Long hands beat short hands

Author: Mu Yuesichen

Monday, May 14th.

At this stage of the competition, the countdown to the group stage has begun.

EDG has two games today, their opponents are FW and KZ. Both games are very crucial.

Defeating FW means that they can end their winning streak in the group stage and strive to advance to the knockout rounds as the first in the group.

As for defeating KZ, it can stabilize the second place in their group.

In fact, at this stage of the competition, the three teams EDG, KZ, and Flash Wolves can basically advance to the knockout rounds stably. What everyone is competing for now is ranking.

Only the unlucky FNC is more dangerous. At this time, they still have the risk of being robbed of their tickets by TL.

The first game today was EDG vs. KZ, so just after lunch, everyone took the bus to the game venue.

Since it was a working day, there were not many spectators who came to watch the game, but there were still many people in China waiting for the start of the game in the live broadcast room early.

After the first half of the group stage, everyone knows something about the KZ team.

They are not as strong as many people boasted before the game started, but they are definitely not a weak team that can be easily dealt with. In addition, the subsequent games will determine the elimination ranking, so EDG does not relax at all.

"Facing a team like KZ that likes to operate, you have to fight with them. You must not be led by the opponent on the field. The jungler and mid laner must wander around more in the early stage to look for opportunities to interrupt their flow.

The pace of the game…”

"The game still revolves around the top lane. As long as Xiao Mo plays an advantage, the rhythm of the game will be under our control."

In the EDG lounge, coach Nofe was talking.

When Chen Mo was on the bench, he always felt that the team was not easy to beat anywhere. Now that Chen Mo is on the stage again, even if he faces KZ, he still has a chance to win.

"I suggest you give my player EZ and my buddy a TP. When we start fighting on the road, I will also teleport over to help."

iboy joked.

But Coach Nofe next to him nodded: "It's not impossible."

EZ is a popular ADC now. Before the version update, they had a lot of contact. Moreover, this hero has a relatively high fault tolerance rate in the lane. If you can get it, even if Jiejie and the junior brother play around the top lane, it will be difficult for KZ.

Open up the situation from the bottom lane.

…

While everyone was discussing, the director showed the camera to the commentary box.

"Good afternoon, dear viewers, this is the scene of the group stage of the League of Legends 2018 Mid-Season Invitational. More than half of the group stage has passed, and the scores of several teams are very anxious."

"Yes, today's game is very crucial for EDG. In the first game, they will face KZ from the LCK division."

In the commentary box.

Guan Zeyuan and Changmao started to warm up.

The players and coaches of the two teams soon appeared on the stage, and BP officially began.

In this game, KZ is on the blue side and EDG is on the red side.

As soon as KZ coach Sin came up, he sent Qinggangying, Vampire, and Captain to the ban position.

The top laner in the third ban, respect and directly fill up.

These heroes are all very powerful heroes when developed. Obviously, Coach Sin is not optimistic that his top laner can successfully suppress Chen Mo's development, so he simply bans heroes who are difficult to target when developed.

As for EDG.

Coach Nofe focused on KZ's support ability, giving the first three ban positions to Ryze, Tahm Kench and Galio respectively.

"The Xia Luo combination and Kai'Sa are outside. If nothing else happens, it should be KZ taking Kai'Sa, and EDG taking Xia Luo."

After banning three heroes on both sides, Guan Zeyuan analyzed.

As soon as the words were spoken, KZ quickly identified Kai'Sa. This hero was targeted by designers not long after it came out, but even so, its current strength is still very high, and even the Xialuo combination may not lose.

The ability is even stronger in the later stages.

KZ chooses Kai'Sa. Under normal circumstances, EDG should choose Xia Luo.

However, Coach Nofe hesitated for a long time and still did not decide on these two heroes.

EZ and Luo.

When he saw these two heroes confirmed, Guan Zeyuan was a little speechless. He never thought that he could even poison BP.

As discussed before the game, Coach Nofe felt that EZ's fault tolerance rate should be higher, so he chose to sacrifice some early laning strength to increase the fault tolerance rate in the bottom lane, so that the midfielder and jungler could better open up the situation around the top lane.

Coach Sin was a little surprised by EDG's choice of bottom lane.

But after a short adjustment, he quickly sorted out his thinking.

As an auxiliary, choose a bull head, and as a jungler, choose a male gun.

Although Peanut's performance in the previous games was not much better than Jiejie's, in today's game, Sin still chose to believe in Peanut.

Of course, the more important reason is that he does not plan to choose a carry hero in the middle and use a tank on the top to resist pressure. If he chooses a tool man in the jungle, the only output point left in the team is Kai'Sa.

EDG here.

The jungler chosen by jiejie in this game is still a nightmare.

After three selections, the hero is banned again.

Now both sides only have the mid laner and top laner positions left. KZ sent Zoe and Jayce to the ban position, while EDG banned Sion and Snake.

After banning the hero, Coach Nofe quickly signaled the fourth floor to lock down the rock bird.

Ryze and Galio are both outside, and the only ones with stronger roaming abilities in the middle are Rock Bird and Dragon King.

It's just that the hero Dragon King is still very difficult to operate. Although FNC used it to achieve good results in previous games, Bdd really couldn't use it in a short period of time.

But coach Sin still has a backup plan.

The last two heroes of KZ were quickly locked in. The top laner chose Ornn, and the mid laner chose Malzahar.

Compared with the traditional mage, Malzahar's output ability may not be very strong, but with the ultimate move in hand, this hero's ability to find opportunities is very strong. When KZ takes out this hero, you don't have to think about it, it must be for the top lane.

Chen Mo.

"This selection of Malzahar is a bit uncomfortable!"

Guan Zeyuan frowned and said: "After this hero reaches level six, if combined with Ornn's ultimate move, he will be instantly killed on the road. No matter how high the Black Dog's skill is, he cannot withstand Malzahar's flash ultimate move."

"Let's first take a look at what hero EDG's last top laner, Kang, chooses."

Changmao continued.

Just when KZ was finalizing Malzahar and Ornn, coach Nofe was discussing with Chen Mo which hero should be chosen for the top lane.

Although KZban lost many top lane heroes, Chen Mo's hero pool is very deep and there are still many heroes to choose from.

After a short discussion, EDG’s final hero was finally determined as the countdown was about to end——

Demacia Wings Quinn!

When they saw this hero, everyone was stunned, and they were even thinking about what this hero was called.

Quinn is indeed rare on the court, and this is his first appearance in MSI.

The reason for the low appearance rate is naturally not that the players don't know how to play, but that the hero is really not that strong.

"Quinn..."

Guan Zeyuan originally wanted to be negative, but after thinking about it carefully, this hero is really suitable for EDG:

"The player Black Dog's style is to be strong in the lane, and then after gaining an advantage, it is easy to snowball, thereby radiating the advantage to his teammates. The hero Quinn is not only strong in the lane, but also after upgrading his ultimate move,

The support capabilities are also very strong.”

"Judging from the lineup, this game should be fiercely fought between the two sides."

Changmao commented.

BP is over, and the lineups of both sides are as follows.

EDG is on the red side: top laner Quinn, jungler Nightmare, mid laner Rock Bird, bottom lane EZ and Luo.

KT is on the blue side: top laner Ornn, jungler Lancer, mid laner Malzahar, bottom laner Kai'Sa and Niutou.

The coaches of both sides shook hands and left the stage, and the game was loaded quickly.

Entering the Summoner's Canyon, everyone in EDG quickly rushed out of the spring, and then rushed towards the lower half of the KZ jungle in a group.

"EDG chooses to invade the wild area at the beginning!"

Guan Zeyuan's eyes suddenly lit up. Just as he guessed, EDG still maintained a strong style in this game. The red side chose to invade the jungle at the beginning, thereby limiting the development of the male gunner.

On the KZ side, Malzahar was guarding the entrance to the jungle, but they also guessed that EDG would invade the jungle, so the others were not far away.

At first, Little Peanut didn't want to give up his jungle area, but after the poke from EZ and Yanque, everyone in KZ suddenly gave up the idea of ​​clinging to the jungle area.

As long as EZ and Yanqiao keep their distance, their health will continue to be consumed. If they want to defend the wild area, they can only use the Bull Head Flash Q to start the team, but if this is the case, even if the subsequent damage can destroy Yanqiao
To be continued...