The first round of the playoffs came to an end. All four matches were finished in two rounds. Samsara, Tyranny, Happy, and Micrograss advanced to the top four.
Samsara, Tyranny, and Micrograss were the top four teams in the regular season. Only Happy managed to make a comeback from sixth place, eliminating the third place Team Blue Rain. And this match, especially Blue Rain's home game in the second round, sparked the most intense debate.
The group arena was fine. It could be seen that Blue Rain relied on their home game map to set up their camp. In the end, it was only because their plans against Ye Xiu were completely destroyed by Ye Xiu that they fell behind step by step.
But the team competition attracted a torrent of criticism for Blue Rain. Even after the first round of the playoffs came to an end, this match was still the most talked about.
Team Blue Rain had already started their vacation. Their captain, Yu Wenzhou, used the opportunity of the press conference to say everything he wanted to say about the final round of the playoffs.
Next up was Tyranny versus Happy, Samsara versus Micrograss. The playoffs had entered an even more intense period. These four teams naturally didn't have any time to relax.
Tyranny Club.
In the team competition between Blue Rain and Happy, which had attracted a lot of criticism, Team Blue Rain didn't even review it after the match. However, Team Tyranny had already taken out a recording of the match three days after that match to study it. After that match, studying the team competition became the main topic of Team Tyranny's preparation for the playoffs.
And what they studied now wasn't Blue Rain, who had already been eliminated, but Happy. They would be facing Blue Rain in the next round. In Blue Rain's home game, they would be cursing Happy.
In their eyes, the criticism from the outside world was also unreasonable. Of course, they weren't so idle as to defend Blue Rain. What they cared about wasn't Blue Rain.
Happy. The three days of research and discussion were all aimed at Happy. Because in this match, Happy had revealed too much information, too much information that had not been revealed in the previous matches, or had not been so clear.
The entire team was gathered in the tactical meeting room, and the projection was playing the match again. They had watched it countless times in the past three days, but none of Tyranny's players showed any signs of impatience. They were all as focused as if they were in the game.
Standing in front of the projector screen was Zhang Xinjie, their vice-captain, Team Tyranny's strategist and tactical planner. At this moment, he was also facing the projection screen, watching the match silently with everyone else.
The two teams refreshed and set off. The view on the screen was completely focused on Team Happy.
And after three days of studying the match recording, it was no longer the original file. So … Happy's team of five continued to advance. Suddenly, one of the five characters, Dancing Rain was marked with a red circle and flashed a few times.
The viewers didn't stop watching because of this, because everyone had already paid attention to this point many times.
Su Mucheng.
After joining Happy, many people felt that her performance wasn't as spectacular as before. At first, they felt that she had joined a new team and needed to get used to her new teammates and new characters. But after an entire season, no one felt that Su Mucheng's performance was that amazing.
But in these three days, on Tyranny, Zhang Xinjie came up with a very definite conclusion.
Su Mucheng's performance was very amazing, but her amazement was digested in bits and pieces.
The marking on Dancing Rain at the beginning of the match emphasized her positioning and adjustments within the formation. And this wasn't something that could be seen from just looking at one character. You had to look at the entire formation.
The instant the red circle appeared, Happy's entire formation moved. Baozi's invasion and Hai Wuliang's movement both shifted slightly.
This shift wasn't because the two's rhythm was off, but because the two characters had encountered an insurmountable obstacle while moving in a straight line, so they had no choice but to change directions slightly.
It was a matter of course, an action that couldn't be any more normal.
However, Su Mucheng also adjusted her position.
Dancing Rain, who hadn't encountered any obstacles and wouldn't run into a tree, adjusted her position after Baozi's invasion and Hai Wuliang's circling around the tree.
The screen froze.
Happy paused at the moment when the two characters circled around the tree. Dancing Rain's position had been slightly adjusted.
"It's a seemingly insignificant detail, but it maintains Happy's formation absolutely intact," Zhang Xinjie turned around and said to everyone.
"This move has been used throughout the match from start to finish. We'll talk about it later. Here, in this place, I want everyone to realize that Su Mucheng has already subconsciously learned to do this kind of move in a completely insignificant place. " Zhang Xinjie said, "If I had to find a suitable way to put it, I think that the current Su Mucheng is no longer Ye Xiu's Best Partner, but the entire team's Best Partner, Happy."
After three days of research and discussion, this was the first time Zhang Xinjie had given such a clear explanation.
"She's more well-rounded, more of a team player." Lin Jingyan said. As a veteran player, they weren't unfamiliar with Su Mucheng. After Zhang Xinjie gave this explanation, they immediately compared it to the old Su Mucheng. Immediately, they felt the difference.
The old Su Mucheng might not have only had eyes for Ye Xiu, but in terms of coordination, she wasn't completely balanced. Passing the match focused on Ye Xiu's decisiveness, which meant that she wasn't able to utilize her talents to their fullest potential.
Because sometimes, Ye Xiu wasn't the best choice for her to coordinate. Coordinating and supporting the other players on the team would be more effective.
But now, this problem had disappeared.
The match quickly reached the point where the two sides clashed. Blue Rain's strong attack followed the wind, and Happy was instantly scattered. At this moment, Zhang Xinjie switched his view to Su Mucheng's view.
Looking at the first-person perspective, everyone felt as if they were in the midst of that intense and intense match.
Su Mucheng's view kept moving. Some of the things that appeared repeatedly on the screen, some far away, some near.
Then it suddenly froze.
Zhang Xinjie's view froze.
On the screen, Blue Rain's two Blade Masters had already charged into the formation. Their coordination was so exquisite that even Ye Xiu couldn't block them.
What about Su Mucheng at this moment?
All of this was in her view. She also had a chance to help Happy stabilize the situation. But she didn't …
Su Mucheng's view was constantly paying attention to Yu Wenzhou and Swoksaar's movements.
"If it were the old Su Mucheng, what would she do?" Zhang Xinjie asked.
The veteran players were all silent.
The old Su Mucheng would most likely be coordinating with Ye Xiu to face the challenge of Blue Rain's two Blade Masters!
But what about the current Su Mucheng?
"Happy's actions here were planned and scattered. Su Mucheng's response was in response to Happy's plan. If she had teamed up with Ye Xiu to face off against Blue Rain's two Blade Masters, it would have been very difficult for such a scene to occur, "Zhang Xinjie said.
Tyranny, who had been studying the recording for three days, naturally knew what happened next. Happy sought order amidst chaos. Blue Rain, who had disrupted Happy's formation, seemed to have sunk into a quagmire and couldn't get out. Of course, this couldn't be separated from the hard work of every member of Team Happy. But Team Tyranny analyzed Su Mucheng's role in this for three days and found it meaningful.
"Blue Rain wasn't careful enough in watching over Su Mucheng." As Zhang Xinjie said this, a video clip appeared on the projector screen. Scene by scene, it showed how Su Mucheng had repeatedly used Dancing Rain's long-ranged advantage to interfere with Blue Rain's plan. And Blue Rain hadn't been able to effectively watch over Dancing Rain, who wasn't close to them, allowing Su Mucheng to fight comfortably.
This sentence could be considered Zhang Xinjie's criticism of Blue Rain's performance in this match. And this was something that had never appeared in the clamor of the crowd. But Zhang Xinjie, who had noticed this, didn't show any arrogance. This was a clue that they had come up with after three days of careful analysis. Su Mucheng's transformation was very fragmented. It would have been difficult to notice without careful analysis. At this moment, Zhang Xinjie was just glad that this match had provided them with information about these fragments.
"It looks like we need to keep a closer eye on her," Zhang Jiale said at this moment.
"Block her vision!" Zhang Xinjie said to Zhang Jiale.
There was no need to say too much between veteran players. Zhang Jiale spoke up because he knew that he was the most suitable person in Team Tyranny to cut off the connection between Su Mucheng and Happy. Dazzling Hundred Blossoms had long-ranged attacks. Whether it was covering Dancing Rain or the battle, he could interfere with Su Mucheng's judgment.
A tactical arrangement was set up just like that. No one in the outside world would have thought that Tyranny's first suggestion to Team Happy would be the unassuming Su Mucheng on Happy.
And this wasn't the only conclusion that Tyranny had come up with after three days of research. The match recording continued to be played, and soon, it reached the stage where the two sides were fighting a chaotic battle. Baozi's invasion had been targeted by Blue Rain, but after a few switches, it was Baozi's invasion and Hai Wuliang who had kidnapped their healer.
What was Happy's goal in choosing Baozi's invasion?
This was another question that Tyranny had been analyzing for the past three days. The choice of player and character was the best reflection of a team's intentions. For the meticulous Zhang Xinjie, Baozi's erratic character was the type of player that he disliked the most. Compared to Yu Wenzhou, he was more concerned about Happy's decision to use a player that could potentially injure him at a crucial moment.
With Ye Xiu on the side, Yu Wenzhou discovered this, and Tyranny and the others quickly realized the problem. However, this only meant that Happy had the ability to deal with Baozi's instability. The reason for Baozi's appearance had nothing to do with this. It wasn't like they wanted him to go up and waste Ye Xiu's attention, right?
As the match recording progressed to the kidnapping of Blue Rain's healer, Soul Speaker, the projection became a set of highlights.
A set of highlights of Baozi's invasion and attack of Soul Speaker.
Conclusion: Steamed Bun's appearance was to deal with Xu Jingxi's Soul Speaker. The Brawler class had many ways of interrupting skills, and the Paladin, which was strong in defense, had many defensive methods. It needed a class like the Brawler to restrict it.
The projection paused at the moment when Baozi's invasion knocked out Soul Speaker with a Tyrannical Chain Punch.
"Isn't it ridiculous?" Zhang Xinjie pointed at this scene and said, "But if it wasn't that ridiculous, at this moment, if Soul Speaker had used a Guardian's Virtue or Angel's Might, the situation would have been broken."
"This Bao Rongxing is very proactive when it comes to doing things like this …" Feelings … Zhang Xinjie never did things based on feelings. For someone as strict as him to say such ambiguous words, he really didn't have a good grasp of Bao Rongxing's intentions.
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