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As soon as Su Mo said this, the entire EDG rest room fell into an eerie silence.

"Ahem..." Abu was the first to react, and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Brother Mozi, this joke... isn't funny. This is the finals, and the opponent is Faker. Isn't playing Yasuo a bit too much?"

“I’m not joking.” Su Mo’s expression was unusually serious. “I think this hero has room for skillful play.”

"But... top lane Yasuo?" Clearlove frowned. "That's too risky. If he gets targeted, he could easily end up in jail for the entire game."

"That depends on whose Yasuo it is," Su Mo smiled. "Even if you accidentally lose a game, it's not a big deal. You can always win the next one."

Silence fell in the lounge once again.

Everyone looked at Su Mo, and they suddenly understood that this was not just a hero's choice, but a declaration.

It was the most arrogant and direct challenge launched by the new king against the old gods!
"I...I have no objection!" Jiejie was the first to break the silence, his face full of excitement. "Damn, just thinking about it is exciting! Mozi's Yasuo, crushing T1! If we win, I'll brag about it for the rest of my life!"

“I agree.” Scout took a deep breath, looking at Su Mo with a complex expression, a mixture of worry and, more than anything, a blind trust.

After thinking for a moment, Scout asked, "Brother Mozi, do you want to play mid lane? After all, Yasuo isn't easy to play in the top lane."

"Fine, I'll play top lane then," Su Mo said.

Abu and the factory manager exchanged a glance, both seeing a bitter smile and helplessness in each other's eyes.

They knew that once Su Mo made a decision, no one could change it.

Moreover, he's played all sorts of abstract heroes, so playing Yasuo isn't actually that unusual.

"Alright!" Abu slapped his thigh. "I'll go crazy with you this once! Next game, I'll pick Yasuo for Mozi!"

……

After a short break, when both teams returned to the stage, everyone could sense that the atmosphere on T1's side had changed.

Faker's eyes were no longer filled with confusion, but only with a sharp, focused gaze.

"Alright viewers! Welcome back to the final battle of the S11 World Championship!" Miller's voice rose again. "In the second game, T1 has moved to the blue side, which has the first pick! What adjustments will they make?"

BP begins!
T1, on the blue side, unsurprisingly banned Kennen, Jayce, and Irelia in their first three picks.

"We're still sticking with the five-ban-top-lane strategy!" Wawa said. "It seems that the loss in the first game hasn't changed T1's wariness of Mozi!"

EDG, on the other hand, banned Jarvan IV, Rakan, and Twisted Fate.

When it was time to select players, the first floor of T1 was locked up almost instantly!
"LeBlanc, the Deceiver!" Miller's voice suddenly rose, "Faker! Faker has brought out one of his most iconic champions on the finals stage! The LeBlanc who once soared through the air and toyed with countless enemies on the field is back!"

The entire stadium exploded instantly!
Countless Faker fans erupted in deafening cheers!

They knew that the man was about to fight desperately!

EDG's first-floor pick left viewers worldwide stunned for three seconds.

Immediately following was an even bigger uproar!

"The Unforgiven—Yasuo!!!" Miller could hardly believe his eyes. He rubbed them, and after confirming it was real, he roared with all his might, "My God!!!! EDG is on the first floor, and they've locked in Yasuo!! Is this real?! Am I dreaming?!"

Guan Zeyuan adjusted his glasses, his eyes behind the lenses filled with shock: "My... my scientific analysis has completely failed at this moment! On the S11 finals stage, they picked Yasuo for top lane! This... this isn't just a matter of skill and daring, this is a draft that only a god could make!"

Everyone assumed that Su Mo had picked Yasuo, since Scout would never play this champion; only someone like Su Mo, who often plays unconventionally, would pick this in the finals.

At this moment, live streams around the world were completely flooded with question marks and "666".

【？？？？？？？？？？？？？】

[Am I blind? Yasuo? Yasuo in the finals?]

[Mozi: Five bans for top lane, huh? Fine, then I'll pick the hero you least want to see.]

[Faker: I'm going to bring out my strongest champion. Mozi: What a coincidence, me too (referring to happiness).]

[This is a brutal attack! This is even more ruthless than Yasuo against LeBlanc. This is a top lane Yasuo, it's not even a matchup between them, it's full of contempt!]

[EDG: Since you guys don't want to operate anymore, then we'll stop pretending and lay our cards on the table. We're here to fight!]

At the T1 booth, coach kkOma froze as he stared at the locked-in Yasuo.

A feeling of utter absurdity welled up inside me.

He anticipated that EDG would pick a counter pick and that they would continue to exert pressure in the laning phase, but he never expected that the opponent would respond in this way.

This was an extreme arrogance he had never seen before.

Faker's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the swordsman riding the wind and pursed his lips.

He could feel that what was coming at him was the most naked challenge from his opponent.

Finally, the lineups for both sides were finalized!

Blue Square T1:

Top Lane: Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper

Jungle: Blade of the Ruined King - Fryegor
Mid Lane: LeBlanc, the Deceiver

Archer: Aphelios, the Reaper of the Crescent Moon
Support: Thresh, the Chain Warden
Red team EDG:

Top Lane: Yasuo, the Unforgiven
Jungler: Jarvan IV, the Prince of Demacia
Mid Lane: Ryze, the Rune Mage
Marksman: Miss Fortune the Bounty Hunter
Support: Leona, the Dawn Goddess

"The lineup is finalized!" Miller concluded. "T1 has drafted a three-core carry lineup! Faker's LeBlanc, Canna's Vladimir, and Gumayusi's Aphelios—all three have the ability to take over the game! They're going to compete with EDG in the late game, in terms of mechanics, and in terms of macro play!"

"EDG, on the other hand, has a lineup that can only be described as reckless!" Wawa added, "Jarvan IV, Leona, and Ryze—all three can create perfect entry conditions for Yasuo! They're telling T1, we're not going to wait for the late game; we're going to completely overwhelm you from the laning phase!"

Game start!
Neither side engaged in a level 1 team fight; it was a normal start.

Once the minion wave arrived, Su Mo controlled Yasuo and went to the top lane.

On the top lane, facing Canna's vampire, Su Mo displayed immense pressure from level one.

He used the flexibility of his E skill, "Striking Forward," to weave back and forth in the minion wave. Each time he E'd into the vampire's face, he would AE, and then calmly retreat.

Canna's Vladimir was suffering terribly. His proud ability to sustain in lane seemed so weak and powerless in the face of Yasuo's unreasonable trades of health.

After all, he's a late-game hero, so he'll be at a disadvantage when laning against Vladimir in the early game.

"It's that familiar scene again!" Wawa exclaimed. "Mozi has once again turned the top lane into his own personal showcase! Canna's Vampire is even finding it incredibly difficult to sniff out experience points!"

T1 obviously won't sit idly by.

Three minutes later, Oner's Foygo went straight to the top lane after clearing the jungle camps in the upper half of the map!

"Oner is here! He's going to make a move on Yasuo! This is T1's best chance yet!"

However, the moment Foygo emerged from the bushes, Su Mo's Yasuo used his E skill to pass through the minions and create distance.

Immediately afterwards, a perfectly accurate W blocked Foygo's W skill!
Oner's gank failed, while Su Mo, taking advantage of the successful bait, pushed the minion wave to T1's tower and calmly returned to base.

T1's first attempt failed!

But they did not give up.

Six minutes later, Oner returned to the top lane! This time, Faker's LeBlanc also disappeared from the mid lane!
"A three-man gank by T1's top, mid, and jungle! T1 is determined to kill Yasuo!" Miller's voice was filled with tension. "Yasuo doesn't have Flash, can he escape this time?!"

On the screen, Oner's Fryego flanked from the river, Canna's Vladimir activated Blood Pool to slow down the enemy, while Faker's LeBlanc, from a tricky angle, used W [Phantom Step] to step in and unleashed a precise E skill [Phantom Chain]!
"He's chained! Faker has chained Yasuo! Yasuo's going to die!" Miller's voice was filled with tension!
Just as the chains were about to take effect and imprison Yasuo in place, Jiejie, who had been lurking in the bushes on the flank, finally moved!
"Hang in there, Brother Mozi! I'm coming!"

The Demacian general's banner descended from the sky, landing precisely between LeBlanc and Vladimir! Xin Zhao's figure surged forward like a dragon emerging from the sea!
And Su Mo had been waiting for this moment!
In his mind, time seemed to slow down countless times.

In the final moments before the chains took effect, he pressed the Q skill, Whirlwind, which he had been waiting for!
A whirlwind roared from Yasuo's blade tip, sweeping towards the figure stepping on his face—Faker's LeBlanc!
It's blowing!

Faker's pupils contracted sharply. He instinctively tried to press the second W to return to his original position, but it was too late!

Sony, Cartoon!

With a shout from Yasuo, Yasuo's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, turning into a white sword light and rushing towards Faker, who was swept into the air by the whirlwind!

The violent wind cuts off the breath!
Yasuo's ultimate ability makes him untargetable for the instant it is cast!
Faker's chain, which had already taken effect, snapped helplessly the moment Yasuo took to the air, and the immobilization effect was completely avoided!

Control offset!

"Faker is controlled! Jiejie follows up with damage! My God! Faker's health bar is melting!" Wawa spoke at lightning speed.

Jiejie's Xin Zhao unleashed a full combo on LeBlanc, and combined with the damage from Yasuo's ultimate, Faker's health bar was instantly emptied!
"First Blood!"

The notification of the first kill echoed throughout the entire arena!
The one who killed him was none other than the Swift Wind Swordsman who took the enemy general's head amidst a sea of ​​soldiers!
Although he killed Faker, Su Mo's Yasuo was also in dire straits.

Oner's Folgo and Canna's vampire attacks instantly unleashed their damage, securing his kill.

"NICE!" Jiejie shouted excitedly in EDG's team voice chat, "Mozi is awesome! This was a great win!"

Everyone knows that EDG didn't lose out at all in this 1-for-1 trade!

They traded a top laner... or rather, a less important top laner, for T1's rhythm core, and got the first blood!

"My God... Is this even possible?!" Miller's face was filled with disbelief. "Being surrounded by three people and precisely chained by Faker, Mozi used a perfectly timed Q3 followed by R, not only dodging the fatal control, but also cooperating with the arriving Jiejie to kill Faker! Although he died in the process, it was definitely worth it."

Guan Zeyuan also began his scientific analysis: "This 1-for-1 trade is a devastating blow to T1! Faker's LeBlanc gave up first blood, and his early game rhythm was completely disrupted! Although Mozi's Yasuo died, the gold from the first blood was enough for him to establish an absolute advantage in the lane! T1's mid-jungle synergy was instantly disrupted."

Meanwhile, Faker stared at his gray screen, remaining silent for a long time.

I was just careless, and I was actually killed.

"My problem." After a long silence, Faker finally uttered these words in the team voice chat.

“No, Sang-hyeok, it’s not your fault,” Oner said. “It was me… I should have forced out his wind barrier first.”

"Let's not discuss this now, let's finish the game first," Faker added.

The subsequent impact of this move quickly became apparent.

Su Mo's Yasuo returned to lane with a gold and equipment advantage from First Blood, and immediately bought a Zeal.

Canna's Vladimir, facing a Yasuo with attack speed boots and Zeal, was completely reduced to a tower-towering, waiting-for-him-wife-on-his-wife build.

T1 obviously wouldn't sit idly by; they knew very well that letting Yasuo continue to develop wouldn't be good for them either.

"Oner, go to top lane again!" Faker said. "Canna, find an opportunity to lure him over! See if you can kill him once!"

Eight minutes later, Oner's Fryego once again stealthily crept up the top lane.

This time, instead of going through the river, he circled around EDG's jungle, attempting to flank them from behind their towers.

Canna understood perfectly. He deliberately created an opening and used his Q skill to absorb a minion wave.

However, Su Mo's reaction caused T1's plan to fall through once again.

Almost the instant Canna stepped forward, Su Mo's Yasuo didn't linger in the fight, immediately using his E to retreat to the minions, while casually leaving a W behind him.

“He found out again!” Oner sighed. “This guy’s awareness is truly unparalleled.”

Two consecutive failed ganks wasted a lot of Oner's time, while Jiejie took the opportunity to secure the first dragon and invade T1's lower jungle.

EDG began to gradually take control of the game's pace.

The Rift Herald spawns in ten minutes.

This is the first key point of contention for resources between the two sides.

"EDG has started to move their vanguard! T1 must respond! This is their best chance to turn the tide!" Miller's voice became tense again.

T1 had no choice but to bite the bullet and come.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle for vision at the entrance to the river.

Keria's Thresh kept probing with his Q skill, but Meiko's Leona's positioning was impeccable, protecting all the key positions very well.

Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, Scout's Ryze activated his ultimate ability, Warp!
The reason he drove at this time was because Su Mo had gone to fight monsters in the wild and gathered some energy, so this was the perfect time to go over.

A golden portal lit up behind EDG's formation, and the destination of the teleportation was none other than the back of T1's formation!
Faker reacted immediately and tried to use his W skill to create distance, but it was too late!

Ryze landed and used his W rune to immobilize him, while Su Mo's Yasuo appeared like a ghost on Gumayusi's Aphelios!
EQ flash!
A flash of sword light, and Aphelios was instantly sent flying!

Yasuo's ultimate ability has launched him into the air once again!
Seeing this, Jiejie's prince decisively followed up with EQ flash and unleashed his ultimate [Cataclysmic Strike], completely shattering T1's formation!
Viper's Miss Fortune found the perfect position to deal damage from the back and activated her ultimate ability, "Barrage Time"!
T1's formation crumbled instantly in the face of this devastating combo!
"ACE! Perfect team wipe!" Miller shouted these two words with all his might. "EDG executed an unbelievable tactical design, achieving a perfect 0-for-5 team fight! They not only secured the Rift Herald, but also completely plunged T1 into the abyss! The outcome of the match is no longer in doubt!"

After winning the team fight, EDG's pace became breathtakingly fast.

They abandoned the Rift Herald, destroyed the mid-lane tower, and then secured the second dragon.

The economic gap was instantly widened to five thousand!

T1 was forced into a series of defeats, struggling to defend their jungle.

However, EDG did not give them any chance to breathe.

Twenty minutes later, the dragon was born.

Without the slightest hesitation, the five members of EDG immediately began to attack Baron.

T1 knew it was a trap, but had no choice but to come.

They knew that if they let this dragon go, they could basically start preparing for the third game.

"T1 is going all out! This is their last chance!"

Faker's LeBlanc constantly used her W skill to harass Viper from the flank, trying to find an opportunity to kill him instantly.

However, the moment he used W, Su Mo's Yasuo unleashed his fully charged Wind and Q.

Faker was caught off guard and knocked into the air!
This time, Jiejie's prince didn't even need to use his ultimate move.

Yasuo immediately followed up with his ultimate, Scout's Ryze followed up with a full combo, and Faker's LeBlanc didn't even have time to activate her second W before she was instantly vaporized!

In the end, EDG once again pulled off a perfect team fight with a 1-for-5 exchange, and then took down Baron!

The rest of the match was completely dominated by EDG.

With the Baron buff, EDG pushed forward from all three lanes simultaneously.

The T1 high ground towers were torn down one by one, as if they were made of paper.

Finally, with the crisp sound of the main crystal exploding, this dramatic duel came to an end.

2: 0!

EDG, holding match point, has pushed the legendary team T1 into the abyss! (End of Chapter)