Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 312 Full Map Unveiled? Waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump!
Whether a champion like Spider can gain momentum depends heavily on the initial tempo point.

But now that RNG has neutralized their first wave of attack, no matter how unwilling Xiao Hei and Faker are, they absolutely have to retreat and defend.

Based on this timing, in about ten seconds, Xiangguo's Lee Sin will finish clearing the blue buff, level up to level three, and gank.

At this point, the home and away positions will be directly reversed, and the one who should be worried about being caught will not be Syndra, but Faker's Irelia.

We must leave immediately!

Even Irelia needs to control the lane!
However, Skt's decisions regarding the bottom lane were also very decisive.

Although Wolf's Rakan didn't have Flash, he still had to step up and shout, "Let's put pressure on the bot lane, hurry up and come down there!"

Now, the only way for Skt to stop the loss is to go to any lengths, even if it means giving up the lower half of Spider's jungle, to rush to the bottom lane and execute a three-man gank to kill Draven and turn the tide.

If the spider survives and reaches level three in lane, at least the game's momentum won't be as chaotic as it is now.

Currently, the only one who can keep Draven is Rakan, because Draven went online first, and he was the only one getting experience, so when Draven reached level 2, both of Skt's bot lane duo were still level 1.

However, Li Luo reacted much faster than them at this moment.

Upon seeing Thresh save Syndra and Elise heading towards the bottom lane, he understood Skt's strategy in less than a second.

The moment Rakan came up, he realized that this was not only the only way for Skt to turn the tide, but also a good opportunity for RNG to open a breakthrough. So he flashed forward the instant Rakan came up.

The next moment, Luo's W fell.

The dust on the ground was kicked up by Rakan's skill, but because of Draven's Flash, he missed his target.

For a level 1 Rakan, without his W ability, he's basically just a slightly tankier minion.

Before the two could react, Li Luo's eyes narrowed, and he immediately changed the direction of his attack. The two giant axes he had been holding, combined with the attack speed bonus from his W skill, were used to frantically slash at Luo, who had no Flash or mobility skills.

Our Spider doesn't have Flash, and neither does your Rakan?

"Hey? Draven! My god, that little dog flashed forward right now, is he trying to take on two at once? Thresh and Elise are both heading to the bottom lane at the same time, and judging by the health bars, Draven could easily kill Rakan before Elise even arrives!"

"Draven didn't choose to retreat this time, but instead launched a counterattack. That was so decisive!"

"Ahhh!"

"Uzi is awesome!"

The audience was amazed by Draven's fierce spirit; he not only didn't retreat but also attacked back, dodging Rakan's W and even counterattacking.

It's only been a few minutes, and this is only the first level, bro!

Are you going to take on two people at once now?
"Draven is in great shape right now. That axe is dealing a lot of damage. Can we kill him? The Spider has already reached the dragon. Is there any chance?"

Not only the commentators, but at this moment, all ten players in the game, except for the two real men in the top lane who were too busy with their 1v1 battle to pay attention, all turned their attention to this.

If we're talking about which skill is incredibly overpowered in early-game skirmishes, then Draven's Blood Rush (W) definitely deserves a mention.

At level 1, Draven's W grants him 50% movement speed, which decays over 1.5 seconds, and 20% attack speed for 3 seconds.

Furthermore, the cooldown of this skill is refreshed when Draven catches a spinning axe.

What does this mean? Before Draven runs out of mana in the early game, he will maintain a 50% movement speed and a 20% attack speed bonus.

With the added bonus from Draven's Spinning Axe (Q), Miss Fortune's damage output is far superior to Rakan's, especially when there's a level advantage.

Bang's Miss Fortune was frantically maneuvering and auto-attacking Draven, but the damage was so low it was despairing.

Soon, Bang watched Luo's health bar drop lower and lower and then he became depressed!
Rng.Uzi killed Skt.wolf
First blood!

Rakan's W dash was too fast, and in order to keep the enemy in place, he ended up in an awkward position, right in the middle of the river near RNG's tower. So when Draven chased and killed Rakan, he was still not past the top of the river.

For a moment, the Skt members all felt like crying but had no tears left to shed.

Is this considered walking into a trap?
The team originally planned to ambush Syndra because she didn't have Flash, but instead, their own Rakan, who also didn't have Flash, went in and gave away a kill. It was a two-on-one situation where they gave away their own kill, putting Skt in a desperate situation.

At this moment, Spider had already moved into the river bush in the bottom lane, and Draven was about to enter the range of Spider's E skill, Cocoon.

If one-third of Draven is stunned and killed, Skt won't suffer a significant loss in this fight.

But when a green lantern fell, Draven used the speed boost to fly away, and for a moment, the three members of the bot lane duo and jungler were instantly dumbfounded.

"Axi!"

The spider had already cast its cocoon, but Draven's escape was too decisive; he simply lit the lantern and fled. Seeing this, both the spider and the gunslinger were devastated.

Let alone in a match, if you encountered this situation in ranked games, your mentality would completely collapse.

Damn, this Thresh is so disgusting!
Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." As the spider ran down, the blind man had almost soloed the river crab in the top lane, which meant that the two had already created a gap of three jungle monsters between them.

Without the jungle monster experience compensation mechanism, the Spider's rhythm was completely ruined in this game.

At this point, the outside world saw that Skt was being toyed with by RNG players in the early stages, just like Muggles, and all the viewers went crazy.

Less than five minutes into the game, Skt found themselves in a disadvantageous position that was no better than the previous two games, and even worse.

What's most ironic is that the reason Skt collapsed in this game was because—
First-class regiment!

All three games ended up in the same way, collapsing from the early game, but the reason was the same: the level 1 team fight. Just thinking about it made me lose my composure!

"Skt's mentality is probably going to collapse now." In the LPL commentary booth, the three commentators went from being nervous at the beginning to feeling relieved that Syndra had escaped, and then to feeling proud that Draven had taken the first blood in a 1v2 situation. They all seemed to have become much more robust.

The commentator, Wawa, even joked, "How is this level 2 Spider supposed to gank the level 4 Ornn in the top lane? Xiangguo's Lee Sin is acting like he's done nothing, he's just farming Xiaohai's jungle. Spider has ruined himself again this game."

"Actually, if Elise hadn't come down this wave, she could have gone to the jungle to catch up in levels, and SKT wouldn't be collapsing like this now. The main problem is that Rakan didn't have Flash and still tried to W forward. But you have to admit that Uzi was very brave. Normally, which ADC would dare to Flash forward while taking on two opponents?"

Upon hearing Miller start speaking like a royalist again, the two people next to him both gave him good-natured smiles.

“That’s right, to be fair, the puppy was very clever this time, and he opened up a breakthrough directly through his personal ability,” Long Hair said.

As everyone was talking, Draven, who had escaped with Thresh's lantern, also began to return to base, leaving Thresh alone to gain experience and level up.

Facing a female gunner who lacks crowd control abilities, Xiaoming's Thresh was not afraid and even boldly went up to finish off a cannon minion.

A near-perfect start. When he reappeared, Draven had pulled out the item that had allowed him to dominate the bottom lane – the Vampiric Scythe.

With this vampire scythe, Draven's combat power will increase exponentially. Not to mention his endurance, his recovery during a fight alone would be enough to make anyone despair.

At this point, RNG's overall team economy was nearly 1500 gold ahead of Skt.

Especially Xiangguo, the jungler, is leading by five jungle monsters. Who can withstand that?

"Xiangguo is clearing two jungle camps by himself, his level is too fast! By the time Lee Sin reaches level six, Elise will only be level four at most. How are we supposed to play like this?!"

Outsiders, seeing the spider in such a miserable state, shook their heads and sighed.

Who would have thought that Skt's perfect level 1 team fight strategy, which forced Syndra to use both summoner spells, followed by Elise's brilliant level 2 gank to create an opening, would turn into a pipe dream due to Thresh's roaming.

When Draven and Thresh arrived in the bottom lane, Bang immediately felt even more terrifying pressure than in the previous two games.

Kai'Sa and Nautilus, Taliyah and Pantheon, Draven and Thresh – these were three consecutive games featuring an extremely strong bot lane combination, which would be considered brutal even in ranked games.

Especially after playing a best-of-five series for a long time, it's easier to develop a lingering phobia.

Now, whenever Bang sees the "Rng.Uzi" ID above the enemy Draven's head, he gets a chill down his spine.

Just when he finally found an angle and used Miss Fortune's Q skill to kill two birds with one stone and take down one-fifth of Draven's health, before he could even feel happy, he saw Draven hit him with two axes and his health was instantly full.

This guy's Draven is standing in a pool of blood and trying to mess with me? Tell me, how am I supposed to play like this?
The terrifying sustain and damage instantly shattered Skt's hopes of harassing and creating a solo kill opportunity.

And the other side.

After Xiangguo reached level six and left the jungle, he stopped farming his own jungle and headed straight for Skt's lower jungle.

"Huh, is RNG planning to gank the bottom lane this time?" Everyone outside was taken aback.

Everyone knows that once Lee Sin reaches level six and has his ultimate skill Dragon Tail, he becomes incredibly strong at ganking the bottom lane. However, Xiangguo's Lee Sin was clearly different from the previous two games. Rather than helping the bottom lane, he seemed more interested in counter-jungling.

If you let Uzi gain an advantage, the bottom lane will be very difficult to play against.

This is a fact universally acknowledged by almost all well-known AD carry players worldwide.

The difficulty mentioned here actually means that RNG will relentlessly help the bot lane, allowing them to further expand their advantage.

But now, Xiangguo's actions have puzzled everyone. The minion wave in the bottom lane is in a very good position, so why not gank it?
However, only a few top junglers, upon seeing Xiangguo's choice and then looking at SKT's movements from a god's-eye view, broke out in a cold sweat.

"Wow, how did Xiangguo manage to confirm that the mid-lane Irelia would go straight to the bottom lane after recalling? RNG didn't have any vision in this wave. If you calculate it by timing, Irelia's timing also matches up. Is this the intuition of a top-tier jungler?" Wawa exclaimed in surprise.

in the game.

After pushing the lane, Irelia chose to recall. She seemed to be heading towards the mid lane, but when she reached the vicinity of the high ground tower, she suddenly headed towards the bottom lane jungle.

Judging from this situation, if RNG tries to gank bot lane, they'll definitely get caught by Irelia.

Who predicted that Irelia would come down?
Hot pot? Or a puppy? Or a tiger?

At this time, the RNG team's voice chat was not calm either; it was chaotic, with everyone talking at once, like a marketplace.

"You guessed wrong, this Irelia went straight to mid lane. I've been waiting for her for about 10 seconds, and she still hasn't gone."

Standing in the blue buff bush on the red side, Xiangguo hadn't even finished speaking when he saw Irelia appear in his field of vision.

A level 6 Irelia, a level 6 Lee Sin.

Holy crap! They actually came!

Wow!
The audience was in an uproar when they saw this!
Did they really gamble here that Irelia would come?
Irelia was clearly heading straight for mid lane, so how did you figure out she'd be coming to bot lane?

Was RNG's play not just about awareness, but rather they were using a global cheat?

If you see Irelia coming to the bottom lane after opening the full map, should you send Xiangguo to ambush Irelia in the bottom lane beforehand?
These questions remain unanswered to this day.

But at this moment, seeing the Irelia coming towards the bottom lane, not only was Xiangguo standing in the bush excited, but the audience supporting RNG at the scene was also excited!
A level 6 Lee Sin versus a level 6 Irelia, who would win?

The answer is yes!

"They really went! OMG! RNG's teamwork in that wave was terrifying. I have a guess in my mind, but I still need to see the replay to be sure. If it's true, then this team's goal is definitely not a two-peat like SKT. They definitely have the potential to become a three-time champion dynasty! OMG!"

Among the European commentators, the one responsible for the LPL region was shouting excitedly, as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret.

"Ah! Wow! Faker! Faker really went! No! Faker, come back!"

The LCK commentators were in despair. They kept shouting, hoping their voices would reach Faker's ears and he would abandon the bot lane gank.

The blind man came over this time and didn't even clear the Gromp in the bottom half of the red team's jungle. The fact that the jungle monsters were intact made Faker lower his guard.

A perfect ambush!

When Irelia walked near the blue buff bush, suddenly, Faker's screen flashed red, indicating that he was under attack!
Before Irelia gets her passive ability, once Lee Sin applies Red Smite to her, there's almost no chance of winning a fight.

Especially now, with the blind man making the first move, Irelia has no chance to react.

Thunderclap/Bone-Shattering (E)!

A followed by E unleashed the first part of Thunder Strike, triggering his passive attack speed buff in the process. Before Faker's Irelia could react, he had taken nearly 200 points of Irelia's health.

After discovering the blind man crouching, Li Ge reacted quickly, immediately activating his Dance of the Distance (W) to avoid damage.

However, in such a top-level competition, especially when one side is prepared, how could they let Irelia seize the opportunity?

During the duration of W, Xiangguo continued to auto-attack as usual, and incidentally, before Irelia's W ended, he pressed the E skill again to trigger the second slow of the Bonebreaker.

This forced Brother Li to retaliate.

Vanguard Blade (R)
He threw his ultimate (R) at the Lee Sin, but at that moment, Xiangguo's Lee Sin unleashed a red Smite, reducing Irelia's damage output by 20%, turning Irelia's counterattack into a joke.

After several rounds of fighting, the Blind Monk skillfully applied his Q skill, Sonic Wave, followed by his R skill, Dragon Tail, and then a Resonating Strike, and Irelia was swiftly and decisively taken down.

In front of everyone at SKT, Lee Sin actually solo killed Irelia!
This was truly a surprise attack, staged in front of everyone, even in front of a global audience!
(End of this chapter)