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Although it has been confirmed that they have successfully advanced to the offline competition, because the competition system is a double-elimination system, there is still a battle in the winner group before that.

And the opponent in the battle is Ning Wang’s team!
Li Dao knew very well that facing a team with theshy on the team, Sunset on the top lane would become a huge breakthrough point.

So before this, Li Daoxian trained him intensively, especially expanding his hero pool.

After all, when it comes to the winner group battle, a global BP is adopted. Once a hero is used, it cannot be reused, so it is a great test of one's hero pool.

Because Xi Yang hasn't played for a long time, most of the heroes he learned were temporarily trained. There will be a natural gap when facing veteran players like theshy.

So after thinking for a while, Li Dao came up with a way to deal with it.

That is to avoid laning!

In addition to the lane-changing tactics used before, you can also try to release a line of support, and the remaining lines of soldiers will be handled by yourself and the jungler.

At the same time, you can also choose a top lane hero to go to the top lane and catch the opponent off guard.

Of course, each of these playing styles has its own shortcomings. The former is equivalent to selecting two supports from the lineup, which is definitely very disadvantageous for later battles.

The latter tactic can only catch the opponent by surprise, so it must be used at the critical moment.

But the key issue is that the battle in the winner group does not determine the final outcome. Even if you lose, you still have a chance to fight again.

If all the cards are used up in advance, it will be difficult to fight the real decisive battle.

"It seems that we may have to put the winners' group fight on hold..."

Li Dao opened the group chat and told Bao Lan and the others his thoughts.

Baolan and others also agreed with this. After all, after all, after all the previous victories, everyone’s only goal was to win the championship!

So a few days later, the knockout stage winners group began.

Li Dao and his team still chose the conventional tactics, and after a long period of adjustment and preparation, Ning Wang's team's coordination in the bottom lane became much stronger, which was a huge improvement compared to before.

The very first game put Sima Laozei under considerable pressure, and he was nearly killed by a solo player several times. Fortunately, the situation was stabilized thanks to the performance of the support Baolan.

In the next few minutes, Baolan predicted the hits of his skills one after another, and with Xiaotian's gank, he killed the opponent's support and AD one after another, successfully helping to open up the situation in the bottom lane.

Apparently [Teammate Killer] worked again!
Facing his Incheon teammates, Baolan's personal strength and courage reached their peak.

Several bold team fights let the audience know that as a captain, he is not only good at selecting players, but his operation is also unique among supports.

After successfully winning the first game, Li Dao felt a pity that the buff of [Teammate Killer] could not be stacked, otherwise facing Ning Wang and theshy at the same time, Baolan's strength should have increased even more.

After the second game, Ning Wang's team quickly changed their battle strategy and focused on the upper half.

Because Xi Yang had already chosen Ornn in the first game, he was forced to pick Crocodile as the top laner in this game.

But facing theshy's Fiora and Ning Wang's Olaf's forced tower dive, Sunset, who had secured a stable lead in the previous game, finally became a breakthrough point.

After being killed twice in a row, his economy collapsed completely, and Fiora became invincible as a solo player.

Although Li Dao successfully opened up the situation in the middle lane and killed the opponent's mid laner, the second tower in the top lane had already fallen by then.

It was obviously irrational to compete with Fiora in destroying towers, so Li Dao could only gather his teammates in the middle lane and try to put pressure on Fiora.

But at this time, the opponent chose to fight to the death, and used four people to slow down the pace of Li Dao and others, allowing Fiora to successfully steal the home base alone and eventually end the game.

"What do you mean, should we win appropriately, or give it to the opponent first?" Li Dao asked.

"I think we can let it go. It won't make much sense even if we win now. We can defeat the group first." Xiaotian said.

Baolan and Xiyang also expressed their agreement one after another. They didn't want to defeat their opponent with all their strength now, and then fight again in a few days.

By then, wouldn’t all our tactics be leaked?
"Well, let's do as everyone wishes."

Li Dao didn't say anything more, and tried his best to hide his tactics in the next few games. In the end, he lost to his opponent 1 to 3.

However, this defeat caused an uproar in major forums!
【Free lost? 】

[Is it true? Can you lose even in an old man's cup? 】

[Nonsense, this game is not just about the mid laner, it also depends on the comprehensive strength of teammates. ]

[I watched the whole thing. The top lane hero pool is indeed a big problem. As soon as Ornn is banned, he will retire on the spot! ]

[But doesn’t everyone say that Free’s tactics are amazing? Why can’t I see any of that? ]

[She should still be hiding. After all, this isn't the real finals! ]

[I think Ning Wang's team is going to win the championship. ]

[Ning Wang's team's bottom lane is now well adjusted, and their overall team strength has improved a lot! ]

……

"Wenbo didn't come?"

"He was just kidding you. He is busy practicing coordination with Missing every day."

At the entrance of the hot pot restaurant, Baolan was relieved when he heard from Li Dao that Ah Shui had not come. But in addition to saving his wallet, he couldn't help feeling regretful.

After all, we played together for so long before, but now it’s rare for us to even meet each other.

"Let's go, everyone is here."

Baolan brought Li Dao into the hotpot restaurant. This was a team-building activity they had agreed on in advance before the offline competition.

Although everyone has different tastes, there is nothing wrong with eating hot pot, and most people don't hate it.

After entering the private room, Xiaotian and others who had arrived early immediately stood up and shook hands with Li Dao.

Although everyone had a very lively chat during the online competition, this was the first time they met offline.

Whether out of shyness or politeness, everyone was very silent...of course, they were silent to begin with.

Sima Laozei was just like he was in the online competition. He hardly said a word the whole time. He just sat there picking up food and eating by himself, but his wandering eyes showed that he was still listening to everyone.

Xi Yang was a little more cheerful and took the initiative to report on his current training situation.

"Now, in addition to Ornn, I can also play some warrior heroes... and long-range heroes."

"Can Kennen play these?" Li Dao asked.

"I haven't tried it yet, but I can practice it." Sunset said firmly.

"Okay, since there's still some time before the offline competition, let's practice harder in the next few days."

Apart from that, Xiaotian was the most cheerful one, especially after winning several games in a row, it was obvious that he was in a better mood than ever before.

Especially now that he is on an active vacation, he doesn't have to worry about the upcoming spring season and can devote himself to the Old Man Cup.

After dinner, everyone found an e-sports hotel with good facilities and started offline training.

Li Dao did not play with them directly, but observed and corrected them from behind like a coach.

After all, from a factual point of view, Li Dao is indeed their coach...

Of course, the effect of doing this is also very obvious. Unlike when they are online, Li Dao can see and point out their mistakes immediately.

In this way, everyone can absorb and correct the mistakes immediately, which can reduce the possibility of making the same mistake again.

Especially Sima Laozei in the bottom lane, because he has always been the silent one, so when reviewing the game before, Li Dao seldom paid attention to the problems in the bottom lane.

Now that he had watched it in person, Li Dao was able to discover that sometimes Sima Laozei would make huge mistakes in his operations.

But there is no way around it. After all, as a veteran player who has been playing professionally for 13 years, Sima Laozei is quite old. It is impossible for him to maintain the competitive level of a young man all the time.

Moreover, he had just left OMG and his various injuries had not yet fully recovered.

I originally participated in the Old Man Cup because it was an entertainment competition, but I didn’t expect to find out during training that the intensity was no less than that of a formal competition!
"Your problem is mainly due to your sitting posture and the fact that you don't exercise enough..."

After a brief thought, Li Dao said, "How about this, starting from tomorrow, you all will follow me and go out for a run after getting up early."

"what?"

Xiaotian and his companions instantly showed a look of astonishment.

"I saw on the news that you run every morning. Is that true?"

"What else?" Li Dao said with a smile, "You are all veteran players anyway, so I don't need to tell you much. You must have a lot of occupational diseases."

"But I still want to advise you that if you want to make your career long, you'd better run with me."

After listening to Li Dao's words, Xiaotian and Baolan looked at each other, then gritted their teeth and nodded helplessly.

There's no way, after all Li Dao is their coach now.

So at seven o'clock the next morning, when they were still sleeping soundly, they heard Li Dao knocking on their door.

Then everyone dragged their half-awake bodies to their feet and staggered out of the door with Li Dao.

Of course, for Xiaotian and the others, it would be unrealistic to ask them to run at the same intensity as Li Dao on the first day.

And even if they really ran away, it would not be a good thing for them.

Therefore, Li Dao arranged a relatively short trip on the first day, just letting them warm up before returning to the hotel.

After the training during the day, Li Dao arranged a hot water foot bath session for each of them in the evening and passed on the health-preserving methods he had mastered.

"No, Brother Free, are you a coach or a physical therapist?"

"All of them!"

Li Dao smiled and said, "Don't think this is the end. When you get up tomorrow, you have to run one more mile than today!"

"what?"

Xiaotian suddenly felt his feet start to tremble unconsciously while soaking in the hot water. (End of this chapter)