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Chapter 445 Samsung's Discipline, LGD Breaks Through with Steady Stance!

Zhou Dian pressed Tab and glanced at the equipment panel.

If Kennen doesn't miss a single last hit under the tower, he'll only out-farm Shen by two CS.

Kassadin in the mid lane had already used Teleport to farm, and was only one CS behind Taliyah.

LGD's early-game disadvantage in the mid and top lanes can now be described as perfectly withstanding the pressure.

This is thanks to the fact that Zhou Dian and Wei Shen didn't have to worry about the pressure from the enemy jungler in the first few minutes; they only needed to farm every single minion.

Samsung's mid and top laners constantly have to worry about a gank from behind, and they often give up opportunities to push forward and suppress the enemy.

After failing to reach the top lane, Master An could only move the prince to the vicinity of the mid lane.

There wasn't a single jungle monster in the Prince's jungle right now, so Ambition had nowhere to farm and could only look for opportunities to gank.

Meanwhile, Eimy's barrels had already cleared his own Stone Beetles and were now happily farming at the newly spawned F6 location.

At 5 minutes and 11 seconds into the game, the prince arrived in the river bush on the left side of the mid lane.

A ward was placed, but there was no LGD ward in the bush.

At this moment, the minion wave in the middle lane is in the middle position. Taliyah takes advantage of Kassadin's auto-attack animation delay while he is last-hitting a minion, and uses Rock Slam (W) to lift Kassadin.

The prince also emerged from the bushes and began chasing the low-health Kassadin.

They chased him to the right side of the river and used their EQ combo to force Kassadin to use Flash.

However, the Gragas who had just finished clearing the F6 camp was right next to them, and he also bumped into Taliyah, forcing her to use Flash.

Meanwhile, the teleportation abilities of both top laners were simultaneously activated in the mid lane.

After Taliyah flashed over the wall and escaped, both Zhou Dian and CuVee canceled their teleports.

Both mid laners used Flash, and both top laners used Teleport. From a summoner spell perspective, neither side gained nor lost.

The problem lies with the jungler.

The prince took the initiative this time but gained nothing.

Gragas was just helping out the mid laner next to him after clearing the raptor.

Gragas has now cleared three more jungle camps than Jarvan IV and is already level 5, a full level ahead of Jarvan IV.

Another example is that the top laner uses Teleport, while the mid laner uses Flash.

On LGD's side, their top laner Shen is about to reach level six, so this teleport isn't that important anymore; they can use their ultimate to provide support.

Kassadin will also reach level six soon. After reaching level six, whether Kassadin has Flash or not doesn't really matter that much.

It's fair to say that the Flash and Teleport abilities in Samsung's mid and top lanes are far more valuable than those in LGD's mid and top lanes.

In this simple swap, Samsung actually loses out quite a bit.

After canceling the teleport, Zhou Dian's Shen walked to the top lane tower, just as Kennen pushed the minion wave over.

Shen only lost two minions but gained Kennen's teleport, which was a great deal!

In the jungle, both junglers had nothing to do. After clearing the second round of monsters that spawned in their own jungle, they both chose to return to base to replenish wards.

On the top lane, after Kennen went back to base to buy items, Shen faced much more pressure, and the CS gap gradually widened from the beginning.

However, after reaching level six, Kassadin in the mid lane started to aggressively engage Taliyah, and surprisingly, Kassadin surpassed Taliyah in CS.

At 7 minutes and 30 seconds into the game, they destroyed their own red buff and leveled up to level six with Gragas, then moved to the river bush on the right side of the mid lane.

Eimy wanted to take advantage of Taliyah's lack of Flash and try to finish him off!
Kassadin immediately used his ultimate (R) on Taliyah's face to unleash a combo, then retreated and dodged Taliyah's Rock Slam.

It looks like a normal exchange of blows during the laning phase.

At that moment, the barrel emerged from the bushes on the right.

But before Gragas could use any skills and had even shown himself, Taliyah immediately used Heal and Speed ​​Boost to pull him back.

Now even if Gragas immediately uses his E-Flash, he won't be able to hit Taliyah.

Crown is too cautious; he doesn't even consider making a move, giving you absolutely no chance.

Seeing this, Zhou Dian couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Samsung's discipline is too strong. Even though their jungler Jarvan IV had a slight mishap at the start, LGD couldn't find any opportunities.

In the bottom lane, imp and PYL's Xayah and Rakan were almost ten CS ahead of Tristana.

But that's about it; there's no chance to snowball from a single kill.

For this reason, after Xayah's first recall, imp bought a B.F. Sword and used the remaining money to buy a Cull.

For LGD, continuing to develop like this is not a good thing!

We need to find an opportunity to accelerate the pace.

Zhou Dian checked the equipment panel again by pressing Tab. Apart from Shen, who had just placed a Control Ward, only Kassadin, the mid laner of LGD, had a Control Ward.

On the other hand, Samsung's four heroes all had control wards except for Tristana, who didn't have any.

The jungler and support duo, Prince and Gem, each carried two control wards.

"Brothers, buy more control wards, keep buying them, bring control wards every time you go back to base, don't be stingy with the money!" Zhou Dian reminded his teammates.

"If you have a poor field of vision, it's hard to find opportunities!"

“Okay, no problem!” imp nodded.

He knew that Zhou Dian's words were mainly a reminder to him.

After all, AD carries are the most dependent on gold, and many AD carry players are reluctant to spend money on wards.

At 7 minutes and 55 seconds into the game, Xayah and Rakan finished pushing the bottom lane and ran together to the three-star blue buff area to set up vision.

After returning to the bottom lane, Xayah and Rakan traded blows with the Samsung bottom lane duo not far from the Samsung bottom tower.

During the skirmish, Eimy's Gragas used his E skill to dash from the red side's bottom lane tri-bush into the three-star bottom tower, then used his ultimate to knock the Taric back to the tower.

Samsung's support CoreJJ didn't hesitate at all and immediately used DF double combo.

Gem Flash used all its healing abilities, and he retreated back to the tower with half health remaining.

"Well, this attempt was a bit forced, after all, Luo hasn't reached level six yet," Miller said with a hint of regret from the commentary booth.

"Even though Shen has his ultimate ability now... oh dear, that means the blue buff is gone!"

Miller was halfway through his sentence when the OB camera suddenly switched to him.

While the Gragas was ganking the bottom lane, the Prince had already reached LGD's blue buff area and started taking the blue buff that had just spawned.

"But Gragas will definitely be taking Samsung's blue buff, so I think this wave is profitable."

Doll continued, "Because you knocked out Gem's two summoner spells, and what we actually gave up was a support's Ignite and Gragas' ultimate."

Wawa is always like this; whenever it comes to international competitions, LPL never loses.

Looking only at the direct skill exchanges, LGD is definitely not at a disadvantage.

However, as time went on, LGD faced offensive pressure.

If a gap cannot be broken, the mid-term will be very difficult.

If a major problem arises in the mid-game, it may be difficult for Kassadin to shine in the late game.

After waiting a short while, Samsung's blue buff respawned, and Gragas brought it to low health, but GodV's Kassadin came over and finished it off.

That's quite nice. Although it was a blue buff swap, LGD's mid laner got the blue buff, while Samsung's jungler got it.

After Kassadin secured the blue buff, he and Gragas headed to the red team's bottom lane tri-bush.

There was a ward in the bush, and LGD's mid and jungle were spotted, but it didn't matter, this was an open attack. Facing four LGD players, Samsung's bot lane duo dared not stay under their tower and retreated directly to the second tower.

Taking advantage of the situation, LGD players launched a fierce attack on Samsung's next tower, reducing its health from more than half to only a quarter.

With this exchange of blue buffs, LGD finally found an opportunity to defeat Samsung.

Although no kills were achieved, the first tower was already in LGD's grasp.

This opportunity was actually given by Taliyah; Crown's move was somewhat like using Earthbound.

Kassadin leaves the mid lane to take the blue buff in the 3-star jungle, and it's time for Taliyah to make a move.

However, Crown wanted to push the middle lane first before making any moves.

After Taliyah finished pushing the minion wave, LGD's mid and jungle players appeared in the bottom lane and drove away Samsung's two bottom laners to start attacking the tower.

However, Crown has always been a representative of team-oriented mid laners, and his failure to make a move immediately in this wave was not due to greed for lane.

He was mainly worried that LGD's mid and jungle players would take his blue buff and then stay in the jungle.

Although it's unlikely that Kassadin will farm up and then camp like that.

However, if they are indeed camping, Taliyah's reckless entry into the jungle towards the bottom lane could result in her being ambushed and killed.

It can only be said that sometimes being too cautious is not necessarily a good thing.

After forcing a turret push in the bottom lane, Eimy's Gragas returned to his own jungle to farm.

The first dragon of this game was a wind dragon, and Eimy really had no interest in fighting for it.

In fact, neither side was interested in the Wind Dragon.

Unless there's absolutely nothing else to do, a jungler from one side will go and fight the Wind Dragon.

With just over 10 minutes into the game, the kill score was still 1-0.

Apart from the first blood given up by the prince at the very beginning of the game, no other kills occurred.

In the top lane, Zhou Dian's Shen was 15 CS behind Kennen, mostly in the last few minutes after Kennen went back to base to buy items.

If Zhou Dian were to play Kennen himself, and CuVee were to play Shen, Zhou Dian would probably only be able to get a 20-CS lead at most in ten minutes.

Cuvee was quite aggressive to be 15 CS ahead of himself in 10 minutes, even though he didn't dare to push the lane much in the first few minutes.

Don't forget that Kennen is a champion who starts with Cull, which adds up to another economy.

By this time, Shen and Kennen's teleports were already ready, so Shen's ultimate ability advantage was no longer so obvious.

However, having such a powerful ability always has one advantage: it eliminates the need to conserve teleportation.

At 10 minutes and 35 seconds into the game, after Shen recalled to base, he immediately teleported back to the tower to farm the minion wave that Kennen had just pushed in.

During this trip back to the city, Zhou Dian not only crafted the Ghost Cloak, but also used the remaining money to buy two longswords.

He needs to find an opportunity.

Shen is a strong champion in duels!
When Shen teleported back to lane, Kennen also went into the bushes to recall.

The timing of the recall was a bit awkward; Kennen's current CS was 98, and his Cull hadn't exploded.

If I manage to get the Extraction item this time, I can go home and craft the Rocketbelt immediately.

Kennen bought a small mask to strengthen his pressure on Shen in lane, and then bought two control wards before leaving the field.

Samsung is really willing to spend money on real optics!
In Zhou Dian's case, because he bought two white swords, his inventory slots were full, so he didn't bring any true sight wards.

At the 11-minute mark of the game, the observer camera switched to the bottom lane.

After the Samsung bot lane duo recalled, the bot lane tower, which had been left unattended and was low on health, was immediately destroyed by Xayah and Rakan.

After securing the first tower kill, Xayah recalled to base and immediately bought a Mana Drain Blade, while Rakan also rushed his Ardent Censer.

On the other hand, the little cannon upgraded his boots to cloth armor boots during this recall.

Ruler's classic ADC build of Ninja Tabi again, Tristana's first major item is nowhere in sight.

After imp and PYL pushed down Samsung's bottom tower, there was no need to switch lanes; Xayah and Rakan went straight to the bottom lane from their starting position.

At this point in time, the Xayah and Rakan combo, with one Mana Drain and one Ardent Censer, is simply ridiculously powerful; the two of them can easily take on three opponents.

Samsung's bot lane duo needs Jarvan IV to watch them even if they want to push a lane.

Taliyah also kept moving downwards, ready to use her ultimate to support the bottom lane at any time.

Samsung's resources were tied up in the lower half of the map, which undoubtedly gave LGD a good opportunity to make a move in the upper half.

Zhou Dian certainly wouldn't let such an opportunity pass by, and immediately called Wei Shen to come up.

The game was just over 12 minutes in, and the red team's minion wave was in front of LGD's tower on the top lane.

Cuvee intended to quickly push the lane and then retreat, but Zhou Dian decisively attacked after seeing Kennen use his E to clear the minions.

Without the speed boost from the ultimate skill, Lightning Armor (E), Kennen's positioning was insufficient to dodge Shen's E skill.

Shen taunted Kennen, while Kassadin had already reached the Baron pit. He used Voidwalk (R) to walk from the Baron pit to the red team's top lane tri-bush.

There was a Kennen ward in the bush. CuVee saw Kassadin and realized that he was caught in a pincer attack and couldn't escape. He was too lazy to use Flash.

However, Cuvee was still cautious and at the last moment, he suddenly used his ultimate followed by a Q, instantly stunning Kassadin who was about to use his ultimate.

Zhou Dian couldn't stop himself for a moment, and Shen took down Kennen with a single basic attack.

Zhou Dian originally intended to give the kill to Kassadin.

"Nice!"

"Pretty!"

"Zhou Shen chopped off CuVee's head with a single strike!" Miller shouted as he saw Kennen killed.

Miller's words were indeed a bit out of line.

To be honest, Zhou Dian really didn't want to cut off his head; he wanted Kassadin to do it.

Fortunately, although Kassadin made a run but didn't get a kill, he only managed an assist.

But Kassadin got the Killing Ring, so at least the ring level increased.

With Kennen's death, Samsung's only early-game advantage was gone.

Given the vast difference in combat strength between the two teams' bottom lanes, coupled with Xayah's protection from Shen's ultimate, LGD will firmly control the tempo for the next period of time.

"If we can gain the initiative in the early game, the mid-game will be much easier for us!" Miller continued.

“I think it’s still the first-tier group. The influence of the first-tier group has continued to this day,” Wawa added.

"We must seize the key moments in the mid-game, since Shen's ultimate hasn't been used yet."

"If Shen's ultimate can play a crucial role and accelerate the pace of the game, it will be very difficult for Samsung to win this match!"

After killing Kennen, LGD swapped lanes for top and bottom lanes.

Shen goes to the bottom lane to defend the tower, while Xayah and Rakan go to the top lane to farm.

On her way to the top lane, Xayah passed through the mid lane and incidentally took down one-third of the health of Samsung's mid tower.

The tower was at full health before, since Kassadin was laning against Taliyah and definitely wouldn't have a chance to hit Taliyah's turret.

LGD's main task now is to find a way to take down Samsung's mid-lane tower.

If this tower can be taken down, it's like breaking Taliyah's leg, greatly reducing her ability to create opportunities with her ultimate.

(End of this chapter)