There were also two strong dialogues in the third round, namely Misty Rain versus Thunder, and Excellent Era versus Samsara. And it was in these two games that there were unexpected results.
Playing at home, Yanyu lost the team match despite a strong 4:1 lead in the first half.
In the competition, Chu Yunxiu, the captain of Yanyu, performed impeccably. She was one against two and did not lose in the confrontation between the elemental mages.
However, the close combat led by the second leader Li Hua was very substandard. Although they had the numerical advantage, they were defeated by the swords of Yu Feng and Liu Hao.
After the veteran Xu Ru retired, the original sixth man, the sharpshooter Lu Yining, became the main force. The sharpshooter is more aggressive than the summoner, but he is not as good at coordinating the whole game.
Yanyu's team tactics were not adjusted according to the turnover of personnel, but they just couldn't form a whole, and it always felt like something was missing.
The new champion reincarnation, after losing the match with Blue Rain in the previous round, was defeated by Excellent Era in this round.
Gun champion Zhou Zekai is still unparalleled. In the arena, even though he was half a head behind, he killed two battle mages, Li Rui and Sun Xiang, giving Samsara a one-point lead in the away game heading into the second half.
However, just like Yanyu, the loss in the team competition dimmed Zhou Zekai's shine and he lost this round of competition.
Speaking of which, this is not the first time that Samsara has failed at Excellent Era's home court. Although Samsara has greatly improved its role compared to the last time, the current Excellent Era has also completed its reorganization.
Wu Xia Amon.
Samsara once again suffered a disastrous tactical defeat, even worse than the previous round.
This is not because Excellent Era is better than Lan Yu in terms of overall strength, but because Xiao Shiqin, who leads Excellent Era's tactics, is extremely good at picking out details. In addition, he has ready-made homework to copy. He put Excellent Era's home map
The advantages are maximized.
In the team competition, Excellent Era focused on Samsara's weaknesses and tore their opponents into pieces, suppressing them throughout the game.
Samsara's main lineup still lacks a full-time attacker. This weakness has always existed.
Their current person in this position is captain Zhou Zekai. When facing a team that is in the middle or lower reaches, the power of the gun king is always unfavorable.
However, once Zhou Zekai encounters a well-matched opponent, the team's repeated team offense and defense under the Dui Zi tactic will expose the problem of inability to attack, and sometimes even the defense is not strong enough.
In the position of the backbone of offense and defense, the candidate for reincarnation is swordsman Du Ming.
Du Ming is actually not bad. Even if he is not at All-Star level, he is quite close. Moreover, he works very hard and has been constantly improving to adapt to his tactical role.
However, based on the current situation, Du Ming's strength is not enough to take on such an important task in a top team that aims to defend its title.
Excellent attackers are mostly the backbone of each team. They are either captain or vice-captain, with very few exceptions. Moreover, players of this level rarely appear in the transfer market. As for those who meet the requirements of Samsara-level teams
, then it is even more rare.
In the past summer, it was not that Samsara had not come into contact with Yu Feng. However, Yu Feng left Blue Rain in order to pursue personal status. Samsara could not give Yu Feng the captaincy, and Yu Feng had no intention of transferring to Samsara to continue to be the third in command. In the end,
Still defected to Thunder.
The staffing problem cannot be rectified by simple tactical adjustments. Compared with the four already famous tactician masters, Zhou Zekai and Jiang Botao, there is obviously still a big gap.
But having said that, there are actually not many teams that can beat Samsara in terms of tactics.
Many times, personal strength can also be used to reverse tactics.
After all, Zhou Zekai is the youngest among the Five Saints. His technical experience and condition are at their peak. His title as the number one in Glory is worthy of his name. There are only so many people in active service who can restrain him and separate him from the overall strategy of reincarnation.
A handful of people.
In the other three games of this round, there were huge disparities in scores.
The Glory Professional League has entered its ninth year. The strength gap between strong teams and weak teams has gradually widened, and huge championship and relegation groups have emerged.
Blue Rain 9:1 Zhaohua, Tiny Herb 9:1 301, Light Cut 0:10 Tyranny. In addition to the complete defeat to the roaring Linhai, several teams that suffered a heavy defeat, although they have always been in the middle and lower reaches, have never been
They are not absolute underdogs who are the favorites for relegation. However, in front of several strong teams in the playoffs, they did not perform better than the two newly promoted teams.
After this round, the points gradually opened up. Tyranny and Tiny Herb led the way with 29 and 28 points respectively, followed by Whistling with 26 points and Excellent Era with 25 points, followed closely by Blue Rain.
Void and Royal Wind had a relatively easy start to the game, and they also maintained complete victories and both scored more than 20 points.
The five teams, Thunder, Samsara, Mingqing, Yanyu and Yueyun, are ranked 8th to 12th with a difference of 1 point each.
The defending champions suffered two consecutive defeats after beating the new champions, which made the optical shop's business boom. However, their upcoming schedule will be much easier, and they may only need one or two rounds to return to the championship group.
Generally speaking, if a team wants to successfully avoid relegation, it must average more than 3.3 points per game, which means it must score 10 points in three games.
Now that three rounds have passed, there are as many as seven teams with less than 10 points. It can be predicted that this year's relegation battle will be extremely fierce.
It ranks among the top three in terms of points, but has neither the Five Saints nor the master tactician Wu Howl. In the eyes of the media, it is just a pseudo-strong team. Even behind Excellent Era and Blue Rain, the odds of winning the championship in the regular season are lower than Wu Xiao.
Much more.
There was no one in the Wuxiao team that was not convinced by this. With veteran Lin Jingyan holding the line, any emotions that had arisen in the team were suppressed.
Keeping a low profile and grabbing points and striving for the top four is Wuxiao's goal this season.
Since the second game of last season's finals ended with only individual matches, the league officials suffered a huge loss in advertising, and there are many calls to modify the playoff format.
It is reported that this season's playoffs will no longer calculate the points of each game, but will determine the outcome based on the number of games won. This means that even if the first game is lost 0:10, the second game will be determined by the number of wins.
If they only win 6:4 in the second game, it will be counted as a 1:1 draw, and then they will enter a play-off game to determine the outcome.
The teams with the highest rankings in the regular season will definitely have a home-and-away schedule. If they are dragged into the play-offs, they will be able to enjoy the treatment of an extra home court.
This change not only makes the playoffs more suspenseful, but also makes the regular season rankings play a greater role. The top four teams will definitely get a home court treatment. Although it may not be used, it is better than
Not good.
The fourth round of Wuxiao is an away game against the Void. In order to score one or two more points, the Wuxiao team has entered a state of preparation starting from Monday.