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Chapter 332 The Crocodile Gets Dived Under the Tower, This is How the New Excavator Works!
SKT's recent performance has actually been quite average.

It could even be described as somewhat poor.

Since the start of the LCK Summer Split regular season.

SKT has more losses than wins and is currently ranked sixth in the LCK regular season, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

That was quite unexpected.

Many viewers joked that SKT must have been stunned by LGD at MSI, causing them to forget how to play the game in the upcoming Summer Split.

Of course, ridicule is ridicule.

It is an undeniable fact that the current SKT team is in worse form than in the Spring Split.

The worst performing duo was SKT's bot lane duo, Bang and Wolf.

Since the start of the summer season, the performance of these two players has been off at first glance.

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It's a bit of a stretch!

SKT is currently ranked sixth in the LCK Summer Split regular season, which can be largely attributed to the performance of their bot lane duo.

Facing SKT's bot lane duo, who were in poor form.

imp and PYL underestimated their opponents!
Not to mention that SKT's bot lane picked Kalista and Thresh in this game, a combination with extremely high laning strength.

Underestimating the enemy.

The two were caught off guard and killed in lane by SKT's bot lane duo.

PYL's Rakan didn't use either of his summoner spells.

That was a huge mistake.

After all, both of SKT's bot lane duo are players with two S-series championships.

A slump in form does not mean a lack of ability.

Underestimating them will easily come at a price.

Back to the game.

Zhou Dian's crocodile, after returning home, produced a small wooden hammer.

When fighting Rumble, you can't rush items like Tiamat; you need to build up some health first.

After resupplying, Zhou Dian controlled the crocodile and headed towards the lane.

Based on the current minion wave situation in the top lane, the Renekton doesn't need to teleport back to lane.

Eimy earned 400 gold from the Spider's gank.

But Zhou Dian's Crocodile only had one assist, so he didn't actually gain much.

The only advantage the crocodile currently has is its lead in TP.

Both junglers farmed until level 5.5 before returning to base. After leaving their respective fountains, the Spider and the Excavator went straight to their own Krugs.

In this game, Wei Shen's LeBlanc in the mid lane had Teleport, and had already used it to return to lane.

Faker's plane, on the other hand, came after LeBlanc teleported back to lane after getting her items.

He chose to go home at a loss and bought magic resistance items.

The plane is back online, and after getting magic resistance, it's no longer afraid of LeBlanc in trades.

At the same time, the planes launched a fierce attack on the enemy lines.

Wei Shen wanted to slow down the minion wave's advance towards the tower, so he used LeBlanc's body to block the minion wave.

As a result, he was hit by a QR combo from the plane and was reduced to half health.

Most importantly, LeBlanc's mana was completely depleted from clearing the minion wave.

The game lasted 7 minutes and 05 seconds.

Wei Shen decided to return to base to replenish his supplies, otherwise being stuck in lane with half health and no mana would be too frustrating.

Just then, the spider finished clearing the stone beetles and arrived near the mid lane.

Wei Shen asked Eimy to help defend the lane so he could return to base.

Spiders can pass through the mid lane and guard the minion wave without wasting too much time.

But this action seems to have no impact.

The chain reaction has already begun.

While Spider was guarding the mid lane minion wave, Blank's Rek'Sai had already entered LGD's upper jungle.

The excavator, arriving at LGD's blue buff area, didn't even glance at the blue buff that had just spawned, and went straight to the blue side's top lane tri-bush.

The game lasted 7 minutes and 10 seconds.

Spider is defending the mid lane, while Rumble in the top lane pushes a wave towards LGD.

Seeing Lambo's action, Zhou Dian felt that the excavator was very likely to arrive.

So he immediately controlled the crocodile to block the minion wave in front of the tower.

The crocodile used all three of his skills (Q, W, and E) to clear the wave aggressively.

However, the minion wave has not been completely cleared yet.

The excavator dug a tunnel through the thick wall next to the triangular bushes and crawled under LGD's top lane tower.

Blank acted decisively, diving under the tower to engage before the minion wave even reached it.

As soon as it came out, without saying a word, the excavator used a flash to lift up the crocodile.

It had been less than five minutes since the excavator used Flash.

Therefore, the excavator must have unlocked the [Insight] talent.

[Insight]: Your Summoner Spell cooldowns are reduced by 15%.

The crocodile was still outside the tower because it was blocking the minion wave.

The excavator used Flash to knock up the crocodile, and in doing so, got out of the tower's attack range.

At the same moment, Rumble unleashed his ultimate ability at the crocodile's feet, while simultaneously activating his Q ability.

Huni's Rumble is, after all, his signature hero.

The temperature control on this Polish Bo is excellent; after turning on Q, it reaches just the right red temperature.

So not only is the Q skill damage increased by 50%, but there is also a significant increase in basic attack damage while in red-temperature state.

In addition, there's the output from the excavator that already has Tiamat.

So, in that brief second when the crocodile was knocked away, its health was reduced by two-thirds.

The crocodile used the small wooden hammer first.

If Zhou Dian had picked Tiamat first in this game, he would probably be back at the fountain by now.

After landing from the knock-up state, Zhou Dian immediately unleashed his ultimate skill.

The crocodile's health surged dramatically, saving its life.

He also used Flash.

However, Rumble's ultimate was very tricky. If Zhou Dian flashed in a straight line, he would still be burned by Rumble's ultimate.

It can only flash diagonally.

If you dodge diagonally, the distance you create isn't enough, and you can't completely dodge out of Rumble's Q skill range.

Rambo, with the turret on his back, chased after the crocodile and set it on fire.

When Rumble's Q skill ended, Renekton still had over 300 health left.

Rambo's red-temperature state hadn't ended yet, so he couldn't use his skills.

Suddenly, a howl echoed through the canyon.

The excavator unleashed its ultimate attack and vanished from the spot.

Then it pounced out of the void and grabbed the crocodile.

The excavator's ultimate skill, Void Charge, has a finishing effect.

The crocodile's remaining health was completely depleted by the excavator.

The newly updated excavator does indeed have excessively high single-target damage.

At this moment, the chat in the official LPL live stream room is filled with:
[Holy crap, Zhou Shen is dead, we're doomed!]

[Zhou Shen, my Zhou Shen, how could you fall!]

【No way, with so much health and a fully charged Renekton with Flash, he can still get tower-dived? Isn't that a bit too ridiculous?】 】【Let me tell you, it's not ridiculous at all. That's how the new Excavator works!】

[Sure, I keep getting one-shotted by Rek'Sai in ranked games lately. Damn, squishy heroes get instantly killed by a level 6 Rek'Sai from full health. Her damage is too high! You stupid designers, nerf her already!]

[This week is really tough. Our team has a top laner and jungler like Elise and Renekton, and we still got tower-dived! That's the most ridiculous thing! Damn it, where's Spider-Man?!]

[Um, I have a question. Isn't the Flash cooldown five minutes? How come the Excavator's Flash is ready so quickly?]

[Never played the game before? There's a talent that reduces the cooldown of Flash!]

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Looking at the screen in front of me, which had turned gray.

Zhou Dian couldn't help but shake his head.

He had already guessed that the excavator was coming.

However, the excavator's tower-pushing flash-to-hit was too decisive.

With his teammates absent, it was inevitable that the crocodile would be tower-dived.

Even if the crocodile immediately hides under the tower, it cannot escape being overtaken.

If the spider hadn't been guarding that wave in the mid lane...

At this point, they should be near their own blue buff.

That way, the crocodile wouldn't have been tower-dived like that.

This game has only lasted for a little over seven minutes.

However, Zhou Dian could already foresee that this game would be very difficult for LGD.

It's already very difficult to contain Rambo on the other side.

My own bot lane got killed in lane.

Even in the late game, their own lineup was no match for the opponent's.

It can be said that every aspect is unfavorable to LGD.

"The excavator came directly without being attacked, we can go and counter it," Zhou Dian said in the LGD team voice chat.

At this moment, the crocodile had just respawned and used its teleportation ability to re-enter the game.

If they can catch the excavator, they should kill him.

Then, if the Spider and LeBlanc team up to make another play, LGD will be able to regain control of the game.

On the SKT side.

After killing the crocodile, Huni's Rambo went straight home.

Eimy's Spider came to SKT's red buff area, took a Sight Cone, and saw the Rek'Sai attacking the red buff at their base.

The excavator's health is less than two-thirds, while the red buff's health is still half.

When Blank was illuminated by the scouting fruit, he knew the spider had arrived.

But he didn't want to give up his own red buff and wanted to finish the fight before leaving.

On LGD's side, Spider sneaked along the wall next to the red buff.

The machine, having established its field of vision, made a precise move, trapping the excavator.

After unleashing a full combo of skills, the Thunder skill was triggered, causing the excavator's health to plummet.

When the excavator's health dropped to only about a hundred drops.

Blank quickly used Smite to punish the red buff and recover some health.

After the red buff was punished by the excavator, it had less than 200 health left.

Eimy's Spider followed up with Smite and secured the enemy's red buff.

Once the cocooning period was over, the excavator hurriedly dug a tunnel over the wall and made its escape.

The spider flew up and landed on the excavator, passing over the wall in the same way.

However, the spider had only just landed on the excavator.

The excavator suddenly burst out of the ground, lifted the spider, and then took the opportunity to create distance.

Spider's Flash wasn't ready yet, and all his skills were on cooldown, so he couldn't catch up with the excavator.

They had no choice but to retreat from SKT's red zone together with the LeBlanc who came to their aid.

"What a pity!" Zhou Dian shook his head slightly.

"Not bad, at least it turned red," Eimy said immediately.

On the LPL commentary booth.

"Oh, what a pity."

"It's a shame we didn't kill him!"

Guan Zeyuan and Umbrella King were both extremely disappointed by the excavator's escape.

"This is going to be tough for us. Rambo has his arm guards, and Corki has his Hexdrinker!"

"Right now, we don't have an advantage in any lane, so this lineup will have a hard time beating SKT in the late game!"

Umbrella King astutely pointed out LGD's current predicament in this game.

“Yes!” Guan Zeyuan nodded. “Rambo has put up his armor now, so the crocodile won’t be able to gain any advantage.”

"The Spider should really be focusing on Rumble right now, since Rumble doesn't have any magic resistance. Mid laner We1less's LeBlanc is basically immobile right now, and Corki can push the lane much faster than LeBlanc!"

As he spoke, Guan Zeyuan's tone suddenly changed: "I'm afraid we won't be able to take down Rambo. This batch of excavators is heading straight for the road."

The excavator destroyed the newly spawned stone beetles.

Then, while protecting Rumble, they pushed through another wave of minions before heading towards the bottom half of the map.

On LGD's side, Spider is helping LeBlanc get the blue buff.

With the blue buff, LeBlanc's wave clear ability improved, which barely gave her some opportunities to roam.

Wei Shen controlled LeBlanc to go to the top lane; Rumble was a target that needed to be contained.

However, after the excavator went back to base and upgraded the Sightstone jungle item, it provided a lot of vision for Rumble.

As soon as LeBlanc reached the back of the dragon pit, Rumble began to shrink back.

The Enchantress's attempt to roam was ultimately fruitless.

"Damn it, there are eyes everywhere!" Wei Shen was also a little annoyed.

LeBlanc returned to her lane and continued pushing, while Corki went to get the blue buff.

At this moment, Spider and Luo are setting up vision around the small dragon pit.

Zhou Dian pressed the Tab key and saw that the Demoness's teleportation was ready.

He immediately said, "Wei Shen, forget about the middle lane, just come straight for it, kill them all, and then you can teleport back to fill the gap."

Upon hearing Zhou Dian's words, GodV did not hesitate.

He immediately abandoned the mid-lane minion wave that hadn't yet pushed to the tower and directly controlled LeBlanc to go to the top lane.

At this moment, the minion wave on the top lane was in the middle, and Zhou Dian created an opening.

Huni, of course, wasn't going to let it go and immediately controlled Rambo to unleash a barrage of attacks on the crocodile.

The crocodile lost half its health bar to Rambo for free.

Just then, LeBlanc appeared in Rambo's field of vision.

The crocodile simultaneously activated its ultimate ability to counterattack, while also accelerating its minion clearing and lane pushing.

Huni dared not linger and quickly steered Rambo straight down the tower.

The crocodile, now fully charged, chased Rumble all the way to SKT's top turret.

However, the crocodile's equipment is relatively average, while Rumble's armor is too high after he gets the Armguard, plus Rumble's W skill shield.

So, when Rambo ran back to the tower, he only lost half his health.

Zhou Dian's crocodile cleared out the red team's minions along the way and then blocked in front of SKT's top tower, waiting for the minion wave to enter the tower.

Rambo has nowhere to retreat.

Because behind SKT's top tower, there was a LeBlanc standing.

(End of this chapter)