Chapter 363

"VG this wave is tightly linked, the rhythm is really good, just as Xiao Yan teacher said, it really looks a bit like LCK's playstyle, every move has a concrete target!"

Yes, this is exactly the Korean-style macro play; there's no need to avoid fighting, they only strike when the objective is clear, at the most appropriate moment.

The two coaches are right, so now we can see that although only five kills have occurred on the field, the total gold difference between the two sides has opened up to nearly four thousand.

A bit exaggerated, but compared like this, EDG's early macro feels…… uh, anyway the contrast is quite obvious.

I remember originally wanting to say it was like playing house, but in the end I was afraid of the Wan Zhu pushing tower, so I swallowed it back in time, averting a disaster.

Liang Yan returned to the upper half of the map, cleared three jungle camps, then headed down again.

The Marquis unleashed a furious barrage, cleared the minion wave, then followed Liang Yan down.

Meiko kept pinging frantically while shouting anxiously into EDG's team comms:

"They're coming, they're coming, Mingkai, come down fast!"

Changzhang had just been guarding while Scout cleared the mid lane minion wave; the jungle monsters in the upper half hadn't even been glanced at before he rushed down again, flustered and harried.

This is the open-book macro play; EDG clearly knows VG will pressure the bottom lane, yet due to their mid lane disadvantage they are constantly reacting, each move coming a step behind VG.

One push, and EDG's bottom turret lost half its health, teetering on the brink.

Liang Yan then took advantage to clear a wave of Stone Armor Beetles from Changzhang, returned to his own bottom jungle to farm a wave, and went home satisfied.

The jungle laners' gold difference isn't actually exaggerated—just over a thousand—but the equipment gap is already very obvious.

"Jiao Shen's Black Cleaver is just a little shy of completion, while Changzhang has less than one and a half items."

Meanwhile, in the neglected top lane, Fu Lan Duo's big tree had already farmed two hundred minion kills, leading the map in CS……

This is just past eighteen minutes.

Liang Yan went out again to keep pressuring EDG's bottom lane, probing with two back-and-forth waves, and forced Ryze's ultimate and Titan's TP to be used.

"But this time A Guang's teleport position is pretty good!"

"Xiao Duan is moving slow! This spot might get him locked down by Titan dropping in!"

Xiao Duan retreated a bit slowly, risking being caught, so Fu Lan Duo followed up with a protective TP.

"Sheng Qiang Ge also used his TP! Are we going to have another 5v5 fight?"

"EDG didn't dare to engage, so A Guang voluntarily canceled his teleport!"

Seeing this, Liang Yan had Fu Lan Duo also cancel her teleport, since her teleport destination would surely miss anyone and be useless if she came down.

"Both top laners didn't come down, the four players on the bottom lane quickly widened the distance, and the teamfight never happened!"

"How exciting, this fight feels like it has a taste of a decisive teamfight."

"Yes, because Baron has respawned; if they really fought, there's a high chance one side would lose Baron."

"Uh…… I think VG's chance of losing Baron is a bit lower. Even setting aside VG's higher teamfight win rate, even if EDG won the fight, their composition is poor for taking Baron."

"That's right, Jinx takes forever to take Baron."

"So I said at the start, EDG's composition has offensive pressure, but if they don't establish an advantage in the mid game, it becomes hard later; even a small edge will be nullified as VG drags the game until Seraphine comes online to re-engage. Why? Because EDG lacks the ability to force Baron fights."

"Then why pick Jinx?"

"Jinx is still strong in lane and small skirmishes, and the Ryze plus Jinx mid-bottom dual C combo is itself quite good; originally EDG could have kept suppressing VG, but that one teamfight……"

"One careless move and the whole board is lost."

"Hmm, but EDG still has hope to turn things around; their composition has strong engage potential and strong point-and-click burst."

"Alright, let's keep watching... VG is coming again!"

This time there was no Titan TP protection, and Changzhang ran to the upper half to help Scout grab the blue buff.

The bottom lane was ganked by VG's four-man squad, so EDG's duo could only retreat toward the second turret.

"Sima Laozei soloed a bottom turret, netting 350 gold, while the others each got 100 gold from the team bounty; VG's gold lead officially broke past five thousand!"

"The snowball is getting a bit big."

"Moreover, VG is still pushing forward! They want to take down two towers in a row!"

At that moment, Changzhang and Scout originally planned to, after taking the blue buff, proceed to gank top lane; even if they didn't catch anyone, they could trade for a turret.

However, when they noticed that the Ashe had pushed a turret and didn't retreat but kept pushing forward, EDG's mid and jungle players had a disagreement.

Scout immediately pressed recall.

But Changzhang kept running up.

Seeing this, Meiko shouted into the mic:

"Mingkai, why aren't you recalling yet? The second turret will be gone soon!"

Changzhang was irritated:

"Didn't Nofe say if we can't win we should macro? They take towers, we take towers; exchanging gold we don't lose!"

Meiko was speechless:

"Their top turret is at full health! You only have two people up there; can you dive and kill a two-item big tree under turret?"

Changzhang fell silent.

Obviously it can't be killed; even aside from the old version big tree with ultimate damage reduction, even with the new version big tree, given Changzhang's poor development as a Blind Monk paired with a low-damage Titan, it's still unkillable.

Only with Ryze coming along would it be possible.

But Scout went back.

So why did he go back?

We agreed to go push top together; why did you run off midway?!

Does Korean aid mean they can do whatever they want?!

Changzhang was furious, but couldn't argue with Scout due to the language barrier, and didn't want to fight with Meiko either, so he became sullen and withdrawn.

At this point, he could only press recall as well.

But it was already too late; VG ultimately forced through EDG's mid and bottom three defenders and took down EDG's second bottom turret.

When the defensive tower collapsed, Changzhang had just run down from the high ground.

VG's four members scattered like birds and beasts.

But Changzhang got carried away, chasing all the way into the jungle.

This was EDG's jungle, but EDG had no vision at all; instead, it was filled with VG's wards, and moreover both outer towers on the bottom lane were gone, so the blue side's lower half of the jungle had in fact become VG's territory.

Changzhang rushed in without regard, treating his teammates' retreat signals as if they were air.

"Mingkai, don't go!"

Meiko shouted anxiously.

But Changzhang was completely carried away; not even nine oxen could pull him back.

He roared angrily:

"What's there to fear in a 5v4? I'll go in!"

As his words fell, a thin green hook shot out from the red buff brush.