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Chapter 79 Jungle and Support Duo Roaming

Chapter 79: Jungle and Support Duo Roam (Seeking First Subscription!)

Zhu Kaiyang radiated confidence as he stood on the stage.

On this day, he went back to being a coach after being a translator.

Zhu Kai held a notebook and pretended to draw circles and dots on it, his mouth opening and closing.

The referee standing on the other side even thought his headset was broken, because he couldn't hear Zhu Kai's voice at all.

Both sides have entered the ban/pick phase, and WE on the blue side immediately banned Zed.

"Although Snake lost the last game, Black's Zed really impressed people, which seems to have alerted WE."

Hearing Guan Zeyuan's words, Rita also smiled and said, "I saw a very interesting saying during halftime: Snake lost, but Black—Black didn't lose."

She almost blurted out the nickname "black" from netizens.

"Let's look at Snake's choices. Just like in the last game, they chose to ban Varus."

WE then banned Jayce, a strong pick in the current meta and one that Song Wen had previously used, while Snake Team opted to ban Caitlyn, the ADC pick.

"Snake's first two picks and bans haven't changed much from the last game. It seems that even if White himself plays, he's still very wary of WE's bot lane strength."

WE banned Malzahar as their third ban, but to everyone's surprise, Snake Esports banned Kog'Maw as their third ban as well!

"oh!"

A chorus of boos erupted from the audience.

"Huh? Snake Esports chose to use all three of their first-round bans on their ADC! They only banned two ADCs in the last game! What does this mean? Is White not confident in his bot lane laning?"

In the live stream chat, the comments section erupted in debate.

[Outrageous, this is the first time I've ever seen an ADC with three bans.]

[We thought Bai was about to unleash a powerful attack, but he turned out to be such a coward?]

[Trying to protect yourself with your own draft picks, huh? I'm laughing.]

Wang Ke, however, did not think there was anything wrong with his actions of taking down the ADC three times.

Actually, WE is a team that really likes to play a four-protect-one strategy. Mystic is the absolute core of WE.

Given that LPL teams currently favor hard supports, WE uses soft supports the most.

The current Snake team is actually quite afraid of teams that focus on the bottom lane.

Because they don't really have any advantage in the bottom lane.

Although I've already bought a train ticket for 0 Emperor back to South Korea, don't ask why it's not a plane ticket, because the old-fashioned green train ticket is cheaper.

And don't ask how the green train bypasses North Korea.

But Crystal's condition wasn't actually very good either.

Perhaps a year ago, Crystal might have been completely fearless against Mystic, but a BO010 loss ruined his hand.

Although after a period of rest and evaluation, it has been confirmed that Crystal's hand is basically fine, the psychological trauma is actually harder to heal than the physical injury.

Wang Ke wasn't very confident in his own abilities.

In addition, the two haven't had much time to work out together, making them even less compatible than Mystic and Ben, who have a much better chemistry.

From any perspective, this makeshift partnership was not in a position to confront the other side head-on.

Even from a laning perspective alone, the strength of Wang Ke plus Crystal Bro might not be as good as that of 0 Emperor plus Crystal Bro.

But did Snake lose the game because their bot lane was weaker than their opponents?

Obviously not. In the previous game, Snake had already established a huge advantage in the early stages.

The most important reason why the Snake team lost the game was the lack of a commander who could think clearly in the mid-to-late game.

Therefore, Wang Ke did not need to make any changes to the BP strategy. In fact, to make up for the weakness of his team's bottom lane, he added a big mouth to the lineup compared to the previous game.

However, Wang Ke's behavior is somewhat incomprehensible to outsiders.

After all, in most people's minds, when replacing someone, you should replace them with someone stronger, not someone weaker.

At this point, the right to choose has fallen into WE's hands.

In response to Snake's decision to ban three AD carries, WE immediately locked in Jinx, currently their only relatively strong AD carry, on the first pick.

"Look at Snake Team's side—Sivir! Locked in! Snake Team's signature Sivir, their most picked ADC in Snake Team's matches. Looks like the bot lane is going to be playing passively again this game!"

Hearing Guan Zeyuan's words, Rita also chimed in, "I guess so. Sivir is a very high priority champion for Snake Esports."

"It's not very high," Guan Zeyuan joked, "Take it if you can find it."

Seeing the Snake team's player selections, netizens couldn't hold back their excitement again.

[Another Wheel Mom?]

[Why did you come up here if you weren't just here for nothing?]

ADCs come and go, but Sivir remains a constant.

I feel like I could play AD carry for Snake Esports too.

[Snake Esports is recruiting an AD carry. Requirements: Must be able to play Sivir, stand under the tower, and use Q and W effectively.]

[You don't even need to know how to use E, right?]

[Will there be a 0-Emperor?]

"Once Sivir is picked, I feel like I already know which support to choose: Janna."

Guan Zeyuan's tone revealed a great deal of certainty.

However, Snake did not pick the support on the second floor, but instead picked Lee Sin for the jungle position.

The right to vote has returned to WE.

Redmi secured the first pick, and Xiye locked in LeBlanc. The reworked LeBlanc is now almost a must-ban or must-pick.

Snake team banned three ADCs, but didn't pick LeBlanc. Redmi has no reason to continue giving LeBlanc to the opponent.

After securing the LeBlanc, Redmi pondered for a moment and then had his teammates lock in the Spider Queen.

This is a jungler that WE really likes to use. Spider's tower diving ability can perfectly help WE's bot lane achieve the tactical goal of a four-man gank on the bot lane, freeing up WE's bot lane quickly.

The right to choose has returned to the Snakes.

Without a second thought, Wang Ke immediately had Song Wen lock up the wandering mage!

This hero selection clearly surprised everyone. Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but exclaim, "Snake Team has locked in Ryze! This is quite rare. We know that Black rarely plays traditional mage heroes. More often, he chooses heroes with stronger early-game pressure and relies on his individual skills to open up the game in the early stages."

Locking out the wandering enemy is to meet the team's overall damage output needs.

In this game, Wang Ke's core tactic was to have the jungler and support roam together.

Crystal, who is left alone in the bottom lane, is prone to falling behind in farm.

This will lead to a lack of damage output for the entire team.

So, where should the jungler and support roam? Naturally, to the mid lane where Song Wen is located.

It became essential to equip Song Wen with a hero who could provide fast support, high survivability, and strong damage output.

Ryze, on the other hand, perfectly meets all the requirements.

However, from Redmi's perspective, before Wang Ke's support was locked in, he couldn't determine Snake's intentions.

This is why Wang Ke decided to keep a backup plan in reserve.

So when entering the second round of bans, Redmi was still following its original thinking and banned Janna and the currently disgusting and unsolvable top lane tank Fizz.

The Snake team's attempts to reposition were even more frantic, drawing another round of boos from the crowd.

Because the Snake team's last two picks were given to two support champions, Lulu the Fairy Witch and Karma.

Even Rita in the commentary booth couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Snake Team! Five bans, three for the ADC, two for the support, all used on the bot lane!"

Guan Zeyuan said, both amused and exasperated, "How afraid must they be of WE's bot lane?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Snake team lock down Thresh on the fourth floor!

This surprised Guan Zeyuan again. He then realized what was happening and shouted, "It's not that we're afraid we can't beat them, it's that we're afraid they won't fight us! Look, Snake Team has banned all the soft supports, now they want you to bring out a hard support and face us head-on, so that's what they mean!"

Upon hearing Guan Zeyuan's words, netizens became excited again, posting messages to clear up the misunderstanding.

However, after locking in Thresh, Wang Ke stared nervously at the screen.

He was worried that Redmi might see through his true intentions.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense would know that what Guan Zeyuan said was utter nonsense.

If he wanted to confront the opponent head-on, he wouldn't have come up and banned the ADC three times, then saved a Sivir and Thresh for himself.

If possible, he actually wanted to save Thresh for last.

However, he also needs to ensure that he has an advantage in the top lane.

Since the bottom lane has already been abandoned, if the top lane advantage cannot be guaranteed, then this draft will make it very difficult for both laners and junglers to play.

In Wang Ke's drafting strategy, laning advantage is always greater than overall team composition advantage.

Because the advantage in the laning phase not only brings an early advantage, but also reduces psychological pressure on the players.

Some coaches like to use lineups that seem invincible in team fights, but in reality, if the three lanes are split up, the players will be pressured in all three lanes. Not to mention the tactical problems caused by this, such as the jungle being invaded, the players will have a hard time in the laning phase, which will put a lot of psychological pressure on them.

WE players' bench.

Seeing that Snake team locked in Thresh, Redmi frowned.

He felt a strange and familiar feeling about this Thresh, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Ultimately, WE secured the Minotaur and the Tree.

For LPL teams, the fact that Maokai was picked as the last pick already foreshadowed something unusual about this game.

Wang Ke breathed a sigh of relief when he saw WE's picks for the support position.

WE's choice to pick the Minotaur proves that Redmi is still focused on online competition.

It seems that Redmi is indeed better at coaching his teammates, but drafting is not his forte.

Wang Ke was so worried because the jungle-support roaming system was first started by Samsung White in Season 4.

At that time, the coach for Samsung White was Redmi!

However, although Redmi was the coach of Samsung White at the time, Mata, as a player, actually had more authority in terms of draft picks and tactics.

Secondly, although the jungle-support roaming system created a legend back then and helped SSW win the championship, this system is no longer keeping up with the times.

League of Legends has evolved over the past three years, and the game has undergone tremendous changes. Among the changes, the one that has had the biggest impact on the jungle-support roaming system is the reduction in vision control in the current version.

This version includes both Sightstone and the green jungle item that allows you to place wards, making vision control in matches much less stressful than before.

It's fair to say that the jungler-support roaming system is an outdated system, and Redmi certainly didn't expect anyone to actually turn back the clock.

Wang Ke was certainly aware of this as well.

However you arrange the field of view, there will always be blind spots on the map.

After deciding to play, Wang Ke reviewed WE's match recordings from the entire Spring Split, memorizing almost every player's warding habits.

This is something you only think about after you've done your analysis. Normal professional players would never do this. At most, the team's coaching staff would research these things and tell the players, but what others tell you is completely different from what you remember.

Snake then locked in Gnar as their last pick.

With that, the lineups for both sides are now set!

Blue side: WE Esports Club VS Red side: Snake Esports Club.

Top lane: (957) Twisted Treant vs. (Flandre) Gnar.

Jungle: (condi) Elise VS (sofm) Lee Sin.

Mid Lane: (iye) LeBlanc VS (black) Ryze.

ADC: (Mystic) Jinx VS (Kryst4I) Sivir.

Support: (ben) Alistar VS (white) Thresh.

As the game progressed and loading began, Song Wen asked, "Why did you stand up after you finished your draft?"

Wang Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead and chuckled awkwardly.

"I got used to it, and I thought I could leave after finishing the business plan."

"Were you too nervous? Did you pee your pants?"