When the match entered the game progress bar, the lineups of both the blue and purple armies were clearly displayed to all the spectators in the training room through the electronic LCD screen hanging on the wall.
On the blue team, BW Team: Jayce, Mid Lane Ryze, Jungler, Explorer, and support Nami.
Purple team, Team Rapid Water, top laner Rambo, mid laner Vampire, jungler Excavator, ADC Lucian and support Burone.
In fact, there were not many heroes that could be used in the current version, especially in the upcoming finals. In order to train and prepare for the upcoming finals, the players of the various clubs, as well as the coaches of the various teams, had been training day and night and had meetings to analyze and discuss the strongest and most useful heroes for each position.
However, the result was that this year's S6 finals seemed to be the most monotonous one compared to the previous ones.
That was because there were too many heroes that could show off their skills and shine in the previous finals, but in this version, they had been weakened by the Fist Corporation in various ways. Not to mention the T1 echelon, even the T2 and T3 heroes could not be ranked.
Therefore, in the training match that was about to begin, the hero lineup of the blue and purple teams had not changed much compared to the previous two matches.
Most of the time, it seemed like the heroes used by both teams had changed, but the same number of heroes would still appear.
For example, in the middle lane, on the blue team's side, BW Team Fish's original Mechanical Pioneer Victor was only banned. This was why they brought out Ryze's mid lane. On the other hand, on the purple team's side, Rapid Water Team, Shi Hang had once again chosen Vampire to fight.
"Old Shi's Vampire is still something," Li Shiyi commented objectively.
In the previous LPL regular season, Shi Hang's solo Vampire's win rate was almost as high as 80%. In the end, he was almost always banned or stolen by his opponents. It could be said that Shi Hang had given Shi Hang a lot of face as a hero.
The situation in the previous match was not much different. It was also Shi Hang's Vladimir. In the middle lane against Fish's Mechanical Pioneer, he completed a few beautiful solo kills.
From this, it could be seen how familiar and accomplished he was with the vampire hero.
As for the position of jungler …
Nian Thirteen had used Olaf before. Even when he was being suppressed by Nate's Panther Lady, Olaf was able to turn the tide of the battle. This was inseparable from Nian Thirteen's individual strength, but at the same time, Mad Dog Olaf's powerful offensive capabilities played a significant role.
This time, he wondered how Nate would be able to utilize it.
Excavator had also been used by BW's substitute jungler, Wood. It was said that this substitute jungler was best at using the Void Burrowing Beast. He was also quite famous in his own club, but it was a pity …
He met someone who was a blind jungler.
"Tsk, I should've changed the names of the two jungler heroes in the previous round."
Nian Thirteen clicked his tongue and commented,
"BW's substitute jungler's ability as an excavator, how can he be called an excavator? He's practically blind, okay! "
"The passive listening effect of Rexel's W skill is completely useless. He can't even figure out the movements of his opponent's blind monk. He doesn't even know that the blind monk is crouching in the bushes in front of him. He's a disgrace to the world of excavators!"
Ceng Rui and Tang Bingyao nodded in agreement.
The corners of An Xin's mouth curled up slightly.
"Then in this round, I can let someone show what real excavator skills are."
…
As they chatted, the loading bar of the game finished. The match had officially entered the map of Summoner's Canyon. The ten heroes of both blue and purple teams appeared at the spring of their respective bases.
Everyone in the training room subconsciously stopped their conversations and held their breaths as they looked forward to the match.
1 minute and 30 seconds.
The heroes of both blue and purple teams rushed to the jungle and the lane respectively.
There was no standard starting move for a level 1 team.
However, BW's jungler, Olaf, seemed to have chosen to start with a blue buff in the upper half of the jungle. Everyone in the training room could not help but nod slightly when they saw this. Some of them also heaved a sigh of relief —
If Olaf started with a blue buff, it was unlikely that he would gank at level 2. Otherwise, if he started with a red buff, Olaf, a level 2 Berserker, would have the ability to gank and capture people. It was very likely that he would be a fatal threat to the purple team's heroes in the lane.
However, many members of Quick Water and Assassin Squad were nervous and focused —
Because …
If Olaf started with a blue buff in the upper half of the jungle, it was very likely that he would invade the purple team's upper half of the jungle after he finished farming his own blue buff. He would then have the idea of attacking the opponent's jungler.
In the early stages of the jungle, Olaf's combat strength was definitely much stronger than that of an excavator. If he was caught, he would be forced to retreat or even directly killed.
However, Nian Thirteen did not seem to care about this.
"That's impossible."
"BW's Nate only dared to do this in the previous round because his coaching staff had seen through my tactics. In actual fact, this guy is very cautious. He won't do anything unless he's confident of winning —"
Li Shiyi nodded slightly.
"Moreover, in the early stages of the jungle, Old Shi's Vampires will definitely have more control over the lane than Ryze's. If the minions push over, Vampires will be able to rush over to support them if something happens in their jungle. Olaf will have to bear the risk of invading the jungle."
Ceng Rui nodded and looked at Nian Thirteen.
"After all … there aren't many people who can be so reckless in their jungler."
Nian Thirteen listened with a smug expression.
"Of course, of course."
"Ordinary people won't be able to learn my playstyle!"
…
When the junglers of both teams had started their own lanes, the other top, mid, and bottom laners of both teams had also reached their respective lanes and entered the lane phase.
On the bottom lane was BW's EZ Jia Nami versus Rapid Water's Obama Gabron.
The latter's bottom lane combination was considered a classic combination. The Holy Lancer Ranger had sufficient agility and combat power in the early stages. Coupled with Gabron's passive skill, he could deal explosive damage at Level 2 and Level 3.
Shadow Puppet was BW's best player, Tauren Chieftain, who had been banned. However, in the blink of an eye, they picked Gabron. This did not affect his individual performance at all.
In other words, BW's strategy in the BAN round had no effect at all. It was a complete waste of effort.
At this moment, the faces of the two BW players, Ring and Fox, could be seen —
In this round, without the help of their jungler, their situation at the bottom lane seemed to be even more difficult than the previous round.
As for the top lane …
Logically speaking, Jess should have the advantage of exhausting Poke when he fought against Rambo.
However, the short half a minute of fighting on the top lane shocked everyone in the training room. They were surprised to find that the situation was not what they had expected.
On the blue side, Jess was the top laner …
He was actually being suppressed by Rambo, the top player of Team Rapid Water!
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