"locked!"
"It's top laner Lu Xian again!"
There was an uproar at the scene
"It doesn't make sense! We should use Spear of Revenge. Even if IG wants to continue its previous play style, Spear of Revenge's laning strength should be better than Lucian!"
"Yes, I have no problem with Asuna's high tactical weight, but I don't feel comfortable holding this Lucian. He is quite afraid of warrior top laners, and I think Spear of Vengeance has no natural enemies."
Ignoring the commotion outside the field, seeing IG continue to take Lucian unexpectedly, War Horse's tense face suddenly relaxed a lot: "Ryze, and Verus."
When the two locked horses, their hearts suddenly calmed down. Ryze is one of Doinb's best and most confident heroes.
Verus is currently one of the few ADs that is still adapted to their system. He is also the third-ranked shooter in the AD pool in terms of comprehensive ability after Kai'Sa and Xayah. If you take it, it is equivalent to earning IG. A wave of small bargains.
And Verus also happens to be one of the best AD heroes played by LWX, and they have earned it both emotionally and rationally.
However, all sudden gifts have already been secretly marked with a price tag. When FPX locked Verus, not only were they very happy, but even their opponent IG was also very happy.
The first three moves from both sides were quickly determined.
IG: Lucian, Ice Girl, Spider.
FPX: Ryze, Varus, Tahm Kench.
The difficult thing about the hero Verus is that the combination of him and Tahm Kench has a very high fault tolerance rate, and they can produce very good defensive counterattacks both online and in team battles.
After all, IG is very good at attacking in waves, and Tahm's attack can interrupt IG's strong offensive rhythm.
But this benefit may not be true in the eyes of Yu Hui and Kkoma, because FPX is known for its strong teamfight collaboration ability, but its core engine in the early and mid-term is LQS.
It is undeniable that Baolan is weaker than LQS when it comes to the support's spiritual wandering and the linkage between the mid-level assistant and the wild assistant.
But as a support, Tahm can only play online and in team battles. It is impossible to roam. At most, he can help Xiaotian arrange the ward position or be a human eye.
It is equivalent to abolishing the most troublesome point of LQS for IG, and bringing him and Baolan to the same level. No hero is perfect, and there are areas that he cannot enter.
After the first three picks of both sides were completed, they entered the second round of BP, and IG's two bans were given to Thain and Zhumei.
Although it was strange why IG's AD had such a low priority, Warhorse followed the previously prepared tactics and banned the policewoman and Draven, so that IG's bottom lane could not forcefully increase the strength of the line.
Once these two ADs are blocked, plus Kai'Sa and Xayah who are celebrating the New Year in the ban position, Jackeylove's choices in the bottom lane are basically gone, leaving only Ezreal, who has a decent overall ability.
Then the first selection in the second round directly locked Ornn to Jin Gong. FPX's basic lineup has been formed, and it is ready to compete with IG for the intensity of late-stage team battles.
But when IG's 45th floor hero was revealed, the commentators who were still discussing some issues with IG's first choice of Lucian suddenly all asked: "Huh?"
Captain, Nami.
As FPX captured the Prince on the fifth floor, players from both sides switched heroes, and the final lineup was finalized.
IG: Top laner Captain, jungler Spider, mid laner Ice Girl, AD Lucian, assist Nami.
FPX: Top laner Ornn, jungler Prince, mid laner Ryze, AD Verus, and support Tahm Kench.
Wawa: "Huh? Captain? Top laner?! Lucian hit the bottom lane!"
Miller: "Not top laner Lucian? But Lucian's hand is too short to play AD. IG seems to be playing a very new thing~"
The doll rubbed his chin and said whimsically: "Could it be that IG felt that Lucian couldn't beat Ornn on the road, and suddenly thought of replacing Lucian with Jackeylove?"
"You might as well just say Asuna is the team leader."
Guan Zeyuan complained, and when he saw the baby's face change slightly, he added: "I feel like IG did it intentionally. I never figured out why Kalista was not chosen in the first pick, but now I understand."
"Because Lucian wasn't there for the top lane at the beginning, even if it was! IG doesn't have to pay for Asuna to force him to play Lucian. Can't he just take the Spear of Revenge in the bottom lane?"
Miller also interjected and explained: "Jackeylove's Spear of Revenge is actually pretty good, at least it's much easier than Lucian's against Verus."
"That should be the case, but I have some doubts. Can the combination of Lucian and Nami work? Although there is skill linkage, I always feel that it might be better to match Braum?"
It’s no wonder that the commentators couldn’t understand it, and the audience also enjoyed watching it, but for the coaching staff of the major teams, it’s actually not that difficult to understand when you take it apart.
For example, the spider jungler has average teamfighting ability, and the corresponding small-scale battles such as gank are very intense. They don't know the strength of Luna's combination, but Lucian is already strong in the lane.
Then the IG lineup is obvious. The captain of the top laner plays by himself and focuses on the fighting lineup in the lower half. If I disassemble the IG lineup, it can be seen that the core is still the style of play that IG likes.
You still have to fight, but the difference is that the core is shifted from Asuna in the upper half to Jackeylove in the lower half, using spiders to enhance the laning strength in the bottom lane.
FPX's lineup is very typical of focusing on defense and fighting IG in mid-to-late team battles. The lineup can give the audience and commentators a better sense of the picture.
However, after Zhan Ma shook hands with Kkoma and looked back at the IG lineup poster on the big stage, there was always a strange feeling of familiarity in his heart.
If Yu Hui could sense the feeling of a war horse, he would give him a thumbs up. Are you familiar? Just be familiar with it!
FPX's linkage between the middle and lower jungle, and the top laner's late-stage bottom-up play are superb in the league, and IG's lineup system for this game is actually exactly the same as FPX's core thinking!
It is also a strong midfielder and jungler with lane rights, but the difference is that IG's solution is more violent. As for the spider jungle option, if Rookie's Ice Girl in the middle is dragged down by Ryze and loses lane rights, she will lose half of the game.
However, FPX is obviously not clear about this. Even if FPX understands it rationally, there is nothing they can do.
The lineups on both sides of the first level were not very strong, so they started with a normal one-word snake formation, but IG quickly found a small opportunity to take the lead.
After encountering Verus in the river, Baolan set his first jewelry eye in the grass in the river. This was to block Verus' return line position and force LWX to return from the jungle.
And Jackeylove also moved forward simultaneously to press Tahm who retreated lqs, and successfully got the grass in front of PFX's tower. He used a soft-assist combination in the bottom lane. Who can occupy the grass is very critical.
This means that the duo on IG can rely on this bush to pull the line of troops, allowing the line to focus on the minions, and be in a state of slowly pushing the line, which is more suitable for soft assistants to cooperate with AD in the line.
This line-grabbing logic was taught by Baolan step by step by Yu Hui. Facts have proved that Baolan's talent is not bad and he can use it very flexibly.
And lwx did not suffer in vain. After being stuck on the river route, they did not retreat immediately. Instead, they immediately went to IG's red buff to ward the open route to catch the spider.
Moreover, from the position of the ward inserted in the grass, IG was not sure whether he clicked on the ward position or whether it was a fake move. Rookie could only give a general reminder that there might be an eye position in the red buff area.
It can be said that there is no confrontation between the captain and Ornn on the top lane, so Yu Hui was liberated in disguise, took over the baton of the team, and immediately thought of a countermeasure:
"Brother Rookie, go to F6 and take a closer look to capture the prince's wild route."
(End of chapter)
