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Chapter 116 Swing around freely! Who says you can't counter if you go first?

After easily winning the first game, LGD fans were overjoyed, but couldn't help but think back to the decisive game against WE last week.

Why didn't you just fight like this from the beginning?
Dgc must have lost his mind when he drafted the game against WE.

It's clear that letting the top and bottom lanes carry is the most suitable strategy for LGD right now!

GodV's Taliyah in this game was also quite good, with several well-timed support plays for his teammates.

Although his Taliyah is inferior to other top Taliyah players in the league in terms of skill proficiency and support frequency.

Moreover, their opponent GT is not very strong.

However, GodV's numerous assists in this game were enough to surprise many LGD fans.

Holy crap, is that Wei Shen?
Have you suddenly become so eager to offer support after just one week?

Of course, this is a good thing.

LGD's top and mid lanes can both carry, and the mid laner just needs to provide more support to the two side lanes.

This is how LGD should play their matches now!
It seems that last week's barrage of criticism against Wei Shen had an effect!

They all criticized Wei Shen so much that he changed his gaming style.

Therefore, many LGD fans unanimously believe that Wei Shen should not be praised, but criticized.

Even if we win the game in the future, we should still point out Wei Shen's shortcomings and urge him to work harder to improve.

Wei Shen's arrogance back then is still fresh in our minds!
It seems that you can't praise Wei Shen.

GodV, who was sitting in the rest room at that moment, would probably feel like crying if he knew that LGD fans were going to scrutinize his matches with a magnifying glass.

It's usually the haters who scrutinize a player's match with a magnifying glass!

Why is the white piece like this too?

The short break between matches passed quickly, and the players and coaches of LGD and GT returned to the main stage and took their seats in the players' seats.

"Alright, as you can see, both teams are ready. The second game of the BO3 regular season match between LGD and GT is about to begin the draft phase!"

Wang Duoduo continued, "In the second game, GT, who had the right to choose sides, chose the blue side, while LGD was on the red side!"

“Actually, I don’t think it’s necessarily a good thing that GT chose the blue team!” Zhihuan added.

"Oh! What does Teacher Zhihuan think?"

"GT is actually quite reliant on the performance of their top laner, GimGoon!"

After a pause, Zhihuan continued, "But if LGD is on the red side, and Zhou can counter with a counter, I think Zhou can limit GimGoon's performance."

"If GimGoon doesn't perform well, it will undoubtedly be more difficult for GT to win the game."

At this moment, the BP interface appeared on the large screen at the scene.

Blue team GT, red team LGD.

First round of BP.

GT banned Caitlyn, Sivir, and Jayce.

LGD banned Ryze, Rengar, and Kled.

"In the first round, GT mainly targeted imp by banning two marksman heroes, which are also the two heroes that imp has performed exceptionally well with in recent matches!"

"Then they banned Zhou's Jayce, because this champion is indeed difficult to deal with in lane."

"LGD also banned Kled to counter GimGoon. Kled is GimGoon's absolute signature champion and also the core champion of GT's aggressive engage strategy."

"Banning Kled breaks half of GT's strongest initiation strategy!"

The teams at the bottom of the LPL rankings aren't entirely without strength.

Their problem is often that they know too little.

Often, they rely on a single system to make a living.

When they play a familiar system, they are very strong and can sometimes even upset strong teams.

However, once the enemy cracks their only system, these teams are often left bewildered and helpless, forced to fight on their own.

Then, the player's individual skills were not strong enough, and as a result, he was easily defeated by his opponent.

At this point, Zhihuan noticed a detail: "LGD didn't ban Camille, it feels like they deliberately let GT have her."

"LGD's meaning is very clear. Last game you let me pick Camille, and I immediately picked her on the first floor as the blue side. This game I'm letting you pick Camille again. Do you dare to pick her?"

After hesitating for a while, GT finally locked in Malzahar on the first floor of the blue team.

"Start with Malzahar. This hero can be played in both mid and support positions, making it a relatively stable choice."

"But not picking Camille feels a bit demoralizing!"

The meaning of "hallucinogenic" is quite obvious. They've deliberately given it to you, so it would be a coward not to choose it!

Of course, playing a game is not about fighting with emotions; winning is the primary goal, so it's normal not to choose it.

Wang Duoduo said, "GT is trailing 0-1 in the overall score, so they probably want to play it safe and tie the score first!"

"Everyone knows that Zhou's Camille is his signature skill and he's very strong, so he must be very good at playing Camille. GT probably thinks that if LGD lets them play Camille, they must have some dirty tricks up their sleeve."

Wang Duoduo's guess was accurate; Jin Gong genuinely believed that Zhou Dian had prepared some underhanded tricks and was just waiting for him to choose Camille.

If Camille had been the invincible champion in the previous two versions, GimGoon would definitely have picked her without hesitation.

That Camille player from before, not picking her when she was available, that was truly cowardly.

Now, GimGoon is really hesitant to pick Camille first.

In GimGoon's mind, the opposing top laner is definitely the best Camille in both China and Korea right now.

There must be a way to counter Camille.

Moreover, GimGoon was worried that if he picked Camille, the opponent would pick Jax in response.

GimGoon was well aware of his proficiency with Camille.

Although I played fairly well, I definitely couldn't beat a skilled Jax.

If Jax can't beat Camille, and Camille can't beat Jax, and they get taught a lesson by both forehand and backhand techniques, then they'll lose face big time.

"Since GimGoon isn't going to pick it, then Zhou might have to take Camille!"

As soon as the hallucination was spoken, LGD picked Varus and Graves on the first and second floors of the red side.

"They picked the AD carry and the jungler first, this is interesting!"

Zhihuan continued, "It seems LGD is forcing GT to pick Camille!"

Next, GT secured Jhin and Kha'Zix on the second and third floors of the blue team.

"Trying to force me to choose Camille, huh? I won't!" Wang Duoduo chuckled.

Subsequently, LGD locked in Zyra on the third floor of the red side.

"Jera! Both sides are being so polite!" Even Zhihuan couldn't hold back anymore and almost burst out laughing.

"Camille, who is usually either banned or picked, is now completely ignored!"

The first round of ban/pick has ended, and we've moved on to the second round.

LGD banned the plane, Tsar.

GT banned Camille and Lucian.

"LGD banned two mid-lane carry champions, while GT banned Camille!"

Zhihuan laughed and said, "GT chickened out in the end. I don't dare to pick Camille, so you can forget about picking her either!"

"And this Lucian pick should also be one of Zhou's banned champions." "Ever since Zhou played Lucian top lane in a match, I've been encountering Lucian top lane quite often in ranked games lately, which is really a headache and difficult to deal with!" Wang Duoduo said.

Wang Duoduo's favorite game is top lane Tahm Kench.

This thing is great at tormenting melee champions, but if you run into a Lucian top laner, you'll just get tormented.

In the second round of player selection, the red team selects first.

LGD chose Cassiopeia on the fourth floor of the red side.

"First up, Cassiopeia mid!"

As he spoke, Zhihuan shook his head again, "Not necessarily, not necessarily. In the LGD team, Cassiopeia is a possibility for top lane. This Cassiopeia pick is essentially a top-mid flex pick!"

Finally, he added, "Of course, there's a higher chance that Wei Shen will play Cassiopeia. I'm more inclined to think that Zhou will be the last top laner on the fifth floor, since GT hasn't picked a top laner yet."

Subsequently, GT selected Clockwork and Rambo on the fourth and fifth floors of the blue team.

"If Orianna is mid, then Malzahar is definitely going to be support!"

"GimGoon's Rumble pick was great! LGD's Varus, Zyra, and Cassiopeia all lack mobility, making them very vulnerable to Rumble's ultimate in team fights!"

"Furthermore, Rumble is a lane bully, and most top laners can't counter him!"

"I was wondering why GT would release Zhou's Fiora like that!"

"But if GimGoon is planning to play Rumble, then he's not afraid of Zhou picking Fiora."

"LGD's jungler this game was Graves. With Fiora and Graves in the top and jungle, it was very difficult to catch Rumble. Rumble just kept pushing the lane, and Fiora couldn't do anything about it. Even the person playing Fiora had the ID Zhou."

The more Zhihuan analyzed it, the more he felt that what he said made sense, and he nodded frequently from the commentary seat.

"Does the hallucinogenic teacher think Cassiopeia is good against Rumble?"

"Uh"

Wang Duoduo's question immediately silenced Zhihuan.

"It does seem like a good matchup choice!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than LGD locked in Karma on the fifth floor of the red side.

"If it were another team, Karma would be more likely to go top lane."

"But for LGD, it should be Cassiopeia top lane!"

The camera panned across the players' bench, and GimGoon's expression was somewhat serious.

Damn it, I could pull out a Lamborghini from the fifth floor and you still manage to perfectly counter it!

GT coach and GimGoon, like Zygen, made the mistake of having preconceived notions.

Given that the draft phase has progressed this far, LGD will definitely pick a top laner in the fifth counter position.

Just when everyone in GT thought their team had made a fantastic Lamborghini pick.

Zhou Dian taught them something—who says you can't counter if you go first?

The problem is that Zhou Dian's hero pool is too strange.

Which professional top laner knows how to play Cassiopeia in the top lane?
Moreover, LGD's final mid-lane Karma really hit GT where it hurt.

GT's final move, Rumble, was originally intended to address LGD's lack of mobility in their lineup.

As a result, Karma's appearance directly solved the mobility problem.

With Karma's RE ability active, Rumble's ultimate is really hard to hit anyone in team fights!

LGD's final two picks were designed to target Rumble effectively, from laning to team fights.

The GT coach, with a serious expression, took off his headphones and walked towards the center of the stage.

His draft picks were completely outmatched!

The problem lies in the opponent's top laner's champion pool.

In contrast to GT coach's solemn expression, Dgc was beaming with joy.

After shaking hands and walking into the player tunnel, Dgc could no longer hold back his laughter and burst out laughing.

This business plan is so well done!

Since Xiao Zhou started playing, his drafting skills seem to have improved a lot.

It seems that when I was with OMG, it wasn't that my draft was bad, but that the players' hero pool wasn't deep enough!

If you, Xiyang, were like Xiaozhou and could play so many unconventional top laners, I could freely choose my picks during the draft phase. Would I have had such a difficult time drafting, and would OMG have had to fight to avoid relegation?
The highest level of deception is when you deceive yourself.

At this point, Dgc has clearly reached this level.

On the large screen at the venue, the game had already entered the loading screen.

Blue side GT: Top lane Rumble, Jungle Kha'Zix, Mid lane Orianna, Bot lane Jhin and Malzahar.

Red side LGD: Top lane Cassiopeia, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Karma, Bot lane Varus and Zyra.

After the cheers of the fans from both sides subsided, the ten heroes from each side landed in the fountains at opposite ends of Summoner's Rift.

Neither team opted for an invasion; it was a normal start.

Since both sides' bot lanes are strong laning duos, both junglers chose to start in the upper jungle and then farm from top to bottom.

Therefore, for the first few minutes, no jungler will come to the top lane.

That would be terrible for GimGoon's Rambo!
Zhou Dian directly controlled the Cassiopeia to cross the minion wave at level one, pushing Rumble out of the experience zone and forcing Rumble to lose the experience of two minions.

Melee heroes have a tough time against Cassiopeia.

Of course, Rumble is not a melee champion in the conventional sense.

His main offensive skills are all ranged skills.

But after laning for more than a minute, GimGoon realized that his Rumble's E skill just couldn't hit Cassiopeia.

It really felt like facing a snake, so slippery, you couldn't touch it at all.

Of course, Zhou Dian definitely can't dodge Rumble's Q skill.

The top lane is much longer than the mid lane, so when Rumble uses his Q, he inevitably pushes the minion wave.

For GimGoon, if he pushes the minion wave in the early levels, Rumble will have a very difficult time playing in the top lane and will easily be chased down and killed by Cassiopeia.

Fortunately, Cassiopeia kept pushing forward and using her abilities to suppress Rumble. In order to maintain her mana, Cassiopeia kept using her E ability to kill minions to regain mana, which caused the minion wave to slowly push towards Rumble.

At 3 minutes and 50 seconds into the game, Cassiopeia pushed a wave of minions to the top tower of GT.

In Kim Gung's mind, he was safe at that moment.

Twenty seconds earlier, after GT's bot lane pushed the minion wave, their support Savoki went to LGD's blue buff area and found no jungle monsters there.

Eimy started in the upper jungle, and GT knew about it.

Therefore, it can be roughly estimated that Eimy's Graves jungle route is F6-Red buff-Blue buff, a fast level 4 clear.

The Graves must have just finished replenishing his equipment and came out of the fountain.

So, GimGoon started farming minions with peace of mind.

After clearing this wave of tower cuts, Graves will be nearby, and then it's time to recall to base for supplies.

GT's jungler Kha'Zix safely took down the top river crab, securing both river crabs at the start of the game.

However, the next moment...
Graves emerged from the triangular bush behind the GT's top tower.

With less than two-thirds of his health remaining, Rumble was instantly killed under the tower!

(End of this chapter)