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

After both teams took their seats, they began preparing to enter the game.

In large-scale events of this caliber, equipment setup and debugging are completed well before the start of the competition.

The players' draft picks and bans (BP) were displayed on the big screen.

"Alright! We've finally arrived at today's match, which is also the last knockout match of the quarterfinals!" Wang Duoduo said with a smile. "Let's look forward to whether SSG will defend the glory of last year's World Championship runner-up, or whether EDG will continue their dominance this year and continue their journey on the road to gold."

"EDG on the blue side banned it right away... Huh?" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in surprise, "Malzac? EDG actually banned Malzac on the first floor?"

EDG's bans surprised not only the audience, but also silenced SSG.

"What's going on with them? Why did they ban Malzahar on the first floor?" SSG's head coach Edgar asked, looking completely bewildered. "Did our tactics get leaked?"

"Coach, should we ban skateboard shoes first?" Cuvee asked, looking up.

“Ban!” Edgar waved his hand and said, “Skateboard shoes have to be banned.”

"OK!"

Cuvee immediately removed the skateboard shoes.

Skateboard Shoes plus Incense Burner is practically invincible, not to mention that EDG's Skateboard Shoes can also be played in the top lane.

If you pick Kalista for top lane and Ziggs and Ardent Censer for bot lane, then they can just gank.

"Shall we continue banning Varus?" Nofe asked Zhou Hanyang from the EDG player bench.

“That’s right, ban Varus!” Zhou Hanyang said decisively. “Malzac and Varus must be banned. If there are any more bans, give them to Kennen and Gnar, and Tristana! Tristana is a higher priority than Kennen and Gnar. I can play top lane, so there’s no pressure.”

"Why?" Nofe was full of questions.

To be honest, after coaching Zhou Hanyang for so long, there are many times when he doesn't quite understand Zhou Hanyang's thought process.

Sometimes Zhou Hanyang would come up with some inexplicable draft picks and tactics that he simply couldn't understand.

In Nofe's opinion, if Varus is gone, Ruler can be replaced by Kog'Maw and Xayah; if Malzahar is gone, he can be replaced by Taliyah, Galio, Karma, and the like.

Aside from Galio and Camille, Galio and Kindred, or top lane Renekton and Elise... these are specific hero-based strategies, but in other strategies, any specific hero can actually be replaced.

Nofe believes these heroes are not the core of any SSG strategy, and he doesn't understand why Zhou Hanyang would ban and pick them in this way.

If anyone else had told him this, he would have given them a good talking-to.

But Zhou Hanyang... is truly the team's super star player.

Zhou Hanyang is even more professional than the coach in terms of how to operate many of the cutting-edge technology systems.

"Anyway, we'll pick these heroes if we can, and ban them if we don't want to!" Zhou Hanyang said to Nofe. "There are some things that the enemy team has, and I can't handle them by myself."

"I understand." Nofe took a deep breath and decided to trust Zhou Hanyang.

Seeing that Nofe finally agreed, Zhou Hanyang slowly let out a breath.

Are you kidding me?

Who cares about the prestige of SSG? If you don't even respect the champion's amazing skills, what are you supposed to respect?

The two years in which LPL had the best chance to crush T1 both ended in defeat at Galio's hands.

If someone asks Faker what his signature move is, many people might give many answers, but Zhou Hanyang will only give one answer—Galio, the Colossus!

In the most crucial Bo5 series, Faker used it to lead his team to victory. What else could it be but a super skill?

Whether you play well or not is not important!

What matters is whether the chosen candidate can win.

"Is there any hero you can't handle?" Mingkai couldn't help but tease.

"If I had a clone to jungle, we could win easily!" Zhou Hanyang said with a half-smile.

“You take your share of the cattle!” Mingkai said through gritted teeth.

At Nofe's suggestion, EDG banned Tristana on the second floor!

SSG opted to ban the Prince.

EDG's Jarvan IV can be played in the top and jungle positions.

However, many teams can now use Jarvan IV in both the top and jungle, so this point isn't particularly important.

The current version of Prince isn't actually that powerful.

The reason SSG had to ban Jarvan IV was that Zhou Hanyang's team fight initiation was too aggressive once he got Jarvan IV.

Bobo's timing for entering the team fight was perfect, and he could completely disrupt the opponent's formation.

The Incense Burner system is most vulnerable to being charged into battle!

Whether it's Lulu, Janna, Malzahar, or Varus, besides being extremely strong in lane, they are least afraid of being engaged in battle.

If the other side dares to rush in, we'll immediately counterattack.

This is also why Cuvee can be single-banded without pressure.

If Prince Zhou Hanyang had rushed in and disrupted the back row, Cuvee wouldn't have had any space to dribble solo.

After banning Tristana, EDG's third player banned Xayah!

Xayah has a harder time fighting Varus in the early game, but it gets easier as the game progresses.

Nofe clearly intends to prioritize picking Varus.

SSG banned Jayce on the third floor.

This is another hero that EDG can flex between the mid and top lanes.

Needless to say, if they get the top laner, and Zhou Hanyang snowballs, then SSG can forget about having a good game.

Many people think that EDG's Nightmare Twitch is very strong.

But professional players actually understand that if Jayce hadn't forced the players together, how could the Nightmare/Twitch combo have been effective?

Furthermore, it's also disgusting for the mid-jungle duo to get Jayce and Maokai.

This mid-jungle duo is clearly not a strong mid-jungle pairing in the current version.

In terms of hero strength, it can only be ranked as T2 or even T3.

After all, the Poke system isn't that effective against Ardent Censer.

However, after EDG acquired it, coupled with EDG's unique operational system, the mid and jungle snowballed in the early game, making it impossible for the side lanes to play.

They don't even need to wait until the mid-to-late game; they can crush their opponents in the early to mid-game.

Banning phase is over!

EDG didn't hesitate at all and immediately picked Varus on the blue side!

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