Chapter 767: The Miracle Walker Is Still Grinding the Jungle

Just losing one bottom lane wave doesn't mean we can sentence EDG to death, but in my view EDG is already in a tough spot.

On the commentator desk, Shen Chao's analysis is more direct, but among the four commentators his skill is indeed the highest, not like Wawa's blindfolded random talk.

Thus many EDG fans in the venue, despite disliking Shen Chao's remarks, inevitably felt their hearts sink to the bottom, as unease turned into fear.

Guan Zeyuan added a jab, smiling: "What can we do? You started the fight, but in the end you didn't win—what now? This is just a matter of strength."

Chang Mao sighed and shook his head: "Young people are still too impulsive."

The director timely switched to the camera feed of EDG's bottom lane duo; their expressions showed little fluctuation, but a layer of anxiety was clearly visible on their faces.

A mocking comment that made people laugh scrolled across the on-site big screen:

【If you win, rush Broken Blade; if you lose, add one more Torment; this wave is not a loss!】

Several commentators also saw this, and the commentator desk burst into a chorus of 'kekeke'……

Guan Zeyuan strained to hold back laughter: "Some audience members on site, don't go too far, wow; I advise you to behave yourself—do you still want your ID or not?"

The audience burst into laughter.

"Cough cough!" Chang Mao gave a fake cough twice, as the director's camera drew the topic back to Summoner's Rift: "Although EDG gave away first blood, the match still has suspense. The camera goes to our Changzhang... hey, Changzhang's jungle clear count is pretty high! It's about on par with the AD."

"That's because iboy missed a wave of minions......"

"Uh......"

The bottom lane fight took place in front of VG's tower; VG's duo needed considerable time to push the wave over, and Changzhang, seeing the bottom lane outcome already decided, didn't come over to clear the wave. Thus when iboy revived and returned to lane, the wave in front of the tower, consisting of two and a half waves of minions, still had most of it left. Specifically, iboy lost only four frontline minions plus a siege cannon, and the experience and last‑hit gold value was slightly higher than a normal minion wave, so it can be counted as only missing one wave.

For EDG, this could be considered a piece of good fortune amidst misfortune.

The time reached six minutes.

The camera panned to mid lane; Yasuo had already reached level six.

The minion wave was right in front of the tower; Zezetai hid under the tower, used Q to clear the frontline minions, then suddenly E'd the backline minions, luring out Scout's skill, relied on his passive shield to block most of Ahri's Q damage, finally placed a wind wall to block the chain, then EEQ stacked to cast a gust Q and moved forward a few steps through the wind wall, but Scout ran faster, Zezetai didn't find a good opening, so he honestly turned back to last‑hit.

Actually, from this brief few‑second clip one can see that Yasuo already had the qualification to contest lane control against Ahri, yet Zezetai did not push the wave out but instead chose to let the wave push, letting Scout push the wave to under the tower.

Miller watched this and couldn't help but say: "To be frank, Yasuo's laning is a bit too comfortable; his last‑hitting is completely not lagging behind."

"Yes, for a Yasuo who started without flash, he somehow managed to spend five minutes comfortably until his flash came back online—normally that would be very unreasonable."

"Because Changzhang never came to mid lane at all."

"Not that he never came to mid lane, right?" Guan Zeyuan smirked, "To be precise, from the start until now he hasn't lifted a finger at all—he's just been farming."

"That's true, though Jiao Shen also made a single move in the top lane."

"But the current situation is a VG advantage, and VG's composition is unbeatable in the late game—never mind being ahead, even if they're behind, as long as they can stay above collapse, VG has no need to rush; playing a slow game against EDG is the right approach for them, so Jiao Shen has no pressure to act, but what about EDG? Not to mention lacking a censer, you don't even have a late‑game champion—is it really right to develop evenly against VG?"

"Uh…… but Olaf lacks crowd control, so it's indeed not easy to make plays." Miller, who had brought up this topic, now started to salvage EDG's pride.

Backstage, in the EDG lounge, A Bu sat at the computer, unconsciously furrowing his brows tightly, his eyes showing a hint of anxiety, his mouth chattering nonstop:

"I think this guy has something wrong with his mind—every time he faces VG he does this, he doesn't look at the composition, he has no brain, just blindly seeks stability, as if not making mistakes means he doesn't need to take the blame; playing jungle like this, what's the point of jungling at all, zero agency—I really am fed up with him......"

Whether it was hearing A Bu's complaint or feeling he should come out to show some presence, at around seven and a half minutes Changzhang finally acted—after taking the second Red Buff in the lower half, he went to the bottom lane, sneaked into the side brush behind the duo, waited nearly half a minute, finally seized an opportunity, and together with the duo killed Xiao Duan's Luo.

This wave really can't be blamed on Xiao Duan—the opportunity wasn't due to Xiao Duan wasting it excessively, but rather Changzhang was just too damn good at hiding; Liang Yan had already warned the bottom lane, but who could have imagined this guy could actually sit still for half a minute! Xiao Duan also got what he deserved.

The good news is the Dragon wasn't lost.

Before dying, Xiao Duan gave iboy a little lift and also ignited him; Sima Laozei knew that all of the enemy's crowd control had been used on Xiao Duan and could no longer threaten him, so he dared to go all‑out—although he couldn't trade for iboy, he succeeded in chopping iboy's health down low and also forced the enemy's healing to come out.

Liang Yan happened to be farming the Three Wolves and hadn't yet gone to the upper half.

Iboy's state was so poor that EDG ultimately still chose to play safe; even with a numerical advantage they didn't dare to take the Dragon.

"8 minutes—EDG finally went meat!"

That kill was like sweet rain after a long drought for everyone hoping EDG would win, giving those in anguish a breath of fresh air; the EDG fans on site roared loudly, turning their unease into shouts that they let out fully.

Back here backstage, A Bu's brows finally relaxed a bit.

But Nofe, the coach sitting behind him, remained tense‑faced, his expression not only showing no relaxation at all, but seeming to become even more nervous.

The commentator Shen Chao on the desk stated the reason why Nofe couldn't stay optimistic:

"Although they did get a kill, in the end they were burned to death by Meiko's ignite, and Changzhang and the crucial iboy only got a few dozen assist gold. Given EDG's pressing situation, Thresh taking the kill actually does little to help, and it won't do much to improve the bottom lane either, because Sima Laozei has a kill and even his last‑hit gold exceeds that of Boots of Speed, so the bottom lane's fighting power still mainly depends on the AD."

The EDG fans' hearts, which had just been set down, leapt up again.

How annoying this person is!