She chose the strategy with the most bullet comments.

[That's right, if anyone tries to stir up trouble for Brother Mu, we Thorn fans will never take the blame!]

From the moment the broadcast gave Yone a teleport, Neeko transformed into a minion, and then Neeko successfully engaged three opponents, igniting the fuse and destroying ESG's mid-lane inhibitor, everything happened within a minute.

The incredibly tight offensive completely shattered ESG's hasty defenses.

After the bot lane got ambushed and killed by Neeko, they finally managed to farm cautiously for a while and regain some ground, but now they've lost it all again and are even further behind.

Not long after the Baron Nashor spawned, ESG's mid lane was cleared, which means that it will be extremely difficult to establish vision in the jungle. At the same time, WLD will gradually whittle down the side lane towers by taking advantage of their mid lane advantage.

The analogy of boiling a frog in lukewarm water isn't quite right; perhaps... it's already reached the point where the oil is starting to boil...

Shushu's expression was not good at the moment. Her brows were furrowed and her eyes were constantly moving around the screen, gathering information.

Good news: WLD didn't immediately go for Baron, so they can try to secure vision control to prevent the opponent from exploiting the information gap.

Bad news: WLD didn't immediately attack Baron Nashor, their cautious approach was almost despair-inducing.

They don't want to give them even the slightest chance...

Indeed, apart from the resurrected Braum, the rest of the team members were all in poor condition to some extent, and without the traditional front line, they were all injured. It would be very unwise to make a move at just over 20 minutes into the game.

As the saying goes, a great dragon can ruin a lifetime.

Given WLD's meticulousness, how could they possibly implement such a high-risk decision?

They have a huge advantage right now, roughly estimated to be at least 7,000 yuan in economic lead, so why would they take the risk?

Su Mu's use of Neeko... is absolutely terrifying, absolutely frightening!

Shushu, on the contrary, hopes that WLD will quickly take down Baron Nashor, so that they still have a chance to steal the dragon and pull off a miraculous team fight to turn the tide.

If they continue operating at a stable pace, their chances of winning are almost negligible...

Unfortunately, WLD, or rather Su Mu, did not choose to do so.

She chose to employ the strategy that ESG fears most: taking advantage of the super minion wave in the mid lane, grouping up in twos and threes to gradually take down the outer towers on the top and bottom lanes.

When ESG assigns players to focus on defense, they can quickly detect it in advance and promptly switch to another line to apply pressure.

The highly entertaining lane switching maneuvers were flawless, keeping the enemy constantly on their toes.

"ESG is numb. WLD's current playstyle is even more despair-inducing than directly attacking the dragon. They are an outrageously steady and iron-willed player."

"It can't be said that WLD is a die-hard player. Even a lion would go all out to hunt a rabbit. Winning this game would directly advance to the finals and secure a ticket to the World Championship. No one would be careless in this situation."

"After being fooled by ESG a few times, Su Mu should no longer be able to deceive people by using passivity."

"Uh…"

Shengxi had only said it casually, but when she noticed her partner's silence, her lips twitched. Would she follow Luanming's script and ruin ESG?

All I can say is that Murphy's Law has some basis in fact.

Under the watchful eyes of the OB camera, Su Mu once again spotted a few unlucky individuals. This time, it wasn't two, nor three, but rather—

Five in total!

This time, she transformed into the divination flower in front of the blue buff, and it was the divination flower before her rebirth.

As the five members of ESG huddled together and made their way into the river, the divination flower at that location had just finished regenerating, looking as natural as could be.

ESG was initially wary, but upon seeing this, they stopped paying attention to the enemy and rushed into the river to stop WLD from taking down Baron.

Just as the five people walked up to the Divination Flower, someone was about to use their ultimate ability to blow up the flower towards the Dragon Pit when a Neeko suddenly appeared in the middle of the Divination Flower, which was originally swaying slightly in the wind, and lifted everyone up with her ultimate ability.

Neeko's disguised state allows her to activate her ultimate skill immediately, giving the ambushed player a very brief window of time to react and evade.

Unfortunately... with ESG at a huge disadvantage, most of their attention was focused on the Baron pit, and no one managed to avoid the sudden attack.

Bai Wei, who had been consciously leaning towards Su Mu's side for a long time, hit all of ESG members with Q with Su Mu's help, and put all five of them to sleep with her ultimate skill, helping her teammates to defeat them one by one.

He looks like a ghost.

We no longer need the dragon.

After killing the enemy, Yan Hua teleported to the front of ESG's inhibitor turret and, together with his teammates, pushed down ESG's base. It still felt somewhat unreal.

One of her trump cards, Ruined Sunfire Yone, seems to have been a small victory without much effort?

There's no need to worry about the hit rate of her ultimate move; Su Mu will naturally prepare everything for her.

Bai Wei also shared the same idea.

Mu Mu is amazing, in every way!

266. I'm sorry, she was indeed pretending.

"Wave after wave!"

"Nice sisters!"

"Take it!"

"..."

After completely emptying the ESG base's health bar, Deng Jiayu and the others couldn't wait to take off their headphones and hug each other with joy on their faces.

As soon as Su Mu stood up, he was surrounded and tightly embraced by his teammates.

Defeating ESG to advance to the finals, they have already secured a spot in the World Championship based on their regular season points. Even if they lose the finals, they will undoubtedly be the second seed.

She smiled faintly, letting everyone express their joy.

The winner is the center of attention, while the loser leaves in dejection.

This is how esports has always been. With the competition system still not very mature, teams that lose before the finals basically have no chance to go to the world championship.

After the post-match data replay, Su Mu's Neeko earned him the well-deserved MVP award.

They may not do many things, but each time they do something memorable and has a profound impact.

On the interview stage.

"And once again, welcome to our player Su Mu! He earned three MVPs in this BO5 series. What are your thoughts on this, Su Mu?"

"Of course."

"Uh...ah?" Yu Xian was taken aback, somewhat disoriented by Su Mu's train of thought.

"Winning the MVP is only natural. After all, this is a meta that focuses on mid and jungle, so it wouldn't be right if I couldn't carry my teammates to some extent," Su Mu replied seriously.

Yu Xian almost choked, but she tried her best to control her expression so as not to lose her composure, and immediately moved on to the next question.

"As we all know, ESG performed very strongly in the regular season, advancing to the playoffs with a score of 12-4. Before facing them, or rather before today, did you have a mental expectation of the win-loss ratio? What preparations and countermeasures did you make against ESG?"

"Well... from the coaching staff's perspective, we expect to beat ESG 3-2."

"From the coaching staff's perspective?" Yu Xian sensed something was amiss and asked with a smile, "And from the players' perspective, or rather, from your personal perspective?"

"From my personal perspective and that of my teammates... a shutout." Su Mu said this bluntly, which caused an uproar among the audience.

Not only did ESG fans' eyes twitch, but even Thorn fans couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Mu-ge, take it easy. You need to be mindful of your emotional intelligence when you speak...

However, before Yu Xian could continue speaking, Su Mu added with a smile, "After all, we have prepared several different strategies, and playing one more game would be a disservice to the efforts our players and coaching staff have put in for today."

"..."

Backstage in the dressing room, the coaching staff, including Liu Keke, looked at each other, their eyes revealing a sense of helplessness.

She's starting to get cheeky... to put pressure on the other two teams in the semifinals.

The words may be blunt, but the reasoning is sound. However, such a direct approach will likely make the ESG team uncomfortable for quite some time.

Indeed, Yan Xuezhen's face darkened.

What does it mean to say that playing one more game would be unfair to the players and coaching staff's efforts?

Did ESG not put in any effort for today's BO5? The players trained until 1 a.m. every night, and the coaching staff often stayed up until midnight.

Yan Xuezhen glanced expressionlessly at the group of dejected contestants, finally succumbing to dejection.

The dynamic competition version is all about understanding. Everyone starts from the same point, so how can it be considered unfair?

If you're not as skilled as others, then you're not as skilled. Why can Su Mu use the newly revamped Neeko Master Yi, but our own players can't?

Talent is one aspect, but the difference in individual ability is another.

The reason Su Mu can pick those new version heroes is not only because of her own advantage in the hero pool, but also because her teammates cannot use heroes that complement and match her.

This shows that differences in teamwork are no exception and cannot be ignored.

Was there anything wrong with what Su Mu said on the interview stage? No.

But saying anything now is futile. A loss is a loss, and we can't put all the blame on the players. There are also differences between the coaching staff, and that needs to be acknowledged.

Of course, the biggest gap is in the mid lane and jungle, where they are completely outclassed by their opponents.

Sigh, back then the club offered Su Mu and his partner a total of 30 million in signing fees, so why did WLD, an insignificant little club, snatch them up?

If Su Mu and Bai Wei's ID prefixes weren't WLD but ESG, they probably wouldn't even have had a chance to be ranked first in the regular season.

What a pity, what a pity.

Wow!

Hearing the sudden cheers from the audience, Yu Xian glanced at the camera, smiling to reveal a set of perfectly white teeth.

"That's real confidence in your own abilities and in the strength of your team! Just now, player Su Mu mentioned several different strategies. Could it be that besides Neeko and Master Yi, you have some hidden trump cards up your sleeve?"

Su Mu's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded with a slight smile. "Of course, we have to. These three games all featured a mid-carry system. Our WLD jungle-carry system hasn't even been released yet, or... we're not prepared for the traditional side-lane-carry strategy either."

[Crazy! Jiu]

[Hahaha, they don't treat ESG like human beings! Mio]

"The victor is king, the loser is villain. Winners can say whatever they want, losers can't even say a word. Tch."

[Steaming buns, no need to hold the utensils? WLD's victory is undeniable, so what's wrong with LPL's top mid laner spamming attacks? 玖]

[You think Mu-ge is faking it? Sorry, she really is. Go ahead and prove her wrong. Even in the games WLD lost in the regular season, Mu-ge didn't actually lose. Wu]

【…

In a conference room at the hotel where the LPL teams were staying, Liang Wenmei heard these words and was furious.

That brat with blond hair is talking way too arrogantly. Who is she trying to scare?

However, looking at Coach Yefeng Yuanyue and the contestants, seeing that they were all frowning and silent, Liang Wenmei felt even worse.

Because of Su Mu, the team owner has complained more than once about why he sold Su Mu back then.

The club isn't short of money. If they keep her, even if she doesn't contribute anything in FPS, at least she'll still be a member of RT.

Especially after losing to WLD in the regular season, the boss was even more unhappy, and she almost lost her job.

Recalling her boss's words, Liang Wenmei felt a pang of regret for selling Su Mu back then, but it was quickly extinguished.

Regret?

What a joke!

At best, he's just a guy who transitioned from FPS to MOBA and has made some progress in the genre.

Humph.

RT will definitely make it to the finals, and will definitely show Su Mu and WLD what cruelty is. That way, they can shut the boss up.

No one paid attention to what Liang Wenmei was thinking. Ye Feng Yuan Yue and the RT players were all pondering how much of Su Mu's words were true and how much were false.

Version 2.14 has only been out for a short time, yet several strategies have already been developed and are usable without any practice?

That's outrageous...

It's more likely that it's a move that wasn't revealed in version 2.13. If the core elements haven't been weakened, there's no problem using it again.

267. The post-match interview went too far.

"During the Baron fight in the third game, Su Mu's Neeko used the new camouflage ability to perfection..."

"Before that final Baron fight, did you consider the respawn time of the flower before you transformed into the divination flower, or did the flower coincidentally respawn when ESG arrived there?"

Su Mu raised the microphone, showing no restraint whatsoever during an interview, "The timing of the flower's rebirth was actually taken into consideration, but the fact that the five ESG members happened to walk by was something I couldn't have predicted; it was a complete coincidence."

"If I can't find anyone to ambush there, or rather, if I can't find any key ESG personnel, I will definitely retreat in advance and won't risk being discovered and making the first move."

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