The sight of Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo looking at each other and smiling had almost become a post-match daily routine. The jungler and mid laner seats were right next to each other, so almost every time a match ended, they would look at each other first.
Why didn't Captain Chi turn his head left to look at Old Qin first?
Why didn't Yangyang turn his head right to look at Xiao Xing?
Why was it always the two of them looking at each other?
In the eyes of CP fans, this was naturally because Shuoyue and Lieyang regarded each other as the most important. After the match, confirm the other's gaze first—other teammates were just teammates, but this was my CP!
However, in the eyes of the straightforward Ye Shaoyang…
Captain Chi played well just now! Captain Chi snatched the dragon wonderfully!
Every time he looked at Chi Shuo first after a match, he simply wanted to praise Captain Chi for playing well.
Ye Shaoyang looked at Chi Shuo and said, "That Triple Kill in the final pursuit was very handsome!"
Chi Shuo was delighted by the praise, and his eyes looking at Ye Shaoyang were full of appreciation: "It was you who started the team fight well."
Ye Shaoyang wasn't humble either: "We practiced on the international server for so long, it wasn't in vain!"
Actually, the key to the hero White Fox King lay in pursuit and initiation.
He wasn't like the Abyssal Lord, Illusionist, and other high-burst mage assassins who could instant-kill someone with a combo. However, in terms of pursuit battles, the little fox had fast movement speed and high magic critical hits. Chasing the opponents all the way could easily cripple them, creating the best reaping conditions for the carry jungler teammate.
This pursuit battle coordinated by Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang would definitely become a classic match. Just now, carrying the Grand Dragon buff, they fought 2v3 and killed 3 opponents. There were many details in the whole process worth studying.
However, they had too many classic matches coordinated together.
Major teams also had a headache studying them!
At this moment, Coach Chen had a bit of a headache. He came to the soundproof booth, rubbed his temples, and said, "Since Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang are Sunshine and Moonlight from the international server, they also have a very powerful combination!"
Fang Zhengqing said, "The Flying Duo?"
Back then, mysterious experts appeared on the international server and happened to run into FNO team's rookies practicing coordination, crushing the Angus and Allen bot lane combination, which alarmed Captain Mitchell.
Mitchell recorded the video and sent it to the group chat. In that match, the two used the Flying Duo combination.
Jungler [Spirit Realm Snow Bird], mid laner [Flying Mage]. When these two heroes were in flight mode, feather wings would appear on their backs, creating a very nice visual effect. Moreover, after a kill/assist, the flight ultimate would refresh immediately. Theoretically, if they could continue killing, they could fly infinitely in the air.
But these two heroes feared control the most. As long as they were controlled, they could easily break their legs falling.
Coach Chen hesitated and looked at Fang Zhengqing: "Do you think Chi Shuo will pick the Flying Duo combination?"
Fang Zhengqing thought for a moment and said, "Probably. First game Double Wolf, second game Flying Duo. Bringing out the lineup hidden for a long time to snatch a few more points from our Jingzhe."
Coach Chen: "…"
If Fang Zhengqing said so, would Chi Shuo still pick it? Would the reverse elimination method still work?
Sigh, conflicted!
Compared to Jingzhe's Coach Chen's conflict, Tianhuan's Coach Lin was full of smiles and seemed to be in a good mood. After all, Jingzhe was the second-ranked team in the first two stages of Group S. Taking 1 game from Jingzhe was worth celebrating!
The break ended, and the players put on their headphones again, preparing for the second game.
The group stage was not global BP. Heroes used in the previous game could still be used in this one.
In the second game, Jingzhe was on the Blue side, banning and picking first.
Support [Blessing Light] was the first to be banned.
Coach Lin smiled and said, "I guess they are afraid we will pick the Flying Duo, so they banned the support with dispel/immunity to control. If we pick the Flying Duo, they can pick control-type heroes to counter."
This BP was very thoughtful. It seemed Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang's international server vests had fallen off.
Chi Shuo asked, "Which plan are we using this game?"
Coach Lin pondered for a moment: "Plan C."
Tianhuan prepared several lineups.
Jingzhe wasn't stupid. It was impossible to let you use the same routine to crush them twice in a row. They would definitely come up with countermeasures. So in the second game, Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo couldn't possibly use the Black Wolf King and White Fox King system again.
Tianhuan banned the support [Shield of Glory].
Jingzhe banned support [Blessed Priest] to prevent Tianhuan's four-wheel drive fast roaming strategy. Tianhuan banned the version's hot marksman [Machine Gun Hunter] to prevent Xie Yuan and Li Yunmo from pushing towers quickly and crushing the bot lane.
"The 4 heroes banned in the P1 phase are all targeting the bot lane!"
"Mid laner and jungler are all open again. I wonder what kind of system Jingzhe will bring out this game?"
"Ah… Jingzhe picked the top laner first! The top laner they picked this time is [Blade Will], a fighter top laner with very strong back-row cutting ability."
"Tianhuan picked the marksman-support combination in 1st and 2nd slots. It seems Tianhuan still picks top and bot lanes first?"
Both sides picked heroes quickly.
Tianhuan chose [Holy Spirit Archer] and [Forest Envoy] for the bot lane, and the mega-tank top laner [Paladin]. Jingzhe took [Shadow Warlock], [White Bear], and [Blade Will]. [Shadow Warlock] was the only mage assassin who could turn invisible, playing the mid lane position.
Coach Lin was stunned for a moment and said, "Shaoyang, it seems Captain Fang wants to kill you this game."
Ye Shaoyang smiled and said, "I killed him twice last game. He must be very 'square' (panicked). He wants to regain face this game."
Chi Shuo said, "Don't worry, I'll help the mid lane more."
Ye Shaoyang joked, "Mn, let's both continue to camp him, make him continue to be square!"
In the P2 phase, Jingzhe banned Chi Shuo's [Stealth Rogue] to prevent him from flanking to insta-kill the marksman; the other ban slot was given to [Abyssal Lord], with which Ye Shaoyang had gotten a Penta Kill.
Tianhuan banned two marksmen, [Wind Elf] and [Holy Spirit Archer]. Who told you, Xie Yuan, not to pick a marksman earlier.
Start picking people.
Tianhuan picked jungler [Fighter] in the 4th slot. Can be a tool man, can be a carry jungler, depending on economy distribution.
Leaving the last Counter position for mid laner Ye Shaoyang. After Jingzhe finished picking their lineup, Ye Shaoyang could make a targeted choice based on the opponent. It could be seen that Coach Lin was very confident in Ye Shaoyang's hero pool.
Jingzhe picked a very strange combination in the 4th and 5th slots—
[Bounty Warlock] and [Curse Warlock].
The audience at the venue was a bit confused.
The two commentators were also stunned and said, "This… Jingzhe picked three mages?"
"Curse Warlock is mid, Shadow Warlock is mid, Bounty Warlock is support, right? White Bear is also support? how are they distributing this? Is there no jungler?"
"Top laner needs to cut people, definitely brings Flash, can't jungle."
"Could it be letting the support White Bear go jungle?"
With Jingzhe's lineup, let alone the audience, Coach Lin was also confused: "3 mages? With so many magic heroes, physical damage isn't enough! Are they letting mage heroes build physical damage items?"
Ye Shaoyang guessed, "Curse Warlock, should be taken by Xie Yuan."
Chi Shuo thought so too: "It seems Jingzhe developed a new system. Is Xie Yuan taking a mage to play the marksman position again?"
Curse Warlock, this hero's damage output mode is stacking curses on the opponent.
After the curse is stacked, the opponent will continuously lose health. Moreover, the curse belongs to "dark negative status" and cannot be directly dispelled by Purification. Actually, it's somewhat similar to the poison team.
Fang Zhengqing and Xie Yuan were both players with many ideas; this had to be admitted.
Ye Shaoyang thought for a moment and said, "I'll take [Holy Spirit Mage]. Captain Chi plays carry jungler."
The opponent chose so many squishy warlocks. Letting Chi Shuo play a carry jungler to forcefully kill was a better choice. Moreover, Ye Shaoyang picking this mage could shield teammates and also prevent assassination by [Shadow Warlock].
The two commentators continued to analyze: "Tianhuan's final Counter pick is Holy Spirit Mage, a relatively tanky mid laner. Can shield teammates or himself, and has a strong control seal to coordinate with the jungler for roaming. Anti-assassination, protecting the jungler. This pick is quite good. [Shadow Warlock] can't kill [Holy Spirit Mage]!"
"Jingzhe is swapping heroes! We see [White Bear] swapped to the 2nd slot, used by the jungler. [Shadow Warlock] swapped to the 3rd slot for mid lane; [Curse Warlock] given to Yuan Yuan, [Bounty Warlock] support!"
"Shadow Warlock, Curse Warlock, Bounty Warlock. Isn't this lineup too squishy?"
"Jungler [White Bear] is a tool man. Can build tank items. In team fights, summon a big bear. He himself is very tanky, plus the summoned big bear, equivalent to two frontlines!"
"Bounty Warlock can also build tank items as a tool man. This hero's skill feature is—every 3 seconds, surrounding teammates get an extra 5 gold coins! He himself also stores some gold coins. The ultimate can take out stored gold coins to smash people. Gold coins flying everywhere. Is he the richest hero… in God's War?"
As soon as the voice fell, the hero voice sounded in the game: "Having too much money is also a kind of distress."
A burst of laughter erupted at the match venue.
Netizens in the livestream room spammed the screen one after another—
[This is too Versailles (humblebrag)!]
[Bounty Warlock, can you share some pocket money with me?]
[This hero is rarely seen in ranked matches. Picking it will get you scolded as a freeloader!]
[Also rare in professional leagues, right? He has no initiation ability, only adds gold to teammates, lowers opponent's magic and physical resistance with ultimate, and ultimate damage isn't high. Pure tool man, relies too much on teammates.]
[But if teammates are strong enough, such a support is also very good. Just let teammates deal damage.]
Bounty Warlock adds gold to teammates. In this way, teammates' development will be very fast.
Ye Shaoyang frowned and looked at Jingzhe's hero distribution this game.
In the first game, Li Yunmo took [White Bear] as support. In the second game, Jingzhe player Blade Universe (Dao Feng Yu) took [White Bear] as jungler. Actually, the positions of many heroes in the game are not fixed, and thinking can be flexible.
White Bear jungling has obvious disadvantages: slow clear speed, low damage, hard to raise economy.
But if not pursuing economy, it can summon a bear to help tank dragon, tank buffs, and give resources to teammates. This would be a very good tool man.
Mid lane, Shadow Warlock is a mage assassin with high damage in shadow state. Ye Shaoyang had also practiced this hero.
Bot lane, Bounty Warlock + Curse Warlock, the duo's development speed is extremely fast.
Ye Shaoyang deduced Jingzhe's thinking for this game in his mind and said, "Yuan Yuan takes gold bonus for fast development. Fang Fang will definitely roam to gank. We have to stare at Fang Zhengqing."
Qu Jiang took the initiative to say, "I'll stare. His invisibility has a time limit. I will place more vision in the river to protect Xiao Xing. Old Qin, be careful in the top lane yourself."
Qin Yizhu said, "Mn mn, I won't leave the tower."
Cheng Xing said, "I won't leave the tower either!"
Their "not leaving the tower" was different from Ye Shaoyang.
Ye Shaoyang didn't leave the tower, but once he left, he insta-killed people.
Cheng Xing and Qin Yizhu… that was really daring not to leave the tower. Going out would mean being insta-killed!
The match started quickly.
In the first wave of buff contention for both sides, Jingzhe didn't counter-jungle, and Tianhuan also started safely, each getting two buffs.
Just then, Qu Jiang suddenly said, "Opponent support is not in bot lane."
Ye Shaoyang was stunned for a moment, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart: "This game, support is with mid laner?"
Chi Shuo reacted quickly: "Their mid, jungle, and support trio are roaming. They want to raise the mid laner first. Bounty Warlock adds money to surrounding teammates. Old Fang's economy can take off rapidly."
Ye Shaoyang suddenly realized: "Jingzhe is playing a mid-core strategy this game."
Chi Shuo suggested, "Daring to leave the marksman alone in the bot lane, shall we go crush the marksman?"
Ye Shaoyang smiled and said, "No problem!"