"I don't know who is better between me and Faker, but he is indeed a very, very strong player, but their teammates are not as strong as my teammates, so we can beat them."
"He is my strongest opponent. I feel more excited to play against him. He arouses all my desire to win, but I will try my best to defeat him."
The two players were chatting on the big screen, which was the pre-match interview between the two players.
Because Zhang Yu is older and has personality problems, his words are a little reserved.
If you have seen Faker's interviews before, you will definitely find it strange. Isn't he always the kind of player who always appears calm? But today's performance is completely different from his usual interviews.
In this interview, Faker showed the confidence of a young genius and the strong desire to win when facing a real opponent.
This kind of state is very rare for Faker, but today it is at the level of a big outbreak.
After the interview was over, the camera turned back to the anchor desk.
"Hello, welcome back to the game, I am the commentator Wawa."
"Hello everyone, I am the commentator Xiao Yu."
"Hello everyone, I am the commentator Su Xiaoyan."
The three commentators introduced themselves on the stage one by one.
"Time flies. Group A's group stage is about to come to an end. Next up is the last game of Group A, which is also the highlight of the entire group stage, LG vs. SKT."
Wawa introduced loudly.
"But this match is not about qualifying. It's just a contest between two strong teams. Because LG and SKT have both qualified for the group stage with 7 wins and 0 losses and 6 wins and 1 losses respectively, the win or loss of this match will not affect either team. It's more of a battle of loyalty between the two teams."
Xiao Yu said with a smile.
"The strength and weakness of Group A is quite obvious. LG has won all its group matches so far, and SKT has only lost to LG. The other teams have never scored any points against these two teams."
Su Xiaoyan said with interest.
Wawa also joked: "Indeed, if they didn't play against LG, SKT would have dominated the group, and all the data would have suppressed all the teams except LG. It's a pity that there is still LG. The guys in the SKT team must be saying that since there is Yu, why is there Liang.
"That being said, the SKT team must want to get back their advantage through this game, but unfortunately, I don't know if the LG team will give them this opportunity."
"Okay, everyone must be tired of listening to our commentators' nonsense. Now the draft is about to begin. Let's go and watch the final strong battle of the day."
Following Wawa's concluding remarks, the director cut the camera to the ban selection interface of both sides.
Since LG was on the blue side in the last round and had the first ban and first pick, it was naturally SKT's turn to be on the blue side this round.
In this version, the blue side still has certain advantages, such as being able to ban and pick first, and heroes like Zed don't have to be banned actively, etc.
SKT team took the initiative to ban Crocodile as their first ban, and everyone in LG had expected this ban.
Because Crocodile is indeed a strong hero in this version, and Xiao Min uses Crocodile very well, so it is normal for SKT. to defeat him.
The LG team banned Wei. SKT's jungler Bengi used this hero very well and was able to set the pace at level 6.
LG also banned this hero in the last round, and LG will not let this hero go in this round.
SKT team's second ban was given to the mid laner Ahri, it seems that they didn't want Zhang Yu to get this hero.
Indeed, all the way through the group stage, Zhang Yu's Ahri and Clockwork both left a very deep impression on people, so taking one of them off is also a good choice.
"Did they defeat the Fox? It's rare for the team that got the first position to defeat the Fox proactively. It seems like SKT is really afraid of Team Yu's Fox."
The doll laughed.
"Then they should ban Clockwork. Didn't they use Clockwork to defeat SKT last time? SKT should ban Clockwork."
Xiaoyu joked.
Putting aside the commentator's jokes, LG's second ban was given to the mid laner Zed, which is also a regular ban position for the red side in this version. No one wants to take the risk of releasing this ob hero.
Especially in a confrontation between opponents of the same level, a bp often determines the outcome of the entire battle.
Seeing that LG team banned Zed, SKT team banned Lee Sin as the third ban. This is also the hero that Guozai uses the most and is the best. After all, he bought the props for it, so how can he say it is not possible.
The three bans of the SKT team were all aimed at the strong top, mid and jungle that the LG team often used in this World Championship.
But the LG players didn't care, because they didn't plan to use their usual strong top, mid and jungle tactics today, but decided to change their tactics.
LG team's third ban was given to the support Thresh.
This hero is equivalent to the mid-lane Zed. He has protection and control, and can cooperate with the jungler. He can almost be regarded as a perfect support hero. Therefore, if there is no first choice, putting him in the ban position is a good choice.
"Oh? Did SKT pick Gragas as their first choice again? They picked Gragas in the last round against LG, right? It looks like they were very unwilling to accept the loss."
Wawa was a little surprised to see SKT choose Gragas as their first pick.
Xiao Yu smiled and said.
"But it's normal. Even though SKT lost last time, Gragas still played very well. It's just that the other lanes collapsed. It's not Gragas' fault. No wonder he's not convinced."
"Then let's see how Team LG is going to respond."
As they spoke, LG team picked Elise and Sona as jungler and support.
"Spider and Sona? It looks like LG's bottom lane is going to choose a strong double-poke bottom lane again, but will it be Ezreal or Corki?"
Su Xiaoyan looked at her notebook and expressed her judgment.
"Although Corki is a bit stronger, based on Sun's hero pool, I think it will most likely go to Ezreal, after all, he is the man known as Ezreal Jinchūriki."
Soon, SKT team also used their own selection to help LG team make their own choice for the bottom lane.
SKT's second and third picks directly selected the bottom lane duo, Corki and Zyra, which is also a strong bottom lane combination with double poke.
This choice also helped LG team make a choice. LG team had no better choice except EZ.
"Ohhh! Should I choose this one? Should I choose this one?"
Doll shouted excitedly.
"It's confirmed, it's confirmed, LG's third pick is Clockwork again, it looks like Team Yu is ready to take on the challenge, if you're not convinced, I'll give you good luck."
The commentators couldn't help but get excited when they saw that both mid laners had chosen the same heroes as in the last battle.