He suffered his first defeat of the season at the hands of Excellent Era, and if he said he was not willing to accept it, then of course it was inevitable.
However, for the moment, Lin Jingyan did not have the energy to investigate who was responsible for this defeat; nor did he have the time to correct the weaknesses in his tactics.
Howling's opponent next Saturday is a powerful Samsara. If we are not fully prepared, it may be difficult to even score.
The defending champion had a bad start this year, losing two of the first three rounds. However, they followed closely and by the end of the eighth round, they had caught up with the first group. Presumably they will be at home in the 9th and 9th rounds, and they must want to continue their efforts.
Defeat the roaring ones with force.
This was what Lin Jingyan was worried about.
Samsara has won five rounds in a row, and he has already gained momentum and is in good shape.
But for Wuxiao, it is not completely impossible to win.
In the first eight rounds of competition, Samsara had four battles against powerful enemies, with two wins and two losses. Regardless of advantages and disadvantages, strength or tactics, they were all fully demonstrated.
In terms of preparation before the game, Lin Jingyan has enough battle examples to refer to.
As the championship last season, Samsara has not changed much in terms of personnel. They retired a veteran who had no appearance record for a whole year, and added a rookie who is only on the roster so far. The people who play in the game are still the same.
So few.
Not counting Priest player Fang Minghua, from captain Zhou Zekai to vice-captain Jiang Botao, and the rest of the main players, they all basically debuted in the fifth and sixth seasons. Physical strength, energy and experience are the best age to combine.
The stability of the lineup will bring breakthroughs in performance, but along with it, the rookies' playing time will be reduced, making it difficult for them to get sufficient training.
Su Yuan, Ren Fangu in the seventh season, and Yu Nian in the eighth season are not bad in terms of their basic skills. However, judging from the few appearances this season, their level has not improved significantly, and they can only compete in the most insignificant arena competition.
Second formation.
The skill points of reincarnated characters are very high.
After a summer of analysis, this is basically a secret known to everyone in the professional circle. The only thing that is really kept secret is the specific value of the skill points and the method of distribution.
Although the advantage in this area still exists this season, once the opponent is prepared, the effect will not be as sharp as when it first emerged.
Blue Rain, Excellent Era, Tiny Herb, and Misty Rain, every team scored points in the powerful individual competition of Samsara. Even the weak teams Ming Qing, Zhaohua, and Yue Yun were no exception.
The scene of shutting down Blue Rain in the second round of the finals has only been repeated once this season by Yi Zhan.
This reincarnation is not so strong that it is invulnerable and cannot be resisted.
Lin Jingyan, Fang Rui, and Qiu Fei reached the first consensus. Then the three of them discussed the issue of personnel deployment for the heads-up competition.
Individual competition or group competition?
Wuxiao, who is better than the best, has to face this problem every time he encounters a strong team.
Although the second team of Samsara's arena competition, no matter who the three rotating players are, they are in a trap, but so far, only Tiny Herb has been able to defeat them in their arena this season.
Zhou Zekai and Yi Gun Chuan Yun, the strongest current players, plus the strongest accounts, formed a wall of sighs that was insurmountable for the great powers.
Lin Jingyan and Fang Rui's advice was to first make sure to grab points in the individual competition.
Lin Jingyan analyzed: "The stage of reincarnation is indeed not impeccable. But the question is, do we need to give up the individual competition for this reason."
Qiu Fei said: "For us, the strength advantage of the reincarnation character is obvious. In addition, it is the opponent's home court, so even if we play the individual game with all our strength, it may not be stable. We should prepare according to the first half of the year.
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In the thirty-sixth round of the eighth match, Wuxiao also challenged Samsara away from home. In that match, the three people present fought hard for the group stage, and in the end they succeeded in defeating Zhou Zekai, grabbing the only two points for Wuxiao.
Fang Rui pondered for a while and said: "Thinking about it from another angle, Samsara's average personal strength is much stronger than ours. Are they willing to let us repeat our same tricks and steal these two points in the arena?"
Qiu Fei's eyes moved and asked: "You mean, they will make adjustments?"
Fang Rui replied: "This should be a high probability thing. As long as you adjust a good player to fight in the arena, it is almost a sure thing. Besides, if you switch to the individual competition, there is a map to rely on. Once you win, it may not happen.
Definitely lose."
Lin Jingyan thought about it for a moment, nodded and said, "It makes sense. It seems that our focus needs to be on the individual competition."
Qiu Fei was still a little unwilling and said: "Samsara has not made adjustments in the previous games. Will it be targeted specifically for us?"
Fang Rui nodded and said: "I calculated that it is still possible. Other teams are either not strong enough, and even if they specialize in the ring, they may not be able to pass Zhou Zekai's level. Or they have enough points and need Samsara to have enough good players to support themselves.
We are the only ones who can barely break through the ring, but we can only choose one."
Fang Rui's analysis convinced Qiu Fei, and the three of them began to arrange the order of appearance according to the policy of focusing on individual competitions.
Fang Rui took the lead, Lin Jingyan followed, and Qiu Fei came in the rear. The stage at the back was left to Guo Yang, Guo Haoran and Zhao Yuzhe.
The team competition score accounts for half of the total score. The two rounds where Samsara failed, naturally resulted in a loss in the team competition.
The problem of attackers that was exposed last season has not been completely solved by Samsara. The two rounds of Blue Rain and Excellent Era focused on this aspect.
However, even if there is a standard answer, not everyone can copy it.
In fact, in the third round against Excellent Era, Samsara had already used Wu Qi as a substitute to help Du Ming become the main force, and achieved good results.
The person primarily responsible for the loss in that game was actually vice-captain Jiang Botao. If he hadn't been cut off, Samsara might not have lost the game against Excellent Era.
In the following rounds, Du Ming, Wu Qi and Lu Boyuan rotated frequently. In the match against Tiny Herb, Lu Boyuan was the substitute.
Zhou Zekai entangled Wang Jiexi, Du Ming resisted Gao Yingjie, and Jiang Botao and Wu Qi cooperated to separate Xu Bin and focus on Liu Xiaobie, establishing victory in one fell swoop.
"In fact, Tiny Herb lost because of the disconnect between Xu Bin and Liu Xiaobie." Fang Rui said, "If the two of them could hold on longer, Gao Yingjie might be able to open up the situation."
Lin Jingyan subconsciously tapped his fingers on the table several times, and then said: "It's not that we can't follow this strategy, but compared to Tiny Herb, our fault tolerance is much smaller. You two have heavy responsibilities. Qiu Fei
You have to delay it as long as possible. Fang Rui, you have to fight as quickly as possible. This is contrary to your usual fighting habits and is not easy."
Qiu Fei said: "Then what if we change it?"
Lin Jingyan glanced at Fang Rui and said, "Zhou Zekai can't stand it alone."
Fang Rui curled his lips and said nothing.
Even if they have the same skill level, due to the inherent limitations of the profession, the thief cannot restrain the sharpshooter. And if he were to be a gangster, Fang Rui doesn't think that the skills he has developed in the past two months after changing professions can withstand Zhou Zekai and the one-shot shooter.
cloud.
"Xiao Qiu, you should fight Zhou Zekai, and Fang Rui should fight Du Ming." Lin Jingyan finally made the decision.