The lights on the esports stage flickered, and the enthusiasm of the audience burned like a blazing flame, burning the entire stadium. Yesterday, we had the pinnacle matchup between Team UP and Team NIP, but the result was a bit unexpected. NIP swept UP with an absolute advantage, which made many netizens exclaim: "UP's state is really a bit of a dish!" "But esports is like that, winning and losing is a common thing, so let's take a look back at this exciting matchup.
Before the game began, the players of the two teams were already nervously debugging the equipment, and every subtle operation was related to the next victory or defeat. In the BP phase, the UP team first banned Rambo, Senna, Kenan, Death Song and Pig Girl, the five heroes who are quite strong in the current version, obviously they have in-depth research on the playing style of the NIP team, and want to limit the opponent through BP. Not to be outdone, the NIP team banned the heroes Bomberman, Calista, Fire Man, Bron, and Titan for UP's possible tactics.
As the whistle blew at the start of the match, Team UP chose Qingtian's Scorpion, H4cker's Zyra, Yuekai's Plane, Doggo's Ash, and Niket's Ruil in an attempt to use this lineup against NIP. The NIP team, on the other hand, used shanji's cards, Aki's rock sparrow, Rookie's cannon, Photic's Ezreal, and Zhuo's Leona, and their lineup selection was obviously more aggressive.
Just 3 minutes into the game, the scene of Yuekai's plane hesitating on the battlefield appeared. He tried to find the best output position, but NIP's small cannon used a dodge of the plane's lethal skill at the last minute with a keen insight, and instead completed a single kill on the plane with a beautiful counterattack. This wave of operations made the audience's blood boil, and NIP's small cannon undoubtedly became the focus of the audience.
At 6 minutes, the resource exchange phase arrives. With precise coordination and excellent tactical arrangement, the NIP team successfully won the three bugs, which brought a lot of advantages to the team. The UP team, on the other hand, worked hard to win down the electric dragon in an attempt to recoup some of the disadvantages. During this period, both sides of the game were still testing and groping, looking for each other's flaws.
However, at the 7th minute, Shanji's yellow card combined with Aki's Iwatu successfully controlled and killed Qingtian's scorpion, which gave the NIP team a big advantage in the early stage. As time went on, the game gradually entered the middle stage.
At the 14th minute, NIP's Ueno combination exerted another effort and managed to kill the Scorpion. This put the UP team in a difficult position in the middle of the game, and they had to start thinking about how to turn this hostile situation around. However, NIP didn't give them much of a chance, and at the 19th minute, the NIP team crossed the tower to kill the scorpion, and took advantage of the situation to pull out the second tower of the UP team's bottom lane. This wave of operations basically laid the foundation for the victory of the NIP.
In the next game, the two sides engaged in a fierce melee in the wild area. At the 34th minute, the NIP team managed to take down Dalong with excellent teamwork, which undoubtedly made their advantage even more obvious. However, UP did not give up their resistance in the jungle, and both sides played a wonderful operation but ended up in a 3-for-3 situation.
However, the good times were short-lived, and on 36 minutes, Team NIP seized on a mistake from UP to end the match. They successfully won the first battle with their strong strength and tacit cooperation.
After a short break, the second game officially began. This time, the NIP team, as the blue side, banned heroes such as Leona and Fire Man who might pose a threat to UP. And UP has also made a targeted disabling selection.
In terms of hero selection, the NIP team still maintained a strong lineup, while UP tried to respond by changing the lineup. However, soon after the start of the match, Team UP fell back on the back foot, and although they took the dragon first, they were immediately pursued by NIP and successfully obtained a blood by Rookie's plane.
As the game progressed, the NIP team gradually expanded their advantage, and at the 16th minute, Photic's arrow accurately hit UP's key hero, and then cooperated with his teammates to successfully complete the kill, which further widened UP's economic gap.
In the following game, the NIP team did not give UP any respite, and they had pushed the UP team to the high ground in 20 minutes with their tacit cooperation and excellent operation, and widened the economic gap to an astonishing 11,000, which basically declared the defeat of UP.
Although UP didn't give up and tried to find an opportunity to turn the tide in the match, the NIP team showed their strength again in the 22nd minute, and a perfect teamfight combination successfully ended the match, and NIP won the game.
Although UP's poor performance in these two games has disappointed netizens, e-sports competitions are so full of suspense and passion, winning and losing are the norm, and we expect UP to adjust its state as soon as possible and achieve better results in future competitions! Congratulations to Team NIP on their victory in this pinnacle matchup!