Chapter 134

"The top lane Crocodile has recalled to purchase Plated Steelcaps and is already able to withstand pressure, the jungle Viego still has some advantage in farming, the mid lane continues to maintain the initiative, and the bot lane has also regained control of the lane priority."

"EDG now has lane priority in all four lanes! They have seized the initiative in this match against T1!" Miller's tone is filled with surprise and astonishment.

When the clone burning with Ignite exploded in place, Li Li Xianghe's expression turned somewhat stiff.

To be tricked by a clone while playing LeBlanc is practically equivalent to a fisherman being caught by a fish!

Furthermore, because of this distraction in the mid lane, T1's offensive turn has temporarily ended, and both the jungler and support must now return to base to replenish and farm.

The cost of the previous Akali TP support to trade kills is beginning to show.

LeBlanc had already begun channeling her recall while "manipulating the clone"; in fact, by the time that clone, which could only exist for eight seconds, exploded, LeBlanc had already returned to the fountain.

And when LeBlanc used TP to return to the lane, she did so with an equipment advantage.

Akali not only had her health reduced, but because of the delay from chasing the clone, the mid lane minion wave was currently in a neutral state!

Being in poor condition, she couldn't force a push, and recalling directly would mean losing a wave of minions.

Li Li Xianghe quickly realized what this meant.

It was now nearly four and a half minutes in, approaching the five-minute mark for the Dragon spawn and the time for solo laners to reach level six.

If it were someone less vigilant, after being pressured for another half minute, LeBlanc would hit level six, force a fight, and then immediately pivot to force the Dragon, likely resulting in giving up this Dragon for nothing!

Li Li Xianghe decisively summoned Oner from the jungle again to help clear the wave, regardless of the fact that it would expose their jungle pathing once more.

"Listen to me," he began to explain his thoughts: "If they force the Dragon after I recall later, the jungler should go to the top lane to dive this Crocodile; as long as we burn their summoner spells, it's fine."

"By burning their top laner's TP, we will have a TP advantage for the second Dragon, so the cost of giving them the first Dragon is low, and trading for an advantage in the top lane is a profit."

"Understood!" Oner fully received the information.

"Right, my TP will be ready in nine minutes," Zeus responded belatedly.

Clearly, Li Li Xianghe's most important role for T1 has long ceased to be his mechanics or technique.

There is no shortage of mid laners in the new generation who can rival him in that regard, and even within his own team, there are several mechanical monsters.

What is truly precious is his ten years of competitive gaming experience, which allows him to quickly make judgments and handle every situation that arises, guiding the team in the right direction and at the right time.

Just like this turn.

If he had simply called the jungler to clear the wave, the Dragon would spawn after Akali recalled, and if the opponent immediately went to start the Dragon without any prior preparation from his side, they would likely just give away this Dragon for free.

And regardless of what the opponent thinks, preparing for every step in advance is the only way to avoid traps that are difficult to counter.

Ye Bo was also somewhat surprised to see the opponent call out their jungler, who had only just entered the jungle, so quickly.

Ye Bo could feel that this opponent was different from every mid laner he had faced before.

It wasn't about the mechanics.

It was a kind of "feeling of the game."

Previously, whether facing mid laners like Knight, Xiaohu, or Angel, regardless of their mechanical skill, Ye Bo could at least roughly guess "what the opponent wanted to do."

But facing Li Li Xianghe this time.

Perhaps because he was too familiar with these two heroes, Ye Bo didn't feel any laning pressure.

But from the timing of his previous gank by the Blind Monk, to the way Akali chose to trade health with him, there were many places that exceeded his expectations.

Including this turn; if the jungler had arrived 20 seconds later, once the Dragon spawned, the laning situation caused by the TP difference would inevitably affect the contest for the Dragon.

But now, this timing was very subtle.

Ye Bo thought for a moment and quickly changed his original tactics.

After recalling, Li Li Xianghe hesitated for a moment after opening the shop, glancing at his gold total of just over 800.

In the end, he chose to sell a potion at a loss of 20 gold, waited another seven or eight seconds, and purchased a {Needlessly Large Rod}.

This seemed like a very routine move.

But it held significant meaning.

Akali already had an {Amplifying Tome}, and she could have actually synthesized a {Hextech Alternator} for just 715 gold, which is also a very normal equipment path.

But in the S12 season, the {Hextech Alternator} item was adjusted, and the synthesis path changed from two small books to a Ruby Crystal.

Although it gained 150 health, the Ability Power dropped from 40 to 25.

This meant that Akali spending 700 gold to upgrade the small book would only gain a {5-point} increase in Ability Power damage!

But if she added 100 gold to buy the {Needlessly Large Rod}, she could gain an extra {45 points} of Ability Power damage!

Of course, this didn't mean the Rod was stronger than the Alternator.

In fact, the Alternator's 60 points of passive damage that could be triggered frequently, along with the health attribute boost, were much more useful in the laning phase for both trading and resisting pressure than the Rod's pure Ability Power increase.

Li Li Xianghe made this choice for only one purpose————

All-in burst damage!

His understanding of Akali was naturally on point, and he was very clear about where the first key node in the Akali vs. LeBlanc matchup lay.

It was that a level six Akali had the potential to solo kill LeBlanc at full health, but it was almost impossible for LeBlanc to solo kill Akali at full health!

Although Ye Bo had achieved very successful suppression before level six, it clearly wasn't enough to break the lane, and this opportunity still existed.

Unfortunately, the commentary desk didn't notice these subtle mid-game maneuvers.

They didn't even see the true intention behind Akali calling the jungler to clear the wave, only thinking it was a choice made because Akali was under too much laning pressure.

"Although there was the reason of the previous TP to save the top lane, Ye's laning in this game is truly worthy of being called perfect suppression!" Doll couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Because of Akali's recall, LeBlanc also has an opportunity to roam!"

"It looks like he's going into the jungle! He's going to find Oner!"

T1 had vision in the bottom river and knew the Dragon was safe, so Oner didn't execute the backup plan Li Li Xianghe had deployed earlier and went back into the jungle to farm.

LeBlanc was missing, and the top and mid lanes had to tighten their lines.

But in fact, LeBlanc had already quietly snuck into the top jungle!

Since the Blind Monk had clearly gone bot after ganking mid, cleared a camp, and was called back, it was certain that there was at most one camp left in the bottom jungle————based on such simple information deduction, Ye Bo was confident that he could catch or wait for the Blind Monk in the top jungle!

"Oner has been caught! A level six LeBlanc is arresting a level four Blind Monk!"

"WR double dash directly chains him, wow Oner is so decisive with the W Flash over the wall, instantly creating distance and breaking the chain!"

"You run really fast!"

"But the jungler is still feeling very uncomfortable this way, Oner's farming rhythm is so poor."

Oner's mechanics were still flawless; the moment he was chained by LeBlanc, he made a decisive and smooth W-Flash-Ward-jump, instantly creating a thousand-yard gap.

Moreover, the direction of the ward jump wasn't a straight line, but a detailed jump over the wall to get close to the Blast Cone, so that even if LeBlanc followed with a Flash to "extend the chain," she could only chain the Blind Monk outside the wall and couldn't pursue for the kill.

However, just by using this failed roaming opportunity in the mid lane to force a Flash and restrict the jungler, it was already a huge profit.

Ye Bo returned to the mid lane, feeling satisfied.

And Li Li Xianghe, who had just been wondering which lane LeBlanc would go to, immediately received news from the jungle!

The opponent's ability to seize opportunities made ripples in Li Li Xianghe's heart.

But he was that kind of person too.

Watching LeBlanc's full set of operations through screen-switching, Li Li Xianghe immediately noticed the key point, his eyes quickly darting to the time in the top right corner, and then pressing Tab to check the equipment bar.

"50 seconds... 10% CD... 45 seconds."

Although LeBlanc's ultimate cooldown didn't feel long, it actually had a 50-second cooldown at level one.

Relying on the {Lost Chapter} he had already purchased with First Blood gold, a simple mental calculation made it easy to grasp the cooldown time.

After Akali returned to the lane, she began to push quickly; although LeBlanc had reached level six first, she had used her ultimate, so the laning situation was temporarily similar to before.

At 5 minutes and 31 seconds, Akali reached level six.

Li Li Xianghe calculated the time; LeBlanc's ultimate should still have about 12 seconds left!

This was the opportunity!

Akali in the Rift seemed careless, but her footsteps were quietly pressing forward.

The distance between the two had been maintained at around 700 yards.

This was mainly because LeBlanc wouldn't give her a chance, and Akali's Q skill only had a 550-yard range; it was a case of "one inch longer, one inch stronger."

Of course, LeBlanc couldn't stay away from the minion wave forever, as she had to auto-attack minions; Li Li Xianghe had also been seizing this timing to step forward and use the Shroud to trade health.

Li Li Xianghe followed suit, activating the Shroud again to gain speed, but didn't immediately use Q to try to poke as usual.

He was waiting.

In the previous turns, when LeBlanc saw Akali open the Shroud, she would usually immediately pull back out of the Shroud's range.

This way, Akali would at most Q him once; with a Shroud every 20 seconds, LeBlanc could naturally accept a Q-for-Q trade.

And Akali, seeing LeBlanc retreat, usually wouldn't dare to pursue deeply, because once she was away from the cover of the minion wave, she would likely be hit by LeBlanc's long-range QE, which would be a huge loss in health trading.

But this turn was different.

The opportunity Li Li Xianghe was waiting for was LeBlanc exiting the minion wave————that would give Akali the chance to start with "RE"!

Akali's "Landing RE" technique, as long as the target is at the maximum starting distance of the R skill, can achieve a 90% success rate of "guaranteed hit upon landing."

This is because Akali's R1 flight time is constant and she cannot use E midway, so if it's not the maximum starting distance, she would fly past the target for a distance before being able to use E, rather than using E the instant she lands on the target's face.

This move can be said to be Akali's most practical basic starting move, and also the easiest to succeed with.

However, Li Li Xianghe was disappointed.

LeBlanc didn't move away from the minion wave, just staying close to her own ranged minions.

As if she would rather be traded a set of skills by Akali at close range than give up her position!

Still the same saying.

Ye Bo was truly too familiar with these two heroes.

He was certainly very clear about Akali's level six opportunity, and his way of handling things after level six had already changed.

Even if Akali really came close to trade health, relying on the ranged minions in front of her to block, it would at most be a mutual QA and QE trade; she couldn't lose the trade, and LeBlanc could easily pull away using the chain's snare.

Seeing that LeBlanc wouldn't give up her position, and that his own Shroud and the opponent's ultimate were both about to come off cooldown!

He couldn't wait any longer.

"Hey, mid lane! Faker is starting with his ultimate directly!!"

Li Li Xianghe was very clear that this opportunity was crucial.

LeBlanc still had Flash and an equipment advantage; once the opponent's ultimate was back up, it would only be harder to find an opportunity.

Although Ye Bo's "caution" was unexpected.

He quickly adjusted his thinking————he wouldn't pursue a kill this turn!

LeBlanc didn't have TP; as long as Akali could beat the opponent to low health, to the point of losing the ability to participate in the fight——————they could counter-start the Dragon!

Akali's combat power without her ultimate wasn't weak either; compared to the opponent being down a level six mid laner, it was enough to create a combat power gap.

One ultimate, for one Dragon.

Although he would have to sit in "jail" in the mid lane for 120 seconds after coming back, in Li Li Xianghe's view, this was very worthwhile.

Still a flexibility of thinking.

Who said an ultimate must be used for a solo kill?

This choice indeed exceeded Ye Bo's expectations.

He didn't expect the opponent to use Akali's precious first ultimate like this.

You know, to achieve a so-called level six full-health solo kill, the most basic prerequisite is that Akali must hit all her skills and at least trigger two passives to have a chance; this undoubtedly demonstrated the opponent's confidence!

And at this moment, LeBlanc's ultimate still had 5 seconds left, so she couldn't directly use the WR double dash to pull away, and she wasn't willing to be forced to use Flash like this.

Ye Bo made the most correct handling.

"This Akali's damage is so high! It hurts!"

"LeBlanc's ultimate doesn't seem to be back up yet... but she doesn't seem to be planning to leave either!"

The {Perfect Execution} dash displacement, landing automatically picks up the {Passive} mark, follows with an auto-attack, then uses Q {Five Point Strike}, triggering Electrocute!

Akali, possessing 83 Ability Power with the Needlessly Large Rod, dealt a full 495 points of damage with just a simple RAQ!

This is Akali!

LeBlanc had less than 1100 health in total; one can imagine that if she was hit by E, LeBlanc would only have a chance to operate if she used W or Flash to dodge the second part of R.

This is also why Ye Bo didn't rush to use W to pull away at the first moment, but instead continued to stay close to the minion wave to not give the opponent space to use E.

She just used QE to chain Akali.

Waiting for the second part of E's 1.5-second {Snare} to trigger, LeBlanc then began to use W to dash towards the direction of her defensive tower.

Clearly, as long as she could pull away safely, Akali would definitely be the one losing in terms of laning.

But Li Li Xianghe's goal was clear, and he had been blocking behind LeBlanc the whole time, so LeBlanc's W displacement + 1.5 seconds of control wasn't enough to pull out of the range of the second part of R.

Even though LeBlanc had already walked into the defensive tower, Akali still resolutely slashed forward with the second part of R!

LeBlanc's health plummeted by 30%, and she disappeared in place, splitting into two.

Li Li Xianghe, with his details maxed out, saw that his goal was achieved and didn't panic to use E.

There were two reasons.

One was that LeBlanc had been turned invisible by R2 and lost her trail; panicking to use E wouldn't necessarily hit, and even if it hit, it wouldn't necessarily hit the real body.

The second was that LeBlanc had already walked into the tower, and her ultimate should also be back up.

Even if he really hit the real body with a lucky E, Akali could absolutely not use E2 to pursue into the tower; that would definitely be outplayed by LeBlanc.

Because Akali's R2 deals increased damage based on {Missing Health}, using E first and then R has a huge difference in damage compared to using R first and then E, so the damage was already insufficient.

Anyway, being able to beat LeBlanc to low health had already achieved the tactical goal.

"Top lane retreat! Bot lane get ready!"

"Catch the bot lane first; if there's no opportunity, start the Dragon directly; LeBlanc has to recall."

"If their top laner dares to TP, let him; giving Jayce farm is the same as taking the Dragon, and we can also trap their TP difference for the second Dragon..."

Just as Li Li Xianghe was quickly directing the envisioned layout.

The next moment, the voices in the team voice chat stopped abruptly.

Li Li Xianghe's eyes suddenly widened in shock!

————Because that LeBlanc had actually returned using that escaping {Distortion}!

Almost right back in his face!

Is she seeking death!?

Although LeBlanc's QE also dealt damage, it was just missing the damage of a level one W, and she should still have an ultimate in hand at this moment.

But so what?

Even if the full set of skills hit, it wouldn't be enough to kill Akali!

As long as Akali hit E, and then pursued with an auto-attack and Q, the opponent would definitely die.

LeBlanc wasn't under the tower now!

Li Li Xianghe realized that perhaps the opponent had insight into his intentions, and then desperately wanted to beat him to low health as well, forcing him to recall together...

But what he didn't know was.

Ye Bo was eyeing his head.

Akali aimed forward and threw {Shuriken Flip}!

LeBlanc had to either use RW to dodge or use Flash to dodge; if she was hit, it would be bad news!

The shuriken slid through the air towards LeBlanc.

But just as it was about to hit————in front of LeBlanc, another LeBlanc suddenly "Flashed" out of thin air!

{Mimic}!

The shuriken stabbed fiercely into the "LeBlanc's" skin.

Li Li Xianghe's eyes couldn't see half a bit of surprise, only shock.

But he didn't hesitate, immediately pressing the second part of E, driving the back-kicking Akali to dash!

So what if it hit a clone.

As long as he could get close to LeBlanc, the opponent would have no damage if she used RW to pull away, and if she used RE, she would have to use Flash to dodge and couldn't kill Akali; at the very least, he could force out a Flash.

But seeing Akali take off.

LeBlanc, once again, disappeared in place.

And this time——————it was two LeBlancs disappearing together!

And Akali, flying in the air, suddenly "turned" her pursuit direction in the air!

Instead, she flew towards the rear!!!

There, was the direction of LeBlanc's defensive tower.

{Double Distortion Swap}!

"Axi!"

Li Li Xianghe subconsciously hissed, his fingers clicking wildly on the keyboard, his eyes instantly filled with shock!

But all operations were in vain.

{Akali's E2 cannot be interrupted voluntarily}

The only Flash and ultimate that could interrupt the E2 process had already been used.

Li Li Xianghe could only watch helplessly as he————flipped all the way into the opponent's tower!

And the destination of the pursuit was actually deep behind the defensive tower!

The moment Akali entered the tower, the defensive tower's laser fired the first shot.

Upon landing, the heated defensive tower laser fired the second shot.

LeBlanc landed and manipulated the clone to pull away from herself; Akali, who only had Q upon landing, clearly couldn't pursue.

Just as Akali was desperately trying to escape the defensive tower's range towards the jungle behind, the scorching defensive tower laser had already fired the third shot!

Three overheated defensive tower shots, over 700 health points!

LeBlanc didn't even bother to add an extra Sigil of Malice, as if she were carving an epitaph for that corpse destined to fall.

LeBlanc in the Summoner's Rift, her ethereal and eerie voice whispered as if in mockery:

"It's just a reflection in the mirror."

{EDG Ye killed T1 Faker! }

Accompanied by the resounding system kill notification, the already restless and scorching atmosphere inside the entire Madison Square Garden was instantly ignited!

Cheers and screams rushed to the roof with unstoppable force!

"SOLO!!! KILL!!!" Doll's roar made the tone of the two words rise and fall, as if he were cosplaying the one next door.

"My god! Game time is six minutes! Ye has completed a solo kill!" Miller roared, his inner excitement fully displayed: "A solo kill on Faker!!"

"The first game of the first round of the group stage! He completed a solo kill on this legendary mid laner!"

"And it was in such an incredible way! It's a way we've never seen before! It's even a way I couldn't imagine!"

Their headphones weren't soundproof, and at this moment, they could faintly hear the mournful and painful wails from the LCK commentary booth next door.

This made the LPL commentators even more excited!

Li Li Xianghe under the camera was no longer calm and composed; the speed of his lips moving rapidly and the extent to which his palms brushed back his bangs clearly showed the intensity of his emotional fluctuations.

The two LCK commentators next door were pale.

"What is this!?" The Roaring Emperor was stunned, the image of LeBlanc's continuous turning lingering in his mind: "Isn't this a bit too exaggerated!?"

"To be honest, I didn't understand... wasn't Akali at an advantage, how did she get counter-killed!?" Kim Dong-jun was full of confusion, as if he didn't know what had happened.

"Let's take a look at the replay together!"

Everything happened within a few seconds of lightning speed, and most of the audience couldn't see the details.

In the first half, both sides' handling could be called a perfect answer sheet.

The effect of changing the equipment order was highlighted; Li Li Xianghe had already done everything Akali could do, and even if Ye Bo came, he couldn't have done better.

And Akali had indeed successfully achieved her goal.

It could be said that if 99.99% of mid laners came to handle this turn, they would only be able to accept the fact of being beaten to low health by Akali, and it would be impossible to think about operating.

Because a tiny mistake would lead to a solo kill!

A solo kill could very likely lead to a complete change in the mid lane situation!

Even for Li Li Xianghe himself, after immersing himself in the replay, he could only use W to turn back and use RE to chain, then Flash to dodge Akali's E to forcibly achieve a health trade.

But Ye Bo's thinking was something even he didn't expect!

The replay screen came to the turning point of everything—————LeBlanc W towards her own defensive tower, Akali waiting for the snare to end and R2 to stab, triggering the clone.

The director's camera focused on the "clone."

The clone initially just walked towards the tower with the main body without looking back.

And just at the last moment when the 4 seconds of W turning back were about to expire.

LeBlanc stepped on the {Mimic-Distortion} in place, then immediately W turned back.

The distance between the {Clone} and the {Main Body} cannot exceed 2500 yards, about the distance of one screen; the moment it exceeds the distance, the {Clone} will be teleported back in front of the main body.

LeBlanc's W + 4 seconds of running back distance was exactly at this limit.

But, from the replay, one could see that Ye Bo specifically stopped for a moment at the first opportunity, letting the clone "pause" in place.

It was waiting for Akali to use E, then letting the clone take that step, instantly turning back and flashing back to help block this fatal shuriken.

Li Li Xianghe wasn't stupid; if he had seen the clone return first, he naturally wouldn't have used E to hit a clone.

"He is manipulating!! He is manipulating that clone!!!"

"No, if it's really like this... this distance grasp!? That's only one step away!"

Replaying to here, everyone could definitely confirm that this wasn't a bluff; it was clearly LeBlanc controlling the movement of the clone.

But the distance of the clone didn't have a {Skill Indicator} range prompt.

Everything depended entirely on the naked eye and feeling.

This is why the commentary desk was so shocked when they realized it was manually operated.

The subsequent operation was simple; as soon as he saw Akali's E2 starting action, he immediately pressed R2 to turn back, and the instantly created distance would "pull" the clone back for the second time.

Along with the "follow" mechanism of Akali's Shuriken Flip!

After replaying this whole turn, it not only highlighted Ye Bo's ultimate understanding and control of the two major heroes, LeBlanc and Akali.

That micro-manipulation and game theory that seemed to overflow the screen were highlighted to the fullest!

The North American audience at the scene screamed one after another, and the surging wave of cheers swept through the entire theater.

The live stream barrage was also boiling.

{Holy crap, Master! Too handsome!!! }

{Master Ye, you are my god!! }

{Master Ye is a dragon in domestic wars, and an ancient dragon in foreign wars! }

{Knight: I was solo killed, Fei was also solo killed, I = Fei! }

{Big Fei is also done for! }

{Noxus Idea King! Method Queen LeBlanc! This hero is basically him himself! }

{Where are the people who were still talking tough before? All come out and speak! }

At the T1 player bench, the high morale suddenly stalled.

No one would have thought that the mid lane would be the first to be torn open!

The EDG player bench was even more shocked.

"Mom, solo killed Fei???"

"Damn, awesome! Only a few minutes in!"

"Too strong, Master Ye!!"

"Awesome!"

Ye Bo himself also took a deep breath to calm his excited mood and quickly threw himself into it again: "Let's win this game properly first, we'll go start the Dragon directly!"

The originally exquisite layout was almost rendered void because of the solo kill in the mid lane.

LeBlanc's health was very low, only about 30%.

But it can't be helped... you're missing a person!

LeBlanc missing an ultimate had a much smaller impact on combat power than Akali, not to mention she still had Flash in hand, with huge room for operation and no fear.

If the Blind Monk dared to come and contest, one set of skills would make him go and not return!

T1 couldn't have any more thoughts about this Dragon.

Li Li Xianghe looked at the gray screen, switching screens aimlessly.

If it were just a normal solo kill, he wouldn't have too many thoughts.

Although being solo killed in a tournament is indeed a bit embarrassing, after all, he has been fighting for so many years and doesn't know how many mid laners from various regions have solo killed him, so it's impossible for it to affect anything.

But this solo kill was clearly different.

Experts look at the doorway; it is precisely because Li Li Xianghe understands LeBlanc well enough that when he recalled and reviewed LeBlanc's entire operation in his mind, he could understand the key points better than others.

It was too difficult.

This was clearly an operation conceived on the spur of the moment based on the scene conditions after being hit by the first move.

To think of the idea in an instant, and then simultaneously distract himself to manipulate the distance and positioning of the main body and the clone, and then perform four double-turns and shadow swaps of W...

This is not just a problem of game operation; it requires being so proficient in controlling LeBlanc's clone that it's like an arm, and being so proficient in this hero that it's almost at the level of subconscious instinct to be able to do it.

Li Li Xianghe was thinking, if he were asked to replicate it right now, could he succeed once with 0 mistakes?

The answer is unknown.

But unknown means he didn't have the confidence to do it once.

Yet, this person on the opposite side did it...

Li Li Xianghe, with his head full of messy thoughts, didn't even pay much attention to the other four screens for a while.

Returning to the lane after reviving, he shook his head, shaking off those strange thoughts.

After all, the game was far from over.

But what Li Li Xianghe didn't expect was that the chain of traps waiting for him had just begun.

He would calculate LeBlanc's R to gain insight into the timing.

Wouldn't Ye Bo calculate the timing of Akali having no Flash and no R?

"Viego is here! Level six!"

"Barrier's farming is really good, he's been farming happily the whole way! EDG seems to be making a move on the mid lane again!"

"But is this easy to catch, it's Akali..."

In everyone's impression, Akali seems to be a very difficult existence to catch.

After all, she has the invisibility of W, and the two-stage displacement of E and the ultimate.

But with LeBlanc there, these three no longer exist this turn.

Li Li Xianghe was steady enough, not having a dangerous position that was too far forward, and always kept minions around for protection.

But Akali was a melee hero after all, and using Q to farm minions meant she had to walk within 550 yards.

This meant it was impossible to have no position at all.

"Jie! Come out!"

The vast scorched earth bloomed in an instant, LeBlanc W stepped forward————suddenly a golden light flashed at her feet and she was close to Akali!

Akali stood parallel to the ranged minions, actually to guard against LeBlanc stepping on her face to use E.

But even if wrapped by minions.

Due to the existence of {Collision Volume}, it was impossible to have no gaps.

The only problem was that Akali's butt was exposed outside the minions, so she couldn't use a "forward" E-Flash.

So it was a "W back-turned reverse E"!

The speed was ridiculously fast!

And because of the position where W stepped, there was still a Flash distance from Akali, so there was no vigilance or preparation at all!

Akali's first reaction was to E back and use the Shroud to go invisible, but the Ethereal Chains had already tightly bound and wrapped Akali, and there was a pair of golden illusory eyes on top of her head.

{True Sight}!

And LeBlanc's E True Sight has this effect during both the E1 and E2 stages.

That is to say, if she hit the full E and RE, it could last for a full 6 seconds of invisibility-breaking time!

Akali's level one Shroud could only exist for 5 seconds.

E + RE two chains bound Akali for three seconds, Viego's Heartbreaker followed with another 1.5 seconds, and the two of them crazily outputted damage to Akali who was exposed inside the smoke!

Remember the skill damage ranking of LeBlanc.

Hitting both stages of E is LeBlanc's highest damage skill.

Combined with the level six Viego's Heartbreaker execution, Akali had no room for operation.

"Ye! It's him again!!"

"In less than a minute, Faker has actually sent out his second death!"

"Then this feels like Faker is a bit blown up!"

"Regardless of whether he can lane or not... this Rift Herald should already be in EDG's pocket!"

Although Akali could still catch up to the Herald fight time after reviving, and her ultimate could also be back up.

But how should this fight be played?

The Caitlyn system in the bot lane seemed to have no much tilt, but in fact, it had already achieved real significance————2 layers of plating were eaten before 8 minutes.

There are three reasons.

Thresh's roaming turn didn't succeed; the continuous loss of lane priority in the mid lane; and the firepower that the jungler was always attracted to!

It seemed there was no focus.

But in fact, what the mid lane did was always affecting the bot lane!

From one lane, stirring the whole situation!

T1 made tactical adjustments, wanting the Blind Monk to try to grab the Herald, and Akali to catch the bot lane swap strategy.

But the TP left by the Crocodile earlier became a foreshadowing.

Akali snuck into the jungle to go around the back, and the Crocodile directly landed with a TP to protect, persuading them to retreat on the spot.

There was no room for combat in the 2v2 in the top half, and LeBlanc was aggressively marking and defending, so the Blind Monk couldn't find an opportunity to dash at all, and even had the risk of being caught.

Rift Herald was taken without pressure.

The Caitlyn system thus officially started its rhythm.

The so-called "Caitlyn system"————the formula can actually be summarized in five time nodes.

{Before 8 minutes}, grind down 1-2 layers of plating in the lane, so that the bot lane has lane priority before the Herald fight.

{At 8 minutes}, make the opponent's bot lane fall into a dilemma of "if you go to contest the first Herald, you will lose the first tower directly"; "if you give up supporting the Herald fight, you will give away the Herald for nothing."

The above two points, EDG had already fully achieved.

{Before 14 minutes} get the first tower.

{Before 20 minutes} push down all outer towers, use the minion wave and vision advantage brought by the defensive towers, and take neutral resources to expand the advantage.

{After 20 minutes} roll the advantage and push directly, or wait for Caitlyn's full-level W to play resource fights in positional warfare.

This is EDG's next goal.

And the progress of these goals was unusually smooth!

Because the mid lane fight was so intense, even if health trading was the most frequent, the director's camera was either in the mid lane or wandering in the jungle near the mid lane.

No one noticed that in the bot lane laning, Caitlyn had already pressed the CS without knowing it!

Logically speaking, the laning strength gap between T1's bot lane and EDG's bot lane is not big; even if Viper's Caitlyn has a hero advantage, Gumayusi's Varus is also his specialty.

The problem————lies with Thresh!

It's not a problem with Keria's Thresh level; on the contrary, this is one of his most famous hard supports.

But Thresh playing against Lux is basically serving time!

Flay cannot E Lux out of thin air, so without considering Flash, it can only rely on the hook to hit these two long-handed monsters on the opposite side.

The key is that Lux's Q can be used for "lottery" at will; if it hits, it's a set of two-hit trap control packages, directly dealing half of their health.

Even if it misses, the opponent can't do anything to you.

But, Thresh misses Q?

You dare to use Q; once you miss and lose this only threat, the two people on the opposite side will dare to reach into your nostrils and auto-attack you!

So the laning in the bot lane is equivalent to Caitlyn and Lux consuming together.

And the opponent only has one person.

Thresh can't give any help in consuming and trading health, and it can even be said that he is basically playing 1v2!

And in front of these two lane-priority monsters, the "roaming" ability that hard supports like Thresh rely on most for survival has also been almost banned.

How to roam without lane priority?

Let the ADC hang under the tower and browse Taobao alone!

At 9 minutes, EDG mid-jungle took the Herald to directly help the bot lane break the first tower, and then transferred to the mid lane.

At 11 minutes, the Dragon spawned; EDG took it before letting Caitlyn swap to the top lane.

Jayce didn't come to trap the TP difference.

And not to mention TPing over, EDG stopped directly; T1 didn't dare to start this Dragon.

LeBlanc, who already had mythic equipment, had a threat of pre-war consumption that was incomparably highlighted!

This Dragon didn't relieve T1's rhythm much; taking the risk of the top lane being eaten plating and raising a fat Crocodile was not worth it at all.

And the result was letting Caitlyn start attacking the defensive tower unscrupulously.

At 13 minutes, all three of T1's first towers exploded!

At 19 minutes, all three of T1's outer towers were taken!

Caitlyn's tower-pushing ability is unique.

The longest initial attack range in the league allows her to stand in the safest position to auto-attack the tower, the passive {Headshot} can also take effect on the tower, and she has the W "trap array" that can directly set up a defensive line that cannot be approached in front of the opponent's defensive tower...

"Without a prominent advantage point, it's hard for T1 to choose who to focus their offensive on!" The Roaring Emperor's voice was extremely urgent: "And the threat of this LeBlanc in the side lane is too great! No one can split-push with her alone, even Akali can only turtle under the tower!"

"T1's most proficient operation... how does it feel like they are being led by the nose by the opponent in this game!? This is not what T1 should look like!"

Kim Dong-jun noticed other aspects: "The main thing is, do you feel that T1's players' condition doesn't seem very good in this game?"

"Zeus has made consecutive anti-gank mistakes and was caught, Keria's rhythm-seeking mistakes harmed the AD's farming, Gumayusi is also greedy for minions and gives opportunities, and Oner has been farming in the jungle for the whole game..."

The LCK commentary booth was puzzled and didn't understand what was wrong with T1 in this game.

The story starts with the "Akali Prison" in the side lane.

The two deaths in the mid lane led to Akali being completely silenced, and the start of the Caitlyn system led to the defensive lines falling one after another, and the economic gap was rapidly widened.

More importantly, except for Akali, no one could split-push with LeBlanc.

The bot lane duo was basically a joke in front of such a fat LeBlanc, not to mention they had to stick to Caitlyn's defensive line and delay the timing of the defensive tower falling as much as possible.

Although Jayce's farming was okay, he had no hard control, and laning against a big-lead LeBlanc was just being purely toyed with!

Only Akali could barely manage to circle around with the Shroud.

As long as she maintained a certain distance from LeBlanc and focused on guarding against the opponent's chain so as not to be stolen, LeBlanc could only suppress, and it was not easy to get a kill.

Li Li Xianghe, whose side lane pressure was maxed out, couldn't have the slightest distraction; fortunately, he could barely withstand the pressure, and didn't let the collapse of one lane tear the game apart quickly.

The only problem was.

He hadn't pressed the F2-F5 keys on his keyboard for nearly ten minutes...

Immediately after, an even more severe problem appeared.

At 21 minutes, the Dragon rhythm in the bottom half was extremely smooth, and the Hextech Dragon Soul fight was born on time.

What to use to take it?

The lineup had no advantage, and they had to take the Dragon Soul fight with an economic deficit of 7k+, which was no different from some teams that would start the Baron to quickly determine the game result if they disagreed.

And they had to be careful about losing the Baron at the same time, and couldn't cover the jungler to try to snatch it...

But when the sound of the Dragon Soul resounded in the Summoner's Rift.

The result seemed to have been destined.

"Hextech Dragon Soul obtained! This is absolutely a nightmare boost for EDG's long-handed lineup!"

EDG didn't start the Baron, and didn't even give the opponent a chance to try to snatch the Baron, turning directly to attack the high ground.

Caitlyn's trap array directly blocked the front entrance.

LeBlanc consumed on the side to give pressure.

The Blind Monk wanted to find an opportunity to kick, but Thresh didn't dare to leave the AD for a moment.

But just at this moment, LeBlanc suddenly stepped on the high ground—————the target seemed to be pointing directly at the AD!

Thresh almost subconsciously aimed and charged his hook, wanting to force LeBlanc to turn back!

But, LeBlanc moved.

{RWQ close-range Flash W}!

Terrifying farming, Flash close-range W and then instantly R step back, one-second burst damage.

The Dragon Soul lightning spread, and the splashed AOE was already somewhat terrifying; Varus in the crowd was almost shattered at full health!

Fortunately, there were still two bars of health left...

Unfortunately, with the threat of Thresh's hook, LeBlanc couldn't cast more skills and had to turn back instantly.

Just as Varus was rejoicing that he had saved his life.

Red delayed lightning fell from the sky, shattering the egg with one blow!

{Hidden auto-attack + delayed Electrocute}!

"AD was killed!!!"

The power of the Hextech Dragon Soul was fully displayed; all T1 members were paralyzed by the three long-handed flashlights, and the high deceleration made them only able to retreat and give up the high ground.

And the breaking of the high ground meant completely losing the ability to defend.

EDG turned to take the Baron again, recalled to reorganize,

Not slow or fast, just relying on their own three long-handed mid-bot, lottery-style dual-lane rotation attack.

Until breaking the three high grounds, the final juice collection in front of the teeth.

Finally, at 24 minutes and 57 seconds, T1's base was blown into a pile of fireworks!

(End of Chapter)