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Chapter 133 The Double Axes Awaken the Sleeping Soul!
On the SKT player bench.

When KkOma saw EDG lock down Draven on the fourth floor, he was still shocked by Wang Yao's audacity, even though he was mentally prepared.

Actually, EDG could have easily picked Tristana, or Caitlyn paired with a Soraka, which would at least have made them more stable in the laning phase. But if they picked Draven, it would basically be a one-way shot!
Immediately, SKT secured the jungler Nidalee and mid laner Cassiopeia on the fourth and fifth floors. With this mid-jungle duo locked in, SKT's lineup strength suddenly increased by a level.

The business negotiations between the two sides have become steeped in a strong sense of bloodshed!

When it was the red team's turn on the fifth floor to make their final counter-pick, Meiko immediately locked in the robot without hesitation.

Since we're going to play a fighting lineup, we should stick to it. Although Thresh has a higher skill ceiling than Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank's Q skill can better help the ADC tear open the gap in the bottom lane!
They've already picked AD Draven for the finals, what kind of backup plan are they holding back? It's all or nothing!
"Come on, let's look forward to what surprises EDG will bring us in this match."

Miller clenched his fists, his face showing excitement.

He saw Wang Yao's Draven in the group stage this year, defeating FNC's Rekkles in two consecutive games.

The bloody flying axe from Noxus cleaved the noble knights of Europe, sending them sprawling. Even the Archmage Caps had to grovel at the feet of the god of war!

At this point, the lineups for both teams have been finalized.

The blue side, SKT, has a top laner Trundle, a jungler Nidalee, a mid laner Cassiopeia, and a bot lane duo of Kog'Maw and Karma.

The red team, EDG, has Poppy in the top lane, Elise in the jungle, Ryze in the mid lane, and Draven and Blitzcrank in the bot lane!
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"SKT! SKT! SKT!"

"Go EDG! Go EDG! Let's Go!!"

While waiting for the match to begin, the cheers from the audience below the stage were continuous, and even the foreign audience members in the venue began to support the EDG team.

Clearly, Wang Yao's aggressive Draven pick in this game was quite to their liking!
Coach Nofe didn't say anything more and walked off the arena.

He believed that Wang Yao on the field would do a good job. Some players are born with leadership qualities. After these days of observation and testing, Nofe could completely trust Wang Yao's on-field command.

At least in his opinion, Wang Yao is fully capable of taking on the role of the top commander in the EDG team!
"You really like to surprise people, even using Nidalee," Nofe said with a smile after seeing KkOma.

“Likewise, you guys also pulled out a Draven, so I guess I’ll just have to play along.” KkOma smiled and shook hands with Nofe.

These two old rivals only glanced at each other, and decided to settle their grudges from last year's semi-finals today!

At the passageway back, the two walked to their respective rest rooms. The ban/pick phase was over, and the rest was up to the players on the field.

The competition has officially begun.

The heroes from both sides appeared in Summoner's Rift.

After purchasing their starting gear, both teams positioned themselves at the jungle pass to defend.

Wang Yao instructed A Guang to follow the factory manager to defend the upper jungle. Ideally, they should be able to spot Nidalee's position; if they couldn't catch her, they should just farm normally.

Meanwhile, his Draven brought Meiko's robot to the bottom lane of the Rift.

After a quick look at the summoner spells of both teams' champions, apart from Faker's Cassiopeia taking Cleanse and Karma taking Exhaust, the summoner spells and runes of the other champions were all normal.

Unlike EDG, SKT didn't employ any unconventional strategies like the Deathfire Touch Xayah pick from the previous game.

"The enemy bot lane doesn't have any hard crowd control."

Wang Yao instructed Meiko, "Don't be slow when the fight starts; we need to fight aggressively." "Okay, no problem."

Meiko smiled and said, "To be honest, if you don't have excellent laning awareness, it's really easy to fall behind your opponent and drag them down."

Fortunately, after playing so many matches and training sessions with Wang Yao, their teamwork is at least 80-90% good, if not 100%.

Meiko was quite confident in Wang Yao's proficiency with Draven, having personally witnessed how Wang Yao used Draven to defeat various ADC players in the LPL!
If SKT's bot lane doesn't have hard crowd control, Wang Yao's Draven could probably hack his way all the way to SKT's crystal tower!
At 1 minute and 30 seconds, the factory manager's Spider chose to start with the Golem.

Normally, Draven helps Elise get the blue buff, which allows him to quickly reach level three and counter Huni's Trundle in the top lane. Draven can also stack his Q passive and get to lane.

However, Wang Yao wasn't thinking about peacefully developing with SKT; instead, he wanted to chop through their bottom lane with an axe!

Wang Yao and Meiko did not leave the jungle, but continued to stand there, waiting for Frog Princess to spawn.

With his Q skill "Spinning Axe" activated, Wang Yao skillfully attacked the jungle monsters.

Draven throws his axe, creating a crisp, resounding auto-attack sound, like a rhythmic war melody.

The axe fell from mid-air, the mouse clicked the ground, and as the person moved half a step toward the line, a second basic attack was quickly launched.

After obtaining the two-layered axe passive, Wang Yao and Meiko went down to the triangular bushes.

"Kshine's axe catches are still so smooth and fluid. Looks like he's been practicing this AD champion a lot these past few days!"

"This is Kshine's third time playing Draven in this World Championship. He seems to have a special fondness for this AD champion."

"Haha, that's precisely why many League of Legends players on foreign websites also like Kshine. After all, this aggressive playstyle is indeed very eye-catching!"

"..."

After the match started, Miller and Wawa, the "Haier Brothers," chatted and joked with each other, creating a very relaxed atmosphere in the LPL commentary booth.

PDD clicked his tongue and said, "To be honest, I'm quite jealous of Kshine's esports talent."

"EDG made it all the way to the finals of this year's World Championship. Their bot lane really doesn't have a problem with champion pool, but they've suffered from their draft picks."

"Draven, Ezreal, Xayah, Caitlyn, Tristana, Varus, Twitch, Kog'Maw, and even Jhin. I think SKT's targeting of EDG's bot lane is completely unnecessary."

Wawa and Miller seemed to be thinking about it. What PDD said made sense. SKT only had so many ban slots, and they had given them all to the bot lane. In reality, it didn't really target anything.

Lower route through the canyon.

Wang Yao said to Meiko, "Let's get level two and kill this round, let's charge in!"

Before S7, Bang was indeed considered the world's best AD carry. If we were to give him a specific numerical evaluation, he would be considered a versatile player with all the necessary skills.

But this year, Bang's attitude towards winning the championship has become somewhat negative. I heard that he's been secretly doing some kind of meditation training instead of playing practice matches properly.

There was no other way. In order to enhance the prestige of EDG's championship, Wang Yao had no choice but to bring out his Draven to wake up the demoralized Bang.

If Coach KkOma can't awaken your fighting spirit, then I'll use my double axes to knock on your sleeping soul!

First update of the new year! Wishing all the big shots a happy 2024!
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