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TES picked Renekton to lane against Camille, giving them an advantage in the laning phase.

The camera panned to the left hand, who seemed to be hesitating whether to take the Tsar.

Now it's the fifth and decisive game. DWG has figured out TES's current situation and is going on a crazy offensive in the draft phase.

This is the advantage that comes from a player's hero pool, and of course, it is also related to the version of the game.

Suddenly, TES revealed Ekko, locked on!

Miller got excited: "Here it comes! Left Hand didn't choose Tsar, he chose Ekko. Tsar might be the most fitting choice for the current meta, but Ekko is definitely the most fitting choice for Left Hand. In the final moment, he chose to believe in himself!"

Wang Duoduo chimed in, "Now it's all about the top lane, what will Nuguri choose?"

DWG ultimately helped Nuguri get Kennen in the top lane.

When Kennen faces off against Renekton, Renekton does have a chance. Once he gets Mercury's Treads, he can hold his own in the lane, and with his ultimate available, he might even get a solo kill.

Of course, it depends on the individual player's skill.

Both teams' bot laners are utility champions: one is Jhin, and the other is Ashe.

Once the match started, there were hardly any people spamming the chat, probably because everyone was too nervous.

Both players were very tense, as the match would determine the winner.

Moreover, once you beat your opponent, the championship is practically yours, and the opponent in the final won't be so difficult to beat.

In the top lane, 369's Renekton was suppressed by Kennen in the early game, which is normal and expected by everyone.

In the mid lane, it's quite normal for Orianna to suppress Ekko.

However, this gave Canyon the opportunity to invade. In this game, Canyon picked Graves and was very strong. He invaded the jungle at level three and drove Karsa's Lee Sin away.

DWG's mid and top laners could provide support at any time, so Karsa didn't dare to get entangled.

However, Karsa was not the kind of person who would sit idly by and wait for death. He chose to circle around and gank the mid lane directly, using a fasting strategy to force Orianna to use Flash.

This makes it much more comfortable for Ekko on the left side in the mid lane.

Since neither of DWG's carries has mobility skills, if Ekko gets fed, the team captain has a relatively easy time making plays.

So there's nothing wrong with Karsa's playstyle.

However, he suffered a severe setback on the road!
Kennen pushed the minion wave to the turret, and Renekton was whittled down to low health. Graves chose to help dive the turret. Kennen controlled Renekton, and Graves followed up with AQA to kill him instantly. It was a perfect teamwork between the two.

If the damage calculation were slightly off, allowing the crocodile to unleash its red-rage W would at least result in a trade.

After this exchange, Su Mo sensed something was wrong. What made Nuguri so terrifying was that he had a very low success rate at being ganked, while also having a very strong lane dominance.

Achieving either of these two things gives many top laners a chance, but achieving both at the same time is extremely difficult.

Normally, suppressing the opponent makes it easier to give the jungler an opportunity.

If you don't want to get ganked by the jungler, you need to be careful.

To balance these two aspects, besides having strong laning skills, you also need good game sense.

Of course, Canyon's strong presence in the jungle, which allows him to frequently provide information to the opposing jungler, is also a very important factor.

As expected, after both sides replenished their supplies and resumed laning, the crocodile had an even harder time in the top lane, being relentlessly dominated by Kennen.

The live stream chat was flooded with messages:
"Can 369 please stop playing this crappy crocodile? What's the point?"

"A crocodile that can't gain an advantage in lane is worse than a super minion."

"Can't we just pick a tank? But Ornn seems to be banned."

In Su Mo's view, this is what makes DWG so formidable.

They forced TES to ban Ornn themselves, giving them a significant lead in the draft phase.

Eight minutes into the game, Karsa came to the mid lane again, executing a perfect flank, kicking Orianna out of the way, and Ekko followed up with damage and crowd control.

Orianna's Flash was only a few seconds away when Ekko secured the kill.

The doll cheered, "Nice! Karsa's rhythm this game is perfect. Left Hand is developing very well now. We can look forward to Left Hand's performance this game."

At eleven minutes into the game, Karsa and Knight teamed up to gank the bottom lane.

After securing a double kill, Canyon's Graves, carrying the Rift Herald, went to the top lane with Orianna to tower dive and kill Renekton, while also taking down the tower.

Both sides are farming tower plates, and the economy is even, but DWG's top and jungle are fed, while TES's mid and bot lane duo are currently fed.

As the game progressed into the lane swap and split push phase, both sides traded blows, with Karsa and Canyon frantically trying to find their rhythm and each making gains, resulting in a close gap between them.

In Su Mo's opinion, this is not a good thing for TES.

From a team composition perspective, DWG's lineup is stronger in team fights and has more carries.

The bottom lane Ashe is basically a utility player. He just needs to use his ultimate, take one or two ultimates from TES, and then die. That's enough.

Twenty minutes in, during a team fight around the dragon, Yuyanjia's Leona forced Showmaker's Orianna to use Flash, and ZuoShou miraculously flanked from behind!
He charged out from the enemy jungle, used his E skill followed by Flash, and then used his W skill to control Orianna, unleashing a full combo to instantly kill her!

The doll cheered excitedly: "Left Hand stepped up! He entered the fray and instantly killed Orianna before she could even unleash her ultimate! Ekko used his ultimate to travel back in time, killing amidst the chaos and escaping from the jaws of death!"

"TES will win the team fight decisively, DWG gave up the dragon."

The live stream chat was flooded with messages:
"Left hand is awesome! Left hand is awesome!"

"This is Ekko with the left hand! Are you impressed?"

"What Showmaker? I can beat you in a second."

"We're going to win! We're going to win this round!"

Su Mo said, "TES absolutely must not go for Baron at this time."

Now that Baron Nashor has spawned, and DWG is without a mid laner, given TES's temperament, they might indeed be able to take Baron Nashor.

But this time they didn't fight, which means they've calmed down. After all, it's a best-of-five series against such a strong opponent, so being cautious is understandable.

Both sides continued to develop their resources. At 26 minutes, the dragon spawned, but this time DWG chose to let it go. TES then secured the Baron, and it was the Fire Dragon Soul, meaning they were one dragon away from taking it.

Wang Duoduo commented, "Now it's obvious that DWG is afraid to engage in team fights in the jungle. They're worried about being flanked by Ekko. That's the role Ekko plays!"

Miller agreed, "That's right. During the draft phase, TES chose Ekko instead of Azir at the last moment, and I knew that Knight was going to carry the game."

"Knight, as one of the best mid laners of the new generation, is about to prove himself on the world stage!"

With 30 minutes remaining in the match, the Dragon Soul is about to spawn, and the economic gap between the two sides is only a few hundred gold.

Although TES led in kills, the economic gap was not wide, and DWG's operational strength and basic skills were very solid.

It was a team fight that was almost evenly matched, and this time Zuo Shou continued to flank.

Moreover, for Zuo Shou, he doesn't even need to actually enter the fray. He just needs to cover his teammates to take down the dragon, and the game is in the bag!
The two sides were locked in a tug-of-war around the dragon when suddenly, Ashe unleashed her ultimate ability to initiate a team fight.

So Zuo Shou seized the opportunity, taking advantage of DWG's push forward, and used his W skill to prepare to enter the fray from the side and rear again.

"Something's going to go wrong." Su Mo immediately sensed something was wrong; Kennen was acting as a bodyguard next to Totem!

Trading Ekko's ultimate for Kennen's ultimate seems like a good deal, but Ekko might not be able to cast his ultimate!

Just as his W skill was about to land, Ekko chose to use E-Flash to engage.

Almost simultaneously, Kennen activated his Q, followed by his E and ultimate, then flashed to close the gap, instantly triggering his passive crowd control effect.

Orianna followed up with damage, Graves added his ultimate, and Ekko was instantly killed!
Miller exclaimed, "Left Hand got killed instantly! He didn't even use his ultimate! Retreat!"

However, the dragon was low on health at this moment, and this was the Dragon Soul Dragon. The Blind Monk hesitated, wanting to risk using Smite.

Graves and Lee Sin went head-to-head with Smite, one using A Smite and the other using Q Smite, and in the end, Graves took down the dragon.

Moreover, the blind monk couldn't escape and ended up giving away a kill.

The director gave a close-up of Zuo Shou, whose expression was serious and whose body seemed to be trembling slightly. He realized that his mistake of being instantly killed was huge. In Su Mo's opinion, this was just a normal situation; it was impossible for someone playing Ekko to avoid this kind of thing, but this particular play was indeed crucial.

DWG went back to take Baron Nashor, and the economic gap widened immediately.

DWG's three core players—mid, top, and jungle—have all taken shape and are starting to group up and push forward.

The live stream chat was flooded with messages:
"Use your ultimate skill with your left hand! Why aren't you using your ultimate skill?"

"It's over, this round is over."

"If you like playing Ekko, why not play Azir? Playing Azir can also prevent the enemy Kennen from entering the fray."

"Who raised such a fat Kennan? What does it have to do with the left hand?"

"Stop talking, Nakano and Ueno are both useless, they can't be carried."

The match wasn't even over yet, and TES fans were already arguing.

DWG has entered the advancement phase.

Because Ekko was in the mid lane and had little ability to clear minion waves, TES suffered a series of defeats.

Having been pushed all the way to the high ground, TES cannot afford to retreat this time.

The left-handed Ekko used his E skill to intimidate the opponent, trying to scare them away.

The moment W landed, Ekko on the left used his E skill to rush forward, trying to trigger W.

They were clearly trying to scare the opponent and delay the Baron buff's duration.

However, the enemy Graves used his E skill to launch a smoke bomb.

Kennen used his E to accelerate and charged in to unleash his Q skill.

So, he used his ultimate move with his left hand!

"Damn it, his mentality is messed up." Su Mo could tell at a glance that Zuo Shou's mentality was the problem.

This is a problem that many players encounter. After being killed once due to aggressive play, they become hesitant to make any further moves, afraid to deal damage, and become very conservative.

With Ekko out of his ultimate, DWG naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity, and all five of them pushed forward to take down the tower, forcing TES to retreat.

Suddenly, Ashe unleashed her ultimate ability. Before the turret even fell, Leona was caught in the ultimate and trapped.

Clockwerk and Ashe moved forward to deal damage, while simultaneously kiting the enemy.

On the TES side, Ekko without his ultimate ability lost his threat, and 369's Renekton activated his ultimate but dared not enter the fray.

DWG can just maintain their lineup: the front line covers the back line's damage output, Leona turns around to throw her ultimate, but it gets dodged by positioning, and in the end, she gets kited to death!

The commentator lamented, "Leona is down! It's now 4v5, and Ekko doesn't even have his ultimate yet. Can Top Esports hold on?"

In pursuit of damage output, the left hand hasn't even activated the Golden Body skill yet.

There's nothing wrong with this build, since Ekko usually only has one chance to engage, and if he can't kill someone quickly, his impact won't be significant.

But now that he doesn't have the Golden Body or his ultimate move, he doesn't dare to enter the arena.

DWG continued their advance and were about to win in one fell swoop. TES had no choice but to bite the bullet and charge out to fight.

However, rushing into team fights in this situation is creating opportunities for Orianna.

While the TES team was rushing forward, Orianna unleashed her ultimate, hitting three people and dealing explosive AOE damage.

The team fight ended in an instant; all that was left was cleaning up the battlefield.

The left-handed Ekko didn't enter the fray because it was pointless; he would only be feeding another kill.

However, this made him the target of public criticism, and the comments section erupted with attacks:
"What are you doing with your left hand? Playing the turtle?"

"Go! Left Hand, you piece of trash, charge!"

"This guy's useless, we don't dare fight him at all."

"Should we go up and deliver the kill? Our teammate delivered the kill first, so why is it ZuoShou's fault for not going up to deliver?"

In the end, DWG ended the game in one fell swoop.

The three commentators' faces darkened.

The commentator, Wawa, said, "It's a pity. They clearly had a chance in this match, but... I can only say that Top Esports' young players still need to continue to train."

"With Top Esports' base crystal exploding, let's congratulate DWG on defeating Top Esports 3-2 and advancing to the finals!"

Miller added, "Congratulations to DWG, their performance in this BO5 was truly perfect."

"They will compete for the final trophy against the winner of EDG or G2."

After the match ended, the DWG players hugged and celebrated on stage, they were incredibly excited.

The entire audience cheered: "DWG! DWG! DWG!"

Su Mo was eating in the restaurant when the competition ended. He had only finished half of his meal.

The push notifications on my phone are no longer working; it feels like the staff behind the app aren't focused on their work anymore.

The DWG members got up and came over to shake hands with TES, and all five TES players looked very unhappy.

Especially his left hand, his face turned dark, I don't know what he was thinking.

After the handshake, during the interview session, Showmaker was invited to be interviewed.

Showmaker looked radiant and confident, walking with a brisk pace.

The host asked, "DWG has now secured a spot in the finals. You said before the match that it was your duty to defend the glory of LCK. Now, do you think you can achieve your goal?"

Showmaker replied, "I am honored to have reached the finals and helped LCK reclaim its former glory."

"Of course, I also feel very regretful that I didn't get to play against Mo."

Showmaker touched his nose, smiled, and continued, "If we can take the championship from him, it will be of great significance to our LCK."

"However, I'll be satisfied as long as I can win the championship."

Su Mo smiled when he heard this. This Showmaker is quite bold.

Soon, Su Mo's ID appeared on the trending searches.
#Showmaker challenges Mozi Ge.

The comments section below is already buzzing with arguments:

"Trying to show off, huh? Back when Mozi was playing, didn't DWG get crushed by him like a stray dog ​​on the street?"

"Back then, DWG was all rookies, and they hadn't gelled yet. You try it now if you dare?"

"To be honest, I feel that the current TES is no worse than EDG at its peak."

"A comparison in the void? Mozi has retired, and now everyone else is no worse than him?"

Su Mo quickly finished his meal, put away his phone, and prepared to leave.

As soon as he stood up, he noticed a waiter standing next to him—the same waiter he had taken a photo with last time.

"Is something the matter?" Su Mo asked.

The waiter hesitated for a moment, but finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Brother Mozi... are you really not worried about LPL? Now that Top Esports has lost to DWG, no one can stop DWG, right?"

Su Mo nodded: "Yes, whether it's EDG or G2, it's almost impossible for them to beat the current DWG."

"Then you..." The waiter didn't dare to continue.

"It's nothing, sorry to bother you, Brother Mozi."

Su Mo then went to the front desk to pay the bill and left the restaurant. (End of Chapter)