In the first round of the match, SKT chose the red team since they had the right to choose. The blue team, GRF, chose to ban the hero first.
The blue team, GRF, chose to ban Jess immediately. No matter how the version was changed, this hero was still a top laner.
Furthermore, it was not a good idea to use fists against this hero. This hero's unique skill set did not have a high win rate, and its weakness was obvious. In the later stages of the game, Jess was very weak. However, his lane suppression gave Li Xu a huge advantage, so Griffin chose to ban him directly.
Even though Li Xu did not use this hero very often in the competition, that was because Li Xu had displayed a crazy amount of hero pool.
In fact, Li Xu had never used the same hero more than three times in a match. However, most of his heroes had a 100% win rate, which was a headache for his opponents.
His other teammates had a foundation from last season. Li Xu had only played in this season's competition, which meant that he had not lost a lot of heroes in his career.
Even after studying Li Xu's matches, his opponents found it difficult to determine the weaknesses of Li Xu's hero pool. They also could not tell which hero Li Xu would prefer in a match.
The only thing that his opponents could confirm was that Li Xu did not like to mess around with top laners. However, there were too many carry type top laners, and it was not easy to target them. Griffin decided to ban the most representative top laner, Jess.
The red team, GRF, chose to ban Kalista.
Corgi: "SKT's thinking is very clear. They chose to ban Kalista, the hero that Griffin used most in the last few rounds of the regular season. This hero's ability to gain the upper hand in the early game is very strong, especially when Tarzan picks a spider type hero. It will be very easy for him to gain the upper hand in the bottom lane."
Hallucination: "Furthermore, based on the previous few encounters, Li Jiu is giving Sword too much pressure in the top lane. It's good enough that Sword is able to withstand that pressure. Tarzan is most likely going to open up the situation in the bottom lane and mid lane. It's necessary to ban Calista."
The blue GRF gave the second BAN to Tam.
Corgi: "Tam. Sure enough, Griffin banned Tam because he wants to take down the top half of the map. He banned Tam, who has the strongest protection, to prevent SKT's bottom lane from sneaking in."
Hao Kai: "There's still EZ Griffin. Let's see if we can ban him. Since we want to fight in the second half, I think we should ban EZ."
SKT had taken out Gário with a backhand BAN. Now, whenever LCK faced GRF, they would have to sacrifice a BAN spot for Lehends' Gário.
This support player who liked to experiment with all kinds of heroes in training matches, although he liked to use the nickname 'Mola Fish', he could indeed produce many things that would make people's eyes light up. Previously, with Elise's support, he even obtained the title of 'Spider King'.
The blue side's third hand BANNED Morgana.
Corgi: "Griffin has banned another protection support. It seems like he's going to do something in the bottom lane. Since he wants to take down the bottom lane, wouldn't it be better to ban Ezreal directly? Captain EZ's Jinchuriki isn't for nothing. If you ban him like this, SKT will probably take out EZ first. "
Hallucination: "Let's see what SKT's third hand BAN is. Sareth is still outside. If they don't ban him, Griffin might steal Sareth from the blue side and release both Ice Lady and Sareth. I'll steal Sareth, you won't dare to steal Ice Lady. "
Hao Kai: "Yes, the current version is 9.6. Sareth's priority is very high, and once the opponent gets Sareth, Ice Lady won't have a good choice. It's not easy to fight in the top lane, and her ultimate can be stolen."
SKT took out Dao Mei with a BAN in the red side's third hand.
Griffin did not hesitate in the blue side and stole Sareth from the first floor.
Corgi: "As expected! Griffin stole Sareth first. The first time Li Xu brought this hero into the game was during the match against Griffin. At that time, Griffin almost fainted. Let's see what Griffin will do when he steals Sareth. "
Hallucination: "Sareth can play both mid and top lane, but it should be Chovy in the mid lane. Sword has never used Sareth before. Let's see how SKT will deal with it. Ryze is a good choice. He's also a very difficult mid laner for Sareth."
When he saw Ryze appear, Li Ge did not hesitate and immediately got Li Xu on the first floor to ban him.
At least in the lane, it was easy for Ryze to control the lane push against Sareth, and he was not afraid of his ultimate being stolen. On the other hand, Ice Maiden could not push the lane push, and could not win in a one-on-one fight. If his ultimate was stolen, he could easily be killed by Sareth's jungler.
What's more, Ryze could be used as a swing. If Griffin had hidden a trick up his sleeve and Sword had secretly trained this hero, Li Jiu would be able to use Ryze to fight against Griffin. No matter what, they would not be at a disadvantage.
Immediately after, SKT's second choice was Rexil. This hero with high burst power in the early game and Ryze's stable crowd control was very good at catching people.
The moment the red square locked on Ryze, Griffin did not think twice and backhanded Pansen and Rock Sparrow.
Hao Kai: "GRF didn't think at all. They already thought of how to fight Ryze and Rexil. Rock Sparrow counters Rexil, and Pansen and Rock Sparrow are stable crowd control chains."
Hallucination: "Griffin's first three moves are unreasonable in the early game. He wants to fight crazily with you."
Rock Sparrow was not a jungler!
When Pansen and Rock Sparrow were brought out, Jin Zhengxun had this guess. The combination of Pansen and Rock Sparrow was not very rare in the Korean server's high rank branch.
Jin Zhengxun had long studied the previous RANK records of his opponents. Griffin's bottom lane duo had used this combination before. Although it hadn't been used recently, he had such a guess when he saw these two heroes appear together.
With Viper's hero pool, even if he did not cooperate with Pansen, it would not be strange for him to take Rock Sparrow alone.
Furthermore, Griffin had banned Tam and Morgana in the first round. Jin Zhengxun was even more certain of his guess. Pansen and Rock Sparrow should be taken down. Otherwise, there would be too many supports with higher priority than Morgana in this version of the game.
When SKT saw that their opponents were coming at them aggressively, they immediately brought out Teddy's signature hero, EZ. Their opponents were too murderous. No matter how they split up, if they did not take down EZ, who had a strong displacement ability, in the next round, they would not have him in the next round.
Since they had decided that Rock Sparrow would be the bottom lane, SKT gave the first BAN spot to Princes.
Hallucination: "Why did SKT ban Princes? Is this Princes who is the top laner? Although Princes's big moves can be used together with Pansen's big moves. "
Hao Kai: "Could it be a mid laner combination of Rock Sparrow and Pansen? If that is the case, Ryze in the mid lane will not survive. He will die if Pansen lands him. "
Corgi: "There is also a strange combination of Pansen and Rock Sparrow. This combination exists in the Korean server as well, but it is not very common. It has appeared in Latin American matches before."
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