Chapter 1611 As the Victor

The team competition finally concluded with Samsara's victory. The individual matches ended in a 3-2 tie, making it impossible to reach a 10-0 score, which left both sides' fans temporarily unable to find a satisfying slogan. They were used to shouting 10-0 most easily.

As the latecomers who surged from behind, Samsara's morale was boosted after winning the team competition, and their fans were much more active than at the end of the individual matches. What about Happy? They were a little disappointed that they didn't win the team competition in the end, but Tang Rou's final performance still exceeded their psychological expectations by a lot. They lost two points, but didn't seem discouraged. However, the players of Happy didn't have it as simple as the fans and audience did; they could feel the pressure from the approaching Samsara team.

The break between the individual matches and the team competition was relatively long. The two teams gathered together to discuss the matters of the team competition. According to the rules, this break allowed the teams to return to the preparation room to rest, but usually the teams would find it troublesome, and no team would bother to run back to the preparation room for such a short time.

"In the individual matches, both sides had wins and losses. The final outcome of this match is really hard to predict. What do you think, Director Li?" During the break, the TV broadcast could only rely on the commentators and Jia Shi to chat to kill time while the commercials were playing.

"Yes, it's very difficult to predict," Li Yibo solemnly agreed with this judgment. "Samsara's lineup may still seem stronger on paper, but Happy has the home-court advantage."

"Then where do you think the key to victory will be?" Pan Lin asked.

Li Yibo was in pain. He didn't want to make such precise predictions, but he was also clear that if he avoided talking about such questions altogether, he would be worthless as a guest. So most of the time, even if he was hesitant, he had to bite the bullet and go on.

"Uh, I think... it will still be on the healer. Happy's healer is a weak point. This is no secret. Many teams have focused on attacking him before, but so far, the only team that has accurately done this is Team 301. We can also see that even if Happy's healing player's level is not top-notch, when he's missing, Happy's team can't function normally, and they will lose the match because of it. In this round, I think Samsara's main attack point will still be on Happy's healer."

"Will they also have the assassin use a *sheming yiji* (life-sacrificing strike)?" Pan Lin said.

"Maybe..." Li Yibo hesitated. "A one-hit kill, a strong attack, or using tactics to squeeze, like Thunder did, I think are all possible. It depends on what Samsara chooses."

"Haha, in comparison, I'm more curious about how Happy will arrange their Cleric in this match against Samsara. The tactical arrangements they've made around this weakness are very interesting," Pan Lin said.

"Hehe," Li Yibo smiled. "It's clearly a very obvious loophole in the lineup, but Happy has never tried to fill it. With their current results, it wouldn't be difficult to find a Cleric player in this winter transfer window, right? But Happy doesn't seem to have any intention of doing so. Sometimes I think that Happy's Cleric, in our eyes, is a loophole, but in Happy's design, perhaps, he is a trap, a trap to use a plan against the plan."

"Ah!" Pan Lin was a little shocked by Li Yibo's analysis. "Your view is quite brilliant!"

"With such a loophole, Happy can predict the opponent's attack direction. With Ye Xiu, this experienced and tactically skilled guy, perhaps they've already prepared for the ways the teams will play," Li Yibo said.

"You're so right!" Pan Lin exclaimed, but he was also a little unaccustomed to this rhythm. This Li Yibo hadn't been so bold in discussing other teams' tactics and playstyles for a long time.

"So how will they design a plan to target Samsara this time? Like you, I'm also very curious," Li Yibo said, letting out a long breath. He was also quite straightforward; he either didn't say anything, or when he did, he explained it thoroughly. Pan Lin, who was beside him, had greatly agreed with his view and began to have a deeper discussion with him about it.

The two spent half the break in the form of a talk show, finally chatting until the two teams' players began to enter the arena to play the team competition.

Happy: Ye Xiu, Fang Rui, Su Mucheng, Qiao Yifan, An Wenming, sixth player Tang Rou.

Samsara: Zhou Zekai, Jiang Botao, Sun Xiang, Lu Boyuan, Fang Minghua, sixth player Wu Qi.

With the lineups revealed, the two immediately began to comment on the lineups.

"Director Li, I've discovered that these two teams actually have something in common today," Pan Lin said.

"Oh?"

"These two teams haven't made any targeted adjustments based on their opponents. Their lineups for this round are the lineups they use most often in the league," Pan Lin said.

"Yes, both teams have a relatively peaceful mindset. They don't value this match as much as the outside world hyped it up to be. They're just treating it as one of the 38 matches," Li Yibo said.

"Yes, but the match is still exceptionally exciting."

"If the players perform well, they will naturally play a high-quality match," Li Yibo said.

After a few words, the players of the two teams who were about to play greeted each other and entered the competition booths. The team competition was about to begin. The holographic projection began to display the two teams' characters who were about to compete. The guest team was in front, and the home team was in the back. One character from each team entered the stage at the same time, taking turns. The data introduction of each character changed on the electronic screen.

When Samsara's One Autumn Leaf and Happy's Dancing Rain stood on the field together, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little different. There were many Glory fans who came to the Xiaoshan Gymnasium who were former Excellent Era supporters. One Autumn Leaf, Dancing Rain, these two characters stood side by side for six years and carried too much for them. Now, they were standing together again, but they were no longer the best combination, but opponents. This feeling was quite heart-wrenching for the Excellent Era fans who were used to seeing them fight side by side. At this moment, the applause at the scene was a little dry.

Fortunately, the character introductions weren't too long. After these two, two more characters entered the stage, and then it was the two teams' healers.

Samsara, Laughter Song; Happy, Little Cold Hands.

"Eh?" As soon as Little Cold Hands was projected onto the stage, someone noticed something was wrong.

"Is that Little Cold Hands?" Someone said in surprise. This equipment and appearance were very different from the Little Cold Hands they had seen for half a season!

The commentator, Pan Lin, and the guest, Li Yibo, also immediately noticed this situation.

"Little Cold Hands seems to have changed his equipment," Pan Lin said.

Li Yibo nodded and went to look at the data introduction on the electronic screen. He took a look and immediately took a deep breath.

"1810 points of Intelligence?" Li Yibo blinked hard. Yes, he wasn't mistaken. Among Little Cold Hands' four core stats, Intelligence was 1810.

"1810?" Pan Lin was also stunned when he heard this data. To do this job, he naturally had to have a considerable amount of Glory knowledge. He certainly couldn't remember the stats of all the professional characters, but he knew some extreme data by heart.

"No way? Tyranny's Zhang Xinjie's Stone Not Turning only has 1570 Intelligence!" Pan Lin suspected that Li Yibo had misread and quickly paid attention to Little Cold Hands' data. That's right, the Intelligence stat was indeed 1810.

At this time, Li Yibo had already noticed other things.

"A full set of Silver equipment!" Li Yibo continued to gasp. At the same time, a trace of bitterness arose in his heart. Damn it, he was finally slapped in the face by Happy! He had just said that they didn't value strengthening their healer and deliberately created a loophole to create a trap, but in the blink of an eye, they didn't change their Cleric player, but they improved the Cleric character to the pinnacle. The Intelligence stat was 240 points higher than the number one Cleric in Glory. Was this a little too much!

Li Yibo was a little distracted at this time, but Pan Lin continued to look down and discovered some more things.

"This four core stat... is it a little wrong, Director Li?" Pan Lin called out.

Li Yibo came back to his senses and quickly looked again.

"Uh... this..." Li Yibo's basic level was still solid. When he saw Little Cold Hands' final four core stat distribution, he immediately saw the clues.

"Extreme stacking of Intelligence ah, no wonder the Intelligence is so high," Li Yibo said.

"Now... are there still people who do this?" Pan Lin asked doubtfully.

"No," Li Yibo shook his head definitely. Professional characters were meant to be balanced in order to allow the player to unleash their maximum combat power. Extreme stacking of Intelligence like this was more common in the game. These Clerics had powerful healing abilities, which could reduce the difficulty of dungeons and the like. However, the professional league was a pure PvP arena. Strong healing ability was certainly good, but other healing abilities also had to be considered. The leveling stats given by the system were the same for everyone, and no one would have more or less than anyone else. So in the end, the character's four core stats were adjusted through equipment. The attribute content on the equipment was limited, so there had to be trade-offs. Intelligence was a priority attribute, but that didn't mean that all resources should be used to increase it without limit.

However, Little Cold Hands was doing exactly that.

Taking a closer look, Critical Hit...

"This... this is completely a PvE stationary healer!" Li Yibo couldn't help but shout.

"The Ice Resistance and Dark Resistance are stacked quite high," Pan Lin said.

"He values anti-control, but his Spirit stat is also average. He hasn't stacked it specifically," Li Yibo said. For the Cleric class, the first growth stat was actually Spirit, followed by Intelligence.

"Intelligence, Critical Hit, he's extremely strengthening these two stats... in terms of healing alone, this is probably the number one Cleric in Glory," Li Yibo said.

"No..." Just as he finished speaking, Li Yibo suddenly denied himself again. "He should say, in terms of a single skill's healing amount, he's definitely the number one Cleric in Glory, but his casting speed is also relatively average. Considering the casting speed, skill cooldown, and other factors, what the healing performance will be within a certain time period is hard to say without calculation."

"What is Happy trying to do with such a Cleric?" Pan Lin said in surprise. At this time, the two Cleric characters had been switched, and the characters of the two teams' sixth players were being displayed on the stage.