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Chapter 372 It was pulled, but not completely pulled!
"In that case, both junglers will have to head to the bottom lane in this game!"

"But LGD has a Shen on their side this game!" Seeing that LGD picked Shen on the fourth floor of the blue side, Guan Zeyuan once again expressed his pessimism about IG's support Brand.

"Brand support is definitely a must-have for the team to gain an advantage. LGD's Shen pick was absolutely brilliant! As long as LGD's bot lane doesn't fall apart in the first six levels, it feels like they can basically hold on."

"And as for Zhou Shen's Shen, I think we can rest assured!" Guan Zeyuan continued, "Although he's been chosen very few times, the results seem to be quite good!"

"This pick was definitely a good one!" Zhihuan added. "LGD isn't just about Zhou Shen carrying the team. A team with only one carry player won't last long!"

If your expectation for Zhou Dian playing Shen is like that of Fiora or Jayce, where you can solo kill in lane, carry the entire game, and dominate the field.

Zhou Dian could only say that this was very difficult to do.

If you're asking Zhou Dian to play Shen, the requirements are to hold the lane, provide timely ultimate support, and play a role in team fights to protect teammates.

Zhou Dian could only say it was no big deal!

Zhou Dian's current basic skills are sufficient.

Moreover, during the later stages of the Summer Split regular season, LGD practiced so many games focusing on the bottom lane, just so they could use it in a best-of-five series!
After LGD picked Shen on the fourth floor of the blue side, it was the fifth floor's turn to pick.

"Orianna? Twisted Fate? Jayce? Syndra? Syndra!"

After revealing several heroes in a row, LGD's fifth player locked in Syndra.

"LGD had too many champions to choose from in the last pick. IG put themselves at a disadvantage in the draft. Was it really worth it just for this Brand support pick?" Zhihuan said.

"Let's take a look at IG's counter picks. IG's first four picks are not tanky enough, and they don't have any heroes that can protect the backline."

"Cogas is also an option."

"They locked in the Renekton! IG's entire lineup is a composition that they can't afford to lose."

"IG's lineup doesn't have an advantage in the laning phase, so it will be very difficult to play in the mid-game, and it won't be able to drag the game out until the late game when Corki can make his move."

Guan Zeyuan concluded by saying, "Only IG could draft such a lineup. Their players are all quite skilled individually, and they are confident in creating an advantage."

"I feel that IG's lineup selection is very similar to that of KT in the LCK next door. They rely on their laning ability and extremely fast support speed to win the game."

"Of course, if you don't have an advantage, you usually just send it directly, and you lose relatively quickly."

"But against LGD's lineup, it's hard for you to gain a significant advantage," Zhihuan chimed in. "Let's take a look at LGD's five heroes; they're incredibly solid."

"You said IG's drafting style is similar to KT's, but at the Intercontinental Cup, LGD decisively defeated KT."

"I think LGD is not afraid of this style of play. Their laning strength is equally strong in all three lanes, especially the top lane."

"I don't think anyone can gain a significant laning advantage against Zhou Shen right now."

Although Zhou Dian, sitting in the player's seat, couldn't hear the commentators, several of them shared his views.

In fact, when Zhou Dian saw IG's lineup, he felt that the game was already half won.

IG's choice of this somewhat thin lineup is not simply because they believe their players are strong in lane.

After all, in League of Legends, even the strongest players need room for error.

The reason for choosing this lineup is largely due to the coach's lack of skill. The drafting process often falls into a disadvantageous position, and in the end, the selection can only rely on the individual strength of the players.

The commentators were still expressing their opinions when the game reached the loading screen.

Blue side LGD:

Top lane: Shen; Jungle: Rek'Sai; Mid lane: Syndra; Bot lane: Kog'Maw and Lulu.

Red square IG:

Top lane: Renekton; Jungle: Jarvan IV; Mid lane: Corki; Bot lane: Ashe and Brand.

After the fans of both teams cheered for their respective teams, the fans at the scene...

The scene of Summoner's Rift appeared on the big screen at the scene.

The fourth game of the BO5 semifinal between LGD and IG has officially begun.

"Let's see if IG's Ashe and Brand bot lane combination, this ice and fire duo, can achieve the desired effect!"

Guan Zeyuan continued, "However, the first dragon in this game was a wind dragon, which means that the timing is on LGD's side."

"This dragon is probably what LGD wants to see the most. For LGD, even if my fighting strength is really a bit inferior in the early game, I can just not fight for this wind dragon."

Guan Zeyuan's statement is correct.

Upon entering the game and discovering that the first dragon was a wind dragon, Zhou Dian immediately felt that the game, which was already halfway to victory, was now sixty percent complete.

At the same time, the keystone runes of the ten heroes from both sides were displayed on the large screen below the arena.

"Both sides have pretty standard keystone runes. Wei Shen's Syndra didn't bring Teleport, but Ignite. He's very confident!" Zhihuan said.

At this moment, Wei Shen was extremely confident.

While the game was still loading, he said in the team voice chat, "Brothers, I got my signature Syndra this game, watch me solo kill Rookie!"

Upon hearing Wei Shen's bold words, Zhou Dian could only say "Go for it!"

What else can we do? They're teammates, so we have to support them.

Although Zhou Dian didn't think Wei Shen could solo kill Rookie.

Compared to Zhou Dian's "reservedness," PYL is much more direct.

"Syndra is your signature champion? Isn't Varus your signature champion?" PYL said with a smile.

"Chen Bo, shut up!"

Game time is 1 minutes and 15 seconds.

Shen and the excavator arrived behind IG's red buff camp.

Zhou Dian placed the ward on Shen's body at IG's red buff, and then the two retreated back to their own jungle.

IG's bot lane is a combination of Ashe and Brand, which requires gaining an advantage in the laning phase. Therefore, Ning's Jarvan IV will definitely start in the top jungle and then farm down the lane.

However, Zhou Dian felt it was still necessary to know whether the prince started with F6 or Red Buff.

Neither side helped their jungler clear jungle camps in this game; both bot laners arrived at the bot lane early.

Because everyone knows that the key to victory or defeat in this game lies in the bottom lane, and neither side is willing to help the jungler clear the jungle camps.

Helping the jungler clear the jungle means arriving in lane later than the opponent, which means the opponent will take lane control.

Before the minion wave arrived, the two bottom lane duos had already clashed.

Ultimately, the Ashe and Brand combination is absolutely dominant in the early game.

Ashe raised her hand and unleashed a barrage of arrows (W), sending out thin ice arrows that struck Kog'Maw and Lulu.

Taking advantage of the fact that LGD's bot lane duo was slowed down by Ashe's W skill, Brand unleashed a Flame Brand (Q) that grazed past Lulu and hit Kog'Maw.

Lulu's timely E skill shielded Kog'Maw, blocking the damage from Brand's Q skill.

Furthermore, Kog'Maw's keystone rune is Warlord's Bloodlust, and his starting item is Doran's Shield, so taking some damage won't have a significant impact.

Then, the first group of monsters spawned.

In this game, Eimy chose to start with F6, with Syndra helping him clear the jungle.

On IG's side, the top laner Renekton helped Jarvan IV get the red buff.

Zhou Dian had placed a ward at IG's red buff in advance, which also revealed that the Prince was starting with the red buff.

After TheShy helped Jarvan IV take the red buff a few times, he controlled Renekton to go to the lane.

At this moment, Zhou Dian's Shen was crouching in the top lane tri-bush of IG.

As soon as the crocodile walked in, Shen attacked him with his first move.

Next, Shen uses his ultimate ability, Twilight (Q), to summon back his Soul Blade.

As Shen's spirit blade returned to him from a short distance, it also pulled the crocodile into the attack. The release of his Q skill also triggered Shen's passive, granting him a shield of over 50 points.

This shield completely negated the damage from one of the crocodile's basic attacks.

However, the crocodile used a basic attack followed by a Q, which knocked off Shen's shield, and then White Fury's Q skill hit Shen.

However, this white-angered Q attack had no effect on Shen.

Then Shen started chasing and attacking the crocodile.

After using Q skill, the next three basic attacks will deal additional magic damage based on a percentage of the target's maximum health.

The crocodile was ambushed by Shen. Shen's Spirit Blade pulled the crocodile during its retraction, so the crocodile was slowed down for 2.5 seconds while trying to escape from Shen.

This slowing effect ensured that Shen's three basic attacks after using his Q skill landed squarely on the Renekton.

The third strike, in particular, produced the effect of the Undying Grip.

After the entire fight, Shen reduced the crocodile's health by 40%.

The two fought all the way to the top lane, where Shen blocked the Renekton in front of IG's top lane tower.

This position is quite clever; it won't attract the aggro of the red team's backline minions.

Level 1 is when the crocodile hero is at his weakest, so of course we have to take him down hard!
Then, the crocodile took a step forward and raised his hand to attack Shen.

At this point, Shen's Q skill was ready again. Zhou Dian pressed the Q skill, and Shen summoned his Chaos Blade back once more.

The crocodile stopped in time, twisted its waist slightly, and Shen's Soul Blade flew past the crocodile's body, failing to catch it.

TheShy's positioning is incredibly precise.

Shen's passive cooldown is reduced by four seconds after he hits an enemy champion with a skill.

The effect was already in effect when Shen first ambushed the crocodile in the tri-bush and used his Q skill to pull the crocodile, by which time Shen's passive had already been ready.

Shen then gained another shield, which blocked another basic attack from the crocodile.

When the crocodile auto-attacked Shen, Shen retaliated with an auto-attack of his own. This auto-attack also carried the extra damage from Shen's Q skill and the Grasp of the Undying effect.

The crocodile's health dropped a little more, reaching below half health.

After attacking once, Zhou Dian immediately turned Shen around, no longer greedily trying to damage and harass the crocodile, and increased the distance between them.

Two reasons.

First, both sides' first wave of melee troops are almost dead, so Shen needs to turn back to gain experience.

The key point is the second one.

Shen's Q skill and Renekton's Q skill both have an 8-second cooldown at level 1.

The first time both sides used the Q skill was in the top lane tri-bush of IG, but Shen's Q skill was used a second earlier than Renekton's.

At this point, Shen used his second Q skill. After auto-attacking the crocodile once, the crocodile's Q skill should have been ready again.

The crocodile is currently in a red-rage state. If you get hit by the crocodile's red-rage Q, this exchange of blows won't be as profitable.

Zhou Dian's calculations of skill cooldowns are very accurate.

Just as Shen pulled out of Renekton's Q skill range, Renekton's Q skill was ready again.

TheShy instinctively wanted to use his empowered Q to try and close the health gap between the two sides.

Fortunately, TheShy reacted quickly and immediately judged that given the distance between Renekton and Shen, Renekton's Q skill seemed unlikely to hit Shen, so he stopped in time and did not use the Q skill.

It was just a hair's breadth away; the crocodile's red-rage Q was about to blow up the air.

Once the crocodile wastes its Q skill, TheShy is certain that the enemy Shen will immediately press forward again.

At that point, the crocodile will inevitably be pushed out of the experience zone, meaning the first three melee soldiers will definitely miss out on the experience.

Thinking about this, TheShy couldn't help but feel a little scared.

At this moment, the Renekton's Q skill was still active. TheShy, controlling the Renekton with its rage bar turned red, confidently walked forward and gained experience from three melee minions.

Seeing that he hadn't managed to bait out the crocodile's Red Fury Q, Zhou Dian felt a little disappointed.

"TheShy is actually pretty good. If someone else played Renekton, I would definitely have been able to pull out that red fury Q!" Zhou Dian thought to himself.

Shen could only bully the crocodile for a short time. It can only be said that Zhou Dian pulled TheShy back, but not completely.

In the end, it felt like all their efforts were in vain.

Meanwhile, in the commentary booth...

"Ouch, TheShy, that's tough. His Renekton is down to half health as soon as he comes online!"

Upon seeing Shen and Renekton trade blows at level one, commentator Guan Zeyuan immediately remarked.

“That’s right!” Zhihuan nodded. “But it’s not too bad. The crocodile gained experience, but lost health because of the Doran’s Shield and Q skill’s healing. It can slowly recover, and after reaching level three, the initiative will be back in the crocodile’s hands.”

Although Zhihuan sees the details more deeply than Guan Zeyuan.

However, in this back-and-forth battle between Zhou Dian and TheShy, Zhou Dian precisely calculated the cooldown time of Renekton's Q skill, trying to bait out Renekton's empowered Q, but ultimately failed to do so. He failed to notice this detail.

The vast majority of online viewers watching the match in the official live stream room naturally did not see this.

What they could see directly was that Shen, at level 1, blocked the crocodile in front of his own tower and even took away half of the crocodile's health.

Wow, Zhou Shen is too arrogant! He always dominates the opponent no matter what he plays!

Why is it that even playing a tank, this Zhou Shen can dominate everyone at level one?

I'm not Sister Li, I'm really not Sister Li!

【You're asking me? Who should I ask? If I knew, would I still be watching the live stream here?】

[Is this Zhou Shen dominating the crocodile?]

[Give that crocodile dog a good beating!]

[No way, a level 1 crocodile is just trash! You're bragging about bullying a lower-level crocodile?]

Stop barking like a dog in the comments! If you're so capable, you do it yourself!

[He's just being a do-it-or-leave-it guy again. I'm wondering if what I said isn't true?]

Where are the facts? Don't try to show off your game knowledge if you've spent real money!

【.】

Back to the game.

Although Zhou Dian relied on his extremely strong attention to detail to give Shen a significant advantage in terms of health against the crocodile at level one.

However, due to the inherent differences in hero characteristics, this situation is limited to level one.

The crocodile walked into the minion wave and used his empowered Q to recover a significant amount of health.

At the same time, they used the AOE damage of their Q skill to push the lane and began to gain lane control.

Shen has absolutely no AOE ability. If TheShy doesn't want to fight him, and Renekton just pushes the lane, then even if Zhou Dian's details are incredibly amazing, it won't make a difference.

Shen could only struggle to cope with the endless waves of minions pushing in.

Of course, all of this was within Zhou Dian's acceptable range.

Zhou Dian wasn't sure he could gain any advantage in this game, as he was facing TheShy, who had picked a counter pick on the fifth floor.

The main battleground for this game is still in the bottom lane.

With the bottom lane being the focus of the game, Shen naturally has an inherent advantage that Renekton does not possess.

(End of this chapter)