Chapter 790: Shameless

In the Surpass Team's internal voice channel, everyone was communicating nervously.

Zhou Dong: "Ah, they're really so ruthless, how about it, Liang Yan, do you still have a choice? Won't it be hard to play?"

Liang Yan: "It's fine, worst case I'll pick EZ."

55 Kai: "I fucking, am I really this lacking in face? Damn, banning all ADCs but not mid laners, I have to show them some color! Brothers, I'm gonna pick Ahri."

Yu Shuang: "Ahri doesn't seem too strong in this patch, right?"

Although Yu Shuang's rank isn't high, after all she's the LPL official female host, whether out of interest or work need, she still has some understanding of the meta.

55 Kai, however, said: "Two escape skills, more convenient."

Saying the harshest things, doing the most timid acts, huh.

Zhou Dong: "How's it, after banning, who picks first?"

Cai Kun Kun: "I'll go first, bro."

Liang Yan: "Zhou Dong means who gets to pick first."

Cai Kun Kun: "Oh oh, sorry, I'm fine with anything, you guys pick first?"

Zhou Dong: "They probably won't steal my Sword Saint, right?"

55 Kai: "Hahaha~"

Yu Shuang: "Hehehehe~"

Fortunately Zhou Dong didn't understand what they were laughing about, not daring to guess it was a bit awkward. The two also knew they were a bit over the top, and quickly stopped laughing.

After Liang Yan's suggestion, they decided to still pick the few heroes that were necessary and not too feared to be targeted.

Both sides took turns picking, and soon filled the first three hero slots.

Blue Side Surpass Team's first three picks: Ahri, Sword Saint, Karma.

Red Side Cool Team's first three picks: Rammus, Caitlyn, Rek'Sai.

Liang Yan's hero wasn't set yet, although Cai Kun Kun had already decided to play Stone Man, but to avoid being targeted, he also decided to hold it back until the second phase.

Entering the second banning phase, Cool Team immediately banned another Ezreal.

"My goodness, four bans on ADCs!"

Wang Ji exclaimed in shock, his voice full of disbelief.

Rita's beautiful eyes also widened slightly in surprise: "Goodness, Cool Team is too harsh, banning four ADCs, Jiao Shen's treatment..."

Guan Zeyuan: "I feel they might ban five ADCs; this treatment for Jiao Shen hasn't happened even in professional matches."

Rita: "Yes, professional matches definitely wouldn't do this. Because banning Jiao Shen's champions like this is utterly useless; his champion pool is too deep. So usually they just ban some strong junglers, and trying to completely lock him down is absolutely impossible."

Guan Zeyuan: "But today Jiao Shen is playing ADC; a jungler can't possibly practice many AD champions, so Red Side banning him like this might actually be effective."

Rita fell silent, looked up at the big screen, her eyes showing some worry.

Many people in the venue and the live chat shared Rita's same worry.

In the hearts of hardcore fans, Liang Yan is a god-like existence, the god of the war god, an invincible war god; now he has lowered his divine status, taken an AD slot to play this kind of match, although it's an entertainment match, and losing would be understandable given the huge team strength gap, but if he really lost, fans would also feel sad, feeling that the god's "invincible" image has shown a crack.

This is something fans absolutely do not want to see.

Liang Yan indeed hasn't practiced many AD champions; during livestream ranked games he occasionally gets assigned to the AD slot, and while he has tried a few ADCs, it's just casual play, not real practice; aside from being able to pull out EZ from the jungler position, Liang Yan hasn't practiced any other ADCs at all.

But Liang Yan isn't the slightest bit panicked.

His lack of practice is not the same as others' lack of practice.

It's like a battle-hardened commander: others have to exhaust all their efforts, sending flowers and gifts to add the school belle on WeChat, but he just needs a glance to get her to flirt.

From the start, they weren't on the same line.

After the second round of bans ended, as expected, Red Side indeed banned five ADCs—Varus was also sent to the ban slot by Red Side.

Even the commentators fell silent.

The barrage then opened fire without mercy:

【This is no fun if you keep doing this】

【There are point slaves】

【It's just an entertainment match, targeting one person like this is really over the top】

【Really ruthless, banning five!】

【Jiao Shen's playable champs are probably all banned, feels like he's in for a rough time】

【I thought Uzi would take Vayne, but I ended up taking Caitlyn first, banning all the enemy's usable champs, lane win is guaranteed】

【The ban/pick wasn't done by Uzi……】

【Cool Team is so shameless, they're already stronger overall, yet they pull this petty move; even if they win, it's not glorious!】

The impact is definitely not good, but for the anniversary celebration organizers, this development is exactly what they love to hear.

It's not a serious official match; the organizers completely don't care about fairness, attracting more traffic is their top priority.

And Cool Team's behavior of banning five ADCs undoubtedly brings huge buzz to this match; the heat breaking out of its circle is a sure thing!

The commentators also couldn't bluntly say anything.

After a moment of silence, Guan Zeyuan cleared his throat twice and said: "Indeed Red Side banned five ADCs in a row, while Uzi's champion was locked in the first round, so Jiao Shen's choice space is now very small. However, I'm curious about one thing: in this version, Draven should be the second-most popular ADC after Ezreal, right? Why did Red Side ban five ADCs but not Draven?"

"Maybe it's because Draven has a weak early lane." Wang Ji said.

Guan Zeyuan: "No, Draven Lulu is actually strong early!"

Rita: "Whether Draven Lulu is strong mainly depends on Lulu's performance."

Guan Zeyuan instantly understood; Yu Shuang is his girlfriend, he knows her support level well: "Oh, now I get it, hahaha~"

Wang Ji, seeing this, teased: "You can still laugh? You wanna sleep on the couch, huh?"

Guan Zeyuan: "Cough! Let's just look at the ban/pick..."

Blue Side's last two ban slots went to the two strongest supports in the current version, Janna and Lulu.

Then the selection began, both sides filling in the last two hero slots like a fill‑in‑the‑blank; Blue Team made two picks at once, Liang Yan chose a plain Frost Archer for himself, and Yu Shuang on the fifth floor helped Cai Kun Kun grab the Stone Golem hidden until the end.

"Jiao Shen took the Frost Archer?"

"Emmm…… This hero feels a bit hard to C, right?"

"But the mechanics are relatively simple; I personally think it's a utility‑type AD."

"Yeah, it's a tutorial hero—when you first start LoL, the tutorial stage is this one; it belongs to the kind you can pick up quickly without much practice."

"It seems Hong Se Fang banning five ADs indeed caused Jiao Shen considerable trouble, which is why they picked such a utility hero."

"Yes……"