ATPnovel Chapter 45: Psychological Game
Chapter 45: Psychological Game
"IG! Fighting!"
"IG! Fighting!"
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"EDG! Go for it!"
"EDG! Go for it!"
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"LGD! Go for it!"
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As the game footage switched to the match screen, the cheers of fans from both sides echoed throughout the venue.
Both teams are very popular in the LPL, and the cheers from both sides are equally matched.
Heart felt a little depressed after shaking hands with Chen Song.
Chen Song's choice of Sion is just too awful.
If no one is around, he'll probably spout a few curses.
Seeing that IG had picked Renekton first, he had already planned to use Elise to camp the top lane.
And then you gave TheShy a Sion.
What is the purpose of the spider I selected?
Heart gets a headache just thinking about IG's four incredibly tanky champions.
Now it all comes down to Scout's performance in the mid lane and Jiejie's Elise's rhythm.
In terms of laning phase.
Scout played aggressively in the mid lane, taking advantage of his long range and pushing forward past the minion wave to pressure Forge at level 1.
After securing the 2nd kill first, they used Electrocute to reduce Forge's health to less than a third.
Fortunately, the champion Renekton has a healing ability with his Q skill, so he won't have to go back to base immediately.
In the bottom lane, iboy and Meiko prioritized reaching level 2 and actively moved forward, intending to force JackeyLove and Baolan to retreat and prevent them from gaining experience.
But Baolan was clearly not afraid because of the level difference. Instead, he took advantage of the opponent's turn around and used his Q on Alistar.
In a level 1 vs. level 2 fight, with both sides exchanging health, it's naturally iboy and Meiko who win.
As for the journey, since there wasn't much to see, the director didn't even cut to it.
"Damn it!"
Scout cursed angrily.
He saw that Spider had finished clearing the red buff and entered IG's jungle with a scanner.
Their intention was clear: to tower dive and kill the crocodile, a ganking tactic that the Spider excels at in the early game.
With the ignite buff, if the enemy crocodile is successfully caught and killed in this wave, then the crocodile will have a very difficult time facing Jayce in the laning phase.
Scout swore because his Q skill, which was enhanced by E, missed the crocodile.
The damage from this cannon is crucial, and he's a little worried that without it, the damage output will be insufficient when diving the tower later.
"No rush, wait for me to Flash and E to initiate."
Jiejie was lying in ambush in the bushes to the left of the first tower in IG.
He was waiting for the right angle, waiting for the perfect angle to Flash E onto the crocodile.
With the crocodile's health at that level, if Jayce lands his E first, the crocodile can basically be killed instantly.
The game lasted 2 minutes and 50 seconds.
Jiejie's Flash E skill precisely stunned the crocodile, and he and Scout switched forms almost simultaneously to unleash damage on the crocodile.
Just as Scout switched to hammer form and struck Forge, the control effect of Spider's E skill ended.
Forge used lightning-fast hand speed to activate Flash and use his second E to escape from near-certain death.
"Holy crap! That almost scared me to death."
Forge breathed a sigh of relief.
IG players' rest area.
"Oh my god, that scared me!"
Chen Song's sudden trembling caught Mafa's attention. He turned to look at Chen Song and asked, "Chen Song, what's wrong? I understand you're agitated, Forge, but is this really necessary?"
"Forge was very loud just now, it startled me."
Because the audio Chen Song heard was real-time, while the video from the lounge was a few seconds slower than the audio.
This resulted in Forge's voice reaching Chen Song's ears first, before the scene of the crocodile being caught and barely escaping with its remaining blood was shown.
From an omniscient perspective, Jiejie's gank posed a significant threat to Forge.
As the temporary coach of IG, Chen Song was naturally very nervous.
At that heart-pounding moment, a "Holy crap!" suddenly rang in his ears, and that's when Mafa saw the scene he had just witnessed.
Chen Song trembled involuntarily as he sat in the chair.
"I'm a little curious, in this game's draft, were you planning to flex your Renekton picks from the very beginning?"
Mafa proactively changed the subject.
As IG's assistant coach, he believes his understanding of draft picks is no worse than Karam's, and sometimes he even feels that Karam is not as good as him.
Just after EDG picked up Elise, Mafa was still worried that TheShy's Renekton in the top lane would be ganked by Elise. But the last pick, Sion, immediately caught his eye.
Mafa asked himself if he were in the drafting position, he wouldn't dare to pick Sion as his last pick, or rather, he wouldn't even think of picking Sion.
"That's right. When I saw the opponent pick Irelia and Jayce in their first two picks, I was wondering what champion TheShy should use."
After calming down, Chen Song explained slowly, "I originally wanted to give Ornn to TheShy."
"But in the final pick, TheShy offered to pick Sion, and I agreed to his request."
Upon hearing the reply, Mafa smiled and said, "Ban Sylas first, then pick Sejuani."
"Given EDG's strategic playstyle, they definitely won't let us get Irelia again. It's like you're forcing Heart to pick Irelia willingly."
"Similarly, EDG banned Jayce in the last game because they were afraid of TheShy's Jayce. And you saw that Heart was afraid to let TheShy have Jayce, so you predicted that Heart would pick Jayce in the first two picks."
"So EDG's first two picks weren't Heart's choice at all; you forced him to..."
Chen Song laughed and said, "This is a BP, how can you call it a 'bitch'?"
"Heart was too greedy in the first two moves, which led him to his doom."
"But that's just how EDG is; they always want both meta champions and macro-management," Mafa offered his opinion. "Especially since the LPL is a region that loves to fight, the macro-management they learned from the LCK is often disrupted."
Chen Song thought for a moment: "Learning operations itself isn't a problem, but more importantly, you have to learn to be flexible. The version is what ultimately determines the direction of the gameplay. If you play a late-game operation lineup in a fast-paced version, isn't that obviously increasing the difficulty of the game?"
Chen Song turned his gaze to the screen and unconsciously shook his head.
Five minutes into the game, mid laner goes to last-hit minions.
Forge is $18, Scout is $32.
It was pressed down 14 times.
Fortunately, that group wasn't caught and killed.
Ning's timely gank in the mid lane pleased Chen Song greatly.
If the top, mid, and jungle players can develop slowly and reach level 6, the initiative will gradually shift towards IG.
With seven minutes into the game, Jiejie, taking advantage of his vision, was stealing the dragon all by himself.
Ning took the initiative to invade EDG's blue buff area after reaching level 6, hoping to make a difference with his level advantage. However, with his teammates far away, his ultimate ability was easily dodged by Spider.
"I don't understand, Ning's ultimate move was so wrong."
Even Miller and Doll were completely baffled by Ning's actions.
"It can only be said that King Ning was trying to scare Jiejie by opposing this toad."
The camera then shifts to the road.
Both sides have reached level 7.
As Irelia's level increased, TheShy's team was completely suppressed in trades as long as Conqueror was triggered.
Irelia pushed the minion wave to TheShy's tower and immediately used her ultimate to secure the kill.
The screen displays: Irelia's First Blood!