Chapter 64: The Bug-Like Champion of S7, the Colossus!

Peak Condition: Throughout the match, the host will constantly maintain their absolute peak state.

The skill description was extremely brief, consisting of only a single sentence.

However, Chen Yan clearly understood just how terrifyingly valuable this skill was.

It meant that in every single game, he could unleash his maximum potential without ever being affected by his own physical or mental state.

And just how significant is a player's condition?

To put it without exaggeration, even someone as strong as Faker would make consecutive mistakes when in poor condition, sometimes even suffering from hand tremors, flashing into walls, or getting instantly deleted in the laning phase due to low-level errors.

If even Faker was susceptible to this, it went without saying for other players.

Therefore, in Chen Yan's eyes, the Peak Condition skill granted by the system was far more practical than a direct increase in raw power.

"As expected of a chained quest, the rewards are simply incredible."

Chen Yan took a silent breath, calming the surging emotions within his heart.

With this skill, it was like adding wings to a tiger, and his confidence in defeating WE had grown even more.

Previously it was ninety percent; now it was ninety-nine.

However, Chen Yan also realized that if he wanted to obtain better rewards, he ultimately had to play against professional teams.

Just like before, the number of times he triggered quests was not small, but he had never triggered a chained quest like this, nor had he ever received such a game-breaking reward.

Therefore, to reap the best rewards, one had to play high-quality matches.

Chen Yan was already somewhat looking forward to what kind of rewards those teams at the World Championship could drop.

...

After a brief rest, the fourth game had already begun.

Chen Yan once again stepped onto the stage.

"Go for it, Brother Yan!"

Down below, many audience members already recognized him and spontaneously cheered him on.

This feeling was wonderful.

After all, who wouldn't want to be recognized by others?

Wait... why were some people still shouting "Yan the Dog"?

"Looks like you're really on the verge of blowing up," Clearlove remarked with a hint of emotion.

Back in the day, he had also debuted as a prodigy, but to reach where he was now, he had taken it one solid step at a time.

And Chen Yan?

In just a few games, the rate at which his popularity surged made even him feel startled.

"I've always been popular, alright?" Chen Yan glanced at Clearlove. Did he not understand the weight of being a top-tier streamer?

Clearlove was speechless, and then could not help but laugh.

He thought that perhaps it was precisely this confident and optimistic attitude of Chen Yan's that had shaped the Chen Yan of today.

Shortly after, the players from both sides took their seats and calibrated their equipment.

Seeing that the match was about to begin, the streaming chat could not help but start buzzing with discussion.

Chen Yan's clutch rescue had injected a layer of suspense back into the match.

Everyone wanted to know whether EDG could actually pull off a reverse sweep after losing the first two games.

This included the casters, Wawa and Miller.

At this moment, Wawa and Miller were already standing on stage, analyzing the current situation between EDG and WE.

"Although WE lost the previous game, their overall score is still ahead of EDG, so they still hold the advantage."

"Indeed, let's hope the WE players' mental state isn't affected by that loss."

"But then again, if EDG manages to win this match, things become hard to predict."

Both casters were experienced veterans.

They knew that once dragged into a deciding game, EDG, having chased back two consecutive games, would actually possess higher morale than WE, who had dropped two in a row.

"Therefore, WE will undoubtedly go all out to secure this game."

"This match is getting interesting."

"Will it be WE operating at full firepower, or EDG staging a fierce comeback to rewrite the ending? Let us wait and see!"

...

As they casted, lights flashed across the large screen.

The next moment, the interface transitioned into the ban-and-pick screen.

The draft phase begins!

Everyone snapped to attention, their eyes locked onto the monitor.

In this game, WE once again actively chose the blue side.

EDG was on the red side.

As for the bans, WE did not ban Yasuo, instead banning Syndra, Rumble, and Kalista.

On EDG's side, they banned Karma, Rengar, and Lulu.

"The bans from both teams are heavily targeted."

Looking at the draft on screen, Wawa could not help but gently draw in a breath.

The bans between the two sides followed no gimmicks; they were purely targeted at each other's champion pools.

Miller nodded, then said, "I'm more curious though—since WE didn't ban Yasuo, have they figured out how to deal with it?"

The viewers in the livestream shared Miller's thought.

After all, the shock delivered by Chen Yan's Yasuo in the previous game was simply too intense.

Everyone expected WE to target Chen Yan's Yasuo, yet WE chose not to ban it at all.

"Are they that stubborn?!"

"If he picks Yasuo again, how is WE going to handle it?"

"Does chat actually understand the game? Is Yasuo something you can just pick casually?"

Chen Yan was unaware of the outside discussion regarding whether Yasuo should be banned.

In reality, he had never expected WE to ban Yasuo.

Because the prerequisite for Yasuo to carry was providing him with an environment where he could carry.

Yasuo was able to carry the last game because WE's draft was completely transparent, and they had no idea Chen Yan had Yasuo in his back pocket, allowing Chen Yan to blindside them.

Now that WE was prepared, picking Yasuo again would be akin to locking oneself in prison.

This was the difference between niche champions and meta-defining champions.

Meta champions were better suited for the professional stage, capable of adapting to the vast majority of team compositions while playing a larger role.

Conversely, niche champions had relatively less room to shine in matches and relied much more heavily on the player's proficiency.

Unless a player had absolute confidence in a specific niche champion, picking a meta champion was always the safer bet.

Therefore, Chen Yan had no intention of picking Yasuo again this game.

On the screen, the draft had reached the selection phase.

WE first-picked Ashe.

This Ashe pick functioned as a substitute for a ban, restricting Zet while securing a meta-defining champion for themselves.

Combined with the banned Kalista, both of Zet's signature comfort champions had been completely removed.

"Let's go with Varus."

When it was EDG's turn to pick, Zet took the initiative to speak.

Ashe and Varus shared a dynamic where one was generally prioritized over the other.

In recent patches, Ashe had a higher priority than Varus.

However, in Chen Yan's eyes, Varus actually held a higher priority than Ashe.

Countless seasons had proven that aside from having short legs and no innate escape skills, Varus was practically a perfect champion.

Aside from Varus, EDG's other pick was Jarvan IV, with the intention of dismantling WE's initiation-heavy combination.

WE subsequently locked in Elise and LeBlanc, while EDG grabbed Janna for their third pick.

Chen Yan was the one who suggested the Janna pick; if an on-hit Varus wanted to have room to deal damage, he still needed a utility support to peel for him during fights.

Especially since Zet's Varus was not quite top-tier, picking an engaging tank support would make it difficult for Zet to perform.

Furthermore, utility supports were stronger than tank supports in this patch, and Chen Yan's thought process was that if worse came to worst, he could always whip out the Ardent Censer.

Of course, Chen Yan preferred saving the Ardent Censer for the final game.

His reasoning was that he feared WE might covertly learn from it; if WE grasped the overpowered nature of Ardent Censer, then given the strength of WE's bot lane duo, the difficulty of winning the match would skyrocket to terrifying levels.

If it were the final game, that worry wouldn't exist—they would wrap things up immediately after finishing, and by the time WE figured it out, it would be too late.

As Chen Yan pondered, the second phase of bans had already begun.

WE actively banned Ryze and mOUSe's Maokai, while EDG banned Kled and Zyra.

Immediately afterward, EDG proactively locked in their champion—Shen.

With Rumble banned, mOUSe was forced onto a tank.

WE instantly locked in Braum and Fizz.

"Fizz top lane?"

Chen Yan's gaze flickered. The two most obnoxious top laners of Season 6 were Ekko and Fizz.

Ekko had his passive three-hit mechanic nerfed and could no longer be played in the top lane, while Fizz, although his W skill mechanics had also been reworked, could still be flexed top, albeit much weaker than before.

Of course, that wasn't the crucial point; the crucial point was that Chen Yan had spotted a massive flaw in WE's team composition—they had far too much AP damage.

Fizz, Elise, LeBlanc... even Braum to an extent. It could be said that the vast majority of WE's damage output was magical.

If that was the case, then it has to be you, the living wall!

The ultimate bugged champion of Season 7: The Colossus, Galio!