"Alright, brothers, the Imperial Crown Civil War officially begins! Both sides are entering the BP phase: Red side Imperial Emperor, Blue side Jueying!"
In the Chengdu eSports studio, Menglei, watching the live stream, said, "So we see that during the hero banning phase, both sides chose to 'empty ban,' meaning they didn't ban any heroes!"
Many viewers in the live stream were confused.
Why don't either side ban heroes?
Huahai explained with a smile, "This is an old tradition in the Imperial Crown's internal wars. An empty ban signifies confidence, allowing both sides to field any strong lineup or system. It's all about the thrill of a peak showdown!"
The viewers in the live stream suddenly realized what was going on.
Both teams had clearly communicated beforehand, so the hero selection was quick, and the lineup was basically finalized in less than half a minute.
"Blue Jueying has taken the lead in selecting their lineup," Menglei said, looking at the game screen. " Guan Yu for the top lane, Jing for the jungle, Shen Mengxi for the mid lane, Sun Shangxiang for the bottom lane, and Taiyi Zhenren Lady Sun the roaming lane!"
Huahai's eyes lit up, and he praised it highly, saying, "This is a classic [wild marksman dual-core lineup system], with no obvious weaknesses in the early, mid, and late game."
"In the early game, Shen Mengxi has lane priority and can fully coordinate with Jing and Taiyi to invade the enemy jungle, establish an early game rhythm, and build an economic advantage."
"In the mid-game, the combination of Taiyi and Lady Sun, known as the 'True Fragrance Combo,' becomes incredibly powerful, boasting high damage and burst potential. With Taiyi Fragrance is more than capable of handling any unexpected small-scale team fight!"
"In the late game, with a highly mobile Guan Yu, whether it's split pushing, flanking to eliminate the enemy carry, initiating team fights, or engaging in subsequent team fights, the entire team can be virtually invincible!"
A professional review of the Huahai.
This resonated with top-tier gamers who streamed online!
"As expected of the longest river in the KPL League, Huahai has almost covered all the advantages of the Jueying Yifang lineup!"
"To be honest, Jueying all of Jueying's teammates picking their best heroes, unless the Imperial Emperor's team can completely destroy Yujingzi and Jueying, their two core carries, there's absolutely no chance of winning!"
"This lineup is awesome! It's a system within a system, a lineup within a lineup, an absolutely impenetrable fortress!"
The comments from expert players made many new players realize just how powerful Jueying's team composition is!
" The Imperial Emperor's team's hero lineup." Menglei looked at the red team, slightly surprised, and said, "Jungler: The Luminous; Mid Laner: Mai Shiranui; Marksman: Goya; Support: Dolia."
"This lineup system..."
Huahai stood there stunned, because the Imperial Emperor's lineup was completely devoid of any coherent system. It was like a random, Peak Tournament of players who just picked their best heroes and assembled a strong lineup!
In an instant.
Huahai was at a loss for words, after all, compared to Jueying's lineup, Imperial Emperor's lineup was utterly trash!
"This is a standard solo queue lineup, with overall strength that's decent, especially in the early game if the enemy chooses to invade the jungle."
Huahai had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Then they still have some ability to defend their territory."
Menglei covered her mouth and whispered a reminder, " Imperial Emperor hasn't chosen his top lane hero yet, there might be a reversal!"
"Oh, right!"
Huahai felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and hurriedly re-examined the Imperial Emperor's side's lineup, instantly discovering a blind spot.
"I made a mistake in my team composition analysis just now. The support for the Imperial Emperor's team is Dolia. As we all know, Dolia's ultimate can refresh skills, thus forming a strong side-support system with many side-lane heroes!"
Huahai spoke eloquently, "For example, the well-known Dolia and Prisoner Lu Bu's [Dorab system] uses two ultimate skills to divide the battlefield and disperse the crowd."
"For example, the [Doria-Da Sikong Zhen system] with Dolia Boss Sikong Zhen allows for endless elbow strikes to the enemy backline after both ultimate skills land!"
"That's right."
Menglei nodded and said with a smile, "Now we'll see which sidelane hero Imperial Emperor will choose to build a system with Dolia!"
Viewers in the live stream began to speculate.
"The Emperor is most likely to choose Yalian, the Dorria plus Yalian [Dorria-Yarria system], I remember this system was very popular in the KPL league!"
"Hey bro, how long has it been since you watched the KPL League? The Doliah/Cao Cao system is so outdated. The hottest system now is the [Doliah/Cao Cao system], with Dolia and Cao Cao, two ultimate skills that can go in and out seven times!"
" Lu Bu, Sikong Zhen, Allain, and Cao Cao —only these four sidelane heroes can form a strong team with Dolia. The Imperial Emperor -level player will probably choose from these four!"
All eyes were on the fifth-floor Imperial Emperor.
A moment later, the hero lock icon appeared!
A powerful, heroic line rang out.
"Execute the will of humankind!"
The hero chosen by the Imperial Emperor for the side lane was none other than [ Erlang ].
" Erlang?"
Not only was Menglei stunned.
Even the Huahai was stunned and stood there dumbfounded!
The live stream chat was thrown into an uproar, with the screen filled with exclamations!
"Holy crap! Prisoner Yang Jian?"
"Holy crap, Erlang, the head of the Nine Gates of Prison?"
"Brothers who haven't tried playing Erlang, the King of Resilience, should give it a shot. The more people there are, the more passive you become—that's no joke."
"Huh? I remember at the beginning of the season, Erlang was reworked and revamped. It seems like he got a new passive skill that made him bigger, like the Dharma Heaven and Earth. I saw it in short videos and it looked pretty powerful!"
"What a load of rubbish! Last month, I tried out the revamped Erlang in the [ Qiannian ] trial, and my score was 0-9, it was terrible. The developers completely ruined it!"
"Holy crap! I really don't know what the Imperial Emperor was thinking, choosing Erlang from the sewers. He doesn't match Dolia at all!"
Menglei smiled wryly, "We see that the Imperial Emperor has chosen Erlang as the hero to fight, but as everyone knows, Erlang is a hero whose story is hard to describe!"
"It's more than just a matter of words."
Huahai's eyelids twitched violently as he said, "Take the KPL League, which we're all familiar with, for example. Erlang's last appearance was in 2021, which is 4 years ago! To this day, no team has figured out how to play Erlang effectively!"
"Perhaps the Imperial Emperor wants to try it out!" Menglei touched the tip of his nose, laughing bitterly, "After all, Erlang was revamped and reworked a little over a month ago and released on our official server!"
"I also had a deep dive into the reworked Erlang," Huahai Hai said, going all out. "To achieve the so-called 'Dharma Heaven and Earth Manifestation' passive ability, they directly halved the values of his basic attack and skills!"
"The old version of Erlang was strong in the early and mid-game, but his damage output weakened in the late game."
"What about the new Erlang? His damage output is weak in the early, mid, and late game; his role has been changed from assassin to tank!"
Huahai complained wildly, "If I wanted to play a tank, wouldn't Lian Po, Xiang Yu, or Bai Qi all be better than Erlang?"
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
The viewers in the live stream were outraged and showered the stream with praise.
Menglei asked helplessly, "So what's the name of Dolia and Erlang? [Doria System]?"
" Dolia and Erlang are completely incompatible!"
Huahai Hai, without hesitation, declared, "Based on my eight years of KPL League experience, I can confidently tell you that Imperial Emperor will undoubtedly lose this match!"