Chapter 252

SKT everyone returned home to rest, then went out again, beginning to execute the 4-1 split-push tactic.

Faker solo-laned bottom with Orianna.

Jesse and Jhin grouped together in mid lane.

The jungler and support roamed between G2's jungle, providing assistance to mid and bottom lanes while firmly controlling vision of the entire jungle, giving Mang Seng no chance to flank and catch.

Bo Bi obviously couldn't withstand Faker's solo lane, so they could only let Perkz's Viktor hold bottom lane, which greatly increased mid lane pressure.

On the defensive side, the poke composition couldn't clear waves as well as the opponent, resulting in Jesse hiding behind the minion line and wildly shooting at the defenseless squishy in front.

Moreover, since Ye Qu fell into the enemy's hands, G2 still had to deal with the problem of difficult lane transitions while defending.

After several waves of tug-of-war, the health of G2's turret defenders and the turrets themselves were drained to a dangerous state.

At this moment, the situation for G2 was like Plants vs. Zombies; the plant side, lacking enough early-game sun, fell behind in development as the zombies' strength increased, making it increasingly hard to resist the endless zombie assault. Everyone could see that G2 would eventually be breached, just not when.

The voices in G2's voice channel also grew fewer and fewer.

Although no one spoke, everyone clearly felt that defeat was already a foregone conclusion.

If it weren't for Liang Yan's consistently calm and firm voice, they would have already given up and stopped trying.

Yes, Liang Yan still hasn't given up.

But the team really didn't know how to turn around such a situation.

Because indeed, there is no hope.

SKT's pressure is suffocating.

Although everyone knows Liang Yan is strong, manpower eventually runs out; SKT's vision control is superb, leaving no chance for Mang Seng to flank and unleash a perfect teamfight.

SKT is too stable.

With such a huge advantage, they don't even take Baron; if it were G2 on the offensive, they'd likely have taken two Barons by now.

Of course, SKT's stability is indeed correct.

The teams' practice matches have already proven that when Liang Yan takes Mang Seng, if SKT dares to go for Baron, the chance of it being stolen is as high as 80%; therefore, afterward, unless Mang Seng dies, they firmly refuse to take Baron.

In this game, SKT did exactly that.

They didn't want to give G2 any chance to turn things around, relying purely on their overwhelming advantage to keep the snowball growing—

The gold difference is probably around eight thousand.

Liang Yan said they could turn it around, but everyone actually didn't believe it; nevertheless, Liang Yan's determination gave them a glimmer of hope.

Or perhaps they were simply reluctant to leave the stage so soon.

Everyone knows full well that after losing this game, the Bo5 is likely over; coming back from 1-2 to win two straight against SKT is no easy feat.

Holding such thoughts, everyone still silently and numbly endured.

Xia Lu, Faker once again pushed forward with the minion wave.

Perkz hid behind the tower, trying his best to clear the wave, but was still hit by Orianna's W ability, his health dropping below half; Perkz inexplicably felt a surge of anger, throwing his E ability—which should have been used to quickly clear the wave to reduce turret health loss—at Faker's Orianna; Faker shielded himself, blocking most of the damage, his health still very healthy; after his W came off cooldown, he turned and began auto-attacking the tower.

Perkz gritted his teeth, finished clearing the wave, then hid behind the tower and pressed recall.

"It feels awful; even if we swapped Viktor into Xia Lu, we still couldn't hold up—Perkz got sent back to base again."

"The item gap is huge—a whole full item difference; but this time when he went back, Viktor should have three items. Sure enough, he got Lich Bane."

"Perkz's farm isn't actually bad—over 320 CS in thirty-plus minutes, and although he has no kills, it's actually a normal farm."

"But the problem is that Viktor is the only one on G2 with that kind of farm."

"Um... Jiao Shen also has three items."

"That's a cheap three-item build, and it's all damage—does he still think he can be the savior?"

"This... unless there's a miracle."

After changing items this time, Viktor's gear is only half an item behind Orianna's.

A Death Ray hit, and Orianna's health finally dropped to about half.

Perkz, his head hot, activated his dash and charged at Faker.

"He's got killing intent!"

"Perkz wants to be G2's savior!"

"He just flashed his dash and charged straight at Faker!"

One move pulls the whole body; in an instant, everyone elsewhere on both sides stopped what they were doing and rushed down.

"Faker likewise dashed, Perkz gave chase, Faker turned and fired a QW, then pulled the ball back to shield himself! Viktor's Q was mostly blocked by the shield; thankfully, with Iceborn Gauntlet slowing, he caught up and landed a basic attack with Lich Bane passive! Viktor had a health edge, but it felt like just one ultimate rotation!"

"But Viktor's E came off cooldown first! Faker only managed to dodge the second instance of damage, and his health finally dropped below half!"

"Perkz unleashed his ultimate!"

"Faker quickly flashed to create distance!"

"Perkz flashed and hit Q!"

"Faker activated Zhonya's to avoid damage while buying time!"

"The burrowing machine arrived first, tunneling out and likewise forcing Viktor to use his golden shield!"

"Jinx turned and landed an E, trapping Bo Bi!"

"Jiao Shen twisted to dodge the control and kicked out! Heavenly Sound Wave grazed Rek'Sai as it flew past, successfully pressing down on Faker as he rose!"

"Jayce emerged from the choke point with a fully charged hammer, likewise slamming Viktor as he rose! Perkz's little health bar emptied instantly, and he fell first."

"But Jiao Shen got in! His second Q flew up!"

"Faker immediately centered his ultimate on himself, trying to pull apart Mang Seng's second Q, but Mang Seng suddenly drifted in midair and actually dodged the shockwave!!"

"Faker whiffed his ultimate!!"

"What kind of sorcerous monk is this!!"

With a boom, the audience erupted in a huge gasp!

A bizarre scene on the big screen filled everyone's eyes with intense shock!

But it wasn't over yet.

In an instant, after Mang Seng rubbed his eyes to dodge the shockwave, he vanished from his spot and reappeared behind the Clockwork.

His muscular right leg snapped out violently!

An extremely fierce force slammed into the Clockwork's slender waist!

In the SKT player bench, Faker watched his Clockwork fly toward his teammates, then caught sight of the G2 Zhong Ren already in his teammates' field of view, and an intense fear suddenly welled up in his heart!

No……don't……

Get out of the way!!!