Losing with a score of 0-2, in fact, a large part of the factor is that the Minx team underestimated the enemy.
Of course, as the rookie dark horses in the Korean LCK division, and maybe even the future top powerhouses in the entire world professional e-sports circle, they do have the capital to underestimate the enemy.
After all, with Minx's mid-laner and top-lane two ace cores in the lineup, even if you meet those veteran teams that are ranked in the forefront of the world, you have a good chance of winning.
But unfortunately, the underestimation of the enemy this time was the most terrible and the most inappropriate one.
Otherwise, if the Minx team were aware of the threat of the bot lane on the winning team's side from the very beginning, then even if it was still a losing ending, it wouldn't have lost so embarrassingly and so quickly.
But-
When several Minx players, including Fly and even The-Sword, didn't take AD of the decisive team seriously from the beginning, they were doomed to pay the most painful price for it.
You let a top NA legend from the previous generation develop without any pressure in the bot lane until it takes off
This kind of thing is like letting Han Shihao, the mid laner of the SSK team, be left alone in the middle lane.
Let the jungler of Nian Shisan or Mafa randomly pick up the rhythm in the early stage.
It was a nightmare ending.
In the early stage, Bullet's ADC was able to develop smoothly and even get kills. In this case... even if it is as strong as SSK, it is not easy to do it.
The Minx team did just that.
There is no suspense to pay the most painful price for this.
Then again, if we can know the identity and origin of the ADC of the winning team this time, then the Minx team on the losing side may be convinced.
But now-
No one knows this.
So the result of such a match was like a shocking earthquake to the entire Nightingale's dark battle.
Enough to make everyone feel terrified of this mysterious and unpredictable decisive team in an instant—
The winning team...
What's going on
Even, a few people analyzed and speculated based on some "clues", and finally suspected that the true identity of the decisive team was actually the God-Hand of God team.
There is some convincing evidence here:
A team with mid laners and AD as the absolute core of the carry and showing such amazing abilities.
Looking at the entire world of professional e-sports circles today, there is only one God-hand of God that can reach this level with a dual-core team in the middle lane and the bottom lane.
…
Of course, there are people who know the truth.
Knowing that the tiebreaker and God-Hand of God are not the same thing at all.
But it is precisely because of this fact that people are even more confused and doubtful—
So Nian Thirteen called Lin Feng as soon as the game ended, and came up with a series of questions:
"Hey hey hey! What's the situation!?"
"Fuck you, why is that sweet girl so fierce?"
"No, it's absolutely impossible for her to be on the court! Tell me honestly, have you secretly replaced someone else to play AD?"
"Is it that guy Huang Xue Yege! That's not right... Even that guy doesn't feel like that kind of manipulation."
"Hey, that's evil! Among all the current professional ADC players, if Huangxue Yege is not enough, there will be no one else!"
"Go! Don't be a jerk, talk quickly! What the hell is going on!?"
Regarding Nian Shisan's desperate questioning, Lin Feng did not hide too much, and told the truth to the other party readily.
After hearing Bullet's name, the other end of the phone quickly fell silent.
After half an hour.
It was an earth-shattering strange cry:
"Fuck!!!!"
Not just thirteen.
In addition, good teams like God-Hand of God, KG, and Hayami, who are already familiar with the decisive victory, Dawn Morning Star, Huangxue Yege, Shi Hang, Tian Tian, and others also called to inquire.
Also, after learning the truth, they were all shocked and stunned:
I see.
This battle for Minx... It's really not wrong to lose.
…
In the round of 16, they defeated the Minx team, relying on the help of Bullet.
For the five Lin Fengs in the decisive team, this BO3 match against Minx was enough for them to gain valuable experience.
On the one hand, of course, the four of them were Kami Nakano, who had the experience of directly confronting the top rookies in Korea. On the other hand, although Tang Bingyao, who was supposed to play as AD, did not play, he sat next to him and watched his master. The practical demonstration also benefited a lot.
After the top sixteen is the top eight.
In the quarter-finals, the luck of the winning team worked again, and the opponent they encountered was not a well-known active professional team.
So after a fierce battle, it was won 3-1.
In the end, they fell to the semi-finals.
Because in the semifinals of Nightingale's secret battle, the opponent they met was Team Fate.
Both belong to the LCK division.
But even compared to Minx, who is a rookie dark horse, Fate is stronger and more dominant.
This time, Bullet did not continue to choose to help.
And the five Lin Feng, who only relied on the original team of the decisive team, faced this South Korean team ranked only below SSK, and even called the top first echelon in the world e-sports circle. , of course, is still too unrealistic.
In a BO5 match, the final score was 0-3.
Undisputed failure.
He didn't even get a small victory that could be used as a fig leaf, and was directly shaved by the opponent.
In the three games, there were five positions in the top, middle and bottom, and only the middle lane where Lin Feng was located and Moon, the mid-single captain of the Fate team, had a hard time.
The other four members of the remaining team were almost all in the rhythm of being suppressed by one-sidedness.
After the game, the outside world's high attention and great curiosity about the winning team also turned away—
Sure enough, the previous victory against Minx was just good luck for this team.
Lin Feng himself was not surprised by such a result, and he did not feel any negative emotions because of the outside world's views. He simply said this to the other four teammates and teammates of the team:
"Look."
"Compared with these top teams, we are still far behind."
"It's not wrong to lose this time."
"Very worth it."
indeed.
Originally, the Nightingale's secret battle this time was not for them to compete for the final championship, and even with the current strength of the decisive team, they should have fallen in front of the Minx team in the top sixteen.
But because of Bullet's help, they were allowed to play two more rounds.
The point is not the end result.
It's about the process.
In the journey of this Nightingale Dark Team Tournament, I met these top teams in the world, felt the competition with different styles of teams in each major region, experienced the pressure, and learned more about my own shortcomings—
All of this will lay a more solid foundation for the future of the decisive team.
They have been able to understand their own problems more clearly, and they can also more clearly understand the order and position in which they are placed in the pyramid of the world's professional e-sports circles with their current strengths.
Then, it will help them to further strengthen their belief in striving to become stronger.
someday.
They will climb higher.