•Let the opponent have no way to go
On the night they returned to the base, Coach Lin called everyone for a meeting to analyze next week's opponents.
Although Fire Mark did not have a long history like Tianheng and Jing Zhe, they had never missed the playoffs since they were established. They were a team with stable results. Zhou Jiawen's addition had raised the team's strength to another level.
Coach Lin said, "The core of the Fire Mark team is Captain Zhou, but before he joined, their team had always been a wild core lineup. Therefore, their jungler is also very strong."
When Cheng Xing heard this, he couldn't help but say, "That's right. When I was playing with Brother Qu on the international server, I was killed by Ah Yan many times!"
Ye Shaoyang also thought of this name — Yan Yan, the Fire Mark team's jungler. He usually liked to practice heroes in the country's server. There were countless shooters who died under his knife in the country.
Before Zhou Jiawen joined the Fire Mark team, Ah Yan was the absolute core of the team. However, Zhou Jiawen had the strength of an international level. He was also handsome, and his elegant personality attracted countless fans. Soon, he overshadowed the old player, Ah Yan. Later, when the Fire-mark team was mentioned, the first person the fans thought of was Captain Zhou.
Ah Yan didn't mind his limelight being stolen. It was said that he had a good relationship with Captain Zhou. His strength was actually one of the top junglers in the country. Therefore, when dealing with the Fire Mark team, they couldn't just focus on the single player.
Chi Shuo said, "The Fire Mark team also has a jungler, but their jungler is the core of the team. The jungler follows the rhythm of the mid laner."
Coach Lin nodded and said, "That's right. Ah Yan's playing style is a bit like the shadow striker strategy in football. His position in the team battle is between the top and mid laner. As the 'shadow' of the mid laner, he can quickly change according to the situation on the field. His biggest role is to assist the mid laner in attacking and protecting the mid laner when he retreats. Therefore, the jungler of the Fire Mark team often appears in the mid lane. "
Ye Shaoyang understood and said, "It seems that Ah Yan and Captain Zhou have a very strong tacit understanding."
Coach Lin said, "Yes, so when fighting the Fire Mark team, it's equivalent to a head-on PK between the jungler and the mid laner. It depends on which side's rhythm is stronger. The pressure of the bottom lane isn't very high. The strength of the Fire Mark's shooters can only be said to be average. "
Cheng Xing heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Unfortunately, before he could finish heaving a sigh of relief, he heard Coach Lin say, "However, Vulcan's teamwork is stronger than ours. This team is very good at the positional battle system. It's very difficult to crack a positional battle with the Goddess of Flames as the core."
Ye Shaoyang had seen all the videos of last season's matches. Fire Vein's positional play system was indeed very powerful.
The Goddess of Flame would spread out a ring of fire, the Trapper would set up traps, and the Cannoneer would throw artillery shells from a distance. Their opponents would be crippled before they could even get close. Then, they would steadily advance, pull out the defense towers, and occupy the wilderness inch by inch.
Coach Lin looked at Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo. "If you want to crack Huowen's positional warfare system, the two of you can only work together to kill Captain Zhou. However, Captain Zhou is heavily protected. You may not be able to kill him. If it doesn't work, I'll ban the Goddess of Flames. "
Ye Shaoyang lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he said, "I have another idea."
Everyone looked at him in unison.
He twirled the pen in his hand and said with a smile, "Walk the opponent's path and leave the opponent with no way out. We'll take the positional warfare system that Fire Vein likes and use it ourselves. I know how to play the Goddess of Flames too."
Everyone was speechless.
That would work too!
In the following week, everyone entered the intense pre-match training session. Because they had to prepare a new lineup, the five people of the home team played against the wind every day with the children of the second team. At the beginning of the game, there was a financial gap of a few thousand. Every game was particularly difficult to play. After getting used to playing against the wind, it was very easy to win against the wind.
On Thursday, Coach Lin made an appointment with a group S team from the European division to play a training match. He wanted to test the results of the training during this period of time, find out the problems of the players, and then carry out targeted special training.
In the blink of an eye, it was Friday. Everyone flew to Chengdu.
After the first week of the competition, the current standings of group S were: Beimu 21 Yueying, Tianheng 21 Jing Zhe, Fire Vein 21 Ice Soul. Tianheng, Fire Vein, and Beimu had the same number of wins and net points. They were tied in ranking.
The strength of the teams in group S was not very different. There were often situations where A beat B, B beat C, and C beat A. Sometimes, the competition depended on some luck.
On Friday night, everyone arrived at the hotel and had a meeting. Cheng Xing suddenly took out a big dragon doll from his backpack and placed it on the table. He put his palms together and bowed seriously. "Please bless us. Tomorrow's competition will go smoothly and we will get the big dragon. Don't let the dragon be stolen."
Ye Shaoyang joked beside him. "You should buy three incense sticks and give it a plate of fruit as a tribute."
Cheng Xing blushed and said, "I'm not worshipping my ancestors."
Chi Shuo glanced at his silly disciple and said lightly, "Let's go back and sleep. Xiao Xing, don't think too much."
Everyone got up and left Cheng Xing's room together.
The next day, everyone slept in and didn't wake up until noon.
At 6 pm, all members of Tianheng arrived at the competition venue.
This week's schedule was: Beimu vs Ice Soul at 7 pm and Tianheng vs Fire Vein at 9 pm. There were fans of the four teams at the venue and all kinds of support signs and posters were very lively.
Tianheng arrived at the venue early and went backstage to watch the competition. It was a good opportunity to learn about the other opponents in group S.
At 7 pm, the competition between Beimu and Ice Soul officially began.
Ice Soul didn't have a particularly bright star player, but they had the best support in the league, Chen Qianhua. Their teamwork was very good. However, Beimu's three lanes had no weaknesses. Before Ice Soul reached the late stage of development, the siblings Zhao Xinan and Zhao Xinping had already defeated their outer tower.
In the mid lane, Xiao En was also able to suppress the opposing mid laner and even single-handedly killed the opposing mid laner once. In the end, Ice Soul was eliminated before they reached the late stage. It was the same for two consecutive matches. In the end, Beimu defeated Ice Soul in 20: 1.
Ye Shaoyang originally thought that today would be a long game. However, the competition started at 7 pm and ended at 8 pm, much earlier than expected.
In the backstage area, Coach Lin couldn't help but frown. "Ice Soul's loss this week isn't good news for us. They'll definitely adjust their strategy when they go back. If we meet Ice Soul again next week, we won't be able to end the game by destroying the top and bottom lanes in the early stage."
Chi Shuo said, "Little Chen is a very resilient player. The reason why they lost so quickly today was mainly because Northern Shepherd had chosen a two-sided system. Zhao Xinping rushed up and killed the archer. Their bottom lane was underdeveloped and couldn't play as a team."
Ye Shaoyang couldn't help but say, "Miss Zhao Xinping's playstyle is really fierce."
Cheng Xing whispered, "She's a female lead. She has a lot of fans."
Coach Lin had a headache. "Dealing with Beimu's two-sided system is also a problem. We'll think about it later."
Jing Zhe had already defeated his opponent in Group S in 21: 1. Today, he would be fighting against Fire Mark. Yueying had fought against each other in Group A before, so they knew each other well. Ice Soul and Beimu were both big bosses.
Previously, it was easy to kill small monsters in Group B. Now that they were in Group S, every step was very difficult.
However, Coach Lin wasn't worried at all.
Tianheng would definitely enter the playoffs anyway. There was still a lot of time left for everyone. Winning or losing in the group stage wasn't important. Before the playoffs began, it was enough to adjust the team to its best condition.
At 9 pm, the match between Tianheng and Fire Mark officially began.
The first match was BP. Tianheng's blue team was given priority to ban. Coach Lin still banned the support [Radiant Shield] from the bottom lane. Fire Mark's team first banned the jungler [Spirit World's Snowbird].
Many netizens couldn't understand this BP. The live broadcast room was filled with question marks. The two commentators also looked at each other. "What does that mean? Ban Spirit World's Snowbird? "
Only the coaches of the major teams understood. Fire Mark was preparing for a rainy day and banning the duo!
Sunshine and Moonlight's international accounts had already been removed. Fire Mark was worried that Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang would get the duo, so he simply banned them. You two want a duo? Don't fly. Let's fight on the ground!
Once Spirit World's Snowbird was banned, Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang couldn't use the duo for the time being.
Coach Lin was very calm. He continued to ban the support in the bottom lane.
Fire Mark's second ban was given to Chi Shuo's [Stealth Bandit]. First, it was to prevent Chi Shuo from going around to kill Zhou Jiawen. Second, it was to prevent Chi Shuo from going invisible to steal towers!
In the match against Jing Zhe, he had turned the tables by stealing towers. It was indeed scary.
The two commentators laughed. "Today's BP is all targeted at the jungler position. Captain Chi is enjoying VIP treatment again."
"Yes, Spirit World's Snowbird and Stealth Bandit banned two junglers."
"So, what hero will Tianheng get first?"
At this time, the entire Beimu team, who had just finished playing, also stayed to watch the game. Seeing this, Zhao Xinan couldn't help but say, "The Lord of the Abyss has been released. Will Little White use the Lord of the Abyss for another pentakill?"
Zhao Xinping said calmly, "Impossible. The team in Group S will get a pentakill unless the opponent collapses. "
Xiao En rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Lieyang's hero pool is very deep. They might not be the first to get the mid laner. I think they should get the archer first. Their archer position is relatively weak. "
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Tianheng's blue team pick [Goddess of Flames].
Xiao En: "…"
Zhao Xinan: "…"
The group of people was stunned.
Zhao Xinping said indifferently, "He does have guts, daring to use Goddess of Flames in front of Zhou Jiawen."
The two commentators looked at each other. "This … Goddess of Flames is Captain Zhou's famous hero. Tianheng's blue team picked Goddess of Flames to crack Huowin's positional warfare system, right?"
Zhou Jiawen looked calm.
Anyone could pick a hero. There was no rule that said a hero would be reserved for a certain player. Ye Shaoyang picked Goddess of Flames to break their positional warfare.
Coach Huowin said, "Let's not use positional warfare for this game. Let's use a mid laner combination."
Zhou Jiawen said, "Well, I'll use the nemesis [Goddess of Fate] to kill him."
[Goddess of Flames]'s fire circle could hit mana, causing people who came into contact with the fire circle to continuously lose mana and be unable to use skills. However, [Goddess of Fate] had no mana and was not afraid of being burned at all. Coupled with [Goddess of Fate]'s explosive power, she could instantly kill the opposing mid laner — this was a typical hero counter.
Ah Yan said, "I'll use [King of Fighters] to cooperate with Little Zhou."
Huowin's first and second floor locked [Goddess of Fate] and [King of Fighters].
When it was Tianheng's turn to choose from the second and third floor, to the audience's surprise, Tianheng actually locked two heroes —
[Cannoneer] and [Trap Hunter]!
The audience: "???"
F * ck, wasn't this Huowin's positional warfare lineup?
Did I see wrongly? Tianheng was on the left, right? Tianheng took Huowin's favorite system?
Was this what it meant to walk the opponent's path and leave the opponent with no way out?
The two commentators laughed and said, "Tianheng took Huowin's positional warfare system. This is going to be fun."
"That's right, Goddess of Flames, Trap Hunter, Cannoneer, a classic positional warfare combination. Tianheng's first floor chose Goddess of Flames not to dismantle the opposing team's system, but for their own use! "
"This is — using your lineup to beat you? Using magic to defeat magic? "
This kind of BP thinking was indeed unexpected.
However, it could also be seen that Tianheng had been preparing for this game for a long time.
Zhou Jiawen smiled and said, "This must be Ye Shaoyang's idea, right? When Tianheng's Coach Lin played against us before, he always banned [Goddess of Lieyang]. This season, they are very stubborn. When they met Jing Zhe, they didn't ban [King Cobra]. When they met us, they didn't ban [Goddess of Flames]. Instead, they found a way to crack it. "
The key to Tianheng's change in style was the mid lane player, Ye Shaoyang.
This was a very bold player who would try to innovate and break through.
When they met a powerful system, they would ban it and not release it? That was the Tianheng of the past. This season, Tianheng liked to be stubborn and confront people head-on. They tried to crack the opponent's strongest system. This kind of courage was worthy of recognition.
Zhou Jiawen sat up straight and looked at the computer calmly. "Don't be careless. Although they chose the positional warfare that we are good at, the lineup is one thing, and the playstyle is another — they must have secretly researched a new playstyle and won't directly copy our routine. Pay attention later and send more signals to communicate. "
His teammates said in unison, "Roger."