LOL: Reborn in S9, Coaching the Trident

Chapter 58: You just assume Tes will take the barrel.

The game lasted 7 minutes and 23 seconds.

Forge successfully stunned Knight with a Q followed by his E skill.

With AQR, Forge unleashed a burst of damage, and Ning, who came to gank, successfully forced Knight to use his W skill.

With W skill finished, Ning was determined to win and used Flash to knock Knight up.

In the end, Forge secured Knight's kill.

The game lasted 10 minutes and 50 seconds.

Rhythm Engine Xx set his sights on TheShy in the top lane.

A fluid E-Flash-R combo knocked TheShy back, taking him down before he could use Flash.

The game lasted 24 minutes and 12 seconds.

With an absolute 18-1 record and a 15,000 gold lead, Tes easily defeated IG.

"The outcome of this match was decided quite early on. Congratulations to Top Esports for winning the first game of the BO3 series with a very exciting offensive performance and excellent preparation across the board."

IG players' rest area.

As the IG players returned to the rest room and sat down, Karam stood up and stood in front of them.

After scanning the players, Karam said, "The biggest reason for losing this game is my miscalculation of TES's bot lane. In previous games, we always got strong champions against TES in the bot lane. This time, we forced Sivir and Yuumi to play defensively, which led to us falling behind in the early game."

Since Rookie wasn't there, Chen Song naturally stood aside to act as the translator.

"We'll still be on the blue side in the next game, and I'll be more proactive in the draft phase."

Karam affirmed.

"There's one thing you really need to pay attention to."

Chen Song chimed in at the opportune moment: "For TES, Gragas is a jungler they either ban or pick, so if they don't ban Gragas, you're assuming the opponent will pick him."

Karam turned to Chen Song: "Is it a default to picking Gragas? The draft is a game of team composition between the two sides, there's no such thing as a default."

"As a coach, I think this kind of anticipation is essential, and you also need to be prepared for the opponent not to pick up the Gragas."

Chen Song retorted directly.

Mafa stood aside and affirmed Chen Song's opinion.

Even under these circumstances, Karam insisted on his opinion: "I disagree. After all, I am the head coach, and my opinion should be given more weight in the drafting process."

"I think the reason we did this in the last game was because our bot lane draft wasn't good."

Karam persisted, but Mafa was clearly not going to listen to him.

Although Karam is currently the head coach, Mafa has a much higher status in terms of influence.

Before Karam took over, Mafa did this job. However, he wasn't good at appearing in public, so he chose to be a coaching assistant. But that doesn't mean he was unaware of Karam's problems.

He had seen the draft picks from the previous game.

Moreover, Chen Song, who was a tactical analyst, watched the game with him in the locker room, and he gained a lot from it.

It can be said that Chen Song can almost always accurately point out the problems of IG in the game.

He could even explain the level 1 strategy when Tes chose Kalista and Lux.

On the other hand, all you Karam can do is admit that the bot lane composition wasn't good.

I know you didn't make a good choice, but you need to know why you didn't make a good choice.

Tell me you didn't do well on this question after the exam results come out.

Do I need to tell the examiner to make you take the test again separately?

"Chen Song, you decide on the draft strategy for the next game. Karam, listen carefully. If you make a mistake, you'll be held responsible."

Mafa's tone left no room for argument, and Karam could only nod in agreement.

"If we don't ban or pick either Gragas or Lux, the enemy team will basically pick and use them."

Chen Song continued, "After they used up the Vampire in the last round, they'll definitely want to get it again, so we'll give it to them."

Chen Song then turned his gaze to TheShy: "Shy, what do you think of Camille against Vladimir?"

"Without a jungler, I can suppress him so much that he doesn't dare to take experience."

TheShy looked at Chen Song with a determined gaze. It was clear that being solo-killed by 369 while playing Akali in the previous game had left him with a burning anger inside.

"If I give you Camille, go and catch Vladimir, no matter who's using her on the other side."

After Chen Song finished speaking, he first translated it into Chinese, and then looked at Ning: "Ning, no matter what jungler you get, you have to camp TheShy's lane."

......

The game is over, and the ten-minute break went by quickly.

The two players chatted and laughed as they stepped onto the competition stage and returned to their battle seats.

"Let's look forward to the draft picks and bans for the second game."

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan crossed his arms in front of his chest: "Especially for IG, who are still on the blue side, Coach 193 is under a lot of pressure."

The camera switches to the game's character selection screen.

"Oh dear, IG banned three heroes in their first pick, only changing their last pick to ban the Renekton."

"As for Top Esports... their first pick was to ban Ryze, and their second pick was to ban Aatrox."

Tes hesitated for a long time before making his third pick, since Irelia, Jayce, and Sejuani were all still out of the game.

As for which one to ban, it's indeed a very difficult decision.

After all, these three heroes are ones they don't want IG to get.

During the discussion in the lounge earlier, the biggest suggestion was to ban Irelia and continue picking Vladimir.

Knight also said that if Irelia is banned, he can still pick Vladimir for him, since Irelia is the only champion who puts the most pressure on him in the mid lane.

He's not too afraid of mid laners like Jayce.

In the game, the countdown for banning characters has only 6 seconds left.

The third ban icon for Tes has appeared.

"Oh? Top Esports banned Irelia."

Remember to continue, "Then let Sejuani out, and Sylas is also outside."

"Let's see what IG thinks."

After the first three bans by both sides, just as the Tes coaching staff expected, IG first picked Sejuani.

"First pick Sejuani, first pick Sejuani is no problem, Sejuani is the most reliable pick right now."

When I saw that Top Esports had confirmed Lux, I looked at Guan Zeyuan and said, "If we're going to pick Lux, I think we should consider picking Sylas. Although Top Esports doesn't use Sylas very often, I think he's still very strong in this version."

Just as the two were still debating whether Tes should pick Sylas as their second pick, they pulled out Jayce from the second floor.

So it seems that Jayce's intention is quite clear: Tes gave Sylas to Jayce and then used Jayce to counter Sylas, thus creating a counter.

This move was very successful.

The person most surprised by this Jayce pick wasn't the two commentators, but Karam standing on the stage.

"If Knight picks Jayce, are you confident you can pick Sylas?"

These were Chen Song's exact words to Forge when they were in the lounge.

Forge nodded affirmatively.

"Damn, they actually picked Jayce."

Karam was getting annoyed; he really didn't want to take Silas.

Ning couldn't understand what Karam was saying anyway, so he selected Silas and pressed confirm.

After all, this had been discussed in the lounge, so he naturally clicked on it.