Chapter 163: Invisible Explosion! Triple-Chain Ejection, Face-to-Face Frost Missile

"Hm?"

"Barrier, he seems to want to..."

Peanut, having been sanctioned in the jungle for two games, seems to want to pull off something big this game.

Maokai quietly arrives in the top half of the jungle, wanting to learn from the Level 1 setup EDG used against Canyon in that series.

However, the problem is.

Maokai was never a hero GEN primarily studied; when Peanut and the GEN coaching staff reviewed this design, their focus was entirely on replicating the positioning for Maokai's skill casts.

They didn't realize one problem.

Why, when EDG clearly picked Maokai for three games, did they only use this technique in the second game, rather than the actually more critical first game of the Bo5?

That was no coincidence.

The reason is that in that second game, EDG was on the Red Side!

As everyone knows.

League of Legends is not a 2D plane game, but a 【2.5D】 game.

Although Summoner's Rift looks symmetrical, it is actually not a mirror-image map; there are differences in many tiny places.

Among them, the point with arguably the greatest impact is—the viewing angle.

For the exact same spot, standing from the Red Side perspective versus the Blue Side perspective, the skill cast and the vision obtained have subtle differences.

Take this Maokai "mountain-flipping sapling" spot, for example.

Like when EDG threw saplings upward from the Dragon Pit back then, the enemy mid laner standing parallel to the brush outside the wall couldn't see the sapling's flight trajectory over the mountain.

But, if this spot comes to the top of the map.

If throwing upward from the Baron Pit...

Same position, same spot.

Here, the mid laner standing in the same defensive position—would, due to the map vision's "angle difference," cause the sapling's flight trajectory to be exposed for an instant!

If the GEN coaching staff wanted to discover this detail, they would have to open two accounts, then constantly try to replicate the vision differences of {every step of the positioning} in a custom game—and only then, based on the enemy positioning obtained from their own mid laner's Level 1 stance, know whether that spot could actually see the sapling.

Ye Bo originally discovered the subtle positioning difference of this design while in the "holographic" perspective of the Trial Grounds, and even then, it was by using this method.

But clearly, the GEN coaching staff didn't have people that "idle."

And the true purpose of this setup wasn't to counter-jungle, but an unexpected wrap-around gank on mid!

That is why GEN wanted to replicate this move to target the mid lane.

Peanut's play here was actually quite detailed; upon arriving at the Dragon Pit position, he first threw a sapling directly into the brush outside the wall to confirm the opponent hadn't warded that brush.

Confirming the vision information was safe, he then replicated the mountain-flipping sapling, and then, when the jungle monsters spawned, used Flash over the wall for a second confirmation sapling.

Both in the brush and inside the pit, it was confirmed there was no Sejuani vision.

Only then did Peanut dispel the worst-case thought of "wasting Flash"—and headed to steal the Red Buff!

The beauty of this design is that the second sapling throw into the brush after going over the wall not only doesn't waste damage, but even if the opponent really discovered the first sapling and was deliberately waiting for you, that second brush sapling could also cover your escape.

At most, it would just be wasting a Level 1 Flash.

After all, a full-health Level 1 Maokai, even if truly caught by someone, has no reason to die if teammates support quickly.

Peanut, while fighting the Red Buff, nervously observes the mini-map.

Although he had already used a Sweeper to sweep the circle of jungle and the buff camp beneath his feet, confirming the opponent hadn't placed a ward.

And they had also calculated that even if Sejuani started at F6, since this hero isn't fast at clearing F6 at Level 1, and the focus of F6 is clearing the small monsters without using Smite, Maokai would have time to kill the Red Buff before the opponent arrived after finishing F6.

But for some reason.

Peanut always had a feeling of panic.

Perhaps it was because he had been counter-jungled for two consecutive games, and now that the roles were suddenly reversed, he felt a bit shaky?

The Red Buff's health reaches 900.

Suddenly——————inside the wall of the upper Krug camp, a pig-riding person abruptly crashes out from the upper wall!

"Nande yo?!"

Peanut thought of countless possibilities.

But he never dreamed that Sejuani would appear in this position!

He had clearly made foolproof preparations!

The fact is, it could indeed be considered prepared for.

Because if Sejuani wanted to arrive in time, she would have to use Smite to clear F6.

But having used Smite, she would be unable to stop Maokai from tanking the damage to kill the Red Buff and hit Level 2, and Maokai could then use the jungle item stacks to recover a large chunk of health.

But, what if it was a "Level 1 Snipe" directly?

That is precisely the moment when the jungle thief is—at their most vulnerable!

"There's no need to ward at all! The grasp of health in blind vision is incredibly precise; Maokai is now caught in a dilemma!"

"EDG understands this tactic way, way too well; after all, this is something they created!"

Level 1 Smite only deals 450 damage.

But the current Red Buff still has over 800 health.

Maokai cannot quickly kill the Red Buff for the time being, but without Flash and without skills, it is impossible to create distance from Sejuani!

When Barrier's Sejuani crashed out, it was also quite detailed; he immediately twisted his position, not letting his {Aftershock} ripple onto the Red Buff.

He was even coordinating with the buff for a "mixed double-team"!

Peanut knew he had no choice but to forcibly ignore Sejuani, wanting to tank the damage to get the buff first.

But clearly.

Even if he could win the Smite battle, it would likely be a death sentence.

Because no matter what he leveled at Level 2, Maokai's state would definitely be impossible to recover, and since it was in the opponent's jungle, a Maokai in this state without Flash would have no chance to escape.

"Both mid and top have risen to support in the jungle... but they didn't win the battle!" Wawa's voice is so excited it cracks: "Peanut didn't win this Smite battle! He is clearly a bit panicked!"

"This jungle confrontation has lost its suspense; both mid and top have stopped their support steps, and they've also been poked down for a full rotation!"

"Peanut has given up First Blood!"

The advantage of long range can already be glimpsed in this wave.

During the support from both sides, Jayce took the opportunity to chase and poke Ornn, and Ziggs also threw two grenades at Ryze; by comparison, Ryze could only helplessly throw out a Load-bearing shockwave.

Ryze's range is truly too short; both his W and E skills are 615 yards——————Ziggs' shortest E skill is 900 yards!

It can be said that as long as Ziggs doesn't think about auto-attacking, the two of them seem to be separated by an invisible chasm!

Of course, there is definitely no pressure in the laning phase.

Chovy, no matter what, has top-tier fundamentals; in a 1v1 laning phase without interference, there is no reason for Ziggs to hit too many skills from long range.

Furthermore, before buying Lost Chapter in the early game, Ziggs definitely doesn't have enough mana to "only use skills" to last-hit, unless he is willing to miss many last-hits he shouldn't.

Ye Bo also discovers that the opponent seems to have fire in their heart this game.

Playing a Ryze that isn't strong in the early game either, yet constantly taking the initiative to press forward to exert deterrence—or rather, it's like they want to suppress his last-hitting?

If following the original plan of picking Ziggs, Ye Bo could actually accept losing a bit of early-game CS; after all, once he gets his items and isn't short on mana, Ryze won't be able to manage him.

However, due to the rhythm issues with Maokai, now that he has respawned, he is still Level 1.

With Ye Bo's temperament, naturally, he doesn't want to take this abuse.

"Geez, both mid laners are playing so aggressively this game; clearly, this is the laning phase where health trades should least occur..."

Guan Zeyuan realizes: "Could it be that Chovy has finally woken up this game? Is he finally going to shoulder the responsibility of carrying the team!"

Miller notices the jungler's path: "But Barrier is clearly very confident in his mid laner, and also knows that Ziggs doesn't have much ability to coordinate with the jungler in the early game, so he has no intention of coming to the mid lane at all, directly changing his path to go to the bot lane for a variation gank!"

Wawa suddenly points at the screen: "But it seems Peanut is going to the mid lane!"

The health trades in the mid lane are so fierce, and Ziggs' positioning is surprisingly "arrogant," stepping up to trade with Ryze whenever his passive is up.

In GEN's eyes, they are certain that Sejuani must be coming.

Although Peanut wants to come, Sejuani might have already hit Level 4 by now.

If the opponent doesn't initiate, GEN definitely won't dare to initiate either; they might have to camp for quite a long time.

But the role of Maokai this game was determined from the start; at worst, he'll just be treated as a pure suicide functional hero like that Kayn game—camping is camping!

"Don't rush; the opponent is definitely going to make a move this wave. If Sejuani wants to open on me, I can only Flash; wasting Flash is very profitable," Chovy judges with extreme confidence looking at Ziggs' positioning: "He should be here..."

"Hm," Peanut just gave a firm response when he noticed a change on the mini-map: "Hey, bot lane! Behind!"

"!?"

"???"

Ruler and Chovy simultaneously reveal full heads of question marks.

Although Renata isn't strong in soft-support laning, she is at least a long-range hero; she can still manage to steal the wave from a clumsy hard-support in the first few levels.

Xayah hid a feather behind her in this wave, and at the moment of hitting Level 3, she used EQ simultaneously; the "Delayed Pull" Featherstorm directly locked the Level 2 Amumu in place, and Renata immediately followed up with Q for control!

There were no surprises in this wave; they could land a wave of massive health advantage, directly creating a laning advantage in the bot lane!

But clearly.

This positioning error was something the EDG bot lane intentionally or unintentionally exposed to you.

The bot lane duo pushing the wave suddenly had their butts rammed into the sky by a pig; Amumu landed a Bandage Toss at close range, and although Xayah used Cleanse to instantly remove it... Amumu still had one Q!

"Oh, this is painful!" the Roaring Emperor shouts with heartbreak.

"Ruler has had both summoner spells blown; this wave should have been a massive advantage for the bot lane laning phase!"

It wasn't just the bot lane that paid the price due to incorrect information.

Chovy in the mid lane completely couldn't understand.

Are you kidding me, brother? Since your jungler isn't here, isn't playing like this just asking for death!?

Giving information to teammates with your life?

"Peanut has circled around; a scan confirmed there is no vision here..." the Roaring Emperor, who was just screaming, suddenly quieted down, fearing to disturb the field.

"Hexflash charging! Ziggs doesn't seem to have noticed!"

Seeing that his bot lane teammates had already started fighting, Ye Bo had also started to retreat, repositioning himself further back.

But the GEN mid-jungle coordination reaction was very fast, moving almost simultaneously.

Maokai Hexflashed over the wall.

He didn't expose his vision at the first moment.

And the moment Maokai revealed his vision, Ryze instantly flashed, extremely fast, EW to open the Tome, locking Ziggs in place for 1.5 seconds!

Ziggs was immediately trapped in a helpless situation on the spot.

But Ye Bo... seemed to be waiting for something.

Maokai had reached distance and used Twisted Advance!

However, just as the root state had two-thirds of its duration bar left, Ziggs suddenly threw a 【Satchel Charge】 at his own feet—then, forcibly tanking the {Root} effect, used the "recoil" to knock himself backward toward the defensive tower!

That's right.

Ziggs' W Satchel Charge can also forcibly tank {Root} to use "forced displacement"!

And W is also Ziggs' only "instant" skill; especially when thrown at his feet, it can be said to have absolutely no front or back swing.

The reason Ye Bo didn't act immediately at the first moment.

That is because although {Root} effects can force displacement—they cannot use Flash.

And under normal circumstances: "Whether it's the {Knockup} from hitting a Blast Cone yourself, or all {Knockup} effects created by enemies and allies, none can use Flash while in the air."

Only Ziggs' W is an exception!

Ziggs can use Flash in the air during a knockup triggered by himself!

If he hadn't waited half a second with detail in this wave and had used W to jump away immediately, he would have been caught by Maokai's tracking W root upon landing, and then knocked back with a Q, which might have been truly dangerous.

But the short delay of 0.5 seconds was enough for Ziggs to end the root effect in the latter half of his flight in the air... while Maokai's W, due to the change in path, was still continuing to chase!

Before Maokai's root could touch and take effect, Ziggs forcibly used Flash in the air.

Flying into his own defensive tower!

"Forcibly cast displacement in the air! Maokai has been brought under the tower!!"

Backhanding a pack of 【Hexplosive Minefield】 behind Maokai, the Maokai who wanted to walk out could only forcibly tank the slow, stepping on one and continuing to be slowed by another!

Ziggs indeed didn't have much damage in the early game.

However, the defensive tower did!

Maokai, deeply brought under the tower, was continuously slowed all the way; originally, just the path alone would have caused him to take at least two tower shots, but it resulted in him taking a full three!

Just the defensive tower alone was almost enough to solo kill the Level 3 Maokai, not to mention Ziggs' backhand QA.

This wave was almost equivalent to letting the opponent eat all the skills!

"Peanut has fallen again," the Roaring Emperor's voice trembles slightly, suddenly realizing another terrifying thing.

"And he had his own Blue Buff on him!!!"

Even An-zhangmen found it somewhat unbearable to watch.

Not even four minutes in, Level 3, 12 CS, died twice.

Even more miserable than the first two games combined!

【Peanut, it's you again—wait, why is this scene so familiar?】

【"Langx, I..."】 【"I'm Chovy, you idiot! Can't you tell the difference between a wolf and a blue cat!!"】

【Level 3 giving Volibear Red Buff, Level 3 giving Ziggs Blue Buff—truly the same wonderful effect!】

【Peanut looks like a cloud player, still wanting to use 'Stolen Goods' on Sylas himself; anyone who has played knows that stealing Sylas' ult only steals loneliness!】

【Stolen Goods? Counter-Stolen Goods!】

Most of the bullet comments are complaining about Peanut's death.

An-zhangmen on the commentary desk notices something even more ominous.

"If this is the case, it seems the mid-jungle really can't gank Ziggs..."

Not to mention Ryze and Maokai, these two short-legged buddies, who were already unlikely to touch the long-range Ziggs.

The W of both Ryze and Maokai just happens to be {Root}!

Even if they forcibly Flash in like this wave, no matter who Flashes W, Ziggs can forcibly displace and jump away upon landing!

This is also why there are quite a few heroes that can still be picked to play poke on the field.

Besides Zoe, even the Project: Varus proficiency Ye Bo just obtained, he himself could play mid Varus and let the bot lane pick Ezreal.

But after he saw the opponent pick the "Maokai" + "Ryze" stable double-root pair first.

Ye Bo decisively picked Ziggs on the fifth pick, which can be called the best choice in terms of both the safety of output space and the guarantee of this forced displacement!

Now for GEN, there is one more truly ominous thing.

The numerical monster Volibear, who was already invincible in laning back then, getting First Blood + Red Buff at the start, could directly make Renekton act like a grandson from start to finish.

And now, a Blue Buff for a Level 4 Ziggs.

What does it mean?

It means the blue-skinned bald guy is already prepared to wear the Mask of Pain!

Ziggs' relatively weakest time is the early game, when mana isn't enough, wave-clearing efficiency isn't that fast, and he still has to choose between laning and last-hitting.

But this Blue Buff means that within 2 minutes, the mid lane will lose all laning rights!

Ziggs can easily pass the awkward phase, while Ryze will have to face a barrage of infinite mana!

Forced by necessity.

Ryze can only abandon some CS he can't auto-attack, causing the CS gap between the two, which was originally deadlocked, to begin to gradually appear.

"EDG opens Dragon on time at five minutes!" Miller shouts loudly.

"The advantage in the early laning phase is not small, especially the mid-jungle gap; GEN shouldn't be prepared to take the fight for now!"

It's indeed hard to dive the top and bot lanes, and Chovy in the mid lane doesn't give many opportunities in laning, so EDG simply keeps looting the jungle, making Maokai miserable.

However, this GEN composition is meant to drag it out, and there is no reason to look for a fight in this situation.

This game can also be called the game with the lowest level of bloodshed for EDG.

Until nearly 7 minutes, there are still only 2 kills.

"Peanut has no rhythm this game; although the composition makes it hard for EDG to gank, in reality, they are also having a hard time themselves, but Sejuani found him in the river at Level 6 this wave!"

"But both mid laners should be able to move together this wave! The wave is fine, but Ryze can drive, he should be able to arrive first!"

"Oh, why did Chovy turn back?!"

"Go! You have to go!"

The Roaring Emperor widens his eyes on the commentary desk, constantly calling out that name.

But Ryze, seeing Ziggs leave the wave directly, his first reaction was indeed to follow.

But halfway there, it was as if his soul had been hooked by something unclean; his steps suddenly locked in place, struggling, and then he actually turned around and returned to the mid lane!

Of course, in his view, he had a reasonable reason.

After all, Ryze's mana isn't particularly high this wave; even if he ulted over to support, he would probably just land one rotation and not be able to kill anyone.

Chovy decisively chose to bombard the minions with this rotation!

Peanut, although an orphan in the jungle, had an extremely explosive desire to survive this wave, as if triggering a life-and-death limit reaction, successfully flashing in a near "face-to-face" way to dodge the ultimate Sejuani threw!

Flashing downward, crazily approaching his mid lane teammate.

"Jihoon! Jihoon! Save me!"

"Coming, coming."

Ryze's shockwave did come—aimed at the minions.

Comfortably draining his mana to almost empty, happily chasing back a wave of minions, Ryze then turned around to head to the back to support.

But Ziggs, who had moved early, had already walked into the river, throwing out a 【Scientific Inferno Bomb】 aimed at Maokai's path!

Peanut immediately turned his steps, wanting to walk around the edge of the bomb.

But just at this moment.

A 1000-yard range Satchel Charge was positioned at Maokai's feet, knocking him back in the opposite direction—knocking him back into the center area of the Inferno Bomb!

This scene is simply like Gragas' geometric barrel, using the "Geometric Bomb" of Satchel Charge!

The high burst damage almost instantly set Maokai on fire!

Sejuani followed up with a ram from behind.

But actually, until this point, as long as Ryze could help hold Sejuani, the opponent had no more means to hold people.

However... Ryze just happened to have enough mana for one more skill!

Barely managing to use a W to help slow, but Sejuani's whip had already lashed out a slow, and Ziggs in the back followed up with a minefield to continuously slow.

Finally, they slowly beat Maokai to death.

"Why!?" the Roaring Emperor couldn't understand: "Chovy could have totally come this wave! The wave was fine, no extra handling needed!"

"Maokai's face-to-face Flash to dodge the ult was very brilliant; even if he just walked over to open a portal for Maokai, they could have left together!"

An-zhangmen doesn't like to dwell on things that have already happened, noticing a glimmer of opportunity: "But it's six and a half minutes now, EDG's mid-jungle might not have their ultimates for the Rift Herald fight!"

"GEN has a chance to try this Rift Herald fight!"

GEN naturally wouldn't fail to discover this opportunity.

However, there is a small problem.

The reason Barrier's Sejuani used his ult was because if he could kill Maokai one more time, he could continue to counter-jungle Maokai's newly spawned half of the jungle, causing Maokai, whose development had collapsed, to not hit Level 6 by eight minutes.

Although the ult was dodged, and the mid laner had to use an extra ultimate.

But the result was still a kill.

So although EDG's mid-jungle didn't have ults, the opponent's jungler didn't have an ult either; the gap didn't seem that obvious...

No one spoke in GEN's team voice.

Especially the two big brothers, Ruler and Peanut, didn't open their mouths—so it was as if they had defaulted to giving up the contest.

"Aren't they going to fight for it!? The economic gap between the two sides isn't actually that big!" An-zhangmen couldn't understand, his tone clearly displeased and his brows tightly furrowed.

"What is their command doing?"

"This is a life-or-death game! Life-or-death game!!!"

Can't blame An-zhangmen for being angry.

The so-called "Xuanwu Formation" passed down from Samsung's ancestors is definitely not about giving everything to the opponent, but must use avoiding fights to get valuable trades to maintain the economy, just like the first two games.

And, once the opponent gives any slack or opportunity, they must immediately and without hesitation stick their heads out and take a fierce bite of meat!

That is what Xuanwu is.

Like this wave, clearly having an opportunity but still choosing to avoid the fight is really no different from a turtle!

And when GEN gave up this Rift Herald, they clearly didn't realize one thing.

For other heroes, the mid tower is currently near full health, and a Rift Herald is nothing more than coming to hit two layers, which is harmless.

But, this is Ziggs.

"No! This mid lane seems like the opponent can't defend it!"

"Woooooooo~~~"

The Herald hits for two bars of health, and Ziggs' W can blast 25% of the defensive tower's health, which just happens to be equal to two layers.

Which is to say, as long as the mid tower is hit for one bar of health—you can forcibly demolish a full-health first tower!

The Rift Herald is summoned directly in front of the tower.

The moment Ziggs' passive auto-attack is launched, QWE are thrown out simultaneously to reset the passive, then a second passive auto-attack is launched.

The Herald hits, the second passive auto-attack is launched, and he confidently synchronizes the detonation of the Satchel Charge.

"One-Second Demolition"!

Just in the blink of a second, the defensive tower that was near full health a moment ago instantly turns into ruins!

The rare visual experience causes a burst of jeering and screaming from the scene.

"Although the score gap isn't big, and the previous economic gap wasn't big... but the speed at which EDG pushed the mid lane this game is even the fastest of the three games!"

"Is this the power of Ziggs!?"

Ziggs' power has only just begun.

Besides the three main purposes mentioned earlier, this hero actually has a "hidden" function.

The function of "AP Caitlyn"!

When it comes to tower demolition, if Ziggs says he is second, no one in Summoner's Rift dares to say they are first!

Of course, in a normal situation, Ziggs cannot have Caitlyn's laning ability, so naturally, he cannot truly play Caitlyn's role; there is still an essential difference between the two.

But coming to this point in the game, the situation has already become somewhat uncontrollable.

"Ziggs has arrived in the bot lane! GEN has also gathered three people to defend; they must not let the opponent's pushing rhythm progress so rapidly!"

"Ruler is crazily positioning... but it seems he still can't stand firm!"

Maokai has also arrived in the bot lane to help defend.

But EDG also knows the opponent is hard to dive.

Xayah has Featherstorm, Renata has Chemtech Purge and timely rescue; if they can't instantly kill both people together, they might be counter-killed.

So, they aren't in a hurry to dive.

Varus' Blighted Quiver and Hail of Arrows.

Ziggs' Bouncing Bomb and Hexplosive Minefield.

The two of them are bombarding from a thousand yards in front of the tower, taking turns!

You, Ruler, can position.

Can you, Lehends, and Peanut also position?

Can you dodge one, dodge the second, and still dodge the third?

"Ya-i-shibal!" Ruler, who finally ate a Bouncing Bomb, couldn't help but hiss.

"Can we engage!?"

Ziggs ate a first tower, plus two kills on his body; his equipment development is not just a little bit good!

Spinning and positioning for a long time, one bomb takes away a quarter of Xayah's health; whoever comes will have high blood pressure.

But the problem is, they really can't engage on anyone.

Ruler curses angrily, and Maokai and Renata kill forward together wanting to force an engage, with Renata even directly using R-Flash.

But the Chemtech Purge and Nature's Grasp have movement trajectories that are very "slow" as they spread forward.

As a counter-move to face-rushing, it is very powerful; if the opponent rushes to your face, naturally you can't dodge.

But if you want to use it as an initiation... that's a joke!

However, it's not that there is no "good news."

GEN has one person playing very happily right now—Sejuani, who is almost ignoring the lane defense in the mid lane, and Ryze, who is crazily farming.

At exactly 10 minutes, the bot lane first tower falls.

Turning around to take the second small dragon.

As the Rift trembles, another reality that makes all of GEN and their off-field supporters feel cold is triggered.

"Hextech Dragon Soul!!!" the Roaring Emperor's eyes widen like copper bells.

"Isn't EDG's luck too good?! The fighting composition of the last game rolled Fire Dragon! This poke composition rolled Hextech Electric Dragon!"

An-zhangmen's voice is extremely solemn: "Besides the improvement in poke efficiency, the most important thing is the Hextech Rift portal, which will make EDG's lane transition rhythm faster; this is indeed a huge bonus for the attacking side... their luck is indeed very good."

【Luck is good, are you not having taken math class? How long has it been since the Hextech map rolled since that T1 game in the group stage? Even by probability, it should have been their turn—this story tells us, ignorance really doesn't work!】

【Nothing to say, luck is indeed good; you tell me why only EDG can take this dragon? Prince Team! Really unfair!】

【Bounce~ Bounce~ Bomb! I'm super, this Klee is too fierce!】

【Is this our LCK's first seed? No power to fight back at all~】

【GEN haters just want them to lose, right? Can we just be united against the outside in foreign wars? Anyone who doesn't support GEN at this point will be classified as iron tadpoles!】

The LCK live broadcast room is already noisy.

Taking the Hextech portal, the EDG troops quickly arrive at the battlefield to attack.

In front of the top lane first tower, Ziggs and Jayce fire one cannon and one bomb, almost roasting the goat.

In less than 12 minutes, all three first towers of GEN have been pulled out clean!

14 minutes, the second Herald spawns.

Because the layers of the three lanes fell too rapidly, the composition, which wasn't meant to be powerful at this time, couldn't fight due to the economic gap, and they chose to give it up again.

However, GEN took this opportunity.

Three people pushed the tower in the mid lane, while the mid-jungle turned to the bot lane to attack, wanting to swap for some resources.

The reason the mid-jungle went to the bot is because the jungler doesn't need to eat resources, not affecting Ryze's development...

But EDG just chose to let Ziggs come to the mid lane alone to defend the tower, which was already like one man guarding the pass, making it hard for the three GEN members to cross the thunder pool!

And just at the moment the Herald was finished.

Jayce and Varus' two TPs suddenly lit up, heading to the bot lane to defend the wave.

"Push hard, you push hard! There are strategic points!"

"We can't push the mid lane!"

Ruler, as the only one whose mentality was still holding up and whose mind could remain clear, took over the team's command.

GEN members naturally had no problem executing orders; Maokai and Ryze forcibly pushed the tower, ignoring the crazy output of the two who landed with TP!

"I'm selling, I'm selling!"

The moment the defensive tower was demolished.

Peanut stepped forward, W-rooted with Nature's Grasp to hold people, then Flashed backward and split up with Ryze to escape.

After all, EDG only had two people present, and Ryze, who had an ultimate and was positioned further away, was clearly harder to kill, so they chased Maokai all the way into the jungle, and Varus killed him with a long-range arrow.

But looking back at this time... that Ryze, actually didn't leave!

Just when Maokai was helping to attract the firepower, Ryze, who was originally preparing to leave, actually ran back again!

Because—a wave of minions had arrived.

Perhaps he felt that these two people went to kill his teammate, and he had 【Realm Warp】 in his hand... he shouldn't die?

"What does this mean, gone crazy?" Barrier, who was watching the battle from above, asked inexplicably.

"Doesn't matter, kill!" Flandre directly called Viper to turn back again, jumping down from the Blast Cone on the shore.

Ryze still didn't notice at all, until the two walked out of the brush and killed him aggressively, only then did he hurriedly cast Realm Warp to escape.

However, Jayce directly Q-minion displacement + Flash and neatly hammered him!

Directly interrupting the ultimate channeling!

Varus followed up with an arrow, finding that Ryze, who seemed to have nowhere to escape, turned back again, wanting to last-hit the last few minions he hadn't killed.

But because the equipment gap was already not small, and there was even an 【Inferno Bomb】 flying over from a super long distance in the mid lane... it just wouldn't let you last-hit!

Ryze failed to kill the minions.

However, at the same time, a mutation occurred in the mid lane!

"Engage them!!"

Ruler made a prompt decision; he knew the problem with his team's composition, and it would be extremely difficult to break through in a frontal fight later.

This 3v3 wave actually had some opportunities.

Ornn shouted "Call of the Forge God," aiming at the side jungle-support duo who had finished the Herald and wanted to circle back to the mid lane!

"Damn, they still dare to engage us! Do it!"

Barrier didn't give an inch, directly throwing out a Glacial Prison with a QR counter-engage, locking onto the AD.

Amumu also threw a Bandage Toss aimed at Ornn, flying down and using Curse of the Sad Mummy to root all three, and interrupting Ornn from hitting the second stage of the ult!

Ye Bo, who came back after throwing the bomb, didn't stop, immediately following up with skills.

But this wave showed the ability of this GEN composition to face a strong rush.

Renata released Chemtech Purge at face range!

Ruler crashed into the Glacial Prison head-on, but his figure didn't stop for even a moment.

Pressing Cleanse with millisecond precision, he activated W 【Deadly Grace】 to stage a Featherstorm!

In the smooth and silky auto-attack interval, he also took care of extreme edge positioning, twisting to dodge the Q Ziggs jumped to throw, and facing the E minefield that couldn't be dodged, he instantly responded by using R 【Featherstorm】 to leap up.

Not a single leaf touched his body throughout!

It was completely a template-level operation of a top-tier AD!

The Roaring Emperor raised his arms extremely forcefully: "Ruler!! One of the most powerful marksmen in the history of League of Legends!"

"He is going to stand up to save GEN from fire and water this wave!"

The LCK commentary desk, which hadn't had time to mourn the bot lane, had its just-fallen emotions instantly reversed and fluctuated.

"Run onto my mines!"

Xayah's W auto-attack increases high movement speed; Sejuani and Amumu are deep in the crowd and hard to escape quickly, so they can only use Ziggs' minefield to delay, waiting for Ziggs' skill cooldown.

Sejuani and Amumu, who woke up from the Chemtech Purge, fortunately had good equipment and hard bodies, immediately flashing in the opposite direction.

Just circling around the minefield that Xayah had "positioned in the sky" with her R, staging a "King of Qin circling the mines"!

But Ruler's killing intent was firm!

The fired Featherstorm feathers heard the call at this time, instantly returning to Xayah's blue robe—instantly flashing and forcibly turning to the side!

While bypassing the minefield with a Flash-E-Flash, he also pulled off a unique angle with his hook to control two people, dealing maximum damage!

"No, the support can't run, swap him!" Ye Bo decisively commanded: "Cover the jungler's escape!"

EDG's entire team's economy was very good, and no one had died yet, everyone was carrying bounties!

By comparison, the support's bounty was naturally the smallest.

Amumu decisively turned around and threw his stored 2Q, hitting Xayah who was almost face-to-face.

And Ziggs also finally took this opportunity to hit a Q skill, the damage was quite scary, and combined with the AOE damage Sejuani and Amumu had dealt earlier, Xayah's health was already below half!

This shows how extreme Ruler's operation was this wave; if he had eaten one more skill, he wouldn't have dared to chase anymore.

But to this point, it seemed there was no other way.

Ornn acted as a bodyguard, and Renata hung up Chemtech Purge in advance.

The short Amumu could only use his big head, crying while standing on tiptoe, forcefully ramming Xayah's butt!

Seeing this, Ye Bo suddenly noticed something...

"Amumu has been killed! Xayah gets the shutdown bounty!" the Roaring Emperor felt the emotions suppressed for three games instantly become refreshed: "Ruler! Since Samsung's Imperial Shield, he has always been the hope of the whole team!"

"As long as Xayah is still alive, as long as Ruler is still here, GEN's shield emblem will never go out!"

"Beautiful, Jae-hyuk!" An-zhangmen also nodded and praised his old brother's decisiveness and operation: "Plus the strategic points taken in the bot lane, if it weren't for the two deaths in the bot lane this wave, they could have at least chased back two thousand gold!"

"However, Amumu's final counter-attack dealt quite a bit of damage, Xayah's state is also a bit dangerous, he has to return, he probably can't push anymore..."

"Hey, be careful!!!"

GEN's three people naturally knew the severity; this wave was already considered a counter-profit in a disadvantageous situation, and Ziggs' damage was indeed quite terrifying.

Although Xayah's health looked like it shouldn't be killed by one Q, continuing to push was still very dangerous, so the three of them prepared to retreat after the kill.

But just at this moment.

Ziggs suddenly threw a Satchel Charge at his own feet, leaping high!

Satchel Charge doesn't have much damage in the early game, and is generally kept as a final self-defense or combo tool.

GEN's three people instantly felt like they were facing a great enemy; Ruler was crazily twitching and positioning on the spot, guarding against the opponent wanting to do a "Backward Jump Shot."

But fortunately, the distance between the two sides was far enough, and they didn't see Ziggs launch it...

However, the next moment.

A bomb that seemed to "drill" out of the shadow space—suddenly appeared out of thin air on Xayah's face!!!

No launch action, no trajectory, no sound effect or prompt.

It was as if the Q had truly become "invisible" in the literal sense.

"Invisible Explosive Bomb"!

Even more terrifying was that Xayah's health didn't look like it would die from one Q.

But a string of extra true damage white text popped up, just perfectly making up for this part of the damage—completing a precise explosion on the Featherstorm in the crowd!

{Passive Skill 【Cursed Touch】: Amumu's auto-attacks curse his enemies for 3 seconds, causing them to take an additional 10% true damage from "all sources" of magic damage}

Ye Bo was precisely seeing the circle of curse marks carried around Xayah that he calculated this damage.

"Shibal-roma!!!" Ruler, who had also experienced the roller coaster, was shocked and incredulous.

"What the hell is that?!"

"I didn't see that bomb launch at all!"

No one could answer his question.

But clearly, if he had truly seen that bomb launch, given the distance and his reaction, positioning to dodge wouldn't have been a difficult task.

Global commentators and viewers witnessed this scene after a moment of delay.

But even from the God's-eye view, they were equally shocked!

This was actually a small trick Ye Bo accidentally discovered while practicing Ziggs.

As one of Ziggs' most practical real-combat techniques, "Backward Jump Shot," Ye Bo had practiced it for a long time, wanting to improve his accuracy.

And just during the practice, he discovered: {If you launch Q the moment you throw W, and then detonate W simultaneously, WQW three keys launched instantly—will cause the Q launch animation to be canceled and interrupted by the W launch animation}

This would lead to the trajectory of the first half of the Q skill being invisible!

This requires extremely high operational coordination and hand speed, but compared to other heroes Ye Bo is good at, it clearly wasn't a difficult task.

"This wave... we turn to the bot!"

AD died, Ye Bo suddenly noticed the gap in the opponent's defensive line that was exposed.

He made a key correct command.

Ziggs and Sejuani went directly to the bot lane, cooperating with the two who had just brought the wave to the bot lane, dropping the Rift Herald and directly hitting the second tower!

The second tower was demolished.

The key core Xayah still had five seconds to respawn, and GEN members didn't dare to defend the tower at all.

By the time Xayah respawned, the Rift Herald had already hit the high ground!

Ziggs used a Satchel Charge, directly destroying the bot lane high ground tower!

"God... 16 minutes, 16 minutes, the bot tower is gone!"

"My God!"

The Roaring Emperor's mood fell heavily to the bottom again.

This time, An-zhangmen couldn't say anything either.

17 minutes, EDG took the third small dragon in one go, everything seemed to be moving in an expected direction!

Everyone in GEN was very silent, even Ruler, who had just felt he had found hope and opportunity, was a bit silent at this time.

But there was one person who was still urgently and constantly pressing the scoreboard...

19 and a half minutes, EDG began to set up to clear Baron vision.

Ziggs, holding TP, prepared to go to the bot lane to clear the wave Ryze had brought over.

But when walking near the Gromp, he suddenly discovered a blue-skinned bald guy, who was harassing the Gromp!

Clearly, someone's little hands weren't very clean, still wanting to steal jungle monsters to last-hit!

Ye Bo originally didn't want to care; after all, there was a wave about to enter the tower in the bot lane, and he was in a hurry to clear it.

He threw a bomb casually toward the Gromp...

But who knew, Chovy, like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow, saw this bomb and suddenly, for no reason, flashed backward as if he had gone crazy! Then directly used his ultimate portal!

It was as if he couldn't wait to flash all the way back to the fountain!

"Ah?" Ye Bo was stunned.

Not just him, the entire scene's various stands were instantly filled with uproar from this inexplicable operation.

"Chovy is... what is he doing?!" Guan Zeyuan opened his mouth wide, his questioning voice pounding his chest and abdomen.

"I don't understand! What is he trying to do this game!"

"Could it be that he thought there were many people behind the opponent? Afraid of Ziggs, flashing to hold him with Everfrost?" Miller guessed, but soon felt it wasn't right.

"But EDG has three people on the map, and besides Ziggs, everyone else has already used their TP in the last wave, right?"

Wawa was crying and laughing: "The fact is, there is no one from EDG in the bottom half of the map at all; Ziggs is just here to clear the wave~"

The reaction of the bullet comments was particularly intense.

【"Startled Bird's Hand"】

【Someone has gone crazy! I won't say who!】

【Disaster is always one, two, three, four, five, six... steps behind me!】

【This wave of Sun Yeyou's words made me laugh stupid; Chovy's psychology this wave is just petty theft, caught face-to-face by his nemesis, purely guilty conscience!】

【Don't hate-black, this wave Chovy actually gave up the wave on the right just to escape; you can imagine how afraid he was at that time, he was truly afraid!】

【I report! Chovy is hacking! His Ryze ultimate actually has silence! And it's group silence! It even silenced the commentary desk outside!】

The LCK commentary desk was indeed silenced as a group.

Along with them, the GEN teammates were also silenced.

And they were on the frontal battlefield, originally wanting to drag it out with the opponent, but by now they had already been consumed to the point of no return.

Even if Ziggs wasn't on the front.

But once the equipment gap opened up, Varus and Jayce already made the opponent completely unable to bear it—GEN members were all low health before they even saw the opponent's face!

More importantly, they couldn't easily return to the fountain right now!

Baron was about to spawn; if they returned to the fountain, the opponent would likely open Baron directly.

"We can chase! I TP'd over!"

Ye Bo naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity; feeling the excitement of a huge turning point, he wanted to press the advantage!

EDG members immediately chased forward.

And GEN's four people, facing the hail of bullets, also guessed that it must be Ziggs coming to join the fight, hurriedly retreating to give up their position.

GEN didn't take it seriously; after all, they hoped to find an opportunity to return to the fountain to resupply; as long as the opponent couldn't open Baron immediately, there was still a chance!

But they didn't know Ziggs' TP landing position.

Only to see Ziggs land on the control ward in the brush at the entrance of the Blue Zone, wrapping around from the side all the way down.

"Look at my position!!"

But it looked like GEN members had also run into the small path, seemingly one step away from their own high ground, already unable to complete the encirclement...

Ziggs, relying on TP movement speed, quickly rushed to the Blast Cone.

"Ye! What does he want to do!!"

Hand up, package down.

Satchel Charge thrown over the wall first—then he took off—the moment his toes touched the ground, he bounced again—leaping over the wall with R-Flash in mid-air, and pressing Everfrost in the air!

"Triple-Chain Ejection & Face-to-Face Frost Missile"!

Ziggs' figure bounced three times in a row in the air!

In an instant, from the wall of the Blue Buff, he instantly leaped and flashed to the corner in front of the high ground gate, almost throwing the Inferno Bomb face-to-face with his own body, and using Everfrost in the air to freeze all four!

The terrifying gunpowder bombs poured out crazily, destroying the world!

At this moment, it was as if Summoner's Rift was shaking.

It was as if there was a mushroom cloud in the sky!

Ziggs turned into a Zhonya's Hourglass, standing alone in the sea of fire.

Bandages and whips followed one after another, arrows and cannons roared, contributing the final seasoning to this feast of flames.

"Wow wow wow wow wow!" Wawa habitually exploded his catchphrase, and shouts rang through the LPL live broadcast room.

"Master Ye, what are you doing!!!"

"He instantly blasted almost all of GEN into low health! The terrifying AOE sea of fire ignited the opponent's jungle! It was as if this place had become the scene of a fire cloud in San Francisco!" Miller tried his best to shout passionately.

Finally, he professionally braked and changed the somewhat unrefined words.

Someone else stopped talking.

However, as the noise at the scene had already risen in advance, the LPL commentary desk seemed to have noticed something.

"Hey, in that case... it seems there's no need to fight Baron?!"

"There's Ziggs, and only Ryze is alive for GEN, and there's a wave in the bot lane, there's a high ground wave! Could it be?!"

"Be careful of Ryze's TP! Will he want to cut off the wave..."

"Eh?"

On the other side, the LCK commentary desk.

The Roaring Emperor was replicating the tone and tongue-rolling shouts from the promotional video—

"Cho~~~vy~~~~ where are you going!!!"

20 minutes just emerged, GEN's main crystal base, which had no defensive obstacles left.

Just like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, it exploded.

The Atlanta arena was bustling with noise, and the sound waves of the whole audience rose instantly!

(End of chapter)