Chapter 301: He can play every champion capable of jungling in the league

After Wawa delivered an impassioned speech, Miller also got caught up in the emotion and began to improvise:

「That's right, and in this match G2 is on the blue side, which means ROX's BP pressure will be greater. With three match points and BP weakness, to be honest, if I were the ROX coach standing on stage right now, I'd probably go blank. 」

「But we can see that Coach Nofe is still calmly communicating with the players, just as their team name suggests, they have held their formation like a rock, they haven't given up! This is exactly the charm of esports! 」

Guan Zeyuan watched the two partners, whose faces were flushed with excitement, and wondered if they had secretly hidden a script from him again.

「Alright, cut the chatter! Let's look at the bans! After G2 switched to the blue side, their ban slots became more flexible; first up they banned a Jayce! 」

「ROX first banned Syndra, and G2 immediately followed with their second ban on Dragon King. Hiss! That leaves ROX with two ban slots under huge pressure! 」

「There's nothing we can do about the pressure; that's just how the red side is. 」

「ROX then banned Nidalee. 」

「Don't dare to pick it, this is really not something we dare to pick. 」

「What about G2—should we ban Ashe? ROX's last ban should be Vi; a double lock‑down can't be given to G2. 」

「Then G2 could snatch Ryze. 」

「Yeah. But I'm wondering, could G2 possibly go with double AD carries? Because if we ban Ashe here, the other side would ban Ryze, then G2 would definitely take Vi, and then the enemy would snatch Titan… How to put it, is there a way to say that? 」

「Uh, the point is, snatching just Titan alone is useless, while Vi is useful no matter what—her skill kit is set like that, plus Jiao Shen's invincible rhythm, right? Then the bottom lane will get shredded by Jinx. 」

「I also think we can't let Smeb play Titan. 」

「Emmm, that makes sense, never mind. 」

「But… G2 going with double AD carries is possible, since Karma is still around; ROX has too many things to ban on their last pick, I feel they probably won't ban Karma, but we still have to see what the G2 coach does… oh?! Ban Kennen?! 」

「This! What does banning Kennen even mean? It feels like G2 is about to pull off something again! 」

On the ROX players' bench, Coach Nofe suddenly broke out in a sweat.

He pulled out a handkerchief, wiped his face, and forced himself to calm down, saying:

「Never mind him, let's just go with the plan we discussed! 」

With a clang, ROX's final ban target was locked in.

「Ban Ryze! Does that mean ROX is definitely going to go head‑to‑head with G2's double lock‑down system? 」

「Wow, it's heating up! 」

ROX's final ban was also something G2 didn't anticipate.

During the break‑room discussion, everyone had guessed that ROX's first two bans would definitely be Syndra and Nidalee, the third most likely Vi, with a smaller chance of banning Karma.

As it turned out, ROX ended up banning Ryze!

「What does that mean? 」

Ka Lao Si froze on the spot; ROX's move was completely beyond his expectations.

「Never mind what it means. 」

Liang Yan calmly assessed the situation, then proceeded to analyze.

「They want double AD carries, we want double lock‑down. But we can only snatch one with our first pick, while they can snatch two with theirs. If we take Vi first, they definitely won't go straight for double AD carries; they'll take Ashe first and then snatch Karma. That would force us to abandon the bottom lane early and focus on top, mid, and jungle. Ashe limits me a lot early, making early ganks hard and raising the chance of a collapse. I suggest we take Karma first, so we don't end up weak on both fronts—let's respond to their moves as they come. 」

Ka Lao Si pondered briefly, then nodded:

「OK, let's do it your way! 」

Thus G2 locked in Karma with their first pick, and the bottom‑lane duo instantly felt much more at ease—having Karma means no matter what weird tricks the enemy pulls, at least we can still have fun in lane.

Little did they know, in the ROX players' bench, Coach Nofe also let out a long sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid G2 would take Vi; although if G2 took him that way ROX would benefit more, in the end Vi is too uncertain in Firrrrrre's hands.

The strategic direction had already been decided by G2; ROX didn't need to think further, they used their first double‑pick to snatch Vi, then on the second tier took an Ashe.

Next, G2 took the barrel + Lucian.

With a whoosh, the live audience all burst out in a gasp!

「Lucian?! 」

「Wow, can Lucian even be played in this patch? G2's guts are huge! 」

「The barrel isn't common either; Jiao Shen suddenly pulling a barrel makes me feel G2 has something else up their sleeve…」

「Never mind anything else, Jiao Shen's champion pool is terrifying—count how many champs he's used in this Worlds, it feels like he can play every jungle‑capable champion in the league! 」

「He might even play champions that aren't meant for the jungle. 」

「Could the barrel be going mid? 」

「It's possible; Perkz's champion pool is too weird—he can pull out a crocodile mid laner, so a barrel mid laner wouldn't be surprising at all. 」

As G2 locked in Lucian on their third tier, Nofe also froze for a moment.

「Lucian plus Karma—what kind of combo is that? One's burst, the other's poke, they don't mesh at all! 」

「And what about the barrel—is it going mid or jungle? 」

After thinking a while and still not figuring out what G2 was up to, Nofe gave up on overthinking, directly had Kuro take Zed, then locked in a female gunner.

「G2's final pick—how will they choose? 」

「They need to fill mid and top; mid lane is either Viktor or Snake Girl, or they could pick another crocodile, but if the barrel goes mid, then they'd be filling the jungle. 」

「But crocodile vs Zed isn't as easy as the earlier top lane fight, and if you take crocodile again ROX will definitely have counterplay; plus this ROX lineup lacks offensive pressure, so they can play slow, and with Ashe limiting the jungle, if ROX drags the game late G2 has no answer—once it gets to late game, Zed + Vi will reliably one‑shot someone, making G2 hard to beat. 」

「The problem is G2's positions aren't even set yet! There are too many possibilities—I feel we shouldn't guess, we can't figure them out! 」

「Anyway, top lane definitely needs to be filled; Kennen banned himself, Rammus + barrel feels off, maybe Nautilus or Boobi? I mean… Jax? 」

「Wow! This is Jia ke zhang's signature move—finally getting to play?! 」

「Locked in! 」

「What?! 」

「Huh?! 」

After G2 locked in Jax, they then locked in a female sheriff!