Chapter 774

Since EDG didn't want it, VG wasn't polite either; with the last pick they directly took the flag that gives AD attack speed to the Prince, but they put the Wine Barrel in the top lane for Fu Lan Duo to use.

Hero selection complete, both sides' lineups are now locked.

EDG, Blue Side

bans: EZ, Lanbo, Xia; Big Mouth, Police Woman

Top lane: Mouse, Big Bug

Jungle: Clearlove7, Pig Sister

Mid lane: Scout, Clockwork

Bot lane: Zet, Skates

Support: Meiko, Wind Girl

VG, Red Side

bans: Shen, Big Tree, Ice; Plane, Rock Sparrow

Top lane: Flandre, Wine Barrel

Jungle: Firrrrrre, Prince

Mid lane: Easyhoon, Syndra

Bot lane: Smlz, Little Cannon

Support: Caveman, Luo

This game VG faces greater pressure; if Skates is the meta answer, then Skates + Wind Girl is the ultimate meta answer.

Liang Yan originally wanted EDG to take the Prince, to give everyone a chance to push the pressure to the max, but he never expected EDG to actually want the Big Bug and not the Prince.

Honestly, Liang Yan is a bit disappointed; it seems he overestimated EDG.

Entering Summoner's Rift, Liang Yan clacked away on the keyboard, and also sent a message in the game's "All Chat" channel: 【Watch out for F6, don't mess with me】.

Changzhang replied with three.

This time the director reacted slowly and didn't cover it.

With a boom, the whole audience laughed until they rolled on the floor.

The four commentators also couldn't hold back their laughter; Chang Mao suppressed a chuckle for half a minute, saying: "It's like this, guys, don't take it too personally—actually, Jiao Shen and Changzhang are pretty good friends in private, so chatting during the match is quite normal."

Normal my ass!

The director wanted to curse, although this isn't really a livestream accident—after all, Liang Yan didn't say anything too over-the-top; players chatting in the all-chat during official matches is actually fairly common—but the Vision Fist does have rules about this: players can chat, but the audience can't see it. So what if it's accidentally leaked?

A fine…

The director's heart was full of resentment, feeling sorry that his performance bonus for this month would be cut in half.

The on-site referee standing behind Liang Yan couldn't help but laugh, but out of concern for her colleague, she still couldn't resist opening the player communication channel to remind: "VG jungler, please don't send public chat anymore."

Liang Yan actually said: "I didn't insult anyone, is this kind of thing also not allowed to send?"

The referee: "……"

Liang Yan was just joking, and didn't really continue chatting with Changzhang.

……

All units, attack!

The battle officially began.

In this match, Liang Yan changed his strategy; the top lane, which he hadn't visited at all in the previous game, became his special target this game. Following the opening route of blue buff → Magic Swamp Frog → red buff, he quickly reached level three, then ambushed the top lane, flashing out Mouse's Big Worm.

Two minutes later, Liang Yan came again, this time also bringing Easyhoon's Syndra, and directly gave Mouse a tower dive. Mouse never expected the opponent to be so interested in his tanky champ; by the time he noticed the enemies approaching and tried to retreat, it was too late, and he was ultimately killed in a three-man focus.

Changzhang was in the bottom half of the map; seeing VG make a move top lane, he also wanted to strike VG's Xia Lu, but when he arrived Xia Lu, he saw the little cannon hiding under the tower, with flash and shield and nearly full health, plus Luo with healing, and ultimately he didn't dare to engage.

Nobody expected that after killing Mouse, the VG jungler-mid duo who had disappeared from EDG's vision hadn't actually left; Liang Yan led Easyhoon into EDG's Ye Qu, helping Easyhoon take a trio of wolves so that Syndra reached level six.

Thus, Mouse had just respawned and landed from teleport when the VG jungler-mid duo appeared again.

Holy shit!

Seeing Prince and Syndra emerge from the Triangular Grass behind his side, Mouse couldn't help but let out a cry, then quickly prepared to fight them, having in mind a full counterplay plan: 'How would Prince or the Barrel engage me, and how should I respond?'

As it turned out, VG played unfairly; Easyhoon's Syndra charged up a sphere before leaving the grass, then after exiting the grass she Q'd again to charge another sphere, then immediately flashed in with a Celestial Blast (Energy Torrents + Weakness Dispel) to stun Mouse.

Then came a barrage of bangs; Prince and Barrel unleashed their full combos, and Easyhoon finally secured the kill with a single Q.

Mouse died a second time, left wanting to cry but with no tears.

Changzhang's pig sister heard the news and rushed over, tears in her eyes, taking the minion wave that Mouse couldn't get.

At eight minutes, Big Worm's flash was ready, Mouse let out a sigh of relief, thinking VG probably wouldn't have an appetite for him anymore.

Unexpectedly, half a minute later, VG came again.

This wave, Scout was actually wary, but Easyhoon had taken a kill and an assist in the top lane, then easily controlled the lane upon returning; Scout couldn't push past him, and by the time Scout realized something was wrong and rushed top, Easyhoon was already there.

At the same spot, Prince and Syndra emerged from the grass.

At this moment, Fu Lan Duo's flash was also ready; she came in with an E-flash to knock up Mouse, then followed with a perfectly angled ultimate, precisely blasting Mouse into the midst of the enemy jungler-mid duo.

Easyhoon gave a light push, and Liang Yan followed up with his EQ……

Although the Big Worm's health bar looked plentiful, he was actually just fat, and was once again killed in a single combo by the three of them.

Only then did Changzhang finally realize that VG's focus this game was neither Zhong Lu nor Xia Lu, but rather they were determined to play top lane.

Why play top lane?

Naturally, because Mouse's status in EDG is low, he receives the least attention and is the easiest breakthrough point!

Changzhang came to his senses, knowing the top lane had collapsed and further help would be useless, so he targeted Easyhoon in Zhong Lu whose flash was still on cooldown as the attack target.

Changzhang lurked in the small path shadow behind Scout for nearly half a minute before finally finding an opening. Scout risked baiting out Syndra's Weakness Dispel; Changzhang Q'd through walls, flashed in face‑to‑face, swung his Frostbite Chain to apply a slow, steadily proc'd his passive then followed with his ultimate to maintain control, and together with Scout's damage he secured the kill on the 2‑0 Easyhoon.

After taking down Easyhoon, Changzhang rushed to the lower river, called over the duo pushing lane without pressure, and the four of them together claimed the first dragon.

This swing of momentum allowed EDG to recover much of their disadvantage.

However, EDG's top lane gap has already opened too wide, Mouse's Baron is basically useless, while VG's all-in damage items for top, mid, and jungle are already basically formed.