Chapter 112: Is the world wrong?

In the replay from Rek'Sai's perspective, everyone could clearly see that Rek'Sai in burrow state had a vision range of only about 400 yards.

So when he was chasing Lak Si, he indeed had no vision.

He was just following the signal and pursuing.

Then, at some point during the chase, he suddenly turned his head without any warning.

And the very next moment after he turned his head, a light sphere from 【Light Binding】 flew out of the mist, narrowly missing Rek'Sai by a hair's breadth.

Then Rek'Sai continued forward pursuit, and finally, using the E skill 【Digging Tunnel】 whose cooldown had ended, he closed the distance, got up close, and killed Lak Si.

Without a doubt, the key was that head-turn to dodge the skill.

Otherwise, Rek'Sai would have been immobilized in place and could never have caught up to Lak Si.

The director's camera language made it obvious; he deliberately used the Rek'Sai perspective replay just so everyone could see clearly——

"Prediction! This is pure prediction!!"

"Firrrrrre's calculations are too terrifying!!"

"In such a chaotic teamfight, he could actually clearly remember the timing of Lak Si's skill usage! What kind of monster is this!!!"

The danmaku lacks culture, only saying 'opened'.

The big streamers broadcasting the match also lack culture, just howling 'monster monster' along with the commentator, putting on a monkey-like performance that appears in every corner of Twitch.

On this side of the venue, it turned completely into a wild party for G2 fans. As for the atmosphere, the LPL venue truly can't compare to Europe's—at least over there, if someone dared to publicly take off their pants, wear only a big pair of shorts printed with a player's face‑art avatar, shove their butt into the opposing fans' faces and twist wildly, they would definitely be sent away to eat prison food.

That face‑art avatar was actually that of a certain Chinese man who is currently on stage playing the match; if he found out people were wearing his face on their buttocks, he'd probably be frightened into retiring on the spot.

As for the UOL team, they were much calmer.

In the team voice channel, the UOL members said not a word; each was desperately thinking about how to end the match gracefully in a shorter time.

When the replay ended, UOL's outer bottom turret had just been destroyed.

UOL lost two towers in a row—actually almost three; the middle turret had been chipped away by Syndra for so long that when UOL's resurrected players finally arrived to defend, it had less than one‑third of its health left.

Even if the middle turret hadn't fallen yet, the gap that G2 had opened on UOL in this wave was so large that the UOL members couldn't bear it.

The kill gold difference of three heads, plus the two towers with first‑blood bounty, instantly opened an economic gap for UOL of over three thousand.

And that's not counting anything else.

If we also added the lost last hits and experience from UOL's three lanes during the fight and while dead, the value by which UOL was pulled apart would probably exceed five thousand.

However, when the momentum finally ended, the clock had just passed ten minutes.

Rounded off, that's equivalent to being two major items ahead after ten minutes—how do you play?

So Sjokz's evaluation is no exaggeration.

This wave, G2 outright killed the match.

……

More than ten minutes later, G2 destroyed UOL's base without any suspense.

And Liang Yan likewise earned the match's MVP without any suspense.

Amid the loud singing of the on‑site fans, the G2 members left the player seats happily, arms around each other's shoulders, heading backstage.

The cut returned to the analyst desk.

"What do you say, Quickshot Teacher?"

"Ah, uh, um, G2 played really well, but I don't see anything new."

"No understanding of the version, right?"

"Well, from the pick‑phase perspective, that's exactly the case: UOL's captain‑support system is actually a mature strategy verified by LCK and LPL, but UOL failed to execute it, and their picks also have issues—for example, the support could be swapped for something else to strengthen their lane presence."

"And as for G2's composition, there really isn't much to say; the whole game showed no special tactics, it's just like the regular season—relying early on Firrrrrre's strong individual ability to gain an edge, then suppressing vision to squeeze resources, expanding the economic advantage to a certain point before forcing a teamfight—oh, in this game UOL initiated the Baron fight to force a teamfight, but the result is the same."

"Is that so? But in my view, during the few teamfights after ten minutes, we kept seeing this picture: on UOL's side, the only one who was doing relatively well, Lak Si, would always be dove into by an Ekko with damage‑oriented items as soon as the teamfight started, then Syndra would flash‑in and ult to instantly kill her; without Lak Si, UOL's main damage source, the others couldn't break through Rek'Sai and Lulu's blockade to threaten Kog'Maw, and Zven was basically outputting without pressure, so we can see that at the end of the match, Zven's output was indeed far above everyone else."

"But what does this have to do with the version? I feel G2 could win just as easily with a different lineup, maybe even more easily."

"Or maybe it is related—for example, Ekko's item build and his synergy with Syndra clearly target a single‑core system."

"But UOL isn't a single‑core system."

"Resources on the rift are limited; this version works like this: whoever gets the first‑tower bounty becomes the big brother, and in teamfights, as long as you take down that big brother, the others' threats become quite ordinary."

"Do you mean G2's lineup was originally prepared to counter Lucian after he snags the first‑tower bounty and starts to snowball?"

"Not necessarily, but I feel this Syndra is obviously meant to target the squishy backline; otherwise they wouldn't have rushed to pick it."

"But looking at all the regions' postseasons worldwide, this is Syndra's first appearance—if G2 is right, then the mistake lies with the rest of the world's teams."

"Alright, let's just say I over‑interpreted."

"That's just it—you really are overthinking; this Syndra is just Perkz picking it on a whim, nothing special, he just wanted to play it, and you can tell at a glance they definitely didn't practice it beforehand."

Although, AP's Syndra in scrims was utterly slaughtering LCK teams—lately, the teams AP has scrimmed against G2 are all the Dragon Pearl squads contacted by Tang Anna.

LZ may not be a top LCK team, but being an LCK squad, its level still far surpasses all European teams by a large margin; scrims against them have brought G2 rich rewards.

But it also seems to have made AP get carried away.

This game, AP's performance looked blatantly off, so after returning to the restroom he was sternly lectured by Ka Lao Si.

Ka Lao Si is used to it.

That kid is just like that—you have to keep an eye on his condition, and if you notice something off, you gotta educate him; otherwise he really dares to get carried away.

However, this time after suffering Liang Yan's in‑game 'lesson' and Ka Lao Si's saliva baptism, AP should temporarily be fine.

After a brief rest, both sides returned to the stage.