Chapter 79

"Lost!" A collective "lost" came from the second-channel live stream.

"This damn Taliyah is too disgusting! How can she ride on the neck of my General Tiger and poop!" Zitao's face turned red, but the words he said couldn't be heard whether he was praising or scolding.

"Even gave my Tiger's eyes a clear look!"

In the live stream camera, one could see the expression when Xiaohu got up, which had already changed significantly from when he appeared.

If it was a fierce look of a tiger leaving its nest when he appeared, ever since that last wave of crouching was shown, he instantly looked like he had been beaten into being "well-behaved."

Until later when they were about to be pushed, he didn't make any intention to engage.

"No way, if it were me being shown like that, and didn't kill him but was countered, I would also have to doubt life a bit..." Letme said, and gave Zitao an image example.

"Damn guy! It should be like the game where you were played by TS, eating two boxes of sugar oranges!"

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Zitao didn't expect his good friend to be able to steal a knife from this angle while talking.

But thinking about it this way, it really had the same effect.

Back then, Zitao confidently grabbed the version's only T0 top-lane Gangplank in a training match, while TheShy chose the version trap Fiora, which was known to have only a 26% win rate at the time.

As a result, in just three minutes, he was beaten to the outrageous second-tower laning!

The most frequently used thing by Gangplank in that game was the W orange; after Zitao finished that game, he was impotent for half a year, then became a substitute, and then announced his retirement.

The similarity between the two is————that game Zitao truly felt the gap in so-called "hard power," quite a feeling of helplessness!

Not to mention Xiaohu's own feelings.

This game, just looking from the god's-eye view, really had this feeling.

Letme counted with his fingers: "The first wave of inducement and deception harmed the jungle, to the blind vision prediction of the jungle arrest, then the bot lane charging soldier killed Gala, and then the power of three people in the mid lane didn't catch him, damn, the Rift Herald didn't even hit!"

"The most important thing is this last wave!"

The live stream screen happened to be playing Xiaohu's whim of a TP ambush.

Lissandra and Viego joined forces to ambush, a situation that almost everyone thought was certain death, was actually forcibly resolved by strong operations!

"Damn... this wave is really exaggerated! DF double-tap A-Flash and then mid-air connection EQW, this operation, even if you thought about it in advance, the error rate would be outrageously high, not to mention it was a countermeasure thought of in an instant when caught!" The excited Zitao seemed to have the pimples on his face bulging even more.

"I even suspect if Ye Wen turned back time and did it again, could he restore it!"

In fact, it really couldn't be said absolutely.

That wave, even Ye Bo himself, after finishing the operation, had heavy breathing in the voice chat.

In the replay camera, one could even clearly see his cheeks flushed red, and his whole big head was shaking as if "electrocuted"!

This is actually a manifestation of "adrenaline" instantly secreting in excess; many people in a state of extreme emotional excitement will also appear, which can be considered a self-protection mechanism of the body.

The effect is that it can make a person's state and reaction instantly enter the best state of the individual's body.

In human terms, it's "overclocked."

After all, although that operation looked plain, as long as you think about it seriously, that was a situational countermeasure made in an instant reaction, and the connection of the six key positions couldn't have any mistake or delay.

Everything was truly in an instant.

Ye Bo's physical talent isn't top-tier in the professional circle; what he relies on is his own proficiency in a hero that has been tempered and has become instinctive.

So even if he enters the overclocked state again, he doesn't dare to say he can restore it 100%.

Ye Bo once heard his teammates chat, saying that some professional players, when entering this "electrocuted shaking" state, can enter a feeling similar to "bullet time," unfortunately, he hasn't experienced it...

However, just on the way back following his teammates, Ye Bo saw multiple prompt boxes popping up before his eyes.

Saw an extra surprise!

【Congratulations! Extreme operation (Taliyah) triggered!】

【Taliyah: Proficiency experience +40000 (already overflowed)】

【Mastery progress: (100000/100000) max】

【Congratulations! Taliyah has reached peak level 7!】

Ye Bo didn't expect that the extreme operation of that wave would receive an experience reward as high as 40,000!

This was the first time he had seen such a high reward.

The reward for extreme operation is in the range of 5,000-50,000, and this was already a reward close to the top level, enough to see the degree of its "extreme"!

As one of the strongest mid laners in the previous patch, it was clear that the compositions Taliyah could be applied to were far higher than those of Zoe, Seeing Seeing Akali, and LeBlanc.

So it had always been one of Ye Bo's main training objects besides the new hero pool.

And this unexpected harvest directly allowed Ye Bo to master the fourth level 7 hero in his life!

Feeling the strange knowledge flowing into his mind, even Ye Bo's footsteps became much lighter.

But the surprise didn't stop there.

【Congratulations! "Hero Illustrated Book" unlocked 4, reached a new achievement node, illustrated book function unlocked!】

【Prompt: "Basic Talent Training" unlocked!】

Ye Bo saw the text of the prompt, and his heart already had many reveries.

However, this was mid-game rest after all, and he didn't have much time to conduct research and experiments.

Not to mention, since it's "training," it's impossible to use it temporarily in this match.

Suppressing his curiosity.

Ye Bo, who returned to the backstage, first discussed the response for the next game with his teammates.

RNG backstage.

Xiaohu, who originally had a confused look, after the journey back to the player tunnel, seemed to have readjusted his state.

This is Xiaohu's advantage!

After washing, what kind of scene hasn't Tiger lost in?

A mere regular season game, although he was indeed shown up a bit miserably, compared to the ups and downs that Tiger experiences almost every year, it's not worth mentioning.

Just returned to the lounge, Xiaohu immediately raised his hand to state: "The last game was because I wasn't careful enough in the early game, I was stolen a few waves by him, the next game they definitely won't have so many strange tactics!"

Head coach Zhu Kai originally wanted to say something.

But seeing Brother Tiger take the initiative to speak, he immediately nodded in agreement: "Ah, yes, yes, yes!"

Actually, no matter what level of coach, it's very difficult to guide players at the operational detail level————after all, the player's personal game level is definitely far superior to them.

As for Zhu Kai...

Just based on his game understanding, any player could abuse him with one hand; besides making chicken soup and ordering takeout, he couldn't do much else.

Gala's complexion was slightly flushed, but his skin tone was slightly darker than the previous God, occupying a talent advantage.

Even if it was almost temperature-exploding, it was still hard to see many signs of red temperature!

The bot lane of the first game could absolutely be called "lying down and losing."

Although Gala didn't dare to say his strength could be stronger than Viper's, at the very least, there shouldn't be too much of a problem in laning; as long as he develops steadily to the mid-to-late game, he believes his steady output conversion ability won't be weaker than others.

But that Taliyah, the "two dry, one defense" from 5 minutes to 8 minutes, almost equaled killing him three times!

Three minutes, making a person disappear from the whole game!

Facing the super-fat Lucian and Nami, and they were undoubtedly some of the best users of Lucian and Nami.

Even if Gala poured a basin of hot white water on himself and descended as a machine on the spot, he couldn't handle it!

On the TV screen in the lounge, the MVP selection result for the last game was being given.

This time, the selection actually violated the ancestral teachings and didn't follow the record, not giving it to the incredibly luxurious Lucian.

Instead, it was given to Taliyah, whose record and data were slightly "mediocre" by comparison!

4/0/11 KDA, 15% economy share, 22.00% team damage share.

If it weren't for the two double-kill heads at the end, just looking at the record, it even felt a bit "mixed."

【First time seeing this kind of record get MVP, still saying our student stole! Isn't Ye Wen also stealing!?】

【Oh, awesome, eating 15% of the economy, and still able to deal nearly a quarter of the damage, this isn't eating grass and squeezing milk, it's drinking water and leaking gold!】

【Not watching the game is like this, Taliyah helped bot lane in the early game and shared heads, gave all the safe lanes to Kayle in the mid game, and went to push dangerous lanes herself in the late game; this kind of contribution, if not MVP, is there any justice?】

【Can only say these few voting guys finally acted like humans】

【Not to mention anything else, just that last wave of counter-kill, this MVP is well-deserved!】

Xiaohu, who insisted on finishing the MVP selection, agreed to turn off the screen only after seeing the result.

"Mid Tiger, don't mind it, actually the last game can't blame you," Zhu Kai tried to ease the atmosphere, "I think your laning handling in the last game was okay, not pressured at all, not worse than the opponent's mid laner at all!"

"Just a bit of bad luck."

Zhu Kai is best at pouring soup without substance, which is regardless of the specific problems in the game, grabbing the team members by the back of the neck and pouring it brainlessly.

"I'm fine, Ga~"

Xiaohu's mind is not quite the same as normal people, born with the potential for contrast.

Others might feel ashamed to be MVP'd by the opponent, as if they were beaten out of a gap.

But Xiaohu doesn't think so.

He feels that the opponent's mid laner can get MVP, doesn't that just show that the opponent's mid laner is the most powerful one? If he loses, doesn't it seem "reasonable"!

This may also be because Xiaohu is experienced, having been inexplicably influenced by the ideas of the most powerful person he has been miserably defeated by for many years.

By comparison, Tabe is more realistic.

"Next game we go to the red side, I think we shouldn't struggle too much with the BP in the mid lane," Tabe looked at his mid laner: "Xiaohu, do you have any ideas?"

"You'd better pick one that can lane, can fight, and is relatively hard to die..."

"Hey, there really is one!"

Xiaohu happened to have an idea, turning into a confident Donald Duck, simply feeling like he hit it off with the other side.

Not long after.

Both sides' players returned to the stage.

After a little rest and finishing the formalities, the second game BP arrived.

Second game, red and blue swapped.

Blue side EDG, red side RNG.

First three bans, both sides made certain changes.

EDG: Galio, Nami, Tahm Kench

RNG: Taliyah, Kalista, Zeri

"Both sides choose to open the city gates for the mid lane, almost none of them banned mid-lane heroes, all targeting the lower area!"

"EDG banned three protective choices, while RNG banned three aggressive choices; the intentions of both sides are clear!"

Taliyah's ban was firstly because the opponent's feel was too hot last game, and the hero itself was considered strong in the patch, so banning it was naturally reasonable.

And Galio, more targeted at RNG's four-protect-one system, not banning people.

Both sides had their own ulterior motives.

But EDG's choice was mainly because Ye Bo felt that purely in terms of laning, Xiaohu almost didn't put any pressure on him.

Clearly a grade lower than laning players like Left Hand and Rookie.

And EDG didn't first-pick Sylas, also because RNG's self-ban on the blue side in the last game almost exposed that Xiaohu "couldn't play" this hero at the moment.

Of course, Ye Bo didn't dare to say his Sylas could face all situations for the time being; after all, this hero had indeed just been strengthened, and he had just practiced it for not too long.

EDG first-picked Renata, "half-dismantling and half-snatching" the core components of the bot lane system that remained outside.

"Snatching Renata, huh," Tabe's eyes didn't seem to reveal anything unusual: "Then just pick the bot lane combo."

RNG, in the first and second picks on the red side, directly confirmed the bot lane selection.

Aphelios plus Braum!

"Braum? Braum!" Letme was confused for a while, then suddenly reacted to something: "Hey, damn guy, can Braum's E block Renata's ultimate!?"

"You ask me? I don't know, but Tabe drafting like this should mean it's possible!" Zitao had a good personal relationship with Tabe and had great confidence in the other's drafting strength: "Then it feels like the bot lane draft is profitable!"

"But it's a bit wrong, eh? Look at the expressions of these EDG people... why do they look like the other side has been tricked?"

Alchemical Baron Renata is a hero launched at the beginning of 2022; although she had been raging on the field for half a year, she clearly hadn't been fully developed.

And Tabe's understanding was to use Braum to counter in team fights!

Because EDG sent the two major protective supports of the version, Nami + Tahm Kench, to the ban list, there weren't many protective supports that could be used outside.

Braum is not only between tank support and enchanter support, but also Ming's signature hero, and can also be paired with Aphelios.

The most important thing is naturally Braum's E skill {Unbreakable}————which can be borne by himself alone against the invasion of the Alchemical Poison Mist!

However, from the expressions of the EDG crowd, it wasn't hard to see that this didn't seem to be out of their expectations.

From the perspective of team fights in specific situations, Braum indeed counters Renata very well.

But, that's only in specific situations.

And limited to team fights!

The pros and cons of this hero are obvious; simply put, laning almost only hits tank supports.

Facing long-range, you can only take a beating!

EDG had already thought of the combat policy against this RNG before the game, and had already achieved results in the first game, so naturally, there was no reason not to continue to implement it.

"Is EDG picking Caitlyn? This hero doesn't seem to be seen much in this patch..."

EDG picked Caitlyn in the second pick, and then supplemented Sejuani in the third pick, used for classic top-jungle flex.

RNG picked Kainan in the third pick, all relatively steady choices.

Entering the second round of BP————

EDG: Xin Zhao, Poppy

RNG: Viego, Gwen

Because the red side picks first in the second round, EDG chose to ban two aggressive jungle choices.

And what's surprising is that RNG's second round of BP still didn't target the mid lane at all!

"Isn't this, RNG is so confident?" Letme, as one of their own, couldn't understand it a bit: "Although I definitely believe in Xiaohu, isn't it a bit of a show-off not to ban a single hero of Ye Wen's!"

"I can't say, but to be honest, you can't ban them all; maybe Tabe thinks that one of the Poke Balls in Xiaohu's summer is still able to block those heroes?" Zitao guessed casually.

"Wait, what does that mean? Renekton!?"

"Ah, it turns out to be Xiaohu's Renekton!"

RNG's fourth pick instantly locked in the Butcher of the Sands, instantly causing an exclamation in the whole arena.

Because the third pick had already picked Kainan.

Clearly, this could only be a top-mid flex at most.

In fact, in this year's spring split, a series of {Warrior Mid Laners} such as Tryndamere mid, Renekton mid, Irelia mid, and Sett mid were very common, only replaced by the trend of mage cores after the durability growth in the summer split.

But in the major regions of the summer split, there were still people picking them, so it wasn't considered a particularly strange unconventional choice.

It's just that this was Xiaohu, who had just experienced the first game, making the choice in the second game!

This made it hard not to let people's imagination run wild.

But at this moment, Ye Bo.

His eyes seemed a bit dull.

He was flipping through the subtitles appearing before his eyes extremely quickly.

【Because this game triggered the content of the diary, you can unlock the corresponding chapter in advance and open the hidden challenge of this chapter.】

Xiaohu's hidden challenge!

Ye Bo wasn't unfamiliar with this screen; he had triggered it once when facing WBG and TheShy.

Come to think of it, the active effect of {Research-type Player} obtained at that time hadn't been used yet, but the passive effect had always been playing a significant role in the selection and practice of mid-lane Pyke.

"How to do it, Ye Bo... what do you want to take?" Coach Coach Coach Maokai's face was a bit ugly: "Forgot that Xiaohu still has this hand!"

He knew why the other side dared not ban a single hero.

Seeing Seeing Akali, LeBlanc, Zoe, Yone, these heroes can all be "fought" by mid-lane Renekton!

The characteristic of warrior mid-lane heroes is that I don't need to solo kill you, I just need to make you helpless against me in laning, and then rely on the hero's attribute suppression to grasp the mid-lane priority, and easily suppress a group of mages in the 2v2 fighting ability of mid-jungle.

Coach Coach Maokai truly didn't expect that Xiaohu still had such a backup hidden energy!

Of course, it wasn't considered untraceable.

Xiaohu transferred positions in the S11 season last year and played as the top laner Top Tiger in RNG for a year.

He even showed a quite high "warrior talent"!

His first top-lane Gnar used on the field directly hit the highlight of the week, proving with examples that this thing doesn't need to be practiced for a year at all!

Even just one day!

Ye Bo had quickly finished reading the {Options}.

The {Hidden Task} gave three choices————

【Camille】【K'Sante】【Quinn】

Ye Bo was very unfamiliar with the name of the second hero.

He guessed... this should be a new hero of the future?

And actually, it wasn't hard to see after a little deduction that this should be divided into three difficulty levels: {Hard}, {Medium}, and {Easy}, it's just that there were only two options now.

After struggling.

In the end, he chose Camille.

He naturally knew that Quinn, compared to Camille, was definitely much better to fight in pure laning.

But he felt that although this hero was easy to win laning, it wasn't easy to win the game, and at the same time, the limitations were relatively large.

By comparison, even if he didn't play this hero in the future, the appearance rate of this hero on the field was there, and being able to understand more would definitely have more benefits for future games.

"Pick Camille for me!"

"I've played against mid-lane Renekton, it can be fought in the mid lane..."

No one in the EDG team said much.

By today, trust no longer needed to be spoken.

The blue-side jungler picked Viego, while the red-side fifth pick took Lee Sin, who was very good at Wei's hands, in the counter position, piecing together the strong fighting rhythm of the mid-jungle.

Both team compositions confirmed:

《Blue Side: EDG || Red Side: RNG》

Ye Bo looked at this matchup and suggested: "Actually, Kayle is fine, Kayle should be quite good at playing against Gangplank, and also has late-game support, and our team fight counter-attack will be very easy to play, it's just that Flandre needs to be more careful in the early game."

"Listen to you, then Kayle." Flandre didn't say much.

Coach Coach Maokai had no objections, and then the Red side's fifth pick selected Kayle to counter Gangplank.

Both lineups were confirmed.

《Blue side: RNG || Red side: EDG》

【Top: Gangplank vs Kayle】

【Jungle: Viego vs Xin Zhao】

【Mid: Lissandra vs Taliyah】

【Marksman: Zeri vs Lucian】

【Support: Leona vs Nami】

Just as the lineup was selected, the disconnected head coach Zhu Kai suddenly reconnected to the internet.

Carrying a notebook bowl, he started feeding soup to Xiaohu: "Mid Tiger's form is just right today, we must be confident! Only confidence can win the game!"

"Brothers, today we act according to Brother Tiger's eyes!"