The atmosphere in the ROX lounge between games is extremely solemn.
Smeb drank water, Little Peanut bit his nails, and Kuro rubbed his temples vigorously.
On the one hand, the pressure comes from the third sentence of the game that just ended. As the Korean commentator said on the stage, the first two games were back and forth. Even if you lose, you can comfort yourself because you did not seize the opportunity. But the loss in this game just now is a
A complete crushing game! Crushing their confidence, especially the mid laner Kuro's!
Another huge pressure placed on ROX players comes from the public opinion in the LCK region.
When playing in LCK, ROX is a challenger with nothing. They are very relaxed whether they face SKT, SSG, or KT.
But now facing EDG, due to the status of LCK Summer Split Champion and No. 1 seed, their own victory or defeat has been tightly bound to LCK's honor and disgrace from before the quarterfinals.
Taking a step back and being shattered into pieces is an experience I have never had before.
It is also an unprecedented mental state.
Rat King Pray was the first to speak, "Just think of it as another challenge, right? There is only Mika, and you only need to defeat Mika! This is compared to the Spring Split against SKT, and the Summer Split against kt with a 2-2 result.
, it’s still much easier!”
"Pray is right, the other EDG players are not a concern, we only need to defeat Mika to win! Is there a team in this world that is more united and unique than our Roxtiger team! How could the five of us lose to Mika?
I'm alone!" Smeb said after drinking the water.
"But, after all, the middle lane is a one-man lane. I will definitely not be able to win the Dragon King again." Kuro lowered his head. He was the most depressed player in the team. "In the previous games, I even took out the secret weapon of the bottom lane.
I have thought of all the ways, and according to my ability, there is no way to limit Mika..."
Coach Nofe analyzed the game seriously, "Actually, Mika's Verus was so unexpected that he was caught off guard. Moreover, Clearlove chose his best excavator in the last game and was not crushed by Peanut like in the previous two games.
, so that mika can roam the lane without any scruples."
"The key is the linkage between the midfield and the jungle." Peanut took the initiative to speak, "As long as Clearlove can be restrained and not allowed to choose the excavator or blind monk, I guarantee that Mika will no longer be able to play in the lane with peace of mind!"
Everyone fell silent again.
Peanut's idea is great, but it's extremely difficult to implement.
After switching to the red side, there is already a Leopard Girl that must be banned, plus Mika's Ryze Syndra, well, there is no limit to the ability of Clearlove's hero pool.
Finally, it was Little Peanut himself who had an idea and broke the silence.
"Maybe we can think in the completely opposite direction..."
"What do you mean?" Kuro asked.
"What if the strongest jungler in the version is given to Clealove!" Peanut said with a smile.
"What do you mean..." His teammates all understood what he was thinking.
"But in that case, peanut, the risk you take is too great..."
"We are teammates who entered the World Championship together from the Internet Cafe Tournament. We are good brothers, aren't we!" Peanut said, spreading his hands.
As a result, a strategy full of adventure and risk-taking was slowly brewing in the rox lounge.
In the end, after discussing the BP, the whole team finally regained a lot of fighting spirit.
Everyone holds the peanut's right palm together.
"Come on! We must win!" Although the crowd said not very loud, but very firm words of encouragement.
…
The edg lounge here, although not as heavy as rox, has the same serious atmosphere.
"Hey, deft, what happened to your last big move?" Abramovich, who always cares about the quality of his team, immediately called out the players as soon as they entered the room, "I know you were uncomfortable in the first few games, and you were assisted by Rox with a female gun.
It’s a trap, but as a professional player, you have to know how to control your temper. Learn from my junior Mika in this aspect, and she will never taunt her opponents in the game.”
"My problem is, this bo5 game really put me under a lot of pressure, Smecta..." deft admitted nonchalantly, "I didn't even think about it at the time, so I opened it in the opposite direction..."
"Okay, I'm not criticizing you. It's a good thing to be able to vent the pressure!" Abu gave him a stick and a sweet date, "We finally got the match point. It's easy to switch to the red side in the next game. BP
I will do my best to get advantageous combinations for the bottom lane!"
Abu immediately turned around and asked, "By the way, there's also Mika. Is there any secret weapon you want to try in the next game?"
Although the mood of deft in the bottom lane is very important, mika will always be the core of the team.
"I can still roam around with heroes like Dragon King or Card or Victor to create a output environment for senior Deft." Mixia said immediately.
Now that she has obtained the match point and has the cost of trial and error, there is no need for her to fight hard to get the secret weapon.
Besides, what can be more psychologically damaging to the ROX mid laner than using a hero like Dragon King Victor, whom Kuro has used, to personally end the game.
In contrast, Deft impulsively paid tribute to Godv and launched the reverse ultimate move. It was exactly like what Abu said, not very mature and steady!
Abu immediately conceived a BP routine according to the personal requirements of the team members, "If the C position is to grab the Dragon King, then Jace must be banned... But when the Dragon King and Ice are released at the same time, ROX will definitely grab one first, and we can't get it at the same time.
.”
"Give it to Mika Dragon King..." deft said.
"No, give it to deft-senpai Hanbing, I have a hero I want to play with again!" Mixia humbly gave way to her teammates.
After all, there is more than one way to have fun playing Dragon King, but he will feel very uncomfortable if deft cannot get an advantageous hero.
Thinking so much about her teammates makes Mika cry to death!
It's just that neither Mika nor her teammates thought that after the desperate discussion by Rox next door, neither she nor deft would be able to grab the hero first...
…
five minutes later.
Meixia followed her teammates on stage.
On the Huaguo Broadcasting Station, the voices of the three hosts rang out as usual.
"Welcome back, spectators, the game has come to the crucial fourth inning, with edg leading 2-1!"
"Without further ado, the game starts with BP, edg is on the blue side, first ban Olaf, then ban the female spear dragon king."
"It's the same as usual on Rox's side, Syndra, Ryze - wait!"
Not only the commentator, but Mixia who saw Rox's third banned box with her own eyes was also extremely shocked.
It's not because rox banned any heroes.
It's because of what heroes rox released.
Rox chose to ban the mid laner Snake, which means that the hero who has only been released twice in the group stage in the previous three games and even the S-game so far is now available for selection.
That’s Nidalee, the Huntress of the Wild!
"Rox 3 mid laner!" pdd noticed something that most viewers didn't notice.
"If I steal Ashe, I will steal Leopard Girl! Rox really dares to give the factory director Leopard Girl?!" Wataba loudly shouted out the doubts of all the audience.
"The factory director's leopard girl should be able to come up with it..." Miller was not sure for a moment.
Generally speaking, there is definitely no problem with the factory director’s leopard girl.
But after seeing his performance in the group stage and even the knockout rounds, no one would have any expectations for him anymore, especially Leopard Girl, who is a hero who needs to be manipulated.
The factory director himself couldn't make up his mind, "Ashe, or Leopard Girl?!"
Abu wanted to continue to implement the prepared plan, and Deft wanted to grab Ashe for him, but as soon as they opened their mouths, Sakura, who treated every teammate equally, spoke first.
"Leopard Girl, I believe in the factory director!"
Ashe and Leopard Girl, is there any need for Mika to hesitate?! It can be said that what shocked her, her teammates and even the audience was that Rox actually dared to let Leopard Girl go!
She remembered that in the S6 game, the factory director relied on Leopard Girl to win the few remaining victories, and even if Benji and Ambition, who were recognized as herbivores, got the Leopard Girl, they would kill them.
But with just one sentence, the factory director was once again moved by Sakura Girl's trust.
It’s still her, it’s still she who believes in me unconditionally!