"Hello everyone, I'm Joker."
"Hello everyone, I am the First Emperor."
"Today's match will be between LG and IG.Y. One of the two teams is a rising dark horse, and the other is a strong team from the youth training of a top club. Now that these two strong teams are competing, it will definitely be an exciting best-of-three."
"Wow, now that you mention it, I can't wait."
"Okay, without further ado, let's get into the bp phase first."
"In this game, IG.Y won the lottery, so they had the priority to choose the side. They chose the blue side, which gave them the advantage of being the first to grab the ball."
"IG.Y banned Zed first. Zed is still very strong in this version. If you are not careful at level 3, you may be killed instantly. After reaching level 6 and getting his ultimate, he has a great chance to get kills whether roaming or in the lane. He is too lethal to squishy heroes. If your team doesn't want to take him, banning him is a good choice."
"LG responded by banning Mantis, a very strong mid-lane hero in this version. When the opponent takes the lead, it is better to ban this strong hero."
iG.Y then banned the two heroes Leblanc and Twisted Fate one after another.
"Commander has picked both of these heroes in previous games, and they both performed well. Especially the hero Leblanc, she left a deep impression on me."
Miss Qin Shi Huang said so.
LG team banned Diana and Rumble in the last two games, which are also the heroes that the players of IG.Y team are good at.
"But what makes me curious is that IG.Y didn't ban Jayce. You know, I have collected some data here. In the regional and national competitions, in all the games that LG has participated in, Jayce's BP rate is almost 100%. That is to say, if you don't ban him, LG will choose him, and the winning rate after LG chooses him is also nearly 100%."
"Really? You even collected this data. If that's the case, then LG's Jayce is indeed worthy of a ban. I wonder why IG.Y didn't ban him? Do they value this hero? Or do they think they can handle it?"
Miller was quite surprised to hear this data. Such a high bp rate and winning rate is indeed quite scary.
"I think they can handle it. Jayce is a hero that still needs to be able to gain a certain advantage in the early game. It requires certain laning abilities, and this is what IG.Y is most confident about."
Joker said with a smile.
"Oh, I see. IG.Y grabbed Jayce first. No wonder they didn't ban him. Instead, they grabbed him first."
Miller wasn't too surprised, as he had just thought of this possibility.
"But IG.Y banned a lot of mid lane heroes this time, and now he has grabbed a Jayce, which is very targeted at the mid lane. It depends on whether LG's mid lane can withstand the pressure of this hero pool."
Seeing the opponent grab Jayce, LG chose the strong bottom lane of Graves and Thresh. Since IG.Y spent so much money targeting the mid lane, LG naturally cannot let their bottom lane have too comfortable life.
iG.Y then chose Sona and Varus. This pair of heroes has long poke and strong recovery abilities, so they were able to fight LG's bottom lane on equal terms.
In the third and fourth picks, LG took down the top and jungle combination of Jarvan IV and Kennen. Kennen has long arms, so he doesn’t have to be too afraid even if Jayce appears in the top lane, and Kennen’s team battle ability is much stronger than Jayce’s.
IG.Y’s last two picks were the mid-jungle combination of Ice Girl and Lee Sin.
"Brother Yu, it seems like the other side is going to target you to the end, what do you want to choose?"
Ruoxia asked.
"Clockwork, um... never mind, let's go with the fox. It feels more flexible."
Zhang Yu hesitated for a while and finally chose Ahri. After all, the opponent was clearly targeting the middle lane, and choosing a hero like Clockwork who had no displacement was quite risky.
Finally, the lineups for both teams were selected.
IG.Y chose Jayce on the top lane, Lee Sin on the jungle, Ice Witch on the mid lane, and Sona and Virus on the bottom lane. This lineup has explosive online capabilities and strong single-point control. If they are controlled, they will be killed instantly.
On the red side, LG chose Kennen on the top lane, Jarvan II as the jungler, Ahri in the middle, and Graves and Thresh on the bottom lane.
"Okay, let's go into the Summoner's Rift and see whether the dark horse will continue to advance, or the young team will make great strides. Let's wait and see."
At the beginning, both sides were relatively restrained, and neither had any plans for a level 1 team fight or to invade the jungle. They just stood in their respective defensive positions.
In the first five minutes of the game, each lane was relatively calm, with everyone just farming and developing.
"It seems that both sides are quite cautious and are unwilling to reveal their flaws to the other side."
At seven minutes, the first kill occurred in the bottom lane. LG team's Thresh hooked Sona who was not careful in her position, and with the help of Graves' high burst, he killed her instantly and got the first blood.
Ten minutes later, LG team's jungler Prince cooperated with Kennen to kill Jayce who was pushing the line in the top lane.
Lee Sin wanted to take advantage of the fact that Prince was in the top lane and cooperate with Ice Girl to control and kill Fox in one second, but Fox purified him and used his ultimate to move away and he ran away directly. Lee Sin had to return empty-handed and lost his flash in vain.
These two waves of rhythm in the middle and bottom lanes gave LG a great start.
"It looks like LG is currently taking the initiative on the field. The LG team is very aggressive and they attacked IG.Y with three attacks right from the start."
Miller was somewhat amazed by the outstanding performance of the LG team. After all, IG.Y is the youth training team of the traditional powerhouse IG, and the players of IG.Y themselves are also well-known in the national server.
"However, IG.Y did a good job in stopping the loss and did not allow LG to continue to expand their advantage."
But the good times didn't last long. A few minutes later, Lee Sin came to the bottom lane. Because Graves and Thresh pushed the line too much, Lee Sin successfully used his ward to go around them, and Varus successfully took away a double kill.
Two minutes later, Lee Sin and Ashe came to the bottom lane and cooperated with the bottom lane duo to directly cross the tower. Graves and Thresh were killed under the tower again, and the kill was given to Varus again.
At the same time, the little dragon was also taken down by IG.Y.
In the next few minutes, both sides began to quickly switch lanes and push towers. Since IG.Y took the initiative on the scene, even though LG tried its best to exchange resources, IG.Y still took the initiative in the tower exchange process and accumulated economic advantages.
In the 18th minute, iG quickly gathered in the middle lane again, and took advantage of the LG team's inability to gather in time to forcibly push down the middle lane tower.
In the 24th minute, iG, which had the advantage, ambushed four LG players at the big dragon and successfully destroyed the top lane.
After resurrection, LG wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when IG.Y team members returned to the fountain and rush to kill the big dragon in a gambling manner, but iG arrived in time to counterattack.
iG.Y, which wiped out its opponents, easily won the game and took the lead in the BO3 final. LG also suffered its first defeat since entering the national stage of the City Hero Championship.