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Chapter 390 Graves Instantly Kills Lucian, Little Tiger is Stunned!
RNG's bot lane duo finished off the dragon and returned to the mid lane.

Seeing that imp's Tristana was still farming in the mid lane, Uzi decisively made a move.

Varus' ultimate hits Tristana, and Imp immediately uses Cleanse to remove Varus' ultimate, then follows Tristana's Rocket Jump to create distance.

RNG's mid and jungle duo attempted to gank from above, but were easily neutralized by Janna and Tristana's ultimate abilities. LGD's bottom, jungle, and support trio then retreated calmly without even using Flash.

At this point in the game, the advantages of LGD's lineup gradually became apparent.

With Graves and LeBlanc using their teleport to split push and control the lanes, and Janna among the remaining players, RNG lacks strong engage abilities, making it difficult to initiate a team fight and force LGD's split pushers back.

The largest economic gap between the two sides was over three thousand yuan.

But just a few minutes later, the economic gap between the two sides was only a thousand yuan, which was negligible.

Faced with LGD's dual-push strategy, RNG couldn't initiate team fights, so they had to rely on Baron Nashor to force a team fight.

RNG has two marksmen and a spider, so they can take down Baron very quickly.

If LGD is not careful in handling the situation, RNG's Baron Nashor forced team fight will turn into a real Baron Nashor fight.

With the game time approaching 24 minutes, RNG began setting up vision around Baron Nashor.

Most people didn't notice that Zhou Dian's Graves was already level 15 and still three levels ahead of Varus.

Xiaohu's Lucian hasn't been getting much farm in the last few minutes, and is now level 12, the same as Varus.

The highest level player on RNG's side right now is actually a level 13 Maokai who has been holding the bottom lane all by himself.

Clearly, during this period of pushing lanes, Zhou Dian's Graves secretly stole a lot of RNG's jungle monsters.

When playing Graves, whether you're jungling or laning, the correct way to play Graves is to farm both jungle camps and lanes.

Despite his short range, Graves can still be used as a core carry for a team.

Soon, RNG witnessed the terrifying power of a Graves who had developed far ahead of the game.

Apart from the big tree guarding the bottom lane, the other four RNG players were all located not far from the Baron pit.

LGD also had several players near the Baron Nashor pit.

RNG had established good vision around Baron, so of course they didn't dare to force a team fight at Baron immediately; they needed to clear the minion waves first.

LGD, on the other hand, did not have their top laner pushing the bottom lane as is customary.

Now, Wei Shen's LeBlanc is leading the way, since LeBlanc also has teleportation.

At 24 minutes and 20 seconds into the game, Graves, who had previously pushed a wave of minions in the top lane, ambushed in the red team's top lane tri-bush.

Zhou Dian was waiting for an unlucky guy who might happen to pass by.

This unlucky guy is most likely Lucian who is currently farming in the top lane.

There had been no intense fighting between the two sides for five or six minutes.

At this moment, Miller is talking at length about what advantages RNG currently possesses and how they should operate in the future.

Zhou Dian had been crouching in the triangular bush for more than ten seconds and was already reluctant to stay there any longer.

But just as Zhou Dian was about to retreat, Lucian, who had just pushed the top lane minion wave across the river, turned around and entered the top river.

Zhou Dian suddenly realized that there might be an opportunity!
Graves quickly placed a control ward in the tri-bush to confirm that there was no vision of RNG in the tri-bush.

Carrying a real eye with you is a good habit.

After entering the upper river, Xiaohu's Lucian walked straight ahead until he reached the side of the Dragon Pit.

It looks like Lucian is about to reunite with his RNG teammates in the river.

But Zhou Dian didn't leave; he remained squatting in the triangular grass.

A good hunter needs to have enough patience.

Besides, Zhou Dian didn't rely on luck or chance to succeed here.

At this point, the intersection of the top lane minions was on the LGD side, with two waves of blue minions.

Xiaohu, who isn't doing well in this game, is definitely going to have to take this huge wave of minions.

If Lucian hadn't entered the river and had stayed in the top lane, that would have been fine.

Now that Lucian has entered the river, he will return to the top lane to farm minions. Given the current position of the top lane minions, Lucian will most likely go through the tri-bush.

Unlike Uzi, Xiaohu didn't have two bodyguards with him throughout the game.

Lucian is alone; if he gets close to the triangular bush, he'll die!

Two seconds later, Lucian turned back, activated his scanner, and headed towards the red team's top lane tri-bush.

Xiao Hu was still somewhat wary.

Before Lucian's scan range reached the tri-bush, he first threw out a Zeal (W) to clear the vision.

As the fiery bullet flew toward the triangular grass, a dark, gooey thing also flew out of the grass.

It's Graves' W skill – Smoke Bomb!

The sudden smoke grenade blocked Lucian's vision around him.

Xiao Hu was stunned for a moment, and his next reaction was naturally to get out of the smoke grenade's range first.

In that brief moment of hesitation, it was too late for anything else.

Xiaohu's finger was on the E key; the E skill is Lucian's movement skill.

But just before he could use his dash (E), Lucian's health bar was completely depleted, and he didn't get to use any of his abilities.

On the large screen at the venue, from the narrator's and the audience's "God's-eye view,"...

Graves, hiding in the triangular bush, throws a smoke grenade (W) to block Lucian's vision, while quickly drawing his gun (E) and sliding out of the bush to approach Lucian.

Simultaneously, he threw out his Q skill, which hit the wall along the edge, exploded, and bounced back, dealing secondary damage to Lucian.

The damage also comes from Graves' basic attack followed by Ultimate Bomb (R).

Even though Lucian was wearing cloth boots, he was no match for Graves, who was three levels higher and had a full three-piece armor penetration set. Lucian, who hadn't even finished two pieces of the set yet, was no match for him!

Zhou Dian's Graves executed an extremely smooth EQAR combo, instantly killing Lucian.

The Graves' combo was so fast that Lucian didn't even have time to use Flash or Weakness.

For a fleeting second, a strange silence fell over the scene.

Then, cheers, surprise, and other noises rang out again at the finals venue.

In the commentary box.

"Lucian might run into Graves here. He's using W to scout the area first, being quite cautious!"

Miller's words suddenly caught in his throat.

"Lucian got one-shotted by Graves! What kind of damage is that?" the baby shouted.

"Is this the level 15 three-piece set for the male gunner?!" Miller finally noticed the male gunner's exaggerated level and equipment.

"Little Tiger is numb! He was just blinded by a smoke grenade, and that big guy is gone in an instant!"

Graves' damage to kill Lucian was completely excessive; the smoke grenade's damage was unnecessary.

However, the key to this kill was precisely the smoke grenade thrown first.

The smoke grenade obscured Lucian's vision, preventing Xiaohu from immediately applying Exhaust to Graves.

Otherwise, if Graves is weakened, his damage output won't be enough.

If it were any other hero in this situation, even if they were ahead in farm, they would have had a very difficult time killing Lucian due to his weakness.

Meanwhile, in the official live stream of the event, the screen was filled with question marks.

Back to the game. The story doesn't end after the Graves killed Lucian.

When Zhou Dian attacked Xiao Hu, Mlxg's Spider was at his own blue buff.

He originally asked Xiaohu to come and get the blue buff, but Xiaohu said he would come after he had cleared the top lane minions.

This time, they ate all their own people!
On the other side, Wei Shen, who was pushing the bottom lane, saw Zhou Dian's Graves instantly kill Lucian and decisively teleported to the river.

LeBlanc, having teleported to the ground, used her W and R abilities to dash across an enormous distance, vaulting over the wall of RNG's blue buff camp and landing not far behind Elise.

The remaining personnel from both sides, except for Da Shu who was still counting down to teleport, had all arrived at the scene.

Wei Shen's LeBlanc suddenly flashed and used E, linking the Phantom Chain to the Spider, and the Mark of Malice (Q) also hit the Spider.

The spider turned around and bit the LeBlanc, while Varus behind the wall unleashed his ultimate ability on her.

In this game, aside from that one time when he gave up in the bottom lane, Wei Shen played at a top-tier level.

Facing Varus' ultimate ability flying in from his blind spot, Wei Shen instantly activated Zhonya's Hourglass to dodge it.

Next, the Phantom Chains' binding effect was triggered, and the spider was imprisoned in place, its health dropping to below half.

The prince who followed up unleashed a double EQ combo on the spider.

On the side, Ming's Lulu timely used her ultimate on the Spider.

The spider, whose size suddenly increased, interrupted the prince's EQ combo.

After the imprisonment ended, the spider quickly teleported over the wall and escaped.

Seeing that the prince's EQ combo was interrupted, Eimy immediately used Cataclysm (R) to trap Varus inside.

Uzi quickly used Flash and fled in another direction.

When Letme's Treant Protector landed, his teammates had completely scattered, and Treant Protector didn't dare to come any closer.

RNG's bot lane duo was relentlessly chased by GodV and imp. Varus and Lulu had no mobility skills and had already used their ultimates, so they couldn't escape at all and were chased to the mid lane inhibitor tower and killed.

Imp's cannon got both kills.

The spider on the other side hadn't escaped far when it ran head-on into Zhou Dian's Graves.

The Graves killed the Spider with just a QA combo, the damage was really too high.

In a team fight that came out of nowhere, RNG was wiped out by LGD with a 0-for-4 exchange.

The situation on the field reversed instantly.

No one expected it to happen this way; the reversal came too suddenly.

The fact that a single change can have far-reaching consequences is precisely the charm of League of Legends.

"A zero-for-four exchange! LGD suddenly unleashed a powerful fighting force under adverse circumstances!" Miller shouted.

It wasn't until Zhou Dian and Eimy started attacking Baron that Miller in the commentary booth seemed to realize what had happened on the field.

However, to be fair, Miller's use of the word "adversity" is somewhat problematic.

It seemed like RNG was protecting Uzi's Varus and pushing towers everywhere, which looked quite exciting, but it kept LGD players running around and farming.

But in reality, up until this team fight broke out, LGD was only a little over a thousand gold behind.

Moreover, at this point in time, LGD's lineup is gradually becoming superior to RNG's.

Therefore, this wave was actually a close contest between the two sides. After Zhou Dian's Graves suddenly ambushed and killed Lucian, RNG failed to retreat in time and was stuck by LGD, resulting in a zero-for-four exchange.

Of course, no audience member would pay too much attention to the issues raised in Miller's words.

Often, audiences just want to hear some noise and excitement; if the commentator can create that atmosphere, that's enough.

Game understanding?

I don't play in the matches, I'm just happy to watch!
After Miller shouted, Wawa also shouted, "The Baron is gone now! LGD actually pulled off such a beautiful team fight despite being at a disadvantage!"

"This was a huge mistake by RNG, and Letme's teleport was from a very far distance, so he couldn't get to the battlefield immediately!"

"Wow, RNG made a huge mistake at this crucial moment!" Miller exclaimed.

"Then, LGD seized the opportunity."

Amid cheers from LGD fans at the scene, Baron's health gradually dwindled.

At 25 minutes and 40 seconds into the game, LGD secured the first Baron Nashor of the match.

The dragon buff is complete; all five characters have it.

Backstage at the venue, LGD team's rest area.

LGD's head coach, Dgc, slammed his hand on the table in front of him, so hard that his palm hurt a little.

I didn't feel any pain during Dgc; the excitement completely masked the pain.

He suddenly stood up from his seat and hugged the teaching assistant who was also excitedly standing up next to him.

After securing that dragon, Dgc felt that they should have won the second game.

In this LPL final, LGD is not far from the championship.

LGD, with their advantage, is virtually impossible to turn the tide against.

The main issue is the presence of Zhou Dian, making it difficult to deal with the dominant team's solo pushes.

At the other end of the corridor, in the RNG lounge.

RNG's head coach, Feng, slammed his hand on the table, then slumped back in his chair, looking somewhat dejected.

After a while, Brother Feng got up and picked up his notebook.

We need to start thinking about the draft picks for the next game!
The worst that can happen is that they are down 0-2 in the finals. RNG has not lost the finals yet!
As for the field...

In the LGD team's voice chat, compliments like "Zhou Ge is awesome," "Wei Shen is awesome," and "imp Ge is awesome" were heard one after another, creating a very enthusiastic atmosphere.

RNG, on the other hand, has fallen silent.

Uzi's face was flushed, and he was biting his nails.

Ming picked up his water glass and drank, while the others stared blankly at the screen, and no one spoke.

Mlxg stared at the gray screen in front of him, pressed the TAB key, and then noticed that Lucian hadn't used either of his summoner spells.

I'd love to ask Xiaohu the same question I asked Letme: Why didn't you use Flash?
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but after thinking about it, he didn't say them.

The only surviving enemy on RNG's side, Maokai, is currently wandering around his own upper jungle, seemingly doing nothing.

The dragon was lost anyway, and the minion waves in the mid and top lanes were closer to LGD's side, so they couldn't farm those lanes.

After much deliberation, Letme manipulated the tree to destroy his own blue buff.

He was afraid that if he didn't take it, LGD would take the blue buff.

Actually, Lucian, who was the first to die, had already respawned while the big tree was taking the blue buff.

Xiaohu, controlling Lucian, headed straight to the bottom lane to defend, but he didn't stop Letme from attacking, leaving the blue buff for him.

I don't know if he had the same idea as Letme, or if he was just too embarrassed to ask for the blue buff.

After LGD finished off Baron Nashor, the four LGD members, except for Janna who had no mobility skills, used their abilities to jump over walls and immediately recalled to base.

Nobody was interested in the blue buff that RNG might still have.

The greater the advantage, the more cautious we must be. We must not easily take risks and squander our advantages, and we must eliminate all accidental factors.

LGD's high win rate in advantageous situations is mainly due to their steady and reliable play.

(End of this chapter)