Fierce shooter

The first game of the semi-finals.

The Thorn Birds face the challenge from FPX.

On the eve of the game, FPX was as low-key as a little transparent. From the fact that they had less news than the Thorn Birds, it can be seen that FPX was lurking in the dark and trying to increase the strength of the Thorn Birds.

As for their way of increasing strength, it is fully reflected in BP.

When the first BP game of BO5 between the two sides was unveiled, Wawa, Miller and guest pdd in the commentary box all expressed sincere emotions, FPX... really wanted to win.

I really want to win...

This may sound like nonsense, after all, theoretically, no team does not want to win.

As long as they set foot on this stage, the vast majority of professional players will set their sights on the final trophy.

champion.

But wanting to win is one thing, but wanting to win is another thing entirely.

At least in the eyes of the casters, FPX's BP is crazy.

First of all, in terms of ban position, FPX unprecedentedly did not target anything about the bottom lane duo.

They put all the focus of BP on the jungle position.

Then he grabbed the Titans in the first round of BP.

There is no doubt that the hero Titan is swingable for FPX.

But the Thorn Bird is not really worried about the hero Titan. Li Luo has many ways to avoid Titan's headlock.

Therefore, the Thorn Birds took the lead in finalizing Xia Luo in the first two rounds of BP.

Yes, FPX released Xia Luo to the Thorn Birds, which is a very unnatural thing in the eyes of countless people.

Who doesn’t know that the combination of Xia Luo, the owner of the champion skin, and Liu Qingsong, who uses the hero Luo to perform extremely well on the field, is very scary?

But that’s exactly what FPX did...

This also led to the fact that when the Thorn Birds locked Xia Luo, most viewers felt that the game would end without any suspense.

But this is not the case.

Facing Xia Luo FPX's bottom lane, Hope took out an AP hero, Syndra, for the first time.

This hero is beyond the expectations of the Thorn Birds team.

Hope is a player from EDG, so Li Luo knows him quite well.

Hope doesn't like playing ap heroes very much and goes down the lane. Most of his choices are traditional ad heroes, which is exactly in line with his positioning in the FPX team.

He itself is not a stable adc, and if he chooses some more flashy heroes, his instability may be aggravated.

In Li Luo's impression, there is indeed no hero like Syndra in Hope's hero pool.

But he just took it out.

And FPX also fixed Titan in the auxiliary position.

As a result, Xia Luo's performance will be greatly limited when facing the combination of Syndra and Titan.

Rakan's skill itself may be interrupted by Titan's Q if the timing is right.

Now there's another Syndra.

As long as Hope's proficiency is online, it doesn't even need to be particularly high, then at least early development can be guaranteed.

In the middle and jungle, the Thorn Birds have a much smaller selection range. After locking Xia Luo with the two hands in front, the Thorn Birds first selected the Crocodile for Brother Holy Gun on the third floor to ensure the strength all the way in the early stage, thus placing the middle and jungle in the fourth and fifth positions. building.

After FPX's honest and unceremonious fifth-ban jungler snatched Kindred, the Thorn Birds team chose the combination of Prince and Galio.

But the FPX team chose Airplane and Tetsuo as the top and middle laners.

It is worth mentioning that FPX’s choice is the plane on the road and Tetsuo in the middle.

This sway stunned the audience, and at the same time it also made the Thorn Birds stand out.

FPX selected the aircraft as the last resort.

Therefore, before they were selected, the fourth floor of Thorn Birds had already been finalized.

According to the perspective of the Thorn Birds team at that time, FPX would either be the Titan mid laner, or choose a hero for doinb to support.

But doinb's hero pool is also restricted by the Thorn Birds team, and even the simple-looking hero Thorn Birds like the Stone Man is given a hand of respect.

At the same time, the Thorn Birds grabbed Galio on the fourth floor, which was also a decision made after FPX confirmed the selection of Kindred in the first three games. After all, Kindred was locked, and FPX naturally had no reason to compete with them for the prince in the jungle position.

But the problem lies precisely here.

The original intention of the Thorn Birds to grab Galio was to leave doinb without a hero to use. At the same time, Galio Xiye is also very skilled. After pushing the army line, he can cooperate with the prince to invade and do things in the jungle more comfortably.

When FPX finalized Syndra and Airplane as the last two heroes, the Thorn Birds team realized that after FPX's formation, they still did not change the combination of Prince Galio. After all, there were very few heroes to choose from in the jungle position. , and there are even fewer who can match Galio.

However, the Thorn Birds did not expect that the plane was actually used as a 957 on the road, while doinb used Tetsuo to counter Galio.

Therefore, when the lineups of both sides were finalized, not to mention the audience and commentators, even the professional players watching the game felt extremely abstract.

"Isn't this fpx too brave?"

Everyone in EDG, who had been eliminated, was watching the game.

Their psychological pressure is not great. After all, they have already won the S championship. Even if they lost to FPX in the knockout round, at least they did not lose in an external war. Moreover, FPX's creativity also attracted EDG to come here today to take a look. , to see if they have any troubles facing the thorn birds.

Unexpectedly, there really is.

"Top lane plane, jungler Kindred, dual shooters, mid lane Iron Man, bottom lane Syndra Titan...not to mention, FPX's lineup is indeed very good if you don't look at it according to the conventional hero lanes. of."

Ming Kai said with great interest.

In contrast, the Thorn Birds' lineup is extremely routine.

Crocodile on the top lane, jungle prince, mid laner Galio, and bottom lane Xia Luo.

An excellent lineup system that integrates laning, team fighting, rushing, protection, and control.

When facing an opponent in the early, middle and late stages, as long as the opponent's lineup is not the late stage type, the Thorn Birds' system is enough to cope with it.

The Thorn Birds lineup is undoubtedly very good.

But unfortunately... every line was invisibly restrained by the FPX team.

It is difficult for Xia Luo in the bottom lane to initiate an attack against the combination of Syndra and Titan.

In the middle, although Tetsuo does not have the same movement as an airplane, Tetsuo's bloodline can be preserved relatively well when facing Galio, and Tetsuo, who went out with Dolan Shield, also clicked on the resurgence in his talent. Zhifeng's recovery ability is not very good. Even if the prince comes to catch him in the early stage, it will be difficult for him to take Tetsuo away with Galio's burst damage.

And doinb knows all about the outfit ideas when playing this kind of hero. The first thing he must do is make mercury shoes or something.

By then it will be harder to catch.

The crocodile hitting everything on the road can certainly gain a certain amount of initiative when facing the plane, but as long as the plane is careful and uses W to avoid the crocodile's close approach, the crocodile will also be quite uncomfortable. Normally, the crocodile can only rely on an E The displacement of the skill is difficult to apply to the plane's face. If two E's are used in succession, it means that the crocodile's anger gauge must be at least close to full value in order to consume the plane's good health or threaten its life.

After all, Crocodile's second E consumes rage points.

When the crocodile is not angry, the plane is the one pressing the line. The W displacement distance of the plane is destined to make it difficult for the prince to gank to the top.

FPX's "whimsical" lineup indeed produced a certain effect in the early stages of the game.

First, when Xiangguo forced a gank to catch doinb's Tetsuo in the middle, his strong health resisted the arrival of Kindred, so that Kindred cooperated with doinb's Tetsuo to complete the kill of the prince.

The immediate return of blood made Xiye have to dodge to take away the kill. Qianjue was chasing after him. If it weren't for the magical support of Liu Qingsong in the bottom lane, Galio would have to deal with himself in this wave.

Kindred took one layer of marks, and then the River Swift Crab took another layer of marks. Less than four minutes into the game, Kindred had two layers of marks in hand, and there were already initial hidden dangers in such development.

The rhythm of the incense pot continues.

But the effect was minimal.

During this period, the top, middle and jungle teams of both sides broke out a lot of kills through frequent battles. When the game time was close to ten minutes, Kindred's data had reached 2/1/2.

Three layers of imprints in hand.

Development is quite good.

The prince of Xiangguo is relatively miserable, already 0/3.

However, Xiangguo is such a jungler. Even if his record looks poor, his momentum seems to be exactly the opposite.

In general, the Thorn Birds only had a 30% advantage in the early confrontation, while FPX had a 70% advantage.

It can be said that the Thorn Birds' top, middle and jungle are already at a very disadvantage in the early stage.

However, the turning point came in the bottom lane.

When the two bottom lane duos are inseparable due to heroes or other objective factors, whichever side has a top player, and at the same time, this top player also plays in areas that are difficult for regular players to reach, then this side has the advantage.

Li Luo keenly seized an opportunity.

Titans positioning.

When Li Luo suddenly activated W and penetrated the minion with a basic attack, letting the feather fall on the Titan who was standing in the grass on the side, the Q skill that followed was also thrown out, and the barb was released instantly!

The three feathers were retrieved in the blink of an eye and locked the Titan in place. Liu Qingsong also seized this opportunity and directly pressed forward with W to knock the Titan into the air.

Facing Luo, who was stuck a little in front of him, FPX's auxiliary section flashed past Luo decisively, and then used the Q skill hook to hook the wall in an attempt to escape.

On the other side, Syndra handed over QE to Li Luo's Xia.

Li Luo used the acceleration gained from W's basic attack on the hero and the movement speed provided by the treatment to quickly close the distance with Titan, but was not stunned by Syndra.

When Syndra released the magic ball, Li Luo knew clearly that Hope's Syndra was proficient, but it was still inferior to the mid laner.

As soon as the magic ball appeared, Li Luo already knew that the magic ball could not reach him according to its trajectory, so he naturally did not need to dodge to avoid it.

The Titan flashed past Liu Qingsong's Luo Hou and hooked towards the wall, but Liu Qingsong relied on his reaction speed to decisively flash past the Titan and block the hook.

Li Luo's Xia continued to follow up the output and killed Titan A alive after triggering the fatal rhythm.

The head is obtained and the troops enter the tower.

Syndra, who has no blue, dare not defend too much.

Two layers of the tapioca were directly eaten by Li Luo's Xia!

This is when Li Luo did not have an advantage in the matchup and relied on his excellent ability to seize opportunities to find a breakthrough from the cracks.

The incense pot went to the dragon, and the thorn bird took the dragon.

The situation seems to be recovering for the Thorn Birds.

But this game is destined to be anxious.

When the two sides started fighting in the mid-term, everyone understood what Tetsuo's role was.

Guan Xia.

This is what doinb does.

When a team battle broke out between the two sides in the first wave, doinb suddenly flashed his ultimate move and threw it directly towards Li Luo's Xia.

Li Luo's reaction speed was indeed terrifying. The moment doinb flashed R himself, the sky was full of flying feathers and he jumped into the sky. Tetsuo was stunned but didn't let Tetsuo pull this R out.

However, Syndra directly handed over her ultimate move to the front row of the Thorn Birds team, and at the same time, her E skill Tiannu Sanhua made the magic ball shoot towards Xia falling from the sky.

The plane with the explosive charges went straight to the back row.

This also caused the Prince Galio system that the Thorn Birds originally used for sudden advances to become a protection system.

Fortunately for the Thorn Birds, their understanding of the lineup is very flexible and they can switch back and forth.

If it's really a tough team and their own adc has been focused on and they still bring Galio to the backline, it's no different from just giving away.

Even so, the team battle of Thorn Birds was still quite difficult.

If it hadn't been for the Holy Gun Crocodile to seize the opportunity and bite Qian Jue, and the perfect timing prevented Qian Jue from releasing his ultimate move to save his teammates immediately, the Thorn Birds team battle would have exploded.

Liu Qingsong's Luo and Li Luo's Xia's outstanding performance in the chaotic situation successfully helped them defend the team battle in the jungle.

In the subsequent waves, the Thorn Birds team, which was mentally prepared, was obviously less hesitant to deal with them.

But it is undeniable that if Li Luo does not want to be attacked every time, he must make the mercury ribbon earlier.

The mercury sash costs 1,300 yuan, which is a bit slow. If you do it, it will be too expensive in the early and mid-term. If you don't do it, you will die easily. When facing a hero like Tetsuo, it is obviously useless for the support to produce the crucible.

After going back and forth, even Li Luo, who had a good temper, was made angry by doinb.

For the first time, this person did not have pure meat, and the first thing he did was make a push stick.

After having the push stick, this guy seizes the opportunity in team battles and uses the push stick followed by his ultimate move to shut down Li Luo.

Unless Li Luo stands behind and does not output, there is a high probability that he will be caught by doinb.

Later, the Thorn Birds were cleared, and I started to choose this Iron Man.

Using a series of controls to force Tetsuo to close the people in his face and give up on Li Luo, the environment for Li Luo's Xia output became better.

The first match between the two sides also lasted for 42 minutes. At the fifth minute of Li Luo's six-god outfit, Li Luo's Xia used a flash to block his career. After turning on W, he flashed a basic attack and crit A. He hit the plane's explosive pack, and then used his ultimate move to avoid Syndra's push, and the team battle started directly.

With the cannon, more than one-third of the 957 aircraft's lifeline was lost. It was indeed a shock to the 957 aircraft.

Without the explosive packs, FPX's lineup became much more embarrassing. In addition, the frankness of Prince, Galio, and Crocodile also increased. Syndra, who had no weaklings and retreated, seemed a little embarrassed when facing the charge of these three people. .

Even though Kindred used his ultimate move to protect his teammates, what made Sofm helpless was that the Thorn Birds stared at him too hard, just like they stared at Xayah.

The aircraft also produced tons of output from behind, but it was Li Luo's Xia who finally completed the harvest.

After a wave of 3-for-5 team battles.

The Thorn Birds took over the game, and Li Luo scored bloody statistics of 13/3/11 in this game.

87% participation rate!

After the game, the Thorn Birds were obviously a little uneasy.

This FPX is more stubborn than they imagined!