The temperament of a veteran team and a rookie team would always be different.
As the recognized number one powerhouse in the European LCS division, as well as the team that had held the top spot in Europe for the longest time and had accumulated the most achievements, Legend had always had a calm and confident demeanor that no other European professional team possessed.
Even though their performance in S6 this season was not too ideal, and they only managed to place third in the finals after a thrilling journey.
But this did not seem to have any effect on the mentality of this team.
This was the confidence and pride that had been accumulated for a long time.
Every member of Legend knew very well that a momentary loss was nothing, because the final victory was destined to belong to them.
Correspondingly, every member of the Legend team had another unshakable belief — —
That was their captain.
In the entire club, Phoenix's existence was undoubtedly the absolute spiritual leader of every member of Legend.
They worshipped and believed in their team's mid-laner captain.
For them, whether it was Spoon, who had the chance to challenge for the position of the First Guardian King, or even the other Yonkō (Four Emperors), no matter how strong those legendary top existences were, in their hearts, the strongest would always be their captain, Phoenix.
However —
It was precisely because of this firm belief that when the training match began, the rhythm of the battle gave every member of Legend a strong impact and shock.
Because …
In their hearts, the strongest and invincible captain, Phoenix, had actually been forced into a stalemate by his opponent in a mid laner matchup!
It was a stalemate!
A stalemate!
…
The hero chosen by Phoenix this round was the mid-laner, Little Murloc.
Moreover, as soon as the match started, the spectating members of Legend could immediately tell that their captain was definitely going all out. They had only seen this kind of state their captain was in when he was up against Moon or the world's number one mid-laner, F- Han Shihao.
In this state, Phoenix was truly at the peak of Europe's number one wizard.
He was practically invincible.
But …
This kind of offensive momentum that should have been like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood like a hot knife through butter, was forcibly blocked by the mid laner in this round, as if it had encountered a towering iron wall that was as tall as a mountain.
The first wave was a fight in the middle lane.
The purple team's jungler immediately flashed forward, then used W Knock to control the target, Sindera.
The Little Murloc used the first pole vault of his E skill, "Mischievous", and he perfectly dodged his opponent's EQ combo from Wild Prince. He instantly followed up with a second E skill, followed by [Flash], and dashed toward the King of Darkness as fast as lightning.
His movements were swift and fierce.
However, Sindera, the mid-laner on the blue team, seemed to have calculated the timing perfectly. The moment he got rid of the excavator's control, he activated [Flash] and escaped from the range of the Inferior Murlocs' second E-Flash.
With a backhand, he used EQ to knock back the Inferior Fishman.
[Ignite].
He coordinated with his jungler, Prince, and launched a fierce counterattack.
In the end, it was really because the explosive damage of the Inferior Murlocs and the excavator in the early stages was too high that the mid lane heroes of both sides had to exchange heads. Sindera was burnt to death by the Inferior Murlocs' Ignite. Otherwise, Sindera might not have died.
Even so, the result was still that the Dark Origin took the Inferior Man-Fish's first kill, earning 100 yuan more than the Inferior Man-Fish.
A substitute member of Legend who was watching the battle from the side couldn't help but stare blankly.
"Damn it, this CN 006 … was he this strong back then?"
This sentence actually echoed the thoughts of many other Legend members, and even some team leaders and coaches who were present.
At that time, they had paid close attention to the process of CN 006's solo ranking in the European server's Challenger Group. They had taken out the videos of every match and studied them repeatedly. Although they were amazed by the strength of this mysterious 006, in the end, they only gave him a rating of above the Seven Kings and below the Four Emperors.
Of course, he was strong.
But no matter how they looked at it, he should not have reached the level of their team leader, Phoenix.
In other words, when their team leader, Phoenix, went all out, in this training match, the Inferior Murlocs on the purple team should have the upper hand.
But now —
That was not the case at all.
…
In this training match, other than the mid-laner, there was no special arrangement for the players in the other eight positions. It was just that the players from Legend's home team and second team were distributed to the blue and purple teams after they were split up.
So their strength was basically equal.
The only difference and variable would only appear in the middle lane.
But now, after the match had gone on for more than 10 minutes, the blue and purple teams on the field were almost equal in terms of the number of players killed, the number of towers defended, and the overall team economy.
The number of players was 4 to 4.
Looking at the battle interface, both junglers, top laners, ADC, and support had almost no kills in their hands.
All the data of the kills …
Almost all of them had fallen on the mid-laner heroes of both sides.
Inferior Murlocs: 3/2/1.
Sindera: 4/2/0.
The kills came from the mid-laner heroes of both sides who chose to gank and obtain kills in the top lane and bottom lane respectively. As for their second deaths …
That was because, at about 8 minutes into the match, the Tidal Ocean Sprite and the King of Darkness had once again engaged in a solo fight in the middle lane.
It was another exchange of kills that left almost everyone in the field dumbfounded.
"They're evenly matched … they're really evenly matched …"
Some of the Legend team members who were watching the match unconsciously murmured.
Many of the other team members nodded subconsciously in agreement.
However, there were a few coaches and team leaders who had slightly serious expressions on their faces. They exchanged glances and whispered to each other:
"It's not that simple …"
"His individual control and reaction speed …"
"Phoenix seems to be suppressed a little."
"That 006's Sindera … So fast!"
…
After the match had gone on for 15 minutes, the early stage of the battle was almost over. The solo duel between the mid-laners of both sides was about to come to an end.
There were relatively fewer points of interest left.
It was nothing more than the overall confrontation of the two teams, the application of tactics, and the tacit cooperation.
At this point —
As an outsider who was a temporary sparring partner, Lin Feng, who controlled the blue team's mid-laner Sindera, was undoubtedly at a disadvantage.
After all, he was not like his old friend and old rival, the captain of the Legend team's mid-laner, who knew his club's team members like the back of his hand. It was also easier for him to command and cooperate.
Therefore, as the blue team entered the middle stage of the match, it was inevitable that they would be at a disadvantage in various small-scale team battles.
20 minutes.
The economic gap between the two sides had increased to almost 4,000.
The number of kills became 6 to 9.
Someone's King of Darkness also died once again, and the battle record became 5/3/1.
Many of the Legend members who were watching the match could not help but feel excited. If this match continued at this pace, the purple team led by their captain was basically going to win!
However, on the purple team's side, Phoenix, who was sitting in front of the computer screen, did not look relaxed at all.
Instead, he became even more focused and serious.
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