Chapter 446: Sackras Assault Campaign

The two whispered and bickered on stage.

The Marquis approached the two, hearing their quarrel, but the audience kept shouting ah-ah, so he couldn't hear what they were saying; puzzled, he tilted his head slightly and asked softly:

"What's going on?"

Liang Yan turned to the Marquis, smiling, and said:

"It's fine; Fu Lan Duo said he wants to duel 957, so let's not help him."

Fu Lan Duo: "???"

The Marquis: "...... (inner monologue: Luxuanjun is courting death again)"

The two from the bottom lane then fell into line; Xiao Duan keenly sensed the atmosphere was a bit odd, glancing this way and that, but hindered by the audience's gaze and not wanting to speak loudly, he was dying of curiosity.

Afterward, the WE members appeared one after another, all five with solemn faces, exuding the solemnity of soldiers undergoing inspection.

Once the introductions ended, the players from both sides took their seats.

In the livestream room, the trash-talk MV began to play.

WE's top laner, Leg Brother, appeared first on camera, his round-frame glasses perched on his nose, a shy smile on his face:

"Playing against VG, the pressure is still huge, but we'll do our best and have prepared a lot; we hope to help everyone fulfill their dreams."

(Off-screen voice: Whose dreams are we helping to fulfill?)

"Take down the big boss!"

Just as his words fell, the picture suddenly shifted; Xi Ye rubbed his nose:

"Laning against Easyhoon shouldn't be too stressful; I just hope Jiao Shen goes easy on me and doesn't constantly come to mid lane."

"Don't be nervous."

Liang Yan's voice cut in, and only then did he appear on camera, smiling gently and looking straight into the lens, yet his words were utterly cutting:

"We're not demons either. Nobody here has made it to the LPL finals; WE has actually made more playoff appearances than us, so maybe we're just a pretended strong team."

With a whoosh, the WE fans in the arena broke down.

"Why?"

Because Liang Yan's remark hit exactly where 60E felt pain, it was practically a fighter jet among trash talk.

As for League of Legends, WE can be said to be one of the earliest teams formed; even before the LPL existed, they had already won some world tournament honors, such as the WCG national championship and the IPL5 finals championship.

However, since the LPL league began in Season 3, WE, a traditional powerhouse, has never once made it to the LPL finals… which is quite awkward.

So what Liang Yan said is actually correct; VG also hasn't made it to the finals.

But those who understand, understand.

What was VG before? What was WE before? Can you even compare them like that!!

60E was furious but couldn't rebut, so the livestream screen filled with hehe.

After the trash-talk MV ended, the camera cut back to the commentator desk.

The three commentators had different expressions.

Wawa uh-ed for a while: "Jiao Shen's aggression is really strong."

Miller had a broad face but was holding back laughter: "The aggression is too strong; this trash talk really is—if I were a WE fan, hearing it would definitely break me."

Chang Mao, however, kept interjecting: "But I think what he said is fine; indeed, nobody has made it to the finals, nobody is head and shoulders above anyone else, that's just the fact. So WE really doesn't need to be too tense; just play with a normal mindset today."

"At worst we'll go play the third-place match against RNG, right?"

"Huh?"

"Um..."

"Teacher Wawa's aggression is also pretty strong today."

"Hahaha… okay, that's enough; let's still look at the individual and team stats for both sides. First, let's check VG's—wow, that's exaggerated, adding up the five positions gives over ten first-place rankings!"

"And there's also a last-place ranking."

"More than half of the positive stats are first place; the five players' KDA are each first in their respective positions, average economy per minute is also first, and the lowest among the other stats is third. Meanwhile, the negative stats such as average deaths per game are last place…… This is too exaggerated."

"Come on, you think a 32-game win streak is fake?"

"Now let's look at the team stats……"

"You don't need to look at the team stats; they're definitely even more exaggerated than the individual ones—see, I'm not wrong, they're all first place!"

"Leg Brother's right; judging by the numbers, VG is practically a super boss, with no weak points in any dimension."

"How about we name today's Bo5 the 'Sackras Assault Campaign'?"

"This…… will the difficulty be too high?"

"High? I thought you'd say it was low."

"So Teacher Wawa means today's match will be the end of WE's playoff journey, burying them all?"

"I never said that!"

Wawa was greatly startled.

Although 60E's aggression now is far weaker than before, his fan base is still quite large, and many are die-hard fans accumulated since ancient times; if you anger this bunch, they'll dig up the black marks of your eighteen generations of ancestors and whip the corpses, after all, they're a group that has witnessed the entire LPL history.

So even though everyone knows certain things deep down, the commentators still dare not say them.

But VG's fans just listen happily.

Among these three commentators, only Miller's game understanding is somewhat presentable; the other two are basically crosstalk performers, so the audience treats it as crosstalk, and laughter from the crowd never stops.

After rambling for several minutes, the big screen flashed, the match BP interface appeared before everyone's eyes, and Wawa simultaneously shifted gears:

"Alright, both sides' BP have begun! For this match, VG, with the higher regular-season points ranking, gets the first pick side advantage and actively chose the blue side, opening by banning a crocodile!"

"Huh?! VG actively banned a crocodile? That's really rare."

"And the crocodile…… seems average for this patch, right?"

"Um, I can't figure it out; I feel the Redmi coach is also quite troubled."

LPL playoffs use version 7.7, as previously stated; this version compared to the LCK playoffs using version 7.6, the overall environment has seen relatively large changes. Especially in top lane and jungle, Green Steel Shadow and Lion Dog are almost unusable in this version; LPL playoffs up to now, these two heroes are rarely picked, only Enchantress still has a slight appearance rate; players like Lengshao (Icon) will still pick them.

If Green Steel Shadow falls, naturally another hero will take its place. As of now, the hottest top lane ranking in the playoffs version is as follows:

Shen > Xiao Yu Ren > Gragas > Kayn > Kled > Others.

A lower ranking does not mean low strength, but rather because the version changed too much, players haven't had time to practice these heroes.

As for Jayce, this champ belongs to the flex position, and most of the time when picked it's for mid lane, so it needs special handling.

Renekton was hot for a while in the regular season, also a trend started by VG, but after entering the playoffs, its popularity dropped a lot. The reason is: on one hand, because Shen dominates; theoretically, Shen counters Renekton in lane; on the other hand, because this version needs top lane to add some AP damage.