Chapter 180 Are you planning to use the same trick you used last time?

VG won the first match against CLG easily.

With the advantage in the early game, Nidalee cooperated with EZ to enter the jungle and snowball, but CLG's lineup clearly lacked the means to force an opening. No matter how powerful Braum's passive was, he had to activate it first.

So as expected, in less than thirty minutes, CLG's base was flattened by VG in one wave.

In fact, Lin Dong could understand CLG’s initial idea.

Maokai's ultimate can start a large-scale team fight. Once the ultimate is thrown, in order to avoid being controlled by the ultimate first, the players on your side will definitely find a way to stand together, just like when they played against RNG before, when facing Jhin's ultimate, all RNG members stood in a straight line. In this way, the Dragon King's "Rasengan" has enough room to play.

But what CLG didn't expect was that VG didn't want to play this kind of team battle with them at all.

Whether it's the mid laner EZ or the jungle Nidalee, they each fight on their own.

Especially Nidalee, EZ, Jhin and Xerath, after level 6, they turned into Poke maniacs. CLG couldn't even see the people before they were Poked to pieces by various skills.

Fight back?

But they have to come in first!
So Lin Dong was not surprised when CLG lost the first game.

From the moment the roster was selected, CLG was doomed to fail.

And the mid laner EZ that Leng Shao took out only accelerated the process.

The key problem is that CLG lacks a team-initiating support like Minotaur.

In a nutshell...

It's impossible to throw the weapon, and it's impossible to open the weapon, so the assistant just raises a shield to block the skill. What's the difference between that and taking a beating for nothing?
However, although they defeated CLG, after returning to the stage, Lin Dong was shocked when he looked up and saw Redmi was playing badly.

Redmi, which has always been diligent, was too lazy to even review the performance this time, and just said one sentence to everyone.

"Dragon King, don't choose, and don't ban."

"..." Lin Dong almost couldn't hold it in.

You just discovered this problem now?
In League of Legends, heroes who can make ice wands, whether it's Brand or Alchemist, all have continuous damage skills with very high skill hit rates. Does Dragon King have it?
If this new mid laner is really that awesome, would Faker not choose him in the finals, but instead continue to choose Ryze and Tsar?
Although he complained, Lin Dong soon discovered that something was wrong.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't Redmi be arranging the BP for the next game at this time?

The MSI Mid-Season Tournament has a special format. During the group stage, each team will have two Bo1 games every day.

Winning CLG is just the first game.

As if sensing Lin Dong's confusion, Hongmi sighed and explained.

"In the next game...why don't you just play freely?"

"I've already misjudged CLG, and this next team... I don't understand it even more."

"The Turkish team that finally advanced to MSI... um..."

Hongmi looked at everyone, wanting to say something but stopping herself, obviously feeling a little uncomfortable.

Gao Jun on the side shrugged and said.

"To put it simply... our next opponent, the famous Sup team, should be about the same level as LGD this year in terms of strength."

"In terms of strength?" Xiao Duan was stunned for a moment, "Didn't the coach tell us not to underestimate our opponents?"

"Hongmi told you to be careful of the hero Dragon King at the beginning!" Gao Jun sighed and replied, "Just now, the Sup team next door has finished the first game of the group stage."

"Oh? Who are you fighting with?" Lin Dong asked subconsciously.

"SKT." Gao Jun shook his head and showed a sympathetic expression.

"Hiss... Is it so tragic? How is the situation?" Lin Dong took a breath, "We are playing against SKT right at the start. I'm afraid our mentality won't be good in the next few games."

"I don't think this has anything to do with mentality." Gao Jun smiled bitterly, "There are also differences between regions. In the last game, SKT was just like playing against bots. The second tower in the middle lane was still there, but SKT had already gone to the high ground to kill people. The final score was 22 to 1, and the game time was less than minutes..."

To be honest, when Lin Dong heard the score, he even thought he had heard it wrong.

Isn't SKT's playing style an operations-based one?

First rely on the rhythm of the mid and jungle to slowly accumulate advantages, and then rely on the rhythm of operations to take it step by level.

But what the hell is 22 to 1?

This is Sup's three-lane laning. Were they all defeated by SKT?

It was at that moment that Lin Dong suddenly understood why Hongmi allowed everyone to play freely.

When the opponent has problems in all three lanes, there is always only one simplest and most brutal way to win the game.

That means breaking through the line.

One force can bring down ten.

So at that moment, the thoughts of all VG members became clear at the same time.

Leblanc in the mid lane, Lee Sin in the jungle, and Skateboards + Alistar in the bottom lane.

Of course, when it comes to Sup team’s response, it’s actually quite good.

In order to restrain the attack of Minotaur, the bottom lane chose Poppy as an assist, and the ADC chose Lucian as a response, wanting to compete in the early stage, while the mid laner chose Ashe, who was more restrained against Leblanc, wanting to cooperate with the jungler Spider to train the mid lane.

But...Sup's lineup selection was fine, but there was a problem with the laning phase.

I don't even understand the routines in the wild area.

At level one in the bottom lane, Xiaoduan's Alistar and the opposite Poppy were facing each other across the wall and dancing. It seemed peaceful, but the next second Alistar used Q flash to keep the person, and Skateboard Shoes and Lee Sin rushed up directly from the dragon pit and took the first blood.

Afterwards, Lin Dong immediately called on the bottom lane duo and forcefully invaded the opponent's bottom jungle area. While firmly taking the red buff, they also forced the opponent's jungler out of the bottom jungle area.

After killing the red buff, Lin Dong knew that the opponent's Spider would definitely counter-jungle first, reach level 3 and then gank people, so he immediately changed his strategy and went straight to level 2 to gank the middle lane. Leng Shao happened to succeed in grabbing level 2, and with an insidious E, he chained the Ice Girl to death. In this round, the Ice Girl even had flash and teleport, and facing the level 2 burst of the two people, she had no power to fight back and was taken away in one set.

After taking down the Ice Girl, Lin Dong still did not choose to go back to clear the jungle, but directly called Leng Shao and Saint Spear Brother to go into the jungle to catch the spider.

And the laning advantage in the top lane was successfully radiated to the jungle in this way.

Not only was Spider's rhythm disrupted, the wild monsters were robbed and his flash was forced out, and the Ice Girl's teleport was also forced to be used to support teammates, resulting in him being killed by a single person and losing a large wave of soldiers, directly maximizing his losses.

At this point, less than five minutes into the game, the advantages of top, mid and jungle were all established. The bottom lane was lukewarm, but Leng Shao's Ahri was already killing like crazy.

When he returned to the city for the second time, he took out Mejia's Soul Stealing Scroll and transformed himself into a gentleman and easy-going scholar. Seeing that there was no chance in the middle lane, he immediately turned around and went to the bottom lane to withdraw money.

This time, Sup's base exploded in just over twenty minutes.

Looking at this cruel scene, even the three people in the commentary booth couldn't bear to watch it.

Especially when looking at Leblanc with twenty-five levels of Book of Death, who could kill people instantly without even needing the E skill to hit with one set of skills, and only needed WQR plus ignite to trigger the Thunder Lord's Decree, Wawa even began to forcibly help Sup save face.

"Sup, this is obviously because he is not used to the local environment! He hasn't done enough research on VG!"

"When playing against VG, how can we release Ahri?"

"And Ryze is still out there, pick Ryze! As for Icon, he is more afraid of this hero!"

“I can only say that I hope Sup can adjust his condition and bring more exciting games to everyone.”

"But here, I still want to say... Let's congratulate VG for successfully winning both games today and successfully taking the first two points."

And the other side.

After defeating Team Sup, the first thing VG did was to immediately return to the lounge and begin a tense review of the game.

Of course, it’s not to review your own disk.

There is nothing much to say about defeating the Sup team. After all, no matter what competition it is, they have their own experience, even MSI is no exception.

Instead, we reviewed the games of the other two teams.

As for why I care so much about other teams' games, the reason is simple.

G2, the European Spring Championship champion, was highly expected by everyone and had defeated LCK teams several times in large-scale competitions. It was nicknamed "Anti-Korean Heroes" by fans around the world. On the first day of the group stage, it met SKT.

And SKT is VG's opponent on the second day of the group stage.

Lin Dong has a deep impression of the G2 team.

After all, their mid laner Perkz, from the European King of Mages, to the European Faker, and later the funny Little P, it is hard for people not to remember this person's existence.

In this game, G2's approach to dealing with SKT was actually the same as VG's original plan.

Ban the Tsar, who has performed best in Faker's recent versions, and choose an assassin as the mid laner to cooperate with the jungler to protect the middle lane. Then the top laner is responsible for initiating a team fight, and the bottom lane is responsible for suppressing the laning phase, so that they can completely attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

So in this game, G2 chose to play mid lane Ekko against Faker's Ryze.

This time G2's BP was very good, and Perkz's laning ability was also remarkable. Before seven minutes, neither team had even managed to get a single kill.

But the problem lies at the time point of Level 6.

In order to deal with the Lucian + Braum system chosen by the G2 bottom lane duo, SKT came up with the Alistar + Annie system.

It is definitely impossible to beat Lucian before level 6, so SKT's bottom lane has been developing quietly, leaving after clearing the line, and not fighting at all.

However, just when they were about to reach level 6, Bang's Annie started to push the line into the tower frantically, and not far away, SKT's jungler Kindred directly surrounded them from behind.

At the moment the soldiers entered the tower, Lulu was the first to reach level 6 and immediately activated her ultimate to speed up the Minotaur. With the advantage of movement speed, Wolf's Minotaur went straight forward and used the WQ combo to knock Lucian away. He then cooperated with Kindred to take Lucian's mark and the kill.

It looks like this is just a simple wave of arrests.

But the problem is that this wave of ganking was the biggest result SKT achieved after continuous fighting during the seven minutes when they had not had any kills.

Because under normal circumstances, when the bottom lane is double-teamed by the opponent, the jungler should counter-camp in the bottom lane, and the top laner has teleport, so he should teleport to the bottom lane to provide support.

However, G2 couldn't do it.

Because at this point in time, Kindred's mark was refreshed on the top lane, and Graves had to go to the top lane to prevent Kindred from getting the mark, so he couldn't go to the bottom lane to counter-camp and protect his teammates.

G2's top laner Gragas had a Teleport in his hand, and because jungler Graves invaded SKT's bottom jungle in the previous wave, Kindred pretended to cooperate with Ryze to cross the top lane defensive tower. He had to return to the city immediately to replenish his status, and then Teleport back to the line to make up for the loss.

So after all this, SKT relied on the Mark of Kindred to play with G2's jungler at their fingertips. SKT's operating rhythm took off from this moment on, and then they broke through G2's defense by breaking through the surface.

Soon, G2 was unable to resist any more, and the final outcome was the same as Sup, with a score of 19 to 3. Faker's Ryze even became a god in one fell swoop.

Looking at SKT's operational style of play, everyone in the VG lounge suddenly fell silent.

Xiao Duan, in particular, turned his head with a dazed look and looked at Lin Dong who was touching his nose awkwardly not far away.

because……

Kindred uses the mark to lock the position of the opponent's jungler, and then Kindred starts to operate from another position.

Why does this style of play look so familiar?

Isn’t this the way Lin Dong played in the last game of the Spring Finals?
In that game, Lin Dong's Kindred also used this method to break through EDG's grasp.

Because it is always a multiple-choice question.

If you don't care about the mark, forget about the gank rhythm!

If you want to gank the rhythm, then Kindred can get the mark and still be invincible in the later stages!

I don’t know how long it took before Xiao Duan finally spoke.

"How come SKT also knows how to play this way?"

“……”Lin Dong.

Isn't that nonsense?

I learned the operational tactics of besieging Wei to save Zhao and surrounding a point to attack reinforcements from SKT!
First lay out in advance, force out the opponent's key support skills, and then instantly detonate the subsequent traps.

So in the first seven minutes, SKT seemed to be launching tentative attacks, and neither side had a single kill. But once the rhythm started, they entered a rapid snowball mode. In just fifteen minutes, they took 18 kills, exactly one kill per minute.

SKT was like a ruthless rhythm machine, crushing G2 to death.

While watching the game between SKT and G2, Hongmi, who was standing by, finally sat up straight, looked serious, and asked.

"So... Lin Dong? Is there any way to deal with Qian Jue's style of play?"

When asked about this, Lin Dong thought for a moment, shook his head and replied.

"Choose between setting the tempo and suppressing Kindred? There is no other way, because SKT's late-game ability is strong, so as long as they are pulled back by Kindred's mark, no matter which choice you make, it will be a loss."

"If that's really the case..." Hongmi took a deep breath and said, "Then when we play against SKT tomorrow, we have to ban Kindred!"

"Forget about Ryze and Tsar. If we play against SKT, I will definitely ban them unless Hou Ye is on the field. Otherwise, it will be too difficult to handle."

"This leaves us with only one ban spot left, and it has to be given to Kindred."

"This means that we don't have enough ban slots. We are likely to be completely suppressed by SKT in terms of BP..."

However, after hearing Hongmi's words, Lin Dong realized that he seemed to have misunderstood the other party.

So he explained quickly.

"No, Kindred doesn't need to be banned."

"If I handle it well in the early stages, Kindred won't be able to pull me back."

"I thought it was about choosing between two options. At that point, I would lose no matter which I choose."

When Hongmi heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked.

"You have a solution? What solution? You can't just say you don't care about Kindred's Mark, right? But if you do... what about the rhythm?"

"Cough cough..."

Lin Dong looked around with a guilty conscience and found that the familiar figure was not there. Then he suddenly remembered, oh, the guy had left, so he spoke boldly with confidence.

"Then what..."

"Coach, have you forgotten something?"

"The refresh mechanism of Kindred's Mark in the early stage is regular."

"And before the fourth level of the mark, Kindred's mark... will not refresh on the red and blue buffs, the three wolves, and the stone man."

"Since the opponent Kindred wants us to choose between two options, why don't we let the opponent Kindred also choose between two options?"

After hearing Lin Dong's words, Hongmi was confused.

pick one of two?

Can Kindred choose between the two?
For the hero Kindred, there are only two ways to obtain marks.

Wild monsters, or human heads.

Is there something more important than wild monsters and kills?

However, at this moment.

Hongmi's body suddenly stiffened!
Because...it really exists!

For junglers, especially in the early stages, both the red buff and the blue buff are more important!
So at that moment, Hongmi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"and many more!"

"Are you planning to use the same trick you used last time?"

(End of this chapter)