mesbooks Chapter 69: Old Mo: I've seen so much of this I understand BP now!
Chapter 69: Old Mo: I've seen so much of this I understand BP now!
Fu Shiyan was of course unaware of PDD's embarrassing attempt to imitate Old Mo's coaching style on the field.
His mind is now focused on how to quickly end this highly anticipated city championship, a best-of-five series, while leading his team to deliver a stellar performance, thus building up TSG's first batch of club fans.
Clang!
After a brief introduction by the on-site commentator, the game's ban/pick interface officially appeared on the main screen.
Blue side MGB, Red side BJBS!
MGB made their first move and banned Viktor.
Meanwhile, on the BJBS side, the team was completely silent, just like in the past month or so of matches, quietly waiting for instructions from their mid-laner.
"Kalista, the core of MGB's carry is the bot lane duo."
Fu Shiyan reviewed the information he had gathered about MGB's previous performance in the City Championship and gave instructions.
After the finals ended, Riot Games immediately realized they had created quite a few monsters.
The hotfix nerfed all the champions, including Mordekaiser, Gangplank, and top lane champions like Renekton and Fiora, along with their corresponding items.
The TGA Grand Prix is a semi-amateur tournament, so it's impossible for Riot Games to provide them with a dedicated version for the tournament server.
In terms of version, today's finals are already showing signs of heading towards Season 6.
"OK."
Zhu Dan on the first floor quickly found the dark green hero's portrait and skillfully sent it into the small dark room.
"Wow, look at this, look at this, this is the level a top coach should have."
In the MGB voice chat, Ning, whose face was cosplaying the surface of the moon, proudly showed off to his support partner Xiaoming after seeing that BJBS had banned the first floor.
"Crush knows that I'm the number one carry in MGB!"
"Yes, yes, so my dear Mr. Thigh, after Kalista was banned, have you thought about how to deal with BJBS?" Xiaoming asked helplessly.
"Forehead……"
Ning looked to PDD, the boss and coach behind her, for help.
PDD: "???"
Why are you looking at me?
We already decided on the lineup during the scrims!
Soon, the first three bans ended.
Blue team: Victor, Excavator, Tsar!
Red team: Kalista, Elise, Ryze!
However, MGB's lineup selection surprised the audience and Fu Shiyan quite a bit.
Blue side: Top lane Maokai, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Kayle, Bot lane Vayne + Alistar!
Pseudo-four-protect-one-one strategy!
Fu Shiyan nodded slightly.
If you're not targeted, it's a good option.
The team has two front-line units: a large tree and an old cow, and a grape can initiate team fights while also having good counter-attack capabilities.
Once the equipment is fully developed, the output environment for Angel and Vayne in a head-on 5v5 team fight is quite nice.
However, I don't recall saying I wouldn't mess with you guys on BP, did I?
"Okay, we see that the red team locked in Rumble as their last pick, and BJBS's lineup is now fully revealed."
"Top lane Rumble, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Yasuo, bot lane Ashe and Braum!"
"Wow, this lineup is very focused on early game tempo."
On the main stage, the inexperienced Zhihuan and Wang Jide sang in harmony.
【? ? ? 】
【No, four to protect one? Is Old Park serious?】
[Haha, only long-time IG fans understand how interesting it is to pick a lineup and playstyle that Royal Never Give Up (RNG) is best at, right from PDD.]
[A very solid lineup, but the problem is that the two carries are too late-game focused. How are you going to compete with BJBS in the early game?]
Is it possible that MGB realized BJBS's early-game tempo was too strong, which is why they chose a lineup that could drag the game into the late game?
[My goodness, Crush, is this finally the final round? Are you finally stopping your act and getting ready to unleash your power?]
[Angel and Vayne... facing Ashe and Yasuo, I really don't know how to play this double carry matchup!]
[Let's stall until the red team's base automatically explodes at 35 minutes.]
[Drag it out? With MGB's lineup, every lane has an advantage, how do you expect them to drag it out?]
In the top lane, Maokai, who can tank and survive against other heroes, is vulnerable to Rumble. He lacks damage in the early game, has short range, and slow wave clear. Being pressured in CS, having his wave controlled, and even being tower-dived are common occurrences for him.
In the jungle, Lee Sin is currently the strongest early-game jungler in patch 5.23. He clears camps quickly, invades effectively, has a Q for execute and W for sustain, and is more proactive than Gragas in counter-jungling, dragon control, and ganking.
Gragas does have some damage in the early game, but his mobility is not as good as Lee Sin's, and he is at a disadvantage in jungle fights. He can only play defensively, farming jungle camps and counter-ganking.
Ueno has already handed over half of its initiative.
As for the mid lane, it's well-known that Kayle, whether before or after the rework, has short range, no mobility, no burst damage, and slow wave clear, making her extremely weak in the early game.
Faced with Yasuo's agility and ability to trade blows endlessly with his built-in white shield, Kayle can only retreat to the tower and rely on the jungler to protect her. Once her health is reduced too much, the Lee Sin and Yasuo can easily coordinate and cause the mid and jungle to collapse.
As for the matchup between the bot lane duo.
It can only be said that Fu Shiyan went a bit too far with his business plan (BP).
Vayne and Alistar, both brothers are known for their short range in the bot lane meta, and then he paired them with a newly reworked Ashe to shove right in their faces.
Meanwhile, with Bronya's passive ability to counter all hard supports and the anti-theft gate, the blue team might not be able to win even if they force an engage at level six, as long as their jungler doesn't come.
"Let's speed things up this round and try to finish the battle before 25 minutes are up."
Finally, as he was about to leave, Lao Mo felt that even if he was just going through the motions, he shouldn't remain silent. So, after thinking for a long time, he managed to utter this sentence.
"Wow, Ye-ge is awesome! Your understanding of the game is getting better and better. The lineup Yan-ge chose for us is definitely aimed at finishing the battle in twenty minutes!"
"Twenty-five minutes?"
"It's a piece of cake. We have an advantage in all matchups. Even if we have zero points or zero wins at the start, we still have an 80% win rate."
Given Lao Mo's approachable personality, Li Rui and the others joked about it.
"Oh, really? I just felt that if Vayne and Kayle, our two carries, get fed in the late game, our front line won't be able to hold out, and we'll lose if we drag it out to the late game."
Having spent so much time with you guys, I'm pretty good at judging the strengths and weaknesses of different lineups.
Old Mo laughed heartily.
Fu Shiyan, displaying exceptional emotional intelligence, chimed in, "Old Mo's analysis is spot on. Once Angel Vayne is fully formed, we will indeed have a tough time against her."
"Neither Lee Sin nor Braum are strictly speaking tanks, so it's normal that they can't withstand much damage in the late game."
Later?
Who's going to play the late game with you?
The blue team's top and bottom lanes are all weak in the early game; Kayle has no self-protection; Vayne has short range and is vulnerable to being engaged; and Gragas is weak in the jungle in the early game and can only defend.
All they need to do is actively invade, push lanes, tower dive, and control resources throughout the game, denying the opponent any opportunities to develop, and victory is practically in their grasp.
"In the early game, you don't need to hold back. Utilize the characteristics of your heroes to actively trade blows with MGB and exert pressure across the entire lane."
"Xiao Zhu, you should take over the lane at level 1, use Constant Fury, and suppress Maokai as soon as you get to lane, preventing him from farming safely."
"If necessary, we can directly cross the minion wave. I will have Wu Chen keep an eye on the top lane at all times."
"In terms of item build, go for a tanky mage build, focusing on pressure and team fight AOE ultimate. We don't need your extra damage. Maintaining a certain level of survivability will give us better lane dominance."
"clear!"