Chapter 37: Referee, I report that this person is not right, but I have no evidence

The idea was beautiful, but the reality was extremely cruel.

After the minion wave appeared, 957 hid under his own defensive tower and didn't dare to move, just waiting for Uzi's Lucian to push the wave so he could eat some tower minions.

However, the next second, several question marks came from the top lane, and the voices in the voice chat were full of shock.

"Damn, why is Lucian in the top lane?!"

Tahm Kench and Senna were both stunned. The two thought they were laning against Ornn and excitedly headed to the bush to find Ornn's position, but they didn't expect a Lucian to pop out from the middle bush.

Caught off guard, they were directly hit by a set of skills. Lucian's own First Strike, combined with Nami's E skill, caused them to lose nearly 200 health for no reason, almost scaring their Flash out.

"Ah?..."

957 only then noticed that Ornn, who was in the same lane as him, had already come out openly to push the wave, and didn't forget to flash an emote at him.

This... this is painful!

In this case, what was the point of him picking a Malphite?

"?"

Zitai was full of question marks. No, how did they know they were going to lane swap?!

"Something is wrong, very, very wrong!"

Let alone the opponents, even his teammates only knew they were going to lane swap a minute after entering the game. How could the opponents guess it in advance?

"Where exactly did the problem arise?"

Zitai racked his brains but couldn't figure out where the flaw was. It made no sense; he didn't even mention the two words "lane swap."

Because this was also part of the coach's pick/ban setup. From the beginning, the coach intended to use the lane swap tactic. At that time, only Zitai knew, but considering that the audience in his stream might run to other streams and talk nonsense, causing the lane swap tactic to fail,

so even when 957 was a bit resistant to picking Malphite during the pick/ban, he still didn't say the lane swap tactic, just comforted 957 by saying Malphite had a great use!

He even suddenly announced the lane swap arrangement only about a minute after entering the game, just to catch the opponent off guard.

However... Zitai secretly glanced at the bullet comments, only to realize that the mid-laner Su Xing had said at the moment they entered the fountain that they would lane swap this game, so he also prepared Uzi and the others in advance.

Damn, referee, I want to report that someone is a prophet!

Oh, there is no referee in the Old Man Cup, so that's fine.

"Don't panic."

Zitai realized that such a thing happening would cause subtle changes in his teammates' mentality. If he didn't say a few words, he guessed they would all become autistic children in a bit.

"No matter how they figured it out, stabilize the laning phase now."

"If our lineup doesn't have problems in the early game, we can hold off this Lucian in the mid-game."

After Zitai's few words, the emotions of the others on the team gradually calmed down, but for the audience, it wasn't so easy to get past.

【Reported, really have to report.】

【If I hadn't watched both sides and known that the streamer said Zitai might lane swap first, I would definitely have scolded the streamer for screen-peeking. This is a bit scary.】

【Is this the intuition of a top professional player? I remember there was no lane swap version in S10. How did he know?】

【Not sure, maybe he just doesn't play the game, but that doesn't mean he doesn't watch the matches...】

【NIP is extremely evil; my Brother Zhuo ruined this MSI with one tactic.】

【Who exactly is the coach on Zitai's side? How did he even bring that LPL lane swap set over?】

【Didn't Tabe say it? The opponent is also an active LPL coach, and has quite a few honors, just don't know the specific name.】

【Could it be Zhu Kai?】 【? Don't be funny, why would it be Zhu Kai?】

【Tell a joke: Zhu Kai is a coach.】

【How is Zhu Kai not a coach? He is at least the only Grand Slam coach in the LPL.】

【I can accept blowing Uzi, but I can't accept you blowing Zhu Kai. By the way, I'm an RNG fan.】

【No one knows better than me how much of a beast Zhu Kai is. - RNG fan comment.】

【Zhu Kai doesn't have this brain; I dare say he couldn't think of this pick/ban in his life.】

【Wait, speaking of Zhu Kai, I suddenly remembered, could it be Mao Kai?】

【Who is Mao Kai?】

【EDG's championship coach. Tell a cold fact: the 2021 World Championship trophy doesn't have Zhu Kai's name engraved on it, but Mao Kai's.】

【Isn't Mao Kai resting? How could he come to join the fun in the Old Man Cup?】

【Don't know. Heard that several clubs invited him with high salaries in the Spring Split, but he didn't go. Heard, just heard, that he is going to TES in the Summer Split.】

【As expected of my brother, the whole TES, only Haozi hasn't been beheaded yet.】

At this time, Su Xing didn't notice at all that the bullet comments had started to guess who the opponent's mysterious coach was. He was now looking at the extremely steady Zitai and was also having a headache.

The champion Azir is too weak in the early game. Without the support of item stats, it is very difficult for him to find an opportunity to solo-kill the mid-laner who is playing alongside the defensive tower during the laning phase.

"For a moment, it seems I have nothing to do..."

Until this moment, Su Xing realized that some of his gaming habits seemed to have been seen through by that mysterious coach on the other side.

Azir was deliberately released by the opponent for him to choose,

because Azir is different from other champions; he is really too weak in the early game.

As long as Zitai doesn't deliberately troll, at most he will be suppressed by a few last hits. But for himself, this bit of last-hit advantage is not enough to support fast wave clearing and then finding opportunities to roam.

Taking a step back, even if he really used his understanding of minion waves to create an opportunity to roam, it wouldn't work, because there was nowhere for him to roam at this stage.

To be precise, even if he moved, there wouldn't be any gain.

A combination like Tahm Kench + Senna is chosen so that Tahm Kench takes the beating in lane, while Senna cooperates with the jungler to compete for vision of neutral resources or roam to support. In this situation, Azir, who is extremely weak in the early game, doesn't have the confidence to roam to help Uzi dive a Tahm Kench.

As for 957's Malphite, it goes without saying. No one wants to waste time ganking a Malphite. For Su Xing, AJ's Ornn being able to peacefully farm last hits with Malphite is already the best situation.

Back and forth, by setting a trap through pick/ban, he trapped himself in the mid lane in another form.

Zitai's last hits can be suppressed, but he cannot be solo-killed.

As long as there is no solo-kill,

then his Azir naturally cannot start snowballing to radiate his advantage to others. This is his ultimate goal.

"The LPL region finally has a domestic coach who isn't so useless..."

After Su Xing sorted out the current situation, he was also a bit emotional. He still remembered that back in S10, all the LPL coaches were actually like decorations. They would always say, "xxx, what should we pick this game," or in a life-or-death game, they wouldn't think of how to do pick/ban but would fiercely pour chicken soup for the players.

Damn, I'm already in a life-or-death game, and instead of thinking about what to pick to win, you start barking about "come on" and "don't leave regrets."

If you win, it's the coach's credit; if you lose, it's the players' state.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 38 =====