Chapter 214 Swing Together

In fact, there was a reason why Kkoma didn't choose Tam as a support at the beginning.

Although Tam's W skill can effectively counter the opponent's team fight, its shortcomings are also obvious.

He has no ability to initiate a team fight and is not as good as a hard support like Alistar.

They also lack recovery ability, making it difficult to pull in team battles.

Especially when facing a hero like Leblanc who uses W to quickly attack and then immediately retreats, Tam is almost useless.

That’s why Kkoma decided to choose a support nurse.

On the one hand, when Ahri uses her W skill, she can use her E skill to silence him, which may prevent her from releasing all her combos. On the other hand, after her teammates are consumed by Ahri in this way, the nurse can help them recover their health, so they will not be forced to give up support after being severely injured and have to return to the city to recover.

But he never expected...

In this game, Ahri didn't play any role.

Since the opponent chose the first-floor Ahri, the team immediately switched to a single-point kill lineup.

Relying on the control of Malzahar and Scarecrow, we can start a team fight directly at a specific point and kill one first!
So Kkoma was very upset at this time.

Why didn’t I think of this at the beginning!

After playing against VG several times in the group stage, it is obvious that VG's side lane performance is sometimes not outstanding, but that is only during the laning phase. When it comes to team fights, they can still stand out when it is time to do so.

at the same time.

After losing the first game, Blank quietly returned to the lounge.

This time, he was the last one to leave the stage and hid behind the SKT team.

After returning to the lounge, looking at Kkoma's green-green face, Blank silently shrank into a corner.

On the surface, the reason why we lost the last game was that Faker gave away several key rhythms.

But everyone in SKT understood that the problem was with Blank.

After all, Blank was the jungler and it was he who asked Faker to go to the top lane and it was also he who asked Faker to go up there to cheat with his skills.

So Blank was very nervous at this time.

broken.

Are you going to replace yourself?

But fortunately, this time, Kkoma only attributed the loss in the first game to his own BP problem, rather than Blank's rhythm.

After a long silence, Kkoma took a deep breath and spoke.

"My BP in the last game was not as good as the opponent's, especially the opponent's Scarecrow and Malzahar, which were too difficult to deal with. This was indeed my problem."

"I thought the opponent's mid laner had already locked on Leblanc and it was impossible for them to swing for Malzahar, but I didn't expect them to actually dare to play Malzahar in the top lane."

“Although we lost the first game, I think there was nothing wrong with the rhythm.”

"In this game, the opponent's midfielder was under a lot of pressure."

"So I think... we can still use the same tactics as in the last round. There's no need to change sides."

"But this time, we can't determine the position first. We must leave a wiggle room on the fifth floor."

After hearing what Kkoma said, Blank finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the others nodded and agreed.

At the same time SKT made the decision.

In the VG lounge on the other side.

The staff also informed the VG players of SKT's side selection strategy for the next game.

After hearing that SKT still chose the red side after losing a game instead of choosing to change sides actively, Hongmi frowned.

"You obviously lost a game, but you didn't choose to change sides?"

“Is SKT so confident?”

"Or does he think that it's not a matter of position, and SKT is actually more suitable for the red side, so he won't change the position in this game, but only the tactics?"

"But it's also true that SKT is better at defense than frontal attack."

When Hongmi said this, Lin Dong was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted.

The side selection mechanism in the MSI semi-finals is very special.

At the beginning of the first game, the coaches of both teams draw lots to decide which team has the right to choose sides in the first game. The team with the right to choose sides can actively choose sides.

After the first game, the right to choose sides will not be replaced directly, but will be given to the losing team, giving the losing team greater initiative and a chance of a comeback.

Generally speaking, the blue team's winning rate should be higher than that of the red team.

Because the blue team's upper and lower lanes are very suitable for attack due to the terrain, it is easy to take the initiative.

As for why SKT still chose not to change sides after losing a game... Lin Dong could understand that.

This has a lot to do with the bottom lane in this version.

If you want to attack in the bottom lane, you can only use two early-stage heroes, Skate and Lucian. However, these two heroes are strong in laning phase and start to weaken in the mid-game.

If playing against a weak team, it would be very useful, especially a team that likes to fight very much. But on our side, Sima Laozei is very good at resisting pressure and developing in the laning phase. It is difficult for the opponent to snowball with this hero. Once in the mid-game, SKT's chances of winning will begin to decline because of the bottom lane.

Not only that, as long as SKT dares to choose an early AD in the bottom lane, I will definitely dare to train the bottom lane in the early stage.

Obviously, in SKT's eyes, the benefits and risks are not proportional at all, so as the losing party, even though they had the right to change sides, they did not choose to change sides.

Thinking of this, Lin Dong took a deep breath and immediately felt the pressure rising.

The SKT team... their thinking is too clear and they are too calm.

No wonder people say that SKT in Bo5 and SKT in Bo1 are completely different levels of difficulty.

This is the reason.

Having said that, we can only take one step at a time for now.

However, what puzzled Lin Dong was that recently, the little witch Li Yue had become unusually quiet and had not started to act up.

It’s true, I feel a little uncomfortable without her to push Hongmi and Gao Jun to the limit during the rest time.

After all, there is probably nothing in the world that can be more satisfying than watching the coaches and managers who usually scold you being scolded by your boss.

Of course, Lin Dong had no idea at this moment that Li Yue was also having a hard time holding it in.

Damn, VG doesn’t even have a substitute now, how can I still give instructions?
I knock!

And it seems... VG in the summer season may not have that many substitutes.

Li Yue got angry when she thought of this.

I shouldn't have listened to that bastard Lin Dong.

I have to buy some players and put them in the second team. It will be inconvenient for me to give orders in the first team now.

How can you be the boss if you can’t give instructions?

Isn't the pleasure of being a boss that you, as an outsider, can appoint experts?

But thinking of this, Li Yue was suddenly stunned, and then he started laughing.

It seems...it's not that we can't point fingers.

You can go and give some instructions to the second team!
Of course, the culprit who caused all this cannot be let off.

Anyway, I gave the money myself.

Or... when Team One is taking a break, let Lin Dong coach Team Two in their game?
Thinking of this, Li Yue raised the corners of her mouth slightly and looked at Lin Dong not far away.

At this time, Lin Dong had no idea that he had been targeted by the evil capitalists, who were trying every way to exploit him and treat him like a donkey.

Lin Dong felt a little nervous when being stared at by Li Yue. He felt something was wrong and decided to slip away.

"Let's go, let's play the game."

Soon, in the commentary booth.

Daxiao, Jide and MLXG took the stage again.

This time, the colonel didn't waste any time talking nonsense. He went straight to the point.

"In the first game of the semi-finals, VG took the lead and got off to a good start."

"The second game will start soon. It is worth mentioning that in this game, there are no changes in the personnel configuration or the direction of the teams."

"SKT did not choose to switch sides, so in the second game, VG was still on the blue side and SKT was on the red side."

"From the current perspective, both teams should have chosen the direction they are best at, which is why they did not change sides."

"Because of this, I believe the next game will be even more exciting. Let us wait and see."

"First, let's take a look at the Bp situation of both sides."

"VG still chose to ban Ryze, Time of the Dead, and Maokai."

"Unlike the BP in the previous game, VG did not ban Blank's famous hero Kindred in this game."

"In this case, I wonder if SKT will change their tactics and choose Kindred + Azar, the classic late-game mid-jungle combination."

"SKT banned Rat, Minotaur and Braum."

"It was still the usual BP route targeting the bottom lane, but Leblanc was still out. Not only that, the Ekko that SKT targeted in the previous game was also released."

"I feel like VG's mid laner has a lot of room to maneuver in this game."

"And now that Ahri is released, it depends on whether VG will grab her." At this moment, MLXG on the side took over the conversation and analyzed.

"VG will definitely grab it."

"SKT's BP didn't change much in these two games, and they didn't change their positions, so there shouldn't be much change in tactics. It should be the same as the last game, and they still want to play the mid-jungle rhythm in the early game."

"In this case, we have to grab this Ahri, because if VG doesn't grab it, SKT will definitely take it."

"And as long as VG grabs Leblanc on the first floor, they can basically determine a point that VG cannot swing from, and SKT's subsequent BP will be much easier."

MLXG's analysis is correct.

Because long before going on the court, Hongmi and Lin Dong had already guessed Kkoma's purpose of not changing sides and releasing Ahri as the red team.

It doesn’t mean that Leng Shao will definitely be able to gain an advantage just by picking up Ahri.

The problem is that without Leblanc, SKT is likely to gain an advantage.

This is unacceptable to VG.

So as usual, take down the enchantress on the first floor.

However, what was slightly different from the previous game was that after seeing VG take down Leblanc, SKT did not choose to take the mid and jungle first, but directly selected Annie and Troll.

The heroes haven't changed, but the order has.

The gap seems small, but it makes Redmi raise an eyebrow.

Because the order has changed, it means there are greater variables, which also means SKT has more room to maneuver.

"Annie is definitely in the bottom lane, but the problem is that this Troll... is a three-lane swing hero."

"Top lane, jungle, and support are all fine."

"SKT was smart. They wanted to create an early-game rhythm. In the early game, Annie lacked damage and it was hard for her to deal with the front row, so she used the Troll's ultimate to steal the front row's resistance. In this game, we didn't have Braum to block the damage, so Annie had much more room to play than in the previous game."

"But the problem is... Kindred was clearly released, but the opponent didn't grab it. What does this mean?"

"With Kindred here, it's not realistic for Leblanc to come in and kill people instantly."

"Lin Dong, why don't you take this Qian Jue?"

"It just so happens that Braum is gone in this game. Without Braum, it's not easy to pick Jhin. It's better to use Skateboards in the early game. When Skateboards is exhausted, Kindred can make up for the damage."

After hearing Hongmi's words, Lin Dong did not agree immediately, but frowned.

Leng Shao had to take the enchantress.

I had to take Qian Jue too.

The problem is that Kindred and LeBlanc are not a good match for each other. If SKT really plans to continue playing the mid-jungle rhythm, they may be at a disadvantage.

As the saying goes, there must be a monster when something goes wrong.

Maybe this is SKT’s plan?

So now I am in a dilemma.

It’s not right for Qian Jue to take it, and it’s not right for him not to take it.

But at this moment, Lin Dong's eyes suddenly looked at Sima Laozei. He suddenly thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he spoke.

"Okay, take it first."

At the same time, in SKT’s voice.

Seeing that LeBlanc and Kindred finally came out, Kkoma immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sure enough, if the opponent is not sure what style we will use, they are unwilling to gamble."

"Because they are not completely sure that they can end the game in the early stages!"

"But this way, our midfielder will have an advantage."

"Choose, the mid and jungle should use Ekko and Jarvan, or play the early mid and jungle rhythm!"

"But this time, we don't have to target the middle lane. We can go directly into the opponent's jungle to find Kindred!"

"I just want to see how Kindred can get the mark under such circumstances!"

However, what Kkoma didn't know was.

At the moment when Ike and the excavator lit up, Lin Dong, who should have been under a lot of pressure, suddenly laughed.

"as expected."

"I knew they would continue to play mid-jungle rhythm."

"Do you really think that I, Kindred, must be a jungler?"

"Brother Saint Spear! Do you remember the fighting method I asked you to try last time? Maybe you can use it this time."

Hearing Lin Dong's words, Brother Saint Spear was stunned at first, then he casually looked at Qian Jue in Lin Dong's hand and blurted out.

"Wait? Boy, are you planning to let me play Kindred top lane?"

"The problem is... in the mid-season version, gems are banned!"

"Besides, the middle lane is not the Marquis..."

"Are you sure this routine will work?"

The routine mentioned by Saint Spear Brother is actually very simple.

In the beginning, before receiving official notification, everyone thought that the new version of gems could actually be selected, so almost all the supports of the teams were practicing.

It was at that time that Lin Dong suddenly thought of a routine.

OMG once used Sima Laozei and played the "Kingdom of Gems, Eternal Life Barrier" routine.

The so-called Eternal Life Barrier actually means that Kindred and Jewel go to the bottom lane, and Time goes to the middle lane.

Kindred's ultimate skill makes it impossible to die in the area. The new version of the gem's ultimate skill makes his teammates and himself invincible after the starlight falls, while the time ultimate skill can revive teammates.

With this set of skills, it is basically difficult to die.

Of course, this strategy has never worked in OMG's hands.

Because Leng Shao in that version was no longer the king of solo kills, but the director of an orphanage who had been in jail for two years in OMG. He was better at giving away the rhythm than solo kills, and there was another big flaw in Kindred going to the bottom lane.

That is, the range is too short. Facing ADC, it is too easy to be suppressed. Moreover, as an ADC, you must develop, so it is difficult to roam. At a low level, it is basically impossible to get the mark.

But it would be different if Kindred were replaced as the top laner.

After all, no matter which season, most of the top laners are short-handed top laners, and in S6, a version where warrior top laners are not common, the longer the top laner, the stronger it is, so Kindred naturally has a lot of room to play.

Because of this, as early as the end of the spring season and before the start of MSI, Saint Spear had already practiced this routine many times.

But later the official announced that the use of gems was prohibited in MSI, so this strategy had to be shelved.

But Holy Spear never expected that at this critical moment, Lin Dong would actually take this thing out again.

Hearing Saint Spear Brother's question, Lin Dong smiled and said.

“In fact, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the top order.”

"SKT likes to rock, right? Then let's rock too."

"The current lineup of SKT, the mid laner Ekko, the jungler Digger, and the bottom lane Twisted Fate, these three positions have been determined."

"It depends on whether this troll is a top laner or a support."

"The problem is that trolls are good against tanks, but very vulnerable to long-range heroes."

"Keep Kindred for now, for the last two moves, I'll get the Prince and the Fire Man."

"If the opponent's troll is the top laner, then you can use Kindred to beat the troll to death in the laning phase. I will use Jarvan IV as the jungler to fight against the opponent's mid and jungle. Jarvan IV can barely be considered a jungler hero with strong early-stage combat capabilities. At least his damage is higher than Kindred."

"If the opponent's troll switches to the bottom lane, he will have to face the mage, Brand and Skateboard Shoes. We don't have a tank in the bottom lane, so he won't have any room to play. The only one who can use the ultimate skill is me."

"Also... if the troll switches to the bottom lane, they might pick another tank hero, and the prince has a very critical passive, which is very useful against tanks."

“It’s just not as strong as the previous version, but it’s not unplayable.”

After hearing Lin Dong's words, Hongmi and Saint Spear both looked strange.

Although Lin Dong’s theory does sound a bit unorthodox, it does seem to make sense!

The hero, Prince, used to be a unit.

For example, PDD’s top lane Prince.

What do you mean by "Look at my divine power, I am indestructible"?

As for the strength of the top lane prince.

We can’t just look at the intensity when it comes to everything; the key is to look at the lineup.

Are the Troll and Annie that SKT brought out the T0 version?
It wasn't chosen just for the lineup.

So after thinking for a moment, Saint Spear Brother and Redmi spoke almost at the same time.

"I think I can."

"Here! The other side likes to sway, so let's sway together!"

“Even if the lineup has been determined, you can still switch positions within the team.”

"SKT won't know who is who in top and jungle until the last second!"

(End of this chapter)