Chapter 18: Yuelan Vs Sunzheng (2)
Fu Yue promptly snapped out of his daze as he confusingly asked the man beside him,'' Did you ask me? ''
To his reply, the man gave him a light nod.
Fu Yue was excited to discuss the game with another person so he smilingly said," Ever since the banning phase Sunzheng has been led on by the nose by Yuelan. Each of Sunzheng's heroes is indeed good but when it comes down to synergy, it is a bit all over the place since they focus too much on killing XiaoXi. "
Of course, nothing was definite and Sunzheng might outperform his expectation so Fu Yue's words might be wrong in the end.
Wanting to know what the other person had to say, he tossed the question back to him,'' What about you? ''
This nice friend, after all, offered his help not long ago so Fu Yue had a good impression of him and did not mind getting to know him more.
Unfortunately, this friend seemed to value his words as if they were gold so he only answered with one word before going silent again.
" Same. "
Fu Yue was a considerate person therefore he knew when to stop and no longer continued their dialogue.
Just like what Fu Yue said, in the early game, Sunzheng put a lot of pressure and won so many skirmishes while Yuelan played rather passively.
Yuelan lost two drakes in a row to Sunzheng and even let the latter destroy the first turret.
" I thought Yuelan is doing well this year. Yet, in front of a strong team such as Sunzheng, they seem lacking after all. "
Despite hearing this, Fu Yue's smile never left his face as he meaningfully stared at the two team's economics.
Sunzheng was ahead by 3 kills, 2 drakes, and the first turret but the gold lead was just around 1.3 K.
Does this look like Yuelan is losing miserably?
Fu Yue slightly squinted his eyes, his grin became broader.
" Next teamfight 5 vs 5, Yuelan's comp will come online. "
Sometimes, a good draft did not necessarily need to work ever since the beginning.
As long as Yuelan could pull through the early phase, they would start to come online around the mid-game. Likewise, Sunzheng should end the game early if they wanted to take game 1.
Unfortunately for Sunzheng, Yuelan seemed to practice this comp numerous times. They knew when to attack and then retreat.
Even their jungler managed to shadow Sunzheng's jungler so that there was no potential gang on XiaoXi that could interfere with his development.
In the end, 12 minutes into the game, Sunzheng only managed to kill XiaoXi once despite putting that much resource into ganking the bot lane.
It only looked good early on but Sunzheng was slowly losing control of the game as time passed.
Fu Yue did more thorough research on Yuelan because their weak link was the mid-laner. Fighting against Sunzheng who was famous for their mid-laner, Yuelan lost control of the mid early on which was a troublesome matter.
That's why Yuelan should try to figure out a solution for the next season by pulling in another strong mid-laner to the team and holding onto their bot duo tightly.
Fu Yue was confident that his playstyle could integrate into Yuelan easily. Since he, after all, was a roaming player.
Nevertheless, the only downside was that Fu Yue needed to yield his resources to XiaoXi and be prepared to get overshadowed by him.
Actions spoke louder than words. Even at this moment, Fu Yue could see clearly how everyone was intently focusing on XiaoXi.
Other players also played well but in front of XiaoXi's high damage output and fancy plays, he snatched all the limelight.
Even though it sounded unfair, XiaoXi did play incredibly well and it was hard to be envious of him.
In this opening game, a lot of pressure has been put on XiaoXi but he never made any mistakes. His spacing was so impeccable that Sunzheng was having a hard time catching him who was dealing damage in the back.
Yuelan's support was a full-time healer so even if they manage to hit him, XiaoXi would drink milk from his support and be as good as new.
Not to mention, Sunzheng excelled in picking out the enemy when they were alone but in 5 vs 5, Yuelan's team was more cohesive.
Fu Zhen was just a passerby who came to watch the game and he did not have such an insight as Fu Yue. At first, he thought that the red side was going to lose since they seemed to be struggling ever since the game started.
Yet, when there was a big teamfight, the blue team lost three people whereas the red team only lost one top-laner.
Almost immediately after the red team killed the drake, they went straight to the Saint pit.
In the end, the blue team was forced to come over and engage in another fight.
This time, XiaoXi was hit with a stun ability by Zizi. However, the former instantly cleansed and flashed away while comboing Zizi causing his health to drop by a huge margin.
Even though Zizi backed away in time, Yuelan's mid-laner was already well-prepared and could finish him off with not much effort.
Seeing that Zizi died, the blue side showed signs of wanting to retreat but Yuelan wouldn't let that happen and left the Saint to chase after them.
As a result, the fight was dragged into the blue top-side jungle. Having a number advantage, Yuelan cleaned up the rest of the team with the loss of their jungler and mid-laner.
Despite this being the case, with XiaoXi's ridiculously high output, it was enough to kill the Saint before Zizi arrived at the Saint pit.
Only at this moment did Fu Zhen finally get what his little brother said at the beginning.
After that fight, Yuelan became the one who had the gold lead and they started to push mid and bot lane with the Saint buff.
However, Sunzheng would not go down without a fight. Their wave management was so great that they wasted Yuelan's Saint buff duration for quite a bit. As a result, they only lost two outer turrets which were not bad.
Fu Yue crossed his legs as he relaxedly leaned against the back of the chair while folding his arms on top of his chest.
To be honest, Sunzheng's playstyle was more favorable for a mid-laner like him. Nevertheless, Fu Yue did not consider them because Sunzheng's face was Zizi.
That's why there was no way they would swap Zizi out for a mere game streamer just like him who came out of nowhere.
At the very most, Fu Yue would just be a substitute that rarely came out to see the light which would be a waste of his time.
Therefore, Fu Yue would not go to Sunzheng no matter what. Even if they were to be the first team to give him an invitation, he would reject it.
Rather than becoming Zizi's ally, Fu Yue preferred going against him as an enemy.
He wanted to see who would come out on top if they were going to meet each other in the mid-lane.
" Oh no! XiaoXi got caught once again by Zizi! This time he neither has cleanse nor flash! 1 K gold shutdown went to Zizi! "
The commentator's voice promptly snapped Fu Yue back to the game. It turned out XiaoXi pushed a bit too far and finally paid for his over-aggressiveness with his life.
Not to mention, the worst possible person that he could give his shutdown to was none other than Zizi so Sunzheng was not out of the game just yet.
'' That marksman who dealt a lot of damage finally died. That Mage is really good, dodged almost everything thrown at him.''
Hearing his big brother's mutter, Fu Yue playfully arched an eyebrow,'' Don't forget. XiaoXi is not the only output in Yuelan. While all eyes were on XiaoXi, other lanes developed quite peacefully and their mid-laner had already completed his third item. He did not go for a tank or utility build. "
Fu Yue couldn't help but praise,'' XiaoXi makes such a good distraction, isn't he? ''
This could not be blamed on Sunzheng. After all, XiaoXi's momentum was too high and he was the reason for Yuelan's current standing position so they needed to eliminate him at all costs.
Yuelan knew this so they simply made use of their advantage.
As expected, Yuelan's mid-laner no longer played passively and did not know when but his damage was not to be underestimated.
The more the game was delayed the worse it became for Sunzheng so it was not surprising that Yuelan won the game after getting another Saint buff.
This victory invoked a huge cheer from the crowd and Fu Yue couldn't help but block his ears with his hands to reduce the noise.
Only after another while did the noise finally go away and a small break was given before game two started.
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