As the match entered the middle stage, the blue and purple teams began to be more cautious than before.
After all, the situation was still at a stalemate. It was hard to say which side had the upper hand. Even if one side had a small advantage, as long as they made a slight mistake and the opponent seized the opportunity to win, the situation would immediately turn around.
At this time, the problem that both sides were on guard against was different.
On the purple team's side, the NetCox Internet Cafe's lineup for this match was a poke style. Naturally, they had to distance themselves as much as possible and slowly wear down their opponents before looking for an opportunity.
Moreover, because the purple team's lineup was mostly composed of squishy HPs, they had to be even more cautious against the blue team's Seven Leaves team, which had high damage output.
If they were slightly controlled by the opponent, just Sindera's skills alone would be enough to instantly kill any of the other three heroes on the purple team, apart from the Blind Monk and the Japanese Maiden.
The captain of the top lane was no exception.
"We also have to be careful."
"Pay attention to the position of the opponent's Widow."
"If the Widow goes around to the back and uses a big move to control a large area, Kenan will use a big move from the front, and our side will instantly collapse."
Ceng Rui's calm analysis sounded in the purple team's live chat channel. His tone was extremely solemn.
Dou Zi, Kamiya Saka, and even Tang Bingyao had serious expressions on their faces.
This group battle …
It was very important!
If they played well, they could regain the rhythm of the match. However, if the opponent won a beautiful group battle, it would be even more difficult for their poke style lineup to display its power in a disadvantageous situation.
Speaking of which, the key to winning this group battle was …
It fell on the captain of the purple team's top lane.
Kamiya Saka looked at Lin Feng.
"Lin Feng, it's up to you now."
The team's greatest advantage was the captain of the top lane, who had a 5/0/0 record. The better he developed, the more responsibility he would have in the group battle. Otherwise, it would be like many random ranked games where a player who had developed well in the early stages of the game would still lose the match if he couldn't turn his personal advantages into contributions to the team.
Lin Feng's answer was naturally unambiguous.
"Oh."
"Don't worry."
"My captain is very good at fighting groups!"
His tone was full of confidence. At the same time, a certain someone's gaze had already landed on a few Blue team heroes not far away with a somewhat malicious aura.
Oh.
Who would be more suitable to kill first?
…
On the blue team's Seven-leaf Battle Squad's side, Shi Ming, who had been quickly communicating with his teammates, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He felt as if someone was staring at him. He quickly shook his head and cast that uneasiness to the back of his mind for the time being. He focused and continued giving his final orders.
"In short —"
"Don't waste too much energy on them."
"Widow and I will find a chance to team up, or Old Lu's Hammerstone will be able to focus fire on one of them."
"Also, be careful not to get poked too much —"
"Especially, especially don't eat Captain's poke!"
At the end of his sentence, Shi Ming emphasized once more.
Everything else didn't matter, but Shi Ming was absolutely on guard against a certain someone's top laner captain. M-God's top laner captain's development was too good, so good that it was exaggerated. Especially in a team battle, if he were to be blasted by the captain's two or three consecutive barrels, that kind of terrifying burst damage would make his scalp tingle just thinking about it.
So …
He could ignore anyone else, but he had to be careful of Captain!
… …
Tang Bingyao's fair and slender fingers quickly pressed down on the Q key on the keyboard.
After charging up his Piercing Arrow, the purple energy tail of the arrow pierced through the air and flew toward the opponent's blue square formation in front of him.
Hit!
The blue team's support hammer, Rock Top, had his HP drop by a small chunk after taking the Q skill arrow.
However, even though the skill had successfully hit its target, Tang Bingyao's expression didn't show much joy. Instead, she looked slightly regretful and annoyed.
She had been dodged.
She originally wanted to Q the ADC Policewoman in the back row.
However, the C position heroes in the back row, whether it was Policewoman or Sindera, were extremely careful in their positioning and kept a long distance. At this distance, once her Retribution Arrow Verus shot out a Q skill, the opponent would have enough time to move and dodge.
However, if she wanted to increase her hit rate, she would have to close the distance between them. However, once she moved forward, it was very likely that she would be controlled by Sindera or Hammerstone, who did not have any displacement skills.
If she was controlled, she would be instantly killed.
So even if she was confident in her positioning and hand speed, she didn't dare to take such a risk.
The same problem —
It was the same for the other members of the Purple Square Awesome Internet Cafe team.
Dou Zi's Bomberman could only throw a Q-skill "Ricochet Bomb" from the furthest distance. Whether or not it could poke someone was completely up to fate. She was also on guard against being controlled by the other side for a second. Her positioning was extremely careful, for fear that something would go wrong.
Even Kamiya Saka, the Blind Monk, was only testing the waters by using her Q skill "Sky Sound Wave" a few times. Even when she used her Q skill, she didn't dare to follow up with a second dash. If the timing wasn't right, the result might be the opposite of what she wanted.
Ceng Rui's support, Nishina, was also holding back her ultimate skill. Although she was standing in the front row of the formation, she was always prepared to fight back.
Everyone had their own concerns and fears.
Even Lin Feng was the same.
Based on his personality and temperament, he was controlling a top-laner captain with a 5/0/0 battle record. If it was a random game, he would have opened fire at the sky without hesitation and initiated the attack. Two or three barrels of explosions would have been enough to blow up the opponent into smithereens.
But not now.
His captain had three Serene Dreams in hand. His damage output was indeed enough, but his own degree of vulnerability was destined to make it impossible for him to withstand the opponent's concentrated fire.
The team's finances mainly fell on him.
So he couldn't die easily.
If his captain was killed first, then the other teammates around him would definitely not be able to withstand the opponent's attack, and it was very likely that they would collapse in a wave.
Then …
He could only continue to poke and exhaust himself first.
He pressed the E key on the keyboard, and a "Gunpowder Barrel" was quickly placed on the ground in front of him. At the same time the first Gunpowder Barrel's channeling bar turned one block, the second "Gunpowder Barrel" with E skill quickly continued to be placed forward.
The next moment.
The captain raised his gun like lightning, and a Q skill "Gunfire Negotiation" blasted out.
Detonated the Gunpowder Barrel.
Two consecutive explosions!
The two consecutive explosions were shocking, but the blue team's support Hammerstone and top laner Kennan, who were originally at the edge of the captain's detonation range, had already retreated in time and escaped the damage range of the Gunpowder Barrel's detonation.
The skills missed.
The internet cafe guests and audience below the stage cheered.
“nice！”
"Oh oh oh, the captain missed again, hahaha!"
"Good reaction, Yagami!"
"The opponent can't hit him!"
The crowd was jubilant in celebration.
Lin Feng shook his head, a look of regret on his face.
This wasn't the first time his skills had missed.
The previous two consecutive Gunpowder Barrels were either dodged by the opponent in time, or knocked out by the opponent's Policewoman and Sindera's extremely fast reflexes.
So he didn't succeed in a wave of exhaustion pokes even once.
In fact …
He didn't need to hit too many times, but as long as he could hit the opponent with two consecutive Gunpowder Barrels, even if it was just once.
The team battle could start right away.
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