The short intermission is a fleeting heated discussion and cheering for the audience, but for the two teams on the stage, it is a race against time for tactical discussion and psychological reconstruction.
When the lights were focused on the stage again, and the countdown to the second round danced on the huge electronic screen, the atmosphere of the entire Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center had been pushed to another peak.
"Back! Audience friends! Welcome back to the semi-finals of the 2021 League of Legends Professional League Summer Split Playoffs!" In the commentary box, Miller's voice was still passionate, "In the first game, EDG showed us their strong operational capabilities and the incomprehensible personal strength of player Mo! The first point was scored cleanly!"
Wawa said with emotion: "Yes! LNG's tactics in the first game were actually very targeted, but EDG's response was even more perfect. From the game in the jungle to the suppression of the line, they were leading in almost all aspects. Now, for LNG, they are already standing on the edge of the cliff. What kind of tactics will they come up with to deal with it in the second game? Let's wait and see!"
Rita's beautiful eyes flashed Shining Light: "What is being tested now is not only operations and tactics, but also the willpower and big heart of the players! I am very curious how LNG's top laner Ale will adjust his mentality after being almost completely suppressed in the first game!"
Although the green flag on the other side is slightly sparse, it is still waving tenaciously, giving final encouragement to his home team.
The camera shows the contestants' seats.
· On EDG's side, the team members had relaxed expressions. Jiejie was even comparing something with Meiko, as if they were reviewing a certain operation just now.
On the LNG side, everyone's face was full of solemnity, and their eyes were staring at the screen intently, as if they were about to go into a war with no retreat.
"Okay! Both players are ready! The second game of BO5, the banning period, will begin immediately!" Miller's voice sounded, kicking off the second act of this ultimate game.
At the end of the intermission, in the second game, LNG came to the blue side with priority.
First round ban:
EDG's first move was to ban the Berserker Olaf.
LNG’s first hand was to disable the future guardian Jace.
· EDG’s second move was to ban the Demacia prince.
LNG's second hand, disabled the Wushuang Sword Princess.
· EDG’s third hand, disabled the blind monk.
LNG third hand, Gwen is disabled.
"Full of gunpowder!" Miller's voice immediately entered a high-speed state. "EDG is still unwaveringly targeting Tarzan's wild core hero pool, but LNG, after being educated by Jess for a whole round, they directly killed Jess, Mo's player who performed well in the last round, as well as his other two signature heroes Sword Princess and Gwen, and killed them all! They made it clear that they will never let you play so comfortably online today!"
· Watou followed up with an analysis: "Yes, LNG's banning idea is very clear, which is to force Mo players to choose some functional or developmental heroes, thereby reducing his laning pressure in the early stage. This is a very smart game!"
· First round selection:
· LNG, as the blue side, directly locked Aphelios for Light in the bottom lane in the first hand!
"Aphelios!" Rita's eyes lit up, "LNG grabbed one of the strongest shooters in the later stage of this version with the first move! It seems that they are determined to play "four guarantees and one" in the second round! They put all their treasures on Light!"
EDG decisively locked up Ezreal and Evelynn on the first and second floors!
"EDG responded very quickly!" Miller said, "Ezreal was used to deal with Aphelios to ensure the survivability of the bottom lane. As for the jungle position, Jiejie chose Evelynn again! It seems that the successful game in the jungle in the last game gave him great confidence, and he will use this unsolvable assassin in the late stage to respond to LNG's four guarantees and one!"
LNG chose Braum and Nocturne on the second and third floors!
"noc jungler!" The doll's voice suddenly rose, "Tarzan picked Nightmare! Turn off the lights! This is to support the whole map! With Braum's passivity, once they get to it first, EDG's back row will be very dangerous! LNG's tactical intention has been revealed!"
EDG was on the third floor, choosing Syndra, the Dark Head of State for Scout.
Him banned in the second round:
EDG’s fourth move, banned Galio.
LNG’s fourth move disabled Victor.
· EDG’s fifth move, Card Master was banned.
LNG’s fifth move, Planck is disabled.
"The second round of banning by both sides is still full of games!" Rita analyzed, "EDG banned Galio and cards, completely eliminating the possibility of LNG's mid-lane support. LNG banned Victor and Captain, limiting the late output capabilities of EDG's top two positions."
"Sion!" Baby exclaimed, "Ale has once again brought out a pure tank! The representative of "death flow"! His task here is to push and lead the lane without thinking, and use his own death to create space for his teammates! The clockwork in the middle provides Aphelios with a perfect team battle protection and output environment!"
Now, the attention of the whole audience is focused on the fifth floor at the end of EDG.
In the upper half of the map, there is still a lone avatar frame left.
When LNG made it clear that they would give up the top lane and let Ale play a tank to resist the pressure, what kind of hero would Su Mo choose to deal with this situation.
Amidst the intense anticipation, on the fifth floor of EDG, the hero's portrait began to flash rapidly.
Finally, the picture is frozen.
A female hero with wings on her back, holding a flaming sword, who is sacred and inviolable, appeared on the big screen.
The Angel of Justice——Kyle!
The moment this hero was locked, the whole venue fell into a strange silence, and then a violent uproar broke out!
"Oh my God! It's an angel!" Miller almost jumped up from his chair, his voice trembling slightly with excitement, "In the upper unit! Facing a Sion who is destined to withstand pressure! Player Mo took out the most extreme developmental core - Kyle! This is to tell you, do you dare to let me go? Then I will develop to level 16 in peace and content, and then judge you all by myself!"
The doll also shouted excitedly: "What is this?思路？！LNG的战术是『避其锋芒，攻其必救』，他们想放弃上路，让Ale一个人去面对Mo。而Mo选一个天使，简直是正中下怀！他告诉LNG：『谢谢你们，那我可就不当人了！』LNG现在是进退两难！他们必须要在天使成型前结束比赛，否则，他们将要面对的，是一个真正的神！」
最终阵容确定：
Blue side LNG:
Top laner: Undead War God - Sion (Ale)
Jungler: Eternal Nightmare - Nocturne (Tarzan)
Mid laner: Clockwork Demon - Orianna (Icon)
· Marksman: Respect of the Waning Moon - Aphelios (Light)
· Support: Heart of the Freljord - Braum (Crisp)
· Red Square EDG:
Top laner: Angel of Justice - Kayle
Jungler: Embrace of Pain - Evelynn
Mid laner: Dark Leader - Syndra
Marksman: Explorer - Ezreal
Support: King of the River - Tahm Kench
"The lineups of both sides have been settled!" Miller concluded, "The ultimate showdown between spears and shields! LNG chose a lineup with full support and team-starting capabilities, as well as dual late-stage cores. Their goal is to help Aphelios establish an absolute advantage through Nightmare's initiative in the early and mid-term!"
"EDG, on the other hand, came up with a lineup with full protection capabilities and two unsolvable late-stage cores! Evelyn and Angel! Their only goal is to delay! As long as the game can be delayed until thirty minutes later, the balance of victory will tilt infinitely in their favor! This is a race against time! The decisive game has officially begun!"
The comments from the online audience have gone completely crazy.
【Top laner Angel beats Sion! Brother Mozi is planning to build a peaceful development demonstration area on the road! 】
【LNG: We don’t care about you anymore. Mo: Thank you, I just need to grow. 】
【I seem to have seen the scene thirty minutes later, when a Seraph descended on the crowd with a big move and struck a child with a sword! 】
【The pressure is coming to LNG! They are now racing against time! We must break through the bottom lane before sixteen minutes! 】
【This one depends on Tarzan’s rhythm! Whether the nightmare flies well or not determines the life or death of LNG! 】
【EDG’s lineup is too stable, right? Tamga Ezreal, how come the two people in the bottom lane died? 】
【I think LNG still needs to be targeted at the top lane, otherwise Brother Mo will understand it once he develops. 】
In the expectant gaze of the audience, ten heroes loaded into the game.
As the system sound of "Welcome to Summoner's Rift" sounded, the much-anticipated second game of the semi-finals officially kicked off!
· At the beginning of the game, the situation on the field was as strange as all the commentators and spectators had expected.
The lower half of the map is the main direction of attack where LNG is devoting all its strength.
Tarzan's Nightmare started with Blue Tyrant Talisman and plunged into the lower half of his jungle. He had only one goal - to reach level six as quickly as possible.
In the bottom lane, Light's Aphelios and Crisp's Braum combination have been extremely oppressive from the first level, constantly using their long hand advantage to consume the blood of the EDG bottom duo, trying to create conditions for the upcoming "lights out".
The upper half of the map has completely turned into a peaceful development demonstration area for Su Mo.
"The camera is on the top lane," Miller's voice said with a hint of playfulness, "This may be the most harmonious top lane matchup we have seen this season. Player Mo's Kyle chose Corruption Potion as his starting outfit, and his rune is "Swift Footwork", which highlights a stable development. Ale's Sion, on the other hand, brought "Grasp of Immortality", and his starting outfit is Doran Shield. It is clear that he wants to be a qualified sandbag."
As the commentary said, Kyle of Sumo did not suppress Sion as people imagined.
He just stood behind the soldier line and made up for every soldier with remaining health.
His line control skills have reached perfection. He tightly controls the line of troops close to the front of his own defense tower, forming a slow pushback trend.
Ale's Sion is happy to be free, and he doesn't come forward to exchange blood, so he just does his last hits.
Since Thain has been selected anyway, this game has little to do with him.
Occasionally, the army line is pushed into the tower, and he will use his ultimate move to clear the army line, or simply use his body to resist.
The two on the road seem to have signed a non-aggression pact, and the number of last hits has remained strangely equal.
At the same time, Syndra, who was Scout in the middle, took advantage of his long hands and pressed Icon's clockwork under the tower, firmly controlling the line.
Jiejie's Evelynn took over the upper half of the wild area that Tarzan gave up with peace of mind, taking all the opponent's Sharpbeaks and Stone Beetles.
The entire EDG seems to be calmly coping with the coming storm of LNG in a way of "boiling a frog in warm water".
The barrage in the live broadcast room is also full of all kinds of ridicule.
【Laughing to death, are these two people competing to see who is better at brushing on the road? 】
【Ale: As long as I don't move, you can't kill me. Mo: What a coincidence, I don’t want to move either, I just want to grow. 】
【The calm before the storm! I bet 50 cents that as soon as Tarzan reaches six, something will happen in the bottom lane! 】
Time has come to six minutes and eight seconds.
When Tarzan's Nightmare finished the last group of Demon Swamp Frogs, the level above his head jumped from 5 to 6!
In LNG's team voice, Tarzan's voice was short and cold: "Get ready."
In the bottom lane, Light and Crisp had already understood this and began to press forward.
It’s now!
"Turn off the lights!" Tarzan directly pressed the R skill [Ghosting]!
Ah————
A shrill scream echoed through the canyon! The entire Summoner's Rift was instantly plunged into darkness! The screens of all EDG team members instantly turned dark, their vision was cut off, and the positions of any teammates or enemies could not be seen on the minimap!
"The nightmare is on!" Miller's voice suddenly rose, "LNG's counterattack has begun! Their target is Viper in the bottom lane!"
At the moment when the vision was deprived, in the bottom lane, Crisp's Braum moved!
Without any hesitation, he flashed forward and hit Viper's Ezreal with a Q skill [Winter's Bite], triggering his passive!
Tarzan's nightmare, like the god of death in the darkness, flies to Viper's side carrying chains of fear!
“Viper is stuck!” The doll’s voice was full of tension.
However, EDG's response was also extremely fast!
Meiko's Tahm Kench, when darkness fell, did not panic at all. He directly used W skill [Feast] and swallowed the Viper beside him. At the same time, he activated E skill [Thick Skin], and the gray shield instantly wrapped him!
"Meiko was saved!" Rita exclaimed, "Tahm's protective ability is too strong! The first wave of nightmares was completely avoided!"
Viper landed safely in Tahm's belly, and immediately handed over the E skill [Arcane Leap] and flashed towards the back of the tower.
LNG's long-planned first wave of fatal offensive, under the perfect protection of Tahm, only forced out a dodge from Viper!
"Oh my God! Can this be saved?!" Light exclaimed in disbelief in LNG's team voice.
"It's okay, hold on," Tarzan was still trying to stabilize the morale of the army, "He has no E, so the next wave will be easier to kill!"
Although the first wave of ganks was not successful, this wave of "turning off the lights" still allowed LNG to get the first dragon, reversing some of its early disadvantages.
The rhythm of the game, because of LNG's "lights-off flow" tactics, has entered an extremely depressing confrontation period.
LNG is waiting for the next big move, while EDG is using this time to develop crazily.
The time came to ten minutes, and Jiejie’s Evelin took control of the first Canyon Pioneer without any interference.
He did not place the vanguard in the middle, but went directly to the top.
"Jiejie put the Vanguard on the top lane!" Miller saw EDG's intention, "They want to help Mo players accelerate the tower push! Once the top tower is destroyed, Kyle's development space will be infinitely expanded!"
Ale's Sion could only watch as the Rift Herald crashed into his own defensive tower, taking away two layers of plating.
And Su Mo's Kyle took the opportunity to capture another wave of soldiers.
His last hit was already more than ten blows ahead of Sion quietly.
However, because the Widow appeared on the top lane, Tarzan’s Nocturne ultimate move darkness fell again!
This time, their goal is still the bottom lane!
The four of them once again gathered at EDG's bottom lane defense tower!
Nightmare turns off the lights, winds up the ball, and Sion activates his ultimate move, like a runaway train, rushing straight down the road!
"Four for two! LNG has launched a more violent offensive!"
However, EDG's response has already been written in the script.
At the moment when darkness fell, Meiko's Tahm Kench directly activated his ultimate move. A huge vortex was generated under his feet, and with Viper, he was teleported directly to the front of the second tower!
"Run away again!!" Wawa didn't know what words to use to describe it. "LNG's four-person double-team didn't even touch the corner of Viper's clothes! Tam, the hero, on a tactical level, simply restrained Nightmare's strong attack perfectly!"
The four LNG players missed the opportunity and had no choice but to push down an outer tower in the bottom lane.
But at the same time, Su Mo, who was on the road, had cooperated with the second wave of Canyon Pioneers, knocking down the first tower of LNG on the top road, and also hit the second tower on the top road, knocking off half of its health.
And, his level has reached level eleven!
Angel has gained a permanent attack speed bonus, and his basic attack comes with a fire wave!
A monster is quietly taking shape with an unstoppable attitude.
The rhythm of the game was completely controlled by EDG due to Su Mo's unsolved development on the wing.
LNG is in a dilemma.
They wanted to find opportunities to start a group, but Sumo's Kyle could always take away all the troops in advance, forcing them to divide their troops to defend.
They wanted to capture Kyle, but Sion couldn't defeat him alone. With two of them, they couldn't defeat EDG's four in a frontal team battle.
A dilemma. (End of chapter)