Chapter 235: G2 is playing so fiercely today!
Backstage, the SKT lounge.
Although the bottom lane trade looked like a small gain for SKT—after all, it was a support exchanged for an AD carry—coach Kkoma still slightly furrowed his brow.
He felt that something was off.
Before stepping down, Kkoma had specifically told the players: in lane, they didn't need to fight for lane priority, didn't need to waste health, just steady last‑hitting and development; above all, they must avoid getting heated and fighting the enemy.
Just now the director's camera wasn't on the bottom lane, so exactly what happened is unknown, but Bang is an obedient child, and Kkoma believes he wouldn't take his instructions to heart.
So this wave must have been a strong push by the enemy.
In other words, G2's duo held the initiative in the bottom‑lane fight.
This is something even Uzi couldn't do.
The problem is obvious: the disadvantage of SKT's bottom‑lane champion pair is so great that even an AD of Zven's caliber could sit on Bang's head and take a dump.
Only now did Kkoma suddenly realize a problem.
Tham's protective ability is beyond doubt, but his laning is too weak……
He felt a faint unease inside.
When he noticed that G2's support Janna was sticking to Ezreal and chasing relentlessly, Kkoma's unease began to grow.
Something's wrong, very wrong!
Today's G2 is too fierce!
Signal alerts kept sounding, the red and blue sides' signals flashing alternately on the minimap, and both sides' attention focused on the two players who had reached the center of the river.
"Janna is chasing Ezreal toward mid lane, while Faker's Orianna is coming to reinforce—if they keep chasing, it'll get a bit dangerous!"
"But wait, Jiao Shen cut straight across mid lane and followed behind Viktor, while Bengi had just finished clearing F4 and was hitting the red buff—there's no time! Bengi gave up on the red buff and moved toward the river!"
"It looks like Faker will meet up with Bang first, but Bang's remaining health is low, so he doesn't dare turn back!"
"What do you mean! Are we going to fight?!"
"SKT daren't engage! Faker turned up the slope back to Ye Qu and walked with Mang Seng! He just got there and Viktor placed a field to block the entrance! Ezreal has no mana to escape!"
"Vi threw a punch forward!"
"Bang could only flash!"
"But Janna flashed after him and landed an E! It hit! Orianna gave a shield, but it still feels like they'll die! Her Q is maxed out! One basic attack takes Ezreal's head!"
"My god, they can even kill that!"
"Mithy chased from bottom lane all the way to mid lane—at least his effort wasn't wasted!"
The venue erupted in exclamations!
In the LPL broadcast room, Wawa shouted:
"No way! Mang Seng and Orianna are both there—why isn't SKT counter‑attacking? Are they just letting Janna flash in and kill like that?! How can G2 be so fierce?!"
"We can't beat them."
After Miller finished speaking and caught his breath, he explained calmly:
"One is that Jiao Shen has the red buff while Bengi doesn't, and Vi's condition is far healthier than Mang Seng's; the other is that Orianna really has no early‑game damage."
Chang Mao hurriedly tried to find a sense of presence, nodding nonstop and saying:
"Teacher Miller is right—if this fight goes all the way, SKT will definitely lose more, so selling out decisively is the wisest move."
Wawa clicked her tongue in amazement:
"That's a two‑for‑one exchange—SKT not only doesn't profit, they actually lose big!"
"There's nothing to be done—I thought Bang would be safe after taking Ezreal's head, but I didn't expect G2's follow‑up to be even scarier; still, it's also that Bang was a bit greedy—in fact, he should have flashed from the dragon pit into Ye Qu earlier."
"That's true, but maybe they just didn't think of it."
"I still have that feeling."
"What?"
"G2 is playing so fiercely today!"
"Aren't they naturally fierce?"
"No, it's different—before only Foot God was fierce, but now everyone is fierce!"
Wawa's feeling was correct.
To beat SKT you have to fight like this—you must be fierce, keep being fierce, keep applying pressure, never let the pace slow, because if it slows you'll fall into SKT's operational rhythm.
Although Liang Yan is in command, G2 can also play a very macro game, but the players' skill levels inevitably differ, and in macro play lapses from individual mistakes are unavoidable—SKT is the kind of team that, if you give them an opening, they can immediately turn the tables and crush you.
So Liang Yan's strategy is to avoid playing macro against SKT as much as possible, just fight them—no matter how much you gain or lose, ignore development, strike when you have a chance, create a chance when you don't, and never let the pressure break!
After the kill, Janna returned to base in place, while Liang Yan and AP's Viktor went up the slope into Ye Qu to place wards; then the two came back together to mid lane, and with Liang Yan's help, Perkz quickly pushed the wave and snatched the first wave's recall advantage.
Liang Yan turned and headed toward the lower half of the jungle, while simultaneously giving the duo a reminder over the headset:
"The advantage isn't huge—keep pressure on the bottom lane, but don't be careless; in a fight you must watch your positioning and avoid getting into melee with Tham."
"Understood!"
"I'll prepare to counter a F4 later; Perkz, watch the wave‑push timing."
"OK!"
Liang Yan started clearing from the three wolves, after cleaning out the three monster camps in the lower half he also ate the river crab, then glanced at the mid‑lane wave—Faker seemed to want to hold the wave near the middle, but after taking a full EQA combo his health dropped by a third, so he didn't dare to hold firm and could only let Viktor push the wave over.
Liang Yan went up the slope into the blue side's lower jungle, placed a ward in the grass beside F4 to reveal Bengi's Mang Seng hiding there, then with a backward punch he auto‑attacked the freshly spawned F4 awake, his Q Power Fist charging while dragging the F4 toward the river.
Perkz's Viktor stood at the base of the slope, acting as Liang Yan's bodyguard.
Liang Yan threw a backward punch, AE instantly took out the three little birds, he kept an E to prevent a counter‑attack, two punches plus a smite took down the big bird, he twisted to dodge Faker's wall‑thrown skill combo, signaled mid lane for Perkz to return and clear the wave, then he turned and walked down the path behind the dragon pit, also marking the Stone Armor Beetle camp.
The duo just pushed the wave into the tower.
Using F4's smite effect, Liang Yan cleared the ward Tham had placed in the Triangular Grass patch, told Zven to keep pressuring the tower, then took Janna toward the Stone Armor Beetle camp; as they approached, they jointly cast Heavenly Sound Wave from the grass between the broken walls, which snapped and struck Liang Yan's Vi.
At this moment, Liang Yan glanced at Tam's position.
One wall away is SKT's duo, Tam is hiding in the tower gap farming minions, the distance to the broken wall grass patch is over a thousand yards, approaching two thousand yards.
Liang Yan instantly conceived a vicious plan:
Mi Xi, let's go fishing.
End of Chapter
