You promised a top lane tutorial, but you're just using Worlds as material for your videos?

Chapter 257: A Sweep to Advance – LGD's First BO5 Victory in an International Tournament!

In the ensuing silence, Flash Wolves head coach Steak suddenly raised his hands and clapped.

The applause drew the attention of all the team members.

Steak said, "All of you, raise your heads! I don't want my team members to be cowards!"

"We fought so hard to win the Spring Split championship, came to MSI, battled fiercely in the group stage until the tiebreaker, and finally made it to the knockout stage. We didn't come here to be swept 3-0 in the knockout stage!"

"Now, show your attitude, show your fighting spirit, and stop being timid in the upcoming matches!"

"I'm not asking you to pull off any miracles like coming back from 0-2 down to win 3-2. I just hope you can win this next game and save face for yourselves!"

"If someone really shaved your heads, you wouldn't be able to save face, would you?"

After his impassioned speech, Steak did have some effect.

The once lifeless Flash Wolves players slowly began to show a glimmer of fighting spirit in their eyes.

Besides the top-ranked Mimi Egg.

His eyes remained lifeless, his gaze unfocused, as if he were looking somewhere else entirely.

Upon seeing the shape of the egg, the steak immediately understood.

This kid was completely stunned by Zhou in the last game!
He used to play top lane too, so he understands this feeling all too well.

But this can't go on!
If he continues like this, then even if his four teammates all perform at their best in the next game, they won't be able to stop him.

So, head coach Steak walked over to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said:
"Your damage-dealing top laner usually plays pretty well, doesn't he?"

"At least I don't think he's that much worse than that Zhou on the other side! We don't need to keep playing a tank and getting beaten up!"

"In the next game, we're on the red side. I'll give you the fifth counter pick. I believe you can beat Zhou in the top lane and lead our team to a comeback victory!"

The chicken soup that the steak drank definitely had an effect.

Slowly, light appeared in Mimi Egg's eyes.

I don't know if they actually believed the chicken soup that made the steak.

He simply heard that he would get the counter position in the next round, knowing that he wouldn't have to suffer like he did in the second round, and that's when his fighting spirit was rekindled.

but no matter.

The Flash Wolves' fighting spirit and morale were finally briefly rallied by Steak.

Otherwise, we should play the third game in the same condition we were in when we returned to the rest room.

You really can shoot 20 times now.

They're definitely going to get utterly crushed.

If you have the fighting spirit and don't give up, there's still a chance to win.

"Alright, everyone, welcome back to the Rio MSI semi-finals!"

"Next up is the third game of the BO5 semifinal between LGD and Flash Wolves!"

"LGD currently leads Flash Wolves 2-0! For Flash Wolves, they are on the brink of elimination!"

After a pause, Guan Zeyuan continued, "Therefore, in the next round, Flash Wolves will likely fight to the death, because if they don't fight now, they'll have no chance!"

“Not necessarily!” Zhihuan added. “Sometimes, the side that is down 0-2 loses all fighting spirit and gets easily swept 3-0 by the opponent. We’ve seen plenty of matches like that!”

"Indeed, anything can happen!" Guan Zeyuan nodded. "Then let's hand the camera over to the commentators and see how the third game unfolds!"

The live stream then switched to the commentary booth.

The three commentators chatted for a few minutes.

The BP interface appeared on the large screen at the scene.

"Alright, let's take a look at the draft picks for the third game of the BO5!"

"In this game, LGD, who had the right to choose sides, chose the blue side, while Flash Wolves chose the red side!"

First round of BP.

LGD banned Ivern, Lulu, and Zyra.

Flash Wolves banned Fiora, Jayce, and Caitlyn.

"Flash Wolves banned Caitlyn for their third ban, but not Karma!"

"In that case, Karma is available. Should LGD consider first-picking Karma?"

I remember the words had barely left my mouth.

LGD then revealed Karma on the first floor of the blue team.

It was subsequently locked in.

"Karsa's Lee Sin has also been released this time. I wonder if Karsa will pick it?" Su Xiaoyan added.

The voice just fell.

Flash Wolves also secured the Lee Sin on the first floor of the red team.

The two commentators' predictions were quite accurate.

"Flash Wolves are now on the brink of disaster. At this point, Karsa decisively chose to believe in his own skills and take a gamble. Even if he loses, at least he won't regret it!" Remember said.

After locking in Lee Sin, Flash Wolves picked Ashe on the second floor of the red team.

then.

LGD picked Graves and Varus on the second and third floors of the blue side.

"On LGD's side, Eimy also picked Graves jungle, which is currently his most proficient champion!"

"Then Imp's Varus is also one of his signature moves!"

Immediately afterwards, Flash Wolves picked Thresh on the third floor of the red team.

"Oh, Thresh!"

"Thresh is probably SwordArt's most skilled and confident champion, but he hasn't picked Thresh in a match for quite some time now!"

Pushing up his glasses, Ji De continued, "The Flash Wolves players have been picking their most confident and best heroes one after another in this game. It seems they really don't want to be swept 3-0 by LGD!"

With Thresh locked in, the first round of ban/pick is complete.

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

Flash Wolves banned Orianna and Kennen.

LGD banned LeBlanc and Lucian.

Seeing this, Su Xiaoyan said, "LGD's Lucian pick must be a mid-lane Lucian that they banned!"

"Of course!" Remember said with a smile, "I know Mimi Egg very well, he definitely can't play Lucian top lane!"

In the second round of player selection, it was the red team's turn to choose first.

After much hesitation, until the countdown to the election was almost over, the process was finally completed.

Flash Wolves locked down Syndra on the fourth floor of the red team.

"Hey, why did you choose Syndra?" Ji De seemed quite surprised.

“With LeBlanc gone, isn’t it normal for Maple to pick Syndra?” Su Xiaoyan immediately said.

"Choosing Syndra is definitely a no-brainer!"

After a pause, he remembered to continue, "The problem is that Flash Wolves picked Syndra on the fourth floor!"

"It seems that Flash Wolves are planning to reserve the counter pick for Mimi Egg in the top lane in this game!"

That's what I remember saying.

In the official LPL live stream, many viewers also realized what was happening.

[Wow, the counter slot is for Mimi Egg? Will it even be effective?]

【You think it will have any effect? ​​You're dreaming! This counter-pick is clearly there to protect Mimi Egg!】

Indeed, rather than picking a hero first and getting crushed by Zhou Shen, it's better to pick a hero later to counter Zhou Shen! Even if you don't aim to completely destroy Zhou Shen, at least after countering him, you won't get crushed by him!

[You're overthinking it. Zhou Shen has a history of pulling off upsets and crushing opponents!]

[With Mimi's skill level, does getting a counter-pick guarantee she'll be able to protect herself? I doubt it!]

[Perhaps later, the Flash Wolves' head coach will regret giving the fifth-floor counter pick to Mimi Egg!]

[Not necessarily! Some matchups are so tightly controlled that it's impossible for a reverse counter to completely destroy them!]

【.】

Back to BP.

LGD selected Taliyah and Gragas on the fourth and fifth floors of the blue side.

"If Taliyah is mid, then Karma will be support this game!"

"Zhou Shen picked Gragas for the top lane this game. Gragas is a pretty versatile pick for top lane. If you're going to build top lane first, there aren't many good options, so Gragas is a good choice!"

"In that case, it all depends on what hero Mimi Egg will pick in the Flash Wolves' last counter pick to counter Gragas!"

Without much hesitation, with only a few seconds left on the selection countdown, Flash Wolves revealed Rumble on the fifth floor of the red team.

"Rambo?"

"In terms of laning phase alone, Rumble is indeed not afraid of any melee champions, and he can easily beat tank champions!" Remember said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Rambo was locked onto.

"Oh, it's really locked. It seems Mimi Egg has completely let loose and is planning to go all out!" the elder said with a smile.

"We're down 0-2, so if we don't fight now, we're finished!"

At that very moment, the director turned the camera on Mimi Egg.

As you can see, Mimi Egg's face is full of determination at this moment.

However, there was a hint of fear in his eyes.

Some people can't help but feel that his determination is just a facade.

Regardless of the reasoning, the fact that Mimi Egg was able to pull out Rumble at this crucial moment and shoulder the burden of carrying the game is already a significant breakthrough.

However, this only applies to the game League of Legends.

Even if you play your hero later, you may not be able to counter your opponent.

In the LGD player seat.

When Zhou Dian saw Flash Wolves lock down Rumble with their last move, he suddenly smiled.

Hey, I actually managed to catch myself off guard!
"Dan, you take the Gragas and jungle this game!" Zhou Dian turned to look at Eimy.

"Shall we swap heroes?"

Eimy understood what Zhou Dian meant and looked up at Dgc standing to her side and behind her.

Dgc nodded and said, "Let's change it. This change is actually quite nice!"

Since the coach has no objections, Eimy himself is even less likely to have any.

Therefore, LGD's strategy for this game was to have Graves in the top lane and Gragas in the jungle.

The game enters its final countdown before loading.

When we saw that on the blue side LGD, Graves was positioned on the first floor and Gragas on the second floor.

Su Xiaoyan exclaimed in surprise, "So it's Gragas jungle and Graves top lane!"

“I think it should be a temporary swap!” Remember immediately said.

"But this top and jungle swap was incredibly clever. It completely broke Flash Wolves' last counter to Rumble, making it much harder for Rumble to lane against Graves!"

"And in the jungle matchup, Gragas does have a slight advantage over Lee Sin!"

"This switch between Ue and Jungle has completely revitalized LGD's lineup!"

Su Xiaoyan and Ji De each got half right.

This hero swap between Zhou Dian and Eimy was indeed a spur-of-the-moment decision made after seeing Rumble.

However, LGD took precautions when selecting players.

Choose heroes that can be used in both the top and jungle positions.

Whether or not they ultimately make a change depends on what champion Flash Wolves picks as their final pick.

Meanwhile, on the Flash Wolves' bench...

When I saw LGD's lineup, it turned out to be Graves top lane and Gragas jungle.

Mimi Egg and Head Coach Steak's expressions immediately changed.

It's really tough not being able to reach the top of the week with this.

How can that kid be so cunning!

Of course, ultimately it comes down to their deep pool of heroes and their willingness to use them.

It's really difficult to target LGD's top laner in the draft phase!

"Oh well, I'll just do my best and leave the rest to fate!" Steak thought to himself.

He then closed his notebook, took off his headphones, and prepared to leave the stage.

Just before leaving the players' bench, Steak glanced at Mimi Egg.

He could sense that Mimi Dan's hard-won confidence was being undermined by his constant pep talks.

LGD's top and jungle players were completely outmaneuvered!

But at this point, there's really not much he can do as the head coach.

The rest is up to the contestants to complete.

All he can do is pray.

The two head coaches came to the center of the stage.

After shaking hands, they each turned and walked into the players' tunnel.

This is currently displayed on the large screen at the scene.

The game has entered the loading screen.

Blue side LGD:

Top lane: Graves; Jungle: Gragas; Mid lane: Taliyah; Bot lane: Varus and Karma.

Red Team Flash Wolves:

Top lane Rumble, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Syndra, bot lane Ashe and Thresh.

A round of applause erupted from the audience.

The Summoner's Rift footage reappeared on the large screen at the event.

It then switched to the OB interface.

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

After purchasing their starting items, both players quickly controlled their respective heroes and rushed out of the fountain.

"Alright, the match has started! LGD on the blue side, Flash Wolves on the red side, game three of the BO5!" Remember shouted.

In this game, both sides had five players hugging each other after leaving the game.

LGD's five players headed straight for the bottom lane, then wandered around the bottom river before returning to their own jungle.

The five members of Flash Wolves headed straight for the mid lane, then wandered around the top river before returning to their own jungle.

Neither side encountered the other's players during their initial coordinated actions.

Naturally, they could only disperse and go about their business.

At this point, I noticed Zhou Dian's starting items for this game.

"Hey, Graves started with Cull!"

"Zhou Shen's starting items are always a bit different!" Su Xiaoyan said. "Since he's starting with Cull, it feels like Zhou Shen is going to focus on farming this game!"

Zhou Dian's strategy in this game was indeed to farm.

During the laning phase, he didn't even bother to fight Rumble, because Graves really couldn't do much to Rumble.

Unless Rambo drives.

Of course, Rumble can't do anything to Graves either!

So, he finished his game in one go.

Once Graves gets three or four pieces of gear, the combined damage output of Flash Wolves' two carries might not even be as high as Graves'.

You can easily win the game then.

At 1 minute and 40 seconds into the game, the buff monsters spawn.

In this game, Karsa's Lee Sin started with the blue buff, with his bot lane duo helping him.

Just a few seconds earlier, when F6 refreshed.

Eimy's barrels have already started moving his own F6.
With Taliyah helping out, and LGD's bot lane duo coming online early.

This also directly revealed that Gragas started the game from F6.

Of course, Eimy had no intention of hiding it at all. So what if the Flash Wolves found out?

With a 2-0 lead, Eimy inevitably made some oversights in the details.

Such a carefree attitude inevitably leads to some problems.

Sure enough, problems soon arose.

After Karsa's Lee Sin finished the blue buff and reached level two, he went straight down to the bottom river.

Next, the blind monk crossed the river and arrived at the small dragon pit.

Continuing forward, we reached the edge of the pit wall and directly warded into LGD's red buff area.

Further ahead, the Lee Sin sneaked into the bush next to LGD's red buff.

At this moment, Eimy's Gragas is building up the red buff.

Although Eimy had good jungle clearing habits, when he was clearing the red buff, he pulled it to the very edge of the camp instead of clearing it in the middle of the camp.

But this distance is not enough for the blind monk.

When the red buff still had 600 health, the Lee Sin in the bush kicked out a sonic wave, hitting the red buff at its maximum range.

Eimy immediately stopped attacking when he noticed the Lee Sin was invading his jungle.

But it was too late!
Lee Sin's second Q flew towards the red buff.

Karsa pressed Smite just as it was about to land on the red buff.

The Smite and Lee Sin's second Q damage landed on the red buff almost simultaneously.

The red buff was killed directly.

The Gragas didn't even have a chance to compete with the Lee Sin's Smite.

After stealing the red buff, Karsa didn't linger and immediately made his escape with Lee Sin.

The two-level, skillless Gragas was left behind, only able to watch helplessly!

"Damn it, my red buff got stolen! Is this how Lee Sin plays?" Eimy muttered indignantly in the LGD team voice chat.

In the commentary box.

Seeing that the red buff on the Gragas was stolen, Remember immediately said:
"When I saw Lee Sin start with blue buff, I felt that Karsa might have some ideas, but I didn't expect that Gragas would actually be tricked by him!"

"And the blind monk is coming here too!"

After the red buff was stolen, Eimy controlled Gragas to head straight for his own blue buff.

Karsa's Lee Sin, after leaving LGD's red buff area, also crossed the mid lane and headed straight for LGD's blue buff area.

Lee Sin entered LGD's blue buff area from the top river, followed by his mid laner Syndra.

Wei Shen quickly informed Eimy that the enemy mid and jungle had entered his own blue buff area.

Eimy, who had just started attacking his own blue buff, had no choice but to give up after hearing what Wei Shen said.

"Damn it, this Lee Sin won't let me play the game!" Eimy complained.

As he spoke, Eimy stopped attacking the blue buff and prepared to walk towards the wolves.

Damn it, if I can't afford to mess with them, I can at least avoid them!

At that moment, Eimy heard Zhou Dian's voice.

"Don't go! Find a place to crouch down while we take out the Lee Sin. Wei Shen, come over here too!"

Upon hearing Zhou Dian's words, Eimy immediately dropped a trinket ward in the passageway between the blue buff and the three wolves.

Then Barrel walked into the Three Wolves' camp and crouched down.

Meanwhile, Graves in the top lane and Taliyah in the mid lane also began to leave their lanes and head towards the jungle.

the other side.

After Karsa's Lee Sin entered LGD's blue buff area, he first kicked a sonic wave through the wall into the blue buff camp.

I didn't kick anything.

"Flash Wolves are completely targeting LGD's jungle this game. It seems Karsa is determined to crush Eimy!"

After a pause, he remembered to continue, "Are they planning to let Gragas start with 0 buff? That's a bit much!"

After the Q skill failed to detect anything.

The Blind Monk continued walking along the back of the Blue Buff camp wall.

Just as I turned the corner, I saw the blue buff, which had already broken free of aggro, heading back into the camp.

Clearly, Gragas has given up on the blue buff.

Seeing this, Maple immediately controlled Syndra to return to the mid lane to farm minions.

Karsa's Lee Sin continued forward along the passage between the blue buff and the three wolves.

He planned to wander around LGD's blue buff area for a bit, looking for a Gragas.

Once he confirms that the barrels are no longer nearby, he will take LGD's blue buff.

However, Lee Sin's movements were completely within LGD's sights.

Although Syndra had not yet returned to the mid lane, LGD had no vision of Syndra and did not know where she was.

But at least one thing is certain.

That means the blind monk was acting alone at this moment!
If we don't do it now, when will we?

Karsa's attempt to give the enemy jungler a 0-buff start is really too arrogant.

Isn't this treating people like idiots?

The blind monk walked to the side of the Three Wolves camp and took a look at the situation.

LGD's three wolves are still there, but Gragas isn't attacking them.

The barrel was now positioned perfectly to the side of the three wolves, in the shadows next to the wall.

Unless the Blind Monk moves a little further forward, he won't be able to see the Gragas.

However, the Blind Monk can be seen through the barrel.

Upon seeing the blind monk approach, Eimy immediately made his move.

Gragas threw a Q skill at Lee Sin's feet, which exploded and slowed Lee Sin down.

Then I walked up and started attacking Lee Sin directly.

Faced with the barrel's initiative, Karsa naturally retaliated immediately.

With both being level 2 and having healthy health, how could Gragas possibly be a match for Lee Sin?

Not to mention that Lee Sin has a red buff, while Gragas has nothing.

However, after the two exchanged attacks, each lost some health.

The Taliyah has arrived!

Upon seeing Taliyah, Karsa quickly maneuvered Lee Sin upwards, escaping towards the upper river.

Furthermore, Rambo is also coming from that direction to provide support.

The Lee Sin ran ahead, while Taliyah chased after him with her Q.

Since the Lee Sin doesn't have an eye on him at this moment, he can't use his eye to create distance between himself and Taliyah.

The jungle is practically full of walls, and Taliyah gets a movement speed bonus when walking near them.

This resulted in Lee Sin taking the full hit of Taliyah's Q skill.

The Blind Monk's health was almost depleted, with only about a hundred points left.

Karsa couldn't hold back any longer and quickly used Flash to create distance.

This Flash ability is indispensable!
After the Lee Sin flashed, he took another step forward and used his W skill to touch Rumble, who was coming to help.

With a Flash followed by W, the Lee Sin created a significant distance between himself and the LGD mid and jungle players chasing him.

However, LGD currently has more than just their mid and jungle players in the upper jungle.

Just as Lee Sin used his W skill to get close to Rumble, a Graves suddenly appeared from the side.

Graves used his E skill to dash forward and simultaneously used his Q skill.

The Q skill hit the wall behind Lee Sin, and the explosion damage landed on Lee Sin.

At the same time, Graves also landed a basic attack on Lee Sin.

Since Lee Sin just used his W skill, he still has a shield on him.

This resulted in Graves' QA combo not killing Lee Sin directly.

The Blind Monk has only a tiny bit of health left.

Mimi Egg immediately controlled Rumble to position himself between Graves and Lee Sin, preparing to block Graves' basic attack for Lee Sin.

but.

Zhou Dian was determined to get that kill on the Blind Monk.

A streak of yellow light flashed by.

The Graves flashed to Lee Sin's side and shot him dead.

Rumble didn't even have a chance to block the bullet for Lee Sin.

First Blood!
The game notification sound of "First Blood" echoed throughout the entire arena.

A slight smile appeared on Zhou Dian's lips.

"Game over!"

With Graves securing First Blood and the Red Buff, Zhou Dian was confident he could carry the game.

In the commentary box.

Remember shook his head and said, "You're too greedy, Karsa. Stealing the red buff from Gragas at the start was already a great deal. You should have quit while you were ahead!"

He paused for a moment, then added, "Perhaps they were too anxious because they were down 0-2, and wanted to achieve too much at once!"

"But the result was a failed attempt to steal a chicken and ended up losing the rice instead!" Long Hair added, "Karsa's greed gave Zhou Shen's Graves the first blood and the red buff. I think the one who feels the most upset right now is Mimi Egg!"

Mimi Egg wasn't actually feeling too bad at the moment.

At this moment, he felt more numb than anything else.

Damn it, let this idiotic match end already!

I can't take this anymore!

During the rest of the game...

The two sides traded blows throughout the game.

Because LGD's bot lane is a strong laning duo, they have always been very aggressive in trading blows during the laning phase.

So after Lee Sin gave away the blue buff during that steal attempt.

The focus of both sides' early game shifted to the bottom lane.

While both sides were fiercely battling in the lower half of the bracket.

Few viewers noticed.

The Graves in the top lane during the week's peak is seeing his CS (creep score) increase at an increasingly rapid pace.

The equipment is becoming increasingly luxurious.

At 15 minutes into the game, LGD's jungler, support, and bottom laner took down Flash Wolves' bottom lane tower, securing the first tower kill of the game.

The game then entered a lane-swapping phase.

At this point, more and more viewers were surprised to discover...

At this point, the Graves who had switched to the bottom lane to push the lane already had two items: Bloodthirster and Phantom Dancer.

However, he only got one kill, and didn't get any tower gold or anything like that.

They were able to get two pieces in just 15 minutes.

What terrifying developmental ability!

Then look at the number of last hits on the barrel.

Sure enough, there were far fewer blind monks.

It seems the jungle monsters were all cleared by Graves!

No wonder those pro players in random games like Graves like to gank their teammates' minions in lane.

This Graves, he has to farm both lane and jungle!
And let me tell you, with his significantly superior equipment, Graves is simply invincible!
In this game, Zhou Dian's Graves pushed lanes so far in the mid-game that he completely destroyed both of Flash Wolves' side lanes.

In later team fights, he can take down enemies with a single shot.

Lightning didn't engage the front line this game, and couldn't withstand Graves' firepower in team fights at all.

With Graves' ultimate ability, Flash Wolves' squishy carries lost half their health bar one by one.

We can't win team fights at all!
In the end, LGD secured the victory, giving Flash Wolves no chance to turn the game around.

On the large screen at the scene.

The red team's base crystal exploded.

Remember to shout: "So, let's congratulate LGD for sweeping their opponent Flash Wolves 3-0 in this semi-final BO5 and advancing to the finals of this MSI!"

"It's worth mentioning that this victory is also LGD's first-ever BO5 win in an international LOL tournament!"

(End of this chapter)