PFC Chapter 62: Actively Being Countered
Chapter 62: Actively Being Countered
After the match.
Knight leaned back in his chair, unwilling to get up for a long time.
He hasn't recovered from this loss yet.
Especially when Forge solo-killed him.
This made him start to doubt himself.
369 came over and patted Knight on the shoulder, which brought him back to his senses. He got up and followed his teammates back to the rest room.
The white crescent moon was already standing in the lounge, waiting for the players to return.
After everyone returned to the lounge and sat down, White Crescent spoke up: "The reason we lost this game is ultimately my fault. I underestimated TheShy's champion pool. This Camille was clearly prepared to counter our Vladimir."
White Crescent took the initiative to take responsibility, attributing the loss to himself.
This can greatly reduce the psychological pressure on the players.
After all, the next match is a do-or-die BO3, so regardless of the lineup and how well they play, mentality is a very important factor.
"69, don't blame yourself too much. TheShy and Ning were targeting you in the last game."
The white crescent moon once again gave 369 a mental boost.
At this moment, Knight, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly interjected: "Coach... I think... Vladimir might be a bit too late-game, and he's too easy to be targeted in the laning phase. My suggestion is that we consider not picking him."
After listening to Knight's idea, White Crescent insisted on his own: "We still have to pick Vladimir. Against IG, Vladimir is a reliable late-game carry."
"In the last game, 69 was constantly being ganked, mainly because Ning's rhythm was just too good. But as you all saw, after IG gained an advantage, they often had some minor problems in the mid-game. What we need to do is capitalize on these minor problems."
After all, White Crescent is the team's head coach, and the final say is still in his hands.
However, Knight did not deny that when he picked Vladimir in the first game, the effect was actually quite good.
But as I said before, the jungler is the engine of the game's tempo.
For Xx's jungler hero selection, White Crescent should continue to prioritize Gragas as his first pick.
It's not that Xx can't play other jungle champions, but his Gragas performance on the field is just too outstanding.
Aside from the previous loss to IG, his Gragas games have consistently been winning.
Compared to the tense atmosphere on TES's side, the atmosphere on IG's side was much more relaxed.
"Their opponent will still be using the Barrel in the next game."
Chen Song first selected TES.
Because of the successful victory against TES in the previous game and the accurate prediction that White Crescent would pick Gragas, Chen Song naturally had the power to decide the draft in the next game, and Karam dared not have any objections.
"I think TES's coach will still be very persistent about the Vladimir pick. Anyway, we took the red side, so we'll tentatively use Camille to gank him. If we have Kennen, we can also pick him first, but of course, we'll pick Kennen first. As for what bot lane duo to pick, we'll decide based on the situation on the field."
"This is a crucial match in the BO3 series. I hope you can maintain the form you had in the last game and take down TES."
......
Rest time always goes by quickly.
Both contestants, holding their cups, slowly walked onto the competition stage.
Interestingly, 369, who had been relentlessly trained in the previous game, had a smile on his face, indicating that he had completely adjusted his mindset during the few minutes of rest on the sidelines.
While the players were taking their seats, Guan Zeyuan and Ji De were already discussing the match in the commentary booth.
"From the first two games, you can clearly feel that, firstly, the draft and ban phase is very important, and secondly, the top and jungle positions are crucial."
"In the first game, you could clearly feel that once the crocodile gained the advantage, Xx played very comfortably."
"The same applies to the second game. After the vampire was constantly being ganked, Ning's Sejuani was also everywhere."
The two chatted for a full three minutes, then the screen finally switched from them to the game interface.
The business proposal (BP) process officially began for both sides.
"TES should ban Ryze, and ban Ryze, Renekton, and Rek'Sai as well, because TES is on the blue side, and if the flex pick Irelia is released, they can pick her."
Guan Zeyuan said, "Then IG will ban Sejuani, Olaf, and Aatrox instead."
"Then TES will definitely have to pick Irelia, there's no doubt about that."
Knight is one of the most confident Irelia players in the entire LPL, and his understanding of Irelia is absolutely top-notch.
The shot in the center of the frame focuses on Knight.
As you can see, after 369 locked in Irelia, Knight's face lit up with a smile at an alarming speed.
During the discussion in the lounge earlier, Knight mentioned wanting to play Irelia in the mid lane. He was worried that IG would ban Irelia during the draft phase, but he never expected that happiness would come so suddenly.
For Knight, although he won the first game with Vladimir against Forge's Irelia, he was not happy about it.
IG's first two picks were Sylas and Lux.
"Baolan said I'd like to play Lux."
Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in surprise.
Lux is undoubtedly the best choice in this version, especially when paired with Sivir. This combination has a significant advantage in laning ability in the bottom lane.
Just as Chen Song had expected, TES's second hero pick was to give Xx his best champion, Gragas.
The second pick was support Yuumi.
Karam then picked Sivir for JackeyLove.
For the red side, the biggest advantage is the counter pick on the 5th floor. Since Lux has already been picked first, there are only a few heroes left to choose from for AD carry. So locking Sivir first is a good choice, and the counter pick can be postponed to other positions.
When it came to banning champions, seeing that TES had picked Yuumi, Karam naturally banned Lucian and Xayah. As for White Crescent, he banned Jarvan IV and Jayce.
"Oh? He actually took Kindred?"
White Crescent chuckled when he saw IG pick Kindred on the fourth floor: "Is Ning out of champions to play? Knowing we're picking Gragas, he still picked Kindred. Isn't that just asking for trouble?"
The biggest problem for Kindred against Gragas is that Gragas' ultimate has a forced displacement effect, which can basically blast the opponent out of Kindred's ultimate.
The normal logic is that if I see you pick Kindred, I'll pick Gragas to counter it, not that TES picks Gragas first and then IG picks Kindred as a follow-up.
This is equivalent to Ning being actively countered by Xx.
"I don't understand, what's the meaning behind Coach Karam's Kindred pick?"
Guan Zeyuan thought for a moment: "Could it be that Coach Karam has developed some kind of strategy with Kindred in private? Otherwise, I really can't imagine what it means to actively pick a countered champion in such a crucial game as a BO3."
The key point is that only a few seconds into the champion selection process, IG locked in Kindred.
In this situation, Kindred's choice was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision.
Among the TES players, the happiest was Xx. He had already figured out how to counter Kindred's jungle and prevent him from taking the marks.