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Chapter 368 The Sword Maiden, whom we haven't seen in a long time! The cowardly kid, You Shen, is as timid as ever!

In the commentary box.

"LGD finally locked in Gem on the fourth floor of the red side. Gem paired with Twitch is a pretty good combination!" Guan Zeyuan said.

"It seems PYL secretly practiced using Gem, which is why LGD didn't pick a support in the first round of champion selection."

Zhihuan continued, "That leaves IG with very few options for their support!"

"Oh, here IG picked Thresh on the fourth floor of the blue side."

“IG still has one jungler left to pick, but LGD actually banned four junglers this game. My Kid God hasn’t played for so long, and you guys are targeting him like this as soon as he comes back!” Guan Zeyuan said with a smile.

IG's fifth floor player hasn't revealed their champion yet, which shows they're having a tough time choosing a jungler.

With the champion selection countdown reaching its final second, IG locked in Cho'Gath on the fifth floor of the blue side.

"In that case, IG has chosen to take both Cho'Gath and Maokai, but no matter who goes top lane or jungle, this top-jungle combination will have a very long development period!"

"Then LGD's Prince must be playing jungle; they can't possibly use him in top lane."

The camera panned across LGD's players' bench, and after Wei Shen shook his head, Eimy was now sitting in a chair chuckling.

Because LGD banned four mainstream junglers, IG's final pick of Cho'Gath was entirely within LGD's expectations.

Whether IG uses Cho'Gath or Maokai as their jungler, it doesn't matter; Eimy will definitely have a very comfortable game.

"Will LGD pick Trundle for their last top laner? Cho'Gath and Maokai are very tanky in the mid-to-late game," Zhihuan said.

At this moment, Guan Zeyuan spoke up confidently, "I don't think so. He picked Vayne in the last game. Knowing Zhou Shen as I do, he definitely won't continue to farm peacefully with his opponent and wait for team fights."

"So, should we pick Vayne again this game?" Zhihuan asked. "But Maokai is not like Jarvan IV. Maokai has a W skill that provides point control, making it easy for the jungler to gank and kill Vayne."

"I feel like I'm very likely to pick Fiora! Fiora just got buffed in this patch, although the buff was very minor!"

As soon as Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, LGD revealed Fiora on the fifth floor of the red side and then locked her in.

Viewers in the live stream started spamming "666" and commented that Guan Zeyuan was really something, as he could guess that.

"She's really picking Fiora! I'm already looking forward to it!" Guan Zeyuan's voice was filled with excitement.

"It's been a long time since the LPL's number one Fiora player picked Fiora. I still vividly remember Zhou Shen's Fiora dominating the MSI and Rift Rivals!"

Guan Zeyuan said that Zhou Dian is the best Fiora in the LPL, and of course no one would disagree.

After all, as an official commentator, Guan Zeyuan shouldn't make too many exaggerated claims. Being a little conservative, saying "the best in LPL" would be about right.

However, in the official live stream, many viewers were already spamming comments like "LPL's number one Fiora? The world's number one Fiora!"

After both sides have selected their heroes, they will switch roles.

In the end, IG had Maokai jungle and Cho'Gath top lane.

There's not much difference; neither can beat Fiora anyway. The only difference is that Cho'Gath is a bit more resilient.

Both head coaches took off their headphones and walked to the center of the stage.

After shaking hands and exchanging greetings, they turned and walked into the athletes' tunnel.

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

Blue Square IG:

Top lane: Cho'Gath; Jungle: Maokai; Mid lane: Cassiopeia; Bot lane: Tristana and Thresh.

Red team LGD:

Top lane Fiora, jungle Jarvan IV, mid lane Taliyah, bot lane Twitch and Taric.

After the cheers and encouragement from the fans of both sides subsided, the third game of the best-of-five semi-final officially began.

Both sides opted for fairly conventional choices in their keystone talents.

Eimy's prince chose [Courage of the Colossus] in this game.

The princes who are built with meat are basically just tools.

The mid-lane champions, Cassiopeia and Taliyah, both had [Stormraider's Surge].

Both sides started by lining up in a single file along the river for defensive positioning.

No one had the idea of ​​invading at the start.

Then, the first group of monsters spawned.

In this game, the player "KidGod" chose to start with the red buff and had the bottom lane help with jungle clearing.

Eimy's Jarvan IV started with F6, and Taliyah helped by using her Q skill to hit him.

However, because he helped the prince, Wei Shen's Taliyah was a step behind in logging in.

Rookie's Cassiopeia directly crossed the minion wave to trade blows with Taliyah, suppressing Taliyah.

A Taliyah with Doran's Ring can't out-trade a Cassiopeia with Corrupting Potion in terms of health exchange.

The Cassiopeia's level 1 trade was extremely aggressive, directly causing Taliyah to miss the experience of a melee minion.

Of course, Zhou Dian helped Wei Shen regain his footing in the top lane.

His Fiora didn't help the prince clear the jungle, so naturally she had to make some contribution.

The Fiora, who was released early, occupied the top lane bush, directly pressuring Cho'Gath so much that he missed the experience of two melee minions.

Duke plays Cho'Gath much more steadily than TheShy, not giving Fiora too many opportunities to poke and harass.

Duke naturally wouldn't miss a good opportunity to trade blows, making sure that Cho'Gath and Fiora didn't have too much of a health difference.

That's normal. As melee champions, Fiora can't just keep taking damage like Vayne.

At 2 minutes and 50 seconds into the game, the level 3 tree knocked down the river crab in the upper river.

Without even glancing at the Fiora who was almost pushing to IG's top tower, the kid, Maokai, headed straight for the mid lane and crouched in the river bush on the left side of the mid lane.

Why is this?

The trades between the mid laners on both sides were just too intense.

At this point, both Cassiopeia and Taliyah were at half health, but Cassiopeia had her E skill to heal, giving her an advantage in the lane.

Taliyah's nonchalant attitude despite being at a disadvantage made Kid God a little worried that the enemy jungler Jarvan IV might be about to make a move against Cassiopeia.

We absolutely must protect the mid laner!
So the big tree quickly came over and squatted down.

I squatted for a few seconds, but nothing happened.

Seeing the lowly health of the Rock Sparrow, the child decided to take the initiative.

The large tree emerged from the grass and approached the rock sparrow.

Taliyah cast a Rock Slash (W) at the foot of the tree, and Kid immediately used Flash.

A flash of yellow light appeared, and as the tree dodged the rocky outcrop, it unleashed Twisted Thrust (W).

The tree's silhouette blurred as it coiled around the rock sparrow, firmly locking it in place.

With Wei Shen highly focused, before Cassiopeia could even follow up with her skill, Taliyah had already used Cleanse to instantly break free of Maokai's Asian Binding.

Then Taliyah used Flash to create distance and escaped back to her own tower.

Wei Shen unleashed that DF double attack incredibly quickly.

The Thorn Smash (Q) that was almost at the big tree missed.

"It's not bad to get both of Taliyah's summoner spells out; Rookie's laning phase will be much more comfortable from now on," Kid thought to himself.

However, at that moment, a system notification sounded in the headsets of both players.

First Blood!
The kid, lost in thought, quickly switched screens to the top lane.

Then we saw the giant Cho'Gath lying dead under the tower, and Jarvan IV and Fiora both walking out of IG's top tower with low health.

First Blood was secured by Fiora.

In the chat box at the bottom left, Duke tapped his own Cho'Gath's Flash. Then he tapped Fiora's Flash, indicating that both of them had used their Flashes.

No? Doesn't the prince drive with F6?
Why are we still in the upper half of the bracket at this hour?
Should we abandon the lower jungle?
The child, lost in thought, suddenly felt a little dazed.

"Is this how Eimy supports the top laner? Is this how you play the game?" Kid God said subconsciously in the team voice chat.

Then I thought about it again, and realized that I often help the mid laner in the same way.
"Oh, it's okay then!"

Given Eimy's bizarre jungle clearing strategy at the start of the game, it's no wonder that KidGod was puzzled.

Even the usually cautious Duke was completely taken aback.

LGD's Taliyah in the mid lane helped Jarvan IV clear the jungle, so Jarvan IV starting at F6 was an absolute certainty for IG.

At this point in time, the prince should be in the lower half of the bracket.

Moreover, the kid's god-like tree deliberately only cleared three camps before going to kill the river crab in the upper river.

Although the main purpose was to help Rookie's Cassiopeia in the mid lane, it also served as a mobile control ward for the top lane for a while.

Why did the prince run onto the road and leap over the giant insect?

Duke, the top laner for IG, certainly thought the same thing.

Therefore, he naturally couldn't let Fiora hit him for nothing; Cho'Gath and Fiora had exchanged blows several times earlier.

This also led to him being tower-dived and killed by the Prince and Fiora while he was at half health.

In the commentary box.

"Eimy's jungle route is a bit too outrageous!" Guan Zeyuan said.

"Start with F6, then take the red buff, then take the Krugs, and after that, head straight to the top lane to tower dive."

"Since killing stone beetles is a bit slower than killing other monsters, this way we just avoided the big tree that's fighting river crabs in the upper river."

Zhihuan added, "The prince's move was indeed unexpected. If Duke had known that LGD's jungler played like this, he would never have traded blows with Fiora earlier!"

"But I feel like Eimy might not be making a profit by doing this; the Prince will lose a lot of his lower jungle!"

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

The big tree has already entered the lower half of the riverbed.

Judging from their appearance, they are heading towards the prince's lower jungle area.

As for LGD...

Eimy knew that ganking the top lane in this way would inevitably lead to the loss of the lower jungle.

But before entering the game, the LGD team had already discussed their strategy.

IG's jungler in this game is Maokai, and Maokai's jungle clearing speed is not particularly fast.

Moreover, the person who manipulated the tree was called the Child Wanderer.

After helping Fiora tower dive and kill Cho'Gath, Jarvan IV disappeared from IG's sights.

However, contrary to what the kid had predicted, the prince did not immediately recall to base after ganking the top lane and head straight to the bottom jungle to protect his jungle monsters.

Instead, they circled around and entered IG's upper jungle.

After the child god controlled the big tree to enter the lower river, he originally wanted to go directly to the prince's blue buff.

But just as the tree entered the bottom river, LGD's bot lane Twitch and Taric disappeared from the bottom lane.

LGD's bot lane duo didn't need to help the jungler clear the jungle in this game, while IG's bot lane duo helped Maokai take the red buff.

Therefore, Twitch and Gem were released before Tristana and Thresh, and naturally they gained lane control.

At this moment, despite being hit a few times by the cannon, the rat forcibly pushed the minion wave with the cannon minion to IG's next tower.

Then he disappeared online with the gem.

KidGod thinks that LGD's bot lane duo must have gone to help Prince defend the blue buff, while their own AD still needs to farm minions under the tower, so even if they come, they will definitely be a step behind.

According to the child's estimation, the prince had almost returned to the spring and was about to head this way.

In the mid lane, Taliyah's map traversal and support speed are undoubtedly faster than Cassiopeia's.

After quickly analyzing the current situation, KidGod felt it was unnecessary to risk eating the Prince's blue buff.

We still need to play it safe!
The next best thing is to eat the river crabs in the river.

The start of this game with two crabs was pretty good.

So, the big tree, who had already reached the narrow passage between LGD's blue buff and the river, retreated back to the river and started attacking the river crab in the lower river.

While the big tree was farming the river crab in the bottom half of the map, the prince was farming IG's three wolves in the top half of the map.

After Da Shu destroyed the river crab in the bottom lane, he saw that LGD's bottom lane duo still hadn't appeared on the lane and there was no opportunity to gank the bottom lane, so he chose to recall to base to upgrade his jungle item.

Meanwhile, the prince was farming IG's Gromp!

Seeing the big tree return to the city on the spot, Guan Zeyuan stretched his neck forward and said in a very strange tone, "Huh? That works too!"

Rita hesitated before speaking.

Zhihuan spoke his mind: "If the prince ganks like that and loses the blue buff and both river crabs, getting first blood isn't actually that much of a gain!"

"But now they not only got first blood, but also cleared two more camps of jungle monsters, all at the cost of a Rift Scuttler. LGD is really making a killing!"

Guan Zeyuan then said, "I still don't quite understand. Kid's big tree was right next to LGD's blue buff, how could he resist attacking it!"

"They were probably scared off by the disappearance of LGD's bot lane duo, but it seems like imp and PYL didn't have that intention at all."

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

The rat just upgraded to a longsword, and the gem just upgraded to a true sight ward.

The two of them walked out of the red team's fountain together, but hadn't yet descended the high ground.

After forcefully pushing the bottom lane minion wave, Twitch and Taric moved out of IG's vision and recalled.

the other side.

After clearing two camps of jungle monsters in IG's upper jungle, the prince recalled to base.

After returning home to replenish my equipment and wards, I headed straight for the bottom half of the map.

The prince came down from the high ground, used his EQ combo to jump over the wall, and took down his own three wolves.

Eimy then tentatively guided the prince to move to the lower right, wanting to check if his Swamp Frog was still there.

Upon seeing this, Eimy exclaimed in surprise in the team voice chat: "Holy crap, Kid hasn't cleared a single jungle monster in my lower jungle!"

Following LGD's pre-match strategy, after killing Cho'Gath and quickly establishing an advantage for Fiora, Jarvan IV went directly to IG's top jungle to clear the remaining two camps of Maokai, which was acceptable.

The river crab and blue buff should definitely be given to the tree.

However, the big tree isn't fast at clearing jungle camps, so it depends on whether the kid is brave enough.

Do you dare to kill the blue buff first, then farm the Gargoyle's Gromp before leaving?

Eimy went to check on the Swamp Frog, with the mindset that it would be better if it were there, but it wouldn't matter if it wasn't, just to see if it was still there.

Upon closer inspection, not only was the Swamp Frog still there, but even the Blue Buff was still safely in its nest.

It was a complete surprise.

"Brother Zhou, you were right! The tree only spawned one river crab!" Eimy exclaimed excitedly. "I'll deal with the big bug when I reach level 6!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dian shrugged.

Kid God used to be so timid when he played ADC, does that mean he's not timid anymore now that he's switched to jungle?

They're all the same!

(End of this chapter)