LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

In the commentary booth, Miller and Wawa watched the replay, still looking incredulous.

“Let’s watch that solo kill again!” Miller’s voice was full of amazement. “M1kuya was being extremely careful, even retreating a lot to avoid fighting, just wanting to soak up some experience. But Mozi’s E skill [Soul Cleave] was too precise! It was as if he had calculated exactly that half-step Ornn would take to soak up experience! Then he flashed in, dodging Ornn’s Q skill while securing the kill. Every detail was handled to perfection!”

"This is the power of a god!" Wawa exclaimed. "He doesn't give you a chance to breathe! You think you can farm safely by picking a tank and taking Teleport? No way! M1kuya has already used both summoner spells and given up first blood. If the jungler doesn't intervene, the laning phase is already over."

The game continues.

After Su Mo's Iron Man secured a solo kill, he pushed a large wave of minions to the tower and then calmly recalled to base.

He pulled out a Demon Codex and a pair of sandals, and when he teleported back online, the enemy Ornn had only just teleported back to his tower a short while ago.

M1kuya's mindset subtly shifted as he watched Mordekaiser wielding a massive hammer and radiating an ominous aura. His Sett in the previous game was pure brute force, while his Mordekaiser this game exuded a raw, unadulterated sense of dominance.

He completely abandoned the idea of ​​laning and adopted the coach's most extreme tactic—"KDA protection" farming. He stood at the edge of the turret's attack range, only daring to go forward to last-hit a few minions when the minion wave was pushed in. Otherwise, he didn't even dare to easily step into the experience zone.

As planned before the match, LNG's tactical core has shifted entirely to the lower half of the draw.

At four minutes and thirty seconds into the game, Tarzan's Lillia, after clearing the lower jungle, seized the opportunity when Viper's Aphelios pushed too far into the lane, flanked from behind through the river bushes, and successfully launched a gank with the help of Senna's W and Tahm Kench's Devour.

"Tarzan made his move!" Wawa's voice quickened. "They're 3v2 bot lane! Viper's positioning isn't good; he got slowed by Tahm Kench's lick, and Tarzan's E skill hits perfectly! He's asleep!"

Meiko's Thresh immediately offered his lantern, but Viper was already rooted in place by Senna's W and couldn't be targeted. In the end, Viper's kill was secured by Light's Senna, and Meiko was forced to use Flash, escaping in a sorry state.

"A successful gank!" Miller analyzed. "LNG executed their tactics decisively! Tarzan completely abandoned the top half of the map to help the bottom lane establish an advantage!"

However, just as LNG's bot lane was reporting good news, Su Mo's voice in EDG's team voice chat was unusually calm: "Jiejie, go gank mid lane."

Jiejie's Graves understood perfectly. He abandoned the Krugs he was fighting, used his E skill to pass through the wall, and swaggered towards the mid lane.

Scout's Syndra, seemingly on the same wavelength, used a QW combo to slow down Icon's Azir. Upon seeing Graves appear, Icon didn't hesitate and decisively used Flash to create distance.

"EDG responded quickly!" Wawa said. "Although the bot lane lost a little, Jiejie immediately regained the upper hand in the mid lane, forcing Azir to use Flash. For Scout, the next few minutes of laning will be much more comfortable. Overall, EDG suffered a small loss, but it's completely acceptable."

The situation seemed to have eased slightly due to LNG's successful gank in the bottom lane, but everyone knew that the real storm was still brewing in the top lane.

M1kuya's Ornn was so bad he almost became withdrawn.

He'd rather let an entire wave of soldiers slip by than give Iron Man any chance to wear himself down. Like a turtle hiding in its shell, he carefully calculated the safe distance.

Even so, despite having the ability to teleport, he was still completely outmatched by Su Mo in terms of last-hitting and leveling up.

When the game reached six and a half minutes, Su Mo's Mordekaiser cleared a wave of minions, and with a flash of golden light, he leveled up to level six.

Meanwhile, Ornn, standing under the turret, had only just reached level five.

Su Mo glanced at Ornn, who was standing alone under the tower, and then at the position of his own jungler, Graves. A cruel smile appeared on his lips.

"Jiejie, come on, he didn't flash." Su Mo's voice rang out in the team voice chat.

"Received!" Jiejie, who was fighting the river crab, immediately turned around and headed towards the top lane.

At the same time, M1kuya's nerves suddenly skipped a beat!
He saw it! The moment that Iron Man leveled up to level six, his steps became noticeably more aggressive, and he was walking straight towards him!
A chill ran from the soles of my feet straight up to the top of my head!
He's about to be tower dived!

The thought struck his mind like lightning.

He instinctively started frantically sending signals on the map, and his terrified cries for help came through the team voice chat: "They're going to overtake me! They're going to overtake me! Tarzan! Icon! Can you come?!"

His viewpoint was constantly switching between the minimap.

Tarzan's Lillia has just appeared in the bottom lane.

Icon's Azir was trapped in the mid lane due to the pressure of not having Flash, and was pinned under the tower by Scout's Syndra.

The bot lane duo is even further away.

No support!

No one can save him!
At that moment, M1kuya felt like an orphan abandoned by the whole world, facing two executioners alone. Despair, like icy seawater, instantly overwhelmed him.

All he could do was retreat, retreat to the deepest part of the defensive tower, and pray for a miracle.

But God will not bestow miracles upon his enemies.

Jiejie's Graves didn't even choose to flank; he just swaggered in from the front, forming a perfect angle with Su Mo's Mordekaiser.

"I'll tank first!" Su Mo said, and walked directly into the attack range of the defensive tower.

When M1kuya saw Iron Man enter the tower, he knew he was doomed, but his survival instinct still made him make a final struggle.

He activated his W skill, "Bellfire Breath," spewing out a burst of flames, while simultaneously using his E skill, "Blazing Charge," to try and knock Mordekaiser into the wall.

However, just as he was about to unleash his E skill, Su Mo took a step back, causing him to miss.

The next moment, Su Mo walked up and immediately used QAA... without even using any fancy combos, just a Q skill, then activated his passive and chased Ornn with basic attacks.

The male gunner next to him didn't just stand by and watch; he rushed in and unleashed a barrage of attacks.

Although Ornn tried to dodge Graves' auto-attacks by going around the tower, unfortunately Mordekaiser was positioned at the very back, blocking his path and forcing him to take the hits.

Every basic attack from either of them was like a death knell, mercilessly pronouncing Ornn's death sentence.

M1kuya's Ornn put up a token resistance before collapsing helplessly beneath the tower.

Su Mo finally secured the kill, but due to tanking the tower, he was left with only a little over half his health.

"Died again..." Miller shook his head helplessly in the commentary booth. "This is really unplayable. LNG's strategy was to abandon the top lane, but now it seems that it's not that they abandoned the top lane, but that the top lane has been completely destroyed by EDG. At six and a half minutes, the top laner was tower-dived and killed, which is a devastating blow for a tank that needs to farm.

In the LNG break room, the coach watched Ornn die again on the screen and closed his eyes in anguish.

In the game, Jiejie chuckled and said, "Brother Mozi, aren't we going a bit too far? The enemy top laner is probably going to have a mental breakdown."

“That’s none of our business,” Su Mo said calmly, but his commands were lightning fast. “Push this wave of minions in, take a tower plate, and check out the enemy jungle.”

"Okay, let's go eat his monsters!" Jiejie was also excited.

Soon, Su Mo, controlling Iron Man, walked into LNG's upper jungle without looking back.

Jiejie followed happily behind him.

The two men's postures made it seem as if they were not invading enemy territory, but rather inspecting their own backyard.

In the commentary booth, Miller, seeing this scene, said, "Mozi and Jiejie didn't go back to base after diving the tower, they went straight into LNG's jungle! Is he trying to turn Tarzan's jungle into his own home? This is outrageous!"

Wawa laughed and said, "Tarzan must be terrified right now. He just got a kill for his team in the bottom lane, and when he looked back, his top side of the map was about to fall! Does he dare to go back now? He doesn't dare!" Just as Wawa said, Tarzan had indeed realized this at this moment.

He glanced at the Iron Man who had disappeared from sight, frowned, and still prepared to go check out the jungle.

Su Mo's Iron Man wandered around the jungle and found that the enemy jungle monsters were all there, so Jiejie started farming the jungle without any pressure.

Su Mo took a step forward and recalled to base in the bush in front of the blue buff in the upper half of the enemy's map. At the same time, he placed a ward behind the wall to provide vision for Graves.

But just as Su Mo had only two seconds left to return to the city, he suddenly spotted a figure.

Lilia!
Lilia is coming from the front!
Su Mo immediately cancelled the order and returned to the city. Looking at that unsuspecting back, a cold smile appeared on his lips.

When Lilia got closer, he decisively pressed the EQ combo.

A large hand pulled Lilia over, then hit her with Q, while Su Mo pressed R again!

【The Cycle of Despair】!
You have nowhere to run!

A sinister announcement echoed through the canyon, and a ghastly green iron fist suddenly stretched out, pulling Lillia out of the cell, and then a basic attack triggered Mordekaiser's passive!

"Fuck!"

Tarzan's expression instantly changed from solemn to horrified!
He felt the screen suddenly shake, and the surrounding scenery instantly faded. He and the demon-like Iron Man were locked in a closed arena filled with the aura of death!

"How could he be here?!" This was the first and last thought that flashed through Tarzan's mind.

He subconsciously pressed WQ, trying to use the passive movement speed bonus to create distance between himself and Mordekaiser.

In this narrow, cyclical predicament, every movement he made was like dancing a futile dance of death.

Moreover, he used Flash when ganking the bottom lane before, so he can't escape now.

Su Mo has no special skills; he just keeps using basic attacks, one after another.

QAAAA!

Simple and unadorned, yet utterly deadly!
Tarzan watched helplessly as his health bar was slowly drained away, finally collapsing powerlessly in this desolate realm.

As the gray world faded, Su Mo's Iron Man reappeared next to the blue buff, still carrying the spell power he had stolen after killing Lillia, making him appear even more terrifying.

Jiejie, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded: "Brother Mozi, are you serious about this kind of injury?!"

"Ahem, do you even know what a 5A-level combo is?" Su Mo's lips curled up slightly.

In LNG's team voice chat, Tarzan's Korean voice, trembling with a hint of despair, came through: "...Damn it! How could his damage be so outrageous?"

This solo kill completely signaled the loss of LNG's jungle.

In the next few minutes, a strange scene appeared on the map.

Jiejie's Graves can invade LNG's upper jungle with impunity, while Tarzan's Lillia can only eke out a living in the lower jungle, not even daring to set foot in the river.

At eight and a half minutes into the game, the second dragon spawned.

"EDG has started warding the bottom half of the river; they're going to take this dragon," Miller analyzed. "The question now is, will LNG dare to take it? Although their bot lane has a slight advantage, the gap between their mid, top, and jungle is too big."

LNG's voice message was silent.

Finally, Tarzan said with a hint of helplessness, "Let the dragon go. Don't fight it, let's drag it out until Icon and Light are equipped. You go to the top side of the map and see if you can trade some resources."

Thus, EDG secured the first dragon without firing a shot.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and the Rift Herald spawned.

This time, the LNG cannot be released.

If they give up even the vanguard, their mid-lane tower will be in grave danger, and their vision will be completely suppressed, making it even more difficult to fight back.

"Get ready to fight! Get ready to fight!" Tarzan shouted in the voice chat.

The EDG team also began to gather in the upper half of the map.

Su Mo's Iron Man still acts like a gatekeeper, leading the way and clearing vision for the team alongside the support, providing unparalleled security.

All five people from both sides gathered around and began to pull at each other near the river.

"EDG has started taking the Rift Herald! Jiejie's Graves is dealing a lot of damage, they're taking it very quickly!" Wawa's speech quickened. "LNG doesn't want to give it up! Icon's Azir is harassing from a distance with Sand Soldiers, and Light's Senna is also using her Q skill to poke!"

Just as both sides were testing each other, Meiko's Thresh found an opportunity!
He landed a perfectly timed Q skill, Death Sentence, hooking the LNG support Tahm Kench who was positioned slightly forward!

"Got it!" Meiko shouted in the voice chat.

“We can fight!” Su Mo made the decision instantly.

He ignored the hooked Tahm Kench and instead strode heavily toward LNG's back row center position—Azir and Senna!

Icon and Light were terrified when they saw the Iron Man, who was like a mobile fortress, approaching them!
At this point, Mordekaiser was already level eight, at least one level higher than everyone else in the game.

They knew very well that once this iron man got close, they would be locked in a dark room and beaten up!
Without hesitation, Icon unleashed a three-hit combo of WEQ, using all his mobility skills to desperately flee backward. Light's Senna also used her E skill, transforming into a cloud of black mist to frantically create distance.

"Brother Mozi didn't even do anything, he just took two steps forward and forced LNG's backline back!" Miller was dumbfounded. "That's intimidation! An unstoppable Mordekaiser, just standing there, is the biggest threat to the enemy's backline!"

The LNG formation was instantly broken up.

Scout's Syndra seized the opportunity, using a QE combo to stun the left-behind Tahm Kench, and with Viper's Aphelios's damage, instantly killed him.

Seeing that things were going badly, Tarzan's Lilia had no choice but to retreat in a panic.

Ultimately, the fight for the Rift Herald ended with EDG killing LNG's support, forcing back the rest of the team, and easily securing the Herald.

"The game has been going on for eleven minutes, and EDG's economic lead has reached four thousand gold." Wawa looked at the data panel and sighed, "It seems that LNG will need to put in some effort to turn this game around."

After securing the vanguard, Su Mo led his teammates to push directly down the middle lane.

That scene became a nightmare for all LNG fans.

A fully equipped Mordekaiser led the way, followed by the Rift Herald, the five members of EDG marching in a grand procession.

Meanwhile, the four members of LNG could only cower under their towers, watching helplessly as their defensive towers were gradually eroded, barely managing to clear the minion wave.

However, everyone knew that the mid-lane tower couldn't be defended. (End of Chapter)