Chapter 262

"6 minutes, neither side has gotten a kill, but it's clearly noticeable that G2's pace this game is much tighter!"

"Yeah, although there are no kills, G2 has actually obtained a lead of around 400 gold, and this lead almost entirely comes from the jungle."

"Wow, at 6 minutes the jungle is ahead by 12 cs!"

"That's too exaggerated."

"I'm back home, finally back home."

"After clearing the second group of Magic Swamp Frogs, Liang Yan pressed recall in place."

"33 cs, all from jungle farming, he had over a thousand gold, upon returning home he bought a pair of CD shoes, then upgraded his talisman to a level‑2 green jungle knife, finally placed a control ward, left base and walked to mid lane, starting to clear from F4 downwards."

"The second blue buff has respawned; Liang Yan intended to give this buff to Perkz, but Perkz had just recalled and left base, while Faker had accumulated a big wave and was pushing it over, clearly he wouldn't have time to come pick it up, so Liang Yan skipped the blue buff and headed straight to bottom lane."

"This wave is our duo's counter‑push lane; the duo's position has already crossed the river midline, but the vision in the Triangular Grass was cleared by Janna's control ward over ten seconds ago."

"The blue side's second red buff is about to respawn; the Blind Monk is very likely to seize the opportunity and gank bottom."

"Sure enough, Liang Yan Cai arrived at the river entrance, Wolf's Janna suddenly flashed forward, a vine wrapped and snared Zven's Jhin."

"Immediately after, Blank's Blind Monk burst out from the shadow of the Triangular Grass path beside Janna, tapped Ezreal and cast Heavenly Sound Wave toward Zven, while Bang's Ezreal used Arcane Shift to jump in and deal damage, the Blind Monk's second dash flew to Zven's side, landed a basic attack, applied Thunderblade's slow, and began desperately circling around to the front of Jhin."

Even with Fan Mom's shield and Zven's own heal, the trio's burst still knocked the full‑health Jinx down to about one third of her HP!

"But the damage is still not enough!"

"Ezreal and Janna aren't level six yet, so trying to instantly kill this Jinx—who has both summoner spells up and Fan Mom's shield—is nearly impossible!"

"Mang Seng had his ultimate ready but didn't flash, applied a slow trying to get in front of Jinx, but Jinx flashed away, preventing Mang Seng from using his rolling kick to knock himself back! The burst is over and Jinx still has one third of her HP!"

"Jiao Shen rushed from the river, threw an axe that hit Blank's Mang Seng! Jinx turned and counterattacked! Just as the slow ended, Fan Mom's dog chain tethered him again!"

"Jiao Shen rushed in and began slashing!"

"Blank has no flash and no Golden Bell Shield, so he's likely doomed!"

"However, Faker pushed the lane first, then rushed to assist with Swiftness active—can he catch up?"

"Blank's health is already dire; Bang tossed a heal to a teammate to keep them alive! Blank desperately ran down toward the tower!"

"Olaf hurled another axe!"

"Blank tried to kick Olaf away, but Jiao Shen instantly activated Ragnarok, rendering him immune to crowd control!"

"Two axes followed by a Reckless Swing took Blank's head!"

"However, Olaf, with his resistances shredded, also lost a lot of health from Ezreal and Janna's combo! Faker arrived!"

"Jinx turned and ran!"

"Fan Mom tossed a shield and ran after her!"

"Looks like G2 is going to sell!"

"Jiao Shen had just left the tower but turned back and ran down, apparently not wanting Faker to take his kill, and a slick sidestep dodged the death ray!"

"However, Faker's Swiftness gave him great speed, and he still rushed in and landed a Q to take that kill!"

"One for one, uh... although G2 got first blood, SKT also got an assist—and it was Faker who got the kill—so it looks like G2 didn't come out ahead either."

"Indeed, they didn't profit, but they boosted morale!"

"Yes, and this fight saw SKT initiate first, only to be counter‑ambushed by Jiao Shen; the psychological impact on Blank is still significant, so next time he gets a chance to engage he'll probably have to hesitate."

"That's right, and Faker's support this wave was a bit strained; Orianna has already pushed the wave to under the mid‑first tower, so he definitely won't be able to farm this wave."

Perkz finished pushing the lane and immediately ran up.

Duke's Bo Bi had been building up a slow‑push wave, intending to shove it into the tower and then recall to buy items and recover, but after Perkz's move, he no longer dared to push.

"After all, this is a level‑8 Orianna, and Bo Bi's health is only about half; pushing further would be too risky."

"It's rough, Duke—last game Jayce dominated Bo Bi, but this time you pulled out Bo Bi only to be tormented by the Golem; the lane is stuck, and if the Golem really wanted to zone, it could keep you locked down for a long time."

At this moment, Liang Yan respawned and headed out, pinging the enemy's upper‑half jungle.

Lao Zhang saw the situation and immediately began pushing the lane.

Although the Golem has no AoE abilities, he has now built a Tiamat, so his wave‑clear speed is actually not slow; the large slow‑push wave Duke had been building up for a while was quickly cleared away, the next wave couldn't catch up, and the point where the waves meet began pushing toward the red side.

Perkz simultaneously turned back to mid, picked up the newly arrived wave, but instead of pushing hard he just auto‑attacked while walking down, seizing a key position first and blocking the small path exit behind the blue side's F4 camp, preventing Faker from taking a shortcut back to mid.

The path exit is very narrow; if Faker tried to force his way through, he would definitely have to eat a full Q‑W combo from Orianna, and with double Doran's Rings and a Blue Book in hand, Orianna's Q‑W could take off about a third of Viktor's health; Faker didn't dare to force it, so he could only detour via the jungle exit from the second mid tower.

At the same time, Liang Yan's Olaf arrived in his own upper‑half, quickly took the second red buff, then headed straight for the river.

Perkz quickly used his abilities to push the wave into the tower, then turned and walked toward the river.

The two met up and charged straight into SKT's jungle.

On the top lane, Lao Zhang, who was pushing hard, had also cleared the newly arrived wave, and likewise began moving toward the river.

In SKT's lower‑half jungle, Blank had also taken the red buff and was desperately racing upward; only when Olaf and Orianna began targeting the blue buff did he reach the second mid tower.

Faker was clearing the wave in front of the tower and placed a retreat ping.

"Jiao Shen is coming to counter‑jungle the blue again—he's treating SKT's blue buff as his own!"

"Faker is still clearing mid lane, and Blank's flash hasn't come off cooldown yet, so one person definitely wouldn't dare to hold it—looks like we're going to lose it again."

"It's awful—from the start till now we haven't taken a single blue; if we'd known, we'd have had Mang Seng just take it himself."

"But who could have known that beforehand?"