Chapter 2225: One Step Away! An Unfavorable Start
After a lengthy pre-match preparation, the game officially began.
Acting coach Li Tuo won the right to choose the side by tossing a coin before the game. In the first game, the Chinese team banned and chose first on the blue side.
Netizens were joking that if they won the championship, it would be thanks to the contribution of the farmers.
The camera was given to Li Tuo with great meaning.
As a result, the players were discussing BP fiercely there, and the scene of Li Tuo standing in the back with his hands behind his back in a daze made the audience unable to hold back.
Although it was expected, it was still a bit abstract for the coach to be a mascot on the stage.
Really didn't say a word?
It wasn't until the lineup was selected that Lin Cheng reminded Li Tuo.
"Coach, you can go shake hands!"
"Oh!"
Li Tuo quickly took off his headphones and ran briskly to shake hands with Kkoma and leave the court.
Go down to play with your phone!
The Chinese team came up with a conservative lineup. The three Cs of Captain + Corki + Jinx, with the jungler and support of Sejuani + Rakan, looked very solid.
The Korean team was similar. The three Cs of Gwen + Tsar + Aphelios were almost exactly the same as the Chinese team, but the jungler and support of Monkey + Renata were relatively balanced in offense and defense.
Both sides played very cautiously at the beginning, and the early rhythm was very slow.
Lin Cheng's Captain mainly used the minion line to suppress Gwen in the early stage, which attracted many people to study during the MSI period. Peanut chose to plan in advance to brush the jungle and help Zeus deal with the minion line.
Although Lin Cheng also called Jiejie, Peanut arrived at the top lane a few seconds earlier and helped Gwen deal with the minion line, which made Lin Cheng lose the opportunity to grab the return.
There was no way to create an advantage in the return. Facing Gwen's Captain with Doran's Shield + Wind of Resurgence, it was more difficult to consume in the early stage. In addition, Lin Cheng was not easy to fight to the end with Gwen's multiple ignites.
In this way, Lin Cheng's advantage in the front line was not very big.
The first game of both sides was very tentative, and it was not until the eighth minute that the first blood broke out.
Then the second head broke out in ten minutes.
The two sides fought back and forth, and both retreated immediately when they could not judge the game well. The situation was in a stalemate.
But Lin Cheng was a little uncomfortable being targeted by Peanut.
He used his operation to exchange blood and created opportunities for strong pressure, but Peanut always came to help Zeus relieve the pressure in time.
Peanut knew Lin Cheng very well and knew when he would increase the intensity of the laning phase. Even if he could not kill Lin Cheng, he would make Lin Cheng uncomfortable.
Chaowei also leaned forward twice.
It was not necessary to kill Lin Cheng, but to put pressure on him.
In fact, Zeus's play style was not particularly used to resisting pressure. If he was allowed to play 1v1 with Lin Cheng, he would most likely be beaten, but in this game, his teammates kept Gwen's development.
In this situation, the other half of the Chinese team did not play much.
Even Meikou gave up a small wave.
Taking advantage of the pressure from Zhu Mei coming over, Meikou's Luo W wanted to attack the half-blood Aphelios, but was interrupted by Renata's Q.
The red team counterattacked in the bottom lane, and Aphelios with red and white knives killed Luo.
Of course, a line kill did not affect the situation too much, and the Korean team played very steadily.
Until the 25th minute, the economic gap between the two sides was still within 2,000.
The Korean team just won a small team battle, and the Chinese team immediately counterattacked under the leadership of Lin Cheng. Anyway, neither side had the opportunity to establish a winning advantage.
Until the 29th minute, Shuizi finally couldn't hold it anymore.
The jungler and support of the team couldn't find the opportunity to start a team fight. Jinx used the range of the cannon to consume, but was suddenly blocked by Keria's Renata and flashed to the middle.
A Shui purified + flashed together.
But Renata's malicious acquisition in advance suppressed Jinx's flash position.
Monkey followed up, and Jinx died suddenly.
The stalemate was broken in this way. The jungler and support of the Chinese team who wanted to protect the AD did not run away, and the Korean team took advantage of the situation to take the big dragon.
"Oh no! It's the Korean team's support player Liu Minxi again! This wave of opportunities is too deadly."
"Renata flashed out with R and immediately used Q to pull Jinx. Jinx used purification flash too quickly and just missed the subsequent malicious acquisition."
"Yu Wenbo seemed to think that the opponent didn't have the ability to open him, and tried to chase someone. He didn't expect to be taken advantage of by Renata."
The situation on the field took a sharp turn for the worse, but the Chinese team did not have no chance.
When the Korean team relied on the dragon buff to grind the high ground, Lin Cheng's Captain TPed around and blasted the Korean team's double C with three consecutive barrels, instantly leaving Tsar and Aphelios with low health.
But Zeus Gwen also cut into the back row at the first time, making Jinx and Corki unable to output.
Chaowei was very decisive. He found that the Captain's position was out of touch with his teammates. Tsar drifted over to push the ultimate move to kill the Captain first.
Bang!
Captain accurately shuttled and flashed to avoid the Forbidden Army Wall, and backhanded a knife with a gunfire negotiation to kill Tsar.
Lin Cheng's operation was very cool. Keria's Renata didn't even react to use W to save him in time.
The ultimate skill divided the battlefield. After Lin Cheng and Orange solved Renata's Q in seconds, they used Rakan's cover to kill Aphelios who was slowed down by the cannon.
Unfortunately, Aphelios' ultimate skill was too fast to stack the chakra. Mr. Dai decisively used the hurricane to get close to the face in advance. Renata's W allowed Aphelios, who was equipped with luxurious equipment, to counterattack and empty the captain's health bar with two critical strikes.
Aphelios resurrected and turned around to kill Rakan with two more attacks.
Lin Cheng failed to save the situation. Gwen and Monkey destroyed the back row.
The Chinese team was defeated in the team battle.
The Korean team took the opportunity to win the game and led 1:0.
"What a pity! This situation is very anxious, and the Chinese team still can't calm down."
"The South Korean team did a good job of guarding against player Lin Cheng in the team battle. In the last wave, he almost cut off the opponent's double C. But Lenata's W was a bit disappointing."
"In tears!" Brother Chengzi is still trying his best》
"Brother Cheng has been caught in the early stage, and he has to cut double C in the later stage. What are his teammates doing?" 》
"Jinx Full Pot!" 》
"Using urine again ruins the game"
"I'm a water ghost and I'm numb!" Can't wash"
"To be honest, Keria was the one who played well in that wave, right?"
"Is there a plane in this one?" I didn’t notice this person until the game was over》
"Only Brother Chengzi and Bingbing have camera sense, the other three brothers are invisible"
After losing the first game, the Chinese audience was a little disappointed, but they still cheered loudly for the players.
Wanwan was very sincere towards Lin Cheng and posted on Weibo:
"come on! Believe in Brother Orange (Light Stick)》
"It's possible to win 3:1!" 》
In the lounge, the team members gathered around Lin Cheng to discuss tactics.
"My, my! This is mine."
Brother Shui Zi was blaming himself even before the first game was over, and he was still apologizing when he returned to the lounge.
"It's okay, it's over. Don't think about it anymore."
This game was very close, but Lin Cheng would not blame the defeat entirely on Shuizi's arrest.
Jinx's artillery must be aimed at targeting people. If the opponent's attack ability is not strong, Jinx's two moves can really make a difference.
I just didn’t expect Keria’s ability to find opportunities was so impressive.
On the contrary, the Chinese team's wild assistant was obviously more proactive, but he played too conservatively, otherwise he wouldn't have made Shuizi so anxious.
"Everyone, come on! In fact, we have a good chance."
"Concentrate on the next one, I'll look for an opportunity."