On the third day of the first week of the KPL Spring Games, a Group B points grab battle was played between Nanjing Hero Jiujing and Shanghai EDGM. Hero's state quickly declined after winning two consecutive championships, coupled with Jiuzhe's retirement, star marks being ban by the "baby lock", and the departure of Ziyang and Qingrong, their results last season plummeted, directly from Group S to Group B. In the new season, Hero only retained the two core players of Captain Fearless and Shooter Jiuku, and the other three positions were all replaced by newcomers, with Wing Oriental, Middle Road Purple Illusion and Auxiliary Yisheng debuting, and Chen Xia also took the BP for the first time as the head coach.
EDGM has been in Group B for two consecutive seasons, and last season Zhang Jiao coached for one season, although the team's state has improved, but Zhang Jiao has not brought them qualitative changes. In the off-season, Zhang Jiao returned to the Chengdu AG Super Play Club, and the assistant coach Fan Fenghua took over the position of head coach, and whether he can lead the team to rush out of Group B is worth looking forward to. In terms of starting lineup, EDGM still uses last season's fivesome, but the strength of newcomers Such as Jiamu and Gollum who joined during the transfer period should not be underestimated, and I believe that in subsequent matches, they will get the opportunity to rotate on the field.
The first two games hero all won in the face of the early headwinds, and assisted Ichisei to get two consecutive MVP flying teammates. The fearless mirror who had just started the first game was killed by his opponent in the middle of the river and sent a blood, but Hero's shooting auxiliary duo played the advantage on the lower road and took the lead in breaking the tower. In the later stage, Hero began to catch people in a group, and got the Dragon King buff twice in a row, and finally successfully flipped the plate. The second set of EDGM was another big advantage to start, and Cao Cao of Lemon Gardenia completed consecutive kills. At the crucial moment, Ichigo's oniguzi began to wander and arrest people, successfully helping Hero stabilize the rhythm. Later, EDGM chose to use the Big Joe system to lead the line, but the Storm Dragon King's Ghost Valley pulled to Roc's Di Renjie, and Hero killed it in a second before coming to the next city to the match point.
In the third set, Hero selected the "True Fragrance Combination", and at the beginning they were once again taken by EDGM, and the little tyrant was also snatched away by the opponent. The EDGM, which had the advantage this time, did not give the opponent another chance and won the game cleanly. In the fourth set, Hero took out the Ma Chao Agudo system, but the Ma Chao in the East has been targeted by opponents and has not developed well. In just 13 minutes, EDGM made a 1-for-4 run to drag the game into the decider. The two sides fought very well in the early stages of the decider, and it was not until the middle of the game that Hero began to fight back after the cool Huang Zhong had developed and finally won the game.
The state of both sides in this game is not too good, the mistakes are continuous, I believe that Hero's new lineup is still worth looking forward to after the run-in, especially the auxiliary Yisheng and the middle road Purple Illusion. Congratulations to Hero for winning the first victory of the new season and hope they continue to work hard to regain their former glory.