Chapter 150

"Two to zero! EDG took another city and won the second game of this knockout round!"

Guan Zeyuan almost couldn't suppress his inner excitement. As long as he wasn't playing Samsung, he was LPL's iron-blooded war wolf!

The emotions of the two people beside him were also mobilized: "Now holding three match points, only one step away from the top four!"

"But it's really a pity, this last wave, it was just a little bit away from a five-kill!"

"Since the group stage of this World Championship, there hasn't been a five-kill yet..."

Although the final five-kill was a bit regrettable.

However, it can be understood.

After all, you just beat people up, and in the early game, you were "punishing" people in the jungle like that————it was this Pyke who caused Graves to never clear a few stable jungle camps!

The DK crowd at the scene all had bad faces.

Canyon left the seat with a water cup, as if he was mechanically lifting his hand to drink water with dull eyes, but it was clear to see that the fingers pinching the cup body were slightly turning white.

ShowMaker curled his lips and got up.

Besides the obvious expressions and actions of these two.

Nuguri's expression was a bit wooden, as if he was a bit unwilling... but also carried a bit of confusion.

Ah, no, brother, is this what a top laner is?

Having been away from the field for more than half a year, he had been adjusting his state since returning this year, wanting to find the self from two years ago.

By the way, forget the psychological shadow of last year.

But these two games really made him feel inexplicable, as if he had just been pulled to clear minions in the top lane.

Clearing and clearing, and then lost!

Experienced two games in a row.

Nuguri suddenly felt that this game didn't seem so interesting anymore...

The LCK commentary desk next door, which was already dead silent, saw this scene and was also a bit anxious.

Roaring Emperor saw the players' expressions under the director's lens were decadent, and hesitated for a long time before speaking with difficulty, "This game actually stabilized completely in the mid-game, and it can even be said that the situation was excellent, but it's a pity that a small team fight in the mid lane followed by the top lane tore the game apart..."

"To be honest, this is inevitably going to affect the mentality, but you must cheer up. The adjustment time left for DK is really not much!"

"Originally we were thinking that anyway, now standing on the edge of the cliff, one more wrong step and we will say goodbye to this World Championship, DK must give everything!"

When the first half of the quarterfinals ended and LPL only had EDG left as a single seedling.

The Korean internet was circulating the beautiful wish of "civil war in the top four."

Especially after later receiving the news that all four EDG members were infected, Korean netizens even fantasized that DK could crush the opponent with a sweep!

Who would have thought the dream seems to be the opposite!

Now it's EDG that won two games first and took three match points first!

Compared to the undisguised frustration of the LCK commentary desk, the official commentary at the New York scene was much more neutral and objective.

"This game is simply an incredible assassin runway show!" North American ace commentator Jatt praised loudly.

"Long before the World Championship started, I kept hearing that a young assassin genius player had appeared in the LPL region! This game undoubtedly proves to us that the rumors are not false!"

Sitting next to him was the official commentator of last year's S11 final, Andrewday, and at this time, this brother was even more fanatical.

"I witnessed the match between these two teams in Iceland last year, witnessed the miracle of the Knight... but to be honest, I never expected that after a year, when the two teams' personnel changed, the meeting again would be such a scene!"

"I have to say, the impression left on me by this magical player from the East is definitely no weaker than that FMVP player!"

"Of course, we must also remind everyone that the match is not over yet!"

"DRX in the top half was also 0-2 behind in the quarterfinals, but achieved an epic comeback victory of 3-2 against JDG. Until the last moment, anything can happen in Summoner's Rift!"

Ye Bo ran back to the backstage with happy steps and reconnected with his teammates.

Holding three match points, he was naturally very excited, especially the five-kill he could have gotten at the S-series just a little bit away...

But at the same time, Ye Bo kept warning himself in his heart.

The biggest hidden danger of this BO5 is the duration, so at this step, it is definitely not the time to relax!

He suppressed his emotions, didn't relax his vigilance in the slightest, and after a simple celebration, started to review and prepare...

And on the other side.

The atmosphere in the DK backstage was very obviously low.

Everyone kept silent, only Daeny's big mouth kept opening and closing, and he didn't even care about the curly hair being thrown around on both sides.

"Wake up, you all have to wake up!" He kept patting the notebook with his palm.

"Why, when the situation has already stabilized, do you still rush to make a move! Why is the discipline so poor! Why do you keep giving opportunities!?"

"In the previous game, the opponent also picked Azir, why could they stabilize in the mid-game, but we couldn't?"

"And ShowMaker, why did you go up that wave!?"

ShowMaker, who was named, was timid and didn't dare to make a sound.

Don't look at ShowMaker as a cornerstone figure of DK, but he was very respectful to Coach Daeny and didn't dare to contradict him at all.

Not to mention analyzing from the perspective of "hindsight."

That wave of Azir really shouldn't have gone up.

After all, no matter what, Pyke couldn't possibly tower-dive.

But it's still the same truth: even the team's coach cannot empathize with the players on the field and cannot fully understand ShowMaker's thoughts at that time.

In fact, that wave was just the two fattest people in the two teams fighting, whoever died would be a big rhythm!

ShowMaker just really wanted to win, really wanted to carry and win the game.

The game has always been like this. As long as you want to carry, you have to take the risk of potentially being the scapegoat... otherwise, how could there be so many people "invisible" every day on the field?

And that wave looked on the surface, it was indeed Azir who had the advantage and the opportunity!

Who could have thought the opponent could operate so well...

Daeny saw ShowMaker didn't make a sound, turned his head and looked at Canyon again.

Don't look at him scolding fiercely.

But this mid-jungle favorite from the DWG period was the core he valued most.

It can be said that today's match, or even this World Championship, was completely relying on these two people to exert force.

The original DK relied on Beryl's brain to knead the team together, but now the brain is gone, and he can only rely on the jungler to hold multiple positions.

And although Canyon is very good at controlling the jungle rhythm, it is more from the perspective of protecting his own jungle carry.

Other abilities to control the overall situation, map detection and management ability, team operation ability... all can only be said to be at a conventional level!

Most directly, Pyke's "wall-flipping ghost slash" escape and then going bottom, the mid-lane solo kill and then going top, or even the several invades in the early game...

If DK had someone who could detect these key flaws and make timely reminders and commands, maybe the result would have changed.

But, Daeny also knew.

ShowMaker, Canyon, neither of them.

Most of them didn't actually make "mistakes" themselves——————but were forcibly "manufactured" opportunities by the opponent!

If Pyke didn't exert laning deterrence on Azir.

If Graves wasn't forcibly invaded in the jungle by Pyke like that...

Daeny swallowed the words he wanted to say and endured, turned his head and looked at top laner Nuguri again.

For this favorite who he also valued very much, but now felt a bit regretful, he could only ask bluntly at this urgent moment.

"Ha-gwon, do you think if Geon-bu helps you, you can break through the opponent's top laner?"

Nuguri heard this, hesitated for a moment.

Then he slowly replied: "There is no absolute certainty, the opponent's top laner's playstyle is too stable... and there were several waves where I felt he was clearly prepared to give an opportunity, but then he braked."

"I can guarantee that laning is no problem, but to break through, there is really no certainty."

Nuguri said very honestly.

He could actually feel that even if his state and strength this year had declined quite a bit, the opponent was also the same.

Purely in terms of laning, he could still suppress the opponent's top laner.

Just like this game's Camille against Aatrox, in fact, laning should be Aatrox's advantage, but in fact, even until the end, it was still 50-50.

But just as he said, Brother Shengqiang Ge's style is too stable.

He is the kind of top laner who would rather lose economy than give an opportunity——————this is very different from offensive top laners like them who fight for every bit.

Plus it seems there is always a kind of "inexplicable power" protecting...

"Okay, then I'll talk about the BP for the third game." Daeny got the affirmative answer and stopped asking, his tone gradually easing.

"I also had problems in the previous game, I fell into their trap in BP, in fact, we should have..."

Daeny started to describe the things he had already thought of when the match hadn't ended just now.

Beryl could see that they were tricked in BP from the game content even when he was off the field.

As the opposing side, Daeny could naturally discover it too.

And at this time.

The match stream had already given the MVP screen for this game.

Unsurprisingly, Ye Bo, with one hand in his pocket, appeared again in his high-spirited ID photo!

The sunny smiling boy with scissors hands, and the cold-blooded assassin holding a blood dagger behind him, only seemed to have a huge contrast.

At the same time, the terrifying data also caused heated discussion.

KDA: 14/1/3

Damage per minute: 666

Team damage share: 23.46%

Kill participation rate: 100%

Economic gap against opponent: +7250

This is the 5th MVP Ye Bo has won in this World Championship.

In fact, he only got 3 MVPs after the group stage ended, only won by LeBlanc against T1 in the first round, Pyke against G2, and Seeing Akali against DFM.

The Nunu game might be because of the hero's characteristics, the data couldn't reflect the key of the rhythm, so he missed it.

But arriving at this quarterfinal match.

He had already won two MVPs in a row, simply like coming to stock up.

Instantly, one person's MVP count exceeded half of the entire team!

【《666》】

【Stole! K-ed 14 kills and only this much damage!】

【↑↓? ()()()()()()()()()!?】

【Can't see the 100% participation rate, right!】

【Cloud brother is like this, Pyke can deal so much damage, isn't it terrifying enough? Simply a damn output machine!】

【No, brother, forget about the games with few kills, is the 100% participation rate of 17 kills a bit too scary? It's really that without Pyke, not a single person can be killed!】

In the overwhelming discussion on the internet, the short mid-game time flew by.

Both sides' players returned to the stage.

And when Ye Bo returned to the stage alone again, the scene instantly erupted in even higher cheers.

Looking at DK, the eyes of all members after readjustment also seemed to be full of determination!

The clanging crisp sound echoed in the ears.

The BP panel presented quickly!

"It's coming, the match point game for both sides, DK continues to choose the blue side!"

Because the side selection didn't change, and they won the previous game, EDG clearly had no reason to change their tactics and continued to extend the ban slots of the previous game.

DK made some changes instead.

First round of bans—————

DK: Seeing Akali, LeBlanc, Caitlyn

EDG: Viego, Yuumi, Fiora

"Why is DK still banning mid!? In fact, the previous game already proved that Ye's hero pool is not that easy to target!" Brother CT on the LCK commentary desk was full of doubts.

"Do you feel that banning Maokai would be more reasonable?"

Roaring Emperor vaguely saw some clues: "Maybe they have their own deep meaning."

"DK snatched Sylas in the first pick, and EDG still backhanded to take Aatrox and Maokai!"

Ye Bo saw that the opponent didn't give Aatrox to the last ban, so he also chose to continue banning Fiora, continuing to use the top-jungle combination of the second game.

It was hard for everyone to warm up their hands, and the opponent still actively released it, so there was no reason not to snatch it.

However, Ye Bo also felt the changes in this game.

DK's adjustments looked simple, seemingly just releasing Sylas and swapping Caitlyn to the ban slot.

But this can definitely be called a brilliant move!

Sylas first of all can counter Pyke in laning.

Pyke mid's laning is clearly completely dependent on hard damage and fighting ability————and Sylas is stronger than Pyke in this regard!

And the disadvantage of Sylas's weak wave-clearing ability in the early game is completely unaffected when facing Pyke.

Not to mention being able to backhand steal Pyke's most important ultimate, and also possessing a powerful snowball ability!

Finally, Sylas can effectively counter Renata + Maokai.

After all, the strength of these two heroes is "road-blocking" ability, and as long as Sylas backhands the same, he has a chance to use one ultimate to block the approach of two ultimates.

Clearly.

This is the opponent's coach reading EDG's composition construction of the previous game extremely quickly, so he could leverage the fulcrum in such a short time with just a change of one ban slot.

"DK chose to snatch the Lucian-Nami combination for their bottom lane this game!"

"This is also the combination DK uses most frequently besides Aphelios in the bottom lane!"

"And EDG, after a little hesitation, still took Azir in the third pick, continuing to pick the hero Ye performed quite well in the first game!"

In fact, if we really talk about it, Azir's performance in the first game was mainly stable, and the winning point was also combined with Yuumi and the composition's inability to handle it.

It didn't give the DK crowd too much deterrence.

At least releasing Azir... that can't be as operational as Pyke, right!

However, Ye Bo probably guessed the opponent's true purpose.

Banning Seeing Akali and LeBlanc in the first round is actually not targeting the hero pool————it's that these two heroes are the heroes with the strongest fighting ability in the early game in the current mid-lane magic core environment!

Including snatching Sylas, and snatching the offensive combination Lucian-Nami that DK plays best in the second and third picks.

The purpose is clearly still not giving up, just wanting to invade the jungle!

But even so.

Azir's stability, fault tolerance, and bottom-supporting ability are still the best choices in Ye Bo's heart today.

Second round of bans————

DK: Ashe, Renata Glasc

EDG: Graves, Renekton

When the second round of bans ended, Ye Bo was even more certain of the opponent's logic.

So he chose to ban Graves, so there was no choice in the jungle that could steadily suppress Maokai, and added a ban on Renekton, a strong hero in this half-zone.

Looking at DK.

Renata can dismantle the best combination of Draven and Kalista, the two offensive heroes, at the same time, and Ashe can also crush the problem of competing for bottom lane priority.

Both sides know what the other is thinking.

Just.

Arriving at this step, Ye Bo was also a bit troubled.

It is now clear that the opponent wants to play an early game invade rhythm. If the bottom lane picks another development AD, paired with Azir in the mid lane, Maokai's jungle is very likely to be completely lost.

And currently, the suitable early game strong ADs left outside seem to be only Kalista...

But the point is on Kalista.

Daeny's BP ability is not weak. After two consecutive games of suffering, he finally found the flaw—————he also discovered the problem with EDG's bottom lane today!

The originally stable team second carry Viper, from picking Sivir in the first game to picking Caitlyn in the second game.

In fact, they were all heroes chosen as "tools" and "tactical."

According to the collision between team attributes, playing against a team configuration like DK where the bottom lane is clearly weak, Viper's previous Draven, Kalista, Kai'Sa, and even Tristana and Miss Fortune should all be easily picked!

But there were none, and there were more than one obvious mistake in the previous game.

If it wasn't because Caitlyn had equipment and relied on the range advantage to push, which was brainless, the previous game might not be easy to say.

So... in Daeny's view, EDG might continue to pick heroes like Sivir or Aphelios that are stable for the bottom lane. In that case, the offensive power is in their hands!

And even if the opponent bites the bullet and picks, with that competitive state shown, there might be a chance to become a breakthrough point.

Not to mention, there are not many supports left that can be paired with Kalista.

"We might still have to pick Kalista, otherwise if the opponent's composition invades in the early game, we won't have the power to fight back," Ye Bo saw the stakes and asked: "Do you think it's okay?"

"Hmm." Viper's voice was not loud, but he quickly gave an affirmative answer.

He and Brother Shengqiang Ge have different personalities.

Even if the state is indeed not good, his confidence in himself has never diminished.

"EDG locked in Kalista in the fourth pick, DK picked Gragas to supplement engage means!"

"Is this hero for the top laner? I remember Uncle doesn't play this kind of hero!?"

"What is this! Is it DK's secret weapon!?"

In the fifth pick of the blue side, a hero that no one had ever thought of, and absolutely could not have thought of, lit up and locked in.

Kayn!

Ye Bo was also a bit surprised.

He had anticipated that DK might have something hidden, but this hero still exceeded his expectations.

Of course, it was impossible to grasp, because there was no information that could predict it.

This hero didn't appear in a single match in any region around the world throughout the 2022 season, and the level of surprise was almost on the same level as Nunu.

It just suddenly appeared on the stage of the quarterfinals!

"This is Kayn's first appearance in the S12 season!"

"When DK stood on the edge of the cliff, Canyon chose to believe in himself and pulled out his specialty!"

"DK is really fighting without regrets!"

This completely unknown and unfamiliar hero made Ye Bo feel wary.

Not just him, the other teammates in the voice channel were also confused.

After all, this hero is not to mention matches, even ranked games are a bit unpopular, it's a completely unexpected pick!

"Master Ye, what should I pick this game?" Meiko asked with a slightly hoarse voice.

"Didn't expect Uncle to have this thing..." Barrier's voice, which was even hoarser and weaker, also whispered.

"Don't be anxious, let me think."

In the days of undertaking BP, Ye Bo spent a lot of time understanding many heroes, and far more than just mid-lane heroes————after all, only by having enough understanding of hero abilities can one better arrange the BP for each lane.

But, Kayn's rare choice, he naturally couldn't practice and understand.

Ye Bo knew the importance of this match extremely clearly.

Although he held three match points, he still wanted to kill the game in the third game as much as possible, avoiding the further decline of teammates' state due to time, and increasing more variables.

Thinking of this.

Ye Bo decisively made two decisions.

Due to the proficiency crystallization of the "experience pool," one must first possess the most basic level five proficiency control before using it.

So Ye Bo used the last remaining "Level Five Hero Card" obtained from the minimum guarantee————to pick and speed-learn the level five basic understanding of 【Kayn】.

Subsequently, he reopened the support hero selection column.

Thinking about it among the few choices left...

"Thresh! EDG's fifth pick chose Thresh!?" Guan Zeyuan asked with slight surprise.

"Speaking of which, after entering the quarterfinals, the number of times hard supports appeared can be counted on one's fingers. Mainstream teams walking to now seem to prefer using soft supports..."

"However, Meiko's Thresh is also his signature, and the supports that can adapt to Kalista outside are indeed not many left. Paired with Thresh, it can also be considered a classic combination from the ancient era."

"Let's look forward to the contest between the two sides in this match point game!"

Both sides' compositions were confirmed.

《Blue Side: DK | Red Side: EDG》

【Top: Gragas vs Aatrox】

【Jungle: Kayn vs Maokai】

【Mid: Sylas vs Azir】

【ADC: Lucian vs Kalista】

【Support: Nami vs Thresh】

After the composition was locked.

Ye Bo, sitting alone in the center of the player's seat, leaned back slightly on the chair and closed his eyes.

The director quickly captured this scene, zoomed in on the screen, and gave a close-up.

And at this time, Ye Bo.

He opened the "Experience Pool" he had accumulated for so long, and it was the first time he used the "Experience Infusion" function.

In fact, ever since he communicated with Lee Sang-hyeok for the first time, his Azir had already approached level six, and then after later practice and two matches, he naturally completed the promotion.

But at this moment... he was pouring out the accumulated experience pool!

Golden light points rose in the experience pool, frantically rushing towards the Azir icon frame!

Until the light points in the experience pool were almost exhausted.

A crisp sound rang out quietly.

【Congratulations! "Azir" has reached the peak level seven!】

Ye Bo's sixth level seven hero, just like this, built a golden body on the field.

Summoner's Rift descended.

He was also quickly receiving and understanding the knowledge emerging in his brain.

"The game begins!"

"... Wait, it seems that Uncle has a move at the start!?"

(End of chapter)