She chose the strategy with the most bullet comments.

The detection area of ​​the real ward actually showed a fake ward, almost touching the ward's location.

"Heavy gift crab, Brother Mu, have you opened it yet?"

That's an incredibly precise way of finding eyes. How did she know there might be an eye here?

If we hadn't been reminded in time to change the ward placement, once the real ward was placed in the triangular bush, the detection range would definitely not be able to reach the location of the fake ward.

Good guy!

Someone on the other side placed a ward here. If someone teleports to this ward and uses the Blast Cone to gank our team while they're pushing down the tower, regardless of whether we can win or not, we'll at least be caught off guard.

"How could I possibly open it? I'm just thinking about it more." Su Mu shook his head with a smile.

Her gaze swept over Sett's equipment bar, staring at those few small items as if she had thought of something, and she spoke again.

"Oh right, I wonder if Jinfu is out in a whirlwind. Lian, remember to keep your head down when you see him, like two strong men splitting skulls."

"Huh?" Yi Lian was taken aback, but out of discipline, she nodded subconsciously. "I understand, but why?"

"Because of the fierce wind, the woman wept bitterly."

"Hmm...it rhymes quite well, but I still don't really understand it..."

"It's okay, it's best not to understand, or let Ayu demonstrate for you. Anyway, she's an assistant and a very agile Luo."

"Wow, Brother Mu, I'm so heartbroken to hear you say that..." Deng Jiayu pouted, looking aggrieved.

Even a support role has its own fate.

However, she was indeed very curious. If Jin Fu really did unleash a whirlwind, she would see if she could find an opportunity to test him.

No wonder I felt something was off before; I thought Jinfu had a completely new understanding and was going to release a shield bow.

176. Everyone Leading the Way: Pain Mask

Sometimes opportunities come to you without you having to look for them.

Not long after, Deng Jiayu was stunned by Sett's Windfury followed by his E, which pulled both him and minions into a daze. He was then hit twice and finished off by Aphelios's follow-up damage, resulting in his instant death.

"Wow! You can do this?" Deng Jiayu's eyes widened in surprise.

"...Thank you, Ayu, for giving us a personal demonstration. Now you all know what to expect, right?"

"Definitely." Yi Lian nodded repeatedly, her eyes never leaving the screen, filled with vigilance.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have known that when Jinfu uses his E skill, he can use the power of the wind to move and increase his attack range, which is a bit scary.

"Isn't this build for Sett pretty squishy?"

"He is very fragile. As long as you don't give him a chance to use W, one combo can kill him."

While Su Mu was speaking, he was not idle. He finally arrived at the front line and joined his teammates to regroup and launch a counter-encirclement of BRS.

Aphelios and Sett have both used up their abilities, making this their most vulnerable period.

"I've locked up Aphelios!"

"Focus fire! Focus fire!"

"Jingfu, I'm deciding whether to stay or leave."

"Lulu's got a big one, and the monkey's here! Look at me, look at me!"

"Protect AD!"

The situation on the front lines was constantly changing, and the two teams communicated frequently in the voice channel, while the commentators on the stage spoke at a rapid pace.

"Aphelios got instantly killed, the monkey came in and knocked up three, but one of them was a clone of Shaco. Most importantly, Xayah not only failed to activate her ultimate but was also brought to low health by her hook. Without a clone and without Flash, she couldn't escape."

"Sett can't help his teammates now without any skills, he can only deal damage with auto-attacks. Lulu's ultimate should have been used on Wukong instead of the low-health Aphelios. Xayah is very strong, and Gragas teleported to the front, BRS's numerical advantage immediately turned into a disadvantage."

"Although the vampires have also come down, Xia is still close to full strength. Her ability to clean up the mess is much better than BRS's. BRS has to be pulled away. The more people die, the greater the loss."

"Looks like they're not going to let him leave, Gragas uses E in front of him... Wow, that was a great prediction and ultimate! He successfully blew Lulu and Sett back, they're dead now."

"The Shaco's low-health clone entered the tower, completely cutting off Lulu and Sett's retreat. The tower destroyed both of them, and Xayah and Shaco each got a kill. Wukong and Vladimir were unable to catch up, and the two sides ended the game."

"BRS panicked. He shouldn't have used up most of his skills on Lo.

"The main problem is that there aren't many targets to engage. WLD's vision is excellent; they can detect any movement in advance. Xia's position is too good for anyone to threaten her."

"Looking back now, the wards Ayu cleared in the jungle earlier were crucial. If Vladimir had teleported down from that spot, Xayah would have been in serious danger."

"BRS initiated the attack but only managed a three-for-one trade, and in the end, the defensive tower was destroyed by the vanguard."

"For WLD, the situation is very favorable after this bottom lane team fight. Su Mu was causing too much trouble earlier, which made many of us overlook the economic gap between the two sides. Look, it's already over four thousand now."

"The director switched to the economic panels for both sides. Goodness, Su Mu's economy is too counterintuitive. He's doing so well even without last-hitting minions."

"She ate a lot of human heads, and you noticed that her ghost scythe was stacked to the final stage earlier than Luo's."

"I noticed that, and the penalty for last-hitting will disappear after 14 minutes. The strategy is now balanced, isn't it?"

Not long after the commentator finished speaking, the game time officially reached 13 minutes and 30 seconds. At this time, Su Mu, who had just returned to base, combined a bunch of small items into an electric knife, completing his first item.

Many people didn't understand why she would rather buy several small items than combine them into a complete item. But when she returned to the online server after 14 minutes and used the box and electric knife to clear the lane at lightning speed, they suddenly understood everything.

Wow, Brother Mu's tactics and understanding...

To be fair, Ziyue also understands the "Wind and Wind" strategy of using the "Sparrow Eats Cricket" to open up the battlefield, but how practical it is remains to be seen.

I'm pessimistic, mainly because there are precedents. WLD has become more cautious since then. Unless they use Flash + E followed by a super long dash, it will be difficult to engage WLD players again.

With so many dashes activated, teammates might not be able to keep up.

BRS's side lane development is so poor, and now Mu Ge's wave clear speed has become faster. The days ahead are probably going to be even more difficult.

【…

Su Mu can now clear a wave of minions in seconds and roam around, using Sprint as soon as it's ready.

BRS finally understood why the bottom lane tower was destroyed so early, yet the WLD bottom lane duo didn't switch lanes at all.

The key is to keep the Joker in the mid lane so that his threat can spread to the side lanes.

Top lane, bottom lane, jungle... there's no place that the Joker hasn't ravaged.

For example, a monkey might get its monster stolen while fighting, or get hit in the backside and can't catch up even if it tries to. The clown's ability to hide and escape is too strong.

The vampire has been ambushed countless times—some from behind, some from hiding in the bushes, and some from sprinting like a mad dog and brazenly walking across the river to ambush him…

The bottom lane is even worse. If Aphelios gets a backstab, he'll lose at least half his health. If Shaco gets close, Rakan has a perfect chance to use his ultimate and E to dash to Shaco, then use W to engage from a super long distance.

Whether the clown is crazy or not, the audience doesn't know, but everyone knows that the BRS contestants are almost insane. Their expressions on camera are incredibly ugly, and their faces are incredibly dark.

Everyone's mentality was shattered by the clown's constant wandering around; what a terrible way to play...

As the saying goes, the Pain Mask is a game-changing item for top lane Shaco, but why are all the BRS players wearing it now?

Well said. Do you even understand the value of having an extra Mythic item on average?

[Reward: Mentality Explosion Package, plus Poor Performance in the Next Game, jpg.]

Isn't it too early to declare BRS the loser of the first game? That was a late-game lineup with two super cores: Vladimir and Luna.

[Still thinking about the late game... Don't you even look at Mu Ge's equipment? He has Infinity Edge now.]

【Then what?

Then see for yourself.

While the comments were still debating, the director happened to cut to the scene where the Joker stealthily appeared behind Aphelios, and AAE instantly killed him…

Oh crap!

Pomi was so startled that she shuddered violently.

Cheese, standing nearby, didn't even react immediately. By the time she realized what was happening and tried to shield Pomi, Pomi was already dead. The skill had turned into a damage-dealing attack, hitting the clown on the head. Cheese could only follow up with a Q to slow him down before slinking away.

That wasn't the most fatal thing. The most fatal thing was that Aphelios's death not only directly affected the ownership of the Baron, but BRS was also forced to engage in a Baron fight, resulting in the loss of both the man and the Baron.

Less than 23 minutes later, the BRS base's main crystal exploded, and the kill score was fixed at 10:26.

He died more than ten times in total, most of which were related to the Joker.

177. Review and Reflection

In the second game, whether it was the BRS coaching staff being stubborn or the players being stubborn, the Joker wasn't targeted at all and was still allowed to be released.

Su Mu hadn't planned to take it again, but Liu Keke believed she could perform well and suggested she continue playing while she was still in good form, saying that if necessary, she could play a third game.

Regardless of winning or losing, every game offers valuable lessons that cannot be easily learned from training or practice.

No team goes all out in scrims, otherwise what would scrims be? The only way to get stronger is to play more games; there are no shortcuts.

Driven by various factors, Su Mu took the opportunity to defeat the Joker. The second match lasted for nearly thirty minutes, with many ups and downs, but fortunately he won in the end, finishing the game 2-0 early.

Professional teams have an ability to adapt that is far superior to amateurs. Even though Su Mu changed his gameplay and item build in advance based on the situation, he still couldn't change the disadvantageous situation in the first 20 minutes.

Even the dragon lost one.

If we hadn't switched to AP early, with so many boxes placed on the high ground, we might have been wiped out by BRS in one fell swoop if we had lost the team fight.

It was precisely because they successfully held on at the high ground tower that they were able to mount a subsequent comeback and counterattack.

AD Shaco is a mid-game champion, while AP Shaco is a late-game champion. This champion might be unpopular, but his potential for counter-engaging in team fights is extremely high. In the late game, with sufficient AP and cooldown reduction, his skill ceiling and ability to clean up weakened enemies are considerable.

That evening after the match, everyone at WLD immediately began reviewing the game after dinner. (Mio)

The disadvantage in the second game was the inability to gain lane control in the mid lane, and the inability to play a self-destruct strategy due to the unique characteristics of the enemy heroes.

The comeback was made possible by the presence of the Joker, who, despite an early disadvantage, repeatedly used his clones to create openings in the crowd and skillfully placed his boxes at crucial moments.

Through the second game, many viewers noticed the limitations of the Joker in the mid lane; he performs far better than in the top lane, heavily relying on the opposing mid laner's champion.

Regardless, the results are in, and Liu Keke got to see the match she wanted to watch.

She understands a principle very well: success does not necessarily require experiencing a crushing defeat, but it certainly requires experiencing setbacks.

Having traveled too many smooth paths, it's easy to go astray when encountering rough and thorny terrain.

When the situation turned dire during the match, the younger players became increasingly anxious or impulsive.

It can be said that in their first official professional match, Deng Jiayu and others, including Bai Wei, exposed many problems in this second game.

Su Mu was the only one with the fewest problems.

Whether observing micro-expressions through the camera or learning about the players' real-time communication during the match through the coaching staff's one-way listening earpiece, no signs of anxiety or panic were seen or heard from Su Mu throughout the entire process.

She was so composed; this composure calmed her teammates' anxiety.

In professional matches, mentality is very important. Once you lose your composure, just like BRS lost the first game, you will be completely caught in the opponent's rhythm and miss many crucial opportunities to turn the tide.

As the debriefing session dragged on into the early hours of the morning, Liu Keke summarized the problems that hadn't surfaced during the day's matches and training. She then suggested that the players could go back and rest, and reflect on areas where they needed to improve.

Watching several young figures leave the training room, Liu Keke looked at Xu Jing, a slight smile appearing on her tired face, and waved the notebook in her hand.

"Having played professionally before, their mentality is just different from that of newcomers."

“Every loss has its gains. Xiao Mu’s experience before the transition was certainly tragic, but she bravely stepped out and worked hard to change herself. That environment didn’t give her much of a useful thing, except… it gave her the most important composure for an e-sports player,” Xu Jing said softly.

"Yeah, we were really lucky to sign her back then. To be honest, I was already thinking about the draft picks for the next game in the first fifteen minutes after the second game ended, but I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect Xiao Mu to have foreseen the situation so early on and even devised a complete plan to turn the tide?"

"That's only one aspect. As I mentioned before, her biggest advantage is her mindset. There can be people in the team who are anxious, but there must be someone who can mediate. Obviously, Xiao Mu has that ability."

"An impeccable pillar of the team, that's what you think in your heart, right?"

"Ah."

"Although I would like to give such an evaluation, there are still too few matches, so please allow me to reserve my opinion for now," Xu Jing said.

Liu Keke was taken aback. "The reason?"

"Xiao Mu hasn't experienced an unexpected disadvantage in her matchup yet. She's not worried because she hasn't collapsed and she's confident. But what truly tests a person's mental fortitude is precisely when their confidence crumbles..."

Xu Jing picked up her tablet and reviewed the records, then continued, "Currently, no mid-laner in the entire LPL, including the international server, can consistently outplay her, which is a potential problem."

At this point, Liu Keke understood what she meant.

"Are we complacent and forgetful of potential dangers?"

"Well... In the current environment, if a person wants to go further, they need to have an opponent who can put pressure on them, or you could say an environment. Young people have not experienced enough hardship and are too easy to go astray."

"That's true for the others, but I think we can rest assured about Xiao Mu."

Liu Keke smiled.