The match between Team Assassin and Team Crown soon entered the BAN phase.
Since both teams had collected a lot of information on their opponents beforehand, both teams had made a lot of targeted arrangements during this phase.
In fact, it was mainly to counter the core trump cards of both teams.
On Team Assassin's side, Nian Thirteen's jungler heroes were all sent to the BAN list: Panther Lady, Olaf, and Gunner.
This meant that Team Crown had used all three of their BAN rights to restrict the performance of Team Assassin's jungler captain.
That was normal.
Basically, in the current S6 finals, the few popular jungler heroes that could be ranked in the T1 echelon were quite compatible with Nian Thirteen's jungler style. To put it simply, they were all quite fierce and aggressive types.
At the same time, the Assassin Squad on the other side quickly returned the favor —
All three BAN rights were used to target Blade's ADC position.
Mother Wheel.
Lucian.
And Virtuoso Ember.
Especially Mother Wheel. In the previous professional match between Team Crown and Team Season, Blade relied on this hero to suppress his opponent's ADC by more than a hundred hits in just over twenty minutes.
However, even though they were being targeted like this, the ace players of both teams still had room to shine.
Team Assassin on the blue side quickly used Katzk Mantis on their jungler captain.
Team Crown on the purple side also chose their ADC, Policewoman, on the third and fourth floor.
"Old Thirteen and that Blade's hero pool is quite deep."
Lin Feng commented from the front row of the audience.
Indeed.
In the current tournament system, although the system of each team having three BAN rights could target specific players to a certain extent, if the targeted player had a deep enough hero pool, such targeting would not cause too much of an impact.
Take the current leader of the Four Emperors, Han Shihao, for example. As the world's number one mid laner, basically any team that encountered SSK would give up on the former's BAN phase.
Because …
It was useless.
His hero pool was so terrifying that it was bottomless.
In this season of S6, Han Shihao had chosen more than 15 mid laners for SSK, and no matter what hero he chose, he could easily suppress the lane or carry the entire game.
It was a waste to use the ban power on such a heaven-defying existence.
"If you want to target someone, three bans aren't enough," Li Shiyi chimed in.
Number Five first agreed with Lin Feng and Li Shiyi's assessment.
"It's indeed not enough."
"However —"
At this point, Number Five paused, then smiled and added.
"If it's almost soon, it should be in the new season next year. There should be a new tournament setting with five bans."
When Lin Feng and the others heard him, they were stupefied.
Five bans?
Lin Feng was the first to react.
"Eh?"
"Five bans on each side?"
Number Five smiled and nodded.
Ceng Rui sucked in a breath of cold air. "That's … a huge change."
None of them doubted the veracity of the information given by Number Five at all. As an honorary consultant of the World Telecommunications Association, he also had sufficient connections with the Fist Corporation officials. The former undoubtedly had access to a lot of firsthand information that ordinary people could not easily obtain.
Li Shiyi's expression was solemn.
"If there are five bans … then it'll be even more difficult to choose a ban in the future."
An Xin chimed in, "The intensity of targeting will also more than double."
Indeed.
Three bans might not make much of a difference, but if the number increased to five, it would be equivalent to a qualitative change. For example, no matter how deep the hero pool of a pro player's position was, there were usually only four or five strong heroes in the game. If one of the two teams was determined to target a single position and used all five bans …
That was equivalent to directly targeting a single position.
Even if you had a deep hero pool, you would still only be able to pick T2 or even T3 heroes. If that happened, you would only be able to display 70% -80% of your strength.
"If all ten bans were used on a single position … wouldn't that be even more interesting?"
Someone commented with great interest. In return, a few people beside him rolled their eyes at him.
"How can anyone be so brainless?"
"The coaches of the other teams aren't idiots, alright?"
"Five bans is already a lot."
Indeed, if there were ten Ban positions … it would really be a rhythm that left no way for people to live.
While everyone was discussing, Su Xue didn't say a word. Instead, she listened intently, her eyes darting around. Number Five looked over and noticed her expression. He couldn't help but shake his head with a helpless smile.
"Ah Xue."
"These things … have to be kept a secret for now."
Lin Feng and the others were stunned for a moment, but they quickly regained their composure and turned to look at Su Xue. Su Xue's face reddened in embarrassment, as if she had been exposed.
"Ah, is that so …"
"Alright, alright. I'll just listen."
She couldn't help but feel a tinge of regret in her voice.
If this information could be used as material for news, she'd be able to make another wave of profit.
… …
The match between the blue and purple teams quickly came to an end.
The lineups of both teams had been confirmed.
On the purple team's side, the bottom lane consisted of Policewoman and the support Ox-Head. They had the ability to suppress their opponents in the lane.
Lin Feng suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Number Five.
"Oh, right, Little Dance. In the training match between God and Minx, Ol 'Ye also played Policewoman. He carried the entire team in the last round."
Number Five smiled as he listened.
"Mhm."
"I know."
"When the previous match ended, Team God's Leader Zhang immediately sent me a short video of the team battle recorded on his mobile phone."
"It's pretty good."
Speaking of which, during the training of the three LPL guilds in China, the specially hired coach No.5 had also given Huangxue Nightsong a lot of pointers. If that was the case, she could be considered as half a "teacher" to the ace ADC of Team God.
"Ah Ye's improvement is obvious, so …"
At this point, Number Five looked over at the purple team. She raised an eyebrow, but her expression was as calm as ever.
"It's rare for a team to be able to suppress him in a lane.
That's another reason why I wanted to see Bullet's disciple. "
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