As the saying goes, things that are too rigid are easy to break. The same principle applies in eSports.
Perhaps, as Phoenix said, the top laner of the Korean Team Minx, The-Sword, was not only extremely strong, but his playstyle was also terrifyingly aggressive.
For a top laner with this style, if he encountered a weaker opponent, he could indeed crush them faster than other top laners of the same level. Even a Seven King-level top laner like Seven might not be able to withstand his opponent's storm-like attack rhythm.
However, this style was not invincible.
This was because when you encountered opponents who were not much inferior to you in terms of strength and experience, even if they were at a slight disadvantage, they were still able to stabilize the rhythm of their development. At that time, the method that you originally relied on the most would not be that useful.
The first spurt of energy, the second decline, and the third exhaustion.
After all, it was impossible to maintain a high-intensity offensive rhythm from beginning to end. As the defensive side, you needed to expend a lot less energy.
As long as your opponent was able to withstand the offensive and pressure at the beginning of the lane, your biggest weapon as a pure offensive top laner would be whittled away.
And then —
Naturally, the rhythm would give way little by little.
It would fall into the opponent's hands.
Perhaps if Tian Tian were to encounter an opponent of J's level and style, his chances of winning would be less than twenty to thirty percent. However, if he were to encounter The-Sword, then according to Phoenix's description, even if the opponent was slightly stronger than Tian Tian, his pure offensive style was perfectly countered by Tian Tian.
Phoenix nodded in agreement with Li Shiyi's analysis and evaluation.
"Of course."
"I don't deny that."
"If a team has a top laner like YGG, then they don't need to be too afraid of the threat of The-Sword."
At this point, Phoenix paused for a moment. Then, she changed the topic.
"But —"
"If it was just The-Sword alone, it wouldn't have been so troublesome and dangerous."
"Don't forget, Team Minx was able to defeat Season. If it was just a strong top laner, then with Autumn's strength and commanding ability, they wouldn't have lost."
"The scariest thing about this team is that they have players with terrifying offensive aggressiveness … There's more than one of them."
"There are two of you."
When she said that, Phoenix's tone of voice was still as calm as ever.
However, the moment he finished speaking, everyone present felt as if a bone-piercing chill had crept up their spines.
…
“Fly。”
"This is the ID of Minx's mid laner."
As he spoke, Phoenix turned his attention back to Lin Feng.
"I know that for you, perhaps F has always been your only goal and opponent. Of course, this is undeniable. That guy is indeed worthy of being the strongest mid."
Lin Feng didn't say anything but his attitude was a tacit agreement.
Phoenix's words took another turn.
"However, even so —"
"I still think it's necessary to remind you that aside from focusing most of your attention on F … you should also pay more attention to this Minx mid."
Fly。
Tang Bingyao subconsciously said, "It also starts with an 'F'."
An Xin's lips curled up into a smile.
"Yeah, but I don't know if it's just a coincidence or an intentional imitation."
Ceng Rui pondered, "Maybe it's also a declaration and provocation?"
In the Korean professional esports scene, from Lee Daozai in the previous generation to Han Shihao in the current generation, the two players with the highest status in the Korean esports scene were the continuation of F's legacy.
The ID of Team Minx's mid laner was called Fly. Naturally, people would make some associations and speculations about the letter "F" in his name.
However, Lin Feng shook his head indifferently.
"It's just a name."
"It's too boring to play tricks on this kind of thing," Phoenix said.
Team F's legacy had always been passed down to only one person. In the previous generation, it was Li Daozai, and now it was Han Shihao. It was impossible for a third person to suddenly appear. If that Minx mid player wanted to use his own ID to make some sort of invisible declaration of war or provocation, it would indeed seem too childish to someone.
"How's his skill?"
Lin Feng looked at Phoenix. This was the only question he was slightly interested in.
Phoenix's answer was equally concise.
"It's about the same as The-Sword's. It's just a match. I can't tell much."
"But in terms of style, he's the same as his top laner."
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.
"He's pretty strong in lane, huh?"
Phoenix nodded. "Pretty strong in lane suppression."
Of course, if the opponent was just a mid laner from Season 2, then the corresponding record and argument wouldn't be very convincing.
So Phoenix came up with another, more convincing piece of evidence.
"During the LCK League, Team Minx fought against Team Fate and Team Warrior."
"This Fly's mid lane has completed more than one match-up solo kill."
He didn't directly state certain things.
But as soon as Ceng Rui and Li Shiyi realized what was going on, they were shocked.
Fate's mid laner was Moon, one of the Yonkō.
Even Warrior's mid laner, Orian, was a veteran of the Seven Kings.
If the battle record against Season in the mock competition wasn't enough to prove anything, then fighting against a mid laner who had solo-killed Seven Kings and even Four Emperors was enough to give this Minx mid laner a shocking, bloody, and tyrannical battle record!
Lin Feng lowered his eyes.
"Oh. That's pretty good."
"What about against SSK?"
Phoenix shook his head helplessly. "There's nothing surprising about that. Of course they'll lose. F's record lasted for the entire S6 season. How can it be broken so easily?"
Tang Bingyao was a little confused.
"Record?"
Phoenix looked up at her and patiently explained.
"Yes. It's an amazing record. It's one that people can only look up to.
"That's right. It's a record that pro players have died in the past 15 minutes."
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