League: Educating LPL is my duty.

In the second round of eliminations, both sides eliminated Ashe Varus, as well as the female police officer and the Gragas.

With this draft, EDG was considering not giving GT's bot lane too many initiation options, to avoid putting too much pressure on Scout and Meiko in lane.

GT felt that the female police officer's range was too long, and if it were given to Li Chen, he would be able to stabilize himself by relying on his basic abilities, while the Gragas' ultimate would also affect their tower diving.

After finishing the match, GT first picked Lulu as a support champion.

At this point, nofe finally stopped beating around the bush and asked directly, "With this lineup, C, are you confident picking Tristana?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "No problem. Ryze doesn't have forced displacement or stun-type control, so he's very afraid of AD carries like Tristana who jump in. He'll have a hard time playing against them in lane."

"Then let's pick Tristana, and Clearlove will choose Lee Sin. He's strong enough in the mid-jungle duel, and with Maokai's hard CC, we can crush their top, mid, and jungle." Nofe finalized the lineup.

GT's AD carry pick was kept hidden until the very end, and they chose Kog'Maw to supplement their late-game damage.

They did consider choosing Ashe or Varus to supplement their initiation abilities, but EDG was too clever; they saw through their plan and didn't give them the chance.

Of course, the biggest reason for this situation is that GT's players don't have any signature skills that can make them famous and influence the game, so EDG has plenty of options in terms of bans.

Entering the loading screen:

EDG (Blue Team):

Top lane - Maokai

Jungler - Lee Sin

Mid Lane - Ziggs

ad——Little Cannon

Support - Karma

Red Team:

Top laner - Shen

Jungler - Spider

Mid Lane - Ryze

ad——Big Mouth

Support - Lulu

As the game began, Miller started commentating: "As you can see, neither side has much of a strategy in this match. They lined up, exchanged glances, and then retreated. Tristana and the others... hey hey hey, what are Tristana and the Bomber doing? The minions are about to spawn!"

On the big screen, everyone could see that Tristana and Ziggs retreated after showing themselves. Tristana then went to the mid lane, while Ziggs headed to the bottom lane.

"Is this how you play it? Ziggs goes to the bottom lane, Tristana comes to the mid lane. How come it feels like EDG's entire lineup is different?" Miller was somewhat shocked.

Zhihuan analyzed from the side: "It is indeed obviously different. Originally, everyone may have doubted whether god_C could have good synergy with Meiko when playing the duo lane, but now that Tristana has gone to the mid lane, I think with god_C's ability, at least normal development is not a problem."

Miller continued, "And do you know what's even more terrifying? Now that Ziggs has gone to the bottom lane, EDG's bottom lane has an incredibly strong pushing ability. GT's bottom lane simply won't have any lane priority to push."

Holy crap, what kind of strategy is EDG using? It's like a game where lanes are swapped!

[If Tristana is played well in the mid lane and carries the team, I feel like the Rift is about to change again.]

[This is outrageous, but Tristana does seem to have an easy time against Ryze. She can just jump in and he's completely helpless against Ryze.]

Is this the flexibility EDG currently possesses?

Amidst the heated debate in the chat, the minions on both sides came online, and Tristana finally showed up in the mid lane.

GT's mid laner, Republic, was stunned when he saw a Tristana appear on the enemy team: "Wait, why is there a Tristana on my team?"

PentaQ from the bot lane also responded: "The Ziggs is with me, the enemy mid laner and bot lane AD have swapped lanes."

This lane switch caught GT completely off guard, but the game had to continue.

Li Chen's proficiency with Tristana was already quite high, reaching level 5 with Eagle Eye. In addition, this type of AD doesn't have any complicated combos, and it relies most on the player's basic skills. Therefore, he didn't even level up, feeling that level 5 proficiency was enough for playing GT.

Because the little cannon is not particularly strong at level one, and its basic attack range is relatively short, Li Chen did not push the lane immediately. Instead, he farmed minions normally and did not push the lane.

Republic couldn't figure out Tristana's playstyle, nor did they know how to lane against her, so they couldn't just push the lane right away. Instead, they started farming against Tristana.

Compared to the relatively peaceful farming and development in the top and mid lanes, Scout and Meiko in the bottom lane were much more aggressive.

The combined wave clear and poke capabilities of Ziggs and Karma are absolutely top-tier in the League. Now that they're paired together, Kog'Maw and Lulu simply can't handle it.

"Wow, they're only level 2! GT's bot lane is already being pushed under the tower and harassed. This is so frustrating." Miller looked at the bot lane matchup and said it was a truly miserable sight.

"When Kog'Maw was last-hitting minions, he got hit by Karma and Ziggs' Qs, and his health dropped to less than half. He's also used up his health potion. At this rate, the jungler can't help him even if he wants to." Zhihuan shook his head, feeling that GT might be in deep trouble this game.

Both sides in the mid lane reached level three. Li Chen glanced at the minimap and asked, "Factory, is there a location for the enemy jungler?"

"Ninety percent of them are in the lower half of the zone, probably hunting toads. You can hunt them if you want, I'm nearby," the factory worker replied as he shooed the crabs toward the middle lane.

Li Chen completely trusted the factory's experience in exploiting loyal customers and immediately began to set traps for Republic.

The minion wave, which had been staying in the middle, inadvertently moved towards the blue team, and the cannon's attack frequency noticeably slowed down.

Republic didn't think too much about it; he was still basically at full strength and didn't think he was in any danger.

Li Chen kept a close eye on Ryze's movements, and the moment he saw the opponent move forward and throw out his E, he immediately pressed forward towards Ryze.

Seeing the little cannon suddenly press forward, Republic instinctively threw out a Q skill, but Li Chen dodged it with a right-angle movement, then directly W jumped to Ryze's face and sat on him, applied E and activated Q skill to auto-attack.

Since Republic had just used his EQ skill and it wasn't ready yet, he used WQ to try and slow down Tristana.

Li Chen neither dodged nor evaded, standing his ground and fighting Ryze while taking damage. While stacking four layers of bombs, he directly applied Ignite to Ryze.

The sudden drop in health when the bomb exploded startled Ryze.

"Wait, is he trying to kill me?" Republic realized something was wrong; his health seemed to be dropping too fast.

So, as soon as his E skill was ready, he quickly unleashed a combo, triggering his speed boost to pull himself back.

But Li Chen was unwilling to let him leave, so he decisively used Flash to continue chasing and attacking.

Here's a small detail: Ryze still has Flash available. If Li Chen uses his newly refreshed W, Ryze might dodge it with Flash, wasting the W's damage.

Therefore, Li Chen chose to use Flash to chase Ryze first, forcing him to use Flash before using W.