122. Finals: Dilemma
"Seraphim is banned. Don't let King Su use the Sacrifice style again."
The game officially started, and in the BP (ban/select heroes) phase, PYC team captain Seth gave the command.
Heinrich paused as he was about to ban Gatana. "But we have already cracked the Sacrifice Style, isn't it better to let her take it?"
"Not necessarily." Seth glanced at the woman with a golden crown mask across from him with an unpredictable look. "We only cracked the conventional sacrifice style, not King Su's sacrifice style."
"Her fighting style is too varied and unpredictable. There's no guarantee that she won't upgrade her fighting style. To be on the safe side, don't take risks."
"Isn't the core idea the same?" Heinrich sneered unconvinced, "I don't understand why I'm afraid~"
What's more, when he uses that style of play later, let alone a mere sacrifice style of play, even the various jungle cores that Su King is proud of will have to kneel down before him.
However, even though he thought so in his heart, he still gave Seth face and banned Seraphim.
As expected, PYC's four banned positions were all for junglers, and the banned heroes were all the four jungle heroes most commonly used by Su King.
"But what's the point of banning only these four?"
Someone in the audience sneered, "Suing has such a deep hero pool, which one of them isn't the strongest?"
"That's right. In my opinion, it would be better for PYC to ban Shi Shen this time, so that he can barely suppress it."
"Also, I'm curious, why didn't they ban Star Punishment? Star Punishment should be the most perverted hero played by King Su?"
Amid the discussion among the audience, the Ban Hero phase ended and the Pick Hero phase began.
As for the PYC team, the first choice was the jungle hero - Star Punishment.
Seeing this, Jiang Lang raised his eyebrows, "Star Punishment?"
"Even Dodder has been banned, how dare the opponent pick this? Aren't they afraid that we will punish their blue buff?"
If the blue buff is sanctioned, the output of Star Punishment, which lacks the most blue bar energy, will be cut by at least two-thirds.
If some control heroes are added at this time, then Star Punishment, which is known for its high flexibility and high mobility, will be stripped of even the last bit of advantage and will not be a big deal.
Thinking of this, the five of them exchanged glances with each other tacitly.
Soon, the Pick phase ended and the final lineups of both sides were selected.
EC Team:
Jungler - Hundred Shackles.
Top lane - Remechanic.
Mid laner - prisoner.
Shooter - Gunner.
Assistant - Xueji.
Except for the shooter, all of them are control heroes.
On the other hand, looking at the PYC team lineup, except for the jungler Star Penalty, the heroes chosen by the other players in the other lanes are basically heroes with high tankiness or built-in control-release capabilities.
"Why do I feel like my mother's lineup looks familiar?"
In the front row of the infield, Xia Chi muttered as he looked at the display screen on the huge stadium.
At this time, Xia Linxing had already changed out of his stage costume and sat down next to him in a low-key manner, "fully armed".
"Sacrificial Stream." He lowered the brim of his hat and spoke three words in a calm voice.
Xia Chi immediately understood.
No wonder he felt familiar with it. Isn't the lineup of the EC team the same one that PYC used to target his mother in the last world server championship?
That time, his stepmother was forced to adopt the sacrifice style of play, and in the end, she was reported by those little trash and had her account banned!
This time it was reversed...
Could it be that his stepmother wants to avenge that incident?
Xia Chi's eyes lit up with excitement, and he couldn't help but shout loudly: "God K, come on, crush Xingbian for me, I want to see how he shows off!"
However, sometimes imagination is always rich, but reality is always very skinny.
【First Blood! 】
【Quadra kill! 】
【Unstoppable! 】
........
Less than five minutes into the game, Heinrich's Star Penalty killed five people in a row.
The team leader of the EC team, Mai, was as silent as dead water.
After several seconds, Lu Yaoyao spoke up: "The Star Punishment is too fast. My skills can't hit it at all."
Shi Xubai said calmly: "It's useless even if he hits the target. He is invincible in the astrological formation. All damage and control skills are ineffective against him."
Su Zhi, Tang Tianhai, and Jiang Lang remained silent.
This is one of Star Punishment's passive talents. Standing in the astrological array created by the ultimate move will make you invincible and immune to all skill damage.
"But doesn't it take a lot of mana to create a constellation array with Star Punishment?"
In the audience, Xia Chi asked in confusion, "Star Punishment's blue buff has already been sanctioned by Hundred Shackles, so why didn't his blue energy run out while he was using it?"
Hearing this, Xia Linxing said, "Because of the outfit."
Xia Chi: “Ah?”
Xia Linxing stared at the EC team in trouble on the big screen and explained calmly: "Except for Heinrich, the other members of PYC all bought the same equipment - Ocean Star."
Ocean Star is a new equipment launched in the new season of Glory. Its feature is that it can select a teammate and restore 5% of his mana. The cooldown time for each use is 30 seconds.
After hearing this, Xia Chi suddenly realized: "No wonder!"
One teammate can restore 5% of the mana for the player, four can restore 20%, and it only takes 30 seconds to cool down before it can be recharged again.
Twenty percent of the mana may not be enough for ordinary Star Punishment players, but for Heinrich, a top jungler who has won three consecutive world championships, it can play a decisive role.
In order to ensure the fairness of the competition and the privacy of the players, organizers generally do not display the players' screen information directly to the audience.
Therefore, the audience cannot see the equipment of the players in the competition at all, and can only learn about it through the real-time explanation of the commentator.
However, everyone is basically focusing on the battle situation. How can they do two things at the same time and remember everything the commentator said?
Xia Chi couldn't help but marvel at Xia Linxing's amazing memory and sensitive ability to capture information. He was like an encyclopedia of sports events, even better than a commentator.
He couldn't help but ask, "Then how can we punish the star punishment?"
How to sanction?
Xia Linxing said nothing, but looked quietly at a beautiful figure in the center of the arena with deep eyes.
"Don't go out. If you can defend, defend. If you can't, retreat temporarily. Try not to fight."
EC team Mai, Su Wei said calmly, then controlled the Hundred Shackles, skillfully avoided all possible positions of direct confrontation with the enemy, and began to lead the troops frantically.
"Be careful of the location of the Hundred Shackles, don't let him steal the tower."
PYC, Seth reminded.
Hearing this, Heinrich said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, just leave the Hundred Shackles to me. We are five thousand ahead of them financially now, so they are no match for us. You guys can just push them!"
"receive!"
Therefore, the whole game presented such a situation:
Bai Jia Suo frantically pushed the line to steal the tower, and Xing Jian kept bringing the soldiers back. The two played against each other and strangely maintained a balance. Only the teammates on both sides became the key to influencing the game.
After a long stalemate, someone in the audience couldn't help but complain:
"I give up. He brought all three lanes forward, but his teammates still couldn't hold on. I'm so tired for King Su!"
"There's no way. The economic gap in the early stages was too big. EC's overall damage and equipment couldn't keep up."
"Isn't it said that the hero Star Punishment consumes mana? In the early stage, his blue buff was punished by King Su, so why does he still have so much mana to show off?"
"Why else? Of course it's because Heinrich is awesome. He's the world's strongest jungler who has won three consecutive championships. Do you think I'm kidding you?"
"Come on, how come he can only create a small constellation array every time if he's so awesome? Can he create a constellation array that covers the entire earth like Su King and use the Constellation Thousand Miles Kill?"
"Tsk, please stop bragging about King Su. She and her teammates were beaten like this without using the Astrology Thousand Miles Kill. If she used it, she and her teammates would have surrendered immediately. It's so funny!"
"Stop making noises, look, Su King has already sneaked to PYC Highland and is about to start destroying the crystal, she's so fast!"
"The four opponents have all returned to the city. Is King Su going to fight four of them alone? Holy shit!"
The situation on the field kept changing. The EC team, which had just been in trouble, finally had a glimmer of hope thanks to King Su's flexible and quick laning and tower stealing.
but.......
"Star Punishment is also destroying EC's crystal!" the commentator's excited voice rang out.
"Hundred Shackles and Star Punishment are both trying to steal the base in a 1v4 situation. Who will succeed first?"
The evenly matched scene of stealing the house instantly boosted everyone's adrenaline to the peak.
"It's over. The health bar of Baijia Suspension has reached the bottom."
"Ahhh, he changed into his resurrection armor in seconds. He's not dead!"
"Fuck, fuck, he switched to the golden body and the phoenix in a second. What a devilish hand speed!"
Amid the excited noises of the audience, there was only a single "bang" sound at the end.
The sound of crystal shattering echoed throughout the entire competition venue.
"Lose, lose~" Xia Chi stared blankly at the picture on the huge electronic display and murmured.
Xia Linxing on the side said nothing, his expression remained calm as he looked at the beautiful figure on the platform, with even a faint smile on his thin lips.
Compared to his calmness, the audience in the auditorium and even in the live broadcast rooms of various online platforms were in a state of panic.
"Ahhh, it was so close. I can't accept this fact!"
"Although we lost, King Su's last wave of resurrections for three people in a second really made my scalp numb!"
"There's nothing we can do. The economic gap between the two sides is too big. My teammates can't keep up with the equipment and we definitely can't defend against the opponent. But this time, King Su was really amazing!"
Amid the audience's heated discussions, the settlement interface popped up.
In the first game, the FMVP (Most Valuable Player) was given to Heinrich.
"Great, Heinrich!" Seth patted Heinrich's shoulder in appreciation.
"It's OK. There's still room for improvement." Heinrich said modestly, but his eyes were looking proudly at Su Zhi who was holding his chin and seemed to be in a daze.
This is just the first game, just an appetizer.
In the BO5 (Best of Five) format, EC can’t even think of winning a single game!
Being shut out today (losing all three games), this is destined to be the end of their EC team!
Next, he would let her and the audience around the world take a good look at what perfect, impeccable jungle awareness and techniques are.
Of course, in the third game, he didn't mind taking out the hero Star Punishment again to let her and the world see what the ultimate Star Thousand Miles Kill is!
Seniors are seniors after all.
She, Su King, is just a newcomer who has just debuted for less than a year.
The world's number one jungler?
He was praised too highly by a bunch of ugly people, and I'm afraid he actually believed it and didn't know how high the sky was or how deep the earth was!
"It's their turn to pick the hero first."
Seth whispered, "Don't use this Star Punishment. Use Plan B."
"receive!"