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Chapter 486 The second game of the finals begins, the first round of bans and picks remains unchanged!

"The main thing is that LGD has cracked SKT's trump card. They need to think carefully about what to do in the upcoming BO5 matches," Miller continued from the commentary booth.

"How do we break Zhou Shen's split-pushing strategy? Either by countering certain heroes, or by changing our playstyle?"

"Yes, I think Miller makes a lot of sense."

PDD nodded and continued, "Your top lane split-pushing strategy won't work against LGD!"

"Whether it's Longzhu in the quarterfinals or SKT in this game, they basically lose badly when picking a top laner against LGD!"

"Why? Because we have the King of Split Push—Zhou Shen! If you try to split push in front of our Zhou Shen, you're just asking for trouble!"

PDD's sudden playful move drew laughter from the audience.

"Okay, congratulations again to LGD for winning the first game of the finals, and we look forward to an even more exciting second game between the two teams!"

With that remark from the commentator in charge of the flow, their commentary for the first game came to an end.

The live stream camera then switched back to the glass enclosure where the contestants were located.

Guided by the staff, both players got up from their seats and walked out of the glass enclosure.

In the official live broadcast room, the live stream immediately switched to advertisements.

After several sponsors' advertisements were played in turn, the live stream switched back to the comment section.

"Congratulations again to LGD for winning the first game of the BO5 finals!" Changmao said first.

"Yes, I think this match, as the first game of the final, basically set the tone for the entire final."

Guan Zeyuan continued, "What the two teams are competing against now is no longer the most basic so-called individual ability, team fighting, and so on."

"It's all about how well the five of us understand the game as a whole!"

"Moreover, it was clear from the first game that LGD was in very good form today."

At this point, the live stream displayed the results panel for the first game.

LGD's top, mid, and bottom lanes were all firing at once, and the damage output of each player was roughly the same.

Eimy's Zac, on the other hand, only dealt 2,500 damage in this game.

This is something we haven't seen in LGD's previous matches.

Judging from the jungler's damage output, it seems like he didn't gank or participate in team fights, so he didn't seem to have much of an impact.

However, Zach's contribution to the vision control in this game was enormous.

This was actually Eimy's first time trying this pure vision-building jungle style in an official match.

As a result, he completed his task very well.

Similarly, none of the five players on LGD's team made any mistakes in this game.

Everyone completed their assigned tasks very well.

Winning the game requires the contributions of every member of the team.

Of course, even if everyone plays exceptionally well, the MVP award for a game can only be given to one person.

The MVP of the first game of the finals was announced on the big screen, and it was awarded to Zhou Dian's Kennen.

"Okay, let's take a look at the MVP of this match. It goes to LGD's top laner, Zhou Shen, who played Kennen!"

"His split-pushing was flawless throughout the game, and he was never caught out. When SKT sent two players to ambush him, he was even able to take on two opponents at once," Changmao said.

"Zhou Shen's AD Kennen in this game can be summed up in one word: effortless victory!" Guan Zeyuan added.

"Throughout the entire game, I think there wasn't a single team fight that LGD initiated proactively. The Baron fight was something they were forced to engage in passively."

"But that's how they managed to kill the game by constantly drawing defenders away, controlling vision, and pushing the lane!"

After the commentators chatted for a while, Changmao suddenly said, "Okay, so after SKT suffered a defeat in the first game, they chose the red side for the second game!"

"This is a very interesting choice, which means that in the second round, the red and blue teams will not make any swaps."

“It’s really interesting. SKT’s decision to choose the red side is quite rare.” Guan Zeyuan nodded.

"Then we can make this guess: will SKT, the red side, change their strategy in the second game?"

"In the last game, SKT's red side gave Faker the last counter pick. Will Huni be the counter pick in the next game?"

"Because I think that with Zhou Shen's champion pool, letting Huni play top lane first basically means that Zhou Shen's split push will be very difficult to deal with this game!"

“Yes, I think the same way!” Longhair said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a short break. The exciting match will be back soon!"

In the final match of the S7 World Championship, when LGD took the first game and led SKT 1-0 in the series...

On Chinese internet platforms related to League of Legends, LPL supporters are already quite excited.

The last time an LPL team won a game in the World Championship finals was back in the S4 finals.

Moreover, the game that Royal Club won was after SSW had already taken a 2-0 lead, and the third game was a skin game that was somewhat of a throw-in.

Meanwhile, in all the years of LPL's participation in the World Championship, LPL teams have only won one game in the S-series finals.

But now, facing the three-time champion SKT, LGD won the first game right away.

Moreover, they won by maintaining complete control of the game.

Given this situation, how could LPL supporters not be excited!
In this final, not only domestic viewers supported LPL, but many neutral viewers in Europe and America also supported LGD to defeat SKT.

After SKT dominated the World Championship for two consecutive years and won their third World Championship title, many neutral viewers hoped that a new king would emerge and successfully challenge SKT's dominance in the event.

So, will LGD be the new champion today?
During the break between the first game of the finals, in the rest room where both teams were located.

All the coaches and players were engaged in intensive discussions about the upcoming second game.

In the SKT rest room, head coach KkOma was leading the team in a quick review of their first game, in which they were swept 0-0.

KkOma pointed out some areas where the team members needed to improve and pay attention, requiring them to perfect certain details.

This seems to be fine.

It's normal to do a post-mortem review.

The problem is that this kind of detailed review is usually done by the coach and the players after the game.

They're still in the middle of the match, about to go on for the second game.

Then there is only one explanation.

In the upcoming second game, SKT does not plan to make any changes and will continue to use the same tactical strategy as they did in the first game.

Although they lost the first game quite badly.

But KkOma probably didn't think there were too many problems with his playstyle and strategy.

He felt the main problem lay in the team members' execution.

Therefore, he immediately conducted a detailed review of the first game, striving to ensure that the team members could perform at their best in the second game.

Coach KkOma's behavior is hard to describe – is it confidence, arrogance, or just stubbornness?

As the most successful head coach in the history of League of Legends professional esports, KkOma naturally has his own pride.

If today's finals were the finals of S3, the year he had never led a team to win the S-series championship.

After suffering a crushing defeat in the first game of the finals, he should immediately change his tactics and playing style.

But now he is a three-time champion head coach.

Given the current situation, he decided not to make too many changes and to play one more game.

On LGD's side, Dgc was unaware of the decision made by KkOma.

But since LGD has won the first game of the finals, there is no need for them to make too many changes. They can just adapt to the situation in the draft phase.

Time flies, and the break between sets is over.

Zhou Dian was the first to stand up from his chair, and he and his teammates formed a circle. After shouting "Go for it!" a few times, they walked out of the rest room.

"Alright, everyone, welcome back to watch the final BO5 of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship!"

When the live stream camera returned to the scene, Changmao came up and read out a long string of advertising slogans from the sponsors.

The camera panned across the audience, revealing their high level of enthusiasm.

"Then the match will continue!"

The advertisement is finally over.

"LGD had taken the lead earlier, so their current 1-0 lead should put a lot of pressure on SKT."

"In the second game, will LGD press their advantage and reach match point, or will SKT fight back and tie the score?"

"But before that, let's..."

After Changmao finished his advertisement, Guan Zeyuan surprisingly went off-topic and started promoting the merchandise for this year's global finals.

There's nothing we can do; the sponsors have given us too much!
After another round of small talk, the discussion in the commentary booth finally returned to the main topic.

“Okay, let’s continue talking about the match,” Guan Zeyuan said.

"I was only halfway through what I was talking about. The key point I really wanted to make was that, in terms of the strength of each lane, Zhou Shen's performance in the top lane was undoubtedly better than Huni's."

"Comparing the junglers, both sides performed similarly. In the mid lane, Faker should have outperformed Wei Shen, but Wei Shen handled the situation very well in the last game and withstood the pressure!"

"And then there's the comparison in the bot lane. Both are Grand Slam AD carry players, but in the game just now, Imp's performance undoubtedly surpassed Bang's!"

"I think the key to SKT's victory today is actually the same as when they faced RNG in the semifinals," Changmao added. "Open up their most advantageous mid lane!"

"Because if Wei Shen picks a tough hero like Malzahar, you won't be able to gain an advantage. If your mid lane is shut down, your jungle will also be at a disadvantage, and you'll lose all your early game momentum."

Upon hearing this, Guan Zeyuan nodded and said, "Then similarly, I think LGD should just play like they did in the first game. There's no need to actively change their strategy when they're leading."

"Yes, LGD's strategy is definitely to maintain the situation from the previous game!"

"How will SKT's struggle to find a weakness evolve into?"

"Let's hand the camera over to the commentary booth now!"

After Seven Sauce's most classic "The world is focused on you" advertisement, the live broadcast camera lingered on the commentator's seat.

"Okay, welcome back to the second game of the grand finals," Remember said loudly.

"In the history of the League of Legends World Championship, four teams have had their names engraved on the Summoner's Trophy."

"So today, will it be SKT's fourth time lifting the trophy, or will LGD have a new name engraved on the Summoner's Cup?"

"Let's take a look at the second game of the BO5 finals. The draft has started, LGD is still on the blue side, and SKT is still on the red side!"

The camera quickly panned across the faces of the ten players from both sides, and then the ban/pick screen appeared on the big screen.

First round of BP.

LGD banned Galio, Rakan, and Sejuani.

SKT banned Kalista, Jayce, and Tristana.

"The first three bans from both sides seem to be exactly the same as in the last game!" Miller said.

At this point, the ban/pick phase for the first game was also displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Remember said, "Indeed, the first three bans on both sides are the same as in the first game, so let's see how both sides pick their champions."

With only a few seconds left on the champion selection countdown, LGD locked in Janna on the first floor of the blue side.

“Oh, LGD picked Janna first, it’s still Janna, the same draft as the last game!” PDD said.

SKT didn't hesitate much either. With only a few seconds left on the champion selection countdown, they picked Varus and Gragas on the first and second floors of the red side.

"Hey, replay! It's exactly the same, exactly the same." Miller chuckled.

"Change the record, change the record, boss, change the record, I've seen this episode before!"

After making a joke, PDD continued, "Actually, after watching the last game, I believe many people share the same thought as me, which is that SKT didn't have enough cards this year."

“Besides, Li Ge is still Li Ge, but,” Miller continued, “besides this ace, he has no other cards to play!”

"Yes, you could see in the last game that when Faker's Cassiopeia found an opportunity to fight imp, there was really no one around him who could step up."

While the commentators were talking for a few minutes, both sides on the field had already quickly completed their first three player selections.

LGD secured Xayah and Malzahar on the second and third floors of the blue team's base.

SKT chose Lulu on the third floor of the red side.

In the first round of banning and picking, both sides followed the exact same process as in the first game, from banning to picking, and even the order of picking.

"Hehe, I've seen this before, there's no difference!" Miller said with a laugh.

“It’s different now!” Ji De suddenly said.

On the big screen at the venue, SKT banned Zac in their fourth ban.

In the first game, SKT banned Fiora in this position.

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

SKT banned Zac and Shen.

LGD banned Syndra and Taliyah.

"LGD is still banning mid laners, just like in the last game!"

"But SKT isn't banning Fiora here; they've chosen to ban Zac instead!"

PDD continued, "I think SKT will give the counter pick to top laner Huni in this game."

“Indeed!” Miller nodded. “Those who were targeted by Zhou Shen all had a very difficult time.”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than SKT locked in Ryze on the fourth floor of the red side.

(End of this chapter)