At seven o'clock in the evening, the competition officially began.
The list of players was displayed on the big screen. Today, the referees decided which players would appear: Nie Yuandao, Shan Lan, Shao Dongyang and Li Jiu. There was no need to think about which players would appear for Nirvana - poor Nirvana only had four players.
The two parties shook hands on the big stage and sat back in their swivel chairs to debug the equipment.
In the commentary room, Su Yang analyzed: "The fourth player in the Judgment lineup is the rookie Li Jiu who just debuted this season. Li Jiu performed well in the regular season in the first half of the year and has completely integrated into the Judgment team battle system. His ID for the Masters Tournament is Nine Lives Cat, and his favorite card is also 'Nine Lives Cat', which is a very flexible assassin-type melee attack card."
Wu Yue also had an impression of this card, saying: "Xiao Jiu's style is very unique. He likes to manipulate small animal cards, such as cats, rabbits, dogs, hamsters, etc. The small animals look very cute and their movements are very flexible."
Liu Chen said with emotion: "In fact, many new players who debuted this season are very strong, such as Bai Xu from the Star Team, Ye Binbin from the Dark Night City, Zhou Xingchen from the Temple of the Gods, Li Jiu from the Judgement, Zhou Xiaoqi from Fenghua, etc. It's just that Xie Mingzhe from Nirvana is too special, so the attention on other players is not as high as before."
Other players who were named: “…”
We don’t want to debut in the same season as the great devil Xie Mingzhe, right? When people talk about the eleventh season, they will only remember the great devil Xie Mingzhe, and it will be difficult for the other newcomers to have a name!
Ye Zhu, who was watching the game in the backstage, excitedly pulled Bai Xu next to him and said, "Xiao Bai, the commentator just called your name. If it weren't for Xie Mingzhe, you would undoubtedly be the best rookie of this season since you can create original cards and make a whole set of star cards!"
Bai Xu: “…”
Please don't stab me in the wound, our friendship is coming to an end!
Pei Jingshan helplessly held his forehead: Sure enough, within two minutes Xiaozhu recovered his habit of speaking without thinking. His remark about "life is like a dream" was an extraordinary expression of his thoughts under the influence of Xie Mingzhe.
In the commentary room, Su Yang continued the topic, "In fact, there are such players in every season. For example, Tang Muzhou was so outstanding in the fifth season that other players were overshadowed. Shao Dongyang also debuted in the fifth season. I remember that he was very strong."
Wu Yue nodded in agreement: "Yes, he is the player who has turned the summoning cards into a complete system... Both players are ready, let's enter the competition venue!"
On the big screen, a drawing box appears, and both sides draw red and blue to decide who goes first.
Xie Mingzhe drew blue and took the first move.
In a best-of-five match, the party that goes first has a certain advantage, because the party that goes first is at home. If the party that goes first can win the first match smoothly, then they will have the initiative in the match and will also put a certain amount of psychological pressure on their opponent. On the contrary, if the party that goes first loses the first match, then the pressure on themselves will be even greater!
Nirvana’s home turf will definitely be another large-scale card feature film.
When the game started, Xie Mingzhe quickly confirmed the map and mode for the first game in the selection box.
Mode: Dark card mode, 20vs20, this is also a common way of playing. Because once you play the endless mode in the first few games, you may not have any tactics to use later.
But the map is... icy?
The audience's eyes widened in shock, staring at the map name that appeared on the big screen in disbelief.
Su Yang was also stunned and said, "Isn't this the map of Liushuang City?"
Fang Yu, who was watching the game backstage, sat up straight with his eyes shining.
Wu Yue looked at the map frame in surprise. After carefully checking it, she said, "It is indeed a map of ice and snow, from Liushuang City!"
The scene was filled with uproar.
Nirvana’s home court actually chose the map of Liushuang City. What kind of outrageous move is this by Xie Mingzhe!
Liu Chen quickly calmed down and analyzed: "Nirvana should do the opposite, because Old Nie will definitely study their home map, so they simply don't choose their own map, and use one from another club - everyone knows that what bothers Old Nie the most is the water-based deceleration map, and the best water-based map is undoubtedly Liushuang City!"
At home, more than 80% of the teams will choose maps made by their own clubs. First, they are most familiar with these maps. Second, playing on their own maps will have the advantage of time, place, and people, making it easier to win.
However, the league does not stipulate that the home team must choose their own map for the playoffs. The home team has the right to choose any map. The so-called "any" means you can choose from the league's map library. If you are brave enough, you can even choose the opponent's map!
Nirvana's move surprised Nie Yuandao. He thought the most likely maps for Nirvana's home team were "Grandma Liu Enters the Grand View Garden", "Searching the Grand View Garden", and "Flame Mountain". They mostly had melee cards, and if they couldn't keep up with Grandma Liu's speed, they would be easily exiled. If they were searched, their rhythm would be interrupted. The displacement and strong control judgment of Flame Mountain was even more difficult to play. Therefore, before the game, he also made some arrangements for these maps.
I never expected that the referee would choose the map of Liushuang City!
Chen Qianlin and Xie Mingzhe, the master and apprentice, are really wicked. They deliberately chose the map of Liushuang City to catch the referee off guard!
Fortunately, Nie Yuandao was also very familiar with this map and immediately adjusted several alternative cards.
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Ice and snow, this picture is a snow scene picture just like its name, its design includes two parts:
The first is "Snowland". There is heavy snow, and the thickness of the snow on the ground reaches one foot deep. As long as the cards in the scene touch the ground, their movement speed and attack speed will be reduced by 50%. Cards flying in the air will also be affected by the falling snow, and their movement speed and attack speed will also be reduced by 50%.
The second is "Ice Day". A cold wind will blow through the scene every 10 seconds. The cold wind is mixed with ice and snow. The temperature of the scene drops sharply and all the cards in the scene are frozen for 3 seconds. The frozen state of the scene cannot be released by any control skills.
The "ice and snow" map was being played in real time on the big screen, and the audience felt a chill running down their spines - it was so cold just looking at it!
It is said that Fang Yu himself has a low body temperature and a cold personality, no wonder the maps he designed are in such a cold style.
The map playback ends and both parties reveal their decks at the same time.
On the screen, the judging cards were released first - Lion King, Cheetah, One-horned Black Rhino, Shepherd Dog, Brown Bear, Golden Monkey, Antelope, Gibbon, Hamster, Little White Rabbit, Nine-Lives Cat, Teddy Dog, White Peacock, Flying Goose, Ice Crystal Phoenix, and White Egret.
The audience was already used to the "zoo" style of the refereeing team, but watching the little white rabbit and the lion fighting at the same time still gave them a sense of humor, just like watching an animated film - this is also the reason why many children particularly like the refereeing team.
Su Yang analyzed: "Among the cards, Shan Lan's 'Ice Crystal Phoenix' is a crowd control card. Frozen crowd control is also very consistent with the ice and snow map. 'White Peacock' is a healing and protection card. Lao Nie's 'One-horned Black Rhino' is a charge taunt card. Shao Dongyang's 'Brown Bear' is a passive taunt card. The remaining cards are all output cards!"
Wu Yue was shocked and said, "So, 12 of the Light cards were output? Is it that violent?"
Liu Chen said: "I believe that Lao Nie definitely didn't guess that Nirvana would choose the Liushuang City map before the game, but his ability to respond to emergencies is very strong. When encountering a slow-paced water map, it is reasonable to directly use a violent attack deck. Otherwise, dragging on with Nirvana on such a map will not have a good result. It is better to force an attack and directly destroy Nirvana head-on."
Su Yang nodded: "That's right. Among the output cards, there are single attack, group attack, and assassination cards, and the number of cards is also reasonable - Shao Dongyang's summoning cards are used for group attack pressure, Lao Nie's high-output general attack cards deal continuous damage, Shan Lan assists with air strikes, and Li Jiu's flexible animals can take advantage of every opportunity to harvest."
Liu Chen said: "I can smell the strong smell of gunpowder before the game even starts. Let's see what kind of surprises Nirvana's deck will bring next."
Nirvana’s card set was announced soon after - Jia Yuanchun, Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun, Jia Xichun, Wang Xifeng, Qiaojie, Li Wan, Miaoyu, Shi Xiangyun, Qin Keqing... a total of ten water-based cards from The Dream of the Red Chamber!
The audience's jaws dropped. Su Yang was also surprised: "All character decks?"
Wu Yue said excitedly, "I remember that in the last game of the regular season, Nirvana used a full character deck, which means that Xiao Ke and Chen Xiao can also manipulate character cards expertly. Today, Nirvana used a full character deck again, and Xie Mingzhe made a full ten-card water deck, and the beauties lined up, it was really spectacular!"
Liu Chen calmly analyzed: "With 10 water beauty cards, Nirvana should use a control and consumption strategy in this game."
Su Yang quickly scanned the skills of the cards and said, "Ten water cards have too much control. The remaining six cards have Jia Baoyu, a meat shield that specializes in protecting water cards, and are difficult to kill. But because the output of water decks is relatively weak, Nirvana also added the combination of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, as well as the two output cards Yan Qing and Huang Zhong to make up for the lack of output."
Wu Yue said: "Moreover, Qin Keqing can persuade the opponent to hang himself, and at the critical moment, she can take away the opponent's Key card and create a gap in the lineup."
Qin Keqing, who has not been seen for a long time, once persuaded many plant cards and ghost cards to hang themselves. Today, can cute animals not escape her clutches? Thinking of the scene of the lion of Nie Shen hanging himself, the audience was really amused.
Nie Yuandao also had a headache when seeing this deck, especially Jia Baoyu. He could summon Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai to assist in the battle. Lin Daiyu would constantly add blood to him, Xue Baochai would add a shield to him, and he would take damage for the water cards. As long as Jia Baoyu was there, the water cards would definitely not die, not to mention that the water cards also had Miaoyu and Qiaojie as healers...
Thinking of this, Nie Yuandao said decisively: "Bring the instant death card to buy the jade immediately. In addition, Xiaolan should bring two control release and treatment cards to avoid being controlled by the opponent in a row."
In the existing card decks of Judgement, White Peacock has a range control-free skill, which can prevent control for 5 seconds to interrupt the opponent's rhythm, but there are too many water cards to control, and one control-free card is definitely not enough. Nie Yuandao adjusted the hidden cards according to the opponent's deck to enhance the survivability of the Judgement deck.
30 seconds countdown, the competition officially begins.
The map is loaded, and on the vast snowy ground, a fierce battle breaks out between the two sides!
The Judgement is known for its violent style, so Nie Yuandao played very fiercely from the beginning. Shao Dongyang's summoned beast cards, Nie Yuandao's beast normal attack cards, and Li Jiu's small animals appeared at the same time, staring at them from a distance, as if they wanted to swallow all of Nirvana's character cards.
Qin Xuan reacted very quickly and directly opened Li Wan's Begonia Poetry Society——
Be invincible for 5 seconds and block the opponent's first wave of outburst. This was also what the coach had told us before the game. The refereeing has always been fierce. If we are left with a gap, it will be difficult to recover from the disadvantage at the hands of Lao Nie. In this game, we must not fall into a disadvantage at the beginning.
The first wave of explosion was blocked by Qin Xuan. Nie Yuandao was not in a hurry at all, because many of the animal cards in the Judgement relied on normal attacks to output. You can block it for 5 seconds, but you can't always rely on invincibility to block it, right?
Sure enough, after 5 seconds, the referee decided to continue the attack, and Qin Xuan had no choice but to summon Jia Baoyu.
At this time, except for the deathrattle cards that can only be summoned at the critical moment, all other water cards of Nirvana have been put on the field. Jia Baoyu can protect the water cards from being killed. With the existence of this taunt card, no matter how strong the firepower of the Judge is, Nirvana's cards will not die for a while.
Nie Yuandao had been waiting for this moment—the carnivorous plant would die!
As a 30-year-old veteran player, Nie Yuandao's reaction was not as good as that of Tang Muzhou and other great players in their prime, but with his rich experience, he was able to predict and kill Jia Baoyu instantly when he appeared on the court!
There was a burst of exclamations from the audience - is poor Jia Baoyu really going to die like this?
Fortunately, Qin Xuan was calm enough, and the next moment he summoned Qiaojie - who could turn danger into fortune, revive his dead teammates, and refresh all of his teammates' skills!
Qiaojie's resurrection allowed Jia Baoyu to return to the arena.
Su Yang couldn't help but praise when he saw this: "Qin Xuan's awareness is still quite strong, and he handed in the resurrection skill in time!"
The cooldown time of the Resurrection skill is 10 minutes, and most of the games in the dark card mode end in about 10 minutes, so it can only be used 1-2 times in a game at most, which is extremely precious. Qin Xuan handed in the Resurrection without hesitation, which is also because of Jia Baoyu's importance in this system.
Wu Yue said: "I think Nirvana should have considered the possibility of Jia Baoyu being killed instantly by the instant death card when preparing before the game. Although Qiaojie and Wang Xifeng have mother-daughter synergy, it is obvious that the resurrection skill will be more useful for Jia Baoyu."
This explanation is also reasonable. Jia Baoyu is too difficult to kill. The best way to deal with him is to use a kill card to kill him. Bring a resurrection card to give him a second life. The opponent's kill card is equivalent to just exchanging a resurrection skill. But if the opponent does not use a kill card to kill Jia Baoyu, it will be more uncomfortable if he is resurrected after being killed with great difficulty.
Su Yang said: "The instant death card is useless after using the skill. The squishy characters die easily. Judgement kills one card first, 19:20, but it's not a big loss, because the resurrection skill can only be used once. If this skill is replaced, Jia Baoyu will die next time, and Nirvana's system will collapse."
Everyone knows that the key to this system is Jia Baoyu. Once Baoyu dies, the fragile water cards will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of Nirvana Beast. But the key is... Jia Baoyu is not that easy to die!
Qin Xuan quickly asked Xue Baochai to put a shield on Baoyu, and Daiyu's treatment was also in his hands and ready at all times. Since Baoyu would bear the damage for the water cards, he could not be killed by other cards while he was alive, so Nie Yuandao quickly made a decision: "Focus on killing Jia Baoyu!"
A bunch of beasts from the Judgement Division all rushed towards Jia Baoyu. Shanlan's Flying Geese and Egrets also launched normal attacks in the air. Jia Baoyu's health dropped rapidly. Qin Xuan decisively summoned his hidden card Hua Tuo to reduce Jia Baoyu's damage.
Audience: “…”
I just knew there was Hua Tuo.
Hua Tuo combined with a thick-skinned taunt card can really drive the opponent crazy. After finally crippling him, he is full of milk again...
Nirvana made the judgment today, and it was obvious that he used the tactic of "dragging".
While the referee was violently attacking, Nirvana was also not idle. Seeing that Qin Xuan had protected Jia Baoyu, Xiao Ke, Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe also started to move out at the same time -
Chen Xiao controls the Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei joint cards. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are more flexible when riding horses. Under the protection of Liu Bei, they can deal good damage in a wave of joint actions. Xiao Ke controls the four sisters Yuanchun, Yingchun, Xichun, and Tanchun and the control card Shi Xiangyun. Yuanchun has a group buff, Yingchun is a taunt card, Xichun controls the field, and Tanchun attacks alone. Qin Xuan controls the auxiliary cards Jia Baoyu, Qiaojie, Li Wan, Miaoyu, and Hua Tuo, while Xie Mingzhe controls the two output cards Yanqing and Huang Zhong.
The key to the water deck lies in the mechanism of Jia Baoyu protecting water girls, but except for the female characters in the Red Mansion series who are protected by Baoyu, other cards are not affected by Baoyu's skills and can easily become a breakthrough.
So when choosing output cards, Xie Mingzhe picked Liu, Guan, and Zhang, letting Liu Bei's shield protect Guan Yu and Zhang Fei; he also chose Yan Qing and Huang Zhong. The former has flexible movement and is not easy to be caught and killed; the latter has a very long attack distance and can hide in the back and slowly shoot arrows to consume the enemy.
The combination of this deck actually reveals a lot of details.
All water elements were used, which seemed to be a way of making up the numbers, but in actual combat, everyone found that the Judge, who was always known for his ferocity, couldn't even kill a single card after fighting for a long time.
This survivability is simply invincible!
Many viewers in the live broadcast room commented: "This deck is really annoying, even more annoying than Liushuang City's water cards!" "Unbeatable, very thick skin, it feels especially in line with Xie Mingzhe's personality." "All-Star, the card skill that Tang Shen made for Pipizhe is, you can't kill me! Hahahaha, today, Nirvana used actual actions to tell everyone - you can't kill me, I am that powerful!"
Fans: “…………”
Can’t be killed?
Jia Baoyu comes on the scene with 10 girls, they are indeed invincible!
Seeing how shameless Nirvana is, everyone feels relieved.