The blue team's T1 got the Sword Demon on the first floor
Wang Duoduo commented: "It's Aatrox indeed. I feel that TES chose to release Aatrox because compared to the three top laners they banned, Aatrox's laning attribute is a little stronger."

“From this, we can see that under TES pressure, strong ability to push the lane is a more difficult trait to deal with than strong ability to fight in a team.”

Rita continued: "I feel this is understandable. In a team fight, TES can rely on the strength of the team and the big players in the Japanese team to solve the problem, but in a solo lane, they can only rely on Shan Ji in the top lane, which is more difficult."

It was TES's turn to choose, and TES got the crocodile and the big tree on the first and second floors.

Seeing that Treant was chosen, Guan Zeyuan commented: "This Treant could be a jungler, or a support. The difference is that if it is a jungler, then the choice of Crocodile is a bit abrupt, and there is no cooperation. It is probably mainly to let Pheasant withstand the pressure."

Wang Duoduo agreed: "That's right. Most of the time, Crocodile is chosen to play in the top lane mainly to cooperate with the strong jungler to gank the top lane. But now TES has a big tree jungler, that's different. However, Crocodile is still strong in the early resource group."

T1 locked Lucian and Nami on the second and third floors.

Rita commented: "T1 chose the Luna combination, so now TES's bottom lane is under a lot of pressure. In the previous game, T1's bottom lane Luna combination showed extraordinary dominance."

"Now it depends on what kind of heroes Shuizi and Hang can bring out to deal with it."

TES locked Aphelios on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.

TES banned Leblanc and Sylas in the second round of BP.

T1 banned Akali and Syndra in the second round.

Wang Duoduo commented: "Both sides chose to target the mid laner because the mid laner has not been selected yet and is the core of both teams. Of course, for T1, Faker's position in the team is not very good now, unlike before."

"For TES, Yishen has always been their absolute core."

TES got the Diana on the fourth floor.

It was T1's turn. T1 locked down Tsar and Sejuani on the fourth and fifth floors.

This leaves only TES's fifth floor unselected.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "Tsar? In this game, Faker used his signature Tsar. The mid lane is under a lot of pressure right now. Faker's proficiency in Tsar is beyond words."

"The suppression power is very strong when laning, and in teamfights, the ability to initiate teamfights and consume enemies is very strong."

At this moment, TES locked Ekko on the fifth floor, and the lineups of both sides were determined:

[Format: BO5]

【TES】VS【T1】（0:0）

Top lane: [Desert Butcher] VS [Darkborn Sword Demon]

Jungle: [Twisted Treant] VS [Wrath of the North]

Mid: [Time Assassin] VS [Desert Emperor]

ADC: [Howl of the Crescent Moon] VS [Holy Lance Ranger]

Support: [Dawn Goddess] VS [Tidecaller Mermaid]

Seeing this scene, Guan Zeyuan analyzed:
"Is it Ekko? This is the first time Ekko has appeared in this S game. As a mage assassin, Ekko mainly focuses on cashing in on the laning phase. His strengths are not small-scale resource team battles in the early and mid-game. Ekko's combat capabilities are very strong."

"Now it all depends on how well Yishen can use Ekko. Anyway, I personally feel that any assassin hero is polarized. Either they are invincible and always play a key role in teamfights, or they are useless."

Enter the game screen.

[Detected that the opponent 'Faker' was killed by the host, the entry 'Weak Mark' increases the host's laning suppression power by 10%]

[Detected that the opponent 'Faker' is a legendary player, the number of legendary players on the field is 4, the entry 'Legendary in full bloom' increases the host's overall attributes by 40, and increases the overall attributes of all players on the field by 20%. ]

Xiaotian is setting the pace: "You can develop on the top lane by yourself, I will mainly help the middle and bottom lanes."

Shanji suddenly shouted: "Ah! What's this feeling? Damn, what's this feeling, I seem to have become stronger!"

Hang then chimed in, "Me too, it seems my reaction speed, control over the mouse, and hand speed have all gotten better!"

Xiaotian and Ashui initially thought that the two were joking.

But the two soon felt the difference, which was completely different from the feeling of playing games normally!
Xiaotian muttered, "What's going on? Is it like this all of a sudden?"

Ah Shui shook his head: "I don't know, is it because of collective hallucination?"

Lu Yi suddenly explained: "I think it's because it's the finals. Everyone subconsciously becomes serious, and the secretion of hormones makes the body more excited and agile."

Although Lu Yi's explanation seems very forced, since no one can find a better explanation, this is the only option.

At level one, TES chooses a defensive position to prevent the opponent from invading.

Soon, the first wave of soldiers came out, Lu Yi returned to the line and started laning. The Tsar walked out from under the defensive tower, and Lu Yi took the initiative to approach the soldier line. While the soldier line was still moving, Lu Yi used a Q skill.

This Q skill goes along the line of soldiers and injures all the soldiers.

Wang Duoduo explained: "The hero Ekko pushes the line all the time when laning, using the characteristic of Q skill to push the line quickly, and pushes the line quickly, so that there is time to roam. Of course, it is not possible now, the level is too low, and the speed of pushing the line is not fast enough."

The Tsar wanted to come up and put pressure on him, but Lu Yi chose to go around the line of soldiers. In this way, if the Tsar used basic attacks to damage him, he would be attacked by the soldiers. When the CD of the next Q skill was ready, Lu Yi threw out the second Q skill to clear the line of soldiers.

The Tsar had no choice but to maintain his own development first.

In the top lane, Shan Ji's crocodile was pulled back by the opponent's Sword Demon at level 1, and was late for Q. Fortunately, he had Doran's Shield, so it was not a big problem.

In the bottom lane, the two sides were relatively peaceful at level 1. However, after reaching level 2 together, Lucian and Nami started fighting first. Nami used the E skill on Lucian, and Lucian slid up and retreated after the fight.

Wang Duoduo commented: "The bottom lane is still difficult. I feel like the opponent's composition is stronger. Aphelios needs time to develop."

Rita agreed: "That's right. Now all three lanes of TES are suppressed because of the heroes. Xiaotian should have a greater opportunity to perform."

Guan Zeyuan seems to have a different opinion: "I think the top lane being suppressed is not a hero problem. In the early stage, Crocodile can definitely beat Aatrox, but now the top lane is in this situation, it can only be due to operational problems."

Four minutes into the game, Lu Yi in the middle lane was exhausted and had no more health and mana, so he went back to the city for supplies.

The situation of the Tsar was similar. Both of them pushed the line back and TPed back to the line to continue fighting.

Now with the basic equipment and the increased CD of his Q skill, Lu Yi can push the troops in the middle lane much faster.

Xiaotian's tree was looking for an opportunity: "Can we do it in the middle? I'll use W and you'll use W to cooperate." Lu Yi directly denied it: "No, our control is too slow and too soft. He can move away."

Xiaotian, who has the advantage, chooses to go to the bottom lane, hoping to find opportunities there.

Suddenly, Shan Ji reminded: "I have no TP left, but the opposing Sword Demon still has."

Hearing this, everyone in TES felt it was outrageous. Shan Ji had already used his TP, and the opponent didn't buy Doujiao TP. Does that mean the opponent's Sword Demon was fighting two lives with one?

Xiaotian came to the bottom lane and was afraid of his opponent. Not to mention the problem of the opposing jungler's counter-camping, they would be in trouble if the Sword Demon TPed over.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "Xiao Tian can't find his rhythm now. It feels like T1 is very tight and doesn't give him any chances."

Wang Duoduo agreed, "That's right. Xiaotian can only reach level 6 first, and then see if there is any chance. If there is really no chance, we can use neutral resources to fight for it and force the opponent to come out to join the team fight."

"But it's still early. We are still in the early stages of development."

Suddenly an unexpected event occurred. Oner's Sejuani ganked the top lane and cooperated with Aatrox to kill the crocodile. Aatrox killed the crocodile with only a sliver of health left!

【T1, Zeus (Darkborn Sword Demon) killed TES, Shanji (Desert Butcher)!!】

First blood broke out!
Rita commented: "It turned out to be the first blood in the top lane. I actually feel that Crocodile is a very difficult hero to catch, and the opponent succeeded in one try."

At this moment, the director played the replay, and everyone understood what was going on through the replay.

Shan Ji's crocodile TPed back to the top lane, but he did not develop in a sneaky way. After going online, he began to actively look for the opposite side's Aatrox, which was very offensive.

While the Sword Demon was finishing off the enemy, Crocodile used his E skill to come up and deal close damage, but Sejuani was in the river, waiting for Crocodile to use his E skill.

Guan Zeyuan explained: "I know what happened now. Actually, Crocodile was hit out of TP first, and when he saw that the opponent still had TP, he wanted to use it to balance it. However, the opponent's jungler had already arrived, and Crocodile took the initiative to give up his E skill, so he would definitely die in the end."

At this time, Shan Ji took the initiative to take the blame on TES: "I'm really sorry, guys. I was careless and was ambushed by the opponent's jungler."

Xiaotian comforted him, "It's okay, one head won't affect the overall situation."

The game was still going on, and the time reached seven and a half minutes. At this time, both the single lane and the jungler had reached level six.

The Rift Herald is about to refresh, and Xiaotian knows this is an opportunity.

I haven’t found any opportunities before, so this time I need to get a good position and vision in advance.

"Can the bottom lane push the minion line? We are ready to join the team fight." Xiaotian commanded.

Ah Shui replied: "No problem."

Although we cannot suppress the opponent in the bottom lane, we have no problem pushing the line.

In the top lane, the Sword Demon is suppressing Pheasant's crocodile, so Pheasant can't come over immediately.

Guan Zeyuan explained: "Both sides are mobilizing personnel now. It seems that they are preparing to join the team at the Rift Herald. A five-on-five fight will have a huge impact on the outcome."

Half a minute into the game, the first Rift Herald spawns.

Lu Yi used the Q skill to quickly push the line in the middle lane, and then went up to meet up with his teammates.

Xiaotian directly activated the Rift Herald and pulled it out to fight.

Everyone in TES followed suit and output, and the health of the Rift Herald dropped rapidly.

"They are coming." Hang reminded, and Lu Yi's Ekko walked forward and used the Q skill to put pressure on the opponent, preventing them from getting close easily.

On the T1 side, Sejuani was leading the way in front and also looking for an opportunity.

He saw that the Rift Herald had only 3,000 HP, so he decisively used his ultimate move!
Wang Duoduo commented: "The team fight started! Sejuani's ultimate hit the tree, but the moment the tree was controlled, he also threw out his ultimate. In order to avoid the tree's ultimate, the T1 player didn't deal damage immediately, so the tree flashed and was safe."

"The Rift Herald is about to be gone! Nami used her ultimate to cover Sejuani as she went forward. Lucian also used his ultimate, Holy Lance Baptism. The team fight was triggered again."

Faker's Tsar summoned sand soldiers and was constantly dealing damage. Combined with Lucian's damage, T1's damage was not low. Suddenly Faker saw an opportunity, so he chose to use his skill Quicksand Shift to enter the field and flash his ultimate!

Rita was excited: "Here it comes! Tsar's coming in, flashing his ultimate and predicting his flash, Aphelios was pushed back! Aphelios was killed instantly! What a show of operations!"

【T1, Zeus (Darkborn Sword Demon) killed TES, Jackeylove (Howl of the Crescent Moon)!!】

"T1 started chasing him. Ekko used a skill, but he was still retreating. The opposing Sword Demon used his ultimate to chase him. Where could he go?"

"Ekko used his ultimate to go back and control three people! Oh my god, how dare he? This ultimate and W formed a perfect combination. The sofa was controlled. Ekko followed up with Q skills and killed the Tsar in one second!

[TES, GodYi (Time Assassin) killed T1, Faker (Desert Emperor)! ! ]”

After killing the Tsar, Lu Yi chose to wait for a wave of skills first, and used the three rings he had just cast to speed up and pull away.

Since the opponent couldn't catch up, he gave up and chose to continue attacking from the front.

Guan Zeyuan explained: "Crocodile can't hold on any longer. The main problem now is that there is no output point. After Aphelios is killed instantly, there will inevitably be a situation where the output is insufficient."

"The tree was sold out, TES chose to retreat, and the tree's head was taken by the opponent. Now Ekko has no ultimate skill, and he can't enter the field again!"

【T1, Zeus (Darkborn Blade) killed TES, Tian (Crescent Moon)!!】

At this time, on the TES side, A Shui chose to take the blame: "It's my fault. The opponent's Tsar showed off. This Tsar has something."

Lu Yi said: "It's okay. Team battles are already difficult to fight now."

Xiaotian said: "Then we can only grow now, we can't win in a fight."

The Rift Herald was taken by T1, and both sides entered the development stage.

Ten minutes into the game, T1 released the Rift Herald in the top lane and cooperated with the Aatrox to take the top lane tower.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "That's great. With the development of the opposing Aatrox, I feel that Crocodile is making a mistake just by looking at him. As for teamfighting, Aatrox is much more useful than Crocodile in teamfights. Now he can't win in a single laning and can't be compared in teamfights. The top lane is much worse."

Wang Duoduo agreed: "That's right. In fact, when the top lane heroes were selected, we felt that this kind of problem was prone to occur in the top lane, because TES chose Crocodile in the top lane not to cooperate with the jungler to gank the top lane, but simply because Crocodile has better attributes in the early stage and can be of some use."

The director gave a close-up of the T1 team. After taking the top lane tower, it was obvious that the T1 team was very relaxed, as if they had already won the game. (End of this chapter)