SWDnovel Chapter 15 No Switching Lines Allowed
Chapter 15 No Switching Lines Allowed
"Alright, welcome back everyone. The current score is IG 1-0 TES. TES has chosen the blue side for this game." MaoMao's voice in the commentary booth was filled with anticipation.
"Yes, let's see if TES can pull one back or if IG can win the game in one fell swoop. Let's go into the draft phase," Rita said with a smile.
Looking at TES's first two bans, MaoMao spoke quickly: "TES banned Rakan and Poppy in their first two picks, not wanting IG to have strong initiation and counter-initiation capabilities."
"At the same time, IG banned Rabbit and Sivir, which shows that IG realized their lack of lane control ability," Rita analyzed.
Mao Mao spoke up again, "In that case, it's like telling TES that Chunfeng isn't going to play AD this game."
TES thought the same way, and they banned Braum as their last pick.
In the IG voice chat, Daeny asked from behind Jiejie, "Ban Wei, OK?"
Jiejie didn't hesitate: "Okay."
"IG has chosen to ban Vi," Rita said.
Mao Mao continued, "In that case, Kalista and the plane are both released, so each can take one. It's up to TES to decide."
On the TES side, coach Homme asked JackeyLove from behind, "Skateboard shoes?"
"That's possible, but they'll probably destroy Lena Tower." JackeyLove thought for a moment, "I think it's safer to just steal the plane."
Seeing TES pick Corki, Mu Chun said, "I think they should have hit the target with Corki."
Daeny frowned. The current situation wasn't good. According to his original plan, TES would choose Kalista and give the Corki to Rookie to make up for the problem of securing the mid lane in the mid-game.
Now, Mu Chun has absolutely no Kalista skills. The release of two strong meta champions is not a good thing.
"Let's take Lena Tower first, and dismantle their Kareem first," Meiko suggested.
"I don't think it's necessary. Our Cassiopeia and Titan can only suffer a small loss at level 1, a small gain at level 2, and can kill the enemy at level 3. We can totally let them have it," Mu Chun retorted.
Cassiopeia's E skill, Twin Fangs, has a range of 700 yards. Once the ground is engaged, combined with Nautilus's crowd control, it's easy to secure a kill.
"Let's choose the snake woman first," Daeny decided.
In the commentary booth, Mao Mao asked in confusion, "IG picked Cassiopeia and Nocturne as their mid-jungle duo for their first two picks, why not Kalista?"
"Maybe it's because Chunfeng doesn't know how to play," Rita tried to analyze.
"TES made a killing, they completely dominated the next two picks," Mao Mao laughed.
The viewers in the live chat also expressed the same confusion.
"IG has gone crazy if they don't take Karlie."
"The imposter coach is here, but Kareem won't take him."
"Is it possible that AD (Attack Damage Carry) is not good at it?"
……
As expected, TES picked Kalista and Natasha for their last two picks.
IG opted for Titan.
After the second round of hero bans, IG first picked Quesant, leaving the counter pick for Rookie.
TES selected a top and jungle combination of Wukong and Gragas.
"Now we'll see what champion IG will pick for Chunfeng in their final move," Mao Mao said.
"Yes, it's unusual for AD to be hidden in the last ban phase, and TES banned AD in their last two bans," Rita agreed.
At this moment, in IG voice chat.
Rookie suddenly spoke up, "How about you give me LeBlanc? I'll build AD items."
"Are you okay, going up against the plane?" Daeny asked.
"I can do it. Let's end this early advantage as soon as possible, because I won't be of much use later," Rookie instructed.
"We'll have an advantage," Mu Chun smiled, her tone confident. "Trust me."
As the commentators watched IG pick LeBlanc as a last-pick, Mao Mao exclaimed in surprise, "LeBlanc! IG picked LeBlanc as their last pick!"
"So this Cassiopeia is playing bot lane?" Rita's tone was full of confusion.
"Not necessarily, maybe it'll be LeBlanc playing bot lane," Mao Mao guessed.
The comments section, however, presented a completely different picture, filled with question marks.
"That's outrageous, so they're really not going to choose AD?"
"TES got tricked into using two ban slots, hahaha."
"Letting out Kali, just to trick people into banning him, I can't say who's being ridiculous."
……
The final lineups for both sides have been finalized.
Blue Team TES:
Top laner 369: Gragas
Jungler Kanavi: Sun Wukong
Mid laner Creme: Corki
Bot lane JackeyLove: Kalista
Support Crisp: Renata
Red team's IG:
Top Lane TheShy: Quesant
Jungler Jiejie: Nocturne
Mid laner Rookie: LeBlanc
Bottom lane Chunfeng: Cassiopeia
Support Meiko: Nautilus
Daeny was making final pre-battle preparations: "We won't switch lanes, we'll take it slow, and we'll keep in touch, okay?"
Mu Chun and the others nodded.
In the commentary booth, Mao Mao looked at IG's final champion selection and said cautiously, "It should be Chunfeng playing Cassiopeia. How should I put it? I've never seen her before, so I can't comment."
"Judging from the skills, there should be combos, but it's hard to say how high the damage will be," Rita smiled.
Upon entering the loading screen, a system notification sound will be heard.
[Host detected to have selected a non-AD role hero; random talent selection is in progress...]
[Congratulations, host! You have obtained a random talent: No Switching Channels Allowed]
[No lane swapping allowed: You can always see if the opposing player intends to swap lanes.]
[Friendly reminder: You're not told to go even if you can't beat it!]
Mu Chun blinked.
It seems to be somewhat useful?
Seeing directly whether JackeyLove has switched lanes is currently useful, at least Jiejie and Meiko don't need to go too deep to find out if they've switched lanes.
Welcome to Summoner's Rift!
As soon as Mu Chun entered the game, the scene flashed before his eyes.
But he remembered that the Karlie-Kazakh duo would appear in the bottom lane.
"They haven't changed the line either, so we don't need to go too deep," Mu Chun immediately said.
Meiko sounded puzzled but didn't stop trying to find a replacement cable. "How did you know?"
"I'm just guessing. Believe me, they really didn't switch lines," Mu Chun said.
But Jiejie and Meiko clearly didn't stop. In the last game, they trusted Muchun's initiation, but they were just out of options. If they had given up the Baron, they wouldn't have had a good chance of winning.
It's only just begun, so naturally they won't choose to trust Mu Chun's judgment.
"IG's setup is still the same, the jungler and support are going a bit too far in." MaoMao said, looking at IG's opening setup.
"But TES was clearly prepared. They were already lying in wait, just waiting for Meiko to take the bait," Rita chimed in.
On screen, Meiko's Titan is preparing to enter TES's jungle from the bottom lane's tri-bush.
Meanwhile, in the bushes, Kareem, the monkey, and two others were already crouching down.
"Look at the Titans, the Titans!" Crisp shouted urgently in the TES voice chat.
At the same time, Lenata's Q skill, Iron Fist, hit Meiko and threw him towards her side.
JackeyLove's Kalista immediately followed up, stabbing Meiko with spear after spear.
Kanavi's monkey followed up with his Q skill, Crushing Blow, slamming it into Meiko and reducing his armor, further increasing Kalista's damage.
"Can I be saved?" When Meiko realized what was happening and used his Q skill to clear a path towards the wall behind him in an attempt to escape and call for help, his health had already dropped by more than half, and his body was riddled with JackeyLove's spears.
JackeyLove, whose Deadly Tempo was already fully stacked, had no intention of letting Meiko go.
With each attack, he used his passive martial arts stance to move. Meiko looked at Mu Chun, who was closest to him, and was still walking towards the bottom lane from the blue buff area. Knowing that he couldn't escape even if he used Flash, he had no choice but to stay in place and attack the three TES players a few times.
[TES JackeyLove kills IG Meiko]
First Blood!
Ultimately, Meiko was killed when JackeyLove's E skill tore through his body, pulling out the spear.
"Mine, they didn't switch channels." Meiko apologized immediately as she died, while also giving the information.
Mu Chun had already gone through the jungle and arrived at the bottom lane bush.