Chapter 685: Such a talent should have been born in the LCK!

SKT finally gave Bang a Jinx! The feeling is that coach Kkoma probably still wants Bang to serve as a late-game safety net.

But that way, the early-game tempo probably has nothing to do with him.

Yes.

SKT's lineup is locked, and the pick turn goes to the red side.

The live audience, commentators, and everyone in the SKT player seats all stared intently at the screen nearest to them, involuntarily holding their breath.

VG's last pick.

A bit nervous, really a bit nervous!

Come on, Fu Lan Duo, show your……

Jax!!

Jax again!!

The LPL live stream room burst again with a wave of dense danmaku:

【I like Weapon Master!】

【Sheng Qiang Ge is also doing well now; he can really pull out any hero!】

【Daring to pick against SKT, it seems he's really practiced a lot】

【I only remember that yesterday this Jax fed VG the whole team's heads→_→】

【Different opponents mean different playstyles! Abusing M17 is easy, but against SKT Sheng Qiang Ge definitely won't be so reckless!】

【Last night, all the top lane streamers on some platform were playing Jax hahaha~】

【Do you guys feel that Sheng Qiang Ge's Weapon Master is a bit like Jia ke zhang?】

【No way they're the same! Jia ke zhang focuses on resisting pressure, Sheng Qiang Ge has stronger attack; the former can only be a safety net, the latter can create miracles!】

Not bad! Ah, I feel this Jax pick has a touch of 'adding the finishing touch'! Looking at it, VG's lineup is fully functional and very solid!

Split pushing, initiating team fights, front-to-mid game power support, late-game safety net—everything's there! No matter which aspect you look at, it's in no way inferior to SKT!

Both sides' lineups are completely locked.

SKT, Blue Side

ban: Mang Seng, Zac, Spider; Crocodile, Kled

Top lane: Huni, Green Steel Shadow

Jungle: Peanut, Piggy Sis

Mid lane: Faker, Rock Sparrow

Bot lane: Bang, Jinx

Support: Wolf, Titan

Coach: Kkoma

VG, Red Side

ban: Clockwork, Airplane, Galio; Policewoman, Varus

Top lane: Flandre, Jinx

Jungle: Firrrrrre, Piggy Sis

Mid lane: Easyhoon, Syndra

Bot lane: Smlz, Frost Archer

Support: Caveman, Hammer Stone

Coach: Loong

The audience's shouts vibrated the stage floor; in the SKT player seats, taking advantage of the game entering the map loading phase, Xiao Huasheng kept pulling out a sweat-absorbing cloth from his pants pocket to wipe his hands, and although he wore a smile, his entire demeanor was visibly tense.

The camera panned sideways, and Faker sitting beside formed a stark contrast. Li Xiang He placed his hands steadily on the mouse and keyboard, meticulous, and an aura as majestic as a mountain and deep as a pond arose spontaneously.

On VG's side, top laner Flandre was chatting and laughing with teammates.

Beside him, Firrrrrre wore a smile, his demeanor relaxed and carefree.

Further back, Easyhoon's state closely resembled Faker's—both had solemn expressions, but his eyes revealed even more caution.

Sima Laozei, meanwhile, remained consistently expressionless.

Duan De Liang grinned, probably just joking around with Flandre.

Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!!

A solemn female voice echoed throughout the venue, and as the live audience burst into cheers, the Summoner's Rift descended with a roar.

Accompanied by an uplifting roar, both sides' champions were born in white beams of light within their respective sacred springs; the directing camera circled the blue side's spring water barrier halfway, then flew all the way to the red side, circled its spring water barrier halfway, and finally froze on Liang Yan-controlled Northern Fury Sejuani.

The barrier vanished, and the sturdy female warrior Sejuani charged out of the spring on a giant wild boar.

Ding ding ding!

Sejuani's attack signal landed in the blue side's lower jungle. Liang Yan's steady voice simultaneously sounded in VG's team voice channel:

We have a big advantage in the level-one teamfight; let's group up and place an invasion ward down there.

Thus VG members closely followed Sejuani's steps, grouping up and rushing through the gap in the middle of the lower high ground wall into their own jungle, all the way toward the enemy's lower jungle.

VG's five emerged from the right-side exit of the mid lane jungle and unexpectedly met the three SKT mid and lower lane players who had just come down the enemy jungle slope.

The two sides clashed; the SKT trio slammed on the brakes, then Faker's Rock Sparrow covered the rear, unleashing a barrage of Stone Piercing to stop VG's pursuit while shielding teammates as they retreated.

Liang Yan's Piggy Sis took the lead, swaying left and right as it advanced, dodging most of the Stone Piercing damage; its 20 points of double resistance gave it an extremely thick pig hide, and the occasional one or two Stone Piercing hits that landed felt like a tickle.

No need to force it; just go in, place a ward, and come out.

Liang Yan saw Xiao Duan's Hammer Stone eagerly poised to act and knew this kid was thinking of flashing in for a hook; he also knew that even if Xiao Duan missed the hook, at worst he'd trade an enemy flash, which in theory wouldn't be a loss, but the significance of this match for Liang Yan was extraordinary—it was Easyhoon's inner demon–exorcising battle. Liang Yan didn't want complications, so he promptly spoke up to remind him, suppressing Xiao Duan's adventurous impulse.

The SKT trio retreated all the way, their figures vanishing into the grass beside the F6 camp.

Backstage, dozens of LCK team members nervously stared at the big TV on the wall; seeing that the SKT trio had withdrawn to a relatively safe position, VG had not yet made a move, and they all let out a sigh in unison, as the sound of exhaling began to echo in the restroom.

Kkoma felt the atmosphere in the room, both relieved and slightly bitter.

The comforting thing is that, although they constantly feud with each other in the LCK league on a daily basis, they have reached a consensus on presenting a united front against outsiders; in this match, everyone hopes SKT will win.

But the LCK region's appearance of facing a formidable enemy also made Kkoma feel heartbroken—since SKT's rise to the top in the S3 season established the LCK as the world's number one region, when have they ever feared any team? However, since last year's World Championship, an unknown genius who came out of nowhere has begun to bring them one nightmare after another.

This kid……

Kkoma watched Sejuani on the screen, who had finished warding and led the team in a retreat, his feelings extremely complex.

Such a talent should have been born in the LCK!

Whether it's the LPL or Europe, they don't deserve to have him! Because these regions simply cannot bring out his full strength!

To have such a super-talented player worry about team matters outside the game?

It's simply a waste of heavenly treasure!