After Riot's durability update, the assassin hero's dominance of the game has declined a lot. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be played anymore, it can only be said that it has dropped to a normal level of strength, and the requirements for assassin players are higher. Of course, this is also fatal to assassins, especially assassins like Zed, whose damage is not very stable. The upper and lower limits of damage are extremely exaggerated, and there are many ways to avoid Zed's damage. Therefore, among these versions, the game experience of Zie players is relatively average.
Not long ago, the test server made a relatively large enhancement to Zed. First, the energy consumption of the E skill has been reduced by 10, from 50 to 40. Secondly, the W effective distance has been changed to "infinite". In the current version of the Chinese server, the maximum distance of the Jie W shadow is 2000, which means that you can only change places with your own shadow within 2000 yards. After the update of the new version is implemented, Zed's transmutation will no longer be limited by the range, and he can change it as he wants.
This enhancement directly gives the new version of Zed a new combo, which is "WBW". As the name suggests, you put a W before returning to the city, then press Return to the city, and then press W again to quickly return to the line, achieving an effect similar to teleportation. It is not difficult to achieve, as long as there is a baron buff, because the duration of W shadow is exactly the same as the time when the baron returns to the city.
As shown in the figure below, this can already be done in the current version. When you have the big dragon buff on your body, cast a shadow to return to the city in advance. At this time, the duration of the shadow is just a little longer. Press W as soon as you return to the city, and the spring water will come out immediately. However, due to the distance limitation of the current version, its practicality is not high. It can only be used near your own spring. In normal games, it cannot be used at all. However, the new version is different. This move can be used in any corner of the map to achieve an effect similar to Ekko's ultimate move.
The enhancement of the E skill is also quite good. The energy bar hero is different from the blue bar hero, and the reduction of energy consumption and mana consumption is completely different. It can be predicted that the new version of tribulation will be as useless in a headwind as the current version, but the tribulation in the tailwind will be several times more terrifying than the current version, and the snowballing ability will be greatly enhanced. Zed can appear from many strange grasses. Sometimes you will clearly see Zed returning to the city, but after a few seconds Zed will appear on your face again, which will be extremely torturous for the C position on the opposite side. .
Overall, this change to Zed can be said to be quite interesting, of course, for Zed players. The new version's Zed operation limit will be better, which is in line with the wishes of Zed players. Non-Zie players don’t need to worry too much. Zed’s damage has not been directly enhanced, which means it still depends on how well Zed performs. This version is a child's tribulation, and the next version will be the same without any improvement. And when encountering a severe calamity, it's basically the same, whether you should be killed indiscriminately or be killed indiscriminately. It’s unclear whether Riot’s changes to Zed this time are reasonable or not, but they really fit the positioning of Zed as a hero.
There are two games in LPL today. The first game ended not long ago. TES, which currently has 12 consecutive victories, faced the low-ranked LGD team. As a result, TES defeated the team 2-0 relatively cleanly. The LGD team has won 13 consecutive victories and is only one step away from winning the resurrection.
In this game, JKL player successfully broke the history of LPL and became the first player to score five kills in two consecutive games. The JKL player's pentakill came from the first game against LGD. In this game, JKL chose Wheel Mom, paired with an auxiliary cat. As a result, Xiaotian's VI rhythm in this game was very fast, and he passed quickly in the early stage. Gank established an advantage and after LGD launched a wave of counterattacks on the road, he successively seized opportunities to help TES quickly defeat LGD.
Xiaotian's performance in several group starts was very outstanding, which is why he was able to suppress JKL and win the MVP. JKL used crazy output in a wave of small dragon team battles. After the development took off, TES easily won a wave of highland team battles. JKL easily harvested with cats and directly scored four kills. After four kills, LGD only had one person left in the spring. Everyone from TES stepped forward to create opportunities for JKL and hit the rock bird first. JKL successfully scored five kills. From the small shots of the game, it can be seen that JKL was still very happy.
It is worth mentioning that a first-person perspective of this game was also released. After getting the five kills, all members of the TES team were polite and said thank you, which also successfully amused the audience. In the post-match data, JKL ranked first in many statistics. His damage data is exactly the same as The Shy. TES happily won this round. Their winning streak has also increased to 13 games. There are only the last two games left in the regular season, against V5 and AL. TES's current score is as high as 20 points. As long as they guarantee to win one of the two games, TES will be able to lock in the resurrection of A and the first place. This condition can be said to be very simple, with a probability of 99% or above.
Let’s briefly analyze the reason. Because TES’s small score advantage is too large. Although JDG has an advantage over TES in terms of winning and losing, in the case of TES’s 1-1 in the next two games, the worst case scenario is to get a small score of -1. Then In the end, TES's score was 19, while JDG's best score in the last game was 2-0, and its score could only reach 18. As for RNG, there are currently three games left, with a score of 13 points. The ideal situation is that all the next three games are won 2-0, so the maximum score is 19 points. However, because the outcome is behind TES, the score is small. If the scores are the same, the ranking will be lower than TES.
In summary, TES is in a great situation. If we face the next two games steadily, we will basically get the first place. Then we can study the opponents for the playoffs and prepare for the game. Personally, I think a key factor that determines whether we can win the playoffs is the version. After the 12.14 version is updated, everyone is currently exploring it. Because this version is updated closer to the playoffs, there may be something unexpected. The situation refers to the team with a deeper understanding of the version that may complete a counterattack in the playoffs.
Therefore, during this period, the TES team is actually not that relaxed. They need to invest a lot of energy in practicing the new version. Although EG’s coach previously believed that TES will become stronger after the version update, this is only based on the general direction. One prediction is that in the process of real update and adaptation, TES may not necessarily become the biggest winner in this version. For TES, their goal is definitely to win the championship, so they need to get the top version understanding, and the players must be in a good enough state to achieve it. In addition, some viewers mentioned that there may be another unfavorable factor for TES, which is that the LPL has recently begun to play offline games. They feel that TES will be more fierce in online games, but may not be as strong in offline games. fierce.