Chapter 768

Next time, the person who is bound to die shouldn't have ignited.

Changzhang completed a gank in Xia Lu, axe in hand, walking toward the river, intending to assist Zhong Lu with a fast push and then bring Scout to grab their own Shang Ban Qu's F6, but midway he couldn't resist saying something to Meiko, somewhat blaming Meiko for using Ignite to steal kills.

Meiko was also helpless: "At the start, who could guarantee a 100% kill on him? The enemy has a healer."

"Then he didn't even use his heal at the end, did he?" Changzhang was annoyed, but couldn't find a rebuttal, yet unwilling to admit defeat, so he made a stubborn hindsight remark.

If I don't ignite, he'll use his heal!

But Meiko didn't say those words, because saying them now is meaningless and would only worsen the team atmosphere.

Changzhang finished eating river crabs and arrived near Zhong Lu; just then Scout had returned to base and teleported back to lane, while Liang Yan took advantage of EDG causing trouble in Xia Lu to be the first to arrive at Zhong Lu and help Ze Zeta push a wave, giving Ze Zeta the recall advantage, and at this moment Yasuo had already returned to Zhong Lu a step earlier and started pushing the line.

Scout's teleport was attached to a minion; the enemy was so bold, Ze Zeta naturally wouldn't just ignore it, and before Scout landed, Ze Zeta had already charged up a gust Q.

"Zi Tai's prediction was spot on; the stacked three-layer Q successfully suppressed Scout's rise and blew the enemy up, but there shouldn't be any……ah?!"

Just as Scout was blown into the air and about to land, Yasuo actually shouted "Sorelia yaga tong" and flew up!

Guan Zeyuan shouted in shock, then quickly corrected himself:

"Zi Tai actually followed up with his ultimate! Changzhang is nearby! Are we really going to fight this wave?!"

"The returning Jiao Shen and the revived Luo have already left and walked to in front of the second tower, but Changzhang's position is indeed closer!"

"The Gust Slash landed and then another blade stacked a second wind! Playing with double winds on landing is very proficient, but Changzhang had already rushed out from the river! Scout, after taking a full combo, had lost less than half his health bar when he landed; at that moment a well‑predicted chain successfully tethered the E‑launched Zi Tai!"

"Zi Tai was chained! He unleashed a wind wall to block the skill, but Scout simply passed through the wind wall, stepped up close, and steadily dealt the full damage of his combo!"

"Changzhang swung his axe and charged forward, unleashing a reckless swing!"

"Zi Tai, low on health, flashed out!"

"Xiao Duan arrived!! With a flashy grand entrance he lifted both of them into the air!! Scout couldn't follow up with a basic attack to secure the kill, but Changzhang's red buff was burning!!"

"After lifting, Xiao Duan applied a Light Dance Duo shield onto Zi Tai! Miraculously, Zi Tai survived with a sliver of health!"

"Ah?! He's still not dead?!"

"But he still died! Changzhang picked up his axe and unleashed a Reverse Flow Throw, directly smashing Zi Tai to death! However, Jiao Shen also launched a Flesh Bomb Impact followed by a Flash Dash, slamming Scout's Enchantress away! The damage was just enough! Finally, an exploding barrel blast killed Scout!"

"Changzhang fled quickly, they couldn't catch him, so this exchange ended up as a one‑for‑one trade, uh……EDG is slightly behind?"

"Yeah, VG had more assists, indeed EDG is slightly behind."

"On the other hand, Changzhang picked up a kill, and in this mid‑lane wave he could also take the farm……hiss, you'd better not say it, but Changzhang looks like he's about to take off!"

"Huh? You really shouldn't say that—Olaf is precisely the only one on EDG's side who can counter VG's composition, and if he gets fat he'll be useful!"

"So earlier Changzhang had been farming all along……"

"Awesome, my Changzhang, turns out he was playing a big chess game!"

"And Jiao Shen's barrel is essentially a team‑fight tool; using the head is indeed not as useful as Changzhang, so from this angle EDG might actually have gained?"

"It must be a gain!"

"Besides, having come back to this point, at around the 9‑minute mark EDG could still trade kills evenly with VG, and their economy wasn't lagging either; in this game EDG's early stage could be said to have been a back‑and‑forth battle with VG, right?"

"Looking at it this way, EDG really played well in this game!"

"Could it be that…?"

"Be more confident—drop the 'could it be'!"

"EDG genuinely has a chance to snatch that championship from VG!"

The commentators gave a round of praise, and EDG's fans cheered up again.

"In VG's team voice channel, Ze Zeta apologized for his recklessness: 'Sorry, brothers, I shouldn't have gone all in this wave.'"

"Liang Yan, however, said: 'It's fine; actually you can be more confident.'"

"Ze Zeta: 'Uh?'"

"Fu Lan Duo answered in Liang Yan's place: 'He's saying you didn't actually need to run just now; if you hadn't flashed, you likely couldn't dodge the axe, so it'd be better to go all in and first take the Enchantress's head—you'd probably hit level 7, and with a bit more health you might not have died.'"

"Upon hearing this, Ze Zeta glanced at his experience bar—sure enough, he was just shy of hitting level 8."

"Such crucial information actually had to come from a teammate; Ze Zeta's face flushed like a ripe apple, both embarrassed and ashamed: 'My… my… my…'"

"Qiang Ge, do you also play Yasuo?" Xiao Duan suddenly asked."

"Nonsense, when Yasuo first came out I was the number one Yasuo on the national server." Fu Lan Duo said boastfully."

"Liang Yan was a bit surprised: 'Really or fake?'"

If you don't believe me, go search Bilibili—there's still the guide video I made back then.

Liang Yan stopped speaking, entering a thoughtful state.

Since Fu Lan Duo already has a foundation for playing Yasuo, picking it up again will naturally improve faster—could we try developing it?

Liang Yan kept thinking and felt it had promise.

Melee heroes who can benefit from the censer buff are rare, and Yasuo is exactly one of them; his Q skill Steel Tempest, as his main damage source, not only reduces cooldown by increasing attack speed but also perfectly triggers various item effects, and with his late-game power spike positioning, he can fully serve as a safety pick when choosing early-game heroes like Kalista in the bottom lane—the stance Yasuo was developed based on this principle. Can Yasuo be played top lane?

Not only can it be done, it's highly suitable!

Because in this version the top lane is mostly tanks like Malphite, Cho'Gath, and Shen, or else Nasus, Yasuo has an advantage against all of them!

The only mainstream top laner Yasuo can't beat is the lane bully Renekton!

Thinking of this, Liang Yan couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Top lane Yasuo definitely has potential!

However, Liang Yan didn't bring up the idea on the spot; he planned to discuss it slowly with Zhu Xiaolong and Tabe after the finals.

A sudden signal sound interrupted Liang Yan's contemplation, and at the same time Fu Lan Duo's voice came through the headset:

"Malphite just passed by, maybe he wants to catch you!"