novellk 065 Breaking the situation!
065 Breaking the situation!
After three matches, RISE has become a target worth studying in the eyes of many teams.
MVP is also a familiar rival, after all, Mata is one of their former members, and RISE even eliminated their second team.
Therefore, in terms of BP, they are no longer as clueless as CJ, but rather have a lot of targeted strategies.
They slightly changed the ban list, choosing to release Alchemist and ban Vi instead.
Vi has been available for almost two months and is no longer considered new. However, in professional matches, only Li Zhixing has been able to bring out the full potential of Vi.
Ultimately, it was the exceptional abilities of the RISE members that amplified Vi's control.
It doesn't matter if the alchemist is released; at worst, I'll just pick a tanky champion with fast wave clear and farm in the top lane.
But we definitely can't let Wei go.
Li Zhixing nodded, not flustered at all, and immediately banned Ryze, Twitch, and Lee Sin, which were also the opponent's signature champions.
Once the selection phase began, Li Zhixing from the blue team, without hesitation, immediately locked in alchemy.
But the opposing team was definitely prepared, and subsequently locked in the top and jungle positions of Vladimir and Jarvan IV.
Vladimir is unlikely to appear in the mid lane this version because this hero has no mana bar, making him a natural fit for the Athene's Unholy Grail item.
In a duel between mages, it's impossible to win without the Holy Grail.
This top laner pick is destined to farm against Reinhardt, and they will inevitably focus their efforts on the bottom half of the map.
Li Zhixing knew what to do and immediately targeted the bear jungler to counter the prince.
Although the bear is not a jungler that Li Zhixing often uses, it is indeed the one most needed in the current situation.
Volibear has a reliable initiation ability with his Q skill, making him an undeniably strong tempo jungler who fits the team's needs perfectly.
Additionally, the E skill also has a knockback effect, which, if used properly, can interrupt the Prince's EQ combo.
Then lock in Thresh.
MVP then secured the strong lane priority duo of Ezreal and Zyra, leaving the mid lane for last.
This is also necessary.
Countless mid laners have proven with their blood and tears that if you pick the top laner first when facing Faker, you're guaranteed to get crushed. Picking an easier laner later makes more sense.
Lee Sang-hyeok was not afraid and locked onto Sion first, forcefully increasing the tempo.
Kim Hyuk-kyu chose Tristana, thus finalizing the lineup.
The opposing team locked in Jayce as their last pick, thus finalizing their lineup.
Li Zhixing took one last look at the lineups on both sides, but said nothing more.
Blue side RISE: Top laner Reinhardt, jungler Volibear, mid laner Orianna, bot laner Tristana and Thresh.
Red team MVP: Top lane Vladimir, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Jayce, Bot lane Ezreal and Zyra.
This is the kind of lineup that RISE excels at; everyone knows what they're supposed to do.
Everyone should do their job, and then we can win the game.
As soon as the soldier was born, Li Zhixing started from the upper half of the bracket and worked his way down.
Although the bear is extremely strong in combat, it is relatively weak in farming. Without healing, it will still be somewhat injured. The first wave is destined to be mainly about counter-ganking.
That depends on how your teammates are doing in the laning phase.
Looper's situation in the top lane is self-evident. Although Alchemist can't break through Vladimir, it's still an absolutely satisfying game. He can keep disconnecting and annoying people, and it's just like giving Vladimir practice tower kills.
The middle lane is alright.
Orianna has a bit of a hard time against Jayce in this version, but Lee Sang-hyeok's skill is undeniable, so even if she's at a disadvantage, it won't be by much, and maintaining her farm shouldn't be a problem.
It's worth mentioning that the opposing mid-laner, Pawn, is a pretty good player.
Even if you get an advantage in the second pick, not everyone can suppress Lee Sang-hyeok.
At the very least, Ambition cannot do that.
As for the bottom lane, there are some different opinions.
The two duos probably have some old or new grudges. Not only does Mata dislike his former team's support and fight him whenever he sees him, but the opposing bot laner, Imp, is also playing extremely aggressively!
As soon as the game went live, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle, fighting intensely in 1v1 matches to gain control of a bush.
The enemy Zyra used her E to stun Mata's Thresh, but Mata also used his hook at the same time, accurately hitting the enemy Ezreal!
The two sides then grappled with each other. Although Mata was badly injured and managed to escape with Flash, Deft's Tristana chased after him and kept attacking, forcing the enemy Ezreal to use Flash.
Trading support's health and Flash for AD's is undoubtedly a huge win.
However, such a large profit is not enough to determine the outcome of the bot lane matchup.
Because this is often when the junglers' abilities on both sides are put to the test.
Without hesitation, Li Zhixing, who had already reached level three, decisively abandoned the stone golem he was holding and headed straight for the bottom lane without lingering for a moment.
At that moment, the director focused the camera on him.
"Oh? Neo is really decisive, he just gave up on the jungle monsters he was fighting."
"Ah, they must have figured something out, right?"
If those few seconds saved can play a crucial role, that would be truly miraculous!
But when the two looked at the mini-map, they were immediately startled and fell silent.
The audience and commentators may not understand, but Li Zhixing does.
The fundamental reason is that the enemy Prince's jungle clearing speed is faster than his Volibear's, and the enemy Vladimir came online late, most likely having helped him secure the red buff.
In this situation, the prince will definitely be able to reach the bottom lane faster than him.
If he wanted to finish clearing the monsters before going, it would be too late; he had no choice but to strike first.
Fortunately, Kim Hyuk-kyu is still almost at full health. The R1SE duo naturally control the lane and are pushing the minion wave forward.
Moreover, the Thread Grass that Mata seized with his blood was not without significance.
Li Zhixing came up from behind and went straight into the grass.
As he expected, things turned out differently.
He had barely stepped into the bushes when the opposing prince charged out from behind the RISE duo, wielding his battle halberd!
The triangular bush in the bottom lane of the blue team connects to the river, making it easy for them to be flanked.
It can only be said that Li Zhixing arrived just in time. If he had been even two seconds slower, he wouldn't have had a chance to crouch in the grass and would have been discovered by this prince who had circled around him halfway.
But once he squatted down, the situation changed drastically.
The MVP members clearly hadn't expected Li Zhixing's move, and the three of them quickly surrounded him.
The opposing Prince, intimidated by Thresh's threat, dared not easily use his EQ combo. Fortunately, he didn't need to because he was flanking. He first walked up to Thresh's face and used his W, "Golden Shield," to slow him down.
Unexpectedly, the RISE duo, facing three opponents in a two-against-three battle, did not back down at all!
Kim Hyuk-kyu's Tristana used her W skill, "Rocket Jump," to turn around and land right in the face of the MVP duo!
This left the three MVP players completely bewildered.
After using a potion and Doran's Blade to heal, EZ's health has returned to half, making him a force that Tristana definitely can't finish off.
But soon, a bear emerged from the bushes, answering the question in the minds of the MVP team.
When did this bear arrive?
In the blink of an eye, EZ used his E to retreat, but it was too late.
The bear flashed up, followed by an auto-attack and a Q combo to pull the bear behind him, then another auto-attack to stack up his W, and finally a W bite to send the bear away!
"First blood!"