Chapter 384: Prepared?

"In the first game, V5 won the coin toss and chose the blue side. They immediately put Aatrox on the ban list!"

The Roaring Emperor at the host commentary desk looked full of energy: "This is respect! After a season, Kingen's Aatrox is still a choice worthy of respect!"

However, the guest commentator sitting next to him, Pyosik, who had just participated in "S13 Night" yesterday, disagreed.

"To be honest, Aatrox, Renekton, and Jax are already the most powerful top lane heroes in this version; everyone would ban them!"

"On the contrary, HLE banning Akali and Sylas is clearly not because they are strong choices in this version; that is true respect."

Hearing the other party tear down his point, the Roaring Emperor felt slightly embarrassed while brushing it off: "Haha, indeed, but we were just saying that if any team still releases Akali at this year's Worlds, it's likely to be HLE, after all, Akali and Sylas are also Zeka's signature heroes!"

Unfortunately, Pyosik didn't take the bait: "Well, the facts prove that he doesn't dare to release them."

The chat was filled with 【Hate! Too much hate!】

Fortunately, Nuguri, sitting on the edge, spoke up to help resolve the awkwardness: "This ban should still be considering that it might be snatched by the opponent and then burned. After all, as a signature hero for both sides, the advantage of the blue side in the first game is quite significant."

First round of bans for both sides:

V5: Aatrox, Renekton, Jax

HLE: Akali, Sylas, Neeko

"V5 continues to snatch K'Sante. This hero, initially thought to be no longer strong due to major nerfs, has become hot again because of the emergence of lane-swap understanding. After all, this is the easiest hero for top lane to endure 1v2!"

"And HLE snatches Gnar + Alistar! Alistar is also the latest popular hero born in the Swiss stage!"

It must be mentioned that the changes brought to the game environment by the lane-swap understanding are definitely not just tactical games within the match.

It is a global change.

This includes the sudden change in "popular heroes" for every lane.

Just like the previously lukewarm support Alistar, it suddenly became the strongest hard support in the current version under the promotion of many teams.

—The reason is that after Alistar hits level 6 and gets his ultimate, his "tower-diving ability," which can be called unique in the league, is enough to break through all defensive tower defenses in a 1v2 lane-swap environment!

There are many similar influences and changes, and there is still no consensus on the version understanding in the current competitive scene.

"V5 continues to snatch Jarvan IV + Ashe. These first three picks for the blue side are very comfortable!"

"And HLE's third pick is... Evelynn!?" The Roaring Emperor exclaimed in surprise: "Canyon is showing his sword in the very first game! He directly pulled out his signature Evelynn, which he once used in the Worlds finals!"

"Nuguri, do they have a trick up their sleeve?"

Nuguri, who was asked, showed a nostalgic emotion: "Canyon's Evelynn indeed has a lot of understanding, and usually when it's pulled out, it's with a combo system. We chose it in the S10 finals back then, preparing to pair it with ShowMaker's mid lane Lucian to play absolute mid-jungle invasion..."

And Pyosik muttered inappropriately on the side: "I seem to have some impression, Nuguri, was it the only game you lost in that Bo5?"

"..."

One sentence silenced Nuguri, who was still in beautiful memories.

Can you even chat!?

No wonder this kid was involved in the DRX mid-top palace intrigue...

"That's different. Back then, it was because we didn't expect the opponent's jungler to hide a Rengar. Rengar's anti-stealth mechanism is too counter to Evelynn. That was a hero pool completely out of our expectations, and we were caught off guard."

After explaining, he paused and continued: "However, this Evelynn definitely has a point, especially after seeing the opponent chose Ashe!"

"As far as I know, Evelynn is definitely not afraid of Ashe; on the contrary, Ashe is afraid of Evelynn! This understanding existed back in our S10 year!"

"It can be said that HLE is definitely prepared today!"

At first thought.

Ashe has the E skill 【Hawkshot】 that can detect vision across the map, and occasionally spying on the jungler should be very restraining to heroes like Evelynn who specialize in "sneaky" things.

But Ashe's E cannot reveal Evelynn's {Camouflage}!

Not only that.

Soft support heroes like Ashe, who have no displacement, no stable hard CC, and are extremely fragile, are actually extremely afraid of such burst assassins!

Even burst assassins who can easily get close!

V5 had used Ashe support in their match against G2 in the Swiss stage and showed great power, seemingly like cheating in the lane-swap game, so it was not hard for HLE to anticipate that the opponent would choose this hero.

Second round of bans for both sides:

HLE: Varus, LeBlanc

V5: Kalista, Ezreal

"V5's intention here is very clear. They banned two ADCs with displacement, clearly wanting to let Jarvan IV's ultimate exert its maximum power. This makes HLE's ADC actually very hard to choose, and the counter-pick position should still be reserved for the mid laner..."

"Twitch!?"

"Confirmed! HLE is indeed prepared today! In the first game, two heroes that were extremely rare before, Evelynn and Twitch, appeared directly!"

Encouraging cheers came from the audience under the stage.

In any case, at least the LCK fans saw first that HLE was clearly prepared and definitely not here to give away a win!

"Choosing these two..." Ye Bo seemed thoughtful: "Help me choose Azir."

"Master Ye, they look like they want to play dirty again," BeryL reminded on the side, feeling that Azir was a bit easy to be targeted.

But a mysterious smile appeared on Ye Bo's face.

"It's fine, let them target me this game, I'll absorb the firepower... just in time to try that line of thinking."

V5's fourth and fifth picks fell quickly, choosing the Azir + Caitlyn combo.

This immediately made the host commentary desk somewhat surprised—not surprised by anything else, but feeling it was a bit too "conventional."

After all, by comparison, HLE's lineup could be described as extremely unconventional.

But in the eyes of the HLE players, this was of course great news, especially the mid laner Zeka under the camera, who couldn't help but laugh.

"Zeka finally chose Qiyana in the fifth spot! HLE is still showing their sword!"

Both sides' lineups confirmed—

《Blue Side: V5 vs Red Side: HLE》

【Top: K'Sante vs Gnar】

【Jungle: Jarvan IV vs Evelynn】

【Mid: Azir vs Qiyana】

【ADC: Caitlyn vs Twitch】

【Support: Ashe vs Alistar】

The Roaring Emperor was analyzing the lineup: "Just as Nuguri said last night, this lineup looks 'very HLE.' Anyone who has followed their games this year knows that even if you cover the team name, you can tell this is HLE!"

"A true ultimate offensive lineup, it's like all four lanes are offensive heroes, definitely unique in the LCK region!"

"Of course, V5's BP on the blue side can also be considered to have exerted its advantage, choosing a very standard and strong lineup for the current version!"

However, the chat had different opinions.

【Where is the offense? I only saw a few lecherous creeps!】

【《True Sewer Composition》!】

【It really is, if you lift the manhole cover and go into the sewer to walk around, you will definitely bump into a few of these heroes, it's too damn dark!】

【Damn, three stealth monsters, why didn't the support choose Shaco? I ask, what are they here for!】

【Azir vs Qiyana, this matchup seems a bit familiar? Has Master Ye played it before?】

The coaches from both sides came to the middle of the stage to shake hands. ===== CHAPTER 385 =====