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Chapter 78 Unleashing the Killer Move!
"Guys, don't take the loss from last game to heart. Their unconventional tactics are nothing special. We can just ban their Karma."

Edgar pretends to be relaxed, but he's actually under immense pressure!
He always thought his version analysis was very thorough, but after seeing EDG's gameplay strategy and drafting ideas, he realized that EDG's understanding of the version was equally excellent.

Samsung's strategy is to farm minions and develop in the early game, place wards to establish vision, and then whittle down the opponent by rotating lanes and managing their resources.

Against a team like EDG that built its success by learning Korean-style macro play, this kind of strategy would absolutely make the EDG players want to vomit!
But to Edgar's surprise, SSG couldn't even survive the early laning phase.

"There's no other way, we have to use our trump card now!" Edgar shook his head and said helplessly.

If Samsung keeps hiding like this, they'll be down 2-0. At that point, it won't be hiding tactics anymore, it'll be hiding plane tickets!
Soon, when the official staff came to remind the team members that it was time to go on the field, the Samsung team members were much more relaxed.

Their killing moves were equally deadly, and Master An and his group were determined to crush their opponents in the next round.

Seeing the Samsung players return to the bench, Wang Yao suppressed his excitement, knowing that this team had many tricks up its sleeve.

If EDG wants to win this quarterfinals match steadily, they must win every single game!

Back in his seat, Wang Yao put on his headphones and the noise in front of him instantly decreased. He stretched his knuckles to relax and adjusted himself to his best state.

"EDG won the first game quite easily, but Samsung is still a very solid team. SSG shouldn't have it as easy in the second game as they did in the last one!"

Miller said seriously.

“That’s right.” PDD nodded. “Samsung’s ability to adjust in best-of-five series is still terrifying, especially with experienced mid-jungle duos like Ambition and Crown.”

As the drumbeats of the background music began, the second round of the draft phase officially started for both teams.

There are only a few ban slots in the current version.

For example, Jayce in the top lane and Kalista in the bottom lane. In this game, Samsung banned Jayce and didn't let EDG play him.

Looking at Mouse's recent ranked game history, they discovered that the opponent had been practicing Jayce extensively. Although the results weren't great, Samsung didn't dare to let him play at this time.

After all, Jayce's ability to snowball in the top lane is simply too strong. In the current top lane meta, Jayce is considered a Tier 0 champion.

In the knockout stage, no team dared to let this top laner go.

After EDG banned Kalista, Samsung immediately banned Karma and Xayah.

In their last two picks, EDG chose to ban Taliyah and Ryze.

Luo and Janna have been released, and Samsung immediately locked down Janna on the first floor.

Seeing that SSG had taken down Janna, Miller had a bad feeling. She was the current queen of enchanter supports, and Janna could easily dominate any AD carry in the bot lane.

However... EDG is actually doing alright.

Because they can get the combination of Rakan and Galio, this deal is actually not a loss. Crown Bro still has a hard time playing in the mid lane this game.

After all, Taliyah and Ryze were banned, so if he wanted to roam, he could only pick Twisted Fate, but Twisted Fate in this version is definitely a bottom-tier trash champion.

He can't lane against Galio at all, and his role in team fights is also inferior to Galio's.

However, EDG picked the mid-jungle combination of Jarvan IV and Galio on the first and second floors, casting a shadow over Ruler's mind.

This lineup... feels strangely familiar!

Samsung quickly picked Gnar and Malzahar on the second and third floors, and EDG countered by picking Rakan.

In the second round of bans and picks, Samsung first banned Tristana and Shen, while EDG banned Caitlyn and Kog'Maw.

Taking advantage of the red team's first pick in the second round of the draft, Wang Yao immediately secured the champion Twitch for himself. In this version, Rakan and Twitch are also a very strong bot lane duo.

Samsung remained calm and unhurried, instead unleashing their trump card: Sejuani + Varus.

While this combination isn't as fast-push as Sejuani and Tristana, Varus performs better in team fights than Tristana.

This also aligns with SSG's team-oriented playstyle philosophy.

In the final counter-position, Mouse decisively brought out his signature Rumble.

With this, the lineups for both sides were officially finalized.

SSG, the blue team, has Gnar in the top lane, Sejuani in the jungle, Malzahar in the mid lane, and Varus and Janna in the bot lane.

The red team, EDG, consists of Rumble (top), Jarvan IV (jungle), Galio (mid), and Twitch and Rakan (bot).

"It feels like SSG is at a slight disadvantage with this draft. Janna has strong protective abilities, but it's really hard to defend against the Jarvan IV, Rakan, and Galio three-engage composition."

Miller on the stage seemed lost in thought.

However, even the best draft picks still depend on how well the players perform on the field.

Just as the commentators in the audience were sharing their opinions, the situation on the field had already changed dramatically.

Five minutes into the game, the factory manager went to the bottom lane to try and open up the game.

Meiko initiated with his W, attempting to lift Janna, but Janna managed to escape Rakan's W spell range thanks to her passive high movement speed.

Meanwhile, Ambition's Sejuani seized the opportunity to attack, and when Rakan tried to use his E to turn back, he was instantly interrupted by Janna's Q.

Sejuani applied a slow effect with her W skill upon entering the lane and then used her Q skill to interrupt Rakan's second E skill at the right moment. By the time Clearlove's Jarvan IV arrived in the bottom lane, it was too late!
Ambition applied four stacks of Frostbite passive, locking Rakan to death on the spot. Ruler's Varus used E to detonate W passive, and with the added Grievous Wounds buff, Rakan's health was already critically low.

Even if Wang Yao wanted to use a healing spell at this point, it would be useless, since Luo wouldn't recover much health due to the severe injury effect.

When Meiko broke free of control and used Flash to escape, Ruler immediately followed up with a Flash and a basic attack followed by a Q, successfully securing the first blood for Rakan.

"Oh dear... this one's mine."

Meiko scratched his head in self-reproach. His death would probably bring disaster to the prince in the bottom lane as well!
As expected, Clearlove missed his target in the bottom lane and was slowed down by Janna's W. Under the combined fire of the three SSG members, Clearlove didn't even bother to use Flash and was killed.

"Oh no! EDG is going to be in big trouble!"

PDD inwardly knew something was wrong.

This bot lane gank, with the jungler and support working together, resulted in one death and one free kill, essentially eliminating EDG's bot lane.

EDG can now only hope that Galio in the mid lane can find a way to break the deadlock after reaching level 6.

But what was unexpected was that Crown's Malzahar had a strange magic. Despite not gaining an advantage in lane, he was able to lock Scout down in the mid lane!

The junior student tried to roam to the bottom lane several times, but couldn't find a suitable opportunity.

For a long time afterward, EDG was unable to maintain their familiar offensive rhythm.

"It's okay, we can still win in a team fight, don't worry." Wang Yao's calm voice calmed Meiko and the junior student down a bit.

But soon, EDG's bot lane was once again targeted by Ambition!

(End of this chapter)