Liu Hao, who was very good at reading the match, was the first to notice the abnormality on the field: their Cleric, who was sneakily hiding, and Fang Rui, who had disappeared after that trash talk.
In the next second, a string of exclamation marks appeared in Team Wind Howl's team chat.
“！！！！！”
The exclamation marks came from Soul Healer. This was the emergency signal that Team Wind Howl had agreed upon.
Everyone in Wind Howl saw it. Everyone looked around, but no one could find where Soul Healer was.
Sneaky!
This was the word that immediately popped up in Zhao Yuzhe's mind. He hated this word. Even though he came from a team that used this word to its fullest, he had never tried to understand it. He was only glad that Wind Howl had changed their style and abandoned this word. It was just that they hadn't completely abandoned it yet. There were still traces of this word in the team.
For example, Ruan Yongbin had sneakily hidden his character. Now, Zhao Yuzhe wanted to help him, but he couldn't find him...
Annoying annoying annoying!
Zhao Yuzhe was annoyed by Ruan Yongbin's sneakiness. Similarly, Captain Tang Hao, Liu Hao, and Lin Feng were all unable to immediately determine where Soul Healer was. Understanding an agreed upon exclamation mark was easy, but they had no understanding of Ruan Yongbin's sneakiness. They were the representatives of the new Wind Howl, while Ruan Yongbin was still the Cleric player from the old Wind Howl. Apart from him, almost all of the old Wind Howl players had lost influence in the team. But no one would have thought that the healer, a character with a different role, would be separated from the rest of the team because of the old style. As for Team Happy's Fang Rui, because he had adhered to the old style, he was able to accurately determine Ruan Yongbin's sneaky movements.
He caught Ruan Yongbin. Ruan Yongbin sent out a signal for help, but his teammates couldn't immediately find him. This seemingly laughable scene clearly made everyone realize what kind of team Wind Howl was.
Outstanding players? Strong characters?
Wind Howl had all of these, but this season, they couldn't win against strong opponents. Why was that?
Now, everyone understood.
Team Wind Howl was still experiencing the pain of changing classes. They were completely abandoning their dirtiness, but this was a style that had been deeply ingrained in Team Wind Howl for a very long time. Simply letting go of their most outstanding master of playing dirty, Fang Rui, and changing Doubtful Demon into a Battle Thief wasn't enough to complete this change.
Wind Howl was abandoning the foundation that they had relied on for so long. For a team, this was no different from rebuilding. Last season, their determination hadn't been obvious. Led by Fang Rui, the dirty-minded players who were still the main force of the team, they were still displaying their skills, displaying the soul of the team. Under their support, last season's Team Wind Howl seemed to be quite strong.
However, Wind Howl's new core, Tang Hao, didn't realize the importance of this support at all. Instead, he and the rookie, Zhao Yuzhe, hated this group's fighting style. He couldn't see the soul of this team. He only valued his own strength. He hoped that his strength would be further enhanced and magnified, but he didn't like playing dirty as a support. He was the captain, the core, the center of the team. He didn't like cooperating with dirty players, so even Fang Rui, the top master of playing dirty, lost his position.
After Fang Rui left, Team Wind Howl filled in with new players. The new players surrounded Fang Rui, and none of them played dirty. The original players who were good at playing dirty all retreated to the second line in Wind Howl. What awaited them was either leaving like Fang Rui, or changing themselves to cater to the new style.
Giving up on playing dirty wasn't necessarily the end of the world. Too many of the powerhouses in the Alliance who had achieved outstanding results didn't rely on playing dirty. But the problem was, when Wind Howl chose to abandon the style they had been familiar with for so many years, did they have a clear goal and direction for their new playstyle?
An aggressive playstyle with Tang Hao as the center?
This seemed to be the path they wanted to take, but how would it be realized? How would the players coordinate with each other? What responsibilities did each character have? What kind of combinations did they have in battle?
Thinking back to Wind Howl's matches this season, everyone realized that Wind Howl's transformation had left the old, but the new hadn't come. After they abandoned the dirty style, they did not form a new and mature tactical system at all.
Against some weak teams, with Tang Hao and the others' strength, they could still hold their ground. But against strong teams, they didn't have a clear tactical system, so they were full of openings. Wind Howl's individual competition results weren't bad, but their players and characters were all strong. However, their team competition results were terrible precisely because they didn't have a mature tactical system.
They couldn't find Soul Healer?
Perhaps it could be attributed to the fact that they hadn't completely abandoned playing dirty, but it also showed Wind Howl's chaos. Champions? At this moment, no one dared to associate this word with Wind Howl. Champions weren't something that could be casually piled up by strong players and characters.
The headless flies in Wind Howl hesitated. They couldn't determine Soul Healer's location, but they could ask in the chat. When Ruan Yongbin saw the coordinates, reinforcements would arrive. But Happy had taken advantage of Wind Howl's chaos to launch a flurry of attacks, making Wind Howl completely lose their sense of propriety. They had no idea what to do.
But when they saw Fang Rui's Hai Wuliang, Zhao Yuzhe, Lin Feng, and Liu Hao, the three who had been 1v3 by Fang Rui, had a clear target. But how dirty was Fang Rui? How could he give them a chance to surround him? Seeing that the other side had more people, he didn't try to be brave. He jumped around the plaza, playing hide-and-seek with the other three.
Just like that, three contestants were caught. How could that work? Liu Hao quickly realized the imbalance, but Zhao Yuzhe still bravely chased after him. Liu Hao reminded him, and received a "Leave it to me."
Liu Hao didn't agree with this answer, but he didn't immediately point it out because he knew Zhao Yuzhe's personality. If he said "You can't do it by yourself," this young man would definitely get angry, and it would backfire.
Liu Hao chose to remain silent. He and Lin Feng went to support the other battles. But soon after, Zhao Yuzhe was ambushed by Fang Rui. Team Happy even coordinated with the ambush and switched targets. As a result, when Zhao Yuzhe typed "!!!!" At that time, the entire team scrambled to provide support. However, Liu Hao had already anticipated this, so his support was timely and accurate.
"Good!" Zhao Yuzhe had a good impression of Liu Hao's timely support. Everyone could see that Liu Hao had played a crucial role.
But...
"It looks like you've been prepared!" Ye Xiu said as he charged towards him from the side. Lord Grim used a few movement skills and instantly flashed to Absent Sun's side. It was so smooth, so … he had been prepared.
Soon after, Dancing Rain's artillery fire, One Inch Ash's ghost boundaries, and Happy's healer, Little Cold Hands, all appeared in Liu Hao's field of view. In the blink of an eye, the attack formation formed. Target: Absent Sun.
Trap!
Liu Hao didn't hesitate and typed "!!!!". He didn't think that he could break through Happy's premeditated focus attack by himself. But even if he was saved by his teammates, what could he do? Wind Howl was full of openings. After Happy grabbed hold of one of the openings, he attacked their openings again and again. They were exhausted from running around, saving this and that. Apart from the start of the battle, they hadn't taken the initiative to attack once.
"Fight as hard as you can!!" Captain Tang Hao yelled. But could Wind Howl's current problem be solved with morale? Their players weren't bad, but they weren't strong to the point of defying the heavens. They weren't strong to the point where they could crush everything with their strength alone. They couldn't. No team could.
Liu Hao's Absent Sun was the first to fall. But looking at the entire match, even if it was a loss, Liu Hao's performance wasn't lacking in highlights. He had played a crucial role in many crucial moments, saving Wind Howl's situation.
But just as he fell, Ye Xiu once again nagged at him about the topic he had been tired of for a long time. "If you could completely focus on the match, how would you play?"
How could I focus? You rascal, why are you so annoying and chatty? Do you think that with your trash talk, people will think that I didn't perform well? How laughable. Even if this was a loss for Wind Howl, who could find fault with his own performance?
Wind Howl, who had lost a player first, was even more passive. And from start to finish, they hadn't taken the initiative at all. Wind Howl's loyal fans had watched their players walk onto the stage with such high morale. But in the end, they were like paper tigers, instantly torn to shreds.
If they had lost in an intense battle, although it would have been sad, it wouldn't have made them disheartened. But Wind Howl had walked onto the stage with such confidence, but in the end, they had been completely passive from start to finish. The fans couldn't see any hope.
The flag with the Wind Howl emblem on it once again hung low. The die-hard Wind Howl fan in charge of the flag missed the Team Wind Howl with their Criminal Partners. Even if their performance on the rankings wasn't necessarily better than the current Wind Howl, they had never disappointed their fans like this.
A match needed to win, but winning wasn't everything.
Wind Howl hadn't scored any points in this match, nor had they performed well. They had only been cheering as if their morale had been boosted, but when they got onto the stage, they were instantly popped like a balloon.
What kind of expectations should we have for this team? Wind Howl's fans were suddenly at a loss. A team that was still in the playoffs had actually made so many people feel like they had lost their direction.
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