The combination of Dongyue and Toma is already a familiar face in the live broadcast room of the game. The two of them chatted about the current situation of the two Chinese teams in Korea based on hearsay, while waiting for the start of the game.
The news of AM and Laur touched the hearts of thousands of viewers. Whether the players went out to eat something new, or a tough opponent appeared in a training match, it would become a topic in the forum discussion building. The current barrage is like the melon-eaters in the forum post who transferred the battlefield, leisurely commenting on the famous restaurants or scenic spots near the temporary apartment of the Chinese team, and even viewers who temporarily live in Korea said that they have been wandering nearby , waiting to meet a real person.
"I feel that the atmosphere today is very relaxed." Toma is used to seeing the barrage of confrontation, and it is the first time that the audience is so leisurely, and even the sunspot who checks in every day does not appear. In the knockout round, we should be a little nervous!"
His tone was exaggerated, just after he finished speaking, the barrage seemed to answer his doubts, and comments such as "KingPlay has no combat power" and "lost AM anyway" were posted one after another.
The barrage is full of optimism. They watch the Korean League as if they are watching a joint live broadcast of all AM members. They wait for the victory of the game and the superb performance of the anchor. They order heroes from time to time, hoping to see AM find another way.
Dongyue said: "It feels like everyone has entered the realm of predicting the ending, but I have to say that KingPlay has a complete record in the group stage, so this matchup is very important for the two teams."
There was a barrage popping up on the spot, "KingPlay also won the group at IOP", the result is self-evident, after being easily defeated by AM, they lost to Laur. The group stage was also unbeaten, constantly inflating the blind confidence of the audience.
While they were optimistically discussing how KingPlay lost, the screen cut directly to the game scene.
Game 1, Eichenwalde.
As the defensive side, KingPlay has already begun to select a lineup, but within two to three seconds, the configuration belonging to Reinhardt, Roadhog, Dva, Soldier 76, Lucio, and Ana walked out of the respawn room.
"KingPlay's output position and sub-tank have been replaced. This is the first Korean league they have participated in after running in. Judging from the situation in the group stage, the newly joined player Jingqing, Roadhog, has very terrifying combat effectiveness." Even though Dong Yue didn't play to explain KingPlay's group match, but as a spectator, he could clearly feel the threat of Roadhog.
"There is also UIO, the new output position. He was a substitute member of KingPlay at the beginning, so he has shown his face a few times before this time, and there should be no major problems in coordination."
When Dongyue and Toma were supplementing each other's information about KingPlay, the camera turned to AM's preparation room.
What DL took out was the fortress. He squatted at the bar counter. The scene of frantic shooting was very clear, and even the beeping mechanical sound was clearly transmitted to the live broadcast room.
Dongyue said in surprise: "DL wants to use a fortress?!"
AM used the attack on the fortress at Eichenwalde, and it was a surprising battle. Breaking into the defense line seemed extremely difficult, because a fortress changed so quickly.
DL played out the terrifying fighting power of the fortress vanguard in most people's minds, and once led the wave of attacking the fortress in competitive mode.
Toma said: "It's rare to see a fortress at the beginning of the DL game. Sometimes he will suddenly switch out in defense, and the enemy will be caught off guard. Sometimes the offensive rhythm is too slow, and he will change out the fortress to fight a bloody path. It is said that this hero played an extremely important role in AM's reversal of the situation. The start of the fortress shows that AM has a detailed analysis and judgment of KingPlay's strength. The purpose of attacking the target point."
Unfortunately, when Toma was seriously analyzing the principles of AM tactics, DL, who was holding the fortress and shooting the room, suddenly switched to McCree.
Hahaha laughter ran across the screen, and someone even shouted: "Toma, return my DL's fortress."
It's normal to change heroes like this, but DL really doesn't give face to the commentator. Toma laughed out loud and said, "I was very excited when I saw the fortress, but in the end I was deceived by DL."
Generally speaking, experienced players will not analyze the hero configuration before the team members take the hero out, because there is no confirmed hero, and it is a waste of emotion to analyze it.
Yun Yun, who had no idea that he was leading the audience and commentators far away in the country, swung McCree's revolver and said, "Hurry up, we can't spend too long with KingPlay."
"What if they fly together?" Liu Sanping asked.
"No." Yun Yun was very sure of this, "In Eichenwalde, KingPlay will not use Shuangfei to defend."
AM's current lineup is Reinhardt, Dva, Zarya, McCree, Ana, and Lucio. There are no special unpopular heroes, and there are no particularly rich and meaningful routines. They face the opponents they have defeated once again. , the first reaction is to seek stability.
KingPlay changed two players, and they changed one player. From the perspective of coordination proficiency, AM should have the advantage, but Yun Yun felt that in the first round, he still had to be cautious. He studied the video of KingPlay's substitute player, and even consulted Gim, who is familiar with KingPlay's situation, and concluded that the tactics of this re-planned KingPlay team are more popular.
"Then I'll see the opportunity and go straight in." Wu Lisheng happily shuttled through the gate, and Lucio's witty words kept appearing in the respawn room, triggering the interaction of teammates and heroes.
When the countdown entered the last two seconds, everyone crowded at the main entrance, and Peng Xiaozhou raised his shield, ready to meet the opponent's initial attack.
As the electronic female voice said "Start in", with a "bang!", the biological grenade hit the defensive shield.
"Liu Sanping pay attention to raising the shield." When Yun Yun took out his gun, he aimed at the fleeing figure, but he didn't catch the support position on the opposite side who was rubbing energy.
All members of AM came to the front with a clear purpose. The war has not stopped since the beginning. Bullets from both sides continue to hit the defensive shield, which becomes the energy value of the opponent. KingPlay's Roadhog was very bold, he even took a step forward, just when Yun Yun hit him on the head, the slender iron hook grabbed his prey!
"Shield!" Zum just said this, when he saw the purple shield flashing on Yun Yun's body, he missed half a second of space, and he became the first person killed in the field.
And now, it was time for Yun Yun to demand a direct assault.
"Rush or not?" Wu Lisheng wasn't sure if he could attack in such a situation.
Yun Yun rolled to avoid the attack, and said decisively, "Come on!"
"Jingqing hooked ZUM!" Toma was terrified when he saw KingPlay's Roadhog grabbing ZUM, "AM lost Anna at the beginning, this attack is already impossible, now they may...they rushed Already!"
With the voice of the commentary, AM broke through the line of defense without Anna, and the attack of the players looked like an impulsive advance from the OB camera. Because they don't have Anna.
If five-on-six can also take advantage, it is definitely not the current state. AM's attack is very fierce. Even if Lucio's voice is not heard, the audience can see that WingKY has turned on the accelerated sound. As if it was the last fight before the defeat, AM no longer cared that there were only five of them, and played with the momentum of six.
"Start's shield protects his teammates, but his condition is very poor and he can't last long... RYU is killed! Now the field has returned to a five-on-five evenly matched state, and the DL on the screen has already headshot the enemy twice in a row. The probability of this is in It is very rare in the game, as long as the teammates keep up with the output... ASD dies!" Dongyue's commentary has been unable to keep up with the changes in the game, KingPlay's players died twice in a row. When Roadhog hooked Lucio, he was hit by Dva Face-riding attack, at such a close distance, Roadhog shot in the face and hit Start's broken mech. Although the huge off-tank was knocked out of the cab, Lucio survived.
Toma said: "AM has changed from an absolute disadvantage to an absolute advantage. KingPlay lost one output and one support. It is already very difficult to survive from DL."
After all, it is DL, and one of his guns can come back against the trend like McGrath, not to mention that AM has so many teammates alive now. Even though Jingqing's Roadhog shot and took away the weak little Dva again, his own state was not easy to be optimistic. The battle situation was set, AM cleaned up the battlefield, and sent the enemy back to the respawn room in the first round.
From a tactical point of view, it is very dangerous for AM to choose to charge in the case of losing one person first. As a result, they did not give KingPlay the opportunity to accumulate the first ultimate skill. victory.
"I like this kind of reversal." Dongyue's voice contained approval, "When everyone thought AM would retreat, they stood up, just like many times when everyone thought they were going to lose, they actually won Yes. I believe the audience feels the same as me, and I want to ask them—why don’t you play your cards according to the routine?”
Dongyue, who has been slapped in the face thousands of times every day, has her heart broken, but she still loves this team accompanied by surprises and admiration. The DL on the camera turns and looks to the rear. With Ao's support, he returned to the main force.
This kind of team feeling has caused countless sighs in the barrage. Those who feel that it is difficult for AM to run in well have also changed because of the victory of the five-on-six start. Even if ZUM is not strong enough, AM can also use surprising combat methods to make up for this short-term defect.
What's more, ZUM's performance in the group stage is quite satisfactory.
"Roadhog replaced Zarya." ZUM reported the situation on the opposite side, which was the only adjustment made by the opponent.
"Just right." Yun Yun watched the completion of the capture of the target point, and KingPlay's defense had entered the highest position of the city wall observation tower, "Later, Liu Sanping rushed to block it, ZUM is good, let's go directly to the side, and Team Lin's defense car."
They had to fight against KingPlay directly from the passageway on the side of the city wall. The fighting style of this team was the same as in the past.
In the case of high and low, it is impossible to pass the delivery route under the city wall without driving all the enemies away. If you want to move on, you must clean up the enemies above your head.
Jing Qing is a very strong Roadhog, and it is impossible to be weaker than the previous hero after switching to Zarya. Yun Yun will feel extra vigilant for these enemies whose blood volume exceeds most of the output positions. Once they can't be killed quickly, the damage caused by these side tanks with residual blood is by no means weaker than any output position.
"We need to be quick." This was Yun Yun's second request, but it was more cautious than the first.
As long as they are slower, they may be caught by KingPlay.
"Now AM has successfully entered the cart-pushing session. According to the previous game situation, the key point of the fierce battle is the curve after the first city gate passes. This curve is completely exposed to the defender's field of vision and there are fewer obstacles. , the two sides must compete for the high observation deck." Dongyue described the situation on this map, watching the carrying target on the screen move forward smoothly.
All kinds of tragedies often occur at the corners. Generally speaking, the defensive side has a great advantage. KingPlay takes the lead in occupying the high ground. Even if AM attacks upwards immediately after entering the area, it will suffer a lot of losses.
The OB perspective follows the movement of the players next to the delivery target, and at the moment when the battle is about to start, the camera jumps to the output position of KingPlay.
Their output is still Soldier 76, and the moment they find the carrying target, they raise their guns and shoot.
Accompanied by the attacking angle of Zarya's red gunfire, the audience can clearly see that Start holds up the shield to fill the entire screen.
"Start is very courageous. Pharah rides on the face, and Dva rides on the face. His tactic is simple and rude. When he disrupted KingPlay's sight, AM has already attacked from the side. They will continue to fight on the observation deck." Toma's voice was excited, and he could not wait to wave the flag at the scene, "AM's competition for the high platform is always inevitable, and I believe KingPlay will encounter big trouble this time."
In fact, the match between AM and KingPlay in the observation deck is quite difficult. Although they have Lucio supporting them, Ana has to support Dva below and push Zarya, which is a four-on-six situation.
It is a miracle to win five against six, but it is impossible to win four against six. AM rushing to the high platform to fight KingPlay attracted the attention of the audience, and everyone was looking to see if AM was crazy.
"I believe that AM should have seriously considered tactics, and will never be purely impulsive." Dongyue trusts AM's stability, "DL hits ASD twice under the cover of teammates, if... ASD jumps off the building!"
However, not just ASD, all three of KingPlay chose to retreat or jump off the tower.
Because the delivery target is constantly moving forward under the impetus of Zarya and Anna, it is impossible for them to indulge in the battle regardless of the progress of the attacker's cart.
After a brief change, the battlefield is divided into two parts, one is on the observation deck, and the other is near the delivery target.
The three of KingPlay were at a disadvantage against the four of AM, but the ground delivery target was stuck, leaving ZUM and Answer to face the three-person team.
It is hard to say what impact the battle between the two sides will have on the final battle situation, but OB can only choose one side to observe.
The audience's attention followed the camera on DL. Soldier 76 on the opposite side threw out a bio-force field and started to head-to-head. Under such circumstances, the advantage of the four was slightly weak, and we could only see who could take the head first.
The stalemate on the watchtower battlefield has not yet been decided, and the death information is refreshed in the upper right corner.
"ZUM kills ASD!" This seems to be a game where the support takes the lead. When ZUM kills KingPlay's Lucio, DL also kills Jingqing.
The battle situation gradually became clear after the enemy lost two members in a row. AM's advancement gradually became less hindered and passed through this area where the defender had an advantage.
But the battle situation that followed was even more terrifying. Fuyutsuki predicted that AM could pass through the Takahashi area without any problems. KingPlay strongly counterattacked. Whether it was the use of ultimate skills or the determination of the players to fight hard, it could be seen that KingPlay wanted to end AM's offensive outside the castle.
Although the whole process was difficult, AM changed the hero routine, used Tracer's fast attack to dismantle KingPlay's defensive formation at close range, and finally slowly sent the delivery target to the end. After the first round was finally over, Yun Yun let out a long breath.
The Korean League has entered the eight-to-four stage. He knew it would not be as smooth as the group stage, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. KingPlay's replacement seems to have raised the team's overall strength to a higher level. Originally, they were able to push the delivery target to the castle with confidence, but they didn't expect to delay so much time during the journey.
There is only one minute and thirty-five seconds left for their next attack. This time is neither short nor long.
"KingPlay may take double flight." From the experience of playing against each other, Lin Minyu thinks this configuration is the most likely.
Every time they go out, they are playing different games, preparing corresponding countermeasures to meet the opponent's attack.
"We also take double flight?" Liu Sanping, who decided to lead the team to carry and become the backbone of the team, was very confident, "I can't sneak away from the eagle!"
Yun Yun thought for a while and said, "Pharah, Angel, Anna, Dva, Sombra, Reinhardt. Liu Sansheng will take us flying."
When AM's defensive lineup appeared, the commentary became particularly agitated. Toma said: "Sombra, it's DL's Sombra again! Back then, KingPlay's Invincible Shuangfei was knocked down by Sombra. At this time, I can only shout DL is strong and invincible!"
The mood of the audience was exactly the same as his, and they didn't make any jokes at all, as if being driven, they spontaneously occupied the entire screen with "DL is strong and invincible". felt.
They believe in DL, and even more in AM. This team has unlimited potential and has performed countless miracles, bringing them the ultimate viewing experience on the field. That kind of blood-boiling feeling can drive away the cold of winter nights and dye the heat waves all over your body.
"Yunyun teaches the opposite to be a man", "AM crushes them", "Only one pair can live together on the field". The AM walked quietly to the defensive position. Judging from the camera following Start, they were going to guard the main entrance.
From the perspective of Start, he bounced to the cliff not far away, and looked at the take-off point of the surprise attack tactics that often appear in the competitive mode. Dongyue followed the whole camera and said: "Eichenwalde's universal back-around technique is often rarely seen in the arena, because the team configuration cannot bypass Anna, even if Shuangfei can go around the target point through the cliff, such Tactics are also extremely dangerous."
This kind of offensive method basically does not appear in official games, and Start returned to his normal defensive position after watching it.
Then, the OB rarely put the camera on the angel of WingKY.
Even OBs who are proficient in viewing angle control rarely show the movements of angels in battle, unless it is the kind of time when everyone is dying and waiting for the immortal angel hero to save the world, the amazing savior picture will appear on the screen.
A powerful professional angel is not only good at switching damage bonus and healing modes, but more importantly, the skills of using ultimate skills. The miracle of saving the whole regiment from under the watchful eyes of the enemy is a test of skill and luck.
WingKY often appears in front of the public as Lucio, but audiences who are familiar with Are Men know that this angel is as powerful in saving people as it is in killing people.
"The angels in AM are actually very interesting, or it should be said that the professional angels in the professional team have their own set of tactical theories." Dongyue has a good understanding of the situation of the two teams in the competition, "For example, WingKY, following the Pharah Time is a strong support. When the Pharah is riding his face to death, he will draw a gun from behind to interfere with the opponent. If he has resurrection, then the number of survivors on the field determines his choice. As for KingPlay's ASD, the same It is an amazing angel, because in a critical moment, his attack ability is stronger than his support ability. The choice of resurrection is more random, such as the Pharah is killed alone, and ASD may also prescribe a single resurrection skill.”
From the perspective of Angel's skill planning and resurrection use, it is the most efficient ultimate skill that can bring more teammates back to the battlefield. However, this requires excellent luck and the cooperation of the opponent.
As if to give other players more perspectives, OB never stayed on DL for a moment. The commentary followed the screen and continued to explain the highlights of the players or heroes. When the battle started, the main perspective fell on KingPlay's Shuangfei.
"Because KingPlay's double flight is quite brilliant, under such circumstances, we can bring you a more complete arena from the perspective of Pharah, and you can see more details." Although Dongyue explained this way, the audience did not buy it at all.
They firmly believed that this kind of jealousy of DL's sharpness deliberately did not give perspective, and strongly demanded that OB return DL's invincible Sombra.
However, this is the staff of the Korean League, and they can't see the demands they are making all over the sky.
There is nothing wrong with OB making such a choice. In the arena, most Sombra have to rely on their ultimate skills to display their strength. When choosing a game perspective, they will give priority to selecting explosive and powerful heroes or star players to display.
Although Soldier 76 of KingPlay's RYU is quite satisfactory, the Pharah is worthy of being called a "natural hero" and brought countless wonderful pictures to the audience on the field.
When RYU led the audience to crush AM from the perspective of the attacking side, it seemed that the attack had already won.
They crossed the first line of defense, continuously bombarding the AM members on the ground to bloodshed, Tracer on the ground shuttled among the enemy lines, and the two-fly combination that was facing them head-on didn't have the same ferocious strength as them.
The two sides are constantly fighting in the open space outside the target point. Even if RYU's blood volume is weakened by Start, he will be healed quickly.
"Apagando las luces!"
The audience didn't come back to their senses at all. The OB's sudden third-party God's perspective perfectly presented the situation on the field. Neither KingPlay's Reinhardt nor Zarya could use the defensive shield. RYU and ASD in the sky were besieged on the ground, in a miserable state.
"DL's ult!" Toma's voice was extremely excited, "This is the fastest ult I've ever seen. Even if we haven't seen the situation just now, we can still imagine how DL shot to the head with a blood pack to assist!"
OB finally turned his attention to the hero who is the biggest defender in the field. He shoots, reloads, and invades leisurely. To him, the enemies on the ground are lively targets, no different from training range robots. This is not the Sombra who can only fix tactical routines in the rumors, nor is it the Sombra who occupies the output position in the analysis and is slightly weak.
That is the dark shadow of DL.
Less than forty seconds after the start of the battle, he released his first ultimate skill of the field.
Then KingPlay fell silent and returned to the city after being killed.
Compared with the excitement of the domestic broadcast platforms, the atmosphere on the live and Korean live broadcast platforms is as stagnant as after the black shadow invaded. Among them, there are some viewers who watched the league for the first time. Their doubts are constantly refreshed on the barrage and social networks, waiting to know answer from the reader—
"Who is this shadow?"