"Dear summoners in front of the screen, after two days of 'waiting', the opening match of the eight-to-four knockout round at the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center has finally started! I am today's commentator Zeyuan."
"Hello everyone, I remember!"
In the live broadcast room of the event, Guan Zeyuan and Wang Yi, who were wearing gray suits, appeared in front of the camera, and beside them was today's special guest.
"Hello everyone, my name is clearlove, 7." The director stretched out his hands and waved to the camera at the same time.
Although the official commentary lineup for the opening game was announced yesterday, when the factory director appeared in the commentary box, the barrage in the live broadcast room immediately increased.
[Dear me, Mingkai is really brave. He and FNC’s B05 even dared to come up and explain. I’m afraid that others will forget how EDG was so beaten back then, right?]
[I come first! Jin Chuan Lantern, Tong Chuan Tower, if I go up, I will be four to zero! 】
【Eight paintings every word, top eight every year!】
[Let me see who is in charge of the black country, I will arrange all the Death Notes for you!]
All kinds of negative stories about EDG suddenly flooded the screen in the live broadcast room. Apparently, the old viewers of LPL are still resentful of the B05 in 2015.
However, the factory director has obviously been mentally prepared. He looks very calm when facing the camera.
I remember that the two brothers Guan Zeyuan also quickly warmed up the scene.
"After watching this year's group stage, I believe everyone's expectations are still very high. All three LPL teams have entered the knockout rounds. This has also created the best results in our division in recent years." Guan Zeyuan smiled.
Full face.
"Yes," I remember nodding heavily, "Although the rng and ig teams had some twists and turns along the way, they finally made it to the quarterfinals and did not collide in the first round. This increased the hope of winning the LPL division a lot.
.”
"Moreover, the performance of No. 1 seed YM in the group stage was impeccable. Captain Jiang Keda set a terrifying record of six MVPs in six games. The entire team showed great vitality in BP, and the team's execution was also very good.
, this also gives us enough confidence to expect ym to win tonight's b05."
"What does the factory director think of tonight's duel? I think you will have a lot of emotions when you see fnc again." Guan Zeyuan carefully raised the topic to the factory director.
"I'm actually fine," the factory director smiled, "I called Su Chen the day before yesterday, and it sounds like they're well prepared. I'm just here to witness YM's promotion, so I don't have any baggage."
"Let's talk about the game," I remember leading the conversation, "Although fnc qualified as the second seed in the group stage, in fact, they are only one win away from afs, which is not a big gap."
"I think they were trying to hold back in the group stage. The FNC coach asked Caps to play a hero like the mid laner Stoneman, which was a bit of a hidden move, but they didn't expect that AFS would suddenly explode in the second round.
." Guan Zeyuan smiled.
After the two chatted for a while, they turned to the factory director for a more professional topic.
"The fnc team is actually quite balanced. There are no obvious weaknesses in the lineup," the director dialed the headset. "Their usual style of play is for Nosuke to roam around and catch the midfielder in the early stage, helping caps build an advantage and then feeding back to the wing.
, and rekkles is also an experienced player, he is a very mature team-based AD, it can be said that every aspect cannot be underestimated.”
"I think ym will still look for a breakthrough from the top lane today. It depends on the performance of Su Chen and Xiaotian. The pressure on the left hand may be greater. Let's wait and see how their BP does."
After the three of them chatted for a while, the announcer in front also sent news that the contestants were ready.
The screen also switches accordingly.
On the stage in the center of the familiar bexco venue, the floor exuded a faint blue light, and ten players were already in place.
The BP of the first round of b05 has officially begun!
"According to the rules of the competition, the number one seed in the first round has the right to choose sides in games 1, 3, and 5, and ym took the initiative to choose the blue side!"
This choice also caused discussion among the three commentators.
Although the winning rate of the blue side was significantly higher during the World Championship, ym took the initiative to choose the red side in half of the small games. The reason is also very simple. It helped Su Chen on the road to get the last choice of the counter position, thus
His personal strengths were maximized.
But when it came to the knockout rounds, ym's thinking also showed a change.
"Both sides started banning people in the first round, and the blue side's first ban directly targeted Jhin!"
The camera shows Ou Cheng, who has blond hair.
In the group matches that have ended, Jhin is a quite unpopular hero. Basically, apart from Ou Cheng, it is rare to see other AD players using this hero.
But FNC actually relies heavily on Jhin's online push and mid-game team-starting ability. Ou Cheng got this hero twice and won both times.
On the other side, the red side FNC was not to be outdone and directly banned Qinggang Shadow.
All are signature heroes.
After some discussion between the two sides, the ban positions for the first round were determined.
"The ym on the blue side has banned Jhin, Thresh, and Blind Sin. It will curb the roaming ability of Nosuke on the opposite side."
"On the other hand, FNC, after killing Qinggang Shadow, took the mid laner in two bans and locked up Ice Girl and Clockwork, which are good at left-hand, and was not in a hurry to move to the jungle. They probably felt that YM was not in a hurry.
Place the order first."
Judging from the ban positions in the first round, the focus of the two teams is still very obvious.
The camera showed Meng Ma, who was debuting on the world stage for the first time, and he did not show the nervousness of a rookie coach, but almost instantly chose the first floor of the blue square.
"Ym's first choice was Luo, who is also one of Fox's signature heroes!"
On the big screen, Zhang Xiaowen, who was wearing headphones, had already moved his wrists and stared at the screen, looking very focused.
YM's move to grab Luo is also very obvious. He doesn't want to give FNC's assistant Hailisang a roaming auxiliary hero. In addition, he also wants to test the opponent and see if FNC will give Ou Cheng Xia.
However, fnc has already responded.
The red side directly reveals Pike on the first floor, and then locks it down!
"FNC actually picked Parker!" Guan Zeyuan and Qi Yi said in surprise at the same time.
The factory manager on the side also showed a surprised look.
The director also provided timely data. In the current world competition, the appearance rate of the hero Pike is 0, making him a completely unpopular hero.
"Considering bwipo's hero pool, I don't think there will be a possibility of Pyke's top laner. This must be for Hairisang." I remember concluding.
"Indeed, without Luo, I thought I would give Hailisang a whole bull's head or something, but I didn't expect it to be a Pike. This is where I showed my trump card at the beginning." Guan Zeyuan said with a smile.
"Next, fnc's choice is...Xin Zhao! Without Qinggang Ying, Xin Zhao is indeed the overlord of the wild area. Fnc can take it down for Broxah without any problem."
In this way, FNC grabbed Ye Fu first in the first round, and Pike and Xin Zhao still played a big role in the early stage.
Moreover, with Pike on the line, FNC may not be able to really catch it all at once. Maybe Hailisang will look back and grab it, or he can go around and catch it with Xin Zhao.
"Now ym has to make a choice. With Xia Luo, he must choose. The rest should be chosen between mid and jungle. When Ice Girl is banned, I think it is better to take Enchantress in the left hand.
It's feasible, but caps may also use heroes like Grasshopper and Morgana as their backup, and there aren't many good junglers available to Xiaotian." Guan Zeyuan was analyzing eloquently.
The hero on the second floor of the blue side has been revealed.
The source of the plague, Twitch!
"Huh??ym didn't lock the Xialuo combination in the second pick, but picked a mouse!" I remember saying loudly.
Guan Zeyuan, who concluded that YM would lock Xia, was momentarily embarrassed.
"If you choose Shuluo's bottom lane, ym's main focus is team initiating. Shuluo's team fighting ability is indeed higher." The factory director commented.
As soon as he saw Mouse and Luo, some bad memories came to his mind.
"Well, it is indeed rare not to choose Xia Luo when there is one," Guan Zeyuan shook his head and looked at the screen intently.
YM's third choice was also confirmed, the Dark Head of State, Syndra!
"Did you get Syndra for the left hand first?" I remember thinking, "There's no big problem with the lineup, but I got it a little early."
"Ym probably wants to force FNC to lock down the mid laner," the factory director interjected, "against Syndra, Caps can use the Demon Queen and the Sword Girl, but similarly, Ou Cheng also needs to use it in the second round.
Taking the ban seat, both sides actually have their own little thoughts."
At the game table, FNC's coach also looked at YM's first-round lineup with a frown.
"Let's get Martin (Ou's real name) a cannon first. I have too many heroes to deal with this Syndra, so don't worry." Caps said confidently.
He knew that the left-hand "two balls and one chicken" was very good, but caps himself was also a sea of heroes, and he was very familiar with how to deal with Syndra.
Facing the coach's questioning gaze, Ou Cheng clasped his fingers and said calmly: "Tristana."
The fnc coach nodded and directed the team to lock down the cannon.
Both sides also entered the second round of BP.
The red side FNC banned the Sword Queen and the Prince respectively in the remaining two ban positions.
YM locked Zoe and Dao Mei, but unexpectedly did not ban Enchantress.
"Are you so confident about your left hand? Caps's enchantress can't even ban it. This..." Guan Zeyuan looked confused.
Although Syndra's online consumption ability is no worse than that of Enchantress, eq push ball can also prevent Enchantress' sudden face.
But FNC's Nosuke, Xin Zhao and Pike are still very threatening in the early stage.
Paired with a witch, the left hand's fault tolerance rate is very low, and he will lose even one skill.
"Isn't this a trap? Is there some trick hidden in the upper and wild positions?" I remember guessing.
With Meng Ma's rigor, he should have understood how good caps' assassin-type mid laner is.
There is no reason to deliberately release the enchantress.
But Syndra on the left hand is already locked, so all FNC has to consider is the top and jungle positions.
Although he felt a little uneasy, the FNC coach still couldn't resist the temptation of Enchantress Xin Zhao's midfield combination, and resolutely locked Enchantress in the fourth pick!
The camera showed the caps, Mr. Bean looked confident, and his eyes were full of confidence.
"In this way, FNC not only got a strong midfielder and auxiliary combination, but also left the counter position to bwipo. For them, they got all the heroes they wanted in this round, which is not too comfortable!" Guan Ze
Yuan said helplessly.
He was still a little picky about the first-round selections of Syndra and the Rats.
FNC has made it clear that it wants to raise caps, so there is no need to lock the hero to the left hand so early.
"The next step is to see how ym chooses its top jungler. Bwipo's laning style is still very strong. If he has Counter as his back-up player, even if ym has Jiang Keda, he still has to be careful." Director
Looking at the screen curiously.
The blue side made the fourth choice, and ym showed Pig Girl first.
"Pig Girl is no problem. YM's main focus is team fighting...but the rhythm in the early stage may not be as good as Broxah's."
"Then we'll see what heroes YM will get for Jiang Ke University." I remember saying.
On the big screen, the director also locked the camera on Su Chen's face.
The first game of the quarter-finals is still very important, especially when you have the right to choose sides, ym should win this game.
However, Su Chen's reaction at this moment was very calm, holding his chin with one hand, as if he was already waiting for the game to start.
There is no communication in the voice.
While the commentators were wondering, ym's fifth choice was already locked in.
Undead God of War, Thane.
As soon as they saw this Thain revealed, everyone inside and outside the court became calm!
"Ym actually picked Thain in his last choice. It shouldn't be for Jiang Keda!" Guan Zeyuan said in an exaggerated tone.
One thing to say, in the World Championship version, top laners like Sion, Urgot, and Ornn are the regular options for each team.
But when it comes to YM, the situation is different. This Thane is usually for the left hand.
"In that case, it's Thain in the mid lane and Syndra in the top lane?" I remember saying in surprise.
"I guess so," the factory director laughed. "You haven't seen him use Ryze and Viktor before. It's not surprising that this guy can use any hero he wants."
"Sain beat the enchantress, is this what it is?" Guan Zeyuan suddenly realized.
No wonder ym would deliberately give the enchantress to caps, the co-author is hiding such a sway!
The hero in the mid lane, Thain, is not afraid of being caught. After the fourth-level Echo City has an anti-magic cloak, the damage from the Enchantress will hardly pose a real threat to Thain.
In this way, it is not so easy for Caps' Enchantress to open up the situation online, and once he forcibly leaves the middle lane to roam, Thain will pose a great threat to the defense tower.
The fnc coach also knows that he has been fooled, but this does not mean that the strategy has completely failed. After all, BP also depends on the players to reflect it.
Now that it was confirmed that bwipo's opponent was Syndra from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, the fnc coach didn't have much to hesitate, and quickly locked up Gnar, who also had long hands, for bwipo.
"In this way, FNC's last choice is to win Gnar for bwipo, which will supplement the team's front row frankness and team-fighting ability. It will not be difficult to face Syndra online."
Guan Zeyuan was just about to take stock of the lineups on both sides.
In the blue square ym on the left side of the BP interface, various heroes were also mobilized. When they saw that the mouse was switched to the top lane and Syndra was switched to the ad position.
The entire Busan venue erupted with exclamations!
The fnc coach was even dumbfounded!
Rat top lane, Syndra and Rakan take the bottom lane!?
What the hell is this??
"Ym swayed again at the last moment, and the mouse was switched to Jiang Keda who was on the road! I believe no one expected this to happen!" I remember being surprised and happy.
"Pike and Xiaopao are still very strong in the bottom lane, but it is difficult to open up the situation against Syndra and Luo. These two people wanted to make a show of their faces and just pushed the ball to solve it. How could they beat Syndra?"
Guan Zeyuan was also unbelievable.
Pike's support in the first FNC game was eye-catching enough, but the continuous swing shown by ym really exceeded everyone's imagination!