Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 237 An Unsolvable Control Chain! Completely Devastating!

"The pace of this game was very tight on both sides, especially when the two mid laners' ultimate abilities were ready, the situation on the field changed immediately!"

"Yes, but the pressure on both sides is different now. It's up to Xiaohu to keep Li Ge's Galio in check. In a few more minutes, even if Galio wants to move, he won't be able to!"

The minion wave pressure continued to apply to Faker's Galio. With his max Q, E, and W at level 1, Twisted Fate pushed the wave extremely fast. A single red card and a Q skill were enough to clear out the backline minions completely.

Everyone was shocked when they saw the South Korean team stuck in a stalemate, barely managing to maintain their development!

Is it because of a change in personnel?
One viewer couldn't help but ask a question.

"Yes and no." A viewer with better gaming skills explained: "Although Peanut's style clashes with Xiangguo's, he shouldn't be led by the nose by Xiangguo. The reason why the Korean team is at such a big disadvantage now is that their originally brilliant draft has become a hindrance!"

The more top-tier the teams are competing, the greater the impact of the draft phase on the outcome, especially when the players' skill levels and tactical approaches are similar.

A famous coach once said that watching the draft phase is half the battle won, and that's not just empty talk.

The Korean team's mid and bot laners are all heroes who only become effective in the mid-game, especially the top laner, Gangplank, who is only useful in the mid-to-late game.

At this point, kkoma picked out early-to-mid-game champions for Faker and Peanut: Lee Sin and Galio.

But no matter how much they planned, they never expected that the Chinese team's top, mid, and jungle players would completely defy expectations and directly pull off a jungle carry strategy, using a quirky champion like Taliyah to counter Gangplank.

In this situation, Lee Sin, being a hero in the early to mid-game, will definitely need to go up and help the ship get through the early game.

Otherwise, the Captain will stagnate and never reach the mid-to-late game where he can become powerful.

Faker's success and failure both stemmed from him. In S7, he was able to turn the tide, but in S8, he lost his lane dominance and, after transitioning to a team mid laner, completely disrupted the team's rhythm.

With neither the top nor bottom lanes able to step up, it became an open question whether Lee could turn the tide with his support.

The situation remained deadlocked, but Taliyah, with the help of her passive movement speed, farmed minions and jungle monsters at an alarmingly fast pace, gaining an economic lead of about half a kill per minute.

Seeing this situation, a large number of pessimistic and despairing words immediately appeared on local South Korean forums.

Even the analysts of the South Korean team were completely dumbfounded, their minds a complete blank, unable to think of any way to break the deadlock.

Under their watchful eyes, the Chinese team's second wave of attacks, as fierce as a storm, is about to begin!
With the jungle carry Taliyah playstyle and mid lane Twisted Fate, Li Luo's Kai'Sa build in this game still represents Kai'Sa's last glorious moment!

Infinity Edge!

When Kai'Sa pulled out an Infinity Edge and a Pickaxe, even though Deft was prepared, the damage was something that couldn't be accepted just by being mentally prepared!
First, a basic attack hit Xayah, and by sheer coincidence, it triggered a critical hit. Then, her evolved Q skill, with all the missiles hitting, instantly melted more than half of Xayah's full health in just one second.

Seeing this, Deft gritted his teeth and quickly used his R skill to retreat, completely panicked.

This injury sent a shiver down the spines of all the Chinese fans watching the game. Before they could even cheer, the camera suddenly cut to something else—
From the bottom lane, which was the focus of billions of viewers worldwide, they made a complete 180-degree turn and moved to the top lane.

The next moment, everyone saw that the Titan who hadn't arrived yet wasn't moving too slowly, but had secretly gone to the top lane!

At this moment, the two players in the bottom lane were still unaware, thinking that the Titan had gone to ward again, and had not given any warning.

"Top lane, Taliyah is going to make a move on top lane! Twisted Fate too? My god, Twisted Fate has flown to top lane too, let's see how Faker's Galio picks!"

"Galio, Galio immediately used his ultimate on Gangplank, but Taliyah's blockade had already been activated, and Galio and Gangplank were both trapped on the left side of the wall!"

In some ways, Twisted Fate's ultimate ability is harder to defend against than Galio's.

Despite Faker's warning to the top laner, Twisted Fate's method of ganking was simply point-and-click control.

If the captain doesn't have oranges, or if the Lee Sin gets crowd-controlled, the two top laners can easily be instantly killed based on their damage output.

After clearing the lane, without even looking at Faker, Xiaohu's hand speed exploded to the limit. He instantly activated his R skill and flew straight to the top lane, even picking up a yellow card along the way.

At the same time, Faker decisively abandoned the minion wave and flew directly to Gangplank. Xiangguo's R separated Lee Sin and Gangplank, which led to the scene that everyone saw.

Having gained an advantage and completed a full jungle item early, Taliyah's damage output was almost excessive.

During the stalemate when Faker's Galio came down, a rock spike was placed at Galio's feet, and the rolling stone array spread out. Before Galio could even use his W to reduce damage, he was hit by Taliyah's combo and lost two-thirds of his health.

The card's yellow card was also thrown out at this moment, and Galio was unable to move, becoming the scapegoat. The two in the top lane died first.

After this premeditated coup succeeded, Xiangguo jokingly remarked:
"I've gotten too arrogant. What should I do if I want to complete my killing spree?"

"I have no objection," Xiaohu laughed along, "Stop talking, I also want to buy the Mejai's Soulstealer, let's just go on a rampage this game, okay?"

"Stop arguing, let's take down this top lane tower first and see if they dare to defend it!"

Letme interrupted their conversation. He had been observing the whole thing without doing anything, just listening to them brag, and then laughed and cursed.

Twisted Fate initiates with a crowd control skill on one target, Taliyah pulls them back, and Shen follows up with a taunt.

It has to be said that this kind of control chain, which is incredibly effective even in ranked games, is also consistently successful in competitive matches.

Despite the captain having an orange to instantly remove the card, he was still terrified when he was pinned down by the card.

There's too much crowd control, and it's all hands-free. Without the advantage of tankiness or numbers, getting caught means certain death.

This time, Xiaoming didn't flank at all; he appeared directly on the front lines.

This seemingly reckless and brute-force fighting style made the two people under the tower tremble with fear.

As the minion wave pushed into the tower, Titan went straight up, his basic attack triggering his passive. Twisted Fate switched to his yellow card and threw it at the Captain, whose orange card hadn't cooled down yet.

Boom!
The captain, who was leaning against the wall, was stunned and unable to move. Taliyah initiated with WEQ, Shen followed up with his taunt, and Twisted Fate followed up with his Q skill.

The captain is dead!

The combo was unbelievable; the three of them had practiced it countless times in custom games, and it flowed smoothly from there.

Smeb, who died suddenly, had a bitter expression on his face. It really wasn't his fault; the blind man was standing right next to him, and there was nothing he could do.

He had no room to maneuver and was instantly killed by a combo, unless he abandoned the top lane tower and didn't farm this wave of minions.

However, this means that the upper half of the jungle is basically lost.

The opposing team's offensive was too fierce and unreasonable. Their chaotic and disruptive playstyle, completely contrary to the Korean style of strategic play, further solidified Smeb's determination to learn from the LPL.

On the other side, after Li Luo forced Xayah to use her ultimate in a 1v2 situation in the bottom lane, he could only farm peacefully because he didn't have a Titan.

Whether in competitive matches or ranked games, the bot lane has the lowest solo kill rate of all three lanes.

Even Li Luo couldn't take on two opponents at once and still manage to overwhelm them, despite having an equipment advantage.

However, this equipment advantage allows him to face two opponents without fear of being suppressed.

At this point, the two ADCs had already created a 30-CS lead within 10 minutes and were happily farming when unexpected good news came from the top lane.

Is this still the RNG that relied on Uzi to carry them in S8?

Li Luo picked up the specially made energy drink next to him, took a small sip, and prepared to win effortlessly.

"Great! Galio falls to the ground, Twisted Fate gets the first kill of the game!"

The baby excitedly shouted:

"This gank was incredible! The Chinese team's top, mid, and jungle players must have been possessed by gods!"

"A beautiful, calm, and perfect gank. No impulsiveness, just such a simple and straightforward control chain that caused Smeb to die tragically under his own turret, and Taliyah even got the kill. Everyone knows that once a jungle carry gains an advantage, it's a nightmare for the Korean team!"

"Ahhhhh!!"

"China! China!"

Hearing the cheers continuing to come from outside the soundproof room, even the most well-rested professional players inside became irritated.

In the previous match, the opening game between LGD and IG, LGD truly showed their ability to defeat nobodies. After dragging the game out for 51 minutes, they withstood the pressure and managed to turn the tide.

In the second game, LGD dragged it out to 30 minutes again, with both sides entangled around Baron Nashor.

The opening match here hasn't even finished yet, and the Asian Games finals on the other side have already reached their third match, which is truly unbelievable.

With advantages in all three lanes, the jungler can take off.

In less than fifteen minutes, the economic difference between the two sides reached over five thousand, which is quite exaggerated. It was even about the same lead they had when playing against the wildcard "gold" team.

South Korea = Wildcard region?

Wawa and Miller looked at each other, finding it difficult to continue praising how strong the Korean team was to unsuspecting viewers during the live stream.

Once the control team gains an advantage, a perfect start is one thing, but Li Luo could sense that his teammates were in exceptionally good form this game.

The second game was full of ups and downs: the overwhelming advantage of three water dragons, falling off a cliff at the Baron pit, a stalemate of farming for more than ten minutes, Vayne's split push, and four people self-destructing to buy time...

This incredible comeback ignited the morale and fighting spirit of everyone on the Chinese team. Even Xiangguo, who wasn't playing, experienced a mental climax by imagining himself as Vayne, and was in incredibly hot form at that moment.

We turned a game that was obviously going to be lost into a game. In this draft, we only gave up Xayah and Rakan, and then Xayah and Rakan collapsed during the laning phase. What are you and I pretending for?

Once such thoughts appear in one's mind, they either escalate to the point of being brought back to their original state, or they become irrational acts of cruelty and slaughter.

Undeniably, the LCK region's invincibility for four consecutive seasons (S3, S4, S5, and S6) left a psychological scar on all League of Legends teams worldwide, to the point that even now, many people still believe that the LCK region is the world's number one region.

Of course, even in S10, some veteran players still have "inner demons" in their hearts! They have an innate fear of LCK teams and a natural lack of confidence in LPL teams.

But after the transformation and comeback in the last game, everyone is now playing with high spirits, and their skills are getting hotter and hotter just like the outside temperature.

This state doesn't mean that everyone has lost their minds and started to get carried away and act recklessly. On the contrary, it's like when many people are in a state of explosive energy. Once you enter this state, not only will your performance be enhanced, but even some details that you never thought of before will erupt like a volcano.

Attack! Keep attacking!
After taking down the top lane's first tower and securing the Rift Herald, Nautilus didn't choose to go to the bottom lane. Instead, he followed Taliyah and began invading the jungle.

Many people believe that once the ADC gains an advantage in the early game, the bot lane is essentially useless as long as the bot lane tower isn't destroyed, thus freeing up the ADC.

However, in the actual game, it's not like that. In the early game, after gaining an advantage in all three lanes, it's more of a torment not to push down the bottom lane tower.

Titan is swimming, does Lok dare to swim?
The problem is obvious. Once Rakan leaves, in a one-on-one fight, how could Xayah possibly be a match for Kai'Sa? If she gets even one chance to last-hit a minion, Kai'Sa's damage output would be enough to kill Xayah.

But not leaving?
The 1v2 situation is only to ensure that Xayah and Kai'Sa can farm together. After all, as long as Shen doesn't use his ultimate, would Rakan dare to use RW to engage Kai'Sa directly?

Taliyah's Q skill deals AoE damage, making her jungle clear speed incredibly fast. With Nautilus as her bodyguard, Lee Sin was quickly down two levels.

The second dragon—the Earth Dragon—was once again controlled by Taliyah, widening the gap between the two sides.

The so-called Korean-style management has become a joke. What kind of management is it? Management is being overly cautious, letting go of everything you can, and being afraid to fight?
When the card was moved down, this time, Faker's Galio hesitated and did not choose to follow. He calmly said in the voice chat that the card might be moved down, and then continued to farm.

A stone wall was placed behind the first tower, blocking Xayah and Rakan. Rakan didn't hesitate; he used his W skill to leap over the wall and prepared to flee.

But the next second, the greedy Xiaohu immediately used his ultimate skill and landed between the first and second towers, blocking Luo's escape.

Titan, carrying his own large anchor, followed closely through the gap between the stone golem and the second tower, and pronounced Lo's death sentence.

It's better to stay under the tower; once you step outside, you're just waiting to die.

"Aaaaaah, can anyone help us? We're surrounded again!"

Mata really wanted to curse, because the ID on the Taliyah blocking his way was extremely familiar.

He recognized the opposing jungler. Back in the LPL during S6, Mata's impression of him was that he "played without any brains, didn't listen to commands, had a lot of self-righteous ideas, and wouldn't go far"...

But he never expected that this jungler, who hadn't achieved anything under his Mata system, would one day be able to stage a dramatic turn of fortune, proving that fortunes can change and that a young man can rise above his circumstances.

"Zhao Shiheng, you can't just abandon me like this!"

The pilot screamed in despair as he watched the minion wave about to reach the tower.

In an all-star team, where there's no tactical focus and everyone is a tactical core, who's going to protect you like a big brother?

(End of this chapter)