They chose KT as their first training match after the holidays. Although it was a little disrespectful to their opponents, Jin Zhengxun obviously wanted to find a weaker opponent for them to get into shape and adapt to the next version.
After all, although Rank was often used, the version used in MSI was 9.8. Now that it had been updated to 9.13, there had been a lot of changes in between.
Besides Kiana, the new hero Youmi had also been online. Sword Magician had undergone major changes, and Steel Man had been remade …
In a short period of time, there were many changes in the canyon. Therefore, SKT had a lot of training matches before the Summer League to help the players adapt to the new version as soon as possible.
Entering the game room, KT's five players were: Smeb, Score, Bdd, Pray, and SnowFlower.
KT Score: "Congratulations, champions. Please continue to do your best."
Under the lead of their old captain, KT's players first congratulated SKT for winning the MSI championship.
Although the two teams were regarded as old rivals in the news agency war, the relationship between both teams was quite good. The relationship between the players in LCK was actually quite good.
Speaking of Score, Li Xu's heart was filled with respect.
He was also a veteran player in LCK like Li Ge. When Li Ge led SKT to chase KT, Score was already KT's AD carry.
Back then, Yue Lun was defeated by Li Ge in KT and went overseas. Score, on the other hand, changed to a top laner and jungler and stayed with KT.
This year was Score's seventh year in KT. He had dedicated almost his entire career to KT.
Unfortunately, although KT had been at the top of LCK every season, they had never been able to win the championship.
Looking at the history of LCK, it was the bitter history of Score and KT.
S3's two disasters, S6's Summer League finals where two drops of blood Tai Lung were stolen and turned the tables, S7's Summer League semifinals where two drops of blood were chased …
KT had played the role of a tragic character in the background too many times. Time and time again, they fell one step away from the trophy, but could not touch it.
However, one could not be lucky all his life, nor could he be unlucky all his life.
The old captain had been waiting for the summer that belonged to him.
Last year's summer competition, Score, who had been unlucky all his life, was finally favored by the goddess of luck.
Smeb, who had stolen Tai Lung's Score with two drops of blood, had become one of their own. Chovy, the genius mid laner who had appeared out of nowhere, had also stood on KT's side at this crucial moment.
Naturally, Score followed the Galactic Battleship KT for two years and won the first league championship of his career. It was also very likely that it would be his only league championship.
Score had already confirmed that he would officially retire after the end of the summer competition and fulfill his military service.
Everyone knew that Li Ge's training load was huge, but in fact, Score's training load was not small at all.
Many players chose to escape overseas to earn money while they were still in good condition after the high-intensity training. However, Score persevered.
Unfortunately, he had Li Ge's diligence, but not Li Ge's talent.
In Li Xu's opinion, this was the most admirable aspect of Score. There were many people who persevered, but there were very few who could persevere when there was no hope.
Up until last year's championship, Score had always been at the back of the pack. He had been robbed of Tai Lung in all kinds of strange ways. Most people would have already lost it.
If Score did not have this kind of perseverance, he would have left like Yue Lun.
In Li Xu's opinion, if Li Ge was SKT's' Raul ', then Score was KT's' Totti '.
Perhaps, the title of 'old captain' was the greatest affirmation of Score's career in KT.
In the face of their opponent's congratulations, the SKT players expressed their gratitude.
Li Xu: "Congratulations on your success in maintaining your position. Keep up the good work in the summer competition."
The KT players looked at Li Xu's blessing and looked at each other. Sometimes, this person really did not know how to speak well.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, both parties entered the BP stage.
KT first banned Li Xu's Dao Mei. Last season, everyone knew that Li Xu's Dao Mei was very strong. However, after watching MSI, KT obviously did not want to release this hero.
SKT first banned Pig Girl. This hero's usage rate was very low, but Score was very good at it. He targeted players with bans.
In the first training match before the summer competition, the first two bans showed the importance of this training match. Both sides were targeting players with bans.
KT then banned Blind Monk, targeting Clid.
SKT's second ban was given to Youmi. This hero who was known as the biggest lol in the history of LOL was very unique.
Although he looked like a loser in a normal game, as a support, his consumption rate was explosively high. His hands were too long.
His unique possession ability was very wretched. This allowed Youmi to attack as much as he wanted. Coupled with his decent AOE damage and crowd control, it was very disgusting.
One could imagine that when the summer competition started, Youmi would definitely be a popular hero.
KT's third ban was given to Princes, continuing to target Clid.
Targeting junglers was a better BP strategy than targeting SKT. This was also the BP strategy that many teams liked to use in the first half of the LCK Spring Competition.
Who was the best jungler in LCK, Clid or Tarzan?
This was a topic that Korean netizens often discussed on the internet. Who lacked experience? Just post a post and catch a wave of fish, and their experience would definitely soar.
Li Xu had met Tarzan many times, whether it was in the competition or in Rank. He still had a deep impression of him.
Both were top junglers in LCK, but in Li Xu's opinion, Tarzan and Clid's characteristics were slightly different.
Clid was very aggressive. He was a carnivore through and through.
Tarzan was more well-rounded, and the depth of his hero pool was deeper than Clid's. He was very good at both herbivorous and aggressive junglers.
However, if Clid did not get an aggressive jungler, it would be difficult for him to lead the team. When Clid was forced to get herbivorous junglers like Pigsy or Scorpion, he would often go shopping.
KT was obviously planning to kill Clid's rhythm.
SKT's third ban was given to Sword Devil. After Sword Devil's big change, he was weaker than before in lane battles, but he was much stronger in team battles.
KT from the blue team did not hesitate to lock down the excavator. They first banned two of Clid's strong junglers, then snatched the excavator themselves. It was obvious that KT wanted to kill Clid's rhythm.
SKT backhandedly locked down Akali and Titan, while KT immediately pulled out Jayce and Little Temptress.
Jin Zhengxun said, "The opposing team will definitely be Jayce. Li Xu, what are you going to do?"
BDD obviously would not use Jayce as a mid. Since Smeb used Jayce, there was no need to leave the counter position to Li Xu.
Li Xu thought for a while and said, "Kiana, I'll be the first to eat crabs."
"Kiana? It's not easy to fight Jayce. "Jin Zhengxun was stunned.
First of all, he did not know Li Xu's proficiency in Kiana. It had only been two days, and Li Xu wanted to use it to fight Smeb's Jayce. How confident was he?
Li Xu laughed. "Although I've only played a few games with Kiana, I'm very confident in fighting Smeb's Jayce. Don't worry, don't worry."
Hence, SKT's third player locked onto Chiyana.
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