Predicting the Flash!

Besides, once they both reached level 16, Kassadin seemed even stronger than Viktor, didn't he?

Maokai immediately nodded. "That works. You want to play Kassadin, right? Then lock him in!"

After locking in Kassadin, Maokai decided to secure their bot lane first, having Knight snatch up Renata Glasc.

The pick rotation moved over to NIP.

After discussing it with the players, Luo Bing had doinb pick Lucian.

It had to be said that they were lucky the other side had banned three junglers in a row. Otherwise, they really wouldn't have gotten their hands on Lucian.

Once the third pick was locked in, the draft returned to the banning phase, with each side banning two more champions.

Maokai chose to put Rakan and Titan on the ban list.

Luo Bing opted to restrict the opposing top laner's options, banning Jax and Gwen.

After all, Shanji was under quite a bit of pressure in top lane.

Once the bans were finished, NIP on the red side picked Nami in their fourth slot.

The Nami pick surprised both casters a little. After all, the classic Lucian-Nami Combo hadn't appeared in the First Split yet. This should have been its debut in the 2025 First Split.

Even the livestream chat was spamming nonstop, filling the screen with cries of "Awesome!" and "666."

[That's bold. They actually dared to pick it.]

[Lucian-Nami is awesome! Straight to a 3–0 and clock out!]

[All for clocking out at 3–0. NIP never works overtime!]

[Play well and crush BLG, and you're my friend, NIP.]

[Anyone who crushes BLG is my friend.]

[Hahaha, what did BLG ever do to you? You're still spamming this!]

[Here's a joke: an all-Chinese roster can't beat their Korean daddies!]

[Huh? Does NIP have a Korean import? How come I didn't know? Aren't