Three Bans for Jungle?

Guan Zeyuan nodded. "That's right. After Relife repeatedly ganked mid four times to help Sylas build an advantage, doinb showed us the classic four-man dive on two, spreading that advantage to bot lane. The key was Pantheon's ultimate jump into bot lane, helping NIP's bot duo gain the edge. Sylas's later roams were just icing on the cake. Congratulations to NIP on taking the opening win. BLG will hopefully adjust quickly, and we hope to see a better performance from them next game."

On the match stage, NIP's five players headed toward their team tunnel with smiles on their faces after securing the opening win.

In contrast, BLG's five players wore grave expressions after their defeat.

NIP's five players returned to the lounge with relaxed smiles, while BLG was immediately met with a barrage from Maokai the moment they entered theirs.

"What the hell were you all doing that game?! How did mid get ganked four times in a row? Do you really like handing over opportunities that much?"

Knight's face darkened again at Maokai's words. He considered himself the strongest mid laner in the LPL and the greatest player in LPL history, yet he had been utterly crushed by Big B, who had only returned after two years away. Even if the opposing jungler had played like an absolute menace, it was still enough to leave him frustrated.

"And you, Wei. Pantheon kept ganking mid, so did it never occur to you to countergank even once? You just watched Pantheon keep camping mid? You don't want to win or what?! I told you to coordinate, coordinate—none of you listened at all!"

This was not the Maokai who would be cut by BLG and dismissed in disgrace near the end of the second stage. This was the current Maokai, the