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"RNG first picked Kalista, and second picked Jarvan IV, which should be for the jungle position. Mlxg has a near 100% win rate with this champion."

The prince locked himself up.

RNG fans at the scene erupted in cheers.

In the commentary booth, Rita began analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of both teams' draft picks.

"EDG, on the other hand, picked Twitch as their AD carry on the second floor, and Nocturne as their jungler on the third floor?"

Rita was clearly surprised by this choice.

"Although we know there is such a routine: Nightmare turns off the lights, and the rat takes advantage of the opponent's vision compression to find a suitable position, and uses his ultimate to deal explosive AOE damage."

"But the problem lies in head-on clashes in the jungle. Nightmare's lane strength isn't particularly high in this patch, especially against Jarvan IV."

"While the W skill [Dark Sanctuary] can block one skill, the Prince's EQ combo is actually three parts: E planted a flag to deal magic damage, Q pokes to deal physical damage and armor reduction, and the third part is an independent effect derived from EQ. In other words, Nocturne's shield can only block the independent damage of Q, and can hardly prevent the subsequent knock-up."

Remember hesitated for a moment before speaking up: "I'm not very optimistic about EDG's first three picks."

"I feel like picking Ashe would be a better choice for AD carry, since she can dominate Kalista in lane. But Twitch does fit EDG's style of playing in the late game better."

RNG locked in Thresh as their support on the third floor.

In the second round of bans, EDG chose to ban Gragas, a top laner who is very effective against engage compositions, and Karma, a champion with a high win rate for Xiaohu.

RNG opted to ban Shen, the top laner who can synergize with Nocturne, and Rumble, who can be used in conjunction with the "lights out and fire" combo.

The final lineup has been confirmed.

EDG (blue side) fielded a team consisting of Maokai (top), Nocturne (jungle), Orianna (mid), and Twitch and Lulu (bot).

RNG (Red Team): Top lane Kled, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Kalista and Thresh.

"The lineups for both sides are confirmed!"

As the ban/pick phase ended, the commentator explained to the audience, "Usually at this stage, we commentators are the ones analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the team compositions. But to be honest, our skill level is just so-so. We may sound very knowledgeable, but we're still Silver and Gold gatekeepers in ranked games."

Rita laughed and continued, "That's why we've invited two guest speakers today, so everyone can hear what former professional support players have to say."

Because the Demacia Cup final is a highly anticipated clash between pigs and dogs.

The organizers made a last-minute decision to add an extra commentary booth at the finals venue to analyze the lineups and conduct post-match reviews.

Therefore, the names of the two former professional support players are obvious—

  

Xiaoxiao and Xika!

"Let's go, let's go!"

"Is Coach Nofe out of his mind? This lineup is completely on the defensive before level six!"

The camera pans to the commentary section.

Before becoming a professional player, Xika was Mingkai's henchman, responsible for acting alongside Mingkai, who was then known as "Director Nuo," in the acting crew. Therefore, he made no attempt to hide his bias towards EDG.

"What do we do, Sun? This LeeE doesn't seem to know how to play Orianna. EDG overestimated themselves in the first game!"

Sun Yalong, the bald man standing to the side, looked completely serious, even deliberately putting on a stern face: "What do you mean by 'what to do'?"

"I support Uzi, and RNG is my favorite team."

"EDG's draft is definitely going to be as bad as possible! I wish EDG's base would explode right now!"

After saying that, he pretended to glare at Xika: "Don't you support Uzi? If you don't support Uzi, get out of this live stream right now!"

"You know, Brother Sun, I've always been a huge fan of Stain..."

Sun Yanzi has started again.

It's been a long time since I've seen such a neutral and unbiased official commentary.

[When the dog-haters come, there's fine wine; when the GSL comes, there's a shotgun!]

Is this the most respectful livestream room for Uzi on the entire internet?

After livening up the atmosphere.

The two began to seriously analyze the lineup.

"EDG's lineup picks are great for team fights, but they'll be stuck in jail before level six."

"It's already difficult for Twitch to fight Kalista in the bottom lane, and this time Ray (LeeE) can't even move. Nightmare is also a hero who can only focus on farming before level six."

"The key to this game lies in Nightmare's first ultimate. If they can gain an advantage, they can stall; if they can't, they have to retreat!"

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"Like I said, I can accept your laning disadvantage, but you must communicate more." Before leaving the stage, Nofe still gave him a word of advice.

Perhaps it's because today is the finals, or perhaps it's because the opponent is their old rival, RNG.

Mouse and Iboy, who are usually very talkative, were a little nervous and didn't say much at this moment.

"Our lineup can accept a slight disadvantage in the laning phase; I have combos for late-game team fights," Li Yi said, breaking the silence and encouraging his teammates.

Entering the laning phase.

The lane matchup between Orianna and Ryze is actually quite simple.

Orianna only needs to max Q to constantly adjust the ball's position when facing assassin heroes with mobility skills.

Since W deals 20 more damage per level than Q, against a stationary mage like Ryze, you only need to level up W to level 3 to push the lane.

Starting from Level 1 launch.

Li Yi had been observing Xiaohu's habits.

If it were a mid laner like Rookie with strong laning pressure, he would most likely level up W at level one to trade damage. But Xiaohu in S7 had lost the edge he had when he debuted and wasn't trying to gain an advantage through laning.

Judging from his choice of starting with a blue crystal and his positioning when leveling up Q at level 1, it's clear that Xiaohu's laning phase was very conservative at the beginning.

However, it reached level three.

After Xiaohu's Ryze applied the E skill [Rune Flux] to the minions, he didn't immediately use Q to trigger the Flux. Instead, he continued to auto-attack and last-hit minions while quietly taking a step forward.

Li Yi immediately realized the intention to attack.

"You want to use this minion that's already affected by Surge, then use the secondary spread effect of your E to infect me, and then flash followed by W to freeze me in place?"

RNG's team voice chat.

"Is there a chance?" Mlxg asked as he passed by the river.

Xiaohu glanced at Orianna, who had retreated to a safe position: "It's probably impossible to catch her. The enemy's positioning is a bit too far back, and they're holding onto their W skill too tightly."

"Okay, is there a chance in the bottom lane?"

Mlxg didn't dwell on it much and instead asked about the laning situation in the bottom lane.

Before the bottom lane minions even reached the lane, Meiko's Lulu, who was setting up vision in the bush, was caught by the enemy Thresh. Ming decisively flashed and used his E [Pendulum of Doom], cooperating with Uzi's Kalista to severely damage Lulu.

The rat is already weak in the early laning phase, and the support Lulu is already at half health when she comes to lane.

The enemy Thresh held the position of the bush tightly, and Twitch could only carefully last-hit minions, occasionally throwing out his W [Poison Barrel] to barely balance the minion wave.

In just a few minutes, RNG's bottom lane had accumulated nearly two waves of minions, preparing to call for their jungler to tower dive.

"It took me about three minutes and ten seconds after I finished clearing the river crab." After confirming that the enemy Nightmare couldn't come, Mlxg had already seized the opportunity to tower dive.

Under the bottom lane tower.

The mouse moved extremely cautiously, and when he saw the Demacia flag suddenly fall on his face, Iboy reacted quickly, his hand already on Flash—

But the prince flashed after him the instant he dodged!

EQ Flash!