It was still a one-sided match but the commentators definitely could not say that. They still had to help FRY Team.
The audience would be too discouraged if they told the truth.
“I feel that FRY Team’s performance in the second round has obviously improved. They made many attempts in the second round, grabbed some opportunities, and bit the economic gap very hard at once compared to the first round where they were restrained. However, hero Chaos Misfortune took too many heads in the end and could not be dealt with, so FRY was powerless to reverse the situation.”
“Obviously, FV Team snatching Chaos Misfortune was a trap. Even though there was a change in playstyle in the previous competition, such a playstyle where all four of them were concentrated on the top lane and completely gave up on the bottom lane had never appeared before. Now, it looks like this is indeed a very good way to ensure Chaos Misfortune’s development.”
“FV team has obtained three points now. The scene is a huge advantage for them. However, we also noticed that FRY team is obviously adjusting and adapting quickly after FV team used all their trump cards. I believe that FRY team will bring us an exciting competition that is evenly matched in the third round!”
“FRY Team is a very resilient team. They have created miracles in desperate situations many times before. Can they chase three points and create another miracle this time? Let us wait and see!”
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The atmosphere in the FRY team lounge was very depressing.
This game dealt a greater blow to their morale than the first game!
While they did not get many kills in the first round, the entire venue had been giving up their resources, FRY was still waiting for an opportunity. They had always believed that as long as they found a better opportunity in the later stages, there was a possibility of turning the tables.
On the other hand, the second round was the exact opposite. The FRY team seemed to be fighting back and forth on the battlefield. They had obtained the kills and exchanged for the defense tower. However, everyone became more and more desperate as they watched Chaos Misfortune’s equipment getting better and better.
That was because they knew very well that they would not be able to win if they delayed any further. In the beginning, it would be useless even if they tried to fight back. They would not be able to find an opportunity even if they wanted to!
If one were to use a boxing match as an analogy, the first round would be to keep defending. However, the other party did not get many points, so FRY team still felt that there was a chance of turning the tables. Both sides were getting points in the second round, but no matter how much FRY struggled, the gap between the two sides was getting bigger and bigger. That was really despairing!
This was especially so for the top laner. He felt like he no longer knew how to play this game.
Both teams did not have too many shortcomings in the finals stage. Every member was a top player. FRY’s top laner was usually very confident, but today’s competition made him as poor as a dog from beginning to end. It was even worse than running into an actor in a ranked competition. He was doubting life.
The coach was no less agitated than the team members.
Logically speaking, there should be no problem with the players’ performance. They had lost both games without any suspense. The coach had to take the blame.
However, the coach also felt very innocent. All the players and the entire coaches team were suppressed by their IQ. How could he have to take the blame alone?
Finger Games’ data balance expert was here, but it was useless!
The entire FRY Team was overjoyed when Finger Games secretly sent the statistician. These two statisticians were indeed talented. They helped to analyze the data of many strong heroes and prepared a few tactics.
FRY had also successfully improved their strength. They had tried out mock competitions with other European and American teams and basically won easily.
That was why FRY team was extremely confident before the start of the competition. FRY Team felt that they would definitely be able to win all five rounds even if the opponents performed extremely well in the finals.
In the end, they were completely suppressed by their IQ!
The tactic that Finger Games had sent the statistician to help out was not effective at all. The opponent had completely seen through it!
Coach FRY had something to say as well. Finger Games’ statisticians were not good enough. What could I do?
Everyone in the lounge was at a loss.
In the end, the coach spoke. “Chaos Misfortune… why don’t we ban it?”
The team members looked at each other, tacitly agreeing.
For the first two rounds, FRY team did not Ban Chaos Misfortune mainly because they felt that they could handle it even if the opponents were to choose it.
However, after the second round of competition, they realized that they really could not deal with FV Team obtaining this hero!
FRY Team would not have a good solution as long as they insisted on this method of swapping lanes, letting Chaos Misfortune go with the jungler to farm the jungle. Even if they could use the two-person route to catch the right line, it would only delay the development of Chaos Misfortune. It would not be able to play a decisive role.
However, they would not dare to snatch Chaos Misfortune by themselves.
That was because they knew very well that this kind of change of line was definitely not a tactic that could be learned on the spot. Every strategy was very complicated, including the early lineup selection, the preparation of the opening field, the handling of unexpected situations, and so on. It was a very complete system.
On the other hand, FRY Team knew nothing about these details. There was no time for them to review the second round of the competition. How could they copy the opponent’s playstyle?
What’s more, since Chaos Misfortune’s new playstyle was developed by FV Team, who would dare to bet that they did not have a countermeasure?
Thus, after much consideration, the safest way was to ban it.
However, there was a small problem if that was the case. They had to think carefully about which of the outstanding heroes to release from FV Team that had been defeated previously.
In the end, the coach made the decision decisively. “In that case, let’s ban Chaos Misfortune and Wings of the Blade. We cannot take any more risks even though the other party might not play global games.”
“We’ll fight steadily in the next round. We’ll choose our best heroes and compete purely on strength!”
The team members nodded in agreement.
While FV Team had never played global games before, who would dare to bet that they did not know how to play? FRY Team was not as confident about playing global games as FV Team. If they lost this game, it would be gone.
Therefore, after being defeated twice in a row, FRY Team decided to change their mindset. Since they could not win by playing with their brains, they would compete with brute force. They would defeat all the key heroes in the popular system and then compete with the opponents!
The FRY team members had been dealt a huge blow, and their mentality was not very stable. However, in this situation, they no longer had any burdens and decided to give it their all.
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Zhao Xuming swiped his cell phone worriedly to check the discussion on the forum regarding the finals below the stage.
FV Team had obviously obtained one-sided support on the domestic forums. All sorts of posts praising FV Team have been published.
There were also many people who were thinking of ways to help FRY. However, this was not because they were on FRY’s side. They simply felt that FRY had been beaten too badly. Thus, these people took the weaker side and hoped that they could adjust well and contribute to an exciting competition.
However, even a keyboard warrior could not figure out a way to win!
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That was because ordinary k
eyboard warriors had to at least catch the “war criminals” in the competition when they expressed their opinions about the competition, right? Someone had to play badly or the entire lineup was not reasonable enough to fire.
However, there were no “war criminals” among the ten people in the finals this time. There were no major problems with the performance of the FRY team members. Other than criticizing them for being “cowardly”, 'sleepwalking”, and “zero effect of the entire game”, there was no point in criticizing them.
It did not seem like the line up that FRY chose could work out in the future. However, it did not seem like they would not be able to win after choosing this lineup.
This was especially so for the second round. If FV Team had not changed their lineup, who would have guessed that the script would be like this?
They naturally could not correct it since they could not find the key problem.
Even the keyboard warriors could not think of ways to win with their imagination. This was ridiculous enough.
Zhao Xuming sighed silently and closed the page on his cell phone. However, the competition had not started yet.
The break time this time seemed to be especially long. After all, they were already at the competition point. The officials also hoped to give the FRY team more time to adjust. Whether it was to stabilize their mentality or to discuss tactics, at least it would make the competition more suspenseful.
Zhao Xuming looked at Chrétien. “Do you think… FRY Team still has a chance?”
Chrétien’s expression was not very good. After a long silence, he said, “I hope they have some trump cards.”
Zhao Xuming fell silent.
He could tell that Chrétien was obviously at his wit’s end. Finger Games had even specially sent two statisticians to help with the strategy, but the strategy was still crushed by FV Team. What could he do?
Both of them knew very well what would happen if they lost this round at 3: 0. Thus, both of them tacitly did not mention it.
He was a key figure in the game and had control over the entire game therefore it was quite ridiculous for him to pin all his hopes on FRY Team.
…
Finally, after a break that was obviously longer than the previous round, the competition began again.
This time, FV Team took the initiative to choose the blue side, the red and blue side did not change.
FRY’s coach could not help but heave a sigh of relief. Obviously, this was because after FV Team realized that FRY could not solve the hero Chaos Misfortune, they took the initiative to choose the blue side and forcefully occupied one of FRY’s Ban positions.
However, it did not matter since FRY had already decided to ban the two heroes Chaos Misfortune and Wings of the Blade. What’s more, if they were on the red side, they could observe the heroes that the other party snatched, analyze their lineup, and target them.
For FRY, who had already decided to play hardball, their current goal was not to choose the best lineup, but the least bad lineup. FRY could accept it as long as FV Team did not get the “IQ crushing” lineup of the first two rounds.
“Coach, how are we to ban?” The team member asked.
FRY’s coach thought for a moment. There had to be Chaos Misfortune and Wings of the Blade in the Ban position. Then, he had to release two of the three heroes that Ban had dropped previously.
After some consideration, he decided to release two heroes that no teams were playing in the current version.
“Release the Storm Swordsman and the Specter Blacksmith. Ban the Chaos Misfortune and the Wings of the Blade.”
The Storm Swordsman was an assassin-type hero with multiple slots. In IOI, it could be said to be a godly weapon to torture noobs.
However, the problem was that the initial value of this hero was not very high. He would be beaten up by the opponent whether he walked on the road or jungled. Only when experts were used to torture the noobs would they be able to farm a large amount of money and equipment until he was ahead of the opponent. Only then would this hero have a gaming experience.
On the other hand, Specter Blacksmith was a rather unpopular support. It could switch between specter and physical forms. It could passively add money and experience to a teammate. Its ultimate move was to temporarily allow a teammate to enter a specter state, immune to physical damage, reduce the time that they were controlled, and increase their movement speed.
However, the problem was that this hero was relatively cumbersome. He did not have any displacement skills nor did he consume any skills. His hands were especially short. As a support, it would be very difficult for him to go to the bottom line in the early stage since he might die.
These two heroes were quite common in the game of passerby. However, in the professional arena, because the intensity of the early stages was worrying, choosing them would mean losing all the tempo in the early stages, so basically no one played it.
FRY’s coach had also known about FV Team before and knew that these two heroes were FV Team’s unique skills. That was why he had always eliminated them.
Now that he thought about it, it would be too difficult to play the game if the version of the hero was taken away. He might as well play the other two.
FRY’s coach estimated that the other party would not be able to take both. That was because if they took both, they would not be able to play the game anymore since the bottom lane and the early stages of the jungle would be completely destroyed. Even if they wanted to complete the job, they would have to wait until the later stages.
Even if the other party took one, FRY would at least be able to obtain an advantage along the way. As long as they had the advantage in the early stages and the lineup was not too problematic, they could only say that they were not as good as the other party. There was nothing to be depressed about.
Thus, after some consideration, he decided to release these two heroes.
As FRY had predicted, FV Team did not snatch any of the two heroes. Instead, they took the Ancient Lava Tree.
This hero had appeared before. He was very straightforward and had control skills. However, no matter how one looked at it, it was not worth snatching it. After all, it was just an accessory. It was impossible to match its lineup.
“Did you choose a jack-of-all-trades top laner first because you don’t want to expose your tactical intentions?”
“Or is it because Wings of the Blade and Chaos Misfortune have been eliminated, so there are no heroes worth snatching?”
FRY’s coach did not understand what it meant to snatch an Ancient Lava Tree because the priority of choosing such a hero was not high.
This meant that FRY would be able to get two of the heroes they wanted since FV snatched this hero.
FRY’s coach immediately directed the opponent to lock down the mid-laner and bottom-laner heroes that they are very confident with. These two heroes were rather valuable and had decent stats. The players’ proficiency was also very high. They basically had no natural enemies.
On FV Team’s side, they chose the more functional shooter, as well as the living hero, Specter Blacksmith.
When the first three heroes were selected, they felt like they were three tools. They did not know who to make as the lead.
What’s more, the selection of this bottom lane team made people feel that it would be very difficult whether it was the right line or the team playing. While they should respect this unique skill, to put it bluntly, the current numerical strength of Specter Blacksmith was indeed not worthy of appearing at the bottom lane.
The FRY coach frowned slightly. He was optimistic but also worried.
“Are they planning to hide the jungler until the end?”
“It doesn’t matter. With our current lineup, no matter what they choose, the early stages will definitely not be a problem. As long as both sides develop steadily, our chances of winning are at least fifty-fifty.”
“We’ll take the jungler first and ensure that our own lineup is com
plete. We’ll choose the Fierce Gale Martial God on the top lane and chase after the Ancient Lava Tree on the front line. We can still split them later on. It’ll be very difficult for them to deal with. We’ll choose a strong jungler and not be afraid of being targeted by the opponents.”
“Leave the last position to the support. With the strength of the opponent’s bottom lane, we can use the strong support to play against the line. We can also choose the Wanderer to cooperate with the jungler to put pressure.”
“The former can directly cross the line, the latter can help the jungler establish an advantage, no matter how they choose, our lineup is better.”
FRY’s coach suddenly became confident.
The main reason was that FV Team had forcefully chosen the team’s ultimate hero, Specter Blacksmith, causing the strength of the bottom lane to be too low. On FRY’s side, they could play very comfortably whether they played against the line or wanderers.
What’s more, the archer of FV Team was a tool, not the kind that could be carried in the later stages. Even if Specter Blacksmith added money and experience to it, it could not end the competition.
After this round of selection, FRY’s coach was filled with confidence and felt that he had already won half of the game.
On the other hand, FV Team did not hesitate much. They directly locked onto a strong support at the bottom lane and the Storm Swordsman!
The FRY team’s coach was still gloating a second ago, but in the next second, his eyes widened as he looked at the screen, thinking that he had seen wrongly.
FV Team actually chose two support heroes?
The Storm Swordsman was definitely a jungler, one of the two support heroes would definitely go to the middle lane, but no matter how one looked at it, these two support heroes going to the middle lane was very ridiculous!
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