Mingkai, if you're this cowardly, you should just go home and raise pigs.

The moment EDG locked down Fiora on the fifth floor, the arena erupted in unparalleled gasps.

Obviously, the Fiora on the fifth floor will definitely be picked for the top lane.

No one expected EDG to pull such a stunt.

"Wow? EDG's skateboard shoes are actually worn on foot?" Wawa's voice was full of surprise:

"When we all thought EDG's Kalista would be the top laner, EDG actually picked Fiora to counter Camille."

"Fiora against Camille, Camille is in trouble now?" Guan Zeyuan's eyes widened: "Fiora's W skill perfectly counters Camille's E skill and ultimate."

Furthermore, even if Camille's abilities cannot be blocked, her W ability can reduce Camille's attack speed. And even if Camille lands her ultimate on Fiora, Fiora can still use her ultimate to fight back, making her completely unfazed by Camille!

"Is this EDG's last trump card? Attack played Kalista in one game and Fiora in the other. Is he going to redefine EDG's top lane?"

Miller's eyes were filled with disbelief: "It's hard to imagine that EDG would hand over the last three-pointer, which could have decided the outcome of this best-of-five series, to a rookie top laner."

The RNG players all looked bewildered, clearly stunned.

RNG's lineup in this game was designed to focus on the top, mid, and jungle, helping Camille gain an advantage. In the mid-to-late game, they would create situations where they outnumbered their opponents in team fights by maneuvering the side lanes, thus securing victory.

As a result, the opposing team picked Fiora, who counters Camille, which put pressure on RNG instead.

If RNG can't establish a significant advantage for Camille against Fiora in the early game, then in the late game it will be Fiora's turn to harass them on the side lanes.

The problem is that EDG's mid and jungle are LeBlanc and Rek'Sai.

Although Galio can suppress LeBlanc in lane and gain lane priority in the mid lane, this is only in a 1v1 situation!

If you add the excavator and the spider, in a 2v2 mid-jungle matchup, Galio paired with the spider has a slight advantage.

However, with the addition of Fiora and Camille in a 3v3 situation in the top, mid, and jungle, RNG found themselves at a disadvantage.

RNG's top lane couldn't get lane priority, and their bot lane Tristana couldn't get lane priority against Kalista either. Only their mid lane had lane priority in the early game.

After both teams selected their lineups, the RNG players felt a little uneasy.

The key issue is that the bot lane is an ADC like Tristana. Unless they help the enemy team get two completed items ahead of them, it will be difficult for them to turn the tide in team fights.

"You guys absolutely have to help the top lane in this game. Only if we help the top lane will we have a chance," Feng Ge said in a deep voice, patting Xiao Hu and Mala Xiang Guo on the shoulders.

If the bot lane is an ADC like Vayne or Sivir who can perform well in team fights, Feng Ge would definitely send someone to help the bot lane.

Now, all we can do is pin our hopes on Camille.

The entire RNG team felt a pang of sympathy, but at this point, they still had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

Uzi started eating his hands again.

At that moment, he wished he could slap himself twice.

I told you to choose the small cannon, I told you to choose the small cannon, I told you...

On the other hand, the EDG team almost burst out laughing.

"I really didn't expect them to choose Little Cannon." Mingkai tried hard to suppress his voice, afraid that he would laugh out loud: "It's really unbelievable."

"Why not just pick a late-game carry like Sivir? Or at the very least, Vayne?"

Meiko's forehead was covered in question marks: "Is this because they're worried that our laning phase is too difficult, so they're lowering the difficulty for us?"

"I don't know either?" Even Zhou Hanyang was full of questions.

He also couldn't figure out the significance of RNG picking Tristana.

Is it just a way to replace banning with bidding?

But there's no reason to pick a champion like Tristana who's weak in lane, is there?

You can totally pick Varus, an ADC with strong early game, and crush Tristana in the early laning phase.

There are two fundamental principles behind business planning!

Don't let the opponent get the hero they want!

At the same time, try to get the heroes you want!

When a weaker team plays against a stronger team, due to the difference in strength, the weaker team often focuses on limiting the opponent during the draft phase.

Because weak teams can't beat strong teams in terms of raw strength, it's necessary to limit the ceiling of strong teams by having them use weak lineups with low ceilings. That way, there might still be a chance to crush the strong teams.

When strong teams play weaker teams, they prioritize securing the most comfortable lineups. If a strong team plays to its usual standard and performs as expected, it has a high probability of winning the game.

Only when there is a clash between two strong opponents do you need to consider both aspects simultaneously.

Although EDG and RNG are at the same level overall.

However, EDG's bot lane duo is definitely not as strong as RNG's bot lane duo.

The same applies to BP.

RNG's correct strategy should be to use their preferred champions to counter EDG's bot lane duo, who are weaker than them.

Instead of focusing on restricting the other party, because that would also limit one's own potential.

Zhou Hanyang had no idea that this choice was a sudden, impulsive idea from Uzbekistan.

Then, incredibly, Coach Feng agreed.

Feng thought he was considering the overall situation, but because he had preconceived notions that Kalista would be a top laner, he never imagined that Kalista would be an ADC in the bottom lane.

After all, aside from pairing with the Ardent Censer, Skateboard Shoes has rarely been paired with enchanter supports.

This is simply a limitation of perspective.

"Are we really going to play top, mid, and jungle this game?" Nofe patted Zhou Hanyang on the shoulder at this moment.

Although he didn't understand RNG's AD pick either, the lineup had already been chosen, and now all he had to do was tell the team how to win the game.

In other words, what are the strengths of EDG's lineup?

According to the current mainstream game understanding, EDG needs the mid and jungle to set the pace in the early game, help the AD Kalista establish enough advantages in the bot lane in the early game, so that Kalista can have an equipment lead in the mid-game and withstand the situation.

Successfully helped Fiora transition into the mid-to-late game, allowing her to exert her strength on the sidelines and lead her teammates to victory.

This is the mainstream understanding of games in the current era.

For a long time, this was the game understanding that all professional players agreed upon.

Until the emergence of a team later overturned this perception.

This team is GEN.

Chovy, with his golden right hand, never picks AD carries with high early-game strength in his bot lane in order to gain an advantage.

Instead of being weaker than their opponents, they use a strong AD carry in the early game to withstand the attacks of the opposing bot lane duo.

As long as the bottom lane doesn't collapse in lane and the opponent doesn't create any openings, they can safely create a favorable environment for the carry to farm.

In the later stages of team fights, GEN's mid and jungle players will naturally dominate and kill everything.

"You two stabilize the situation in the bottom lane. You don't need to gain an advantage. As long as you can farm peacefully with the enemy, we will definitely win this game." Zhou Hanyang turned to look at the bottom lane duo:

"As long as you don't give them any opportunities in the early game, and with the Ardent Censer buff, as long as you farm normally and don't mess up, your mid-game strength in this version will far surpass most ADCs!"

“Alright, then this round is yours.” Meiko immediately smiled.

“OK!” Zet also made an OK gesture.

If it were some AD carry, they would definitely say at this point, "You've already picked Kalista, what's the point of playing if you're not going to help the bot lane?"

But Zet, who came from a Korean background, understands that professional matches are about results, not about boasting about having a lead in last hits.

[S5's Fireforged Mordekaiser, S7's five-pronged Galio ban! Both were Feng's draft picks. If it weren't for the betting, it could be summed up in four words—"I'm totally sold!!"]

I won't go into detail about S5; I'll analyze it in detail when I write about the S7 World Championship, explaining why the five-time ban on Galio is inhuman.

And why did SSG, who were completely outmatched in the group stage of S7, suddenly become so strong in the knockout stage?

It's actually quite similar to T1's championship win last year. I couldn't beat the mainstream version that everyone agreed on, so I took a different approach and created a new version understanding.

They quickly found the correct answer and won the championship.