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Chapter 350 Have you ever seen a palm technique that falls from the sky?
"Two against one and they almost got killed! You can only say, that's Zhou Shen!"

Miller nodded heavily and continued, "It's precisely this playstyle of maximizing damage output in everything that allows Zhou Shen to pull off so many amazing plays and spectacular moments!"

Back to the game.

In this wave, Gnar killed Rumble, severely damaged Rek'Sai, and even forced Rek'Sai to use Flash.

But Zhou Dian only felt a little regretful.

Because there are still nearly twenty seconds until Baron Nashor spawns, it's too late to engage Baron Nashor.

Otherwise, if we take this opportunity to secure the dragon, the game will be very secure.

With the game currently at a stalemate, the presence of heroes like the plane and Rumble remains a potential threat.

Sure enough, the two sides continued to stall for more than thirty minutes.

During this period, although Gnar took down the second towers of EDG's top and bottom lanes, that was all; he couldn't push the remaining high ground towers no matter what.

LGD wanted to engage EDG in team fights, but couldn't find an opportunity.

It has to be said that EDG's ability to avoid direct confrontations is truly top-tier in the LPL.

Several more minutes passed, and the game time was almost forty minutes.

LGD's aggressive, four-protect-one lineup has revealed its weakness: insufficient damage output.

Although EDG only has one tanky hero, theoretically, Twitch alone could deal enough damage to kill everyone on EDG.

However, in the late game, a single-core lineup is not as good as a multi-core lineup; it's a matter of margin for error.

At this point, the tide of the game has turned, with the offensive and defensive positions shifting.

On the contrary, EDG began to proactively secure neutral resources, putting pressure on LGD.

At this moment, both Baron Nashor and the Elder Dragon are present, and both sides need to make a choice: to attack one and let one go, or to take both.

The two sides, consisting of ten players, were pulling and tugging at each other in the middle lane.

When a wave of minions comes from the mid lane, it is often cleared up in an instant.

At this moment, the EDG team suddenly entered the lower river and headed straight for the Dragon Pit.

Clearly, this is forcing LGD to make a choice.

EDG will take the Elder Dragon, and LGD can have the Baron. Do you want it?

However, at this point in the game, LGD's team fights were already difficult, so they couldn't afford to trade Baron for Elder Dragon.

The LGD members had no choice but to follow.

The two sides then began to pull at each other again in the lower half of the river channel.

The plane has a TP (Teleport) and the explosive pack is about to respawn, so it's easy to guess EDG's objective.

That means they'll first engage in skirmishes in the lower river, then the bomb pack will spawn, the plane will recall to base, pick up the bomb pack, and TP out, and EDG will then immediately engage the Elder Dragon.

With this in mind, Zhou Dian decided to strike first.

The player controlled Gnar and used his Q skill to wake up the Elder Dragon.

Then each of us goes up and touches the Ancient Dragon, and neither of us dares to fight to the end.

It looked like the ancient dragon's aggro was about to drop to zero, and it was time to return to the dragon pit.

EDG was happy to see this happen, because their mid laner needed time to recall to base and get the bomb.

At this moment, Little Gnar's rage meter was almost full.

However, EDG didn't care because all of LGD's players were far away from EDG.

Even if Gnar initiates a team fight, if the subsequent damage output can't keep up in time, it's all for nothing.

At this moment, EDG's bot lane duo, mid laner, and top laner suddenly moved a little closer together.

It was just a few people moving around, but Zhou Dian saw this opportunity.

He instantly judged the distance between Gnar and the EDG team.

This distance is enough!

If it were the old Nar, this distance wouldn't be enough.

However, in the current version, Gnar's E skill jump distance has just been buffed.

And it's not just a slight increase; Gnar's jump distance has increased by a full third.

Two E skills plus Flash are enough to engage EDG.

Not to be missed.

If this team fight doesn't go well and ends up wiping out your own team, then you should take the blame.

Being able to withstand pressure and take the blame are essential skills for top laners.

it's not a big deal!
"Wei Shen, get ready to unleash your ultimate move, I'm charging in!"

In the LGD team voice chat, Zhou Dian shouted something.

"Both sides are locked in a tug-of-war around the Elder Dragon, making it a difficult situation for LGD to make a decision!" Miller analyzed from the commentary booth.

“EDG is clearly giving you the Baron Nashor in exchange for the Elder Dragon. If LGD loses the Elder Dragon, the game is over. Even if they get the Baron Nashor, it won’t be of any use.”

"To be honest, at this point in the game, LGD's lineup is having a hard time against EDG in a head-on team fight," Wawa added.

"Although LGD has a lot of crowd control abilities, EDG is full of seasoned veterans, making it difficult for them to initiate a good team fight!"

"Wait! Nar jumped right up!"

"Two jumps and a quick tap, and he hit four!"

"My God! The Buddha's Palm!"

At this moment, on the large screen at the scene.

Little Gnar suddenly jumped towards the EDG team, landed with his E skill, and then jumped again.

When Little Gnar jumps into the air with his second E, he has already transformed into Big Gnar.

At this moment, the EDG players were positioned a little too close together.

A flash of yellow light appeared, and before he even landed, Gnar teleported into the crowd, whipping his palms out.

Rumble, Corki, Varus, and Thresh were all pushed against the wall by Gnar's ultimate.

Of the five EDG players, only the Rek'Sai, who was always on the edge, was not pushed down by Gnar's ultimate.

On LGD's side, with Zhou Dian's reminder, Wei Shen's Galio ultimate followed up very quickly.

It's basically synchronized with Gnar's Flash.

As soon as Gnar landed, a golden magic circle appeared beneath his feet, and Galio leaped into the air.

At level 3, Gnar's ultimate ability stuns the wall for 1.75 seconds.

Even though the stun duration is reduced by tenacity, this stun time is still enough for Galio's ultimate to land.

boom!
Galio slammed into the ground, and the four EDG players who had been stunned by Gnar were then knocked up by Galio's ultimate.

Although Galio's ultimate has a larger knock-up range than Gnar's ultimate, Clearlove had already retreated.

Therefore, the excavator that dodged Gnar's ultimate also dodged Galio's ultimate.

Galio, upon landing, charged up his Durand Shield (W) and then taunted the four EDG players.

With the duration of these three controls, it was enough time for LGD's jungler, support, and bottom laner, who were initially far apart, to get closer.

Eimy's Sejuani unleashed her ultimate, Ice Prison (R), and Alistar then flashed into the middle of four EDG players and used Earthshatter (Q).

Then a fully equipped rat unleashed its full power (R), and its crossbow bolt pierced through the bodies of all the EDG players.

Oh, no, except for excavators!

In the commentary box.

"Nar landed four shots in one go!" Miller exclaimed.

"Galio makes his appearance, knocking up the EDG team again, followed by a taunt, and Sejuani and Alistar also follow up with crowd control."

"Twitch unleashed his ultimate! Several EDG players over here are completely immobilized, they've all been shot to death by Twitch!"

As the system notification "Quadra Kill" echoed throughout the arena, the team battle ended!
This team fight started with Gnar flashing and hitting four enemies, and ended with Twitch getting a quadra kill. From beginning to end, the four EDG members other than Rek'Sai didn't move an inch before they were all killed.

"LGD's ultimate-focused lineup perfectly executed the synergy they wanted!"

"There's no need to take this Elder Dragon, because only Clearlove's Rek'Sai is still alive on EDG's side, so LGD can just push for one win."

Viewers in the official live stream were also stunned by this team battle, flooding the chat with comments. [Have you ever seen a palm strike that seems to fall from the sky?]

[Holy crap, what's going on? EDG is just gone?!]

[The dried bamboo shoots exploded, resulting in a quadra kill!]

This is practically Nargario's ultimate dream!

Regarding LGD's team fight this time, all I can say is, it was more fun than just shooting!

[Holy crap, if LGD had a Yasuo on their side, that would be so great! If they could get Yasuo to follow up with his ultimate, that would be amazing!]

Am I the only one who saw the factory manager leave beforehand?

What if they can't escape? Should we just go up and give away another one?

[Seven-chan ran away like a ghost!]

EDG will never be wiped out!

【.】

At the peak of the week, Gnar initiated a perfect attack, and LGD executed a perfect team fight.

LGD players destroyed EDG's base crystal in one fell swoop from the mid lane.

The factory manager's excavator quietly watched all of this from the spring.

A pentakill is something you absolutely cannot give away!

As for LGD, it's even less likely they'd go to the fountain to get a pentakill.

Basic sportsmanship is still necessary!

"Congratulations to LGD for winning a game! The overall score of this BO3 is now tied at 1-1!"

Congratulations to LGD!

"Hey Miller, I didn't expect this game to end so suddenly. Gnar's first move was too unexpected, giving no one a chance to react!"

"Yes, but the factory manager doesn't seem to be willing to help. Indeed, this pentakill can't be given away; EDG's rule of never getting wiped out can't be broken!"

Miller also made a small joke.

"The MVP of this game is definitely Zhou Shen's Gnar. Although imp's Twitch dealt the most damage, it was inseparable from Gnar's Tathagata Palm and the subsequent control from his teammates."

"Yes!"

"Alright, everyone, take a short break, and we'll bring you the decisive game between LGD and EDG shortly!"

On their way back to the backstage lounge, Zhou Dian and several teammates were quite excited and were still talking about the game they had just played.

Indeed, like the last wave just now, such a satisfying, exhilarating, and explosive team fight is something that people rarely experience even in regular ranked matches.

Not to mention in professional competitions.

It's incredibly satisfying to pull off a team fight like that.

Back in the locker room, Coach Dgc repeatedly said, "The last wave was played well."

Since the previous strategy had won the game, Dgc felt there was no need to make any major adjustments.

In the third game, LGD can continue to use the same strategy as before.

Not only in esports, but also in other sports, there is a rule that is usually accepted.

Don't easily change what has brought you victory.

So during the break before the third game, LGD simply reviewed some minor issues from the second game and adjusted their mindset before the decisive game.

LGD's strategy of remaining unchanged in the face of any change is indeed the best choice when they have an advantage in raw strength over their opponents.

In the third game, EDG failed to come up with any surprises in the draft phase.

Therefore, given the difference in overall strength, LGD steadily and surely defeated EDG in the third game.

In the end, LGD came back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat EDG 2-1.

After winning the BO3 against EDG, LGD has achieved a seven-game winning streak since the start of the LPL Summer Split regular season.

When the LGD team returned to their base, it was almost 11 p.m.

However, this is still a long way off for professional esports players.

Upon returning to the base, Dgc immediately called the team members to the conference room to review today's match against EDG.

The main issue remains the repeated ganks on the bottom lane today.

The factory manager is indeed a cunning old fox, and he has a knack for manipulating the top AD carries in the LPL.

However, the main reason for this was LGD's poor early-game vision control.

Even though LGD won the game today, the problems they exposed during the match must be reviewed and resolved.

We must not think that winning the game means everything is fine.

In that case, the team's strength will only stagnate or even regress; there will be no possibility of progress.

Since LGD won the MSI championship this year, Riot Games has started to nerf LGD.

This is the treatment that all international competition champions enjoy.

If you win the championship, they'll target you relentlessly.

This is why it is so difficult to win consecutive international championships!

Since the MSI in May, the impact of top lane carry ability on the game has decreased significantly over the past few patches.

Correspondingly, the carry potential and influence of the bottom lane on the game are constantly improving.

Therefore, LGD has recently redesigned its strategy to focus on the bottom lane as the primary carry, and has been implementing it in the regular season.

A team needs more diverse and varied tactics.

Sticking to one set of tactics for too long is unlikely to be sustainable.

It's difficult to find a single formula for long-term victory in any competitive sport.

Esports, in particular, is greatly affected by version changes.

With a single version update, a previously powerful strategy may become useless.

As a former champion AD carry, imp deserves to have teams design strategies specifically for him.

The LGD team is still a bit unfamiliar with the new tactics. In today's regular season match against EDG, they were caught out by a veteran like Clearlove and almost lost the game.

After the match against EDG, LGD had very little time to adjust.

Just three days after defeating EDG 2-1, LGD is playing its eighth match in the Summer Split regular season.

July 20th, Thursday, the first match day of the sixth week of the LPL Summer Regular Season.

Both teams that faced off in last week's final match, EDG and LGD, have matches today.

There are two matches today. The first match is EDG vs. JDG.

When the LGD team arrived at the competition venue located in Zhengda Plaza, the second game of the match between EDG and JDG was underway.

EDG easily defeated JDG in the first game, taking only a little over twenty minutes.

The second game was also a complete stomp by EDG against JDG.

Mouse, who seemed timid and hesitant when facing Zhou Dian a few days ago, became much bolder today when facing JDG's top laner Kabe.

In the second game, Mouse even pulled out Camille.

Then, at the end of the game, Mouse's Camille slashed ten people to death, it was so satisfying.

In these two games, the factory manager completely overwhelmed JDG's mid laner Doinb, leaving him in a terrible state.

EDG easily defeated JDG 2-0.

EDG's performance today was even better than when they faced LGD a few days ago.

EDG's performance in the Summer Split has been a complete turnaround from their poor performance in the Spring Split. They've been playing better and better since the start of the Summer Split, which is reminiscent of last year's undefeated EDG team that won the championship.

Although we lost to LGD in the last match, it's not shameful to lose to LGD.

Many EDG fans feel that, given EDG's current form, they have a good chance of qualifying for this year's World Championship, if not the Summer Split championship!

After EDG's match, the next match will be between LGD and Snake.

(End of this chapter)