You actually want me to...

FPX is probably going to be so angry they'll wake up in their dreams tonight. What the hell is going on?!

When it comes to understanding and manipulating mentality, I only admire TES.

The moment FPX's Nexus exploded, a flood of comments from all over the country overwhelmed the official live stream of the match. The reason was simply that the scene was hilarious.

Eight thousand is a huge economic force!

Instead of taking dragons, forcibly opening lanes, splitting up lanes, or managing operations, they secretly huddled together and started stealing other people's tails.

This is really...so damn entertaining! Give us more, they love it.

"To be honest, aren't we going a bit too far by doing this?"

"Excessive? Not at all. Backdoor tactics are a tactic, and besides, this is stealing, which isn't stealing."

"???"

They've already made it to the winners' bracket finals, so Roland won't hold back. Once on the field, there are only two outcomes: win or lose. If the opponent tries to drag the game out until they make a mistake, he'll feign a trap and steal their base. It's all about tactical maneuvering, nothing too serious.

If they really tried to win by playing some kind of 1v1 head-on game like the Knights' Eight Virtues, the Galacticos would have won several consecutive championships by now.

In competitions, you have to be ruthless.

First, attack their lower body. Then, use all sorts of moves like Goldberg's Spear, Rael's Scissor Kick, Randy Rko, Sean's Jaw Crusher Kick, and Austin's Guillotine to cripple them. Only talk about fairness when they're too scared to fight back.

Of course, if your teammates are in good form, then you can definitely try a head-on confrontation.

However, judging from the current situation, the players on both teams are only in average condition. There's nothing we can do; we can't just equip them with gear at this time, can we?

If possible, we should immediately arrange for everyone to get a little black stockings.

Black Silk [Mythical Equipment]: Buff aura effect, increases attack speed, reduces skill cooldown, increases maximum health and attack power, increases energy bar limit and recovery speed, adds critical strike effect, and has a chance to increase damage.

If Roland had this thing, he could guarantee that the whole team would be unstoppable. Unfortunately, the competition was closed off before and after, so there's nothing to say. They'll just have to rely on strategy.

"Don't let your guard down. FPX will be on the blue side in the next game, so our draft might not be easy. But first, get a feel for their offensive on the blue side and think about whether you can withstand it."

White Crescent knew it was time for him to step forward.

The victory in the first game was mainly due to the fact that jungler Tian's champions were restricted. Lee Sin was picked, and Xin Zhao, Blade of the Ruined King, and Raf were banned. Without his signature champions, his performance was not as good as expected. However, if he were on the blue side, TES would have a hard time restricting his position.

The same is true.

In the second game, with TES forced to ban strong meta champions and FPX on the blue side having a natural advantage with an extra ban, they directly blocked DaHuang's champion pool, then first-picked the jungler and pulled off a godlike performance, managing to completely overwhelm TES in the early game with the rhythm of the top, mid, and jungle.

However, in the third game, TES replicated the strategy from the first game and won again. The difference was that compared to the first game, the victory in the third game was undoubtedly much more difficult. FPX had become somewhat accustomed to TES's targeted tactics and developed some resistance.

The score was now 2-1.

The two sides reached the halftime break before the fourth game, and FPX once again chose the blue side.

[Joy, classic TES game 4.]

[Not necessarily. The red side is inherently weak in this version. They can't just suddenly switch to a four-protect-one strategy like FPX.]

[Top laner Huang is still too inexperienced. If the top lane gets any pressure, it's easy for them to fall behind. He's a rookie and lacks experience.]

[Let's see how the coach arranges things; we have faith in TES's tactical reserves.]

In a best-of-five series, the strengths and weaknesses of both teams were exposed within just a couple of games. Now, it's definitely not feasible for Niu Bao to go head-to-head in the top lane. After three games, Niu Bao, a top laner who focuses on laning, has memorized Da Huang's little tricks perfectly. Picking a carry champion would be tantamount to feeding. Therefore, the only option is to consider a top laner with more utility.

Similarly, FPX's weaknesses are also obvious.

Doinb can't carry the team; he's too reliant on Tian's performance. If they can limit Tian's performance, the game will be in TES's favor.

Of course, everyone also encouraged Da Huang. After all, he is a newcomer to LPL top lane who came to the game halfway through his career. It is expected that he can't beat Nuguri. But if we don't relieve his pressure in time, it will be bad if he suffers some psychological trauma.

"Don't be afraid of Big Yellow. Look at Ah Ban, that silly guy. When he first debuted, he was also brutally beaten by all kinds of support players. Now he can fight back with a blue pill. Niu Guli is the same."

"Indeed, maintaining a good mindset and putting aside whether you're playing well or not, confidence is really important for top laners. Skill plus confidence can lead to a 4/0 score, only a bad player plus confidence will result in a 0/4 score. Everyone believes in you."

"If all else fails, just call in reinforcements, like Xiaohu from RNG, and overwhelm him with sheer numbers."

"No, no, no, if you want confidence, you have to play Klein, which emphasizes a life-or-death moment. Either I'm out of horses, or you die a horrible death."

Looking at his teammates trying to reason with him, Da Huang smiled helplessly. As a 22-year-old "veteran," his mentality wasn't really affected. He just couldn't beat them, but he wasn't devastated.

but...

It was quite comforting to receive encouragement from my teammates, though Kled was a bit too much of a joke.

Seeing that everyone was in pretty good spirits, White Crescent realized the time was right and decisively called Roland aside, and then... the recharge began.

"What do you mean, Coach? I'm not the kind of person who only works hard for money." After hearing White Crescent's suggestion, Roland immediately turned his back on him. They were all in the same boat, so how could he not contribute to his teammates? If you're thinking about making money at this time, that's a clear sign of distrust in his professionalism.

Seeing this, the white crescent moon did not refute, but instead extended one more finger on top of the original two.

......

"Actually, I think that with my integrity, I participate in every game very seriously. It's not about money, but about a player's last bit of pride and struggle."

After hearing this, White Crescent calmly extended another finger.

White Crescent, who has known this miser for nearly two years, knows him all too well. Do you think professional players really lack this little bit of money? Actually, not really. They all have contracts worth hundreds of millions or even millions of dollars. A few thousand dollars in prize money is just a few dollars in a monthly salary of 3000 dollars to them. Otherwise, other players would have exploded long ago.

But ironically, this method works on Roland.

Unlike the players who already had lucrative contracts when they were still minors, Roland, who had lived two lives, knew very well how hard it was to earn money.

In their past lives, countless brave warriors resolutely stepped into the door of the coffin bearers for this thing.

100 a day, I'm a coward.

300 a day, cautiously

500 a day, quick hands and sharp eyes

800 a day, I'm a ghost dad

2000 a day, directly turning the tables on the ghosts and making them afraid of me.

Earning 3000 a day, you'd feel guilty if it didn't come back to life.

Now, a huge bounty is placed before him, and he has to consider whether this is the only opportunity he will ever have.

He's fired up!

Final Chapter: Chapter Twenty-Eight: Regretfully Unable to Unleash a Powerful Strike While Abroad

The fourth match quickly resumed after the halftime break.

First round of bans:

FPX: Jayce, Renekton, Gragas

TES: Irelia, Blade of the Ruined King, Aphelios

Learning from past mistakes, the more crucial the game, the less likely TES is to let Gragas go. TES will target your bot lane, and you can forget about playing Aphelios.

One round of PICK:

FPX: Lee Sin (first pick), Tristana and Nautilus

TES: Sett, Ziggs (first and second picks), Xin Zhao

To pave the way for the jungler, the bottom lane heroes can only be given to TES. Roland knows very well what FPX's best tactics are right now: one is the fast push and lane rotation strategy with Ziggs as the core, and the other is the late-game carry strategy with Aphelios and Thresh as the core. Now that I'm picking one and banning the other, FPX's bottom lane strength on paper has dropped by 30%.

As for Titan, it's a countermeasure the opposing team wanted to use to limit Bomber.

Second round of bans:

FPX traded away LeBlanc and Yasuo, while TES countered by banning Galio and Rumble.

Then, the fourth pick was given to another AD carry fighter – Yone.

Yone Bomber System.

Both originated from the playoffs, and this combination was even brought out by EDG themselves. However, in the BO5, this combination was completely crushed by the opponent and failed to exert its corresponding power. But TES is different. After carefully studying this strategy, Roland and White Crescent decided to follow the friendly and cooperative principle of LPL and help EDG to promote this strategy for free.

There's no way around it, this kind of tactic that revolves around a mid-laner who requires skillful maneuvering... it's just perfect for TES.

Who is Knight?

If you let him play a utility mid-laner, he can make the game feel like you're missing a mid-laner when you start the game.

But if you let him play a mid-lane champion that requires skill, he'll show off his skills to an incredible degree, going toe-to-toe with all the top mid-laners.

Seriously, you can't play if you don't show off.

"Damn, they just stole it from us?" At the EDG club, Meiko and his team already felt something was off when they saw TES pick their mid laner as their fourth pick. And when they looked further, they actually did steal it!

"This is outrageous. I need to go back and watch all the playoff games right away. I suspect they stole more than just our games."

Seeing this, the factory manager became somewhat uneasy.

Given his integrity towards those TES players, as long as they can win, they wouldn't care about such trivial matters as stealing. The problem is, they don't care, but they can't. In any case, these two teams on the screen are opponents they have to face once, so they have to be wary.

I reckon Roland on stage didn't expect this either.

Simply copying EDG's playstyle caused the player himself to feel as if a formidable enemy was approaching, and he was frantically watching the replay to analyze it.

TES didn't ban their top laner, so FPX didn't dare to make any mistakes. Now they understood why the opponent didn't ban Twisted Fate. With Yone in the mid lane, picking up Twisted Fate was practically the same as feeding.

Yone is an outrageous hero because...

He has a good chance against traditional mages in lane, but he's almost always the bane of heavy warriors.

However, TES has completely outmaneuvered FPX. While FPX can field Doinb's signature Kled in the mid lane, their top laner will either be Kennen or Gwen. With the enemy team waiting to counter them on the fifth floor, and knowing TES's intent to dominate the top lane, FPX would never dare to make such a choice.

What can be done then?

So we'll just have to make do with the mid lane.

Fourth and fifth moves: Sylas + Gnar

These two choices were so radical that even Knight looked at Doinb with slight disdain.

Silas?

Goodness, he chickened out for three games, but suddenly dared to go head-to-head with him in the fourth. Was he pushed to the limit, or was he just desperately trying something new?

Doinb's five most played champions before the S11 World Championship were Ryze, Rumble, Sylas, Kassadin, and Azir. Sylas had the second-highest win rate among these five champions, with Kassadin being the first.

So far

FPX's lineup is: Top lane Gnar, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Sylas, Bot lane Tristana + Nautilus