On January 8, in the semi-finals of the Challenger Cup, Wuhan eStar defeated Changsha TES 4:1 to advance to the final.
Before the start of this game, everyone was unanimously optimistic about eStar, not only because eStar itself was strong, but also because eStar played Wildflower Sea and had some restraint on TES Playing Wild Xiangjun. The wild rhythm of TES in this game is also suppressed by eStar, and the reason why this situation will be caused is because eStar has three major offensive weapons, making TES invincible.
The first is the time lag, eStar is the most time difference of all KPL teams. Everyone in the professional arena is a master, there are professional coaches to study tactics, why is eStar's offense so smooth? Even when Huahai gets the weak hero in the early stage, eStar can still frequently launch offensives in the first and middle periods, because eStar is very good at laying out in advance around resource points.
Many teams will grab the line in the first and middle periods, but most of the teams do not know what to do after grabbing the line, most of the time they simply grab a wave of lines, and then return to their own lines to continue to clear the line. However, eStar's line grabbing is often extremely purposeful, and they can create a time difference through the operation of multiple lines of soldiers in the first and middle periods.
Taking the second set of the two sides as an example, the TES four gathered at 2 minutes and 30 seconds and grabbed a wave of the middle line. But TES did not have a follow-up offensive plan, and others returned to the line to continue clearing the line. On the surface, eStar lost a wave of midline rights, this round is passive, but in fact, eStar's real offensive intention is the opponent's blue BUFF, eStar let Lan help Meng Tian clear the line early, and then take Meng Tian straight to the opponent's blue field area, in the case of the opponent has a big Joe, still play more and less time difference.
eStar's second offensive weapon is squat grass, which many teams will do, but the slight difference in eStar is the change in rhythm. EStar is known to be fast-paced in the early stages, but they will slow down the pace coldly, actively squatting and other people. TES will then show flaws. For example, in the fourth round, Yun Ying of the Sea of Flowers in the middle of the game through a wave of squat grass for a long time, find the opponent's single Galo, complete the single kill, eStar can use these drop points of the opponent to further squeeze the wild area, open up the economic gap.
If you can't win the opponent through the early attack, eStar also has a good team battle. eStar's team battle highlights a "fierce" word, in the case of eStar has an advantage, eStar's team battle is unforgiving, they will definitely suppress the opponent can not breathe. For example, in the fourth set, Yi Zheng's Marco Polo, TES Middle Road Yingzheng only because he took one more step forward, Yi Zheng directly turned back and hit hard, and completed a single kill under the opponent's highland tower.
Even if it is a disadvantageous group, eStar still does not give in, they will let the players let go and rely on the individual operation of the players to make up for the economic difference. In the fifth game of the two sides, TES once got an economic advantage of 7,000+ and pressed eStar under the highland tower, ready to steadily take down the Storm Dragon King, but eStar decided to take a hard wave, and their team battle relied on lü Bu, Jiang Ziya, Jing, Li Yuanfang and several other big moves to play a high Aoe, and the headwind group destroyed the opponent and flipped the plate.
Judging from this game, the current eStar can be called a "hexagonal" team, and there is no short board on both the offensive and defensive ends. What's even more terrifying is that in the game, they will be a perfect combination of strong offensiveness and high stability of these two seemingly contradictory points, at present, if you want to win eSstar can only use the same offensive style of play as them, through hard operation to defeat them. But it is very difficult to achieve the same degree of tacit understanding and execution as eStar, and do you think GK and TTG can prevent eStar from winning the championship?