Chapter 271 The Professional’s Predicament

After the control host finished warming up the atmosphere, he handed the microphone to the professional player, allowing him to begin his performance: analyzing the FV team's Banning and Picking strategy.

The professional player on the official commentary stage was full of confidence: "The FV team has mainly used two sets of tactics recently. One is a global-roaming composition centered around Blade Wings, and the other is a team-fight composition centered around Chaos Doom. These two heroes have been popular since the World Championship. Although they have been slightly nerfed, they are still favored by many teams."

"Let's take a look at the hero that FV team first picks, and we can basically determine the composition they will choose in this game."

"Uh... the opponent Banned Blade Wings."

"This hero is the core of the global-roaming strategy. Its function is relatively irreplaceable, so FV team will most likely choose Chaos Doom as their first pick to play the team-fight composition."

"Uh... the opponent Banned Chaos Doom again."

"In this case..."

The professional player was stumped.

This opponent is being a little too inconsiderate!

I've been preparing for so long. I have a lot to say about the lineup selection and in-game tactics of these two compositions. As long as the game starts, I can directly show all the viewers what it means to have prophetic insights and what it means to be a spoiler-type commentator.

But both core heroes have been Banned?

If they hadn't been Banned, the FV team would most likely have chosen these two tactics out of a desire to conceal their strategies. But now, everything is messed up!

Seeing the professional player stuttering, the control host hurriedly came to the rescue: "It seems that the opponent also had ample pre-game preparation and conducted a very in-depth study of the FV team! So how will the FV team respond to the current situation? I think they might come up with a new tactic."

The live broadcast has now switched to the game screen, and there is no picture on the relay station. The control host nudged the professional player slightly with his elbow, meaning that this small episode should not affect him and he should continue the commentary.

The professional player also quickly reacted and stabilized his emotions.

He thought for a while, and it was true. The FV team had been using these two tactics back and forth all the time. Even he could see their play style. The opponent's coaching staff wasn't stupid, so they could definitely see it too.

It's just that he didn't expect the opponent to neither pick the heroes themselves, nor study other compositions that could counter these two tactics. Instead, they simply and crudely Banned them, which caught him a little off guard.

Although the FV team had their usual heroes Banned, they didn't panic at all. They directly locked in the noob-stomping hero Storm Swordsman, who had won the MVP in the third game of the grand finals.

The professional player on the commentary stage instantly perked up when he saw this scene.

Teacher, I know the answer to this question!

Isn't this the strategy of pairing Storm Swordsman with Ghost Smith to directly eat up all the jungle and mid-lane creeps to create an economic advantage?

Many professional players have studied this tactic after the World Championship, so of course there's a lot to comment on.

"FV has chosen Storm Swordsman as their first pick. Next, they will obviously pick Ghost Smith to recreate the scene of the pentakill in the World Finals!"

However, before he could finish speaking, he saw that the opponent had already picked Ghost Smith.

The professional player's mouth was slightly open, and he fell silent again.

How am I supposed to commentate now!

...

On the other side, at the Tuwei Live commentary stage.

The host in charge of controlling the atmosphere was also very surprised after seeing the opponent lock in Ghost Smith.

"It seems that the opponent is fully prepared for this battle. They are targeting everywhere from the Banning and Picking stage, knowing the Storm Swordsman and Ghost Smith system, and choosing to directly grab Ghost Smith themselves to counter it."

"In that case, this is probably very bad news for the FV team, because Storm Swordsman is relatively weak in the jungle. Without Ghost Smith to provide it with extra experience and economy, it is likely to cause all three lanes to collapse if targeted by the opponent. So what do the two teachers think of this pick?"

The two players from the FV second team didn't feel awkward at all. It seemed that all of this was within their expectations.

"In fact, the current situation must be within the FV team's expectations."

"This routine has already been used in the World Championship, so it's impossible for others not to know it. If you want to pick it, the best way is to pick both heroes together on the purple side, or pick them together in the second and third rounds on the blue side. But since the FV team picked it first on the blue side, it means that they are not afraid of the opponent stealing the hero Ghost Smith."

"In fact, the countermeasure is also very simple. Since the opponent has chosen Ghost Smith, they can only go to the bottom lane, and the bottom lane will naturally be at a disadvantage in the laning phase. Then, as long as the FV team also gains lane priority on the top and mid lanes and sets up wards, they can protect the Storm Swordsman's jungle..."

The two of them took turns, explaining the FV team's general response strategy.

Finally, they added: "Of course, this play style can only be used when the opposing team's laning strength in all three lanes is inferior to their own, and they need to accurately grasp the opponent's jungle route to successfully avoid early jungle clashes. Whether this play style can succeed depends on the early vision and level-one team fight arrangements after the game starts..."

...

On the other side, the commentators on the official platform can only speculate on the general tactics of both sides based on the subsequent picks.

"I think it's possible that the FV team has found a substitute for Ghost Smith in this tactic, so they want to try out the strength of the lineup this time."

"It's also possible that the Storm Swordsman has gained a little bit of scaling attack power in the recent version, so the FV team's jungler, as a Storm Swordsman specialist, believes that it can now be used in professional games even without Ghost Smith..."

The three commentators don't know what the exact intention of the FV team is, so they can only guess.

Although the professional player is much more professional than these two commentators, that's only limited to what he knows.

For some more mature tactics, he certainly has a lot to say, including how to arrange the early vision and lineup. He can come up with all kinds of details with ease.

But what about a tactic that he doesn't understand?

He can only rely on guessing. Although his guesses are more professional than the other two commentators, they are still a long way from the FV team's correct answer.

...

Downstage, Zhao Xuming couldn't help frowning.

He could see that the professional player in charge of the commentary on stage was also a little out of sorts. Although he was constantly making his own analyses based on the picks, it seemed to be a matter of blind luck, relying entirely on guessing.

Zhao Xuming hurriedly opened the Tuwei Live broadcast room, put on his headphones, and listened carefully.

The more he listened, the colder his heart became.

Because the explanation on the Tuwei Live side was completely different from the official commentary, and the situation on the field was developing completely according to the explanation on the Tuwei Live side!

Looking at the bullet comments in the two live broadcast rooms, they were already completely different styles.

"Revealing your true colors?"

"After the last game, I thought that the official platform's understanding of the game had improved. But it turned out that it was just because the questions were too simple before..."

"When you encounter the FV team's high-end tactics this time, the official commentary is useless."

"It seems that there's a reason why this guy's professional record isn't good. This analysis is as fierce as a tiger, but it's completely wrong. How is it possible not to get crushed?"

"It's really far off. Stop messing around and just go watch Tuwei Live..."

In the Tuwei Live broadcast room, the bullet comments were all uniformly "professional" and "awesome." In contrast, in the official live broadcast room, the bullet comments had become "serious nonsense" and "just making things up"...

The bullet comments in the two live broadcast rooms formed a sharp contrast.

Although the popularity of each live broadcast platform is fake and there is no obvious decline, the rapidly increasing number of people in the Tuwei Live broadcast room says it all...

The number of people in Tuwei Live are all real and won't deceive anyone.

Obviously, the official commentary's supernormal performance in the first game attracted a lot of viewers and increased a lot of popularity. But after the official commentary revealed its true colors, all of this fake popularity ran away.

Everyone found that the professionalism of the official commentary was completely Schrödinger's cat: sometimes very professional, sometimes completely useless.

This game is another focus battle, and whether the commentary is professional directly affects the viewing experience. So many viewers naturally ran back to Tuwei Live.

Not only the two live broadcast platforms, but also many people in the forums were discussing.

"It seems that the FV team is indeed still a top-tier team. They can fool other professional players with just any tactic."

"The level of the iCL league is still incomparable to the GPL league. Think about it. The commentary team of Tuwei Live is just casually recruiting some staff from the GPL league to make guest appearances. The commentary is directly selected from the FV team's second team, which is equivalent to a temporary makeshift team. But even so, they completely crushed the iCL league's official commentary team that was carefully prepared!"

"Although the real-time data function has been updated, what's the use of just looking at this data? You still need a professional commentary to explain this data to be exciting."

"Does any employee of the Tenda Group have such a high understanding of the game?"

"How should I put it? President Pei is truly dedicated to making games. President Pei's own understanding of the game is the most top-notch. What goes above will be followed below. Can the understanding of the game of the people below be bad?"

"That's right. It feels like the entire Tenda Group is full of hidden talents. I'm afraid there are no bad ones. Everyone's understanding of the game is maxed out."

"Although Longyu Group is a game company, their main purpose is not to develop games but to make money. The difference in realm determines the difference in understanding of the game. It's okay to say that, right?"

"To be fair, that's true."

"Forget it. From now on, all these game matches will be watched on Tuwei Live. The understanding of the game is absolutely guaranteed. The other platforms are really not good."

The more Zhao Xuming looked at it, the more speechless he became.

What the heck is all this!

You're talking about the game, just talk about the game. Where are you extrapolating to?

It's just a game match. Do you have to extrapolate to the point where the Longyu Group and the Tenda Group have a "difference in realm?"

Are you overthinking it too much?

And what's with "From now on, all game matches will be watched on Tuwei Live?"

Zhao Xuming was very angry. He had originally prepared carefully to make a splash in today's key battle and let the official commentary team regain the face they had lost before. He didn't expect it to be a complete miscalculation!

Not only did he lose all the popularity that he had gained in the last game, but he also lost a lot more!