Chapter 225

Some people think Sjokz's behavior is blind optimism; opening champagne at halftime is inadvisable, and if they end up getting slapped in the face at the end, it will become a lifelong nightmare.

And within the huge RNG fan base, there are also many blindly optimistic people.

In RNG's official support group, even a fan leader stood up and said: 【Don't worry, G2 has no tricks left; we'll chase three straight like SSG did against Snake!】

Then someone echoed: 【We haven't worried; as long as RNG plays well and doesn't underestimate the opponent, letting them chase two to three will be as easy as playing.】

But in the SKT training room, Coach Kkoma stood up right after watching the second game and said:

"Alright, let's study the first two games; we don't need to watch the rest."

Wolf asked in surprise:

"Why?"

Kkoma briefly explained:

"Because G2 already has three match points, so unless the match goes to a deciding game, they will absolutely not show anything new. Unfortunately, this RNG team does not possess such strong mental fortitude."

"I can make a bet with you."

"I guess RNG will play a four-protect-one composition in the third game."

"If that's really the case, how G2 will play this game is also predictable; they will definitely have Firrrrrre target the bot lane the whole time, letting Uzi die at least twice before ten minutes, causing RNG to collapse without a fight, and the duration of the third game will very likely break the shortest record of this World Championship."

……

Thirty minutes later, to satisfy everyone's curiosity, Kkoma paused the review and switched the projection to the live broadcast.

Just in time to see G2's five members surrounding RNG's fountain.

Wolf looked shocked at his own coach.

……

Everything went exactly as Kkoma predicted.

In the third game, G2 actively chose the red side, and then blue-side RNG picked a four-protect-one composition: top laner Shen, jungler Gragas, mid laner Zyra, bot lane Janna + Jinx.

To prove he was indeed a protective support, Mata deliberately gave Jinx a protective talent: Blessing of the Wind Speaker.

btw, the description of this version's Wind Speaker effect is as follows:

【Healing and shield abilities' effects increased by 10%.】

【If shield and heal abilities are cast on another allied target, the target additionally gains 4–22 armor and 2–11 magic resistance, with the exact value scaling with level, taking the highest level between caster and target, lasting 3 seconds.】

What? You say Jinx is all about damage skills, where does the healing and shielding ability come from?

Isn't there a summoner spell heal?

Although its cooldown is a bit longer, dare you say it can't trigger?

Looking at G2, their chosen composition seems lawless: top laner Pantheon, jungler Graves, mid laner Enchantress, bot lane Lu Xi An + Bull Head.

G2 pretended to start normally.

At 1:20, they suddenly grouped in the enemy jungle and aggressively swapped jungle areas.

Graves, after taking the blue side's red buff and F4, came to bot lane to cut off the wave, directly placed a ward and brought the level‑3 Enchantress home with a teleport over the tower……

Kkoma said G2 wouldn't reveal new things, but actually it's still somewhat off; at least this level-2 male gunner cutting line, placing wards, bringing enchantress to teleport and dive tower tactic is something nobody had heard of before.

Looper saw Xia Lu start a mahjong game, and immediately, right in front of the level-2 Pantheon who hadn't learned W, he forcibly teleported to save an ally; in the end G2 managed to kill Uzi, but they also lost the bull head and Lu Xi An.

They made a big show with this play, yet still ended up trading two for two, and it looks like G2 didn't come out ahead.

But the camera panned over the G2 bench, and Perkz was laughing so hard his face turned red.

Looking over at RNG's side, Uzi's face was also a bit red.

After things calmed down for a while, over five minutes, a level-5 Pantheon with about half a bar of experience went home, sneaking after the male gunner down the lane, ate a male gunner–left Magic Swamp Frog, then leveled up to level 6 and directly jumped onto Xia Lu with his ultimate.

At this point, Shen had neither his ultimate nor teleport available, and the RNG duo was done.

Moreover, this time nobody on G2 died.

The camera panned over both teams' benches again, and the G2 Zhong Ren looked like this:

【Image: G2 Zhong Ren expressions】

And Uzi's expression was belike.

【Image: Not happy!】

The remaining four RNG players were:

【Image: RNG four players' expressions】

Kkoma said G2 would catch Uzi 0-2 in 10 minutes, but that still underestimated Liang Yan's skill; after the second wave dive on Xia Lu netted two kills, Liang Yan proceeded to show up on whatever lane Uzi was on at an average of once per minute to cause trouble.

RNG swapped Uzi to the top lane, so Liang Yan followed him top; when Uzi was swapped to Zhong Lu, Liang Yan brought Pantheon to sit behind the tower; in short, wherever Uzi went, Liang Yan went too.

Miller couldn't watch any longer:

"Hey, what's the deal with this guy? Uzi goes where you go—you're just messing with his head on purpose, totally lacking sportsmanship!"

Guan Zeyuan uh-ed twice, then hesitated and said:

"No, this shouldn't be chalked up to lack of sportsmanship; it's actually a kind of tactic, after all... mindset is part of strength, right. And honestly, Liang Yan doing this kind of thing forcibly always manages to succeed, which should also say something."

Then he shifted gears:

"But this playstyle is just too chaotic; in fact, G2 often doesn't come out ahead, and while Uzi's farm looks explosive, G2's top and mid lane farm is actually quite average."

Yeah, Lao Zhang's Pantheon isn't farming well, and Perkz's enchantress is just average, but since the enemy dares to run a four‑protect‑one and does it poorly, Liang Yan has the responsibility to show them what a four‑protect‑one dead end looks like.

To be precise, it's not that a four‑protect‑one is a dead end; rather, playing four‑protect‑one against Uzi leads to a dead end, and this has nothing to do with Uzi's ability but everything to do with his mindset—at this stage, Uzi's mindset is just too prone to blowing up.

12 minutes in, Uzi died for the fourth time.

Moreover, RNG's mid lane first tower fell.

After respawning, Uzi ignored his teammates' pleas and rushed straight toward the male gunner who was farming in Zhong Lu.

Liang Yan saw the opponent's furious posture and realized they were coming to 1v1 him; of course he was also willing to give Uzi a chance, so he let Lao Zhang, who was hiding in the river and heading back to base, stay out of it, and directly took the male gunner that hadn't returned to base in two minutes to meet them.

He quickly drew his gun to dodge the second hit of the spinning blade pull‑back, fired a point‑blank shot, then after the smoke grenade broke the shield he used Q‑flash to shove the gun barrel into the waist of the wheel mom who had ulted and created distance——

Bang!

Lunzi Ma gave a light snort and collapsed.

Three shots and it was gone.

The director immediately cut to a close-up of the two players' cameras in the one-on-one.

Firrrrrre shook their head slightly and sighed.

Uzi's face flushed red as they bit their fist.

The on-site audience clamored loudly, then began chanting 'TSM' in unison.

Liang Yan withdrew to the tower, then pressed to return to base, released the mouse with their right hand, picked up the water cup and took a slow sip, then put the cup down and signaled the enemy's middle lane, saying boredly:

"Brothers, let's stop playing, it's boring, just push mid directly."