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Chapter 363 Zhou Dian's Little Trick at the Start: IG's Top and Bottom Lanes Both Get Imprisoned at Level 1!
"They just picked Vayne like that? I don't know what to say. Can LGD even play this three-marksman lineup?" Zhihuan expressed his doubts.

“I also find LGD’s lineup strange!” Guan Zeyuan added, “But if we’re just talking about the top lane, Vayne is indeed one of the few champions who can deal with Cho’Gath.”

"And it can be dealt with in the early to mid-game. You need to equip it before you can fight it, unlike aircraft."

"To be fair, Zhou Shen hasn't picked a pure damage top laner in a long time, let alone the marksman top laner he often played during the Spring Split and MSI."

"Personally, I'm really looking forward to Zhou Shen's performance with Vayne!"

When LGD picked Vayne for top lane.

The official live stream chat room instantly erupted in excitement.

[Did I choose the right one?]

Three marksmen? That's way too daring!

[There are three unfilial acts, and the AD top laner is one of them!]

【Wait, so many new viewers? Zhou Shen used to play marksman top lane all the time!】

[But Zhou Shen used to mostly play top laners like Lucian and Graves! I've never seen him play Vayne top lane!]

[To be honest, Zhou Shen's Vayne pick was spot on! That Cho'Gath champion is disgustingly tanky; Vayne is the one who has to teach him a lesson!]

[Choose Vayne? Did you even write an application to Uzbekistan before you chose her?!]

I'll write your horse!

[They're in a panic! GSL is in a panic!]

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When there are many people in the live stream, they can easily ignite a firestorm by stirring up trouble in the chat.

When the atmosphere in the official live broadcast room is successfully stirred up.

On the large screen at the venue, the game had already entered the loading screen.

Blue Square IG:

Top lane: Cho'Gath; Jungle: Jarvan IV; Mid lane: Lucian; Bot lane: Tristana and Lulu.

Red team LGD:

Top lane Vayne, jungle Gragas, mid lane Corki, bot lane Xayah and Rakan.

After the cheers from both sides' fans subsided.

The second game of the BO5 semifinals between LGD and IG in the Summer Split has officially begun.

Upon entering the game, the keystone runes of both teams' heroes are displayed at the bottom of the large screen.

"TheShy brought Grasp of the Undying to Cho'Gath this game?" Guan Zeyuan asked with some doubt. "He brought Stoneborn Pact against Gnar in the last game, but he brought Grasp of the Undying against Vayne, who is even harder to reach."

Zhihuan said, "Maybe they felt that Vayne was too squishy, ​​and compared to Gnar, she was more likely to be killed? So they brought Grasp of the Undying to supplement damage."

"As for Zhou Shen's Vayne, he didn't choose Warlord's Bloodlust as his keystone rune, but instead chose Fervor of Battle. Is he trying to maximize his damage?"

After the talent display was complete, the equipment slots were revealed at the bottom of the observer interface.

Then, Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in surprise again.

"Is Vayne's starting build: Long Sword and Refillable Potion, not even a Doran's Blade?"

"This outfit is just so Zhou Shen-esque!"

"Zhou Shen is really making the most of the economy. He's going to use the longsword to create a broken weapon as soon as possible."

When Zhou Dian saw TheShy's Cho'Gath equipped with Grasp of the Undying during the game loading, a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

He was right!
TheShy might be a bit timid when facing a champion like Gnar who can both attack and defend.

But when facing Vayne, he became determined to kill her, as evidenced by his acquisition of Grasp of the Undying.

He's exhibiting typical stubbornness.

Back to the game.

Although Zhou Dian played a marksman top laner in this game, Eimy's Gragas still chose to jungle in the top half of the map.

Because LGD's bot lane Xayah and Rakan duo need to secure lane priority, it becomes harder to secure lane priority if they help the jungler clear the jungle.

Xayah and Rakan moved directly into the bushes on the bottom lane before the minions even spawned.

The bush closer to IG's next tower.

Zhou Dian's Vayne also made an early move into the bush on the top lane, closer to IG's top tower.

It seems Eimy's only option is to farm the F6 camp and have the mid-lane Corki help him clear jungle camps.

But that won't work either. If the plane helps clear the jungle, it will expose to IG that Gragas started at F6.

IG knew that LGD's bot lane wasn't helping their jungler clear the jungle, so Xayah and Rakan no longer needed to camp in the bushes. IG could basically guess where they were.

So Eimy had to make do this game, as Gragas had to solo the red buff.

Fortunately, the opposing IG jungler Jarvan IV wasn't farming very fast, so the impact of Gragas solo engaging wasn't too significant.

Ning Wang's prince will definitely start in the bottom half of the bracket this game.

LGD even picked Vayne top lane, so they have to farm from the bottom up and put enough pressure on Vayne.

Ultimately, Ning also chose to start with the red buff, then the wolves and blue buff, so that he could get to the top lane as quickly as possible.

IG's bot lane duo will help Jarvan IV clear the jungle.

When the top lane minions were about to reach the lane, TheShy originally wanted Cho'Gath to stay in the top lane river bush.

Once the three front-line minions are almost dead, go out and finish them off with a Q skill.

But he was worried about Vayne hiding in the river bushes.

Although Vayne is more likely to be in the bushes.

TheShy doesn't dare to gamble.

If Vayne is in the river bush, and Cho'Gath rashly walks there, he'll be caught by Vayne, not only getting a barrage of attacks from her, but also being forced to circle back to lane from the jungle.

Therefore, TheShy chose the less risky option of going up the lane along the minion wave.

As the minion wave approached, the Cho'Gath followed, walking away from the bushes on the top lane.

Just as the giant bug reached the vicinity of the first bush on the lane, a Vayne emerged from the bush and sniped at the giant bug.

As soon as Vayne lands her basic attack, she quickly follows up with Evasion Strike (Q) to reset her basic attack, landing another basic attack on Cho'Gath. The second basic attack deals additional damage.

VN's Dodge Attack (Q) is aimed diagonally upwards.

After rolling over, we were very close to the bushes in the middle of the road.

Then Vayne ducked into the bushes beside her, drawing the aggro of the blue team's minions.

When Zhou Dian made his move at this moment, he not only simply auto-attacked the big bug twice, but also exposed a piece of information to IG.

That means Vayne didn't help Gragas clear the jungle.

LGD's mid-laner, Corki, went straight to lane without helping the jungler clear the jungle.

The most likely scenario is that Gragas started with blue buff, and Xayah and Rakan from the bot lane helped him clear the jungle.

As an AP jungler, Gragas is highly likely to start with blue buff.

Now that Vayne has been exposed early, IG is certain that Gragas started with blue buff.

So, Tristana and Lulu, who had just finished clearing the red buff for the prince, went online without any warning.

Meanwhile, in the commentary booth...

"Zhou Shen's Vayne auto-attacked and then used her Q skill, hitting Cho'Gath twice, but it didn't seem to hurt much." "Tristana and Lulu went to lane, and Xayah and Rakan were in this bush. It seems like the IG bot lane duo didn't even notice."

"They just walked right past it!" Guan Zeyuan's voice suddenly rose.

Little Cannon and Lulu, these two Yordles, hopped and skipped online hand in hand.

Just as he reached the vicinity of his own back row of soldiers, Luo made a grand entrance (W) and flew out of the bushes.

Xiao Pao and Lulu were not close together; there was a certain distance between them.

However, PYL's use of Rakan's W skill was very precise, lifting both Tristana and Lulu into the air at the perfect position.

Then Xayah activated her Deadly Armor (W) and unleashed a barrage of auto-attacks on Tristana.

At the same time, Rakan also shares the effect of Xayah's W skill.

In just that one second after being knocked up, Tristana's health was reduced by more than a third by Xayah and Rakan.

However, Xayah's W skill not only provides attack speed, but also movement speed.

After the cannon landed, Xayah and Rakan were still chasing after A.

When Tristana and Lulu were helping Jarvan IV clear the jungle, they had already learned skills to help him take the red buff. Lulu learned Shining Spear (Q) at level 1, and Tristana learned Explosive Spark (E) at level 1.

At this moment, being chased and attacked by Xayah and Rakan, he could only keep running towards the tower.

Xayah and Rakan's damage quickly reduced Tristana's health to below half.

In order to conserve health during the laning phase, West immediately activated Barrier. After the Barrier was destroyed, Lulu was finally able to return to the tower.

Not only did she use the barrier, but in order to be able to lane effectively, Tristana had to use up her health potion.

To make matters worse, despite being chased by Xayah and Rakan, Tristana and Lulu didn't get the experience from the three front-line minions, but Xayah and Rakan did.

IG's bot lane had a disastrous start!

Of course, given the strength of Xayah and Rakan at this point, any bot lane duo would be unable to compete if Rakan lifted them to two positions as soon as they entered the lane.

It can only be said that IG was truly deceived by LGD.

It was a bit unfair to the jungler, but it made things easier for the other lanes, so it was still pretty good.

Zhou Dian was not surprised at all that IG was tricked by LGD's little trick of having their jungler gank solo.

During this period, IG could be summed up in one word: reckless.

Moreover, it's pure recklessness; aside from the player's individual skill, there's nothing else involved.

So if you can beat IG in lane, then you've basically won half the game.

In the top lane, Zhou Dian's Vayne pokes Cho'Gath a few times while crossing the minion wave, causing the three backline minions of the blue team's first wave to be pulled away by Vayne.

After the three back-row soldiers changed their attack targets, the health of the three front-row soldiers on the red side also decreased at different rates.

This resulted in the three front-line minions of the red team not being at low health simultaneously.

TheShy originally planned to wait until the enemy's three front-line minions were all at sliver of health, then use Cho'Gath's Q skill to finish them off.

Now that he can't eat three of them in one go, TheShy feels a bit down.

The giant bug took two steps forward, stomped down, and barely managed to kill two minions with its Q skill.

The timing of when the big bug goes forward and uses Q is also important.

At this point, the three front-line minions of the blue team were almost dead, and TheShy felt that Vayne should definitely last-hit the minions first.

But TheShy didn't expect Zhou Dian to be so ruthless; Zhou Dian simply refused to accept those three knives.

While Cho'Gath went forward to use his Q skill to last-hit minions, Vayne emerged from the bush and closed the distance to Cho'Gath to within her attack range, immediately launching a basic attack at Cho'Gath.

After Cho'Gath used his Q skill, TheShy immediately turned Cho'Gath around, but was still hit by Vayne's auto-attack.

The Cho'Gath had just finished off two minions and recovered 40 health thanks to his passive. That 40 health was immediately wiped out by Vayne's auto-attack, and even more.

Vayne trailed behind Cho'Gath, gaining 30 movement speed thanks to her passive Night Hunter.

Vayne landed two more auto-attacks on the giant bug until she could no longer land them, then rolled forward and used her Q ability to attack the giant bug once more.

Actually, after rolling forward and attacking once, there was still enough distance for Vayne to attack the big bug again.

However, Zhou Dian didn't attack again. Instead, he immediately controlled Vayne to dive into the bushes on the lane and draw the aggro of the three backline minions of the blue team.

The reason for not using A more often is the minion wave.

When the red team's Vayne crosses the minion wave to attack Cho'Gath, she will be attacked by the blue team's backline minions.

The blue team's backline minions went to attack Vayne, while the red team's backline minions continued to attack the blue team's minions as usual.

The blue team's minions take more damage and die faster than the red team's minions, which will inevitably cause the minion wave to push towards the blue team, i.e., the side with Cho'Gath.

However, the actual situation is that the backline minions on both sides have roughly the same health, and the minion waves still meet in the middle of the top lane.

The second wave of minions is almost here, and the top lane minions won't reach Cho'Gath's tower anytime soon.

The reason for this result lies in a previous action by both Vayne and Cho'Gath.

TheShy's Cho'Gath used his Q skill, hitting three low-health front-line minions on the red team, and finishing off two of them.

If we only look at the action of the big bug using its Q skill, this action will cause the lane to be pushed, and the minion wave will be pushed towards LGD's side.

However, the opponent's top laner will also last-hit their low-health front-line minions, which cancels out the wave-pushing effect caused by Cho'Gath's Q skill.

Therefore, TheShy's choice is actually not wrong.

However, TheShy didn't expect Zhou Dian to play so exceptionally well, not even last-hitting minions with a champion like Vayne.

Because Vayne didn't attack the three low-health front-line minions on the blue side, these three front-line minions lasted a little longer than the three front-line minions on the red side.

Therefore, the overall trend of the minion wave was towards LGD.

After Zhou Dian's Vayne used Cho'Gath's Q skill to last-hit the minion, she chased after it and auto-attacked it a few more times. When she could still auto-attack Cho'Gath, she gave up, turned around and went into the bush, drawing the minion's aggro.

This is also because if Vayne chases after Cho'Gath, she will not only lose more health, but the minion wave will also push towards Cho'Gath again.

Zhou Dian pulled the minion's aggro at just the right time; the minion wave is still in the middle of the top lane.

Although the minion wave was still in the middle, the giant Cho'Gath had already been driven back to his tower by Vayne, with less than half health remaining.

Vayne stood between the giant bug and the minion wave, appearing and disappearing at the edge of the bush.

If the big bug takes half a step forward, it will be targeted by Vayne. At the same time, Vayne can quickly enter the bush, draw the aggro of the minions, and prevent the minion wave from pushing over quickly.

After TheShy's Cho'Gath used his Q to greedily farm two minions, he can no longer farm even a single minion.

Of course, Vayne only abandoned the first three minions; Zhou Dian would still go and finish off the remaining minions.

But they would only finish off the minions when they were down to their last sliver of health, playing at an extremely high level, yet never missing a single one.

Since Vayne is constantly farming, the minion wave will eventually push to Cho'Gath's tower, but this process will be quite slow.

The director had just finished watching the level 1 skirmish in the bottom lane, which ended with IG suffering a huge loss.

The camera cuts to the top lane and shows Cho'Gath with less than half health, being blocked in front of the tower by Vayne.

Zhihuan glanced at it, though he didn't understand how things had turned out this way.

But he immediately realized the big bug's predicament.

"With this minion wave, Cho'Gath won't be able to farm minions for at least a minute. The cannon minion wave might not even be able to push to Cho'Gath's tower," Zhihuan said.

Guan Zeyuan understood as well and said, "Shouldn't the prince come and gank top lane? TheShy is having a really tough time like this!"

Upon hearing this, Zhihuan immediately said, "It's not easy for the prince to catch Vayne."

"Besides, the game has only just begun. The prince has only cleared two camps so far. How can he gank? Anyway, Cho'Gath is going to suffer for a while!"

(End of this chapter)