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Chapter 463 Stuck in a stalemate? Samsung begins to play it safe!
The screen on the big screen switched to a replay of the tower dive that had just taken place.

As the Blind Monk's second Q flew towards Fiora, the director started slowing down the playback.

If you slow down, you can clearly see that during the second Q of the Blind Monk, Fiora was initially moving slightly left and right in a small range in place, which is obviously a high-frequency mouse click movement.

The blind man's second Q attack was halfway through when the number "5" on the right side of his health bar suddenly changed to "6".

That is, after the blind man reached level 6, Fiora used Laurent's Eye (W) on Gnar.

Then the blind man landed a Dragon Tail (R) kick on Fiora's W, costing him a Flash.

At normal speeds, Fiora's W and Lee Sin's mid-air level 6 upgrade basically happen simultaneously.

It might even create the illusion that Fiora used her W first, and then Lee Sin leveled up to level 6 the next moment.

Nature gives people a feeling of being overwhelmed.

In the official live stream, the chat, which had already exploded once when Samsung tower-dived, erupted again after the replay was slowed down.

Holy crap, this actually works!

That's a bit of an exaggeration!

[Brothers, we've got a cheater!]

[This is a human, I will eat it directly! 】

What do you want to eat? Tell me!

【Fly Bro.JPG】

[Eat shit!!!]

Zhou Shen clearly guessed Sect Leader An's intentions!

[How could anyone guess that the blind man was going to level up to six in mid-air? Zhou Shen's understanding of the game has exceeded my expectations!]

【You're only Silver rank, so you probably wouldn't understand, right? It's pretty obvious!】

What are you pretending for? Give me back my Silver rank, you son of a bitch!

[I'm in a panic!]

【.】

In the commentary booth, after watching the replay.

Miller said with a hint of pride, "How about that? The Lee Sin leveled up to level six first, and the Fiora used her W afterwards. Zhou Shen really didn't bluff this time!"

"But this wasn't a pure reaction either!" Miller changed the subject.

"How so?" the doll asked, playing the straight man perfectly.

"Because the time interval in between is too short. To see the blind man level up to 6 and then think about using W to block the blind man's roundhouse kick is not a human reaction."

"I think Zhou Shen definitely anticipated this move; the Blind Monk is going to level up to level six in mid-air!"

"With this kind of mental preparation, coupled with a strong reaction speed, this led to the final result of this wave."

The doll nodded in agreement and said, "But no matter what, Zhou Shen's reaction speed is truly amazing!"

Zhou Dian's play resulted in a 3-for-0 exchange against Samsung, who were attempting a tower dive, which was incredibly morale-boosting.

The audience below the stadium continued to erupt in cheers, which lasted for a long time.

However, in the game, after this tower dive, the scene returned to calm for a while.

"Actually, what Master An did just now was quite imaginative!"

"Speaking of which, among the four teams that made it to the final four of this World Championship, the oldest player should be Master An, right?" Wawa asked.

There wasn't much to say about the game itself, so the commentators started talking about the players.

“It should be Ambition!” Miller nodded, then continued, “This range extends to the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of this World Championship. I think Ambition should be the oldest player among them!”

"Indeed, after all, Ambition debuted so early! Back then, Ambition was a top-tier mid-laner." Wawa suddenly chuckled. "Faker's first kill in his professional career was against Ambition, wasn't it!"

Hearing what the child said, the veteran audience members who understood the joke chuckled.

Ambition's Kha'Zix evolved its skill under the tower, and was subsequently killed by Faker while tower diving, which is an unavoidable meme in his professional career.

Of course, there's also the more famous "An Bixin flying five times in one second," and An Zhangmen's enchantress has also contributed classic jokes.

To some extent, Faker is partly responsible for Ambition being moved from the mid lane to the jungle; the move was a bit too harsh.

"Actually, this wave was just lucky to run into Zhou Shen's Fiora. No matter who else you replaced, Ambition would definitely have kicked them out of the tower this time," Miller remarked.

"Master An's performance during this World Championship was so good that he didn't look like a veteran."

"What's this called?" the child said with a smile. "This is called 'Sect Leader An is one foot taller than the Demon Lord, but the Great Zhou Divine Path is ten feet taller than the Demon Lord!'"

After saying that, Doll and Miller exchanged a glance and chuckled.

They probably felt that the game was already won, and the two were extremely relaxed.

Judging from the situation, after Samsung's tower dive resulting in a 3-for-0 exchange, it can be said that their top, mid, and jungle players are all at a disadvantage.

Especially in the top lane, Fiora survived this wave and even got two kills, how is Gnar supposed to play now!
In addition, there's the ID above Fiora's head.

In the minds of most viewers, the letters 【LGD Zhou】are a plus for the champion Fiora.

The only remaining lane was the bottom lane, and neither side interfered with it during the rest of the game.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chi was naturally suffering greatly from being suppressed.

The reason why the bot lane is strong in this version is only because of the Ardent Censer item.

Aside from the Incense Burner item, there aren't any heroes in the bottom lane that are inherently overpowered.

Against a combination like Caitlyn and Karma, which is pure scoundrel, even if you have two Rulers tied together, you'll only get pressured in lane.

Given this situation, not only the two commentators, but almost all LPL viewers felt that LGD had secured the win and that the decisive game was the only option left.

However, countless past matches have shown that even if you have an advantage, it's not an easy team to beat Samsung.

After Zhou Dian's tower dive in the top lane, Samsung couldn't stop Fiora anymore.

But Cuvee is really a coward!
Even if Zhou Dian's Fiora is very fed, there's not much he can do. He can only pressure Gnar's CS, but it's unlikely he can solo tower dive and kill Gnar.

Unless they call for Nakano to come and dive the tower.

But this is something you can't just overcome as you please.

Not to mention that Galio now has his ultimate ability, so support will arrive very quickly.

If Samsung's mid and jungle players manage to counter-gank and catch them, it's easy for them to give back their advantage in the top half of the map.

Furthermore, arbitrarily calling their own mid and jungle to gank the top lane could lead to a situation where, not to mention whether Samsung's mid and jungle might come to counter-gank.

If they can't catch the seasoned veteran Cuvee, and LGD's bot lane gets caught instead, they'll essentially give back their advantage.

Therefore, this is something that cannot be rushed.

With a slight advantage, they can sweep through enemy lines with unstoppable momentum, a tactic that only frequently occurs when fighting against poorly commanded, half-baked teams.

It's unrealistic to expect to defeat a team like Samsung in one fell swoop unless they make a major mistake.

Zhou Dian's strategy was to focus on containing Samsung's mid and jungle players, rather than frequently calling on his own mid and jungle players to gank.

Thus, this situation arose on the top lane.

Fiora ran to the area between the first and second turrets on the top lane of the three-star team to clear the minions, while Gnar stayed under the turret to farm minions.

This act of cutting off the minion wave wasn't out of arrogance on Zhou Dian's part; he knew that Master An wouldn't dare to attack him. Zhou Dian didn't blindly cut off the minion wave; he only did so when Eimy's prince was in the upper half of the map.

Ambition was clearly aware that if they attacked Fiora, LGD's Jarvan IV and Aurelion Sol would arrive immediately, making it difficult for them to win a 3v3 fight in the top lane.

However, he had to stay on the road at all times.

It seems Fiora is only cutting off the minion wave and doesn't seem to have any intention of targeting Gnar.

But if his Lee Sin accidentally misses a ward in another area, LGD might immediately have three players dive Gnar under the tower.

There are quite a few top laners who have been messed up by LGD in the past.

Zhou Dian's current strategy, while somewhat binding his own mid and jungle players to the top lane, also results in Samsung's mid and jungle players being bound to the top lane.

Currently, both sides' top, mid, and jungle players are staying in the top half of the map, so the bottom lane is naturally in a situation where no one will bother them for a long time.

With no one interfering, there's only one outcome in a 2v2 situation in the bottom lane.

That is, Samsung's next tower is constantly being whittled down by imp.

Just over ten minutes into the game, Ruler's turret had already lost most of its health.

Ruler could only console himself that the Caitlyn and Karma combo lacked mid-game damage and was vulnerable to engages, making it utterly useless; he should just bear with it.

Just over 11 minutes into the game, LGD spotted Ambition in the top half of the map, while Samsung's bottom lane tower was down to its last sliver of health.

Perhaps the long period of undisturbed bottom lane lulled imp and PYL into a false sense of security.

With their teammates unable to provide timely protection, LGD's bot lane duo opted to forcefully take down the first tower.

Then Samsung seized the opportunity.

Crown completely abandoned their usual protection of the top lane and directly coordinated with Rakan's R-flash to forcefully engage and gank LGD's bottom lane.

Just as Samsung made a move against LGD's bottom lane, Gnar, who was under Samsung's top tower, actually used Teleport to escape.

Fiora had no skills that could interrupt the teleport, so Zhou Dian could only watch helplessly as Gnar escaped.

By the time the prince and the Dragon King arrived, the countdown for Gnar's teleportation had already ended.

In the bottom lane, PYL's Karma managed to escape by using both summoner spells.

However, even after using both of Imp's tactics, the female police officer was still unable to escape.

The policewoman was killed, and Ruler's Varus got the kill.

When these things happened in the bottom lane, LGD's top, mid, and jungle trio were facing a Samsung top tower that had been left undefended.

Moreover, the turret itself only had half its health left.

Since we're already here, what else can we do but demolish the tower?
LGD's top, mid, and jungle players then destroyed Samsung's top tower, securing the first tower kill of the game.

Judging from the performance, the female police officer got a kill and traded a tower for a kill, so LGD didn't lose out.

But in reality, the first tower in this game will eventually be LGD's.

With the policewoman's death, the perfect rhythm of the bottom lane has been broken.

Because LGD's series of actions around the top lane during this period were actually indirectly serving the bottom lane.

To put it bluntly, the reason the female police officer was chosen as a hero isn't because she can't die.

However, when facing a master of operations, every death gives the opponent a chance to breathe.

Trading a guaranteed first tower kill for a disruption in the game's tempo is actually a huge loss for LGD.

Not to mention, after killing the female police officer, Samsung took the first dragon of the game.

It's a fire dragon.

Unbeknownst to them, LGD still made a small mistake in decision-making and command.

And Samsung caught them accurately.

However, the situation isn't too bad, since LGD's real trump card in this game is Zhou Dian's Fiora.

In terms of lineup, economy, and other aspects, LGD still has the advantage in this game.

The concern is that with the score behind, the pressure on LGD's players will be too great, and even a small loss of rhythm could affect their mentality and performance.

"It seems like Samsung has come to a realization: they don't want the top lane anymore, so they're targeting the bottom lane instead," Miller said.

"Because the two champions in Samsung's bot lane are actually very good at keeping enemies in place."

Fortunately, Karma's Incense Burner was completed after this wave of arrests.

LGD's bot lane duo is back online, with Eimy's Jarvan IV providing support from behind. This time, they successfully destroyed Samsung's bottom turret, which was at low health.

LGD's economic advantage has reached over two thousand yuan.

After destroying the top and bottom lane towers, LGD took the lead in switching lanes.

The bot lane duo went to guard the mid lane, Zhou Dian's Fiora switched to the bot lane, and Wei Shen's Aurelion Sol went to the top lane.

After the laning phase ended, the situation became deadlocked again for a while.

Samsung is an incredibly good team at avoiding fights.

The entire Samsung team was like an eel, impossible to grasp.

The only way to force them to fight when they don't want to is to tower dive.

However, this is basically limited to the laning phase.

Once the laning phase is over, especially now that Samsung doesn't have a side lane tower, tower diving becomes very difficult.

The middle tower is not easy to breach; a large force is often concentrated in the middle lane.

Compared to the previous games, Eimy started buying real wards like crazy in this game, trying to find opportunities to get three stars in an advantageous situation and expand his team's advantage.

But as the game progressed into the mid-game, Eimy couldn't find an opportunity and began to get a little anxious.

Not only Eimy, but other teammates also showed this tendency.

Zhou Dian would occasionally speak up to his teammates, telling them that he could carry the game and calming the restless atmosphere within the team.

This statement was not merely a matter of trying to calm oneself; it was also a profound truth.

In the mid-to-late game, Samsung simply couldn't handle Fiora's split-pushing.

However, Samsung is a typical sticky team; they'll drag out a game they know they can lose to annoy you to no end.

Zhou Dian is now worried that if the game drags on, his teammates will make mistakes during the long, dull period of mutual management, giving Samsung an opportunity.

Some people might think that dragging out a game that's a sure loss is just messing with your mentality, and it's better to end the game sooner rather than later.

After all, Samsung is currently leading by a large margin, so they can afford to lose.

However, the current Samsung team, since its formation two years ago, has always been at a disadvantage, rarely taking the initiative, and playing a game of minimizing mistakes and dragging things out.

Unfortunately, these Samsung guys have exceptionally good bladder control, and the game updates in the last two years have generally been slow-paced.

This kind of disadvantage, dragged on to the bitter end, often causes the opposing team's mentality to be the first to be affected.

It's true that Samsung has managed to turn the tide in many seemingly hopeless situations by simply stalling.

Moreover, it was mostly because the opposing team got frustrated and started making frequent mistakes, which ultimately led to Samsung turning the tide.

After Samsung ganked and disrupted LGD's Caitlyn push, they decided to stall for time.

(End of this chapter)