Wa: It’s broken, I’ve become a cutting monster!

"Now let's welcome FNC and their challenger F——P——X!"

With the shouts of the commentators and the cheers of the audience, the players of FNC and FPX walked out from the entrances on both sides of the venue!

The two players finally stood in the center of the stage and bumped fists. Then the two teams gathered in a circle and said words of encouragement before the game...

"Follow the tactics, don't be too stubborn, individual heroism is not advisable, always remember that you are a team!" Xia An looked at everyone with a firm gaze and continued:

"The Swiss round has passed, and now we are standing on the knockout stage, but this is not the end of our FPX!"

"Time is limited. Remember... follow Anyang's instructions! Trust your teammates behind you!"

Xia An finished speaking very quickly, and Shan Anyang took over the conversation and shouted in a relaxed tone:

"FPX..."

"come on--"

Players from both teams took their seats and entered the coach bp phase.

FPX was the first to ban Neon Town without fail. After Dan Anyang joined the team, FPX never played this map and was almost always the first to be banned.

FNC banned Sunset City, which is very suppressive for FPX. Although FNC often uses this map as a self-selected map, it is better to forget it when facing FPX. FUT and Gen.G have already experienced the suppression of FPX in Sunset City, so FNC does not need to ask for trouble.

When he came to the FPX self-selected map, before the commentator shouted out those familiar four words, Xia An had already locked on to it!

"Sure enough! FPX's first map is Lotus Ancient City! This is the map that FPX has only lost one game so far!"

"This is undoubtedly the best map. I feel like FNC might be a bit disrespectful to FPX for not banning this map right away!"

The two commentators breathed a sigh of relief when they saw FPX lock down Lotus Ancient City. With Lotus Ancient City having a 100% win rate during the FPX Shanghai Masters, there really is no team that can beat FPX!

"It seems that FNC is very confident in their Lotus Ancient City and wants to challenge FPX!"

Then FNC locked the second important town of Yuangong in the next map. In the second round of banFP, they chose Senhandong Port. FNC banned Yahai Xuancheng and released Breeze Island as the decisive map for the two teams.

Of course, whether you can use it or not is another matter.

"Map 1: Lotus Ancient City. To be honest, if FNC wasn't playing against FPX, I really doubt that FNC would have chosen this map themselves!"

The commentator joked that FNC actually played very well in Lotus City. Maybe some new viewers or people who are new to Valorant events don’t know this. Let me give you an example to show you how well FNC played in Lotus City…

Many of the Odin shooting positions in Lotus Ancient City were first used by FNC in the game! Some of them were even developed and researched by them, and once became the object of imitation for major teams.

But no matter what, as the number one seed, FNC has an advantage that cannot be underestimated compared to the other teams that FPX defeated.

That is, they have a lot of time to study other teams' tactics. No one knows whether FNC, which had a bye in the Swiss round, targeted FPX during this period...

"Although FNC may have more time to prepare than FPX, this also means that they haven't played a game for a long time!"

"Yes, on the other hand, FPX fought their way out of the Swiss round, and... crushed them! They will get into the rhythm of the game faster than FNC..."

At this time, players from both sides were debugging peripherals and account settings, and the camera was given to FNC's Boaster.

Boaster, who is thin but has bright eyes, happily threw up his mouse pad when he found the camera was pointed at him!

They look similar to the monkeys on Mount Emei...

As the absolute leader of FNC, Boaster and Shan Anyang have the same status in the team. Moreover, as both are in the command position, the tactical confrontation between Shan Anyang and Boaster is also a highlight of this game!

Unlike Shan Anyang's rare gunman commander, Big B is a traditional commander. Maybe Big B is weaker than other teams' players in terms of gunmanship, but the tactical arrangements and emotional value he brings to FNC are unmatched by others!

The biggest difference between Dan Anyang and Big B is that Dan Anyang has a headshot rate of more than 70%, compared to Big B's 16% headshot rate in the first stage of VCT! In one match, Big B even had a 0% headshot rate...

FNC won that game!

"Okay, both teams have chosen their lineups! Let's take a look..."

First of all, let’s talk about FPX’s lineup selection. What shocked everyone was that this time FPX did not choose the “three smoke” lineup that they had been using before, but instead came up with a new lineup with drastic changes!

Rez (Shan Anyang), Dark Dream (Ayang), Viper (Berlin), Qile (Autumn), Shadow (Life)!

"Wow! This is a bit unexpected, FPX! In their first knockout game, FPX boldly abandoned the three-control lineup they had been using before, and instead came up with a brand new lineup that they had never used before!"

"Oh my god, it's really bold. But from what I know about FPX, they may have been hiding their weakness before... Do you think it's possible that the three controls were just a smokescreen thrown by FPX?"

"This is now more in line with the Lotus Ancient City version answer! And why does this lineup feel so familiar to me?"

When everyone turned their attention to FNC, everyone understood!

The two teams actually had the same lineup! No wonder there was a familiar feeling...

Seeing that FPX's lineup was exactly the same as his own, the FNC coach lost control of his expression and stared at the screen in amazement...

"WTF?! I spent three whole days researching your Lotus Ancient City! Three days! Do you know how I spent those three days?!"

After FNC was forced to draw FPX in the lottery, they returned to the hotel and studied FPX without sleep. Among them, the three-control Lotus Ancient City with a 100% winning rate was naturally the first to bear the brunt!

Now, it is impossible to develop a new lineup against FPX in just three days. However, the FNC coach still made corresponding tactical adjustments based on the existing lineup and after consulting a lot of FPX's Lotus Ancient City data...

Damn it, you told me:

"Haha, we were just teasing idiots before! Now this lineup is our true form! Hahaha, it's exactly the same as you guys, isn't it fun?"

FNC coach: (*`?O′) This is a bummer!