novelODS Chapter 12 Tactical Master
Chapter 12 Tactical Master
Firefox's tactical analysis continued, pointing at Letme: "And you! You think you've gained a 100-CS lead? You're wrong! Think about it carefully. You, Camille, may have taken a lot of gold, but did you fulfill your role in team fights?"
Letme opened his mouth, his mind filled with the frustrating images of his repeated attempts to enter the arena. His face turned pale and then black, and he couldn't utter a word.
"This is EDG's open strategy!"
Firefox said seriously, "Even though Mo only had 815 damage output, as long as he had his ultimate, just standing in front of you was enough to intimidate all five of you. In the end, he even forced four of you to use Flash at the most crucial moment! He played the biggest disruptive role in the entire game with the least amount of gold!"
"And he poured all the resources he saved into EDG's other carry players! You're facing a monster team that has maximized the use of resources!"
After he finished speaking, the RNG rest room fell silent.
The five young contestants fell into deep thought, and the image of the stone figure standing dumbfounded at the foot of the tower involuntarily surfaced in their minds...
Looking back now, it wasn't just being stupid or dumb at all.
That's a heartless stress-bearing machine!
Uzi took a deep breath, and his initially agitated state of mind gradually calmed down.
If the tactical approach was flawed, it means the problem wasn't with your own execution.
"Brother Feng, what's the strategy for the next game? What if they continue using this tactic?" Uzi asked the crucial question.
Firefox's lips curled into a confident smile: "Impossible. Using the same trick twice against a top team is suicide."
"The core of this tactic is surprise. Now that we've figured it out, if Mo dares to pick a tank again in the next game, Xiangguo, just take Xiaohu and Letme and tower dive at level three! Regardless of whether there are minions, a three-man gank will completely overwhelm him and snowball the game!"
"Abu is a smart man. He definitely knows the principle that if your trump card is exposed, it will be useless. He put Mo on the field precisely to win by surprise, and also to let A-Guang adjust his mentality off the field."
Firefox adjusted his glasses and concluded, "Therefore, I'm certain! In the fourth game, EDG will 90% substitute Mo and bring A-Guang back in! Because A-Guang is the core of their regular system!"
After listening to this insightful analysis, the RNG members nodded in agreement, their eyes once again burning with fighting spirit.
Although they all felt that something was wrong, Firefox was the coach, and he spoke with such certainty that it sounded highly credible.
"Since Brother Feng has already foreseen this, let's just do it!" Xiangguo rubbed his fist.
……
Sure enough, a few minutes later, the RNG team heard from the commentary booth that EDG had made a roster change.
"Wow, Feng, you're amazing!" Letme gave Firefox a thumbs up.
Mala Xiangguo chimed in, "Brother Feng was right! Looks like we really were tricked last round!"
A group of people praised her enthusiastically, causing Firefox's lips to curl into a slight smile.
……
Meanwhile, in the EDG lounge.
Abu, who had just submitted the substitution request, looked at Lin Mo and said, "Lin Mo, it's not that I don't trust you. After the factory manager's explanation, we all understand your good intentions. But as the factory manager said before, your synergy with them is still a bit worse than A Guang's. Now that A Guang's mentality has almost recovered, let's let him play in this game and see how things go. Don't have any ideas."
Lin Mo gave a wry smile: "Okay, sure."
Yes, Abu finally made the decision to let A-Guang play.
Although the factory manager tried his best to explain for Chen Lie, he was ultimately not a coach.
Lin Mo also expressed his understanding... mainly because there was nothing he could do if he didn't understand.
The halftime break ended quickly.
As both teams stepped onto the stage, the third match began.
Lin Mo sat in the corner of the rest room, watching the game silently, while opening the LPL official live stream room on the Huya APP.
To his surprise, many of the comments in the live stream mentioned him.
"I knew it, Mo's B performance in the last game would definitely be replaced."
"I feel much more at ease with Ah Guang now. Although that newbie won decisively, his AI-like playing style was truly appalling."
"I even suspect that Mo may have bought it."
"Mo: I'm just a noob!"
"Wait a minute, I only came to watch because I heard there was some amazing player who won the game, and you took him out?"
"What a pity, I missed the last game. Everyone in the group said it was really exciting."
"As an RNG fan, I wholeheartedly support Mo playing!"
"..."
After glancing at the comments for a few seconds, Lin Mo turned off his phone.
Although most of the comments were saying he was bad, it was enough to prove that his previous match had earned him a certain level of fame.
Even if I no longer have the opportunity to play, it will be much easier to transition into live streaming...
With this in mind, Lin Mo calmed down and focused on watching the game.
At this point, the ban/pick phase for both teams had ended.
RNG, on the blue side, drafted a lineup of top lane Fizz, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Taliyah, ADC Ashe, and support Nautilus.
EDG selected a lineup consisting of Gragas for top lane, Ivern for jungle, Jayce for mid lane, Caitlyn for ADC, and Zyra for support.
Once the lineup is selected, the game begins loading.
At the same time, coach Abu returned to the locker room from the stage.
When Abu returned, he glanced at Lin Mo in the corner and pulled up a chair to sit next to him.
"Lin Mo, do you think we have a good chance of winning this game?" Abu asked.
"It's hard to say, I can't tell at the moment," Lin Mo shook his head.
"I think we have a higher chance of winning this game," Abu smiled. "Let's focus on watching the match first."
After saying that, Abu put on his headphones.
Lin Mo also looked at the screen.
Both sides started the game in the usual way. Abu had a smile on his face and looked relaxed, seemingly very confident about the game.
But soon, half of the smile on Abu's face disappeared.
Because RNG's jungler, Lee Sin, after taking their own red buff in the bottom half of the map, went and stole EDG's red buff in the top half of the map...
From then on, both sides played more steadily.
At six minutes into the game, Clearlove's Ivern reached level five and went to the mid lane to assist Jayce, ganking and killing Taliyah, successfully securing First Blood.
RNG reciprocated by sending Lee Sin to the top lane to help Fizz kill A Guang's Gragas.
The two sides seemed to be evenly matched, with EDG even making a small profit.
Abu's smile returned.
However, the plot took an unexpected turn.
At 7:30, the factory manager's Ivern tried to steal jungle monsters in RNG's bottom half of the map, but was caught by RNG's mid laner and support and died in the jungle. This also led to RNG's Lee Sin taking the red buff in the top half of the map again.
At 7 minutes and 50 seconds, RNG's Lee Sin and Taliyah both came to the top lane, and together with Fizz, they ganked and killed A Guang's Gragas again.
At 9 minutes and 40 seconds, RNG launched a classic 5-man gank on the bottom lane. Although EDG reacted quickly, Zet's Caitlyn was killed first by the time they arrived, forcing them to retreat and give up the bottom lane tower.
At this point, RNG had a 2,100 gold lead, putting EDG at a disadvantage.
EDG chose to avoid direct confrontations and focus on farming, remaining relatively safe for a while.
At the sixteen-minute mark, Scout went to clear the top lane, but was ambushed by RNG's mid and jungle, and died before even reaching the lane...
At this point, RNG had secured two dragons and the Rift Herald, giving them a gold lead of over 5,000.
At the 18-minute mark, a team fight broke out in the mid lane, which ended with the deaths of EDG's top laner and ADC.
Lin Mo glanced at Abu, whose brows were furrowed and face was ashen.
Even Lin Mo could see that EDG was already in a losing position in this game.
As expected, with RNG holding a significant economic lead, they began focusing their efforts around Baron Nashor after it spawned at the 20-minute mark.
RNG's Taliyah took off, and after ganking and killing Jayce in the top lane with her support Nautilus, they immediately started Baron Nashor.
EDG chose to forfeit Baron Nashor.
After securing the Baron buff, RNG's gold lead over EDG was nearly 10,000.
EDG was powerless to turn the tide.
As RNG gradually erodes EDG's position, their space for survival is shrinking.
Within 24 minutes, all of EDG's outer turrets were destroyed.
At 25 minutes, RNG gathered in the mid lane, and Taliyah used Flash and W to successfully lift Gragas and Jayce, who were instantly killed.
After losing two players, EDG, with its economy severely lagging behind, was powerless to resist RNG's advance. After a period of desperate resistance, three more players were sent to the rotation.
RNG drove straight in and pushed all the way to EDG's base crystal.
Ultimately, the game ended at 26 minutes and 31 seconds.
"Snapped!"
In the lounge, Abu took off his headphones and threw them hard on the table next to him, the sound startling Lin Mo.
"What happened? Were we playing so well last game? How did this game turn out like this?!" Abu gritted his teeth and said angrily. "And Mouse, why are you still giving him so many chances, just like before? What are you thinking?!"
As he spoke, Abu's gaze gradually turned to Lin Mo.