You actually want me to...

"Although I don't know what you've been up to this time, I'll trust you for one more day."

No one paid attention to what this guy had done, but at this moment everyone was too busy adjusting their state to prepare for the upcoming semi-final battle.

This time, TES chose the blue side.

Soon, a round of bans:

TES: Ziggs, Jinx, Ryze

WE: Renekton, Lee Sin, Sylas

It's worth mentioning that, in the current meta, there are three champions that cannot be ignored in the first round of bans: the T0 jungler Xin Zhao, and two mid laners with good mid-jungle synergy: Syndra and LeBlanc.

TES chose to watch, while WE chose to give up; both sides began their first round of probing.

The only difference is that TES didn't let go of either Ziggs or Jinx, the two champions that led to WE's three-game winning streak, banning them both directly.

then.

One round of PICK:

TES: Xin Zhao (first pick), Jayce and LeBlanc

WE: Aphelios Lucian (first and second picks), Troll Warlord

Because TES banned two bot lane picks in a row, WE was forced to pick a carry like Aphelios in the bot lane. There was no other way; WE had already tried using traditional aggressive lineups during the regular season and couldn't beat TES's early game. So, playing into the late game and letting ELK gradually take over the game became WE's only solution at this stage.

Fortunately, the Scissors Girl was slightly nerfed in the playoffs, giving them a way out. Otherwise, if TES had fielded Xin Zhao + Scissors Girl in the first and second rounds, their lineup would have been completely outmatched in this game.

As for the troll, it's used to counter Xin Zhao's entry into the fray.

Second round of bans:

TES removed Lissandra, which limits LeBlanc's effectiveness, and also removed Twisted Fate, which is WE's signature champion. They intend to force Shanks into the laning phase, even if Syndra is given to him. This Syndra + Trundle combination is definitely not as useful as their Xin Zhao + LeBlanc combination.

WE's main focus is on AD.

There's no way around it. They also want to target the support. TES's lineup looks like they're going to continue with an early-to-mid-game offensive strategy. As the initiator of team fights in the bottom lane, banning the support champion pool is definitely more cost-effective than banning the AD. But the problem is... what support champions do you ban?

Facing Roland, a weirdo who dares to bring out anything, WE must be really dumbfounded. This guy doesn't play by the rules at all.

Ultimately, Ezreal and Varus were banned by WE, and they picked Syndra as their fourth pick.

They picked Aphelios, and Jinx was banned, which means Thresh is definitely not the opponent's choice. WE has already secured the Ursa-Hamster combo they've been longing for. All that's left is to see what the opponent's bot lane will come up with.

[Little Cannon Japanese Girl? I feel it's Little Cannon Japanese Girl.]

[No, based on my understanding of these two strategies, they might build Senna and Camille, and I'd crush them!]

Is it possible that Thresh/Draven is involved?

To be honest, I don't quite agree with the lack of Fiddlesticks and Swain in the support role.

It's rare that the last two picks were both for the bottom lane, which immediately ignited the enthusiasm of LPL viewers. If betting is legal, the official live stream should at least have a betting option for TES's support position. Isn't that much more exciting than guessing the winner?

What are you two planning to do?

Since TES had too many tactical options at the time, White Crescent simply handed the choice back to the bottom lane. Against WE, as long as the enemy jungler wasn't a champion like Volibear, Xin Zhao, or Olaf who posed a huge threat to the side lanes, they could normally dominate the game without any worries.

How about the tactics in Grand Theft Auto?

"I think it's OK."

"Let's do it!"

Roland and JKL exchanged opinions. Considering that this game would focus on the early and mid-game, and there was definitely no one in the bot lane who could go further into the late game than Aphelios, they decided to just pick an AD carry who was a utility champion.

then...

The final two moves: Jhin and Zilean, a parkour combination that made its grand debut!

Colonel Guan: "Jin!?"

Death God PYL: "Hey, you know what, this combination is actually quite interesting. This style of play appeared in last year's World Championship, I think in the match between TES and DK."

Leg Bro: "This...it feels like TES's bot lane is really getting into it."

What are the weaknesses of WE's roster?

bulky!

Aside from Lu Xian, the other four heroes are not very agile. The entire lineup is designed to fight around the side lanes, so the mid, bot, and support heroes are all chosen to be more protective and play a defensive counter-attack style. But if the opponent picks the Hong Kong reporter duo, then it will be difficult.

Once this Jhin gets his critical strike stacks up and starts running, won't he be as annoying as a mosquito to them?

Despite feeling disgusted, WE locked in Thresh as their last pick.

At this point:

TES: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Xin Zhao, Mid lane LeBlanc, Bot lane Jhin + Zilean

WE: Top laner Lucian, Jungler Trundle, Mid laner Syndra, Bot laner Aphelios Thresh

Game start.

As the noble blue side with LeBlanc, TES naturally has an advantage in the jungle. As we all know, LeBlanc can use her W to go to the enemy jungle at level 1 and place a ward for the F6 camp through the wall. Coincidentally, Trundle is a clumsy jungler without any mobility. Once the ward is placed at the F6 camp, the top laner can then sneak over to the red side's Krugs position to place a ward. In the early game, the enemy jungler's position is completely under control.

To create an opportunity for Dahuang in the top lane, Roland even dragged JKL and Hahuang together to put pressure on the opponent in the river, hiding in the bushes and looking like they wanted to invade but were a little hesitant, which attracted all the opponent's attention.

"With this vision, if you guys can still get ganked and killed by the enemy jungler in the early game in the top half of the map, you'll probably get rubbed into the ground by the coach when you get back."

Really.

Anyone with eyes can see that this troll will be under their vision control at least until the first wave of recalls. However, WE should also know this, as this guy is not a hero who makes plays in the early game.

"Who knows? Maybe he'll find an opportunity."

"Then I can only hope that you can withstand the pressure from the coach. As the saying goes, life is full of disappointments, and the remaining one or two are particularly disappointing. I don't think you would want to experience the latter."

......

"really."

Final Chapter: Chapter Three: Surprise Attack!

When Roland looked at the game from the perspective of the whole match, WE's lineup in this game was actually very interesting. There is no doubt that Trundle is a jungler with short legs. He came out simply to make things difficult for Xin Zhao and to provide some protection for Aphelios. However, because it was Trundle, WE's lineup had a big problem.

If you don't protect Lu Xian, the top laner will become the jungler's ATM.

If you protect Lu Xian, then you'll have to worry about whether the bottom lane can withstand the damage in lane.

What's most important when playing against a late-game duo like Aphelios and Thresh? It's lane control, putting enough pressure on the enemy bot lane so they can't farm and get resources comfortably.

Therefore, if you can get a strong combination, go for it, and pair it with a Volibear or Olaf for endless tower diving in the early game; if you can't get a jungler suitable for tower diving in the early game, then at least change your strategy and find a jungler with lane control in the bot lane to put pressure on the bot lane.

Thus, the role of legal aid came into play.

Among the various types of supports in the bottom lane, soft supports are more focused on farming, hard supports are more focused on initiating, defensive supports are more focused on protecting, and magic supports are more focused on dominating. This is similar to how most men pursue women, and the four options are sweet talk, good skills, money, and good looks. If you don't have any of these qualities, you're destined to be single. In the support role, you're basically just a freeloader.

Is time powerful?

It's alright, just so-so. Getting hooked by Thresh before level 6 can be quite damaging, but not fatal, because Aphelios doesn't deal much damage in the early game.

Is Jhin powerful?

It's alright. Its unique reload mechanism and skill modules mean it doesn't have high burst damage; this guy is all about kiting.

However, when these two not-so-powerful, and even somewhat out-of-meta items are combined, and Jhin has all three items, then this combination becomes truly disgusting, a force that even assassins dread.

Of course, while the early game isn't the late game, the combination of these two is still quite strong.

At least in terms of clearing lanes, it's definitely faster than the opponent's.

The only thing that bothered JKL was that his support player seemed to be addicted to role-playing. Every time he used his Q skill, he would mutter some stuff that JKL couldn't understand:

"Fire in the hole!"

"boom!"

"Let's offer a salute to the birth of the king!"

"boom!"

"Youth is art, art is Patrick Star, take this, youth that surpasses Minami!"

"boom!"

"Where the cannon is pointed is justice, and everything within its range is truth. Take this, Tsar Bomba!"

"boom!!!"

Roland wasn't going to be polite to the opponent. He used Manaflow Band and Biscuits, focusing on harassing the lane and specifically targeting the support. I admit that ADCs often have better positioning because they die frequently, and I also admit that Aphelios can temporarily sustain his health in lane with Red Blade, but what about you, support?

The salary is on you; you can't just not trigger it, can you?

With two bottles of blood on him, he couldn't possibly be that cowardly.

But once Missing accepts his own setting, Roland becomes invincible, because the 60 mana cost of the Q skill is really not a big deal for Zilean, and each additional level of the skill only adds 5 mana, which means he can use it at will.

Once the damage accumulates, it becomes quite significant, especially since Jhin can snipe from time to time.

Moreover, this playing style has an additional advantage.

That is, due to the damage from the bomb, Thresh and Aphelios will not be too close to each other, which makes it easy for TES's bot lane to have an opportunity. Once the position is right, they can easily use a feint to turn the guns around and focus fire on that side's AD.

What is this called? This is called forcibly separating the support and the AD, preventing them from supporting each other.

It's like a long-distance relationship.

Why do most long-distance relationships end in breakup? Has no one thought about this question?

The reason is actually quite simple: it's simply because it's too far away to reach them.

With less contact, it's easy for others to intrude from the outside, forcibly separating the two people, thereby achieving the goal of first breaking one's body and then breaking the other's mind. The same applies to games.

While Missing was focused on dodging the Bomber's bombs, Elk's movement flaws began to slowly become apparent.

"The bottom lane has a chance; they might need to deal some damage."

"Is there a view of the river?"

"No need to go there, just go straight into their jungle. After we finish our combo, we'll push the minion wave in and tower dive."

The two wards placed at the start finally revealed the Troll's location around the three-minute mark. To coordinate with Roland and JKL's bot lane pressure, Haro started the game with a quick three-level run: blue buff, Frog Princess, and red buff. Theoretically, if he successfully tower-dived, the entire lower jungle would be his. Given this game's potential for huge gains if successful and small losses if lost, Haro didn't hesitate and immediately chose to search for Haro, charging headlong into the enemy jungle.

"Attention, Squad A is about to reach point C; Attention, Squad A is about to reach point C."