Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 269 A clean sweep against G2, a crushing defeat of strength
The "bush atomic bomb" technique is rarely seen, not only in competitive matches but also in high-ranked games. However, if a Nunu player manages to use it even once, they'll brag about it for days on end.

Because Tristana respawned early and took the path along the jungle wall, she was already farming minions in lane.

Even though they were at a disadvantage, the younger brother still reluctantly bought a control ward to ensure his safety in the bottom lane before slowly making his way to the top.

However, Galio was unaware that a Nunu had been lurking in the bushes near their second tower for a good ten seconds.

In a match, if a jungler stays in a certain spot for more than ten seconds and fails to catch anyone, it's a very damaging situation.

However, as RNG's early-game weapon, Xiangguo is sure to be a win if they gank bot lane.

Sure enough, Galio, who came online, was walking around, but his eyes weren't on his character at all, even though he wasn't the team's commander.
Seeing the slight advantage of the top laner Aatrox and the CS advantage of the mid laner Akali, Wadi thought he had figured out RNG's plan and was about to remind Hjarnan to just play it safe.

Unexpectedly, the moment he turned his gaze back, Galio's health bar dropped to less than one-fifth, as if a major artery had been ripped out.

The next second, a ghostly figure appeared from the bushes beside them.

A familiar scene appeared.

The snowball slammed in, the giant mouth tore at it, and Nunu stepped forward to deliver the final blow, killing the support Galio once again.

A fully charged ultimate move is so unreasonable that it can almost instantly kill an opponent.

Digging up the younger brother was slow to react.

If it were Li Luo, even if his gaze wasn't on him, he could still sense something was amiss by observing the movement speed on the minimap.

But this is understandable.

You can't expect everyone to have his monstrous reaction speed. This kind of blind spot in the grass is like an atomic bomb. If you can't detect the change in movement speed immediately and be mentally prepared, 99.9% of people won't be able to react in time.

Similarly, with Galio's death, the cannon under the tower became a sitting duck once again.

After waiting for the minion wave to reach the tower, Xiangguo mindlessly pushed a snowball from the enemy's second tower towards the bottom lane, creating the first memorable moment in the World Championship.

"This is Nunu's harassment push! My god, Hjarnan has nowhere to escape and can only wait to die under the tower!"

The baby looked excited and shouted loudly.

"In just seven minutes, Hjarnan is about to give up his fourth kill! And all four kills are related to Xiangguo. Nunu's World Championship debut has shown G2 what real antics are!"

As the commentators hinted at G2, the chat exploded with comments:

"I feel so sorry for Hjarnan. This time, he was facing Yeti Yasuo in lane."

Hjarnan: Damn, there's a dog!

"With three people coming down, who can withstand that?"

"Didn't Perkz and Jankos come here just now? They couldn't catch anyone. How come G2 broke as soon as they touched them?"

Before the match, almost no one had any hope that G2 could defeat RNG, who were considered invincible in S8. Everyone could see that in just seven minutes, RNG had opened up a huge gap in the bottom lane and were in a very good position.

"When things are going badly, I'll curse you; when things are going well, I'll cheer you on to death"—this has always been the basic behavior of LPL fans.

"To be honest, Xiangguo's Nunu jungle was really well hidden. With Yasuo on top, the early game bot lane is too strong!"

Miller began his analysis: "With a significant advantage in vision, health, level, and equipment in the bot lane, any jungler who relentlessly ganks bot lane is practically guaranteed to profit."

"That's right, and with Gragas and Yasuo initiating and disrupting the opponent's rhythm, Nunu's push ball accuracy will increase significantly. Also, have you noticed that RNG's mid and top lane control can be seamlessly connected?" Shenchao observed keenly.

"The big tree initiates the team fight with its R skill, binding the enemy. At this moment, Gragas returns from his explosion, also spreading the enemy formation. The old man and Nunu rush forward to create an opportunity for damage output. This... Yasuo just waits for an opportunity to enter the team fight and mindlessly deals damage, right???"

"???"

After Shenchao's analysis, not only the commentators but also the viewers seemed to realize how disgusting this lineup was.

This is a lineup that doesn't require Yasuo to play at all. All you need is a Diamond level player who can deal maximum damage.

Of course, in the eyes of insiders, RNG's ganks were actually quite risky. If they lost their rhythm and failed to catch anyone, their rhythm would immediately collapse.

Tristana has mobility and knockback, Galio has taunt and protection, so their ability to avoid ganks is actually very strong.

However, they were completely overwhelmed by RNG's perfect control chain and individual skill coordination, leaving them with no chance to fight back.

The Yasuo and Gragas combo is so strong that if either of them can initiate with crowd control, the rest can follow up perfectly, leaving the opponent helpless even under their tower.

A control chain exceeding 3.5 seconds, a once-popular bot lane combination.

"Nobody's going to ask me to choose the championship skin for Yasuo after S8, right?"

Happily moving around in the minions, watching the little cannon trembling under the tower, Li Luo couldn't help but think.

"The minion wave can't get through at all right now, and even if it does, the Tristana under the tower has to worry about being blown out by the Gragas! After all, Yasuo has already built his first Phantom Dancer," Shenchao said. "Hjarnan needs to think about how to withstand the pressure!"

It has to be said that, as expected of a former professional player, Shenchao, although he has been retired for a long time, has not lost his basic sense of judgment. The subsequent development of the bottom lane match was exactly as he said, with Tristana basically having to be on tenterhooks to last hit.

As soon as the minion wave reaches the tower, if Yasuo and Gragas make any moves, Tristana will abandon the minion wave and simply run away.

With the dominance of the bottom lane, not only was the bottom lane minion wave controlled, but Lee Sin's lower jungle was also lost.

Once Sion in the mid lane levels up, his Q skill clears waves faster than Akali's by two speeds. After clearing the wave, Sion disappears from vision and heads towards the side lane.

The coordinated attack between the mid and jungle laners put unprecedented pressure on G2.

Especially since Hjarnan had been out-farmed by Yasuo by 40 CS in just over ten minutes, and even more seriously, he was out-leveled by two levels in the bot lane matchup.

Did you rely on past experience?
Isn't that a gift?

Yasuo and Gragas are both level 8. As long as Gragas can hit him with his ultimate, Yasuo can just follow up with his ultimate and start hacking around.

With Yasuo and Gragas's damage output, if Tristana is chained into a control chain, she's basically doomed.

Should we call the jungler for help?
It's simply impossible to beat them. With Yasuo's Wind Wall and Phantom Dancer passive, Lee Sin's damage output, combined with the bot lane, is completely insufficient to kill Yasuo. Once Yasuo gets going, let alone killing him, the real question is how many of them can escape.

The same applies to mid laners.

Akali does have some damage output, but unfortunately nobody knows where Nunu is.

In the early to mid-game, Akali's squishy body isn't much better than some mages when she encounters a chain of crowd control. At most, she only looks a little tankier in matches because of her W skill, which allows her to avoid damage.

You can't earn money or experience points, and you can't go to other routes.
This is the most withdrawn situation Hjarnan is currently facing.

What's most disgusting is that Yasuo and Gragas aren't in a hurry to take down the bottom lane turret, dive the turret to cut off the minion wave, and let the turret kill more blue team minions, while the enemy Nunu doesn't dare to engage at all unless he appears in vision.

"This Yasuo really doesn't have a mother."

Hjarnan muttered under his breath, protesting the coach's careless and disastrous decision regarding NT's strategy. "The most frustrating thing about playing ADC is when the opponent doesn't let you farm slowly and instead picks some weird hero to annoy you, making the game completely unenjoyable."

But who can blame this?
If it weren't for the first Flash-into-the-wall mistake, there wouldn't have been a second level 2 gank on the bottom lane, and there wouldn't have been any of the subsequent events. Even if the bottom lane was in a bad situation, they could still farm minions under the tower without any problem.

At 12 minutes into the game, the bottom lane tower finally fell. G2's jungler, Jankos, finally managed to ambush Maokai for Aatrox in the top lane, but Maokai escaped with a sliver of health.

But look at how Lee Sin camped in the top lane for over a minute, and with Galio's ultimate, he still hadn't managed to kill Maokai. You can tell how much G2 lost this round.

The big tree is too stable
While RNG focused their resources on the bottom lane, Maokai preferred to forgo some last hits rather than give Aatrox a chance to engage in fights.

Giving up the obsession with last-hitting minions is incredibly difficult for top laners in this version.

Nobody wants to be a foil for the flowers forever. How many professional players don't have high aspirations?

But that's just how Letme is! As the top laner best suited for RNG, the fact that he survived ganks from the jungler for 12 minutes straight is his answer.

With the bottom lane tower destroyed, Hjarnan finally breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes brimming with tears as he watched the blue team minions approaching.

It's been over 3 minutes since we last got a minion!
Even his own support couldn't wait any longer and went off to sneak away and coordinate with his teammates for a gank.

Meanwhile, the enemy Yasuo and Gragas finally disappeared, presumably either going to fight the dragon or going home.

Sure enough, with Xiaolong's mournful cry, Hjarnan felt relieved and started eating minions.

However.
Just as Xiao Pao stepped forward, it was too late.

The camera shifts to the red team's blue buff jungle, where Gragas skillfully uses E-Flash to knock up Tristana, applying Ignite as he does so, and then uses his R skill to blast Tristana towards Yasuo.

"Soli Yaga Duo"

With a shout, a swordsman flew out from the blue team's jungle, slashing rapidly with his blade, splattering blood all over the little cannon.

Completely powerless to resist, under the unreasonable control and output, they didn't even have time to use their skills.

秀？

To be honest, you need some equipment and mental preparation to be able to show off.

Even if Li Luo is playing Tristana, facing such a forced gank, at this level, there is only one way out: death.

League of Legends is not a fantasy game where you can ignore the equipment control chain and forcefully show off just by having a special power spike.

Without the cannon, the second turret in the bottom lane was quickly pushed up by two people.

"They can't stop them! G2's decision to abandon the bot lane was a huge blunder. Yasuo and Gragas are going to clear the bot lane. Isn't Jankos coming back?" Wawa said rapidly.
"Nunu soloed the dragon, and two towers fell in the bottom lane. RNG will rotate next wave. How will G2 defend?"

as predicted.

After returning to base to replenish his equipment, acquiring attack speed boots and a B.F. Sword, when Gragas, Yasuo, and Maokai appeared in the top lane, the Aatrox, who was doing relatively well in terms of farming, could only watch helplessly as the three pushed the tower.

With the enemy firmly outside the range of the tree's W ability, the top lane tower was also destroyed.

After taking down the top lane tower, the Rift Herald was also secured.

Even if G2 knew what RNG was doing, there was no way to stop them.

Fourteen minutes later, before the outer towers could fall, all three outer towers were destroyed.

The economic gap between the two sides has now reached over five thousand.

Because of his frequent kills and solo minion tower plates, coupled with the ability to farm his own jungle for free, Yasuo's development shows no signs of keeping up with the pace of time.

At 15 minutes, Yasuo with Attack Speed ​​Boots, Phantom Dancer, and Infinity Edge has declared himself invincible in the early to mid-game.

When Yasuo re-entered the game and went to the bottom lane to farm minions, Hjarnan opened the panel to check the opponent's equipment, and instantly, he was stunned.

Endless green crosses? ???

At this point in time, anyone who gets this equipment will be invincible.

Without the top, mid, and jungle players coming together, it's impossible to kill Yasuo; in fact, you might even have to worry about being killed by Yasuo instead.

"Wow, if G2 doesn't counter Yasuo's build, and he gets some tanky items, who can kill him???"

"Wow, I'm rewarding myself with a game of Yasuo. Did I really just rely on my equipment advantage and not skill to completely dominate?"

G2: This is fucking weird, isn't the script going a little off?

"G2 is so weak, they don't seem to put up any resistance at all, and they're still in the quarterfinals?"

"I should have picked Teemo for the puppy. This Yasuo is too strong in the game, it's boring, so boring."

"RNG will be this year's champions, I said it!"

Watching Yasuo dash around using his E ability, messing around right under G2's noses, LPL fans cheered and started spamming memes.

As the game progresses, Li Luo's Yasuo has a gold lead of over 4000 against Tristana.

For Yasuo, whose equipment offers excellent value for money, the significance of obtaining Infinity Edge and Phantom Dancer is clearly more than just that.

Once the third Bloodthirster is crafted, he is confident that he can easily take on at least three opponents at once.

While pushing down the bottom lane inhibitor turret, Li Luo observed the enemy's position and, confirming that G2 couldn't support the bottom lane in time, directly called Nunu to push the ball over, scaring away Tristana and easily taking down the first inhibitor turret.

Meanwhile, as Yasuo pushed down, G2's formation fell apart, and they lost their second mid-lane tower.

RNG retreated quickly, and just as Baron Nashor spawned at the 20-minute mark, they secured the kill with Nunu, bringing the gold difference to 11,000.

Yasuo also got his Bloodthirster at 21 minutes, completing his three-item build.

The tank team gained an economic advantage of over 10,000, and G2 was powerless to defend against it. Even Tristana's basic attacks were just scratches on the veteran, unable to even break the shield.

After a team fight where they managed a 0-for-5 exchange, the tree still had a third of its health remaining, making it very resilient.

With such a huge gap, G2 had no chance to turn the tide. The moment the red team's crystal exploded, the score was set at 17-0.

"Holy crap, a shutout?!"

Many viewers only realized what was happening when they saw that G2's kill count was still 0 after the match ended.

RNG achieved a clean sweep against their opponent for the first time in the S8 World Championship. The last time they achieved a clean sweep was against Samsung in S7.

The national civil service exam is on the 29th, so I haven't had much time to write lately. Please bear with me, dear readers. I'll update like crazy as soon as the exam is over!
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