Chapter 402: Do I look like someone who has money to buy many control wards?

At the venue, VG fans cheered wildly.

Backstage, Long Ge jumped up happily.

In the WE resting room, Hongmi helplessly and painfully closed his eyes, while the commentator's voice kept coming from the stage, chattering on annoyingly.

"The juking is insane, VG's juking and teamwork are too good!"

"Moreover, they really dare to fight, and they're truly willing to sacrifice."

"Marquis stayed in the top lane to push and destroy towers, and WE used more summoner spells in this team fight; VG profited hugely from this fight."

"Even at their peak composition, they never beat VG; WE next…"

"It's not easy to fight. No, it can even be said to be very difficult."

Is it hard?

Actually, it's not bad.

If the team name were changed to SKT, even if they lost this team fight, Hongmi believes their lineup's win rate would still be over 50%.

But WE is lacking in many aspects.

……

A certain fish platform.

"Awesome!!!"

"VG is awesome!!!"

"Sheng Qiang Ge is so handsome, holy shit hahaha……

Zhihuan excitedly slammed the table, his face flushed.

Haokai also shouted until his voice was hoarse, making people suspect he might run out of breath any second.

Danmaku:

【How did these two become VG fans?】

【Yarn VG fans】

【Two gambling addicts】

【Just seeing VG win a fight gets them this excited; they must have bought it→_→】

……

Marquis alone was pushing top lane to destroy towers; although the tower had little health, only a few minions remained. Condi, who had sucked up blood in the jungle, saw an opportunity, ran out from the jungle, kicked a minion to hit Marquis, trying to forcefully keep the tower.

As a result, Marquis landed a counter‑step, two basic attacks popped the tower, then stepped on Condi's face and wiped him out in one combo.

"Wow! Full health! Instakilled?!"

"My goodness, this damage—Marquis as the Elise is unstoppable."

"He's invincible; even missing a step, one combo can instant‑kill; nobody can stop him."

The director switched to the WE jungler's camera view; Condi gave an embarrassed smile.

On VG's side, there was another burst of shouting, "Marquis is awesome" ringing nonstop.

Next came a highlight replay of the team fight; the commentators again marveled at VG's brilliant juking in this fight, and many audience members below shouted, "Sheng Qiang Ge is awesome."

The final result of this team fight was VG trading two for four; then Marquis also took down WE's top tower and snagged a kill, so altogether VG gained 2 kills, 9 assists, one tower, and about 2000 gold in this round.

When this momentum completely subsided, WE's economic advantage had vanished.

"Both sides' economies are almost completely even!"

"Then it's not good."

"Uh‑oh, this situation is getting tough for WE."

"Yeah, but there's still a fight to be had; 20 minutes is exactly the peak of their composition, so it's up to WE whether they can seize this time to do something."

"Should we force a fight around Baron?"

"That's also a viable option."

"Uh…… I don't think it's likely; WE's lineup clears Baron slower than VG, and their sustained damage is really weak; if WE really tried to force a Baron fight, VG wouldn't be rushed at all—they could just wait until you're worn down by Baron and then fight."

"Indeed, we haven't even won this fight yet; forcing a Baron fight would only be harder, because not only does Baron Nashor apply a debuff, but the Baron pit environment is also worse for WE."

"So I think we should just calm down and look for an opportunity; we can't rush."

However, after turning such a promising early game into this, how can the WE players still keep a calm and composed mindset?

In the WE roster, the only one who can really stay calm is 957. Too bad 957 lacks leadership talent and isn't WE's shot‑caller.

Moreover, after suffering repeated VG targeting, 957 is also getting annoyed.

Around 21 minutes, 957 was caught again in the bottom lane.

And it was a tower dive kill.

In the WE player bench, 957 watched the grey‑blue silhouette of low‑health Qinggang Ying walking out of the tower's attack range on the monochrome screen, sighed heavily, absentmindedly tapped the mouse pad, turned to look at his left‑side jungler teammate Condi, and said:

"Condi, could you come over later to place a ward? I can't see them flanking from behind, I really have no choice."

Condi fell silent for a moment, then said:

"Do I look like someone who has money to buy many control wards……"

957 hit Tab to check Condi's gear, also speechless:

"You just took a kill earlier, why are you so behind?"

Condi fell silent again for a moment:

"The enemy keeps invading my jungle."

957 had no reply, thinking that Condi's game was indeed rough—he had hardly seen their toad at all.

But can we blame the bottom lane for this?

No, it isn't.

When it comes to responsibility, Xi Ye of mid lane bears more.

The so-called 'mid lane on fire, jungle suffers' means these two positions are often tied, and the mid lane situation influences the jungle more—for instance, if you constantly lose lane control in mid, your team's F6 is hard to keep; on the flip side, if the jungle is disadvantaged, a mid laner with strong lane ability can still steady themselves.

Someone like Liang Yan, who can invade the enemy without relying on mid lane, purely by his own timing ability, is an exception among exceptions; worldwide, there's only one such player.

"Stop arguing, brothers, it's my fault."

Xi Ye honestly took responsibility, then continued:

"Don't lose heart, we can still win team fights; let's play well."

957 and Condi stopped speaking.

The two bot lane players who don't understand Chinese have hardly spoken at all.

Everyone's headsets fell silent.

If the situation is advantageous, a quiet atmosphere helps players focus, so some professional coaches usually pay special attention to building a simple and effective internal communication method.

But in a disadvantageous situation, too much silence in the headsets makes players overthink; the less active the atmosphere, the more oppressive it becomes, and pressure keeps rising.

At 22 minutes, taking advantage of the opportunity when the crocodile died and the five bot lane players were holding lane, Liang Yan and Fu Lan Duo together destroyed WE's next turret.

The team's economy went from even to VG having a slight lead.

Of course, an economic advantage of around a thousand gold is insignificant at this point.

The problem is, because of the strong split-pushing champions Qing Gang Ying and Le Fu Lan, VG's lineup becomes more valuable the longer the game goes, whereas WE's lineup is the opposite—its value inversely correlates with game time, so the longer the match, the more its lineup depreciates.

VG needs to do nothing; just keep farming and they can accumulate an advantage.

The situation became easy for VG, and Fu Lan Duo even started humming a little tune.