Chapter 155 actually banned Annie?

After the disastrous defeat in the first game of Bo5, all the EDG players finally woke up.

It is true that the hero Ryze is Leng Shao's nemesis. As long as the mid laner takes out Ryze, the opponent's laning ability will be difficult to play out.

But the problem is...

The herbivorous jungler is not the opponent's jungler's weakness!

They really know how to have fun!

Moreover... among the herbivorous junglers, heroes like Zac and Sejuani are the strongest. In comparison, Amumu is not even ranked.

As a result, the opposing jungler, who played Amumu, came up with a new trick when everyone thought he would be in a dilemma!
No buff!

Only kill small wild monsters!
It doesn’t matter if you can’t get the blue buff!
For the first piece of equipment, just buy the Eternal Catalyst Stone and produce and sell it yourself!

He actually ruined the factory manager's early invasion rhythm!
The key is……

Such a herbivorous jungler who only takes beatings was played around by the opposing jungler!

Especially the operation of using the true eye to block the basic attack.

Even the EDG coaching staff didn't expect this at first!

People even have different opinions on this.

Fortunately, there are computers in the lounge for players to debug their equipment and for substitutes to get familiar with the feel.

So everyone immediately started a custom experiment and was shocked to find out.

It seems... it's just as Meiko said.

As long as Graves tries to hit the ground to cancel the backswing of the basic attack, there is a high probability that... he will hit the true eye!
Unless you hold down the wave key when using a basic attack and set it to only lock on hero units!

The problem is that……

When other heroes cross the tower, they will definitely press the wave key.

Only the male gunner can’t do that!

Because after the rework of Graves, the mechanism of his basic attack was changed, the damage will be blocked by the defense tower.

In other words, once the direction is wrong, even if the male gun locks the target with a basic attack, the attack is directed at the person, it is possible that the defense tower will block it.

Therefore, almost no male gun players will press the wave key.

This is also the reason why the famous scene of "King Qin circling the pillar" is often seen when Male Gun crosses the tower.

However, it was precisely because of this that EDG's rhythm in the previous game completely exploded.

At this time, head coach Abu looked at the dejected expressions of the EDG players and could only encourage them.

"It's okay, isn't this just the first game?"

"Every failure is a learning experience! Just win the next round and that'll be it!"

"It's just right that we can change sides in the next round and change tactics."

Hearing Abu's words, Meiko sighed and said.

"There were still some issues with our lineup in the last game."

"Except for the top laner, we basically have no counterattack ability."

“Although the roaming ability is stronger, the teamfighting ability is weaker.”

"And if the support chooses Bard, it means that the support's protection ability is very limited. Although the ultimate can delay time, it is a double-edged sword like Kindred's ultimate. It may save teammates, but it may also save the opponent."

"The operational lineup we are good at is not a snowball lineup, so the jungler-support synergy style is not possible."

"And the key is... we are completely out of sync with the top laner's rhythm."

"The top laner never has the initiative in the laning phase, is suppressed in the laning phase, and it is difficult for him to provide timely support. Of course, this can't actually be blamed on Kou Rou. The main reason is that the opponent's top laner can play ADC, which is too difficult to deal with."

After Meiko said this, everyone fell silent.

There is no way, this has always been the most difficult point for VG to deal with, no doubt about it.

A top laner who originally came from AD and a strange hero pool gave VG an absolute advantage in BP.

VG's lineup can swing wildly, can EDG?

The answer is no!
When Kou Rou heard this, he sighed.

"As long as he takes the ADC to the top lane, he will definitely push the line, and the speed of pushing the tower is extremely fast."

"If I rashly support him, he will fall from the tower soon if he doesn't support me."

"But if he wants to defend the tower, he will come to support in advance, and I will definitely support him a little slower."

"As a top laner, no matter which one you choose, you'll lose."

"unless……"

At this point, Kourou subconsciously looked towards the factory manager not far away, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

The way to deal with the top AD is actually very simple.

Just catch it.

Catch them to death, kill several waves, without the level advantage, the opponent's top laner will naturally be useless.

But the problem is... this is EDG!
Who is the top laner? I don't know him well. Wouldn't it be better to just play a tree?
Oh, I almost forgot.

In these few games, EDG couldn't get the big tree at all.

Can't get the cards either.

These two heroes are basically in the ban position.

However, this sentence of braised pork did not remind the factory manager, but gave Abu a new idea.

"Huh? Wait?"

"Can you support and play AD well in lane?"

"How about... picking Shen as the top laner?"

"Shen's W skill can block the basic attack. He is not afraid of ADC in the top lane. After making Tiamat, he can clear the wave quickly."

"The key is that after you have the ultimate, you can provide support all over the map at any time, cooperate with the jungler to surround the bottom lane, and you don't even need to waste teleport!"

"It just so happens that the opponent keeps banning Twisted Fate. Since the mid and jungle can't work together, let's work together with the top and jungle to double-team the bottom lane!"

"There's another benefit to fighting like this!"

"After Shen uses his ultimate to support a team fight, he returns to the city to replenish his status and then teleports back to the top lane."

"This way, the top lane defense tower can also be saved!"

"Kill two birds with one stone! How about that!"

After hearing what Abu said, everyone in EDG agreed.

Braised Pork also nodded and said.

"Okay, you can try."

After all, apart from Maokai and Rumble, Shen is also one of the top lane heroes he is better at.

At this point, Abu immediately began to build the lineup around top laner Shen.

"You don't need to worry about the top laner, but in this game we must add a jungler who is good at initiating teamfights and ganking. After all, with Shen's ultimate, it will be much safer to enter the game."

"You can still try the global flow and use Nightmare in the jungle."

"As for the middle lane, you can come out last."

"But for the bottom lane, I do have an idea."

"Do you remember the bottom lane combination that VG defeated RNG in the semi-finals?" Meiko was stunned when he heard Abu's words, and asked subconsciously.

"Jhin and Xerath go down? To be honest, Jhin with Doran's Ring is really disgusting. He has strong suppression power in the lane and pushes the lane quickly."

"That's right. The ability to suppress the opponent in laning is an advantage. As long as the opponent's health is low, Nightmare will fly away directly after reaching level 6. Wouldn't the opponent's bottom lane be doomed to die?" Abu said with a smile.

"The problem is that we have two squishy players in the bottom lane." Meiko frowned slightly. "If the opponent's mid and jungle also choose assassins, our bottom lane may not be able to hold on, especially if the opponent's mid laner picks Leblanc... The bottom lane will definitely not survive."

"You're wrong. What I want is for the opposing mid laner to pick Leblanc." Abu smiled. "Remember what hero RNG picked to prevent VG's mid laner from picking him? That's right! Malzahar! But Malzahar is useless in the middle lane. He's too weak. But if you're a support... as long as the opposing Leblanc dares to use W, you can just use your ultimate to suppress him! Then kill him in one second. Isn't that a threat? Even if you can't kill him in one second, as long as you cripple him, he won't be able to enter the game again! Naturally, he won't be a big threat to the back row."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes immediately lit up.

"This seems to be true!"

"For the mid laner, it's best to pick someone who can protect. It doesn't matter if you can gain an advantage in the laning phase, as long as you can protect the back row in teamfights."

"And if the opponent's top laner also chooses ADC, and the jungler uses an assassin or a warrior to target our bottom lane, then VG's lineup will lack a front row. Without a front row, and we have Shen, the opponent will have even less chance of success."

“You can try this lineup!”

At the same time, on the other side.

Lin Dong is still unaware of the new tactics chosen by EDG.

Because once they returned to the locker room, everyone's first reaction was exactly the same as that of the EDG team.

"Fuck? That true ward just now blocked the basic attack?"

"It can stop a ghost! Zz1tai clicked the ground attack and wanted to play Boshuai, but it automatically locked on the true ward, and then A made a wrong move."

"For a hero like Graves, this kind of situation is prone to occur."

"Lin Dong, is this even possible? What on earth is in your head? You can even think of using True Eye to trick a basic attack?"

Facing the praise from his teammates, Lin Dong did not feel very happy. On the contrary, he just sighed helplessly.

"Isn't that just being forced?"

"In my last game, from the beginning to the end, I didn't get a single blue buff!"

"If we don't do something, EDG will really turn the tables."

"Besides this true eye, is there any other room for maneuver for the hero Amumu?"

"How great would it be if Amumu could save two Q skills?"

Hearing Lin Dong's words, everyone laughed, thinking he was joking.

But only Lin Dong himself knows how much he misses the revised Amumu.

Shaking his head, just as Lin Dong was about to start slacking off, he suddenly heard Leng Shao and Saint Spear Brother chatting not far away.

"By the way, weren't you practicing mid solo Lucian before? How's it going? Do you want to play solo later?"

"Solo is so boring. Everyone knows that you are good at playing Lucian. Why don't you come?" Leng Shao said unhappily, "If you have the guts, come to the middle lane. I'll play Lucian, and you can choose another hero to play against me."

"Tsk, I'm the top laner, not the mid laner."

"That's bullshit."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Lin Dong was slightly stunned and asked subconsciously.

"Mr. Leng, when did you start practicing Lucian?"

"Didn't you say that?" Leng Shao asked back, "You told Hongmi before that Lucian, like Varus, has the potential to be a mid-lane hero and we can give it a try. So Hongmi asked me to practice when I have nothing to do. It just so happens that there is someone in our team who is very good at playing Lucian."

"Forehead……"

After hearing this, Lin Dong finally remembered.

There was a reason why he said that to Hongmi.

After the playoffs, as long as they can win the spring championship, they will be able to go to the MSI Mid-Season Invitational. At that time, they will most likely meet the LCK team and may even be able to compete with Faker.

Although Lin Dong thinks that Leng Shao’s laning ability is indeed strong, especially with LeBlanc, there is a chance that he can gain an advantage in the laning phase and even kill Faker alone, but the question is... what about LeBlanc?
Once Leblanc is banned, and Faker takes out versatile conventional mages like Clockwork and Syndra, the mid lane will be at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, Redmi later helped WE develop a solution to deal with it.

That’s right, that’s the mid laner Lucian!
The long arm does not have to worry about being consumed, and the A will not lose to the mage at all, because of the skill mechanism, and has enough burst ability. Moreover, with the E skill in hand, there is absolute initiative.

It was this hero who later helped Xiye to single-kill Faker several times on the field, and from then on Lu Xiye became famous.

What Lin Dong didn't expect was that Hongmi's actions were so fast.

So let Leng Shao practice it?

To be honest, although the hero Lucian is indeed not like an ADC but more like an assassin, he is still very worried about whether Leng Shao can play this hero well.

After all, if you really use this thing on the opponent's face, there's no way it can come back!
But fortunately, Hongmi also knew this, so he spoke up.

"Just give it a try. You still need to practice your Lucian. Anyway, I won't use it unless it's absolutely necessary."

"Unless EDG is really that stupid, they play a late game lineup, and then leave Tsar alone and choose a mid-lane Kassadin."

"Forget it, take a rest first, and be ready to go on stage soon."

"EDG is on the blue side in this round. They have the initiative, so our lineup can only be changed according to them!"

Soon, the second game of Bo5 kicked off again.

At the commentary booth, watching the players from both teams come on the court, the colonel finally remembered his mistake in commentary on the previous game, so after a brief opening remark, he immediately made amends.

"Welcome everyone back to the LPL Spring Finals."

"In the last game, both teams performed very well, but in the end VG was better and won the victory."

"However, before the second game starts, there is something I must apologize to everyone for."

"After we went downstairs just now, we had a discussion with the casters and staff, and found that there was some controversy about the A true eye of the factory manager in the last game."

"At that time, Zzitai used the method of attacking the ground in order to cancel the afterswing of the basic attack, which resulted in the automatic attack hitting the true eye. Strictly speaking, this wave should be regarded as Dong's extreme reaction. He used the principle of attacking the ground by Graves to trick Graves' basic attack into hitting the true eye."

"In other words, it wasn't the factory manager's fault, but the player Dong's fault!"

"Okay, without further ado, let's take a look at the performance of both teams in this round."

"In the second game of Bo5, the two teams switched sides. EDG was on the blue side and VG was on the red side. Although the sides were changed, neither team chose to change players, but maintained the lineup of the first game."

"First, let's take a look at the BP situation of both sides."

"VG still chose to ban EDG's Twisted Fate system, but this time, they chose to ban Ryze."

"And EDG continued to focus on VG's support position, banning Tam, Morgana, and Annie?"

"Huh? EDG actually chose to ban Annie? This is indeed a bit rare. This hero's situation in the bottom lane is the same as Ezreal. Few people will target him."

"Oh, no wonder!"

"EDG, as the blue team, took down Jhin directly on the first floor!"

"Are they going to use the Jhin + Xerath combination like VG did last time?"

"In this way, banning Annie seems much more reasonable. After all, the biggest advantage of Jhin and Xerath is their fast pushing speed and strong consumption ability, and Annie happens to be more restrained against this combination."

At the same time, in VG voice.

Lin Dong came on the scene again and saw EDG's ban strategy. He felt a jolt in his heart and suddenly felt something was wrong.

After banning Tam and Morgana first, they actually picked Jhin?

The problem is, if Jhin goes to the bottom lane, he is not afraid of these two supports at all!
In comparison, another hero will be restrained by these two heroes.

That's right.

The Malzahar that RNG used before!
Thinking of this, Lin Dong subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Could it be that... EDG is also going to use this lineup this time?
(End of this chapter)