All-Round Mid Laner

The next afternoon, the S10 World Invitational Individual Tournament, with 8 wins and 4 knockouts, started on time at the e-sports venue in Seoul. Among the top 8 players in the individual tournament, there were 3 assassins, 3 warriors, and 2 mid laners.

In the 8-to-4 knockout, the two mid laners just collided.

Mitchell from the North American Division debuted in the S8 season and won the Best Rookie Award that year; now in S10, he is already a veteran player with three seasons of experience, and his performance in the regular season this season is also remarkable.

As for the player TH-Sunshine who played against him, apart from the fans in the Huaguo division, they clearly knew that he was a big mid laner, and the audience in other divisions did not know him, but only knew that he was a newcomer from Huaguo.

As a world-class mid laner, Mitchell is far more famous than Ye Shaoyang.

Most of the audience thought that Mitchell played a rookie, and of course Mitchell was more likely to win. The quiz platform opened before the game, the number of people who support Mitchell's victory is as high as 70%, and only 30% support Lieyang.

Ye Shaoyang didn't care about the voices of the outside world. As long as he prepared for the game with peace of mind, Chi Shuo also took the time to edit the video of Mitchell's game, and analyzed and studied with Ye Shaoyang to find coping strategies.

At 3 pm, the Huaguo District delegation walked into the e-sports venue.

The reporter conducted a brief interview with Ye Shaoyang: "Yangyang, do you have the confidence to win the mid lane civil war with Mitchell today? Domestic fans are very concerned about your state."

Ye Shaoyang greeted the camera with a smile: "Thank you for your concern. I played against Mitchell in the training match before. Today's game, I'm not nervous, I will try my best to play well."

The reporter encouraged: "Come on!"

Ye Shaoyang made a cheer gesture towards the camera, and walked into the preparation room with Chi Shuo and the others.

In the preparation room next door, Mitchell was gearing up and sending a message to the coach: "Today's blazing sun, I want to dominate the abyss, not only he can play, but I can also be a hero! Last time he used the abyss to kill me alone, I'm going to kill him this time!"

The coach reminded: "Don't get too excited, don't get up, keep calm."

Mitchell's style is passionate and aggressive, and he is prone to impulsive play. Although he has matured and calmed down a lot this season, the coach is still a little worried. He is too impatient, and it is easy to lose the game.

Mitchell replied: "Don't worry, I won't go up today, I must be calm."

The game is about to start.

Ye Shaoyang and Mitchell walked onto the big stage and bowed to the audience. The two looked at each other. Ye Shaoyang smiled at Mitchell friendly and said, "Come on."

Mitchell: "...?"

What do you mean by cheering me on? Is this psychological warfare?

The two walked into the soundproof room and sat down. In the middle of the big stage, only the two of them sat, the lights were dazzling, Ye Shaoyang looked calm, and quickly adjusted the equipment.

There was an official commentator assigned by the Korean organizer at the scene, introducing the two players in Korean: "Mitchell, Mitchell, I believe everyone is familiar, the main mid laner from the American FNO team, a world-class mid laner! TH-Sunshine! , from the Huaguo Tianhuan team, is a newcomer participating in the World Championship for the first time!"

"We saw that 70% of people on the pre-match guessing platform supported Mitchell to win! The odds of supporting Sunshine's guessing coins have reached 3 times!"

Yao Mu and Dong Ge broadcasted the game live to domestic audiences from the commentary booth on the 2nd floor.

Hearing this, Dong Ge said with a complicated mood: "Because the Korean audience doesn't know Lieyang, in the pre-match quiz, only 30% of them guessed that he won. However, the approval rate does not mean the winning rate. Mitchell has rich experience and popularity in the competition. It’s very high, but I think that in today’s mid-laner civil war, there is still hope for us, Lieyang, to win.”

Yao Mu agreed: "Yes, Lieyang is the only remaining seed in the Huaguo World Invitational Tournament. I hope he can go further and reach the semi-finals!"

The domestic audience is actually a little worried. The Huaguo District has not performed well in recent years, and there is no trophy in the S9. This year's S10, the World Invitational did not send a duo player, and Ye Shaoyang is the only one left in the individual group...

All hope and pressure were placed on his shoulders.

It may be very nervous to change to an ordinary newcomer, but judging from the pictures captured by the camera, Lie Yang's expression is very calm, with a relaxed smile on the corner of his mouth, which makes many fans a little relieved.

But the fans' hanging hearts still can't be put down before the game is over.

After all, his opponent was Mitchell.

South Korea blew Park Yuanxi as the world's No. 1 mid laner. In fact, Mitchell from the North American division was the most popular mid laner in the past two years, and his reputation in the international server was also higher than that of Zhou Jiawen.

Fans cheered Ye Shaoyang in the barrage area.

The game started quickly, and the two sides entered the first match.

In the mid-laner civil war, the idea of ​​picking heroes is different from playing other professions. When playing assassins and warriors, you don’t have to worry about [Abyss Master] [Illusionist] These heroes will be robbed, but both of them are mid-laners. If you want to grab popular heroes, you need to Hands-on speed.

In the first game, Mitchell was locked in seconds [Abyss Master], and he was obviously very confident in this hero.

Ye Shaoyang considered for a moment and chose [Earth Mage].

Seeing this, Yao Mu analyzed: "Yang Yang chose [Earth Mage] to fight [Abyss Master], he should use rocks and walls to control the field, so that the opponent's shadow operation is limited. [Abyss Master]'s shadow There is no way to go directly over the wall obstacle, and theoretically it can be hit."

Brother Dong said: "But the [Earth Mage] is very fragile. If the [Abyss Master] flashes over the rock barrier and directly kills him, he may not be able to hold it. The field control mage PK magic thorn, the requirements for detailed operation are very high! "

Yao Mu said: "Yes, let's look forward to the first match between the two sides!"

Mitchell was stunned when he saw Ye Shaoyang choosing [Earth Mage], is this a shadow that wants to trap him with a wall? As long as your operator is fast enough, the shadow is not so easy to be stopped!

The game started, and the two sides came to the middle line. At the beginning, the two of them were very stable, and their clearing troops developed. Mitchell was not as fierce as before, and only released a black shadow to clear the soldiers.

Until the wave when both sides were level 6 at the same time, Mitchell did not hesitate to summon 3 black shadows to kill Ye Shaoyang, but Ye Shaoyang had expected it, and the hand speed erupted and placed three rock walls in a row——

The audience saw three walls of rocks rise up in an instant, blocking the retreat of Mitchell's shadow just right.

The shadow overlay marks, and it is interrupted after only 5 layers.

Mitchell broke out in a wave, Ye Shaoyang's blood dropped to about 30%, and he was not killed. Mitchell raised his eyebrows, took back the shadow and waited for the next wave of cooling, Ye Shaoyang decisively pressed the button to return to the city and went home to replenish his blood.

Yao Mu said: "Yangyang played very calmly! He calculated the displacement distance of the shadow, and used the block of the wall to interrupt the combo of the shadow brush mark! If the mark is not stacked 7 layers, the outbreak of the abyss is not enough. The mage was dropped in seconds! In the wave just now, Mitchell's extreme operation was interrupted, and the mark was only stacked 5 layers."

The commentator on the Korean scene said with emotion: "It's a pity, there are only two shadow marks, and it was blocked by the stone wall." "Lieyang returned to replenish blood, and he played very cautiously. But Mitchell's flash is still there. , if he directly flashed over the wall to kill him later, he might not be able to prevent it!"

After a while, Ye Shaoyang returned to the middle. The two continued to face each other, and their level was slowly increasing. Mitchell took advantage of the clearing of the lines on both sides and had no vision of each other, and suddenly hid in the grass on the side. After waiting for the next wave of troops to come, Mitchell decisively flashed forward with the three black shadows summoned in advance.

The operation of the world-class mid laner is indeed very detailed. This wave of sudden attack, in just 1 second, his shadow has 6 layers of marks on Ye Shaoyang's body.

But at this moment, Ye Shaoyang suddenly placed three walls in a row.

Viewers from God's perspective can find that his three walls just form an "equilateral triangle", which encloses the shadow and body of the [Abyss Master] in the triangle.

Immediately following, Mitchell opened the WR combo.

Ye Shaoyang also started a series of tricks——

The black abyss mark exploded instantly, and Ye Shaoyang was instantly killed! However, although his body fell, a large number of stones fell from the sky above his head. A large number of huge stones fell like a torrential rain, not only killing the three black shadows dominated by the abyss, but also the abyss dominated in seconds!

- Mitchell (Abyss Master) killed TH-Sunshine (Earth Mage)!

——TH-Sunshine (earth mage) killed Mitchell (abyss master)!

The exchange of human lives that took place within 2 seconds was so fast that the audience was stunned and did not see it clearly. The director immediately replayed it in slow motion. At this time, everyone understood how terrible the extreme operation of the two was just now.

After reading it carefully, Yao Mu analyzed: "In this wave just now, Yangyang should have guessed that Mitchell was in ambush nearby and wanted to kill him, so prepare for a backhand in advance!"

Brother Dong said: "Yangyang is really detailed. [Earth Mage] is a hero who mainly controls the terrain. If the equipment is not good in the early stage, the damage of the ultimate move is not enough. However, after the [Abyss Master] kills, the skill At the same time as the refresh, the defense will drop by half, and at this time, you can kill the opponent in seconds."

Yao Mu said excitedly: "Yes, [Earth Mage]'s ultimate move requires a 1-second reading. When Mitchell came to kill him, he started reading the article, and the moment Mitchell killed him, the ultimate move was just right. It can be released! Although the [Earth Mage] died, a large number of stones fell from the sky, killing the [Abyss Master] whose defense was lowered in one wave!"

Brother Dong's eyes were full of admiration: "What's more ingenious is that Lieyang released a triangular wall to surround the dark shadow. Even if Mitchell reacted, he couldn't change his position and escape. This is actually asking you to enter the urn and exchange your life for life. play!"

The thorn has a high burst in the early stage, and it is easy to kill people in seconds. As long as you are defeated by the opponent 3 times in seconds, you will lose. Therefore, Ye Shaoyang used the strategy of "life for life". Chance.

The abyss master, although this hero has strong harvesting ability, he has a fatal weakness - when he kills the enemy, he refreshes his skills, but his defense will be reduced by half.

Killing him after he kills himself and his defenses drop will be easy. Only with the skills of reading the article, can you fall down by yourself, and there is a short time difference between the skills being released.

This is what Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo repeatedly verified last night.

In this wave, the ruler of the abyss was killed, and the three black shadows all died.

Mitchell couldn't play too aggressively for the next period of time, not to mention that his flash was used up. On the surface, Mitchell made the first move and got a blood, but from the details, Ye Shaoyang actually earned blood.

The abyss without shadows dominates, and the combat power is not enough to fear.

Ye Shaoyang took the opportunity to press down the line, push the tower, and wear off 30% of the outer tower's HP; Mitchell had to use the shadow to clear the soldiers, but as soon as he released the shadow, he was blocked by a wall of Ye Shaoyang, and the QW combo attacked the shadow. to kill.

So, in the next game, as long as Mitchell released the shadow, Ye Shaoyang used the wall to trap the shadow and kill the shadow, so that it was difficult for Mitchell to save 3 shadows to explode.

This feeling is extremely uncomfortable.

Mitchell felt more and more irritable as he fought, and choosing [Abyss Master] in front of the fierce sun was simply asking for trouble!

He was too confident in himself, thinking that [Abyss Master] had practiced well enough to kill the opponent to save face. But in fact, Ye Shaoyang has a very thorough understanding of this hero, and he has kept the movement route and cooling time of the black shadow very accurate. He took a seemingly cumbersome [Earth Mage] and directly killed the black shadow!

In the first game, Mitchell fell in front of his own crystal with hatred.

Until the end of the game, he couldn't drop the blazing sun in seconds.

The two Korean commentators looked at each other, and after two seconds of silence, they said, "Congratulations to Lieyang for winning the first game!" "Yes, he actually beat Mitchell. This is an upset result!"

Yao Mu can understand Korean, and he couldn't help laughing when he heard this: We Yangyang were the first to win the national uniform of [Abyss Master]. What kind of upset is this? Is it working normally?

The second game started soon.

Mitchell's game was very stable, and he didn't rush to choose a hero. Ye Shaoyang took [Illusionist] first, Mitchell took [Shadow Warlock], and the two waited until the last second to automatically prepare.

Yao Mu said: "Illusionists and Shadow Warlocks are both one-shot thorns, and a set of combos explodes in seconds. The advantage of Shadow Warlocks is that they can be invisible, and the advantage of illusionists is that they can be controlled."

Brother Dong said: "Mitchell has brought purification, and the scorching sun has brought flash. The PK of the double burst thorn will definitely be very fierce. Let us look forward to the second showdown between the two sides!"

Compared with the control and consumption of the first game, it took 15 minutes to decide the winner. In the second round, the level 6 wave between the two was very intense. Ye Shaoyang flashed to control Mitchell. Mitchell opened the purification in seconds, and went around and fought back. The moment the Shadow Warlock appeared, Ye Shaoyang was tight. Keeping up with the combo, the result is that you kill me, I kill you, and the skills are settled almost at the same time.

There was warm applause at the scene.

Such a fierce confrontation is very exciting, and it can be seen that the strength of the two is evenly matched.

Watching the game in the background, Park Yuanxi couldn't help frowning when he saw this: "This Lieyang reacts very quickly. Mitchell suddenly appeared after stealth, and he could immediately follow the skills."

Cui He touched his chin and said, "It seems that he does have some talent? But if you want to win Mitchell, you don't have much hope."

Park Yuanxi said: "Well, Mitchell is stronger and more experienced."

The rhythm of the second game was very fast. Both of them were explosive thorns. Of course, they would not grind and push the towers. Ye Shaoyang and Mitchell also seemed to have this kind of tacit understanding - it depends on who wins 3 heads first. .

The head-to-head ratio between the two sides went from 1:1 to 2:2, and the game reached the most tense moment!

Mitchell made an ambush in the middle of the grass, and at the moment when the lines of troops intersected, he suddenly turned on the purification in advance, and came out with a set of tricks to hit the illusionist. Although Ye Shaoyang responded quickly, he turned back to control him, but Because Mitchell opened the purge ahead of time, the control was ineffective.

Mitchell took the lead with 3 heads.

The two sides tied the score 1:1 and entered the tiebreaker of the third game.

The domestic audience became more and more nervous, and Ye Shaoyang's fans even mentioned their hearts in their throats.

Everyone knows that Mitchell has not yet come up with a signature hero - the [Sun Wheel Mage] who can resist and fight, and is also Mitchell's famous hero.

Yao Mu guessed: "In the third round, Mitchell is likely to take Sun Wheel Master?"

Brother Dong said: "His favorite hero is Sun Wheel Master. His style of play is similar to that of a warrior. He is very fierce. Which hero will Lieyang choose?"

In the third game, Mitchell really chose [Sun Wheel Master].

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Shaoyang chose an unexpected hero——[Forest Lord].

This is the first time domestic audiences have seen him play [Lord of the Forest]!

Yao Mu was stunned for a moment and said, "The Lord of the Forest? This is a very special summoning mage. Unlike the [Cobra King] who summons pet snakes, the [Forest Lord] summons vines to control the field. The vines can bind opponents, and Deals damage to enemies in the path, and the ultimate 'Thorn Strangulation' can also cause decent area damage."

Dongge said: "It is a good idea to use [Forest Master] to fight [Sun Wheel Master], because [Sun Wheel Master] has short hands and the vines have a long attack distance, so they can kite opponents. But there is also a problem, [Forest Master] ] Very crispy, as long as [Sun Wheel Master] is close, one set can kill him, and his vines are very difficult to control!"

Yao Mu said: "Yes, I have tried this hero before, it is more difficult to operate than the four little snakes of [Cobra King], and I can't understand it at all! After the vine is summoned, the path and direction must be controlled by pulling the mouse. Controlling several vines at the same time, it is easy to tie yourself up and become a mess."

The master [Lord of the Forest], with four vines flying all over the sky, bound and strangled, is very powerful.

But most online game players' [Forest Lord] will only twist the vines into twists, or trip over themselves.

[Sun Wheel Master] is simple and straightforward and has a strong explosion. [Forest Lord] is difficult to operate and requires a lot of skills. The heroes selected by the two players in the tiebreaker are also very suitable for their personal characteristics.

Game start.

Mitchell played very fiercely in this game. [Sun Wheel Mage] itself is a melee mage with high defense. He swings the golden wheel in his hand, and his basic attack is spell damage, and the clearing speed is very fast.

And [Forest Lord] needs to release vines to clear soldiers, and the rhythm is relatively slow.

Mitchell's [Sun Wheel Master] was the first to reach level 6. He decisively went up and beat Ye Shaoyang. Before Ye Shaoyang's [Forest Lord] was level 6, a wave broke out and took away the head of the Forest Lord!

[Sun Wheel Master] is indeed Mitchell's natal hero. The wheel in his hand is as fast as lightning, he predicts Ye Shaoyang's position, and the wheel is thrown into the short-term dizziness, and he controls Ye Shaoyang for 1 second. He was hit by 7 layers of critical strikes in a quick combo.

The output of Sun Wheel Master is to rely on fast basic attack to stack crit. The higher the number of layers, the higher the spell crit, and the style of play is more like a warrior. The melee mage's face-to-face output is really fierce, and he won a blood soon after the start, and there was warm applause at the scene.

But Ye Shaoyang didn't panic.

After returning to the line, he continued to clear the soldiers seriously, not a single soldier was missed.

Soon, the forest lord is also level 6 and has 4 vines.

Next, the audience saw a wave of gorgeous performances - two dark green vines flew out of the hands of the forest lord, like conscious snakes, instantly entangled the Sun Wheel Master! The other two vines swept across the line of soldiers, clearing the soldiers at the fastest speed!

In this game, Mitchell used flash, but no purification, in order to get the head quickly.

The binding of vines will tie people in place and cannot move. Mitchell wants to move, unless he cuts off the vine, that is to say, he has to attack the vine on his body and clear the blood of the vine before he can move.

The two vines inherit 30% of the forest lord's HP and can be destroyed soon.

However, Mitchell was depressed that the moment he knocked down the vines, the two soldiers were killed by his own defense tower, and he failed to get the reward for making up the knife!

Brother Dong said, "Mitchell missed two soldiers?"

Yao Mu reacted and said: "Yangyang should have calculated the blood volume of the soldiers, and suddenly used the vine to control Mitchell. He cleared the soldiers on the opposite side and let them enter the tower. Mitchell, who was tied up, didn't have time to make up for it!"

It seemed that the Lord of the Forest released two vines and tied the Sun Wheel Master, and then the Sun Wheel Master quickly cut off the vines. But in fact, Ye Shaoyang's goal is not to kill the opponent, but to interfere with the opponent's clearing.

Next, another wave of soldiers arrived, and Ye Shaoyang released the vines again from a long distance, tying Mitchell's melee mage in place and unable to move. Mitchell could only watch the soldier die!

This feeling is uncomfortable.

It's like a big meal in front of you, your hands and feet are tied and you can't eat.

Moreover, what he lost this time was the artillery soldiers, and the gold coin bonus was very high!

After two consecutive waves of losing troops, Mitchell was unable to make a magic crit outfit immediately, but Ye Shaoyang made a defensive equipment-increase HP by 1500 points and spell defense by 300 points.

In this way, Sun Wheel Master's outbreak will not be able to kill him directly.

Yao Mu said in surprise: "Yangyang's outfit ideas are very clear, is he relying on operations to delay the later stage?"

Brother Dong also said with relief: "The hero he chose in this game can't compete with [Sun Wheel Master] for damage, but as long as it reaches the later stage, [Forest Lord]'s vine HP is getting higher and higher, and it can give opponents Annoying!"

[Forest Lord], a total of 4 vines can be summoned. Each vine inherits 15% of the owner's HP. Ye Shaoyang can directly make meat suits. Sun Lun Mage can't kill him.

At 10 minutes into the game, Mitchell was already feeling exhausted.

The blood of the vines is getting higher and higher, and it takes more and more time to fight the vines!

Moreover, Ye Shaoyang's frequent harassment by vines is really annoying.

Every time he wanted to go to clear the army, Ye Shaoyang tied it with a cane just right.

The other party seemed to be saying, "I just won't give you a reward for making up the knife."

Most of the e-sports players have "compulsion to make up the knife". If they can't make up for the soldiers, they can't get the money, and they feel like they are losing blood. Losing money in a row will make the economic gap between the two grow bigger and bigger.

In a blink of an eye, the economy of [Forest Lord] surpassed that of [Sun Wheel Master].

Mitchell knew that he couldn't drag on like this. He seized the opportunity, flashed directly in the past, and tried a set of explosive kills against [Forest Lord]. However, [Forest Lord] did this round with HP + defensive equipment. Can't lose at all!

At 13 minutes into the game, Ye Shaoyang made two defensive outfits and changed his strategy to a critical strike outfit.

[The Lord of the Forest] unexpectedly released four vines.

I saw that four dark green vines covered with black poisonous thorns suddenly emerged from the ground in the four directions of east, south, west and north, and tied the Sun Wheel Master with lightning speed!

- Strangulation of Thorns!

The 4 thorny vines were instantly gathered, tightly binding the Sun Wheel Master.

The vines are getting tighter and tighter, and the thorns on the vines will cause the negative effect of "bleeding" to the bound target, and Mitchell begins to lose blood. Since the vines inherited the HP of [Lord of the Forest], the flesh was terrifying, and they kept fighting for a while, so Mitchell could only watch himself lose blood frantically.

Mitchell: "..."

What is the experience of being bound by thorny vines alive and bleeding to 5 layers and dying from blood loss?

After Mitchell experienced it himself, he could not wait to crawl along the network cable to tie Ye Shaoyang and beat him!

Should he be the first mid laner to be strangled by vines?

In China, the audience watching the live broadcast sent a row of hahaha.

[Hahaha poor Mitchell]

[Although I am very happy that Yangyang killed him, I still sympathize with him]

[Exit the meat outfit, pile up the vine's HP, and then rely on the bleeding caused by the sharp thorns to do damage? 】

[Lieyang tells you: what is bundled Play]

[Mitchell, who was bound by vines and bleed to death, could hardly rest his eyes! 】

After Mitchell was resurrected, he began to make equipment to the extreme, and piled up the crit to the extreme.

He seemed to be annoyed by Ye Shaoyang, and very fiercely wanted to kill Ye Shaoyang in seconds, but Ye Shaoyang had always been very cautious, and the two vines were always summoned to his left and right sides for protection, no matter which direction Mitchell cut in, Will be tied by vines, interrupting the combo.

[Sun Wheel Master] breaks the combo, and the critical hits cannot stack up, making it even more difficult to kill the [Forest Lord] who is wearing a defensive outfit.

A whole round of bundled Play made Mitchell lose his temper.

In the end, Ye Shaoyang relied on the economic advantages accumulated in the early stage, made equipment with 3 defense + 2 output, seized the opportunity, flashed directly, and tied Mitchell with four vines in seconds.

The vines burst out in an instant, entwining frantically, tying Mitchell firmly into a zongzi.

With the bleeding on the 5th floor, the Sun Wheel Mage collapsed instantly!

——TH-Sunshine killed Mitchell!

——TH-Sunshine (Lord of the Forest) got three kills!

Looking at the words "Victory" popped up on the screen, Ye Shaoyang stood up from his seat with a smile.

The domestic audience watching the live broadcast cheered excitedly, and the barrage area was full of 666.

Chairman Qiu in the background also stood up and applauded excitedly: "It's great, Lieyang has reached the semi-finals!"

Yao Mudao: "Congratulations to Lieyang for winning Mitchell 2:1! For the audiences in North America and South Korea, this is a shocking ending. An unknown rookie player from our country actually beat Mitchell. Reach the top four!"

Brother Dong said: "The mid-laner reached the semi-finals in the individual competition, which is already a very good result in history!"

He reached the semi-finals in the individual competition. As a rookie, Ye Shaoyang has already completed his mission. Even if he loses in the next game, not many people will scold him.

But Ye Shaoyang knew that this was not enough.

No one remembers who the Final Four are, people usually only remember the champion.

After finally going abroad, how can I be willing to go back without a trophy?