You promised a top lane tutorial, but you're just using Worlds as material for your videos?

Chapter 452 Perfect Strategy Leads to Victory, Samsung Ties the Score!

After the team fight ended, Zhou Dian's Rumble pushed the minion wave to the front of Samsung's first tower.

However, Samsung's next tower was still at full health.

The top and middle lanes are also close to LGD's side.

After winning the team fight in the bottom lane, LGD was unable to do anything.

That's all; I only gained two kills.

And it's a bit upsetting that Imp's mouse died before he could get the head.

"But no matter what, this was Samsung's strong period, and LGD seized a great opportunity to initiate a team fight!" Wawa probably realized that LGD won this fight but didn't gain much, but he still said "they made a killing."

"This was a crucial moment; it stopped the opponent's power spike," Miller added.

"This wave is mainly due to Crown, that grasshopper. It arrived too late. Let's take a look at the replay!"

After the replay ended, the camera switched back, and both AD carries had switched to the top lane, while the top laners went to the bottom lane.

At the same time, the damage dealt by each player in the previous team fight popped up at the bottom of the large screen at the scene.

Zhou Dian's Rumble dealt the highest 3,000 damage in this team fight.

Surprisingly, the damage was right behind that of Master An's wine barrel, which also dealt more than two thousand points of damage.

Keep in mind that Gragas builds Cinderhulk jungle item; he's a tanky Gragas.

If it weren't for Ambition's top-notch performance in the last team fight, LGD might have achieved a 4-0 wipeout.

After Samsung moved their bot lane duo to the top lane, Gragas immediately followed suit, only staying in the top half of the map.

Samsung's jungler, support, and two other players pushed the minion wave into LGD's top tower.

In this game, Master An is definitely going to be AD's bodyguard.

Or rather, this barrel of wine from Master An is meant to be a bodyguard for the support Janna.

If Janna is saved, then Janna can naturally save the AD carry.

Eimy, who was slow to realize what was happening, finally understood and stopped running around. He then obediently stayed with his bot lane duo.

If Eimy had been a little slower to figure things out, and if the Prince had been a little slower to arrive, LGD's top tower would almost have been destroyed.

Once the jungler figured it out, the game flowed much more smoothly.

At 15 minutes and 40 seconds into the game, LGD's jungler, support, and bottom laner took advantage of the fact that Samsung's top lane was temporarily undefended, pushed the minion wave to Samsung's top tower, and then left without attacking the tower.

As soon as they left Samsung's sight, the three of them disappeared into the bushes on the top lane.

Waiting for the right person!

A few seconds later, the destined person arrived.

Verus of Ruler came to the foot of the tower, but suddenly stopped and stood still.

The people at Samsung are so cautious; they don't do anything that carries even the slightest risk.

Since we can't wait, we'll have to resort to force.

imp and PYL emerged from the bush in the middle of the top lane and pushed the minion wave, while Eimy's Jarvan IV remained hidden in the bush at the very front.

Seeing LGD's bot lane duo show up, Ruler's vigilance actually relaxed a little.

After all, things that are obvious are usually easier to guard against.

With his guard down, Verus took a step or two forward.

Just as Varus stepped out of his own turret's range, the Prince in the bush used his EQ combo and then used his ultimate to trap Varus inside.

Galio immediately used his ultimate ability on the prince.

In the commentary box.

"Here it comes! Ultimate skill lands, Galio follow up!"

"Varus didn't have Flash this time!"

"Kill Emperor Ruler! Kill Emperor Ruler!"

Miller shouted through gritted teeth.

However, with Janna protecting him, killing Varus is extremely difficult.

Prince Galio was built entirely with tank items, and Twitch wasn't doing well either.

Rumble wasn't facing the enemy directly, so LGD couldn't deal any damage.

Even after the Prince's ultimate ability ended, LGD was unable to kill Varus, allowing Varus to walk back to the tower with low health.

In his haste, Wei Shen directly controlled Galio to rush into the tower.

However, Malzahar, who had just teleported to the ground, was pulled under the tower by Galio's Hades Grasp (R).

Fortunately, Galio had already built an Adaptive Helmet, so he wasn't taken down by Malzahar's combo combined with the turret's damage, and managed to escape outside the turret with low health.

At this moment, LGD's vision has already reached the river, and Gragas is about to arrive at the top lane.

The LGD players quickly fled back home.

The barrel arrived at the scene and unleashed a powerful attack, blasting the prince back, who died instantly.

"Wow, this Janna's shield, healing, and ultimate, plus Varus's barrier, they're so tanky! How come they couldn't kill Varus?" Miller sighed.

"She's so good at producing milk! She's so good at producing milk!"

"To be honest, I still hold the same view as I just said, 'Rumble is LGD's most important damage dealer right now.'" Wawa said.

"The main problem is that Zhou Shen didn't come this time, and Rumble's TP didn't seem to be ready yet. Also, the Prince used EQ to block his ultimate, so he didn't deal much damage!"

"If this attack happens, LGD's rhythm will really collapse!"

Zhou Dian was also somewhat speechless.

His teleportation was finally ready; it had been just a dozen seconds short.

My teammates moved too hastily.

Perhaps because it was so difficult to find an opportunity with Samsung, Eimy felt he had seen one and acted hastily.

Then he gave himself away.

Galio and Jarvan IV, this mid-jungle duo, are purely about tempo. Once that tempo is broken, they have no damage in the mid-game and can't hold the game. They can only drag it out to the late game to see if they can become good utility players.

LGD players scattered and fled, while Samsung players took the opportunity to push down LGD's top lane tower and then take the Rift Herald.

Cuvee's Gnar took advantage of the fact that no one was in the mid lane, ran to the mid lane and reduced LGD's mid tower to only half health.

LGD won't be able to take this tower anymore; they probably won't even need the Rift Herald to break it.

With nothing to do and no opportunities to find, Eimy and Wei Shen had no choice but to seize the Earth Dragon during a lull in the season, which at least allowed them to acquire some resources.

But during this dragon takedown, LGD's lane splitting became problematic again.

On the way, I was completely distracted.

Samsung showed absolutely no interest in taking the dragon, and Ambition's Gragas continued to follow his Varus in the top lane.

Zhou Dian quickly recalled to the city to go back to the top lane, but he was still too late.

As soon as the minion wave reached the tower, he, as a Rumble, dared not defend the tower against Samsung's bottom jungler and support.

As a result, Varus destroyed LGD's second top lane turret.

After just over 18 minutes of gameplay, the economic gap between the two sides had already reached more than 4,000 gold.

Including LGD's crumbling mid-lane tower, LGD's economic deficit is about to exceed 5,000 gold.

However, facing adversity, LGD made another poor decision.

After the prince and Galio finished off the dragon, they protected the two bot laners and went to push down Samsung's bot lane tower.

However, Samsung's tower was at full health and couldn't be taken down quickly. With this slight delay, LGD's mid lane was once again left undefended.

Samsung's jungler, support, and bottom laner, who had just destroyed LGD's second top lane tower, went to LGD's red buff area and directly pushed down LGD's first mid lane tower.

Then, the Gragas placed the Rift Herald and went straight for LGD's second mid-lane tower.

The most terrifying thing is that after the Gragas released the Rift Herald and crashed into the second turret, the Samsung players left without looking back, completely ignoring the already low-health LGD mid-lane second turret.

Samsung retreated too quickly, and Prince and Galio, who had just flanked back from the bottom lane, naturally had no chance to hold them back.

"Samsung realized it! Wow, Samsung is so stable!" Miller exclaimed. "Samsung's handling of the mid-to-late game is really meticulous."

Subsequently, after clearly identifying the locations of all LGD players, the Samsung players returned.

Taking advantage of the fact that only Galio was defending the mid lane for LGD, they directly pushed down LGD's low-health mid lane second tower.

With the loss of the second tower, LGD's economy is now nearly 6,000 gold behind.

Despite having a one-man lead, LGD was five towers behind Samsung.

LGD only has one outer tower left, but they haven't even managed to take down a single Samsung tower.

With these consecutive lane switching commands, Samsung completely outplayed LGD.

A little over twenty minutes into the game, after several minutes of laning in the bottom lane, Gem and Twitch finally managed to take down Samsung's bottom lane tower.

It's better than nothing, it only supplements the economy a little, but it has no strategic value.

Once the 20-minute mark is up, LGD will face another challenge against the well-developed Varus.

We must be ready to defend against Samsung rushing Baron at any time.

What followed was a continued tug-of-war between the two sides around the Dragon Zone.

Using Baron Nashor to draw Rumble from the top lane to the front, Gnar took down LGD's second bottom lane tower two minutes later.

At this point, all of LGD's outer towers have been destroyed.

Of the six outer towers, except for the top lane tower which was destroyed after a fight, the rest were all destroyed through strategic management.

In the second game of this best-of-five semifinal, Samsung has demonstrated an extremely formidable operational capability from the draft phase to the present.

It's safe to say that the tide has turned, and LGD's chances of winning this game are basically over.

Just as Gnar was pushing down LGD's bottom lane second tower, Zhou Dian made his last stand in the game.

He abandoned the bottom lane and instructed Eimy to deliberately camp on Samsung's wards.

When Samsung's mid, bot, and support trio came to gank the Prince who was crouching above the ward, LGD immediately counter-attacked.

Since I can't drive you, then you can drive me.

The prince was surrounded by several Samsung players in LGD's own red zone.

As these people surrounded them, the seemingly oblivious prince suddenly unleashed a powerful attack that blocked Varus and Janna.

Galio then used his ultimate on Jarvan IV, while Zhou Dian Rumble used his teleport first.

The scenario is the same as when LGD lost in the top lane last time.

But this time it was in the jungle, and the complex terrain left Varus with nowhere to escape.

Malzahar and Janna both used Flash to escape separately.

Varus, who was left unattended, was also instantly killed.

As Janna ran down the lane, she ran into LGD's bot lane duo and was also killed.

But that's about it.

Samsung's other players sold too decisively, resulting in the deaths of two players in the bot lane.

Samsung's top, mid, and jungle were all still alive, and the minions on all three lanes had pushed to LGD's high ground towers. Even though LGD won the team fight, they couldn't take down Baron Nashor.

LGD is still 5,000 gold behind.

The minion waves are too interfering; I can't get any resources even when I win a fight.

Samsung only managed a small victory in the top lane, but the chain reaction led to the destruction of three of LGD's defensive towers.

After suffering a setback in LGD's red buff area, Samsung stopped grouping up near Baron Nashor and started the traditional LCK tactic of split pushing.

A little over 25 minutes into the game, LGD initiated another wave with Prince.

However, this time they were unable to kill Janna.

If Janna doesn't die, LGD won't have much of a chance in team fights.

Zhou Dian's Rumble flash brought the Samsung bot lane duo to low health.

However, imp's mouse had just emerged from stealth and made one auto-attack when Malzahar flashed and used his ultimate to pull it in, pinning it to the spot and rendering it unable to move.

In the end, LGD suffered a 3-0 exchange, with their top, mid, and AD carries all killed.

Samsung went straight for Baron Nashor. Eimy tried to steal it, but Gnar jumped out of the pit and single-handedly defended against both Jarvan IV and Taric.

LGD's jungler and support had virtually no damage output; the two of them were being chased by Gnar alone.

Samsung successfully secured the Baron Nashor.

Given the current game situation, losing Baron Nashor would essentially mean the end for LGD.

At 27 minutes and 50 seconds into the game, LGD made a final desperate attempt. While Gnar was pushing the bottom lane inhibitor tower, Jarvan IV initiated a fight against four Samsung players in the mid lane.

However, with an economic gap of nearly 10,000, plus Janna being the strongest Ardent Censer monster in this version.

Even in a five-on-four situation, LGD couldn't win and suffered a zero-for-five defeat.

"We're going to lose this round! Imp got killed instantly, and Zhou Shen was also killed!" Miller wailed from the commentary booth.

"Sigh, I tried my best!"

"it's over!"

The game lasted 28 minutes and 20 seconds, and Samsung destroyed LGD's base crystal in one fell swoop.

It took LGD a minute less to destroy Samsung's base than in the previous game, so it can also be said to be a crushing victory.

All the opportunities LGD found from start to finish were either deliberately exposed by Samsung or were insignificant.

"Samsung had an early advantage and their mid-game play was absolutely perfect!" Miller exclaimed sincerely.

"But LGD's team fights in the mid-game, well, they played very well, they did their best!" Wawa added.

As for Wawa, he never mentions any problems with LPL teams; he just fawns over them!

Miller couldn't stand it anymore and quickly said, "Congratulations to Samsung for winning a game! The score is now tied at one to one!"

"After this match, I think LGD should be able to truly understand what kind of team Samsung is."

"I think LGD needs to put enough pressure on Samsung in the early game. Samsung had too much fun in the early game this time."

Wawa added, "It's a bit of a pity, but it's okay, the BO5 match has only just started with two games."

"It's okay, let's treat this as a new BO3 and look forward to the next game!"

The live stream camera focused on the players' seats, where both players picked up their jackets from the backs of their chairs, draped them over their shoulders, and turned to walk into the players' tunnel.

The LGD players no longer had the excitement they had at the end of the first game; their faces were somewhat droopy.

That last game was really frustrating.

Zhou Dian, who was at the very back, frowned as he pondered how to deal with a team like Samsung.

The five Samsung players remained calm after winning the second game and tying the overall score in the best-of-five series, just as they had after losing the first game.

Judging from the fact that neither player showed any emotional fluctuation in either of these two matches, these five Samsung players are all extremely difficult opponents.

(End of this chapter)