Mingkai, if you're this cowardly, you should just go home and raise pigs.

SKT's offensive momentum was immediately disrupted, forcing them to retreat.

The normal rhythm should have been that the mid and jungle players took down EDG's second top lane tower. Although they were behind EDG in terms of rhythm and rounds, they at least gained resources in exchange.

However, Gragas' ultimate ability shattered EDG's plan to exchange resources.

If they fight here, Gragas will definitely be able to hold out until his teammates arrive.

After all, they built magic resistance boots this game, and SKT's mid and jungle are both AP damage dealers. Gragas also has Flash, so killing Gragas is too difficult.

In SKT's backstage lounge, Kkoma's brows were furrowed, his face filled with astonishment!

Peanut's substitute jungler, Blank, also looked rather unwell.

"How could this person... do this?" Kkoma said incredulously, "Is he like Sang-hyeok, born to play League of Legends?"

It's important to understand that the League of Legends professional league has developed to its current state.

The so-called "battle" is never about one person or a single line.

To illustrate EDG's strategy in this instance, the remaining four members of EDG had to play extremely aggressively, putting immense pressure on SKT's mid and bot lanes.

EDG is betting that SKT's mid and bot lanes won't dare to engage!

Even if a top laner wants to win a 1v1 on the sideline, they must get information and help from their teammates.

My teammates reported that the enemy team is in the other half of the map, so only those who can split push can win.

This is why IG, despite having TheShy, couldn't figure out how to execute the 41-point split push strategy.

The root cause is that IG's jungler and support are not normal junglers and supports; they are unable to synchronize the opponent's position information and key summoner spell information with TheShy.

So whenever IG faces even a little pressure head-on, TheShy, who is clearly in an advantageous position, will be forced to use his Teleport!

From the perspective of the SKT players, Gragas might have been 'retreating' in the bushes for those three minutes.

However, Kkoma, from God's perspective, just like the commentators, clearly saw that Gragas leisurely cleared all three camps of Ivern's red buff before returning to his secluded bush.

During this process, Gragas didn't even turn around once, just like a jungler rushing to level 3, quickly clearing jungle camps!

If anyone else were directing Gragas, it's safe to say that... even if Zhou Hanyang and his teammates had just a little bit of communication, Gragas' jungle clearing actions and routes wouldn't have been this smooth.

There are only two possible reasons for this.

The first point is that EDG had already communicated well in advance about how they would play this round.

The second point is that this wave was commanded by Zhou Hanyang.

Kkoma believes that if it were any other team, it would be the former.

Judging from the voice recordings and post-match interviews released by EDG, it is highly likely that EDG is the latter.

Because everyone knows that Zhou Hanyang is the absolute core of EDG, and no one else in EDG can or will make Zhou Hanyang make such a sacrifice.

Only if Zhou Hanyang himself takes the initiative to do so.

His ability to assess the situation was in no way inferior to Sang-hyeok's. Kkoma couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It's worth noting that even a genius like Faker took more than five years to complete this path, while Zhou Hanyang has only been a professional player for half a year.

Kkoma was deeply moved.

EDG has switched lanes again in the Rift!

This time, Xiao Pao switched to the top lane to regain control of vision in the upper half of the map.

The barrels were moved to the bottom half of the draw again.

Jayce remained in the top half of the map, and then Orianna was once again positioned to counter Gragas.

If Clockwerk can't beat Tristana head-on, he should definitely avoid Tristana when building his deck.

Once Orianna has three core items, her combat power in team fights surpasses that of Tristana, allowing SKT to engage in head-on team battles with EDG.

However, EDG simply cannot give SKT that opportunity.

After regaining control of the upper half of the map, they pushed all the minions in the middle and upper lanes and then started attacking Baron.

"Huh? EDG is already forcing a team fight at Baron?" Ji De opened his mouth in astonishment when he saw this.

"EDG has two marksmen in this game. If they drag it out to the late game, they will definitely have an advantage. There is no need to force Baron so early, right?" Guan Zeyuan was also a little confused.

"Gragas teleported directly to the front, and Orianna? Orianna also teleported to the mid lane!" Miller's speech noticeably sped up.

……

"Baron, Baron, they're attacking Baron!"

"Don't rush, don't rush, we'll just scare them a little."

"Look at my position, look at my position..." Bang kept shouting.

"I'll poke first!" Huni unleashed a QE attack towards the Baron pit!

But now the game has been going on for 22 minutes, and Jayce hasn't even completed his second item yet. His QE enhanced cannon is barely doing any damage.

Moreover, Ivern has vast stretches of bushes, so SKT had no idea whether they had landed a poke or not.

Both sides only had one initiator in this game: SKT's jungler Sejuani, and EDG's top laner Gragas.

"With Ivern's shield, Jayce's poke attacks barely scratched Gragas." I remember laughing heartily when I saw that.

But the next second he shouted anxiously, "EDG is taking down Baron very quickly, but SKT has already surrounded us!"

SKT made a visionary change, and after glancing at the dragon's health, which was less than one-fifth of its original value, Peanut's Sejuani charged out.

"They're going to finish the fight! They're going to finish the fight! Give me the ball, I want to go in and take a look!" Peanut shouted repeatedly.

“We can team fight…” Faker tried to stop Peanut, but before he could finish speaking, Sejuani charged in.

Ashley!

Faker couldn't help but curse Peanut inwardly for being too impulsive, but he still managed to throw the ball at Sejuani.

Sejuani activated her scanner and charged straight into the dragon pit.

There are many bushes in the Dragon Pit, and you can't see the EDG players at all without scanning.

The moment Peanut spotted the enemy, he didn't hesitate at all. He immediately used Q-Flash to dash in and crash into Varus, then unleashed his ultimate on Tristana.

Upon seeing that Sejuani had found two carries, Faker's heart began to race, and he immediately activated Orianna's ultimate.

R - Command: Shockwave!!!

"Ah???" Upon seeing this, Miller let out a heart-wrenching scream: "Piglet charged into the dragon pit, and Lulu turned into a sheep immediately!"

But... Orianna has four superspells!!! Is Faker's Orianna about to ascend to godhood again?? Huh? Gragas flashed out!!! E-flash...!!!

The moment Sejuani charged in, Zhou Hanyang's Gragas flashed out and arrived in front of SKT's two carries and support.

A horizontal 7-shaped E-flash directly collided with Orianna, and then Orianna unleashed her ultimate.

R - Exploding Barrel!!!

Boom! ! !

Gragas unleashed his ultimate ability into the crowd, sending Orianna flying towards the Baron pit.

SKT's bottom and support players were blasted backwards.

Jayce immediately used his Q on Gragas, but Orianna had already been blasted back by Gragas' ultimate. Varus immediately applied his ultimate to Orianna.

EDG's four players began focusing their attacks on Orianna.

"Damn it, Orianna!!! Damn it, Faker!!! Damn it, ascend to godhood!!!" In the LCK capital, Smeb, seeing this scene, seemed to have something awakened within him.

He suddenly stood up and roared incoherently, "Ah, ba, ascend! ba, Jess... Nice!!! Kill Orianna, kill Orianna, kill Orianna!!! Just kill Orianna!!!"

When he saw the barrel rewind the clockwork, he danced around and shouted "Nice!!!"

"Faker wants to recreate his heroic performance, to relive that legendary S6 moment," Guan Zeyuan's voice echoed throughout the arena. "But Attack stepped up and roared at Faker... I'm not Smeb!!! Remember my ID, my name is—Attack!!!"

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