Chapter 19: If you pick this, 'Er Zi' is really going to be red-faced

Xiaolongbao:?

How did Zitai manage to be so righteous while joking?

"This is a bit hard to handle..."

Xiaolongbao was somewhat melancholy. At first, he thought playing against Uzi's team should be something you could do with your eyes closed, but now it seems quite tricky.

They had no idea about Su Xing's hero pool. Even with five mid-lane bans, they didn't know if he would pull out other strange heroes.

"Listen to my command."

Zitai said confidently, "I won't play lane against him this game. You pick a fierce jungler, and our mid-jungle will roam and explode them!"

"Really?"

Xiaolongbao was half-believing. It's already 2024, everyone knows that the key to mid-lane roaming is that there is no pressure in laning. Only when there is no pressure can you roam easily.

You can't just play that kind of fasting mid-laner who doesn't touch a single minion and just roams, right?

"Believe me."

Zitai was extremely confident, "Pick Galio for me, this game I'm going to hero-land directly!"

"Fine, then should Galio be picked first or what?"

"Pick it for me directly!"

So Zitai's side locked in Galio without hesitation, while at the same time, when it was Su Xing's side's turn, it caused them to fall into a dispute.

"Five mid-lane bans, Zitai wants to win this badly?"

Uzi laughed, "Then what can Su Xing play this game?"

He wasn't questioning Su Xing's hero pool, but as someone who hadn't played the game for several years, he was also curious about what other heroes Su Xing could pick to cope after five mid-lane heroes were banned.

"I'm fine with anything."

Su Xing wasn't too surprised about being banned out of five mid-laners; back when he was playing professionally, being banned out of five heroes was a common occurrence.

"Then how about this, the focus this game will be on the bottom lane, okay?"

Coach Tabe spoke at this time, "You guys don't need to worry about what Su Xing plays. He has already been banned out of five heroes. Even if he picks a Soraka in the mid-lane, it's no problem."

"My suggestion is that the bottom lane and the jungler should pick heroes that have carry ability. As for the top lane, see what AJ thinks himself. If there is pressure against 957, then just play Malphite, Ornn, or Tahm Kench. If you feel there is no pressure, you can try Twisted Fate or something."

"Fine, then bottom lane first?"

Uzi paused slightly and said, "Our bottom lane is Kai'Sa + Nautilus, right? This way we can cooperate with the jungler to do things, and it's also easier to play team fights."

"OK, then bottom lane first."

Tabe nodded and said, "As for the jungler, I think Viego is the best, followed by Lee Sin or Zhao Xin."

"Then let's go with Zhao Xin."

Beishang really wanted to play a hero like Viego who could carry, but thinking that the opponent picked Galio and would probably cooperate with the jungler to cause trouble mindlessly, he felt Viego wasn't a good choice.

"Um... can I play Vayne?"

Just at this moment, Su Xing suddenly spoke, "I think this hero is quite good against Galio, is it okay?"

Everyone:... Vayne?

They never expected that after five mid-lane bans, Su Xing's choice would actually be Vayne! "Okay, no problem."

After a brief thought, Tabe agreed directly, "Then play Vayne, this is also quite good, the team has one more output point in the mid-to-late game." He didn't consider Su Xing's proficiency with Vayne, just felt that when five heroes were already banned, it wasn't excessive for Su Xing to want to play whatever he wanted.

"Wow, Vayne against Galio..."

Uzi suppressed his laughter and said, "If you pick this, Zitai is really going to be red-faced."

Vayne appearing in the mid-lane against Galio is no different from Kalista appearing in the top lane against those clumsy melee heroes. It's just two words: torture.

He didn't even need to look at Zitai's livestream room to guess how wonderful Zitai's expression would be when he saw this Vayne later. "Shouldn't be, right?"

Su Xing said with a smile, "Actually, I don't know how to play Vayne either."

"OK, then pick Vayne!"

With Tabe's final decision, the last pick for Uzi's side was also determined. The moment Vayne appeared, the five people on Zitai's side fell into silence.

"Red-eyed glasses..."

Zitai was stunned. He never expected that no matter how he calculated, he couldn't calculate that the opposing mid-laner would pick a 'red-eyed glasses' (Vayne) to lane against him! Actually, you can't blame Zitai; after all, a hero like Vayne was never a conventional mid-lane choice. "Fake, right?"

Zitai stammered, "Is there a possibility that it's Kai'Sa mid, Vayne bottom!"

"I don't think there is that possibility."

Xiaolongbao suppressed his laughter and comforted him, "It's fine, it's just missing some CS. What if his Vayne proficiency isn't good?"

"No, how can someone pick something so disgusting!!!"

Zitai gritted his teeth, "Red-eyed glasses mid, you are really a talent!"

"Don't worry, wait for the teammates to carry, okay."

Xiaolongbao comforted him, "It doesn't matter if you eat a few less minions in laning, just give me an ultimate in team fights."

"Hope so..."

As the lineups for both sides were determined, the screens for both sides entered the loading interface after the countdown ended.

Su Xing's side had K'Sante top, Zhao Xin jungle, Vayne mid, and Kai'Sa + Nautilus bottom.

While Zitai's side had Rumble top, Rengar jungle, Galio mid, and Xayah + Rakan bottom.

At the same time, Su Xing once again activated the 【Prophet Replay】 ability. At first, he took a rough look and found that his side had quite a big advantage in the early game, thinking this game was stable.

However, when he fast-forwarded the progress bar, he discovered something wrong. In the mid-game, the gold curve was suddenly overtaken.

"How did we still lose this game?"

Su Xing was somewhat surprised by this result.

You have to know that in this game, the opponent didn't gank him even after knowing he picked Vayne; Rengar didn't even look at him once.

Under these circumstances, it should have been easy to win, so how could they lose? Soon he discovered the problem. It turned out that in a mid-game dragon team fight, Uzi's Kai'Sa face-checked a bush, and then the gold was reversed in one team fight. Immediately after, during the Baron team fight, Uzi made another fatal mistake, being forcibly engaged by Rakan and, in cooperation with Rumble and Rengar, was directly lifted away on the spot.

"So that's how it is."

Su Xing suddenly realized. After these two team fights, not only was the gold reversed, but they also lost the Baron. You have to know that once Zitai's lineup had a gold advantage, it was very easy to win team fights.

"It's Uzi's old problem. Need to think of a way to keep him from face-checking bushes."

Su Xing wasn't too surprised by these mistakes Uzi made. After all, any player who has watched previous professional leagues wouldn't find some of Uzi's bad habits and small problems unfamiliar.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 20 =====