LPL History

Chapter 235 European Scheme: Eagle Eyes, Lion Hunting Dragon City Shockwave

"FNC has banned Nidalee, Yasuo, and Alistar, while WE.A has banned Zilean, Maokai, and Kassadin! Let's take a look at FNC's picks!"

FNC player bench.

Without a second thought, my sister-in-law immediately locked in Rengar for Cyanide, the jungler.

This was a selection process they had planned beforehand.

Rengar was already very strong in this version, and Zhou Li's use of Rengar in the opening match made this jungler a must-ban or must-pick champion in the World Championship.

To date, Rengar has maintained a 100% win rate in World Championships.

"FNC directly picked Rengar on the first floor, let's see how Zhou Lihui responds... Lee Sin! Locked in!"

When WE.A locked in Lee Sin, the entire stadium erupted in cheers.

Although every jungler hero in Zhou Li's game is outstanding, if we only consider the visual impact, then it has to be his Deceptive Monk.

It's worth noting that with Zhou Li's outstanding performance in the group stage, his Lee Sin videos have already started circulating on the internet.

Zhou's triangle kill, Double Q triangle kill...

One of the most popular videos is one that UZI posted on Weibo, showing Zhou Li teaching former world number one Lee Sin player Insec how to play Lee Sin at the Royal Never Give Up base.

In the second round of hero selection, Xiye returned to his Lulu jinchūriki role, once again locking in the purple-skinned garlic.

We let Want Want have his fun once in the last game, that's enough. We can't let him have his fun every day, or he'll spit out all the milk.

FNC wasn't too surprised by WE.A's player selection.

WE.A's early-game tactics of securing lane priority in the mid lane and having their jungler invade are already well-known to other teams.

But knowing something is one thing, figuring out how to crack it is another.

For other teams, the only option is to simply remove Lulu.

FNC released Lulu because they believed they had figured out how to counter this tactic.

So when the election rights returned to FNC, they quickly locked in Twisted Fate.

Twisted Fate's wave clear ability makes him less troublesome when facing Lulu.

Furthermore, after reaching level six, Twisted Fate can use his ultimate to support his teammates, preventing skirmishes between the mid and jungle sides.

Then, in the third pick, FNC chose a hero that surprised everyone!
"FNC! They actually locked in Ashe as their third pick!!"

Miller's questioning voice came from the commentary booth.

As one of the oldest champions in League of Legends, Ashe is a name known to almost every Summoner.

I even felt sorry for Hanbing because of her love story with the prematurely deceased barbarian king.

However, despite her widespread fame, Ashe has rarely appeared in professional matches in the current version.

Even in casual games, its appearance rate is not high.

There are many reasons for this, such as being too weak in the early laning phase, being unable to damage the front line in the late game, and lacking any mobility skills.

If you want to know what her strengths are—

Compared to the current meta ADCs, she has virtually no advantages.

So FNC's sudden decision to bring out this ADC, which isn't even a decent alternative, naturally surprised many people.

Bella thought for a moment and then said:

"It feels like this ice was brought out specifically to target Zhou Li!"

Miller immediately understood what Bella was saying!

"Now that you mention it, it really makes sense! Otherwise, I can't think of any other reason!"

Ashe's E skill, Eagle Strike, is a skill that grants vision across the entire map.

Clearly, FNC wants to use this skill to limit Zhou Li's effectiveness.

For any jungler, mystery is of utmost importance.

Once your location is revealed, it means you might not be able to do anything for at least the next three minutes.

They even have to be wary of the danger of being invaded by the other side.

Seeing FNC's draft picks, Zhou Li frowned. Good grief, they're definitely targeting him!

"Lucian, Thresh!"

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, the old scoundrel Sima became visibly excited.

If they manage to secure such a strong bot lane duo, the team will obviously need to focus their early game strategy around the bot lane.

As far as Zhou Li is concerned, since FNC has chosen to sacrifice its lane to target him, he will naturally attack the crippled leg of your team!

The right to vote has returned to the FNC.

Seeing WE.A's bot lane duo, FNC locked in Morgana again.

Morgana is not a mainstream champion in the support role, and FNC can be said to be the first team to put this champion in the support role on the world stage.

The purpose was to counter WE.A's aggressive team fights in the bottom lane.

Then, in the final draft, FNC locked in Rumble.

My sister-in-law's face radiated absolute confidence as she smiled and said:

"I didn't expect WE.A to actually substitute Khan today. It seems like Flandre can only play tanky heroes, right?"

FNC's lineup in this game clearly relies on him, the top laner, to step up.

The thought of facing the Khan made my sister-in-law, a top laner who is used to enduring pressure, feel a bit of a shock.

But unexpectedly, the player he was facing this time was the "team-oriented top laner" Flandre.

This moment instantly gave my sister-in-law confidence.

What his sister-in-law didn't know was that Flandre played more defensive and team-oriented roles in WE.A, not because he couldn't play mechanically skilled top lane fighters, but because Khan couldn't handle pressure!

Zhou Lirang Khan and Flandre from taking turns, not because Khan was stronger than Flandre, but because Khan could give him buffs, and Khan needed more training.

The right to vote has returned to WE.A.

Seeing that FNC had locked in Rumble, Zhou Li knew that he couldn't let Flandre sacrifice himself again this game.

If you can't put pressure on Rumble in lane, he becomes very powerful in team fights once he gets ahead. He can even burn an ADC to death with his ultimate.

"Holy Gun Bro, wanna try using the Shockwave?"

After asking his question, Zhou Li added, "If you're going to play Shockwave, you need to be prepared to take on two opponents at once. This time, the enemy team has both Ashe and Twisted Fate, so I can only help you out in the early game."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Saint Gunner clearly hesitated.

But that old scoundrel Sima spoke up:

"Go ahead and play, even Lulu's jinchūriki is playing Yasuo."

Upon hearing Sima Laozei's words, Holy Gun Bro nodded.

"Okay, then it'll be Jess!"

Jayce, with his long reach advantage, can perfectly suppress Rumble in the top lane.

However, the biggest problem is that when a long-range character attacks a short-range character, pushing the lane and pressuring the tower is an unavoidable situation, making them very easy to get caught and killed.

Once Jayce gets caught out once or twice and can no longer exert pressure in lane, this champion becomes essentially useless.

However, the main reason Zhou Li let Flandre play Jayce was because...

At this point, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side: FNC Esports Club VS Red side: WE.A Esports Club.

Top lane: (Soaz) UZI VS (Flandre) UZI.

Jungler: (Cyanide) The Pride of the Hunter VS (Li) Lee Sin.

Mid Lane: (xPeke) Twisted Fate VS (Xiye) Purple Garlic.

ADC: (Rekkles) Ashe VS (smlz) Lucian.

Support: (YellowStar) Fallen Angel VS (ming) Thresh.

(End of this chapter)