If you want to select the contestant with the biggest contrast between the first half of 2023 and the second half of 2023, 120 will definitely be elected with a high vote. From competing with Happy for hegemony in the first half of the year, and even suppressing the European Emperor to become the world's No. 1 for a time, to frequent losses in the second half of the year and withdrawing from the ranks of championship players, 120's performance in the past half year can be described as a serious decline.
Last night, 120 lost to Laby and Sok in WSB S11 and finished third in the group. This is also the third consecutive loss to Laby and Sok in recent times, and it can be seen that King B really can't beat them.
In the UD civil war with Laby, 120 still uses DK Tech Spider Stream. Before 120, it can be said that Happy and Laby were completely blown up by this move, even if they killed Lich alone in the early stage, they were not opponents in the later stage, but King B still had no intention of changing his moves, and the result can be imagined. In the first game against Laby, the 120 early DK was perfect harassment (controlling Lich's level at level 1) and taking advantage of the situation to close the two big points in the middle of NI, but when the opponent floated up and destroyed, the spider was still not the opponent. The explosion of destruction and the advantage of magic immunity are not comparable to the spider, coupled with the opponent's high-level lich's powerful instant killing ability (level 4 to level 2), 120 was defeated again.
In the second set of the game, 120 changed ideas, and the level 1 DK upgraded the aura to harass, and the effect was surprisingly good, not only successfully limiting the level of lich, but also forcing out the TP with the speed advantage, and the advantage was out of the sky. This time, 120 didn't let the advantage slip away from the side again, and successfully won the game after withstanding the opponent's wave of outlaws.
In the tiebreaker, 120 changed his moves again, and the first Lich on TM fought with his opponent. As far as the positive operation is concerned, 120 is definitely above Laby, and at the beginning of the game, King B completed a wave of 1 for 4, which is a big profit. However, in terms of tactical details, 120 is obviously inferior to Laby, and Lich was killed by his opponent after a wild encounter without buying shoes, and the early advantage was gone. And Laby also relied on the advantage of the lich level (the later level first to level 5) to win the hero RPG duel.
After watching this game, you should understand why 120 has been insisting on using DK technology spider instead of turning Lich to start.
However, 120 himself concluded after the game: "The starting DK of the civil war really can't win." I don't know if he will completely abandon this style of play in the future.
Compared to the UD Civil War, 120's confusion in UVH is not far behind. In the face of SOK, even though 120 has full operation and repeatedly staged extreme second heroes, it is helpless.
How fierce is the operation of 120?If nothing else, let's just say that after this wave of DK was killed, King B was not discouraged, but keenly discovered the position of the opponent's MK, and the troops stuck the retreat and then concentrated fire to kill, a good move to "win in defeat".
It's a pity that in the face of the high-level three heroes + three refuges of the Terran race, the problem cannot be solved by operation alone. In fact, the winner of this game is still in the early stage, after SOK repeatedly repelled the UD mine cover, the result of the game is already doomed, and it is not easy for 120 to hold on to the last minute.
The script for the loss of the second set is the same as the first set, Lich's early harassment effect is average, and when UD launches a wave of wild dogs, he discovers that there are turrets in the Terran home to defend them. No matter how fierce the mad dog is, there is no way to take the turret, and the floating destruction can't beat the plane, and when the hum knight griffin unit is formed, 120 can only surrender.
In all fairness, 120's recent results are actually not bad, with the TPL monthly tournament winning the third place, and the Gushu Cup also winning the regular season MVP, and the overall performance is still among the best, but there is a significant regression compared to their performance in the first half of the year. Among them, 120 still has a high win rate against ORC and NE players, but it is at a comprehensive disadvantage against UD and HUM masters. The UD civil war and UVH's confusion were also key reasons for his regression. Once the matchup is not good, and the Hum and UD players meet early, it will be difficult for King B to go further.
Who would have thought that 120 would one day become a "partial player".
So the question is, how does Happy achieve full confrontation stability?