Chapter 721: First Battle Test
Five days later, at the Seoul Esports Arena.
There are only the last three games left before the end of the S10 World Championship. The other teams have been eliminated and have basically packed up and gone back to their respective homes. Therefore, most of the spectators who come to watch the game are local young people in South Korea.
In the confrontation between the AT team and the SG team, there is no doubt that the latter has the "home court" advantage.
The sound of cheering at the scene has not stopped since the five members of the SG team and coach Feza entered the venue. Looking at the venue, they are all supporters of the SG team.
Even when Coach Nuomi brought Vic and Xiaofei on the court, bursts of boos could be heard from the audience from time to time.
From the perspective of xenophobia, South Korean event spectators do much more than domestic ones. They tend to only support teams from their own country. As for foreign teams, booing is considered mild, and there are all kinds of black whistles, unfair penalties, etc.
It's all their fault.
What's more, in a sense, the AT team's "reputation" in South Korea is very bad.
In this year's World Championship alone, the AT team first attacked the ZL team, and then took away the first place in Group A, forcing the Tel team to start a civil war with the SG team in the top 8, leading to the final entry into the top 4.
The LCK team has only one lone seedling left.
After all the games in the quarter-finals, someone reviewed the strength of these eight teams and whether there were any regrets or surprises.
In the ranking gradient, the two weakest teams are the second-placed teams in Group B and Group C. They are the kind of teams that are bullied by others. As long as they are ranked together, it is equivalent to being sent to the top four.
As a result, the "place" that originally belonged to the Tel team was taken away by the AT team. Rounding off, wouldn't it be equivalent to the AT team taking away the top four positions that originally belonged to Tel?
With this idea in mind, it is natural that many Korean League of Legends spectators are hostile to the AT team, and even bought tickets to come to the scene just to boo and boo the players' mentality.
Under the pressure of this atmosphere and environment, Coach Nuomi's face also looked a little ugly.
Although the rooms in the venue for players to compete have been soundproofed, even if the door is closed, all kinds of noise can still be heard because of the loud noise outside.
The coach only needs to complete the BP stage and will leave the game after that. The players need to play the entire game on the stage. Once the SG team makes any outstanding moves, there will definitely be all kinds of cheers on the scene through the soundproof wall and entering the game.
room, which means that the members of the AT team need to bear more psychological pressure.
"Don't be nervous, just think that those people below the stage are just carrots and cabbages. Anyway, we will return to China after the S10 game, and they will not be able to catch up to the country by then!"
"Take care of yourselves and don't worry about anything else."
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In the BP stage and the semi-finals stage of the two teams, the side selection in the first game was decided by a coin toss. Coach Nuomi was lucky and gave the team the blue side in the first side selection.
In the first three bans, he helped the team specifically kill the three heroes Galio, Lulu and Gnar.
Coach Feza of the SG team specifically banned Snake, Lucian, and Kai'Sa.
When it was the blue side’s turn to choose the AT team, Coach Nuomi immediately revealed Xin Zhao, locking in!
If you want to drag your opponent into the quagmire of a big brawl, German General Manager Xin Zhao is definitely a very good choice. This hero has all the necessary rush skills such as dash, slowdown, knockback, and knockback, which is just right for the rhythmic routine in the early stage.
The SG team drafted players from behind, and Coach Feza took away the two heroes Crocodile and Seti.
The selection rights were transferred back to the AT team. Coach Nuomi was unmoved and continued to recruit players according to his planned tactics, targeting Monkey and Enchantress respectively.
An offensive top, middle and jungle system was instantly formed.
Coach Feza thought for a moment and took away a leopard girl.
Based on the system SG is currently showing, at least in terms of matchups, Coach Nuomi feels it is completely acceptable.
There may be swings between Crocodile and Sett, but no matter which one they are, if they are matched up with the single monkey, the monkey will not suffer, and may even gain a small advantage after reaching level 6.
In the second round of banning, the two teams naturally started a close fight in the field of AD heroes.
First, the SG team moved players. Coach Feza also saw that Coach Nuomi planned to choose a face-breaking routine for the team, so he banned AD Ai Xi, who is currently unpopular, but is quite suitable for starting a team.
Coach Nuomi retaliated by banning Ezreal and not giving the SG team a chance to fight.
The SG team made the final ban, and the ban position was handed over to Xia.
Although Xayah herself is not an aggressive hero, the auxiliary position in the Phoenix Legend combination is very suitable for charging, so Coach Feza took precautions.
Coach Nuomi used the 10th position in the game for Varus.
There are only a few shooter heroes that can be used to pull off long-distance confrontations. To deal with the powerful version, both sides must engage in hand-to-hand combat with real swords and guns.
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Wang Zixiu watched the BP process of the two teams in the hotel with an expressionless face.
In the first game, because neither team understood the other's strategy to deal with the enemy before the game, Coach Feza chose a conservative test. After all, the SG team's goal in this year's World Championship is to defend the title, and with its strength advantage,
I will definitely seek stability first.
The red side picked players from the back, and the first two picks took Crocodile and Seti, who have strong swing ability. You can already see what Coach Feza is thinking. He does not plan to use tricks directly, but waits and sees what happens, and uses them as he sees them.
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The AT team led by Coach Nuomi is one of those who take the initiative. The first three picks, Monkey Zhao Xin and Enchantress, have already revealed their murderous intentions, making it clear that they want to play early offense and defense with the SG team.
Being the first to make the move naturally has advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that it can take the initiative in BP, and even force the opponent to choose some specific heroes in order to destroy the lineup.
For example, after the second round of BP, Coach Feza immediately revealed the SG team’s shooter hero—Tristana.
The strength of the small cannon is acceptable, and it is very suitable to be matched with the lineup of protruding faces. This selection not only completes the lineup of the SG team, but also achieves the effect of replacing bans with steals.
Returning to coach Nuomi, he could only settle for the next best thing and improve the AT team's lineup into a "Jinx + Titan" bottom lane combination.
SG team’s fifth floor counter position, coach Feza finally decided on Silas.
After some hero exchange, the lineups of the two teams were determined:
AT team, top laner Monkey, jungler Xin Zhao, mid laner Enchantress, AD Jinx, auxiliary Titan.
SG team, top laner Crocodile, jungler Leopard Girl, mid laner Silas, AD cannon, and assistant Seti.
The previously selected Wanhauserti changed his mind to the auxiliary position after Silas showed up, and used Silas for Coffee, because in this game, the ultimate moves of several heroes in the AT team were very suitable for Silas' performance.
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Jinx's ultimate move Harvest, Monkey Titan's ultimate move to start a group, and Xin Zhao's solo entry ability can all be turned into Sylas' abilities.
In the BP stage of the first game, the confrontation between the coaches was a draw, and the strength of the lineups was evenly matched.
Chapter completed!