Chapter 277: Dog trainer? Information dog!

"Welcome back to the 2023 Summer Split!"

The live stream screen cut back, and Wawa's loud voice appeared: "Today's opening match can be said to be full of highlights; not only is it Master Ye's birthday, but it is also the first time the two teams with deep intersections have met in the summer, and it is also EDG's first match after introducing Uzi!"

Partner Miller naturally took the conversation: "It's really unexpected, Uzi actually made a comeback in EDG..."

The director called up the data comparison of the two sides in the Spring Split.

Other positions naturally had nothing to say; V5 was the Spring Split champion after all, and it was normal for each position to lead EDG.

What was eye-catching was naturally the matchup between the two ADCs.

"The last LPL matchup between the two legendary AD players was already the last game of the Summer Finals in 2016, and that game was also Uzi's regrettable 0:3 loss." Miller read according to the script given by the director's data.

"After a full seven years, the two sides are once again playing as the first opponents of the Summer Split!"

"As for the career matchup record... um, Deft is still slightly ahead here."

When saying this, even the guest commentator on the commentary desk, Mlxg, couldn't hold it anymore.

Just because the {Career Total Matchup Record} between Uzi and Deft showed — the two played a total of 8 large matches and 19 small games, of which Uzi won 1 large match and 5 BO1s.

The total winning percentage was as high as 22.00%!

Fortunately, considering it was the opening match, the guest finally chosen was Mlxg, not the originally planned Cool.

Mlxg was holding back a laugh to explain for his old teammate: "To be fair, Deft was indeed fierce in those years."

"However, when Deft won against Uzi in those years, Factory Manager was also standing behind him; mainly Factory Manager really had a hand in playing against Uzi... but today Factory Manager is standing behind Uzi!"

Wawa immediately smoothed things over and changed the subject: "Yeah, yeah, Factory Manager is now EDG's coach; I think he should have taught Barrier some laning matchup skills~~"

"And today is also the first match of the new version; everyone knows that the mid-season version has undergone huge game changes, and at the same time, the new hero Hundred-Splitting Underworld Dog and the Milio that didn't have a chance to appear in the playoffs have all been unbanned; these are all things we can look forward to today..."

The commentary desk took the opportunity to popularize the new version for some viewers who didn't watch the version updates.

And in the player seats, everyone on EDG's side had different expressions.

"Definitely can't lose today!" Top laner Ale looked quite excited: "Dry V5, get an opening red for Dog Master!"

Speaking of which, Ale, who entered OMG in 2018, was actually no longer a newcomer.

But until now, he didn't have any "positive reputation."

Even the only time he entered the S-Tournament was the S11 LNG roadside round of 16, following the team to play against North America and Europe, and paying tribute to the record of a certain legendary team in the future...

Fortunately, Ale had always thought highly of himself, always determined that he was a top-tier top laner!

Compared to others, he was very eager to play against a team like V5, just wanting to have a chance to solo kill the opponent's star player, so as to prove his ability!

"Come on, come on..." Mid laner FoFo looked quite nervous.

After all, he was the one "replacing" Ye Bo's position.

Every time EDG lost a match in the first half of the year, it was inevitable that someone would compare him with Ye Bo, and now he had to face him directly, so the psychological pressure was naturally not small.

But in all fairness.

FoFo was absolutely the most stable of the EDG team in the first half of the year, even performing better than the two championship jungle and support who stayed — just simply because the predecessor's performance was too exaggerated and the contrast was too strong.

And Uzi's nervous mood was actually no less than the mid laner's.

This was his first battle after his comeback, and he naturally wanted to prove himself!

Since Deft could dream back to S6 and win the MSI championship, why couldn't I?

Of course, more importantly, everyone on EDG had heard about the "Asian Games Roster," and no one would not want to fight for that quota.

Even Uzi was no exception!

Ye Bo interacted with Barrier in the custom room, and until the referee sent a notification in the headset to start the match, everyone officially entered the state.

A crisp sound came out.

"Let's enter the BP session together!"

"It is worth mentioning that the version has undergone huge changes, and the strong heroes of MSI have almost all been nerfed; although the mid lane is the least affected, Galio, Neeko, and K'Sante have all been nerfed..."

Not considering the systematic impact of the minion wave changes, just looking at the ecology of the mid lane position, it can be considered the smallest change in the new version.

Because the equipment of fighters, ADCs, and supports has almost all changed, only the equipment of mid lane mages has almost no changes, and even only gains.

The first round of bans for both sides —

EDG: Akali, Sylas, Neeko

V5: K'Sante, Renata, Lulu

"In the first round, EDG is located on the blue side, directly pressing all three major mid lane heroes!"

"Good guy, this is the respect from old teammates!"

"And EDG is also directly first-picking Aphelios, first grabbing the current version's strongest core for Dog Master!"

Equipment changes led to different degrees of changes in the ADC ecological position.

But only Aphelios's status was as stable as Mount Tai.

Even rising instead of falling!

This had to mention the "logic" of the designer's changes to ADC equipment this time.

The original three mythic items only kept Galeforce, and also weakened attack power and critical strike rate; while Infinity Edge, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Navori Quickblades all became mythic items.

The true meaning of this change is: forcing ADCs to choose one of two between "mobility" and "damage"!

Galeforce naturally represents mobility.

And the other three, all are super damage items of the same level, and are also the "core items" that most ADC heroes must build!

You have to know, a single Infinity Edge was once a super core item for how many ADCs, almost meaning when it comes out, when the equipment is formed.

But now as a mythic item, Galeforce and Infinity Edge series can only choose one of two!

For many core heroes, the combat power of two items without Infinity Edge is absolutely not enough, and the power spike must be delayed to at least three items, or even four items.

But Aphelios relies on special skill mechanics and the excess attributes provided by the passive.

Becoming the only exception!

Those who understand understand; Aphelios never lacks damage, and often you can see a 0-10 Aphelios in the late game with no one managing him and then killing everyone — lacking only self-preservation ability.

But this version {Galeforce} + {Shieldbow} can be built together!

And other ADCs dare to build like this during normal development, absolutely turning into a massage parlor on the spot, acting as a scraping technician.

Only Aphelios, as long as he can survive, will not lack damage, and thus leaped to become the only T0 ADC in the current version.

"V5 is actually able to see that they also attach great importance to the bot lane; the first round of bans pressed two supports, and the second pick directly grabbed Jinx and Tahm Kench..."

"Hey, then doesn't EDG have any good soft supports to take?"

The commentary desk only realized the key to the problem after the fact.

Zhu Kai, who was standing behind EDG, obviously just reacted, finally understanding the intention of the opponent's first round of BP.

Still that sentence.

What Aphelios needs most is to survive, so if he wants to exert all his abilities, he must be paired with a soft support with strong protection ability.

But Lulu and Renata were banned, Tahm Kench was grabbed, and there were actually no very strong soft supports outside.

"Choose what, choose what?" The second-floor Barrier turned his head to ask.

Every time it came to this time, he would start to miss the days of last year, when a reassuring voice would always come from the side.

"This can only choose Ding Zhen; Meiko, can you?"

Zhu Kai looked at the ghost-drawn notebook in his hand feignedly.

"Um, should, no problem." Meiko paused and replied.

Although as a new hero, Meiko definitely didn't play much, but this hero's operation was very simple.

It's just that although Milio also has not weak protection ability, it is mainly prominent in the "de-control" ability, which is obviously a section worse than the other three protection kings.

Zhu Kai waved his hand: "Then Ding Zhen plus Kindred! Build around Dog Master!"

Barrier's Kindred was not a signature, and there were better choices outside.

But Kindred could not only replace Xun's signature, but also supplement a protection means!

At first glance, it was still very reasonable.

"V5 countered and picked Vi; although this version's Divine Sunderer was heavily nerfed, Vi is still a very good jungle choice!"

"Both sides enter the second round of BP!"

V5: Galio, Sion

EDG: Annie, Azir

"Good guy, EDG is banning mid lane five times!" Wawa said happily: "Really giving Master Ye so much respect, doing this in the first game of the new version?"

Miller expressed a different opinion: "But to be honest, V5 has a counter position on the red side after all; can this five-ban mid lane really have an effect, not to mention V5 is also very good at mid-top swapping..."

"Sure enough, Gragas! Gragas is very good at swapping!"

Mlxg added on the side: "And Gragas slightly counters Kindred; his ultimate can blow people out of Kindred's ultimate."

The EDG crowd on the opposite side also fell into deep thought.

Gragas was a hero often used by V5 in mid and top; this move was obviously not giving them a chance for a counter position, and both mid and top could only blindly pick.

"Choose Jayce for me? Fiora is also fine; I feel I can play a single lane in this game!" Ale expressed his opinion eagerly.

Zhu Kai hesitated for a while, but shook his head and said: "No, no, our lineup is too thin; top lane needs to supplement a front row, so Ornn."

"Mid lane is still Twisted Fate as we thought! They definitely didn't expect it!"

The new version has no homework to copy and no data to refer to; it is a brand new attempt for everyone.

This kind of opening match is also the one that can best see the team's understanding.

And, the EDG's understanding of the mid lane under Zhu Kai's leadership — is a roaming hero like Twisted Fate!

He naturally also noticed that line about {mid lane minion wave} changes.

His idea is: since ordinary heroes are not easy to roam, isn't it fine to have this kind of hero that can take off hard on half the map?

The more difficult it is for others to roam, the stronger this kind of hero that can roam shamelessly should be, right?

At first glance, it seems there is no problem.

The only small problem is.

If Twisted Fate is really the answer, V5's second round fourth pick didn't go to grab or ban at all; could it be because V5 didn't discover it at all?

"Finally, it's V5's counter position choice; Gragas feels okay against both."

"Dog!?" ===== CHAPTER 278 =====