I just turned eighteen, and you want me to make a comeback?

Chapter 201 - Rock Climbing Combo, Three-Way Swing
Wei Shen's statement coincides with Wei Shen's.

Only professional players know how much psychological pressure they have to bear when playing a game, especially when facing a championship trophy that they have never won.
That kind of pressure will be infinitely magnified. On the contrary, after winning a championship, the mentality will be completely different.

The players’ enemies on the field are sometimes not just their opponents, but more often themselves.

besides……

"Also, Yuanshen hasn't lost a single Bo5 match since his debut." He smiled seriously.
"He's the kind of 'big-game player' that professional players envy. The bigger the stage, the better his form.

"So what do you think the score will be today?" Guan Zeyuan continued to ask,

"3:2," he said with a smile.

"I think it's 3:2 too," I remember saying.

"Then I'll bet 3:1."

As soon as Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, the Banpick of this semi-final officially began.

The exciting BP music sounded. In the first game, WE drew the right to choose the side and chose the red side.

The three-hand ban was quickly finalized.

The Flash Wolves on the blue side banned Tam, Morgana, and Olaf.

WE on the red side banned Ryze, Jhin, and Alistar.
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Oh my god, the vampires are out!!”

Ze Yuan and Jide said in unison.

"In the last version, the effect of Vampire's enhanced Q was weakened. This hit hurts a lot, which may be why WE felt it was okay to release it."

“Will Flash Wolves choose?
The three of them stared expectantly at the blue side's first floor.

But unfortunately, Flash Wolves finally grabbed the T1 level mid-lane hero of the version, Rock Sparrow Taliyah.

WE locked in Lee Sin, the blind monk who has recently become popular again in the arena, and Ashe, the ice shooter.

Flash Wolves followed closely behind, taking down the bottom lane duo of Lucian and Thresh.

"Hmm..." In the WE player's booth, Homme looked at the Flash Wolves' casting and fell into deep thought.
It is understandable to ban Olaf, as he is a strong choice in this version.

But banning Tam and Morgana is a bit wrong

In recent games, everything revolves around the bottom lane, so the mainstream players are carnivorous junglers and strong supports in the early stages of the game.

Jyra, Malzahar, Nami, and even the female gun support developed by Flash Wolves... these heroes have become the new supports in the arena.

Tam and Morgana are at best T2 supports, so why ban them?
The common features of these two support heroes are... they are immune to control and have strong protective abilities.

Homme analyzed this.

But this is useless. Nowadays, professional competitions are all focused on the bottom lane. At most, we can analyze that Flash Wolves may want to use a stable control combo lineup to train their bottom lane, so they banned the support that can be immune to control.

"Take Braum and LeBlanc." Hoome finally made the decision.

Leblanc is the counter to Taliyah.

The development of jungle Taliyah has given this hero the possibility of swinging.

But it doesn’t matter. Even if she is not facing Taliyah, with her strength in the middle lane, she will not be afraid of any mainstream mid laner.

Homme thought his analysis was comprehensive and had a confident smile on his face.

But the next moment, he was dumbfounded.

Not only him, but also the commentary booth and the audience seats, all of them burst into uproar.

It all happened because Flash Wolves' last two hero choices were too unexpected and too...swinging.
Raging Knight Kled

Lord of War Pantheon.

Lucian and Thresh will definitely go down.

But the question is, among these three heroes, Pantheon, Taliyah, and Kled, who is the middle, who is the top, and who is the jungler?
Flash Wolves' top, mid and jungle players stunned everyone.

Originally, the two swings of Taliyah being able to switch to jungle and Kled being able to switch to mid lane were already eye-catching. Now with the addition of Pantheon, the degree of swing has suddenly increased from "swinging in the park" to "pirate ship in the amusement park".

Homme didn't know what the audience thought, but he felt like vomiting now.

Taliyah and Kled are not new.

The focus is Pantheon (old version).

This prototype is the tough guy of 'Spartan', a hero with a high win rate who is unpopular in the arena but popular in Rank.

In terms of positioning, he can be used in the top or mid lane. In last year's regular season, EDG's Pwan played a mid lane Pantheon and won.

The jungler Pantheon became the mainstream version for a period of time in the S4 period. The famous scene of "level Pantheon, level Mantis" appeared during this period.

The third generation pot king who takes the blame was born.

Royal Club's jungler insec also once used 'Jungle Pantheon' as a secret weapon in the S4 World Championship.

Of course, if we consider even the pub game, Pantheon seems to be able to assist...

Homme has a headache.

Flash Wolves' mid and jungle choices are very flexible.

Originally, the red team's BP advantage lies in "flexibility" and "backhand targeting."

As a result, the opponent's lineup was more flexible than theirs and could not be targeted.

Considering the development capabilities of Flash Wolves, he couldn't help but think of several possibilities. He felt that... the possibility of Taliyah being the top laner and Kled being the jungler should also be taken into consideration.
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Ahsi, this damn swing!
"Coach, which hero should I pick?" asked the top laner 957, looking a bit confused.
What hero should I play?
"...Take Gnar." Homme said.

Since its launch, the hero Gnar has immediately become a panacea for the top lane position in professional competitions.

The top laner's favorite hero is banned? Don't know what to play when you first pick a hero?
Then choose Gnar.

Like Kennen, not only does he have no natural enemies in laning phase, he also has control and tankiness.

Like Clockwork, it has become a panacea that can be used in any version of the game.

No matter how the opponent shakes his hands, whether facing Taliyah, Kled or Pantheon, Gnar will not suffer any loss.

According to the rules of professional competitions, after the players are selected and the countdown reaches 20 seconds, the routes must be determined.

However, before the 20-second countdown, you can change positions as many times as you want without breaking the rules.

I saw Yuanshen getting Pantheon and then Kled Taliyah, and even Lucian and Thresh were moved to the top lane, which was very frustrating.

WE.Xiye: "WOC, you started again?"

FW.Karsa: “You have to get used to his antics.

WE.957: “Give me a favor, lock Thresh on my lane, and beat me!
FW.Yuanshen: "You're dreaming."

In the chat box of the game server, WE players joked that since it was a text exchange without any malicious sarcasm, it was not against the rules and the referee would not stop it. After the Flash Wolves' final playful swing and substitution, the lineups of both teams were finalized.

Flash Wolves (blue side) vs. WE (red side)
Top Unit: Kled vs. Gnar:
Jungle Position: Taliyah vs Lee Sin
Mid-lane: Pansen vs. Ahri,

ADC position: Lucian vs. Ashe.

Support position: Thresh vs Braum,

There was enthusiastic cheering at the scene.

Unexpectedly, Flash Wolves came up with a new trick in the first game of the semi-finals.
This immediately raised everyone's expectations for the semi-final.

Today's CPL competition has attracted a lot of attention. Not only in China, but also in major regions around the world, people are paying attention to this competition.

People are curious: after experiencing ups and downs in the regular season and being repeatedly targeted by Riot Games designers, can Flash Wolves maintain their former dominance?
If they win this game and advance to the CPL Summer Finals, Flash Wolves will get the first ticket to the S League.

In other words, the guaranteed number two seed is also there.

On the contrary, if they lose this semifinal, Flash Wolves will have to go to the bubble match and compete with others for the third and fourth seeds.

In any case, everything will be revealed in this bo5.

“Go, go, go!
Snake shouted excitedly as the game entered Summoner's Rift.

Nothing happy happened, but this guy was always very happy with himself.

Whether in a company or in a class, there can never be a lack of members who can create such an active atmosphere, otherwise the team atmosphere will be dull and lack of motivation.

Pantheon took the lead, leading the entire Flash Wolves army to attack and rush towards the lower jungle area of ​​the opposite side. On the WE side, they lined up in a long snake formation, guarding the bottom. As soon as Ben saw the Flash Wolves army entering, he quickly placed a ward on the spot and turned away.

WE's lineup includes Braum, the 'King of Level 1 Group Fights'.

But Flash Wolves' lineup is also very capable in level 1 teamfights, with Pantheon and Thresh's stable control and Taliyah's powerful combat ability at level 1...

The main problem was that WE did not want to take advantage of Braum's strength to actively invade, nor did they expect the opponent to actively invade, so the personnel were scattered and they lost the initiative. They could not take on this level one team fight head-on and could only choose to avoid it temporarily.

This is not WE’s fault.

The first-level group fight is too unstable. Even if you choose a strong hero, there is no guarantee that you can win the first-level group fight. No matter how strong the players are individually, they cannot make any waves in the first-level group fight.

The most taboo thing about Korean-style operations is uncontrollability.

Therefore, the stronger the operational capabilities of a team, the less likely they are to actively engage in level one group fights.

The two Samsung giants in S4 showed the world what "operation" is. And under the guidance of Homme, the Samsung champion coach, WE is undoubtedly a team that savvy in operation.

WE's avoidance allowed Flash Wolves to easily occupy the red team's lower jungle area. "It's exactly the same reaction as predicted. It feels good." Wei Shen said with a smile.

"Here, and here, lose vision." Sheshe marked several locations in succession to remind teammates to keep vision.

"Look at me, I've made everything clear for Mr. Kang, okay?" Karsa learned to call him 'Mr. Kang' from Yuan Shen.

Although I don't know why the honest and simple Condi is called "Mr. Kang", because it rhymes, everyone in Flash Wolves calls him that.

In fact, Flash Wolves’ real goal was not the level 1 team fight.

Now that the 'lane-switching tactic' has disappeared, and without the tactical intention of 'catching the lane-switching', there is only one reason for a level one group invasion.

"Flash Wolves wanted to find out Condi's jungle position by placing wards.

In the commentary booth, Smile revealed the Flash Wolves' true goal.

In next year's 7.22 version, Riot will modify the mechanism for the number of last hits on wild monsters.

What's the meaning?
For example, the three wolves are a family of three, F4 is a group of four brothers, the stone beetle is a couple, and the red and blue buffs are both single-parent families with two sons.

Killed the whole family of three wolves, and now the version requires three people to finish off the enemy.

But after version 7.22, no matter you kill the whole family of Sanlang, wipe out the F4 brothers, or burn the Stone Beetle couple, it will all be counted as four finishing blows.

This change has little impact on casual games, and most players won't care about such small details.

But for those who specialize in jungle and professional players, the impact cannot be ignored.

The higher the level of the game, the more similar everyone's understanding of the game is. If you want to improve your level, you must pay attention to the "details".

Riot blurred some details in order to narrow the gap between strong teams and weak teams.

Many junglers who are good at map control can observe the enemy jungler's last hits, whether it is an odd or even number, and then combine the position to infer the opponent's jungling route. This is a basic operation for many junglers who are good at map control.

If we add the early invading wards to confirm the starting position of the opponent's jungler, it is no exaggeration to say that an excellent map control jungler can confirm the movements of the opponent's jungler hero within the first five minutes based on this information alone.

When talking about the famous map control junglers in China, the name Clearlove will basically be mentioned.

Now, the map control junglers in CPL are represented by Zzitai and Karsa.

but……

"The conditions are actually the same." Wei Xiao said: "We can see that Flash Wolves invaded WE's bottom jungle and established a lot of vision.

At the same time, WE was no fool and also sent their mid and jungle to invade Flash Wolves' upper jungle and set up vision.

“So, in fact, both sides can determine the starting position of the other jungler.

"Isn't that meaningless?" Ze Yuan asked.

"No, I don't think Flash Wolves will do anything meaningless. Moreover, even if the vision gets the same information, the judgments made by the junglers on both sides will not be the same." Condi shook his head with a smile. At least, Condi could not make a prediction as if he had clairvoyance based on this information alone.

This is the patent of the map control jungler.

Moreover, as a retired player who has maintained his best condition and is still a high-level player fighting in the national server's King's League, Wei Xiao vaguely saw a different meaning in the Flash Wolves' lineup.

Kled, Pantheon, Taliyah... these three heroes are definitely not just chosen for the sake of swinging
The professional players of WE on the field may not realize the danger.

Don’t look at the pre-match analysis where Smile said Flash Wolves would win, but this was at best just an objective analysis.

Subjectively, Wei Xiao actually supports WE in his heart. He has deep feelings for WE, otherwise, he would not have chosen to return to coaching in the summer of 18 when WE became a third-rate team in the league, and took the initiative to shoulder the pressure of public opinion for WE.

"Let's watch. I think Flash Wolves will take action soon." He said with a smile.

The soldiers meet, weapons clash, and the laning phase officially begins.

The director gave the first shot of the game to Pantheon in the middle lane.

There's nothing you can do about it, the audience likes to see new and different things.

When melee combat is against ranged combat, it is reasonable to be slightly suppressed in the early stage.

But Pantheon is an exception.

[Spear Throw (Q)] has a very short cooldown and decent damage. Most importantly, Q is a directional skill that restrains all fancy positioning.

Moreover, in the current version, when Pantheon uses his Q skill to consume health and attack people, it will not attract the hatred of the minions.

(End of this chapter)