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Chapter 502: Do you really think that besides me, Zhou Dian, no one else in LGD can carry the team?

Gragas had just taken down a raptor at F6 and reached level 5 when he discovered Malzahar pushing the lane aggressively in the mid lane.

Blank decisively abandoned the F6 he was holding and headed straight for the mid lane.

At this moment, Malzahar's position was actually a little short of the middle of the mid lane, and Wei Shen didn't think his positioning was too deep.

But in the eyes of SKT's mid and jungle players, Malzahar was already a corpse.

"Fuck!"

Zhou Dian, who was finishing off a player, suddenly heard Wei Shen's ghostly scream coming through his earphones.

He quickly switched the screen to the mid lane and saw Karma use her E skill to speed up and then use her W skill to chain Malzahar, who was at more than half health.

The barrel also appeared from the side, but it was still some distance from Malzahar.

Karma's W skill had just chained Malzahar for half a second when Karma suddenly flashed and appeared right in front of Malzahar.

Wei Shen quickly used Flash to return to his own base under the first tower.

However, because Karma flashed and got right up to Malzahar, Malzahar's flash didn't create enough distance between them, and he didn't break the chain of Karma's W skill.

Malzahar had just flashed into the turret when Karma's W ability rooted him.

Malzahar was trapped in place.

Blank's Gragas decisively used E-Flash, stunning Malzahar with a belly full of energy.

That Flash was purely because the Gragas was too far away; without Flash, he couldn't reach it with his E.

Then Gragas used his WQ combo to smash Malzahar's head, followed by Karma's RQ, instantly taking down Malzahar.

Blank, who came off the bench, secured the first blood on Cho'Gath and then, within minutes, made another significant contribution by killing LGD's mid laner.

"Wow, this combo leaves the grasshopper nowhere to escape!" Miller said helplessly.

"There's nothing we can do, there's really nothing we can do about Wei Shen," PDD added.

"Faker can play Karma this fancy? After chaining Malzahar with W, he immediately flashes to his face, and you're bound to be rooted."

Sejuani was almost at the mid lane, but it was too late to save her mid laner.

Seeing this, Eimy silently controlled Sejuani to farm the three wolves.

In this game, it seems LGD will have to rely on their bottom lane.

At this point, imp's Varus had already out-farmed bang's Tristana by 15 CS.

In this game, SKT's bot lane picked a short-ranged, tanky support, and they even took Ignite.

If you can't get a kill in lane, you'll just keep getting pressured by enchanter supports.

However, no matter what, it's only been 6 minutes into the game and Bang is already down by 10 or 20 CS, which is really bad.

SKT's "four protect one" strategy in this game seems to have some issues with the "one" player.
Clearly, someone has already discovered this problem.

In the LGD team voice chat, PYL said to Wei Shen, "Don't rush, take it slow. Bang seems to be playing Tristana poorly. If he keeps playing like this, we'll have a better chance of winning later on."

In the past, it was usually Zhou Dian who played the role of comforting PYL's teammates at this time.

However, Zhou Dian was caught and killed twice in this game, and was also countered. He was under a lot of pressure in the laning phase, so he didn't have time to comfort Wei Shen, who had just been caught and killed.

Unlike the previous game where Gnar faced Yasuo, although he was countered, he actually had a chance to make plays.

In this game, Cho'Gath faced off against Troll Warlord, and neither of these heroes had much room for skillful maneuvering.

This counter is a pure suppression in terms of attributes and values.

As the troll's level increases, the giant worm will only become more and more difficult to defeat.

In this week's top game, we need to rely more on the team and avoid getting too entangled with the troll.

After Wei Shen's Malzahar revived, he was immediately teleported to the base of the mid-lane tower.

Malzahar didn't lose much experience despite a wave of minions pushing into his tower.

It's worth mentioning that, unlike the previous two games, Faker's Karma also brought Teleport in this game.

In this game, LGD lost the double TP advantage they had in the first two games when it came to lane switching and operation in the mid-to-late game.

After Malzahar revived and teleported to the mid lane, Faker saw that Malzahar had used his teleport and promptly teleported to the top lane.

At this moment, two waves of minions entered LGD's top tower.

Zhou Dian was just about to farm under the tower when he saw Huni's Troll Warlord charge straight under the tower.

The Ice Pillar (E) slowed down the giant worm, and then the Troll Warlord's Might and Dominance (R) hit the giant worm directly on the head.

The main reason why Trolls counter Cho'Gath is because of this ultimate ability.

The "Mighty Ruler" skill can drain 20-30% of the target's maximum health, as well as 40% of the target's physical and magical resistance.

The giant bug was completely drained by the troll's ultimate ability and couldn't survive at all!
Just before the troll unleashed his ultimate ability, a red teleportation whirlwind swept up onto a melee minion under LGD's top tower.

It was Faker's Karma.

He blatantly teleported to LGD's top tower, intending to dive the nearly full-health Cho'Gath with the Troll Warlord.

Upon seeing Karma's teleport, Zhou Dian immediately controlled Cho'Gath to retreat towards the second tower.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the giant worm is almost at full health. If it gets sucked in by the troll's ultimate and stays under the tower, it will definitely be killed by the troll and Karma.

The best option at this point is to make a run for it!
The giant bug turned around and used its Q skill to knock the troll into the air.

Karma then teleported to the ground, used her E skill to accelerate herself, closed the distance with Cho'Gath, and then unleashed an RQ on Cho'Gath.

Zhou Dian used Flash to dodge Karma's RQ and ran towards the top second tower.

Seeing the big bug flash away, Karma and Trundle stopped chasing and cleared a wave of LGD's minions between the first and second turrets in LGD's top lane.

At this point, Zhou Dian could only crouch in the self-isolated bush on the top lane, watching as two waves of red minions were killed one by one by the turret under the first tower.

Following that, another wave of red minions will soon reach LGD's top tower.

In other words, even after three waves of minions, the giant worm couldn't gain any experience.

Zhou Dian's heart was bleeding.

Three waves of soldiers! How much experience will we lose?

Zhou Dian, who was squatting in the grass where he was supposed to be withdrawn, is now truly going to become withdrawn.

On the LPL commentary booth.

"Ouch, this is so painful, it's painful to watch!" PDD exclaimed. "Three waves of minions! Zhou Shen is going to miss out on three waves of minions!"

"When you see Karma's Teleport, you might think, 'Huh? Is that how you play Karma?'"

"Faker's Karma is really making his presence felt, Zhou Shen is practically suffering more than if he were dead!" Miller added.

"How come Faker is so effective even when playing Karma?!"

When Miller said this, he clearly forgot that in the decisive game of the semifinals between LGD and Samsung last week, Zhou Dian also played Karma and a roaming play completely crushed Samsung's mid laner.

Now it's just that top lane Karma has become mid lane Karma, and the victim has changed from crown to Zhou Dian.

Or perhaps Miller hasn't forgotten.

He emphasized that Faker's Karma had a strong presence, which was actually an intentional or unintentional implication that Wei Shen had no presence in this game.

Of course, it's not something you can say outright.

And that is indeed the case.

Zhou Dian's loss of three waves of minions due to being forced to use Flash was actually a continuation of Wei Shen's earlier death.

Because Malzahar was caught and killed, Wei Shen used Teleport to return to the mid lane to farm the wave under the tower after respawning. It was precisely because he saw Malzahar use Teleport that Faker immediately teleported to the top lane to gank Zhou Dian.

The only solution to this situation is for Malzahar to respawn and log back in on foot instead of teleporting.

Since Wei Shen didn't use teleport, Faker naturally wouldn't dare to teleport directly to LGD's top tower like he did just now.

So, this is how Malzahar's attempt to farm a wave of creeps indirectly caused Cho'Gath to lose three waves of creeps.

In the end, it was another sacrifice for the mid laner.

My life is miserable!
Watching the red team's minions being killed one by one by the turrets, Zhou Dian felt a pang of heartache.

What's even more painful is that Karma and the Troll seem poised to take down his top tower.

Three waves of minions converged under LGD's top tower, where Troll Warlord and Karma were relentlessly pushing down the tower.

At this moment, Eimy's Sejuani is in the bottom half of the map, so she can't help Cho'Gath.

Zhou Dian could only stay in the self-isolated bushes, watching helplessly as the turret's health rapidly decreased.

At this moment, Malzahar had pushed the minion wave to SKT's mid-lane tower.

But now, it's pointless for Wei Shen to go to the top lane to support the Cho'Gath, so he's simply stopped going.

Blank's Gragas replaced Faker's Karma, taking the blue side's minion wave from their own base's first tower.

Seeing that the next wave of minions was about to converge in the mid lane, Faker chose to leave the top lane and return to the mid lane.

When Karma left the top lane, LGD's top tower only had one-third of its health left.

With the remaining health, the troll could probably take it down by himself.

However, taking down LGD's top tower so early might not be a good thing for Huni's Troll Warlord.

With LGD losing their first tower, the Troll Warlord's development space is greatly reduced.

After seeing Karma leave, Zhou Dian also controlled Cho'Gath to emerge from the self-isolation bush and prepare to return to the first tower.

At this point, there are still seven red minions under the tower. If the big bug rushes back to the tower, it can probably still get almost a wave of minions.

The big bug headed towards its own top tower, while the troll continued to push LGD's top tower alone.

Because Troll Warlord's Q skill can be applied to turrets, he can demolish turrets very quickly.

Even though this is only a level 6 troll.

When the level 5 Cho'Gath returned to the top tower, the tower only had a sliver of health left.

Seeing that Huni was trying to forcefully take the first tower, Zhou Dian felt relieved.

As I said before, it's too early.

Even if Huni's troll can get a large amount of gold early on, greatly accelerating his development.

However, the troll's further development may very well end here.

The Troll hero's split-pushing ability still requires a long-term strategy.

With each improvement in equipment, the solo power increases by one point.

It's not the kind of hero who can suddenly take off just by getting a large sum of money.

If it were a champion like Jayce who could solo the first tower so early, Zhou Dian would be genuinely worried.

However, the trolls didn't get an immediate effect from this economic windfall.

If the time frame is extended, the economic benefits provided by the first tower become negligible.

Moreover, SKT's lineup in this game clearly shows that they can only rely on Bang's Tristana to carry, and even if Trundle gets fed, he can only be considered half a carry at most.

Why is SKT focusing on my top lane instead of ganking my bot lane with a lineup that's almost entirely four-protect-one?
Do you really think that besides me, Zhou Dian, no one else in LGD can carry?

Back under the first tower, the big bug hit the troll with a Q skill, knocking the troll into the air.

But Huni ignored it, and the troll continued to swing his big club, knocking away the last bit of health from LGD's top tower.

At 7 minutes and 12 seconds into the game, the troll took down the first tower of the match all by himself.

However, at this point, the troll was already at half health and almost out of mana, and the giant worm started chasing and attacking it.

When the troll was reduced to less than a third of its health, it finally recovered enough mana to cast its E skill.

Pillars of Ice (E) erupt from the ground, slowing down the giant worm, and the troll runs forward.

Despite being slowed by the troll's E skill, Zhou Dian did not intend to give up the chase.

Because Cho'Gath's Q skill was about to be ready, Zhou Dian wanted to see if he could force Trundle to use Flash.

We can't lose money on minions and towers and gain nothing at all.

Forcing the troll to use Flash is at least a way to gain some advantage.

Something is better than nothing!
However, Zhou Dian's plan to use the Troll Warlord's Flash was immediately thwarted, and he really didn't gain anything.

Just as the giant bug was about to continue chasing the troll, a Karma emerged from the top lane tri-bush behind the blue team.

"No way, Faker, why haven't you left yet!" Zhou Dian was already cursing in his mind.

I almost couldn't hold back and cursed out like Wei Shen did.

On the large screen at the venue, the commentators and audience members could see everything clearly from a bird's-eye view.

After Karma left the top lane and entered the river, she had already reached the middle of the river.

Seeing that Zhou Dian's Cho'Gath had returned to the tower, Faker decisively turned around, controlling Karma to enter LGD's blue buff area and circle around behind Cho'Gath.

Upon seeing Karma, Zhou Dian quickly turned and ran towards the second tower.

SKT is really trying to wipe him out!

For the big bug, losing three waves of minions and the turret was already a huge loss.

Even so, Faker wouldn't let him go and insisted on killing him.

You can't just take advantage of one person.

This is a classic example of squeezing urine out of a toad.

You, Faker, are you trying to mess with me like this?!
Just you wait, don't cry when you lose!
The giant bug ran back, and Karma used her E skill to accelerate and start chasing.

Fortunately, the giant bug had just gained experience from two minions, leveled up to level six, and now had its ultimate ability. The low-health troll dared not chase after it.

Karma alone couldn't kill this giant worm that had more than half its health bar.

Karma accelerated forward, chained Cho'Gath with her W skill, and then hit Cho'Gath with her Q skill, slowing him down.

Then Karma's W skill was triggered, and Cho'Gath was rooted to the spot.

The giant bug turned around and used its Q skill, but Karma took a step back to dodge it.

Then they caught up and followed LGD to their second top tower.

Karma's Q skill is ready, she hits Cho'Gath with an RQ, and then chases after him to auto-attack.

The giant Cho'Gath had already escaped back to the second turret, but Karma actually used her E skill to accelerate and chase him back to the turret, even managing to land an extra Q skill on the giant Cho'Gath.

They fought until the giant worm had less than 200 health left, and seeing that they couldn't kill it, they retreated outside the tower.

"You're still chasing him? Faker, that's going too far!" PDD shouted.

"Karma's out of abilities, so Cho'Gath won't die!" Remember silently breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)