LOL: What is a concept player?

Chapter 356 is determined to give Chovy the biggest psychological trauma of his career!

The moment the first game ended, countless netizens flooded various forums with comments, especially LPL viewers, who finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning that only one LPL team had qualified for this year's World Championship.

It would be a lie to say you weren't worried. They were afraid that IG's poor performance would lead to another complete defeat for LPL this year. In fact, when Chu Ran returned to the competition and picked Sylas as the jungler, their hearts were in their throats.

They believe there's a possibility of an upset in the first game.

but.

Fortunately, Chu Ran and IG did not disappoint them. Even with Sylas as the jungler, they still managed to crush GRF in the first game, which excited many LPL viewers.

Before the match, everyone was hyping up GRF, especially Chovy, saying he was the future successor to Faker, and they were praising him to the skies, saying he was incredibly strong. But after the first game, they realized he was just so-so.

They were all just ordinary folks, and everyone was especially overjoyed when they saw the MVP selection results for the first game.

Without exception, the MVP of the first game went to Chu Ran's Sylas, who had godlike stats and the highest damage output. Keep in mind that this is a jungle Sylas, and he still managed to get such terrifying stats even though his economy and level were not comparable to those of a solo laner. This is enough to prove just how powerful Chu Ran is.

[6666, Chu Shen's skills are still sharp!]

What does it mean to be young? When has Chu Shen ever aged? It should be said that Chu Shen still retains her charm!

[Haha, you must be a master of idioms, but to be honest, Chu Shen's performance this time was truly terrifying. Chu Shen is a monster.]

[Sure enough, the top, mid, and jungle positions are all world-class. Tell me, what can't they do?]

[Now, let's hear from the haters: who was it before the match who said that Chu Shen picking Sylas was just feeding?]

[I don't know what you guys are so excited about. GRF was careless in the first game, you know? They shouldn't have given Viper Garen and Yuumi. What's the point of Garen and Yuumi? They were down a player in team fights.]

[Viper is truly useless. He can't even beat a low-level player. If I played Garen and Yuumi, I'd beat them so badly they wouldn't dare farm minions.]

[Exactly, if Lulu is slow to react and then uses her ultimate, she can instantly kill him.]

In the live broadcast rooms and forums of various events, the two groups of people who support IG and those who criticize IG have once again started arguing. GRF's loss in the first game has not changed the attitude of these haters.

After all, this is a best-of-five series. Losing the first game isn't a big deal; we can win it back later.

At the same time, in the GRF backstage lounge, the faces of the group were not very good. Chovy spread his hands and said, "The enemy jungler is targeting me and he doesn't play by the rules at all."

You never know if he might be here.

"So, we need to play it safe in the next game," the GRF head coach said quietly. "In the next game, as long as the enemy jungler doesn't reveal vision, don't go in. Just farm minions and try to gain lane priority. Don't try to kill them at all."

"We junglers do the same. If the enemy jungler has no vision, don't do anything. Just farm your jungle, ward for your teammates, and if you have the opportunity, invade the enemy jungle and try to find the enemy jungler's position."

Tarzan nodded upon hearing this and slowly said, "Easy on the other side is ridiculously strong."

"No matter how strong he is, he's still just a person, not a god. Even if he plays well, with an absolute economic advantage, he can't possibly take on five opponents at once. We shouldn't let him scare us."

"Although he has never lost in his professional career, we will let him taste a crushing defeat today," the GRF head coach said emphatically.

Just then, Viper raised his hand and chimed in, "Coach, don't give me Garen or Yuumi next game. I feel like these champions are completely useless. I'm not saying this lineup is useless, but it won't work against IG. If we're at a disadvantage, it means we're naturally missing a damage dealer."

"As for Meiko on the other side, he's a pro at playing cats, so we can just ban him."

"I think I can."

After their crushing defeat in the first game, GRF immediately adjusted their tactics. Similarly, Chu Ran's team also changed their tactics, but the core strategy remained the same: to target Chovy on the opposing team.

"Chovy is a player who can't step up when he's at a disadvantage. He prefers to farm and last hit peacefully with you. When the time comes, he'll take over the game. You can't out-farm him."

Rooike strongly agreed with Chu Ran's opinion and quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, this guy is simply a last-hitting monster. I don't know how he last-hit. I didn't miss any last hits either, but this guy always seems to be stealing minions. I died a few times, and then he inexplicably caught up with the last hits."

Upon hearing this, Daney frowned. "Then let's continue targeting Chovy in the next game. We'll stick to our top, mid, and jungle strategy, and pick a champion to farm in the bot lane. Let's get Ezreal."

This version of Ezreal is actually quite strong. Kleptomancy has been greatly enhanced, and lucky players can keep stealing items by landing their Q on a champion. When Kleptomancy was popular, top lane Iceborn Gauntlet Viktor was a dominant force in the top lane.

TheShy also likes to play a ranged champion with Kleptomancy in the top lane to harass the opponent, but Daney forcibly corrected him, believing that playing too many ranged champions in the top lane would waste TheShy's talent.

Long-range top laners are something you can only have a few as trump cards, you can't get too obsessed with them. Not everyone is Chu Ran, and Daney doesn't think he can evaluate Chu Ran's talent.

He can play whatever he wants.

"It's okay, Ezreal is fine. Watch me carry like crazy with Ezreal this game," Jackeylove said confidently.

The short break passed quickly, and once again, under the watchful eyes of countless viewers, cheers thundered as Chu Ran and his team returned to the competition area, with all the live broadcast rooms focusing their attention on the commentary booth.

"Okay, welcome back. This is the second match of the Round of 16 between IG and GRF at the World Championship. IG is currently leading 1-0."

Guan Zeyuan clasped his hands together, beaming, "We saw in the first game that Chu Shen's Sylas used all sorts of unconventional ganks, completely stunning GRF. The game went smoothly and they won without any pressure. I wonder what kind of adjustments GRF will make in the second game."

"Silas will definitely be banned anyway, either banned or picked," Miller analyzed.

957 immediately chimed in, "Yes, that's why GRF chose the blue side this game. The red side doesn't have enough bans. The main problem is that IG has too many flexible champions. GRF has to seriously consider champions like Jayce, Ryze, and Irelia."

"Leg Bro's analysis is right! Hey, the second round of ban/pick has already started!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed, and the camera showed the ban/pick screens of both sides.

Both teams played the first three bans very quickly.

Red team GRF: Yuumi, Sylas, Jayce.

Blue side IG: Pantheon, Azir, Poppy.

"Oh? We saw that IG is considering banning Poppy. You know what, there's definitely something going for Poppy mid in this patch." Guan Zeyuan said with a smile. "But there's also Nautilus out there. Do you think Chovy will consider picking Nautilus mid this game?" "Should we also go for a fast push and then a four-man gank?" 957 asked back. "But the teams that are good at this lineup have already been eliminated in the group stage."

As soon as he said that, the screen was filled with comments of "boldness" in the live stream, making countless netizens laugh. And while they were discussing it, GRF immediately locked in on supermodel Qiyana.

"Here we go! GRF picked Qiyana first, looks like they're going to switch to a mid-jungle duo. What's IG's plan? Should they go for the bot lane duo, Ezreal and Thresh? Their wave clear is a bit weak, but their self-defense and counter-attack capabilities are still good."

Guan Zeyuan nodded, "It seems that IG is planning to continue with the mid-jungle strategy this game, and has picked a relatively conservative lineup for the bot lane. GRF, on the other hand, did not hold back and directly locked in Xayah and Rakan."

"It's starting, Viper. Garen and Yuumi had a really tough time in the first game, so they're going to really show their true colors this time. But to be honest, the Xayah and Rakan combo isn't that strong in this patch."

"Yes, if they're really strong, IG definitely won't let them go." Miller chimed in, "IG's third pick is Elise? Lock it in, Chu is going to teach Tarza how to play Elise this game!"

"Watch closely, this is how Spider should jungle!"

When Tarzan saw IG pick Spider, his expression changed immediately. He was certain that Chu Ran had picked Spider on purpose, just to show him how to play Spider.

This feeling is the most frustrating. You have absolutely no way to blame him; the only way is to beat him up in the game.

"Hey, I'm going to make Easy lose today. My Qiyana is no pushover."

When Chu Ran chose Spider, no one was too surprised. On the contrary, most people felt that it was a sure thing. After all, Chu Ran had shown his Spider prowess in the first half of the year, and he could be called a killing god, completely crushing the opponent like a bot.

Besides, Chu Ran could dominate with Sylas, so what would happen if he picked Spider? I don't need to say more.

Amidst the deafening cheers, the second round immediately began. GRF targeted TheShy by banning Rumble and Aatrox, while IG banned Chovy's LeBlanc and Akali.

Immediately afterwards, IG helped TheShy secure Gnar as their fourth pick.

"Huh? Is the top laner going to be taught a lesson too? He's just helping TheShy pick Gnar. Chu Shen is teaching the enemy Elise, and TheShy is teaching them Gnar!" Miller exclaimed.

TheShy had a big smile on his face the moment Gnar was picked. He really enjoyed the fun atmosphere. He admitted that he had the idea of ​​teaching the opponent how to play Gnar, but it can only be said that the opponent played Gnar really badly in the previous game.

Upon seeing Gnar selected, Sorwd's expression immediately changed. "Damn it, I want to play Yasuo."

"Are you crazy, Siba? Play Captain, or Ornn to tank." GRF's head coach added, "I suggest Captain. This game we'll turt, play a defensive formation, and come out strong in the late game."

Even if they lose some plating in the early game, GRF's head coach doesn't think it's a big deal. As long as the captain farms steadily, the gold lost from the plating will be made up. Besides, they might not even lose in lane.

Meanwhile, he also had a secret weapon: Chovy chewing gum, and then countless people witnessed a close-up of his face and GRF's fifth pick, the moment the card master was chosen.

Many Korean fans and supporters at the scene and in the live broadcast room roared and cheered for Chovy.

In the LCK commentary booth, several Korean commentators were so excited that their faces turned red. "Wow! Twisted Fate! This is Chovy's signature champion. This game is already in the bag. As long as GRF can hold on until 20 minutes and doesn't let IG get too much of a gold lead before 20 minutes, this game is guaranteed to be won."

Upon seeing GRF's lineup, Miller and the others were stunned. "Huh... is GRF planning to win by farming and leveling up? This feels a bit bad. We've entered Chovy's comfort zone."

"Yes, so GRF's strategy for this game is to play a defensive game. As long as they don't fall too far behind in gold, GRF can accept it because they have Twisted Fate and Gangplank as their heroes."

After Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, 957 quickly added, "It's not just that. The main thing is that once this card reaches level 6, it poses a threat to both the top and bottom lanes of IG. IG's support can never keep up with the card's speed."

"It feels like Jack will bring TP this game."

"should be."

"So we need to see what counter-pick IG gives to Rooike in the fifth pick, and what champion he will choose. I suggest picking a strong laner against Twisted Fate, so as to curb his Twisted Fate's development pace." Guan Zeyuan sighed and said, "Rooike can't compete with Chovy in CS. I don't think any mid laner can beat him in CS. Only Chu Shen last year could surpass him."

"Needless to say, Chovy is a monster, and Chu Shen is a prodigy. I remember someone calculated that when Chu Shen was playing mid last year, he managed to go 20 minutes without missing a single kill."

After Miller finished speaking, many viewers couldn't help but gasp.

Indeed, Chovy is far from being as good as Chu Ran was last year.

While they were discussing, IG's fifth pick of a hero caught everyone's attention, causing a huge uproar.

"My goodness! Really?! Kled mid?! Kled with Elise? They're going to completely overpower Chovy!" Miller's eyes widened in disbelief. "It's locked in! Kled mid? Is this really Rooike's choice? Isn't Kled mid Doinb's signature move?"

Suddenly, all the viewers at the scene and in the live broadcast room were dumbfounded. They never expected Rooike to pick Kled for mid lane.

Not only them, but everyone in GRF was also shocked. Kled mid lane was very popular in S6, but now it's S9, and their profiles rarely mention that Rooike can play this skill. This directly puts them at a disadvantage.

GRF's head coach immediately told Chovy, "You must play it safe in the early game. As long as you don't get killed by the spider, Kled can't push you. If they can't get into your lane, they can't tower dive you."

“I know,” Chovy nodded. “He can’t push the minion wave to my tower. I won’t give him that chance. I’m going to play it safe this game. They picked Kled mid. I can only say that we’ve already won this game.”

Although the Kled and Elise combo looks very strong, there is a fatal flaw: Kled needs to push the lane. If he can't push it in, he's useless and becomes a mere Earthbound Spirit, which means IG is essentially missing a mid laner.

In that case, they are guaranteed to win.

Amidst much discussion, the lineups for both sides were finally finalized.

GRF (Blue Side): Top - Gangplank, Jungle - Qiyana, Mid - Twisted Fate, Bot - Xayah & Rakan.

IG (Red Side): Top lane Gnar, Jungle Elise, Mid lane Kled, Bot lane Ezreal and Thresh.

The director then gave Chu Ran a close-up of her face, showing her slightly upturned lips after taking a sip of water.

Do you like finishing off enemies?

In this game, he's going to give Chovy a psychological scar that he can never erase from his professional career.

(End of this chapter)