Chapter 195: Important Choice

RNG

Kkoma's words just fell, and Bengi immediately answered.

Bengi has been a veteran jungler for SKT since the S3 season, just like Faker, and both are founding members of this SKT team.

Kkoma looked up at Bengi:

Your reason?

Intuition.

Good.

Kkoma didn't think Bengi's answer was too childish; compared to Bengi's thorough analysis before reaching a conclusion, Kkoma was more willing to trust Bengi's intuition, because sharp intuition is a necessary condition for becoming a top jungler.

I agree with Xiongge's saying.

Faker finished thinking and said. Bengi debuted slightly earlier than Faker and is much older, so Faker needs to use an honorific when addressing him.

Faker then added:

So far, we have played RNG—including when they were called RYL—two best-of-five matches, with a total score of 6-1, which should explain the issue.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Kkoma smiled and waved his hand, suppressing everyone's laughter, and looked at the duo.

The duo gave the same answer.

Bang also raised his hand and added: 'I only need one hand to beat Uzi.'

Wolf immediately followed up: 'Because as soon as Uzi sees Junzhi operating with one hand, he will automatically explode.'

Everyone laughed loudly.

Even Faker couldn't help but let out a puff of laughter.

Although it sounds like a joke, the duo's words are actually spot on, pinpointing the biggest problem of Uzi, the core of RNG's core:

Uzi isn't lacking skill; his mindset is just too prone to exploding.

Of course, this is an open secret in the industry.

Kkoma then looked at Duke.

Duke just smiled and said, 'I'm not sure either; you decide.'

Kkoma frowned slightly upon hearing that, but said nothing, then looked at the substitute jungler Xiaohei (Blank). Xiaohei smiled somewhat shyly and hesitated before saying:

Um... I... I think RNG might be a bit harder to beat.

Why?

Because... um... judging from their performance in the second round, they've improved a lot.

So you think they will grow even further by the time the quarterfinals start?

Yes.

Kkoma then looked at Blank, smiled and nodded, and praised:

That's a great idea; we indeed need to look at the problem from a more comprehensive angle.

But after he finished speaking, he picked up a pen and circled RNG's team name on the small blackboard.

This circle means RNG is easier to beat.

Then Kkoma raised his head, his expression turned extremely stern, and his gaze slowly swept over everyone:

Then the third question:

If we were to draw one of the two qualifying teams from Group A as our quarterfinal opponent, which would give us a higher win rate?

ROX

Without the slightest hesitation.

Apart from the silent Duke, everyone else practically answered in unison.

The practice matches have already explained everything.

Even if we set aside the fact that SKT has played many practice matches against these two teams, with completely different win rates, and just look from a superstitious angle——

SKT has a bloodline suppression over ROX.

As long as you check the LCK region's history, you'll see that ROX has been a very fierce team since its inception, but whenever they meet SKT in a crucial match, the result is always that SKT ends up the winner—don't ask why, just say it's superstition, a curse.

The training room door was shut tightly.

Under everyone's quiet gaze, Kkoma took a deep breath, again set up the small blackboard on his thigh, switched to a red oil-based pen, held it in his hand, and then said:

Then, the final question.

Among these six teams, who do you all think is the strongest?

Think carefully.

I want a definite answer.

No saying you don't know.

Kkoma said this last sentence to Duke. Duker laughed embarrassedly.

The training room fell completely silent.

According to their own judgment standards and intuition, each member of SKT silently weighed and compared in their minds, then eliminated one by one……

Still, Faker raised his hand first:

SSG

Then Bengi raised his hand:

G2

Then the duo raised their hands:

SSG

Duke raised his hand:

"ROX."

Blank finally hesitated and raised his hand:

"I... I also think it's G2."

The answer showed a discrepancy.

The mid lane and the duo voted for SSG, 3 votes.

Two junglers voted for G2, 2 votes.

Duke voted for ROX, 1 vote.

Kkoma looked at the solemn crowd and suddenly smiled:

"Why are you so nervous?"

"Relax a bit."

"We're just holding a meeting to discuss; we're not picking the strongest opponent for you."

"On the contrary..."

Kkoma changed the subject, and his expression turned stern again.

He raised the red oil-based pen and drew two red lines beneath the team names SSG and G2.

"Assuming we will definitely make it to the quarterfinals, we want to avoid meeting these two teams in the quarterfinals as much as possible. And coincidentally—"

Kkoma raised the pen again, drawing a red line from top to bottom along the gap between the first and second place on each team on the small blackboard,

"SSG and G2 are the teams that qualified as the second-place finishers in their respective groups."

"We don't need to ponder why they are so strong yet failed to finish first; we won't know the truth, and it's irrelevant to us. In short, since we've concluded they are the strongest, what we need to do is clear:"

"No matter what method we use, we should try to avoid facing them in the quarterfinals."

"That's what we need to do."

Everyone present is a genius, so of course they understand what Kkoma is saying.

Some things are better left unspoken; speaking them out is too dangerous. Even if we don't worry about eavesdropping walls, who can guarantee everyone will keep their lips sealed?

So after Kkoma finished speaking, he picked up the eraser and wiped the writing on the small blackboard clean, leaving no trace.

Then Kkoma stood up, his meaningful gaze sweeping over the SKT players one by one, and he said calmly:

"Everyone, think carefully: we need to consider not only what we should do, but also what our opponents will do."

"This determines whether we can defend our title."

"Making the right choice at the right time can sometimes be more important than having great strength. Think deeply, kids."

"Meeting adjourned."

……

The following afternoon.

On the final day of the S6 group stage, the B group qualification match officially began.