Mille's voice was impassioned. "YM will ban Ella first. That way, it'll be difficult for the female gunner support who can counter Ella to appear."
SKT did not hesitate and immediately banned Panther Lady, who was the red team's priority.
"YM will ban Victor." Doll was not surprised. "The Three-Handed hero has been banned since the quarterfinals. Moreover, Ran did not use it during the group stages. In fact, he rarely uses this hero in the summer tournament."
Mille nodded. "The Three-Handed hero is now the strongest mid laner in this version. As long as he survives the first few minutes of his weakness, he will return to the city and spend 1,000 gold coins to upgrade the core of Hex Technology. His speed of clearing the lane will be extremely fast. Other than Dragon King, no other mid laner will be able to defeat Victor."
SKT immediately banned Spiders. Xiao Tian's performance against ROX's Spiders was too exaggerated. Kkoma would not be released again.
"Ban Karma!"
Hanyi flipped through a page of her notebook and paced behind the players' seats. "This way, their support in the bottom lane won't be as aggressive."
After the first game, he knew that there was a hard strength gap in the bottom lane now. He couldn't give the monster Wolf the support of Ella and Karma. Otherwise, it was likely to cooperate with the stupid chicken to break through the bottom lane.
"They've released Sindra. Let's also release Lucian and ban Dragon King. This way, he won't be able to move quickly." Kkoma's voice was very loud as he walked to the top laner, Duke. "I'll give you the player advantage in this round. You just have to carry alone!"
Duke's fat face had a serious expression. He was always chewing gum. Coach Kkoma had not only given him trust, but also a heavy responsibility.
He nodded vigorously.
"YM will snatch Olaf, but Sindra is outside. Aren't YM going to take it?" Doll frowned.
"Actually, Lucian can fight Sindra. Both of them have a 50/50 chance of winning." PDD took the initiative to speak. "YM did not give Sindra the third position, and SKT did not ban Lucian. If there are no accidents, both of them will take one mid laner each. They're very confident that they can defeat their opponents."
However, the viewers in the live streaming channel did not pay attention to the second half of PDD's sentence.
"How many chances?
Say it again, how many times? "
They crazily spammed the bullet screen. Baboon, who had not yet become an illegal streamer, was very popular on the Internet.
"EZ and Nami, this composition at the bottom lane is quite retro." PDD frowned. "Looks like SKT is going to protect Bang in the team battle."
"Do you still want to choose Fire Man?
This hero doesn't have any displacement, and it's very dangerous to set up his vision. "JKL fiddled with his headset." He was targeted several times in the previous game. "
In the previous round, if it wasn't for Clumsy Chicken's slow reaction, Xiao Ming's Fire Man would have been sent back with a roundhouse kick.
Once the support died, YM could only let go of Yita in the bottom lane. The tempo was completely different.
"Then what do you want to use?" Hanyi frowned.
He still had to seek the opinions of the players. After all, JKL and Xiao Ming's mission in this best-of-five was to resist the pressure. It was very important for them to pick the hero that they felt was the most comfortable.
"Tam, how about Tam?" Xiao Ming's eyes lit up. "They've chosen Nami, who doesn't consume much energy."
Tam's weakness in the finals was due to the changes in the bottom lane's environment. The appearance of Ella and Karma, who consumed a lot of energy, suppressed the selection of protection heroes such as Tam and Boulogne.
"Okay, choose." Hanyi nodded.
Mille looked at YM's selection interface and adjusted his glasses. "No problem, Ember + Tam. Tam is also YM's favorite hero in this summer's Summer League. He's quite good at setting up the tempo and often works with the three of them."
"Back then, someone said that YM had three junglers. They often barged into the opponent's jungle and caused the opposing jungler's mentality to explode." Doll laughed.
SKT then chose Sindra and Blind Monk, leaving the counter position to Duke!
"Continue to get Lucian for Lin Yan. Jin Gong, do you want to pick Rambo? Kenan won't be able to enter against Nami, Blind Monk, and Sindra," Hanyi said.
With Tam as support and Jin Gong as jungler, the only one to be sacrificed was Jin Gong. He had to make up for his AP.
Hanyi had originally planned to let Jin Gong pick a solo carry hero, but there were no solo AP heroes for him to choose from. Kenan, to a certain extent, could be a solo carry hero in the side lane, but it was too difficult to perform in team battles.
"As for Rambo …" Jin Gong wanted to say something but stopped. He did not really want to choose.
The opponent had a solo counter, and with Blind Monk as jungler, if he chose Rambo, no matter how good his anti-grab skills were, he would still explode.
This hero was born to be caught.
"Vampire, how about Vampire?" Lin Yan suddenly asked.
"Ah?" Jin Gong and Hanyi looked at Lin Yan, puzzled.
Vampire had been reworking for half a year, and this hero had always been a mid laner. Only IM's top laner, AmazingJ, had swayed between mid and top laners to pick a top laner in two games, and the results were very average.
However, Lin Yan felt that although this hero had good control in the top laner and could coordinate with the jungler to catch people, IM would not have let Xiao Tian play top laner.
Vampire's ability to add damage in the mid and late game and to cut into the back line was quite strong.
Lin Yan felt that AJ could not play effectively because Vampire was too weak.
(Tip: AJ's career Vampire win rate is 38.5%)
"This hero is good as a top laner," Lin Yan said matter-of-factly. "We have Tam and Olaf in the front row, and we don't lack damage dealers. Isn't this hero better than Rambo?
At least he's not as afraid of being caught as Rambo. "
Jin Gong thought about it and felt that there was no problem. His hero proficiency was not bad. At the beginning of the summer tournament, he had followed the trend and played Vampire for a while, but he felt that Captain Ike was better.
"Vampire?"
This choice was somewhat unexpected by the commentators. They did not know what IM was discussing internally. "Is this hero a mid laner or a top laner?
Ran's Vampire is quite strong. "
"Are you talking about the top laner Lucian?" Doll laughed. "That's not possible, right?
Before this, I saw Huni use the top laner Lucian to cut down the Big Tree. Oh, that damage … In the end, he didn't lose any health after hitting the Big Tree for ten seconds. It was no different from scraping sand. "
Kkoma also felt that this Vampire would definitely be a top laner. He did not believe that IM would let Jin Gong use a hero like Lucian, who was walking a tightrope in the early game.
"Nale, I think it's okay."
In the final selection, Duke finally had the freedom to choose, just like Faker did.
Most of the Korean coaches had a high status in the team, especially a double champion like kkoma. Usually, the team members did not have the right to choose a hero. They only needed to follow the coach's instructions.
Players like Faker, who could choose the Little Temptress in the 2015 MSI finals, were very rare.
Seeing kkoma nod, Wolf made his choice.
The lineups of both teams were confirmed.
The blue team YM: top laner Vampire, jungler Olaf, mid laner Lucian, bottom laner Lu Jin, and Tam.
The red team SKT: top laner Nale, jungler Blind Monk, mid laner Sindra, bottom laner EZ, and Nami.
The coaches of both teams walked to the center of the stage and shook hands. kkoma and Hanyi both looked at the Summoner's Trophy under the lights beside them.
This was the highest honor in the LOL esports industry. Many players could not exchange for the Summoner's Trophy in their entire career.
The two teams that they were coaching had already stood at the top of all LOL professional teams this year. They had overcome all obstacles in order to win the trophy in the end.
Lin Yan looked at the loading screen and drank a mouthful of Red Bull to refresh himself.
This time, Faker did not choose Clockwork, which was weaker than Lucian's. Instead, he chose the current version of the hotline dominator Sindra. As usual, he brought along Flash Sprint to increase his mobility.
Without a doubt, this was going to be a tough battle.
After buying the Doran Sword One Red, Lin Yan followed his teammates and rushed to the river.
SKT had suffered a loss in the previous round. This round, they decided not to invade. They stood obediently at the river with the rest of YM. The ten of them faced each other and showed off their team logo.
The caster's camera focused on Tam and Nami. One of them pulled out her long tongue to play the piano, while the other raised her staff and shook her body crazily.
The audience below the stage burst into laughter. The mechanics of both teams instantly diluted the tense atmosphere of the final round.
One minute and thirty seconds later, Lin Yan came online with two guns in his hands.
Faker's Sindra was still using its original skin. This person had many quirks, and most of the time, he did not use his skin.
Lin Yan was not so particular. As long as the skin felt good, he would use it. He wanted to be the most beautiful player in the canyon.
At first, he wanted to use his normal attacks to trick Sindra into using his [Shadow Ball]. However, he did not succeed. Faker obviously did not fall for it.
Both sides attacked each other a few times. During this time, they kept pressing the S button to create fake normal attacks to trick their opponent into using their skills. This type of fake normal attack would not have the same stun effect as a real normal attack. It was very effective when dodging non-directional skills.
However, neither side fell for it.
Lin Yan saw that one of the close-range soldiers was at critical health. He could not help but move forward. The moment he used his normal attack, Faker used his Q.
Lin Yan had no choice. He had to deal the finishing blow, so he took a [Shadow Ball].
However, he immediately seized the opportunity when Faker was dealing the finishing blow. His [Transparent Holy Light] passed through the line of soldiers and extended to Sindra.
Faker took advantage of Lucian's stun from casting his Q to move forward and use his normal attack.
Lin Yan was forced to retreat after firing two shots. However, he took another normal attack from Sindra. A bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck Lucian's head!
The Thunder Lord's Decree was triggered, and Lucian instantly lost another chunk of his health!
Lin Yan turned around and wanted to counterattack, but Faker had already retreated.
Lucian's current 500-yard range was still too short. It was easy for the long-handed hero to block his attack range.
Lin Yan bit his lower lip. He had lost about twenty drops of health this time.
At this time, Faker's early game handling was still quite detailed. Lin Yan had no choice but to focus fully. If he was careless, he might be caught and used up.
He could not help but sigh. They were not easy to deal with.