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Chapter 438 Kennen's hat trick goes unpunished! This isn't Khan, it's a complete KO!
Sejuani uses her Q skill to dash forward, then lashes out with her whip at the low-health Rift Scuttler.

When Eimy saw Sejuani charging in, he didn't hold back his skills at all and immediately used Smite to take down the low-health Rift Scuttler.

Sejuani failed to secure the Rift Scuttler, and at the same time, a teammate had already triggered a danger signal above her head.

Cuzz then realized that Karma had already reached the river.

BDD's Ice Maiden also started heading this way, but couldn't arrive immediately.

Pig Girl is already in a trap.

Sejuani was slowed by Gragas's Q skill and walked to the wall. She had already used her movement skill. Karma came up and used her W skill, chaining the chain to Sejuani and forcing Sejuani to use Flash.

Sejuani blinked over the wall and headed straight down to farm her own Krugs.

Sejuani lost out a bit this time; she didn't manage to secure the Rift Scuttler and even wasted her Flash.

Trailing 0-2 in the score, the entire Dragon Ball team lacked confidence, played timidly, and performed poorly in teamwork.

On the other hand, LGD's entire team is brimming with confidence right now; they're determined to outmaneuver you and take you down.

In the bottom lane matchup, Taric pushed forward, but neither of LGD's bottom laners retreated, dodging Taric's E skill with various maneuvers.

In the mid lane, GodV's Karma frequently dodged the damage from Lissandra's Q skill by maneuvering.

Therefore, in a best-of-five series, the ability to come back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2 is secondary; managing one's mentality is paramount.

No matter how strong you are, if your mindset is off, you won't be able to perform at your best.

Therefore, the bigger the competition, the less likely it is that a team will come back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2.

Normally, even if they are down 0 to 2, they can still hold on.

However, in major competitions, the psychological pressure of being down 0-2 is too great and often crushes the players.

At this point, after Sejuani's Flash was forced out, Cuzz chose to go down and farm his own Krugs, which was a rash move.

This is tantamount to handing over the river crab to the wine barrel as well.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Ball bot lane duo was pushing the lane, and Sejuani was farming in her own bottom side jungle, so she couldn't put any pressure on LGD's bot lane.

Eimy's Gragas went straight to the mid lane, helping Karma push the mid lane minion wave to the Ice Maiden's turret, and then, with Karma as his bodyguard, went to eat the Rift Scuttler.

Because LGD's mid and jungle were in the upper river, Kennen, who had been suppressing Cho'Gath, had to retreat.

Regardless of whether LGD's mid and jungle players will come to the top lane, the invisible threat they pose to Khan at this moment is very real.

Khan has no choice but to retreat; there's no other way.

If a fight really breaks out, even if the Ice Maiden abandons the mid-lane minions to support him...

However, their jungler Sejuani is still farming in the bottom half of the map and won't be able to come over for a while. With one less person, they basically can't win.

Once Karma reappeared in the mid lane, Khan then controlled Kennen to move forward again.

It was this unseen gank from LGD's mid and jungle that caused Kennen to lose the few CS he had managed to secure, which Cho'Gath caught up with in an instant.

Including the jungler, all four lanes of Longzhu had a rough start and failed to achieve the goals envisioned before entering the game.

The Dragon Ball team members on the field began to panic.

In terms of gameplay, the players on the Dragon Ball team sometimes react a beat too slow and get hit by a skill, or they inexplicably miss a couple of attacks.

This never happened before in the first game of a best-of-five series.

Some astute viewers may have noticed that although there is no real change in the situation on the field, the balance of victory seems to be tilting in LGD's favor.

As time passed, no first blood occurred in the game, and the game situation appeared calm on the surface.

For most viewers, the prolonged stalemate in such a crucial match created an increasingly suffocating feeling.

At the 9-minute mark of the game, a large-scale battle finally broke out between the two sides.

A 4v4 team fight broke out between the mid, bot, jungle, and support players of both sides around LGD's second blue buff.

They played to the limit.

Both sides used a ton of summoner spells, leaving many with low health, yet not a single person died.

First blood still hasn't been drawn!

"No one's died here?! Oh my, this is making me so nervous." In the commentary booth, PDD habitually touched the back of his head again.

"This match looks like an LCK team match, with all sorts of back-and-forth maneuvering and a bunch of low-health players just not dying!" Guan Zeyuan added.

PDD nodded and continued, "But this is a good thing for LGD. Right now, the one in a hurry is Longzhu. If we hold our ground and don't give them any opportunities, the other side will be eager to find an opening and will be unable to resist feeding."

"Even if Dragon Ball doesn't give us a chance, and both sides just continue to develop peacefully, our lineup is still strong enough for team fights!" Zhihuan chimed in.

However, for most viewers, watching the game is just for fun.

With few fights and no kills for a long time, casual chatter has started appearing in the chat of the official tournament live stream.

During this period, both junglers actually ganked the mid and bot lanes several times, but without success, at most forcing the enemy to use Flash.

Both LGD and Longzhu are currently on edge, waiting to see who will break down first.

However, with a 2-0 lead in the overall score, LGD is unlikely to break down on their own.

Under immense pressure from the Dragon Balls, there's a real possibility that they could break on their own.

The top laners on both sides seem to have been forgotten in this game, as they barely appeared on screen.

Both junglers didn't go to the top lane at all this game, leaving the two top laners to play there by themselves.

On a few rare occasions when the camera panned to the top lane, Kennen was seen chasing and attacking Cho'Gath.

However, in every OB shot, the giant bug's health bar is very healthy, at least above 60% health.

Ten minutes passed, and Khan pressed the tab key to check. He saw that his Kennen had 9 more CS than Cho'Gath.

Good grief, on average, I didn't even manage one hit per minute.

They should have released the extraction method a long time ago!

Khan couldn't help but feel a little regretful for not having extracted the essence.

Although LGD's top lane tower has lost a lot of health to Kennen, this situation is perfectly acceptable for the weekly rankings.

His ability to withstand pressure in the early stages of this game with the big bug was an absolute success!

The first blood finally broke out in the 12th minute of the game.

When Wei Shen's Karma wanted to gank Kennen in the top lane, Eimy's Gragas was caught by Longzhu's mid and jungle in his own bottom jungle.

Under the combined crowd control of Sejuani and Lissandra, Gragas was unable to move for a long time.

Because the support gems from this Dragon Balls are faster than those from PYL's Minotaur.

Alistar's support not only failed to save Gragas, but also resulted in Alistar being forced to use his ultimate ability.

In the top lane, LGD's mid and top laners lacked reliable crowd control, allowing Kennen to escape with Flash.

It looked like LGD lost the first blood, but when Gragas was caught, Cho'Gath and Karma immediately went to take down the Rift Herald.

Without Flash or his ultimate, Kennen could only watch from the sidelines. With Cho'Gath's ultimate available, Kennen had no chance to secure the Rift Herald.

LGD secured the Rift Herald, and Cho'Gath's ultimate ability absorbed an extra layer.

Although LGD lost the first blood, they didn't lose anything in this fight.

The situation on the field remained largely even.

Nearly twenty minutes into the game, the score remained 1-0.

The only kill was the first blood that Longzhu got seven or eight minutes ago. Neither of the two turrets have fallen yet, and the pace of the game is a bit soporific, just constant farming and jungling in the three lanes and jungle.

In the commentary booth, PDD and Guan Zeyuan had already started chatting.

In the top lane, Khan's Kennen has already failed in the laning phase.

Once Cho'Gath has built some magic resistance items and stacked up his ultimate, AP Kennen has absolutely no way to deal with him.

Fortunately, Kennen with AP build is also very effective in team fights.

For Khan, if he didn't manage to pressure Cho'Gath, so be it; it all depends on his performance in team fights.

At this point in the game, it's clear that neither side can win by controlling the tempo.

Unless someone makes a huge mistake and gives away a huge advantage, this game will be decided by team fights.

In the following time, Longzhu and LGD fought three team battles.

We lost all three team fights!
The reason for each team fight loss is very simple.

Kennan failed to perform as expected!

At 25 minutes into the game, Khan found an opportunity, and Kennen activated his E skill to speed up and flank from behind.

As soon as Kennen revealed his vision and activated his ultimate, Zhou Dian reacted incredibly quickly, and Cho'Gath flashed and used Wild Scream (W) to silence Kennen.

Kennen, who hadn't yet built Zhonya's Hourglass, was then caught in a chain of crowd control effects and was ganked to death before he could even use Flash.

As for Kennen's ultimate, it only hit a few of LGD's front-line heroes, and didn't hit the back-line heroes at all.

Fortunately, in this team fight, Longzhu only lost one Kennen for free; the others were in decent condition and didn't lose Baron.

Under immense pressure, the Dragon Ball crew, growing increasingly anxious, decided to seize another opportunity to initiate a team fight.

At 27 minutes into the game, Kennen, having built Zhonya's Hourglass, once again flanked from behind.

This time, Dragon Ball learned from their mistakes. The frontline fighters drew enemy fire first, pulling the giant bug with its silence ability to the front.

As soon as Kennen appeared in LGD's sight, Khan didn't hold back his skills at all, immediately activating E, ultimate, and flashing into LGD's backline.

However, as soon as Kennen charged into the crowd and used his electric attack, Tristana countered with her ultimate, pushing him far away.

This time it was imp who reacted incredibly fast!
Kennen was pushed away by Tristana's ultimate, which basically just hit thin air and didn't deal much damage.

Without Kennen's damage output, Dragon Ball suffered a crushing defeat on the main battlefield, losing two for every zero damage they dealt.

Then, LGD successfully secured Baron Nashor, and the game situation began to completely tilt in LGD's favor.

"Wow, Imp reacted so fast! He used Tristana's ultimate to push Kennen away!" Guan Zeyuan shouted.

"To be fair, while imp's big push was good, we should also thank Khan for not getting the hourglass this time," PDD chuckled.

"If Kennen uses Zhonya's Hourglass to dodge Tristana's ultimate, LGD is in serious trouble!"

Taking advantage of the Baron buff, LGD quickly destroyed the outer turrets in the bottom and middle lanes of Longzhu, and the economic gap was rapidly widened.

There's no way around it, Tristana's tower-pushing speed is just too fast.

Next, LGD did not choose to push the outer top lane turret of Longzhu.

While the Baron buff still had some duration, LGD grouped up and tried to see if they could break through Longzhu's bottom lane inhibitor.

If LGD can destroy the bottom lane inhibitor, it will be much easier for them to manage the next Baron.

Faced with this situation, Longzhu should just play it safe and defend the high ground tower. They have the Gemstone there, so LGD players definitely won't dare to charge the tower.

But as mentioned before, they are down 0-2 in the score and are currently at a disadvantage, so the entire Dragon Ball team is feeling very anxious.

LGD pushed all five players to the bottom lane inhibitor tower of Longzhu, and Khan immediately used Teleport to flank from behind.

Although Kennen didn't use Flash this time, he still managed to use his ultimate and charge into LGD's backline.

As soon as he rushed into the crowd, Khan immediately pressed the hourglass.

However, someone was faster than him.

PYL's Alistar used Flash + W to knock Kennen away again.

Kennen used Zhonya's Hourglass a tiny bit later than Alistar used Flash to top.

So, in the open space behind the LGD players, stood a small golden statue.

Lightning bolts continued to strike down from above the golden statuette.

However, they all struck thin air.

In the commentary box.

"Pfft!!"

Seeing this, PDD couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Kennen missed his ultimate, and the Dragon Ball is gone! This Khan missed his ultimate again, I'm dying of laughter!"

"This isn't a Khan, he's practically a tyrant!"

After Kennen teleported behind LGD, the other four members of Longzhu naturally followed up and charged towards LGD's formation.

Khan ended up with a missed Hat Trick.

Kennen only activated Zhonya's Hourglass after being knocked out of the crowd by Alistar's W.

Such a hollow golden statue is tantamount to sending oneself to one's death.

Alistar calmly walked to Kennen's side, and as soon as his Zhonya's Hourglass ended, he accurately used his Q skill to knock Kennen up.

Then, under LGD's continuous control, Kennen was quickly killed by LGD.

Without Kennen's ultimate ability to charge into the backline and disrupt LGD's formation, the other four members of Longzhu were unable to break through LGD's top and jungle frontliners for a while.

Especially those huge insects, one person could block a large group of them.

Even if you manage to squeeze past the giant bug, Gragas' ultimate will blast you all back.

The barrels and the giant insects stood like a fortress, blocking the way firmly.

After Kennen's defeat, the Dragon Ball team realized the situation was hopeless, and the four on the front lines quickly retreated.

Fortunately, the retreat was timely.

If Longzhu loses another player this wave, it's very likely that LGD will forcefully push down their base.

However, Dragon Ball's bottom lane high ground is definitely not going to hold.

After destroying the Dragon Ball's bottom lane nexus, LGD's five players opted for a safe retreat.

"This wave destroyed the Dragon Ball's bottom lane inhibitor. When the next Baron Nashor spawns, Kennen's Teleport won't be ready yet!"

"Given the current situation, it's safe to say that LGD's position in this game is extremely favorable!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed.

With a 3-0 victory over Dragon Ball just around the corner, Guan Zeyuan's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement.

As soon as he said this, viewers in the live broadcast room started spamming "Shut up" and started making fun of Guan Zeyuan's "poisonous milk" meme in the chat.

"With this push on the bottom lane inhibitor, the game is basically over!" PDD chuckled. "We really have to thank Khan for missing that ultimate, otherwise we would have had a really tough time taking the bottom lane inhibitor!"

On the large screen at the scene, a replay of the brief team fight that had just taken place began.

Khan's mysterious golden body was once again publicly displayed.

The match director, who loves to stir things up, even showed live footage of Khan after Kennen was killed at the end of the replay.

(End of this chapter)