Hong Mi stopped 369's showboating and looked at the screen with growing fervor.
He had been right.
BP was dead, but players were alive.
The more outstanding Luo Zhen's performance was, the more it proved that his thinking had been correct, and the less resentment Hong Mi would feel over losing to SN in Burst State back then.
People often had this kind of twisted sense of satisfaction.
When enough people were unlucky, and you had been the first one to suffer, seeing others fall in the same place afterward gradually loosened the knot in your heart.
First Pick Phase:
EDG: Moon Man (First Pick), Ahri, Lulu
V5: Sylas, Renata Glasc (First Two Picks), Kaisa
In truth, EDG had even deliberately left open Senna and Ziggs, champions V5 had played very comfortably recently. But Hong Mi had not picked them. Having witnessed four back-and-forth games, he decided to trust his players at the final moment.
Yes, trust his players.
Many people might find that surprising. Hong Mi had joined the team as a coach who demanded control over decision-making. He should have trusted his own BP more than the vague, indescribable feeling of trusting his players. Yet in reality, he was also someone capable of choosing to trust a player.
The prerequisite was that the player had to earn his recognition first.
Back in his Previous Life, when Hong Mi was still with JDG, it was precisely because Kanavi's ability had won his approval that Hong Mi repeatedly gave him the chance to pick "Alps" in crucial games. When that champion had first appeared, it had been obscure enough that countless LPL coaches would not even have dared consider it.
"Kaisa?" Viper rubbed his chin.
Kaisa was somewhat unexpected, but still within his understanding. It was just that there were