The second match of the best-of-three matchup between Super Rich and Super Rich officially began with the purple team's unexpected strategy of switching lanes.
For the audience, who had only come into contact with League of Legends in Season S4, Season S5, and even this year's Season S6, it was quite refreshing to see two players switching lanes at the start of the game.
However, for the few veterans who had personally experienced Season S2 and Season S3 and witnessed the popularity of such a strategy in the professional scene, they could not help but feel nostalgic when they saw this scene on the big screen again after such a long time.
"It's really nostalgic."
West Wind sighed on the commentator's seat.
"Back in Season S3, the strategy of switching lanes at the start of the match was the most popular. Whether it was in the LPL or the World Finals, you could see this strategy in six or seven out of ten matches."
Whenever either side felt that the normal lane was not easy to play, they would immediately switch lanes at the start of the match. Then, the two lanes on both sides would quickly push the minions and forcefully suppress the tower. Then, they would cooperate with the jungler or even the solo mid laner to kill the enemy hero under the tower and then directly destroy the tower.
If you don't retreat, I won't retreat.
Both sides would switch towers.
Then, they would switch towers.
Sometimes, there would be situations where both sides would lose the high ground in less than ten minutes. This situation had even occurred several times in the World Finals.
"Season S2, S3 …" Mo Sheng, who was sitting next to West Wind, seemed to be reminded of the past. His eyes were a little dazed. "The League of Legends back then was also very exciting."
Back then, the Korean teams had just become the kings.
At that time, Korea was still called the OGN division. Almost every team from the OGN division had the strength to make the top teams in the world tremble in fear.
However, even though the entire professional esports circle seemed to be shrouded in the shadow of the strong Korean teams, the other major divisions did not give up and fought back tenaciously.
These included the North American LCS, European LCS, and the Chinese LMS.
This also included the Chinese LPL.
At that time, the LPL had not experienced the low tide of the S4 and S5 seasons. The S2 and S3 seasons might have been the best time for the LPL teams to reach their peak.
There was KG Team, God- Hand of God Team, and Dust- Dust Team that had just recruited Korean players from S3.
Those two years of LPL were recognized as the most promising challengers to shake the position of Korea's OGN.
Unfortunately —
It didn't work.
For two consecutive years, in the two S Series Leagues, the LPL teams that had encountered the Korean teams had suffered crushing defeats in each round of the competition. There had even been incidents where they had a clean sheet in a single match and had their heads shaved in a set of 'best-of-three' and 'best-of-five' matches.
It was also from that time onwards that the LPL division of the national server, which had begun in Season S4, fell into a deep slump, as if it would never recover.
Finally, it was only after the S5 World Finals that the domestic server gradually regained its form.
With the return of the elderly.
It had been injected with new and powerful blood.
There were also those who had struggled to break through the clouds and finally had a breakthrough in strength.
While the people of the domestic server were rejoicing at the new state of the LPL division, when they looked back, they realized that so many years had passed without them noticing.
Many things had changed.
There would always be teams that were eliminated and new players that rose.
But there were also many things that hadn't changed.
For example, the desire for the sparkling crystal trophy that symbolized the highest honor in League of Legends esports.
"This year-"
"We have to break through in the finals!"
Mo Sheng couldn't help but clench his fists and murmur.
…
The match was nearing the third minute mark.
The middle lane was naturally a regular lane. The blue and purple mid laners had a card and a fan mother. Since they couldn't kill each other, they focused on clearing the lane.
At the same time, the top laners on the top and bottom lanes were unsurprisingly suppressed by their own turrets.
The opponent's duo lane had the ADC comfortably dealing damage to the turrets under the protection of his support teammates. At the same time, he looked for opportunities to use a few pokes on the opponent's top laner.
"F * ck … it's really unbearable!"
Lu Ze's complaints could be heard in the blue team's live chat channel.
He chose Rambo this round. Of course, one reason was to coordinate with his captain Dou Zi's Jungler Prince to get a KO in the middle of the team battle. On the other hand, he felt that Rambo could at least take the initiative in pushing the lane and gain an advantage.
However, this kind of plan was completely destroyed the moment the opponent's top tier team made the choice to switch to another team.
He really regretted choosing Rambo at this time.
Last hits under the turrets …
Rambo's sense of sheathing was terrible. If he wasn't careful, he would easily lose his troops. Not to mention, he was constantly harassed by Wind Girl and Rat. On the other hand, the opponent's top laner Twilight Eye was more stable under the turrets. On the other hand, he had thick skin and could withstand the damage from the pokes.
"Be careful, the opponent's Level 3 jungler might just cover you in the top lane."
Dou Zi quickly warned Lu Ze in his team's live chat channel.
Other than Lin Feng, he was probably the only one in the team who had experienced the S3 and S4 Seasons when the strategy of switching lanes was popular. Therefore, he knew the specific operation of this strategy.
Almost all of them were able to predict every step perfectly.
The duo lane would first block a wave of minions, causing the opponent's top laner to lose the experience of a few last hits or even a few minions.
Then, he would start pushing the lane.
Then, he would retreat.
Then, he would control.
By the time the third wave of minions with artillery tanks pressed under the turrets, the jungler had just finished farming a round of monsters and reached Level 3. With the double buff, he would circle around and surround them.
The three of them cooperated to cross the tower.
Then, they would forcefully kill the enemy top laner.
This strategy was actually very open and aboveboard. It was basically telling the opponent that they were going to cross the tower in a moment. Of course, this strategy could also be used by both sides.
Therefore, the first and second blood players would often explode in the top and bottom lanes at the same time.
Both sides completed the kill at the same time.
Then, they broke the tower at the same time.
At this time, Dou Zi was also planning to rush to the bottom lane. In fact, when the opponent switched lanes, Dou Zi, as the jungler of the blue team, was at a bit of a disadvantage. The opponent's jungler Mantis had moved from the bottom half of the jungle to the top half of the jungle, which was just the time for him to coordinate with his teammates on the bottom lane.
However, Dou Zi didn't expect the opponent to switch lanes and play this strategy, so he used the same routine to start the game. If he rushed to the bottom lane to coordinate with Lin Feng and Kamiya Saka to kill the opponent's top laner, it would take him a bit longer.
This difference was not just a little bit.
Because even if both sides succeeded in breaking one of the opponent's towers, the first blood tower's economy was much more than the second blood tower.
This meant that Team Shang Cai was likely to suffer a loss for nothing.
Therefore, at this time, Lin Feng's voice sounded in the team's live chat channel.
"Bean, don't come down."
"Go to the top lane after you're done farming. Protect Lambo's bottom lane."
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