My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 352 The Holy Grail War is Conducted in Secret

JDG Lounge.

The loss in the first game shouldn't normally make them feel completely powerless. It's just one game, especially since it's a best-of-five series. It's customary for the strong not to win the first game!

but.
The loss was too humiliating.

Knight was completely suppressed by the heroes, Old Black mindlessly pushed the minion wave, and Monkey was targeted in the draft phase, so he just relied on his jungle clearing speed to kill the opponent.

With their two strongest points targeted by the draft, V5 completely lost control of their two side lanes.

"I have to admit that the loss in the first game was my fault."

As soon as the player returned to the rest room, Hongmi immediately apologized to everyone in the room. However, everyone in JDG knew that Hongmi's contributions were indispensable to their current success.

Seeing their coach do this, the somewhat dejected atmosphere instantly vanished.

"Coach, we have problems too."

"I think if I had thought of going head-to-head with the enemy jungler, this game might have been different."

"No, no, no, I guess I couldn't withstand Ruler's laning pressure."

"Oh, that is indeed yours."

"?"

Xiao Yan was completely bewildered.

These days, do people not even try to hide from the person they're targeting when they're being attacked?
Seeing that the team's atmosphere had improved, Redmi continued, "In the first game, our draft was at a significant disadvantage, but correspondingly, we also saw a lot about V5 through this game."

"We always thought before the game that..."

"The only two V5 players we should be wary of are Mebius and Ruler."

"But they showed us through their actions that even with their laning prowess, they knew deep down that the strength of one or two people alone was not enough to break through the opponent, because League of Legends is a team game."

“They are putting this into practice through their actions.”

Collaboration!

From the very first game, V5 displayed the kind of performance that Redmi envisioned JDG as the team he led.

But it's a pity.

Although JDG has all the necessary components, it lacks a master like Luo Ji who can control the rhythm of the game.

Esports is not a fantasy novel.

There's no absurd storyline like "starting with university and ending with eternal dominance." The fact that V5 can pull off such a coordinated performance must be due to tremendous effort and practice matches.

of course.

While it's true that some e-sports novels do eventually turn into fantasy (…), they do.
Listening to Coach Hongmi's analysis, the JDG team during halftime gradually understood how terrifying V5 was.

If BLG relied on individual player skill and intuition to gain an advantage through frequent skirmishes, then V5, while possessing individual skill, chose to combine teamwork.

This is terrible.

Because this V5 is essentially a combination of the advantages of JDG and BLG.

Despite feeling that his chances of winning the game were slim after the first loss, Hongmi did not show any signs of giving up.

The most interesting thing about esports is that it doesn't matter how big the gap in strength between the two sides is before the match.

Before the end of the match.

You never know what the final outcome will be.

"please"

Just before going on stage, Hongmi whispered something, causing all the JDG players to turn and look at him.

Then, he silently clenched his fist.

"coach."

"We will work hard, even if it's just V5, we must take a piece of its flesh!"

"It's just teamwork, we at JDG have it too."

"It's on!!!"

The second one.

The entire JDG team was full of passion as they returned to the stage.

But on the field, what they showed was a stark contrast: a chilling calmness that seeped into their very bones.

This time.

Redmi is finally revealing its true colors.

He wasn't even using new cards. As a Korean coach, his draft picks have never been very innovative, mainly relying on adapting to the situation. However, he has one advantage that a coach should have: when he sees a good tactic, he will copy it.

then.

In the second game, JDG, who were on the blue side, directly copied the lane-swap tactic that V5 used when they played T1 at the World Championship.

I can't beat you in the bot lane.

Then I'll give up laning and switch lanes. Redmi is especially cunning. He pretends the draft is like the first game, giving Luo Ji in the top lane a scaling champion like Jax. Then the lane-swap tactic is activated. 369's utility top laner's lane swap is a disaster, but Jax's lane swap is a disaster.

Frequently changing offline locations.

The only players on both sides who can develop normally are their mid and jungle players.

At this point, Knight and Kanavi started to exert their strength, and by taking advantage of the lane swap and V5's chaotic response, the mid and jungle duo found a weakness in the opponent's strategy.

It transformed into a sharp dagger, directly piercing through V5's operations.

In this regard.

Luo Ji and Ruler are also powerless. They are heroes and players who can save the world in the late game, but the problem is, you have to give them a late game first, or at least a mid-game.

Unfortunately, no.

then
1:1, JDG successfully pulled back a game.

However, JDG's victory was based on surprise and being on the blue side. V5, returning to the blue side in the third game, continued their strategy from the first game, winning with a relentless pace.

2:1
The match has entered match point for V5. [Exciting!]

This is what a final should look like: both sides trading blows, the strategic maneuvering is breathtaking, and the team fights are a feast for the eyes.

The blue side's win rate is indeed quite high; it feels like whoever is on the blue side always wins.

[Incorrect. JDG might win once by copying V5's strategy, but a Saint Seiya won't fall to the same move twice in a row. JDG will be in a difficult position from now on.]

The previous round of matches.

V5's 3-0 victory over BLG was not bad, but it always gave people the feeling that it shouldn't have been a final.

After all, in the LCK finals next door, GENG played against T1, and both sides were practically exhausted. They used all sorts of ingenious strategies to exploit weaknesses, and their main tactics were so impressive that even a complete newbie to the league would think they were amazing.

And now.

The footage of the winners' bracket final finally satisfied their expectations.

"V5 has once again secured match point."

"That's normal. The gap between the two lanes in that JDG team is too big. If their mid and jungle can't completely widen the gap in the early game, then if the game drags on, it will be particularly difficult to play."

T1 here.

Oner and Keria pointed at the screen, looking quite authoritative.

even
They didn't hide anything at all. When T1 fans couldn't find the T1 players' RANK records at this point in time and asked around, Xiao Lu Bu decisively replied that he was watching (spying) the LPL match.

This left many T1 fans completely bewildered.

GENG's fans were about to laugh when they found out that their own team was also watching the LPL match live.

What do you mean?
Are you now completely blatant about spying on other regions' matches? Even if everyone knows it, you could at least pretend to be something you're not!

can only say.

They still don't understand LPL very well. How could the players and coaches of JDG and V5 not know that LCK is watching their matches?

No.

They know.

But Luo Ji is the initiator of the Holy Grail War! Anyone who's read Type-Moon knows that one of the funniest things about the Type-Moon universe is that the Holy Grail Wars are all conducted in secret.

Ok.

If killing off the audience with AOE skills is considered a secret operation, then...

in other words.

They are not afraid of being spied on and studied by LCK. After all, do you think they didn't secretly watch during the LCK semi-finals and even the finals?

All crows are black, just like crows.

V5 Lounge.

They are just one step away from the winners' bracket championship and are trying to calm themselves down. Although this winners' bracket championship is not really a championship, it is particularly important in Nofe's tactical design.

He almost meant it.

V5 has 5-7 days more time than the teams in the finals to research and familiarize themselves with the version.

In other words, the current situation is already the finals. The actual finals will just be a formality. Both Nofe and Redmi are very clear about this, and the players on both sides are also well aware of it.

“Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

Casa moved closer to Weiwei. With his veteran's eye, he could tell that FOFO was forcing himself to stay calm, but was actually incredibly excited.

"I"

Weiwei clearly wanted to say something, but before she could speak, Kasa interrupted her:

"I won't ask you to force yourself to learn to be calm or anything like that."

"After all, everyone has a different personality and a different playing style. Take my former partner and opponent MLXG, for example. It's hard to imagine what he would be like when he's calm. I even feel that he's only his true self when he's on a hunger strike."

"Find your rhythm, imagine the scene you want to create, and then firmly repeat it to yourself."

"I don't know if this will be the last time, but I will try my best to hold on to each one."

chicken soup.

It's still just feel-good platitudes.

However, this motivational quote becomes particularly easy to accept after MLXG is used as an example. The entire league community knows the saying: "No one dislikes MLXG, and no one likes Liu Shiyu."

The key point is not whether a person's emotions can be controlled.

The key is whether he can control and even use his emotions to help himself and his teammates.

Weiwei gradually calmed down.

His body was still burning hot, but his mind was much clearer. He glanced gratefully at Casa, the leader of the team.

As for Jwei, who is also a young player?

This was easier to handle. Ruler and Luo Ji simply exchanged a glance, and then sent a voice message saying "(Go for it!)" which immediately ignited Jwei's fighting spirit.

can only say.

Children who are obsessed with love are really easy to control.

No wonder Madara toyed with Obito like walking a dog in Naruto; he could easily provoke Obito's emotions and Obito would react visibly.

As for the remaining FOFO, they were also closing their eyes and hypnotizing themselves.

2:1.

Never before seen.

I feel like I'm so close to the World Championship.

MSI, the Asian Games, and even the future S-series—these honors he had never dared to dream of before were quietly beckoning to him from afar.

And what he needs to overcome.

It's just one last step away.

(End of this chapter)