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Chapter 435 Darius goes completely berserk! Leading 2-0, the haters have something to say!
Once the two carries get their items, Longzhu's team fight lineup will be much easier to win than LGD's.

So Cuzz also understands this well; when the enemy Taliyah doesn't reveal her vision, his Jarvan IV also doesn't reveal his vision.

They're not giving you a chance to use your ultimate to exploit a numerical advantage and gank the side lanes.

Unfortunately, he ran into LGD!

Zhou Dian didn't care where the prince was at all, and directly told Wei Shen to find an opportunity to catch the lane he was leading at any time.

Given Darius's advantages, let alone a mere prince.

Even if Taliyah comes to gank and gets ambushed by the enemy jungler and support, they can still easily handle a 2v3 situation.

At the 18th minute of the game, Orianna was defending the bottom lane.

After clearing the minion wave in front of the tower, Orianna pushed the wave further out, making it a bit far from the bottom lane's second tower.

Zhou Dian felt that Orianna's willingness to push the lane out meant someone was counter-ganking.

But he still told Wei Shen to come over and wind up the clockwork.

A stone curtain rose up and appeared behind Clockwerk, and Rocky used his ultimate ability directly from the river to the bottom lane.

As Taliyah landed her ultimate, Jarvan IV and Lulu sprang out from the nearby bushes.

As expected, the jungler and support from Dragon Ball were lying in ambush!

Taliyah was surrounded by three people, but Zhou Dian immediately activated his sprint and rushed forward.

In a 2v3 situation, Darius is currently well-equipped, and the three Dragon Ball players are neither critically injured nor have Ignite, so they can definitely make plays.

If you feel the chances of success are high, you should act decisively when the time is right.

There's never anything 100% certain in a competition!
In the ensuing melee, the small-bodied Taliyah was quickly killed, but she also took a lot of damage and absorbed a lot of skills.

Lulu was hit by the Rock Spike (W) and lost more than half of her health.

Taliyah actually had a chance to survive, but unfortunately she was caught by Jarvan IV's EQ flash combo, and then took Orianna's ultimate. Wei Shen didn't even have time to use Flash before she died.

Darius, with the high movement speed boost from Ghost, first dodged Jarvan IV's EQ combo, and then dodged Orianna's ultimate.

These few moves weren't due to Zhou Dian's exceptional skill; they were purely thanks to his sprint.

Fast movement speed means you can do whatever you want!
No wonder many players like to joke: "Darius always brags about how much he needs to kite, but I can kite too if I use Ghost!"

Taliyah had just died, and Darius, who had just inflicted three stacks of bleed on Jarvan IV, was immediately polymorphed by Lulu.

Lulu deliberately reserved the Polymorph ability for Darius.

Then Lulu walked up to Darius, used her ultimate on herself, and the enlarged Lulu knocked Darius into the air.

The two skills were linked perfectly, and Darius was hit by a series of crowd control effects, remaining stationary and taking hits until his health dropped rapidly.

"Lulu used Polymorph on herself and then used her ultimate to knock up Darius. Can Zhou Shen withstand this wave?" PDD shouted worriedly from the commentary booth.

In situations like this, the advantages gained in the early stages become apparent.

As I said before, Darius's equipment was too good; he managed to survive this round of crowd control and still had some health left.

Building tank items when you have an advantage is definitely a good idea.

Darius then initiated with his Q skill, and Lulu and Orianna, two ranged champions, immediately pulled outwards.

The prince is a melee fighter who has been sticking close to Darius and dealing damage. At this moment, he hit Darius with another basic attack.

Fortunately, it was a tanky prince, and after that one auto-attack, Darius was left with a sliver of health and didn't die.

Since Darius didn't die this time, it's Darius's time to shine!

A flash of yellow light appeared, and Darius used a Q-flash, the outer edge of which actually hit the three members of the Dragon Ball jungle and support.

Darius's health recovered significantly.

"Holy crap, three Qs flashed, this is in the bag!"

PDD couldn't help but blurt out "Holy crap!"

The outer edge of the Q skill hit the Prince, adding two more stacks of bleeding effect to his body, bringing it to five stacks.

Darius is enraged!

A merciless iron hand (E) pulls Lulu back, a basic attack inflicts five stacks of bleed on Lulu, followed by the ultimate, and Lulu, the squishiest person on the field, is instantly killed by an axe without even having to use Flash.

Darius then chased after the Prince who had no Flash, followed up with two axe strikes and his ultimate, and the Prince died under the Noxian guillotine.

Darius, enraged, went completely berserk!

With the Ghost effect still active, Darius was like a raging bull, chasing her all the way to the bottom lane's second turret. Orianna used Flash but was still killed under the turret.

Triple Kill!

One for three, Darius secured a triple kill.

"Three against one and they all got killed? Is this the Hand of Noxus? Is this Darius?" PDD shouted excitedly, his fat face jiggling.

"That Q flash hit three targets on the outer edge, that's brutal, Zhou Shen!"

"With this triple kill and a take, Darius has six kills now. I feel like we've got this game!" Guan Zeyuan added.

"Indeed!" Zhihuan nodded. "Once Darius gets his equipment after we go back, he'll be invincible!"

Darius went completely crazy during the match, and the LPL supporters in real life also went completely crazy.

The chat in the official live stream was refreshing at an alarming rate.

[That was such a cool Q-flash! Zhou Shen, my Superman!]

I declare that Zhou Dian is GOD!

[LGD has won this game! I'm so excited!]

Where are those people who were criticizing Darius? Come on, speak up!

[Dornu dog, Darius dog, go ahead and curse!]

[That was so damn satisfying, one axe blow after another! It got me itching to do it myself. I'm going to play a couple of rounds after the match!]

[Feeling the urge to chop? Want to start an impart, huh?]

[Huh? You didn't invite me to the silver party?]

Something's not right with you guys!

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Back to the game.

The two sides fought in the bottom lane for quite a while.

By the time Darius finally managed to chase down Orianna and emerge from the second turret at low health, Xayah, who had been in the mid lane, had already arrived in the bottom lane.

Without saying a word, Pary teleported away.

Xayah flashed QAE, a small combo, and three feathers hit Darius.

Darius shifted to the side in time, and only two of the three feathers that were hooked back hit him, failing to restrain him.

However, given Darius's current health, this damage was enough to finish him off.

However, Xayah wasn't the only one who arrived in time to provide support in the bottom lane.

Another flash of yellow light appeared, and PYL immediately used DF combo twice, while Gem Flash used Heal on Darius.

Next, Gem unleashed all three of his skills, Q, W, and R.

Unyielding Barrier (W) gave Darius a shield, and Starlight Touch (Q) healed him, effectively raising Darius's health back up.

Xayah chased after Darius and auto-attacked him twice, but failed to kill him.

At this moment, Gem's ultimate ability, Cosmic Radiance (R), landed, and Darius was given an invincible shield.

Zhou Dian immediately turned Darius around and charged towards Xayah instead.

At the same time, a dazzling light appeared beneath Darius's feet—it was Taric's E skill. Pary dared not chase any further; chasing a Darius under Taric's ultimate might result in being killed instead.

She had no choice but to control Xayah to retreat, helplessly watching the low-health Darius calmly leave.

"Nice, PYL, you've arrived just in time!" PDD exclaimed. "That DF double attack, all I can say is, amazing!"

"A Darius who went 6-0 in less than 20 minutes, I ask you, what Dragon Ball can possibly beat me with!"

At this point, the observer displayed the economic differences between the two sides for each position on the equipment panel.

The mid and bot lanes of both sides are actually quite evenly matched, but LGD has a roughly 1,000 gold advantage in the jungle.

The main economic gap between the two sides comes from the road.

The economic gap between the top laners on both sides actually exceeded four thousand.

Keep in mind, it hasn't even been twenty minutes.

"Wow, the top laner is leading by more than 4,000 points, that's unbelievable!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in astonishment.

"I can only say that the difference between these two games is purely in the top lane!" PDD pushed up his glasses. "In the first game, I played a damage-dealing top lane and got completely crushed by Zhou Shen. In this game, I played a tank and got completely crushed by Zhou Shen again."

"All I can say is that after this game, Khan needs to think carefully about what to play in the third game. Maybe he should switch to a different top laner. I heard that Longzhu brought a substitute top laner."

PDD understands the importance of creating a good show, even bringing in Longzhu's top laner.

The audience burst into laughter upon hearing PDD's words.

"Don't cheer, Mr. Piao! We haven't won this round yet, so don't open the champagne!" Guan Zeyuan quickly said.

As a football fan, Guan Zeyuan can readily use football-related memes.

"Opening champagne" is probably the most widely circulated meme in the football world. Thank you, AC Milan!

"Don't panic, I guarantee we'll win this round, I'm telling you!" PDD patted his chest confidently.

Darius, who retreated with Gem, did not immediately return to base.

Instead, they returned to their own lower jungle and cleared out the three wolves and the swamp frog.

Appropriate "blood-sucking" is beneficial to physical and mental health!
That's getting off topic. The main issue is that Darius is a bit short on gold for items, and Eimy is playing Sejuani, a jungler, so it doesn't matter if he gets a few jungle camps from him in the weekly rankings.

Back at the fountain, Darius immediately bought a Randuin's Omen.

A Darius with three items in twenty minutes, or the kind of Darius in solo queue with Ghost who's not easily kited—how to put it...
It can only be described as terrifying!

Although Xayah is the best developed player on the Dragon Ball side, with her current equipment, even if she runs out of feathers in a team fight, she probably still won't be able to kill Darius.

The important thing is that the game time has now exceeded twenty minutes, and LGD will no longer give Longzhu's two carries more time to develop.

Because the Baron Nashor has spawned!
It's the same old three things: establish vision, force Baron Nashor, and initiate team fights.

Simple, direct, and effective.

This tactic is particularly useful when you have an advantage, especially when the top laner has a significant advantage.

LGD has become quite adept at using this tactic.

This is a blatant, overt scheme; you have no choice but to accept it.

Dragon Ball has no choice but to take the hits. They can keep unleashing attacks in the beginning, but they can't unleash the Great Dragon.

If you can just leave it there, you might as well leave the base there too.

The two sides traded blows around the Baron pit for several rounds, until Longzhu finally gave in and LGD seized the opportunity.

Sejuani initiated the fight against Jarvan IV, who was providing vision, while Taliyah's ultimate blocked the Dragon Ball team's retreat.

Dragon Ball was forced to accept the team.

Once the team fight started, it was devastating. Darius charged into the backline of Dragon Ball while tanking Taric's ultimate.

In the end, Dragon Ball left behind three corpses, leaving only the two Cs to escape.

LGD didn't bother chasing anymore and turned around to take down Baron.

With all five players having the Baron buff, LGD pushed through all three lanes after securing Baron and quickly destroyed the remaining three outer towers of Dragon Ball.

And before the Baron buff expired, they forcibly destroyed Dragon Ball's bottom lane inhibitor.

There's no way around it, Darius's axe is just too intimidating.

Dragon Ball dared not defend at all, and could only leave one high ground to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop if they lost.

Anyway, just keep dragging it out; if it drags on, there's hope of turning things around with the help of two Cs.

All I can say is that there is hope, but it is just hope.

When the second dragon spawned in the game, less than thirty minutes had passed.

Without additional financial resources, Longzhu's two carries were still not well-equipped enough, and they still couldn't win team fights against LGD.

Unless this game can drag on forty minutes.

But LGD clearly won't give them that chance.

LGD started split pushing again, but this time it wasn't Zhou Dian's Darius pushing the lane, but Taliyah with Teleport.

Taliyah went to the bottom lane where there was no high ground tower and Dragon Ball.

Unable to attend to both ends, the second dragon still lost its dragon ball.

Cuzz's prince charged into the dragon pit to steal the dragon, but failed.

This attempt to steal the dragon is Dragon Ball's last act of ferocity.

Subsequently, with the Baron buff and the Gem's ultimate ability above their heads, the entire LGD team pushed down Dragon Ball's base in one fell swoop.

When the Dragon Ball base crystal exploded, the game had been going on for less than 30 minutes, even earlier than the first game ended.

"LGD is leading 2-0! Haters, speak up!" PDD shouted excitedly. "What about those who didn't think LGD would win before the match? Come on, speak up!"

"Congratulations to LGD for winning this game! They are currently leading 2-0 in this best-of-five series!"

"LGD now holds three match points!" Guan Zeyuan's words were filled with excitement.

As for the audience, the cheers have been going on non-stop for almost a minute, from the moment LGD pushed down the Dragon Ball's twin towers to the moment the Dragon Ball base exploded.

There is even a growing trend of this.

In the official live stream, the screen was filled with comments like "LGD is awesome!"

It's no wonder that LPL viewers and commentators are so excited; you have to look at who LGD's opponent is in this match.

In recent years, the World Championship has been absolutely dominated by the LCK region.

Team Longzhu is the number one seed from the LCK region this year and a top favorite to win the World Championship before it even started.

The team's undefeated record of advancing from the group stage with six wins has also boosted the reputation of the Dragon Ball team.

On the other hand, LGD's performance in the group stage was not exactly bumpy, but it was just average.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have drawn the Dragon Balls after finishing second in their group.

Even though they were both the number one seed from their respective regions, before this quarterfinal match, the general consensus was that LGD was not favored to win.

Even among LPL viewers, their support for LGD is largely based on their own perspectives, and not many truly believe that LGD can win.

After WE's crushing defeat to Samsung yesterday, many viewers felt that the semifinals would likely be a three-way battle between three Korean teams and RNG.

This year's S-series will, like the previous two World Championships, feature three Korean teams in the final four.

But as I said before, the outcome of a match is determined by the performance!
Two hours ago, how many people could have imagined that LGD would be holding three match points?
As the cheers from the audience gradually subsided, Zhihuan asked, "Zeyuan, there has never been a comeback from 0-2 down to win 3-2 in the history of the S-series, right?"

Without hesitation, Guan Zeyuan replied, "No, not even once!"

"In the League of Legends World Championship, there has never been a single instance of a team coming back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2!"

"I don't know if it will happen again in the future, but it has never happened before!"

(End of this chapter)