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Chapter 446 Kassadin's Super Fat Causes Base to Explode Prematurely?

Just over 14 minutes into the game, Samsung's bot lane duo pushed a large wave of minions into LGD's bottom tower.

Although the prince hadn't shown up on the map, Zhou Dian guessed that Sect Leader An should be close to the bottom lane.

Shen is currently equipped with magic resistance items and hasn't built any armor yet. Facing a three-star team with a jungler, support, and bottom lane, he definitely can't defend the tower by forcing it.

Not to mention there's also a Taliyah who can use her ultimate to come over, so we have to give up on this tower.

Zhou Dian controlled Shen to retreat, giving up his own bottom lane tower.

Of course, he didn't give this tower away for nothing.

At this point, Samsung only had Kennen in the top lane. Xayah and Rakan pushed the top lane minion wave and began to push down Samsung's top lane tower.

With the incense burner's blessing, Xia's tower-pushing speed wasn't much slower than Samsung's.

Samsung is clearly not satisfied with just exchanging an outer tower with LGD.

Rock Sparrow had also been hiking down the trail for some time.

After destroying LGD's bottom lane tower, Samsung's mid and jungle players appeared, and together with their bottom lane duo, the four of them advanced on LGD's bottom lane second tower.

However, Zhou Dian had already called Eimy over to help defend the tower.

At this time, Gragas had arrived, and GodV's Kassadin, after returning to base to buy items, was also heading towards the bottom lane.

Knowing that LGD had three players defending the tower, Samsung's four players stopped pushing forward and retreated collectively.

Meanwhile, Samsung's top lane turret was also reduced to a sliver of health by Xayah and Rakan.

PYL directly controlled Rakan to retreat to the red team's top lane tri-bush to recall, with the aim of not sharing tower gold with Xayah.

However, Luo tried to buy as few real eyes as possible in order to get the incense burner without any special equipment, let alone make eye stones.

Therefore, Luo is still wearing the eye accessory and hasn't switched to the scanner yet. He will switch to the scanner once the eye stone is made.

Without the help of scanning, PYL naturally didn't know that there was a three-star eye in the grass under Luo's feet.

He was standing in Samsung's sight as he returned to the city!

While the countdown to Luo's return to base was still on, Kennen, who had been hiding in the back, circled around to the vicinity.

As soon as Rakan's recall countdown ended, Kennen emerged from behind Xayah.

After taking down Samsung's top lane tower, imp originally planned to clear the minion wave before returning to base.

Just as Xia finished clearing out the soldiers, an electric rat suddenly appeared beside her.

Despite having the highest economy in the game right now, Xayah definitely can't beat Kennen in a 1v1 situation.

"Help me! Help me!" Imp shouted as soon as he saw Kennan.

"Fight back! Fight back! Don't panic! I have a trump card!" Zhou Dian immediately said.

Cuvee was very cunning this time, Kennen had a basic attack with W passive in hand.

Before Kennen could see Xayah, he used Q on her, followed by a basic attack and then W, instantly triggering three stacks of his passive and stunning Xayah in place.

That single QAW combo, combined with the triggering of Thunderlord's Decree, took away a full 60% of Xayah's health.

The damage startled Imp, who quickly used his healing ability to recover some health.

Kennen then used his ultimate, followed by his E to accelerate towards Xayah, unleashing all his damage on her.

A thick purple shield had already been placed over Xia.

It is Shen's ultimate move - Merciful Salvation!

Even with Shen's ultimate shield and healing, Xayah only had a little over 100 health left when she was out of the stun state.

But as long as he's not dead, that's enough.

Im quickly pressed R, and Xia rose into the air, becoming unselectable.

At this moment, Shen, whose ultimate ability had just landed, used his E skill to taunt Kennen.

With her ultimate ability landing, the low-health Xayah used her E skill to hook and immobilize Kennen, then pulled him back without looking back.

Imp won't kill Xayah now; she'll die if Kennen touches her again with that much health.

This was only possible because of Xayah. If it were any other AD carry, even with Shen's ultimate protecting them, they would have been dead already.

And it wasn't just Shen who came across the entire map to provide support; Kassadin did too.

When Shen used his ultimate ability, Kassadin also used his teleport.

Watching Xayah slowly drain away, and then seeing Shen and Kassadin rushing towards Kennen, CuVee's face darkened.

It's you two again!

So cuvée was too lazy to use Flash again.

Without teammates to support him, Kennen had no chance of escaping Kassadin's pursuit.

After two Voidwalks (R), Kassadin secured Kennen's kill.

Besides the cash prize, there were also two rings. I'm so happy!

"Cuvee, you like stealing teammates, huh?" Miller chuckled from the commentary booth. "That's exactly what I'm after!"

However, Samsung's adaptability is truly remarkable.

Kennen's attempt to ambush Xayah in the top lane failed, and in the bottom half of the map, Jarvan IV and Taric immediately stole the dragon.

Although it's just a wind dragon, it's still a stop-loss point, isn't it?

Meanwhile, because Shen and Kassadin used their ultimate abilities and teleport to the top lane respectively, LGD's bottom lane suddenly became deserted.

Ruler, who had already pressed the recall button, canceled Tristana's recall, went back to push a wave of minions, and attacked LGD's bottom lane second tower a few times.

Samsung never misses an opportunity to gain an advantage!

"To be honest, Samsung's response is really good!" Wawa said. "They've already started to contain LGD!"

“Samsung is starting to switch resources now!” Miller nodded.

"But it's okay, this pace is definitely OK for LGD."

"The Rift Herald is already being fought. If we take down the Rift Herald and use it to push down the first mid tower of the three-star team, then we can basically say that LGD's advantage has been completely established!"

The OB camera pans to Gragas and Rakan, who have already started to lead the charge.

Xayah returned to the fountain with low health. Before Xayah's health was fully restored, imp quickly controlled Xayah to rush to the bottom lane's second tower to farm the wave.

However, Samsung's team execution is indeed too strong.

LGD had only taken half of the Rift Herald when Samsung's mid, bot, jungle, and support players had already gathered near the Baron pit.

It's obvious that Xayah is farming in the bottom lane; LGD only has four players at the Baron pit.

However, LGD currently lacks vision control for Kennen and doesn't know where Kennen is.

To be on the safe side, PYL instructed his teammates to spread out and abandon the fight for the Rift Herald.

After all, this is the semifinals of the S-series, and LGD has Kassadin, so it's not like they can't afford to drag it out.

PYL's cautious approach to command is understandable.

At this moment, in the LPL commentary booth.

Doll and Miller were in a god-like perspective, and they could see that Kennen was still in the lower jungle heading towards the mid lane.

LGD had plenty of time to forcefully take down the Rift Herald.

The two of them couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Oh dear, we could have won this round!" Miller said with some regret.

"Let's play it safe for now!" the doll said.

"But we can definitely take down this Rift Herald. We need to figure out a way to take it down now."

Miller is still upset that LGD didn't get the Rift Herald in this wave.

He was about to say something when he was suddenly interrupted by the situation on the field.

"Hey, Rakan just went for it, can he kill it instantly?" After LGD abandoned the Rift Herald, they dispersed from near the Baron pit. PYL's Rakan went back to mid lane through the jungle.

At this moment, a wave of minions has just converged in the middle lane.

Crown wanted to take advantage of the fact that LGD players hadn't returned yet, quickly clear the minion wave, and whittle down the health of LGD's mid-lane tower.

So Taliyah moved forward a little, intending to use her abilities to clear out the backline minions first.

Seeing Taliyah's overly aggressive positioning, PYL immediately seized the opportunity to attack.

Just as they reached the corner between the mid-lane tower and the left jungle, Loka used his vision to instantly R-flash-W to lift up Taliyah, while also applying Ignite to her.

Kassadin also emerged from the river bush in the mid lane and used his ultimate to attack Taliyah.

The prince, who was standing next to Master An, was also helpless in the face of this situation.

The prince used his W ability as a token gesture, then ran towards his own tower without looking back.

In a moment of desperation, Crown used a teleportation ability.

Fortunately, a healer managed to raise her health slightly, preventing her from being instantly killed.

Furthermore, Taliyah's Rock Slash (W) lifted Kassadin, pushing Kassadin forward a bit.

At this moment, Gem arrived in the mid lane and quickly healed the low-health Taliyah.

Seeing that Taliyah was about to escape back to the tower, how could LGD let her go!
Wei Shen's Kassadin used R followed by Flash, covering a considerable distance, and then used Energy Pulse (E) to slay Taliyah.

Kassadin's killing spree level has increased by two more.

A Kassadin who started with a Killing Ring is now 16 minutes in, with a score of 2-0-2, hasn't fallen behind in last hits, and has also completed his Rod of Ages very early.

This Kassadin seems unstoppable!
With Taliyah dead, LGD wasn't in a rush to take the Rift Herald.

Instead, they pushed the lane in the mid lane before heading to the Rift Herald.

17 minutes into the game, LGD secured the Rift Herald.

At this point in time, LGD's Kassadin and Xayah are both ahead in development.

The other three are high-quality bodyguards like Shen, Gragas, and Rakan, and they can already form a team.

The replay of the mid-lane kill on the big screen had just finished playing when the camera switched back to the bottom lane and showed Kassadin chasing Kennen, who had pushed too far into the lane.

In a royal city PK, Kassadin, who was one level higher and had more health, should have won without any doubt.

However, in the final moments, Cuvee managed to use Flash to dodge Kassadin's Voidwalk (R).

Fortunately, Wei Shen remained calm and didn't release Kassadin's RE combo at the same time.

After Kassadin's R was dodged with Flash, he turned around and used Energy Pulse (E) to secure the kill on Kennen.

At this point, Kassadin only had about 40 health points left; it was a truly close call.

If, a second ago, Kassadin was at low health, and Wei Shen panicked and used his E and R combos to try and finish off Kennen, Kennen would have dodged it all with a Flash.

If Wei Shen gets outplayed by CuVee and Kennen kills Kassadin, it won't just be a matter of one kill; it will mean giving back all the advantages they had earlier in the game.

In the LGD team voice chat.

"Holy crap, that scared me to death! That was close!" Wei Shen said, still shaken.

He was clearly aware of the seriousness of his defeat.

"Damn, I should have told you to just give me the big one," Wei Shen continued.

Wei Shen knew that he was the one who made the mistake, and he didn't blame Zhou Dian's Shen for not giving him his ultimate.

At that time, Kennen retreated into the bushes, and Kassadin clearly had a true sight ward, but GodV didn't let him go.

Instead, relying on his high level and good equipment, he directly used his ultimate ability to enter the bushes.

As a result, Kassadin took a full combo from Kennen, instantly turning his health into a disadvantageous position, and Kennen even used Flash to dodge his second ultimate.

Fortunately, they held on in the end and managed to kill Kennen.

It's a bit of a coincidence that Zhou Dian didn't unleash his ultimate move just now, not because Wei Shen didn't call for it.

At the time, Kassadin was chasing Kennen when Shen had just returned to the fountain.

Zhou Dian glanced at the screen and also felt that this wave was a sure kill.

So I opened the store and browsed Taobao.

The next moment, Wei Shen didn't place any wards, and Kassadin used his ultimate to enter the bush.

While Zhou Dian was buying equipment, he glanced at Kassadin and noticed that his health bar was dropping rapidly, leaving him with only a sliver of health.

I had just moved my mouse over Kassadin's portrait on the minimap, ready to unleash my ultimate, when I discovered that Kennen was already dead.

"Oh, I should have been keeping an eye on your side this time," Zhou Dian readily admitted his mistake.

This was indeed just wishful thinking on my part.

No matter how theoretically sound it may seem, you should still keep an eye on Kassadin.

This way, if a situation arises where you need to be cautious about using powerful moves, you can react immediately.

Buying equipment won't make a difference if you're two seconds late.

If Kassadin gets killed by Kennen in this wave, then that would be a real disaster.

A team can go further by addressing any potential problems rather than waiting for them to arise.

Of course, in the end, LGD made a huge profit in this whole affair.

Kassadin killed Kennen, another kill in hand, adding two more kills to his kill streak.

Kennen has already died for the third time, and with a score of 0-3-0, his development has been severely hampered.

Moreover, this was a solo kill, so no one shared the experience.

The experience gained from killing Kennen allowed Kassadin to level up to level 13 instantly.

Keep in mind that the game has only been going on for less than 18 minutes.

If Kassadin doesn't die, it's easy to imagine how soon he'll reach level 16.

As everyone knows, Kassadin at level 16 is practically a guaranteed base explosion!

Although this is just a joke circulating among players, there are quite a few Kassadin players who have lost in the late game.

But with Wei Shen's Kassadin's advanced development in this game, Kassadin at level 16 is probably really going to be synonymous with the Samsung base exploding.

With Kassadin's solo kill on Kennen, the kill score reached 5-0, and LGD had a gold lead of over 4,000.

Kassadin at level 13 still has eight stacks of the Killing Ring, he's incredibly fed.

Additionally, imp's Xayah also recalled to base and built a Rapid Firecannon, and now has two items plus attack speed boots.

LGD's two carries are both incredibly overpowered!

In the first game of this semi-final BO5, LGD's rhythm was incredibly smooth from the moment they secured the first blood.

The observer camera panned to Samsung's lower jungle, where Eimy's Gragas had already single-handedly stormed into Samsung's blue buff area, harassing Jarvan IV who was taking the blue buff before Taliyah arrived immediately.

The Gragas used his full strength to stun the Prince, then pulled him down to the blue buff, and then fought the Prince for Smite, stealing the blue buff.

"Hey, got the blue buff! Great!" Miller exclaimed. "Eimy's Smite was really reliable today!"

The audience cheered for Gragas getting the three-star blue buff.

Although stealing the blue buff at this point won't affect the overall situation.

But that's exactly the kind of momentum we're looking for.

They just want to steal your blue buff right in front of you.

"It feels like we can send the vanguard to push the middle tower now!" the doll added.

On Samsung's side, Taliyah was handling the top lane, Kennen was handling the bottom lane, and the three of them (bottom lane, jungle, and support) were defending the mid lane tower.

On LGD's side, the top laner and mid laner also pushed the two side lanes, while the bottom laner, jungler, and support pressured the mid lane.

(End of this chapter)