January 24th
SKT finally ushered in the first game of the new season.
Before the game started, the players were already in place in the lounge backstage.
Counting the substitute regular players and coaches, there are ten people in total.
The two sofas facing each other were obviously not enough to sit on, so the staff had to temporarily bring in a few wooden chairs to save the situation.
Sister Li's status was respected, so naturally she and Su Yuhang could share a sofa to themselves. Even though there was a large empty seat next to it, no one dared to take the initiative to sit on it.
Even the newcomers Blossom and Thal, during their more than ten days together, have figured out the situation in the team and learned about the little Jiujiu that Sister Li hides in her heart.
Naturally, they would not sit next to Su Yuhang boredly.
Instead, he squeezed into another sofa with other teammates, silently playing with his mobile phone.
The remaining players rested on wooden chairs with their eyes closed, silently waiting for the game to start.
Kim Jeong-hoon, the coach, sat in the corner.
While stroking the dandelions in his arms, he flipped through the notebooks recording the styles of each team.
This time the opponent is the familiar KT team, having played against them in the KeSPA Cup finals before.
As a team that relies on the stable performance of the mid-range and bottom half, the top and jungle are their only breakthrough.
The reason why they were able to defeat KT three to one before was due to the good performance of Untara and Blank.
One is strong online and the other is proactive in ganking.
Otherwise, it will drag on smoothly to the middle and late stages, and it’s really hard to say who will win and who will lose. The previous forty-five-minute ‘bladder game’ is the best proof.
In addition, with the addition of new jungle substitutes this time, the lineup will be more flexible and changeable, and there will be more tactical styles and BP ideas that need to be prepared.
Therefore, the small book is densely filled with different information.
"Now everyone, please put down what you are doing." Jin Zhenxun clapped his hands.
The lazily resting team members immediately sat up and gathered around, waiting for the coach's instructions.
"KT will not have any personnel changes in the new season and will still maintain the same lineup as before."
"Therefore, I think we can continue the tactics of the previous K Cup. While ensuring the development of the bottom lane, we can start the linkage between the mid and upper jungle."
In the fourth game of the finals, SKT used an almost perfect linkage between the midfield, top and jungle, driving the overall rhythm and winning the game.
"So I will arrange Su Yuhang to play in the first game, with the purpose of stabilizing the development of the bottom lane." She continued, "Park Yizhen will be on the top lane, and Jiang Shanjiu will be the jungler."
"The other players and I were watching the game in the lounge. We will wait until the first game is over before making adjustments to the personnel."
Kim Jeong-hoon determines the final lineup.
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OGN TV
"Hello everyone, welcome to the LCK Spring Split stage." Jin Zhixian smiled and nodded, "The two teams participating in the competition are SKT and KT. This is the second time the two teams have met after the KeSPA Cup finals."
"Previously, SKT defeated KT with a score of three to one and won the KeSPA Cup." Zhou Yongjun nodded, "I don't know who will win the final victory this time."
"We have received the starting lineups of SKT and KT," said Kim Ji-hyun.
On the big screen of the live broadcast, the names of the members of the two teams suddenly appeared.
"It's still the familiar lineup that won the K Cup." Zhou Yongjun couldn't help but chuckle, "And there are no changes on KT's side. It seems that the coaches of both sides are planning to face off again with familiar lineups."
"Senior Zhou Yongjun, which side do you prefer?" Jin Zhixian turned his face.
"I can't tell which side to choose." Zhou Yongjun hesitated for a while, "It depends on the coach's tactical thinking. SKT can not only rely on Su Yuhang, but also link up the midfield, top and jungle. It depends on how coach Kkoma chooses."
The domestic HuYa platform is also broadcasting it at the same time.
"The rosters of both sides are exactly the same as those in the previous KeSPA Cup final." Zeyuan pushed up the frame on the bridge of his nose. "It seems that the coaches of both sides intend to play another match with the same lineup."
"Most likely Kkoma felt that the previous winning lineup was relatively good, so they didn't make any changes." Rita said on the side.
"It's still a familiar recipe, and it's still a familiar taste."
"The same lineup collides again."
"SKT go ahead, let's let one chase three again!"
"Upstairs, please wake up, this is a BO3 competition system, not a BO5 competition system."
"If you don't let SKT let Er Chai Meng win."
"The War Between the News Agencies."
"KT come on, we must avenge our shame!"
Amid the cheers of the audience, the players from both sides began to enter the stadium.
After a short equipment test, it enters the BP stage.
KT on the blue side banned Ryze.
"KT directly banned Ryze here," Zhou Yongjun said. "It seems... it must be that Faker's Ryze left a deep impression on them in the previous KeSPA Cup."
"I remember that Faker chose the talent of walking on water. During the first wave of collisions between the jungle and the jungle, he rushed to the battlefield to provide support and got first blood." Jin Zhixian said.
"To be honest, it's quite surprising that the mid laner selected this talent." Zhou Yongjun smiled.
In the camera, Kim Jeong-hoon is pacing back and forth, biting the penholder, and then disabling the Abyss Mouth Kog'Maw.
As a shooter hero with mixed physical and magic damage, he has very high sustained damage in the mid-term.
"I feel that KT will choose between Varus and Tristana." Zhou Yongjun said, "In the new version, there are several stronger AD heroes, Kalista, Varus, and Ezerai.
I also have Merlin gunner Tristana."
"Now both sides are making a fuss around the AD hero in the bottom lane." Jin Zhixian nodded.
Before the words were spoken, KT chose to ban Varus.
"Ban Varus?" Zhou Yongjun frowned slightly. "Are the coaches from both sides planning to ban all AD heroes in the first round?"
Sure enough, SKT once again attacked the shooter hero and put Kalista into the dark room.
KT responded without hesitation and blocked the Sivir that Su Yuhang had used.
"Wow," Jin Zhixian couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw such bans from both sides. "Both sides have banned four AD heroes."
"It should be five." Zhou Yongjun took over, "As expected, SKT will also send Ezreal to the BAN position."
In the last ban of the first round, SKT on the red side gave Ezreal without hesitation.
At this point, all five AD heroes have been banned, which is a huge test for the hero pools of both AD players.
"This is no longer the Incense Burner version, but ADC is still so valued?"
"Both coaches take turns banning ADC, how do you choose?"
"The ones left on the sidelines now include the reinforced Merlin gunner and the best support, Tahm."
"But I don't think Deft will choose a cannon. I haven't seen her use it on the KeSPA cup."
"And the Twitch that Su Yuhang used before is still on the court. I wonder if SKT will have another lineup with four guarantees and one this time."
"Four guarantees and one should no longer be possible. After the revision, although ADC is important, the overall proportion has dropped a lot compared to before."
Chapter completed!