You actually want me to...

However, IG struggles against teams like TES with a vast roster of champions.

If you lock down all the flex picks, there are only a few strong meta picks available.

If you pick Moon Man, I'll play Miss Fortune + Syndra. Knight's Syndra win rate is well-known.

You're going to pick Syndra? I'll just play Aphelios and Ekko. I'm confident my AD carry can guarantee late-game damage output. Do you dare? You dare my ass.

Of course, if you pick Troll Warlord, Wuhu, Syndra + Aphelios, the game is over immediately.

This is IG's problem. During this period, IG's draft picks were extremely difficult. The five professional players could only come up with a very limited number of hero combinations. This was the most difficult part for IG at this time, especially since they also had to take into account LeYe's hero pool.

then

IG: Aphelios, Lee Sin, LeBlanc

TES: Miss Fortune, Syndra, Rek'Sai

"As expected, banning all long-range top laners leaves the opponent with no choice but to gamble on mid and bot lane. Coach, you're doing a great job."

"Don't exaggerate, anyone you pick from the comments could do this."

"Actually, it doesn't have to be that complicated. I have a way to make IG automatically collapse and let us win without lifting a finger. I'll quietly go over and ban Rookie offline. That way, we'll still have a support, but they won't have a mid laner. What do you guys think?"

"Your words are truly invaluable."

Ignoring this guy's outburst, in the second round of bans, both sides tacitly banned all support champions: Nautilus, Leona, Braum, and Taric.

You ban offensive support, I ban defensive support, and we all have a bright future.

Then...

Roland pulled out a Raven on his fourth pick, which completely stunned everyone in IG, especially the coach, whose eyes widened in disbelief.

Damn it, I forgot about that trick.

Sett is a no-go, because Sett is only viable in games with many melee champions. IG already has two high-flying champions in their first three picks, so picking Sett will get you kited to death. Blitzcrank is also a no-go; missing his hook is a recipe for disaster, especially if the enemy support hasn't picked him yet.

But crows are different.

It can initiate fights, deal damage, scout vision, and provide long-range support. It also has a strong presence in lane. Its only drawbacks are its fragility, low margin for error (warding is risky), and the need for practice.

But when playing against IG, they don't need to worry about vision control.

After thinking for a while, I picked Ornn and Morgana to improve their tankiness and crowd control.

Similarly, the moment they saw Morgana, Aban and White Crescent both widened their eyes and slammed their hands on the table: "Damn it, we forgot about this trick up our sleeve."

Morgana, commonly known as the "strategy terminator" or "JKL's nemesis," is a hero with a special Noble Phantasm against JKL. Her E skill's shield can also negate the control effects of crows. She is the kind of hero that most people pick when they can't think of a support hero to pick in ranked matches.

However, its drawbacks are equally obvious: it is fragile and weak in online play.

Then there's nothing more to say.

When it comes to Ornn, you absolutely have to pick Aatrox. TES also picked him as their fifth pick, and 369 also checked off Aatrox's season victory skin.

If this weren't a competitive match and not a ranked game, 369 might have already subconsciously selected the TGP talent: "Who is Lee Sang-hyeok? I will end his life. Infinite Firepower One-Hit Kill Aatrox talent is equipped."

The competition has now officially begun.

Metamorphosis: Chapter 18: There's Only One Master in the LPL

In this game, judging from the lineup alone, IG will undoubtedly face much more pressure.

While Ornn and Aphelios maintained their late-game strength, the early-game tempo was entirely dependent on the mid-jungle duo of Lee Sin and LeBlanc. Although most IG fans still had considerable trust in Rookie during this period, they didn't have the same trust in him.

To be fair, Le Ye is quite a genius in some respects.

Other professional players earn their own living through their own efforts. But he's different; he earns his own money to pay the league's salaries, truly a philanthropist in the LPL. Of course, he's also one of those players who are both controversial and popular. I won't go into the bad things he's done, but perhaps the only thing he's somewhat commendable for is that, despite already being broke, he still managed to pull out 2 RMB from his own pocket and donate it.

It has its pros and cons, but the cons outweigh the pros.

Getting back to the game, this match was essentially a contest between the mid and jungle players of both sides. Both teams relied on their mid and jungle players as the engine of the early game, and whichever team's mid and jungle players could make a move first would be able to exert their strength first.

As for ganking the jungler at the start of the game?

That's completely unnecessary.

IG knew that TES had a Swain with a long-range W to open vision, so they couldn't fool the opponent. They simply started farming in the top half of the jungle and then went down to farm, since with this kind of lineup, Rek'Sai would definitely run to the bottom lane at level three.

TES also knew that Rookie would definitely gain lane priority early on, and that he could easily ward with his W. So they decided to just go all out and fight. Karsa didn't bother to hide either, took the red buff and started heading down, just following the script.

Without a jungler in the top lane, it's impossible for kills to happen. Both junglers revealed their strategies at the start, and it's relatively difficult to kill in the mid lane before level 6. The early game tempo really lies in the bottom lane.

"That's so disgusting! That Morgana on the other side, leveled up E at level 2?" Roland was stunned as he watched as the enemy's Morgana successfully blocked his own skill with an E skill shield, while simultaneously canceling the control effect.

What the heck? Weren't you guys supposed to be unbeatable in the bot lane during the regular season?

What about your dignity?

Where is your ambition?

Why don't you learn a trick like QW betting on JKL and then Q, instead of playing cowardly?

Ugh, disgusting, absolutely disgusting, disgusting!!!

"Alright, it's not like you're not trying to annoy the other side. You've practically seen their underwear." JKL timed his attack to Q a minion and bounce it off, chipping away at the opponent's health while simultaneously finishing off the siege minion with a perfectly executed auto-attack.

Hey, it feels so comfortable.

Without Morgana's "gutter oil" (a term used to describe a specific type of enemy), he wouldn't even need to position himself. According to the veterans, as long as I don't move, I'm still moving; hiding behind minions means Morgana can't Q him, right?

This Morgana with her level 2 E skill is practically an angel to him.

Nothing.

IG's bot lane started to play steadily. With the Ineffective Shield and Red Blade, JackeyLove and Aban couldn't even engage in a fight. Karsa glanced at the jungle from afar, then decided to give up on ganking, cleared the jungle camps, circled around, and ran back up.

"I'm outta here, you guys can continue with Shakespeare in the bot lane."

"I didn't want this either, Ka-ge, but there's a jerk on the other side." Roland clicked his tongue, also feeling that the bottom lane was a bit boring, but he didn't get carried away, since judging from the time, the enemy Lee Sin would be arriving in the bottom lane soon.

When the next W skill cooldown arrived, he threw out another skill, and sure enough, the enemy bot lane's Malphite had been cleared by Lee Sin.

This is why the two teams' lineups seem very passionate in the early stages, but in reality, it's just bromance.

With the excavator's vision control, the W skill's flashlight, and the trinket ward, aside from some Olympic referee, any normal person could see the enemy jungler from a great distance; they wouldn't be so blind. However, it's not entirely without advantages; at least their bot lane can now truly push freely.

So, not long after the junglers returned home, countless viewers once again saw these two idiots in the bottom lane blocking the outer turret and harassing the enemy, which was truly astonishing.

[A classic 2v3 bot lane duo; the dominance of these two is simply incredible.]

JKL has truly ascended to godhood. Ever since he switched support like that other player, his laning style has started to look off.

[Holy crap? Is there a fight breaking out in the top lane? Director, cut to that shot!]

[Quick, director, pay attention to the timing of entering the factory, don't let the player kill you instantly.]

While the bottom lane was dominating the opponent, a conflict also broke out in the top lane. After both junglers returned to base, they almost simultaneously headed towards the top lane.

As a result, the two sides started fighting again.

First of all, everyone says that Ornn only becomes a game-changer at level 11, but in reality, his damage in the early levels is also very high. If you get hit by a full combo on Aatrox, the damage will be quite considerable.

Since the bottom lane had lane priority at the beginning, Karsa greedily got a set of river crabs, so in this wave, it was actually the Lee Sin from the top lane who arrived first.

Ornn used Q, waited a while, then used E to dash in, but 369 dodged and the knock-up failed.

It's okay, I can still open a W account and burn through the money.

Lee Sin uses W on Ornn, then uses E to slam the ground, followed by another Q.

This time, 369 used Flash to dodge.

Seeing his summoner spells on cooldown, 369 couldn't resist calling for reinforcements.

"Brother Ka, do you know what it feels like to go from being overjoyed to being devastated while waiting for someone?"

"I know."

"I know you're not coming to my rescue right now, my head is about to be smashed to pieces by the enemy jungler."

"Here we are, remember to keep up."

Although they were a little slower due to farming jungle camps, the Rek'Sai is inherently highly mobile, so she arrived at the battlefield not too late. Charging over the wall and knocking up Lee Sin, combined with Aatrox's counter-attack, TES caught IG off guard.

finally

One for one (flash), both sides stop when they've made their move.

After all, he's a monk, and he's compassionate and doesn't like killing, so let's let it go this time. The main problem is that Shy is playing Ornn, which makes it hard to keep up with the damage output. If he picked Lucian, wouldn't he instantly become a Gatling gun? He'd be spinning like crazy, mercifully saving everyone, and smashing the enemy's head to pieces.

Unfortunately, long-range AD carries were all banned.

That's how professional matches are. Unless you have a lot of people fighting against a few, in small-scale team fights with equal numbers of players, it usually just involves exchanging summoner spells.

Just like a sparring match between a man and a woman, it's usually just an experience, and protective measures are usually taken very well.

After all, if things really turn out badly, everyone only has so little money in their pockets, they can't afford to support each other, right?

Just as both sides called for a retreat and began to distance themselves.

Suddenly, a system announcement came from the top of the canyon.

[TES_JackeyLove kills IG_Southwind]

First Blood!

[IG_Puff kills TES_JackeyLove]

One for one?

The players and spectators alike were initially stunned, then their minds raced. Although they didn't know what had happened, judging from the system notification alone, it seemed TES's bot lane had suffered a loss?

Just as everyone was about to shift their attention to the bottom lane, another familiar notification sound suddenly rang out in the sky above the Rift:

[TES Bans and Kills IG Puff]

Contestants, director, audience: ???

What... happened?

Metamorphosis: Chapter Nineteen: Goal!

If we rewind a few seconds, the events actually happened quite simply.