Chapter 661: Is this right?

When VG finally locked in their last two picks, everyone on M17 felt a jolt, hesitated repeatedly, and ultimately chose a safe-support pick, Thresh.

Both sides' lineups were completely locked.

VG, blue side.

Ban: Caitlyn, Nautilus, Karma; Mang Seng, Bu Long.

Top lane: Fu Lan Duo, Jax.

Jungle: Firrrrrre, Spider.

Mid lane: Easyhoon, Rock Sparrow.

Bot lane: Smlz, Kalista.

Support: Caveman, Luo.

M17, red side.

Ban: Renekton, Zac, Galio; Darius, Jarvan IV.

Top: 3z, Rumble.

Jungle: Taizan, Rek'Sai.

Mid: Apex, Lulu.

ADC: Dee, Ashe.

Support: Dreamer, Thresh.

The commentators' voices echoed in the Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall:

"VG's understanding of the patch is really quite unique, huh—whether it's Jax or Kalista. Kalista as a pick, VG has been playing it since the LPL summer season started, so it's not really something new, eh, but back then Kalista wasn't popular at all, and then today they pulled out this Jax, which really surprised me, huh."

"Jax has actually been buffed quite a lot in recent patches, huh—it's just that top laners from the three regions have been… reluctant to pick him, but VG daring to choose him really opens people's eyes. Still, overall I personally still prefer M17's lineup, because it's a more complete system."

"What system?"

"Uh…… it looks more pleasing to the eye, with no obvious flaws."

"As for LoL or whatever, although I don't really get your point, I also lean more toward M17. But if we talk about the two teams' raw strength…… I think…… uh…… actually we can admit, indeed our side will have a fairly big gap."

"Hahaha, you saying that is pretty weird."

"Is that so…… but I think this is a match worth looking forward to."

"Just expecting a miracle is enough, huh?"

"Ah... uh!"

In the LMS livestream chat, supporters of the home region had mixed feelings.

【This game M17 is stable (not really)}

【LMS is the strongest region—commentary area】

【Don't keep setting flags!】

【Yeah right, ghost!】

【Gong San Xiao, this is what a system is】

【Stop forcing it, what kind of analysis is "more pleasing to the eye"? I can't listen anymore!】

【Damn it, which side is your ass really on? Blue team, get lost!】

【Did the blue team eat your rice?】

【￥%*（#T%$#！】

【……】

The chat suddenly started arguing about colors for no reason.

At the venue, supporters of both teams cheered loudly, their momentum roughly even.

The commentators ended their awkward small talk.

"Well then, let's go—the showdown has already begun!"

"Speaking of which, I didn't expect that there would be so many VG supporters here in person, huh."

"I'm also a fan of Jiao Shen."

"Pfft…… huh?!"

In a sudden voice like being choked, the Summoner's Rift appeared on the big screen, the audience's cheering faded, leaving only the occasional screams of female fans.

At the start there was no level-one teamfight; both sides played normally defensively.

At 1:32, Fu Lan Duo's Jax left the central grass of the upper river, boldly sneaking alone into M17's red buff jungle, placed a ward over the wall into the red buff camp then retreated, simultaneously pinging while placing the ward.

"No one, guess blue started."

"Yeah."

At 1:38, when monsters respawned, a strange sight appeared in VG's lower jungle: the Spider, with Rock Sparrow's help, started F6, while the duo Kalista and Luo were actually taking red buff!

Wawa's eyes widened: "What? What kind of jungle start is this? Is VG just not communicating how to start the jungle?!"

Miller immediately retorted: "Impossible, not communicating properly is absolutely impossible!"

Wawa: "Then what the heck is VG doing……"

Miller: "Maybe to fake out the enemy? No, that wouldn't fool anything…… uh, I'm also not sure."

Guan Zeyuan then spoke unhurriedly: "Actually it's a new tactic, a very new one; last week I saw SKT play it like this in the LCK, where Xiao Huasheng was playing Spider, and coincidentally the enemy was also Rek'Sai."

"Huh? What's this tactic, any particulars?"

"Simply put, it's about trying to speed up the jungle's early game as much as possible without losing too much in lane, because the Spider lacks AoE, so clearing groups of monsters is indeed a headache; thus we let mid lane help clear the five little birds at F6 first, then go for red buff, which saves the Spider about 5 to 10 seconds……"

Guan Zeyuan was indeed professional, as he said: Liang Yan's Spider, with Rock Sparrow's help, quickly cleared the five little birds at F6, then immediately turned and ran to red buff, taking over the red buff that the duo had already knocked down to about half health.

After Liang Yan took over the monster's aggro, the duo immediately turned and headed down, eventually arriving at bottom lane almost at the same time as M17's duo who were helping Rek'Sai start their jungle.

Liang Yan ate the red buff in a couple of bites, then turned back to eat the remaining big bird.

Wawa: "Wow, it's really faster than clearing Rek'Sai, Jiao Shen this... is simply royal treatment!"

Bullet comments:

【Normal】

【Basic operation, don't six, sit down】

【Jiao Shen was originally VG's absolute core+commander, how to play is still just a matter of one word from himself】

【To be fair, it's indeed similar to SKT's playstyle】

【Probably learned from Xiao Huasheng, after all Xiao Huasheng used it first】

【Don't be ridiculous, what championship does Little Brush Life have? Learn from a defeated subordinate?】

【It's the opposite, Xiao Huasheng learned from Jiao Shen; last month when Jiao Shen streamed, he already demonstrated this kind of wild clearing method】

Because the enemy had a Frost Archer, Liang Yan did not hastily act; after clearing two groups of wild, he directly went to the upper Ye Qu.

The enemy Frost Archer shot an arrow over; seeing the spider pass from in front of the blue side's mid second tower, running toward the upper Ye Qu, Dee was instantly startled.

"Hey, Lin Jingjia, the spider actually cleared faster than you, huh? Is this right?"

Taizan, who had just cleared the three wolves, upon hearing this switched his view over and took a look, just happening to see the spider's butt disappear at the edge of the vision of "Eagle Strike the Vast Sky".

Taizan was shocked in his heart, instinctively glanced at the minimap——the blue side's lower area F6 camp and the red buff camp were both empty, he felt incredulous, then pressed Tab to glance at the spider's last hit count——7 hits.

No mistake, not an illusion!

Taizan fell silent.

The spider isn't a Wild Core hero, yet three people are helping to clear the wild?!

Is this right?!