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Chapter 515: The atmosphere is tense, the calm before the final team fight!
Zhou Dian wanted to stall for a while longer, hoping to buy time for his teammates to revive and save the ancient dragon.

After all, SKT already had four dragons, and the Elder Dragon's boost to them was too powerful.

Despite SKT only having one base crystal left, LGD only managed to destroy one of SKT's mid-lane inhibitors.

LGD doesn't have any heroes with long-range teleportation skills or strong base-stealing abilities, so they simply can't keep SKT pinned down on their high ground.

SKT still has a fighting chance!
After the giant bug died, Zhou Dian glanced at the respawn times of Wei Shen and imp in the lower right corner.

After a quick mental assessment, I realized it was probably too late.

In the commentary box.

"SKT held on to their lead, the suspense continues!" Miller exclaimed.

"Faker and Huni really fought tooth and nail to hold on this wave!"

"Ouch, my heart can't take it! It's too exciting, but also too torturous!"

"Can you just give me a quick death!" PDD said.

"I think LGD shouldn't rush. Now that SKT doesn't have their inhibitor turrets, we have an advantage. Let them have the Elder Dragon," Remember added.

"At this point, the most important thing is to prevent any more deaths, wait for people to resurrect, and then stall for the Ancient Dragon buff for a while."

On the big screen, Huni's troll was already waiting at the dragon pit.

There are three seconds left before the Ancient Dragon spawns.

SKT's bot lane duo, after respawning, have already reached their own blue buff and are almost at the bottom river.

On LGD's side, there were only two survivors at this moment: Sejuani, who had escaped from danger, and Lulu, who had just respawned a short while ago.

We definitely can't keep this ancient dragon!

The Ancient Dragon spawned, and the Troll and the Cannon immediately engaged in battle.

PYL's Lulu had already arrived behind the Dragon Pit and placed a ward inside.

Lulu then left, and there was nothing else he could do.

Lulu retreated to the bushes next to her own red buff, standing with Sejuani, watching the Elder Dragon's health drop little by little.

When the Elder Dragon had half its health remaining, Eimy's Sejuani emerged from the bushes and headed towards the dragon pit.

"They probably won't steal this, right? There's not much point in going down to steal it!" Miller said.

“Yes!” Remember nodded. “LGD doesn’t have a single dragon, so the reward for stealing the Elder Dragon is too low, and they might not even be able to steal it.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the resurrected Gragas arrived at the Dragon Pit and joined his teammates who were fighting the Dragon.

Eimy then controlled Sejuani to turn back and fight the Stone Beetle.

Just over 35 minutes into the game, SKT secured the Elder Dragon, and all five players had the Elder Dragon buff.

At this point, apart from the last one to die, all the other LGD players had respawned.

imp's Varus went straight to the top lane to deal with the minion wave.

Wei Shen's Malzahar went straight for his own blue buff.

If you don't hurry up and consume this blue buff, it will be gone in no time.

For the next two minutes, LGD's task is to avoid fighting and try to reduce SKT's Elder Dragon buff.

"The suspense continues, SKT still has a chance to turn things around!" Miller said. "LGD is still one step away from our LPL's first S-series championship!"

"Yes, SKT has the advantage of two Infernal Dragons, and Tristana's late-game potential is undeniable," PDD added.

After defeating the ancient dragon, Huni and Bang immediately returned to town.

Both players have crucial equipment to replenish.

After huni's troll returned to town, he crafted Gargoyle Stoneplate Armor.

At this point, the troll was fully equipped with all six items, making him the first player in the entire game to be fully geared.

Of course, the Cho'Gath, who was facing off against the Troll, also built Gargoyle Stoneplate after dying and returning to the fountain.

At this point, the giant bug also had five and a half pieces of equipment.

Once the small Thornmail is upgraded to the large Thornmail, the big Cho'Gath will be fully equipped.

After Bang's little cannon returned to town, he upgraded his Whisper to a red Whisper—Lord Dominic's Greeting.

This equipment provides a damage bonus of up to 15% against enemy heroes with higher health.

It's a tank-killing artifact for AD heroes.

After noticing the change in Tristana's equipment, Remember immediately said, "Bang, this time when he went back to base, he finally evolved his Whisper into Lord Dominik's Greeting."

"This troll is truly invincible right now," Miller added. "The troll is practically godlike!"

“Yes.” Ji De nodded. “In the endgame, if it’s a 5v5 formation like the front line, the Troll’s ability to handle the endgame is much stronger than Cho’Gath’s.”

"SKT hasn't given up yet. Now it all depends on whether this Elder Dragon can help SKT turn this situation around!"

Miller continued, "I think LGD needs to maintain their composure and not panic after trying to make a decisive push but failing and losing the Elder Dragon instead!"

Even if we lose this game in the end, we will still be in the lead in the overall score.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The three LPL commentators at the scene have already started to jinx SKT.

"If SKT wants to play now, vision control is still a big problem." Remember continued to analyze the situation on the field, "Their vision control has never been as good as LGD's."

"More importantly, I think SKT's team fights rely too much on Bang's damage output. If we can just keep an eye on Tristana, we'll have a much easier time in team fights!" PDD added.

At this moment, the SKT players grouped up in the mid lane and pushed the minion wave to LGD's second mid lane tower.

This outer tower has been standing for thirty-six minutes.

Earlier, when SKT secured the first Baron Nashor in this game, they used up the entire Baron buff duration but were still unable to destroy the turret.

However, now facing SKT's Elder Dragon buff with four dragons, LGD can only temporarily avoid the fray and directly abandon the turret with less than half health.

The red team's minions pushed into the tower, and after the Tristana's Explosive Spark (E) hit, it quickly destroyed LGD's second mid-lane tower.

When LGD's second mid tower fell, Wolf's Leona suddenly unleashed her ultimate.

Sejuani, who was at the very back, was hit squarely in the center of Leona's Sun Flare (R) and stunned in place.

However, the rest of SKT couldn't keep up.

In addition, due to the excessive number of crowd control skills on LGD's side, no one dared to charge in recklessly, so no one took any skills on Sejuani.

With Mercury's Treads, Sejuani quickly escaped Leona's ultimate stun, used Iceborn Gauntlet (Q) to return to her teammates.

However, after Sejuani was hit by Leona's ultimate, she was hit three times by Tristana, which took away half of her health.

"The damage from the bang here is extremely high, with a continuous damage effect from a red buff and an Elder Dragon buff," PDD said.

“Let’s look at the key Summoner Spells, the carries on both sides… Oh, it seems only Huni out of ten has Flash,” Miller added. “That means if a fight breaks out, both sides have a chance to instantly kill the key players.”

"Yes, and Bang's Mercury Sash is still intact, so let's see how SKT chooses. The Ancient Dragon's Blood hasn't disappeared yet, and there's still room for a wave of tower attacks. Will SKT take advantage of this and take our crystals in one fell swoop?" Remember added.

"We want to go, we want to go, SKT really wants to go to LGD's high ground!" PDD shouted.

"Why don't we let one of them go first? These four little dragons are just too powerful ancient dragons. I don't think we can possibly win if we try to fight them head-on!"

Under LGD's mid-lane high ground tower, a wave of red minions was quickly cleared by the LGD players.

Even with a wave of minions pushing into the tower, SKT only managed to whittle down a quarter of LGD's mid-lane inhibitor tower's health.

Without the Baron buff, it's indeed difficult to push forward against LGD's lineup if you don't want to force a tower dive.

"It's still not easy to get in; Varus and Malzahar are still quite strong at defending towers." Miller's earlier tension gradually eased.

As another wave of red minions surged into LGD's mid-lane inhibitor tower, PDD said, "Basically, if SKT doesn't take down this inhibitor tower with this wave of minions, the Elder Dragon buff will be gone!"

Just like the previous wave of minions, SKT could only rely on Tristana's cannon effect to steal some of LGD's defensive towers.

If SKT didn't dare to force a tower dive, this wave of minions only managed to chip away at a quarter of LGD's mid-lane inhibitor tower's health before LGD cleared it out.

LGD's mid-lane inhibitor tower still had half its health remaining, standing firmly in the mid-lane.

SKT's Elder Dragon buff is almost over.

So the SKT team retreated towards the Baron pit and began to establish vision around Baron.

There are 40 seconds left before the third Baron Nashor spawns in this game.

Summoner's Rift fell into a brief period of calm again.

The heroes from both sides spread out: some were farming jungle camps, some were clearing side lanes, and some were recalling to base to buy items and place control wards.

In short, a fight is unlikely to break out for the time being.

"Let's watch the next Baron fight!" Miller visibly breathed a sigh of relief as the SKT team retreated.

He was afraid that if LGD made a mistake, they would be wiped out by SKT, who had the Elder Dragon buff.

"But right now, both of their carries should have Flash available for the next team fight," Miller continued.

At this point, the observer opened a small window in the lower left corner of the screen, showing a live feed from another location.

In the image, a shattered crystal is reassembled.

It was the SKT mid-lane crystal that LGD had previously destroyed.

The resurrection of the mid-lane Nexus is very important for SKT.

This means that after losing the twin towers of the front teeth, SKT's base crystal is no longer completely exposed.

You need to destroy the mid-lane nexus first before you can attack SKT's base crystal.

"In the sub-screen, we can also see SKT's mid-lane crystal that was just destroyed, but it has now respawned!" Remember said.

"Faker is gradually building up his damage-dealing items."

"Actually, both sides are back to square one. If we really want to talk about this match!" PDD added.

"Because both sides have the opportunity to take down the opponent in one team fight."

Back to the game.

The Baron Nashor has spawned, and both sides are now vying for vision around the Baron pit and the upper river area.

After dealing with the minions on the side lanes, both sides had already gathered in the mid lane.

At this point, no one dared to push the lanes.

The red and blue minion waves converged in the middle of the mid lane. While clearing the minions, both sides were also constantly testing each other with their skills.

If these probing control skills can hit key enemy figures, then the final team fight that decides the outcome will inevitably break out suddenly.

Therefore, both sides were extremely cautious.

Both sides' carry players were positioned in the back to clear the wave, while those in the front were cautiously using skills; they were all tanky front-line tanks.

At this point, the game time had reached 39 minutes, a crucial moment when neither side could afford to make a mistake.

In terms of overall economy, SKT was still two thousand dollars ahead of LGD at this time.

However, the economic advantage of two thousand yuan is no longer of any real effect at this point.

Both sides had similar equipment levels for each position, and their summoner spells were ready.

It's fair to say that since the start of this game, both sides have once again reached a level playing field.

In such a perfectly even match, the key is to make fewer mistakes and to capitalize on the opponent's mistakes.

At this juncture, any mistake that the opponent seizes upon and causes casualties could have unbearable consequences.

Let alone SKT, whose base crystal was completely exposed without their nexus towers.

Even though LGD still has all three lanes of high ground towers intact, if SKT manages to catch and eliminate any of them, leaving them with fewer players, they could be easily pushed down by SKT in one fell swoop.

In this situation where both sides were using skills to dodge and probe each other in the mid lane, the atmosphere in the arena gradually became suffocating.

Even the commentators in the commentary booth, who had been excited and enthusiastic, subconsciously slowed down their speaking pace and softened their voices.

Whether it's the spectators or commentators watching the game from the sidelines, or the players operating the equipment on the field.

You can vaguely sense that an invisible string is being stretched tighter and tighter between LGD and SKT.

With just one move from any player, this invisible string will snap.

On the big screen, the wave of minions that had just converged in the middle of the lane had been quickly cleared by both sides.

The next wave of minions from both sides had reached the ruins of their respective mid-lane towers, with ten heroes from each side surrounding them.

Bang's Tristana was about to come to the mid lane from the top river when Zhou Dian's Cho'Gath used his Q skill to stomp on her.

The little cannon turned around and dodged back into the river, avoiding the big bug's Q.

Karma then shielded Tristana with her E skill over the wall, greatly increasing Tristana's movement speed. Tristana turned around again and quickly moved to the mid lane, waiting for the blue team's mid lane minions to come so she could clear the wave as soon as possible.

With the Statikk Shiv equipped, Tristana's wave clear speed is significantly faster than Varus'.

Every small, seemingly insignificant advantage should be utilized at this time.

In the mid-to-late game, when both sides are crowding the mid lane, the side that clears the wave faster will naturally have more time to build and clear vision.

In other words, they will have a greater advantage in the battle for vision.

Next, Blank's barrel also emerged from the river bushes on the left side of the mid lane, intending to move towards the mid lane.

Zhou Dian's Cho'Gath landed another Q skill.

Blank's positioning was clearly not as good as Bang's; Gragas was hit and knocked up by Cho'Gath's Q skill.

(End of this chapter)