Chapter 297: He has started again!

No one could stop G2 from destroying the tower; the cougar and support left early, and the female cop alone took the tower kill gold.

The female cop is really awesome, no wonder Uzi likes playing her—being the core of the lineup sure comes with great treatment!

Zven should be able to finish Infinity Edge on this recall; usually, as long as the female cop completes Infinity Edge before 13 minutes, she's considered adequately farmed, and Zven's development is completely fine.

He first bought a pair of tier‑2 boots; otherwise he should have had them by now.

He's taken off.

This wave, Jia ke zhang's Teleport made a huge contribution!

Speaking of which, such a scene is indeed rare in this year's World Championship; it seems few teams can achieve such a good effect with Teleport.

This is determined by the patch environment...

Since patch 6.13 increased Teleport's channel time to 4.5 seconds, the top laner's influence on early‑mid game momentum has been greatly weakened; plus the first‑blood tower mechanic added in 6.15, the top lane has become even more of a solo lane, making it hard for ordinary champions to join the early‑game team rhythm—this is also a major reason why traditional tanks drop out in the playoff stage.

And rising with it are global‑support type top laners like Shen and Captain, which in practice are a transitional measure for pro play to cope with sudden patch changes.

When the playoffs ended, everyone had ample time to study the new patch; the consensus shifted away from trying to force the top lane into the early‑game rhythm, and teams had their top laners practice various lane‑dominant champions—Jayce, Kennen, and Renekton thus suddenly rose to prominence at the S6 World Championship.

In this patch, the top laner's Teleport is basically used only for laning and farming in the early game, not as a support tool.

Viewers can also see that, in this patch's early fights, unless the strategy focuses on the top lane, you hardly ever see the top laner; even the directors avoid giving the top lane camera time, because switching over usually just shows both sides trading blows, occasionally pulling hair without anyone dying, and solo kills are extremely rare.

As more games are played on this patch, teams inevitably grow accustomed to ignoring Teleport's supportive function, often failing to notice when they or their opponents have an advantage in Teleport.

But Liang Yan is a veteran; he has seen countless matches where a single Teleport suddenly flipped the situation, and the importance of Teleport is etched into his subconscious.

Teleport's channel time was increased to 4.5 seconds, which indeed makes the skill lose much of its suddenness, rendering many ambush tactics impossible.

However, as long as you set up the layout in advance, Teleport remains a powerful weapon.

ROX actually had precautions, so Xiao Huasheng had to keep the duo together and push the lane, fearing that Kennen would come down and join forces with G2's duo to forcefully destroy the tower.

But he never expected G2 to be so reckless, coming over to dive the tower without even a minion wave; he also never imagined that the supposedly safe rear would actually harbor a sneaky ward!

Xiao Huasheng felt a chilling shiver in his heart.

The team voice channel was also dead silent.

The originally inaudible cheers of the live audience began to faintly seep through the headset.

Mang Seng had already respawned; Xiao Huasheng right‑clicked the minimap, letting Mang Seng auto‑path down from the high ground, then he turned his head to glance at the side of the stands that wasn't blocked by the player benches.

Were they cheering for G2?

Has this place become the enemy's home court?

No……

No!

Fear welled up in Xiao Huasheng's heart.

I don't want to lose!

I haven't lost yet!

Xiao Huasheng felt dazed, staring at the screen, but his eyes could not focus no matter what.

Mang Seng had entered the blue side's lower jungle; right before him appeared the third red buff that had just respawned. Xiao Huasheng slapped his face twice with both hands to force himself awake, then returned his hands to mouse and keyboard, fired a Heavenly Sound Wave at the red buff, and immediately lunged forward.

With a slap, Mang Seng kicked the red buff, then placed a not‑very‑thick shield on himself with Golden Bell Cover.

In the blink of an eye, as Mang Seng was putting on the shield, a spear flew out of the grass and smashed hard into him.

One‑third of his health vanished.

The somewhat scattered Xiao Huasheng jumped in fright, not understanding what was happening, wondering if a bug had occurred—how could the red buff's damage be so high!

Until a yellow lightning bolt shot out from the bushes, he finally realized:

Damn, I've been ambushed!

Xiao Huasheng was shocked and turned to run.

"Jiao Shen landed a spear, then followed up with a W‑E‑Q combo that knocked off most of Mang Seng's health bar!"

"Good lord! This damage is too ridiculous!"

"A level‑nine versus level‑seven matchup, plus a huge equipment disadvantage, leaves Peanut with no chance to fight back—he turns and runs without hesitation!"

"I feel like I can't get away!"

"Mang Seng had no flash or W, while the cougar had tier‑2 boots; after two steps she became a human pincer, directly blocking Mang Seng's path in front of him, and then she landed a second spear!"

"Getting pincered or speared—Xiao Huasheng chose to live two more seconds!"

"He grit his teeth and stepped over the pincer!"

"Jiao Shen turned into a leopard again, lunged forward, and outright killed Mang Seng!"

"Then he came back to eat your red buff!"

"Meanwhile, mid laner Kuro hesitated for a moment, placed a ward in the F4 brush, then hurried back to mid to clear the lane, lest the jungle fire spread and harm innocent bystanders—he has no flash!"

Xiao Huasheng sat numb in his seat, watching the cougar that had just finished the red buff come over to eat his F4; his heart felt like it had been thrown into the Pacific, sinking toward a bottomless abyss.

This isn't over yet.

After the cougar finished the F4, she activated a sweep to clear the wards in the grass.

Then the crocodile pushed the minion wave to the first mid tower; Kuro, before the support arrived, dared not last‑hit, so he could only hide behind the second mid tower.

The crocodile went straight up to destroy the tower.

The cougar emerged from the choke point in front of the second mid tower, passed between the two towers in Kuro's view, didn't help the crocodile destroy the tower, but instead headed straight for ROX's upper jungle.

The third blue buff hadn't spawned yet, but Kuro knew he had forever lost the chance to obtain it.

Gorilla, who had crossed from the top lane into the jungle, saw the cougar coming straight at him, panicked and turned back toward the top lane; G2's bull‑head support likewise vanished from the lane, and Gorilla realized that if he retreated even a little later, he'd likely be surrounded by G2's two—no, three people, with the female cop expected to use her ultimate to snipe his head from afar.

The sight of the cougar crossing mid lane was eerily similar to the male gunner's mid‑lane crossing half an hour earlier; Wawa immediately recalled it and shouted:

"Wow! He's started again!"