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Chapter 104 I am Zhou Shen, give me the Snake Woman! [4K]

After the first game, it seems that the difference in performance between the mid laners was too obvious.

Scout's Zed is too fed; in an encounter, Imp's female police officer will definitely be instantly killed by Zed.

With the female police officer dead, GodV's Orianna couldn't hold the line, and even Zhou Dian's Poppy play couldn't turn the tide.

Many viewers couldn't help but lament how quickly GodV's popularity had declined!

The two mid laners in today's match are GodV, the 15 LPL Summer Split champion, and Scout, the 16 LPL Summer Split champion.

Currently, the two players are at the same level in terms of honors, but their performances on the field are already quite different.

Scout is the absolute star player and primary carry for EDG right now.

GodV, however, can't carry at all now, or rather, he rarely can.

Are the side effects of streaming Tianya Mingyue Dao really that serious?

But actually, the primary reason LGD lost the first game wasn't the difference in mid lane.

At level four, GodV used Exhaust to secure a solo kill on Zed, gaining an advantage in the laning phase.

However, due to his reckless pushing of the lane, he was repeatedly caught and killed, and his mid-lane advantage was completely lost.

At this point, LGD still had the advantage because imp had a significant advantage in the bottom lane.

However, as the game entered the mid-game lane transition phase, LGD seemed to lose their composure and were frequently outmaneuvered by EDG, who gradually eroded their economy, ultimately leading to their defeat.

After watching the first game in the rest room, Dgc felt that their strategy was far inferior to EDG's.

EDG was the first team in the LPL to use macro-management tactics, and they are also the best at it.

In today's League of Legends competitions, it's impossible to say that there's absolutely no strategy or strategy involved.

But Dgc also knows that LGD and EDG simply don't have the capability to compete in such complex map-wide operations!

Given LGD's current operational level, the only way to break through EDG's operational dominance is to resort to simple and brute force.

That is to use a single point of advantage as a means of restraint to disrupt the opponent's operational rhythm.

With this in mind, Dgc made up his mind.

What's there to be afraid of!

After winning two games, I started to feel anxious and afraid of losing.

If you're timid and hesitant, won't you still end up losing?

It's better to just use what you're best at to take him down!
"Alright, everyone, welcome back."

After a brief chat in the commentary booth, the BP interface appeared on the big screen.

The draft phase has begun for the second game between LGD and EDG.

EDG chose the blue side, while LGD chose the red side.

First round of BP.

EDG banned Corki, Jayce, and Fiora.

LGD banned Rengar, LeBlanc, and Varus.

"EDG is really targeting Zhou, banning Jayce and Fiora in the first round!"

Guan Zeyuan continued, "I wonder if we'll see Lucian in the top lane this game. I'm really looking forward to it!"

LGD players' bench.

"Xiao Zhou, this round you take the fifth-floor counter position and crush Mouse!" Dgc said fiercely.

At this point, EDG chose Shen on the first floor of the blue side.

Dgc immediately frowned.

Mouse chose Shen over the three Egyptian God cards.

Combined with banning Jayce and Fiora while allowing Camille, this was truly a well-prepared move!
Starting this week, LPL matches will use version 7.3.

In patch 7.3, Camille was nerfed across the board, and gradually many teams started letting Camille play, wanting to test her strength after the nerf.

Dgc certainly knows that Camille is also a signature champion in the weekly rankings, but Camille isn't as comfortable against Shen.

Shen's W skill, Sword Array, is quite effective against heroes who rely on basic attacks for damage.

Not to mention this is Camille after being weakened in every aspect.

Is he going to pick Lucian for top lane again?

It doesn't seem quite right.

Dgc let Zhou Dian pick Ashe on the first floor of the red side; we'll see about the top laner later.

At this moment, GodV turned to Zhou Dian and asked, "Zhou Dian, can I have the fifth floor this round?"

In GodV's eyes, Zhou Dian saw a desire for "revenge".

As a former prodigy mid-laner in the eyes of the audience, GodV naturally has ambition.

In the previous game, Scout picked a Zed that was at least Tier 3 in the current patch, if not the worst, and gave him the MVP title. GodV was a bit upset and wanted to get revenge.

Zhou Dian could understand this feeling.

Moreover, GodV only asked Zhou Dian for the fifth counter pick after seeing that EDG had already picked a top laner in the first pick, so it didn't really affect his choice of top laner.

“No problem, I’ll go first!” Zhou Dian said. “Brother Dan, get me the Snake Woman!”

"Huh? Are you sure?" Eimy and Dgc asked in unison.

"Trust me, the Snake Woman is a 0-10 chance in the top lane!"

LGD locked in Cassiopeia on the second floor of the red side.

"LGD will pick Ashe first, which can be considered a way of banning her instead of picking her, since Ashe is arguably the AD carry champion that Zet plays best!" Zhihuan said.

"Oh, Cassiopeia, is LGD picking a mid laner so early?" Guan Zeyuan added.

Next, EDG picked Jhin and Malzahar on the second and third floors of the blue side.

"EDG's Malzahar pick is wavering; it could be either support or mid lane!"

LGD chose Lulu on the third floor of the red team.

PYL thinks EDG's Malzahar is a support.

We've moved on to the second round of draft picks.

LGD banned Ryze and Elise.

EDG banned Lucian and Graves.

"Oh, EDG has banned Lucian. It looks like we won't be seeing Lucian in the top lane this game!" Guan Zeyuan said with a hint of regret.

Dgc, on the other hand, was somewhat relieved. EDG was trying to lure him into picking Camille, but luckily Zhou Dian had already picked a top laner.

But when did this kid learn to play Snake Woman? I've never seen him play her before.
LGD picked Lee Sin on the fourth floor of the red side.

"Can a blind man do it, Brother Dan?" Zhou Dian said with a smile.

"I'm a blind man, this game is mine!" Eimy looked extremely confident.

When the Blind Monk was locked on, the audience cheered.

It wasn't just LGD fans who were cheering; other spectators were also there.

Heroes with such high popularity and entertainment value are exactly what every viewer wants to see in a match.

When Scout picked Zed in the last game, the cheers from the crowd were even louder than they are now.

Next, EDG chose Excavator and Syndra on the fourth and fifth floors of the blue side.

"So EDG's Malzahar is the support, Syndra mid!"

Guan Zeyuan continued, "Let's see what top laner Zhou will pick as his last pick to counter Shen!"

At this moment, LGD revealed Ekko on the fifth floor of the red side and locked it in.

“Oh, Ekko top lane? But we’ve rarely seen the tanky Ekko top lane build since last year’s World Championship!” Guan Zeyuan said.

"No!" Zhihuan shook his head. "After Ekko's passive was nerfed, he's really not good at playing top lane now. This Ekko must have been picked by We1less to counter Syndra!"

"If Ekko is in the mid lane, then who will be in the top lane for LGD? Cassiopeia."

As he spoke, Guan Zeyuan's voice suddenly rose, "It's really possible! Zhou has even developed Lucian for top lane, so it wouldn't be surprising if he developed Cassiopeia for top lane too!"

"It's not really about development!" Zhihuan said. "The top lane Cassiopeia build has always existed, but it's just less common!"

At this point, both teams had finished exchanging heroes, and Cassiopeia was indeed positioned on the first floor of the red team.

This immediately sparked discussion among viewers in the live stream.

[Holy crap, it really is Cassiopeia top lane, awesome!]

[LGD's top laner is really something else, first Lucian top lane, and now Cassiopeia top lane!]

[If you don't come up with something new, can you still call yourself the top laner?!] [I'm Zhou Shen, give me Cassiopeia!]

[Zhou NMB!]

【Hey, why are you swearing?】

[This isn't just insulting; nobody even knows about Ruofeng's snake woman joke anymore?]

To be honest, I'm not optimistic about Cassiopeia going top. She has no mobility and can't wear boots, so she'll get ganked to death!

[Never mind if he gets ganked, Mouse is definitely going to get crushed this game!]

[Tch, trash. All he can do is use his long reach to beat his short reach. Just wait and see how he loses!]

[Can the pork offal talk loudly again?]

[They've only won one small game, and the pig can't hold back anymore?]

This is what pork offal looks like!

【.】

Suddenly, another chaotic battle broke out on the live chat.

At this moment, the camera pans across the players' seats.

The others either looked calm or were chatting and laughing.

Mouse, however, looked a little off.

On the main stage, the two head coaches shook hands and then stepped off the stage; the game had already entered the loading screen.

Blue side EDG: Top lane Shen, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Jhin and Malzahar.

Red team LGD: Top lane Cassiopeia, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Ekko, Bot lane Ashe and Lulu.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh.

Accompanied by in-game sound effects.

The ten heroes from both sides landed in the fountains at opposite ends of Summoner's Rift.

As fans from both sides cheered, the image on the big screen changed from a full view of Summoner's Rift to an observer interface.

After buying their starting gear, the players from both teams headed straight to their positions on the riverbank.

Neither of the two servers chose to hack.

However, the two bottom lane duos ran into each other near the bottom river.

Ashe has a longer range, and after imp cast Volley (W), he immediately initiated the attack.

EDG's bot lane duo also responded aggressively, engaging in a direct attack.

I just auto-attacked, and a Syndra emerged from the bushes on the bottom lane next to me.

Meiko applied Weakness to Ashe, and Imp quickly used Flash to escape.

"Holy crap, what is Syndra doing here?!"

imp was very annoyed; his Flash was destroyed before the minions even spawned.

Seeing this scene in the lounge, Dgc muttered, "Damn EDG, instead of going to IEM, they're just staying at their base studying us, huh!"

Scout's decision to rush to the bottom lane to gank imp at the start of the game clearly shows that they have done in-depth research on imp's recent positioning habits at the start of the game.

At this point, the keystone talents of the ten heroes on both sides are displayed at the bottom of the screen.

They're all pretty standard.

"The Cassiopeia's keystone rune is Deathfire Touch, and then her starting items..."

"Oh, Zhou actually started with a Sapphire Crystal as his Cassiopeia this game. I can only say, that's a bit... "

After a pause, Guan Zeyuan continued, "A bit confident!"

What he actually meant was that "they didn't treat their opponents like human beings."

Soon, the minions appeared on the lane, and the jungle monsters spawned.

In this game, both junglers started in the upper jungle and farmed from top to bottom.

On EDG's side, Shen helped the excavator get the blue buff.

On LGD's side, Zhou Dian's Cassiopeia helped Lee Sin open the F6.

It's not that GodV didn't help the jungler open the F6 camp, even though he was closer.

The main problem is that he can't help.

When playing Ekko against Syndra, he definitely needs to use his Q skill to push the lane before the mid lane minions meet.

Otherwise, if Syndra pushes the lane first, Ekko will have a hard time laning.

However, Zhou Dian helping Eimy clear the jungle isn't a big problem and won't affect his laning phase.

Because F6 was far away, Cassiopeia arrived on lane a little later than Shen.

As soon as he went online, Zhou Dian controlled the Cassiopeia to push forward.

Want more experience points?
Go stay in the back!
Faced with the aggressive snake woman, Mouse could only retreat.

A level 1 Shen has no chance against Cassiopeia, even with minions around; he can only take hits.

Let's hold back for now!
However, even though Shen was kicked out of the experience zone in the top lane, the director did not focus the camera on the top lane, but instead kept focusing on Lee Sin.

Because Eimy was doing something "big" at that moment.

After clearing the F6 camp, Lee Sin didn't follow the usual strategy of clearing the red buff. Instead, he went straight to the right and headed to his own blue buff area.

"Hey, Eimy didn't use his own red buff here?" Zhihuan asked, somewhat puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Guan Zeyuan said, "In that case, Lee Sin's jungle route should be to clear the F6 camp, then clear the bottom half of the jungle, and if there's an opportunity, take the bottom river crab, go back to base to buy items, then come out to take the red buff, and then go back to do other things!"

This maximizes the effectiveness of the red buff.

When Zhou Dian saw Eimy head towards the lower jungle after clearing the F6 camp, he shared the same thought as Guan Zeyuan: that Eimy's Lee Sin was going to farm levels first and then take the red buff to gank later.

However, after entering his own blue buff area, the Lee Sin did not start attacking the wolves nearby. Instead, he turned and headed straight down to the river.

"Wait a minute, the ultimate move, the ultimate move, Eimy is about to unleash his ultimate move!" Zhihuan exclaimed.

"They've got a real trump card! Eimy's going to invade!" Guan Zeyuan was a little surprised.

"Great idea! I like it!"

Lee Sin continued walking, crossing the river and arriving at EDG's red buff area.

Walking behind EDG's red buff camp, Lee Sin raised his foot and used Sonic Wave (Q1) to kick the red buff.

Then Echo Slam (Q2) followed up, taking down EDG's red buff.

"Let's see if Ai Luoli comes over directly."

Guan Zeyuan continued, "Ailoli might attack the F6 camp first! If she does attack the F6, the red buff will be gone!"

"No, no, no!" Zhihuan shook his head repeatedly, "He can't play the excavator at level two, this game is clearly a fast level three jungle farming route!"

After clearing the blue buff and the three wolves, the excavator arrived at its own red buff area and headed straight for the red buff.

After passing through the bushes next to F6, the excavator used its Q skill on the red buff.

We didn't hit anything.

Oh no! Red's been stolen!

This was Ai Luoli's first reaction.

But Ai Luoli immediately realized that it was impossible for the Lee Sin to steal his red buff so quickly.

So, he quickly maneuvered the excavator into the bushes next to the red buff.

As soon as I entered, I saw my red buff.

At this point, Lee Sin had just taken down a little more than half of the red buff's health. With the remaining health, Lee Sin could not finish it off with Q1 followed by Smite and then Q2.

So, Eimy chickened out.

"Let's fight him with Smite!" Zhou Dian took a moment to switch screens and glance at the Lee Sin's red buff steal progress. Seeing that Eimy had given up, he suddenly became a little anxious.

However, the blind monk had already taken two steps back.

Then, stepping on the Blast Fruit, they descended into the Dragon Pit and made their escape!

On the other side, the excavator quickly activated Q, used a few basic attacks, and then followed up with Smite to take away its own red buff.

"Oh dear, Eimy failed to steal the red buff and ended up working for Ai Luoli instead!" Guan Zeyuan said with great regret.

"A huge loss, a massive loss!"

Zhihuan continued, "Now EDG has taken your blue buff. Eimy's attempt to steal a chicken has backfired!"

(End of this chapter)