Chapter 119: [First Research]!

"EDG cuts the Gordian knot, rewriting the score of this game to one-to-zero through a fast-attack victory!" Wang Duoduo raised his voice.

"EDG's style has changed greatly this summer; now it's just like a sharp blood-thirsting scimitar! As long as you get cut once, you will bleed endlessly, and the pressure is extremely strong!"

Barrier laughed with a Taiwanese accent: "Indeed, that wave where Sylas stole Vex's ultimate for the Flying Thunder God, I really feel it should be a method player Ye thought of on the spot, and in one wave, it made Top Esports a bit unable to play the game..."

The caster desk spoke very tactfully.

Actually, to be more accurate, a "brute force team" like Top Esports that lacks key shot-calling, once they fail to exert their brute force, it is very easy to collapse all the way.

The spotlights in the center of the venue kept flashing, and the big screen showed EDG's collective promotional photo.

The EDG fans in the audience were powerful, waving team flags with all their might.

Hearing Ye Bo took off his headphones and left the Rift, but the heat in his heart hadn't disappeared yet.

The long-lost noisy restlessness of the scene, without the isolation of the noise-canceling headphones, suddenly rushed into his ears without any obstruction, like a bonfire ignited in the bottom of his heart, making his self-confidence expand and burn rapidly!

Still have to be offline matches.

This is the stage of his dreams!

Although the number of people in the venue was limited and only one-third full, the stage of the finals was still much grander than the regular season, and neither the audience volume nor the viewing atmosphere was comparable.

Hearing Ye Bo and his teammates walked down the stage shoulder to shoulder, his eyes subconsciously drifting towards the stands.

In the front row of the stands, Ming Kai smiled with a face full of wrinkles and gave a thumbs-up gesture, his mother raised her hands and shook them excitedly, while his father stood with his arms crossed, expressionless.

Hearing Ye Bo waved towards that side with force, a warm and bright smile on his face.

"Master Ye is waving at me!"

"It's clearly waving at my side, hurry, hurry, did you help me take a group photo just now?"

"Are you not awake? It's clearly at me, I even made eye contact with him!"

"Master Ye is actually quite handsome when he smiles."

Hearing Ye Bo's parents listened to the discussions of the young men and women around their son, and several people even held up and waved the cheering banners in their hands, on which the 'Ye' signature calligraphy fluttered.

Ye Ying grinned happily.

However, Ye Xiong just raised the corners of his mouth by two pixels—and that was only after watching Hearing Ye Bo walk into the player tunnel and disappear, before relaxing his tension.

Ming Kai turned his head to look at the two elders and asked: "Uncle, Auntie, do you want to go backstage and see?"

"Ah, are we going backstage!?" Ye Ying was clearly pleasantly surprised.

But Ye Xiong immediately said faintly: "Don't go, wait for him to finish, wait for him, he'll be nervous."

Ye Ying also suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, yes! Better wait for him to finish; this is a BO5, maybe they have to play five games!"

"Haha, then he shouldn't be nervous; I don't think I've ever seen him nervous, this guy has a very good mentality!" Ming Kai laughed, turned his head, twisted his waist, and sat up straight.

"And this final shouldn't be five games; we have a pretty big advantage now, I feel you two can already study what to say to him later..."

Ming Kai habitually studied in advance.

But this couldn't be considered groundless.

After all, the first game EDG won very overwhelmingly, although it was due to the blue side BP advantage bringing a composition advantage, once they got the advantage, the opponent had no chance for a front-to-back teamfight, but the status of the players on both sides was still visible.

The live broadcast room was playing highlights.

"Master Ye is really exaggerated, even this can be counter-killed! I thought this wave was definitely dead!" Barrier happily watched Xiaotian's ambush in the shadow vision.

"This RQ QEE is really handsome! Seriously, it's more accurate than the factory manager's Lee Sin kick!" Meiko giggled when the factory manager wasn't backstage.

"Your account is gone." Viper suddenly popped out a famous quote from the factory manager, making everyone laugh.

But after Hearing Ye Bo finished laughing.

Actually, he didn't feel proud of this wave himself, and even had some reflections.

"Actually, I was a bit lucky this wave. If the opponent's support hadn't Flashed to keep me, and Lee Sin had been cautious enough to just not go up, I would have only been able to feed the tower. Without TP, it would have been quite painful."

"Still not cautious enough. The opponent has Vex, I should have considered that the river position might be ambushed..."

Brother Shengqiang Ge comforted him: "It's very normal. People aren't machines, it's impossible to be perfect. You handled this wave perfectly already. If it were me, at most I would have thought of E-ing the Krugs, and I probably still wouldn't have been able to run."

Hearing Ye Bo nodded.

Although he successfully operated his way back in that wave, he often looked for shortcomings and omissions in winning games, and then improved them.

He still held that philosophy.

Finding and improving when winning is always better than changing when losing.

It's just that, when Hearing Ye Bo watched this highlight again, he suddenly leaned close to the screen.

With his keen observation, he seemed to have discovered a small detail...

Looking back at the magical 【Shadow Surge B】 Flying Thunder God in the mid-game, looking at it again, it was still to the extent that even his own teammates would be shocked.

Nocturne hasn't been out for a full year, plus it's relatively niche, so it can be considered a relatively new hero.

Let alone Sylas stealing it and performing the operation.

Even Nocturne himself, at this point in time, no one had discovered that it could be played like this!

It was absolutely breaking imagination!

"Master Ye, I'm really curious, how on earth did you discover these strange operations?" Barrier leaned close to Hearing Ye Bo's head, making a gesture of wanting to cut it open to see.

"How else could I discover them? I don't have superpowers, I just tried them one by one!"

Hearing Ye Bo shrugged and said truthfully.

Hearing Ye Bo had always believed that the greatest help the system gave him was the existence of the 【Trial Ground】.

It was precisely because of the existence of the trial ground that he could have more time than others to spend on researching and exploring these so-called "strange" things.

And the reason he could use so many magical combinations of 【Hijack】 was naturally because he spent quite a bit of time trying every hero's combination, truly testing them out one by one.

And, of those he had already used, they could actually only be considered the "tip of the iceberg."

After all, League of Legends has 160+ heroes, and each hero is an "iceberg" with most of it buried under the sea.

And the process of exploring the true face under the ice step by step through practice and tempering was what made Hearing Ye Bo feel incomparably excited and happy.

The rest of the EDG team heard this without the slightest doubt about the truth of these words.

Most of them felt from the bottom of their hearts that, sure enough, everything was not accidental.

"Alright, let's briefly talk about the BP for the next game."

Also watching the replay was the TES Top Esports lounge.

Everyone lowered their eyebrows and eyes, picking at their fingernails, the expressions on their faces were somewhat inexplicable.

How did they lose the first game?

If you have to say who was feeding, it doesn't seem like it!

Although looking at the results, the jungler's several ganks in the early game were resolved—but in fact, the designs of those waves were all in place, just a move behind at the end.

The mid-laner wasn't solo-killed either, and the laning was considered not letting Sylas play actively, which was considered a successful counter-pick, and there were bright performances in teamfights.

As for the top and bottom lanes, it didn't seem like there were any major mistakes either.

But it was just a move behind in one wave, and a move behind in another, constantly accumulating.

And then it was overturned by a 1-for-5 wave that was explosively large!

Then in the mid-game, it basically became the opponent's performance show. Under the circumstances where there was a gap in operational power and composition, there was basically no chance to counter-attack.

Leading them to even find it hard to find why they lost.

When the team atmosphere was silent, it was coach White Moon who spoke.

"Next game we go to the blue side, BP will be easier to do. Currently, it seems our mid-laner suppression effect is still there."

He turned to look at Knight, clicking his ballpoint pen: "What does Knight say? If there's Sylas, next game, do you want to draw your sword for a wave?"

White Moon's coaching and BP level weren't very good, but when it came to acting as an atmosphere group, he was quite capable, very able to get along with the players.

As long as they weren't particularly rebellious, they could generally get along well with him, worthy of being called Zhu Er Kai!

Knight looked left and right, murmuring his lips to meet White Moon's gaze.

Only then did he open his mouth and say: "Anything is fine."

Xiaotian had some ideas, picking at his fingers and muttering: "Actually, I think Knight's laning is really not afraid of this person, but if you say you can break through the opponent, it's not easy."

"So next game, if there's no Sylas, why don't we try our most proficient old tactics? Let the mid lane pick a rhythm hero, so that we can exert the effect."

JackeyLove also nodded in agreement: "Feels like we can try a game. That regular season game was after all a regular season game, we didn't understand their playstyle yet, maybe the result will be different if we do it again!"

White Moon thought about it and felt it made sense.

White Moon liked to follow the players' temperament; he believed that the team's morale would directly affect the status on the field, and lacking that sharpness would very likely affect the courage to go up and operate, and this would undoubtedly be fatal for a team like TES.

Obviously.

This kind of brute force team that didn't have much brains to begin with, once they started to shrink... then it was estimated to be a pure turtle-beating-pile!

The break in the finals was longer, with various ceremonies and activities constantly.

But when the players from both sides returned to their seats, the hot cheers that resounded through the scene clearly showed that the audience was still not satisfied.

"Welcome back to the live broadcast of the 2022 League of Legends Summer Finals!"

"The BP here has already started! The loser of the finals chooses the side, TES, who lost the first game, comes to the blue side, first of all, still banning Akali! And EDG directly bans Sylas!"

"No problem, I think all teams should pay attention to Sylas's priority. The ceiling of this hero is really high, especially in the hands of powerful players, and he also has a certain suppression on BP!"

First round ban—

TES: Akali, Taliyah, Braum

EDG: Sylas, Kalista, Poppy

Seeing the last ban on the blue side banning Braum, EDG keenly sensed the opponent's intention.

Wanting to take Draven!

Braum, this support, is generally used to counter heroes who produce a large amount of AOE in a short time, such as Miss Fortune, Twitch.

But because the E skill shield can directly swallow Draven's axes, in the laning phase where the cooldown is not enough, it has a different kind of restraint on Draven!

And Zeri, as a typical ultra-long continuous output hero, Braum's shield that can only last for 3 seconds is clearly not enough, so there's not much meaning in banning it.

Sure enough.

TES blue side first pick directly grabs Renata, almost already revealing the cards.

Because Zeri paired with Renata is quite abstract, the small water gun easily leads to the resurrection not being able to be triggered. If it's paired with Aphelios, then there's no need to specifically ban Braum.

Considering this point, Hearing Ye Bo proposed to change the ban to Poppy, who counters Wukong, in the last ban position.

The reason is simple: force you to make a choice.

You take Renata, I take Wukong, both sides take one of the most popular choices for each position, forcing an exchange.

This is the red side, only able to solve the move and solve the problem, not able to care about their own intentions.

"EDG counter-grabs Wukong! And it seems they don't want to take Zeri, but choose AD Ashe!"

"Although there is still the top-tier Zeri + Yuumi combo outside the red side, this combo's laning is too weak in the early game, easily found flaws by the Draven system, while Ashe is the regular AD most able to deal with the Draven system!"

Obviously, even the caster desk saw TES's obvious BP intention.

"TES really chose the Draven + Lee Sin bottom-jungle combo, it seems they want to return to their most comfortable bottom lane aggressive system!"

【Traditional art classic Draven, anyway, don't know what to choose, just give brother Draven, and start the firm look again~~】

【Always TMD first round out, does White Moon really know how to BP? This is waiting for the opponent to target brother!】

【Sigh, when the time comes, EDG will choose a bunch of dash-in composition heroes, and JackeyLove will be scolded for dying again, I only feel sorry for brother!】

【White Moon's regular method, not yet up to intensity and can't stand it? Wait, after 369 leaves, there will be blessings for the water ghosts to enjoy! If you have the ability, call 69 back!】

【I see Hearing Ye Bo is not good either! Don't dare to let Knight have Sylas, look at my Knight, I dare to let you have Sylas! Win!】

【Indeed won numb, but it's just being read by Sylas for a 25-stack doctoral degree, anyway, not solo-killed, right? Still the KDA god of war, win!】

EDG members saw this Draven and showed a familiar smile.

Can only say that the existence of the coaching staff does have a not-small influence.

Facing TES's White Moon and JDG's Homme, it's obvious that TES's BP is much easier to guess, and there are not so many tricks.

EDG chooses support Amumu, both sides enter the second round ban.

TES: Gragas, Camille

EDG: Renekton, Galio

Both sides are banning some heroes that can force engage, after all, both sides' ADCs have no displacement, facing forced engage is still a bit dangerous.

"Hearing Ye Bo, you pick later, I'll take first, give me Kainan or Gnar, both are fine." Brother Shengqiang Ge took the initiative to raise his voice.

Hearing Ye Bo had no objection.

Finally, Kainan was chosen for the top lane, piecing together a teamfight B composition.

Actually, just looking at the composition, Hearing Ye Bo had already guessed that the opponent's mid-laner was likely wanting to play a support path, otherwise he wouldn't self-ban Taliyah, and there was no need to pick later when there was a counter-pick position on the red side.

But the reason Hearing Ye Bo still decided to pick later.

Was because he had an idea.

Hearing Ye Bo wanted to "try" something in this game.

"TES first picks mid-laner Lissandra, then picks top-laner Gnar! This composition is also very comfortable, Lissandra and Lee Sin are a very classic strong rhythm mid-jungle combo, and there are almost no counter-picks that they are particularly afraid of!"

"This composition is not only very Top Esports, the early rhythm looks very strong, but there seems to be not small imagination space in teamfights..."

"Now it depends on what mid-laner EDG will pick in the fifth spot, but there are not many rhythm mid-laners left, will it be Akshan or something?"

Hearing Ye Bo saw the opponent pick mid-laner Lissandra in the fourth spot, and called out lightly in his heart.

Subsequently, an interface appeared before his eyes.

【【Research-type Player】 Talent】

【【Talent Active: {Choice} a niche hero that meets the conditions of 'counter-pick' for this game, gain on-the-spot hidden bonuses (1000 counter-attack points/time)】】

It wasn't that Hearing Ye Bo had no heroes to use.

Although Sylas, who counters Lissandra the most, was gone, there were no version heroes outside the field that particularly countered Lissandra, and his LeBlanc, Zoe, etc., were all quite afraid of Lissandra's coordinated ganks.

But he still had Akshan, Yone to consider picking.

And the reason Hearing Ye Bo decided to try using this function here... was actually for the S-series later.

Ever since he obtained this talent, because it required spending counter-attack points, Hearing Ye Bo hadn't used this active ability even once, but instead used the {passive} increase in niche hero understanding frequently.

But because they had already confirmed entry into the S-series.

Everything in the World Championship was unknown to Hearing Ye Bo, and full of infinite challenges.

Having one more trump card meant having one more peace of mind.

Since he insisted on saving the minimum guarantee every day, his counter-attack points had already reached five digits, so the cost of 1000 per time wasn't unbearable.

Experimenting once in advance, seeing what this thing was actually useful for, so he wouldn't be in a rush when he really needed it.

The interface started to scroll.

Soon, a magical and rare hero appeared before Hearing Ye Bo's eyes.

"This one..."

And as the fifth member of EDG received the message, the fifth spot instantly locked and confirmed a hero avatar.

The scene instantly resounded with bursts of humming!

"Fiddlesticks!?"

"This should be mid-lane Fiddlesticks? It can't be mid-lane Wukong! Player Ye is doing research!"

The lineups for both sides were confirmed.

【【Blue Side: TES || Red Side: EDG】】

【【Top: Gnar vs Kainan】】

【【Jungle: Lee Sin vs Wukong】】

【【Mid: Lissandra vs Fiddlesticks】】

【【ADC: Draven vs Ashe】】

【【Support: Renata vs Amumu】】

And as the matchup locked in.

Three prompt boxes continued to appear before Hearing Ye Bo's eyes.

【【Research Project】】

【【1. Whimsical ideas, gain level 7 proficiency in {Understanding Level}, master all hidden techniques (no practical experience, can be retained to varying degrees after the game based on memory and personal understanding)】】

【【2. Natural fit, gain level 7 proficiency in {Practical Level}, equivalent to a thousand games of practical feel (no understanding experience, can retain practical feel after the game)】】

【【3. Self-taught, gain level 6 hero proficiency on the spot, no extra retention after the game except memory】】

The description was very direct and easy to understand.

Having {full understanding} but no {operation}, it's like knowing Zed's "Triple Flower Gathering," but because of insufficient practical experience, maybe the Q will be off...

Having {full operation} but no {understanding}, it's like not knowing Zed's Triple Flower Gathering, but the simplest WQQ hit rate is quite high.

The third one was even more direct, but it was obviously the one with the lowest "cost-performance ratio."

Hearing Ye Bo didn't hesitate too much after thinking simply, and quickly chose option one.

Because in his mind, Fiddlesticks should be a hero that doesn't eat operation much...

And when reading the understanding information.

Different colors kept flashing in Hearing Ye Bo's eyes!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 120 =====