novelaction Chapter 1152 The 4th Competition Begins
Chapter 1152 The 4th Competition Begins
The fourth Heroes' Martial God Tournament has begun. Like the previous three tournaments, the group stage matches were not held offline, and even the round of 16 to 8 matches were conducted online.
Only those who truly make it into the top eight will go to Guangzhou to participate in the offline competition.
With the draw now complete, the group stage is about to begin.
After a short rest of a few days, the fourth All-Heroes Martial God Tournament also kicked off.
As usual, almost all the viewers focused their attention on the four groups: Elite, Divine Might, Heavenly Science, and Heavenly Origin.
Among all these groups, which one attracts the most attention? It is undoubtedly the Tianyuan Group competition, as it represents the highest level of competition in Fantasy Westward Journey.
That afternoon, Feng Jun, along with Xiao Hei and the others, arrived early at the internet cafe's private room.
"Brother Jun, we're playing our second match today. Our opponent is the Luoshen Qiushui team from the Mingxiuyuan server. This team isn't considered particularly strong. But that's just a simple ranking for now. To be honest, we don't really have a good understanding of how strong Luoshen Qiushui is yet."
After all, this was their first time participating in the Heroes' Martial God Altar, and their basic information had not been revealed much. We only knew about their team's Lingbo City, which was the Lingbo City that Zhu Zifang Abai's team had previously visited.
This Lingbo City player is quite powerful. The hammer he's wielding has a total damage of 1073, and it's also a Strength/Agility attribute weapon.
In addition, this person also has two Pure Platform Divine Horse Floating Cloud Babies.
Of course, these are all news reports from several months ago, and no hardware information has been released regarding the current situation.
"Based on my guess, their strength must have improved a lot, otherwise they wouldn't have made it to the group stage." Zhou Yu looked at the match schedule in front of him and said thoughtfully.
Zhou Yu and Feng Jun have been quite busy these past few days. As soon as they learned about the group assignments, Feng Jun and Zhou Yu began studying the match videos of their group stage opponents.
Although most of the teams in the group were participating in the Heroes of the Martial God Tournament for the first time and were not very familiar with their equipment, Feng Jun and Zhou Yu gained some understanding of the command level and equipment strength of the various teams by watching the competition videos.
"Yes, we watched their videos before. They prefer a three-attack strategy, especially the combination of Lingbo City, Shenmu Forest, and Lion Camel Ridge for area damage. This is their team's most proficient strategy."
There's no need for us to go head-to-head with them today. Although we're very good at the three-attack style, a 2-1-2 or 4-protect-1 style is better at countering our opponents.
"Today we'll play a four-protect-one strategy: Lingbo, Fangcun, Nv'er, Difu, and Huasheng. Playing it safe should give us a better chance of winning!" Feng Jun pondered for a moment before deciding on today's lineup.
Feng Jun is not the kind of person who always needs to have the spotlight on him, nor does he want his Tang Dynasty account to steal the show in every competition.
The primary goal is to secure victory for the team, and the strategy involves deploying a specific lineup to counter the opposing team's composition.
Taking the four-support-one-carry lineup as an example, Chu Luotian's Lingbo City is clearly more suitable. After all, this version is not one with the support of Lingbao meridians. Without the Sword Intent Meridian and the support of Lingbao, Tang Dynasty is simply not suitable as the main DPS in a four-support-one-carry lineup.
In comparison, Lingbo City is clearly a better fit.
"Alright, we've all played the 4-protect-1 strategy quite a few times recently, so we're all pretty familiar with it!" Xiao Hei grinned and said happily.
"Get ready, everyone, we're about to get started!" Feng Jun said to everyone.
The wait wasn't long; about half an hour later, the second match from Group A began.
The match between the Prosperous Family of Yishui Snow Mountain Server and the Luoshen Qiushui Team of Mingxiuyuan Server is also slowly unfolding.
As the intense battle music began and the cycle of reincarnation unfolded, the lineups of both sides appeared prominently at the top of the screen.
The spectators are the Fan Hua family: Fan Hua, Bing Bing (Daughter Village), Fan Hua, Xiao Hei (Hua Sheng Temple), Fan Hua, Tian Ya (Fang Cun Mountain), Fan Hua, Zi Yan (Underworld), Fan Hua, and Wangu (Lingbo City). They are using the Earth-borne Formation.
The opposing team, Luo Shen Qiu Shui, consists of Luo Shen Qiu Shui (Daughter Village), Xia Ri Qing Cheng (Underworld), Chili Rice (Lingbo City), Zhu Shen Huang Hun (Shenmu Forest), and Wu Xiao You Meng (Lion Camel Ridge). They are using the Tiger Wing Formation.
When they saw the opposing team's lineup, smiles appeared on the faces of Feng Jun, Zhou Yu, and the others.
The opposing team used their most effective strategy again, fielding a three-attack lineup, and this time they used their most aggressive Tiger Wing Formation.
In contrast, the Prosperous Family did not choose to pursue violence, but opted for a four-protect-one lineup, and also chose a more conservative Earth Formation.
"In terms of formations, we have a huge advantage over them!" Zhou Yu said with a smile.
"Yes, don't let your guard down. Although the formation has a counter, we still need to fight well to avoid being caught off guard!" Feng Jun said seriously.
At the same time, the official live stream also provided commentary on the competition. After all, given the size of the Prosperous Clan, almost every competition is commentated by the official live stream.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I really didn't expect the Prosperous Family to send out a four-protect-one lineup this time. Against the Luo Shen Qiu Shui team, isn't using a four-protect-one lineup a bit too conservative?"
"With the strength of the prosperous family, even if it's a direct confrontation, the other side might not be able to withstand it!" Commentator Lao Xu said repeatedly, looking at the lineups of both sides.
"That's true. If the Prosperous Family uses a three-attack lineup, they might win relatively easily. However, a three-attack against a three-attack lineup is actually quite risky. If they're unlucky and get blessed by the opponent's divine protection, or if their formation is countered, they could easily be at a disadvantage."
As for using a four-protect-one lineup, this is considered the safest approach.
Especially when the Earth Formation is activated, it is easy to gain a significant advantage in formations against three-attack lineups.
"After all, it's relatively easy to counter two of the three commonly used three-attack lineups: Wind, Tiger, and Bird!" the commentator Lao Niu said methodically.