March 1st, the second day of the sixth week. In the late game, SKT welcomed GEN • G for the second time this season.
Kim Ji-hyun: "SKT, who has won seven matches in a row, will be facing GEN • G for the second time this season. Will GEN • G, who is stuck in a deep hole, be able to make a comeback? Or will SKT continue to make great strides? "
Park Ji-hwan: "SKT's top laner, Li Xu, was so excited in the last match that he slammed the table and strangely injured his finger again. However, it seems that he has fully recovered and is now in the starting lineup."
Currently, GEN • G had only won three matches. Two of them were won by JAG, and the other was won by defeating KT, who was in the same boat this season.
In other words, GEN • G had lost to all the teams except JAG and KT this season.
When both teams entered the arena, Li Xu realized that Fly was not in the starting lineup.
Fly, who had performed well last season, was only left with his looks this season. He was often suppressed in lane matches and could not beat any of LCK's mid laners. Even JAG's mid laner could suppress him.
Even his outstanding ability to wander around last season had turned into him frequently sending himself to death with Little Peanut.
Fly was replaced by Roach, who had transferred from KDM. Roach was a top laner.
Logically speaking, Fly did not perform well this season. However, Roach had always been a top laner since his debut, and RANK rarely played other positions. It was obvious that Fly was not having a good time in GEN • G since he was chosen to replace the mid laner.
In the end, it was proven that Roach was not suited to play the mid laner. In this version, he forced Gário to play the mid laner. In the end, he was suppressed by Li Ge's Ice Lady in the mid laner.
The bottom laner was targeted by Clid, which helped Teddy to gain the upper hand. On the other hand, Li Xu's Kenji was fighting evenly with CuVee's Jayce. However, as time passed, Jayce, who did not have an obvious advantage, was unable to resist Kenji.
SKT won the first match without much pressure. Li Ge was the MVP of the first match thanks to Ice Lady's 100% kill participation rate.
The commentators for Huya's live stream today were Mille and Eleven.
Eleven: "Roach's performance in the middle lane in the first round was really worrying. In the second round, Fly was brought up again, but Roach continued to stay on the field. This round, CuVee was brought down."
Mille: "Looks like GEN • G's lackluster performance in the Spring Competition has caused the coaching team to start controlling the variables to find war criminals. However, this team's performance in the Spring Competition isn't the only one this season."
The second match started with BP. The blue team, GEN • G, chose BAN first, and the red team, SKT.
GEN • G was the first to ban Zooey. The current version of the LCK tournament was 9.4. In a situation where many Assassins were weakened, Zooey had a lot of room to play.
Eleven: "GEN • G banned Zooey directly. He doesn't want Li Ge to get this hero. However, the blue team can snatch Zooey themselves."
Mille: "It's not that they can't snatch it themselves, but Fly's Zooey … It's really hard to explain."
Moreover, Li Ge had said in an interview that Zooey was one of the best heroes to use against GEN • G. This was because GEN • G liked to play in the late game and preferred to have a relatively balanced lineup. He would not choose a lineup with strong mid laners, and Zooey was precisely what he was afraid of.
Of course, the blue team banned Zooey because Fly's Zooey was really not that strong. Last year, Zooey was soloed by Li Ge's Enchantress, and Enchantress was soloed by Li Ge's Zooey. It was better to give Fly a weak mid laner.
The red team, SKT, banned Lucian. Lucian was slightly weakened in version 9.4, but SKT did not want to give him to a strong laner like Ruler.
The blue team, GEN • G, banned Jess in the second round.
Mille: "In this round, Roach is facing LCK's solo laner, Li Xu. He is under a lot of pressure. Jess, the laner, is banned."
Eleven: "In version 9.4, Urgot's W skill was severely weakened. The former laner, Sword Magician, and Urgot are no longer in the spotlight. They are rarely banned. Sword Magician has been forced to farm in the jungle."
SKT's red team banned EZ in the second round. This hero, Ruler Emperor, was very fond of playing. LCK's three signature EZ players were Ruler, Deft, and Teddy.
The blue team's third player sent Lefran to the BAN position, while SKT banned Kalista.
SKT's three bans were all given to the ADC. They just had to deal with Ruler Emperor.
In the past eight global finals, he was the only ADC player to win the MVP award. Currently, GEN • G was in hibernation. Only Ruler could be relied on. Once Ruler could not hold on, it would be difficult for the rest of GEN • G to stand up.
GEN • G chose Gário without hesitation.
Gário's damage had been reduced too much. It was difficult for him to clear the lane. He had basically disappeared from the mid lane. However, he shone brightly in the support position.
GRF's support, Lenhends, was the first to bring Gário onto the field. Everyone realized that although this hero's support ability was not as strong as Gário's in the mid lane, Gário was ridiculously strong as a support.
His protection, teamwork, and support abilities were all outstanding. He could even coordinate with the ADC, who was not good at clearing the lane. At the same time, he had a certain level of calmness.
Gário had also jumped from a mid lane hero to a T1 support hero.
The red team quickly chose Ice Maiden Lisandro and Tauren.
Mille: "SKT chose Ice Maiden and Tauren first. I feel that if they didn't choose Ice Maiden, Fly would have taken Ice Maiden. Fly also likes heroes like Ice Maiden."
Eleven: "These two heroes are very versatile. They don't reveal their tactical intentions. It's not easy for the opponent to target them."
"Hello, Li Bingbing. We meet again."
"Bingbing, is that you? Is your surname Li? "
"SKT's mid and top laners are all surnamed Li. Li Bingbing is fine. 2333."
"It's 100% Li Ge. Xu Ge doesn't like to play Ice Maiden. It's not suitable for him to go now."
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The blue team's second pick immediately chose Verus. He was also Ruler Emperor's signature hero. The only downside of this hero was that he did not have a displacement skill.
However, in the S7 finals, Verus, who was on the brink of death, was saved by Bang's Little Pao's displacement skill. This was also the reason why Li Ge wanted to play as an ADC.
GEN • G's third pick directly chose Sareth.
Mille: "Sareth, this pick is not bad. It's very useful against Ice Maiden and Tauren. It's also good for Sareth to bring Aftershock to play Ice Maiden in the mid lane."
Eleven: "But the winning rate of Sareth in the current matches is really not high. Other than the first Sareth that Li Xu picked, the other Sareths that were chosen were not very effective."
The red team's third pick was Kesha. Under the situation where he had already banned the ADC three times, Kesha would definitely be banned in the second round.
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