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Chapter 179 Arcane Comet! Mid-lane Camille!

"Huh? Is Kshine planning to recreate the Fat General's Earthfire Captain? That doesn't seem like a very safe bet." Miller was quite surprised.

After thinking it over, he felt that EDG might be planning to flex their Gangplank pick to the top lane, since Gangplank is very rare in the mid lane, and Gangplank is not an easy opponent for Orianna.

"Could it be... that EDG is going to play Camille in the mid lane this game? Camille in this version with Arcane Comet and her W for sweeping attacks has very strong poke potential."

Having done her homework beforehand, Rita shared her thoughts.

Recently, some high-ranking players on the Korean server have been playing this strategy, using Camille against mages like Orianna, making it easy to trade blows.

Furthermore, there are many walls on both sides of the mid lane, which are perfect for Camille's E skill to be used. The somewhat clumsy Orianna is easily ganked and killed by Camille and the jungler.

Rita's idea was exactly what EDG decided. After a round of player substitutions, the final lineups were finalized.

RNG, on the blue side, has Sion in the top lane, Kha'Zix in the jungle, Orianna in the mid lane, and Varus and Rakan in the bot lane.

The red team, EDG, has Gangplank in the top lane, Sejuani in the jungle, Camille in the mid lane, and Miss Fortune and Alistar in the bot lane.

"EDG has a standard engage composition. Meiko's Alistar, Clearlove's Sejuani, and Kshine's Camille can all be responsible for initiating strong attacks!"

"Camille's ultimate ability, Headlock, can be used in conjunction with Gangplank's ultimate and Miss Fortune's ultimate, making it easy for Gangplank to unleash continuous explosive damage."

“RNG probably didn’t anticipate this, otherwise they should have picked a protective support like Tahm Kench or Braum instead of Rakan.”

Miller said thoughtfully.

"Although Rakan has some ability to protect the carry, he may not be able to protect his own backline carries when facing so many dive heroes, since Orianna and Varus do not have any mobility skills."

Miller spoke eloquently on stage, discussing the lineups selected by both teams.

It's the beginning of a new season and a brand new version. All teams are starting from scratch in understanding the version, so they can only try team fight coordination as the entry point.

When the live broadcast switched the camera to the EDG players' bench, Wang Yao, as always, remained calm and composed.

Wang Yao was no stranger to the hero Camille.

He used this hero a lot in Korean solo queue, so his proficiency is undoubtedly high, and it's certainly good enough for competitive play.

In patch 7.24, Riot Games buffed Camille, increasing the duration of her passive Adaptive Shield from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds, and increasing the duration of the second part of her Q skill Precision Etiquette from 3 seconds to 3.5 seconds.

These two minor changes have enhanced Camille's kiting ability, which is why she has been appearing more frequently in the top lane in the Korean server recently.

In an extreme lane like the top lane, which heavily relies on a champion's stats, Camille's ability to stand out speaks volumes about her strength.

Moreover, Camille's skill mechanics are quite excellent.

It's only a matter of time before a hero with multiple skills, including control, mobility, shields, damage amplification, headshot lock, and sustain, appears in matches.

"Let's take the initiative this round, don't be timid," Wang Yao said to his teammates.

“Okay!” all four EDG members responded.

Meanwhile, on the RNG players' bench, the new coach Heart kept instructing the players: "Xiaohu and Xiangguo, keep a close eye on Camille in the mid lane, don't give them a chance to coordinate and make plays." "Cut off their mid lane, and we'll win this best-of-three series!"

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Xiangguo smiled. If he couldn't gank the ADC in the bottom lane, wouldn't he be able to gank the mid laner in the mid lane?

"Drive this guy back down from mid lane to bot lane!" Uzi joked, though he didn't really want Wang Yao to go back down.

In fact, even if Wang Yao didn't perform well in the mid lane, he couldn't go back to the bottom lane, since most of the mid laners on the transfer market had already signed contracts until the end of the year.

Even if Wang Yao wants to return to the bottom lane as an ADC, he'll have to wait until the winter transfer window in the second half of the year to see if EDG can land a big fish again.

As the match officially entered Summoner's Rift, Wang Yao began to direct his teammates: "Charge! Let's play it safe in the first game, no need for a level 1 invasion."

"Play it safe in the bot lane. Uzi is a jerk, so don't go head-to-head with him. Wait for an opportunity to fight him."

"Okay!" iboy nodded. Although he couldn't suppress Uzi like Wang Yao could, he could still hold his own in the lane.

Both teams played very steadily at the start, and the broadcast director also revealed the ultimate talents that both teams had.

The rune and talent point allocation is basically the same as what most players understand, and there are not many novel interpretations.

EDG's top laner Gangplank has the [Kleptomancy] rune, jungler Sejuani has [Aftershock], mid laner Camille and bot laner Miss Fortune both have [Arcane Comet], and support Alistar also has [Aftershock].

As for RNG's top lane Sion with Arcane Comet, jungle Kha'Zix with Electrocute, and mid lane Orianna with Summon Aery.

The only difference is RNG's bot lane. While Uzi's Varus chose Arcane Comet, Shi Senming's Rakan chose Guardian.

It's worth mentioning that in this game, both the ADC and support in the bottom lane chose Relic Shield as their starting item!
While there were instances of bot laners building double support items in the S7 World Championship patch, that involved the ADC building Relic Shield and the support building Ancient Coin. The advantage of this was that it allowed the support to quickly complete Ardent Censer.

However, after the S7 World Championship, the Ardent Censer's stats were halved, and the stats of all enchanter supports were also severely nerfed, making enchanter supports basically useless this season.

As one side declines, another rises. When soft supports lose their place on the field, hard supports become popular.

Additionally, the [Relic Shield] has received a minor buff this season, now granting an extra 2% health recovery when it kills minions.

When the ADC in the bottom lane starts to shift from crit-based and attack speed-based builds to poke-based builds like Varus, the support's Relic Shield can help their ADC stay in lane longer.

Furthermore, if an ADC starts with Relic Shield, they can also carry three health potions. In the current bot lane environment, it's all about who can sustain themselves longer and stay in lane longer.

In the middle lane of the Rift, after Wang Yao's Camille arrived at the lane, she didn't swagger forward and give Xiaohu's Orianna a chance to whittle down her health.

"Both junglers are now in position, but Xiangguo's Kha'Zix might try to cause trouble in Clearlove's jungle. I wonder if EDG will be able to respond."

Rita began to speak.

Kha'Zix is ​​quite strong in 1v1 situations in the jungle. With excellent single-target damage, combined with the numerous bushes to trigger his passive "Isolation", the damage is extremely explosive.

For a clumsy tank hero like Sejuani, encountering Kha'Zix in the jungle is definitely going to be a disaster.

The reason why Xiangguo went solo to start the red buff was to harass the enemy Sejuani in their jungle.

(End of this chapter)