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

"Huh??? Garen? EDG picked Garen on the fifth floor???" Guan Zeyuan was full of question marks: "Is this Garen top or jungle? I feel like this Garen should be top."

“The downside of G2 picking Pantheon first is that if EDG’s lineup isn’t finalized, picking Pantheon first will definitely get countered, right?” Tongxi was a little surprised. She didn’t understand why G2 would make this choice.

Those players who are clamoring for Pantheon in the top lane are clearly people who don't understand the game.

Even if a top lane AD carry and Pantheon farm peacefully until the mid-to-late game, they are still much more useful than a top lane Pantheon.

Tong Xi expressed her incomprehension at the professional team's decision to pick Pantheon at a world-class tournament like MSI.

"Now I'm really curious, who will be the jungler for EDG? Could it be Twitch?"

Guan Zeyuan laughed as he said this: "There are indeed many Twitch junglers in casual ranked games, but in professional matches..."

Before Guan Zeyuan could finish speaking, EDG's lineup had already been adjusted.

Garen was indeed moved to the top lane.

The rat was given to Mingkai.

Go to the bottom lane with skate shoes and pair them with Lulu.

Upon witnessing this scene, a deafening roar erupted.

"Wow! Garen and Pantheon top lane, Twitch jungle! It's really hard to believe this is the MSI stage." Guan Zeyuan's face was full of anticipation.

"As we all know, G2 is a team that does a lot of unconventional things. EDG, on the other hand, is a team that is particularly good at developing cutting-edge technologies."

We'd been saying before that a clash between these two teams, where they both bring out their full potential, would be incredibly exciting. And indeed, these two teams didn't disappoint!

"Sprint Lee Sin, Sprint Hecarim, Twitch jungle!" Tongxi smiled broadly: "Besides Lee Sin being a conventional jungler choice, Hecarim and Twitch are unconventional picks! The arrival of Attack has truly liberated Clearlove."

"There's a saying that goes, 'If you're the arrow that's shot, then I'm the bow that's fully drawn.' This Ueno pair really are raising each other's ceiling." Guan Zeyuan's voice rose several notches.

The official domestic live stream is currently experiencing explosive popularity.

Even though it was 23 p.m. in China, it didn't dampen anyone's enthusiasm for watching the game.

After all, everyone hopes their team can win the game rather than lose.

EDG is not only able to win matches, but also to pull off crazy antics.

A team like this would garner a lot of attention even if they played in the LPL in the country.

Just like TES in later generations.

Not to mention world-class tournaments like MSI.

The audience is generally on the same page.

Of course, this is all predicated on EDG continuing to win.

Otherwise, once the game is lost, all sorts of trolls and shills will start popping up one after another.

"Rat jungle, 7777777!"

"Can we please stop doing R&D? I don't have enough ban slots left."

"I played all night, and we were supposed to reach Diamond, but I just plummeted to Gold. I beat yours!"

"Twitch jungle? You think you can even play Twitch properly before picking this? AD champions are not for you."

"If Uzi can play with mice, why can't Mingkai?"

"What's Uzi's doing? What's the factory manager's doing?"

"What kind of maneuver is that? You spend 8 out of 10 seconds in a team fight moving around? Do you believe that Clearlove could stand still and still deal more damage with a single auto-attack than Uzi?"

"To be honest, EDG's team fights are definitely much better than RNG's!"

"Holy crap! Garen is even being played at the world-class MSI? That's my signature champion! Attack Bro, when you pull out this Garen, you're my god-king, my unparalleled hero!"

"Same as above +1!"

"+1!"

When EDG chose Garen for top lane and Twitch for jungle.

The G2 players were slightly taken aback, but then they all smiled.

I think both sides made some very interesting lineup choices.

While they also really wanted to win the game, they also thoroughly enjoyed the game itself.

After both sides selected their lineups, they entered Summoner's Rift.

(Blue side G2) vs (Red side EDG):

Top Lane: [Warrior] vs. [Demacian Might]

Jungle: [Outlaw] vs. [Plague Rat]

Mid Lane: Orianna vs. Taliyah

ADC: [Mouth of the Abyss] vs. [Kenneth Spear]

Support: [Apocalypse] vs. [Fairy Witch]

"You just press F6 to start at red and keep farming!" Zhou Hanyang marked the signal for Mingkai: "I'll go disconnect at level 1."

"Going straight to disconnect at level 1? Be careful the enemy might set up vision in the blue buff area." Meiko was somewhat disapproving of disconnecting.

However, when it was Zhou Hanyang, he didn't know what to say.

"OK, I understand!" Zhou Hanyang nodded to indicate that he understood.

After leaving the fountain, Garen headed straight for the red team's F6 location, then entered the river and hugged the wall of the Dragon Pit before entering the Dragon Pit.

Zhou Hanyang was unsure how G2 would position themselves.

In a typical long, straight formation, the jungler guards the F6 camp while the bot lane duo guards the tri-bush near the dragon pit.

The top laner headed straight for the top river bush, while the mid laner stood guard behind the blue buff in the side path.

If it were a new map from later generations, Zhou Hanyang would definitely not have entered the Dragon Pit like this.

Because if G2 arrives quickly enough, we will be able to see him enter the river.

However, in the current riverbed, near the middle of the road, there is still a small patch of river grass.

This river grass will temporarily block the vision of both sides, allowing Zhou Hanyang to use it to enter the dragon pit.

After Garen waited for a while at the Dragon Pit, Pantheon entered the bushes in the upper river to find Garen.

Zhou Hanyang silently calculated the time in his mind and entered G2's blue zone.

Then they sneaked towards G2's top lane inhibitor.

"Huh? Garen went to G2's high ground? What's he doing? Is he planning to disconnect?"

Guan Zeyuan felt numb: "Isn't the risk of disconnection too great?"

"Both Twitch and Graves use F6, so Graves really won't be able to gank Garen for a while!"

Tongxi's eyes sparkled: "By the time Graves catches up, Garen will have already disconnected and can recall to base."

"Now I understand why EDG restricted G2's mid laner so much. They banned all of G2's mid laners who had lane priority because Garen wanted to cut off the lane from the beginning, to prevent the mid laner from pushing the lane and causing trouble for Garen."

Guan Zeyuan took a deep breath and laughed: "Garen is a particularly weak champion in the early game. Pantheon can use Q to suppress him, slowly push the minion wave into the tower, and call the jungler to quickly reach level 3 to gank."

After all, Pantheon has reliable crowd control and high burst damage in the early game. In fact, if you farm the three shields well, you can even escape safely after tower diving!

But now, Attack Garen directly cuts off the lane, completely disrupting G2's early game rhythm! If Pantheon doesn't make an impact in the early game, he'll be nothing more than a super minion in the late game.

Pantheon himself doesn't care, but Graves' rhythm is affected, and he can't go to the top lane to get kills and make money, which is the most painful thing for G2!

After all, G2's lineup only has a strong top and jungle presence in the early game; their mid and bot lanes are practically nonexistent! This is essentially like G2 starting with a 4v5!