ARML CH82

The game just now was a typical advantageous game commonly seen in matches, pushing straight through all the way. Coupled with the pentakill in the Baron team fight, the opposing NTG’s mentality was probably a bit shattered.

Is the professional league this terrifying?! As a team that just came up from the secondary league, getting pentakilled in their very first match? The NTG players looked somewhat pale. Did this feel like Bronze newbies encountering a King expert smurfing?

NTG’s coach watched the match from offstage with a look of confusion.

With the second game about to start, he came to the soundproof booth, carefully considered his phrasing, and offered a dry laugh to comfort them, “It’s fine, the opponent is Tianhuan after all. Chi Shuo is a world-class Jungler, losing is very normal…”

But the problem was, it wasn’t Chi Shuo who got the pentakill last game, it was Tianhuan’s new Omega Mid-laner! Being pentakilled by Chi Shuo was psychologically acceptable for everyone; after all, Chi Shuo had won a world championship. But being pentakilled by a rookie making their debut? Where would NTG put their face?

The coach took a deep breath and said, “Alright, alright, the previous game is already over, don’t overthink it. Everyone quickly focus, let’s prepare for the next game!”

At the same time, in Tianhuan’s soundproof booth, Coach Lin, who had been very serious these past few days, finally showed a gratified smile on his face. He gently patted Ye Shaoyang’s shoulder and said, “Good job.”

Cheng Xing was also shouting excitedly, “My Brother Yang is awesome!”

Chi Shuo turned to look at Ye Shaoyang, meeting his bright, smiling eyes—securing a pentakill, such an exciting moment, yet Shaoyang still appeared relatively calm… Indeed, he had a big heart.

The corners of Chi Shuo’s mouth lifted slightly, and he said softly, “That wave just now was played very handsomely.”

Ye Shaoyang replied, “It was because everyone coordinated well.”

Coach Lin smiled, “Of course, being able to win is everyone’s contribution. How do we play the second game?”

Chi Shuo said, “Let’s stick with the Double Carry composition from before. I’ll continue as the Utility Jungler.”

Coach Lin looked at him, “You’re not playing a Jungle Carry?”

Chi Shuo replied, “Against a Group B team, there’s no need to rush into mid-jungle synergy. It’s better to practice Qu Jiang and Cheng Xing’s coordination. We’ll play around the bottom lane this game.”

Coach Lin agreed, “En, I was thinking the same thing.”

Cheng Xing’s performance in the first game wasn’t eye-catching; his final damage output proportion was only around 20%, which couldn’t be considered outstanding. The main reason was that the Marksman [Snow Maiden] he picked last game was a relatively strong late-game hero. As a result, the match never even reached the late game; it was ended by Ye Shaoyang’s pentakill in the early-to-mid game.

This kind of “sudden death match,” where a team is wiped out in one wave and their crystal is pushed, not only left the NTG players very dazed, but Tianhuan was actually a bit surprised as well. They originally thought they would play to 30 minutes, but it ended in 20.

The second game began.

Tianhuan on the red side, NTG on the blue side with priority ban/pick.

NTG’s coach didn’t hesitate to use the first ban spot on Chi Shuo’s signature hero [Bloodstained Assassin], and Tianhuan continued to ban Supports. For NTG’s second ban spot, the opposing coach began to hesitate.

After hesitating for a moment, they banned [Abyssal Lord].

A wave of boos sounded in the venue, and the caster smiled and said, “[Abyssal Lord] indeed went on the ban list! Securing a pentakill in the first game, Tianhuan’s new Mid-laner is clearly very proficient with this hero. It’s normal to ban him in the second game!”

“Forcing [Abyssal Lord] onto the ban list with just one match shows how outstanding Ye Shaoyang’s performance was!”

“But this way, Captain Chi’s best Jungle Carry heroes are let through!”

“Yes, NTG let [Stealth Rogue] through, which is also one of Captain Chi’s signature heroes!”

A group of people in the bullet screen began to mock.

[NTG’s coach implies: Can you give me a few more ban spots?]

[Hahaha, not enough ban spots! They used to frantically target Chi Shuo, now they realize Tianhuan’s Omega Mid-laner seems to be a bit awesome too, better ban a Mid-laner!]

[Playing against Tianhuan in the future is going to be so conflicting. What to ban?]

[Tianhuan Lieyang fan club reporting in!]

[The Omega little brother’s Abyssal Lord got banned after just one game; the little brother is awesome?]

[Looking forward to Captain Chi’s Jungle Carry.]

However, Tianhuan wasn’t in a rush to pick a Jungler, still prioritizing the bottom lane.

This game, they picked the classic bottom lane duo of [Forest Envoy] and [Holy Spirit Archer]—a healing support + a late-game ultra-long-distance Marksman. Picking this was setting a tempo to drag the game into the late game against you.

The third position still prioritized the Top Laner. Qin Yizhu’s proficient [Black Dragon Knight] was selected once again.

NTG’s coach was somewhat confused. He had been trembling with fear when he let Chi Shuo’s Jungle Carry through, but Tianhuan actually didn’t pick it! So, did Chi Shuo’s skill level decline to the point where he couldn’t play Jungle Carry, or did Tianhuan feel there was no need to field a Jungle Carry?

Tianhuan continued to leave the Jungler and Mid-laner for the final picks. In the end, Chi Shuo continued to lock in [Fighter] to play the utility role, while Ye Shaoyang picked a relatively conventional Mid-laner, [Frost Goddess].

The composition strategy this game was similar to the last one. However, the [Frost Goddess] in the previous game was played in the Support role, mainly relying on freezing crowd control to help teammates. This game’s [Frost Goddess] was in the mid-lane role and could be played as a mid-core. Once she built her items, this grand mage’s damage output was also terrifying; one ultimate could cause apocalyptic destruction.

The enemy Mid-laner laning against Ye Shaoyang was [Storm Goddess], who possessed knock-up crowd control.

The match began.

NTG’s Mid-laner once again felt extremely strong laning pressure. Ye Shaoyang’s [Frost Goddess] had very wretched positioning. Even when the opponent threw three tornadoes at him, they couldn’t hit him. Yet, Ye Shaoyang could predict his positioning and freeze him with the W skill!

This game’s [Frost Goddess] still enjoyed the best treatment, holding the Blue Buff the entire time, able to cast a freezing skill every 10 seconds. Let alone fighting back, NTG’s Mid-laner found even clearing minions difficult.

Missed 1 minion in the first wave; missed 2 in the third wave… Many viewers couldn’t see details like last-hitting clearly, but for professional players, being suppressed in last-hitting is fatal enough! Because NTG’s Mid-laner missed minions, Ye Shaoyang’s [Frost Goddess] would always have a higher economy than him.

Accumulating continuously, in the blink of an eye, the mid-lane economic gap widened to 200. No kills, no dragons, just laning suppression alone created such a massive economic gap. This showed the skill disparity between the two Mid-laners. NTG’s Mid-laner opened the match scoreboard and saw that Frost Goddess had already built Cooldown Boots + Grand Staff, while he only had Cooldown Boots + Small Necklace… How was he supposed to fight this!

He could only brace himself and summon the Jungler for help.

The two squatted in the bush for a wave. NTG’s Mid-laner intended to cast a tornado in reverse to blow [Frost Goddess] under their tower and one-shot her with a combo. However, the very moment the two NTG players suddenly made their move, [Frost Goddess] seemed to have precognitive abilities, instantly Flashing over the wall to escape!

The caster praised, “Beautiful!”
“That Flash was very perceptive. He must have realized the enemy Jungler was camping him.”

NTG’s mid-lane gank attempt returned without success, but first blood was drawn in the bottom lane—

First Blood!

The kill was secured by Cheng Xing. Chi Shuo went to the bottom lane and stunned the enemy Marksman with a Q skill. Cheng Xing stood at an ultra-long distance, rapidly firing shots, and quickly shot the low-health Marksman to death!

NTG quickly discovered that Tianhuan’s playstyle this game was quite different from the last one. In the previous game, the mage assassin Mid-laner drove the tempo, roaming rapidly to support the top and bottom lanes. After his economy rose, he wiped them out with a pentakill in a team fight.

This game’s Mid-laner, [Frost Goddess], was relatively clunky due to her slow movement speed. Therefore, Ye Shaoyang didn’t roam. Instead, he focused on clearing the mid-lane waves and pressuring the tower, suppressing the enemy Mid-laner.

Chi Shuo, on the other hand, roamed the entire map, frequently helping the bottom lane. As a Utility Jungler, he didn’t need to take kills; he only needed to CC the opponents in time and leave the damage output to Cheng Xing.

Qu Jiang’s [Forest Envoy] had healing and crowd control; Chi Shuo’s [Fighter] had dashes and crowd control.

Cheng Xing was essentially playing the match under the protection of two bodyguards; it was incredibly comfortable!

[Holy Spirit Archer] had the longest attack range among all Marksmen. The opponents couldn’t even touch the hem of his clothes. After Chi Shuo used three dashes to go in and stun the opponents, Cheng Xing could just brainlessly fire away.

—Double Kill! Double Kill!

Cheng Xing’s eyes shone with excitement, and he was getting more and more into the zone.

Tianhuan played around the bottom lane this game. The top lane just watched the show while eating melons, and the mid-lane frantically pressured the tower. As the match reached 10 minutes, the outer bottom tower was pushed down, the outer mid tower was chipped down to a sliver of health by Ye Shaoyang, and NTG’s situation gradually turned disadvantageous.

After pushing down the outer towers, Tianhuan began to group up and push mid. NTG wanted to defend a wave. As a result, Qin Yizhu jumped under the tower with a “Black Dragon Roar” and controlled 2 opponents. Ye Shaoyang followed closely with the “Three Feet of Ice” crowd control, freezing the two opponents.

Cheng Xing frantically fired from an ultra-long distance, instantly one-shotting the two frozen opponents in the blink of an eye!

Once [Holy Spirit Archer] built his items, he was extremely terrifying—three arrows to kill a squishy, six arrows to kill a tank. Cheng Xing had taken quite a few kills in the bottom lane, and at this point, he had already completed his attack speed and critical hit items.

NTG’s players couldn’t figure out where Cheng Xing was; they could only see sharp arrows constantly shooting toward them, one after another!

—Double Kill! Another double kill wave!

The outer mid tower was pushed down.

The caster sighed emotionally, “It seems NTG is hanging by a thread this game. Once [Holy Spirit Archer] farms up, if they can’t deal with him, his late-game damage output will be explosive. Moreover, his attack range is extremely long; they must send an assassin to dive him!”

“But with [Forest Envoy]’s protection, it’s very hard for an assassin to dive and kill him. When playing against the [Holy Spirit Archer] composition, you must suppress the Marksman in the early game, or pick a Top Laner or Jungler with strong killing potential to force a dive.”

“NTG’s strategy this game is a bit messy. The opponent picked the [Holy Spirit Archer] composition, and the Jungler is helping the bottom lane. They should have contested the bottom lane in time instead of ganking the mid-lane…”

“But you can’t blame them. Tianhuan’s Mid-laner suppressed NTG’s Mid-laner so much he couldn’t leave his tower. Plus, considering he got a pentakill in the first game, once [Frost Goddess] farms up, she’ll also be difficult to deal with in the late game; a single ultimate could wipe out their team. It’s actually understandable for the Jungler to help the mid-lane!”

“It’s tough being a Jungler! If you go help mid, bot collapses; if you go help bot, mid collapses!”

“The effect of Tianhuan’s Mid-Marksman Double Carry composition is truly unexpectedly good.”

The two casters laid bare the truth in a single sentence.

NTG played extremely uncomfortably in the second game. The Mid-laner was constantly suppressed in the laning phase. If the Jungler didn’t go help, the mid-lane couldn’t be held at all, so the Jungler had to go help the Mid-laner. But doing so caused the bottom lane to collapse!

The Jungler didn’t have three heads and six arms; he couldn’t help two positions at the same time. In the mid-lane, Ye Shaoyang withstood the opponent’s attacks 1v2. In the bottom lane, Chi Shuo crushed the opponent’s defense 3v2. After NTG fell into a disadvantage, their jungle resources were also quickly plundered by Tianhuan. When fighting team fights in the mid-game, they despairingly discovered—Tianhuan not only let their Marksman farm up, but their Mid-laner had also farmed up!

That pentakill Mid-laner, with Cooldown Boots + Three Staves, a full set of luxurious equipment, was so fucking scary!

Ye Shaoyang once again let them know what a devil was.

In a 5v5 team fight, Frost Goddess‘s precise freeze directly locked down 3 opponents. Without any teammate assistance, he predicted their positioning, froze 3 opponents, and immediately followed up with his ultimate—an overwhelming blizzard crashed down instantly. Frost Goddess secured another triple kill in a single team fight!

The remaining two fleeing enemies were rapidly shot to death by the ultra-long-distance Holy Spirit Archer.

—Wiped out!

NTG’s five players all had blank expressions.

Is the professional league this terrifying? How about we just go back to the secondary league?

The match ended.

The caster said excitedly, “Congratulations to Tianhuan for securing their first victory of this season’s regular season with a 2:0 against NTG!”

“The MVP for this match is—Tianhuan Fanxing! Given to the Marksman!”

“Xiao Xing’s performance this game was indeed very good: 38% damage output, 0 deaths, and he also secured two double kills. However, I think the Mid-laner was also very eye-catching. Pressuring and pushing towers in the early game, withstanding the opponent’s attacks 1v2, and landing a freeze in the mid-game team fight to instantly end the match with a triple kill. Giving the MVP to the Mid-laner would have been perfectly fine too!”

“That’s right, Tianhuan’s Double Carries both performed wonderfully this game. Let’s give them another round of applause!”

Thunderous applause filled the venue. As the casters said, giving the MVP to either the Mid-laner or the Marksman this game would have been fine. Both played the roles they were supposed to play. This is the Double Carry composition!

Cheng Xing’s eyes reddened with excitement. His Marksman had finally dealt 38% damage output; it was so not easy! He even got an MVP, he wanted to cry so badly!

Ye Shaoyang took off his headset and patted Cheng Xing’s shoulder, “You played very well this game.”

Cheng Xing choked up, “Thanks to Master and Brother Qu constantly helping me.” With two tier-one bodyguards in the league helping him, if he still couldn’t perform, he might as well retire immediately!

Qu Jiang said with a smile, “Our Xiao Xing didn’t die once this game. I have no more material for my ‘100 Ways to Die’ series video.”

Cheng Xing was dumbfounded: “You were planning to make a second episode?!”

Qu Jiang said, “I’m making it into a series, as a souvenir for you.”

Cheng Xing: “…” Well, thank you very much for that!

Qin Yizhu suggested, “You could also make a kill montage for Shaoyang. Add some cheerful music this time, don’t make it as sad as Xiao Xing’s 100 ways to die.”

Qu Jiang said, “I’ll arrange it as soon as we get back!”

Chi Shuo stood up and looked at his teammates beside him with a gentle gaze: “Alright, let’s go shake hands with the opponents.”

Tianhuan had won matches before. But today’s two games were won exceptionally smoothly.

Last season, they were constantly suppressed. Many strategies couldn’t be executed at all, and every match was fought exceptionally hard, as if their whole bodies were bound by ropes, completely unable to flex their muscles.

Chi Shuo hadn’t felt this relaxed in a long time.

Shaoyang’s arrival had indeed completely changed Tianhuan’s situation. Cheng Xing was also growing rapidly.

Whether it was a Utility Jungler + Double Carry or Mid-Jungle Double Core Synergy, Tianhuan’s plasticity was extremely strong this season, and their compositions and strategies would become very rich.

After being tortured for three months, Cheng Xing formally debuted today and finally dealt the damage output of a qualified Marksman. The pitiful Marksman who had a “100 Ways to Die Compilation” made for him by Qu Jiang didn’t die once in today’s match. Chi Shuo felt incredibly gratified.

Not to mention Shaoyang. An [Abyssal Lord] securing a Pentakill directly in his debut match, becoming famous in a single battle!

This was the brand new Tianhuan team of the S10 season.

For them, today’s 2:0 first victory was merely the beginning of the road to the championship.