V5: Ornn, Maokai, Azir
RGE: Aatrox, Yuumi, Sylas
First Pick Phase:
V5: Graves (first pick), Ashe, Ryze
RGE: Lissandra, Caitlyn (first and second pick), Lux
Warrior!
A true Warrior!
When V5 deliberately left Caitlyn open and RGE actually took her, the only two words echoing wildly in the minds of LPL viewers were these. Was this RGE's coach handling the draft, or was RGE's AD simply too brave? Or were these two clearly Wolong Fengchu?
It was just that everyone else's Wolong Fengchu were in the Three Kingdoms, while these two Wolong Fengchu were in West Rainbow City?
"Am I being underestimated by them?" Luo Zhen stared blankly at the screen.
Picking Caitlyn at this stage.
Either your team had an exceptionally deep understanding of the Caitlyn System.
Or you had terrifying confidence in your fundamentals and Bot Lane Control.
Otherwise, how could you dare!?
Second Ban Phase: Vi, Karma, Wukong, and Sejuani were all sent away.
With their fourth pick, RGE locked in Renekton.
With their final two picks, V5 locked in Miss Fortune and Gragas.
Honestly, if the team had no engage, Hong Mi would have even wanted to take Mordekaiser with the fifth pick. No matter what they picked last, he could just ban it outright. But there was no helping it—they had to consider Fault Tolerance.
Now it was RGE's turn to have a headache.
Nearly every jungler with strong engage had been banned. Neither Lee Sin nor Viego among the remaining options was quite right, so in the end, they could only grit their teeth and pick Hecarim.
No one had expected that against the traditional Caitlyn plus Lux, V5 would dig out the even more retro Miss Fortune plus Ashe. For a moment, the composition felt like a return to S6, drawing sighs from