Chapter 13: OGN's Top Eight!

  SKTT1S!

  Seeing the IDs of the 5 people opposite, Chen Cheng suddenly understood. It seems that this time they were going to have a training match with LCD was not the team where Fei Ke was in, but another team under SKT, and S team which belonged to the same club as K team where Fei Ke was in!

  That's SKT's second team!

  After understanding, Chen Cheng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He thought that this time he could play against the world's number one player, but instead, he was met with only a second team.

  But thinking about it, with the reputation and strength of K team, even if they want to find a team in China for a training match, they will probably choose OMG or EDG, those top domestic teams. They may not have even heard of LCD's name.

  After all, it is a team that has never been on the world stage. The current LCD team can be considered at most a quasi-first-line team in China, let alone having a high reputation in the world!

  "Everyone, cheer up! Don't look down on them just because S team's reputation isn't as good as K team. Although S team didn't make it to the top 8 in this year's Korean OGN Spring tournament, a big part of that was due to being in the same group as their sister team K team in the preliminary round. The two teams had the same score at the end of the group stage, and the winner was ultimately decided by an additional match. Many people say that if they weren't up against K team, they would definitely have the strength to make it to the OGN top 8!" White Moon's expression turned serious. "The OGN top 8, I believe you all know better than me how strong that title is!"

  The team members were all silent, and no one dared to question the coach's words at this time.

  It was only because in the recently concluded 2014 All-Star Game, an OGN team swept the world with an undefeated record and took home the championship, defeating the current strongest domestic team ONG 3-0 in the final.

  That's right, this team is SKT T1 K!

  There are few domestic teams that can compete with K team in strength.

  This is also the most striking contrast in strength between the Chinese and Korean teams now, with OGN's eighth-place team easily sweeping LPL's dominant team. How big is the gap between the two countries' leagues? Only heaven knows!

  As a player who often pays attention to LOL events, Chen Cheng has also heard some rumors about the strength of Korean teams. Those "black fans" who always say things like "any OGN top 8 team can beat the entire LPL" are not just talking nonsense.

  Korean e-sports is indeed exceptionally strong, especially in LOL competitions!

  As for the spring season, SKT's two teams were eliminated in the same group, and the additional game was played to compete for the last spot in the top eight. Chen Cheng also watched the live broadcast and had to say that the game was indeed suspicious of "acting". At that time, considering the state and strength, S team may not be weaker than K team.

  Chen Cheng vaguely remembers that two months ago, the fake match door in South Korea was spreading wildly, and even in China, it caused a lot of controversy. Many players expressed that the second team of SKT is no weaker than the first team!

  But even so, Team K still did not disappoint and swept the All-Star Game, easily taking home the overall championship trophy!

  This also indirectly proves the strength of Team S, a team that is no weaker than the S3 World Champion and 2014 All-Star Game World Champion!

  "This training match, I hope you all go all out and give it your best shot. Even if we lose, that's okay, but we must play to our strengths and not lose too badly, do you understand?" White Moonlight had already administered a preemptive warning, clearly stating her bottom line.

  It's not that they didn't want to win, but as a newly formed team that hasn't fully regrouped yet, with two out of the five players being newcomers who had never played professionally before, the possibility of beating SKT, which is also a top team in Korea, was almost zero!

  Two newcomers, one of whom is the team's ADC player Xi Qian, who is only 17 years old this year and was once ranked second in the Telecom Zone with a score of 2600.

  As for another one, it is naturally Chen Cheng.

  The two of them have no experience in racing, and their coordination and tacit understanding with other team members are almost zero. It's a wonder they can win in such a state!

  Clang!

  Just as the white crescent moon was instructing its teammates, a metallic collision sound came from the speakers, and the match officially began. Both sides entered the BAN selection screen!

  Because the training match was held in the Korean server, LCD team was the guest, so the first game was on the blue side, with the advantage of being able to ban and pick first!

  It has to be said that Koreans are still doing very well in social etiquette.

  Sorceress!

  After discussion, Xxiao Star banned Leblanc first.

  LeBlanc is one of the hottest mid laners in the current version, with a very high appearance rate on both Korean and Chinese battlefields. She can be considered a must-play hero for mid laners! Especially LeBlanc played by Korean players, if they pick her, she will definitely show off her skills to the extreme, and the "Flying Machine" LeBlanc is even more of a nightmare for many teams.

  Chen Cheng remembered very clearly that in the All-Star Game final, ONG consecutively BANNED three Witch Queens, absolutely not allowing the Great Demon King to have any chance of getting them.

  This hero is really unbeatable once he gets going!

  After the ban on this side of LCD, SKT responded quickly and banned LeBlanc, who was also strong in this version, and the indicator returned to blue again!

  Bomberman!

  Awesome!

  Master of Arms!

  Soraka, the milkmaid!

  Both sides were still in their first training match, and because they didn't know each other very well, the BAN positions basically went to heroes that were already extremely OP or strong in this version.

  Of course, Xiaozhi was not alone in making decisions during the ban phase, he was always discussing with his teammates beside him.

  It is worth mentioning that in this process, Chen Cheng was completely ignored by the Red Guards and no one came to ask for his opinion.

  "Chen Cheng, we have the right to choose, which hero do you want?" The white crescent moon proactively walked over. In the match, the blue team's first pick usually grabs a version of OB's hero for their own mid laner.

  Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment and couldn't respond for a while.

  It's actually a passerby who has never seen such a lineup and such a strict BAN selection of Chen Cheng.

  "In this case, Coach White Moon kindly reminded: "Now among the OP heroes that have not been banned by the team, there are Kassadin, Syndra, Jinx and so on. Which one can you use best?"

  "It goes without saying, it must be Kasadin. This version of Kasadin is so strong, if we don't pick him, won't he just fall into the enemy's hands?" Taobao Fist looked like a seasoned veteran who had been through many battles.

  White Moon Phase nodded in agreement: "That's right, this version of the Hanbok competition uniform is the strongest since Kasadin's remake. The next version will be nerfed soon. If you let the opponent choose, this game would indeed be a bit tricky for you!"

  It's not that the white moon is threatening, but rather the opponent's strength itself is stronger than our side. If we still reserve the OP hero of this version and let the opponent choose, then this game will be really difficult!

  "Since you all say so, then fine, let's use him." Chen Cheng agreed. As a main mid laner, Kasadin is a representative hero that he naturally knows how to play, but not many people play him. Compared to this highly mobile assassin-type hero, Chen Cheng is more familiar with the long-range type hero, Jinx.

  LCD locked in Cassiopeia, SKT quickly followed with two picks, Mouse + Dragon Girl, a top lane and ADC combination, both are very strong heroes in the current version!

  It's the turn of Blue Team to choose their second and third picks. The player from Taobao, who was on the second floor, didn't hesitate at all and chose Blind, while Chen Cheng was still waiting for his teammates' opinions.

  Others helped him choose the mid lane, so he naturally had to help his teammates choose too.

  After some discussion, Chen Xiang helped ADC choose the sacred gunner Obama, a burst-type AD hero with unparalleled online capabilities!

  Then came the purple square, SKT's third and fourth picks respectively chose a jungler Yi and a support Morgana, their last pick was left for mid lane, obviously preparing to use it on Cassiopeia!

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  In the end, both sides have chosen a lineup that they are relatively satisfied with!

  Blue team LCD: Top lane Gnar, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Kassadin, Bottom lane Obama + female tank combination!

  Purple team SKT: Top lane Dragon Girl, Jungle Mantis, Mid lane Twitch, Bottom lane Mouse + Morgana combination!

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  Note: In the text, "OP" is short for OverPower, which means a hero who can get more kills! Then "ter" refers to targeted bans, the most common example being when you pick Cassiopeia in mid lane and the opponent picks a counter-pick, both are commonly used LOL terms that frequent viewers of matches should be familiar with.