Chapter 585: No Fox Stink!

When Green Steel Shadow sat down, flashing again would be too late; at that point flashing would definitely be bounced back, and after Green Steel Shadow's ultimate disappeared, the crocodile's health had been pressed below one third, and all its skills were gone.

But Fu Lan Duo still flashed, after pulling back she began twisting left and right, although in the end she was still hit by Mang Seng's Heavenly Sound Wave.

Mang Seng's second-stage kick flew up, a basic attack slammed the ground and smacked the crocodile to death.

Fu Lan Duo breathed a sigh of relief—at least she didn't let Green Steel Shadow get a kill.

"Sheng Qiang Ge still couldn't get away!"

"The good news is the kill wasn't taken by Green Steel Shadow but was eaten by Mang Seng; otherwise I'd have to worry that this game would become a repeat of the second match."

"We can't let Green Steel Shadow get fat, really can't let it get fat! Otherwise it's really hard to deal with; once this thing takes off it's too hard to restrain!"

"Yes..."

At the moment the crocodile fell, the KT junglers' field of vision also saw the VG jungler appear; the two hurriedly turned back to clear the lane, then retreated under the tower to recall.

This wave Liang Yan didn't scold Fu Lan Duo; playing crocodile like that is how it should be played. Otherwise if Fu Lan Duo were the type who doesn't counter-attack and just thinks about running, Liang Yan wouldn't let her play crocodile at all, because such a crocodile is useless.

Being killed is an operational issue; the decision itself was actually fine.

Moreover, objectively speaking, Fu Lan Duo's decision to flash and pull away to avoid letting Green Steel Shadow take her kill was fairly decisive and worth praising.

Liang Yan and Easyhoon arrived at the top lane three seconds after the enemy finished clearing the lane.

Under Liang Yan's direction, Easyhoon used an Ice Claw to push forward to the minion line, passed it to block the minion line, preventing it from entering the tower; when Liang Yan came from behind, he transferred the minion line's aggro to Liang Yan, while he himself walked toward the river and returned to mid lane.

Everyone thought Easyhoon was going to let this big wave of minions be fed to Liang Yan's Wild Core male gunner, but actually the male gunner didn't clear any minions!

Liang Yan held the minion line, moving in and out of the grass in front of the tower, neither collecting minions nor letting them enter the tower; it looked like he was actually helping the crocodile control the lane!

This scene, for anyone who has seen Liang Yan play male gunner and solo three lanes many times before, was incredibly fresh.

The two LPL commentators widened their eyes and exclaimed:

"Huh? What is Jiao Shen doing?"

"Blocking the minion line?"

"No, just hard blocking?"

"Uh, I feel he could actually clear it himself, after all the male gunner..."

Changzhang pondered for a moment and explained: "Jiao Shen doesn't want Smeb to have an easy time; he deliberately created a lane-control opportunity for Sheng Qiang Ge. Moreover, if this wave of minions were eaten by Jiao Shen, it would actually hurt the crocodile, and when it returns it won't be able to suppress Green Steel Shadow."

"I see, he still wants the crocodile to retain its lane-pressure ability."

"Yes."

The KT junglers who were recalling were also quite confused.

"How did this male gunner get so fat? Not only does he not steal minions, he actually helps teammates control the lane!"

"How can there be absolutely no fox stink!"

Now Smeb is embarrassed.

When they killed the crocodile earlier, he was the main damage absorber; in the end he himself actually didn't have much health left, so he didn't dare to flash and secure the kill when the crocodile flashed out, because at that moment the crocodile's second Q skill was about to come off cooldown, and if Score's Heavenly Sound Wave whiffed and he didn't follow up in time, he would be counter-killed.

Although Score's Mang Seng is currently in relatively good health, he's only level four, and when he earlier engaged he had just hit level four; if he hadn't just taken a kill and later gained a lot of experience helping clear the lane, reaching level five would be far off.

Therefore, even though Easyhoon has already left, with only a male gunner left here pulling the minion line, the KT junglers still cannot cancel their recall to chase the male gunner away and send the minion line into the tower.

A level-four Mang Seng plus a low-health Green Steel Shadow definitely wouldn't dare to act up against a male gunner who had gotten first blood and was developing into a heavenly fat; otherwise the male gunner could retaliate with a Q to clear the line, hit level six directly, then one ultimate explosion could take down Smeb, leaving only Score, with no chance to beat that male gunner.

What to do?

"Just cold dressing, the male gunner wants to control the lane, KT has no way!"

Smeb can only endure this huge loss!

Yes, although they killed the crocodile, Smeb lost this wave!

And it's a massive loss!

Because this wave has too many minions, it will be controlled by the crocodile for a very long time!

Earlier Fu Lan Duo had intended to clear the lane and recall, but the lane clash point was in an awkward spot—just in front of the defense tower with the front-line minions a hair short of entering the tower; her Q only scraped the front-line minions, and just as she finished clearing those front-line minions, Mang Seng appeared; Fu Lan Duo ran, leaving three ranged minions and a siege minion untreated, while the red-side minions entered the tower and were killed by it; then the low-health siege minion, accompanied by three ranged minions, pushed forward, and during the three-way skirmish it blocked a wave of red-side minions, ultimately leaving two ranged minions to merge with the new blue-side minion line.

Later, after the KT junglers killed someone and returned to clear the lane, this blue-side minion wave still had three melee minions plus five ranged minions, and at that moment they were all blocked by the male gunner!

Even if Smeb goes home and just teleports back, he'll still lose half a wave of minions, and then continue to be lane-controlled by the crocodile; if Score helps clear the lane, Green Steel Shadow will be lane-controlled until the ends of the earth!

Thus, the assist gold and experience Smeb just earned cannot possibly make up for this wave's loss!

"... So this wave is actually the KT jungler having caught his own teammate off guard."

Changzhang couldn't help but laugh and said.

Guan Zeyuan and Miller's expressions shifted from worry to delight.

"Oh my, that's what it means! Jiao Shen is so nasty!"

"Indeed, then Sheng Qiang Ge dying this wave doesn't really affect his lane much, because the six‑level respawn time isn't very long; he can immediately revive and teleport down, having died once but hardly losing any lane, so the crocodile's lane advantage remains!"

"Yes, and Green Steel Shadow's earlier big wave of minions shared experience with Mang Seng; now he has to lose many minions plus be lane‑controlled, his experience got pulled a lot, which is really unpleasant!"

"As long as Green Steel Shadow doesn't get fat, VG has nothing to fear!"

"As expected of Jiao Shen, this lane control is superb!"

After the expert Klie'er Ladu Changzhang's analysis, Guan Zeyuan and Miller also had an epiphany and exclaimed in delight.

Here they were still analyzing the top lane situation when the broadcast camera suddenly cut to the bottom lane.

The first to make a move was actually the VG duo that had been constantly pressured earlier.

"They're fighting, they're fighting!"

"Xiao Duan is so fierce!"