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Chapter 50: The Opening Match of the S7 World Championship!

Soon, the game begins.

When Wang Yao was on the sidelines, he was stunned when he saw RNG ban Xayah on the first floor of the blue team.

Has Uzi still not mastered Xayah? They're already playing in the World Championship... Then RNG's draft strategy must be similar to what it was in the past.

SSG, as RNG's opponent, wisely banned Kalista and Uzi's Caitlyn.

As the opening match of S7, SSG's lineup selection was quite conventional, while RNG chose a rather unique physical damage-heavy lineup.

With the top laner picking Gnar, Xiaohu in the mid lane chose Jayce, a champion geared towards the early to mid-game, seemingly aiming for a poke-heavy strategy.

In this first game, RNG seems to be testing the waters against SSG to see how their recent practice works.

"Uzi's Tristana is pretty good. I feel like the enemy bot lane will have a hard time holding on. If their Twitch and Lulu don't work, then Tristana with Janna's shield will deal explosive damage in the late game!"

PDD, a special guest on stage, provided commentary.

Uzi plays traditional AD champions like Tristana, Kog'Maw, Twitch, and Caitlyn very well, with Tristana being one of his signature champions.

Although Xiangguo played Sejuani in this game, his Sejuani was clearly not a slow-moving, herbivorous jungler, but a carnivorous boar that liked to invade aggressively!
SSG's choice of Ryze for mid lane was a bit slow, and Ambition was somewhat bewildered by Xiangguo's strong ganks in the early game.

Ambition picked Gragas this game, but he played poorly against Xiangguo's Sejuani, losing his rhythm throughout the game and allowing RNG to establish a huge advantage early on.

Ultimately, Uzi's Tristana became the MVP of the match thanks to his Ardent Censer build, achieving a godlike score of 8/1/4.

With a significant lead in kills, RNG secured the first win, successfully completing their opening match debut.

Coach Nofe and Abu discussed the information while jotting down important details on the tactics board.

As expected, in subsequent matches, Ardent Censer became a key element of the current meta, and Kalista was locked into the ban list by the red team.

Luo, a perfect support hero who can both initiate team fights and trigger the Ardent Censer effect, has become a hot commodity in the eyes of various teams.

5:40 PM.

It was finally Group A's turn to play.

In this match, North America's number one seed, TSM, suffered a devastating 50-minute late-game comeback by AHQ, with Westdoor's Corki dealing a staggering 6.8 damage.

Taiwanese team AHQ secured their first point in Group A, temporarily placing them at the top of the group.

As TSM's blue crystal base shattered, Nofe stood up and slammed his tactical board on the table. "Everyone, it's our turn to step in now."

The EDG players all stood up and walked out of the player tunnel.

The factory manager, who has been competing in the world championships for many years, paid attention to Wang Yao's condition. Judging from Wang Yao's calm expression, he should not have been affected by anything off the field.

Great... Not nervous at all for your first World Championship! Players' personalities often affect their mentality, and mentality, in turn, affects their performance in the game.

"This match is against FNC, so everyone can relax and not be too nervous, okay?"

The EDG players clasped their hands together, and Coach Nofe said earnestly, "I only have one requirement for today's match: stay focused!"

"Keep it up, everyone!"

"come on!"

A gentle breeze caressed their faces, and as the background music drums began to play, the EDG players stepped onto the arena.

Today marks their first match back in the World Championship, and also Wang Yao's first match as a rookie player.

Here, every tiny move he makes will be watched by League of Legends players worldwide. "Welcome, viewers, to the group stage of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship!"

In the commentary booth, Wawa looked at the camera with a smile and greeted the audience in a deep voice.

"The next match is EDG vs. FNC. I'm sure you Summoners are familiar with the long-standing rivalry between these two teams."

Wawa's words excited many of the fans at the scene. FNC had eliminated EDG in the quarterfinals of S5 with an astonishing 4-0 score!
One match was replayed due to a bug, so in total, EDG played four matches against FNC. However, in these four matches, EDG was utterly crushed and eliminated by FNC.

This was hard to accept for EDG, who were at the peak of their strength and popularity at the time.

Today's group stage match between EDG and FNC carries a strong sense of revenge.

"To be honest, I'm really looking forward to this match. There's been a lot of trending news about EDG lately, especially about player Wang Yao."

Miller smiled and said, "I wonder if he can continue to perform at the level of LPL FMVP when facing Rekkles."

"Haha, no matter what, we've waited for this moment. I believe the EDG players are even more excited for this match than we are!"

"Without further ado, let's get into the match between FNC and EDG. Both sides will choose sides by tossing their votes. FNC is on the blue side, and EDG is on the red side."

As the baby finished speaking, the draft phase for both teams appeared on the big screen.

"Let's ban Caitlyn first this game."

The FNC coach glanced at the tactical board in his hand. He had watched Kshine's match replays and studied the opponent's ranked champion pool.

However, Wang Yao plays too many different heroes, and it's impossible to get accurate and effective data just by analyzing his limited number of matches and his huge number of ranked games.

"OK!"

FNC's top laner, Sister-in-law, nodded and immediately banned Caitlyn.

Both teams banned champions very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, FNC had already revealed their three bans. In addition to Caitlyn, the last two bans were Zac and Rakan.

They already had their pre-selected heroes on the first floor of the blue team, so they didn't plan to pick Rakan, the current top support champion, in this game.

EDG banned Kalista, and then immediately banned Lulu and Xayah.

At this moment, the other two LPL teams are also carefully observing this match, especially RNG, who just lost to EDG.

Regardless of how others evaluate RNG, they are at least a team that has faced off against EDG, who have a completely new roster, three times.

Only the RNG players know how terrifying EDG's offensive and defensive capabilities are when they have Wang Yao!
However, with the season update, RNG is still unclear about how EDG's scrim results have been over the past month.

They can only get a glimpse of EDG's recent training results through this match.

“I can understand banning Kalista and Lulu, but isn’t banning Xayah a bit unnecessary? They can totally pick Xayah.”

Xiao Ming stared at the broadcast screen, rubbing his lips as he secretly pondered EDG's draft strategy.

"Hehehe, I knew there was no need to practice Xayah. It seems that EDG also sees Xayah as a meta trap."

Uzi snorted coldly. During this period, his training focus was still on traditional AD carries like Caitlyn and Tristana.

As for Xayah, an AD carry champion, he has basically given up training on her, feeling that it's unnecessary.

"It's hard to say. Let's see how EDG drafts and picks later. In the current version, EDG still has a big advantage in the draft, after all, they have quite a few champions they can pick."

RNG coach Firefox said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)