Jiang Han had not fought in many elimination matches.
Or rather, she had not fought many dedicated elimination matches—the kind where the enemy studied you, and you studied the enemy's battle record.
In Histeria's brutal words:
"Your combat power is quite good right now, but your ability to withstand pressure is far too weak. Once your opponent starts applying heavy pressure and pushing forward, your tactics fall apart; sometimes you cannot even execute them at all. It's simple: your tactics used to be about 'What should I do with a 0.25-spell disadvantage?' and 'What do I do after completing this move?' rather than 'There's an opportunity, so I advance my tactics' and 'There's no opportunity, so I delay my tactics or switch to another one.' You're still at the stage of copying tactics by rote. If you fought tactics normally, you would have a very high chance of beating Josephine, but the question is, would she honestly play tactics with you?"
That was the gravity of the problem.
The Big Orange Giant Cat coaching team had raised similar concerns before.
But because Jiang Han had performed extremely well in both ladder matches and group-stage games, the issue had been temporarily set aside.
Yet during today's full-force training, the problem had been unearthed once more, and it had already reached a point where no delay could be tolerated.
Lin Zhaojun, simulating Josephine's casting speed, could completely throw Jiang Han's rhythm into disarray.
Many times, even giving her a 2.00 disadvantage at the start was enough for Lin Zhaojun to turn the tables with ease and keep Jiang Han firmly in her grasp.
That was the intensity of witch elimination matches.
Jiang Han no longer had much time to make up for what she lacked.
So there was only one stupid path