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Chapter 183 How about we switch lines?

On the large screen at the scene.

After a quick recap of some of the highlights from the second game.

The post-match results panel for the second game is displayed.

The female police officer from Imp has the highest damage output in the entire game.

This was within the expectations of the vast majority of viewers.

The female police officer had a very good output environment in this game, and she could output damage without any pressure most of the time.

However, the player with the second highest damage output, second only to the female police officer, is surprisingly Yasuo from the weekly rankings.

Moreover, the damage he sustained was not much less than that of the policewoman.

It's just a little low.

This was somewhat unexpected.

Many people were initially criticizing Zhou Dian's performance as "meat rope".

They say he doesn't have the spirit of Yasuo.

If you like building tanky items so much, why don't you play a tank hero? Wouldn't that be much more useful than Yasuo?
Now that the damage panel is out, these people are speechless.

Zhou Dian's "tanky" build can deal so much damage, it's actually more useful than playing a pure tank hero.

Can those tank heroes deal that much damage?
In the commentary box.

Hao Kai also said, "I really didn't expect Zhou Shen's semi-tank Yasuo to deal so much damage!"

“Doesn’t this prove the saying that you can only produce output if you’re alive?” Wang Duoduo added.

"A Yasuo with Statikk Shiv and Infinity Edge does have very high damage, but if he dies in team fights, then it's the same as having no damage at all!"

“That makes sense!” Hao Kai nodded deeply. “After all, LGD’s lineup in this game has Caitlyn as the main damage dealer, so they don’t need a top lane Yasuo to tank damage, and they don’t really need to build too many damage items.”

"Moreover, Yasuo has very strong sustained damage output. As long as he can survive and get in a few more hits, he can deal a lot of damage."

"Zhou Shen's playstyle is indeed insightful!"

The post-competition judging was then completed.

The MVP of the second game was awarded to Zhou Dian's Yasuo.

Thus.

In this semi-final BO5 match between LGD and EDG.

After two rounds, Zhou Dian has already won two MVP awards.

The game has reached this point.

This also led many viewers to exclaim about the gap in skill between the top laners.

The issue of "top lane gap".

Since the audience can see it, the EDG team members, as those who experienced it firsthand, naturally understand it even more deeply.

EDG's head coach Nofe is having a terrible headache right now.

He didn't know what to do now.

The 0-2 scoreline isn't the biggest problem.

The biggest problem is the content presented in both games.

Make him despair!

This isn't the kind of game where players made major mistakes or the draft was foolish, resulting in two consecutive losses.

If those are the reasons that led to a 0-2 deficit.

The game can still go on, and there's still room for adjustment.

But the current situation is.

He tried every possible method.

But EDG just couldn't beat them.

The root cause lies in LGD's top laner, a position they simply cannot solve.

The "top lane gap" is an incredibly glaring objective fact, standing right there in the open.

You can't just ignore it.

Or should we replace him?
Nofe has indeed considered changing the mouse.

However, Korol, another top laner in the EDG team, has been waiting to leave the team for a long time and hasn't played any scrims for a long time.

Instead of using him, you might as well stick with the Mouse!
Moreover, Korol was not included in the roster for this match.

Even if you wanted to change it, you couldn't!

Nofe is completely numb now, even more so than the players who came on the field!
In his opinion, the only way to win is to ban LGD's top laner, Zhou.

Otherwise, let alone saying today is a best-of-five series.

Even in a best-of-ten (BO10) series, EDG can't win a single game and gets completely wiped out.

"What are your thoughts for the third round? Speak up, don't be shy!"

Nofe looked around and spoke to his teammates with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

There was silence.

The EDG players remained silent.

After thinking about it, Nofe realized that his question was too general and needed to be more specific.

Nofe then asked, "Are there any other ways to target LGD's top laner?"

Upon hearing this, Ai Luoli immediately straightened up and said in a tone tinged with indignation:
"What else can we do? We can't beat Zhou Shen, even with counters, we still can't win."

The voice of the little girl kept getting softer as she spoke.

Perhaps he felt he had been too direct and needed to consider his teammates' feelings.

"My bad, my bad. I really can't beat Zhou Shen in a 1v1, it has nothing to do with the heroes, I just can't beat him!"

Mouse, on the other hand, was quite frank and readily admitted his problem.

After Mouse finished speaking, the EDG rest room fell silent again.

I'm speechless.

Mouse's skill level is limited; he's easily crushed in matchups.

He didn't argue back; he proactively admitted his shortcomings.

We can't just criticize and denounce them, can we?
Constantly criticizing contestants is something only fans would do.

The team members were still focused on how to win the game.

After all, this best-of-five series isn't over yet!
In the silence, Meiko suddenly said, "How about we switch lines?"

Mouse's comment earlier, "I can't beat him in a 1v1 match at all," did give Meiko a hint.

I can't beat you one-on-one. So what about two-on-one?
After Meiko said this, everyone else in EDG understood what he meant.

Head coach Nofe was particularly impressed.

It seems this is the only way!

When a solo laner encounters a player they can't match up against, having the bot lane duo engage in a 2v1 is nothing new.

Back in Season 3, in a match between Samsung and SKT.

In order to suppress Faker.

The bot lane duo of Imp and Mata would go to the mid lane to face off against Faker from the very beginning of the game.

In the game League of Legends.

Once your hero is fully developed, it's not impossible for you to take on two opponents at once, or even five.

But if you start laning from level one.

Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he couldn't defeat two opponents at once; he would only be suppressed!
Meiko means switching lanes at the start of the game.

Their bot lane duo went to the top lane to face off against Zhou Dian.

Mouse went to the bottom lane to face off against LGD's bottom lane duo.

The strategy of swapping lanes at the start of the game was very common before 17.

The purpose is usually to disrupt the game's rhythm, avoid the power spike of a certain hero on the enemy's side lane, or accelerate the development of one's own ADC.

However, Meiko's purpose in proposing the lane swap at this time was clearly to make both top laners self-destruct.

They forcibly brought Zhou Dian to the same level as Mouse.

Then the remaining four members of EDG went to defeat the other four members of LGD.

Meiko's idea seems to have no problem, but
"Is it still possible to switch lanes between top and bottom lanes?" Ai Luoli asked.

Why did I say earlier that lane swapping at the start of a game was very common before 17?

That's because before Season 7, there was no first blood tower mechanism.

Therefore, in matches before S7, lane swapping was very common, occurring in seven or eight out of ten games.

Riot Games feels that lane swapping has severely impacted the entertainment value of the game.

Therefore, some changes were made after the 16 World Championship.

Reinforce the top lane turrets in the early game; the first turret to fall will grant a significant amount of extra gold.
This change will inevitably lead to the side that initiates the lane swap losing the first tower.

This change by the designers is tantamount to removing the top and bottom lane swapping that has been used in competitions for several years, forcibly returning the game to the laning phase.

Ai Luoli has this question.

Naturally, it's because he felt that actively switching lanes and giving up the first tower just to suppress Zhou Dian in the early game might be a losing proposition.
After all, LGD's bot lane is capable of carrying, so is it really appropriate to switch lanes and let imp get the first tower for free?

“No problem!” Meiko said with great confidence. “You need to know one thing: Zhou Shen only started playing professionally this year, you know what I mean?”

"Then let's switch lanes!" Nofe waved his hand, making the decision for the third game.

Meiko's words solidified his last remaining wavering resolve.

Lane swapping, even when it was popular in the past, was something that only happened in competitive matches.

In casual games, players don't switch lanes.

Meiko meant that Zhou Dian only started playing professionally this year, so he has never played a lane-swap game and has no experience in handling lane swaps.

On the contrary, Mouse is very adept at lane-switching.

For top laners, experience is crucial in lane swap games.

Inexperienced top laners often struggle in lane-swap games, unsure of what to do and easily feeding the enemy while trying to farm minions.

And once they start delivering, they can't stop; they keep delivering.

Not to mention top laners who have absolutely no relevant experience.

When faced with a lane swap game where the rhythm is completely different, you're basically like a headless fly.

In Nofe's opinion, as long as they can ruin the weekly rankings, it doesn't matter if they give up the first tower.

If imp ends up carrying the team all by himself, then he'll accept it.

In the third game, they started by switching lanes!

Worth the gamble!
The break between games ended quickly, and Zhou Dian followed his teammates out of the rest room and headed towards the main stage.

LGD didn't have much discussion on this matter.

For the upcoming third game, they are still prepared to continue the same playing style as the first two games.

After all, they've already won two games in a row, so there's no need for them to make any changes.

It's EDG that needs to change.

As Zhou Dian walked out of the player tunnel and onto the main stage, he glanced towards the EDG player bench.

The EDG players had already taken their seats on the stage.

Zhou Dian looked up and his gaze met Nofe's.

The two exchanged a glance, and Zhou Dian then looked away.

"Why is there so much malice in the eyes of EDG's head coach when he looks at me?" Zhou Dian thought to himself.

Zhou Dian suddenly had a bad feeling.

Could it be that they've already dug a pit for me, waiting for me to jump in?

"Alright, everyone, welcome back to the 2017 LPL Spring Split Playoffs Semifinals."

"In the current semi-final match between LGD and EDG, LGD is leading EDG by a score of 2-0, holding three match points!"

"The upcoming game is a crucial third game of the best-of-five series. After this game, will LGD secure the second ticket to the Nanjing finals, or will EDG still have a chance to advance?"

"let us wait and see!"

The camera cuts back to the commentary booth.

After giving his opening remarks, Wang Duoduo read a long advertisement before finally getting back to the main topic of the competition.

"Teacher Haokai, what adjustments do you think EDG needs to make if they want to turn the tide and stay competitive?" Wang Duoduo asked.

Wang Duoduo asked the question from EDG's perspective, which doesn't mean he's biased towards EDG.

If there is no inherent stance, such as a country or region.

In a match where the gap between teams has widened, the commentator's true neutrality lies in speaking for the weaker or trailing side.

This is also a feasible way to improve the watchability of the game.

Upon hearing Wang Duoduo's question, Hao Kai pondered for a moment.

Then, quite honestly, he said, "I don't think EDG has much room for adjustment!"

"Unless you add someone to EDG right now, specifically to the top lane, making it a 2v1 situation in the top lane, and a total of 6v5, then EDG can win!"

(End of this chapter)