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Chapter 494 Teleporting to flank and finish off Ryze, team fights continue to erupt in the bottom river!
Gnar alone cannot stop Ryze; they can only try to stall for time.

The barrel that wasn't controlled by Gnar smacked Gnar with its belly.

Then Ryze woke up from the stun of Gnar's W skill.

Ryze used a quick EWQ combo to firmly immobilize Gnar while also triggering his passive speed boost, allowing him to run towards the mid lane with Gragas.

Gnar was trapped in place, watching Ryze run past him, seemingly about to escape completely.

At this moment, Xayah, who had just killed Varus, used her R-Flash followed by her E towards Ryze.

Feathers rained down on Ryze, then the Barrett (E) pulled him back, passing through his body and imprisoning him in place.

That hook was extremely close; if Ryze had run even a fraction of a second faster, he wouldn't have been able to trap it.

Once you control Ryze, things will be much easier.

The rest of LGD had already caught up from the dragon pit.

Janna flashed and used her whirlwind to knock up Ryze, then followed up with a crowd control effect.

Then the LGD players swarmed in, and Ryze used a futile heal but was still killed, with Xayah getting the kill.

Xayah got two kills this time, which can be said to be the most perfect kill distribution.

The other four players on LGD had some support roles, but Xayah was the absolute carry in this game.

Forget about getting kills, if Zhou Dian could, he'd kill his own Gnar and give Xayah 300 gold.

Of course, Xayah was able to get two kills thanks to Bang's Varus's impulsive R-flash.

Otherwise, all four SKT players could have easily withdrawn.

In the commentary box.

"Xayah killed Ryze, a double kill!" Miller breathed a sigh of relief after a rapid-fire commentary.

He continued, "My God, SKT made a huge mistake at a crucial moment, giving LGD an opportunity, and LGD seized that opportunity perfectly!"

"SKT had a communication problem this time," Remember added. "The others wanted to leave, but Bang's flash to hold them in place completely confused his teammates, leaving them unsure of what to do."

“Yes!” Miller nodded. “Today, it felt like SKT made some rare communication mistakes in the first two games.”

"I think Bang wanted to engage first, but then he saw Gnar's TP behind him, so he wanted to retreat. The support went to the dragon pit to save Varus, and the mid and jungle didn't go. The formation fell apart immediately."

"Yes, Gnar's behind-the-back teleport was crucial," PDD said. "The main thing is that Gnar teleported as a large Gnar, that's the most annoying part, you know!"

"SKT is definitely panicking at the thought of a powerful Gnar coming down soon!"

"If it were a Gnar without any anger coming down, SKT would probably go straight in from the start without any hesitation."

"Zhou Shen just got caught out by SKT's top, mid, and jungle. Miller, you said Zhou Shen might be silent for the next ten minutes, but he immediately made a crucial TP to help his teammates turn the tide. I'm really impressed."

PDD is right.

Although it may seem like Gnar only got one assist in this play, the entire counter-encirclement of SKT was orchestrated by Zhou Dian.

Just before the prince was chased into the river by SKT's jungler, support, and bot lane, Eimy heard Zhou Dian shout in his headset to tell him to place a ward on the spot.

Out of absolute trust in Zhou Dian, Eimy almost reflexively placed a ward on the spot before continuing to run away.

Then this ward blocked SKT's most convenient retreat route.

"This was definitely a huge mistake by SKT, but Huni still has the absolute initiative in his matchup against Gnar!" Miller said.

After the fight broke out between the two sides just now, Huni finally learned her lesson and didn't teleport over to support her teammates.

Because at that time, SKT's formation had completely fallen apart.

Yasuo's teleportation doesn't have much effect; it's nowhere near as impactful in team fights as Gnar's.

Huni then moved to the mid lane and took the opportunity to farm a wave of minions.

After playing this game for so long, it seems like I'm finally realizing something: why is he, a top lane Yasuo, always thinking about supporting his teammates? He should just focus on pushing the lane!

As soon as Miller finished speaking, the OB view shifted to the bottom lane.

Yasuo released the Rift Herald in the bottom lane, while Gnar, inside LGD's bottom turret, immediately retreated from the turret's range.

The Rift Herald stepped forward and rammed into LGD's bottom tower, which was less than half health.

With a two-tower lead, SKT still had a 3,000 gold advantage at this point.

“Now SKT is leaving the stage to Huni. In 1v1, Zhou Shen’s Gnar is no match for Yasuo. Yasuo is now very difficult for LGD to deal with when split pushing!” Miller continued.

However, the best-equipped champion on the field right now is still Faker's Ryze.

The game had just reached 20 minutes when Ryze had acquired the Rod of Ages, Morellonomicon, and Boots of Speed.

She still has stacks of Goddess Tears on her body, just waiting to be combined into an Archangel.

They still have the lead in development.

However, LGD's ability to kill Ryze just now was still very crucial.

If it weren't for that wave of deaths just now, Ryze would probably be practically invincible right now.

After pushing the minion wave across the river in the top lane, Ryze stopped pushing and walked into the top river, heading towards the mid lane.

Malzahar is currently handling the top lane minions for LGD.

Malzahar's teleport at this moment is good, as it allows him to follow up with Ryze's ultimate.

So he was sent to run the same lane as Ryze.

Huni's Yasuo pushed down LGD's bottom tower, then pushed another wave of minions before heading to the dragon pit to solo the Earth Dragon.

Halfway through the fight, Gragas came over and joined Yasuo in taking down the dragon.

Varus and Lulu also walked towards their own jungle camp, making sure they could secure the second Earth Dragon.

Having two earth dragons greatly enhances the ability to control the line.

On LGD's side, besides dealing with the minions on the top and bottom lanes, Gnar was also busy.

The other three people banded together and entered the lower river channel from the middle road, heading towards Xiaolongkeng.

After all, this is SKT's second Earth Dragon, and LGD doesn't want to give it up easily.

I should go and see if there's a chance I can snag one.

In the commentary box.

“SKT’s current idea is that I will always play a 4-1 or 1-3-1 formation and I will never engage in team fights,” Miller said. “LGD’s idea is to take advantage of Gnar’s team fight advantage and try to initiate team fights in every possible way.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Peanut, seeing LGD's jungler and support coming over, immediately controlled Gragas to charge in.

Varus and Lulu followed behind the barrel, leaving Yasuo alone to continue fighting the Earth Dragon, which only had a few hundred points of health left.

Right there in the small patch of grass in the middle of the riverbed, the two Shimono Sukes met on the narrow path.

Especially the barrel and the prince, they're already face to face.

Then came the sound effect of the dragon being killed.

With the Earth Dragon gone, LGD naturally wanted to retreat.

The prince, who was walking at the front, immediately turned around and started to walk back. However, SKT seemed unwilling to let the three LGD players leave just like that.

The barrel slammed into the prince, stunning him, and then Varus used his ultimate to immobilize the prince in place.

Bang's last aggressive play backfired, costing him and Faker dearly.

What about this wave?

Varus's Chains of Corruption (R) hit the Prince and was about to spread to Xayah and Janna behind him when Gragas threw a Bursting Barrel (R) right between LGD's bottom, jungle, and support trio.

Gragas's ultimate attack missed Jarvan IV, but it blasted Xayah and Janna to the left and right.

This prevented Xayah and Janna from being affected by Varus's ultimate ability.

At the same time, a blue halo appeared behind LGD's jungler, support, and bottom laner.

Ryze, who was in the upper river, activated his ultimate and moved to the lower river.

Within three minutes, the two sides clashed again in the lower river.

SKT's jungler, support, and bottom laner did not continue attacking the prince, who was immobilized by Varus's ultimate.

Firstly, the prince is currently the tankiest character on the field.

Secondly, although the Gragas's ultimate move just now had a slight mishap and didn't explode very well.

However, this also blew Xayah from the open area in front of F6 into the river, making her the closest person on LGD's side to the SKT main force.

SKT's jungler, support, and bot laner immediately turned to focus fire on Xayah.

Meanwhile, after Huni's Yasuo secured the Earth Dragon, he moved upwards towards his teammates.

At this moment, Zhou Dian's Gnar had already entered the bottom river and was heading towards his teammates.

During the wave clear just now, Little Gnar's rage meter has reached 90 points.

Meanwhile, Wei Shen's Malzahar also used Teleport, which landed at LGD's mid-lane tower, very close to where the team fight was about to break out.

Varus had just cast Ghost Arrows (E) on Xayah, slowing her down, and Jarvan IV, who had bought Mercury's Treads, had already escaped the restraint of Varus's ultimate.

With his teammates almost there to provide support, Eimy wasn't afraid at all.

The prince had just broken free of control and immediately unleashed a double EQ combo on Varus.

Varus, whose Flash ability hadn't fully recharged, was hit squarely by Jarvan IV's EQ combo.

After activating Varus, the Prince immediately followed up with Cataclysm (R), trapping the three heroes—Gragas, Varus, and Lulu—who were positioned close together.

SKT's jungler, support, and bot laner hadn't used their Flash abilities yet, so they were trapped inside Jarvan IV's ultimate and couldn't move.

So the three of them started targeting the prince, trying to eliminate him as quickly as possible.

Lulu used her ultimate on Varus, which not only restored Varus's health but also knocked Jarvan IV into the air, and then turned Jarvan IV into a sheep.

Under Varus's attacks, the prince's health dropped rapidly.

Outside of the Prince's ultimate, Faker's Ryze emerged from the ultimate and landed in the river bush on the right side of the mid lane, where Xayah was right next to him, ready to deal damage.

Ryze should start his combo against Xayah with a WEQ combo to maximize damage in the shortest amount of time.

However, Ryze's combo has a drawback: the single Rune Prison (W) control duration is not long enough.

This wouldn't normally be a problem; Ryze can reliably unleash a full combo with WEQ against most champions.

But now Ryze's target is Xayah.

Ryze's W and E, two projectile-less abilities, landed on Xayah first, but during the flight of his final Q ability, the half-health Xayah activated her ultimate.

Xayah leaped into the air, becoming untargetable, and dodged Ryze's Q skill.

Otherwise, if Ryze's Q skill hits Xayah, triggering the mark of his E skill and dealing double damage, with Ryze having the most luxurious equipment in the game at this moment, he might be able to take down a half-health Xayah who doesn't have summoner spells.

On Xayah's right, seeing Ryze unleash his Q skill, PYL's Janna was so startled that she immediately used her ultimate on Xayah.

Of course, since Xayah was untargetable, Janna's ultimate did not heal her at this time.

The only effect of Janna's ultimate was to push Yasuo, who had just walked to the edge of Jarvan IV's ultimate, away a bit.

But this is a Yasuo who can't initiate. Janna's ultimate only pushed Yasuo outwards by one step, which seems to be no different from missing the ultimate.

However, what happened next was enough to show that Janna's ultimate move, which pushed Yasuo outwards, was crucial.

imp's Xayah used her ultimate ability to avoid Ryze's attacks.

Xayah threw out a large feather that passed through the three SKT players who were trapped by Jarvan IV's ultimate.

Then Xayah activated her hook (E), and the large number of feather blades she had just thrown out were retrieved, passing through the three SKT bot laners, jungler, and support, and immobilizing them all.

If it weren't for Janna's ultimate ability, which pushed Yasuo away in time, he would have been in trouble.

Yasuo had already moved in front of Xayah, and a single Wind Wall could have easily blocked all the feather blades that Xayah had thrown out with her ultimate.

But now, Yasuo is too far away to help!

Xayah's RE combo dealt a significant amount of damage to Gragas, Varus, and Lulu.

Furthermore, just as the prince's ultimate skill was about to end, they managed to apply crucial crowd control to the three of them.

More importantly, Xayah's control over SKT's jungler, support, and bottom laners delayed the arrival of Gnar.

On his way here, Gnar hit the river crab twice, and now his rage meter is full, ready to transform into Mega Gnar at any moment.

"Wow, with all these flying feathers, the hook pulled three people! I..." PDD almost swore in his excitement.

At this point, the prince's ultimate skill expired and he naturally disappeared.

The prince's health was less than a third of the way down, but Xayah's hook pulled three people, indirectly saving the prince's life.

As soon as the prince's ultimate ability disappeared, he suddenly flashed forward and flashed into the bush behind SKT's blue buff.

At this moment, SKT's jungler, support, and bot laner broke free from Xayah's E skill's restraint.

With their health already very low, the three retreated towards their own jungle, while Varus continued to attack the Prince.

The reason they didn't run directly was because the prince blocked the retreat route of Gragas, Varus, and Lulu.

The prince's sudden appearance just now was certainly not to escape for his life.

Firstly, it was to block SKT's escape route; secondly, it was to delay skill cooldowns.

Just when the prince's health was down to only about 200 points, Eimy finally got his Q skill off cooldown.

Actually, Q skill is the skill with the shortest cooldown for Jarvan IV; the cooldown isn't long at all.

But at this crucial moment, those few seconds of CD felt incredibly long.

As soon as Dragon Strike (Q) was ready, the prince immediately used Q to move towards the flag that he had planted with his EQ combo a few seconds earlier.

Using a flag to perform two EQ combos is also a common tactic for Jarvan IV.

However, even routine operations can be incredibly impressive.

Eager to escape, SKT's jungler, support, and bot laner all crowded into the bush where Jarvan IV was, trying to quickly focus fire and eliminate this obstacle.

As a result, all three of them were lifted up by the prince's EQ combo, like skewers of candied hawthorns!
(End of this chapter)