Pantheon Can Flex

BLG locked in Xin Zhao on the second pick, but instead of taking Fox or Sylas on the third pick as Guan Zeyuan had predicted, they first selected Neeko.

Seeing Neeko locked in, Guan Zeyuan said, "Looks like they want bot-lane priority! Neeko is very good in lane—very oppressive! How will NIP handle the bot lane? Avoid the edge of their spear, or...?"

After seeing the enemy Neeko, Luo Bing discussed it with Leave and ppgod. "What do you want for bot lane?"

Leave's gaze was resolute. "How about Ezreal for me?"

After considering it, Luo Bing felt that Ezreal really was not too afraid of Neeko. He could stay back and throw out Qs to farm.

So he nodded and had doinb lock in Ezreal on the third pick.

Then came the ban phase. Doinb said, "Should we ban Fox? Re, are you taking Pantheon jungle?"

Takuya nodded. "Yeah, give me Pantheon. I'm not afraid of Xin Zhao."

"I can play Sylas, so there's no need to ban Fox," Doinb said.

Luo Bing nodded as well. "Elk's Ezreal is very good. Should we ban Ashe as a deny pick?"

"Ban her," Doinb said with a nod. Elk's Ashe was indeed very strong, and his ultimates were incredibly accurate.

So Leave sent Ashe to the ban slot.

"What do we ban for the last one?"

Doinb said, "How about Yone? If he split-pushes, my Sylas might have a hard time dealing with him later."

"Mm, then ban Yone."

On BLG's side, head coach Maokai also sent Leona and Lillia to the ban slots.

In NIP's match against Top Esports the day before yesterday, that rookie jungler's Lillia had indeed played extremely well. He had practically danced through the Rift.

Top Esports was no random roadside team either—they were a strong