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Chapter 485 Superb Strategy, LGD Takes the First Win in the Finals!
After recalling to base and using Last Whisper, Kennen teleported directly to the bottom lane and started pushing the lane.

After the minions on the top and bottom lanes clashed a few times, the four LGD players on the front line seized an opportunity when SKT was a fraction of a second too slow in their defense.

Xayah quickly destroyed SKT's mid-lane inhibitor turret.

SKT wanted to initiate a team fight, but they simply didn't have the opportunity.

Zac and Janna's two bodyguards stood behind Xayah.

Anyone who rushes in will be immediately taken away by these two's ultimate moves.

Initiating a team fight at close range is ineffective, and initiating one at a long distance is equally ineffective.

Because LGD's ADC in this game is Xayah, who has an ultimate ability that makes her untargetable and allows her to survive.

SKT seems to be hoping that imp won't be able to react to Varus' ultimate.
If you're expecting this, then you shouldn't.

nonexistent.

Therefore, SKT's team could not possibly get started.

However, if they can't initiate a team fight, they can only watch helplessly as LGD demolishes the towers.

For SKT, the situation on the field is already a dead end.

What's even more agonizing is that LGD's Baron buff still has a full 100 seconds left.

After destroying SKT's mid-lane inhibitor tower, LGD didn't rush to push the mid-lane crystal.

Continue with the 1-3-1 split, Xayah can just block the minion wave in the middle lane with two bodyguards, there's no need to force a push on SKT's high ground.

However, once SKT's defensive strength in the mid lane is reduced, imp will immediately control Xayah to push up and attack SKT's mid-lane nexus.

With the help of the Wind Maiden's Incense Burner, if Xayah gets an opening, she can unleash a barrage of attacks on the Crystal.

Also, every time Xayah's cannon is ready, she can attack the crystal from a distance.

This resulted in SKT's mid-lane Nexus having its health whittled down, and it looked like it was about to be killed.

Bang couldn't take it anymore, so he used a Blade of Despair to slow Zac down, and then unleashed a barrage of attacks.

Zac immediately used his E skill to jump away.

In a short time, Zac lost half his health to Varus's attacks; the damage was indeed very high.

But it was no use. Bang's relentless attacks on Zac were just a way to vent his anger. Varus couldn't possibly use his ultimate to engage Zac.

Let's not even talk about whether it's big or small.

However, if they only initiate with Zac, SKT definitely won't be able to win this team fight.

With Zac at half health, the LGD bot lane, jungle, and support trio, who were blocking SKT's mid lane inhibitor, temporarily retreated.

Bang then controlled Varus to go to the bottom lane inhibitor tower to help Gnar clear minions.

A soldier's Varus suddenly threw out the Chains of Corruption (R).

However, Zhou Dian reacted very quickly, and Kennen used his E to accelerate and dodge, but Zhou Dian couldn't even force Kennen to use Flash.

"Oops, that ultimate move missed, that hurts!" PDD said, but he almost burst out laughing.

"SKT relies heavily on Bang's ultimate skill (R) for initiating attacks; it's extremely important!"

Without Varus's ultimate ability to initiate, Gragas needs to step up and initiate.

Facing the formidable Zac and Janna, Peanut knew he had no chance to engage Xayah.

So he decided to try it on Kennan.

Under SKT's bottom lane inhibitor, Gnar went forward to engage, but Kennen managed to take away more than half of his health in a few hits.

However, seeing the barrel coming, Zhou Dian was not greedy at all and controlled Kennen to activate E and accelerate backward.

The distance of Gragas' E-Flash was not enough, so he used his E skill to dash forward, and then hit Kennen with a rolling barrel (Q) at the extreme distance, slowing Kennen down.

Having been hit by Gragas' Q skill, Zhou Dian decided to stop running away and turn around to fight back.

Kennen activated his ultimate on the spot, stunning Gragas and then unleashing a flurry of auto-attacks.

Gnar, with less than half health remaining, charged in and crashed into Kennen's ultimate, which didn't do much damage, and was immediately stunned.

Zhou Dian then turned his attention to A Gnar, demonstrating a strategy of spreading his bets evenly.

However, Zhou Dian also knew in his heart that he could not kill any of SKT's top and jungle players in this counterattack.

Because both of them have Flash.

The main purpose is to buy time for teammates in the mid and top lanes.

After being stunned, Gnar was immediately reduced to almost no health by Kennen's attacks.

As soon as he recovered from the dizziness, Gnar immediately used Flash to run back.

The barrel, which had been reduced to one-third of its health, also ran back at the same time.

Zhou Dian was too lazy to pursue the matter any further.

Because Lulu is already here, they can't catch up with her.

"We can't beat them! We can't beat them! This AD Kennen's damage is insane! SKT's top and jungle can't handle Zhou Shen at all!" Miller shouted excitedly.

“Yes, because the equipment Zhou Shen is using is specifically designed to fight tanks!” PDD added.

"Gragas and Gnar don't deal enough damage; if they only have tankiness, they're just feeding Kennen."

"What can SKT do against our Zhou Shen now? Kennen isn't the king of 1v1 anymore, he's going to be fighting two against one!"

This attack on Kennen resulted in LGD's main force destroying SKT's top lane inhibitor turret.

How could the snake woman possibly hold out alone!
After destroying SKT's top lane inhibitor turret, LGD's economic lead officially surpassed the 10,000 mark.

The Baron buff's duration was almost over, and the LGD team retreated contentedly.

This Baron buff pushed the high ground, destroying SKT's top and mid lane inhibitor towers, breaking the mid lane crystal, and the bottom lane inhibitor tower was almost out of health.

LGD has achieved a great victory. They'll go home to resupply before continuing their campaign.

The other teammates immediately returned to base, while Zhou Dian, playing in the bottom lane, controlled Kennen to take down the dragon.

A water dragon that's better than nothing, I'll just do it on a whim.

After LGD returned to base to replenish their equipment, Zhou Dian headed to the bottom lane alone, while the other four headed to the top lane.

Before going to the bottom lane to push the lane, Zhou Dian's Kennen first took down the red buff at home.

Anyway, with Janna by her side, Xayah is probably getting a lot of red buffs.

Besides, AD Kennen is also a marksman, so there's nothing wrong with him taking the red buff!
LGD's four-man team was naturally targeting SKT's top lane inhibitor.

However, before pushing forward, they waited for Kennen to push the bottom lane minion wave, while the jungler and support scouted the area layer by layer, establishing comprehensive vision in SKT's upper jungle.

The SKT players, who had come down from the high ground and banded together to enter the red zone in preparation for a do-or-die battle, had nowhere to hide under the layers of vision.

The idea of ​​fighting with one's back to the river is naturally out of the question.

The first game of the finals has already lasted over 36 minutes.

However, so far in this game, only four kills have been recorded.

The current head-to-head score is 4-0.

From this perspective alone, it seems like a very boring match.

However, the cheers from the tens of thousands of spectators at the Bird's Nest stadium grew louder and louder.

The reason is simple: LGD currently has an overwhelming advantage and looks poised to win the first game of the BO5 finals.

Zhou Dian's Kennen pushed the minion wave to SKT's bottom lane inhibitor tower, and the other four LGD players, who were already waiting under SKT's top lane inhibitor tower, rushed up to SKT's top lane inhibitor tower.

Xayah immediately moved forward and began attacking the exposed top lane inhibitor.

SKT, who wanted to circle around the jungle to the flanks and rear of LGD for a desperate fight, had no chance under the pressure of heavy vision and could only return to their own high ground to face the enemy head-on.

The Cassiopeia, who had already moved to the side in front of Xayah, suddenly used her ultimate (R) flash!
Xayah's profile was hit by Cassiopeia's ultimate ability and she was petrified on the spot.

At times like this, only Faker can step up for SKT. Cassiopeia's ultimate was positioned very cleverly.

Given the snake woman's position, this petrifying gaze (R) is somewhere between being able to petrify Xia and not being able to petrify her.

However, the system incorrectly determined that Cassiopeia's ultimate hit Xayah directly in the front, and Xayah was petrified.

Imp was slightly less alert because Cassiopeia was to Xayah's side, and he didn't expect Faker to directly R-flash and petrify him.

As Cassiopeia used her ultimate (R) flash, she also threw a cloud of poisonous mist (W) at Xayah's feet.

Cassiopeia's W skill, in addition to its severe slow effect, also has a ground-binding effect. Enemy heroes within the range of Cassiopeia's W skill cannot use any movement skills, including Flash.

However, in this game, imp was playing Xayah as the ADC.

Other shooters may find this situation very difficult.

But for Xia, she was able to resolve the situation calmly.

imp quickly pressed the Quicksilver Sash to break the petrification effect of Cassiopeia's ultimate, and then used his ultimate.

A cloud of clouds rose into the sky, and a large number of feathers shot out from under the feathered robe, making the target untargetable.

While in an untargetable state, Xia moved through the air, emerging from the snake woman's poisonous mist.

Cassiopeia's R-Flash-W initiation was easily neutralized.

Faker's final efforts in this game were ultimately in vain.

In the commentary box.

"Wow, Faker's R-flash was so decisive!" PDD exclaimed.

"Yes, thankfully it was Xayah this time. If it had been any other AD carry, we would have been in serious trouble." Miller seemed a little shaken.

He then added, "Although we dodged this wave, Gragas still has Flash. Now that Xayah has no Mercury's Treads and no ultimate, we must be careful of Gragas's initiation!"

After Cassiopeia's attempt, Zhou Dian's Kennen also pushed down SKT's low-health bottom lane inhibitor turret.

Now SKT's three inhibitor towers are gone, and the small crystals on the top and bottom lanes are exposed.

The SKT players understood that they had reached the final hurdle.

If we don't take this gamble now, the game is over.

Just three seconds after Miller said "Watch out for the barrels," Peanut made his move.

Gragas used his E-Flash to stun Malzahar.

It's not that Peanut doesn't want to engage Xayah, who doesn't have Mercury's Treads or her ultimate, but mainly that he can only engage Malzahar right now, and if he wants to engage Xayah, he has to patiently wait for an opportunity.

However, SKT no longer has time to wait for an opportunity.

After Gragas uses his E-Flash to stun Malzahar, he throws out his Bursting Barrel (R), which blasts Malzahar back and also blasts Xayah and Lulu apart.

However, at the very moment that Gragas initiated, Zac, who had been lurking under SKT's high ground, also jumped out and leaped towards the two SKT bot laners.

To avoid Zac's E skill, Bang immediately chose to move sideways instead of following up with his skill on Malzahar, who was being blasted back.

Because of this delay, Malzahar, who had been blasted back by Gragas' ultimate, flashed back.

Eimy pressed the skill button too quickly, and regardless of whether Zac's E hit anyone, Zac immediately unleashed his ultimate skill on the spot as soon as the E skill landed.

Zac naturally missed his ultimate move as well.

In short, both junglers' initial moves were rather poor in terms of results.

With neither side having made a good start, the situation was naturally quite chaotic.

This chaos highlighted LGD's significant equipment advantage stemming from their economic advantage of over 10,000.

My firepower is stronger than yours!
Even at this critical moment, SKT has not completely lost its rationality.

They immediately realized that their team had no chance of winning in this kind of team fight that was purely about output.

So, after Zac missed his ultimate, the SKT players immediately took two steps back.

LGD players were too lazy to pursue, as their goal was to take down SKT's top lane crystal.

Since SKT has given up their spot, that's perfect.

Xayah quickly destroyed SKT's top lane inhibitor.

Because when Gragas initiated with E-Flash, Huni's Gnar immediately went to support the main force.

Therefore, Kennen, who was left undefended, destroyed SKT's bottom lane inhibitor.

"The bottom lane inhibitor has been destroyed, all three lanes are down!" Miller shouted excitedly, "SKT's three lanes are down!"

There's an old saying in League of Legends: "If all three lanes are breached, even a god can't save you."

No wonder Miller was so excited.

With all three lanes breached, a team fight finally broke out between the two sides in front of SKT's left inhibitor turret.

This team fight didn't start with either side initiating it; it was caused by a passionate exchange between Xayah and Varus.

It seems that neither LGD, with a huge advantage, nor SKT, with a huge disadvantage, could hold back any longer.

However, as the fight progressed, Bang's Varus, despite being tanked by Lulu's ultimate, couldn't out-attack Xayah and retreated.

As Varus retreated, Gragas and Lulu also retreated, leaving only Faker's Cassiopeia. She activated Archangel's Staff, tanking the damage from the others, and unleashed a barrage of Twin Venomous Fangs (E) on Xayah.

Janna almost couldn't save Xayah.

However, Cassiopeia was ultimately outnumbered and was caught by Xayah's E-flash hook and killed on the spot.

Three lanes of minions surged towards SKT's inhibitor turrets.

With the support of three Earth Dragons, LGD destroyed SKT's two inhibitor turrets in less than five seconds.

SKT's base crystal is right in front of us; victory is within reach.

The remaining four members of SKT are having trouble even clearing minions, let alone defending the base.

LGD's five players rushed forward.

"Demolish the base! Demolish the base! Demolish the base!" Miller shouted frantically.

While pushing the base, LGD also managed to kill Gragas and Gnar.

Subsequently, the red team's base crystal shattered into countless fragments.

Amidst the deafening cheers from the Bird's Nest stadium, Miller shouted, "Let's congratulate SKT on taking the first game of the S7 finals and securing a winning start, temporarily leading their final opponents SKT by 1-0!"

Congratulations to LGD!

Congratulations to LGD!

Then, PDD added, "Wow, can you believe it? One day, our LPL team, in the World Championship finals, used perfect control and strategy to show SKT that this game doesn't actually need team fights."

“Indeed, this is quite unexpected.” Remember nodded.

"In the past, it was usually SKT or other LCK teams that told us this on the field."

"I can't take it anymore, I'm shaking with excitement!" Miller said.

"Hey Ya'er, you need to take it easy. You're already trembling when we're only leading 1-0. If we beat SKT later, you'll faint!" PDD said with a laugh.

"No, no, no"

The camera pans to the glass enclosure where the two players are located.

The five LGD players remained relatively calm and did not show excessive excitement, after all, this was only the first game of the finals.

However, the joy on her face was impossible to hide.

On the SKT side, some were drinking water, others were stretching their joints, and the expressions on the faces of several players looked rather serious.

Throughout the game, SKT seemed somewhat powerless to fight back.

(End of this chapter)