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Chapter 417 was easily won! No competitive experience whatsoever!
Fnatic's lineup relies on Sivir and Viktor to carry in the mid-to-late game.

The strong mid-jungle duo of Xin Zhao and Syndra is used to stabilize the early game situation.

However, Wang Yao's handling of the minion waves at the start of the game helped his teammates successfully tower dive in the top lane, completely crippling Viktor.

He then solo-killed Syndra, rendering Fnatic's only early-game hero somewhat ineffective.

The result was that FNC couldn't win fights at all.

Ten minutes later, EDG grouped up to take the Rift Herald, and Fnatic didn't even have the chance to come and take a look.

Subsequently, EDG grouped up again to take the dragon, and the opposing team still dared not come to engage!
However, EDG was no longer going to dawdle and drag things out with them, and used the Rift Herald to take the first tower.

Then, Irelia started a solo push on the side lane, forcibly breaking through!
EDG even secured the Baron buff at the 21-minute mark!

With the Baron buff and a gold advantage of over 1, Sion immediately used his ultimate to forcefully charge onto the high ground and initiate a team fight, while Fantic stood out for his lack of damage.

Sion withstood the damage from the turrets and the focused fire from Fnatic's side, and miraculously survived.

Ultimately, the match time was set at 24 minutes.

EDG easily won their first match in the quarterfinals and demonstrated their strong competitive form!
"Congratulations to EDG! They won the first game very easily! They continue their good form from the group stage."

"They can also find ways to deal with the recently popular top laner Viktor. There's no need to worry that EDG's game understanding will lag behind others. EDG's training team is the strongest in China!"

Miller rattled off a long string of words.

The core message is simply to show that EDG has no problems and is in good form.

"Actually, I was quite worried at first, as European teams have extremely strong team fight capabilities. However, EDG's excellent competitive form meant they didn't even get to the point where team fights started."

Xiaosan added, "EDG's laning phase was too strong this game, especially Kshine's dominance in the mid lane, which reminded me of an old friend."

"I even think that Faker's dominance in the mid lane during Season 3 was not as strong as Kshine's."

Xiaosan really has the right to speak on this, after all, during the group stage of the S3 World Championship, OMG handed SKT a defeat, and at that time, Cool even solo killed Faker.

Back then, OMG had a fan base of 61E, which was 1E more than 60E, and they gained popularity by performing well against SKT.

"Fnatic was countered too much by EDG."

Miller smiled. "Their main carry is Caps in the mid lane, which happens to be EDG's strongest point as well!"

"Although I've said this countless times, I still want to emphasize that if the opposing team relies solely on the strength of their mid-laner, they cannot beat EDG!"

On the court, Wang Yao had already taken off his headphones and was enjoying the joy of winning the game with his teammates.

Saint Gun, Tian, ​​and iboy were once LPL playoff-level players; when have they ever experienced this feeling?

"Holy crap, I feel like I'm winning by just farming minions in the bottom lane."

Saint Gun Bro is like Pigsy from Journey to the West who swallowed the ginseng fruit in one gulp. He didn't even get to taste it before it was gone!

"Be content, isn't it good to win without lifting a finger?" Xiao Tian rolled his eyes. "I wish I could just keep lying here forever."

"That's it!"

iboy nodded frantically: "This version is so unfriendly to the bot lane. I just coasted through the whole game and relied entirely on you guys to carry."

For a regular shooter, making their presence felt on the field is crucial.

The best stage is during team fights, especially when the situation is very close and both sides are pulling each other back and forth, so you can find an opportunity to perform.

Not every ADC player can dominate the laning phase like Uzi. Most ADCs tend to follow the Korean ADC style, prioritizing a stable laning phase and focusing more on their teamfight performance.

The situation in Uzbekistan is rather special.

Firstly, it's his personal playstyle, and secondly, since no one else in RNG can step up, he has to absorb most of the team's resources and carry the team.

The group returned to the backstage dressing room, chatting and laughing. Zhu Kai and Mao Kai nodded in satisfaction when they saw everyone.

"Well played. Keep it up. As long as we can play according to our established tactics, the other side is unlikely to have a chance."

Maokai made a prediction before the tournament: the teams that made it to the quarterfinals of the S8 World Championship were not without strong teams.

Teams like KT and IG can pose a significant threat to EDG.

Unfortunately, Fnatic is not in this category. It's not that I look down on them, but their overall strength is just like that.

Just as Miller said, having a strong mid laner is only a prerequisite for defeating EDG.

With a strong mid laner, the top and bottom lanes can also put tremendous pressure on EDG, and even create a lead in their respective lanes.

Why does IG give EDG a headache? Even though EDG wins more often, they still feel a lot of pressure every time they face IG.

It's just because IG's mid laner is Song Yijin, who can barely hold his own against Wang Yao, and their top and bottom lanes are also very strong.

The bot lane is okay, Baolan is slightly dragging the team down, but the top lane is...

Saint Gun Bro was always sweating profusely when facing TheShy. TheShy's laning dominance in the top lane was no joke, not to mention Ning, who was always there to support him in the top lane.

The duo of IG's top and jungle is really hard for most people to handle. It's already quite remarkable that Flandre can manage to stay together, so we can't expect him to do any better.

"In the second game, the opponent will most likely take the blue side," Maokai predicted.

Fnatic lost the first game because they couldn't win in the mid lane.

The reason they couldn't beat them was that EDG's mid laner was too strong. Syndra was already a well-known lane bully among mid lane mages, and she could suppress all mages in lane.

But when faced with the even more monstrous lane bully, Irelia, Syndra could only be pushed under the tower and get solo kills like crazy!

This is also the biggest advantage for the blue team.

The advantage of first-pick is that you can pick a hero that is absolutely strong in the current version, without having to worry about being countered by a hero played later.

Since Caps' individual skill level is inferior to Wang Yao's, it seems like a good option to give Caps an absolutely dominant hero and use that strength to compensate for the difference in individual skill.

Meanwhile, in Fnatic's lounge area.

The Fnatic players didn't look as serious as expected; they were still chatting and laughing. Their summary was:

"Kshine is too strong. Simple counters are useless. Our best approach is to try and pick the blue side and see if we can get a strong mid-lane champion for Caps."

This is also their consensus.

After returning to the field, both players put on their headsets at the same time, and the referee communicated through them to announce Fnatic's side selection. The director then switched the screen directly to the ban/pick screen of both sides.

"As expected! Fnatic ultimately chose the blue side." Miller had mentioned this to Xiaosan in their previous analysis.

"Let's take a look. Fnatic's first ban is Taliyah. Indeed, Taliyah farms too fast in the jungle and moves around the map too fast, making it difficult for other junglers to match her."

"Graves and Nidalee can farm so fast, but the problem is that these two champions are simply not suitable for the current version and have no opportunity or space to appear."

(End of this chapter)