Chapter 1055: Long Arms Beat Short Arms

After Lin Cheng and Chao Wei exchanged heroes, not only were all the commentators confused, but Chao Wei and Lin Cheng in the camera couldn't help laughing.

In fact, this exchange was really a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Because there are more AP jungle options in this version, Chao Wei used mid-lane Varus as a substitute in the absence of Lucian in the training game.

The mid-lane Poke Varus's ability to push the line is actually stronger than many traditional mages in the middle lane. After level 6, the control and damage with Morgana are not bad, and the competition for resources in the early stage is very fierce.

So Chao Wei originally planned to take Varus to the middle.

However, in this game, after seeing the opponent's last hand of Clockwork, Lin Cheng suddenly proposed his idea of ​​using top-lane Varus.

After all, Sett has short legs, and it is unrealistic for Lin Cheng to use him to go to the top to penetrate Gnar. Varus also can't take much advantage when he goes to the middle to face Clockwork.

It seems that there is no obvious advantage in the two lanes, but the change of the middle and top lanes is different.

Varus has longer arms than Gnar, and higher burst than Gnar in the early stage, and long arms beat short arms.

All elements are complete!

Lin Cheng felt that he could beat the opponent.

And although it was difficult for Sett to threaten Clockwork when he switched to the middle lane, he couldn't run away from Clockwork while clearing the lane.

Chaowei is an old Sett player. Last year, he used Sett in the middle lane and did not lose to a group of mid laners, and he could run.

Theoretically, it was feasible. Chaowei and Lin Cheng exchanged heroes after a little discussion.

And although Varus had no displacement and the risk factor of going to the top lane was very high, it happened that the opponent's jungler was Kindred, and it was difficult to catch people with Gnar.

The lineups of both sides were determined.

Blue side KT:

Top: Cheng (Retribution Arrow, Varus)

Jungle: Peanut (Fallen Angel, Morgana)

Mid: Chovy (Wang Hao, Sett)

Bottom: Deft (Frost Archer, Ashe)

Support: Effort (Barrel, Gragas)

Red side C9:

Top: Fudge (Lost Fang, Gnar)

Jungle: Blaber (Eternal Hunter Twins, Kindred)

Mid: Perkz (Clockwork Spirit, Orianna)

Bottom: Zven (Merlin Gunner, Tristana)

Support: Vulcan (Apocalypse, Karma)

Wawa: "Come on! This game is interesting! For the opening match of this MSI, last year's world champion KT came up and made a lot of fun. Let's see what Orange brother, the top laner Varus, has to say. "

Huai Nan: "To be honest, I really don't think KT will win if the team name is covered, but considering the ID bonus, what if KT beats C9 in the laning phase?"

Wawa: "But there is one thing we need to pay attention to! C9's team-opening ability is insufficient, and KT's five players have relatively stable control. It can't be said that KT's lineup is not good."

"It can only be said that their understanding is different from what we usually see. Let's go into the game and see the effect."

The game started loading, and the coaches of both sides greeted each other and left the stage.

"What does Lin Cheng say? I'll start with red in this game and cover you in the early push."

"I want to be more aggressive, so I don't need to change to a scan at level 1. Help me make a ward in the early stage. It's easy for me to single out Gnar."

The junglers of both sides actually have no GANK ability in the top lane. Lin Cheng has the advantage of 1V1 in the top lane with good vision.

In terms of runes, Lin Cheng chose the main system Domination: Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collector, Ultimate Hunter, and the secondary system Inspiration: Magic Boots, Biscuit Delivery.

In fact, Lin Cheng hesitated for a long time when choosing runes.

The strongest suppression in the early stage is definitely Poke Varus, but this game's jungler is Morgana, and Lin Cheng thinks that the upper limit of the team battle of the crit Varus will be much higher.

Varus in the field now generally does not go for the crit flow because it is easy to die suddenly when going A, but this game not only has Morgana with excellent protection ability, but also Sett and Gragas can help create output space, and even KT has five people with control.

In addition, C9's lineup only has an extremely unstable start point of the team, Gnar, so both Ashe and Varus have space to go A.

And Varus's own equipment is very flexible. Lin Cheng thinks that he can go AP Varus in this game. With so many teammates with stable control, it is too easy for AP Varus to kill people.

So in the end, Lin Cheng took the talent of Hail of Blades, which allows him to go for Poke or AP, and even crit.

The specific equipment will be shown in the game.

Entering the game, Effort placed a ward in the bush on the side road at level 1, which made Lin Cheng feel more comfortable in the laning phase.

The two sides started peacefully.

Perhaps Morgana's jungle routine was very novel, and the director turned the camera to Morgana who was about to go jungle.

And just when the camera shifted to the top lane, Gnar AQ was seen to kill the low-health soldiers.

At this time, Varus was leaning against the bush and shot an arrow.

The moment the arrow left the string, Lin Cheng turned around, and Varus stepped back into the bush.

Just now, Lin Cheng attacked in the gap between the attacks of the ranged soldiers, and lost Varus's vision at the moment when the exclamation marks just lit up above the heads of the three ranged soldiers on the red side.

And at the moment when the soldiers' hatred was blocked, Lin Cheng had already used the E skill Wraith Rain.

The rain of evil spirit arrows falling in a circular range hit three ranged soldiers and slowed down Gnar at the same time.

Then Varus stepped back out of the grass and pressed forward.

Area damage skills will not attract the hatred of minions. Gnar was slowed down, and Varus took two steps to chase into the attack range.

Fudge is a top laner in North America after all, and he is also a radical in LCS. He subconsciously turned back and wanted to cooperate with the minions to attack Varus.

But Varus raised his hand too quickly with the general attack of the Blade of Blades effect. Lin Cheng took a step back and attacked, so that Gnar could not throw the dart in his hand.

The attack range of Gnar at level 1 is only 400, which is too short!

And Fudge turned back and was still standing in the range of the rain of arrows. Lin Cheng pulled a step to play the third general attack of the Blade of Blades, and successfully hid in the bushes to pull the hatred of the minions.

After a wave of blood exchange, Gnar's dart could not be thrown out. Lin Cheng finished the three general attacks of the Blade of Blades and the damage of the E skill, but only suffered a little damage from the minions.

Wawa: "Ouch! He lost one third of his health when he met in the top lane! Fudge was so rough in this exchange. He took all three hits of Varus's blades but didn't attack once."

Huainan: "I should say that Brother Orange played well! Fudge was pulled and numbed! He not only pulled the opponent, but also pulled the minions. The details of this exchange are too strong."

Wawa: "Although we haven't seen Varus in the top lane, it is obvious that Fudge has never seen it in North America. It won't really work for Brother Orange, right?"

"My blood pressure is rising! Being pulled like this?"

"The opponent's top laner: I can't touch him! Don't play hard!"

"I'm wet! This pull is the dream of the top laner!"

"Go and call 369 to come and learn to pull!

"Let's be honest! If 9bao had this pulling skill, he would have pulled the white crescent man to pieces last year!"

"Brother Orange is too petty!"