owlsbooks Chapter 60: Analyzing Knight's Problems
Chapter 60: Analyzing Knight's Problems
The system announcement resounded throughout the venue.
"Beautiful!" In the IG lounge, Mafa slapped his thigh, almost spilling his coffee.
Chen Song put his coffee cup aside, stared at the replay of the solo kill on the screen, and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.
Unlike Mafa, he wasn't excited. Instead, he told Mafa in a very calm tone:
"This is what I meant by Knight's high."
Mafa turned to look at him.
"Look."
Chen Song pointed to the replay: "Although Forge missed his E skill and used up his Q, under normal circumstances, this Sylas would have no skills left. But with a 2-0 kill and the Explorer's Armguard, no rational mid laner would recklessly go up to fight. But Knight didn't retreat; he switched to hammer form and jumped in."
Why?
Chen Song began to analyze the problem: "This is the point I was talking about. Because the top laner was caught and killed, and the bottom lane duo was also caught and killed, the whole team's rhythm was collapsing, and Knight panicked."
"He's the core of TES, and he wanted to step up. So the moment he saw Sylas miss his abilities, he only had one thought in his mind—I have to come back and kill him, I have to stabilize the situation."
"But he forgot that Forge could steal his ultimate ability."
Upon hearing this, Mafa couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"and!"
Chen Song paused for a moment: "His decision to switch to hammer form and engage in combat wasn't wrong. However, when he realized he couldn't win the fight, he should have decisively used his E ability to knock away the Forge, instead of continuing to fight."
"If he had been calmer at that moment, retreated and waited for his skills to cool down, nothing would have happened. But he insisted on switching to cannon mode after unleashing his burst damage, standing right in front of Forge and fighting him head-on. Wasn't that just asking for death?"
Mafa nodded, then glanced at the replay of the solo kill on the screen and suddenly found it somewhat amusing: "So, Forge's solo kill, rather than being a display of exceptional skill, was more like Knight handing it over to him?"
"That's one way to look at it, but we should still praise Forge more. After all, he's a newcomer who was just transferred here, so we should give him more encouragement."
Chen Song took back his coffee cup and took a sip: "Knight is too eager to win, so much so that he's lost his judgment. And mid laners who lose their judgment are very prone to making mistakes."
As he said this, the view from the players' perspective at the bottom of the screen cut to a close-up of Knight.
The talented mid-laner, on whom the LPL had placed high hopes, was frowning as he stared at the screen, his lips moving slightly as if he were cursing himself.
"369 is going to die again." Chen Song turned his attention back to the game.
The screen switches to the top lane, where 369 has only 175 HP left, while Ning has Vladimir's ultimate active.
With the ultimate skill combined with the red-rage Q, 369's health was restored to 483 points.
TheShy's Camille had already pushed the minion wave to the tower and used her E skill to fly over.
With his ultimate ability landing on 369, TheShy once again killed 369's Vladimir.
The live chat was already exploding with comments.
What is Knight doing? How dare he go up and fight when he's at a disadvantage?
[Forge solo-killed Knight! Am I dreaming?]
Jayce got solo killed by Sylas, unbelievable!
[King seems off, is he sick?]
After the first game, TES fans breathed a sigh of relief, and the TES supertopic was filled with voices saying "It's a sure thing".
In the second game, TES continued with Gragas and Vladimir, and Knight's Jayce was in the mid lane, while the bot lane featured the strongest combination currently available: Sivir and Lux.
When this lineup was brought out, TES fans were no longer thinking about whether they could win or not, but how to win.
In the first few minutes of the match, everything was exactly as Top Esports fans had hoped.
Xx started with red buff, just like in the previous game, and ganked the bot lane to death.
See, I told you so. TES's lineup is the answer to this meta, and IG has fallen far behind again.
Three minutes later, the post was unearthed and instantly became the hottest post.
Some people even dug up the TES fan's post that said "It's a sure thing," and replied with just one word: "Sure."
"Hey, look at this position, TheShy..."
Guan Zeyuan, who was in the commentary booth, glanced at TheShy's position and had a premonition that LokeN's position was in some danger.
At this point, although the score was 6-2 with IG in the lead, IG's economic advantage was only a little over a thousand.
LokeN was focused on pushing the top lane tower, and he was almost at full health with Flash and his ultimate ready.
LokeN clearly felt safe; he believed he could take down the top lane tower before his last few minions were killed by the turret.
But what about Camille?
TheShy's Camille has slowly approached.
He paused for a second, then his E skill, the hook, instantly hooked onto the wall, and then the second part of his E skill drew a near-perfect arc in the air.
"Hook up, E flash, kick shield..."
TheShy used Flash during the second part of his E skill, perfectly extending its attack range. Before LokeN could react, Camille was already right in his face.
A basic attack, Tiamat, and the first hit of Q skill—the three hits were delivered almost simultaneously, causing LokeN's health bar to drop rapidly from full to half.
LokeN reacted quickly, immediately using his ultimate and shield, while simultaneously flashing backward to pull himself back.
But he clearly still doubted TheShy's prediction.
The instant LokeN used Flash, TheShy's ultimate had already landed, successfully following LokeN's Flash position.
Inside Camille's ultimate's area of effect, an ADC without Flash and having used all their skills can only find a comfortable position to wait for death.
TheShy calmly followed up with the second part of his Q, and as the leg blade slashed down, a line of text popped up on the screen:
[IG's TheShy kills TES's LokeN!]
"TheShy's play was absolutely brilliant."
Before Guan Zeyuan could finish speaking, the director abruptly switched the camera to the bottom lane.
JackeyLove and Ning are fighting against 369's vampire under the tower.
JackeyLove and Ning are both under the effects of 369's ultimate skill, and 369 is almost at low health.
"And can we kill them in the bottom lane?"
"The countdown for W missed, but Sejuani followed up with damage and killed 369. Fortunately, with the extremely high turret damage, she successfully traded kills with Ning's Sejuani."
Guan Zeyuan was still savoring the solo kill in the top lane: "However, LokeN was greedy in that top lane fight. He could have easily pushed down the top lane tower in the previous wave, but he chose to let another wave of minions push into the tower. He didn't expect TheShy to use his E to flash over from such a distance and directly duel him."
"That was too greedy, and Ben was just helping to defend mid." Just as I was saying this, the camera switched to the top lane.
On the map, 369 and LokeN's teleports have landed in the top lane river bush, and TES is eyeing TheShy and Baolan who are pushing the tower in the top lane.
"Oh! E flash into R, Xx is about to make his move!"