Chapter 220

The moment the crystal exploded.

A figure on the player stage couldn't help but stand up with a flushed face, holding his small fist high, as if cosplaying the guest on stage!

The cheers erupting from the audience were also deafening, quickly pouring into the headphones where the white noise dissipated.

"Master Ye is so happy in this game!" Guan Zeyuan shouted, his emotions still not subsided.

"Getting the first pentakill of his professional career, while leading the team to secure a key game and getting the match point for the winner's bracket semifinals!"

Barrier joked: "And what should be even happier is finally getting to play his signature hero, right? Throughout the entire Spring Split, except for the one time it was released against Cream, Akali has almost always been locked out on the opponent's ban list."

"This is the passion of a signature player; other heroes are work, Akali is life~"

"And this game was really too destructive; Akali is like a god of war from heaven, BLG lost even more desperately than the first game..."

【Hate! It's just hate! Win one game, and you have to pay it back with ten deaths!】

【Alright brothers, say goodbye to Akali in the next life, let's see who can release Akali this time.】

【So why was BLG able to win one game in the regular season? Feels completely inferior to our JDG!】

【Don't you understand? If they didn't let them win one game, how could my Brother Bin be beaten so easily? Look, isn't the fun coming now~】

【It really is! Brother Bin is a big liar! Said he was going to teach Master Ye how to play Jax and K'Sante... how come he got violently beaten for two games!】

【Don't slander him, Brother Bin vividly taught us how to switch these two heroes into 'Gyro Form' in these two games. I ask you, if Ye didn't come, could he have learned it himself!】

Only Uzi didn't speak at the commentary desk.

He was trying hard to recall some sad things, wanting to hold back his facial expression.

Now Uzi finally knew why NoName had that expression when he was at the commentary desk during the S8 G2 game.

It's really hard to hold back!

The director also gave a shot of the player stage, and Yaogao's dejected look was particularly prominent.

And on the other side of the player stage, the laughter of the five members seemed to be overflowing from the screen.

"Awesome!" Xun leaned over enthusiastically to help him knead his shoulders: "That pentakill was really too handsome!"

"Thinking back to how many pentakills Master Ye had stolen last year, he finally got one this year," Brother Shengqiang joked with a grin: "Speaking of which, we are really fated."

Several quadra kills when he was at EDG last year were all missing the final step.

Either accidentally K'd by teammates, or the opponent luckily escaped, or he couldn't connect them.

Getting a pentakill in a rapidly changing team fight really requires the right time and place, because most of the time it's impossible to consider holding back to give kills!

Just looking at Ye Bo's performance on the field, there are so many heroes in his common hero pool that are relatively easy to get pentakills with, yet he only successfully got his first one today, which shows how rare it is!

The excited Ye Bo listened to his brothers' praise and generously made a pose with his hands on his hips.

"Hey, as expected of me!"

Ye Bo was indeed very happy.

Although in his tens of thousands of Akali matches, thanks to the hero's harvesting ability, the number of pentakills is not small... but the professional stage is clearly another concept!

The first time is always the most memorable.

Just like most players find it hard to remember how many pentakills they have gotten... but if you ask them who their "first pentakill" was, many people can blurt it out!

And being able to take his first pentakill record of his professional career with his favorite hero, Ye Bo felt it was the most perfect result!

And.

The prompt box that suddenly popped up in front of him showed that the surprise was more than just one layer.

【Achievement Reached: "Pentakill Peak!"】

【Achievement Description: As the most rare and elusive achievement in the Rift, for a hero who successfully completes a pentakill in a professional match, mastery will be upgraded to level seven!】

【Note: If the hero has already reached the level, it will be converted to a random "Pentakill Series" skin hero (prioritizing heroes within that match).】

Ye Bo hadn't paid too much attention to the first sentence.

Although it seemed beautiful, judging by the difficulty of the pentakill he experienced personally, this is indeed a rare and elusive thing.

But the latter sentence attracted his interest.

With Ye Bo's love and understanding of skins, he quickly recalled the Pentakill series skins and the ten heroes of the previous match... and quickly thought of a target!

As expected.

On the way back to the backstage, Ye Bo checked the hero gallery—and saw that the originally gray "Viego" avatar had now turned golden!

Although Viego mid doesn't seem to have much of a reputation now.

But after all, it was an unexpected gain, and the sense of fulfillment still made Ye Bo quite happy.

"Oh my, what a pity, what a pity," BeryL was the only one among them sighing.

"The latter part of this game had no reference value at all, we hadn't even tested our lineup, and the opponent basically gave up resistance!"

"Master Ye, in the future when we practice lineups, we can't pick Akali anymore!"

V5's lineup in this game actually had a brand-new system.

It's just that obviously, under such a situation, tactical things could not be tested for effect at all.

And since the next game of global BP cannot continue to be selected, it can only be an opportunity to find later.

Ye Bo made a bear-shrugging gesture: "I guess the next time I can play Akali will be a long time from now."

Deft's focus on the other side was quite peculiar.

He asked curiously and actively: "That wave, why could you fly like that?"

Deft also had an Akali master on his team last year, so logically speaking, he had seen more strange operations than the average person.

But that wave, even his own teammates were stunned when they saw it.

"That one..."

At the commentary desk.

The director was also giving highlights and MVP selection.

In the highlight replay, the bizarre operation that attracted everyone's attention due to the pentakill was instantly discussed.

"I still can't understand this E even after watching it again!"

"E-Flashed outside the dragon pit wall, and then E retreated and flipped over two walls! At least a 1500-yard super outrageous retreat distance! The displacement range of this E is at least three times larger than normal!"

"This should be another creative operation newly developed by Master Ye, right? No one has ever seen it!"

"I think the specific principle can only wait for him to teach everyone himself."

Operation logic completely beyond cognition.

Even if the director pressed the super slow-motion replay, it was completely baffling.

It was just that Ye Bo used it, and there had been many similar outrageous operations before, so everyone was a bit used to it and wouldn't think it was a bug.

In fact, it was indeed not a bug.

And the MVP was obviously undisputed.

"The MVP is undoubtedly taken by the pentakill Akali, with a unanimous vote!"

Data man Guan Zeyuan started showing off the information he had just looked up on Baidu under the table.

"Everyone knows, who was the last player to get a pentakill with Akali in the LPL... it turns out to be Brother Shengqiang!"

"This is fate; since the rework of the new Akali, the only two Akali pentakill players in the LPL region are now on the same team!"

Uzi on the other side became more familiar the more he heard: "Pentakill Akali..."

Guan Zeyuan chuckled: "Yeah! Familiar, right, Uzi? Brother Shengqiang got that pentakill right in front of you, in the 2019 Summer Split!"

Brother Shengqiang had only two pentakills in his 9-year career, one was Jayce in the NEST tournament when he first debuted, and the other was Akali in 2019.

Uzi's memory was finally awakened, his small face slightly green.

It's normal not to remember.

After all, who would remember being pentakilled by someone!

"Then let's take a short break and wait for the third critical match-point battle!"

BLG backstage.

Chen Zebin was trimming his nails with his teeth, his expression changing significantly from the pre-match promo and his appearance, as if he was thinking about something.

Maybe he was thinking about what to post on Weibo after the game.

And Yaogao was like a Leaning Tower of Pisa, helplessly half-slumped in his gaming chair.

The other three were also silent, each bowing their heads in silence.

Tabe tried to awaken their fighting spirit, wanting to embody Kenbe: "Think about it, we have beaten them before! This proves that our overall strength is not weaker than theirs!"

"Everyone must believe in themselves!"

"And taking a step back, this game is just the winner's bracket final, not an elimination if we lose, right? At worst, we go to the loser's bracket final and fight our way back!"

"Play with your hands and feet free, anyway, there's no hero anxiety in the third game, in this game, let's all take our most proficient heroes!"

"Isn't it just signature heroes? Our signature heroes are no worse than theirs!"

During the short break.

Most of Tabe's energy was spent on encouraging the players.

If one were to talk about the biggest "shortcoming" of this BLG team, it might be the mental adjustment of several players.

For example, the top, jungle, and support all have some problems when facing adversity.

Some are too eager to prove themselves, some don't want to take the blame and simply learn to hide, and some go directly into a red-temperature self-seclusion.

And before this.

Mid laner Yaogao generally acted as the big brother figure, serving as the key man to adjust the atmosphere at such moments.

The most classic ones were "Do you think you will have such teammates next year?" and "Is this performance worthy of your salary and teammates?"

Often, one sentence would wake up the dreamer, fiercely whipping and educating the players, and it really had quite an effect!

But now...

Yaogao might be the one who needs someone to give him a wake-up call!

The first game was a complete blowout in the functional position.

The second game was an even bigger blowout in the counter-matchup relationship.

Fortunately, the traits of the two heroes from Pingxiang are not shared, and Yaogao's mental adjustment ability is still very strong, and he won't be "scared" by a miserable game to the point of not daring to fight back.

Until the referee notified the start of the game.

The BLG members walked onto the stage with dark faces, looking like they had regained their classic firm eyes.

The BP panel appeared, and the audience immediately erupted in noise!

The fans hoped their home team could regroup and play a hearty comeback, shouting at the stage with all their might.

Unfortunately, it was quickly covered by the massive V5 fan base.

V5 fans only wanted their home team to make a quick decision and not give BLG any chance to fight back!

Fiercely avenging the "one defeat" of the regular season!

"Coming to the third match-point game! Both sides will enter a confrontation of hero pool depth!"

"We can see that BLG is still extremely targeting the mid lane! Choosing to ban three mid laners, banning Aurelion Sol, LeBlanc, and Sylas; this is of course the best response to the mid lane performance of the first two games!"

"And V5's bans haven't changed much, just giving a ban to Vi and releasing Sejuani."

V5 still implemented their strategy; there was no reason to change their BP after having successfully practiced it for two games, just needing to make minor adjustments.

And because BLG took up too much time comforting the players during the break.

Coupled with the destructive nature of the second game, even Tabe, the coach sitting backstage, was somewhat affected.

He just felt that the opponent's "tactical reserve pool" was truly too terrifying!

Simply put, BLG didn't want to make any changes.

Just follow what they prepared before the game, wanting to "replicate" their success in that regular season game.

And as for the selection of other heroes, leave no regrets!

"BLG first-picks Zoe, Yaogao's Zoe!"

"Maybe everyone's impression of Zoe is Master Ye's various high-energy shots and the student's skin."

"But in reality, Yaogao's Zoe selection count is the highest among all LPL players! This is definitely his trump card hero!"

"V5 counter-picks Renekton and Kindred... BLG directly takes Sejuani and Camille!"

"It can be seen that the BP strategy of both sides in the third game has changed to 'Signature Hero Priority,' just like Camille and Zoe, which are actually heroes that are not very strong in the current version!"

Global BP has been going on until now, and in fact, only these few games in the playoffs are BO5.

Everyone's practical experience is very little.

Including V5, almost all teams' understanding of the BP in the later games is: the ban list is sufficient, and they should try their best to take the heroes the players are most proficient in.

————After all, with 10+10+10 heroes burned, there is actually no big difference in strength between them!

Besides this, Tabe also knew very clearly.

The morale of his team was a bit low at this moment, and perhaps only by believing in the players' signature heroes could they possibly turn the situation around!

V5 picks Caitlyn in the third round; it can be said that the current boards of both sides are "signature hero confrontations."

Entering the second round of BP.

BLG didn't go to ban mid laners again.

Because the mainstream mid laners left outside are Ryze, Azir, Kassadin, Syndra, Orianna...

Although under the ID "Ye," it seems these heroes have all had brilliant performances, BLG just wanted to let him pick these heroes, which was also the final foreshadowing purpose of the three games of BP.

"Red side fourth pick chooses to pick Bard first; Caitlyn and Bard are also the signature heroes of V5's bot lane duo!"

"Because the bot lane was targeted in the second round of bans, there weren't many options left; BLG finally chose Ezreal+Rakan, which are also heroes that Elk and ON use a lot!"

"Now it's just a matter of seeing what Master Ye will choose to fight Zoe; he must be incredibly familiar with this matchup, it's just that BLG has tried their best to block the mid lane, and it feels like only some magic-core heroes are left..."

But by comparison.

V5's mid lane seems to have something novel again.

"Hmm, Neeko!?"

"Locked! Neeko! Master Ye has another weird trick!"

Both lineups are confirmed————

【Blue Side: BLG vs Red Side: V5】

【Top: Camille vs Renekton】

【Jungle: Sejuani vs Kindred】

【Mid: Zoe vs Neeko】

【ADC: Ezreal vs Caitlyn】

【Support: Rakan vs Bard】

"After two years! Neeko mid has appeared on the professional stage once again!"

"And I heard that Neeko's rework is coming soon... hey, it seems the last time with Aurelion Sol it was also like this? Why does it feel like Master Ye just wants to give these heroes a 'last' chance to appear!"

Ye Bo picking Neeko was obviously not a whim.

Like Aurelion Sol, Riot has officially confirmed that Neeko will be reworked in the next few versions, it's just not confirmed which version it will be launched in.

And the off-season between the playoffs and MSI will have 4-5 version changes.

This means that it is very likely that the version Neeko is launched in will be the off-season with no games to play, so the inheritance requirements for "Glory Echo" cannot be completed.

Of course.

Ye Bo would never risk the team's victory just to "fleece the wool."

Although the V5 players weren't quite like the fans, having any "one defeat" grudge against BLG.

But obviously, none of them wanted any accidents to arise!

(End of chapter)