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Chapter 288 How could Zhou Shen possibly play with meat at a time like this!

They chatted in the commentary booth.

The BP interface suddenly appeared on the large screen at the venue.

"Alright, the fourth game of the BO5 finals of this year's MSI is about to begin the draft phase!"

"SKT, who had the right to choose sides, chose the blue side, while LGD was on the red side!"

The same two sentences.

When the child started shouting, it was much more powerful than when the first three games' draft phase began.

Now we come to the business plan (BP) stage.

First round of BP.

SKT banned Karma, Fiora, and Gnar.

LGD banned Kennen, Lulu, and Lee Sin.

"No, I didn't see that wrong, did I? SKT actually banned Gnar?"

After seeing SKT's first three bans, Miller immediately laughed and said, "I've never seen anyone ban Gnar in this patch!"

"That's all Zhou Shen's fault. He got Gnar banned in just one game!" Wawa added.

"In fact, every additional unplanned hero added to the ban list means we naturally gain an advantage in the draft phase!"

“Yes!” Miller nodded. “Look, Jayce is right outside now, but I reckon Huni definitely won’t dare to pick Jayce first this game!”

"Of course, LGD won't be in a hurry to pick it. Since they're on the red side, I think Zhou Shen will most likely pick a top lane champion as his last pick!"

"Then let's look at LGD's first three bans, and they're pretty much the same as in the previous games!"

"They deliberately banned Peanut's signature Lee Sin on the red side."

"To be honest, Peanut's Lee Sin is really amazing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, SKT's first floor picked several heroes that were unlikely to appear in the game.

Ultimately, it settled on the Emerald Goddess.

SKT secured the win against Ivern on the first floor of the blue side.

"Snatch the Jade Goddess!"

"SKT is now down 1-2 in the series, and Peanut has stopped playing his carnivorous junglers and started playing pure utility junglers like Ivern!"

"Of course, Peanut has played Ivern before and performed quite well!"

"SKT really needs to change their strategy. Peanut often plays damage-dealing junglers and just farms aggressively in the early game."

"This strategy works well against other teams, focusing on farming early game, but it doesn't seem to work against LGD!"

Next, LGD selected Caitlyn and Graves on the first and second floors of the red team.

"Oh wow, a policewoman!"

"In this BO5, LGD's bot lane wasn't backing down at all. They were determined to go head-to-head with you in lane, picking marksman heroes with good laning capabilities in every game!" Miller exclaimed.

Wawa chuckled and continued, "If Imp has something to say, then your SKT bot lane is a world champion, and so am I. Why should I back down from you?"

"Then Eimy picked his best jungler, Graves, which has the highest win rate!"

Then, SKT picked Zyra and Varus on the second and third floors of the blue side.

"Faced with imp's Caitlyn, SKT's bot lane chose to take the challenge and directly used the Varus and Zyra combination to lane against you!"

"This bot lane duo is also very strong in the laning phase!"

"So, if I remember correctly, this is the third time Wolf has picked Zyra in this BO5!"

“Yes!” Rita nodded. “In the first and second games of the BO5 series, Wolf also picked Zyra, paired with Ashe and Caitlyn respectively!”

With this statement, Rita seems to be indicating that she is not just a pretty face.

They were also diligently recording the details of the match.

The final move in the first round of ban/pick.

LGD chose Braum on the third floor of the red side.

"Brown!"

"It seems LGD's bot lane isn't aiming for an extreme laning phase in this game!" Miller said.

"I think playing it safe is a good idea in situations like this!" Wawa had a different opinion. "Braum is a more well-rounded choice. If the support picks Braum, Caitlyn is also very strong in the late game, instead of just being limited to the early laning phase!"

"Maybe," Miller still felt that LGD's bot lane should go all out.

But actually, SKT selected their players through their first three picks.

In addition, there were the two sentences earlier where Huni was beaten so badly by Zhou Dian.

On the LGD players' side, everyone unanimously judged that SKT was going to change their strategy this game, ignoring Huni and focusing all their efforts on the bottom half of the map.

Peanut didn't even pick Graves because he didn't see him outside. Instead, he chose Ivern, a pure utility champion!
Therefore, LGD chose to pick Braum as a support to counter this.

After all, LGD has multiple carry players now, not just imp.

Even if you choose a marksman like Caitlyn who has strong laning ability, it doesn't mean that imp has to gain a big advantage in the lane.

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

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

LGD banned Ahri and Syndra.

SKT banned Camille and Galio.

"Oh, LGD banned two of Faker's mid-lane champions again in the second round!"

"Then SKT even banned Camille, Zhou Shen really banned them all!"

"Then they banned Galio, which must have been the mid-lane Galio banned by GodV!"

"Currently, other teams are still using Galio in the top lane, especially Huni, who has actually played Galio in the top lane a lot. Only LGD likes to let GodV play Galio in the mid lane!"

Wawa chuckled and continued, "Of course, Huni can't pick Galio, his signature top lane champion, in front of Zhou Shen. Everyone understands why, right?"

In the second round of ban/pick, it was the red team's turn to pick first.

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

"It's Orianna again! This is the third consecutive game that Wei Shen has picked Orianna in this BO5 final!" Wawa exclaimed.

"But LGD won the first two games with Orianna!" Miller added. "Since I won with the picks I had before, and you didn't ban them, there's no reason for me not to pick them again!"

“That makes sense!” Rita nodded. “Let alone picking Orianna three times in a row, it’s actually quite common to see players playing the same champion five times in a best-of-five series.”

Next, it was SKT's turn to select players on the fourth and fifth floors.

As the countdown to the selection process ticked down second by second.

The blue team on the fourth floor has yet to reveal their hero.

"Have you noticed something?!" the doll suddenly exclaimed.

"what?"

"Jace is still outside!"

Doll shrugged and continued, "It's quite rare to see Jayce being picked at this point in the game!"

“But I don’t think Huni would dare to pick Jess!” Miller also directly teased Huni.

“I think so too!” Wawa nodded. “Jayce is a strong champion, but he also has a lot of weaknesses. Now that Zhou Shen has a counter pick, plus his strange but very deep champion pool, Huni probably won’t dare to pick Jayce first!”

“I think Huni should pick a tank champion for the top lane to withstand the pressure this game!” Miller said.

"No way, Huni doesn't think he'll pick a tank top laner this game!" Wawa immediately retorted.

"Like I said before, why couldn't Huni's signature top lane Galio be picked first when playing against LGD? Even though Galio was banned this game!"

"It's because Zhou Shen has a top lane Lucian, a top lane Tristana, and a top lane Vayne!"

"If you build a pure tank top laner against Zhou Shen's heroes, you're just feeding!"

The child had barely finished speaking.

SKT then displayed Rambo on the fourth floor of the blue team's building and locked it down.

"Sure enough, Huni has chosen a damage-dealing top laner again!" Miller said.

"Rumble is a very versatile pick for the top lane. I remember in the first game when LGD was on the blue side, Zhou Shen played Rumble in the top lane!"

"But if Huni picks Rumble, Zhou Shen can pick Jayce this game!" "Then Huni is out of the game again?"

Miller had barely finished speaking.

SKT picked Jayce as their last pick on the blue side.

Then it was locked immediately.

It's clear that SKT made their decision to pick Rumble for the top lane.

They had already decided to pick Jayce in the mid lane.

"Mid lane Jayce?"

"SKT's move of using a pick instead of a ban was brilliant!"

"Moreover, once SKT picked this lineup, their aggression in the mid and bot lanes, which is the entire bottom half of the map, was extremely strong!"

"In that case, SKT's intention is very clear: to keep the rest of LGD in the bottom half of the map, leaving both top laners to play in the top lane!"

Miller adjusted his glasses and continued, "Rumble is a champion that, if you're not afraid of getting ganked, can actually face anyone in lane. Just push the lane aggressively and you're good to go!"

"If that's the case, then Zhou Shen needs to pick a top laner with fast wave clear this game, otherwise Rumble will push the lane too hard for him!" Rita asked at the right moment.

At this moment, the doll chimed in: "How's Yasuo? Yasuo pushes the lane pretty fast!"

"Yasuo isn't very good!" Miller immediately shook his head. "Yasuo only really starts to push lanes fast once he has some items. In the early game, Yasuo's lane pushing speed isn't very fast!"

"Besides, Yasuo is a melee champion. Even melee champions have a hard time fighting Rumble. If they go up to last-hit minions, they'll just get roasted!"

"So, SKT's decision to pick Jayce for the mid lane was incredibly clever!"

“How about Zhou Shen picks a top laner? Anyway, Zhou Shen can play champions like Vayne and Lucian!” Rita asked again.

"But LGD has already picked Caitlyn and Graves this game!" Miller immediately said, "If they pick another marksman top laner, then it'll be three marksmen!"

"You have three marksmen, but no enchanter support or frontliner. That lineup is very rigid. You can't withstand a few pokes from SKT's Jayce and Varus!"

"Although Zhou Shen has a counter pick, it's really difficult for LGD to choose a champion for the top lane this game!"

"KkOma's draft picks in this game were really something!"

Meanwhile, on the LGD players' bench.

When Dgc saw that SKT had picked Jayce to play mid lane.

He immediately frowned.

He immediately realized that he had fallen into SKT's trap.

It's going to be harder to pick heroes for the top lane now.

But then, Dgc's brow relaxed.

What hero to pick in the top lane is none of my business as a coach.

Dgc took a step forward, standing behind Zhou Dian, and asked, "Brother Zhou, what should we choose this round?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dian immediately raised an eyebrow.

Wow, how did everyone get upgraded from Little Zhou to Brother Zhou?

Of course, Zhou Dian didn't have time to think about the issue of this title.

He simply turned to Eimy and said, "Dan, are there any jungle champions we can pick? Can I play Graves this game?"

Upon hearing this, Dgc's eyes immediately lit up.

Eimy then asked instinctively, "You mean you want to play Graves top lane?"

Then he immediately understood the key point and said, "Damn, SKT's attempt to pick Jayce was a complete waste!"

"You can play Graves, I can play Gragas jungle!"

Back to BP.

LGD hesitated to reveal their last hero.

Miller said with some concern, "It seems like it's really hard to choose!"

In the final seconds of the selection countdown.

LGD suddenly revealed a barrel on the fifth floor of the red building, and then locked it.

"Gragas top lane?"

"Have you finally decided to go top lane and farm under pressure?"

"Okay, it's a pretty safe choice, but I always feel uneasy because Zhou Shen doesn't play damage-dealing top laners!" Miller said.

"Can you play AP Gragas too?" Rita added.

"That's possible! But in this situation, if LGD picks Gragas, they'll definitely be going to be the front line, they won't build pure AP!" Miller replied.

At this moment, the doll said, "Something's not right. I have a feeling something's not right. This isn't Zhou Shen's personality!"

On the large screen at the scene.

The BP phase has entered the final minute of preparation time before loading.

With Graves moved to the first floor of the red team, Gragas was moved to the second floor of the red team.

And so it remains, without any further changes.

In the commentary box.

The doll immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Graves top lane! So it's Graves top lane!"

"I knew it! Zhou Shen would never play with meat at a time like this!"

"That's Zhou Shen! That's Zhou Shen!" Miller exclaimed excitedly. "LGD's move of switching Graves from the jungle to the top lane completely broke SKT's strategy of forcibly picking Jayce to play mid lane!"

"However, I'm a little worried that Zhou Shen might not be able to play Graves since LGD has forced Graves into the top lane?"

"Why would you need to worry about that?" the doll said with a smile. "Anything Zhou Shen dares to play with, he'll play with!"

"Besides, Zhou Shen plays Lucian and Vayne so well, it's reasonable for him to also play Graves!"

"makes sense!"

At this point, the BP interface was no longer visible on the live stream screen.

The live stream camera focused on the main stage.

Both head coaches closed their notebooks, took off their headphones, stepped down from the players' bench, and walked towards the center of the main stage.

It's right behind the pillar where the MSI championship trophy is placed.

After shaking hands, the two head coaches turned and walked into the players' tunnel.

On camera, both Dgc and KkOma wore polite, faint smiles when shaking hands.

It's impossible to tell what the two head coaches are thinking at this moment.

Being able to keep your emotions in such a critical moment.

It seems that both head coaches are very good at maintaining their composure.

KkOma is, after all, a three-time champion coach with extensive experience.

It's not surprising that he was able to remain calm at this time.

However, Dgc has never been particularly mentally strong, so it's not easy for him to remain completely calm at this moment.

It seems that after a Spring Split and this MSI Mid-Season Invitational...

It's not just the LGD players who are growing, but also the LGD coaches.

And on the big screen at the scene.

The game has now entered the loading screen.

Game 4 of the BO5 finals of 2017 MSI

Blue side SKT:

Top lane Rumble, jungle Ivern, mid lane Jayce, bot lane Varus and Zyra.

Red team LGD:

Top lane: Graves; Jungle: Gragas; Mid lane: Orianna; Bot lane: Caitlyn and Braum.

(End of this chapter)