Chapter 458

After this zero-for-three exchange, WE's disadvantage got a bit big.

Yes, especially the Xia Lu lane, the 3-0 Ashe, after hitting level 6 and getting her ultimate, her combat power will further increase, while the female cop's ultimate is relatively useless, so the power gap between the two duos will widen further. By then, given Sima Laozei's playstyle, he'll probably be riding on Mystic's face, acting all high and mighty.

This word is used incorrectly; it should be 'take as you please'.

Just use whatever word; anyway, that's the meaning!

That's pretty much right; Ma Ge's playstyle is definitely to strike when you're sick and take your life—those four words 'don't pursue a desperate foe' don't exist in his dictionary.

But I think the most frustrating thing is that Karma's kill was taken by Jiao Shen—once Jiao Shen gets a kill, the nature of it changes!

Yeah, and he's still playing Qing Gang Ying, this hero...

This hero relies on leg techniques, so in Jiao Shen's hands she can unleash 200% of her power!

200% is a bit exaggerated; 120% is about right.

But whether it's 200% or 120%, the WE fans downstairs' mood has plummeted to rock bottom.

WE's lineup itself is meant to rely on Condi to set the pace and help the early-game strong Caitlyn lane establish an advantage, then, leveraging this early advantage, hold through the weak midgame and drag it into late game to face VG for the final showdown.

However, the current situation is that Condi failed to set the pace, and Caitlyn died twice within six and a half minutes, completely collapsing.

On VG's side, meanwhile, the commentators had deemed Qiyana extremely unsuitable for jungling, yet he secured one kill and two assists, and even more absurdly, his creep score exceeded that of Condi's Mang Seng, and his level was soon to be two ahead.

You call this unsuitable for jungling?

Nonsense!

Online viewers might not understand this and that, but their eyes aren't blind; just now that tower dive, the sight of Qiyana bringing Galio in gave people a strong visual shock, simply mighty like a deity descending! Although WE had the defense tower at their backs, they were utterly powerless to retaliate.

Leaving statistics aside, VG had already won in terms of momentum alone.

Moreover, this can be seen from the players' webcam feeds—unbeknownst to them, the faces of WE's three bottom lane and jungle players seemed to be shrouded in a black veil; even the clean-cut, handsome Mystic looked a bit gloomy, and Condi's features were twisted, as if wearing the in-game item named 'Tormented Mask'……

"This match is actually quite frustrating for Mystic."

Miller said softly,

"Even though I played fine and the support did their duty, I was still caught and killed twice despite not making any major mistakes."

"Died twice in six minutes, sigh..."

"Caitlyn's situation is now really hard to recover from; waiting for her to get three items would likely take until thirty minutes."

"Or maybe this champion Qiyana is just... her mechanics are too strong."

"But I think the player's ability is more important; if someone else played her, it would be hard to achieve this explosive effect."

"That's right. WE's only hope now is to see if we can get Xi Ye caught up; if Xi Ye can get ahead in development, WE still has a chance, and as for Xia Lu... I really think we can give up on it."

"Yes."

"I think WE really should be more decisive."

"How so?"

"Like a warrior cutting off his wrist, give up the next tower."

"Huh?!"

"Because we really shouldn't keep wasting time against VG in Xia Lu; WE only needs to surrender the next tower, let Mystic hang back at the second turret to farm slowly, and then focus all the team's resources and energy on Xi Ye's Orianna, giving us a slim chance to turn things around."

"But then the gold difference at ten minutes would probably be quite exaggerated..."

"Well, what do you suggest we do? Anyway, I think WE can only play like this."

"Um..."

The venue echoed with the commentators' chatter, but in WE's voice channel, the silence was almost suffocating.

Even 957 felt utterly helpless in the face of this situation.

As a barrel, a tool, a slacker, he can't do anything until his teammates bring the pace to Shang Ban Qu or until the laning phase ends. He often encounters similar situations in ranked: he does nothing, and his teammates are already shattered.

He's really blue.

VG hadn't even started to develop Syndra as a rhythm point yet; just Qiyana and Galio exerting a little force was enough to make WE collapse……

As it turns out, what you fear is what happens.

Just past seven minutes, Qiyana flew out from the river shadows and kicked toward Xi Ye, who was clearing the wave in front of the turret.

Xi Ye reacted quickly, flashing straight into the turret.

But Qiyana's ultimate had already locked on, a cage-like effect descending over his head and face.

While Qiyana was airborne in an untargetable state, Xi Ye glanced at his Orianna, whose health had been chipped away by Syndra, and his heart sank halfway.

"Jiao Shen had pre-stacked a Q with a river crab! Landing, an auto-attack Q triggered Lich Bane plus a doubled second-stage Q true damage, one kick shattered Xi Ye's shield and dealt three extra bars of health!"

"Marquis picked up a ball and threw it over, stunning Xi Ye!"

"Jiao Shen was tanking the turret! Drifting outward with a sweeping motion—what a slick move, so suave, simply pleasing to the eye!"

"Marquis followed up with a QR..."

Several black orbs on the ground were swept up by Syndra's dark energy, like the Tang Sect's hidden art 'Rain of Pear Blossom Needles', pouring down onto Orianna.

Crackle—Orianna collapsed outright.

"Taken out in an instant!!!"

VG fans' cheers rolled on incessantly, while WE fans' silence was deafening.

"This..."

"Xi Ye is just too hard."

"Indeed, his reaction was fast enough, but a gank coming from out of vision is normally unavoidable; he dodged it, yet still died—what can we do, there's really nothing we can do."

"I have an immature suggestion..."

"Huh?"

"Qiyana still needs to be nerfed."

"What?! Nerf it again? It's already almost unplayable!"

「But you look at Jiao Shen... 」

「Jiao Shen belongs to Jiao Shen, the game isn't made for Jiao Shen alone, you need to consider the feelings of the vast number of players! 」

Wawa's words gained the recognition of countless online viewers.

【Cut your sister!】

【If Mi Lao Ba can't play Green Steel Shadow, he wants to nerf it; I'll nerf you first!】

【Feel that Green Steel Shadow will become the next Blade Sister.】

【Actually it's already the second Blade Sister; don't believe me, go count—Green Steel Shadow has been online for less than half a year and has already been nerfed countless times!】

【Green Steel Shadow is my main hero; if they nerf it, I'll quit the game.】

【Another one quitting!】

【I bet five mao you'll still can't help coming back……】

【What hero to nerf? Just nerf Jiao Shen's feet!】

【Not nerf the hands?】

【Feet are the main!】