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Chapter 264 LGD loses the first game! Pass that damn ball to Zhou Dian!
After LGD's mid and jungle were killed.

The remaining three members of SKT decisively started attacking Baron.

Although both sides currently have three people left.

Three against three, take the initiative to engage in a dragon fight.

It seems extremely unwise.

But this precisely demonstrates SKT's accurate grasp of the situation on the field.

First of all, the three SKT players still alive are the mid laner, jungler, and ADC.

Cassiopeia, Lee Sin, and Ashe are all characters with considerable sustained combat ability.

Even though Cassiopeia has used her ultimate, it doesn't significantly affect her damage output.

On the other hand, LGD's remaining three players are the top laner, support, and ADC.

Zhou Dian's Rambo is without his ultimate move, so his combat power is reduced by at least half.

The female police officer is a typical hero whose combat power is weak in the mid-game.

At this point in the game, just over 24 minutes in, Caitlyn's damage output is really not as good as SKT's Ashe.

Not to mention SKT, both Lee Sin and Ashe still have their ultimate abilities available.

SKT is now attacking Baron.

If the remaining three members of LGD dare to approach the Baron pit, they will inevitably be initiated upon by Lee Sin and Ashe.

Every time one opens, it dies.

If you drive it, you'll die; there's no way out.

Then there's the issue of teleportation between the top laners on both sides.

Zhou Dian's Rumble didn't have teleport at the moment, and he still had to rush from the bottom lane to the Baron pit with Tahm Kench.

Huni's Galio has a teleport ability.

After Galio respawns, he can teleport directly to the Baron pit to rejoin his teammates.

In addition, one side is surviving by jungling, while the other side is not jungling at all.

LGD's remaining players were completely powerless to defend against this dragon.

SKT also instantly realized that even though both sides still had three players left.

However, thanks to their various potential advantages, they are still able to secure the dragon.

Therefore, their remaining three players—mid, jungle, and AD—immediately started attacking Baron.

On LGD's side, Zhou Dian and PYL also quickly concluded that LGD would definitely lose this Baron.

So there's no need to go to the dragon pit and feed the enemy kills again.

Zhou Dian and imp took advantage of SKT's focus on taking down Baron Nashor.

They quickly pushed the minion waves in the middle and bottom lanes.

Rambo and the policewoman took the opportunity to catch up on their development.

However, this is in relation to LGD's current overall game situation.

It doesn't actually offer much help.

SKT secured this dragon so early.

LGD's chances in this game are basically over.

Just 25 minutes into the game, SKT secured the first Baron Nashor of the match.

Cheers and applause immediately erupted from the audience.

"SKT turned the tide in one fell swoop?" Miller's tone was somewhat incredulous.

"It's alright, it's alright. We need to calm down first, postpone things a bit, and not panic!" the child said.

"LGD has Rumble and Caitlyn in this game, so they have a good chance of turning the tide in team fights if they drag the game into the late game!"

Before the base explodes, the dolls will never lose out.

However, this applies to many people who are more familiar with the game.

They were all already fully aware of it.

LGD has really gone far in this game.

To turn the tide, SKT would have to make a crucial mistake and feed the enemy team!
But will SKT make a mistake and feed the ball?

Clearly, LGD's lineup lacked a wall-initiating skill in this game.

When at a disadvantage, there is absolutely no way to create enough pressure to force SKT into making mistakes and giving away points.

If you expect SKT to make some unforced mistakes on their own.

It's best not to have any expectations of that.

When the duration of this dragon buff ends.

SKT's economy has already surpassed LGD's by 4,000 gold.

more importantly.

With too many outer towers falling, LGD's vision control has been completely suppressed by SKT.

LCK teams excel at utilizing their vision advantage in strategic operations.

Around 32 minutes into the game, the second Baron Nashor spawned.

SKT began to take advantage of their vision range and frequently fished near the Dragon Pit.

LGD tried to defend the Baron, but even with their best efforts, SKT still managed to secure it.

After all, SKT has Ashe's ultimate, a god-tier initiation skill.

After a team fight, LGD suffered a 2-for-4 exchange.

Immediately afterwards, SKT secured their second Baron Nashor of the game.

after that.

Before the second Baron buff's duration had ended.

LGD's two high ground towers were breached.

SKT's economic lead has exceeded 10,000 yuan.

The LGD players knew that there was no point in dragging out this game any longer.

So, just as the duration of the Baron buff ended...

They then initiated a team fight on their own high ground.

Never fought it!
Subsequently, SKT destroyed LGD's base crystal in one fell swoop.

On the large screen at the scene.

The blue team's base crystal exploded.

Miller said, "Well then, let's congratulate SKT on taking the first game in this MSI finals, leading LGD 1-0!"

His voice sounded slightly listless.

There was none of the excited anticipation that I had at the beginning of the finals.

"It's still a bit of a shame!" Miller continued.
"In this game, LGD managed to kill Faker four times in the early game and establish a certain advantage, but SKT still managed to turn the tide and win!"

"Yes, it is indeed a great pity!" The doll nodded.

"SKT is a team that is really good at turning the tide in games; you can't give them any chance!"

"LGD needs to play more carefully in the upcoming matches!"

"If we play steadily, I think we have a pretty good chance. Go LGD!"

Although LGD lost the first game.

But after all, they haven't lost a best-of-five series yet.

So the child continues to spout all sorts of "steady and positive" platitudes.

In short, according to him, LPL teams can never lose money; they will never lose money in their lifetime.

At this moment, the live broadcast camera focused on the players' seats.

Both players had already gotten up from their seats and turned to walk towards the player tunnel.

Under the lens.

The five LGD players all appeared relatively calm. Except for Wei Shen, who seemed slightly annoyed, as if he were gritting his teeth.

He's clearly pushing himself too hard.

He felt that although he got three kills in the early game, he was unable to carry the game.

This may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Since Wei Shen has this sense of responsibility, he should be able to learn from his mistakes and improve.

The other LGD players, however, did not seem to be affected by the loss in the first game.

After all, the players on LGD have a pretty good mentality, and this is only the first game of a best-of-five series.

The game is still a long way off!
Meanwhile, on the other side, several SKT players...

Most of them remained calm.

Compared to LGD's players, they are more experienced and battle-hardened.

I understand now even more clearly that there is a world of difference between winning the first game and winning the entire BO5.

It's far too early to be happy.

Except for Huni!

Huni, with a hint of smugness on his face, swaggered into the player tunnel.

Unlike the commentators' opinions.

They felt that LGD needed to play more conservatively in the upcoming matches and not give SKT any opportunities.

Zhou Dian, on the contrary, felt that...

They lost the first game because they played it safe.

The selection of characters is stable, and so is the game content.

When they had the advantage, they were unable to relentlessly pursue and defeat SKT.

This allowed SKT to catch their breath and ultimately complete the comeback against LGD.

The current LGD team.

Its most distinctive feature is that it relies on continuous attacks to defeat its opponent in one fell swoop.

It's probably still because the team name SKT is too prestigious.

This naturally instilled in LGD a mindset of playing it safe and taking it slow.

Of course, there are only a few.

A team's long-standing style is not easily changed.

During the first game.

LGD is still employing their long-standing strategy of relentlessly attacking when they have an advantage.

However, in this game, LGD simply failed to achieve that.

Because LGD has always been in the competition.

The one who leverages their advantage, relentlessly pursues and expands that advantage, creates an opening, and directly defeats the opponent.

It's usually Zhou Dian.

And in this round, the person playing this role...

The mid and jungle players were replaced by LGD.

Wei Shen and Eimy, although they were the ones who repeatedly killed Faker's Cassiopeia.

Visually, it looks very good.

However, in reality, the advantages were not fully utilized.

They focused on attacking the snake woman, but only managed to kill her without acquiring any other map resources.

In reality, the benefits of killing the snake woman are decreasing.

LGD's need to quickly expand their advantage became extremely slow, and eventually, the pace of expanding their advantage came to a complete standstill.

This gave Bang an opportunity to turn the tide with two divine arrows.

If it's Zhou Dian's opponent, LGD has made him go 0-3 or 0-4.
Zhou Dian felt he wouldn't give the opposing team a chance to turn the tide.

So, after the first game ended.

Zhou Dian reflected on it for a moment.

My choice of Rumble in the first game seems a bit conservative.

When facing an opponent of SKT's caliber.

Rumble is not a hero that Zhou Dian is required to play in the LGD team.

He needs to be more aggressive!
and so.

In the LGD lounge.

After a brief recap, we discussed the draft picks and bans for the second game.

When Dgc noticed Zhou Dian's increasingly aggressive gaze.

His tense and somewhat confused mood immediately relaxed a lot.

When you don't know what to do, just pass the ball to Zhou Dian and you're done.

Pass that damn ball to Zhou Dian!

On the other side of the players' tunnel.

In the SKT lounge.

Huni was saying to KkOma, "Next game we're on the blue side, and Zhou will definitely pick a hero last to counter me!"

"I think I can't pick a tank champion for the damage-dealing top lane in the second game!"

Upon hearing this, KkOma pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

Clearly, KkOma was well aware of one thing as well.

That means that if you pick a tank hero first in front of Zhou Dian, the outcome is often quite disastrous.

However, Huni's reason for wanting to pick a damage-dealing top laner wasn't entirely based on what he had just told KkOma.

There were also some other selfish motives and thoughts involved.

The final match of this year's MSI group stage.

Huni's Jayce was completely outmatched by Fiora in the weekly rankings.

This really made Huni lose face.

Huni has always held a grudge about this.

Huni had been holding his breath, eager to crush Zhou Dian in the finals.

How to save face!
How can someone who always plays tank heroes possibly dominate the top-ranked team in lane?

They can't even leverage their advantages!
Tank heroes are just there to get beaten up.

The top lane matchup in the first game just now also illustrates this point.

To win the lane, you need to choose a damage-dealing top laner.

I imagine that LGD kid wouldn't mind competing with me in terms of skill.

I picked a damage-dealing top laner, and he'll definitely pick one too!

Huni acknowledges Zhou Dian's skill level.

But given his proud personality...

He believes his skill level surpasses Zhou Dian's.

"You little brat, just wait until I beat you to a pulp!" Huni thought confidently after seeing KkOma nod.

"Alright, everyone, welcome back!"

"What we are about to bring you is the second game of the finals of this year's MSI Mid-Season Invitational in Brazil!"

"SKT won the first game and are currently leading LGD 1-0!"

As Guan Zeyuan's voice rang out.

The three commentators appeared in the live stream.

(End of this chapter)