The vanguards responsible for the first battle in the two divisions are announced.
LCK sent KT to play, seemingly hoping to secure a point.
The LPL pressed EDG, betting that the LCK would send KT.
"Nice! Coach Wolong, you really guessed it right. KT will play the first game of LCK!" Feng Ge said excitedly.
"There is no clear distinction between the strengths and weaknesses of the four LCK teams. If you want to win the first game, you will most likely choose KT, a team that knows the LPL inside and out. However, everything has two sides. For KT's mid-range
I think there is no team that knows the bottom lane better than EDG." Zhuge Liang said unhurriedly.
"Since we have successfully caught KT, let us EDG clean up the house!" Abu said confidently.
As Zhuge Liang said, EDG back then was like a precision machine, with Pawn and Deft as two of its key parts. EDG naturally had detailed parameters and values on its hands.
In addition to the information collected and compiled by the entire LPL, WE also imitated KT's style and had several emergency training games with EDG in the past two days. To put it bluntly, EDG has basically understood KT!
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The teams from both sides took the stage and began to debug the equipment.
Wawa: "Our players and coaches look quite relaxed. They seem to think that EDG will be a good draw against KT?"
Changmao: "After watching so many days of games, I think KT is probably the strongest team in the LCK. KT is compatible with the play styles of the LPL and LCK. It has excellent personal abilities and knows how to operate. It feels like it is invulnerable."<
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Miller: "But KT failed to achieve the ultimate in both styles. If you want to beat KT, you either have to be better than it in overall ability, or you have to be more extreme than it in a certain style."
The former is like WE, which is not inferior to KT in every aspect, and even outperforms KT. It is quite easy to win against KT.
As for the latter, OMG only has the best individual strength in the middle and lower levels, and overall cannot crush KT with operations. The same is true for RNG, and it is easy to fall into the dilemma of single-core being restrained by multi-core.
Only EDG, which has been honing its stable operation for many years, at least surpasses KT at the tactical level, and its personal ability is not necessarily a hindrance.
Therefore, from the analysis of team characteristics, EDG is also the most suitable choice to go up and compete with KT while retaining WE's king bomb.
Entering the bp stage.
The LPL, which ranked higher in the group stage, had priority in selecting sides. EDG came to the blue side and banned Jayce.
Playing tricks is just fun, and letting KT get Jayce to swing will definitely not be a good thing.
KT backhand banned Galio. In the knockout stage, all four LPL teams have used the Galio system and played it very skillfully.
EDG subsequently banned Qinggangying. Compared with the more eccentric Jian Ji, Qinggangying's single-band system can be called the standard top laner in the LCK.
Immediately after KT sent Skateboard Shoes to the ban position, EDG's newcomer iboy used this hero many times in the knockout stage, which had very good results.
In the last position, EDG got the plane.
The mid-lane aircraft, combined with the ADC to form a late-stage double shooter, has gradually become popular, and the winning rate is not low.
The most used hero by Pawn in this global competition is Airplane, and the statistics are quite terrifying.
KT thought for a moment and blocked Luo, the first support brother.
Entering the pick phase, EDG decisively grabbed the excavator on the first floor.
The junglers of both teams are experienced veterans, and the hero pool is bottomless. Even if they spend all their ban slots, it will be difficult to achieve a targeted effect.
The significance of seizing the excavator is to strengthen the factory director's screen-peeping ability and make it easier to do things.
KT chose Ice and Zyra on the first and second floors. Mr. Dai and Mata seemed to look down on EDG's bottom lane and wanted to gain an advantage in the lane.
Not to be outdone, EDG decided to deal with Morgana and Xayah.
KT protected the jungler on the third floor and got Zach for Score.
Entering the second round, EDG banned Victor and Kenan.
KT later banned the Rock Bird and Crocodile.
On the fourth floor, KT got the clockwork and left the counter position to the top order.
EDG Kleda Ekko greatly enhances the ability to enter the field and start a group.
In the end, KT revealed the prince on the fifth floor.
Wawa: "The lineups of both sides are confirmed. KT chose a lineup with a strong tactic, and it feels like they are strong in teamfighting. On the other side, EDG has a lineup that focuses on tempo, and has a strong ability to catch singles."
Miller: "I think Smeb wanted to take Sword Queen in the end, but KT's midfielder was Clockwork and Zac. If he added Sword Queen, he would be too disadvantaged in the first half. Therefore, KT's coach gave him a
Prince, in addition to strengthening the initiative in the early and mid-term, he can also better coordinate with KT’s big moves.”
Changmao: "To be honest, EDG's lineup is really not afraid of being forced to open. On the contrary, KT's lineup is a bit bulky."
Looking at the lineups of both sides, the three commentators believe that EDG’s lineup is better.
Today's KT seems to be a little too stable.
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Entering the game, everyone in EDG rushed to the road.
Obviously, this wave has a special design.
I saw five people coming to the first tower on the upper road together, and then divided into two groups.
The excavator and Morgana, who entered the underground state, kept moving up the grass along the upper road until they stopped at the top of the grass near the first tower of KT's upper road.
At the same time, Kled, Ike, and Xayah walked to the right into the grass in the river.
As soon as the three of them entered the grass, they saw the prince walking out of the triangular grass above and inserting ornament eyes into the equilateral triangle between the canyon pioneer wall and the river grass.
The three of them did not act rashly when they saw this, and still crouched patiently.
It was just that Smeb very carefully inserted a military flag into the grass to explore the field of vision, and immediately inserted the three people inside.
The three of them immediately pretended to leave in anger and exited the river grass.
However, Smeb, who thought he had solved the disaster, did not know that the danger was quietly approaching.
The moment the prince emerged, the excavator and Morgana quietly inserted themselves diagonally and got stuck on the right wall.
The director was very professional in giving KT's view, and the excavator and Morgana were just stuck at the angle between the defense tower and the prince's view.
The moment the prince called back, Morgana fired a Q that was almost close to the face, leaving no room for Smeb to react.
Then the excavator was connected to the control, and the long control chain had already sentenced the prince to death.
In the end, Yuxia's feather blade took the head.
Wawa: "Wow! EDG's first-level team design, isn't it so exquisite?"
Changmao: "EDG must have carefully studied KT's first-level positioning habits before formulating such a routine!"
Miller: "Good guy, I guess Smeb didn't expect EDG to ambush that position due to stuck vision. When he ran into the factory director and Meiko head-on, he almost jumped out of his chair!"
The director showed the prince's first-person replay again. He said one thing after another: Smeb is really not to blame for this incident. Anyone else would be confused.
EDG's vision is stuck, it's like a ghost hitting a wall!
It’s too detailed. EDG has prepared too many things for this first-level design.
Excavator and Morgana scanned out to ensure that there were no wards in the grass, paving the way for the successful sight of the card.
The expressions made by the remaining three people in the grass were the essence. Smeb's cautious e-skill to open up the field of vision turned into a fatal misdirection.