doubt about it.

If you lose, you get beaten. Those in the loser's bracket can only watch and can't complain. Only when one side wins today's match will they truly regain their voice.

The match began quickly.

First round of bans:

RNG: Twisted Fate, Sett, Zoe

TES: Thresh, Hecarim, Udyr

As mentioned earlier, the biggest change in version 11.6 is that there are two Tier 1 junglers, Hecarim and Udyr. This means that if you are on the red side during the draft phase, you either have to ban both of these heroes or ban one on each side. Of course, there are also a few teams that will choose to ban one and then let the other through, using a Tier 2 to counter a Tier 1, which is a more extreme approach.

TES opted to take on two jungler bans, while also having to ban Thresh, a champion the red side had to ban, essentially giving the opposing team free picks.

One round of PICK:

RNG: Kai'Sa (first pick) + Volibear Sylas

TES: Olaf (first and second picks) + Ryze

Kai'Sa is undoubtedly the most versatile AD carry in the current version. She can transform into any form your team wants, whether it's a 2D character or a real-life older sister, she can do it all with ease, and she's extremely suitable for mechanically demanding characters like GaLa.

The focus is on RNG's Sylas.

With only Riven, Alistar, and Gragas remaining as popular supports in this patch, picking Sylas can effectively lock out one of the opponent's Alistar's slots by banning him directly after he's already picked.

Second round of bans: Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Weapon, Clockwerk, and Tsar are the four standard bans.

One team is targeting you relentlessly, while the other is clearly not wanting to let your mid-lane friend have a free ride. Let's settle this in lane.

For their fourth pick, TES chose Leona. While Rey is of course a higher priority than Leona, it doesn't fit TES's lineup strategy for the future. RNG, on the other hand, decided on Nautilus and Viktor for their last two picks.

So far

RNG: Top laner Renekton, jungler Volibear, mid laner Sylas, bot lane Kai'Sa + Nautilus.

Our attention now turns to TES's final pick.

With everyone eagerly anticipating whether Ale would build Fiora or Irelia, TES's last profile picture frame flashed with a very familiar blond-haired figure before suddenly locking.

"puff!"

On the RNG side, Xiaohu, who had just taken a sip of water, couldn't help but spit it out.

"What is this? Top lane Ezreal?"

"No, TES's top laner is Tristana, they copied what RNG was playing a few days ago!" The three commentators in the commentary booth were dumbfounded.

TES: Top lane Tristana, Jungle Olaf, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Ezreal + Leona

This lineup...

You say he didn't have a late game? He had three carries in the late game.

You might say he's weak in the early game, but he has a Tristana in the early game, and the top lane has a long-range champion against a short-range champion.

Aside from the fact that the overall lineup is a bit fragile and lacks control, there doesn't seem to be any major problem. Because based on the push-away characteristic of Tristana's ultimate, RNG's strong engage lineup can be considered to have only one and a half strong engage points.

[A genius draft.]

[TES has really figured out how to copy this top lane Tristana strategy.]

[Ale: I heard you like using long arms to fight short arms? What a coincidence, me too.]

We still don't know how many dirty tricks TES is hiding in their heads.

"Coach, do you think our tactical change is something the opponent is prepared for?"

"It's impossible. Everyone knows that JKL has been practicing Tristana like crazy lately, but what they don't know is who's behind that Tristana. That's the trump card."

After studying the draft picks for over a week, TES naturally had to come up with something. For example, the Tristana top laner was something TES had already revealed, but RNG obviously didn't take it seriously.

In professional competitions, the connection between the commander and the coaching staff is closely related on a daily basis. In fact, as the commander, Roland has received almost as many lessons and reprimands as everyone else combined.

This indirectly explains why, unless a team is entirely female, it's almost impossible for an all-male team to appear in professional competitions. Even if such a team did exist, aside from hype and other off-field factors, the female professional players who joined would likely only be attackers rather than commanders.

Firstly, there is the physiological discomfort.

The second reason is that I'm afraid I'll stop watching the video replays while watching them with the coaching staff.

As for why?

Because of the right atmosphere, the man naturally came to his senses, and the woman naturally came to her senses as well.

Contest: Chapter Ten: When you lose, no one cares about your past glory.

"Here come the brothers, whether it's a holiday or overtime depends on today." As soon as he entered the game, Roland frantically marked the defensive wards in the jungle.

"Oh, so do you want to work overtime or take a vacation?"

"Of course I want to take a vacation and get everything I need after working overtime, but unfortunately, tickets can't come from thin air, so I still have to do it myself."

"Tsk tsk tsk, that's true."

After a night of recovery, the team members were in pretty good spirits. At least based on their current senses and the atmosphere, they were fully capable of challenging RNG.

First, remember this.

When the skill levels are similar, the losers' bracket is harder to beat than the winners' bracket because those in the losers' bracket have no way back. They either charge forward or become stepping stones for others. In ancient times, there was a saying about fighting with one's back to the river, and the same applies today.

"Secondly, it depends on mindset."

In a tiny island across the ocean, Redmi, who had to return to his hometown for his wife's childbirth, looked at the screen in front of his computer and continued to explain to the others.

"Teams like RNG and TES are both teams that have been rebuilt, but they won too smoothly, so smoothly that they quickly rose to the top two positions on the leaderboard. In a sense, a winning streak can naturally build up momentum and make them more and more courageous, but... this courage will eventually run out."

Take NBA data as an example.

Among the many NBA winning streaks, most hover around 18, with the longest being 33. That was a record from before the game became more standardized. Normally, a winning streak is around 20.

What about switching back to League of Legends?

WE's 48-game winning streak, ranked first, comes in the ancient era when Twisted Fate could transform into three pure units. Tied for second place are SKT's peak 18-game winning streak and C9, whose region is full of mediocre players. Following them are the light of the planet, the god of domestic competition, and the fourth place with a 17-game winning streak.

The higher it rises, the more thoroughly it will fall.

The team was newly formed and hadn't fully gelled yet. Initial victories boosted the players' confidence, and mid-term victories accelerated the integration between them. However, as time went on, the expectation of victory became increasingly heavy, much like in various well-known sports in China.

Winning is a matter of course, just like in table tennis.

But what if he loses? He'll be condemned by everyone! Does that sprinter from back then remember how many people joined the ranks of those who denounced him?

No one will care about your past glories; they will only criticize your current setbacks. This is the general trend and the will of the people. Redmi's strength lies in its ability to not only understand the game version but also to comprehend the players.

Therefore, in his opinion, both teams that have entered the loser's bracket this time are quite interesting.

This defeat created two even more terrifying monsters.

"You seem to pay special attention to LPL teams, but I don't see which of these two teams you favor more?" A man accompanying Redmi glanced at the match on the screen and asked curiously.

"If it were me, I would pay more attention to today's winner."

"Your ambiguity is really going too far!"

"Really? But I've already given you my answer." After saying that, he didn't say anything more and simply turned his attention back to the screen.

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RNG's playstyle at this point is basically set: top and jungle synergy, bottom lane gets beaten up, mid and support help out, snowball if they have an early advantage, drag the game out if they don't, and then use their late-game advantage to win the game.

This is all I need, but it's enough.

The real danger isn't that he'll only learn one move in ten years, but that he'll only practice that one move for ten years.

If you master this strategy, it becomes an invincible formula. It's like back in S4 and S5, when all the LPL viewers, commentators, and players knew how LCK would win, but what could you do? You couldn't stop it.

Of course, RNG is clearly not at that level yet.

Knowing your playstyle, I will naturally make my own response. The core point of picking Ezreal last is not only to make the top lane a long-range vs. short-range matchup, but more importantly, picking Ezreal frees up the support.

Yes.

The current version has a slower pace, and AD carry champions such as Jinx, Aphelios, and Senna have returned to the mainstream. However, these AD carries have one very obvious weakness: the support must not leave their AD carry for too long or too far, otherwise they will fall apart.

Based on this, Tristana and Kai'Sa were developed as alternatives.

Tristana has excellent 1v2 tower damage output capability, and the same goes for Kai'Sa. Even without a support, these AD carries can usually gain an advantage in 1v1 laning phases through skillful play.

That's exactly what makes TES so amazing.

Anyone with eyes can see that TES has been practicing Tristana recently, so it was only natural to be on guard against her. But now JKL has pulled out Ezreal even more casually, so the pressure is now on RNG.

If you don't push the lane in the bot lane, my Leona can roam directly if I get lane priority, but you can't.

You push the lane in the bottom lane, and Haro can see that and not even bother with the top lane, he can just gank and dominate the bottom lane.

Because of the fact that the top laner was being outmatched by the long-range Tristana, Wei couldn't farm in the bottom jungle early on; he had to go up and help the top laner clear the lane.

What is meant by "interpreting lines"?

If your jungler doesn't come, I won't level up my Tristana's E skill. I'll just control the lane here, and you can decide whether you want to farm the minions or not.