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Chapter 473 When foes meet on a narrow path, the brave prevail! Those who wanted to die lived, and those who wanted to live died!

If he could, Zhou Dian would love to kill his own Karma.

Then give the 300 gold reward to Wei Shen so that he can quickly complete Lucian's first major item - Ruined King's Blade.

Getting back to the main point, just as Karma showed up in the mid lane, Ambition's Lee Sin also stepped into the bottom jungle.

When Ambition saw Karma start helping Lucian push the mid lane, he ignored her.

What can those two do to Malzahar?
Karma, having no farm in the top lane, came to the mid lane to help the mid laner push the wave. Even though she didn't take any minion gold, she still effectively shared the mid laner's experience.

Instead, it dragged down the mid laner.

For the two solo lanes, the most important thing is level.

Karma's actions were disastrous. She didn't clear the top lane properly, and then she came to the mid lane to help the mid laner push the lane and gain experience. Not only did she fall behind in level, but she also indirectly dragged the mid laner down with her.

So Master An continued heading down the bottom lane, too lazy to even tell Crown to defend the tower and not give them any opportunities.

In Master An's opinion, why would he need to explain such a trivial matter?
Crown himself will definitely do a good job.

Crown did a great job, immediately maneuvering Malzahar back under the tower, waiting for LGD's top and jungle to push the minion wave into the tower, giving them no chance.

But if your competitors don't give you opportunities, you can create them yourself!

In the commentary box.

Seeing Karma and Lucian quickly clear the blue side minion wave in the mid lane, Miller said with some concern, "I really don't understand Zhou Shen's behavior this time!"

"Your sharing mid-lane experience at this time won't benefit either of us!"

“I don’t think there’s any other way!” the doll added.

"Look, the top lane minion wave is blocked. Staying in the top lane won't give you any farm. Why don't you roam around and look for an opportunity?"

Actually, Wawa didn't understand what Zhou Dian was doing at all, but he always said nice things.

"No, retreating before pushing the lane is complete is fine; it just helped us avoid the Lee Sin's gank," Miller continued.

"But there's really no need to come straight to mid lane. The Lee Sin has already left. If he stayed in top lane, he could go up and farm the wave."

It's clear that Miller is really anxious now.

They didn't even realize that their logic was already messed up, and they made some remarks that were nothing more than "hindsight."

"Let's continue watching. I still believe in God Zhou!"

"Zhou Shen has never let us down!"

The doll ended the conversation.

At this moment, on the large screen at the scene.

The red team's entire minion wave advanced to the mid tower of Samsung, with Karma and Lucian following suit.

After the minion wave pushed into the tower, crown's Malzahar stayed under the tower and did not attack the LGD top and mid laners who had pushed into the tower. Instead, he started clearing the red side minions under the tower.

Malzaha's wave clear speed is quite good.

Crown has no intention of relying on the defensive towers to attack people and deal some damage.

He just wanted to clear the minions under his tower as quickly as possible so that his middle tower could lose as little health as possible.

In Samsung's tactical system, the importance of the mid-lane tower is undeniable. Its defensive priority is no less than that of the high ground tower.

Crown believes that Karma's move to the mid lane after escaping the gank was definitely an attempt to chip away at the health of the three-star mid tower.

After all, LGD's mid laner is Lucian, a marksman.

It must be said that Crown has a very accurate eye for talent.

Zhou Dian's arrival in the mid lane was not, as many people thought, to gain experience.

He's here to whittle down the health of the three-star mid-tier tower with Lucian.

Now, to achieve this goal, there is still a roadblock in our way—Malzaha.

Which defensive tower is the easiest to push?

Of course, the easiest tower to push is the one that's undefended!
Therefore, if Zhou Dian wants to achieve his goal of pushing down the tower, then...
In the LGD team voice chat.

"Are you really going to force it like this? I'm afraid the damage won't be enough!" Wei Shen said hesitantly.

"Trust me, I can do enough damage. His Flash isn't ready yet. Even if we trade one for one, it's a huge win for me. I'm not worth much anyway!"

Zhou Dian's confident answer solidified Wei Shen's somewhat wavering mind.

"Okay, let's get him!"

In such a crucial game that everyone is watching, most players dare not make a decision.

At times like these, the team needs a "big brother" like Zhou Dian who dares to make decisions to lead them forward.

Whether the "big brother's" decision is right or wrong, it's much better than the whole team playing the game aimlessly and then helplessly losing the match.

However, if the former makes the wrong decision and leads the team to lose a crucial game, he will be criticized by the audience for the rest of his life.

After the latter lost the match, most viewers could only sigh and say, "There's a gap in skill."

This kind of public opinion environment has also led to fewer and fewer players daring to make decisions when it comes to crucial moments.

Therefore, every "big brother" in a team who dares to take the blame deserves respect.

Back to the game, Malzahar had just used a skill on the red team's minion wave that was pushing into the tower when Crown realized something was wrong.

Instead of taking advantage of their own minion wave being under the three-star tower to chip away at its health, Karma and Lucian actually moved towards Malzahar.

No way.
Shen has a powerful ultimate ability!

Crown really doesn't believe that LGD's top and mid laners would dare to attack him.

But the scene before him told him that this was about to become a reality!
In the past, Crown had always felt that among the LPL players he had faced in the group stage, RNG's jungler, Mlxg, was the most daring player he had ever seen.

It was only at this moment that he realized there seemed to be some LPL teams even bolder than Spicy Hot Pot.

"Do it!"

When Zhou Dian signaled to Wei Shen to make a move, he had already taken the initiative himself.

This "mysterious tower dive" was definitely meant to have Karma tank the tower, with Lucian being the main damage dealer.

Karma started with a basic attack, and one basic attack destroyed the purple shield formed by Malzahar's passive.

That is, the moment Karma's basic attack landed on Malzahar.

In the next half second, Zhou Dian unleashed all four of Karma's abilities.

As Karma's RQ hit Malzahar, her W skill's Spirit Chains were already locked onto Malzahar, while her E skill's shield was also given to Lucian.

The rest of the output is up to Wei Shen.

Crown reacted quickly; as soon as Malzahar was hit by Karma's RQ, Hades Grasp (R) immediately landed on Karma's head, pinning her under the tower.

However, Karma had already used all her skills before Malzahar's ultimate could suppress her.

Moreover, Crown made a mistake in this choice.

He was confident that with Shen's ultimate move, he wouldn't die.

So when LGD's top and mid laners tower-dived to attack him, his first reaction wasn't how to survive, but how to counter-kill LGD. Therefore, crown chose to use Malzahar's ultimate on Karma, who was tanking the tower.

At the moment Malzahar unleashed his ultimate, both Karma and Lucian were within the casting range of Malzahar's ultimate.

If Hades Grasp (R) is used on Lucian, Malzahar will certainly be out of danger.

But if that happens, both of LGD's top and mid laners will run away.

Because the channeling time of Shen's ultimate ability exceeds the suppression time of Hades' Grasp (R).

Even if Shen and Malzahar use their ultimate abilities simultaneously, by the time Shen lands, Malzahar's ultimate will have already ended, so naturally, Lucian won't be able to be caught.

So crown's Malzahar used his ultimate on Karma, who was tanking the tower, allowing Lucian to deal damage.

But crown overlooked one thing.

Malzahar cannot move while using his ultimate ability, allowing Lucian to freely deal damage.

Why did Karma rush to use her E skill on Lucian instead of using it to save her own life?

This was naturally to give Lucian the effect of the incense burner.

Facing Malzahar, who stood motionless during the casting of his ultimate move, Wei Shen felt he unleashed a hand speed he had never experienced before.

Wei Shen's Lucian "six shots per second" combo was faster than he himself had imagined.

Karma already has a major item, so her RQ combo deals considerable damage.

With Lucian's damage output, Malzahar's health dropped rapidly.

Cuvee, playing top lane, naturally rushed to use Shen's ultimate on his mid laner.

A purple-white shield appeared around Malzahar.

But it's no use!

With the Ardent Censer buff, Lucian's damage output when hitting a "dummy" is simply outrageous.

Shen's ultimate ability shield?

I'll shoot you through, shield and all!

This Lucian started with Fervor of the Storm (W), and in just over a second, he used his Q, W, and E skills, followed by six auto-attacks from his passive.

With the added damage from Karma's RQ and W skills, Malzahar's health plummeted.

Because Cuvee was focused on controlling the minion wave, he paid attention to other lanes a little less frequently.

By the time he used Shen's ultimate on Malzahar, Malzahar only had two bars of health left.

At that moment, in Samsung's team voice chat, Crown urgently called for his top laner to use his ultimate.

Clearly, crown never expected that LGD's top and mid laners would dare to attack him.

Even more unexpectedly, a Lucian and a Karma could deal such high damage in such a short time.

Fortunately, Shen's ultimate ability has already been used.

After Lucian used up his entire combo of small skills and the burst damage from his passive dual pistols, Shen still had a significant amount of purple shield left from his ultimate.

Crown breathed a slight sigh of relief.

At that moment, a shockwave rose beneath Malzahar's feet, wiping out the last remaining shield value of Shen's ultimate.

It was Karma's RQ combo that dealt the second hit.

Because Malzahar was using his ultimate on Karma and stood still, he took the full damage from Karma's RQ combo.

On the other side, after using up all his small skills in a short time, Wei Shen didn't hesitate and immediately used his ultimate on Malzahar.

Lucian unleashed massive, silver-white bullets from the barrels of his twin pistols, and Baptism of the Holy Lance (R) hurtled straight toward Malzahar.

Crown finally realized that these two could actually tower dive and kill him while enduring Shen's ultimate!
It's not worth trading yourself for this worthless Karma one for one!
Crown then interrupted Malzahar's ultimate himself, trying to dodge Lucian's Baptism of the Holy Lance (R) and stall until Shen's ultimate landed.

But it's too late!
Keep in mind that Karma unleashed all four of her abilities in one go before Malzahar's ultimate hit her.

The W skill's spirit chain is specifically locked onto Malzahar.

After a brief exchange of fire, just as Malzahar interrupted his own ultimate and prepared to escape, Karma's W skill's second stage was triggered.

Malzahar was rooted to the spot by Karma's W ability.

Meanwhile, Karma's W ability's root effect triggered, dealing some damage to Malzahar.

Karma only leveled up her W skill to level 1, so the damage was relatively low.

But at this point, every extra bit of damage dealt is like kicking Malzahar one more step toward the abyss of death.

Once again, Malzahar, who was imprisoned, was unable to move and could only watch helplessly as all the bullets of the Holy Lance (R) hit his face.

Lucian's ultimate had barely been activated for less than a second when it instantly killed Malzahar, who only had two bars of health left.

When Malzahar died, Shen's ultimate ability had less than half a second left to cast.

However, with Malzahar dead, Shen naturally can no longer use his ultimate to teleport his teammates to land.

In the commentary box.

"Such high damage!"

"Oh no, Shen used his ultimate!"

"Hey, we killed him! Great job! Shen didn't come down, that was close!"

Miller's voice was shrill and his commentary was completely fluctuating with the sudden changes in the situation on the field.

"I didn't expect to actually get the kill. This was a great trade, a one-for-one is already very profitable, and we even forced out Shen's ultimate!"

Before Miller could finish speaking, Doll shouted, "Wow, Karma isn't dead! This is such a huge win!"

At this moment, on the big screen, Karma actually walked to the outside of the three-star mid tower with only a sliver of health left.

Karma's survival was a complete surprise, something even Zhou Dian himself hadn't expected.

He was able to escape the tower alive thanks to crown's "mercy".

If Crown hadn't interrupted Malzahar's ultimate himself, even if he had been killed on the spot by Lucian's ultimate, Karma in the top week would have at least taken more tower damage and would definitely have died.

But this deliberate interruption resulted in Karma being controlled for one less second.

Since Karma hadn't gone very deep into the tower, she miraculously survived with a sliver of health left.

All I can say is that those who wanted to die lived, while those who wanted to live died.

It seems that even when playing games, at crucial moments, one cannot escape the adage "the brave prevail when paths cross."

Crown's indecisiveness led to his own unnecessary defeat.

Not only did they get nothing in return, they also lost Shen's ultimate ability.

On the Samsung player bench, Crown craned his neck, staring intently at the screen in front of him, which had turned gray.

When crown saw the final attack from his own tower hit Karma, who had just stepped out of the tower and was low on health, yet Karma was left with only a sliver of health and hadn't died, he almost couldn't catch his breath.

He felt dizzy and had a tightness in his chest, so he quickly picked up his water glass and took a big gulp to calm his rapidly fluctuating emotions.

(End of this chapter)