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Chapter 58 The Crazy Swinging EZ!

"It depends on the player's proficiency, the team's coordination, and their understanding of the current version. The World Championship is a stage full of miracles, and I believe Draven can be used in matches."

Even as a retired legend of the LPL, WeiXiao still couldn't quite grasp this issue.

Logically speaking, it's very difficult for Draven, an AD carry champion, to make it to the World Championship.

After all, this ADC has no mobility skills. If they don't gain an advantage and generate enough damage in the early game, they will be as useless as a super minion in the mid to late game.

But Wang Yao somehow managed to dominate the AI ​​match, which, despite being an S7 group stage game, looked no different from a regular ranked game.

"Indeed, Kshine played Draven very well, but TSM, the team they faced today, was also very strong."

Rita said, "This year, TSM won the Spring and Summer Championships in the LCS region, and Doublelift's skill level is still on point."

With a smile and a nod, the ban/pick phase between the two teams began while the commentators were exchanging words.

"EDG is on the blue side, TSM is on the red side!"

As Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, EDG's first three bans were announced: Jarvan IV, Gragas, and Xayah.

Seeing that EDG banned Xayah again, Guan Zeyuan felt a sense of disbelief. Did Kshine and Uzi both decide not to practice Xayah?

This is a tactical smokescreen released by EDG. Did they do it on purpose, or did they treat Xayah as a trap set by the current meta?
"TSM banned Kalista, Rakan, and... Draven?"

Rita, like the audience, exclaimed in surprise when she saw the red team's third ban pick light up.

Wang Yao's Draven actually earned EDG a valuable ban slot. With FNC as a precedent, TSM dared not let Draven pass today!
"In that case, Mouse can get Rambo directly, which is great. Ah Guang's Rambo is quite something."

Guan Zeyuan's eyes lit up, and he spoke.

"Rumble is a pretty strong champion in lane. A skilled Rumble player can basically secure lane priority and can also use his fire ability to poke the enemy AD carry's health in team fights."

The smiling man on the side knew all too well how powerful Rumble was at damaging the backline.

When teams get to crucial team fights, it all comes down to the skill and form of both teams' carries. If your AD carry is out of form, then you basically can't win the team fight.

Rumble's ultimate ability is quite useful whether it's initiating a team fight or limiting the carry's damage output.

On the TSM player bench.

They quickly settled on Caitlyn and Lux ​​for the first and second floors, a bot lane duo that focuses on a fast push strategy and has extremely strong lane dominance.

Moreover, Lux is a rather unique Ardent Censer support, as her W skill can provide the Ardent Censer buff to all teammates at once.

It can both harass and suppress opponents in lane, provide crowd control in team fights, and offer the Incense Burner buff to the entire team.

In a sense, Lux can be considered a kind of unconventional strategy in the bot lane.

However, Lux's weaknesses are also quite obvious, namely that she is not very compatible with the team's system composition, and few teams would specifically practice this set.

Just as Guan Zeyuan and Weixiao were speculating about how EDG would solve the problem, the second and third floors of the blue team quickly finalized their answer.

EZ and Orianna!
"EDG's top and mid lane duo is pretty good, and if they add an Ezreal jungler... what kind of bot lane duo will they pair with?"

Rita carefully considered the next business plan.

EZ jungle is one of the more common unconventional jungle strategies in this year's competitions, and Condi of Team WE has achieved good results with EZ.

However, if EDG gets Orianna in the mid lane, they can try picking Rek'Sai to jungle; there's no need to force Ezreal.

"Is the factory manager going to play Ezreal jungle too? That's a bit too extreme, isn't it? Could it be for the bot lane?"

Guan Zeyuan frowned slightly, he was a little confused by EDG's EZ pick, as was the TSM coach in the audience.

Ezreal jungle is quite popular in the North American and European servers, and as the team's coach, he is certainly aware of the champion's strengths. If the opposing team picks Ezreal jungle, they can easily counter-jungle with Kha'Zix, but the problem is that he has no idea whether this Ezreal will flex his lane or jungle.

EDG's smokescreen was pretty ruthless...

"Let's pick Sejuani first, at least our lineup will be more stable," TSM's jungler suggested.

"Okay, then let's choose Sejuani." The coach nodded.

Although Sejuani isn't that strong in the jungle, it's still not easy for Ezreal to deal with her tanky build.

In the second round of the draft phase, EDG decisively blocked TSM's mid laner's champion pool, banning both LeBlanc and Cassiopeia.

These are all Bjergsen's signature heroes, so EDG has no reason to let them go to the opponent.

On the other side, TSM banned Ashe, a champion used for initiating team fights, as well as the popular AD champion Tristana.

They are convinced that EDG's Ezreal is intended for jungle play, even though Clearlove hasn't used Ezreal jungle much in his ranked games.

On the fourth floor of the red team, TSM instantly locked down the big bug.

Seeing that TSM had secured the top and jungle duo of Cho'Gath and Sejuani, Smile couldn't help but feel worried about EDG's current situation.

If these two front-line tanks get farmed up to the late game, EZ and Orianna won't be able to take them down!
Of course, this is on the premise that TSM can survive until the late game, but the playstyles of European and American teams are rather abstract, and they often make mistakes.

This means that although they can innovate their tactics every year, they are always able to make mistakes that the enemy can exploit.

Trying to pull off some fancy moves is easy to backfire.

When it was EDG's turn to make their picks, the final two picks drew a lot of attention from the TSM team.

The hero selections on the fourth and fifth floors will determine EDG's final lineup, and their gameplay strategy will be fully revealed.

Immediately, the heroes on the fourth and fifth floors of EDG's map lit up one after another.

Titan, Lion Dog!

In an instant, the entire audience and the commentators on stage simultaneously let out a bewildered "Ah!" No one could believe that EZ would be ganked to the bottom lane.

And the hero paired with EZ is a tanky support, Nautilus!

"In that case, Ezreal and Nautilus will go bot lane, and Clearlove will pick Rengar jungle..."

Looking at the officially locked-in lineup, Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but picture the image of the Lion Dog dribbling the ball onto the field.

Titan's ultimate skill targets and destroys the enemy's carry, Rengar dribbles in, Ezreal uses his ultimate... Hmm, this combo seems pretty good!
However, it seems that EDG doesn't intend to play in the late game. Whether it's Orianna in the mid lane, Rengar, or Ezreal in the bot lane, they all have an advantage in the early and mid-game.

In the mid-to-late game, it will be TSM's lineup that shines. If EDG still can't gain a huge advantage by then, they are likely to lose in today's group stage!

"TSM completed the game with Corki as their last pick. It seems they intend to push the scaling and late-game strategy to the extreme. But isn't this a bit too extreme?"

Rita noticed that something seemed off about both teams; one focused on the early game and the other on the late game, especially their use of the Corki pick, which seemed unnecessary.

There are still many mid-lane heroes to choose from when staying outside.

"Alright, now both teams have officially entered Summoner's Rift. Let's look forward to their performance!"

As Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, Rita and Xiao Wei's attention shifted to the canyon.

Regardless of the strategies and lineups chosen by both teams, the final result will only be known after testing them on the battlefield.

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(End of this chapter)