Chapter 68: War Song (2/2)
It was the first time, and also the last time. Damn it, he just had to hammer the little lunatic!
Wei Xiao was surprised, “Old G, you should be more confident.”
Gary: ???”
Wei Xiao: “I think that there’s still a chance for L&P to fight their way out of the elimination matches for the prize pool. Work hard! I’ll be waiting for you at the finals in 12 days.”
The implication was that his FTW would definitely make it to the finals. As for whether or not L&P could, well… work hard, you guys.
Gary: “…………”
Yuan Ze carried away his own silly jungler. How useless was he? He couldn’t even beat Little Lunatic Wei when he was using English!
After checking over their equipment, both parties entered BP.
Whether or not it would be a wonderful game could already be seen from the BP part of the game.
In a perfunctory game, BP only took a matter of minutes to complete, and neither side would spend too much time on schemes.
In a serious game, BP was like playing chess. Each step required thinking three steps ahead, and it was filled to the brim with tricks and strategies.
Chen Feng’s expression was solemn, and those who were familiar with him were surprised.
Such a serious Coach Chen Feng had only been seen at the global finals before.
FTW’s 5v5 had never been on such a stage but Chen Feng, as Lu Feng’s only ‘teammate’ in the individual competition, had to participate in the BP part of the individual games.
He was showing such a serious attitude, and it was enough to prove how much importance he was placing on this training match.
Chen Feng adjusted the headset and asked, “What talent do you want to use?”
Their battle strategies had been prepared a long time ago, but picking which one they’d used was dependent on the immediate situation.
What the other side banned or snatched up would affect their own line-up for the game.
Chen Feng was used to asking his players what they wanted to use.
No matter what thoughts they had before the game started, once they sat down in their seats and came into contact with their keyboard, the feeling they had at that instant might be different.
Under the precondition of ensuring a viable line-up, it was Chen Feng’s duty to strive for the talent that the players wanted to play the most.
He’d originally thought that the first to speak up would be Wei Xiao, but unexpectedly, it was Lu Feng. “I’ll take the berserker warrior.”
Wei Xiao immediately followed up, “In that case, I’ll take the berserker thief.”
Chen Feng nodded, “Okay.”
This double berserker combination was very strong. For a team that liked to link together the top lane and jungler, having those two join together was like going up against heaven and earth.
Bai Cai said, “They’ll probably ban the giant shaman.”
The double berserker combination would become an immortal line-up when paired up with a tanky support. If L&P’s coach really allowed them to take such a line-up, he might as well curl up and roll home now.
Chen Feng evaluated, “We’ll take the berserker warrior first, then see if the other side will snatch up their jungler talent.”
FTW had first pick, then L&P got the next two picks. They could choose to take the berserker thief and giant shaman all in one go.
It was fine if they did; the berserker warrior was very flexible and could be matched up with various different line-ups. On the other hand, if they used their first pick on their support position, it would make their line-up easier to target.
L&P’s coach saw through Chen Feng’s intentions with a glance. They took the berserker thief, but the giant shaman remained free.
Wei Xiao chuckled, “Old G is done for.”
This little devil. Chen Feng knocked on his head, “You’re the clever one.”
Wei Xiao: “Isn’t it, though? Captain’s berserker warrior is enough to beat him into seclusion.”
The corner of Chen Feng’s mouth curved up, “Come on, then. Get the mid-lane and marksman positions.”
It was good having two all-around players in the team. The line-ups they could use were now much broader.
They had wanted to snatch up the double berserker combination, but the other side had seen through their intention and broken the line-up they wanted.
However…
For better or worse, Coach Chen was the man behind the great demon king. How could he not leave himself with some unplayed cards?
The berserker warrior was indeed the berserker thief’s best partner, but it was also the opponent that the berserker thief was most afraid of.
Old G already had a psychological shadow when it came to Close, and now that he was playing the berserker thief…
Haha. Work hard, Old G!
L&P was worthy of being a strong team. They weren’t willing to step back at all; their top-lane snatched up the blood warrior that was extremely strong in the early stages while their mid-lane took the immortal warlock that could overturn the skies.
After more than ten minutes of back and forth, both sides were able to lock down very good line-ups.
FTW: berserker warrior, immortal thief, spirit mage, holy priest, frost hunter.
L&P: blood warrior, berserker thief, immortal warlock, demonic shaman, laser launcher.
The commentators were already looking forward to the fight.
“Both sides have pretty good line-ups.”
“The berserker warrior and blood warrior are well matched, and the immortal thief and berserker thief are both team-fight type junglers. This time, FTW’s mid-lane was quite daring and took the spirit mage.”
“The spirit mage isn’t bad against the immortal warlock. Other short legged mages might end up dying very miserably.”
“White’s holy priest is second to none in the league. Last year, in China’s domestic finals, his second skill was enough to control the other side until they went into seclusion.”
“FTW.le’s frost hunter is good, too. As long as he’s able to survive calmly, he’ll be able to deal explosive damage later on.”
The audience listened as the commentators praised FTW and felt very hollow inside.
As everyone knew, the commentators would be biased towards weaker teams and give them a round of praise at the start of the game to prevent the players from being hammered too badly right from the beginning.
In this game of L&P against FTW, no matter how they looked at it, L&P was too strong, and FTW was too weak.
The Chinese audience all felt as if their hearts were tied up in knots, “Although I don’t really like FTW, I still hope that they won’t lose too badly.”
“As an FTW hater, I’ll say this first. If they’re able to win against L&P, I”ll become their fan for a whole season.”
“F*ck, can you guys stop talking crap, this old lady is an old FTW fan, and my heart is about to explode, okay!”
“Close against Marshall, they’re both from the Team of Gods!”
Regardless of whether it was the commentators or the fans, none of them were optimistic about FTW.
Not even mentioning these people, even Mother Chen Feng wasn’t optimistic.
However, he wasn’t nervous right now.
Just do it.
They could just move on if they lost. Let loose and really focus on enjoying this unique game!
While countless people were still filled with tension and worry, FTW took down First Blood in the game!
“F*ck!”
“Oh my god!”
“Too crazy!”
“FTW’s new jungler is really daring!”
Quiet killed Marshal!
What the hell kind of devil’s start to the game was this!