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

No one in IG expected that Coach Mafa would run away; they were all completely dumbfounded.

In the end, under Su Xiaoluo's guidance, they went together to apologize and invited Mafa back.

The halftime break passed quickly, and the players returned to their benches.

"We're back! Everyone went downstairs to adjust." Wang Duoduo's voice rang out: "Here are two updates for everyone."

The first change is that IG's top and jungle players have all been rotated. Duke has been replaced by TheShy, and KidKid has been replaced by Ning!

The second piece of news is that IG, who lost the first game, have again chosen the red side in this game.

"IG probably wants to reserve a counter pick for TheShy," Guan Zeyuan said with a smile.

"Both Attack and TheShy are extremely top-tier top laners. Of course, Attack has proven his strength, while TheShy, although lacking major tournament experience and achievements to prove himself..."

But to gain Attack's approval is enough to demonstrate TheShy's skill. It's worth noting that Attack has never acknowledged the skill of anyone other than TheShy.

"The red side can both limit Attack and help TheShy get a comfortable laning phase, so there's really no major problem." GuGu nodded slightly.

"Personally speaking, since playing TheShy means picking the red side, why not just play TheShy in the first game?" Wang Duoduo couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, "After all, it's a bit of a loss to pick the red side for two consecutive games."

The audience endured a full 13 minutes and 27 seconds of nonsensical talk from three commentators before the BP screen finally appeared.

EDG, on the blue side, banned Rumble, Alistar, and Cassiopeia first.

IG, on the red side, banned Taliyah, Thresh, and Kalista.

"Oh? Hahaha... So this is TheShy! EDG isn't banning Maokai and Shen anymore, they're actively banning Rumble and Alistar instead." Guan Zeyuan immediately said:

"This is the pressure TheShy puts on them. EDG doesn't want to be targeted when they pick Rumble, nor do they want to let TheShy have Rumble!"

"IG didn't ban Galio this game! Both Duke and KidKid are team-oriented characters, so IG couldn't pick Galio, otherwise the team would lose a carry in team fights."

Wang Duoduo nodded in agreement: "However, TheShy and Ning are both players with a particularly aggressive style. In that case, IG can definitely pick Galio."

"So now the question is, should EDG first pick Galio?" GuGu said with some anticipation. "If EDG first picks Galio, then IG will have Xayah and Rakan or Rakan and Jarvan IV."

On the EDG side, the blue team decisively fired a shot at Galio on the first floor.

IG immediately countered by picking Rakan and Jarvan IV.

Without Alistar, Rakan becomes the strongest initiation support, combined with Jarvan IV's teamfight split-push ability.

With just this jungler and support pairing, IG's team fight ability will not be weak.

EDG chose the Sacha Barrel on the second and third floors.

Picking Xayah can both break up the IG Xayah-Rakan duo and ensure a certain level of survivability.

After all, both Prince and Rakan are dive heroes, so if Varus is chosen, it will be difficult for him to have a good opportunity to deal damage in team fights.

After all, IG is very likely to employ an aggressive, push-and-fight strategy in this game.

IG picked Kog'Maw on the third floor of the red team. Kog'Maw can throw skills from a distance and follow up with damage from afar.

Both sides began the second round of banning.

IG banned Camille and LeBlanc first.

EDG banned Lucian and Orianna.

Lucian is a counter to Galio, making it very difficult for Galio to lane against him.

Clockwork is incredibly powerful when paired with Prince Rakan.

IG naturally limited EDG's Camille and Galio engage composition, while LeBlanc was used as a setup for the later draft phase.

On the fourth floor of the red team, IG chose Vampire.

IG's choice of Vampire was spot on.

Firstly, Vladimir can be played in the mid or top lane in IG. Once Vladimir faces Galio, Galio may gain some advantage in the early game, but in the mid to late game, he becomes Vladimir's health pack.

EDG immediately picked Jayce!

Jayce is a champion who counters Vladimir, and is even more effective at countering him than Ryze.

Furthermore, since both Gragas and Galio were AP champions in this game, Jayce was chosen to supplement the AD output.

In the final pick, EDG chose Janna as support, paired with Xayah for the bottom lane.

EDG's Jayce paired with Galio is clearly a flexible top/mid lane setup; no matter where Vladimir moves, Jayce follows him.

After some discussion, IG finally chose the big bug on the fifth floor!

The reason IG picked Cho'Gath is to make it clear that if they let Vladimir go to the mid lane, he will definitely be sent there.

If Jayce comes to mid, then Vladimir will suffer in the early game.

Furthermore, mid-lane Vladimir isn't as afraid of Jayce as top-lane Vladimir, since the mid-lane lane is shorter, making it harder for Jayce to use his QE combo for poke.

Then send the big bug to the top lane to face Galio and mix them up.

While it might be a waste to let TheShy roam around, it's a win if TheShy can hold off Attack.

As for why Jayce didn't go to the top lane?

Because Cho'Gath is a counter to Jayce, as long as he isn't pressured too much before level 6, Jayce will die every time the jungler ganks, he simply has no chance to escape!

If EDG sends Jayce to the top lane, then the mid lane will be at a disadvantage, and so will the top lane.

EDG could never have split the lanes like that!

but……

To IG's surprise, after some discussion, EDG chose to put Jayce in the top lane and Galio in the mid lane.

With EDG's lane splitting strategy, both the mid and top lanes will inevitably be at a disadvantage in the mid-to-late game.

In the early stages, at least before level 6, EDG's mid and top lanes will definitely have lane priority.

Both teams have selected their lineups. Let's enter Summoner's Rift!

[How about some free little gifts?!]

[I'm not sure if you can understand the BP game theory in this chapter. I'm afraid if I write too much, it will be considered filler; if I write too little, it will be incomprehensible. It's a bit tricky...]

To be honest, once the plot is set and the BP (Best Before You Go) is prepared, writing it is actually quite fast! But designing the plot actually takes much longer than writing it!