LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Wei's gank failed, and in EDG's team voice chat, Jiejie's laughter sounded a bit cheeky: "Hehe, he went mid, so I'll come to top lane to give you some warmth, Mozi-ge."

"OK. Let's kill him!" Su Mo grinned slyly as he consciously pushed the minion wave forward.

After clearing a wave of minions, Xiaohu's Graves was preparing to retreat when he discovered that Kennen's positioning had suddenly become extremely aggressive.

Alarm bells rang in his mind, and he immediately pulled back.

But it's too late.

Jiejie's Xin Zhao emerged from the river bushes, using his E skill to dash directly at Graves and slow him down.

A two-on-one situation has formed on the top lane!

Xiaohu reacted extremely quickly, immediately using his E skill to create distance, while simultaneously firing his Q skill [Desperate Situation] at Zhao Xin.

At the same time, Su Mo's Kennen activated his E skill, transforming into a bolt of lightning and closing in at an astonishing speed, before accurately hitting Graves with a Q.

Immediately, Su Mo's W skill [Ultimate! Electric Blade] activated, and an electric circle spread out, enveloping Graves and applying a layer of [Storm Mark].

Xiaohu had no choice but to use his Flash and flee back to the tower in a sorry state, with only one-third of his health remaining.

He'll be forced to return to town and use his tank to log back in, otherwise his health will be in danger.

"Great! EDG's top and jungle coordinated perfectly, successfully forcing Xiaohu to use Flash!" Miller summarized. "Although it didn't result in a kill, for Kennen, a Graves without Flash will have a very, very difficult time in the laning phase!"

Meanwhile, the viewers in the live stream were also completely mesmerized:
[General Tiger peed himself! His movement was too rigid!]

[The pressure from Brother Mozi is so intense, I feel like I'm suffocating even through the screen.]

[Jiejie's timing was amazing! Knowing that Wei was going to gank mid, I immediately went top lane instead. That's the instinct of a jungler!]

[Xiaohu: I'm really stuck with Q, how am I supposed to play top lane like this?]

At this moment, the balance of power in the top lane began to tilt.

Without Flash, Xiaohu's playstyle became timid and hesitant. He didn't even dare to leave the turret's attack range and could only use his Q skill to clear minion waves from a distance.

After all, he knew that without Flash, if he were ambushed by the enemy Zhao Xin even once, he would basically have no chance of survival.

In this way, Su Mo firmly controlled the lane, keeping the minion wave tightly in the middle, making it impossible for Xiao Hu to even gain experience, causing him great distress.

At six and a half minutes, the first dragon spawned—a crucial Infernal Drake.

“EDG has started setting up vision around the bottom half of the map,” Wawa said, looking at EDG’s movements on the minimap. “They have lane priority in the bottom lane, and Tahm Kench’s presence makes Viper’s Miss Fortune very safe. They are fully capable of taking down this dragon.”

RNG clearly understood the importance of this dragon, and Ming's Leona began roaming frequently, trying to find opportunities in the river.

However, Meiko's Tahm Kench played perfectly, with his impeccable vision control rendering Ming's every attempt futile.

In the end, Jiejie's Xin Zhao, with the cover of his teammates, easily secured the first Infernal Dragon.

RNG had no choice but to give up and instead try to control the river crab as a way to mitigate their losses.

“EDG’s rhythm is too steady,” Guan Zeyuan adjusted his glasses. “They are not in a hurry, but steadily control the map resources through their laning advantage, and gradually expand their advantage. RNG’s aggressive initiation system has not found a single opportunity to make a move so far.”

Soon, ten minutes had passed, and the Rift Herald spawned.

Taking advantage of their top lane advantage, EDG headed straight to the top lane river to prepare to take down the Rift Herald.

This time, RNG did not back down.

"RNG's five players are also starting to gather in the top half of the jungle!" Miller's voice became tense. "They know very well that if they give up this Rift Herald, their top or mid lane tower will be in danger, and then the entire top jungle will fall! They have to fight this wave!"

The ten players from both sides, as if drawn by an invisible magnet, began a battle of vision and maneuvering near the Rift Herald's dragon pit.

Ming's Leona scouts the way, using a scanner to clear EDG's vision and try to create space for his teammates to engage.

Meiko's Tahm Kench, on the other hand, always stood at the most crucial crossroads.

"Attack! Activate the vanguard! Force them to come over!" Meiko from the EDG team said directly.

EDG then took the initiative and began attacking the Rift Herald.

"They're going to fight! They're going to fight!" Wawa shouted excitedly. "EDG is going to force a team fight! They're going to use the Rift Herald as bait to find a weakness in RNG's positioning!"

Just as tensions were running high and a major battle was about to erupt, Cryin's Ryze seized an opportunity and activated his ultimate ability, Warp, which created a massive portal behind EDG's formation!
"Ryze's driving! He's flanking! His target is Viper's Miss Fortune!"

However, Scout's Vigus reacted even faster!

Just as Ryze was about to land with her teammates, she stood directly at the portal's landing point, her passive ability [Rising Dark Waves] already poised to unleash its power!
Wei's prince had just landed when Vigus's W triggered his passive, instantly freezing him in place!
RNG's formation instantly fell apart!
At this critical moment, a dazzling flash of lightning suddenly shone from the shadows on the flank!

It's Su Mo's Kennen!

He had already moved to a spot on the side where no one would notice him, waiting for the perfect opportunity to enter!

flash!

E Skill [Ultimate! Thunder Armor] activated!
Before the RNG players could recover from the shock of being terrified by Vigus, Su Mo's Kennen charged into the center of their formation like a god descending from heaven!
Ultimate move – [Secret Technique! Thunderous Prison Summoning]!
"boom--!!!"

A purple thunderstorm exploded instantly, and the devastating electric current enveloped all five RNG players!

"Thunderbolt!!! Brother Mozi has entered the arena!!!" Guan Zeyuan was so excited that he stood up from the commentary seat!
Gala's Aphelios and Cryin's Ryze, two core carries without any mobility skills, had their health bars plummet like a waterfall as they were stunned.

Ming's Leona desperately unleashed her ultimate, a golden solar flare crashing down, but it only stunned Xin Zhao, who was immune to damage after activating his ultimate.

Viper's Miss Fortune, protected by Tahm Kench, had already killed Jarvan IV with the help of Vigus. She then found the perfect position to deal damage and activated her ultimate, Barrage Time!
Golden bullets and purple lightning intertwined, creating an apocalyptic scene!
RNG's formation melted instantly!
Gala and Cryin didn't even get to use their healing or Blink before they were killed on the spot!
Double Kill!

Triple Kill!

Viper's Miss Fortune gets a triple kill!

Su Mo took down the remaining two heads.

All five RNG players were instantly eliminated.

"ACE!! Team wipe!!!" Miller shouted, "EDG pulled off a perfect 0-for-5 team wipe! They completely crushed RNG's attack with a textbook-level defensive counterattack!"

The audience was also amazed and began whispering among themselves in discussion:
[Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! All I can say is "holy shit!"]

[Is this Mozi's Kennen? I'm stunned by his entry timing!]

[The moment Guan Ge finished speaking, 'Can RNG's spear find a weakness?', RNG was eliminated. I call it divine punishment!] [My heart aches for RNG. They played very well, but EDG's defense was just too insane. Scout's Vigus pick was also excellent.]

[Stop talking, I can already congratulate EDG in advance. I feel like RNG is doomed this game.]

【…】

The team voice chat for RNG was completely silent at that moment.

Five pairs of eyes stared blankly at the gray screen, their ears filled only with their own heavy breathing and the frantic pounding of their hearts.

Everything happened so fast that they didn't even have time to make any effective response before their army collapsed.

“My…” Wei was the first to break the silence, his voice hoarse and regretful, “I was gripped by fear after landing, and I couldn’t move before the enemy killed me.”

“It’s okay, it’s not your fault,” Ming took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. As the team’s commander, he knew that he absolutely could not panic at this moment. “It’s because their Vigus pick was too good. Our lineup was completely countered by her. We rushed this wave and shouldn’t have started it like that.”

Cryin pursed her lips tightly and remained silent.

He knew that his ultimate move was both the starting signal for a team fight and the prelude to a team wipe.

The decision was correct, but the opponent's response exceeded his expectations.

"What do we do now?" Gala's voice rang out. He glanced at his equipment inventory, his core equipment still a long way off. "They have too much of an advantage, we can't beat them."

"Don't panic," Ming's voice rang out again, "We also have a late-game composition. If Aphelios and Graves get ahead, we still have a chance! From now on, avoid fights! Drag it out! Let them have the map resources we can't get. As long as we don't fight them and don't give them a chance to snowball, we can still put up a fight after thirty minutes!"

"understand!"

"Roger that!"

Although a somber atmosphere permeated RNG's team voice chat, everyone remained focused and composed.

They quickly reached a consensus on tactics and devised the only viable tactic for the future: the strategy of "delaying".

Meanwhile, EDG's team voice chat was filled with laughter and joy.

"NICE! Scout!" Jiejie shouted excitedly, "Your W was crucial! It practically welded the doors shut!"

"Mozi's Flash Thunder was really cool," Scout said modestly with a smile. "I thought to myself, Mozi is definitely going to enter the fray this time, and I'll just wait in the back to reap the rewards."

"Alright, alright, stop bragging," Meiko's voice brought the situation under control in time. "Take the Rift Herald first, then rotate to mid and push the mid tower. Mozi, go to the top lane and take the top tower too."

"OK!"

After EDG wiped out their opponents, Jiejie easily secured the Rift Herald. The five players then grouped up and pushed towards RNG's mid-lane tower with the mid-lane minion wave.

With no defensive forces available, the tower's health was quickly depleted by the combined fire of the five players.

"EDG secured the Rift Herald and then pushed down RNG's mid-lane turret!" Miller's voice boomed. "The gains from this team fight were enormous! The gold difference instantly widened to nearly three thousand!"

"The top lane tower has also fallen, and Mozi is pushing it alone!" Wawa sighed as he watched RNG lose map resources one after another. "RNG's space for maneuver is now severely compressed, and their upper jungle has completely become EDG's backyard."

As the commentators said, in the next few minutes, the game entered a suffocating rhythm for RNG.

Taking advantage of the vision gained from the fall of the top and mid lane towers, EDG began to aggressively invade RNG's jungle, stealing camps of jungle monsters and placing cunning wards.

The RNG players, like frightened birds, were firmly held back near the high ground, not daring to cross the line.

Wei's prince didn't even dare to farm his own jungle monsters, and could only leech some experience and gold from the laners, which greatly limited his development.

"RNG is playing very patiently right now," Guan Zeyuan analyzed. "They've chosen the right strategy: avoid fights and focus on farming. They know that engaging in team fights with EDG now would be like throwing an egg against a rock, and they can only hope that Gala's Aphelios can create a miracle in the late game. But the question is, will EDG give them that opportunity?"

Time quickly reached twelve minutes, and the second dragon spawned—a Hextech Dragon.

EDG used the same tactic again, grouping up five players in advance to clear out all vision around the dragon pit before starting the fight steadily.

In RNG's team voice chat, Wei looked at the dark river and asked somewhat reluctantly, "Should we let this dragon go too?"

“Let it go,” Ming’s voice was unwavering. “Going there now would be suicide. Gala, go to the bottom lane and clear that wave of minions, don’t miss any. We’re trading resources for development, it’s not a bad deal.”

Ultimately, EDG secured the second dragon without any hindrance, just one step away from the Dragon Soul.

In the live stream, netizens have already started discussing:

Are RNG scared of being beaten? They're even giving up the dragon?

[This isn't fear, this is strategy. Attacking now would be suicide; we'd be better off letting Gala farm a couple more waves of minions.]

[EDG's pressure is absolutely incredible; they're like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, slowly wearing you down.]

[It seems like RNG is in a very difficult situation. They're far behind in gold, and their Dragon Soul is almost gone. How can they possibly turn things around?]

EDG completely controlled the pace of the game.

Instead of rushing to the high ground, they used their enormous advantage to gradually erode all the resources on the map.

Although RNG defended flawlessly and didn't give up another kill, the economic gap between the two sides was gradually snowballing to eight thousand gold.

The time has come to twenty minutes.

Baron Nashor descended upon Summoner's Rift with a roar.

Meanwhile, the third dragon is about to spawn.

EDG is now at the match point of having the Dragon Soul and Baron Nashor.

"EDG faces a choice," Miller said, looking at the map. "Should they directly pressure Baron Nashor and put RNG under immense pressure? Or should they play it safe and secure the third dragon before going for Baron Nashor?"

In EDG's team voice chat, Meiko made a decision: "Don't go for Baron yet. We have a huge equipment lead, so there's no rush. Go to the dragon pit and force them to engage. If they dare to come, we'll start the fight. If they don't come, we'll take the dragon and then use Baron to force another team fight."

"understand!"

The five EDG players began to gather at the Dragon Pit.

RNG saw the players disappearing from the map and knew what EDG was up to.

At this moment, immense pressure hung over the hearts of every RNG player like a dark cloud. (End of Chapter)