After a brief appearance by both players, they came to their respective positions.
Lu Yi put on his headphones, everything was ready, and the first game began.
In this game, TES is on the red side and LNG is on the blue side.
BAN position situation:
TES: Xia, Kaisa, King of the Ruined
LNG: Annie, Akali, Aphelios
Wawa analyzed: "In this game, Top Esports mainly targeted the bottom lane and banned Gala's two most commonly used ADCs. They took it very seriously."
"On the other hand, LNG mainly targets the mid and bottom. Scout's personal operation is still good. If the hero is not too disadvantaged, he should be able to maintain stable development against Yishen."
Miller continued, "Now that Quesanti is still out there, will either side consider grabbing it? LNG has a chance to grab it first on the blue side. Zika's Quesanti is pretty good in my impression."
Entering the hero selection stage, LNG got Quesanti on the first floor.
Miller explained: "Sure enough, LNG will definitely take it. I don't think Shan Ji has the means to deal with Quesanti."
TES got Gnar and Wei on the first and second floors.
Wawa analyzed: "From a mechanics point of view, as long as the level of the hero Gnar is high enough, he can suppress Quesanti, but it depends on the operation. If the operation is not good, then it will be another matter."
LNG got Jinx and Lulu on the second and third floors.
Miller commented: "Jinx and Lulu are good choices. Many ADCs were banned in this game, so Jinx has a higher priority."
TES got Riel on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.
TES also banned Jayce and Tsar.
LNG also banned Zeli and Varus.
Wawa explained: "There aren't many options for the ADC position now. Too many heroes have been banned. It depends on how Top Esports handles it."
TES got the bomber on the fourth floor.
Wawa commented: "Hey! Ziggs, this seems to be an option! There are two ADs in the top and jungle in this game, and the AD output should be enough. Besides, there is no mid laner selected yet, so you can consider choosing an AD mid laner to cooperate with Ziggs in the bottom lane."
Miller agreed: "Yes, I think we can do it this way. Now it depends on how Top Esports chooses."
LNG got Fox and Monkey on the fourth and fifth floors, and then TES locked in Neeko on the fifth floor.
Wawa commented: "Neeko? That's also an option. The current Top Esports lineup is strong in teamfights, with a lot of control and AOE. If they can hold on in the early stages, they will be strong in teamfights."
The lineups of both teams have been determined:
[Format: BO5]
【TES】VS【LNG】(0:0)
Top: [Lost Fang] VS [Glory of Nazumang]
Jungle: [Piltover Enforcer] VS [Monkey King]
Mid: [Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit] VS [Nine-Tailed Fox]
ADC: [Explosive Genius] VS [Rampage Lolita]
Support: [Iron Girl] VS [Fairy Witch]
Entering the game screen, Xiaotian began to lead the pace:
"We develop first in the early game, focus on resource groups, and defend the bottom lane. We can't let Jinx get up, we have to suppress him."
Lu Yi asked: "Jack, can we win in the bottom lane?"
Ah Shui smiled and said, "Just play casually. A hero like Jinx can't play against Ziggs."
Lu Yi responded: "Then I feel relieved. As long as the bottom lane can be played freely, this game is very stable."
Neither side had any intention of invading, and the game started normally, with the first wave of troops coming out.
Lu Yi came to the line to face off against Fox. Scout's Fox was very aggressive at level one.
Wawa explained: "It was very shameless for Fox to use W to trade blood with Electrocute at level 1. Neeko chose to face him head-on. Sure enough, Fox used the W skill, and W was activated and followed by a basic attack..."
"Did Neeko actually click on W? It's over. All of Fox's Ws automatically attacked the fake Neeko. The damage was indeed dealt, but the target was wrong!"
An embarrassing scene occurred. The Fox's damage hit the wrong person, and instead it was Lu Yi's Neeko who chased the Fox and dealt damage with basic attacks.
Miller commented: "The passive of Neeko's W skill is that every three basic attacks can trigger a special attack, which has high damage. Fox actually lost money in the level 1 exchange. To be honest, it's rare to see Fox lose money at level 1."
The game continued, and the second wave of soldiers came. Now Ahri and Neeko had no skills, so they could only rely on basic attacks to push the soldiers and last hit.
In the top lane, Shan Ji's Gnar was facing Zika Quesanti. Shan Ji chose to develop peacefully, at most using the Q skill to hit him, and definitely not going up to attack.
Wawa explained: "This is still a peaceful way of playing. I think Quesanti can accept it."
"If he really develops, Quesanti will perform better in teamfights than Gnar."
Miller laughed and said, "But think about it the other way around. Can Shan Ji accept it? I think he can accept it. As long as he doesn't get beaten in the laning phase, it will be very comfortable for him."
Wawa smiled: "You mean if the requirements are low enough, it will be easier to satisfy them?"
In the bottom lane, A Shui was not bragging. Relying on his long arms advantage, he was suppressing the LNG duo.
Gala is not the kind of player who is very aggressive in the lane. For him, it is enough to just develop and let the Ziggs push the line forward.
Just over three minutes later, a battle for the river crab broke out in the upper lane.
Xiaotian gave the signal in advance: "Look at my position, the opposing jungler is here."
Tarzan seemed to want the river crab as well, and the two met unexpectedly in the river.
"I'm coming." Lu Yi quickly pushed the line in the middle lane, and so did Fox, both of them supporting their teammates at the same time.
In the top lane, Shan Ji's Gnar became bigger and his attributes were enhanced. Relying on his relatively strong state, he pushed the line of troops forcefully.
Seeing that Gnar used both Q and W to push the line, Zika took the initiative to use his E skill to rush forward and consume the enemy.
At the river above the middle road, the two sides of the wilderness met.
Xiaotian took the initiative to attack the river crab, still keeping his Q skill.
Fox activated his W skill and tested Lu Yi. Lu Yi decisively used his W skill and rushed towards Fox's face. Now it was a one-on-one duel between junglers, and a one-on-one duel between mid laners.
Miller commented: "Yishen is very proactive! Very strong, and it seems that Ahri can't tell the real from the fake. She uses her E skill and hits. It's fake! This is fake! Neeko used her E and Ahri didn't dodge. The distance was too close!"
"Fox is controlled, Neeko follows up with her Q skill, continues to output damage, flashes Q to follow up with damage, AEA creates a burst, and Fox's health is at the bottom!"
Fox used his flash to retreat, and Lu Yi flashed to follow and continued to output with basic attacks.
Monkey was chasing Wei, and Wei was walking towards Lu Yi while dealing damage.
Wawa commented: "The scene was very chaotic. Alpaca's health was too low. The next Q would kill him. Neeko used her Q, but Alpaca didn't dodge the first part of his movement. Neeko got the kill with a basic attack with the passive damage of her W!"
[TES, GodYi (Tale of the Flower Spirit) killed!! LNG, Scout (Nine-Tailed Fox)!! ]
"Neeko turned back to help Vi. What did Monkey King say? Should we continue fighting? Vi's health was only one-third. It felt like she had a chance. Neeko used her E and Monkey King flashed away."
"Use the E skill to catch up with Wei. As soon as I use E, Wei turns around and interrupts with Q! Monkey King is very embarrassed." However, Tarzan has not given up. He withstands Lu Yi's output, uses W to come up with AQA, and still takes down Wei's head.
[LNG, Tarzan (Monkey King) killed!! TES, Tian (Piltover Enforcer)!! ]
Lu Yi only attacks when the opponent's Fox has TP, and it must have TPed to the middle lane and is about to come over. In that case, you can't continue to fight and can only let the monkey go.
Miller explained: "The two sides pulled apart. Yishen must have guessed that the Fox was coming and had to give up. Now it's a one-for-one trade, which both sides can accept."
On the TES side, Xiaotian complained: "It's a pity that Monkey King is very strong in the early stage and can fight very well."
Lu Yi responded: "Indeed, we have to be careful of the Monkey King on the opposite side now, he has developed too well."
Not only did Monkey King get a kill, he also got two river crabs, which was very comfortable for the jungler.
The better the equipment is in the early stage, the faster the jungle can be cleared. The faster the jungle is cleared and the more advanced the equipment is, the more likely you are to make a big breakthrough.
Suddenly, news came from the upper road, and Shanji reported the situation: "No one on the upper road has flashed."
Lu Yi took a look at the top lane and, sure enough, Shan Ji had been beaten to zero health by the opponent and was returning to the city under the defensive tower.
It seems that Zika took the initiative to attack and used his flash.
Five minutes into the game, the LNG duo was driven back home. A Shui gained a wave of soldiers and also returned to the city for supplies.
Meiko exclaimed: "Jack, your bomber skill is really accurate. It blew the opponent into a daze."
Ah Shui also boasted: "I told you to play in the bottom lane, you won't disbelieve me, right?"
Meiko quickly said, "I believe it, of course I believe it. I am your assistant, who else can you believe if you don't believe it?"
Xiaotian couldn't hold it anymore: "Can you guys be a little more normal?"
In the middle lane, Lu Yi's Neeko reached level 6. As long as he kept the E skill in his hand, the opponent's Fox would have a hard time touching him.
The two of them pushed each other's troops, and then found things to do after pushing the troops.
It was too difficult for Lu Yi to catch him in the top lane. Quesanti had a dominant body and was immune to control, so he couldn't be kept.
The main target is still the bottom lane.
Lu Yi and Xiaotian walked down together, wanting to go over the tower.
However, as soon as he arrived at the bottom lane, he came face to face with the opposing Monkey King. It seemed that Tarzan was only in danger if he played in the bottom lane.
Wawa commented: "The awareness is very good. Tarzan came to the bottom lane to help defend. Should Top Esports continue to attack? No, they gave up this GANK."
The game lasted eight minutes, and the jungler gradually reached level six.
Shan Ji asked for help in the top lane: "I can't beat him in the top lane, bro, please give me some help."
Now Shan Ji has no flash and no TP, which is very embarrassing. He originally wanted to use Gnar to suppress Quesantis, but now he is the one being suppressed.
Xiaotian comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll help with other roads and we'll go on the road later."
Xiaotian was mainly worried that when he went to the top lane, he would be ambushed by the opposing jungler and would not be able to win the two-on-two battle.
In the bottom lane, Tarzan's Monkey King came over.
The bottom lane has been suppressed, and Ziggs is pushing the line mindlessly. We must find an opportunity to catch them.
Ziggs' W can blow up defense towers. Once the defense tower's health reaches the kill line, it can be directly destroyed with one W.
Therefore, if the Ziggs are allowed to go too smoothly, the defense towers will fall very quickly and the economic snowball will start rolling.
The monkey followed the line of soldiers into the bushes at the bottom lane and squatted in the bushes.
Sure enough, Ziggs pushed the line quickly, while Jinx and Lulu retreated all the way, pretending that they couldn't win.
Ziggs and Rell were still moving forward, when suddenly, Jinx and Lulu counterattacked!
Bomber and Riel's first reaction was to counterattack.
Rell used her W skill Iron Tamer to enter the field, and used her Q skill to control the opponent's Jinx. Jinx used her evolution to release the control.
Suddenly, Monkey used his E skill from the side to approach the bomber and used his ultimate skill!
"Zombie!" Gala's Jinx jumped over Rell and defeated Ziggs.
However, something he didn't expect happened. One of the soldiers suddenly threw out Neeko's E skill, controlling him and following up with Q and ultimate!
"Neeko!" Gala realized that he had been fooled. There was a Neeko in this wave of soldiers, but he didn't realize it!
Wawa explained: "It's over. Neeko's ultimate controlled three people, Ziggs used his ultimate, and Neeko's damage had already crippled Jinx. Lulu was not level 6 yet, and he didn't have his ultimate, so Jinx was killed instantly!"
[TES, Jackeylove (explosion genius) killed!! LNG, Gala (runaway loli)!! ]
The bomber used flash to go into the bushes, his health was running low.
Monkey flashed and followed up, using his E skill, and Ziggs used W in an instant, interrupting Monkey's E!
Miller commented: "Fortunately, the operation was good! Ziggs was still operating, can he survive? Ziggs turned around and fought back, fighting and retreating, Monkey King used W to close the distance, and finished with Q skill to complete the kill!"
[LNG, Tarzan (Monkey King) killed!! LNG, Jackeylove (Explosion Genius)!! ]
Wawa continued, "Rell and Neeko turned back to look for Monkey King. The two wanted to take him down, but Monkey King ran in the opposite direction, waiting for his skills. Lulu followed behind but didn't dare to get too close."
"Neeko uses basic attacks to deal damage, Rell uses her W skill, Monkey King uses her E skill to get close to you and tries to counterattack, but you are hit by Neeko's E skill and Q skill in mid-air. Rell uses Iron Tamer to control you, and Neeko continues to use basic attacks."
In the end, Monkey was killed by Lu Yi's Neeko and gave away a kill.
[TES, GodYi (Tales of the Flower Spirit) killed!! LNG, Tarzan (Monkey King)!! ]
Xiaotian cheered, "Nice, good to win."
Ah Shui complained: "The monkey on the opposite side is really mean, he insisted on replacing me."
Meiko laughed and said, "I guess I don't like you. We can lose the team battle, but you must die."
Lu Yi returned to the city for supplies and TPed back to the middle lane.
The director gave the video a replay. It turned out that Lu Yi was walking down from the middle lane, and after transforming into a soldier, he wanted to GANK the bottom lane, and then everything that just happened happened.
Wawa explained: "I can only say that this is awareness! If it was someone else, it might be good luck, but for Yishen, he must have known that the bottom lane was going to be caught, so he came now."
Miller agreed: "Indeed, Yi Shen's strength is there, and he is different from others."
However, Lu Yi didn't think so. He actually wanted to cooperate with the bottom lane to cross the tower and attack from the front to catch the opponent off guard, but he didn't expect that the opponent's jungler would take action first.
Soon, Xiaotian took the Rift Herald and came to the middle lane to release it, helping Lu Yi to eat the tower skin.
At this moment, bad news came from the top lane, Shan Ji was killed alone.
[LNG, Zika (Glory of Nazumang) killed!! TES, Shanji (Lost Fang)!! ]
Shan Ji was a little embarrassed: "Neither I nor the opponent had flash."
However, the teammates did not blame or question, as if nothing had happened.
At the same time, the news that the little dragon was killed came out. The little dragon was stolen by the opposing jungler!
Wawa explained: "At present, the two sides are still relatively balanced, not one-sided. Both sides have the opportunity to win the game. We need to continue to observe." (End of this chapter)