Chapter 84 (2)
Little Fatty: “I know why Tong Yao has changed. It’s all your fault Cheng Ge. You’re the one who made her become unfriendly to me.”
“Oh.” Lu Sicheng subconsciously glanced at the person at his side after hearing Little Fatty. He saw Tong Yao squint her eyes trying to look for a certain id on her friend list, then she clicked the name– –On Lu Sicheng’s computer screen, an invitation jumped out on the lower right hand corner. Lu Sicheng clicked ok and nodded in satisfaction: “I’ll take the blame.”
Tong Yao: “What?”
Lu Sicheng: “It’s nothing.”
Tong Yao: “?”
……
Then the two of them started playing duos. Since both of them had high ranks, it took a longer time for them to get into a match– –They were only able to get in two matches before noon.
Lu Sicheng stood up after the second match to stretch his wrists. Tong Yao sat in her chair, still checking the stats of the match they had just played. She kept clicking the mouse and asked without looking up: “I should try to get to the top of the Korean server sometime…..Hrm, when is the skirmish with OP?”
Lu Sicheng: “12:30.”
Tong Yao stopped clicking and looked up at Lu Sicheng with uncertainty: “What time?”
Lu Sicheng replied without much emotion: “Right now.”
He clapped his hands and spoke with a voice, which was loud enough for everyone in the base to hear, to get ready for the skirmish– –Ming god walked downstairs with Tong Yao’s little notebook and a clipboard. Coach Ah Hou also came over with his own notes. Xiao Rui stood up from the sofa with Dabin in his arms……Xiao Rui was there purely to spectate.
Xiao Rui: “Relax. It’s Team OP, it’s not a big deal to lose to them. Progress comes from setbacks.”
He was also making sarcastic remarks.
Tong Yao rolled her eyes as she prepped for the match. She watched the Korean players also getting into their seats– –After greeting each other, both sides didn’t waste much time talking but immediately entered the ban & pick phase right away.
Since players on both sides have large champion pools, they seemed rather casual about banning champions. However, it seemed both sides dreaded the other side’s bot and banned three AD champions: Ashe, Jhin, and Sivir, at the outset. Then both sides banned other stronger champions. They quickly moved into the pick phase– —
The first thing the Korean team picked was Yasuo.
Tong Yao was shocked. She figured Jin Yuguang had a huge champion pool and he had picked Yasuo. If that was the case, then she figured she should make a safe choice to ensure that her champion would have a good chance to develop at mid while laning in the early game. After thinking it over, she decided to choose Azir, which had just helped her overcome her fear of Korean players. She locked her choice in.
About 5 seconds after Tong Yao had locked Azir in, the other side suddenly chose Taliyah. Tong Yao was dumbfounded.
Tong Yao: “Shit, Taliyah! Isn’t it Yasuo, hello? ! Then what’s the deal with Yasuo? For top? Top! How many players use Taliyah? He even dared to use it, shit!”
Lu Sicheng took his time to lock in Ezreal. His eyeballs rolled around a bit: “I seemed to hear the same talk not too long ago, where did I hear it– –Where? Oh, when someone was exclaiming how Jin Yuguang was using Cassiopeia.”
Tong Yao raised her eyebrows: “No one uses Taliyah and Cassiopeia at competitions!”
Lu Sicheng: “Syndra was seldom used at competitions before you joined. Aren’t you still quite proud of yourself because of that? Taliyah can move quickly to support her allies, snowballs in the late game, has long reach and is a great nuker. In addition, she’s a champion who can counter the popular Azir in competitions. How could you say no one uses it? You shut up.”
Tong Yao: “……”
Lu Yue who was leaning against Tong Yao’s chair jumped in: “How do you feel being nitpicked about your champion pool? Welcome again into my world.”
Tong Yao: “You shut up.”
When the ban & pick phase ended, ZGDX had chosen Trundle for top, Rek’Sai for jungler, Azir for mid, Ezreal for ad, and Braum for support. Team OP had chosen Yasuo for top, Gragas for jungler, Taliyah for mid, Cho’Gath for ad, and Taric for support.
Seeing the enemy’s unusual champion choice, ZGDX became very quiet– —
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