Chapter 89: Three Types of Unfilial Piety: Time on the Top

4 month 3 day.

The match with EDG went on as scheduled.

Compared with previous competitions, the venue was much more lively this time.

In the commentary booth, Wawa and Miller also appeared early.

While still in the preparation stage, Wawa spoke first, breaking the silence.

"Hello, everyone. Welcome to the League of Legends Professional League Spring Season. I am Miller."

"Hello everyone, I'm Wawa. Today, we are here to comment on the match between VG and EDG. I don't need to say much about the current situation of the two teams. This is the ninth week of the League of Legends Spring Season. All the major teams have entered the double round-robin stage, and the competition is becoming more and more intense."

"Yes, that's right. At present, all teams only have three to four games left, and the outcome of the next games is the key to winning a ticket to the playoffs."

"At present, the competition in Group A is obviously more intense than that in Group B."

"In Group A today, VG is at the top with 12 points, followed by QG, ​​RNG, and EDG, all tied for second with 9 points."

"For VG, the key now is to maintain the top spot in Group A in the next few games. As long as they can maintain this spot, they will automatically advance to the second round of the upper half of the playoffs."

“As for the other three teams, they need to compete for the second place in the same group.”

"According to the competition system, the second place winners of Groups A and B will automatically advance to the first round of the playoffs."

"In contrast, the third and fourth place winners will need to compete against the fourth and third place winners from another group, and only the winners will advance to the first round."

“So you can imagine how fierce the competition in Group A is right now.”

At this point, Wawa suddenly laughed.

"But for the audience, this should be good news. After all, the more intense the competition, the more exciting the game will be. Especially for the audience who came to watch the game, this time the ticket price is definitely worth it."

"Speaking of this, let's take a look at the rosters for both teams in this round."

"Whether it's EDG or VG, there are no obvious changes in the roster this time."

"VG still roughly used the lineup they used against EDG last time, with Saint Spear on top and Hou Ye in the middle. The only difference is that the support position has been replaced by Xiao Duan..."

"..."

At the same time, in EDG's lounge.

Looking at VG's starting roster for this game, head coach Abu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"It's Lord Hou and Saint Spear again. VG's lineup, are they... going to play against us in the late game? They are really confident."

"But it's true that the ADC on the other side is really good. The problem is this version... For an ADC to carry, it's not just about mechanics and development, but also about teammates."

"If I hadn't been disgusted by Lulu and Bobby last time, I wouldn't have lost so badly!"

"The question is...will we fall for the same trick again?"

The next second, Abu immediately took command.

"Ban Lulu and Bobby right away!"

"The last ban spot will be given to either Braum or Tam!"

"Without these protective heroes, I wonder what they can do in the late game! At worst, we can choose a late-game lineup for the bottom lane as well!"

"But we don't necessarily have to drag the game to the late stage with the opponent. If we are at a big disadvantage in the early stage, we won't be able to drag the game to the late stage, just like the first game we played against VG..."

"So in terms of rhythm, we should try to play in the early stage, especially in the jungle position..."

And soon, VG's tactics were arranged.

At the same time, on the other side, the same scene was happening in VG's lounge.

Only the difference is.

When Hongmi heard Lin Dong's words, he was stunned for a moment.

"You said... not protecting the bottom lane anymore? Protecting the middle lane instead? Let the Marquis play the late game as the main C, and you'll be in charge of dragging the game?"

"Lin Dong, are you sure you want to play like this?"

Of course, what Hongmi meant by saying this was not to question the Marquis's ability.

On the contrary, in fact, from the beginning, Redmi wanted VG to play with this lineup.

However, the game started off badly, especially the one between Houye and Sofm, which was so bad that even Hongmi had a psychological trauma...

On the contrary, Lin Dong’s early-stage play was extremely efficient.

So Hongmi let Lin Dong come.

But now Lin Dong suddenly said that he wanted to protect the mid laner Hou Ye to play in the late game, and then let Hou Ye carry the game?

Suddenly, Redmi is a little bit uncomfortable.

Looking at Hongmi's confused expression, Lin Dong smiled and replied.

"We have to give it a try. If we try enough, the other side won't be able to figure us out."

【nonsense.】

[Isn't it because I'm afraid that the Marquis will gradually become a tiger? After finding out that he can easily win by just messing around, I simply stopped being the C. 】

[It's addictive to hang out! ]

[What if one day when he is needed to step up to fight in the late game, he no longer knows how to do it? ]

【Didn’t General Tiger just get away with it? Fortunately, he regained the feeling of carrying the game when he was on the upper unit later.】

Of course, Hongmi was completely unaware of Lin Dong's thoughts.

But he still waved his hand and agreed.

"Okay! Let's give it a try! EDG has just spent a while researching and started to speed up the pace. Now let them know why Faker calls Hou Ye the mobile defense tower in the middle lane!"

At the same time, in the commentary booth, Wawa and Miller saw the players from both teams coming on the court and began to commentate.

"Okay, without further ado, let's get to the point and take a look at the BP situation of both teams."

"In the first game of Bo3, VG is on the blue side, and EDG is on the red side."

"EDG banned Lulu, Poppy, and Braum."

"It's obvious that EDG is still not willing to let Sima Laozei have too much comfort in the late game!"

"VG banned Ryze, Tam and Widowmaker, which limited EDG's chances of getting the rhythm in the mid-game."

However, at this moment, the doll suddenly let out a light exclamation.

"On the blue side, VG took the lead. They showed their cards at the beginning of this round and took the first one... Eh? Skateboard shoes? Is VG trying to play in the early and mid-game this time? In this way, the possibility of choosing Ice Girl for the Marquis is greatly increased!"

"And EDG seemed to have the same idea! EDG picked the support Alistar and the jungle Nidalee. A strong starter support and a rhythm jungler. This way, VG will face a lot of pressure in the early game."

"It seems that EDG may be planning to use the jungler and support together, while VG chose Gragas as the jungler... This is indeed a good choice, because when Poppy is banned, Gragas is the best choice to restrain Alistar. Gragas' E skill can directly interrupt Alistar's W skill. In other words, in front of Gragas, Alistar's W skill is difficult to succeed, not to mention the WQ combo..."

But what the two of them didn’t know at that moment was.

In VG's voice chat, looking at the Gragas chosen by Lin Dong, Hongmi finally couldn't help but ask.

"Lin Dong, are you sure you don't want to choose the barrel and let Xiao Duan play with the barrel?"

"When playing Gragas, the ganking ability is strong, but the jungle duel is too weak." Lin Dong shook his head. "Neptune's pulling ability is too strong. As long as the opponent dodges my E skill, they can keep pulling me. Not only that, if the bottom lane is Skate, it is strong in the early stage, but a little difficult to fight in the late stage. I have to find a strong AD jungler in the late stage to help make up for the damage."

"AD jungler? Help AD to deal damage?" Hongmi was stunned for a moment, "How about playing Graves?"

"As for the Graves, his effect in teamfights is too small." After thinking for a moment, Lin Dong suddenly had an idea in his mind, "How about I take Kindred? Isn't it just right that the Lord is going to play in the late game? Kindred's ultimate skill of protecting people in the late game is also quite good."

"Qian Jue is a hero... It's indeed a late game, but he's a bit too weak in the early game!" Xiao Duan frowned and said, "So, if you develop in the mid-game, it will be difficult for you to get the mark in the early game, right? After all, the Marquis is not playing the Ice Maiden in this game..."

"It's okay. I watched EDG's training recently. Although they want to speed up the pace, they don't put all their treasures in the early stage, so the opponent's mid laner may also choose a late-stage mage. There is no need to worry too much." Hongmi made a decision. "Okay, let's take Kindred. It happens that Gragas's ultimate can cooperate with Kindred's ultimate. If Kindred uses his ultimate and the opponent also uses his ultimate, Gragas can use his ultimate to blow up the opponent. But Kindred can come later. Help the Marquis to grab the Tsar first... Huh? It seems that the Tsar's ultimate can also cooperate with Kindred?"

This time, Redmi made the right judgment again.

When VG took out Tsar and Gragas, EDG also took out mid lane Viktor and top lane Maokai.

At present, it seems that both teams have normal lineups, especially EDG's lineup. Except for the unusual Nidalee selected by the factory manager, the other positions seem to be in line with EDG's style.

On the commentary stand, seeing that Houye chose Skateboard Shoes in the bottom lane, but did not take Ice Girl, but chose Tsar instead, both Wawa and Miller were stunned.

"VG picked the mid laner Tsar... Is this to use the early laning advantage in the bottom lane to delay the mid laner's development time?"

"This is actually feasible, but the problem is that the influence of the bottom lane advantage is definitely not as great as the jungler's."

"After all, roaming the bottom lane takes too much time, and VG didn't pick Bard in this game..."

"I feel like VG's lineup in this game might be at a slight disadvantage in the early stages..."

The EDG players also had the same idea as these two.

The moment they saw that the mid laner was Tsar instead of Ice Girl, both Deft and Meiko breathed a sigh of relief.

At least in this game, it is not easy to be trained, and there is no need to bring purification.

If you don't bring purification, you can bring healing.

In this way, even if the bottom lane is relatively strong in the early stage of the laning phase, the pressure on Skateboard Shoes will be much less.

And Abu was even talking nonsense at this time!

"Ah? The opponent isn't targeting our bottom lane anymore?"

"Okay, then let's pick an ultimate late-game AD in the bottom lane later!"

"How about a straight-up big mouth?"

However, EDG had no idea at that time that when they selected the mid laner Viktor, they also fell into VG's trap.

VG on the blue side can take the fourth and fifth floors at the same time.

Looking at EDG's lineup, Lin Dong suddenly laughed.

"Brother Saint Spear... how about we play another round of scientific research this time?"

"Ah?" Saint Spear was stunned, "How to conduct scientific research?"

"Don't choose the front row." Lin Dong said, "With Viktor's AOE, even if you choose the front row, you won't be able to block the damage later, such as early support and team battle protection..."

"The problem is... Lulu has been banned." Saint Spear said with a wry smile, "I practiced Lulu top laner for a long time on the Korean server, but when it came to the competition, I only got one game!"

"In fact, there is another hero who is just as powerful as Lulu, or even stronger than Lulu, and has even stronger support capabilities than Lulu... Do you want to give it a try?"

"Huh? Which hero?"

"Old man Time."

"..."

Suddenly, VG's voice became quiet for a moment.

The next second, Saint Spear blurted out.

"Fuck? Your ultimate plus mine, double resurrection, right?"

"Yeah." Lin Dong smiled. "This hero's functionality may not be as good as Lulu's, because it doesn't increase damage and can't defend against the opponent's rushing lineup. But what a coincidence... the opponent didn't have anyone entering the field in this round, but chose a pulling lineup, and in this round... we just happen to not be short of damage."

"More importantly..."

"In the jungle, my only disadvantage compared to Nidalee is my lack of movement speed."

"But if you can give me the E to speed up, I won't be afraid of Nidalee when I fight alone."

Hearing Lin Dong say this, Brother Saint Spear subconsciously looked at Hongmi who was stroking his chin and thinking beside him.

And Hongmi nodded and replied.

"Indeed, she can... If Lulu can play top lane, why can't Shi Guang? These two heroes can play both mid lane and support roles. They are both good at clearing lanes, consuming enemies in lane, and pulling enemies. Moreover, if you choose this hero, you can also buy a support outfit just like you did when you chose Lulu!"

With Hongmi's permission, Sima Laozei and Xiao Duan helped to lock down the two heroes, Qianjue and Shi Guang.

Then the next second...

The crowd in the audience went wild.

"Fuck? This Gragas isn't a jungler? He's actually going to be Kindred?"

"Oh man, it's starting to swing again, right? Turns out this Gragas is a support!"

"That's not right... This Gragas could be the top laner, right? Is there any idea about the cooperation between Time Old Man and Skateboard Shoes in the bottom lane?"

"It shouldn't be possible. After all, there is a bull head that can force it open!"

"The question is... if Gragas plays support, then Timeless can play top lane? Can this thing also play top lane? What kind of routine is this?"

"It has acceleration, deceleration, protection, lane clearing and consumption... I get it, this is the old, transgendered version of Lulu!"

“To be honest, I feel that the time top laner is really disgusting! Even more disgusting than the AD top laner! The E skill speeds yourself up and slows down others. It’s impossible to catch up!”

"There are three types of unfilial behavior, time on top?"

At the same time, the EDG players were also confused.

Everyone has seen Lulu in the top lane. After all, she is a regular in both LCK and LPL.

But this is the first time I’ve seen Old Man Shiguang appear on the road!

The key point is that when the two heroes Kindred and Time were selected at the same time, everyone on EDG felt something was wrong!

Because from this moment on, VG's lineup, at that moment, the style seemed to have undergone a drastic change!
From a balanced situation with a slight disadvantage at the beginning, it directly turned into an absolutely advantageous lineup!
"and many more!"

"Sometimes, when there's time, it might be really hard for us to pull it off!"

"Qian Jue's ultimate, combined with Tsar and Gragas' ultimates, is a bit too disgusting!"

"With these two heroes here, Kindred's ultimate is basically theirs alone."

Abu, who had been smiling just now, was now completely confused.

Because looking at the opposing lineup, he realized something more serious!

"and many more!"

"Time single?"

"That's bad! This way, their top laner will have an advantage, and the jungler will have time to help. The pressure in the jungle will be much less."

"The key is……"

"It's not easy to start a team fight with this lineup!"

"Gragas is too fragile as a support, and it's easy to get killed in a fight! If you want to start a fight, Tsar, whose ultimate can both push people and deal a lot of AOE damage, is the best choice!"

"The problem is that under such circumstances, if the Tsar on the other side dares to come in, wouldn't that be courting death?"

"But it's different now!"

"When we were in a team fight, the opponent could have used a big move on Tsar first, and then Tsar would have come in and started a team fight with us and self-destructed!"

"He was resurrected, but we weren't!"

However, at this moment, it was too late for him to regret.

The lineups for both teams have been finalized.

The first game of Bo3.

VG, blue side.

Top lane is Shi Guang, jungle is Kindred, mid lane is Tsar, bottom lane is Skate Shoes + Gragas.

EDG, red square.

Top lane Maokai, jungle Nidalee, mid lane Viktor, bottom lane Kog'Maw + Alistar.

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