Chapter 400: He brought his talent to VG

After the kill was reported, there were exactly three assists in a row.

The 300‑gold kill bounty plus 50 gold per assist gave VG another 450 gold from this kill.

Unnoticed, WE's economic advantage shrank to under a thousand gold.

"This is the charm of the hero Qing Gang Ying; he can catch anyone, it's impossible to defend against, he swoops in from beyond sight range to hit you, his ultimate locks on, who can escape?"

"That's how the mechanic works."

"He got another kill, and I feel the crocodile's advantage is dwindling; from now on, laning will be hard to push as recklessly as before."

"What is this? The hard days are still ahead..."

After killing, Xiao Duan escorted Gangzi back to Zhong Lu to farm; Liang Yan had nothing to do, so he called Fu Lan Duo and together they spent about ten seconds killing the Xia Gu Xian Feng; each teammate got tens of gold from the kill bounty, and the Vanguard's Eye was picked up by Fu Lan Duo.

"Ah, I feel a primordial power coursing through my body!"

Fu Lan Duo shouted in a chuuni way, feeling she was now incredibly strong.

Liang Yan glanced at his equipment and said:

"Hmm, go home and build Trinity Force, then you'll be able to wrestle with the crocodile."

At sixteen and a half minutes, Fu Lan Duo had died once but her development wasn't far behind; she should already have Trinity Force, but after being lectured by Liang Yan, she chose to play safe, first buying Ninja Tabi, and to improve her waveclear she also picked up a Tiamat, so naturally her Trinity Force came out later.

Moreover, the current Vanguard buff is still the version reworked in 6.9 last year, with two effects:

One is gaining 5% damage reduction when no allied hero is nearby;

The second is gaining a charge effect similar to that of the Reaper's Scythe; when charge reaches 100, the next basic attack deals extra AP damage based on the hero's level, up to 270, and it works on towers;

The buff lasts 20 minutes, does not disappear on death, and can stack with the Elder Dragon buff.

In short, this version of the Vanguard buff is designed for solo laners, it's useful but limited; considering the Vanguard has as much health as the Dragon, its cost‑effectiveness is low, so it's usually ignored unless a situation like this VG game arises, where the team just happened to be ganking and had no other urgent tasks after, so it's not a bad idea to spend a little time grabbing it.

Fu Lan Duo was happy to get the Vanguard buff.

The 20‑minute duration is almost like a permanent buff; given that it's already nearly 20 minutes, based on VG's average match length, the buff will likely still have a few minutes left when the game ends.

Qing Gang Ying pairs extremely well with solo laning.

WE took advantage of VG's four‑man gank, grouped up and drove away the Marquis's Ahri, then pushed down VG's next tower. Thus, VG lost all three outer towers and the inner tower.

"WE gained the lead of three outer towers."

"But the economy hasn't opened up much of a gap; it's still over a thousand."

"To be frank, if VG were in this situation, the economic gap would probably not be less than four thousand; ultimately it's still a macro problem."

"Yes, an economic deficit of over a thousand is completely acceptable for VG's lineup; soon Qing Gang Ying and Ahri's solo lanes will be able to exert pressure."

"In fact, Ahri already has the advantage over Syndra in this lane."

"The worst part is that even the crocodile lane probably has no advantage left, because Qing Gang Ying picked up a Void Eye and went home to finish Trinity Force!"

"Either way, the snowball never got rolling; WE's offensive pressure keeps growing, so we need to speed up the pace."

The three commentators' analysis is still fairly objective, but some 60e viewers don't get it, only feel the commentators are biased, always favoring VG, so the chat is filled with a hostile tone.

However, the 60e viewers have calmed down a lot now; they're not as exaggerated as piglet paparazzi, they don't recklessly dive towers, the commentators have no worry of Weibo backlash, so they speak more bluntly.

Joker whispered:

"This scene actually reminds me of our LCK match; we had kills, tower‑push advantage, map control, but it just felt unstable."

"On the contrary, although they're behind, they look completely unhurried, playing very steadily and methodically, right?"

"That's the feeling."

"At the end of the day, it's still that saying: there's a macro gap."

"So it's strange—how did VG manage this? Clearly last year they were a team that knew nothing about macro. Coach… Long Ge just switched to coaching; even if he's talented, he shouldn't be that capable."

"Since you've said all that, you might as well just give the answer."

"Hehe, okay, I really think it might be Jiao Shen's contribution."

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with saying it; just look at G2's matches and you'll see it's almost identical, so the answer is——"

"He brought his talent to VG."

"Exactly so."

"A player like that…… is terrifying."

"To others it's terrifying, but for us LPL isn't that a kind of fortune?"

"Ah, that's a must."

WE still wanted to push the second tower, but was blocked by VG's retreat defense.

The vision disadvantage caused by the outer tower's fall can be made up by careful ward placement, but if the second tower is also gone, you can't compensate just by wards; when a lane loses both outer towers, it loses strategic depth—not only does the laner feel uneasy, but any mishap can easily lead to losing high ground, which is what "lips gone, teeth cold" means.

Therefore, when Liang Yan noticed WE's intent to keep pushing, he immediately issued orders, bringing the duo back to defend swiftly.

At the same time he organized a counter‑ambush, using the advantage that both the duo and the jungler had returned to base to swap gear, he chased WE's four members all the way to the river.

Until they were driven far away, then taking the moment when WE had to recall to rest, he seized the opportunity and in one go took the freshly respawned second dragon.

——The first dragon was taken by WE just after twelve minutes.

As Liang Yan's Mantis slew the dragon with a smite, the crowd of VG fans erupted in cheers.

"VG got this little wind dragon; although the wind dragon buff is mediocre, this counter‑attack boosted morale, and VG's fans all cheered."