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Chapter 347 The Factory Manager Returns to His Peak? LGD Almost Gets Slammed!

"Alright, everyone, welcome back!"

"Next up is the last match of the week, between EDG from Group A and LGD from Group B."

"It's quite a coincidence. A week ago at this time, I was also commentating on the match between these two teams, but it was during the Intercontinental Cup, commentating on the match between these two teams and LCK teams."

"The starting lineups for both teams today are the same as those from the Intercontinental Cup finals, with no changes!"

Today's two BO3 matches were commentated by Wawa Miller.

"Of these two teams, LGD is currently undefeated and ranked first in Group B, while EDG is ranked second in Group A."

"How about we make a prediction? Miller, who do you think will win this best-of-three series today?"

"Then I'll guess LGD. Their win against KT last week was quite clean and decisive."

"Then I'll guess EDG will win!"

"Let's just have some fun! Okay, the first game between EDG and LGD, the draft phase is about to begin."

Actually, Wawa also favors LGD to win this regular season match against EDG.

This is also the opinion of the vast majority of viewers regarding this match.

Based on LGD's performance over the past few months, it's impossible not to be optimistic about LGD in any competition!
Wawa was just trying to create some entertainment value. Miller guessed LGD, so he could only verbally favor EDG.

They can't both say the same thing!
At this moment, the BP interface appeared on the large screen at the scene.

The first game of a best-of-three series.

EDG is on the blue side, and LGD is on the red side.

First round of BP.

EDG secured Kalista, Excavator, and Kassadin on the first three floors of the blue side.

LGD secured Thresh, Taliyah, and Tristana in the first three picks on the red side.

With Caitlyn and Kog'Maw banned and Kalista picked, LGD didn't have many good options for their AD carry.

Since the start of the Summer Split, the meta has gradually shifted towards the bot lane.

Nowadays, most teams prioritize the bot lane in the draft phase.

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

EDG banned Camille and Fiora in their fourth and fifth bans.

"Oh my, EDG has banned Camille and Fiora. It seems they're quite wary of Zhou Shen's two champions!" Miller said.

"That's right, Zhou Shen's Fiora and Camille are a bit too aggressive. LGD is on the red side now, they have counter picks. If I were the coach of EDG, I would ban them too!"

What Wawa said is true; EDG coach Nofe has a deeper understanding of these two heroes in the weekly rankings.

During the Intercontinental Cup, EDG and LGD played a lot of scrimmages in a short period of time.

If Zhou Dian manages to counter these two heroes with his single-target picks, then the game will become very difficult.

These two heroes are strong solo laners; they deal high damage, destroy towers quickly, and have excellent escape abilities, making them incredibly difficult to deal with.

Even though neither of these heroes is currently considered very strong.

But Zhou Dian always manages to make these two heroes work.

EDG was on the blue side in this game, and Nofe immediately banned both of those heroes.

After considering for a while, LGD picked Jarvan IV on the fourth floor, essentially using a pick to bypass the ban.

Prince remains the most frequently picked top laner, so picking him first is perfectly fine; we won't need to counter him in this weekly championship game.

Furthermore, LGD hasn't released their jungler yet, so Jarvan IV can still flexibly play jungle.

Subsequently, EDG selected Rumble and Alistar on the fourth and fifth floors.

Seeing Rumble, LGD's last pick was Elise for the jungle role.

"Alright, everyone, both teams have completed their ban/pick phases, and the first game is about to begin."

The game has reached the loading screen.

After the loading screen finishes, you will enter the game.

Blue side EDG:

Top lane Rumble, jungle Rek'Sai, mid lane Kassadin, bot lane Kalista and Alistar.

Red team LGD:

Top lane: Jarvan IV; Jungle: Elise; Mid lane: Taliyah; Bot lane: Tristana and Thresh.

Both sides have chosen relatively stable lineups, with support in the early, mid, and late game.

Aside from the fact that Xiaopao has rarely been picked by teams in the last two months, there haven't been any unconventional picks.

Everyone expected this to be a closely contested and protracted match.

But the actual process was quite surprising.

Ten heroes from both sides landed in the fountains at either end of Summoner's Rift.

As usual, the two sides lined up along the river, and neither side chose to invade at the start.

When the first wave of jungle monsters was about to spawn, Zhou Dian's Prince crossed the upper river and ran to EDG's blue buff to take a look.

If nothing was seen, then the excavator must have been operating in the lower half of the area.

Meanwhile, in the top lane, Mouse's Rumble started with Doran's Shield.

I learned the Electronic Harpoon (E) for finishing off enemies at level 1.

The only word to describe him is "steady".

Zhou Dian's Prince build in this game features the mainstream Grasp of the Undying, going for a semi-tank build.

Eimy's Spider strategy in this game was to start with blue buff, then farm the wolves and red buff from bottom to top, aiming for a quick level 3 rush to gank.

Unfortunately, we ran into a seasoned veteran like the factory manager, who is always adept at studying domestic competitors.

In this game, the factory manager didn't choose to start with F6, but quickly farmed to level four, a common jungle clearing route for excavators.

Instead, they chose to start with the red buff and then attack the F6 and blue buff.

It's the same speedrunner, only a second or two slower than the spider.

When Eimy's Spider finished clearing the red buff and came to the river to gank Rumble, he didn't know that Rek'Sai had already quietly followed behind Spider.

The spider emerged from the river grass, spun a cocoon, and launched its attack, which Rambo dodged with skillful maneuvering.

But it doesn't matter, Eimy is prepared to go all in and at least force Rumble to use Flash.

"Stop chasing, forget it!" Zhou Dian suddenly shouted.

Elise had just switched into her spider form and was about to pounce.

Upon hearing Zhou Dian's words, Eimy stopped the spider's movements.

Then, an excavator suddenly appeared from behind.

"Thank goodness it didn't bite!"

Eimy couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Next, the spider returned to its own jungle to farm, and the excavator took the river crab.

When the spider reached its own F6 camp, Kassadin in the mid lane was hit by Taliyah's Rock Smash. Both sides had been trading blows in the mid lane, and Kassadin was already low on health.

After Taliyah used her combo, Kassadin had less than 200 health left and retreated back to his tower.

But Kassadin, who had run back to the tower to wait for the minions, placed a ward on the thick wall to the left of the mid-lane tower.

A few seconds later, the Spider, who was preparing to flank and dive behind EDG's mid-lane turret, was spotted by this ward.

The excavator abandoned the half-killed Swamp Frog and went straight over.

When Taliyah pushed the minion wave forward, and Elise tried to dive the tower, she was caught red-handed by Clearlove's Rek'Sai.

Spider gave up first blood, the pace of the game is a bit off!
It can only be said that EDG's mid and jungle players have completely figured out Eimy's Elise playstyle.

We're just waiting for the spider to walk right into our trap.

The spider narrowly avoided the trap on the top lane.

But he still fell into a pit in the middle lane.

From that first blood onward, the entire game's rhythm was firmly in the hands of Clearlove, who continuously attacked LGD's mid and bottom lanes.

Anyway, the factory manager doesn't go to the lane much, so he just lets Rumble develop.

Zhou Dian could only watch helplessly from the top lane.

Rumble on the other side didn't give them any chance at all.

Once he senses any movement, Mouse immediately uses his ultimate ability to clear the wave.

The rhythm of their own top and bottom lanes completely collapsed, and the prince couldn't help much.

From the ten-minute mark onwards, the situation on the field became a slow death for LGD.

The game has reached 26 minutes.

With the Baron buff, EDG pushed to LGD's inhibitor turret.

Zhou Dian pressed the Tab key, glanced at his teammates' stats, and was both amused and exasperated.

Eimy是0-3-0，GodV是0-2-0，imp是0-3-0，PYL是0-2-0。

Even the usually stable bottom lane gave away many unwarranted opportunities this game, ultimately ruining their own chances.

As for Zhou Dian himself, his record as a prince is 0-0-0.
Forget it, I can't just lie here and wait to die!

Seeing that one of the inhibitor turrets had already fallen, the prince immediately initiated a team fight with his EQ combo, symbolically leading his teammates in one last push.

Then the prince's score became 0-1-1, and the death count of each of his four teammates also increased by one.

Finally, LGD's five players made a final push and killed EDG's support.

At least they didn't get shut out.

Immediately afterwards, EDG destroyed LGD's base crystal in one fell swoop, winning the first game of the BO3.

EDG winning the first game wasn't really surprising.

After all, LGD did lose some games during their previous winning streak; they weren't undefeated.
But it's a bit alarming that LGD was beaten so badly by EDG.

On the LPL official commentary booth.

"With this team fight where one player could exchange for five, congratulations to EDG for taking the first game and temporarily leading LGD by a score of 1-0."

Wawa continued, "To be honest, I didn't expect LGD to only get one kill at the end."

Upon hearing this, Miller said, "LGD played terribly in the first game; the whole team seemed clueless about what to do."

"But the key is that the factory manager had such a good rhythm in this game, completely dominating Eimy."

At this moment, on Weibo.

After the first game ended, Guan Zeyuan posted a Weibo message:

[Guys, LGD got thrashed! EDG is in pretty good form today, looks like they're going to take the game 2-0!]

Then, EDG fans flooded the comment section of this Weibo post with messages like "Shut up."

And on online forums and other competition discussion platforms.

Viewers commented that LGD's performance in this game was terrible.

Many people also commented that Seven Sauce's excavator has the feel of its peak.

Has the factory manager returned to his peak after changing his ID to "Seven Sauce"?

The break between sets passed quickly, and the players from both teams took to the stage again.

"Alright, everyone, welcome back. The second game between EDG and LGD is about to begin."

"The first game was a bit unexpected for me, and I look forward to a thrilling match in the second game."

Adjusting his glasses, Miller continued, "I don't think that one-sided situation we just witnessed will happen again."

"But to be fair, apart from Zhou Shen who was relatively normal, the other LGD players were all a bit off today."

"Yes, that feeling is very obvious. I wonder how LGD adjusted during the break. Okay, let's move on to the second game of the BO3!"

At this moment, the BP interface appeared on the large screen at the scene.

The second draft phase begins.

LGD is on the blue side, and EDG is on the red side.

In the first round of bans, EDG, on the red side, released Galio.

The bans are still targeting the AD position.

LGD also secured Galio directly on the first floor.

After that, LGD picked Twitch and Sejuani on the second and third floors of the blue side.

EDG, on the red side, picked Rek'Sai, Varus, and Thresh in their first three picks.

In the first round of draft picks, EDG let LGD pick Galio first, in order to get Rek'Sai.

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

EDG banned Camille and Fiora in the fourth and fifth bans.

Although EDG was on the red side in this game, they had a counter-pick position.

But now that LGD already has Galio, EDG is even less likely to let these two heroes go.

"Wow, I feel like after the Intercontinental Cup, it's becoming increasingly difficult for LGD to pick Camille and Fiora," Miller said.

In the second round of player selection, it was the fourth player's turn to pick for the red team, EDG.

At this moment, on the EDG players' bench.

"Let's pick the top laner first! Their AD is Twitch, so we can pick Rumble next."

The EDG coach was communicating with the players in Chinese with an odd accent.

"That's not a good idea. I'll pick Rumble first, but they can pick Jayce. Zhou Shen's Jayce is really strong. I can't beat Rumble if I pick him." Mouse's tone was somewhat hesitant.

Hearing Mouse's words, the factory manager laughed and said, "Oh, what are you afraid of? I'll help you!"

"If I get the Rek'Sai this game, he won't dare pick a lane-pushing champion like Jayce who has no mobility; if he does, he'll die!"

(End of this chapter)