Chapter 536: Wherever General is, that is the home court!
EDG won the first two games, which made the commentators and audiences on the LPL side feel relaxed. They put aside their nervousness before the game and had enough confidence in winning.
On paper strength.
The current EDG is not stronger than KZ.
Even a little weaker.
But in these two games, EDG led KZ by the nose throughout the whole process, forming a crushing advantage in terms of IQ.
It proved to the world that the LPL region not only has fists, but also brains.
Live channel, after playing the transition video.
The camera returns to the scene.
The EDG players, led by the top laner, took the stage again and waved to the audience, triggering waves of excited shouts.
The Zenith Stadium in Paris, which is clearly a foreign country, was given an enthusiastic atmosphere like a home game.
“This is the charm of top players!”
“When a player can impress the audience with his strength, wherever he is, that is his home court!”
Quickshot, the best commentator in Europe, sighed: "In comparison, although Khan is well-known in the LCK region, he is still far from being comparable to General."
"You're right." Deficio, a commentator who is good at analysis, agreed: "In a region, the strongest is the regional champion. However, there are also differences between regional champions."
"Khan wants to defeat General, so he must rely on the help of his teammates..."
"At the same time, you must be careful not to be injured by the strength of your teammates."
"I remember a common saying." Quickshot repeated with a smile: "When a lion and a tiger fight, at least a leopard must be strong enough to participate. If a wolf or a wild dog joins the battle, the only result is that they will be easily bitten to death."
"Hmm..." Deficio rolled his eyes. "But, according to the General, if Khan is a lion, then he is..."
"Giraffe!" Quickshot also knew the joke and continued it with great interest.
“Hahahahahahahahahahahaha—”
“Hahahahahahahaha—”
"What a great giraffe."
“General: I admit Khan is a lion, but in my eyes a lion is just XX.”
“A classic contrast, worthy of an ancient civilization.”
"Through today's game, I saw that General showed some mercy when playing against FNC. I decided to forgive him."
"I won't blame General at all. Compared to losing to the robbed country, losing to EDG is definitely not a shame."
"You're right, the stealing country is the most shameless country in the world!"
"Whether EDG eliminates FNC or not, as long as they play a Korean team, I will support them!"
…
Compared to the ridicule in Europe.
The atmosphere in the LCK live broadcast room was very heavy.
From S3 to S5, the three-year dominance was broken.
In the S7 season, they lost a whole year.
Today, we once again saw a hopeless 0-2 deficit, which was hard to accept for Koreans, whose main spiritual pillar is e-sports.
Commentator Park Se-ryeon even started to cheer: "KZ must do their best. Even if they can't beat EDG, they must get one or two points. As the champions of our LCK, we can't be shut out again!"
"Come on, Khan!"
"Come on, BDD!"
"Come on, Peanut!"
"Come on, two veterans in the bottom lane!"
"I must, I must get back one point, smite!"
…
"Okay, let's look at the Ban/Pick in game 3. EDG gets the side selection right and returns to the blue side, with the advantage of first ban and first pick."
"Let's see how this game is going to be handled."
Wawa looked at the big screen and explained: "The first three bans are still fixed: Shen, Taliyah, and Ryze. The reason why Galio is not banned is that without Shen, only Jarvan can bring people into the field."
"And Peanut has not used the Prince in a single game from the Spring Split to the MSI."
"We can basically rule out the possibility that it was taken out temporarily."
"KZ banned Irelia, Yasuo, and Gangplank." Miller read out the situation on the other side: "KZ handled it this way as a temporary change based on General's performance in the last game... Juggernaut, Xayah, and Rakan are all out to see what EDG will choose."
"Take EZ first, the strongest AD in this version, no problem!"
For KZ’s first two picks, according to the strategy agreed upon in advance, they picked the Xayah and Rakan combination.
I want to see if EDG will use the Gem Swordmaster.
"vampire?"
“Thresh?”
Wawa was a little curious when he saw the hero EDG picked after more than ten seconds of discussion: "Aren't you going to pick the Gem Swordmaster? The effect in the first game was very good."
"They're probably worried that KZ will copy Xayah and Rakan's mid and jungle playstyles." Weixiao saw through it: "When Juggernaut meets Xayah and Rakan, he'll be at a disadvantage in the early game, and EDG relies heavily on General to gain an advantage in the early and mid game, so it's not a safe bet to just take Juggernaut."
"So that's it!" The baby suddenly realized.
"Vladimir can swing a bit, and Thresh... Meiko's Thresh is needless to say." Miller had seen the data before: "Meiko has used Thresh in more than 60 games, with a win rate of 80.2%. This number of games and win rate is very, very rare in the professional league."
"All supports named M are good at hooks." Wawa was half joking and half serious.
It’s KZ’s turn to choose on the third floor.
The hero that appeared was once again the Troll King.
The reason is simple.
In the front row, the troll's R [Power Supremacy] steals the double resistance and percentage of health, and its tankiness directly suppresses the top lane hero who has better development than the jungler.
You can also use pillars to prevent veteran driver Sion from driving.
This puts some restrictions on EDG's lineup.
Entering the second round of Ban/Pick, EDG continued to ban the two birds, Crow and Tsar, while KZ banned Sion and Lucian.
"oh--"
Miller dragged out his words: "KZ banned Lucian, which means they are thinking about taking Jayce. The fourth floor chose Clockwork, and the top position still needs to be considered."
"There's a counter position , so why not use it?" Wawa joked, "EDG needs to determine the lineup first, with Scorpion on the fourth floor and Ornn on the fifth floor. To be honest, this is a bit too conventional!"
Analyzing from every angle, EDG's lineup has no flaws.
It makes sense no matter how you look at it.
But is this so reasonable, or is it EDG?
The cavalry in the first two games...
Ugh!
Is it a surprise attack?
“Maybe there is no special tactical system.”
Wei Xiao guessed the reason: "In the MSI environment, there are only a few tricks that can be used, and there are no new things in Rank... But it doesn't matter. EDG has three match points and can beat KZ with hard power."
"That's for sure." Wawa was very confident: "Let's see if KZ will choose Jayce as the last pick. In fact, KZ is not short of DPS right now, and the top laner can take a front row."
“No, no, no.” Miller shook his head: “For EDG, Vladimir doesn’t have to be the mid laner, and Ornn doesn’t have to be the top laner… If Khan takes the front row, such as Cho’Gun, General is likely to come in and steal the money from Vladimir.”
"Ornn and Clockwork can definitely hold their own in the laning match."
"That's right!" The doll rolled his eyes and found that it was indeed the case.
KZ also thought of this problem.
After some communication, the fifth floor locked on to Jayce, and used a big hammer against a small hammer...
