This Lee Sang-hyeok is very strong, but he lacks self-awareness.

As IG's Nexus shattered into pieces on the base's large screen during Sejuani's final Savage Charge,...

The first friendly match ended at 32 minutes.

In that final team fight, Jackeylove's Varus once again showcased his magnetic movement that broke his teammates' hearts and made the opponents laugh.

IG, who initially had the upper hand, only needed Varus to stay in the Baron pit and maintain good distance to deal damage; a team fight defeat was impossible for them.

However, just as Braum raised his hand, Jackeylove, in an attempt to take down the Ashe with the bounty, flashed into Braum's Q and died instantly. EDG then secured Baron Nashor and pushed down the Nexus in one fell swoop.

"Nice!!!" Zet sat down and let out a long sigh of relief.

He was getting wrecked by Jackeylove's Varus during the laning phase.

The suffocating feeling that almost pushed him out of the experience zone made him even doubt whether he was a professional player.

Lin Xiu said as he took off his headphones:

"Jackeylove, this AD carry, is indeed blessed with natural talent, but his problem with catching Qs is probably because God mixed sand into his food."

After the first game, both sides decided to take a 30-minute break before starting the second game.

The atmosphere in IG's preparation area was incredibly intense.

Ning Wang ripped off his hat, slumped back in his gaming chair, and let out a cold laugh:

"Hey Ah Shui, do you have a grudge against me? I worked so hard to control three dragons and build up an advantage, and you just kept dying and throwing it all away?"

"That's Bloom's Q, not a flyer. Why did you have to go over and take it?"

Yu Wenbo chuckled, his youthful face radiating an air of nonchalance that said, "I'll do it again next time."

He chewed his gum and casually scratched his head.

"Ning, I saw Zet was low on health, so I was thinking of flashing over, auto-attacking, and then finishing him off with a Q. Who knew Meiko's Q would be so accurate?"

"A mistake, purely a mistake."

"Mistake my ass! How many Qs did you catch this game? I can't even count them!"

Prince Ning laughed in exasperation. Although he was verbally pressuring Ah Shui, his eyes didn't show genuine disgust, but rather a helpless frustration at Ah Shui's lack of progress.

"If you played like that in the main tournament, I bet Principal Wang would skin you alive."

Rookie, sitting in the middle, adjusted his glasses and tried to mediate in his heavily accented Mandarin:

"Alright, alright, Ning. Ah Shui played really well in the laning phase this game. I've only ever seen this kind of pressure from Uzi. He'll get used to things like catching Qs in more matches. After all, this is his first time playing a formal match with us."

Bao Lan nodded repeatedly, her eyes sparkling with admiration for Ah Shui.

"I think Ah Shui is fine. He can dominate the lane, so I can play support however I want."

"It's good that he dares to make plays. What we lack is an AD carry who dares to flash forward. I'll practice protecting heroes and sticking with him from now on."

"As long as the AD carries dare to deal damage, I'll definitely handle the team fight initiation for you guys."

When this conversation reached EDG, Abu's expression was priceless.

As he noted down the tactical flaws from earlier, he looked at Su Xiaoluo with some sympathy:

"Xiao Luo, your precious AD carry... is truly a talent. But he really needs to change that habit of catching Qs?"

Su Xiaolu coughed awkwardly twice, forcing herself to save face, and said:

"Young people have a lot of energy, which is a good thing. Ning likes to put pressure on his teammates, and everyone is used to it."

"Ah Shui, this kid, he's the potential to be the world's number one AD carry."

"It's a pity he answered every single crucial Q."

Abu mercilessly finished off the enemy, then turned to look at Faker, who was walking steadily towards him.

"Sang-hyeok, your current state..."

Abu was somewhat worried; he hadn't forgotten Faker's incredible kneeling gesture just now.

Faker nodded.

"I'm fine, I'll play in the next game."

"Brother Li, you're really good!"

Lin Xiu leaned closer and looked Faker up and down.

"Wait, you're not going to just coast through the fight, are you?"

Faker's long, slender fingers tapped lightly on the table:

"It's alright, it's a good opportunity for me to try out this genius AD carry."

......

After half an hour of adjustment, the two sides sat down again.

In the Ban/Pick phase, IG was on the blue side.

Instead of testing the waters in the first game, Su Xiaoluo directly let Rookie get his signature champion, Syndra.

Ah Shui went even further, showing up with Draven on the first floor and locking in instantly.

"Wow!! Draven!"

In the Ardent Censer meta of 2017, any AD carry who dared to pick Draven in professional scrims was a formidable opponent.

Ah Shui chewed gum and shouted into the microphone:

"Brother Ning, let's play this round a few more times and crush them!"

Prince Ning chuckled in the voice chat: "Alright, Shui'er, just don't die suddenly."

When it was EDG's turn to pick, everyone was waiting for Faker's choice.

Faker's finger swiped quickly across the champion list, finally settling on the figure carrying a long sword and sporting a ponytail.

The Unforgiven Swordsman – Yasuo.

"Face the storm!"

When that line echoed through the training room, even the factory manager sitting to the side was stunned.

"Sang-hyeok, you... Yasuo?" The factory manager scratched his head.

"This thing is synonymous with fun in ranked matches, are you sure you don't want to play it safe?"

Lin Xiu, however, slammed his fist on the table in admiration:

"Alright! Yasuo versus Draven, Faker, you know how to make Ah Shui suffer."

"Since he likes to receive things, then let him receive your Hasagi!"

The game loads, and the screen freezes on Yasuo's face, which exudes a rebellious air.

"All troops, listen up! Forget about the jungle, everyone move towards mid and bottom!"

Lin Xiu issued commands via voice message.

At the start of the game, Lin Xiu, playing jungle, once again chose an extremely aggressive route. He controlled Lee Sin and invaded Ning's blue buff area at level one.

IG had already set up vision, and after Ning finished his red buff, he went to EDG's blue buff area. The two sides swapped half of the map and reached level four.

The mid-lane matchups, however, are more captivating.

Faker's Yasuo landed two consecutive Q skills, managing to trade blows with Syndra to a standstill.

Four minutes later, Lin Xiu burst out from the mid-lane flank, using a ward hop followed by a Q to force Syndra to use Flash.

Two minutes later, Faker, who had reached level six first, used his E skill to approach Syndra, but Syndra pushed him away with her E skill and then used a whirlwind to knock her up.

After receiving the ultimate, Syndra had no choice but to retreat to the second tower and return to base to heal.

"Matchmaking dominance! Sang-hyeok's Yasuo is something else!"

The factory manager watched from behind, nodding frequently.

However, Ah Shui in the bottom lane still demonstrated his almost superhuman dominance.

Draven's twin axes flew through the air, each landing taking away a significant amount of Zet's health.

As Ah Shui caught the axe, he arrogantly pushed forward, even crossing the minion wave to attack Han Bing.

"Jungler, come gank bot! We can't hold on any longer, this Draven is too aggressive!"

Zet frantically called out to Lin Xiu in the voice chat.