Everyone from IG returned to the lounge together, and Fu Manduo came up and said:
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone. This game is enough to prove that our tactics are indeed correct. In this version, the top and jungle have more weight."
Yuan Shen replied: "That's true. Anyway, since it's a new version, we should try it out more and test various tactics."
When everyone heard this, they became excited.
Ning Wang also came over to offer advice: "What strategy are you going to use? I feel that the jungle Shen is really strong in this version, you can try it."
Yuan Shen suggested: "How about the next game, King Ning, you go up and fight?"
Ning Wang responded: "Okay! I was planning to try this version of Shen as a jungler, it's super powerful."
However, Fu Manduo reminded: "This is the opening game, I suggest not to change players."
Ning Wang realized that the official let IG play the opening game in order to take advantage of IG's popularity, increase the popularity of the league, and tell everyone that the summer season has begun.
If Yuan Shen is replaced, the effect will be much worse.
So Yuan Shen must play in the opening game.
Yuan Shen said, "It's okay. You can try again in the next game and it will be the same."
On the RNG side, the RNG players are discussing tactics.
UZI angrily shouted, "Letme, it's already the summer season, and you can only play those heroes? Look at others, how many heroes have they mastered? What are you doing?"
Letme defended himself: "Mundo is a new hero. Mundo couldn't play before. The last time I played Mundo was I don't know how many years ago."
UZI laughed angrily: "Is there any difference between Mundo, Ornn and Sion? They are different heroes? When I say different heroes, I mean their roles. Can they have new roles? They are all mixed tanks, what's the difference?"
Letme stopped talking. It was like this the whole time.
There was nothing he could do about it, he really couldn't handle those fancy things.
UZI continued: "You can't even play Noxus? That's impossible, Letme. Noxus is such a simple hero, but his stats are weird."
Letme hesitated after hearing this. In fact, he often plays Noxus in the public games recently, because Noxus is indeed very strong in this version.
But the key point is that he has never interviewed in the competition, which is a bit troublesome.
What should you do if you find out it is completely useless after taking it out?
"Letme, speak!" UZI shouted angrily.
Letme was also anxious: "Okay, it's just a Noxus, right? You're making it seem like no one can play it. I'll play it next time!"
Seeing Letme say this, UZI stopped talking and decided to wait and see how Letme would perform.
The other RNG members were worried for Letme. Does the hero Noxus really need no operation? It's hard to say. At least it requires pulling, and pulling is actually a kind of operation.
After a short break, Wawa said in the commentary booth: "The second match between the two teams is about to begin. This is the opening match of the summer season. The two teams are IG and RNG. The score is now one to zero."
Miller continued: "In the last game, IG showed us their ability to fight in close combat. Although Uzi played well and his output was much greater, it must be said that in this version, the bot lane shooter is indeed not the most important. The mid, top and jungle are more important."
Rita analyzed: "Now it depends on the ability of RNG's midfield, top and jungle. They will determine what results RNG can achieve in this version."
Players from both teams came on the court again. Yuan Shen sat in his seat, put on headphones, and the second game's BP began!
In this game, IG is on the blue side and RNG is on the red side.
BAN position situation:
IG: Tam, Braum, Morgana
RNG: Gangplank, Gnar, Zoe.
Wawa commented: "IG's ban position is really direct. They are equivalent to telling RNG that they are going to target the bottom lane and ban your protective support. It is even easier to target the ADC in a team fight."
Miller agreed: "That's right, so this is RNG's dilemma. If they are seriously injured and can't have a good performance, then other teams can copy IG's play when facing RNG."
Rita continued, "And did you notice that RNG didn't ban Noxus in this game? Although IG got the mid lane combination of Gragas and Yasuo in the last game, in fact, the teamfights still mainly rely on Noxus, but RNG still let him out. Could it be that they have a way to deal with it?"
Entering the hero selection stage, IG on the blue side locked onto Noxus on the first floor.
When this Noxus was locked on, the audience was very excited. After all, Noxus looked pretty cool in the previous game.
However, it was not only the audience who were excited. Letme was also very excited: "No, there is no No, there is no No!"
UZI angrily scolded: "If there is no Noxus, there are other warrior heroes, Aatrox, Shen, hurry up and choose one."
Letme was so confused that he couldn't escape even though he had no choice but to choose Noxus for the whole time?
It would be better to just choose Noxus.
RNG locked down Aatrox and Ryze on the first and second floors.
It was IG's turn again. IG got Gragas and Yasuo on the second and third floors.
Wawa commented: "Hey? Why is it Gragas and Yasuo? Although this combination performed well in the last game, according to IG's personality, they will not choose the same mid and jungle for two consecutive games."
Hearing this, Miller and Rita fell into deep thought.
This sounds outrageous, because normally, if you win with a lineup, the opponent will continue to use this lineup in the next game if there is no BAN restriction.
This is normal.
But for IG, this approach does not seem to apply. IG is special.
RNG got EZ on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.
Wawa commented: "EZ is indeed a good choice. Facing mid and jungle like Gragas and Yasuo, if the ADC doesn't have displacement, it will be difficult to survive in the teamfight."
RNG also banned Varus and Swain.
IG plus BAN Shen, Diana.
RNG locked Luo on the fourth floor.
On the IG side, IG got the Vampire and Alchemist on the fourth and fifth floors.
The whole audience was in uproar:
"What the hell is IG doing? What kind of lineup is this?"
"I don't understand. I don't understand at all."
"IG are you kidding me? The lineup is such a mess."
"This is outrageous. I thought I was watching the Polar Rumble."
Not only the audience, but also the three commentators didn't understand it.
Wawa commented: "Another lineup without an ADC, and no support, or a decent support, but some mid, top and jungle heroes. I am completely unsure of the lane splits now."
Miller speculated: "At least, I think Noxus will definitely go to the top lane, there is no doubt about that. Will he be kited if he goes to the middle lane and the bottom lane? Although I don't know what Letme will choose in the top lane, it doesn't seem to matter."
Rita laughed: "You are criticizing Letme. I think the hero selection is still crucial. Letme chose Aatrox in the end, so... it seems that Noxus is the top laner." "Then Gragas should be the jungler, Vladimir is the mid laner, and Yasuo and... Alchemist go to the bottom lane? It seems that it is really possible. Yasuo and Alchemist can cooperate. Alchemist threw him over the shoulder, and Yasuo used his ultimate and was unable to move!"
Although Rita's analysis was very logical, no one believed it and felt something was wrong.
Both sides began to adjust their lanes, but no one could understand IG's lanes.
However, everyone was also suspecting that this might be IG's smoke bomb. As the countdown entered the last twenty seconds, everyone opened their eyes wide and were frightened by IG's lineup.
Blue side IG: Alchemist on top, Noxus on jungle, Yasuo on mid, Vampire on ADC, Gragas on support
Red side RNG: Top Aatrox, Jungle Nightmare, Mid Ryze, ADCEZ, Support Rakan
Looking at this lineup, Rita immediately doubted her life: "That is to say... I didn't guess any of the five heroes' divisions correctly?"
Wawa smiled and said, "I can only say that this is IG. IG's games are always full of surprises and shocks. You never know what IG will do next."
Entering the game screen, Yuan Shen began to set the pace:
"In the early game, I mainly focus on the bottom lane. The opponent's bottom lane will definitely jump a lot, so I go to the bottom lane to GANK."
Baolan was stunned: "Huh? Bottom lane? I think top lane might be easier to catch. Top lane is Aatrox, melee, and Alchemist has control."
Yuan Shen smiled and said, "Don't mention it. Alchemist will cut off the minion line. Of course, if the opponent's jungler goes to find Alchemist, I can go to the top lane to help, but I don't think he will do that in the early stage. The opponent's jungler is not that stupid."
The director gave the summoner information of the ten heroes on both sides.
Wawa analyzed: "Noxus didn't have flash in this game, he used sprint and punishment, and the mid laner Alchemist used sprint and TP. It's a pity that RNG didn't choose a hero like Jarvan. Otherwise, Jarvan could limit the performance of the two of them."
Miller agreed, "That's true, but then again, this kind of thing is unpredictable. How do you know they will play Alchemist and Darius, top lane and jungle, and without flash?"
"It was too sudden. I think RNG was extremely shocked by this BP alone. They haven't reacted yet."
At level one, both sides were in defensive positions. The first wave of soldiers came out and wild monsters refreshed. Everyone suddenly realized that Yuan Shen’s route to clear the jungle was wrong!
Rita muttered: "Noxus chose to start from blue buff and clear the jungle downwards alone. Isn't it hard to start from blue buff and clear the jungle upwards? I think he can start from red buff and clear the jungle upwards. Anyway, Nightmare shouldn't come to counter-jungle."
The director first turned the camera to the top lane, and found that the minion line in the top lane was not broken, so he immediately gave the camera to Noxus.
When Noxus activated the W skill at level 1, the blue buff was almost gone. Noxus immediately approached the toad and started hitting it, causing the blue buff to bleed to death.
At level 2, Noxus used the Q skill, sucked blood, and continued AWA.
Just like the blue BUFF, Noxus walked towards the three wolves, and Toad followed behind with five layers of bleeding effect on his body. When Noxus started to attack the three wolves, Toad bled to death.
Wawa explained: "I found that this Noxus's speed of clearing the jungle is a bit fast. Did you notice? At this speed, I feel that he is not slower than the duo helping him."
"Think about it, if you open the red buff below, you have to go around to fight the stone beetle. Isn't it a waste of time?"
Everyone found that it seemed to be true!
At this moment, something even more outrageous happened. Yuan Shen was fighting three wolves, and a little more than halfway through, he went straight towards F6. The three wolves followed him all the way to the front of the second tower in the middle lane and then bled to death.
This way, Noxus saves a lot of time!
The director switched to Nightmare's side and found that Nightmare's progress in clearing the jungle was even slower than that of Noxus!
Miller was amazed: "Is this the strength of the world's number one jungler? Just the jungle clearing alone is enough to crush 99.99% of junglers. It's all about the details."
Yuan Shen gave the bottom lane a signal: "Get ready, I'm coming."
In the bottom lane, UZI's EZ is very aggressive. EZ is actually very strong in the early laning phase, especially at level 1 and 2. He maintains five levels of passive and can beat anyone.
In addition, in this game, IG's bottom lane was Vladimir and Gragas, and the combat effectiveness of these two heroes was indeed very weak, so they were suppressed by EZ.
Xiao Ming had already set up vision in the river early on, but Noxus hasn't come yet, which means he won't come for the time being.
According to the time calculation, Noxus must have finished clearing the lower jungle area and is now going to the upper jungle area.
Therefore, UZI chose to push the bottom lane soldiers towards the defensive tower.
UZI's EZ looks for opportunities to consume the enemy.
The bottom lane has become a positioning test, testing the positioning abilities of Gragas and Vladimir.
But soon, things changed!
Vampire and Gragas suddenly rushed up, and Vampire charged his E skill while closing the distance.
"What do you want to do? Are you in a hurry?" UZI chose to counterattack. With the minions in front of him, it was impossible for Gragas to touch him.
"Hey! Bottom lane, Noxus!" Suddenly, Mlxg gave a signal to the bottom lane.
UZI and Xiao Ming looked and saw Noxus coming from the river!
"No, why is he coming to the bottom lane now?" Xiao Ming doubted his life.
There was no time for them to think, as Noxus started to sprint over.
Baolan's Gragas' W skill is ready to be used first.
Luo approached Noxus and took the initiative to make a grand appearance. He took a step back and easily dodged it!
Just use the Q skill at the same time, and EZ will use the E skill to dodge.
Noxus continued to approach EZ and started with his Q skill to kill everyone.
EZ flashed to avoid it, but Noxus had sprint and caught up with him. Ruthless Ironhand pulled EZ back, and Vampire followed up to output.
Noxus was attacking while moving at the same time. AWA, he continued to move. EZ wanted to use the Q skill to bring out the E skill, but found that he couldn't do it at all. This Noxus's movement was too flexible!
Soon, the blood rage was triggered and EZ's health was at the bottom. Noxus WA got the kill.
Wawa commented: "Nice, very nice, the first blood was taken by Noxus. Noxus's jungle performance in this game has been very successful, at least so far!"
Miller agreed: "That's right, the opponent's Luo just ran away, knowing that he couldn't protect Ezreal."
At this time on the RNG side, Xiao Ming and UZI were already questioning their lives!
Xiao Ming muttered, "Why would the opponent's Noxus come to the bottom lane at this time? He seems to have started with blue mana, definitely with blue mana. Look at the number of jungle monsters he cleared, there are five groups of jungle monsters."
"But if he started with blue buff, why is he in the bottom lane now? Is it so fast? The top laner didn't even help him to jungle?"
No one can answer this question, and everyone is now in a state of confusion.
Mlxg had no idea and could only choose to remain silent. UZI sighed and once again felt the gap between teammates.
The game continued and the director switched to the top lane.
Alchemist has finished cutting off the minion line and is returning to the city for supplies. He has obviously calculated the time well. The opposing jungler is about to come to the top lane, and he is in poor condition, so he needs to go back this time.
After returning to the city for supplies, TP out and continue to cut off the troops in the top lane. (End of this chapter)