Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

With the experience from the first two rounds, the third round of Ban/Pick went very quickly.

The Chinese team has won consecutive battles, so there is no need to drastically change their thinking. They just need to learn from the lessons of the tough battle in the second game and ban the three bottom lane heroes Ashe, Varus, and Lulu to avoid losing vision of the lower area and control of the little dragon.

In addition to Ashe and Varus, Chidi also has a high win rate when using EZ and Xayah, one is 13% in 69.2 games, the other is 5% in 80 games. However, during the laning period, EZ was completely defeated by the policewoman who was good at Iboy. The strong period when he developed to the two-piece set of Mana Cut and Three Phases coincided with the strong period of the top laner. If Chidi dared to use EZ, the first thing he would face was a beating from Iboy. After enduring all the hardships, he saw Ye Tian who was guaranteed to be ahead by half a big item... The picture was too beautiful.

Not to mention Xia.

In this version where Infinity Blade was reworked to convert true damage and the appearance rate of tank heroes is getting lower and lower, traditional AD has lost its extra critical damage bonus and the upper limit of team battles has been lowered a lot. Emperor Chi's Xia cannot put much pressure on the Chinese team.

Of the three heroes that were reworked this season, the Korean team didn't dare release Akali, who had no solution to tower diving, nor did they dare release Irelia, whose skill ceiling was ridiculously high. The only hero they dared to release, Aatrox, became a must-pick and must-ban because he was knocked down by Ye Tian in one wave.

From a confrontation perspective, Aatrox is a hero that Kiin can barely deal with.

However, the Korean players, who had just experienced a tragic defeat, would have a huge impact on their mentality when they saw the Sword Demon.

In the game that was forced into a desperate situation, Edgar, the head coach, did not dare to release this monster that could be like a god from heaven.

You know, although the word "mentality" cannot be expressed intuitively, every performance from laning to operations to team battles is closely related to mentality. Releasing the Sword Demon is equivalent to destroying half of the mentality of the Korean players before the game starts. Edgar would not dare to do this unless he has a brain attack.

Entering the selection stage.

The Korean team first locked down Galio, the Colossus of Justice that Faker used to defeat RNG in the semifinals last year.

It is obvious that after losing two games in a row, the Korean team placed their hopes on Faker's support and overall team fighting ability.

Replacing Bang with Chidi, whose playing style is similar to UZI and who is good at output in a four-protect-one environment, is to pave the way for Faker to use Galio.

Compared to Bang's stability and versatility, Chikudi's relatively extreme playing style is more in line with the current needs of the Korean team.

but.

Galio suffered a series of nerfs after last year's World Finals. The base damage of his Q and E skills was lowered, and the physical damage reduction provided by his W was cut to half of its original level. Although this greatly increased his AP benefit, making it more fun to play Galio in casual games, in competitions, his role as a magic Galio is obviously far less effective than before the nerf, when he was the No. 1 tank that outlasted a series of phantom gods such as Maokai, Cho'Gargo, Troll, and Poppy.

The Korean team tried to snatch Galio from Faker on the first floor, which seemed like they were running out of tricks.

"Would you like a Kled?"

Abu thought of a countermeasure that had been proven in actual combat: "How does that sentence go... Oh, Spider Kled, treat people like dogs."

"The Korean team dared to pick Galio first, they must have thought about how to fight against Kled." Ye Tian didn't think he could kill them like before: "The easiest way is to send a hero suitable for retreating to the tower in the top lane, and switch lanes with us. It's not easy for Kled to kill the top heroes with high attributes in the middle lane, and it's easy to suffer when playing lane switching operations with the Korean team."

"Indeed, I was careless."

"Ye Tian, ​​what do you think is better?"

Due to his rank, Abu's knowledge was not very comprehensive, but he had a very strong ability to understand. He understood after listening to Ye Tian's analysis.

"Just like I said before, give me Pike." Ye Tian wanted to enjoy the Submariner in his prime.

There are many heroes that have been weakened. Some were urgently weakened as soon as they were launched, and some even could not leave the test server. However, there has never been a hero who touched the designer's reverse scale like Pike.

The weakening of other heroes is just to change the numerical value, and often weaken some attributes while strengthening others, which is like giving a slap and a candy. It is equivalent to a child having his pocket money deducted for playing too recklessly. However, in a patch, Pike's Q skill was changed to single-target damage, and the E skill cancelled the damage to non-hero units, and the wave-clearing ability was directly reduced to zero. It is like breaking both hands and legs without lying in bed (staying in the auxiliary position). The word "extreme" is far from enough to describe the approach.

It was also from Pike that the designer tore off the mask on his face, no longer looking for far-fetched reasons, and clearly stated that the game must develop in the desired direction.

Not happy now.

It may not be so pleasant in the future.

In addition to meeting personal needs, Ye Tian chose Pike for a more important reason - in a period when everyone regarded Pike as a support, the Chinese team played Pike first, which allowed Meiko to counter the opponent's hero in the bottom lane and maximize the positional advantage of the double lane.

then.

The Chinese team's first two picks were Policewoman and Pike, who looked like a pair.

"Oh?"

"Policewoman Pike...is not bad either!"

Wang Duoduo was the first to be fooled: "Pike's control mechanism is similar to Thresh's. Both can cooperate with Miss Fortune's clamp to trigger a headshot. Compared with Thresh, Pike's initiative and roaming ability are stronger. The Chinese team should want to play more actively after experiencing the passiveness in the last game."

"Hero strength still has a big impact on the situation. After all, not everyone is as capable of influencing the meta as Ye Tian." Rita continued, "The Korean team got the Xayah and Rakan combination on the second and third floors. At the beginning of the season, the sharing mechanism of Xayah's W [Death Feathers] was weakened, causing the strength of the Xayah and Rakan combination to decline significantly. However, facing Pike, Xayah and Rakan's self-protection and counterattack capabilities are very good, which is a good response."

The truth is this.

When the Korean team first brought out Xayah and Rakan, they felt that the bottom lane would not suffer.

But not long after, both coach Edgar and the bottom lane players Chidi and CoreJJ's faces changed.

——The Gragas that the Chinese team picked out on the third floor was a normal hero, and the Vampire that they picked out after the second round of bans was not surprising. However, when the Korean team picked out Shen on the fourth and fifth floors as a substitute for the ban, and then got an easy-to-cooperate Olaf, the last choice the Chinese team picked out was... the fallen angel - Morgana!
Policewoman Pike?

wrong!

It's policewoman Morgana!

Pike was countered by Xayah and Rakan during the laning phase, and it was easy for him to suffer a loss no matter whether he took the initiative or counterattacked.

But with the combination of Caitlyn and Morgana, who can take into account consumption, pushing the line, drawing prizes, and being immune to control, and whose arms are much longer than Xayah and Rakan, the Korean team's bottom lane collapsed before even entering the Summoner's Rift.

The more important point is, who the hell has ever seen Pike in the top lane?
How to fight in the laning phase? !
"Pike in the top lane?"

"Why is Pike on top?"

"Can the hero Pike also play top solo?"

Kiin looked at the last 5 seconds to trade to the top laner, and asked three soul-searching questions in a row: "I have never seen this kind of play!"

"Pike shouldn't be that hard to beat...right?" Peanut didn't quite understand: "Anyway, don't fight him to the end. Save your E skill and run back. When you have your ultimate at level 6, wait for me to come up and catch you."

"Okay!" Kiin grabbed a life-saving straw like a drowning man.

In the first game, Kiin was full of confidence, and his mind was full of thoughts of stepping on Ye Tian to become famous.

In the second game, Kiin was brought back to reality and just thought that all he had to do was live a good life.

In the third game, Kiin suffered two consecutive blows, and his self-confidence was shattered. He was not even sure of his chance of not dying opposite Ye Tian. He just wanted to get through the laning phase with his teammates.

Korean coach Edagr, who was walking towards the center of the field, heard the conversation behind him and was filled with worry. However, due to the restrictions, he could not turn around and communicate with his teammates. He could only pin his hopes on the support of Peanut and Faker. "Top lane Pike."

"Brother Tian is playing tricks again."

Shen Chao watched the game screen with interest: "I thought about it carefully. Pike has the ability to clear the lane, has the ability to recover, and has very good first-hand control and escape. He may not be so strong in confrontation, but this aspect can be compensated by personal ability. From a mechanical point of view, Pike can indeed go to the top lane."

"Especially against the weakened Shen."

"The Korean team's idea is to grab Tian Ge's hero, bring Galio into the teamfight, and drag the game to the late game. But with the current strength of Shen, it is hard to say whether he can beat Pike. If Shen is suitable for the jungle, the professional league will not have all gone to the jungle."

Compared with heroes.

Shen Chao turned his attention to the overall situation: "After level 6, it is very difficult to save Pike for the ultimate skill of Shen, so that Galio and Olaf can gank people together. If Tian Ge wants to avoid this combo, the best way is to defeat Shen before level 6... It is still a bit difficult. From my understanding, I really don't know how Pike can form a speed pass in the top lane."

[To be honest, speedrunning is not that easy]

[It is really difficult to have twin ponytails, but I believe Tian Ge can do it]

[Tian Ge changed to top lane Pike because he saw Shen. If he was not sure of breaking through, he would not have changed Pike.]

[Waiting for "Pike's Creed"]

[Don't tell me, they really look alike! ]

When the screen loaded into Summoner's Rift, Pike, who was using the 'Sands of Malice' companion skin, was wearing a white colorful hood, exactly the same as the character in Assassin's Creed.

The match table then appears on both sides of the screen.

Blue team: South Korea

Red team: China

Top: Shen vs Pike
Jungle: Olaf vs. Gragas
Mid: Galio vs Vampire

AD: Xia vs. Policewoman
Support: Rakan vs Morgana

From the perspective of confrontation.

The vampire on the Chinese team is more comfortable facing Galio.

The combination of Policewoman + Morgana against Xayah and Rakan highlights a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.

When Gragas encounters Olaf, he needs to avoid him appropriately, but he will not suffer any loss. After all, Olaf focuses on development in the early stage, and he has to reduce his health in order to pursue the speed of clearing the jungle. When Gragas has the advantage over the online heroes, there will be no problem in ensuring that his own jungle is not lost.

The only suspense is the road.

Pike has been fixed in the supporting position before, and his overall win rate hovered around 40%, with weak performance data.

But in Ye Tian's hands, the four words "data performance" don't mean much.

The use of Akali in the first game was the best example.

"The first one is the Earth Dragon."

"In these three games, the dragon's attributes were very combative."

Wang Duoduo combined the lineup and said: "For both teams, getting the first Earth Dragon can increase their chances of winning by almost 10%. Our policewoman is very slow in attacking the Baron, and the Korean team is also relatively short of DPS, so the value of the Earth Dragon will be very high."

"Fortunately, we have the upper hand in the bottom lane." Rita pointed out the key point: "If we put Pike in the support position, we will be very passive in the early stage. If we change to Morgana as a support, the passive team will become the Korean team."

"That's right." Wang Duoduo nodded. "Look at the keystone runes. The AD has two Swift Footworks, the support has two Guardians, the bottom lane is exactly the same, the jungler has Predator, the mid laner Galio has Aftershock, the vampire has Kleptomancy, the top laner Shen has Grasp of the Undying, and Pike has Predator... With Ye Tian's Predator, the other positions on the Korean team should be a little scared."

Ye Tian is very good at expanding his advantages to other lanes, and he often appears in inexplicable positions during the fight to catch his opponents.

With the addition of a predator that increases movement speed, the threat level is raised to more than one level.

and.

Ye Tian's going-out equipment is shoes + reusable potions.

This means that as long as the initial CD of 180 seconds is over, Ye Tian can use the "Predator" keystone enchanted on his shoes and go into the jungle to find trouble with Olaf!

Xiaohuasheng originally wanted to start from the bottom lane, and after clearing the first wave of wild monsters, he would go to the top lane to see if Kiin needed support, and help with counter-camping or clearing the line according to the situation.

Seeing Ye Tian bringing the predator, Xiao Huasheng's mind immediately changed. He ran to the upper area without hesitation, pulling the blue BUFF and the magic frog together to fight, highlighting the idea that it is better to die than to let my friend die.

During this time.

Meiko and Mala Xiangguo played a trick.

Meiko and Iboy went to the river to gain vision first. When they saw Chidi and CoreJJ, Meiko learned Q [Dark Prison] at level 1 and made a draw.

Since it’s called a lottery, of course it’s not that easy to win.

A Q skill missed, which meant that Morgana did not learn the most suitable W for pushing the line. Chidi and CoreJJ got this information and started to clear the minions with all their strength when they went online, intending to reach level 2 first and make up for the disadvantage of Xayah and Rakan combination facing Caitlyn + Morgana.

Logically speaking, there should be nothing wrong with Chidi and CoreJJ's handling of the situation.

The problem is... when has the sad Mala Xiangguo ever followed reason?
After opening the blue buff alone, Mala Xiangguo picked up the bucket and ran into the river, passed through the triangular grass, and went behind Chidi and CoreJJ.

Walk around the corner.

E【Meat Bomb Impact】Forward!
Flash and charge again!
The E flash without leaving any way to retreat crossed a distance of nearly a thousand yards, knocking Chidi off balance and causing him to be stunned for one second. Meiko then connected with Q [Dark Imprisonment] at the right time, freezing Chidi for another two seconds.

The AD hero who pushed to the opponent's half at level 1 was controlled for three full seconds.

Don't even mention the ruler.

Even if a god were to operate it, it wouldn’t be able to survive.

The Chinese team was not only able to get the first blood, but also able to assign the kill to Iboy, making the policewoman, who already had extremely high laning strength, invincible.

The good news from the bottom lane had just come out, and before the routine replay began, another prompt floated above the big screen.

——CHN丶Tian (Blood Harbor Ghost) killed KOR丶Kiin (Blue Steel Shadow)! (End of this chapter)