Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 137, the upper-middle system, makes its debut.

As soon as Flawless entered the game, Rw's tactics and strategies immediately changed.

Haro is a rookie, so he has to rely on Doinb's mid lane to create chemistry between the two, allowing Doinb to roam with Haro. As a result, Rw's tactics have always been fixed on mid-jungle synergy.

However, Flawless is different. He has been competing since S5. Although he had a disappointing S6 season, he gained a lot of experience in SSB.

With the experience gained in the LPL during S7, Flawless can now bring more possibilities to Rw.

In this game, Rng is on the blue side and Rw is on the red side.

RNG, on the blue side, banned Sejuani first. Flawless's Sejuani is still pretty good in the LPL.

So Chris didn't take it lightly and banned it directly. Then Rw gave up on targeting RNG's bot lane and instead banned Syndra, which Xiaohu had performed brilliantly in the first two games.

In their second move, the blue side banned Sima Laozei's Kog'Maw. After losing the previous game with Vengeful Spear, it was clear they were going to be pressured.

Even if Rw's coach is an idiot, he would know to give Old Thief some of his best champions this game, and banning Kog'Maw was a direct counter to that.

As for whether Uzi is afraid of this hero? Neither the commentators nor any of the viewers would think so.

Kog'Maw is a scaling champion, and in the early to mid-game, he can basically withstand pressure against any bot lane duo.

However, Kog'Maw's late-game potential is difficult to limit. Since RNG has enough ban slots, they should naturally create a greater margin for error.

Rw then banned Camille and Vampire, a very effective countermeasure.

RNG banned Jarvan IV as their last pick, and Rw banned Malzahar, ending the first three bans for both sides.

Xiaohu's grasshopper is now a signature move in the Korean server. Almost every well-known observer has done an observer's view of Xiaohu's grasshopper during this period.

The instant the heroes were banned, RNG's first pick immediately locked in another hero – Ezreal, the Explorer.

"Wow, Ezreal! Although he's the most OP champion in the current version, Rw has another problem. Right now, the only champion that can counter Ezreal is Kalista, but Old Thief's Kalista proficiency is clearly not enough."

The doll shouted loudly:

"Let's see how the old thief and Rw handle this!"

"Rw has indeed locked in the old thief's Varus and Tahm Kench. Are they going to give them a taste of their own medicine this game?"

Miller stared wide-eyed at him.

In professional matches, it's rare for someone to pick the same lineup that the opponent won the previous game after losing. This is primarily due to a lack of familiarity with the lineup and a matter of mentality.

If you pick someone else's hero and can't beat them, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing? If you get beaten, it's like a slap in the face and a lesson learned the hard way.

Coach Rw brought out this lineup, which was very interesting and caused a sensation at the scene.

Chris, standing behind the RNG team, raised an eyebrow and asked;

"How about Xiaohu and Junze, Ornn and Ryze? Since the other side dares to play like this, we don't need to hold back."

"Ornn?"

"what happened?"

Upon hearing Letme's slightly puzzled question, not only Chris looked over, but Li Luo also turned his head with interest.

"I've picked Ornn in ranked games, but never in a match, and this is the final game, should I pick him?"

"Take it!" Before Chris could speak, Li Luo interjected. Although Yan Junze's personality had changed, he was still clearly lacking in confidence.

As the future Ornn master, few teams would pick him in the first three picks, and the last two picks would usually be banned. So, letting him out now, regardless of the outcome, is a way to give Letme a try.

"Alright, Junze, you pick Ornn for top lane, and Xiaohu, you pick Ryze."

The classic top-mid combination of Ornn and Rogue was something Li Luo had mentioned to Chris before.

Players who started playing after Season 9 may not have a clear understanding of the current version of Ornn.

Later versions of Ornn were nerfed in every way by Riot Games designers, with both the knock-up duration of his ultimate and his skill mechanics receiving a significant nerf.

Even in Season 10, Ornn's W, his core laning skill, had been nerfed several times, but it could still deal incomprehensible damage, let alone in the current version.

Ornn's W now comes with a high-value shield. After he breathes fire and deals brittle damage, he is often still at full health due to the shield. This kind of cheating health-trading mechanism is particularly annoying.

The passive ability itself increases both physical and magical resistance by 10%. At a certain level, it can gradually upgrade the equipment of teammates for free and upgrade two pieces of equipment for yourself for free (their usual equipment build includes items like Fire Armor, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Abyssal Mask, all of which can be upgraded).

If you take a minor talent in the primary tree and add a balancing talent, you'll become incredibly tanky after leveling up your gear around level 10.

His Q and W skills are his main damage skills. The Q skill has a very high scaling, with a total AD scaling of 1.1, which is comparable to the scaling of some warriors' main damage skills.

There's not much to say about E. It's a control skill. Whether you can land it accurately depends entirely on your talents. If you choose Undying, it's one of the most powerful laning skills. If you land it accurately, it's incredibly powerful.

As for the bugged team talent for upgrading equipment, it's not like the later version where you upgrade yourself at level 13 and your teammates at level 14.

In the current version, Ornn can upgrade equipment for himself or his teammates at level 12, and everyone can receive the upgrade bonus at level 18.

Ornn's strength in lane comes at the cost of flexibility. Teams with Ornn gain an advantage in initiating team fights, but they also lose the ability to split push and rotate lanes.

At this point, the mid lane needs to fill in with a particularly important split-push hero. If you look at the teams in the S8 World Championship, in many cases, whenever a split-push hero is needed, they will choose Ryze.

In the historical course of RNG, whenever Letme played Ornn, Xiaohu would pick Ryze to complete the lineup in more than 60% of the games.

This is the first time Ornn has appeared in a match since the start of the Demacia Cup.

All professional players know that Ornn is strong, but no one has ever played him in a match, there is no precedent for him, and no one is willing to be the first to try it.

After all, now that a new hero has been released, whoever is bold enough can play him. If you feel there's no way to counter him, I'll just ban him for you in the next game.

Today's professional players could never have imagined that in just two short years, we would see teams like Taric and Sona as bot lane duos, Lucian and Kalista as top laners, Renekton and Aatrox as mid laners, and Darius as bot laners...
When Li Luo first brought this up to Chris, Chris was naturally surprised and taken aback. This advanced version and understanding of the hero was undoubtedly very valuable.

It wasn't until the first and second teams practiced together two or three times that Chris really noticed the chemistry between Ornn and Wanderers.

But we'll have to wait and see in the official match to see how it goes.

The next choice was quick; Rw selected a lineup of Zac, Gangplank, and Orianna to counter.

RNG also picked Karma and Lee Sin, who performed well in the last game.

The lineups on both sides were quickly locked in, and the loading screen appeared.

Rng (blue side) vs. Rw (red side)

Top Lane: Ornn vs. Gangplank
Jungle: Lee Sin vs. Zac
Mid-lane: Rogue vs. Clockwerk
ADC: Ezreal vs Varus

Support: Karma vs. Tahm Kench
(End of this chapter)