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Chapter 292 Summer Opening Battle! The Golden Left Hand!

Once the group assignments were finalized, the schedule was quickly arranged.

EDG's first opponent is the Top Esports team.

Their second opponent is WE, and their third opponent is IG. After playing against IG, they will have to participate in the upcoming Intercontinental Cup.

The entire schedule is quite tight, so there's definitely no time to rotate the teams. We must finalize the official starting lineup!

After thinking it over, Abu called Gao Tianliang over and said, "You'll start in the opening game of the Summer Split again. Play well."

Gao Tianliang was stunned for a moment by Abu's sudden remark, but he quickly nodded excitedly and said, "I will definitely do my best!"

Once the starting jungler for the Summer Split is confirmed, it's practically guaranteed that this player will represent the team at Worlds!

At that moment, Xiao Tian suddenly thought of a famous biblical quote from Wang Yao: "I must treat this as the only chance I have in this life!"
The factory manager had no objection to Abu's arrangement. After all, he had already won the world championship, fulfilling his dream of many years, and his obsession with the competition had lessened considerably.

Besides, Xiaotian has been playing practice matches with his teammates these days, and their synergy is very good, so there's no need for Clearlove to force him to come out of retirement and start.

According to LPL regulations, clubs are required to announce their starting lineup before the match.

EDG was no exception. On the night before the opening match, Abu announced the starting lineup of his team on his official Weibo account.

"I am pleased to announce the starting lineup for tomorrow's match."

"Top laner Flandre, jungler Tian, ​​mid laner Kshine, bot laner iboy, support Meiko, coach Zhu Kai, and draft coach Mao Kai!"

The release of this list has sparked some heated discussion.

"Good grief, did EDG secretly kidnap my Clearlove and send him to Africa to mine for gold? He hasn't played a single game in so many days, I'm so angry I'm freezing!"

"Stop unfairly criticizing my Clearlove. What's wrong with a world champion jungler just lying down? Besides, isn't Tian playing pretty well?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as Brother Yao is here, we'll still win all the way!"

"..."

Most people are just following the crowd; anyone who pays a little attention to EDG's fans on various media accounts knows the real reason.

It's normal for the factory manager to retire to the second line as he gets older. He only comes back occasionally to play a couple of games against weak teams. With his successor Xiaotian around, the factory manager can relax a lot.

Moreover, watching Xiao Tian play matches has a kind of joyful, nurturing-like feel to it. As a newcomer, Gao Tianliang is full of unlimited potential and is also young.

In the afternoon, the LPL opening match officially kicked off, and at Zhengda Plaza in Shanghai, Wang Yao led Xiaotian and others off the bus.

In an instant, a deafening cheer surrounded the EDG team, and as far as the eye could see, there was a sea of ​​people.

Upon seeing the EDG players, many people immediately surged over like a tidal wave, shouting loudly.

Many people also took out their phones and kept taking pictures, looking just like enthusiastic fans.

Wang Yao is used to this kind of scene. He waves to his fans with a smile and even takes the opportunity to sign autographs and take photos.

Entering the backstage dressing room, everyone began preparing for the competition.

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Welcome to Zhengda Plaza!

The commentators for the opening match were two familiar faces, Wade and Miller. Wade, with his booming voice, began:

"After two months, the LPL league is back in action! Summer Split, new divisions, new version, today's teams will bring us exciting performances."

"That's right!"

Miller, who was standing nearby, chimed in.

"It's worth mentioning that the two sides in today's match have a connection. If any viewers have followed LDL, they might know that Tian and Knight were teammates before!" "The Golden Knight, hailed as the next genius mid laner, and Tian, ​​the rising jungler prodigy of the LPL, will face off!"

"Today's match is very important for Left Hand. He needs to face Kshine. Although Kshine has only been playing mid lane for half a year, we can say with certainty that his performance in the past six months can be called the strongest mid laner in the LPL!"

"Knight, this genius player, is about to face Kshine's test. Let's see just how good this genius really is!"

"Fun fact: Knight, the Golden Left Hand, is half a year older than Yao Ge, and has even been in the industry longer. It just goes to show that even geniuses have differences!"

"It's hilarious. Both are new generation players, but Yao is about to achieve a Grand Slam, while this guy can't produce any impressive results."

"Let's give Knight some time to prove himself, after all, he's still a rookie player."

"Hehehe, the semi-retired Wei Shen already gave this guy a scathing critique. He's a typical high-scoring but low-ability player, just a pure Rank monster with some shockwave. He's not worth mentioning at all!"

"..."

The reason why so many people expect Knight to become the next prodigy mid laner is quite simple.

His stats in the previous LSPL and LDL leagues were phenomenal, and his hero pool is mainly composed of assassins!

Viewers naturally have a bias towards players who are assassins and have amazing skills.

"Without further ado, let's see what version answers both players will bring us! Just to clarify, this match will use version 8.11!"

With a crisp "clang," the BP screen immediately appeared in front of everyone.

EDG is the number one seed, so when they meet in the first round, EDG has the right to choose sides first.

EDG will choose the blue side, while Top will move to the red side.

EDG didn't specifically target Maokai because there were no match examples available. Maokai basically followed the strategy of banning popular heroes.

Immediately, EDG banned Braum, Zoe, and Trundle, while Top banned Irelia, Ryze, and Taliyah.

Banning three mid-lane champions! That's enough to show Wang Yao's intimidating power!

EDG picked Ezreal first; hybrid Ezreal builds are still viable in this patch.

In patch 8.11, EZ's passive attack speed bonus was only slightly nerfed, which doesn't affect the champion's overall strength at all.

Top, on the other hand, locked in LeBlanc and Jarvan IV, a mid-jungle combination that is very strong in the early game!
"Wow! That's fierce! Just a reminder, in patch 8.9, Riot Games reverted all the changes to LeBlanc from Season 7. The current LeBlanc is the original version of LeBlanc!"

Seeing this, Wang Yao smiled and said, "Zhuo Ding is planning to go toe-to-toe with me."

"Hehehe! Old Wang, go for it! Why don't you pick Yasuo or Zed this game?" Flandre Bro chimed in.

Wang Yao smiled without saying anything; he would wait for Maokai's draft arrangements first.

After a moment's thought, Maokai didn't rush to pick a mid laner. Instead, he prioritized the jungle and support combination and asked, "How about Camille this game?"

Xiao Tian seemed a little flustered, but still nodded affirmatively.

"Then let's take Camille."

Xiaotian's strength lies in his exceptionally precise micro-management, which often yields remarkable results when he chooses jungle heroes that require high skill to master.

This is also the biggest difference between him and the factory manager.

Factory Manager is a pure rhythm-based jungler, and his micro-management skills are not as good as Gao Tianliang's.

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