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Chapter 394 If you could really be a C, who would want to just coast along?

When Kha'Zix took down the top river crab, Gragas had already taken down the red buff and moved to the mid lane, preparing to enter the bottom river to eat the river crab.

In the top lane, both Maokai and Cho'Gath obediently followed their own minion waves to their lanes, without making any unorthodox moves.

After all, these two heroes aren't exactly flashy, so there's no need for them to be.

However, in terms of laning, Cho'Gath is still much stronger than Treant Protector.

After two waves of minions, Letme's Cho'Gath gradually gained control of the lane.

The minion wave on the top lane pushed towards Zhou Dian's side.

At 3 minutes and 02 seconds into the game, Eimy, after lingering near the mid lane for a while without finding an opportunity, decisively controlled Kha'Zix to head straight to the top lane.

At this moment, the minion wave on the top lane is in front of LGD's top tower, but hasn't entered the tower yet.

However, Letme had already placed the trinket ward on Cho'Gath in the top lane river bush.

Zhou Dian's tree is now at level two, while the giant worm has already reached level three.

Eimy had already told Zhou Dian that he was going to gank the top lane.

So Zhou Dian controlled the tree to block the minion wave with his body and stepped forward to try and hold onto the giant worm.

The giant bug turned around and unleashed a Wild Scream (W) at the tree. Under the combined attack of the cannon minion line and the giant bug, the level 2 tree still had a little over half health left.

At this point, Kha'Zix had already moved into the top lane river bush, exposing himself to RNG's vision.

Normally, if Letme discovers that Kha'Zix is ​​coming to gank, he would definitely back off.

Just as the Mantis was exposed, the Cho'Gath activated Fear Spike (E) and stabbed the Tree of Life, also applying the Grasp of the Undying effect.

The tree, which was only at level two, had its health dropped even further, now less than a third of its original value.

The mantis had already moved out of the top lane river bush.

But looking at the tree's terrible condition and the siege engine line around the giant bug, a bold idea instantly popped into Letme's mind.

With the help of the minion wave, the Cho'Gath can easily take on two opponents at once!

Even without a double kill, killing either Treant Protector or Kha'Zix would be a huge win.

Even if he didn't manage to kill either LGD's top laner or jungler after a lot of fighting, he still came out slightly ahead with the Cho'Gath.

Therefore, he had no reason to back down.

Although Letme was badly beaten by Zhou Dian in the first two games, he was matched up against the MVP in both games.

But then again, which professional player doesn't have a carry mentality?

If you could really be a center, who would want to just coast along?

Cho'Gath is one of the tank heroes with the strongest carry potential in the current version.

Letme felt that this was a great opportunity to carry the game, and he had to seize it.

However, Letme's current thoughts are somewhat wishful thinking.

If he can manipulate others, why can't others manipulate him?
The tree slams a Thorn Smash (Q) into the ground, slightly knocking back and slowing the giant worm.

This also triggered the Colossus's courage, causing a shield to appear on its body.

Then the tree attacked the big bug again, triggering its passive skill, Life Drain, which restored a small amount of health.

While the giant insect was still slowing down, the tree was pulled down.

At the same time, the level 3 mantis used Leap Attack (E) to jump directly onto the big bug's face.

Of course, he also jumped into the red team's ranks.

The mantis's claws gripped the giant worm tightly, but without the "Isolation" effect, Taste of Fear (Q) didn't reduce the worm's health much.

The mantis landed another basic attack on the giant bug, triggering Thunderlord's Decree, which caused the giant bug to lose a significant amount of health.

Furthermore, the Kha'Zix has a red buff, and the burning effect from the red buff deals true damage, which is quite considerable in the early game.

The giant worm's health is dropping rapidly!

However, the Kha'Zix was surrounded by several minions and a siege minion, and its health dropped very quickly.

With the added attack from the giant insect, the mantis's health eventually dropped even faster.

But when the mantis's health bar reached a dangerous level, Void Thrust (W) suddenly shot out from under the mantis and hit the giant bug.

The giant bug's health dropped even further, to less than a third of its original value, while the Kha'Zix used its close-range W skill to recover 55 health points.

The bloodline situation between the mantis and the giant insect was immediately reversed!

At this moment, the big tree came forward again.

Oops!

It's been manipulated!

Letme felt a sense of foreboding.

But he knew that if he used Flash again at this point, it would only result in a Flash exchange, and then he would be chased and killed.

Seeing the large tree approaching, he decided to switch places with it.

The giant bug stomped its foot and unleashed its Q skill, causing a cluster of spikes to emerge from the ground beneath the tree.

However, at that moment, the tree's figure suddenly blurred.

Then he grabbed the big bug and used Twisted Thrust (W).

The big bug's Q skill missed, and it was caught by the old tree's roots, so it was clear that it couldn't trade kills with the old tree.

At this moment, the will to survive suddenly takes over.

Clearly, after being thoroughly crushed by Zhou Dian in two rounds, Letme was a little dizzy.

As soon as the root effect of Maokai's W skill ended, Cho'Gath immediately used Flash.

At this point, the giant bug's health was extremely low, and the tree's Q skill was ready again.

Earlier, taking advantage of the brief moment when Twisted Thrust (W) imprisoned the giant worm, Zhou Dian manipulated the tree to walk in front of the giant worm and blocked its position.

At this moment, even if Cho'Gath flashes away, Maokai's Q skill can still hit Cho'Gath at the furthest point.
A large tree crashes to the ground, followed by a powerful thorn strike (Q).

However, someone was faster than him!

Almost as soon as the yellow light from the giant insect disappeared, another yellow light appeared.

Eimy's Kha'Zix used Flash to catch up with the giant bug, and its claws grabbed the giant bug.

Kha'Zix used Flash + Q before Maokai could use his Q, securing the kill on Cho'Gath.

First Blood!
The Mantis secured the first blood of the game.

"Hey Zhou, oh my god, my Flash was too fast! I didn't know your Q skill was already ready, I instinctively Flashed and took down Cho'Gath." As soon as the system notification for First Blood sounded, Eimy said in the LGD team voice chat.

Zhou Dian laughed and said, "Hey, it's nothing. What would a big tree like me need a human head for? You, the mantis, would be much more useful with it!"

Eimy chuckled and said, "Brother Zhou, I'll come back and help you catch some more later!"

"It's okay, just play at your own pace. There's no need for me to get special treatment when I'm playing a big tree!"

The two quickly pushed the top lane minion wave to RNG's top tower, and then both recalled to base.

The giant bug respawned quickly and teleported to the tower, so it didn't lose much experience.

During the teleport countdown, Letme casually noted down the timing of Kha'Zix's Flash in the chat box in the lower left corner.

The enemy jungler doesn't have Flash!

At times like this, Letme can only rely on self-comfort to keep his composure.

At this moment, he felt that he was going to die immediately in this wave, but he didn't expect to be able to bait out another Flash from the Kha'Zix.

Well, that's what you call a pleasant surprise!

At this moment, he forgot that he had wanted to control the enemy's top and jungle, but ended up being controlled instead.

After the giant bug landed via teleport, the observer camera switched to the mid lane.

The two mid laners had just engaged in a fierce battle, and now both only had a couple hundred health points left. Looking at their summoner spells, Syndra had used both Flash and Heal, and Cassiopeia had used Flash as well.

The starting item for Cassiopeia in this game is Corruption Potion, providing ample supplies.

With Twin Fangs (E) that can restore health, you can continue to stay online.

As for Wei Shen's Syndra, he was out of potions, and his jungler had already recalled to base, so he couldn't stay in lane any longer and had to choose to lose minions and return to base.

On the other side, upon seeing Kha'Zix appear in the top lane, Mlxg did not immediately go to take down the Rift Scuttler.

Instead, he maneuvered the barrel directly into LGD's lower jungle and stole the Kha'Zix's Krugs.

Overall, LGD's first blood won't have a significant impact on the current situation on the field.

After Da Shu returned to the city, Zhou Dian bought a Ruby Crystal, and also bought a Refillable Potion and a True Sight Ward.

If Maokai had gotten the first blood earlier, Zhou Dian would definitely have gotten another Doran's Ring.

A Maokai with two Doran's Rings still has considerable laning strength.

However, since we didn't get the 400 gold for First Blood, there's no need to buy two Doran's Rings this game.

The focus of this game isn't on the laning phase; he doesn't feel much pressure fighting Cho'Gath.

The goal now is to quickly produce large, high-quality items for group purchase.

The offensive pressure in this game is on LGD's side.

Zhou Dian's Tree immediately used Teleport to return to his lane and then farmed to develop.

At 4 minutes and 13 seconds into the game, the Kha'Zix, who had just left his base, didn't farm jungle camps but instead went straight to the river bush on the left side of the mid lane.

At this moment, the minion wave in the middle lane is in front of RNG's first mid tower.

Wei Shen's Syndra had returned to base once, so she was in better condition than Xiao Hu's Cassiopeia, who hadn't returned to base yet.

Eimy's main purpose in coming to mid was to counter-gank.

The top lane minions were also in front of RNG's tower at this time.

At this moment, Maokai came to the river to provide vision. Zhou Dian saw that Kha'Zix was counter-ganking in the mid lane, so he controlled Maokai to move two steps closer to the mid lane.

If a fight breaks out in the mid lane, Maokai can get there quickly if he sets off in advance.

Even if nothing happens, if this wave moves towards the mid lane, the top lane won't lose many minions.

When Da Shu reached the Dragon Pit, there was nothing unusual in the middle lane.

Zhou Dian then prepared to maneuver the tree to turn around and return to the top lane.

Just then, the barrel appeared from behind Syndra who was on the edge of the line.

After Mlxg's Gragas stole the Krugs from LGD's side and then took down the Rift Scuttler, he didn't return to his own jungle to farm, but instead went around Syndra's backline.

Upon seeing the barrel appear, Wei Shen controlled Syndra and quickly headed towards the red team's F6 area.

Because their own praying mantis was in the grass in the middle of the river, just behind a thin wall.

However, this is when the annoying aspects of the Cassiopeia champion become apparent.

A highly toxic mist (W) spreads beneath Syndra's feet, severely slowing her down and rendering her completely immobile.

Syndra countered with a QE combo, stunning Cassiopeia, and then followed up with a basic attack to unleash Thunderlord's Decree.

Cassiopeia cleanses away the stun, and Plague Explosion (Q) hits Syndra.

Then Twin Fangs (E) kept landing on Syndra, and Syndra's health dropped rapidly.

After Syndra moves out of Cassiopeia's W skill range, she uses her telekinesis (W) to grab a minion and slam it onto Cassiopeia.

The snake woman, already in poor condition, now had less than 200 health and had completely depleted her mana.

The mantis then leaped out of the riverbed, intending to finish off the weakened snake woman.

As luck would have it, Mlxg's Gragas also used E-Flash to crash into Syndra at that very moment.

Kha'Zix used his E skill to jump out, landing right near Syndra.

As a result, LGD's mid and jungle players were both knocked unconscious by the Human Bomb Impact!

The barrel took a big gulp of wine and unleashed a drunken rampage (W) on Syndra.

At the same time, the rolling barrel (Q) explodes at Syndra's feet.

With another basic attack, Gragas secured the kill on Syndra.

The Mantis was also hit by the Gragas's AOE attack and lost a lot of health.

Seeing the low-health, mana-less snake woman, the mantis stepped forward, intending to finish her off.

The snake woman immediately took a step back, but she couldn't hit her.

Eimy couldn't help but regret his decision to flash and secure the kill on Cho'Gath in the top lane.

If the Kha'Zix had Flash at this moment, he could use Flash + AQ to take down the Cassiopeia in front of him.

Knowing that the situation was hopeless, Eimy quickly maneuvered the praying mantis to escape.

However, the duration of the red buff on the barrel has not yet expired.

Kha'Zix has no Flash or E skill, so where can he escape? He'll get stuck and beaten by Gragas.

When Kha'Zix was reduced to about 100 HP by Gragas, Maokai, who had moved to the mid lane in advance, arrived and saved Kha'Zix.

Seeing this, the doll said, "Wow, thank goodness the big tree came to the rescue! The barrel was about to smash into the mantis's head, Zhou Shen arrived just in time!"

"Yes, RNG probably didn't expect Zhou Shen to suddenly support the mid lane!" Miller said.

"But RNG still came out ahead this time!" Wawa added.

"Wei Shen suffered the most in this wave. He was caught and killed as soon as he returned to base and went to lane. Now the mid laners are almost 20 CS behind each other!"

After Syndra died, Cassiopeia cleared a few minions in front of her own tower, then pushed a wave of minions with Gragas before recalling to base.

Syndra only had 12 CS at this point, while Cassiopeia had already reached 30 CS.

In just 4 and a half minutes, the two mid laners were already 18 CS behind each other.

Firstly, Cassiopeia is indeed a strong champion in the laning phase.

Secondly, Wei Shen himself seemed a bit rushed in handling this game.

Gragas, having gained experience from Syndra's kill and the mid-lane minions, reached level five, while Eimy's Kha'Zix remained at level four.

Mlxg's gank created a significant advantage for RNG.

On the other side, when Zhou Dian's big tree returned from near the mid lane to the top lane.

Letme's Cho'Gath pushed the top lane minion wave right under the tower, and he was about ten CS behind Cho'Gath in this game.

However, once we finish off this large wave of minions under the tower, we should be able to even the score.

The game lasted a little over 6 minutes.

Wei Shen's Syndra used up all her mana and forcibly pushed the mid lane minion wave forward with her skills.

Then quickly return to town to replenish equipment.

Including the time she was caught and killed earlier, Syndra went back to base three times in 6 minutes.

Wei Shen picked Syndra later in this game, and he's no longer maxing Q, but B.

Next, both sides entered a period of stable development.

The trades on both sides were mostly probing and tentative, with no one wanting to fight to the death without their jungler present.

Given the current situation on the field, neither side will proactively seek changes in their lanes, and the game's pace is entirely dependent on the jungler to dictate the direction.

Game time is 8 minutes and 40 seconds.

Mlxg's Gragas activated his scanner and arrived at the river bush on the left side of the mid lane, where he placed a ward in the narrow passage above and to the left of LGD's mid tower.

Mlxg, jokingly referred to as the "gank machine" by the Taiwanese commentators, has been keeping a close eye on Wei Shen in this game!

(End of this chapter)