Chapter 376: Dreaming Back to S9? You Even Dare to Let This Through!

"V! 5! Awesome!!!"

Ou Gang excitedly pulled up his shirt, revealing the black and gold V5 team jersey underneath.

And upon closer inspection, it seemed to be something quite special.

"I said long ago that V5 is invincible! Although G2 tried very hard, it is impossible for them to defeat a team led by a god!"

He tugged at the chest area of his undershirt, where a clearly "hand-stitched" character "Ye" was displayed, its abstract, exaggerated style bearing a striking resemblance to Crystal's.

"I know you might not be convinced, but I can only say that Ye is simply a god! I thought so after watching last year's World Championship, and after watching this year's MSI and the Asian Games, he has officially surpassed TheShy to become the number one god in my heart!"

"To be honest, whoever wants the championship, just teaming up with him is the way to go!"

The bragging Ou Gang glanced sideways at the live chat.

"What Europe? To hell with Europe! I don't care if I'm European or not! Anyway, V5 is awesome!!!"

[Face-changing]

[????? Traitor! You betrayed Europe!]

[Agreed, I was also a staunch TSM believer, but after watching the Asian Games, I also became a firm fan of Ye. He is indeed a magical existence!]

[V5 bullying the weak is always reassuring, unlike some people who can't even manage to bully the weak properly.]

[Bold!!! Who are you implying? Speak up!]

[To be fair, G2 clearly threw the first game; it was all tactics. Just wait, they'll crush V5 in the next one!]

[↑ The person above really wishes G2 would die even more miserably.]

[Indeed, indeed, it actually took them a full 19 minutes to push down the base; our G2 is truly amazing!]

The G2 fans, who had been whipped into a frenzy before the match due to the interview comments from two Gen.G members, were already somewhat silent after this game; at least at the venue, they dared not show anything else.

They couldn't help but mutter to themselves in their hearts.

Is the gap really that big?

Most of the audience didn't understand tactical maneuvering; they could only see their home team being held down and beaten by the opponent, as if they had no power to fight back at all!

Of course, the G2 members themselves were actually a bit bewildered.

You have to know, although the jungle and support champions G2 used in the first game were slightly rare, the overall lineup was actually quite "normal," and everyone was giving their all during the match.

They had considered that they might lose.

But they definitely never thought they would lose so miserably, even being shut out without any power to fight back!

The important thing was that they were going to use their own brand-new understanding in the second game, though it couldn't really be said how much confidence they had.

And the opponent's performance in the first game truly exceeded their imagination.

It seemed they needed to re-arrange their strategy for the second game.

On the other side, the V5 members seemed somewhat unsatisfied.

"Feels like G2 isn't that tough!" Xun said with a crooked mouth and a face full of smugness: "Too bad I didn't complete Master Ye's strict order; he tricked us!"

Beryl yawned and teased: "You made me sleepy~"

Even the steady Flandre couldn't help but joke: "Kill faster next game, brothers, let's just end it!"

Ye Bo also looked like he hadn't had enough fun, but he still said: "Based on their BP strategy, I feel they will definitely pull something out in the second game, so our BP will..."

After a short halftime break.

Both sides walked back onto the player stage.

Wang Duo, who looked fully charged after watching the first game, appeared high-spirited: "In the last game, V5 brought us a clean and efficient push, fully displaying the style of our region's number one seed!"

Gu Gu chimed in supportively: "This is the strength our LPL number one seed should have!"

Wang Duo nodded, not forgetting to save some face for G2: "Of course, G2 also brought us a very rare strategy in the last game, while also showing the particularity of global BP and demonstrating tactical changes in the new era version; this is very worthy of encouragement!"

"So, both teams are ready, the second game begins!"

"G2 comes to the blue side this game, looking forward to seeing if they have any preparations."

The G2 members looked like they were still in intense discussion, but their first ban was the same as the first game, still banning LeBlanc first.

V5's first ban, however, remained undecided for a long time.

"V5 might change their BP strategy after switching to the red side; after all, many heroes were actually burned in the first game."

Wang Duo was still analyzing seriously, but suddenly, as if he had seen something strange, his eyes widened.

"Is it a display bug? Or did they not click it!?"

"Why did V5 skip the ban!"

The BP positions had been swapped, and G2 had already started their second round of bans.

But V5's first ban slot was now clearly locked with an {X}, and it was not a display error.

It was indeed a 'skip ban'!

Noisy discussions erupted all over the venue.

After all, if it was due to 'player error' like not clicking a hero or not being able to find one in time, the game would not be restarted.

It definitely counted as a huge "rookie mistake"!

The G2 members, who had been in intense discussion, were also a bit confused, but they didn't pay too much attention to it.

"G2 continues to ban the popular Orianna; it looks like the ban slots are exactly the same as the last game... wait! V5 skipped the ban again!"

"What's going on? It looks like they manually clicked skip ban!"

"Then V5 must have an understanding of this!"

The audience finally realized something was wrong.

Just because the speed of this second ban was ridiculously fast, with no countdown at all, it proved that the previous round wasn't a mistake!

This actually offered a glimpse into V5's understanding of global BP.

Since G2 had already shown the "five bans, five burns" strategy in the first game, clearly intending to lock down the mid-lane hero pool—then V5's counter-response was to skip the ban!

At first glance, it seemed absurd, but the logic was actually very direct.

No matter how high the priority of the blue side is, they can only grab one hero, but the red side can grab two heroes in response.

If G2 banned Akali with their third ban and the first pick grabbed a mid-laner to continue the decision to lock down the mid-lane, V5 could then grab T0 hero components like Renekton + K'Sante or Varus.

It was very likely they would construct a huge lineup advantage again!

To be fair, one of the important reasons G2 was beaten so miserably in the first game was the lineup disadvantage.

"What do we do?"

"They changed their tactics!"

The G2 members looked at each other.

And although they seemed to be asking each other, everyone was actually looking at Caps.

It wasn't because they needed him to make the decision.

It was just that they could all see that if they continued to target the mid-lane now, due to the number of OP heroes, they would likely face the same situation as the last game—and they had already seen the ending of that situation in the last game!

On one hand, the G2 members never expected the opponent to think of a "3 skip ban" strategy during the halftime break, catching them off guard.

On the other hand, the shadow left by the previous game made them very wary, and they couldn't help but think about it.

After all, it was now a "BO1" with no room for error.

And the solution to resolve this BP was so simple that all the G2 members could see it, which was also the reason they were all looking at Caps at this moment.