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Chapter 216: Isn't it just about dealing with stress? I can do that too!

"Alright, everyone, welcome back to the 2017 LPL Spring Split Finals!"

Accompanied by the voice of the narrator.

The live stream then switched from the commentary booth back to the live event.

The camera focuses on the main stage.

The two teams filed out of the player tunnel and took their seats.

Once the referee confirms that both players are ready, the draft phase of the match will begin immediately.

During the athletes' brief pre-match preparation time, the camera briefly cuts back to the commentary booth.

"LGD is now leading WE 2-1 in the overall score, and has reached match point!"

"It's fair to say that WE is standing on the edge of a precipice!"

After a pause, Miller continued, "For WE, the upcoming fourth game is their do-or-die game!"

"If we win, we can go to the decisive game; if we lose, we will miss out on our first LPL championship in team history!"

"Yes, WE is undoubtedly under more pressure right now!" Remember nodded.

He continued, "However, I think LGD definitely won't let their guard down either."

"After all, no team that is leading in a BO5 would want the BO5 to go to a decisive game to decide the outcome."

"Therefore, LGD should also want to win this battle in one fell swoop and take down WE in this fourth game!"

"So, who will emerge victorious depends entirely on skill. Alright, the draft phase for the fourth game of the finals has begun!"

"LGD, who had the right to choose sides in the fourth game, deliberately chose the blue side!"

On the large screen at the scene.

The screen suddenly split in two, revealing the BP interface.

Blue side LGD, red side WE.

First round of BP.

LGD banned LeBlanc, Rengar, and Lee Sin.

WE banned Jayce, Fiora, and Ezreal.

At this point, LGD stopped considering disrupting the opponent's strategy when banning players and directly banned WE players' signature moves.

Generally speaking, the closer a game gets to a do-or-die situation, the more subconsciously players will rely on their signature heroes.

Under immense pressure in a do-or-die match, some players may not even be able to perform at their normal level if they can't get their signature heroes.

That's what Dgc thinks, anyway.

He considers himself to have considerable knowledge of athletes' psychology.

This wave of banning WE players' signature moves was also at his request.

This is why, even though Condi's Lee Sin had already lost two games in a row, LGD still banned Lee Sin in the first round.

Because Lee Sin is indeed Condi's best champion right now.

Moreover, although WE lost the first two games.

However, Condi's performance with Lee Sin was really quite good.

The problem with losing the game wasn't with Lee Sin.

After reviewing the first three bans from both sides, Ji De couldn't help but remark, "I didn't expect WE to ban EZ. It seems that imp's EZ in the last game really put a lot of pressure on WE!"

Redmi chose to ban EZ mainly to break up LGD's EZ and Karma bot lane combination that they suddenly picked in the previous game.

Just now in the lounge, Mystic told him that he really couldn't lane against LGD's Ezreal and Karma, and was being pressured a lot.

Of course, the main point is still—

In WE's current system, Mystic mostly plays late-game carry AD carries.

These types of marksman heroes often have very mediocre laning abilities.

Facing a combination like EZ and Karma, who have top-tier early-game pressure once their abilities are used accurately, can be very difficult.

Imp's Ezreal, however, is indeed very accurate with his skills.

Now it's time to select heroes.

LGD locked in Karma directly on the first floor of the blue side.

"Kalma is the first choice!"

"A very safe pick. Karma's flexibility in the mid and bot lanes makes her a great first pick!"

"Furthermore, LGD's first pick of Karma was somewhat of a tactic of picking instead of banning, since WE is very adept at using the mid-lane Karma system!" Miller said.

"However, I think LGD's Karma will likely be played in the mid lane!" Remember added.

"Oh? How so?" Rita, who hadn't spoken for a while, chimed in at the opportune moment.

"imp's Ezreal is gone, so I don't think PYL will be playing Karma as support anymore!" Remember said.

As soon as the words were spoken, WE selected Kog'Maw and Lulu on the first and second floors of the red side.

The Kog'Maw and Lulu bot lane duo was WE's highest win rate and the best-played bot lane duo in this year's Spring Split.

Even though WE lost the last game with Kog'Maw and Lulu.

However, with a do-or-die situation looming, WE still chose to play what they do best.

Next, LGD picked Graves and Twitch on the second and third floors of the blue side.

Graves is arguably Eimy's best jungler right now, that goes without saying.

However, when the mouse is locked up.

The LGD fans at the scene, as well as some neutral spectators, immediately cheered.

"Rat King" imp has chosen a hero with his own exclusive championship skin.

This naturally deserves cheers from the audience.

"Oh ho, the rat! Imp has drawn his sword!" Miller shouted.

Upon hearing this, Remember said with a smile, "I wonder if Imp will use his own rat skin!"

“I think we should use it. We absolutely have to use it in this situation!” Miller said confidently.

The camera focuses on imp.

At this moment, Imp had a confident smile on his face.

The mouse hero is a counter to the big mouth.

Of course, it's a team fight counter.

They were not restrained in the laning phase.

After all, rats aren't very good at laning!

Back to BP.

There's one last pick left in the first round.

The red team on the third floor had yet to reveal their hero.

Because 957 is considering whether or not to take Kled.

In the second round, LGD's Na Bin will definitely ban Kled.

If you don't choose now, you definitely won't be able to choose later.

However, if Kled is picked, then 957 will still choose the hero first in this game.

They'll be countered by Zhou Dian's counter-attack again.

Even though Kled is his best champion.

But considering Zhou Dian's unusual hero pool, 957 wasn't confident enough to pick Kled first.

Who knows what kind of cunning hero Zhou Dian has prepared for his Kled?

While 957 hesitated, Condi said, "Give me a champion this time! If we drag this out to the second round, all my jungle champions will be banned!" There are only a few usable jungle champions in this version.

It would be really frustrating if everyone was banned.

Ultimately, WE chose the Spider on the third floor of the red team.

"Spider! Condi picked a champion with very strong early-game tempo!"

"Looks like WE is going all out!" Miller said.

"We definitely have to go all out. If we don't go all out this game, WE will be finished!" Remember smiled.

The first round of business matching (BP) has ended.

We've moved on to the second round of draft picks.

WE banned Taliyah and Thresh.

LGD banned Kled and Syndra.

"WE is probably still unsure of LGD's exact position with Karma."

"So in the second round, we'll ban one support and one mid laner!" Miller said.

LGD, on the other hand, did exactly as 957 had predicted.

Kled was banned in the second round.

If you don't dare to choose in the first round, then you can forget about choosing.

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

WE chose Ryze on the fourth floor of the red team.

"Ryze?"

Miller was somewhat incredulous when he saw Ryze.

What's unbelievable isn't Ryze himself, but that WE actually picked a mid-laner on the fourth floor.

Generally speaking, when WE is on the red side...

If no mid-lane hero is picked in the first three picks.

Therefore, Xiye will definitely take the counter position on the fifth floor.

"Then WE still has one top laner left to choose from, and they've reserved the counter pick for LegBro957, which is rather unusual!" Remember said.

"I can understand that!" Miller realized at this point. "If Zhou Shen counters us, then the top lane will definitely be very difficult!"

"Instead of doing that, we might as well counter Zhou Shen with a counter-strategy!"

At this moment, in the LGD players' seat.

When Zhou Dian saw that WE had picked Ryze on the fourth floor of the red side, he couldn't help but laugh.

WE's mid and jungle Ryze and Elise also left a counter pick for the top lane.

What WE wants to do is all too obvious.

Isn't the goal simply to destroy the top lane they're in?
Since that's the case, then I...
I'm not playing with you guys anymore!

Zhou Dian has never been a stubborn person.

Given WE's current form, he'll have to withstand the pressure in this game.

We really can't keep picking damage-dealing top laners.

Choose it and it's free!
Let's choose a tank hero then!
It's just about resisting pressure, isn't it?

I can too!
"Ping, get me Shen!" Zhou Dian turned to PYL and said.

On the large screen at the scene.

LGD first picked Braum on the fourth floor of the blue side.

"Oh, support Braum!"

"In that case, LGD will have Karma in the mid lane!" Miller said.

"LGD still has one top laner left to pick. I wonder if Zhou Shen will surprise us with his champion selection this game!"

I remember that his words were full of anticipation.

As soon as he finished speaking, LGD revealed Shen on the fifth floor of the blue team.

Then it was locked.

A collective sigh of disappointment rose from the audience.

After all, Zhou Dian played top lane Darius and top lane Vayne in the first two games.

They've already spoiled the audience's tastes.

Everyone is looking forward to even more eye-catching and flamboyant heroes.

As a result, I chose a "plain and ordinary" large kidney.

It's inevitable that many viewers will feel disappointed.

What's so interesting about Shen, this hero?
Not interesting!
"To be fair, Zhou Shen's choice of Shen was really quite rational!" Ji De said.

“Yes!” Miller nodded. “WE suddenly gave the counter pick to the top lane, and the jungler is a champion like Elise. They’re clearly up to no good!”

"Zhou Shen wasn't blinded by his outstanding performance in the first two games. His decision to pick a damage-dealing top laner was indeed very calm and rational!"

"Now we'll see which champion 957 chooses to counter Shen!"

On WE's side,

I saw that Zhou Dian picked a top laner named Da Yaozi.

Both 957 and Redmi couldn't help but frown slightly.

Chao, Zhou Dian, why did you chicken out?

Shen is considered one of the top-tier turtle-type top laners.

It's very difficult to get crushed in lane.

Unless you're playing a champion like Cassiopeia.

The current 957 certainly wouldn't play Cassiopeia top lane.

Moreover, there are no other champions in its champion pool that can single-handedly defeat Shen.

Regardless, WE has already executed their strategy.

The mid and jungle champions for Ryze and Elise have been chosen.

We have no choice but to grit our teeth and go down this path to the bitter end.

We have to mess with LGD's top laner!
The countdown to the election of the candidate is about to reach zero.

WE locked down the Crocodile on the fifth floor of the red team.

"Whoa, a crocodile!"

"WE's top and jungle picked a 'zoo' combination, they're really targeting Zhou Shen to the death!" Remember said.

"We have to target them, we can't afford not to!" Miller said with a smile. "If we don't target Zhou Shen, the competition is over!"

In the live broadcast room of the event.

When Zhou Dian picked Shen, the chat was filled with comments like "he chickened out".

But after seeing WE pick Renekton as their last pick, the chat immediately filled with comments like "That's Zhou Shen's wisdom" and "He had foresight."

Even these latecomers know the power of the Ueno duo, Crocodile and Spider.

The "zoo duo" isn't just a nickname.

Once you encounter it, the question of whether you live or die no longer applies.

It's just a matter of how many times you die.

During the laning phase, the main strategy is to be aggressive and unstoppable; no matter who comes, it won't work.

(End of this chapter)