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Chapter 974 Two Fists Can't Beat Four Hands

In the commentary booth, Miller was fully focused, keenly observing every dynamic on the field. With his excellent eloquence, he provided a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the situation, firmly controlling the pace of the commentary.

After Miller finished speaking, the doll immediately added from the side:

"Currently, the kill score is 3 to 1. EDG has an economic lead of about 600 gold, which mainly comes from the number of kills. It is worth noting that SKT is not behind in terms of CS (creep score) in the laning phase. In fact, top laner Khan's Jayce is even slightly ahead in CS during the top lane laning phase."

"There's really no way around it. Jayce has this advantage in the laning phase and is very strong in lane. However, if EDG drags the game into the late game, Jax will be far more effective than Jayce."

Miller nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with the doll's point of view.

In this game, EDG's intention in picking Jax was very clear: they hoped to make a difference in split pushing in the late game.

After all, in the late game, Jayce has a hard time effectively defending against Jax's split pushes.

Therefore, if SKT wants to stop Jax from split pushing, they can only send Akali, controlled by Faker, to do so.

However, it would be extremely difficult for Akali to kill Jax.

When Jax activates his ultimate ability "Master's Might", he gains bonus armor and magic resistance. Assassin-type champions like Akali will find it difficult to deal enough damage to kill Jax.

Furthermore, as long as Akali chooses to defend Jax alone, EDG can safely deal damage from the backline on the front lines.

It's important to know that Akali plays a crucial role in SKT, both initiating engagements and securing kills. In direct combat, after SKT uses three poke champions to lower EDG's health, Akali can enter the fray and finish them off, giving her a significant amount of room to maneuver in the main battle.

However, if Akali is not on the front lines, it will be very difficult for SKT's four front-line players to threaten EDG's backline.

These are the key points Miller gleaned from his most intuitive analysis of the roster.

For Jax, the key right now is how to smoothly navigate the challenges he may face in the early stages.

The strength of the poke-style lineup lies in its ability to easily gain an advantage in the early game, and once that advantage is secured, the snowball effect can be incredibly fast.

However, in this game, EDG actually held an advantage in the early stages, which reassured Miller somewhat.

Of course, SKT's poke-style lineup, which they are so good at using, must have its advantages.

During the fight for the first dragon, SKT took advantage of the red team's geographical position at the dragon pit and arranged for their players to be positioned in advance to establish vision.

Meanwhile, Nidalee's precise shot, combined with Ezreal's ultimate, successfully reduced EDG's Lee Sin's health by more than half.

Seeing this, EDG had no choice but to give up their chance to contest the dragon.

However, EDG's decision to forgo the dragon does not mean they are inactive.

EDG's motto for this game was that even if the opponent wanted to gain an advantage, they would never give in easily and would at least make the opponent pay a price.

Although the Rift Herald had not yet spawned, EDG quickly took action.

First, EDG's Jhin set up a sniper rifle in his own red buff jungle, putting pressure on SKT's team who were fighting the dragon.

SKT successfully withstood Jhin's four ultimate attacks, giving Jhin no chance to steal the dragon.

But at that moment, Doinb's character ran to the top lane with a bomb.

At the same time, Shen's ultimate ability was released immediately, and Jax, Corki, and Shen instantly surrounded Jayce in the top lane.

Despite Khan's efforts to fight back with Jayce, he was outnumbered by three opponents and his options were extremely limited.

What frustrated Khan even more was that after EDG's mid and support came to roam, they didn't choose to attack the turret, but instead let Jax farm the turret plating alone in the top lane.

Although Jax was relatively slow at chipping away at the tower by himself, he still comfortably ate more than two layers of the tower crust.

If Jax manages to take down another tower plate, and EDG successfully secures the Rift Herald, then SKT's top lane tower will likely be destroyed.

SKT also keenly noticed the subtle changes in the situation on the field. After successfully securing the first Earth Dragon, player Clid, controlling Nidalee, quickly adjusted his strategy and planned to head to the top lane to counter-gank, trying to seize any possible opportunity and catch the opponent off guard.

However, EDG's decision to target Jayce was far more resolute than SKT had imagined.

At this point, the game time has reached the crucial milestone of 10 minutes and 05 seconds.

Jiejie, controlling the Lee Sin, silently circled around the jungle and appeared on the top lane like a ghost.

Through the wall, with lightning-fast hand speed, he instantly unleashed a smooth ward-hop-flash-R combo, sending the unsuspecting and unflash-free Jayce flying back with a precise kick.

At the same time, their own Jax activated his E skill in advance, leaping up like a tiger descending a mountain, stunning Jayce at just the right moment, achieving a perfect teamwork with jiejie.

Despite the Nidalee's counter-ganking mission in the bushes, BoJesus was utterly powerless to fight back, and before he could even display any decent fighting ability, he was already dead.

This undoubtedly exposed the formidable strength of the Jax and Lee Sin top-jungle duo in 2v2 situations.

On the other side, Faker was also consciously moving towards the top lane, trying to provide some support to his team's Jayce.

Unfortunately, Doinb's plane kept a close watch, making it difficult for him to escape.

Doinb built Maw of Malmortius early, making him fearless against Faker's Akali.

Faker tentatively used his E skill, intending to initiate on Doinb, but Doinb easily dodged the skill with his graceful and agile movements.

Faker couldn't help but show some helplessness, as he clearly noticed that Doinb performed exceptionally well against him in this match.

It's worth noting that before this match, Faker had already developed a high level of confidence in Doinb's abilities by watching EDG's other group stage matches.

To give such a high evaluation of one's opponent in one's mind before the match is truly a rare occurrence in Faker's long professional career.

Because Faker knows very well that if he sets his expectations for his opponent too high, he will inevitably feel some pressure when the two sides actually clash on the field.

After all, in the game League of Legends, the saying "confidence is the key to success" is not just an empty phrase, but has profound truth to it.

Just like now, a scaling champion like Corki is able to relentlessly entangle Akali, putting Akali at a disadvantage in the game.

Akali can't do anything about the plane when it's under the turret, but if she still can't do anything about it in the wild, then it has to be said that it's Akali's own problem.

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