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Chapter 503 The most miserable start, a true man can bend and stretch!

"This is terrible! How are we supposed to play this game, Zhou Shen?!" Miller shook his head and sighed.

"In my memory, I have rarely seen Zhou Shen have such a miserable game."

"SKT's early game advantage in this game is even greater than in the last one!"

Back to the game.

The giant bug walked all the way to the back of the second tower before it started to teleport back to base.

Faker's Karma simply cleared the wave of blue minions that had just arrived in the top lane.

Faker didn't actually profit from this play; it was Huni's Trundle who did.

Karma completely abandoned her own development to focus on taking down the top-tier Cho'Gath.

But this is a Kalmar!
Although the position is mid lane, it can also be considered half support, so there is no need for good development.

It's perfectly fine to drag your opponents down so your teammates can have a better life.

In the decisive game of the semifinals between LGD and Samsung, Zhou Dian's top lane Karma played the same way.

It seems that Faker, like Zhou Dian, also understands how to play Karma in a solo lane.

Just annoy your opponent!

This hero needs teammates to carry them!
Besides Huni's Troll Warlord, Blank's Gragas also had a great time.

Since Karma hasn't returned to mid lane for a while, Gragas, who was helping Karma defend the lane, has already farmed two waves of minions in mid lane.

My level has already reached level six.

Eimy's Sejuani was only level 5 and was still focused on farming jungle camps.

After the troll returned to base, he immediately bought Tiamat, a Vampire Scepter, and then used the extra money to buy a pair of boots.

In contrast, Zhou Dian's Big Bug only had a pair of cloth armor shoes when he came out of the house. Apart from his starting gear, he had nothing else. He didn't even have money to buy a true sight ward.

"Huni has a huge advantage in this game. Let's see how he plays next and how Zhou Shen responds," Miller said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene shifted, and the observer's perspective switched to the bottom lane.

A large wave of minions pushed into SKT's bottom tower, and the tower's health was only half.

"But in the bot lane, SKT's bot lane is still under pressure," Miller continued.

"Faced with the strong laning duo of Varus and Lulu, Bang seems to be unable to beat them, just like in the previous two games!"

Although Bang lost the laning phase in the first two games, he was at most at a slight disadvantage.

The laning phase in the bottom lane didn't actually affect the overall game.

Therefore, many viewers did not notice the problems that Bang had in subsequent team fights.

But in this game, SKT's bot lane was not just outmatched, they were completely crushed.

At this point, the game had just reached the 8-minute mark, and Tristana was already down by almost 30 CS against Varus.

Even more striking is the difference in experience.

Varus has been level 6 for quite a while, while Tristana has only just reached level 5.

The experience gap between the two AD carries is now more than one level.

No wonder Faker and Huni were in such a hurry to push down LGD's top tower, even at the cost of affecting the subsequent development of the Troll Warlord.

Because their own next tower can't hold out for much longer.

We can't just give Varus the first tower for nothing.

Once they take the first tower, Varus, who's farmed incredibly well, will switch lanes and go to the top lane, leaving Huni's Trundle with nowhere to farm.

In the bottom lane, after finishing off the minions under the tower, Tristana was whittled down to only one-third of her health by Varus and Lulu.

LGD's bot lane duo both have relatively long range.

There was no other way; Little Cannon's health was too dangerous, so Bang and Wolf had to walk behind the tower and recall.

Instead of immediately interrupting SKT's bot lane duo's recall, imp and PYL blocked SKT's bottom tower and began clearing the red minion wave that had just arrived.

"SKT's strategy seems to have gone wrong!" Remember said at this point.

"If Leona doesn't get any help from Gragas during the laning phase, what's the point of picking Leona?"

"If you're just playing the laning phase, as you level up, a tank support is definitely less effective than a soft support like Ardent Censer."

“Yes, now Leona doesn’t dare to point at her at all!” PDD added. “If you point at Lulu and she gets polymorphed, you’re basically feeding.”

In the game, the countdown for Tristana's recall was in its final stages.

At this moment, PYL's Lulu suddenly used her E skill to apply Pix to a minion, and then released her Q skill.

Pix's shimmering spear (Q) hit Tristana at its maximum range.

The little cannon was interrupted by Lulu at the last second before he returned to base.

"hey-hey!"

PYL's sly laughter could be faintly heard in the headsets of the other LGD players.

After being interrupted from returning to base, Bang had no choice but to helplessly control the cannon to retreat two steps before continuing to return to base.

This wave of cannons definitely needs to recall.

With such low health, staying under the tower will definitely result in serious injury.

The little cannon recalled to base again, while Wolf deliberately canceled his recall during the final countdown of Leona's recall.

We need to defend this bottom tower. If both of SKT's bottom laners go back to base, SKT's bottom tower will definitely fall.

"Hey, Leona didn't go back, so we can hold this next tower for a while," PDD said.

"SKT's bot lane almost got taken down by imp and PYL in a 2v2 duel at the 8:30 mark!"

Although PDD didn't say it explicitly, the meaning behind it was very clear.

With neither jungler interfering, the enemy team took the tower at 8:30 in a pure laning phase.

In ranked matches, this would mean the two players in a lane would be at least a whole rank apart.

There might be even more!

"However, if this tower falls, it shouldn't be a big problem for SKT right now, because they've already secured the first tower in the top lane." I don't remember seeing any hidden problems with SKT's bot lane yet.

"It feels like SKT is going to play a split-push strategy with Trundle this game, which seems a bit different from what we expected when we saw their lineup," Miller added.

“Yes!” Ji De nodded. “In this game, Huni’s Trundle got first blood thanks to Gragas, and then Faker teleported over to give him the first tower kill.”

"I think that's probably the case. SKT picked a lineup that would allow Bang to perform well in the late game, but they couldn't win the laning phase, so SKT adjusted back to focus on the top, mid, and jungle, and nurtured the top laner who was good at split pushing!"

“Very likely!” Miller agreed. “Huni’s split pushing in these games was a complete failure in the first game, but he actually had a chance in the second game, which was wiped out by LGD in two team fights.”

"However, I think Huni has a lot of potential in this game, since Zhou Shen is playing a big Cho'Gath."

"I don't think it's easy to say!" PDD shook his head. "I can say with certainty that Zhou Shen's top lane is different from all other top laners. Maybe he can even make Cho'Gath look amazing."

"Wow, what is imp doing!" PDD's voice suddenly rose, "Look, Varus bought Mercury's Treads!"

"An ADC building Mercury's Treads during the laning phase is a build I've never seen before!"

"Imp seems to be brimming with confidence and has completely ignored Bang's little cannon!"

With Varus now wearing Mercury's Treads, Gragas, who had just arrived in the bottom lane, instantly lost much of his desire to gank Varus.

So Blank controlled the barrel and turned to solo the dragon.

The first dragon in this game was an earth dragon, just like in the previous two games.

So far in the finals, the first dragon in all three games has been an earth dragon. It seems a bit of a coincidence.

While Gragas was fighting the Earth Dragon, Eimy's Sejuani was helping Malzahar take the Blue Buff.

After taking the blue buff, I went to farm the three wolves.

The Gragas was soloing the Earth Dragon all by himself, and no one bothered him for a long time.

At 9 minutes and 45 seconds into the game, Gragas secured the first dragon of the match.

Meanwhile, Sejuani was spamming F6.

Eimy once again had a 0-0-0 score in the early game.

In the finals, Eimy changed his usual jungling style, and did so in all three games.

If you cover up the ID, viewers would probably think that LGD's jungler is Clearlove.

After clearing the F6 camp, Eimy's Sejuani went into the bottom river to place SKT's wards and then set up vision around the bottom lane.

His role with Sejuani in this game is to ensure the development of his own bot lane, not to gank anyone.

imp's Varus has a significant advantage right now. LGD's core task is to maintain and expand their advantage in the bottom lane, and they can't afford to give it away.

Therefore, at this point, no teammates would be paying attention to Zhou Dian's big bug.

He could only suffer alone on the road.

After LGD's top tower fell, Huni's Troll Warlord actually pushed all the way to LGD's second top tower.

It seems that Zhou Dian's earlier prediction was wrong; Huni was bolder than he had imagined.

If this had happened in the first two games, Huni definitely wouldn't have dared to push so deep into the lane alone without teammates around.

Now trailing 0-2, Huni is going all out.

Huni dared to fight even when the situation was unfavorable, and didn't become more cowardly as the fight progressed. She's not a pushover, and her mentality is quite good.

However, since Zhou Dian has already chosen the big bug, he has naturally made preparations to withstand the pressure, so he is not afraid of your pressure.

This dish is just a bit too stressful!

At this point, the game had just passed 10 minutes, and the big bug was hiding in its own top second tower, farming creeps.

I was exactly 30 CS behind the Troll in last hits.

Being 30 slashes down in ten minutes is a situation Zhou Dian has never experienced before, no matter how much he was targeted.

All I can say is that Faker's teleport to LGD's top tower earlier was really powerful.

However, no matter how uncomfortable he was at the moment, Zhou Dian could only endure it.

A man can bend and stretch!
The observer view shifted, and Eimy's Sejuani entered SKT's blue buff area from the bottom river.

The main reason was that there were no more jungle monsters spawning in LGD's jungle, so Sejuani went to check out SKT's jungle.

As soon as they entered, they found a swamp frog, and Pig Girl immediately started attacking it.

What Eimy didn't know was that as soon as he entered SKT's blue buff area, he was spotted by SKT's vision.

The main problem is that Sejuani isn't level 9 yet, and her red accessory hasn't been upgraded to the Oracle Lens. She can't move around scanning while wearing it on her head; she can only scan a fixed spot.

Just before Sejuani entered SKT's blue buff area, Faker's Karma had already arrived at the red side's bottom lane tri-bush.

Faker's roam was actually to counter-gank in the bottom lane, because SKT's bottom tower was almost out of health.

When the enemy's turret is low on health, call on the jungler to tower dive and take both the kill and the turret. This is a common tactic in professional matches.

So Faker's early arrival was a preventative counter-gank.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived, I caught a pig girl.

As Sejuani swung her whip, striking the Gromp, SKT's mid, jungle, and support trio had already surrounded her from above and below.

Karma stepped out of the triangular bush and first destroyed the Blast Cone next to her.

Faker was very meticulous, cutting off Sejuani's escape route first.

At this point, the ward that Sejuani placed before fighting the Gromp had already spotted the Gragas.

Eimy quickly dropped the Swamp Frog and controlled Sejuani to run towards the river.

I had just run past the blue buff camp when I ran into Karma head-on.

Karma uses her W skill to chain Sejuani, then uses her E skill to speed herself up and get closer to Sejuani.

Sejuani quickly used her Iceborn Gauntlet (Q) to dash away, trying to create distance between herself and Karma.

Since Karma came out from behind and there were thick walls on the sides, Sejuani's Q could only go down.

Even after using her Q skill to dash, Sejuani is still stuck close to Karma.

Seeing that Karma's W skill's root was about to trigger, Eimy got a little anxious and quickly used Flash.

A flash of yellow light, and Pig Girl darted into the lower riverbed.

However, this Flash ultimately failed to break Karma's W skill chain.

Sejuani, who had just flashed into the river, was immediately immobilized in place.

It can only be said that Eimy's use of Flash was not decisive enough.

If Sejuani uses her Q and Flash simultaneously the moment she gets chained by Karma's W, Karma won't have Flash available, and Sejuani will definitely be able to interrupt Karma's W, thus avoiding being rooted.

Even with that slight hesitation and the use of Flash, the person was still trapped.

Seeing that Sejuani was immobilized, Wolf's Leona immediately flashed to the river and used her ultimate.

A solar flare (R) hits Sejuani at its center, stunning her.

However, just before Sejuani was hit by Leona's ultimate, she turned around and unleashed her own ultimate, which also hit Leona, freezing her in place.

At this point, LGD's mid laner and bot lane duo also arrived, creating a 4v4 situation.

Lulu, who was walking in front, used Polymorph on Leona, who was about to break free from Sejuani's ultimate control, and continued to control her.

Following Wei Shen, Malzahar also came up and used Hades Grip (R) to pin Leona to the spot.

LGD's control chain is quite well-connected.

The objective is clear: eliminate Leona first, reduce SKT's numbers, and create a numerical advantage.

Malzahar's ultimate is followed by Varus's ultimate, so Leona looks like she's doomed.

They didn't even need Varus's ultimate; with Leona at less than half health, the damage from LGD's mid and support alone would be enough.

While Leona was being suppressed by Malzahar's ultimate, Varus, who was trailing behind, also moved within range of being able to unleash his ultimate.

Just as imp was about to unleash his ultimate, he managed to trap the SKT mid and jungle behind Leona.

Suddenly, a small cannon above the river fired a devastating shot (R) at Varus through the wall.

Varus was pushed far away by Tristana's ultimate.

Fortunately, imp didn't immediately unleash his ultimate to avoid overlapping with Malzahar's ultimate's control.

Otherwise, Varus would definitely miss his ultimate if he got pushed by Tristana's ultimate.

Tristana's ultimate ability was crucial; it directly saved Leona's life!
Just as Varus was pushed away by Tristana's ultimate, Gragas also threw his ultimate between LGD's mid and jungle players.

Malzahar and Sejuani were both blown away, and Malzahar's ultimate ability was also interrupted.

At this point, Leona only had about 100 HP left.

(End of this chapter)