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Chapter 251 "The Undying Demon King!"

"Welcome to the 2021 MSI Showdown! Our first exciting match today is between LGD and DK!"

Just hearing the names of these two teams made Guan Zeyuan, who was in the commentary booth, almost unable to hold back his smile.

A rematch of last year's final!
This year, MSI, the old rivals, finally met again after a long time.

The image on the big screen was now showing the battlegrounds on both sides.

LGD has been on a winning streak all the way, so they are naturally quite relaxed and comfortable.

On DK's side, there wasn't a trace of a smile in Xu Ge's eyes.

He certainly understands that no team can stay at the top of the world forever.

Last year was my only chance in my life, and this year's MSI is also my only chance in my life.

He also reflected a lot during last year's runner-up competition.

He needs to do better to help the team defeat an opponent of LGD's strength.

"call!"

Brother Xu clenched his fists, in his prime, as the representative of his own region.

How can we lose to the same opponent again!

Both sides quickly entered the BP interface. Optimistically speaking, DK has the priority to choose sides in this game.

They naturally chose the blue side.

Both sides quickly banned the first three items.

DK banned Renekton, Varus, and Thresh, while LGD banned Senna, Morgana, and Twisted Fate.

Both sides gave a lot of leeway in the mid lane, except for one pick of Twisted Fate.

As the blue side, DK didn't hesitate at all and immediately picked Udyr for the jungle position.

With the nerf to the Alchemy Forge, Udyr has also been significantly weakened, but as a tempo jungler, Udyr is still very useful in the early game.

Koma looked at Canyon thoughtfully; this version was a big test for Canyon, who was good at jungle carry.

Ironically, it's Peanut's comfort zone. It's quite a coincidence that both Canyon and Peanut debuted as junglers.

Canyon and Peanut both coached themselves during the transitions when they needed to become "tool players" due to version changes.

"Wanghu? My beloved disciple, let me see how you're different now at LGD compared to back then, right?"

LGD didn't hesitate at all, immediately locking in GALA's most comfortable Kai'Sa, along with a support Nautilus.

There are still quite a few options for the mid lane position, so LGD isn't in a rush.

On the contrary, DK pulled out some very unexpected combinations in their next two picks.

"A double marksman team of Tristana and Lucian?"

Among the various commentary streams, PDD unusually started the "101" segment.

Nowadays, as a boss, I usually only come to watch the key games.

"DK's Lucian can still be flexible? LGD should probably save their mid laner position for last!"

Teacher Piao opened his phone: "Brothers, let's get some barbecue to watch the game!"

He started looking at his phone with a smug look on his face.

In LGD's voice chat, Mai Zijian immediately sensed that Koma wanted to use a Lucian flex pick.

"Brother Chicken, do you want to release it now or later?"

"I can wait until later, I have heroes who can counter Lucian!"

Di Wu nodded. If Lucian were a mid-laner, he could handle that pick.

Peanut smiled slightly.
"Ding!"

LGD picked Olaf as their third pick.

Little Flower breathed a sigh of relief!

Coach Kkoma!

He was the most important coach for me during my transition to jungling, and he gave me a lot of insights and taught me a great deal.

He was also the head coach of SKT back then!
"Peanut's Olaf is here! LGD's second championship skin!!"

Guan Zeyuan, who was in the commentary booth, was very quick to pick up on this information.

"It's worth mentioning that DK's coach is Kkoma, the former SKT three-time world champion coach, who also coached Peanut!"

The chat in the official live stream room was also buzzing with discussion.

Peanut: Coach Kkoma, look at my championship skin!

"Kkoma: I've taught you so much so that you can assist Faker, not find a new Faker!"

"Hahahaha, Koma never expected that what he taught himself would come back to haunt him!"

"The wind rises over Iceland, recalling the Bird's Nest battle of yesteryear; the stars fall from the crown, yet the former master still weeps with his face covered."

"That shove back then! It created a second timeline! It hurt, it hurt so much!"

Both sides quickly entered the second round of the ban/pick phase, with Koma banning Diwu's Akali and Galio.

LGD banned Leona and Alistar, leading to the second round of the draft phase.

"Ding!"

Flandre immediately picked up a Gragas for the top lane position in the top lane.

This is a top lane pick that isn't too afraid of Lucian in the top lane. Gragas is a champion that completely depends on whether the player can handle him.

It's perfect for an experienced player like Flandre.

This also prevents Lucian from playing a top-mid flex pick.

After some deliberation, DK picked Sett as their last two picks, first choosing him as a support.

They can bring in a Titan who can initiate team fights, and in the top lane, they pulled out one of their signature skills from the LCK.

Khan's Sion!
In this match, DK confirmed Lucian's mid-lane position, and this draft also indicates their intention to give the ball to their two carry marksmen.

"Mid lane Lucian!"

Di Wu couldn't help but smile.
"Ding!"

LGD immediately locked in Pantheon as their last pick.

???

The moment Xu Ge saw Pantheon, his pupils trembled slightly.

Pantheon!?
Pantheon from Gnik?
Is it for mid lane? This scenario seems vaguely familiar.

Brother Xu couldn't help but clench his fists.
Unexpectedly, Pantheon himself didn't get to experience this move last year, but he'll have to face it again this year.

Even Koma was a little stunned. He really hadn't considered this Pantheon pick. LGD hadn't used it once during the entire Spring Split.

Did they suddenly pull out Pantheon at this moment?

"They are under a lot of pressure in terms of rhythm. With Pantheon picked, there will only be one damage dealer on the right side in the late game!"

Koma quickly analyzed LGD's lineup, but in this game, the mid-lane Lucian couldn't exert pressure as he had expected.

Lucian isn't the type to deal sustained damage quickly; on the contrary, Pantheon has a powerful E skill.

Xu Ge in the mid lane will be under a lot of pressure in this match!
"Shall we take it slow? It'll be much easier later on with the Whirlwind!"

Brother Xu pursed his lips without changing his expression.

"Gnik's Pantheon is here! LGD should speed things up this game!"

On the second lane, Piao Laoshi watched as Di Wu picked Pantheon as his last pick. This hero was chosen to speed up the game, even though the damage was increased.

However, it is still easy to find that the person cannot be found later.

"I didn't have a chance to use it last year, so I'll show it to you again this year!"

Lao Piao couldn't help but smirk. The lineups for both sides were locked.

Blue side: DK
Top Lane: Sion

Jungler: Udyr
Mid Lane: Lucian
Bottom lane: Tristana and Sett

Purple side: LGD
Top Order: Gragas

Jungler: Olaf
Mid lane: Pantheon

Bottom Lane: Kai'Sa and Nautilus
Once the game started, LGD took the initiative.

LGD's signal is constantly pinging DK's F6.

At level one, LGD headed straight for DK's jungle.

Although Beryl placed a ward at the entrance to the river from F6, LGD's four players grouping up was an open tactic to invade their jungle.

With a level 1 Pantheon and a level 1 Nautilus, once you get hit by W and follow up with Nautilus's hook, there's absolutely no chance for you to use any skills.

"In that case, we need to switch jungle areas!"

At this moment, Canyon saw that the position had already been occupied, and there was nothing he could do about it.

LGD grouped up and went straight into the jungle; if DK still wanted to go and check, that would be fine.

You might get caught out by Titan and Pantheon, so the safest way to play is to switch jungle camps.

However, switching jungle camps like this makes no sense for Udyr to be in the top half of the map.

The barrels are hard to catch, and even if you do catch them, they don't have much strategic significance.

The effect of self-farming and Sion's own farming is definitely not as effective as double C farming!

Um.
"I can let the mid lane go, I'll rush to level 3 in the top half and come straight to mid to find this Pantheon!"

Canyon quickly decided to change their strategy, aiming to kill Pantheon in the mid lane in this match.

He could even go directly into Peanut's jungle and, with his own bot lane having a strong early game composition, enter LGD's jungle.

"Okay, no problem!"

Brother Xu nodded in agreement, planning to lay out a line in the early stages.

The two sides swapped their top and bottom lanes, and Di Wu immediately turned around and placed a ward on F6.

"He might come after me in a fast-paced, three-way attack, oh dear! You'd better come directly too!"

Di Wu pinged the location of his own red buff.

Having Peanut come directly would ensure that he can play comfortably in the mid lane, and Canyon has a certain probability of having to make a change.

If he quickly reaches level 3 and comes to lower his health, he will have a hard time making any moves in the early game.

Little Peanut, you absolutely must come directly!
"OK! No problem!"

Peanut nodded, and Di Wu and Xu Ge in the mid lane immediately started dancing, both wanting to control the lane.

Both junglers followed the same route from the red buff area to mid, and Udyr and Olaf cleared the buff at roughly the same speed.

However, when Udyr was clearing F6, he was exposed to the F6 ward placed by Diwu.

"Udyr's here! Bro, I can come too, I'll come straight here!"

Keria glanced at the mid lane. Although he was only level two, the two sides had swapped jungle camps in the early game.

DK's bot lane duo couldn't be pressured, giving DK room to maneuver.

GALA won't face much minion pressure in the bottom lane.

"If I show up, GALA, you'd better back off!"

Before Keria left, she gave GALA some instructions, and GALA just nodded silently.

The director's vision was still focused on the mid lane, where Peanut had already finished farming and was stuck at the narrow pass between F6 and the mid lane.

Udyr, on the other hand, has already begun to build up his passive abilities.

"Brother Chicken, wait for me."

"It's okay, I can sell it. They can't possibly buy it in a second!"

Di Wu, seeing Xu Ge's expression, knew that Udyr had arrived from the side and behind.

Di Wu showed no intention of retreating or turning back to put pressure on Lucian. Seeing this, Xu Ge naturally understood Di Wu's thoughts.

Wanting to directly reduce his own health, Xu immediately used his E skill to retreat and create distance.

Udyr flashed and slapped Pantheon directly.

The moment Xu Ge's W skill landed on Pantheon, he followed up with two shots with his Q skill, then immediately fired two more shots, maximizing the damage output of the Charge skill.

Pantheon lost most of his health in an instant, and Olaf only came up from behind at that moment.

Brother Xu narrowed his eyes slightly. At this moment, his decision was actually quite perfect; he chose to retreat directly to pull himself back.

Since Udyr has already used Phase Rush, if Pantheon doesn't use his abilities, it's enough to kill Pantheon.

As long as he didn't get hit by Olaf's W and follow up with damage, he chose to distance himself.

Diwu used his W to sit directly on Udyr, and then used QA to stack his passive.

He instantly gained full Conqueror buffs, but still didn't use his E skill immediately.

Although he recovered a little bit of health, it was still less than 200 points.

"Huh? Can you do it in a second? Follow me."

Canyon quickly spoke up, and Xu hesitated for a moment before flashing forward, wanting to finish off the remaining damage together with Udyr.

The instant he flashed out, Di Wu immediately activated his E skill, mitigating the damage from the two of them in an instant.

When Peanut saw Lucian use Flash, he didn't hesitate at all. The moment he flashed forward, the red and white giant axe flew towards Lucian.

Brother Xu immediately turned and retreated, narrowly avoiding the axe blow.

"Wanghu, watch Udyr first, don't let Chicken Brother die!"

Keria has already come over from behind the blue buff in the lower half of the map, where the fruit bounces from the jungle to the narrow pass of the mid-lane tower.

After Peanut forced Lucian away, he immediately turned around and focused fire on Udyr for Diwu.

Seeing that Pantheon's health was only a little over 100 points, Diwu used a full stack of Conqueror's AQA combo.

Keria held on again, landing a hook on Udyr.

Di Wu countered with an A!

"First Blood!"

hiss!
Canyon stared at the black and white screen in front of him with a sense of despair. Why did the Titan come up here?
Beryl was also taken aback. Should they just leave at level 2?
He immediately flashed forward and used his E skill to try and find GALA, but GALA reacted very quickly and also used Flash to dodge the E skill.

"This is so painful! Canyon, Chicken Bro's E was too hard to hold!"

"He's still alive!"

Miller saw Pantheon with only a sliver of blood left.
A frog-shaped question mark immediately appeared on Di Wu's forehead.

"Brother Chicken, let's play around here!"

The director also focused the camera on LGD's Di Wu in front of the platform.

Di Wu extended his index finger to prevent it from reaching his mouth.
Koma, in the DK lounge, was grinding his back teeth so hard they were almost crushed.

From God's perspective, he knew that LGD was consciously counter-ganking.

Udyr's position at F6 has been completely exposed.

But Di Wu sold it to such an extreme extent.
"The Immortal Demon King!"

He thought of someone familiar once again!

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(End of this chapter)