League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 196, Game 5: The Blind Pick Battle Begins!

The first round of the battle between black and white has only just ended.

The discussion threads on the esports forum were being refreshed at an almost frantic pace.

Every second, new trending posts emerge, like a bamboo forest growing wildly overnight in midsummer, quickly escalating the intensity of this pinnacle battle of the secondary league to a point where it could capture the attention of the entire online esports audience.

The number of viewers on YY platform and TGA live streaming is constantly increasing.

Those outside the circle who were unaware of the situation were completely baffled.

What the heck? It's just a game competition, a secondary league game competition at that. Where did all these people come from?

Major clubs in the LPL region.

IG, OMG, Royal Never Give Up, PE...

Every single one of them was glued to the live stream, their eyes glued to the match screen.

Even when deeply moved, they felt the same tension as ordinary viewers, experiencing the breathtaking rhythm of the two teams on the field and cheering for the players' amazing skills.

IG: "Holy crap, you can play games like this?"

PE: "Those guys from the Song family, saying they might not be able to beat ten monsters from the second team even if they said it, they weren't just bragging!"

OMG: "Thank goodness, thank goodness, these freaks won't be running around in the LPL this summer, otherwise NXG might have taken all three spots in the World Championship."

Royal Club: "Hey, I suddenly feel that NXG's strategy of using early-game hero advantages to gain economy and then using a four-protect-one strategy in the late game has potential."

……

Looking at the heroes' choices displayed on the big screen on the stage.

Jiang Ming watched with great interest as the two sides engaged in a battle of wits and courage.

During the TGA finals, he made a last-minute arrangement for the club: with both sides having roughly equal tactical reserves, no additional coaching staff would be assigned to follow up on the drafting and banning process.

The "coaches" standing behind the players on stage are just staff members of the youth training camp, and they do not interfere with the drafting and banning (BP) process.

Well, if the contestants express what they want to eat for dinner, they could write it down and act as takeout masters.

The reason is simple: the two teams are now at a level where even if White Crescent were to step down to draft, they couldn't achieve anything better.

Jiang Ming does have some strategies to break the deadlock between the Black and White teams, but he is only one person, and it would be unfair to the other team no matter which side he stands on.

Therefore, the final result will depend on the individual performance of each player.

In terms of version, the white team is actually stronger than the black team, and it shouldn't be the black team that gets pressured by the black team with the early-game lineup.

Unfortunately, the White Team is currently at a relative disadvantage in the bottom lane. Although they are ahead in the mid and top lanes, it is not fatal. Furthermore, their jungler, Spicy Pot, is countered by Seeker's playstyle. If they make a mistake in the early game, they can easily be dragged into the Black Team's preferred operational rhythm.

Xiao Duan is a rather unique support player. He focuses more on laning, leaving the jungler and AD carry to manage the overall game rhythm. As a result, he is able to protect the carry very well in team fights.

In the previous game, his Lulu greatly restricted Jiang Hong and Zhao Hao's entry into the field.

In the second game's draft phase, the white team didn't have any stubborn ideas and decisively banned the black team's Caitlyn fast push strategy.

"Oh no, I have to go find Old Han to expose him!"

At the start of the second round, Spicy Hot Pot made some outrageous remarks.

Surprisingly, several teammates expressed their support.

"agree!"

“I think it’s necessary to play this game with Lao Han. If we follow the usual steps, it will be very difficult for us to break through the Xuanwu Formation on the other side right now.”

"Even with weapons and Zed, we can't kill Qin Guangguang's AD. The conventional playstyle is indeed disadvantageous to us. We're telling you that you're under pressure in the bot lane while we, the top, mid, and jungle, are dominating the early game."

"No problem."

Mala Xiangguo kept his word and went straight to level two to crush his opponent.

When it was the purple side's turn, Olaf rushed straight to the top side of the map after clearing the blue buff, ignoring the red buff, and directly confronted Zhu Xiaolong at level two.

Zhu Xiaolong: ? ? ?

Are you kidding me? Seriously?

One second he was using his Q skill [Fire Feast] to trade health with Jiang Hong's Jayce, and the next second he saw a Freljord brute rushing up to his face.

The vision placed in the upper half of the map clearly showed the opponent starting their jungle clear in the lower half.

Okay, it is indeed blue.

But nobody told him that an Olaf, at level 2 with a blue buff, would come to attack him with Ghost.

First blood!

Without the red buff, the slow effect of the reverse throw was equally deadly. Zhu Xiaolong hesitated for only a second before using Flash, and was still chased down and killed by the top and jungle duo of the white team in front of the tower.

With Rumble dead, Olaf, emboldened by Jayce's support, swaggered towards Lee Sin's top side of the map after killing him.

Han Jun: Damn, this kid's gotten too reckless.

……

Faced with Mala Xiangguo's self-destructive fighting style, Han Jun did not engage in a protracted struggle with them.

He knew very well that once he got stuck with this sticky opponent in the upper half of the draw, he could forget about having any ideas for the rest of the game.

What is the cooking method for Mala Xiang Guo (Spicy Stir-Fry)?

If someone mindlessly enters your jungle, does nothing else, and just watches you, and you can kill them or steal their jungle monsters, that's the best outcome.

If I can't get the kill, I'll just stand there watching you like a human vision, my main strategy is to first bring you to my level, no matter what your skill level is, and then defeat you with my rich experience.

"Ah Long, you need to be able to handle the pressure first."

Fortunately, he had already cleared the three wolves in the upper half of the map, and the remaining blue buff was mainly used for leveling up for Lee Sin, so losing it didn't have a big impact.

"Oh, we saw that Lee Sin decisively gave up the upper jungle. Even with Rumble dead, he didn't get caught up in Olaf's rhythm. After clearing the wolves, he turned back into the fog of war."

For junglers, the worst thing is not failing to gank.

A failed gank is just repeating the previous action again. What's truly unacceptable for junglers is being exposed to the enemy's vision for an extended period. In a position where the word "ambush" is used, the consequences of being exposed to the air are self-evident.

By giving Olaf the blue buff, Seeker boldly ventured into the white team's bottom half of the map.

With a kick, the Lee Sin, triggering the passive effect of Gale, began to attack the three wolf cubs.

Han Jun's steady jungling style is only in comparison to the unique and aggressive style of Mala Xiangguo. If you really think that he can only control the map and counter-gank, then you are very wrong.

Olaf revealed his hand on the top side, causing Rumble great distress. Similarly, his Lee Sin retreated to the bottom half of the map, and Death's Declaration's Corki had to obediently tuck his tail and retreat to the tower.

There's no way around it; whoever violates the half-zone rule dies.

When your team has one more opponent in your half of the map, you have to be careful whether you're last-hitting or trading blows, not to mention the threat of Annie with her stun.

So you're allowed to mess with others, but others aren't allowed to mess with you?

However, this seemingly equal resource exchange, which has drawn praise from onlookers, is actually a huge loss for the blue team. Olaf's level 2 gamble-like gank secured First Blood and a Blue Buff, while Han Jun himself wrote that exchanging the three wolves for a buff was obviously not profitable;

Furthermore, while providing early-game pressure to the bottom lane might only result in a slight CS lead, securing a kill when the opponent is on guard is extremely difficult.

However, Han Jun underestimated how outrageous it was for a reckless jungler to play reckless heroes.

During the exchange of the three wolves, Olaf did indeed steal his blue buff, but instead of taking it himself, he gave it to Nexus's Jayce first.

"Old Han... I think I've messed up!" Zhu Xiaolong gave himself a cheat code, directly buying the Pain Mask for his Rambo offline.

The level 2 jungler gave the buff to the top laner Jayce.

Beast!
Mala Xiangguo, you're not human!

Not only did you give the first blood to Jayce, but now you're giving all your buffs to the enemy?
Is this how you play games?!
Han Jun could only manage a wry smile as he looked at the blue buff under the feet of the purple-clad Jessie, feeling a chill run down his spine.

A tightness settled in my chest.

He finally understood why, in novels, righteous sects would exterminate those evil cultivators.

If you were a normal jungler and encountered someone like Spicy Hot Pot, wouldn't you want to kill him too?

Jayce, who can switch between two forms, already has maximum early-game pressure. Not to mention, after getting first blood and having the blue buff given by the jungler, he doesn't need to worry about mana consumption, making his top lane pressure reach a terrifying level.

Mala Xiangguo chuckled.

He really enjoys this style of play, and with the added reinforcements he received during his time in the training group, he has gradually learned to transfer his advantage in invading the enemy to his teammates.

Both are explosions. I explode, and you jungler explode too, but as long as I indirectly help one teammate get rich, I'll definitely make more money than you.

Olaf, as an early-game jungler, basically ends up sitting at the same table as Pantheon in the mid-to-late game. Having one more or one less blue buff doesn't really make a difference.

The white team, positioned on the purple side, gained an early advantage and naturally didn't give the black team much time to react.

With vision control in place, the mid and jungle players began to frequently shift their positioning towards the top lane.

During this period, Han Jun and U also tried to turn the tide.

The mid-lane Gragas initiated with an E-flash, successfully colliding with Zhao Hao's Orianna, intending to knock her back with her ultimate and then coordinate with Lee Sin to secure the kill.

Unfortunately, Gragas' E-Flash in Season 3 only slows down the enemy without knocking them up. While Gragas was casting his ultimate, Orianna successfully used her Flash.

boom!
Zhao Hao used Flash.

While the mid-lane Orianna survived, Zhu Xiaolong's Rumble in the top lane suffered greatly.

Even after retreating to the second tower, Spicy Hot Pot, wielding a battle axe, still managed to tower dive with the help of Jayce.

The snowball that started in the top lane is now showing signs of becoming uncontrollable.

In this game, Qin Huan's push down the bottom lane was not smooth. Miss Fortune was no match for Caitlyn. In addition, Death's Declaration and Moon were in top form in the second game. Apart from being forced to use Flash by Xiao Duan's Annie, they made almost no mistakes that gave the blue side a chance to break through the bottom lane.

It wasn't until the eleventh minute that the purple team's bottom lane tower was destroyed.

Looking at Rumble's first turret in the top lane, it had already been flattened by Jayce wielding his hammer and acting like a demolition crew two minutes ago.

The strategy was the same as in the previous game, but this time the white team focused on controlling the dragon. Jayce, who had farmed explosively and had Youmuu's Ghostblade, went to the bottom half of the map to take the dragon.

Group play?

Can't hit a bit.

Jayce's cannon shot came crashing down, taking away at least a third of the carry's health. Plus, the blue team didn't have a real tank in their lineup, so they couldn't even withstand a head-on attack.

Faced with a disadvantage, Han Jun thought of trying to steal the dragon.

Unfortunately, the aerial smite was anticipated, and the white team's top and jungle coordinated perfectly. Jayce's E skill, combined with Olaf's axe, secured the neutral resource with a huge amount of gold for the team.

The subsequent team fight was cleaner and more efficient than the audience had expected.

The White Team's fighting style differs somewhat from the Black Team's.

Compared to the steady, methodical approach that builds an economic advantage and leaves you with no chance of a comeback, the White Team is more like a pack of wolves that have smelled blood. They will relentlessly attack your weak points once they find your wounds and relentlessly pursue you until you die.

Neither method is inherently superior or inferior; they simply represent different approaches on the path to victory.

Zhu Xiaolong's Rambo in this game was really miserable. He was targeted from start to finish and died again and again.

There's no way to stop it once the road entrance is torn open.

Jayce was responsible for ranged harassment, and Olaf would use his ultimate to charge in whenever he had the chance. In Ragnarok mode, Olaf was also immune to crowd control. Olaf with Orianna's magic orb on him was like a round hedgehog charging into the enemy team.

In the mid-game, Han Jun's Lee Sin also completed two good plays with his teammates.

Lee Sin's Insec kick sent the enemy flying, Annie flashed and used her ultimate, and Miss Fortune finished them off with her ultimate, allowing them to win two team fights.

However, the same problem still applies: Olaf, as a jungler, is immune to crowd control. In the crucial Baron fight, when Annie unleashed her ultimate, Death's Declaration and Zhao Hao both reacted in time, avoiding the stun and turning around to counterattack, wiping out the entire Black Team.

Thirty-two minutes later, almost exactly the same time as the previous match, the white team charged onto the blue team's high ground.

"Ah, ACE!"

"All we need to do is push down the crystal, and the White Team can win this game."

"The score is now tied at one to one, bringing the two sides back to the same starting line."

It's a tie!

The match was so evenly matched that you couldn't tell who would win until the very end. Such a thrilling game left countless viewers cheering with excitement.

Perhaps riding a wave of momentum, the White Team pressed their advantage and fielded their strongest lineup in the third game.

Spicy Hot Pot's early invasion successfully disrupted Seeker's plans. Meanwhile, the top and mid laners each scored a solo kill, and the third game was won in just 26 minutes.

"Two to one!"

Xiaoxiao shouted loudly, "The white team has won two games in a row and now has two match points in hand. It can be said that they have the black team in a desperate situation."

"Wow, nobody expected that Spicy Hot Pot, who made a lot of mistakes in the first game, would perform so well in the next two games and work with his teammates to stop Seeker's rhythm."

"At the same time, the bottom lane duo of Xuan and MOON withstood the pressure and did not give Lustre a chance to snowball in the bottom lane."

"Could it be that the derby between the NXG Black and White teams will end with a score of 3 to 1...?"

Bella's slightly doubtful description clearly did not come to pass.

Just forty minutes later, the two players sat down in front of the competition stage once again.

The score is now 2-2!

The two sides entered the final game.

As the battle anthem began, many players in the audience couldn't help but breathe more heavily.

The reason is simple: for the fifth match of the TGA Grand Finals, the league announced that a blind pick mode would be used.

(End of this chapter)