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Chapter 501 It was right not to suppress it; you have to be timid when you need to be!
"In this game, Gragas will probably start with three buffs again, which will be quite damaging for Eimy!" Miller said after seeing Eimy's blue buff being stolen again.

“Yes!” Remember nodded. “However, LGD made a change immediately in this game. Zhou Shen and Eimy still had their Flash available, at least they didn’t lose their Flash because of defending the blue buff, unlike in the last game.”

"Indeed, LGD played very frustratingly in the early game last time because they lost their top and jungle's Flash too early," PDD added.

However, none of the three mentioned Huni's experience loss with the troll.

After huni's Troll Warlord was released, he played much more cautiously this game compared to his Yasuo in the previous game.

The strategy was to focus on farming safely and not try to dominate the top lane as soon as the game started.

During the break just now, Huni also reflected on his Yasuo performance in the previous game.

He felt that he had been too hasty during the laning phase, rushing to suppress his opponent, which in turn caused him to make many mistakes.

Unfortunately, the opposing top laner is extremely good at seizing opportunities, so the result was that even though we got the counter pick, we were still pressured.

Having learned from the previous game, Huni played less hastily this time, even though he once again secured the counter pick.

SKT will definitely focus on the bottom lane in this game, so it's better for Trundle to play it safe.

Zhou Dian was naturally pleased that Huni's troll didn't put pressure on Cho'Gath.

If you want to develop, then we'll develop with you!

With no pressure in the top lane, Zhou Dian casually pressed the Tab key and saw that Karma's CS was higher than Malzahar's.

He quickly switched the screen to the mid lane and glanced at it, only to see that Karma had already pushed the minion wave to LGD's mid-lane tower.

What's going on?

Zhou Dian didn't quite understand.

It was clearly Wei Shen's Malzahar who went to the lane first to push, and Faker's Karma only rushed back to the mid lane from the top river when he was about to lose experience.

Malzahar had lane control from the start, so how did Karma manage to take it back?
It's not that Zhou Dian couldn't understand being taken back lane control by Faker.

He was well aware that Karma was very strong in the laning phase.

What he couldn't understand was that Karma regained control of the central route too quickly.

At this point, the heroes on both sides' top and bottom lanes are only level one.

Only the mid laner and jungler reached level two.

However, both junglers had just finished clearing their first buff and were about to start clearing their second set of jungle monsters.

This is a bit outrageous!
Fortunately, the middle lane is shorter, so the winning side can't snowball as easily as the top lane.

This also means that sometimes, the mid lane is actually easier to play than the top lane.

Just recently, LGD found the most reliable mid-lane champion in this version – Malzahar.

But SKT just wouldn't ban Malzahar.

So Wei Shen won three games in a row, and he was really happy.

Just as Zhou Dian switched the camera back from the mid lane to the top lane to focus on laning, the observer switched the camera to the mid lane.

Then we saw the blue team's third wave of cannon minions advance into LGD's mid-lane tower. Malzahar was standing in the middle of the minion wave farming under the tower, but Faker's Karma hit him with a tricky RQ from an angle, just missing the edge.

"Damn, how could that hit me?!"

Wei Shen's voice came through the earphones, and Zhou Dian smiled helplessly.

In this game, after Eimy's Sejuani soloed his own red buff, he didn't try to rush to SKT's blue buff area to steal it, unlike in the previous game.

If you didn't manage to counter in the last round, you definitely won't be able to counter in this round either.

There's no need to waste your energy.

After taking down the red buff, Sejuani continued farming her own F6 camp.

Meanwhile, after taking LGD's blue buff, Gragas turned around and started attacking LGD's Gromp.

After defeating the Swamp Frog, Blank didn't greedily take LGD's three wolves.

He maneuvered the barrel straight up to the right side of the tri-bush on the blue team's top lane, stepped on the blast cone there, and went down to the top river to fight the river crab.

The barrel arrived at the river and headed towards the river crabs below.

After taking only two steps, the barrel suddenly turned and headed towards the top road.

The OB immediately switched the camera to the top lane.

At this moment, the third wave of cannon minions on the top lane has already converged in front of SKT's top tower.

The giant worm is currently level two, while the troll is still level one, not level two.

Both of them had just over half their health remaining.

The giant worm is now quite deep inside, so the purpose of the barrel going up is obvious.

On the LPL commentary booth.

I remember we were analyzing the start of the game for both junglers.

“Eimy is going to start with just a single red buff this game. Let’s see what Blank’s choice is. He’s level 2 now and has a blue buff.”

"It seems like they're going to gank top lane. Zhou Shen's position is a bit too deep!" Miller said anxiously.

"Look at Zhou Shen's big bug, its health isn't very good," PDD shouted.

"That's it, it was pushed too deep. The barrels here are waiting for Huni to reach level two, and the troll is already at level two!"

On the big screen, after the troll reached level two, an ice pillar suddenly shot out from under the giant bug's feet, slowing it down.

It is the troll's E skill - Pillar of Ice.

Once Zhou Dian was hit by the troll's pillar, he knew he was doomed.

The barrels are here!

Both Gragas and Troll Warlord are heroes with exceptional stickiness.

So Zhou Dian got too lazy to run anymore and controlled the giant bug to attack the troll, trying to reduce as many of the troll's status effects as possible.

By the way, stack two Undying items to increase the maximum health of the big bug.

Under the damage output of SKT's top and jungle, Cho'Gath's health dropped rapidly, and he was eventually killed by Trundle with a single blow.

First Blood!
The troll secured first blood against the giant worm.

"There's no way to escape, there's no way to escape!" Ji De shook his head.

"Zhou Shen didn't use Flash, there was really no need to use Flash, Huni got the first blood on Cho'Gath!"

"It feels like Zhou Shen is pushing the minion wave a bit too far!" Miller added.

"He's gone too far. Zhou Shen is definitely a bit too aggressive in this game," PDD said.

"But we're both top laners, so I can understand. The top lane is all about momentum; if I can pressure you, I'll definitely pressure you!"

“But to be fair, Blank’s choice was really brilliant,” Miller continued. “He turned around halfway through!”

"Zhou Shen probably didn't expect that SKT's lineup, which was clearly going to focus on the bottom lane, would have their jungler gank the top lane as early as level two."

"It seems like Zhou Shen has been caught out by two different classes several times during this World Championship!"

"During the semifinals against Samsung, there was a game where Ambition's Gragas ganked top twice, giving away first blood. LGD lost that game!"

Miller's words were filled with worry.

After all, their opponent is SKT, so we can't give them any chance.

If possible, he hopes LGD can achieve a clean sweep against SKT today.

Miller gets really uneasy whenever SKT wins a game, always feeling like SKT could come back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2.

Back to the game.

After killing Zhou Dian's Cho'Gath, Blank's Gragas immediately recalled to base on the top lane.

Huni's troll wasn't in good shape, and after finishing off a few low-health minions, he recalled to base. While the recall countdown was running, Huni thought, "Not pressuring him was definitely the right thing to do. Sometimes you have to play it safe. Even though I can't beat you, I have my jungler!"

Back at the fountain, the troll bought a longsword and a healing orb, along with a refillable potion, and then quickly teleported back to the top lane.

At this moment, the resurrected Cho'Gath had already teleported to the top lane and pushed a large wave of minions into SKT's top tower, without being blocked by the teleported Trundle.

In that case, the situation is alright.

Compared to the troll, the giant worm only lost one blood, but did not lose any experience.

On the upper route, the most important thing is experience level.

On the other side, Blank's Gragas, after killing Cho'Gath, returned to the fountain, bought a jungle charm and a control ward, and headed straight for his own blue buff.

Eimy was powerless to stop Zhou Dian from losing his first blood.

His Pig Girl was farming the Three Wolves at the time.

After clearing the three wolves, there were no more jungle monsters left for LGD to farm in the upper jungle, and Sejuani recalled to base on the spot.

I bought a jungle charm, replenished my control wards, and headed out towards the Krugs.

At this point, only this group of stone beetles remained in LGD's jungle.

In contrast, all six jungle camps in SKT's jungle were still there.

The observer's perspective switched to the top lane, and Zhou Dian's Cho'Gath pushed the minion wave into the Troll Tower and then walked directly into SKT's red buff area.

First, I placed the ward I had on my character at SKT's red buff location.

Continuing forward, A destroyed the Seer Fruit behind the Dragon Pit.

Then he went back, stepped on the explosive cone behind the dragon pit, and returned to the top lane.

However, SKT knew that Zhou Dian had placed a ward at SKT's red buff.

Just three seconds before the giant worm placed its ward, Karma, who had just finished pushing the mid lane, came to her own red buff area and placed her trinket ward there.

As soon as the ward was placed, Faker knew it.

On the SKT side, they are unaware that LGD's jungler, Sejuani, went home after clearing the wolves and is currently in the bottom half of the map.

Faker, unaware of Sejuani's movements and with his jungler farming in the bottom half of the map, decisively placed a ward at the red buff to ensure that this Gragas game would start with three buffs.

Less than four minutes into the game, it seemed that both mid laners were simply farming and clearing the lane.

But in reality, Wei Shen's Malzahar did nothing except finish off minions.

Faker's Karma first came to the top river at level one to intimidate his team and ensure that his jungler could steal LGD's blue buff.

Now he's running to his own red buff area to place wards, making sure the red buff on the barrel isn't lost.

On LGD's side, the extra work Faker did in the early stages compared to Wei Shen can probably only be compensated for by Zhou Dian.

Regardless, after securing First Blood with Gragas at level two, Blank was still able to start with three buffs, making this game a truly perfect start for him.

At this moment, in the commentary booth.

"Zhou Shen's play was very detailed. After pushing the lane, the first thing he did was come to SKT's red buff area and destroy their Sight Cone and Blast Cone," PDD said.

"Without these two fruits, Zhou Shen will have a much easier time preventing ganks."

“That’s right, Zhou Shen didn’t forget what he should do after giving up first blood.” Remember nodded.

After the big bug gave up first blood, the situation on the field temporarily returned to calm.

Eimy's Sejuani did not start farming jungle camps after arriving near her own Krugs.

Instead, they went directly into the small dragon pit, came to the river, and took down the river crab.

Then they headed straight for SKT's blue zone.

It's not that he's still obsessed with Gragas's blue buff.

Based on the ward that the big bug just placed, we can see that SKT's red buff is still there, so Gragas should have taken down the blue buff by now.

The main reason Eimy still chose to enter SKT's blue buff area was that he couldn't swallow the fact that his blue buff was stolen.

He wanted to proactively find the barrel and disrupt its rhythm.

Because a large wave of minions was at SKT's bottom tower at that moment, LGD's bottom lane duo had absolute lane control, so Eimy confidently entered SKT's blue buff area.

PYL's Lulu followed Sejuani into SKT's blue buff area.

After a short stroll, the two did not see the barrel.

The blue buff and the three wolves are gone, leaving only a swamp frog.

Didn't catch the barrel!

Let's kill the Swamp Frog before we leave, since we're already here.

After defeating the Gromp, Sejuani returned to her jungle and started farming Krugs.

Meanwhile, in the other half of the map, Gragas had already started farming his red buff, which was clearly seen by the wards Zhou Dian had just placed.

After clearing the red buff, Gragas didn't go up to farm the Krugs, but instead went straight to the river.

Place the ward in the small bushes in the middle of the river, then the barrel takes down the crab.

Then they entered LGD's blue buff area.

This time, the Gragas went into LGD's jungle not to steal jungle camps, as there wasn't a single jungle monster in LGD's blue buff area at that moment.

At this moment, Wei Shen's Malzahar was pinned under the tower with half health remaining, and Blank was clearly looking for an opportunity in the mid lane.

If the opportunity arises, Gragas will definitely flank Malzahar and dive the tower.

This is when Faker's Karma walked straight under LGD's mid-lane tower and unleashed an RQ.

Fortunately, Wei Shen dodged Karma's RQ with a sideways movement.

Otherwise, if Malzahar, at half health, gets hit by Karma's RQ, his health will be extremely low.

At that point, the barrel will definitely be coming to make a move.

Unbeknownst to Wei Shen, his movement saved his life.

Seeing no opportunity in the mid lane, Gragas recalled to base in the bush behind LGD's blue buff.

Meanwhile, Sejuani, having finished clearing her own Krugs, had returned to the fountain.

After Sejuani and Gragas recalled to base, they both upgraded to Sightstone jungle item.

What followed was a sustained struggle for vision control in the jungle.

However, Sejuani didn't have much gold this time, and after upgrading her jungle item, she didn't have enough money to buy a control ward.

Gragas farms more jungle camps than Sejuani and has an assist, so he's significantly richer than Sejuani.

Gragas not only brought a true sight ward when he went out, but also bought a pair of straw sandals.

After Eimy's Sejuani left the base, several camps of neutral creeps respawned, so Sejuani began farming relentlessly.

In the games today, Eimy's jungle play in the early game was quite focused on farming, which is unlike his usual style.

But by now, he had already realized one thing: "Just focus on farming and developing your character in the early game, no need to rush, SKT will be the one in a rush first!"

However, Blank, who usually plays a more conservative, "farce" style, became much more aggressive when he came on as a substitute this game.

The barrel emerged from the spring and arrived at its own blue zone.

At this point, there were no jungle monsters left in SKT's blue buff area, but Blank neither went to the red buff area to farm the Krugs nor attempted a gank. Instead, he headed straight for LGD's F6 camp.

So, while Sejuani was attacking her own Gromp, Gragas was attacking his F6 camp.

However, even though Blank just wanted to quietly invade the enemy jungle, he couldn't stop people from feeding him kills.

For example, the big bug that gave away first blood earlier.

For example, Malzahar at this moment!
(End of this chapter)