You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

As the players took their seats, the camera naturally switched to the commentary booth.

Today's commentary team is neither too big nor too small, with Remember as the core, paired with the recently popular Umbrella King and the decorative Rita.

"Alright, both players, please make your final preparations. The draft phase is about to begin!"

The person in the center position should keep an eye on the scene in front of them and speak to control the flow:
“We received news that GEN won the coin toss before the match and chose the blue side, which may not be good news for us.”

“That’s not the case, actually.”

Umbrella added from the side: "After all, with the top, jungle and support all in poor form, we still need to rely on our two carries to win today, so the red side might be a better choice."

Whether the red team directly grabs a strong duo in the first or second round, or takes the counter position in the fifth round, it's actually quite comfortable for the carry.

"That's true." Remember nodded. "So, looking at it that way, the red side isn't actually that bad!"

As the group was chatting, a crisp sound came from their earpieces, and the BP screen switched in the blink of an eye!
I remember being instantly excited when I saw this: "Hey, the ban/pick phase has started!"

The bottom of the screen is currently empty in the BP (Ban/Pick) section, while the center of the screen is divided into two cameras, broadcasting the players' benches from both sides.

At this moment, it can be clearly seen that GEN coach Score is talking incessantly in the left-hand camera view, discussing the ban choices with the players.

While they were discussing it, GEN's first ban was already decided.

Without a doubt, it can only be Galio.

After Mingjing, braving the 38-degree heat, crushed Scout with Galio, Galio has completely replaced Akali, Twisted Fate, Lucian, and others, becoming his signature champion.

No team in this world would dare to let Mingjing's Galio play anymore.
In the right-hand view, someone is also talking incessantly, but it's not the coach speaking; it's Ming Jing, who's sitting in the center of the team.

Although Ming Jing didn't carry a notebook like other coaches, his brain was the best storage medium, with countless data constantly flashing through his mind.

Without the slightest hesitation, Mingjing decided to ban the policewoman.

GEN is also a team centered around their two carries. Their top laner, Doran, is incredibly weak. Even if Flandre isn't in good form today, he shouldn't have too much of a problem laning.

As for Chovy in the mid lane, Mingjing didn't take him seriously at all.

Therefore, his ban strategy is very simple: ban all three lanes to ensure that the bot lane can hold its own in lane, which is enough.

Maokai and his cousin were in the voice channel, but neither of them spoke, letting Mingjing do as he pleased.

Both players understood that this ban strategy was very risky, since the opposing team would definitely ban mid-lane heroes, while their own team would use all their bans on the bottom lane to relieve pressure on the bottom lane.

That would put immense pressure on the mid-lane's draft picks and bans, posing a huge challenge to the player's champion pool.

Keep in mind, the opposing team is the top mid laner in the LCK.
However, Ming Jing's ban still caused quite a stir among the audience.

The audience wasn't surprised by EDG's draft strategy.

But
"Feishin seems to be in charge of the drafting/banning today!"

I remember staring wide-eyed at the scene before me, “He was communicating with the team the whole time!”

In the past, during EDG's draft picks, Mingjing was usually the one lying down with his eyes closed, only speaking a few words when discussing mid-lane champion selection.

It seems that the coaching staff is not in good form, so they are also taking on the role of coach.
After continuous communication between the two sides, they completed the second ban.

GEN continued to target the mid lane, banning Akali.

Mingjing, on the other hand, banned the cat.

At this moment, the live stream chat was already flooded with comments.

[Holy crap, the flight instructor is here!]

[The draft picks even gave all the bans to the bot lane; they left themselves absolutely no room for error!]

[That's normal. Why would you need any margin for error when playing against a Super Might? Having a counter is enough; you can easily crush him.]

This is the God of Flight, the God of Responsibility!

[All I can say is that Fei Shen deserves it; he's the one who truly deserves the GOAT title. Da Fei should just step aside.]

Stop bragging, or you'll get crushed by Superpower. Do you really think you're invincible? It's time for the title of World's No. 1 High School to change hands.

[The funniest thing is when someone sends their child to their mother like this.]

Then came the final third ban.

GEN gave Sylas their third ban, making it a triple ban for mid laners.

In fact, GEN really likes to pick Sylas first. SuperVery Sylas has excellent proficiency and can also limit the opponent's hero selection.

However, with Aatrox still outside, GEN naturally needs to be prepared to snatch him away.

EDG didn't really intend to ban Aatrox, since the opposing top laner was Doran, so letting Aatrox go was fine, but it was a waste of their resources.

"Let's ban Karma," Mingjing suggested. "If we ban her, the enemy team will likely face Luna, so we'll pick Ashe and Braum to counter her."

At this moment, Meiko suddenly asked, "Shouldn't we ban Big Head?"

If you're targeting lane-dominating champions, Heimerdinger is a much higher priority.

But Ming Jing simply shook his head: "The other side can't afford the bulk of it."

Before the match started, Mingjing specifically asked the training team for the hero data of GEN players for the whole year.

He clearly remembered that even in the LCK league, Lehends had never picked Heimerdinger.

This support's ability is not high to begin with, lacking the flair of Beryl and Keria, and GEN doesn't have such a strong need to dominate the lane, so they have no reason to spend a lot of money.

that's the truth.

At this moment, in the GEN voice chat, Score also started asking his own support if they were confident of taking the lion's share.

But Lehends just shook his head.

He has indeed been practicing recently, but the logic of Big Head support is completely different from that of traditional support, so how could he learn it so quickly?

Score could only shake his head after hearing this, "Then let's just steal Lucian."

Lucian appeared on the first floor of GEN and locked onto it in a flash.

Upon seeing this choice, everyone in EDG nodded in agreement.

This hand can really handle a large head.

Seeing this, Maokai and the factory manager, who were also in the voice channel, were completely relieved.

It has to be said, young people really do have sharp minds.

This business plan seems to be even better than theirs.
What's the point of having them then?

Ming Jing remained expressionless, continuing to chatter on the voice chat about what would happen next.

"We'll use Ashe Braum against Luna, but don't rush to pick her yet, let Sejuani take her first."

"Next, the opponent will most likely pick Azir as their third pick, but that's a good thing. We'll just draft normally and see if we can get Ornn." Ming Jing seemed to have rehearsed this draft a million times, and GEN's subsequent development was completely under his control.

After GEN picked Nami as their second pick, they quickly picked Azir on the third floor, clearly indicating that they were prepared to drag the game into the late game.

Chaowei's Azir is also a specialty, achieving an astonishing record of 13 wins in 14 games in the LCK Summer Split, which is the root of GEN's ability to play the late-game Xuanwu formation without thinking.

If GEN had picked Azir and Luna for mid and bot lane, even T1 would be trembling in the LCK!
But Ming Jing just smiled confidently and continued to direct his teammates in the bottom lane to ban the second round of heroes.

With the support of massive amounts of data, Mingjing's draft picks can be described as flawless. He seems to make every move without much thought, and his actions are extremely fast, leaving his opponents little room to think.

However, GEN didn't have much room for drafting at this point. With Mingjing not having picked a champion yet, they could only continue to use their ban slots for the mid lane, banning Twisted Fate and Taliyah one after another.

Mingjing simply had the team ban Fryegor and Troll Warlord, and then picked Ornn as the fourth pick.

At first glance, the ban on Troll Warlord doesn't seem to make sense, but when you see Ornn locked in on the fourth pick, everything makes sense.

Since it was already decided that Ornn and Sejuani would be the two tanky carries to lead the team, the banning of Trundle was particularly important.

GEN coach Score frowned upon seeing these two picks, feeling that EDG's drafting skills seemed to have improved considerably this time.

In Score's opinion, EDG's drafting level is actually not high. After all, EDG has several players with such a wide champion pool, yet they still often make some unfavorable drafts. It can only be said that Maokai is not strong in the drafting aspect.

But this time, it was indeed a bit different. Although there was no divine intervention, the draft strategy was clear and the logic was meticulous, making it difficult to find any flaws.

There was no other way, so they could only pick Camille and Wukong's Divine Split Ueno, using the Divine Split's overpowered stats to cut down enemies.

With this, GEN's roster has been finalized.

"Well, now it depends on which hero Fei Shen will use to counter Azir. There aren't many heroes that can be chosen in the mid lane!"

I remember looking at the five mid-lane champions neatly lined up on the left side of the ban list and couldn't help but feel worried, "Even Orianna can't be picked!"

Orianna should be the most perfect choice right now, but Scout played this champion in the play-in stage and caused a bug, resulting in an indefinite ban. This is equivalent to giving GEN an extra ban slot!
Six bans for mid laners, right?

Are there any other heroes who can beat the Tsar?
LeBlanc? Yone? Ahri? Lissandra?
The three commentators guessed almost every available hero, but none of their guesses were perfect.

These heroes posed little threat to the Tsar.

Ming Jing is a man who is eccentric and prone to making strange mistakes.

Even if you ban six mid-laners, or even ten, Mingjing won't be left without any heroes to play.

Moreover, this hero pick is a sure-fire kill against GEN's lineup!

The next instant, a Yordle appeared on the screen.

The Yordle, dressed in a black cloak, had dark circles under his eyes, suggesting he hadn't slept well.

Vigus!
"Wow, here it comes!" Even the Umbrella King was surprised when he saw this choice. "That's a brilliant choice!"

"That's true!" Remember nodded emphatically. "Vigus's ability to prevent dives is a strong counter to GEN's lineup!"

"Hey turtle, is there anything new to dig up?"

[Staying up all night? Paying homage to General Tiger, huh? Does he even know how to do it?]

Are you talking nonsense? If Little Tiger can do it, how could Flying God not know it?

I'm not surprised whatever hero Fei Shen picks. This guy never looks at hero proficiency when playing games; he mostly relies on pure talent.

Indeed, he hadn't played bot lane for over a year, but when he went bot lane and played Caitlyn, he played even better than Mr. Dai.

Amidst the cacophony of comments, the lineups for both sides have now been finalized!
Blue side GEN: Top lane Camille, Jungle Wukong, Mid lane Azir, Bot lane Lucian and Nami.

Red side EDG: Top lane Ornn, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Veigan, Bot lane Ashe and Braum.

Although EDG's lineup has late-game fighting capabilities, it is definitely not comparable to GEN's four-core lineup, and they still need to accumulate advantages in the early and mid-game.

"Let's speed up the pace this game. Go straight into their bottom jungle at the start and trade jungle camps with them!"

Mingjing was still acting as the coach, pointing out the direction: "Xuanjun is playing alone in the top lane. Don't put too much pressure on him. It's okay if he dies. Just try to hold the top tower and wait for us to make our move in the bottom half of the map. This game is easy to win."

A cough came from Flandre, who could only give a soft "hmm" to indicate that he understood, as he was having difficulty speaking.

Ming Jing didn't think too much about it and normally selected Electrocute in his runes, preparing to start the game.

Although Mingjing is a well-known aspect enthusiast, this hand is indeed not suitable for aspects.

Whether Vigus can instantly kill someone is like two completely different heroes.

If you can't kill instantly, you can only be a tool to take advantage of the situation and harvest the weak, or a support character to prevent enemy advances.

But if you can kill someone instantly, it's like Xiaohu's performance against TES in the Spring Split, where his big hands dominated the entire game!
Therefore, Mingjing should not only choose Electrocute, but also the most aggressive Luden's Echo and Sorcerer's Shoes to maximize damage output!

The match started quickly!
The EDG team quickly purchased their equipment in unison and then headed to the lower half of the map!
The initial invasion strategy couldn't be clearer!
"Li Xuanjun, take a quick look at the upper jungle area. Zhao Lijie, go straight to the dragon pit and then Q into this bush."

As Mingjing traveled, he kept giving signals and directing the troops to set up their formation.

Ming Jing rarely gave such detailed instructions in the past, since everyone on the team had their own ideas, and his teammates often made brilliant decisions that even Ming Jing couldn't have imagined.

However, the current situation is special. With several teammates not in good condition, Mingjing has no choice but to take on everything and try his best to arrange everything.

Of course, this command decision was also based on Mingjing's research on GEN.

He knew that when GEN on the blue side were making defensive positioning, they would usually have Ruler stand in the bush at the entrance to the red buff area, while observing the entrance to the jungle and the back of the dragon pit.

(See below ↓)

This gives us the resources to make initial arrangements.

EDG's mid, bot, jungle, and support players deliberately took a detour, passing through the blue buff camp and entering the river. They then split into two groups: one group, led by JieJie, went into the dragon pit, while the other three advanced along the wall at the entrance of the dragon pit, using vision to reach GEN's bottom red buff area entrance.

"Can I move now?"

"OK, move!"

After saying that, Viper, who was prepared, used W [Volley of Arrows] to shoot into the bushes.

EDG doesn't have vision of the bushes, but they can observe Lucian's position by observing the changes in Ashe's skill effects.

Sure enough, the moment the arrows hit the bushes, two of them vanished, clearly indicating that someone was hiding there!

Zhao Lijie spotted this scene and decisively used a Q to knock it down!
On GEN's side, Ruler's attention was highly focused, observing both the top and bottom. However, Ashe's W shot from above, along with Vigus and Braum, drawing Ruler's attention away from it.

This resulted in him not noticing JieJie emerging from the small dragon pit in the lower right corner immediately.

By the time he realized what was happening, the old boar riding the Poro was already poking him in the face.

With a single, powerful charge, he knocked him completely bewildered!
What follows is the fear from Vigus's Q skill and the slow from Braum's Q!
Ruler's heart skipped a beat. He instinctively wanted to use Double Summon, and his fingers even moved to Purify, but in the end he gritted his teeth and chose to give up.

Using two summons to save your life is a huge waste and pointless.

Moreover, if the four opponents are determined to chase him, he won't be able to escape even if he uses both summons.

It's given. (End of Chapter)