Chapter 238

As the saying goes, those involved are confused while observers see clearly; Kkoma, from a god's‑eye view, can clearly see SKT's problems in this round—although SKT did initially gain a huge advantage in the bottom lane, in reality it was somewhat forced.

If they were facing an ordinary team, the opponents might not react in time; no one would have thought they needed to group and push mid, let alone to wander around vision and pick off enemies like Firrrrrre does—thus SKT could completely lock in this wave's advantage, which was an economic trade.

But G2 is no ordinary team.

Firrrrrre is no ordinary jungler!

Their ability to seize opportunities is extremely strong; whenever the jungler can participate in the pacing, they will definitely catch any opening—this is exactly why Kkoma values G2 so highly!

A temporary advantage isn't really an advantage; just now Faker indeed secured two kills and also took down G2's next turret, but the flaw exposed by the forced play is also significant—the mid‑top half of the map is completely undefended, and Firrrrrre indeed seized this opportunity, showing no haste at all: he first cleaned out SKT's entire upper‑jungle area, then went in for a pick, and a single counter‑attack wiped out all of SKT's gains, indeed coming out ahead with an extra half of jungle, and at the same time it affected Duke Na'er's development.

For example, the clash between the two sides in this round is like a stock in the market: after a dip, G2's momentum surges fiercely, not only making up the previous loss but even bursting through to a new peak in one go.

Looking at SKT's curve, it's like a manipulator unloading: after a rally, it starts to fluctuate downward, appearing to have ups and downs but actually trending down overall.

Kkoma, in the resting room, clearly saw the cause and effect of this wave and the whole process, thus he deeply knew that the overall situation was not that optimistic for SKT.

But the SKT players in the thick of it don't have such a strong big‑picture sense.

Even Faker, for a moment, didn't realize that he actually shouldn't have been bottom‑lane‑ing at that time; he just felt he hadn't handled the follow‑up well, which let Vi catch an opportunity.

Out of the ten players in the match, only one person is clear‑headed.

"Lu Ka, what are you preparing to build next?"

"Ice Staff."

After Perkz answered, seeing Liang Yan silent, he nervously asked:

"Any problem?"

"No problem."

Liang Yan remained silent for two seconds, then said,

"However, this game don't build Cooldown Shoes; go with the standard build, then first put out a small damage item for the Ice Staff, and the belt later."

"OK."

Liang Yan had just finished clearing a round of monsters in the upper half and was heading back to base.

While waiting to respawn, he glanced at the bottom lane—Lao Zhang had just pushed the wave out from in front of the second turret and was now walking back. Liang Yan then said:

"Lao Zhang told me to take two waves of lane."

"Come on."

Lao Zhang readily agreed.

Liang Yan went out and walked down, after clearing the three wolves he helped push two waves of lane; experience was split evenly, he took all the last‑hit gold, after finishing the minions he punched toward the river, after eating the river crab he then ate the Magic Swamp Frog, then returned to base again, and upon arriving home he picked up a Radiance.

"What? Radiance?!"

Seeing the new item in Vi's equipment slot, Miller let out an exclamation:

"He first built a Small Wooden Hammer... and now he's also built a Radiance—could he be going for the Trinity next?!"

Wawa also let out an "ah":

"No way, Vi building Trinity feels like the gain wouldn't be high!"

"But these two items clearly point toward Trinity, though such a weird build path is something I've never heard of!"

"Guigui, Jiao Shen, his Vi is way too perceptive."

From the previous wave's pacing up to now, the canyon has been slightly calm for a few minutes.

In these five minutes, the two sides only fought one small‑scale teamfight; the result was G2 trading one for two, but the top lane had a turret pushed down.

Both sides' economies remain tangled, with G2 ahead by a few hundred gold; at this point in time, such a gap is practically negligible.

In the SKT resting room, the big stone in Kkoma's heart sank a little, feeling that the situation should have stabilized.

Vi, who had built Radiance, went out and walked up.

Just now he appeared in the bottom lane; SKT's three jungle players took the chance to push up, and while Liang Yan was heading out, they pushed the wave to in front of G2's second top turret, then disappeared from G2's vision.

At that moment, the n‑th group of Stone Armor Beetles in the red side's upper half had just respawned.

Liang Yan sneaked into the jungle from the upper high‑ground gap, scanning as he walked toward F4; when he arrived, F4 had just respawned, he quickly cleared it with AQE plus Smite, then, while signaling, he walked toward the back of the Dragon Pit, and when he reached the corner he threw a diagonal punch into the Dragon Pit.

Then he exited the Dragon Pit, walked along the wall upward, and finally crouched at the corner of the Dragon Pit wall beneath the allied top lane's Triangular Grass patch.

The True Sight buff ensured he hadn't been spotted by SKT's vision all the way.

Under Liang Yan's direction, Perkz, protected by Mithy, pushed the wave out from under the turret and then probed the Stone Armor Beetles' camp—sure enough, the monsters were gone.

Liang Yan signaled into the grass between the two broken walls:

"Mi Xi, sell for a bit."

Mithy heard that and walked forward.

Perkz glanced at his summoner spells and followed up on Viktor.

Liang Yan remained crouched in the river.

Figure: Positions and vision status of personnel in the upper half.

He lacked a god's‑eye view, but his intuition told him someone was in the grass between the broken walls—at least one, possibly three, or maybe two on the slope ahead in the Triangular Grass, or else near the first turret's remains.

As expected, when Mithy was only a few hundred yards from the grass between the broken walls, a light wave flew out from the grass and slapped Jinx with a 'bam'.

When a fragile support with no flash appears before a blind monk who has flash and full energy, and teammates are nearby, no blind monk player can resist lashing out—not even a steady‑type pro player can withstand such temptation.

When Heavenly Sound Wave lands, Bengi without hesitation blinks and flies up.

QWRDQ,

Bengi pulls off a practiced blind monk combo, and the Jella knocked back by the R flash flies toward his two teammates.

At the same time, Liang Yan leaves his hiding spot and moves toward his teammates.

The battle erupts suddenly.

Mithy knows he is doomed; as he lands he immediately unleashes his ultimate, sweeping the blind monk and Tam away, buying himself some time, then lands an E that binds the blind monk, and before dying he deals full damage.

Just as Mithy falls, Liang Yan finally arrives, unleashing a fully charged strong energy rush punch that bursts through the wall; just as it is about to reach its end, his figure suddenly vanishes.

When it reappeared, the huge iron fist thudded and smashed onto Bang's EZ's face.