It was more or less the same logic.
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For the purple team, SSK, this was already a loss.
They should have been able to reap more rewards.
At this moment, it was time for the blue team, Team God. When the second Earth Dragon spawned, the blue team's mid laner, jungler, and AD would be at their strongest. After this period of time, the blue team would start to go downhill.
During this period of time, Team God would naturally do everything in their power to display their strengths, reaping as many spoils of war as possible and expanding their advantage.
This was only the second Earth Dragon …
It was far from enough.
Therefore, the Earth Dragon was merely a decoy, a bait.
A bait to force SSK to come out and take the initiative to fight them.
The real crux of the matter was that if the blue team, Team God, was able to fight a perfect team battle around this Earth Dragon, then they would be able to expand their mid-game advantage and even turn it into a victory.
Furthermore …
That was even more ideal.
It just so happened that the second Earthen Dragon would respawn at around the 19th minute of the match. If everything went smoothly after the team battle, the Earthen Dragon would respawn at the 20th minute. This rhythm … would be perfectly linked.
Of course.
This was only the most ideal situation.
From a practical point of view, it would not go so smoothly. Team God was strong, and their lineup was strong enough, but if their opponent was SSK, the world's number one team, then everything was unpredictable.
Forget about the Earth Dragon being taken and the large dragon being taken …
God's blue team might not even have a 100% chance of winning the upcoming group battle against the Earthen Dragons.
… …
"Maybe only a forty to sixty chance."
In the front row of the crowd, Nian Thirteen, who was standing next to Lin Feng, frowned and thought hard for a long time before giving his judgment, "God's chances should be only 60%."
"Sixty percent?" Lin Feng rubbed his chin and shook his head: "I think it's five and a half. 5.5 versus 4.5, nothing more."
"That's true —"
Nian Thirteen did not insist on his own judgment and quickly agreed with someone's statement. He then glanced at the spectator's screen and sighed.
"Sigh, if Gnar is controlled by Fatty, then there's a 60% or even a 65% chance of success …"
From a pure lineup perspective, SSK's current lineup was indeed lacking in combat power. With the top laner Twilight Eye and jungler Incubus, the purple team was more suited to split the map and use their powerful support abilities to win by outnumbering the enemy. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Hence, it was precisely because of this that Team God had decisively chosen to use the second Earth Dragon to force the enemy into a direct confrontation, pulling them into their domain of strength.
But then again, even if SSK was forced to accept the challenge, it was not as if they were completely defenseless.
It was true that a direct confrontation wouldn't work.
However, SSK's lineup was not weak at all when it came to the ability to counterattack.
Shen's W Sword Formation and E Taunt, as well as a shield buff from an ultimate.
Incubus's ultimate could turn off the lights at any time, making it difficult for Team God to identify their position in a team fight and possibly cause their formation to scatter.
There was also Cold Ice's ultimate, Magic Crystal Arrow, and Ox-Head, the perfect protector and support hero.
If they only wanted to take down the Earth Dragon, then the God Squad on the blue side had a higher chance of success. However, if they weren't willing to stop there and insisted on challenging the opposing team into a group battle — — -
They would need to have perfect teamwork in order to do so.
And therein lay the problem.
Although the blue team's lineup was strong in the mid-game and could deal enough damage, it lacked a way to initiate a team fight.
Olaf, the jungler, did not even have a crowd-control skill.
The support Hammerstone's Q skill, Hook, was a great weapon to initiate a team fight, but it had to be able to hit a key target. If Shen or Ox-Head stood at the front, the Warden's Scythe Chain would not be able to pose a threat to the backline heroes.
As for the rest …
There was only one top laner, Gnar.
In this kind of team fight, the most ideal way to initiate a team fight was for Gnar to take the lead. For example, after he became big, he could stun and control two or three heroes at once, disrupting the opponent's backline formation. Then, the rest of the blue team could follow up and use skills to connect and control in one go.
But this was also very difficult for Gnar to operate, which was why Nian Thirteen had such a feeling just now.
Indeed.
If Tian Tian were to operate the blue team's top laner, Lost Tooth, as one of the top seven king-level top laners in the world, he would definitely be able to handle the heavy burden of initiating a team fight.
But it was not Tian Tian on the field now.
Lin Feng and Nian Thirteen looked at each other and shook their heads.
Blue Word, the top laner of Team God, was about the same level as the jungler Ten Swords. He could be ranked in the top echelon in the country and had the ability to seize opportunities. But in the end … he was still a little bit lacking.
It was really hard to say whether his Gnar could seize the opportunity to lay the most important foundation for the team in such a critical situation.
…
The game steadily came to a little over 19 minutes.
River, Xiaolong Fjord.
The second Earth Dragon had respawned.
The ten heroes of the blue and purple teams had cleared out the minions on three sides and quickly gathered in the direction of the river. At this point in time, it could be seen that the summoner skills of all the heroes on both sides had basically finished their cooldown.
This meant that both sides had enough ammo and had all the cards up their sleeves. They were about to officially go all out.
Naturally, the first thing to do was to set up their vision.
Due to their own team's lineup being stronger, the blue team of Team God was more proactive when it came to setting up their vision. The support Hammerstone and jungler Olaf directly moved forward, while the river Dragon consecutively cast two true eyes in front of it, blocking the vision of their opponents inside and outside of the fjord.
On the other hand, the purple team of Team SSK's formation was slightly closer to the bottom lane and their own blue buff jungle. Ox-Head and Shen were at the front row, protecting their teammates in the back row from Hammerstone's Hook.
Time passed quickly for ten to twenty seconds.
Both sides on the river used the mouth of Xiaolong Fjord as the middle point. Both sides were in a stalemate, trying to use their skills to exhaust the poke. However, even the blue team of Team God, who had a slight advantage, did not make the first move to activate the Earth Dragon.
"They're still looking for a chance to start the team first —"
Spoon sighed in the front row of the crowd.
Indeed.
After all, if they were to directly activate the Earth Dragon, the blue team's formation would be a little messy, and it would be easy for the opponent to take advantage of it. Even if they fought for a long time with the Earth Dragon, in the end, Incubus could still use Retribution to snatch the Earth Dragon, which would be equivalent to making a wedding dress for the other team. Using Retribution would be a fifty-fifty gamble, and Team God would definitely not be willing to do such a thing when they had a strong advantage.
"But SSK won't give them the opportunity that easily."
Phoenix shook his head and commented.
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