Chapter 587: Want to ship them!

LPL mid lane commentary livestream.

Facing Rita's question, Joker analyzed: "If Ryze stands still and takes the full combo from both of them, he'll definitely die beyond death, but if Ryze can get his shield off, he might have a chance to flash, although he'll most likely still die; however, as long as he can clear the minion wave, dying wouldn't be a loss, after all, the middle turret is too important."

Joker's analysis was correct.

Before he could speak, Pawn, after a struggle, already had an answer in mind.

If Graves can deal full damage, he can indeed instakill him.

But as long as he gets his shield off, or even if Graves misses a bit of damage on his basic attack, then he has a chance to escape and flash.

And he might not necessarily be unable to flash before Lissandra acts.

Even if he died, as long as he clears the three frontline minions, this turret could retain a lot of health...

Pawn decided to give it a try.

He focused intently, watching Lissandra's movements, controlling Ryze to sway forward, his breathing unconsciously lightening, he approached extremely cautiously the two VG members who were destroying the turret.

As he entered the range where Lissandra could flash and follow up with her R, the string in Pawn's mind was pulled taut to the extreme, and he felt an intuition that the opponent would definitely act.

His premonition was correct.

But the first to act wasn't Lissandra!

With a pop, a smoke bomb suddenly landed at his feet.

Pawn was dumbfounded.

This was an development he hadn't anticipated.

The smoke bomb blocked his vision; he could no longer see Lissandra's movements!

At that moment, Pawn's heart fell into excruciating dilemma and struggle—

To flash, or not to flash?

What if Lissandra has already flashed in?

What if the enemy is just faking a skill?

Scared into flashing by a smoke bomb, is that all the champion mid laner has?

All kinds of chaotic thoughts flashed through Pawn's mind in that instant, even though he quickly made a decision.

But after all, he still hesitated for a moment.

Easyhoon, who had already communicated with Liang Yan, flashed the moment Liang Yan threw the smoke bomb, and after closing the distance, his Q ability and ultimate Ice Tomb were unleashed almost simultaneously.

Pawn's index finger slammed down on the D key at the same time, but it was too late.

Ryze had already turned into an ice sculpture, his whole body trapped in thick, crystal-clear blue ice, completely unable to move.

Graves fired a shot of 'Destiny', then quickly pulled his gun to cancel the recoil and slid forward, firing another shot.

Facing a stationary target, neither Liang Yan nor Easyhoon could possibly make any operational mistake.

So Pawn's fate had no suspense.

As Graves fired his second basic attack followed by his ultimate Collateral Damage, Ryze's health bar, which had been full, was emptied in just two seconds.

"Instakill!!!"

Miller exclaimed in delight, shouting until his voice went hoarse.

Guan Zeyuan also shouted excitedly: "What's going on, Fat General! You clearly had flash ready, yet you got caught twice and couldn't use it!!"

Changzhang pursed his lips: "He probably hesitated; the smoke bomb blocked his vision, he couldn't see Lissandra's movements, didn't know whether to flash. Actually he should have flashed right away, but he was afraid of being baited..."

"So not flashing means death!"

"Right, but the participants are confused; there's no way around it—if you don't make the correct reaction in an instant, you basically can't escape."

On the big screen, Frost Witch Lissandra, after taking two turret shots, used Glacial Path to push outward from the turret and safely withdrew from its attack range.

Graves continued to auto-attack the turret.

Their moves this time were like thunder, yet easy and relaxed.

The audience's cheers were deafening, plus the commentators' noisy shouting; all kinds of sounds made people's heads buzz.

In the LPL livestream, the barrage flew like snowflakes.

{One shot, one Fat General! }

{VG's mid-jungle synergy is too perfect, I want to ship them! }

{A well-equipped Graves, damage is just this plain and unadorned}

{Is that all the champion mid laner has? }

{Miracle Walker Score is still farming jungle! }

{Pawn is also old. }

Actually Score was just leaving; when Pawn got instakilled, he hadn't even gone down to high ground.

And Smeb had just walked near the Three Wolves; although Jax's E can fly far, it's still insufficient.

In the player's cam, Pawn looked numb. He knew he should flash immediately when his vision was blocked, but he's not a cold, emotionless robot; no one can be truly perfectly rational; when he hadn't anticipated that the first move would be Graves and prepared mentally, this outcome was already destined.

On the LCK commentary desk, a classic scene replayed, filled with the aroma of pizza.

The good news is that the middle turret wasn't ultimately destroyed by VG; Smeb arrived shortly after Pawn's death. VG's mid and jungle had no ultimates left, their burst was spent, so they naturally couldn't dive the turret to hit Jax; seeing Smeb show up, they withdrew.

The bad news is, due to Smeb's inability to split, the top lane was undefended, and Renekton was quickly pushing the minion wave; at this point, there's no point talking about missing minions—whether the top turret can hold is a question.

Such is a clash between strong teams: pull one thread and the whole body moves; due to Pawn's death, KT immediately fell into an awkward situation of being overstretched.

In the end, they could only let Score come to mid lane to fill in, while Smeb, after clearing the mid lane minion wave near the turret, returned to top lane.

However, when it rains, it pours.

Nobody expected that Graves, after leaving KT's vision, didn't go home but instead circled halfway from behind mid lane, went through the wall behind the dragon pit, entered KT's blue buff jungle, stole the blue buff, and then crouched in the nearby brush.

KT lacked vision of its own jungle, so although the blue buff had been stolen, the jungle monster marker on the minimap wasn't removed.

At that moment, Score was standing guard in mid lane, waiting for Pawn to return to help push the wave, then together they would collect the blue buff.

Smeb rushed from Ye Qu to the top lane, and when Smeb walked past the five-way intersection unprepared, a bang, a gunshot sounded in the headset; Smeb's green health bar above the head instantly dropped two ticks, and then Smeb saw the male gunner slide out from the grass, the gun barrel pressed against Qing Gangying's side waist, and another bang, a gunshot.

Smeb's heart tightened, Smeb kicked the male gunner with a backhand kick, activated the passive shield (Adaptive Armor), then hooked the wall and ran.

At the moment Qing Gangying hooked onto the wall, the male gunner perfectly seized the opportunity and unleashed Desperate Struggle; firelight exploded on the wall, and Qing Gangying's health bar instantly dropped to half.

"「……Another wall-bounce Q, Smeb directly lost half a bar of health! 」"