On the player bench…
‘Dog Ye’ was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Picking Teemo in a professional match.
It was simply absurd!
Didn’t he know that the number of Teemo corpses in Summoner’s Rift each year?
Could circle the Earth three times?
…
Mlxg was also.
His eyes were small to begin with.
He narrowed his eyes, and his two pupils were almost invisible.
Seeing Jiang Chen instantly pick Teemo.
His eyes, originally narrowed into a single line.
Suddenly opened.
Then widened.
He thought: What kind of trick is this.
But in a moment.
The ‘clever’ Mlxg discovered something.
There was something fishy.
Very fishy.
…
Down 0-2.
In a desperate situation.
If it were an ordinary player, they would definitely pick a tank to soak up pressure.
Wait for Uzi to get farmed and take over the game.
Even if they lose, at most they would be called a "vegetable top laner," only knowing how to play tanks.
But picking Teemo.
Regardless of whether you’re carrying or not, if you lose, the blame will be on you.
Even if you’re cornered at the base entrance.
Being pelted with rotten eggs and dog feces wouldn’t be surprising.
LPL fans are just that crazy,
Is Jiang Chen not afraid of all this?
He is!
He must be afraid!
And Jiang Chen is cunning and meticulous!
Could he not know about all this?
This possibility was extremely slim.
It was practically impossible.
Mlxg was still filling in the blanks.
So.
The only remaining reasonable explanation was.
Teemo was his trump card.
Yes.
A trump card.
Just like the Riven he pulled out in the final game against G2.
Also a trump card.
Mlxg was a meticulous person, he replayed the entire logic in his mind again.
He nodded silently.
The certainty on his face became even more apparent.
Yes!
That's it.
No more running away.
Thinking of this.
His eyes narrowed into a line again, and a relaxed expression appeared on his face.
During the off-season.
RNG and EDG had played no less than ten practice matches.
Although Mlxg only played a few games.
He watched every game, and he saw all of Jiang Chen’s performance.
As long as he picked Riven.
His last hitting, vision control, awareness, macro, and oppressive power were so strong that it was desperate.
Like a towering mountain that reaches the clouds.
Always impossible to break through.
This Teemo, even if it’s bad, wouldn’t be much worse than Riven.
Even if he can’t solo kill TheShy, at least he can force a 50/50.
Xiao Ming, the esports social butterfly sitting next to Mlxg.
His expression also changed from initial shock and surprise to later relaxation and calmness.
He thought to himself, this Teemo of Old Jiang's is really well hidden.
He didn’t dare to use it in so many practice matches!
It’s true.
It’s better to be cautious.
There are too many two-faced backstabbers now.
What if it was revealed beforehand?
Xiao Ming gasped.
He dared not think about it any further.
…
Uzi had also recovered.
He glanced at Xiaohu.
The two exchanged a look and saw the surprise in each other’s eyes.
They didn’t expect Jiang Chen to bring them such a big surprise.
He even had this Teemo trick up his sleeve.
Good, good, good.
Good indeed.
Then.
All the RNG members turned their attention to Jiang Chen.
Their eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.
Smiling radiantly.
The meaning was unclear.
This series of 騷操作 (sao cao zuo) (literally: "flashy maneuvers").
Even the referee girl standing behind Jiang Chen was dumbfounded.
Was this RNG team — crazy?
Is the rumor true.
RN… gay??
Gay?
Eww!
The referee, wearing a clean professional suit, looked disgusted.
She inconspicuously took a step back.
Even Jiang Chen felt puzzled, and only one thought remained in his mind, what’s wrong with you guys.
If he knew what was in the minds of the RNG team, he would definitely say, please don’t imagine things, I don’t want to pick Teemo either, I want to pick a proper top laner, but I drew this card!
…
As Jiang Chen clicked confirm.
The sound of Teemo’s laughter was also broadcast through the sound system installed around the Incheon Stadium.
“Hahaha!”
It’s naughty.
It’s very cute.
At this moment.
The entire Incheon Stadium seemed to fall silent.
Then.
“Whoa!”
…
The stadium erupted in thunderous cheers.
It was as if they could shatter glass and lift the roof.
The audience in the Incheon Stadium watching the match.
They started whispering and discussing.
“Damn, RNG’s substitute top laner is so reckless! Picking Teemo in front of TheShy, isn’t he afraid of getting psychologically traumatized?”
“Awesome! Awesome!”
“Teemo is so cute, heart, I’ve been waiting for him to play, today, my dream has come true, thank you, Jiang Chen,”
As for the RNG fans who had flown all the way from China to Incheon to watch the game.
They wanted to eat Jiang Chen’s heart raw.
Picking Teemo in the semifinals of the S-Series.
Especially when they’re down match point.
Has your brain been kicked by a donkey?!
They decided in their hearts that if they lose this game, they would slander Jiang Chen until his mother wouldn’t recognize him.
At the commentary desk.
Three Ming was clearly stunned.
Remember was the first to react, he said softly, “Ze Yuan, do you think RNG’s final pick, Teemo, has any deep meaning.”
管泽元 (Guan Ze Yuan) (Known as "Miller" in English) smiled wryly: “You’re trying to set me up, if another player picked Teemo, I would have said without hesitation that they made a mistake, but this player, Jiang Chen, I can’t figure him out, just like in the decisive game against G2, who would believe he’d first pick Riven.”
“It depends on how he performs in the game.”
“Hao Kai, what do you think?” Remember steered the conversation to Hao Kai.
…