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

Hearing Faker say that, everyone on SKT breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what, Faker is the pillar of SKT. Anyone else can have problems, but if Faker has a problem, it will be really difficult for SKT to win.

“Let’s discuss the draft for the second game.” Kkoma handed Faker a cup of hot water: “Our lineup was a bit too passive in the last game.”

“Yes, we still need to initiate team fights and not give Attack a chance to poke in the side lanes.” Faker thought for a moment and said, “In this game, EDG is on the red side, so they can’t give all three bans to the jungler.”

“Actually, I think Olaf would be a good pick for top lane?” Kkoma looked at Huni.

"Olaf?" Huni was slightly taken aback, somewhat confused: "Olaf isn't very good this patch, is he? He can't kill the AD carry in late-game team fights, and he's not very good at split pushing either."

“Actually, I would prefer you to pick Jax, but if you pick Jax, the top lane will be too competitive.” Kkoma explained, “We can’t split push against EDG. Olaf can play passively in lane, and when he has his ultimate, he’s not so afraid of being ganked. He can also use Ghost to enter the team fight and start the fight.”

“Then I think he’s not as good as the prince?” Huni couldn’t help but say, “Olaf’s abilities in these areas are not as good as the prince’s!”

“The prince is indeed stronger than Olaf in these aspects, but his laning ability is too weak,” Kkoma said. “If he goes top lane, the pressure on you will be too great.”

"Alright." Huni nodded slowly and said nothing more.

He really wanted to refute it, but he couldn't find any reason to do so.

Zhou Hanyang's laning ability is indeed stronger than his, and Mingkai provides much more support to the top lane than Peanut.

The road ahead is destined to be one of constant pressure!

“The enemy team will most likely not ban Xayah and Rakan,” Kkoma asked. “Should we use Xayah and Rakan to force them to ban them by picking them?”

"No, we have to ban Xayah ourselves," Wolf said. "Xayah's anti-dive formation is quite strong, so it's not good to give it to the enemy. Also, if we pick Rakan ourselves, it will be difficult for the bot lane to have lane priority, and the pressure on the mid lane will be too great."

Wolf's words left everyone speechless.

The top lane is a lane without a lane by default. If the bottom lane also has no lane, the pressure on the mid lane will be too great.

If they give Xayah to the team, EDG will definitely have a Xayah and Janna combination, Fang Chong's formation is too strong.

If Rakan is given to EDG, the team will definitely be Varus and Rakan.

Then it will be a two-way battle!

Before Zhou Hanyang became EDG's top laner, EDG dominated the LPL with their team fight prowess. It's fair to say that EDG was the best team fight team in the LPL.

With Zhou Hanyang now joining the team, even if SKT wants to team fight EDG, they don't have absolute confidence.

Constantly engaging in team battles also means constant clashes.

Collisions can lead to 'forced' errors.

“We’re going to ban Xayah, and then pick his Varus,” Bang said. “At the very least, Tristana.”

Xayah and Janna, Tristana and Lulu, and Varus and Rakan are all unsuitable for EDG's bot lane duo.

If they ban Rakan and pick Lulu, then EDG will have Varus and Janna.

This pairing may not be a perfect match in team fights, but they are very strong in lane, and Janna can also counter team fights.

“Okay, then ban Xayah and pick Varus!” Kkoma pondered. “Then the enemy team will have Lulu and Tristana, which also has some counter-engage capabilities.”

“With Olaf on the team, initiating team fights shouldn’t be a problem. The current priority is to secure lane control,” Peanut said, sharing his thoughts.

"Give me burst damage champions like Ryze or LeBlanc in the mid lane," Faker said.

If you pick Tristana in the bot lane, you can pick Ryze in the mid lane.

After all, Ryze has a short range and needs Tristana to cover his distance.

If the bot lane is Varus, who has a shorter range, then pick LeBlanc to increase the distance.

"OK..."

The halftime break passed quickly as the two sides discussed the situation.

The players from EDG and SKT returned to their seats.

"Alright, after a long wait, both sides have returned to their seats," Wawa said first.

"First, let me give you an update. Neither side has chosen to make any substitutions, but SKT has chosen the blue side, while EDG has gone to the red side."

"As you can see, there was still a gap in the players' performance after the last game," Miller said. "EDG's players, especially Attack, were clearly in better form. Kennen's small step-back completely sealed the game."

Since the tournament organizers do not allow commentators to openly criticize Faker, Miller can only use this 'hidden meaning' approach to subtly tease Faker!

"After EDG moves to the red side in this game, they should revert to their usual lineup!" PDD chuckled.

"No matter what, even EDG would never let Kalista out. So EDG has no room to ban three junglers."

While the commentators were discussing, the players from both sides were entering custom rooms in their respective match outfits.

Because the Bird's Nest stadium is so large, the players from both sides were unable to see each other during the match.

Iboy kept looking in the direction of SKT, but couldn't see anything, and immediately showed a somewhat disappointed expression.

"What are you looking at?" Nofe noticed Iboy's behavior, walked up behind him, and patted him on the shoulder: "Focus."

"I was focused enough. I used Flash to dodge the cocoon several times in the last game, okay?" Iboy said with a grin.

"You need to be even more focused!" Nofe said with a stern face.

Last year, when everyone thought the Tigers were going to beat SKT, they couldn't hold on to their last breath and suffered a crushing defeat in the decisive game of the best-of-five series.

Nofe thinks Iboy is a very talented kid and he doesn't want a repeat of last year's Tigers tragedy.

"OK, OK! I understand!" Iboy's little face immediately hardened!

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