172: Make decisive decisions and be the first to break the situation!(1/4)
"Olav?!"
I remember raising my eyebrows with interest, "This is for Xiao Gu!"
"In this World Championship, Olaf is really hot," Qiu Huan said in a calm tone, "The current ecological environment of the canyon is too comfortable for him. He has gone from the original top road to the current jungle area and beats up anyone he catches.
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Previously, 99% of Olaf's appearances in the professional arena were on the road.
One of the representative players is Strawberry from the WE1.0 era.
Sporadic appearances in other lanes, the more famous one is the mid laner Olaf used by Faker in the World Championship last year.
There are very few jungle options.
But this year is different!
Tracing back to the source, it must be something done by H2K.
The day after they arrived in San Francisco, they had a training match with VG.
At that time, Gu Xing, like everyone else, lacked a sufficient sample size to observe the version trend of the S6 World Championship, so he chose to use the mediocre Spider for the duel game.
As a result, the jungler Jankos directly took out Olaf, killing VG three lanes and adding wild areas like chopping melons and vegetables!
Gu Xingcai discovered how outrageous this unpopular character was.
What is Olaf the Berserker best at?
Stand and masturbate!
Relying on high attack speed and recovery, plus real damage and continuous slowdown of throwing axes, Olaf's standing ability is definitely one of the best in the entire league!
And who is the strongest jungler in the World Championship?
Blind monk, spider, and Rek'Sai, who is of reasonable strength.
They are both known for their aggressiveness in the jungle, and if they want to gain an advantage, they must fight face to face.
The three heroes faced Olaf and were all beaten to pieces!
The hardest ones to fight are Leopard Girl and Kindred. They are too flexible and can move around in the jungle, and can walk the bulky Berserker around.
But Nidalee spends most of her time buying a house in Ban, staying behind closed doors and having no influence on Olaf.
Qian Jue's strength is really too low. Except for people with unique skills like Gu Xing, there really isn't much use for him now.
Changes in the version environment have given rise to the seemingly bizarre choice of jungler Olaf!
Another key element comes down to sprinting.
Ghost Step was enhanced at the beginning of the summer split, with a cooldown of only 180 seconds, and the increased movement speed is quite exaggerated.
The pig-nosed Olaf, who is often criticized for being bulky, has improved his pursuit ability to two levels with the blessing of super sprint!
At the same time, various Poke heroes are currently popular.
Officials have carefully considered the characters when designing them.
They rarely add all-round attributes to their heroes that take care of everything.
Like Poke heroes, most of them are fragile and lack flexibility. After all, Ezreal is his own son, so he is considered a minority among them.
Olaf can easily cut down these high attack and low defense turrets without any effort!
Due to the combined influence of various factors, Hongmi also noticed Olaf's strength, and Gu Xing began to study and get started with Berserker.
When C9 was released today, it was natural for him to choose it.
"By the way, why did Jankos reveal Olaf on the first day of the training match?" Brother Long was puzzled. "I think this can be used as a trump card!"
When he first came to San Francisco, no team knew that Olaf could be used as a jungler.
After all, at that time, everyone thought of Berserker as a grumpy guy who played solo.
I didn’t even consider going to the wild area.
Jankos performed well in the training match against VG, and it was not until later that this gameplay became popular.
Logically speaking, H2K can indeed hide something.
As long as they don't use it, there's a high probability that other teams won't discover it. It's indeed a very good choice to save it as a ultimate move to deal a fatal blow to the opponent.
Hearing Brother Long's question, Gu Xing recalled the chatting scene when he met Jankos two days ago, and almost stopped dead in his tracks.
He was confused at first and asked the other party why Olaf was used in training games.
The Polish Jankos was furious and shouted in broken English, "I thought you all knew that Olaf can jungle! When I first came to San Francisco, my girl told me that none of the other 15 teams knew about it!"
Although Jankos is a veteran who started his career in 2013.
But like Gu Xing, S6 was his first time entering the global finals.
Jankos, who had had little exposure to the mature cup competition system before, was just a fool and had no intention of hiding his tricks. He revealed his trump card on the first day he came to San Francisco!
Looking back now, Gu Xing still finds it quite interesting.
In contrast, the atmosphere among the C9 players and generals is much more serious.
They lost to SKT yesterday, and if they lose to VG again today, starting with 0 wins and 2 losses, it will be very difficult to advance to the knockout rounds!
Head coach Reapered has an artistic hairstyle, with medium-long hair hanging loosely covering his cheeks. He looks a bit artistic and melancholy.
Like Hongmi, he is a Korean coach with a very impressive resume. In the second season, he coached at the famous AzubuBlaze. Under his command are An Bixin, Shy, Captain Jack and other veterans of Korean League of Legends esports.
The subsequent team was acquired by CJ, Reapered was transferred to SKT, nAir and many other clubs.
In 2015, he went to EDG and won the M Private Championship with the team as a member of the coaching staff.
At the end of the season, he came to North America to make some money!
In terms of qualifications and abilities, Reapered is considered one of the best in the NA division.
"First grab the bottom lane combination, take EZ and Karma," he said with a focused look, "Sneaky, you must pay more attention to the opponent's bottom lane combination. They like to suppress them, so don't give them a chance."
Sneaky, who had a delicate face, flipped up her bangs and nodded to show that she understood clearly.
"C9's response is very good," Qi Huan felt that Baidu Cloud's BP was very suitable for him. "EZ and Karma are currently the few heroes with strong bottom lane and flexibility!"
Olaf is afraid of being pulled.
Ezreal himself has E [Arcane Leap], and when he makes an ice fist, his kiting ability is quite strong.
The same goes for Karma. The spiritual chain plus the shield acceleration of E [Inspiration] and the slowdown of Q [Inner Flame] make walking Olaf stress-free.
From this aspect alone, it is very restrained against the Berserker.
"VG grabbed Jess with the second choice, and got the assistant Nami with the third choice!"
Jayce is a very strong top laner choice in the current version, and his offensive firepower in the early and mid-term is quite fierce.
Nami is the lower-ranking replacement for the current expendable soft assistants Karma and Zyra.
It has a certain consumption capacity and a means of recovery.
I remember nodding my head and analyzing, "VG placed Double C as the last choice. They wanted to see the general lineup of C9 and then determine what kind of system to use..."
There are many characters that can be chosen individually in the current version. Except for particularly powerful choices like Syndra, there is no need to grab other heroes first, and you can always get the right one in the end.
As for shooters, there are indeed not many strong heroes.
But C9 has already revealed its EZ, and it is impossible to grab the ADC. Redmi is not in a hurry and simply waits.
Reapered scratched his chin and thought for a moment, then looked at his jungler, "Meteos, what do you think is better? Yanyong can cooperate with you."
The main reason why he was able to thrive in North America was that he promptly abandoned the tell-all policy pursued by many Korean coaches and was very good at listening to players' opinions.
Impat, whose name was mentioned, expressed the same view to his teammates.
"That's right, you just need to choose the character you think is easy to beat Olaf. I can handle Jace on the opposite side!"
As a former champion top laner, Impat has experienced many battles.
In his opinion, Zhu Xiaolong, who had never appeared on the international stage before, was a nobody.
Of course, he will not be blindly arrogant.
From the pre-game data analysis, Impat knew that the opponent was capable of playing Jayce, but not that strong.
He now has the confidence to take advantage of the top lane!
Jungler Meteos was lost in thought.
Among the remaining jungle characters, Kindred is more comfortable facing Olaf.
But it doesn’t matter whether the hero’s strength can support it or not.
He must take on the heavy responsibility of carrying!
In order to cooperate with him, Impat probably has to choose a top lane tank to resist the pressure.
Meteos doesn't want to do this.
The strength of C9's players is obvious to all. The top and middle single lanes are relatively strong, but Nosuke is a bit behind.
To be continued...