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Chapter 169 Zhou Dian easily wins the first game, his first playoff victory in his career!

After returning to the fountain, the LGD players replenished their equipment and true sight wards.

They headed straight for the Big Dragon Pit after leaving the house.

The target is clear: the Rift Herald that is about to spawn.

Eimy and PYL, the jungler and support, arrived near the Baron pit and placed several control wards to block the surrounding vision.

The game time has now reached 10 minutes.

Rift Herald has been refreshed.

After pushing the top and bottom lane minions out a little, LGD immediately started attacking the Rift Herald.

EDG decisively chose to give up the Rift Herald.

They didn't come over at all.

The reason for giving up is quite simple.

LGD completely controlled the vision around the Dragon Pit.

EDG is at a disadvantage in terms of vision control.

Secondly, let's compare the lineups of both sides.

EDG's chances of winning a large-scale team fight at this point are not high.

Not to mention that LGD also has a very fed and far ahead-farming top laner, Tristana.

EDG's front line is currently unequipped and cannot withstand damage.

If a real fight breaks out, the front line will likely be quickly killed by LGD's two marksmen.

Then the team fight collapsed.

Of course, this team fight doesn't mean EDG has no chance of winning at all.

However, given EDG's team style, they are too conservative, even a bit timid.

They were clearly unwilling to take the risk.

Anyway, we'll postpone it as long as possible.

If we stall, there's hope; if we lose this round, the game is over.

While LGD was taking the Rift Herald, the EDG players were busy farming lanes and taking down towers on their respective lanes.

However, after LGD discovered that EDG had given up the Rift Herald, their mid, bot, and support players immediately went to their lanes to farm minions.

Only Zhou Dian and Eimy were left there to play as the vanguard.

Therefore, EDG's players were not able to take advantage of the situation to whittle down LGD's outer turret's health by much.

LGD also successfully secured the Rift Herald.

Eimy's Spider picked up the Vanguard Eye.

Zhou Dian's Xiao Pao headed straight for the bottom lane to clear the wave.

In this wave of vanguard action, only the Tristana truly lost a significant amount of lane experience.

However, he is currently the fattest player on the field, so he can make a slight sacrifice.

No problem.

Two minutes later, LGD players gathered in the mid lane.

The spider crushed the Herald's Eye, summoning the Rift Herald.

The Rift Herald charged headfirst into EDG's mid-lane tower.

The little Ashe then casually added a few more basic attacks.

They took down EDG's mid-lane tower immediately.

At this point, all three of EDG's towers have fallen.

In particular, the fall of the mid-lane tower means that EDG's vision control in the jungle will gradually be lost.

Not to mention that EDG is more than 3,000 gold behind in terms of economy.

The rhythm of the game was completely taken over by LGD.

EDG is already at a significant disadvantage in this game!

In the following period, EDG was relentlessly pushed down the side lanes by LGD, suffering immense pain.

But there is no way.

The main problem is EDG's lineup; when Gragas isn't in the front line, they severely lack the ability to initiate attacks.

LGD can push lanes whenever they want and leave whenever they want.

And it's also difficult for a barrel to stay on the front for a long time.

After all, the sidelines also need to be defended.

When the game was 15 minutes in, Mouse tried to initiate a team fight in the mid lane.

He really didn't want to keep wasting his time like this.

He was a pure meat barrel, facing the small cannon on the wing.

They could only watch helplessly as the cannon pushed down a wave of minions in just a few hits, and there was nothing they could do.

However, EDG's mid-lane tower was destroyed by LGD early on.

This resulted in LGD's wards filling EDG's jungle.

The barrel was spotted by LGD's vision while it was still halfway to the mid lane.

Meanwhile, imp, who was clearing the wave in the mid lane, pretended not to know that the Gragas was coming.

So, when Mouse finally got behind imp and was about to use his E to dodge Ashe...

However, before Gragas could get close enough to E-flash to Ashe, Ashe was caught by a lantern that flew out from the side.

Mouse went around in circles, all for nothing!

Mouse's efforts were in vain.

Zhou Dian's efforts were not in vain.

While the Gragas went to the mid lane, his Tristana pushed the lane directly into EDG's bottom lane second turret.

By the time Ashe was pulled away by Thresh's lantern, Tristana had already taken down more than half of EDG's bottom lane second turret's health.

Mouse cut the screen and looked at the bottom lane, and saw that only two-thirds of the blood in the second tower of his bottom lane was left.

He hurriedly and hastily pressed the teleport button.

Seeing the teleportation beam light up on EDG's second bottom tower, Wang Duoduo couldn't help but say, "This teleportation...is it really necessary?"

Mouse was clearly a bit confused at this moment.

Even if he teleported down now, he wouldn't be able to save the defensive tower.

It's possible that I used the teleportation function subconsciously.

Or perhaps he knew that teleporting down wouldn't save the tower.

But the fact that he used this teleportation shows that he "tried" and did something on the field.

It's not that nothing was done.

That means there's one less point of criticism to be made after the game.

Anyway, ever since the S6 World Championship last year.

Mouse is afraid of being criticized by the audience.

Now, when he plays, he just wants to make fewer mistakes and get criticized less!

During the countdown to Gragas' teleport, the health of EDG's second bottom lane turret was still dropping rapidly.

When the barrel is transported to the ground.

The turret's health has dropped to only 10%.

The barrel had just landed and hadn't even had a chance to unleash its ultimate ability to blast away the cannon that was attacking the tower.

Then he was hit head-on by one of the little cannon's ultimate moves.

He was pushed far away. Then, the little cannon took down EDG's second bottom lane tower in two shots.

Jump back using the rocket jump (W).

Behind them, Gragas, who had been pushed aside by Tristana's ultimate, stepped forward, raised his hand, and threw out an ultimate that landed at Tristana's feet.

It just so happened that we arrived during the brief loading phase of the little cannon's jump.

Gragas' ultimate ability was directly negated by Tristana's W skill control.

It had no effect whatsoever.

Seeing this, many viewers in the live broadcast room couldn't hold back their excitement.

[Ah Guang is really awesome, he specially teleported down to let Zhou Shen show off!]

[Haha, Mouse is practically offering up material!]

Indeed, this game features several instances of Tristana's W skill negating crowd control, which could be used as teaching material!

[I think Mouse was really knocked unconscious. He can teleport like that? Isn't that just a complete waste of a teleport?]

This is utterly brain-dead!

[He's already dizzy? This is only the first game of a best-of-five series!]

I have a feeling the real action is yet to come. It's going to be all about enjoyment from now on. Mouse, I hope you don't get too frustrated today!

[They're probably going to be so badly beaten they'll become withdrawn!]

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All I can say is that Mouse is just like "what you fear most comes to pass."

The more afraid he is of being criticized by the audience, the more likely he is to make some "irrational" moves.

This led to him being criticized even more by the audience.

Therefore, in esports, "mindset" may be more important than skill to some extent.

After all, this is a world that only cares about results.

If you have the ability but can't use it, then it's the same as not having the ability.

There are plenty of weaklings in the competition.

Back to the game.

After taking down EDG's second bottom lane turret, Zhou Dian's Tristana went into EDG's blue buff area and destroyed EDG's Gromp.

Then, the small cannon continued downwards.

They brushed away the river crabs and then brushed away their own stone beetles.

After he had collected enough money, Zhou Dian pressed the B key to return to town.

Back at the fountain, Zhou Dian immediately bought Infinity Edge.

16 minutes, the Tiny with Infinity Edge and Electric Blade.

All I can say is that it's almost invincible.

In the following period, LGD launched another aggressive push.

At the 21-minute mark of the game, LGD destroyed EDG's second towers in the top and mid lanes.

At this point, all six of EDG's outer turrets have been destroyed by LGD.

Meanwhile, EDG only managed to destroy one of LGD's bottom lane towers.

EDG's disadvantage in this game is already extremely large.

LGD played very steadily and didn't give EDG any chance.

Zhou Dian and his teammates did not blindly rush to take down the dragon and end the game.

Instead, they steadily established vision control around Baron Nashor, managed minion waves on the side lanes, and employed various tactics such as faking a Baron Nashor attempt to initiate a team fight.

Ultimately, they successfully used the Baron Nashor to lure EDG into a trap, resulting in a 2-for-0 exchange for EDG.

The important thing is that the Graves was killed.

After killing Graves, LGD finally started fighting Baron.

Although the Spider hero has an advantage in dealing with Smite.

But with LGD having such a huge advantage on the field, why should I fight you for Smite?
Any approach to punishment carries risks.

Even the biggest skateboard shoe brands can get their hands on a huge piece of junk.

Let alone a mere spider?
At 25 minutes and 30 seconds into the game, LGD successfully secured the Baron Nashor.

Next, they used the Baron buff to push down EDG's high ground.

EDG was completely unable to withstand the onslaught. First, two lanes were breached, and then LGD pushed straight towards EDG's inhibitor turret.

After losing one of their key players, EDG symbolically chose to "fight to the death".

We can't just give up completely and watch our opponents push our base.

The result was as expected.

In a desperate attempt to win, EDG's five players were wiped out by LGD right in front of their own base.

On the large screen at the scene.

As the red team's base crystal exploded, Wang Duoduo shouted:
"So, let's congratulate LGD on taking the first game in their 2017 LPL Spring Split semifinal against EDG, taking a 1-0 lead in the series!"

"Congratulations to LGD!" Haokai added.

The LGD fans in the audience cheered.

The camera pans to the players' seats.

Both players had removed their headphones, stood up from their seats, and quickly walked towards the player tunnel.

In the footage, Scout looks a bit grumpy, and Mouse looks a bit lost.

The other contestants all appeared relatively calm.

After all, this is only the first game of a best-of-five series, regardless of whether LGD won the first game or EDG lost it.

It's far too early to say whether we've won or lost.

However, once inside the players' tunnel, Eimy couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Let's go, Imp!" Eimy nodded toward the venue's restrooms.

The meaning is self-evident.

He was clearly addicted and invited Imp to the bathroom to light mosquito coils.

This is something that Eimy and imp do every time they play a match between games.

However, today, Imp doesn't plan to go with Eimy to light mosquito coils right away.

"You go first!"

After saying that, Imp quickly walked towards the lounge.

Seeing Imp walking faster and faster, Eimy was completely bewildered: "What's Imp up to?"

"What else could we be doing!" PYL said with a laugh, "We're definitely in a hurry to watch the results of the LCK Spring Split finals next door!"

“I don’t understand!” Eimy shook his head. “What’s there to be anxious about? The result of the competition won’t change!”

Seeing Eimy's stunned expression, PYL rolled his eyes helplessly, too lazy to continue the topic with Eimy.

Seeing this, Wei Shen said, "I feel that SKT should beat KT 3-0!"

“I feel the same way!” Zhou Dian echoed.

“Imp will be ecstatic!” PYL shrugged and said with a smile.

At this moment, Eimy chimed in, "Why is Imp laughing so hard?"

"Because... never mind, I can't explain it to you. Go smoke your cigarette!"

As he spoke, PYL pushed Eimy toward the toilet.

(End of this chapter)