Chapter 492: Memory Point and Second Battle

Hotel room.

With a record of 4-2 and having secured qualification, KZ was not as relaxed as the outside world thought.

Because winning against FNC did not give the players a sense of accomplishment.

It was the loss to FNC that made Khan and others feel uncomfortable. When they went back to review the mistakes that day, their expressions were as if they had eaten shit.

They knew that it was wrong to lose to the European and American losers. After all, as the Spring Champions, they should have made the losers run around, just like what they had shown in the past few years. This is what the Korean audience thinks.

Following this angle.

The reason why KZ was not liked by the audience was that they missed the golden period of overwhelming the surrounding regions.

In the past, the most popular discussion among Korean audiences was: sending a playoff team to the semi-finals of the S game. Around this topic, they argued how strong the Korean team was and how bad the other teams were.

In the eyes of the audience.

This was a very normal discussion, because the other teams that went on the expedition did not play rigorously at all.

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Before starting the tactical discussion.

Hirai had just reported his work to the management. Hirai was very hesitant when the manager asked if he could beat Top once.

Then.

The manager was a little angry and a little helpless, saying that since MSI, there have been more and more attacks on KZ on the forum, and the marketing cost will be higher and higher.

"I know, I can guarantee that the players want to win."

Hirai hung up the phone uncomfortably after Pale expressed his pursuit of victory. He certainly knew what the club needed.

Although KZ has shown its strong side in two consecutive regular seasons, this is just a league. If you want to gather fans and expand your base, you must rely on the international stage.

SKT was able to get the favor of the sponsor and slowly grow from a third-rate club to the current Korean business card, relying on foreign wars.

With such a role model.

KZ, who thinks that they have a good start, of course wants to copy. In order to create a star, they launched Khan to compete with Faker for the Korean market.

After all, it costs money to be on the newspaper.

For example, in this Spring Championship, more than a dozen pages helped report it. KZ spent 300 million won. Isn't it to take advantage of SKT's change to see if it can become a name card of the region and become a club with independent blood supply capabilities.

The entire LCK.

Except for SKT's profit, most of it depends on the financial support. This is definitely not healthy. As a manager, who would want to apply for a budget every time they have a meeting? How can you get a promotion, a raise, and marry a beautiful and rich woman?

KZ's manager, like most club managers, doesn't play LOL at all, but it doesn't stop them from urging the team to produce results quickly.

Under such pressure.

Hirai complained to people around him: "Two or three years ago, other regions didn't pay attention to competition and training at all, so we always won the championship. The problem is that it has been four years since S4, and the tactical gap has long been small."

As an old man, Hirai knows the problem.

After all, professional players are one in a million. When they first entered the youth training, they were all passers-by. There was basically no difference. At most, they were good at heroes and had different tendencies.

For example, some are keen on high risk and high return, and they want to exchange blood all the time and pursue line kills, while some like to play tricks on the opponent.

Then the question is.

There are gaming geniuses in South Korea, and there are also in other places. Take Caps for example. In a real duel, BDD is more likely to lose than win. Whether it is reaction or body control, there is a visible gap.

Since the gap cannot be widened in terms of technical level, what can be compared is teamwork, ability to seize opportunities and the overall map sense.

The doubts of KZ manager are.

Obviously, they were the champions in last year's summer season and this year's spring season, which shows that KZ is stronger than other teams. According to past experience, even a strong team like SKT is not easy to win the league championship for two consecutive seasons.

In addition, they were eliminated last year because they met LGD in advance. Except for the fact that they lost a little bit, it seems not a sin.

But LGD is not good, and KZ is still the team of last year. Why haven't they shown the dominant record that a championship team should have?

Following this angle, KZ manager listened to the comments of netizens and began to suspect that the coaching team might not be good enough. Once the seeds of doubt were planted, Hirai felt uncomfortable.

He couldn't say that he could win in the past not because his players were strong, but because his opponents were weak and stupid.

LCK could become the first division not because Koreans were more talented, but because they were simply more formal and better at managing players.

When LPL was good at ordering takeout and Europe and the United States were good at partying, Korean teams were polishing details. When LPL and the European divisions also began to polish details, they could only rely on tactical BP and smoother lane rotation to widen the gap.

Simply put.

KZ couldn't copy SKT's success, and couldn't be behind in head count and still lead by two or three thousand. A game like this can basically only be reproduced against the Vietnamese team. Only occasionally can the operational glory be reproduced against TL.

After realizing that the gap was getting smaller and smaller.

Hirai no longer expected to defeat FNC and Top with conventional content. In the past two days, he followed the training team to carefully study FNC's games for the first time, intending to find their comfort zone and summarize relevant experience.

Not afraid of being laughed at.

Before S7, Korean coaches basically did not study the game content of other regions. They only looked at the general BP habits and knew the heroes they were best at.

After losing to FNC.

The pressure forced them to stay up late to watch the video and deepen their understanding of FNC.

In the same way, although they focus on Top, they also hope to win the game by relying on the league's usual methods. Because targeted design tactics require energy, staying up late every day will easily make you older.

If there is any choice.

Who wants to endure the boredom and watch the video over and over again...For a long time, teams from outside the division were not the imaginary enemies of Korean clubs. No one wants to endure boredom and find other similarities.

In this world, those who have status but do not covet enjoyment are the outliers.

but…

Research is really useful.

KZ was able to avenge FNC because the training team discovered Hailisang's wandering habits. He is the kind of player who must explore rivers and jungles for good lines. It's the same as Xiba having obsessive-compulsive disorder.

To put it bluntly.

Hailisang didn't want to help Rekkles secure the line at all.

In Hailisang's eyes, it doesn't matter if AD has less CS. Letting him do trouble is far better than having two people connecting in the bottom lane.

Take advantage of this.

KZ chose a lineup with the bottom lane as an arrow.

Sure enough, there was obviously pressure on the line, but as long as KZ took measures to control the line and stockpile troops, Hailisang would run around.

Every time this time.

As long as you don't give it away on the road, Rekkles will suffer...

but…

Even so, it was not easy for KZ to win.

Because FNC likes to fight around the middle, and Caps dares to fight and fight hard, the advantage gained in the bottom lane can only become a cost of fault tolerance, and it is difficult to defeat FNC by relying on the bottom half.

This made Hirai even more emotional: Today is different from the past.

With such a heavy heart, Hirai came to the sofa area in the living room. At this time, the team members stopped ranking and came over to discuss the general tactical content.

"Ahem."

The training team cleared their throats and said, "We will play Top in the fifth game tomorrow. Let's talk about it."

"This time we are the blue team." Hirai followed: "Let's see what the ban is, it will make us feel more comfortable."

"Do you still feel like you need to ban Dao Mei?" The training team was the first to ask: "This hero is not strong at the beginning. He is only suitable for playing late. If he is in the mid lane..."

The people in the training team didn’t continue the conversation.

But everyone here understands.

After all, BDD's proficiency is limited to playing in the regular season, so don't pretend in the competition, not to mention that Penicillin can play crocodile. Not only will there be no swing effect when going first, but he will also be taken extra care of.

"Then Dao Girl, Thain, and Pig Girl?"

The competition and training team gave the direction: "I don't want Peanut to get Pig Girl, but if I grab it, the less damage will need to be made up in other positions."

This is another question.

Until the Spring Split until now, Tarzan has been a rhythm deputy, not a pure tool player. Moreover, KZ does not emphasize starting the team first, and usually uses the side advantage to force the jungle.

emmm.

KZ's comfort zone is to focus on the upper jungle in the laning, and use the advantage of pushing first on a certain lane in the mid-term to speed up around Tarzan.

Moreover, when fighting in the jungle, Khan can follow the T or continue to lead the tower depending on the situation, so he has more options than his opponent.

Khan frowned and said: "If the opponent presses ez and grabs explosive bombs, we can only fight in the upper half."

Lost last time.

It's because both halves have no rhythm.

Judging from Khan's feelings, unless the opponent Tie Fang strongly enters the jungle, it will be difficult to have a big enough advantage. And every time he sees a loss in the middle, he gets nervous.

With this mentality, Khan suggested: "If there is Jace, we can grab it. If not, we have to find a way to do something and not make the opponent too comfortable."

"That's what it was like that day. I was clearly facing Xiaoyou, but after catching two waves, I couldn't beat him."

Khan's idea is simple.

He was screwed, and his teammates should make some money back, or the middle and lower players should stop causing trouble and play 2v2 or 3v3 with Top.

As the LCK solo kill king, the coaching staff certainly has confidence in Khan.

Seeing what he said, the training team only had one question: "Isn't it enough to just attack the top lane? Peanut usually helps more."

With Penicillin's strength, Nosuke doesn't need to take too much care of him at all. Rather than becoming conjoined twins, it is better to let the little peanuts develop freely, so that the snowball will be more efficient if things go smoothly.

After all, in S7, Eimy often lagged behind financially. Because he likes to stay in the middle, maybe after the other jungler finished the third round, he didn't even eat the stone beetles in the first group.

Um.

In Eimy's eyes, as long as he is comfortable in the middle, he will be fine.

But in the eyes of people like Hailisang, instead of two people waiting in line, it is better to take 20 seconds to wander around. If you bump into something, you will gain something.

Same reason.

Unless the opponent's midfielder really wants to play, the income created in the same period of time will definitely not be as good as farming money alone.

One more.

With the little peanut's planning ability, he can steal a group from time to time, and he can take the lead by hitting the target. Therefore, while Qin Hao is putting pressure, the jungle is also putting pressure. This is where the blue and white combination is strong.

Even if you can't fight, you can still maintain your advantage by relying only on last hits and monster economy. As a last-hitting machine, Qin Hao rarely misses a shot. If his ward position is sufficient, the jungler can help other lanes gain an advantage.

"Yes, look for opportunities to play in both lanes, and don't let the other side play for money." Hirai is also not confident about the content in the later stage.

In addition, the grasshopper effect was very poor that day, so Hirai consciously wanted to choose some heroes for BDD that were useful in team battles, and could not just serve as bodyguards for AD.

Thinking of this, Hirai felt a little sorry. Because the inspiration of this set came from SSG. It's just that the lineup can be imitated, and the laning rhythm can be learned, but when it comes to team battles, Pray is not as good as Ruler.

He believes that if they focus on Ruler that day, they should be able to play well.

After all, Ruler is so fierce this season - CuVee is average in the spring game, and Crown is slow to practice heroes. With 2 less, SSG can enter the playoffs.

"Also, Top's wards are concentrated on both sides of the middle lane. As long as the wards in the middle lane are about to disappear, and the bottom lane is the safety line, the opponent's support will definitely go home to the middle.

If you want to put pressure, the jungle area must be varied, and it cannot be cleared according to the normal rounds. In fact, we did a good job in this regard."

After praising Tarzan, Hirai said: "The 4-minute wave normally let the opponent go home, and we can grab the rhythm of the next wave of wards to force the opponent to lose experience."

In KZ's eyes, Top's three lanes have no flaws at all, and they can only seize the rounds that the opponent gives up and lay a little advantage.

For example, take advantage of the opponent's support to force the AD to lose some experience, and then do something at the node of the sixth level.

While laying the groundwork for the attack in the bottom lane, exchange blood in the top lane to attract the jungler's attention, and use this half-zone quality to fight Top.

In short.

Hirai now only wants to revolve around the two side lanes.

"If you can hold the front, Jin Gong will not come to join the team." Khan reminded: "So if you want to fight, it's best not to TP, or fight on my side."

This annoyed Khan.

He was afraid that he would fall behind in the matchup like Da Mu.

"Hmm..."

Seeing the discussion getting deeper and deeper, BDD took the initiative to suggest: "In this case, Sion can be banned in the first three bans."

Everyone looked over, and BDD said: "It's better to ban a vampire... If the opponent chooses this, other heroes except Karma and Ryze are difficult to suppress."

"The problem is that the top can shake."

"I can play Anivia and Big Eye, and they may not choose them - the strength of this system is that it can put pressure on the two lanes, and simply going up can only resist pressure."

KZ has played training games with RNG and knows how disgusting Sion is in the middle lane.

Hirai was a little hesitant.

It's not that he doesn't trust the middle lane, but he hasn't won many games with surprising moves.

To be honest, BDD's hero pool is also biased. He can play a few traditional mages, but he is not good at AD and warriors, and among mages, he doesn't include Ahri.

For teammates, they have a high winning rate in training games and have a trusting foundation, but the main game is not like this.

By chance, KZ didn't have to worry about the mid lane horizontal line problem. In teamfights, they could also suppress the front row's health around the mid lane and control resources.

Finally.

Hirai agreed: "If they choose, we will add the big eye or the ice bird according to the situation. If they don't choose, we will still lock the ice girl in the first three floors."

Just when KZ tried to add more burden to Pray.

The North American commentator thought that FNC was limited in strength, because the support fluctuated too much and relied too much on on-the-spot performance. The European commentator said that North America relied on foreign aid and the local strength was too weak, so it was not their turn to comment.

No matter how Europe and the United States talked nonsense.

Smlz became popular because of 17225, and the number of followers on Weibo increased exponentially. After all, from the big brother complaining to Penicillin defending on the stage, it was full of highlights.

Those who brushed 17225 everywhere were not because of the sense of accomplishment, but because the matter itself was very interesting. In the words of Qing fans, it was the first time they saw Qin Hao arguing with people on the stage.

Same.

Pentakill plus 17 kills in a single game gave the event a memorable point, which made those who didn't watch the game also find it interesting.

5pm.

As FNC changed its formation to give Caps a core, Bwipo failed to complete the suppression task while losing the strongest offensive point.

After winning FNC.

Top once again faced KZ...