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Chapter 413 The Quarterfinals Begin! Battle Against FNC!

"Next, let's welcome Fantic!"

The Roaring Emperor introduced again, "Top laner Bwipo, jungler Broxah, mid laner Caps, bot laner Rekkles, support Hylissang, and coach Dylan Falco!"

The entire Fnatic team also came up to the stage with smiles on their faces.

The two players stood on either side of the field, while the Roaring Emperor stood in the middle. He said with a smile, "A wonderful duel is about to begin. Let's wait and see!"

Both players then returned to their seats at the back.

The equipment had already been tested and adjusted, so the contestants did not need to adjust the equipment on the spot.

After a brief assessment by the referee, all the players entered a custom room created by Riot Games, and then the referee announced the official start of the match.

The director then switched the camera to the match footage of both teams!
"As usual, since EDG is the top team in their group, they have the right to choose sides first in the quarterfinals, and EDG chose the blue side."

"EDG immediately banned LeBlanc, while Fnatic banned Aatrox!"

"It seems that the priorities for business planning haven't changed much at the moment!"

EDG then banned Swain, while Fnatic banned Akali as well.

In their final picks, EDG banned Rakan, while Fnatic banned Urgot.

Although EDG can pick Rakan first on the blue side, the value of Rakan is not high enough to warrant a first pick.

The main reason was that Fnatic's support player got carried away and fed. This guy plays very skillfully, and he's especially good at making noise when he gets champions like Rakan. He's a master of chaotic team fights.

Conversely, when HaiLeSong gets other support heroes, his performance isn't as perfect!
"Irelia is right outside, let's see if EDG will pick her first?"

As it turned out, EDG immediately picked Irelia; there was no reason not to choose this champion when she was available.

Fnatic, on the other hand, went straight for the pick, choosing Xin Zhao and Syndra as their second pick, a very strong mid-jungle combination.

EDG immediately picked Alistar and Taliyah for the bot lane, while Fnatic picked Braum on the third pick.

Both sides entered the second round of drafting and banning.

Fnatic banned Kai'Sa and Lucian, while EDG banned Gangplank and Ornn.

Fnatic quickly secured Sivir!

"Here it comes! Ou Cheng's signature Wheel Mom!" Miller said with a smile.

“Rekkles really likes this champion; he likes these farming-type carry champions, so Fantic’s game pace has never been fast.”

"This also explains why Kai'Sa and Lucian were banned."

Today's guest commentator is San Genshuo, formerly known as Liang Xiaosan, the bot laner for OMG, nicknamed "Umbrella Emperor".

As a former professional bot laner, he has a unique understanding of the bot lane: "Kai'Sa is not afraid of Sivir in lane, and she hard counters Sivir in team fights."

"Sivir's 1v1 ability isn't strong; she can't beat Kai'Sa if she gets caught out. As for Lucian, he's just difficult to lane against because Sivir has short range."

"They deliberately left Xayah for EDG, and Xayah poses no threat to Sivir. In fact, if EDG picks Xayah, Rekkles' Sivir can farm safely, as the development curves of these two champions are highly similar."

Sivir needs items like Mana Dagger, Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, or Rapid Firecannon to be effective in combat.

The same applies to Xayah; to have sufficient combat power, she needs the three-piece set of Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge, and Rapid Firecannon.

The two heroes have the same power spike, but their strengths are different.

Xayah's advantage lies in her ultimate, which provides her with a high margin for error and effectively counters enemy dive abilities. Sivir's advantage is that her ultimate provides a group speed boost, making her a semi-utility unit, and she also has long range!

Don't be fooled by Sivir's 500-yard range. Like Lucian, it's one of the ranges with the shortest range among marksmen, even 25 yards shorter than Xayah's.

But this hero has a very long reach in team fights.

The main difference lies in her W skill, [Bouncing]. During Season 6, Sivir received a buff that meant that if the bouncing of her W skill triggered a critical strike, the subsequent bouncing damage would also crit.

Sivir doesn't need to risk looking for opportunities to attack the enemy backline in team fights. She just needs to activate her W and attack whoever is in her face. The bouncing damage will naturally bounce to the enemy backline.

Therefore, Sivir belongs to the 'long range' category in team fights.

"Fnatic came prepared. This bot lane duo of Sivir and Braum forces you to farm safely with me in the bot lane and doesn't give you a chance to gank 4v2 in the bot lane."

Miller followed up.

Sivir has a shield from her E skill to absorb damage, and Braum also has a security door, so trying to tower dive and kill these two is extremely risky.

More importantly, Sivir's wave clear ability is amazing. Once she activates W and follows up with Q, a wave of minions is gone in no time if she has a little bit of equipment.

If you can't even push the minion wave into the turret, how can you tower dive?

EDG's favorite tactic during the LPL season was a 4v2 gank in the bottom lane, because Wang Yao could always gain lane priority in the mid lane. After gaining lane priority, he would coordinate with the jungler to gank the bottom lane 4v2, maximizing the benefits.

This is exactly what Fnatic is targeting.

"So this is essentially forcing EDG to have a decisive battle with us in the top half of the bracket? After all, Fnatic's top, mid, and jungle players are all very strong individually," Xiaosan said, revealing the opponent's tactical intentions.

Maokai did indeed choose Xayah as the ADC, just as Fnatic had envisioned.

They proactively chose Sion as their top lane champion.

Since the jungler has already picked Taliyah, there's no need for the top laner to provide additional damage. Instead, the top laner needs to provide some initiation and front-line damage mitigation capabilities.

"Well, EDG's lineup is pretty standard, without any particularly extreme choices. I think if it were IG, they might just pick Jayce for the top lane."

Miller joked with a smile.

"That's possible," Xiaosan agreed.

However, Fnatic's final pick in the subsequent draft greatly surprised everyone!
Since there aren't many champions left to choose from in the top lane, the commentators generally speculate that Shen might be picked to synergize with Xin Zhao.

But Fnatic pulled out a hero that hadn't been seen in a long time.

Mechanical Pioneer - Victor!
That is, the three hands that the audience is talking about!

"Huh? Top lane Viktor? Could it be that tank Viktor build that's been popular in the Korean server lately, with Kleptomancy, Iceborn Gauntlet, and maxing Q?" Xiaosan quickly realized!

Although he has retired, he has maintained a good personal performance and can still maintain a top-ranked player status in the Chinese server.

They are the type to keep up with the latest version updates, so they are very familiar with the new and interesting strategies that are developed in each version.

"Wow! This choice is unexpected. Viktor is having a blast stealing gold. Isn't Sion just a pure punching bag in lane?"

"In the late game, a tanky Viktor is truly invincible. I've played him, and once he gets his items, it's no joke that he can kite five people by himself."

"No wonder Fnatic saved their top laner for last pick; they wanted to see what champion EDG's top laner would choose."

The comments section was buzzing with discussion.

(End of this chapter)