Glory of tactics

There are also two strong dialogues in the third round, namely Misty Rain vs. Thunder, and Excellent Era vs. Samsara. And it was in these two games that unexpected results occurred.

Playing at home, Yanyu lost the team match despite a strong 4:1 lead in the first half.

In the competition, Chu Yunxiu, the captain of Yanyu, performed impeccably. She was one against two and did not lose in the confrontation between the elemental mages.

However, the close combat led by the second leader Li Hua was very substandard. Although they had the numerical advantage, they were defeated by the swords of Yu Feng and Liu Hao.

After veteran Xu Ru retired, the original sixth man, sharpshooter Lu Yining, became the main force. The sharpshooter is more aggressive than the summoner, but it is not as good at coordinating the entire field.

Yanyu's team tactics were not adjusted according to the turnover of personnel, but they just couldn't form a whole, and it always felt like something was missing.

The new champion reincarnation, after losing the match with Blue Rain in the previous round, was defeated by Excellent Era in this round.

Gun champion Zhou Zekai was still unparalleled. In the arena, even though he was half a head behind, he killed two battle mages, Li Rui and Sun Xiang, giving Samsara a one-point lead in the away game heading into the second half.

However, like Yanyu, the loss in the team competition dimmed Zhou Zekai's shine and he lost this round.

Speaking of which, this isn't the first time Samsara has suffered a setback at Excellent Era's home court. Although Samsara's characters have been greatly improved compared to the last time, Excellent Era has now completed its reorganization, and it is no longer Wu Xia Amon.

Samsara once again suffered a disastrous tactical defeat, even worse than the previous round.

This is not because Excellent Era is better than Lan Yu in terms of overall strength, but because Xiao Shiqin, who leads Excellent Era's tactics, is extremely good at picking out details. In addition, he has ready-made homework to copy. He compiled Excellent Era's home map. Advantages taken to the extreme.

In the team competition, Excellent Era focused on Samsara's weaknesses and tore their opponents into pieces, suppressing them throughout the game.

Samsara's main lineup still lacks a full-time attacker. This weakness has always existed.

Their current position is captain Zhou Zekai. When playing against teams that are in the middle or lower reaches, the gun king's power is invincible.

However, once Zhou Zekai encounters a well-matched opponent, the repeated team offense and defense under the Dui Zi tactic will expose the problem of inability to attack, and sometimes even the defense is not strong enough.

As the backbone of offense and defense, the candidate for reincarnation is swordsman Du Ming.

Du Ming is actually not bad. Even if he is not at All-Star level, he is quite close. And he works hard and continues to improve to adapt to his tactical role.

However, based on the current situation, Du Ming's strength is not enough to take on such an important task in a top team that aims to defend its title.

Excellent attackers are often the backbone of each team. Either captain or vice-captain, with very few exceptions. Moreover, players of this level rarely appear in the transfer market. As for those who meet the requirements for a team at the level of Samsara, it is even more rare.

In the summer that just passed, Samsara had not come into contact with too many fronts. But Yu Feng left Lan Yu just to pursue his personal status. Samsara could not give Yu Feng the captaincy, and Yu Feng had no intention of transferring to Samsara to continue serving as the third-in-command, so he eventually defected to the Thunder.

The staffing problem cannot be rectified by simple tactical adjustments. Compared with the four already famous tactician masters, Zhou Zekai and Jiang Botao, there is obviously still a big gap.

But having said that, there are actually not many teams that can beat Samsara in terms of tactics.

Many times, personal strength can also be used to reverse tactics.

After all, Zhou Zekai is the youngest among the Five Saints. His technical experience and condition are at their peak.

The title of the first person in glory is worthy of the name. There are only a handful of people in active service who can restrain him and separate him from the overall strategy of reincarnation.

In the other three games in this round, there were huge disparities in scores.

The Glory Professional League has entered its ninth year. The strength gap between strong teams and weak teams has gradually widened, and huge championship and relegation groups have emerged.

Blue Rain is 9:1 Zhaohua, Tiny Herb is 9:1 301, Light Cut is 0:10 Tyranny. In addition to the complete defeat to the roaring Linhai, several teams that suffered a heavy defeat, although they have always been in the middle and lower reaches, have never been the absolute underdogs who have become the favorites for relegation. However, in front of several strong playoff teams, they did not perform better than the two newly promoted teams.

After this round, the points gradually opened up. Tyranny and Tiny Herb lead the way with 29 and 28 points respectively, followed closely by Whistling with 26 points, Excellent Era and Blue Rain with 25 points.

Void and Royal Wind had a relatively easy start to the game and also maintained complete victories, with both scoring more than 20 points.

The five teams, Thunder, Samsara, Mingqing, Yanyu and Yueyun, are ranked 8th to 12th with a difference of 1 point.

The defending champion suffered two consecutive defeats after beating Xin, which made the optical shop's business boom a lot. However, their upcoming schedule will be much easier, and they may only need one or two rounds to return to the championship group.

Generally speaking, if a team wants to successfully avoid relegation, it must average more than 3.3 points per game, which means it must score 10 points in three games.

Now that three rounds have passed, there are seven teams with less than 10 points. It is foreseeable that this year's relegation battle will be extremely fierce.

It ranks among the top three in points, but has neither the Five Saints nor the roar of a master tactician. In the eyes of the media, it is just a pseudo-strong team. Even behind Excellent Era and Blue Rain, the odds of winning the regular season championship are much lower than Whistling.

There is nothing dissatisfied with Wuxiao Shangxia. With veteran Lin Jingyan holding the line, any emotions that had arisen in the team were suppressed.

Keeping a low profile and grabbing points and striving for the top four is Wuxiao's goal this season.

Since the second game of last season's finals ended with only individual matches, the league officials suffered a huge loss in advertising, and there are many calls to modify the playoff format.

It is reported that this season's playoffs will no longer calculate the points of each game, but will determine the outcome based on the number of games won. This means that even if you lose 0:10 in the first game and only win 6:4 in the second game, it will be counted as a 1:1 draw and then enter a play-off game to determine the outcome.

The teams with the highest rankings in the regular season will definitely play a guest-first-home schedule. If they are dragged to the play-offs, they will be able to enjoy the treatment of an extra home court.

This change not only makes the playoffs more suspenseful, but also makes the regular season rankings play a greater role. The top four teams will definitely receive a home court. Although it may not be used, it is better than nothing.

The fourth round of Wuxiao is an away game against Void. In order to score one or two more points, the Wuxiao team has entered a state of preparation starting from Monday.