RoleplayNovel Chapter 98: Where is my red?
Chapter 98: Where is my red?
As the host team, GRF was on the blue side, while IG was on the red side.
The two teams often schedule practice matches, so there's no possibility of them intentionally practicing team compositions or throwing the game.
With the Intercontinental Cup about to begin, both sides are focusing more on solidifying their own playstyles and making targeted drafts.
GRF's bans were very targeted, banning Sylas, Renekton, and Nidalee.
Chen Song responded by banning Yuumi, Karma, and Jayce.
"Ning, it seems your Nidalee has made a name for itself. Not only in the LPL, but also in the LCK, people are paying close attention to you."
Chen Song smiled.
This is a good thing!
This forces the opponent to use an extra ban slot to target a player, which is a huge advantage in the draft phase.
Although IG and GRF played a lot of scrims, Chen Song's understanding of GRF was limited to scrims and LCK matches.
After all, when scrimming against GRF, it was Karam who did most of the drafting and banning.
However, Chen Song, with his many years of experience as a coach, quickly identified some of GRF's problems through video recordings.
The team's fate rests on Tarzan alone. If Tarzan loses his early game momentum, the entire team will become unable to play the game.
As the red team, Chen Song was certain that GRF's first pick would be to give Tarzan a jungler. Considering the strong junglers currently available and GRF's style, this jungler was more than 80% likely to be Sejuani.
After the ban phase ended, everything unfolded exactly as Chen Song had written in his script. When it came time for GRF to pick their champions, they immediately locked in Sejuani.
"Sylas is banned, so we'll pick Troll."
Chen Song said it casually.
"Trolls? That actually seems like a good idea!"
Ning quickly became less confident: "But coach, I've only tried Trundle twice in ranked games, is it really okay?"
"Silas has been banned, what are you afraid of?"
Chen Song smiled and said, "Besides, I'm right next to you. Being scared isn't your style."
"Haha, let's do it!"
Ning sat up straight: "Tarzan, I heard you're the best jungler in LCK now. Today, I, the S8 FMVP jungler, am going to teach you a lesson, you best jungler in LCK."
And so, IG picked Trundle for Ning and Lux as their second pick.
GRF picked Tahm Kench as their second pick and Irelia as their third pick, a flexible pick. The mid-jungle duo of Irelia and Sejuani is a very strong combination in the early game.
"Rookie, you're playing Yasuo this game!"
Chen Song came up behind Rookie, his face expressionless.
Chen Song knew very well that GRF's third pick, the flex pick Irelia, was for Chovy.
Firstly, GRF's top laner Sword has explicitly stated that he is not very good at playing fighter champions like Irelia, but is more skilled at playing utility-focused tank top laners.
Secondly, there's the champion Irelia, which can be considered Chovy's signature champion.
Therefore, Chen Song was certain that this Irelia pick was chosen for Chovy.
Yasuo is a hard counter to Irelia. His Wind Wall completely blocks Irelia's E skill stun, and his ultimate's Disarm Blade Array renders Irelia's core initiation tools useless in front of Yasuo.
In addition, Yasuo is also the champion that made Rookie famous, and in terms of individual skill, Rookie is not afraid of Chovy at all.
In the fourth pick, Chen Song gave TheShy the Aatrox.
As for GRF's last two picks, they are Viktor and Akali.
As for IG's last pick, they gave JackeyLove Kai'Sa.
The final lineup is
Blue side GRF: Top lane Akali, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Irelia, Bot lane Viktor and Tahm Kench.
Red team IG: Top lane Aatrox, Jungle Trundle, Mid lane Yasuo, Bot lane Kai'Sa and Garenx.
The two sides officially began the match.
IG chose to form a long, straight line formation.
The game lasted 1 minutes and 30 seconds.
Ning chose to start with the blue buff. Instead of asking JackeyLove for help, he had him go to the lane with the minions.
Because the troll jungler doesn't take damage, allowing JackeyLove and Baolan to arrive on lane with the minions makes it difficult for Tarzan to predict Ning's jungle start.
Tarzan is an aggressive jungler with a peculiar jungling style. He has his own unique jungling habits, especially when Chovy picks a champion with lane priority, he will actively counter-jungle, even though everyone knows that Chovy is a mid laner who doesn't roam.
On the other side, Tarzan also started with the blue buff. After clearing the blue buff, he didn't continue to fight the gromp and wolves, but instead went straight through the river at the blue buff spawn point to sneak into IG's raptors.
Tarzan's thinking was very clear. He guessed that the Troll would most likely start with blue buff, clear the bottom half of the map, and then clear the top half. In that case, IG's red buff area would be his jungle. He just needed to steal the red buff and then clear a camp of F6 or Krugs. This was his usual jungling strategy in the LCK, and it always worked.
But he made a mistake: Ning's jungle route was not what he expected at all.
After clearing the blue buff, Ning did not continue farming the frogs and wolves, but instead followed the same route as Tarzan, entering GRF's F6 camp.
The two started typing F6 at almost the same time.
But halfway through the fight, Tarzan noticed that Rookie's Yasuo had cleared a wave of minions and started retreating.
At the same time, TheShy in the top lane also retreated.
He glanced at the minion wave in the mid lane, and without hesitation, immediately left IG's F6 camp.
He knew Chovy all too well; expecting him to come and help him when there were minions in the mid lane was practically a pipe dream.
With TheShy already out of sight, regardless of whether he's coming to gank us in the jungle, we can't take that risk.
Sure enough, Yasuo came over right after he left F6.
He was secretly pleased with himself, feeling that he had managed his time very well.
After Yasuo saw him, he immediately made a targeted assessment of the situation. He figured that Trundle was currently farming the wolves. Although Yasuo had seen him, Trundle was completely helpless against him. He had already cleared the wolves, so how could Trundle dare to invade his lower jungle?
At most, it just means spending more time farming the jungle. The jungler's initial strategy is crucial, as it greatly impacts not only the control of the jungle but also the player's confidence.
Imagine you're playing jungle and the enemy jungler starts the game. You'll unconsciously start thinking, "Will the enemy invade my jungle? Are they even in my jungle? Are all my movements in the jungle being seen by the enemy jungler?"
And so, Tarzan returned to his blue zone.
After clearing the Gromp and the three wolves, and warning Sword to be careful, I wobbled through the mid-lane second tower and arrived at the F6 camp.
just.
When he saw F6, only the smallest bird remained.
No, where's my F6?
An ominous premonition arose in Tarzan's heart, and he nervously walked towards his red buff.
That's it?!
My red buff is gone?!
When, when was it turned against?
On the other side, Ning's troll, with two buffs, limped towards his own red buff after just finishing off the three wolves, carrying a big rod.