March 8th, the second day of LCK's seventh week. In the morning match, SKT would be facing GRF.
The two teams with only one loss in the LCK season were going to compete for the top spot. Some media outlets could not wait to describe this match as a preview of the Spring Season Finals.
From the looks of it, the teams behind had no chance of winning against these two teams.
At four o 'clock in the afternoon, the entire SKT team had arrived at the competition venue. After five days of rest, everyone could not wait to return to the arena.
Kim Ji-hyun: "There are only three weeks left until the LCK Spring Season. The situation in the playoffs is gradually becoming clearer. The battle for the top spot is still very intense. SKT is currently leading GRF by two points. However, after today, only one team will be able to maintain their one loss record."
Park Ji-hwan: "Both teams are in good shape this season. After losing to SKT in the last round, Griffin's lads are holding back their anger. During the pre-match interview, Tarzan said that he would knock SKT out of the top spot. Faker only replied with the words' try and see '. I think this will be an intense match."
This match was the highlight of the LCK season. In the Huya live streaming room, other than commentating with Eleven, they also invited former professional player Posture as a guest commentator.
Posture: "The highlight of LCK's seventh week is about to begin. SKT versus Griffin. Both teams have performed very well this season. Today will be the second time they meet this season."
Eleven: "The foreign media can't wait to call this the 'Battle of the Two Kings' of LCK. The new king, Griffin, will challenge SKT. The outcome will be revealed after this match."
"SKT, go go go, go beat Griffin up."
"Li Ge, promise me you won't play Ice Girl, okay?"
"If you don't play Ice Girl, we're still friends. 2333."
"Li Ge: Who wants to be friends with you guys? Ice Girl is so fun. I still want to play Ice Girl. "
"Xu Ge, Yasso, bring it out! Soo Soo Soo. "
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The first match started with BP. The blue team SKT, the red team GRF.
The blue team SKT's first BAN was assigned to Gário.
Ever since Griffin's support, Lehends, brought this hero to the support position, everyone realized that this hero was really good at playing support. He had enough control, high AC, and strong support abilities. He was directly chopped into a T1 support by a fist and a knife.
On the other hand, the red team's GRF countered and banned Lucian. This hero was the only LCK hero with a 100% BP rate so far. It was enough to show how important Lucian was to this region.
The blue side's second BAN was given to Vampire.
"Ah! Vampire has been banned. SKT's banning of players is very cost-effective. Griffin's top, middle, and bottom lanes have all been used this season, and all of them have won. "
Attitude: "The main thing is that this hero is very difficult to deal with in the later stages of the game. In the later stages of the game, Vampire goes in and fights four or five people by himself. We've seen this scene more than once. Furthermore, this hero's resistance to pressure in the early stages is very strong. It's very difficult to suppress him in the early stages."
Eleven: "I also noticed that Li Xu has never used a big core like Vampire in the later stages of the game. Most of the heroes that Li Xu uses are either warrior heroes that can contribute in the early and middle stages of the game, or solo laners."
GRF's second BAN was given to Kalista. She was also a very strong ADC in the early stages of the game. It was easy for her to gain an advantage in the early stages.
However, this hero was even more extreme than Lucian. If she could not gain an advantage in the early and middle stages, she was completely useless in the later stages.
At least Lucian could take the critical hit route. Kalista, who was not suitable for critical hits, was very slow in the front row. Furthermore, she had short arms and a poor output environment. She had no room to play in the later stages of the game.
"Griffin banned Kalista and Lucian. Looks like he doesn't want SKT's bottom lane to gain an advantage in the early stages."
SKT's third player on the blue side banned EZ.
Teddy was not the only AD hero that was good at this. Griffin's Viper also used this hero a lot. Furthermore, SKT banned both Lucian and Kalista consecutively. It looked like they wanted to get EZ, so SKT banned him directly.
Griffin's support player, Viper, was originally a mid laner and was moved to the bottom lane. Hence, he did not have many traditional AD heroes. He had EZ in his left hand and Kesha in his right. If Lucian was released, he could still use him.
If all three of them were gone, Viper would most likely use some sorcerers to pave the way. He had used all kinds of heroes like Vampire, Victor, Rock Sparrow, and so on.
In any case, in this player's hero pool, sorcerers had more heroes than AD heroes.
SKT's third BAN was given to Jess.
Remember: "Griffin banned Jess because he didn't want Li Xu to get such a strong suppressive hero. Although Sword's Jess played well, GRF was still afraid that the blue side would snatch him first."
Eleven: "In the previous version, after the two tyrants of the top lane, Sword Magician and Urgot, were crippled by Fists, there were not many top laners who were worthy of being banned in the first round. Jess happened to be one of them."
Remember: "Then, according to your understanding of Stance, does Jess have any natural enemies in the top lane? Or is it difficult to fight against any hero? "
Stance: "Jess is a hero who is only afraid of the opposing jungler. For example, if a lane Crocodile and Spider jungler were to fight against Jess, it would be easier to deal with him. However, if it was only a lane battle, if Jess was suppressed, it could only be attributed to the player's ability."
After the first round of bans, SKT's first choice was to ban support Bloom.
GRF did not hesitate to ban Twilight's Eye • Shen. This ancient hero had strong support and protection abilities, and was occasionally used by professional players in the arena.
This hero's Star of Assassins skin represented the era before LCK's glory.
In the five years after Star of Assassins, League of Legends was completely dominated by LCK. It was not until last year's IG that the Korean team's monopoly on the League of Legends title was broken.
After Shen, GRF banned Zooey.
SKT's blue side used Tribulation, but they did not ban him.
Remember: "Tribulation ~ ~ ~ should only be used for a while. In this version, Chovy dared to use Zooey directly because they knew that the average assassin would not be able to play. Zooey is very good, and Tribulation's strength is too low."
Eleven: "They definitely won't pick Tribulation in this version. Although Li Ge used Tribulation to beat Zooey in the Kespa Cup, Chovy's Zooey and Fei's Zooey are two different heroes. Fly's Zooey is a bit hard to explain."
Although Tribulation was good at beating Zooey, it was too difficult for him to perform in the competition. Furthermore, Shen had already banned him, so it was difficult for Tribulation to kill the C position.
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