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Chapter 382 Kennen with an empty ultimate, pay attention to the timing of entering the factory!

RNG's mid and jungle players executed a perfect ambush, but it backfired and cost their top laner his life.

The problem is that RNG's damage output was just too low this time.

Kennen's equipment was too poor, Gragas didn't have his ultimate, and Lucian's damage was significantly lower without a Bloodthirster.

To be fair, RNG's top, mid, and jungle all had some issues this time.

It's not fair to blame Letme alone.

However, only a minority of spectators can notice the specific details during a match.

After this team fight, many RNG fans could see that RNG was finding the game increasingly difficult, and they started criticizing Letme for playing Kennen terribly.

If you don't have the ability, why don't you just stick to playing tanks?
Are you, Letme, capable of playing carry-type champions in the top lane?

At this moment, the RNG players' bench.

Letme stared at the screen that had turned gray again, speechless and unable to utter a word.

Mlxg, who had initiated the wave, remained silent.

Little Tiger, who joined in the attack, also remained silent.

Unable to sense any feedback from his teammates, Letme's hands trembled even more violently.

Back to the game.

After the team fight, Jayce recalled to base, LeBlanc returned to mid lane, and Tristana and Lulu continued to take down RNG's top lane tower.

RNG's mid and jungle players were both out of mana and left, leaving the top tower undefended.

At the same time, while a fight was taking place in the top lane, Ezreal and Braum in the bottom lane were also continuously attacking LGD's bottom lane tower.

Ultimately, Jayce had already taken too much damage from RNG's top tower, and Tristana and Lulu managed to secure the first tower kill before Ezreal and Braum could.

After Jayce fully recovered his health in the fountain, Zhou Dian bought him a longsword.

Next, Zhou Dian controlled Jayce and headed straight to the bottom lane.

At this point, EZ had already pushed the minion wave to LGD's bottom lane second turret.

Uzi was attacking LGD's second bottom tower when a huge electric ball flew in, taking away nearly 500 of EZ's health.

Uzi was startled, completely taken aback by the damage Jayce dealt.

Upon pressing the Tab key and seeing Jayce's impressive gear, Uzi couldn't help but mutter, "How come Jayce's gear is so good? One shot almost took away half of my health!"

Letme heard Uzi's complaint very clearly.

But he didn't dare to speak, he just silently farmed minions.

However, after Uzi complained, Letme suddenly felt that his hands were not shaking as much.

It must be because of feedback from teammates.

Negative feedback is still feedback!
After witnessing the damage Jayce could inflict, Uzi naturally dared not linger in front of Jayce any longer.

EZ retreated and headed straight for the dragon, where he and Gragas took down the first dragon of the game, a wind dragon.

It was precisely because the first dragon was a wind dragon and not very valuable to contest that LGD's bot lane duo abandoned the bot lane and went to the top lane early to push towers and gain momentum.

At 11 minutes and 30 seconds into the game, RNG secured the dragon, and EZ recalled to base on the spot.

At this moment, Uzi pressed the Tab key again.

"Holy crap, how come I'm missing fifty or sixty CS in the top lane?!"

At this point, Jayce had just over 110 CS, while Kennen had over 60.

Kennen was down by nearly fifty CS from Jayce, but not as many as Uzi said, which was fifty or sixty CS.

But this difference in last hits is already quite exaggerated.

Especially since the champion being pressured is Kennen, a ranged champion who has few natural counters in the top lane.

RNG's head coach, Feng, was shaking his head as he watched from the backstage lounge.

It seems that it's a bit of a stretch to let Letme play this kind of carry-type top laner. He's likely to get crushed when facing a player like Zhou Dian with top-tier laning skills.

Trusting the players is fine, but you can't just blindly trust them.

If we lose this match, let Letme play a tank hero in the next one.

At this point in the game, LGD began to actively split the lanes.

The bot lane duo was moved to the mid lane, Wei Shen's LeBlanc went to the top lane, and Zhou Dian's Jayce was assigned to the bot lane.

On RNG's side, after losing the first tower in the top lane, the minion wave in the top lane kept pushing in. As long as the vision in the upper jungle is good, it is safe and comfortable to farm the top lane wave.

Of course, Letme won't get to eat Kennen.

Such a comfortable lane should naturally be given to Uzi to develop.

Kennen had no choice but to go to the bottom lane, where he ended up on the same lane as Jayce again.

Given the economic gap of several hundred thousand between the two, Kennen didn't dare to even glance at Jess.

Jayce pushed the bottom lane minion wave to RNG's bottom turret and started attacking the turret right in front of Kennen.

Jayce is a champion who can take down towers very quickly due to his Super Charge (W in Cannon Form) ability.

Not to mention that this is a Jayce with a 3-0 record.

After Kennen cleared out a wave of minions under the tower, RNG's first tower was left with less than half health.

Once the next wave of minions arrives, Jayce will be able to destroy the turret, unless Kennen uses his ultimate to quickly clear the minions under the turret.

At 13 minutes and 24 seconds into the game, Jayce led another wave of minions into RNG's bottom tower.

Just as Letme was about to unleash his ultimate to clear the minions and defend the tower, he heard Mlxg's voice in his ear.

"Yan Junze, come on, come on! If there's a chance, we'll take care of them!"

Letme quickly switched screens to take a look at the mid lane.

At this moment, LGD's bot lane duo seized the opportunity when RNG's mid and jungle players recalled to base at the same time, leaving RNG's mid lane undefended, and were pushing down RNG's mid tower.

So Letme abandoned the next tower and controlled Kennen to rush towards the mid lane along the river.

Tristana's tower-destroying speed is quite fast. By the time Xiaohu's Lucian returned to the mid-lane tower, the tower had already lost two-thirds of its health.

Eimy's prince also came to cover his bot lane duo's retreat.

"Be careful, Kennen is over there. I'll take down the tower first, you guys spread out for a bit," Zhou Dian said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaohu's Lucian immediately unleashed the Holy Lance (R) on Tristana and Lulu.

The prince was at the back, and with his Golden Aegis (W) activated, he shielded his bot lane duo from bullets.

Then, LGD's bottom laner, jungler, and support retreated into the bottom river.

Meanwhile, Letme's Kennen had already entered LGD's lower jungle.

Kennen was about to walk into the narrow passage between the blue buff and the three wolves, giving LGD a flanking maneuver to gank them.

There was a true sight ward from LGD in the bushes ahead. Kennen entered the pass and had only taken one step forward when he was spotted by the LGD players.

However, Letme was unaware that he had been exposed to LGD's surveillance.

Kennen was pacing back and forth, waiting for his teammates to get into position.

At this moment, Zhou Dian's Jayce also destroyed RNG's next tower and immediately headed towards his teammates.

Meanwhile, Wei Shen's LeBlanc teleported directly to the middle tower and arrived at his teammates' side.

At this moment, on the minimap, in the small area where the river meets LGD's blue buff camp, both sides' signals are pinging incessantly.

imp's Tristana landed alone on the river, while LGD's mid, jungle, and support were in the middle of the river, and top laner Jayce was on his way.

On RNG's side, Mlxg's Gragas had just arrived in the bottom river when he immediately used his E skill to dash forward and unleash his ultimate, knocking back LeBlanc and Lulu. Lucian followed up with Piercing Light (Q), and Braum's Q skill also hit Lulu, instantly reducing her health by more than half.

PYL quickly used Wild Growth (R) on himself to prolong his life.

A team fight is about to break out.

After being hit by the Gragas' ultimate, GodV's LeBlanc used her W skill to create distance and wait for Jayce to arrive.

Xiao Pao, Lulu, and Prince all squeezed into the narrow passage behind LGD's blue buff.

Kennen was already waiting nearby, and Letme was not about to let go of this opportunity that would put him at least three years ahead of him!

On the front lines, Ming's Braum unleashed his ultimate, coordinating with Kennen's flanking maneuver.

Kennen activated his E skill to accelerate forward, and the image of him unleashing thunder and lightning that overwhelmed a large area immediately came to Letme's mind.

"The only downside is that my Flash isn't ready yet, otherwise I could have used my E skill to deal damage this wave," Letme thought to himself.

However, Letme was unaware that all his actions had already been exposed to LGD.

imp's gaze remained fixed on Kennen, while Tristana didn't even pay attention to the team fight on her side.

When Kennen, with his E ability active, appeared behind Tristana, activated Thunder Prison (R) and was about to dive into the crowd.

A huge cannonball was fired from the cannon barrel, almost simultaneously with Kennen's ultimate.

As a result, Kennen was pushed over the wall by Tristana's Devastating Shot (R) and ended up in the Blue Buff camp.

At this moment, there was no one in the Blue Buff camp except Kennen, so Kennen's ultimate skill naturally electrified thin air.

After using her ultimate to push Kennen away, imp's Tristana immediately used Rocket Jump (W) to create distance and did not participate in the direct team fight.

Because Jayce has already arrived.

The prince used his ultimate to cover RNG's jungler and support, and Jayce used a buffed cannon, plus a Sky Leap (hammer form Q), to unleash a full AOE on the two, taking down Gragas and Braum.

RNG is missing Kennen's damage output, while LGD has gained Jayce's powerful damage output.

With the balance of power shifting, RNG suffered a complete defeat in this team fight, and the remaining three members scattered and fled for their lives.

LGD players relentlessly pursued EZ, who was positioned deepest, but in a moment of inattention, Lulu, who was left with low health, was stolen by Xiaohu's Lucian.

However, on the other side, LGD chased RNG all the way to their mid tower, and even though Uzi's Ezreal used both summoner spells, he still couldn't escape.

EZ's kill was taken by GodV's LeBlanc.

This team fight, initiated by RNG, ended in a 1-for-3 exchange, resulting in a crushing defeat for RNG.

The key to LGD's victory in this team fight was imp.

The little cannon's ultimate push sent Kennen, who had just activated his ultimate and was about to engage, flying over the wall. Kennen didn't deal any damage at all.

Then Jayce entered the scene.

With Jayce having the best equipment in the game, he entered the fight late. RNG's control skills were mostly on cooldown, so they couldn't control Jayce, and the team fight was naturally a foregone conclusion.

After chasing down and killing EZ, LGD took the opportunity to push down RNG's low-health mid-lane tower.

At this point, all three of RNG's towers have fallen.

In the commentary box.

"That push!" Miller exclaimed.

"To be honest, without Tristana's push, LGD would have been wiped out. They wouldn't have even had time to wait for Jayce to arrive and clean up!" Wawa added.

"LGD has made a lot of money this time! The game situation is very favorable for LGD now."

Backstage at RNG's rest room, Feng Ge shook his head as he watched this team fight.

Letme's flank maneuver was handled too roughly.

Not to mention choosing the right time to enter the fray, they didn't even do the most basic thing like flanking and clearing vision properly. Kennen was exposed to LGD's vision the whole time.

Although Feng Ge watched the game from God's perspective, he knew that there was a true sight ward in the bush behind the wall of LGD's blue buff camp.

But Feng Ge is confident that if Letme were replaced by Zhou Dian or 957, these top laners would definitely be able to spot the control ward in the bush and adjust their entry strategy accordingly.

"Have you been playing tank heroes too much and fighting head-on? Have you forgotten how to flank?" Feng muttered.

Meanwhile, in the RNG team's voice chat...

Mlxg said, "Yan Junze, what are you doing? Your entry has ruined us all!"

At that time, Xiaohu and Uzi were busy dealing damage, and only Ming and Mlxg on the RNG side saw Kennen's outrageous flanking maneuver.

Given Ming's personality, he certainly wouldn't say anything.

But Mlxg has a fiery temper and immediately fired back.

"Mine, mine!" Letme stammered, not daring to argue.

Xiao Hu quickly spoke up to ease the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

"It's nothing, Junze. Just be more careful about when you enter the game next time!"

In less than 15 minutes of the game, the opponent's first towers on all three lanes were destroyed, which is exactly the kind of game pace that LGD likes best.

This is also the game situation that LGD is best at handling; in this situation, LGD has basically never lost.

The next step was to seize vision control, frequently invade RNG's jungle, and engage in fights with RNG members.

If RNG were to engage, LGD would be superior to RNG in both fighting ability and support speed.

RNG will only collapse more and more as they fight, and the more they fight, the faster they will collapse.

If they don't respond, LGD will continuously compress their development space and plunder their jungle resources.

For RNG, the two options are simply a matter of dying standing up or dying slowly.

Of course, this is on the premise that LGD itself does not make mistakes that give the opponent an opportunity.

In a match of this caliber as the Summer Split Finals, RNG would naturally choose the latter path and drag the game out.

Even if we still lose in the end, there's still hope if we just keep going, isn't there?
This is the LPL Summer Split finals, and this is only the first game of a best-of-five series. They have a lot of leeway to fight back.

But they are also unwilling to give up any small part of the game easily.

Let's play it safe!

At this moment, Zhou Dian's Jayce was still pushing the bottom lane minion wave.

The five-headed Jayce built Youmuu's Ghostblade, Duskblade, and Boots of Lucidity in just 16 minutes of the game.

A build consisting entirely of fixed physical penetration items paired with cooldown reduction boots is arguably the least forgiving build for Jayce.

However, this set of equipment is incredibly effective against squishy targets.

When Jayce was pushing the lane in the bottom lane, he pushed the minion wave and left without rushing to push RNG's bottom lane second tower.

Kennen didn't have a single completed item yet, and Zhou Dian didn't mind letting Kennen farm a little more.

After all, Jess's own safety is more important.

RNG also considered ganking the bottom lane and killing Jayce, the only carry in LGD without a dash ability.

But Zhou Dian's Jayce didn't greedily farm lanes, giving RNG no chance at all.

If Jayce with five heads dies, not only will a large amount of bounty be given away, but it will also seriously affect LGD's overall rhythm.

Of course, Zhou Dian's extremely cautious approach won't last long.

After all, if the game drags on for too long, Jayce isn't as useful as Kennen.

Once the 20-minute mark arrives and the Baron Nashor spawns, Zhou Dian's split-pushing in the bottom lane will inevitably become more aggressive.

If RNG tries to kill Jayce then, they'll probably have to pay the price of losing Baron Nashor.

(End of this chapter)