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

The first round of ban/pick (BP) has ended; the second round is now underway!

EDG, on the red side, needed to ban first, so they banned Syndra and Orianna.

Syndra and Rek'Sai's mid-jungle duo is too strong in the early game.

Banning Orianna is to prevent SSG's mid laner Crown from picking AP champions and carrying the game in the late game.

Most people's understanding of Crown is that he won the world championship by playing three games against Malzahar.

Before the S7 World Championship, Crown was SSG's biggest star player.

Even in the S6 World Championship, the reason why SSG was able to go the full five games against SKT was because of Crown's outstanding performance.

SSG banned Kennen and Fiora.

Compared to jungler Mingkai, they were clearly more wary of top laner Zhou Hanyang.

"Which jungler should we choose?" Nofe looked at Mingkai, who actually had many options.

"Let's choose a barrel!" Zhou Hanyang said before Mingkai could even speak.

"A barrel?" Mingkai was slightly taken aback.

"We forced Crown to avoid picking late-game carry champions without mobility," Zhou Hanyang explained, and the EDG players all looked enlightened.

Although EDG banned Syndra and Orianna, Crown actually has many other champions he can pick.

Taliyah, Cassiopeia, Viktor, Ryze...

These heroes are all considered to be carry heroes without any mobility skills.

“Okay, then we’ll choose the barrel.” Mingkai nodded in agreement.

EDG picked Gragas on the fourth floor of the red team.

After EDG picked Gragas, SSG suddenly had very few options left to choose from.

The mid laner needs to be a late-game AP carry with mobility skills.

The only thing that meets the requirements for this version is an airplane.

Azir is not a viable mid-lane pick in this patch; he's incredibly weak.

The plane is still the old version of the plane, which not only has a downward displacement, but also converts most of its damage into AP damage.

Although the item is AD, it deals AP damage.

The key is that the plane also has a missile pack, so even if it falls behind in the early game, it can still engage EDG head-on.

Cuvee, playing in the top lane, chose Gnar.

He didn't choose an aggressive top laner like Renekton, nor did he choose a protective front-line tank top laner like Shen.

Aside from being a bit weak in the early game, Gnar is a versatile hero in the late game. He can hold his own in lane, initiate team fights, and is also tanky.

Facing SSG's Gnar, everyone was curious about which champion Zhou Hanyang would use to counter him.

"Gnar? What should we use to counter him? I feel like we could use Jax?" Liang Xiaosan said. "Jax is an advantageous matchup against Gnar, or we could just pick Renekton."

"Anyway, as long as you pick a champion who can push the lane early on, it's easy to beat Gnar," Guan Zeyuan said with a smile.

"If you get the Gragas up early and tower dive on Gnar, Gnar is basically done for! Jayce and Kled are both viable options!"

“That’s right! I feel like Ryze would work too?” Zhou Shuyi started talking nonsense again: “Or Azir would work too! These are all heroes that Attack has used…”

Before Zhou Shuyi could finish speaking, a hero appeared on the big screen.

The Unforgiven Swordsman - Yasuo!

"Holy crap!!!" Liang Xiaosan's voice suddenly rose: "Yasuo vs. Gnar? Is that so cool?"

"This is a classic counter matchup, isn't it? And the jungler is Gragas, which can combo with Rakan and Yasuo. It feels like Attack is going to shine again this game!" Guan Zeyuan also got interested and shouted loudly, "It's locked! It's Yasuo vs. Gnar."

"Awesome! Yasuo!" Zhou Shuyi exclaimed.

"666666!!!"

"Wow, A-bro! Yasuo vs. Gnar, that's so cool!"

"777777!!!"

"Don't ask, the answer is to utterly destroy SSG!!!"

"My greatsword is itching for battle!!!"

"??????rush!!!"

"LCK's top four top laners? Huni has already been crushed by A-man! Now it's Cuvée's turn!!!"

"Attack!!! Attack!!! Attack!!!"

……

The moment EDG locked in Yasuo, the audience erupted in cheers.

The number of comments in the official live stream room increased significantly.

Why do viewers enjoy watching Zhou Hanyang's matches? Besides his strong skills, his playing style is highly aggressive and entertaining.

Secondly, there's the hero pool.

Who wants to see the same thing every day?

Even goddesses get sick of sex, okay?

But Zhou Hanyang is different.

They can change things up every day, bringing a completely different sense of novelty.

The audience naturally enjoyed watching Zhou Hanyang's matches.

When Zhou Hanyang picked Yasuo, everyone naturally cheered for him.

Meanwhile, on the SSG players' bench, SSG coach Edgar, having finalized the lineup, spoke up: "Do you guys understand how to play this game? We've practiced it countless times in scrims!"

"Know!"

"Don't worry! Go to mid lane at level 1 to help the plane push the lane, then transform and come down to soak up experience."

"OK!"

"I'll gank higher, and if the top laner dares to come, I'll dodge him!"

"Lane swapping is definitely something we LCK teams excel at. EDG will definitely regret opening Pandora's box!"

……

“OK! Then it’s up to you!” Edgar said, then went to the center of the stage to shake hands with Nofe.

Clearly, SSG had specifically studied EDG's matches and even learned their lane-swapping tactics.

Utilize Gnar's ability to grow larger and tougher at level 2 to farm the first wave of experience in the top and bottom lanes.

After all, SSG's lineup was at a disadvantage in all three lanes against EDG.

In the early game, Corki can't beat LeBlanc in the mid lane, Gnar can't beat Yasuo in the top lane, and Kalista is also at a disadvantage against Ashe in the bot lane.

Replacing the cable would perfectly solve this problem.

This is what is called the butterfly effect.

We are all professional players and teams. If someone comes up with a better and more suitable strategy, then others will naturally learn and study it.

It's impossible for the opponent to have clearly developed a more powerful playing style, and I wouldn't learn from it!

Amid cheers from the audience, both sides entered Summoner's Rift.

(Blue side SSG) vs (Red side EDG):

Top Lane: [Lost Fang] vs [The Unforgiven]

Jungle: [Void Burrower] vs. [Gragas]

Mid Lane: [Heroic Bomber] vs [LeBlanc]

ADC: Kalista vs. Ashe

Support: [Heart of Freljord] vs. [Phantom Feather]

"EDG!!! Go EDG!!!"

"EDG!!! Go EDG..."

"EDG!!! Add..."

"SSG!!! Go for it!!!"

"SSG!!! Go for it..."

"SSG!!! Add..."

This is an island province, so the cheers for EDG are far louder than for SSG!

[My prediction: LNG wins, HLE wins, TES wins, GEN wins.]

[Actually, this version was practically tailor-made for BLG... but BLG's coaching staff knew how to play it. In the second game against G2 yesterday, I went in and drafted, and we won 2-0! Seriously!]