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[Illusionist] was very common in Ranked, able to CC the enemy and burst them down with one combo—a typical “one-shot mage assassin.” It was the simplest mechanically among mage assassins, making it a favorite for players with slow hands.

However, such a hero did not have a high pick rate in the professional league.

This was because the [Illusionist] had a fatal flaw—its ultimate damage could be split. In other words, in a 1v1, the Illusionist could solo kill most squishy heroes. But during small skirmishes or full 5v5 team fights, if the Illusionist’s ultimate was split among surrounding enemies, it resulted in the awkward situation of “unleashing a full combo but failing to kill anyone.”

Furthermore, the Illusionist lacked the [Abyssal Lord]’s harvest mechanic of “refreshing the ultimate upon securing a kill.” Usually, after blowing its combo, it had no cooldowns left and became as squishy as a minion.

Team BOB’s coach was slightly surprised—

Tianhuan first-picked Illusionist. How dared they?

When [Illusionist] appeared in the professional league, it was usually picked to counter the clunky [Frost Goddess], gaining a laning advantage. However, with Tianhuan picking it first, couldn’t the enemy simply draft a different Mid Laner to counter it?

BOB’s coach thought for a moment and decisively said, “Take Cobra King to counter him.”

The reasoning was very simple. [Cobra King] could summon 4 little snakes. When the [Illusionist] unleashed its ultimate, the damage would be split among the snakes, meaning it could never kill the Cobra King.

Conversely, the little snakes could chase and bite the Illusionist, rapidly stacking poison until the Illusionist was easily poisoned to death.

A summoning-type hero like Cobra King was the Illusionist’s greatest nemesis.

BOB’s Mid Laner rubbed his hands excitedly. “I heard Xiao Bai’s Illusionist has a National Server Badge? My Cobra King also has a National Server Badge. First-picking Illusionist against us means he really isn’t taking us seriously!”

BOB’s Jungler laughed, “He got a Pentakill last week with his teammates’ help, he’s probably feeling full of himself.”

Both sides continued BP (Ban/Pick). Tianhuan’s first three picks were [Illusionist], [Paladin], and [Machine Gun Hunter]. Because [Paladin] was a flex pick that could go Support, Top Laner, or Jungler, it wasn’t certain yet which position it would play.

However, the Mid Laner and Marksman (ADC) were already locked in. Thus, in the second phase, BOB started targeting the Top Laner, banning Old Qin’s highly proficient [Black Dragon Knight].

Tianhuan’s 4th and 5th picks were [Death’s Chain] and [Blessing Priest].

BOB’s coach blanked for a moment—

[Blessing Priest] could only play Support, which meant [Death’s Chain] was the Jungler, and [Paladin] was the Top Laner?

The coach hesitated for a moment before drafting a team-fight-oriented composition.

Tianhuan’s five players began rapidly swapping heroes. [Paladin] was indeed swapped to the 1st slot for Qin Yizhu to use; [Death’s Chain] went to Chi Shuo; [Illusionist] for Mid Lane; [Blessing Priest] for Support; and [Machine Gun Hunter] for Marksman.

A flurry of question marks flooded the stream.

[How long has it been since Death’s Chain was played? Wasn’t it nerfed into the ground ages ago?]

[That hero’s damage is non-existent, hitting someone is like scratching an itch through a boot.]

[Did Chi Shuo sleepwalk back to Season 6? Wake up, it’s Season 10 now.]

[Relying only on Illusionist and Machine Gun Hunter, isn’t their team fight damage too low? Illusionist is useless in team fights.]

The two casters exchanged a glance and said doubtfully, “Tianhuan’s team comp lacks damage in team fights. The Paladin Top Laner is very tanky but has almost no damage output. And the Jungler… During Season 6, Captain Chi took MVP multiple times with Death’s Chain, but we all know that the skill rework in Season 7 sent this hero straight to the sewers.”

The female caster added, “That’s right, this hero hasn’t appeared in the professional league for three whole seasons.”

A “sewer hero” meant one that was officially nerfed into garbage—an unpopular hero basically no one played.

[Death’s Chain] had its glorious moments in Season 6, but after the skill rework, its ultimate damage was halved. Its damage output became negligible, and its stats were squishy. In subsequent seasons, it rarely appeared in the pro league.

Tianhuan’s comp only had two damage dealers for team fights. With the [Illusionist]’s ultimate damage split, it couldn’t kill anyone in a brawl. Relying solely on a single Marksman—would that work? Everyone’s hearts were filled with doubt.

The match began.

For the first wave of jungle buffs, since the [Blessing Priest] Support was relatively squishy and the enemy Support, [Forest Messenger], had healing capabilities, Tianhuan would be at a disadvantage if a skirmish broke out.

Therefore, Tianhuan took the initiative to yield, going to clear their own Red Buff. Team BOB likely thought Tianhuan would invade for the Blue Buff, so they went to defend their own Blue.

The two sides successfully avoided each other.

Chi Shuo maintained his utility jungle playstyle, giving the first Red Buff to the Marksman and the first Blue Buff to the Mid Laner.

Then, everyone saw—

The Support [Blessing Priest] tethered the [Illusionist] with a purple chain, and they arrived at the mid-lane together to clear the minion wave.

“A level 1 Support following the Mid Laner is a common strategy. Two people clearing a wave is always faster than one. By shoving the wave first, the Mid Laner can then roam to support.”

“BOB’s Support followed their Marksman. Little Star is 1v2 in the bot lane, but he should be able to withstand the pressure!”

“Correct. [Machine Gun Hunter] inherently has high attack speed, and its Q skill can fire a continuous stream of bullets from a distance to clear the minion wave. Plus, his defense is relatively high, so as long as he hides under the tower, he won’t die anytime soon.”

As the casters analyzed the situation, on the battlefield, Ye Shaoyang and Qu Jiang swiftly cleared the mid wave and headed toward the bottom lane. BOB’s Mid Laner immediately sounded the alarm: “Mid Laner is missing, bot lane be careful!”

The duo in the bot lane quickly retreated.

However, viewers with the omniscient perspective could clearly see that Ye Shaoyang and Qu Jiang did not go to the bottom lane. They took a single step toward the bot lane, giving the enemy Mid Laner “fake vision,” before immediately pathing through the jungle to head top.

Old Qin’s [Paladin] had very low damage and cleared waves incredibly slowly.

By the time Ye Shaoyang had killed all 6 minions in the mid lane, Old Qin had only managed to kill 2.

Thus, the Mid Laner came to the top lane to help Old Qin clear the remaining 4 minions, taking all the last-hit gold for himself.

The caster exclaimed, “Tianhuan is playing a mid-core strategy this game! The Top Laner gave 4 minions to the Illusionist!”

The professional league wasn’t like Ranked. Carelessly stealing farm from a teammate’s lane would get you scolded to death by the coach. Therefore, for Ye Shaoyang to dare take this wave in the top lane, it must have been communicated beforehand within the team.

Since Paladin had no damage output anyway and only needed a couple of defensive items, all the economy was fed to Ye Shaoyang.

As a result, when Ye Shaoyang returned to the mid lane after his rotation, he was over 100 gold richer than the enemy Mid Laner and a level higher. The enemy Mid Laner was shocked to discover that the Support was still following Ye Shaoyang.

BOB’s Mid Laner realized something was wrong: “They’re playing mid-support synergy this game! Their Marksman is being left on an island.”

BOB’s Jungler immediately replied, “Understood. I’m going to camp their Marksman until he bursts!”

A moment later, BOB’s Jungler reached level 6 first.

He opened the scoreboard and looked—oh ho! Chi Shuo was only level 4!

In that case, wouldn’t it be as easy as flipping his hand to go bot with his teammates and kill Cheng Xing?

BOB’s Jungler quickly ran to the bot lane and hid in the brush ahead of time.

In the voice channel, Ye Shaoyang warned, “Little Star, the enemy jungler is level 6, he’s definitely going to gank you.”

Cheng Xing replied, “I’ll be careful and turtle under the tower.”

Ye Shaoyang said, “Don’t turtle under the tower, act out a play for him. We’ll be there right away.”

Cheng Xing paused for a second.

Act out a play?

Alright then! Brother Yang’s words must be obeyed.

So, Cheng Xing tiptoed out from under his defensive tower, pretending to last-hit the final two minions. He positioned himself just a tiny bit too far forward—right into the attack range of the enemy hiding in the brush.

The enemy Jungler immediately seized the opportunity, dashing over with his ultimate to stun Cheng Xing!

However, before he could follow up with damage, a chain suddenly shot out from the brush, forcibly dragging him in. Ye Shaoyang, who had been waiting there all along, exploded with APM. A W-Q-R combo instantly shattered into purple illusions against the jungler’s chest, instantly deleting him!

—First Blood!

Failing to kill, he was killed instead.

BOB’s Jungler: “…Fuck! Three of them were hiding in the brush. What an actor!”

BOB’s Captain frowned, “Bot lane support, watch the vision.”

The Support teammate felt wronged: “They bypassed our vision through their own jungle, I didn’t see them at all.”

The Captain consoled him, “It’s fine, we’ll try again.”

After reviving, the Jungler quickly headed to his own jungle to take his Blue Buff.

Just halfway through, the sound effect of a kill suddenly rang in his ears—

—[Tianhuan Lieyang (Illusionist) killed BOB Xiaobo (Cobra King)!]

This kill happened so fast it caught everyone off guard!

BOB’s Mid Laner was clearing waves in the mid lane with his four little snakes. Suddenly, a black hook shot out from the brush—Death’s Chain’s icy iron links instantly dragged him over and bound him. What awaited him next was the Illusionist’s burst combo!

As the mage assassin with the highest critical strike damage, the Illusionist only needed 1 second to kill a target.

An ambush in the bot lane, and the enemy Jungler was gone.

A sneak attack in the mid lane, and the enemy Mid Laner was gone.

Then, Ye Shaoyang ran to the top lane to eat the Top Laner’s minion wave.

The two casters were stunned for a moment before finally realizing the profound nature of Tianhuan’s team comp: “This is a hit-and-run one-shot roam strategy!” “The Mid, Jungle, and Support are grouping up to relentlessly hunt down targets and disrupt the enemy’s rhythm!”

Only then did the audience realize what made Tianhuan’s strange team comp so brilliant.

The Support [Blessing Priest] tethering the Mid Laner could restore mana and boost magical damage, ensuring the Mid Laner never ran out of mana while elevating their damage output by an entire tier.

Although the Jungler [Death’s Chain] had low personal damage, his Q skill could hook a target from afar and bind them. Your [Cobra King] has four snakes to split the damage? I’ll bypass your snakes, hook you directly, and kill you!

And once the [Blessing Priest] hit level 6, its ultimate provided a team-wide speed boost.

The support item Qu Jiang built this game was also a team speed boost item—meaning they had two team speed boosts!

Ye Shaoyang had even bought a pair of Boots of Swiftness.

Their roaming speed was simply flying!

Thus, the audience watched as the Jungler, Mid Laner, and Support—a trio “acting in cahoots”—grouped up, popped their speed boosts, ran wildly across the map, and hid in brushes for sneak attacks.

Right after killing BOB’s Mid Laner, the three activated their speed boosts and rushed into the enemy jungle to steal the Blue Buff.

Immediately following that, once Ye Shaoyang’s ultimate was off cooldown, the trio popped their speed boosts again and swept into the bot lane like a gust of wind. Chi Shuo’s hook lashed out from afar at a tricky angle, directly snatching the squishy Marksman who was hiding behind his Support.

Ye Shaoyang unleashed his combo…

Purple fragments scattered everywhere, and the Marksman was gone too.

Tianhuan started the dragon.

After taking the dragon, they ran mid to clear the wave, then popped their speed boosts and ran top.

BOB’s Top Laner sensed the danger and quickly retreated back under his tower. However, Chi Shuo hid in the brush beside the tower. With a single Q skill, the familiar black chain forcibly hooked the Top Laner out from under the tower—

Ye Shaoyang followed up with a combo, and BOB’s Top Laner was also gone.

BOB’s players: “…………”

Grass! Where the hell did they keep popping out from?!

This hit-and-run one-shot strategy was too disgusting, wasn’t it?

Hiding under the tower was useless. Chi Shuo’s hook never missed, and Ye Shaoyang’s hand speed was incredibly fast. So what the audience saw was the trio grouping up, popping speed boosts, sprinting across the rift, rapidly arriving at their destination…

Chi Shuo hooked one, and Ye Shaoyang killed one.

It played out like this—

Chi Shuo: “Come, kill him.”

Ye Shaoyang: “Okay, he’s gone.”

After securing a kill, they would invade the jungle for resources, wait for ultimate cooldowns, rotate to another lane, hook someone else, and continue killing.

The casters didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Ahem, can we call these three the ‘Scourge Trio’? Who will they scourge next?”

“Ah… the enemy Mid Laner got hooked again.”

“He burned Flash! But unfortunately, the Illusionist used his E skill to close the gap, W to CC him, and tower-dived for the kill!”

“You can dodge Captain Chi’s hook, but you can’t dodge Yangyang’s CC. It’s too tough!”

The netizens in the stream were also amused by this strategy.

[Please enjoy the performance of Tianhuan’s Scourge Trio wreaking havoc all over the rift?]

[Tianhuan’s team fight damage is indeed low, but they simply refuse to team fight. They’re playing guerrilla warfare, one-shotting you in waves.]

[Qu Jiang implies: We’re running on four-wheel drive with maximum horsepower, we’re super fast!]

[Killing bot then killing mid, killing mid then killing top, so all three of BOB’s lanes collapsed?]

The caster yelled excitedly, “Under the fast-paced guerrilla warfare of Tianhuan’s Mid-Jungle-Support trio running on four-wheel drive to scourge the rift, the gold difference has already widened to 5000!”

“What surprises us is that Little Star, who was left on an island in the bot lane, hasn’t died once. That’s because BOB’s Mid Laner and Jungler have been killed by Tianhuan’s trio so many times they simply don’t have time to gank Little Star.”

“Little Star is farming extremely comfortably. Because he hasn’t died once, his economy is 1000 gold higher than the enemy Marksman’s!”

“The Mid Laner’s item build is even more luxurious; he’s already secured 10 kills!”

It wasn’t just BOB’s three lanes that collapsed; their players’ mentalities were also on the verge of collapsing.

15 minutes into the match, Ye Shaoyang had 10 kills. What did this mean? It meant that when their players revived and returned to their lanes, they would barely clear one wave of minions before the elusive Illusionist sent them packing back home again.

Magic Staff, Spellbook, Crystal Ball—Ye Shaoyang’s three-item core build was complete, and with his leftover gold, he even bought two pairs of boots. One pair of Mobility Boots for rapid roaming out of combat, and one pair of Ionian Boots for Cooldown Reduction…

The movement speed from boots didn’t stack, but the passives could apply simultaneously, and he could sell them later for other items. 3 core items + 2 pairs of boots—it was evident just how wealthy his economy was!

Seeing this, everyone finally realized how clear Tianhuan’s strategy for this game was.

Chi Shuo, Ye Shaoyang, and Qu Jiang grouped up, rapidly roaming to hunt for kills.

Cheng Xing and Qin Yizhu were left on an island. Although leaving a Marksman unprotected was dangerous, offense is the best defense! If I kill your Jungler, Mid Laner, and Marksman and send them all back to the spawn fountain, is my Marksman still in danger?

Cheng Xing happily cleared waves in the bot lane; absolutely no one had the time to gank him. He quickly pushed down the bottom outer turret, then ran mid to push that turret while Brother Yang one-shot the enemy Mid Laner.

He then swapped lanes with Old Qin, taking down the top turret while Brother Yang killed the enemy Top Laner.

Cheng Xing: “I am nothing but a ruthless tower-pushing machine.”

The gold deficit grew larger and larger. BOB was completely bewildered by this bizarre playstyle. By the time they reacted and tried to force a 5-man group push down the mid lane, it was too late.

In the ensuing 5v5 team fight, Chi Shuo hooked the enemy Marksman right out of the crowd, who was instantly deleted by Ye Shaoyang—literally instantly! Disappearing in less than 1 second, giving no time to react!

A 5v5 instantly turned into a 5v4.

Losing a member before the team fight even began meant there was no way to fight.

So what if your BOB team comp had strong team fight damage?

Have you heard of the “Marksman Disappearance Technique” in team fights?

We won’t let you deal any damage; we’ll just send you straight back to the spawn fountain.

The first game concluded rapidly at 18 minutes, and the final KDA was simply too gruesome to look at.

Illusionist: 12 kills. Dealing 45% of the team’s total damage—undoubtedly the MVP!

Although the Illusionist in this game wasn’t as flashy as the Abyssal Lord’s 1v5 Pentakill wave, an elusive, insta-killing Illusionist that rapidly roamed and collapsed three lanes was the most terrifying existence on the rift!

You wouldn’t even know where he was before you were dead.

The psychological threat and pressure such a mage assassin inflicted on people was immense. By the late game, BOB’s players didn’t even dare step out from under their towers. Unfortunately, even if they didn’t, Chi Shuo would still hook them out.

In Game 1, BOB suffered a crushing defeat!

The two casters looked at each other in dismay.

“Against Tianhuan’s rapid-roaming, one-shot strategy, is there any counter-strategy?”

The other caster shook his head. “The tempo is too fast. Blessing Priest has an innate speed boost, and the support item provides another speed boost—it’s equivalent to a four-wheel drive. If you chase them, you can’t catch them; if you try to hide, you can’t escape!”

“Unless you draft a more mobile composition to flank and assassinate their Mid Laner, or build a magic resist item as your second purchase so the Illusionist can’t one-shot you.”

“But if you build magic resist as your second item, your damage output will be far too low.”

How do you break this kind of composition?

At this moment, the coaches watching the live stream began to suffer from headaches.

Who would have thought that using a sewer hero like [Death’s Chain] as a utility tool, paired with an [Illusionist] mid-core—hooking one and killing one—would create such an overwhelmingly strong synergy!

Was banning Ye Shaoyang’s [Abyssal Lord] not enough? Did they have to ban [Illusionist] too?

But if they did that, wouldn’t all of Chi Shuo’s heroes be left open?

After a brief intermission, the second game commenced.

This time BOB was on the Blue side, and during the BP phase, the coach indeed began to hesitate.

Who to ban? [Abyssal Lord] just secured a Pentakill, so they didn’t dare leave it open. But Tianhuan’s [Illusionist] system was also exceptionally disgusting; running with map-wide speed boosts, killing wherever they went, they had rapidly destroyed BOB’s tempo.

A moment later, BOB’s coach submitted his picks.

The first ban slot went to [Abyssal Lord].

The second ban slot was shockingly given to [Illusionist].

The two casters: “…………”

The netizens in the stream burst out laughing.

[Holy shit, the Supreme VIP treatment for the new Mid Laner!]

[Banning two Mid Laners in a row, you’re really something, coach [Doge.jpg]]

[It seems Tianhuan has birthed a Great Demon King Mid Laner who leaves psychological shadows on his opponents, huh?]

[I run into Illusionist in Ranked all the time, but today is the first time I’ve discovered it can be played with such a cheeky routine. Elusive, killing the enemy 12 times. If I were the coach, I’d fucking ban it too!]

[Hahaha, Captain Chi must be feeling very happy right now, right? This is the first time he’s encountered a draft where his Jungler wasn’t banned.]

Chi Shuo indeed had complicated feelings.

During Season 9, his Jungler picks were banned for an entire year. But in Season 10, the coaches gradually realized that Tianhuan’s compositions centered around the Mid Laner were also incredibly annoying, so they started banning the Mid Laner.

All his Jungler picks were left open—this was the first time in years!

Seeing this, Coach Lin felt a bit hot in the eyes.

He finally understood why Chi Shuo insisted on pulling Ye Shaoyang into Team Tianhuan. Shaoyang was like a sharp sword that could help Chi Shuo break the deadlock. If the opponents started fearing Tianhuan’s Mid Laner, the pressure on Chi Shuo would naturally lessen.

[Is Captain Chi still not picking a jungle carry?]

[Assassin, Thief, King of Fighters, Ninja—with so many jungle carries open, is he not going to pick one?]

Many netizens in the bullet screen were questioning this.

But Chi Shuo still didn’t pick a jungle carry. Against the team with the worst record in Group B, there was no need for him to show his hand.

Shaoyang alone could handle it.

In Game 2, since Ye Shaoyang’s [Abyssal Lord] and [Illusionist] were both banned, Tianhuan naturally couldn’t play their systems revolving around those two mid-core heroes.

What hero would Ye Shaoyang pick?

The netizens were filled with anticipation.

In the next moment, they saw Ye Shaoyang lock in his frequently used Mid Laner, [Ocean Goddess], while Qu Jiang picked the speed-boosting Support [Blessing Priest]. He had just used this Support in the previous game and felt quite good playing it. Since the regular season didn’t use a Global BP format, they could reuse heroes as long as the opponents didn’t ban them.

The moment this system was drafted, the head of Team BOB’s coach buzzed.

A macro operation system.

The macro system Tianhuan had brought out during the Season 9 Playoffs to win a small game against Beimu.

Sure enough, the Jungler picked [Fighter]—a hero with multiple dashes and fast movement speed, specializing in split-pushing.

With Tianhuan’s composition, [Ocean Goddess] slowed down the enemies while [Blessing Priest] sped up teammates. The resulting effect was: I run faster, and you run slower. We’ll just speed-boost our split-pushing and destroy your three lanes.

The gap between strong and weak teams often lay in macro operations.

Many weak teams in the league looked fierce during team fights, but even if they won the fight, they often failed to close out the game and were frequently subjected to comebacks. Ultimately, this boiled down to their poor understanding of minion wave macro.

The teams with the strongest macro were from the Korean Region. By testing their macro system in today’s regular season match, Coach Lin wanted to see if Tianhuan could execute it well with Shaoyang as their new Mid Laner.

After all, Shaoyang’s playstyle leaned toward sharp aggression, preferring to use mage assassins to stomp opponents. Qu Jiang was much better at playing control-type mages. A composition that slowed down the tempo to slowly manipulate minion waves severely tested a player’s patience. The previous game had gone too smoothly, so Coach Lin wanted to cool everyone down.

Facts proved…

When Ye Shaoyang played a control-type mage, he could also crowd-control the enemies until they lost the will to live!

When he played mage assassins, his sudden appearances to one-shot you made opponents gnash their teeth in hatred.

But when he played a control-type mage, arbitrarily tossing slow effects at your feet, making it impossible to catch him as he kited you from afar—that was exceptionally aggravating.

Team BOB’s players, repeatedly kited by continuous aquatic slows, finally ran out of patience!

Thus, at the 10-minute mark, the grand spectacle of all 5 BOB players grouping up to dive the mid lane and force a kill on Ye Shaoyang occurred! The Top Laner Flashed over to stun Ye Shaoyang, the Jungler charged under the tower to unleash a flurry of blows, while the Mid Laner and Marksman dealt damage from afar. Pooling the strength of all 5 players, they finally managed to burst down Ye Shaoyang!

Ye Shaoyang: “…”

Thank you, but using so many cooldowns to force a kill on a squishy Mid Laner like me?

Was that really necessary?

The netizens in the stream were about to die from laughter.

[Yangyang’s Supreme VIP treatment includes: the coach banning two Mid Laners back-to-back, and all 5 enemies grouping up to kill the Mid Laner.]

[Hahahaha, wasn’t Chi Shuo the one who used to enjoy this treatment in the past?]

[Tianhuan has produced a Great Demon King in the mid lane this season, how could they not focus the mid lane?]

[I don’t know why, but seeing Yangyang get 5-man tower-dived makes me want to laugh. Even though I’m clearly his fan.]

[Grouping up 5 men here just to fight a raid boss?]

Watching from off-stage, Xie Xiaotian couldn’t help but sigh with emotion, “Our Team 2 was like this before too. Sigh, Brother Yang’s playstyle is exceptionally prone to leaving people with psychological shadows!”

Yan Bin deeply agreed, “Exactly, it’s too infuriating.”

In Game 1, he roamed the entire map, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, killing BOB’s players a full 12 times!

BOB’s players had already built up a belly full of fire. In Game 2, picking Ocean Goddess to leisurely toss slows everywhere—could they still endure that?

They couldn’t endure it!

In the mid lane, BOB’s 5-man dive successfully sent Ye Shaoyang back to the fountain.

Qin Yizhu quickly rotated to defend the mid turret, while Chi Shuo pushed the minion wave and stole the top turret.

Tianhuan’s macro level was vastly superior to their opponents. Under Chi Shuo’s shotcalling, they split-pushed all three lanes. BOB’s three outer turrets were quickly destroyed, and they couldn’t defend their jungle resources either.

During the critical Baron team fight, BOB’s five players still wanted to force a kill on Ye Shaoyang. However, the moment the enemy Jungler charged in, Ye Shaoyang Flashed over the wall and tossed his ultimate backward—

A massive body of water landed perfectly at their feet, inflicting an AoE slow on all 5 BOB players!

His teammates immediately followed up with crowd control. Cheng Xing dealt damage from a very safe distance, and BOB’s five players were completely wiped out.

Although Game 2 dragged past the 20-minute mark, the final result was exactly as anticipated—they lost.

Team BOB’s captain sighed and said, “It looks like Tianhuan can enter Group S. We really can’t beat them.” “In the past, when fighting Tianhuan, everyone knew to target their jungle. But this season’s Tianhuan has a very strong mid lane, and their tactics have completely changed.”

At this moment, the coaches of the other Group B teams watching the stream were all suffering from severe headaches.

What were they going to do when they encountered Tianhuan next? Should they ban both Abyssal Lord and Illusionist, those two mage assassins? But Ye Shaoyang played control-type mages just as well as Qu Jiang, seamlessly integrating into Tianhuan’s macro system to bleed opponents dry.

Ye Shaoyang had 8 heroes with National Server Badges alone.

Not to mention the strong heroes he practiced privately—he was definitely hiding some treasures!

Ban the Mid Laner?

Chi Shuo’s Jungler would be left open.

Ban the Jungler?

Ye Shaoyang’s Abyssal Lord and Illusionist mid-core were extremely difficult to deal with.

The coaches of Group B simultaneously had a thought: Is it possible to just ban Ye Shaoyang altogether?