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Chapter 375 T1's Secret Weapon? "What are you doing here!?"

The host stepped down, and the focus shifted to the commentary booth as the two contestants prepared to enter the arena.

Welcome back, everyone!

The ever-present face of the Roaring Emperor appeared in the center of the stage, next to two equally 'familiar' veteran players from T1, Bang and Wolf.

He took the initiative to start the conversation: "Today's match can be said to have a sense of destiny. I remember that in the group stage match between T1 and EDG last year, it was the two of you who came as guests, right?"

Bang gave a slightly embarrassed smile: "Yes, it was really a pity about last year's event."

Wolf confidently chimed in, "That's why we both specifically applied this year. We absolutely had to come to today's event, to get revenge for last year!"

"T1 will definitely get their revenge today!"

"Oh?" Roaring Emperor continued, "So, you two are quite confident in today's T1? Does T1 have some kind of secret weapon?"

Bang, worried that his support might say something inappropriate, quickly interjected, "T1 always has a lot of secret weapons at Worlds, but it's hard to say whether they'll use them in this match, since it's just a BO1 in the group stage."

The Roaring Emperor, of course, knew his limits and immediately changed the subject, looking at the pre-match data on the screen.

The hexagram attribute charts of the two teams' members were compared and released.

"On the top lane, our God-King Zeus has an advantage in every stat! It's no exaggeration to say he's completely ahead. I think the top lane duel will definitely be T1's weapon today, just like..."

The ecstatic, roaring emperor originally intended to mention the case of winning the Asian Games.

But as soon as he got the words out, he realized that this was his biggest weakness and stopped himself instantly: "Ahem, the two junglers are evenly matched, you could say they each have their wins and losses. Speaking of which, Xun and Oner are indeed quite similar types of players."

"Then there's the mid laner, well, YE's stats are definitely more impressive here."

Hearing the roar of the emperor suddenly decrease in volume, and seeing the strange expressions on the faces of the two people beside him, he knew it.

It's more than just luxurious.

If Zeus in the top lane is only "overall ahead", but the differences in various data, especially in team fight participation rate, are not significant.

The data chart for the mid lane absolutely describes it as a complete domination!
It's not that Faker's stats are too bad, it's just that almost all of his stats are at the top of the six-pointed star on the right, making the difference obvious when compared.

"However, we still have some advantages in the bottom lane!" Roaring Emperor quickly ignored it and made no comment.

"Guma and Keria, these two young players, have improved their laning skills significantly in the Summer Split. They can even often gain the upper hand against Viper from GEN, who is known for his laning prowess. And laning is precisely the area where V5's bot lane duo is not so good!"

"I believe the bot lane will be another area where T1 can make a strong impact today!"

After a lengthy analysis, the commentators concluded that the advantage lay with us.

Although this statement might seem somewhat exaggerated based on the two teams' head-to-head record this year, there are quite a few viewers who have a "superstitious" belief in T1's performance at the World Championship, and they all cheered and encouraged them.

With a crisp snap of the BP, the atmosphere on the main stage was finally heated up!

"Blue team T1, red team V5!"

"T1 started by banning Akali, but the blue side didn't need to invest in an extra ban, while V5 banned Neeko first!"

With the start of BP.

Backstage, the contestants, who were all quite tired from staying up until the final round, sat up straight and stared intently at the screen.

This match was of "critical importance" to everyone present.

After all, the result of the first match between V5 and DK yesterday has already changed the competitive landscape – many teams have started to use the summer split system again today, and some have even abandoned the top lane-centric meta.

The World Championship has just begun, and everyone, including V5 and T1, is still building and refining their understanding of the current version, with endless possibilities for evolution.

Of course, everyone backstage also wanted to learn something beneficial from the match between these two teams.

"Hey BB, if you guys in group 2-0 get a V5, do you dare not ban Akali?"

Wearing the NRG team logo around his neck, he looked like an Indian player, chatting with G2's top laner BB.

"What's there to be afraid of! If they draw us 2-0, just you wait and see, we have a trump card!" BrokenBlade seemed unaffected by the ups and downs of today's opening match, maintaining a very good mindset.

The Indian player continued to tease, "Haha, keep bragging. I watched you almost lose to the fourth seed from the LPL today. If you were to play against the first seed, wouldn't you get crushed?"

"Number one seed? We're going to beat the number one seed!"

BB crossed his arms, looking nonchalant: "It's not like G2 has never beaten LPL's number one seed~~~"

The Indian athlete scoffed at the other's boast, but inwardly he was filled with envy.

His name is Dhokla, and he is already a 27-year-old veteran player, but he has never achieved any results before. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he is a nobody in the professional league.

The only time he has ever entered the World Championship is with this year's NRG team.

Unfortunately, it looks like even reaching the quarterfinals is a tough challenge.

He knew that he might not even have a job next year and would have to end his professional career. He would then rely on his connection with the owner of a team called {100T} to retire and become a substitute top laner or assistant coach there.
Who wouldn't want the chance to play against LPL's number one seed?

The first round of bans for both sides has been completed.

T1: Akali, Caitlyn, Varus

V5: Neeko, Rambo, Gwen

"If T1 chooses to ban Varus themselves, then they probably aren't planning to pick Lucas first and instead take Quesanti, right?!" Roaring Emperor let out a surprised sound.

"Locked out! Is Quesanti still worth the blue team's pick now!?"

Even the commentators didn't understand that move.

Even the opposing V5 team was taken aback.

You could tell from their selection of Quesanti in the first match.

Although this hero's strength is still decent due to the stat revert, he's not even a high-priority pick, let alone a T0.

The main problem is that this thing has almost no operational limit right now, and anyone who sees it will say, "It's ridiculously stupid."

It's fine for Flandre, who is good at playing tank heroes, but if Zeus, who is known for his "mechanics", were to use him, wouldn't it be like cutting off his own arm at the start of the game?
"Brother Hei, is Youmeiyou possibly a mid-laner?" Beryl keenly guessed.

"We'll choose our own path and see what cards they're going to play." Ye Bo was confident and made the decision without much hesitation.

V5 countered by picking Renekton and Jarvan IV, arguably securing the strongest top-jungle combination in the current meta.

The opposing T1 team responded quickly, immediately picking Kalista and Lena for the bot lane, as if they had a clear strategy.

Bang on the commentary desk finally figured out the home team's strategy.

"They anticipated that V5 would definitely not pass up this top and jungle duo, but that would leave no extra slots for two marksmen, at most one Ashe. This would allow T1 to limit them in the second round of the draft, and even pick heroes that counter the two marksmen, ensuring the advantage of the bot lane!"

"Although I don't quite understand the choice of robbing Quesanti, perhaps it's to rob a clerk? But this move is definitely not wrong!"

V5, who were on the field, also realized what the other side was thinking.

Picking a bottom lane champion first will not only lead to the team composition being broken up in the second round of drafting, but it will also make it easy for the champion to be countered in the 4th or 5th pick phase.

While the combination of Skateboard Shoes and Lena is not a strong meta combination, it is definitely a "strong laning" combination, especially in the hands of the T1 bot lane duo. There are actually no other combinations that are particularly easy to counter it.

"Is it Yone again?"

"V5 might be trying to use Yone as a substitute for banning him, since Zeus's Yone was also very impressive in the last game, so it's not a problem."

But when the T1 members saw Yone appear, a hint of joy seemed to appear deep in their eyes, as if they had "achieved their goal."

Both sides banned in the second round —

V5: Weapon, Ruier
T1: Poppy, Ashe
V5 picked Senna first on the fourth floor. She can be used as a support in a double marksman bot lane or as part of a regular marksman combination, making her a flexible pick.

The T1 players seemed somewhat conflicted upon seeing Senna.

"Isn't Senna a bit of a counter to Nightmare?" Oner asked, referring to the champion he had originally intended to pick.

“Yes, to some extent. His E ability can make it impossible for you to fly to him,” Keria gave a definite answer. “And don’t forget that they might also have Tahm Kench on the fifth floor, which will be very difficult for Nightmare!”

"Then let's change it, let's find someone who's good at fighting," Lee Sang-hyeok said.

After careful consideration, Oner chose Blade of the Ruined King as his jungler, while Zeus, on the fifth floor, confidently picked Gnar as his top laner.

V5's final pick was River King.

The lineups for both sides have been finalized.

Blue side: T1 vs. Red side: V5

Top Lane: Lost Tooth vs. Desert Butcher

[Jungle: Blade of the Ruined King vs. Demacian Prince]

[Mid Lane: Nazuman's Glory vs. Demon-Sealing Sword Soul]

[Marksman: Vengeful Spear vs. Soul Cleansing Lance]

[Support: Alchemist Baron vs. River King]

Both teams' lineups look quite "conventional," with the exception of a slightly retro mid-laner, Quesanti; the rest are very common combinations.

The comments section was buzzing with discussion.

[Hey, Dafei, why are you bringing up Quesanti again? Trying to escape, huh?]

[Ugh, I was really looking forward to seeing my favorite assassin versus assassin today, but it turned out to be a matchup between two noobs!]

[What nonsense are you spouting? Let me ask you, why is YE always criticizing Yone? Is YE only capable of playing this one champion this patch? Can't he play something else?!]

[Tadpole is going crazy! I think it's only the second game of the World Championship, how come he only knows one move already?]

【没事，我已经在等《让你赢个BO1闹麻了，谁不知道T1是BO5才强》的评论了.话说T1不会今年进不了BO5吧嚯嚯嚯】

[Right now, WBG is actually the most anxious. Just thinking about how one of these two teams' top players might come down to fight them makes Xiaohu hum softly~~]

The commentators didn't go into detail about the lineup, since apart from Quesanti, a mid-laner who is extremely rare in the current version, there really wasn't much to talk about.

Neither side of the level 1 exited together; they were extremely spread out and each went their own way, which seemed to indicate a lack of level 1 design.
"etc!?"

"What kind of personnel distribution is this?! What are V5 and T1 up to?!"

At this point, neither side noticed anything amiss, each guarding the key entrances to their respective jungle areas, and both safely passed level one.

Actually, just looking at the lineups, you can tell that nothing will likely happen at level one, as neither side has any particularly proactive heroes.

In other words, the top laner is quite cautious.

Today's opening match between WBG and G2 has once again deepened everyone's memory.

That battle already proved that if the top laner doesn't give the enemy a chance, then the design will only backfire on the enemy!

The T1 members didn't believe their opponents would use such a clearly countered tactic.

But Zeus remained incredibly steady.

He stood obediently in front of the turret, not even approaching the first bush, intending to wait for the enemy bottom laner to appear before making his move—this way, he would at most miss one or two last hits, but would guarantee that the strategy would be rendered useless.

1 minutes 30 seconds.

With jungle monsters respawning and minion waves clashing, the battle should have officially begun.

But at this time.

An incredibly mysterious scene unfolded on the field.
The entire Summoner's Rift seemed to be "completely deserted"!
From both sides' perspectives, only their minions were fighting each other on the three visible lanes (top, middle, and bottom), but not a single hero unit was seen laning out!
Summoner's Rift is eerily quiet.

The hearts of all ten people on both sides immediately jumped into their throats.

Finally, due to the convergence of the shortest minion wave in the middle lane, which affected the time it took for the first minion to die, the first hero finally appeared on the minimap.

Mid lane - Yone.

Upon seeing Yone, who had finished building up his wind from F6, appear, three more players from the opposing blue team instantly appeared on the map.

However, their location is beyond everyone's comprehension.

"I am Quesanti!?"

"They're a duo!"

But just as the V5 team's internal voice chat exclaimed in surprise, the T1 team's internal voice chat immediately followed with urgent shouts.

Because as soon as Lee Sang-hyeok's Quesanty came out of the bottom lane, Flandre, who was hiding behind the turret, also came out from behind.

The two seemed to be staring at each other from across a canyon—both wanting to ask the other, "What are you doing here?!"

"Watch out on the road!! I am a crocodile!"

"Their duo should be on top!"

Both sides were completely stunned at first.

However, as the true pioneer in developing this tactic, V5 reacted much faster.

After a moment of stunned silence, Ye Bo was suddenly overjoyed.

He never expected that T1 would also use "lane swapping". But it was a lucky accident that "helped" them a lot!

more importantly.

At this moment, the two mid-lane duo of T1 could not hear the howling of the Roaring Emperor outside.

"Don't press down, Guma!!"

The skateboarders who came out from behind immediately started to implement their tactics, pushing across the minion wave to drive Yone out of the experience zone, aiming for a complete "bullying"!
Zeus, who was in the top lane, was still glad that he had been careful enough. Seeing that no one had come out from the enemy top lane, he refused to move forward to avoid losing health and being forced out of the experience zone. He just threw a dart from a distance.

There is still a time difference between when the first wave of minions in the top lane and the first wave in the mid lane die.

Meanwhile, Aunt Yoshi's skateboard shoes arrogantly chased after her, never expecting that Yone, facing a 1v2 situation, would actually turn around and Q her—unable to dodge in time, she was directly blown up!

At the same time, a circle of [Abyss Dive] markers appeared beneath his feet.

The skateboarder was knocked up by a double stun, and Lenata used her Q to pull him away in time, but Yone flashed forward to avoid the double stun!

The skateboarder attempted to use Flash to escape after a double DF combo, but Senna decisively used her Q to slow down the opponent and continue the chase. Ultimately, the skateboarder was chased down and killed, giving up First Blood!

(End of this chapter)