Chapter 230: Hidden Twin Dragon Tail! The Whirlwind in the Stone Wall! Divine Dragon

Because the mid lane is being beaten up, and Akali possesses no ability to assist the jungler, the Kha'Zix dares not rashly invade the jungle to counter-jungle despite having a jungle advantage.

JDG only has an advantage in the bottom lane and jungle.

Since there is no opportunity in the jungle, Kanavi chooses to head to the bottom half of the map, so he doesn't have to worry about being counter-ganked by the jungler.

However, the Red side's tenth-pick counter slot.

As long as it isn't something like "pure tank Udyr," it will definitely have a huge impact.

Thresh and Caitlyn are both ranged, so Leona clearly has no way to land a Q out of thin air; before level six, she can only use her E skill to pull them into melee range from a distance.

But Leona's 【Zenith Blade】 has an extremely obvious {casting wind-up}, so Thresh's 【Flay】 doesn't even require reaction time; it can truly be called "anyone with hands can do it"!

Therefore, despite JDG's bottom lane having a large equipment advantage, in reality, they haven't been able to exert much pressure.

After all, they are relying solely on Zeri to poke, and Zeri's skill mechanics do not have the ability for basic attacks to "pierce through minions."

Consequently, it is actually the V5 bottom lane that is still maintaining lane priority!

This is actually why—Kha'Zix cannot rely on his own bottom lane's advantage to head into the opponent's blue jungle to find Nidalee.

It is precisely because although the bottom lane has an equipment advantage, they have no lane control!

"Kanavi's Kha'Zix wants to force it, but the bottom lane is hard to engage on."

Kha'Zix brushes against the tri-bush and steps out; V5's river ward quickly detects the enemy presence.

Seeing the opponent retreat, Leona immediately aims fiercely and stabs her Zenith Blade at Thresh!

As the best-performing domestic support this year, Missing clearly has his own understanding; seeing the opponent's fifth pick choose a counter to his Thresh, he decisively changed his runes to {Glacial Augment}.

Although the follow-up pull of Zenith Blade was indeed knocked down by Flay.

But the E that was stabbed out immediately causes a 0. -second {root} upon hitting Thresh, and a large glacial zone instantly appears at his feet!

Thresh immediately moves close to the minions, not giving Zeri the positioning to follow up with a W.

Caitlyn uses a reverse E to retreat and create distance.

But JDG's target is Thresh, not Caitlyn, who has Flash and E!

"The glacial zone keeps Thresh held, that should be able to take some health... Wait, Ruler!?"

Zeri moves slightly closer to the upper tri-bush wall, sliding diagonally to chase forward using the half-wall—at the same time, a giant 【Ultrashock Laser】 with a strange starting point shoots from the outer edge toward Thresh!

Zeri's W does not have to be used behind a wall to be empowered.

As long as one uses the "W-in-wall" technique and controls the timing of the cast—one can release an empowered W at any angle, at any time, from any wall!

With the glacial slow from Glacial Augment covering his feet, it is difficult for Thresh to walk out of this giant laser; a level-one W deals nearly 200 critical damage!

Not only that, the high-energy laser also applied an even stronger slow!

The flanking Kha'Zix jumps in with an E to his face; although Thresh immediately throws a hook in retaliation, it is clearly unavoidable that he has been closed in upon.

With continuous slows applied, Beryl can only grit his teeth and endure the damage from Kha'Zix and Zeri.

Fortunately, Thresh has two kills, and relying on the tankiness and movement speed from {Boots} + {Cloth Armor}, he actually manages to walk back under the tower with a sliver of health, despite being "Isolated" and hit by the "electric water gun."

"It's a pity Thresh is too tanky! Ruler's critical W from that strange angle really almost kept him there!"

"But this actually makes the V5 bottom lane a bit uncomfortable; Thresh definitely has to recall with this health, and Caitlyn can't stay under the tower alone, so she has to follow him back. JDG's bottom lane can take a plating..."

"Camera to the top lane! V5 is about to return the favor in the top lane!"

Nidalee did not choose to help the bottom lane counter-gank, also considering that if they were camped by Kha'Zix, a 3v3 would be unwinnable.

And ganking top requires no fancy tricks.

Renekton uses his first E to step forward; Gragas immediately senses the danger and tries to E backward to create distance—but is blocked by Renekton flashing to his face, cutting off his path!

Don't forget, Renekton deliberately saved his Flash at level one.

If Renekton hadn't saved his Flash at level one, it is entirely possible that V5 could have had one more survivor—but that wouldn't have had much meaning; surviving would just be simple kill gold, and V5's goal at level one was just to defend the bottom jungle.

And the Flash was saved for this moment.

Facing this Renekton who suddenly has an extra Flash, Gragas is almost certainly doomed!

Renekton bites down with a red-fury W, Nidalee hits a long-range spear, and they pounce to tear the beer-man apart in a two-person zoo!

"The Renekton-Nidalee combo that V5 nakedly drafted in the first round of BP shows its full strength! This combo's ganking is just plain shameless; 69 has absolutely no chance to outplay!"

"However, although JDG's bottom lane couldn't secure a kill, the jungler is helping to take plating... Oh my, can they actually take two? Then the gold difference between the two sides is about the same!"

This time, V5 relied on an extra Flash to secure the kill.

However, JDG's bottom lane also used the gold from two platings to almost make up for it.

The reason they were able to take two platings is that Leona did not trigger 【Demolish】 at the first opportunity—but instead waited in detail for the first plating to be about to fall before breaking it.

{Every time a turret plating falls, it grants an additional 50 armor and magic resist}

Leona used her Demolish, which deals nearly 400 damage, on the second plating, directly taking off nearly half of the sturdy second plating!

"The early skirmishes between the two sides are very intense, and so far they are still trading blows! The gold is very close!" Wang Duo is excited.

Miller summarizes fairly: "Nidalee's play in the top lane has brought herself back into the game, and it feels like even if JDG's bottom lane has a big advantage, they won't be able to exert pressure before level six because of this Thresh... Looking at it this way, V5 still comes out slightly ahead!"

Guan Zeyuan also seems anxious for the home team: "JDG really needs to find an opportunity; there will be a level difference at level six for the mid laners soon, and if it goes on like this, they might not be able to contest the dragon!"

Kanavi, of course, has thought of this.

In the last game, they tried to use Ahri's level-six power spike to rush the dragon, but the result was forcibly reversed by Sion's support and K'Sante's "two-up, two-down" maneuvers.

So in this game, do they have a chance facing this situation?

Very clearly, basically none!

Neither top laner has Teleport.

And the fattest person on the team, Zeri, is extremely reliant on her ultimate to gain true "team-fighting ability"—this is a well-known "RDC"!

But it is also very uncomfortable to just hand over the dragon.

If V5 does the dragon, should Kha'Zix go to the top half of the map to trade resources?

If Kha'Zix goes to the top half, what happens if V5, led by a level-six Lee Sin, takes advantage of the fact that your top and mid have no Teleport to protect the bottom lane and executes a four-man dive?

If Kha'Zix doesn't go to the top half to help the bottom lane, what happens if the opponent finishes the dragon and comes in to help Nidalee steal the bottom jungle?

Giving up the dragon for free might lead to losing the jungle and the bottom lane as well!

Kanavi ponders for a long while—and discovers an opportunity.

There will indeed be a level difference in the mid lane.

But... actually, "he isn't the only one who has it"!

Don't forget.

In the level-one team fight, both sides spent a full minute pulling and brawling starting from the 1: 0 mark when the jungle monsters spawned!

Even Lee Sin, who gained minion experience, is only ahead relative to Akali; compared to traditional standards, he is at least one or two waves of experience behind.

This means:

Even Lee Sin, who levels up the fastest, will only be able to reach level six at around six and a half minutes.

And Kha'Zix took the first buff, so his experience was already boosted.

"69, wait a moment," Kanavi briefly explains his thoughts.

"No problem!"

Two minutes of calm appear on the Rift.

Only Rookie in the mid lane is in agony!

To avoid being solo-killed, this person has practically played Akali like Ezreal; he only uses Q, W, and E to last-hit, and apart from tower minions, he has barely auto-attacked a minion in 6 minutes!

V5's top and mid both hold advantages, so they aren't in a rush to let the disadvantaged Nidalee risk counter-jungling; they just want to steadily take the dragon using Lee Sin's level advantage.

6 minutes and 20 seconds.

Lee Sin reaches level six, and everyone prepares to assemble.

Although V5 thinks the opponent likely won't come, they still quickly set off together, as JDG's bottom lane has a huge advantage.

But at this moment, Ye Bo notices something strange about Akali's positioning.

Akali is walking from his face toward the F6 camp; this position looks like he is asking for death.

And at this moment... Nidalee, who is also walking into the river's middle bush, suddenly has someone appear out of thin air from the "void" in front of her!

"What the hell!?"

"How is Kha'Zix level six!"

Xun is entering the river normally this time; because the opponent's bottom lane has an advantage, he definitely can only enter from this opening near the mid lane, and the bush is protected by a fake ward and a trap.

Even if Kha'Zix has a ward in this bush, jumping down from the wall clearly provides no means to keep Nidalee there.

Xun does not understand why Kha'Zix is level six!

The two junglers should have been about the same since that gank; there has been no fighting in these 2 minutes, and it is certain that Nidalee hasn't lost anything in her jungle.

Which means the jungle camp counts for both sides are about the same!

Nidalee is currently a bit over level five, so Kha'Zix should at most be level five and a half; there is no extra experience to be had.

The answer, actually, is the top lane.

Kha'Zix cleared his jungle toward the top lane twice in a row, deliberately letting Gragas concede a large wave of minions into the tower, and then he "leached" experience from "behind the wall."

Gragas was ganked once and was already at a huge experience disadvantage; it is normal for him to be slower to level six than Renekton.

And Renekton has a kill in hand; 369 playing cautiously without Flash is not excessive, and Flandre cannot discover anything unusual!

Kanavi's plan is very clear.

Anyway, neither top laner will participate in this dragon fight; whether Gragas is slow or fast to level six makes no difference and won't affect anything.

But sacrificing the top laner to let Kha'Zix reach level six half a minute early, or even a step earlier than Lee Sin... might very well change the situation in the bottom half of the map!

JDG's mid-jungle originally wanted to sneak a kill on Lee Sin; even if they likely couldn't kill him, they would definitely force all his summoner spells, creating an imbalance in combat power in the bottom half—after all, Caitlyn and Thresh can only survive in lane; once in a team fight, a super-fed Zeri is definitely stronger!

Seeing the Nidalee, Kanavi clearly found a better target.

A target much easier to kill than the Lee Sin, and one that would guarantee the dragon if killed!

"The level six Kha'Zix's pursuit ability is too strong! The passive slow combined with the ultimate's speed boost means Nidalee can't create any distance in the river at all!"

"Kanavi evolved his Q at level six; the Isolated Q is shredding Nidalee's health bar extremely fast!!"

Evolving Kha'Zix's Q doesn't actually add a single drop of damage to the Q skill itself.

It only {increases the cast range to 450 units and halves the cooldown when used on isolated targets}.

Of course, a Q every 2 seconds after the cooldown is halved is essentially an increase in damage.

As the second claw strikes, the second activation of the ultimate 【Void Assault】 grants another 40% movement speed for the chase, and the moment the invisibility ends, the passive 【Unseen Threat】 is refreshed, causing the next basic attack to deal bonus damage and slow Nidalee again!

If Nidalee were in the complex terrain of the jungle, she might have been able to maneuver using the brush speed boost and frequent wall-hops with W—but in the river terrain, there was simply nowhere to perform!

"Run towards me!"

Kha'Zix followed up with a third claw; Nidalee had already entered the danger zone!

"Kill him! Just kill the Nidalee!"

Kanavi was the second person to use Flash at level one, and it was certain that the Flash used at level one hadn't come back up yet; Nidalee had nowhere to run!

Even if Lee Sin came over to kick him away, he could only kick one person away in the end.

The Akali who had arrived early would definitely be able to finish off this critically wounded target!

More importantly, even if Lee Sin used all his skills and went all out to kill the Kha'Zix, it would be a 1-for-1 trade between the junglers; without Lee Sin's status, V5 wouldn't be able to contest the dragon, so it would still count as successfully defending the dragon.

By the time both junglers respawned, Akali would surely be level six, and at that point, JDG could absolutely contest this dragon!

Furthermore, Kanavi, who still had his E skill available, felt he might not even die.

Nidalee and Kha'Zix had already reached the lane brush one after the other.

When Lee Sin entered the cast range of 【Safeguard】, he immediately flew over to shield Nidalee, eliminating the {Isolated} effect while also blocking that potentially lethal long-range Q skill!

But Nidalee was already at sliver health; any skill would kill her on contact.

At the same time, Akali had already performed a backward E displacement from above and dived down; as long as she utilized the continuous speed boost from the Twilight Shroud, she could easily catch up and land one more hit.

No matter who Lee Sin kicked away, the other person would definitely be able to finish off Nidalee!

The best decision at this moment seemed to be to all-in the Kha'Zix for a 1-for-1 trade, which was entirely possible with Lee Sin having all his skills.

However, Ye Bo's choice was unexpected.

Because Akali was chasing Nidalee, the three were currently standing in a 90-degree triangular formation.

Lee Sin suddenly erupted with a roar that shook the Rift: "Insec!"

His right leg gathered immense Qi, and with the force of his rotating body, he unleashed a high whip kick—the starting motion of 【Dragon's Rage】 and the golden light of Flash bloomed simultaneously!

"Is it really an R-Flash?"

Lee Sin was also one of Kanavi's signature heroes, and since he himself loved "mechanics," Kanavi was completely familiar with all kinds of hero operations!

When he saw Left Hand approaching him while chasing Nidalee, a Lee Sin maneuver immediately appeared in his mind—

———Reverse R-Flash, kick two people.

But due to the positioning, if he {targeted Kha'Zix} to kick two people, even if he succeeded, it would only be "helping Kha'Zix displace" closer to Nidalee, and Kha'Zix could just land and E onto her face to kill her!

So in Kanavi's view, to kick two people, he could only Flash to {target Akali} and kick her into himself.

Then the question arose.

With him having anticipated this move in advance, could Kha'Zix, who had his E in hand, fail to react?

Kha'Zix could even use his E to dodge while chasing Nidalee, and if Lee Sin only kicked Akali, he would likely fail to secure a kill due to a lack of damage!

So when Kanavi saw the golden light appear, he felt no panic at all; he even wanted to laugh.

But the scene that followed.

Made his smile freeze.

Because when Kha'Zix saw the golden light appear, he was frantically pressing the E key to jump forward, but there was no response!

Kanavi finally realized with shock that there seemed to be a brief {Stun} mark above his head.

Where did the stun come from!?

Before he could ponder it, a second, clearer roar came.

"Insec!!"

Lee Sin's first rotation had clearly not ended, yet his body immediately performed a second high-leg rotation as if glitching; the moment he landed from Flash, he delivered a "point-blank Insec kick," accurately kicking Akali like a cannonball toward Kha'Zix!

The {Stun} above Kha'Zix's head finally disappeared, and Kanavi frantically mashed E.

But his mouse cursor hadn't changed position; it was still facing Nidalee—and the Akali, flying in like a "human cannonball," had already arrived!

Kha'Zix had just started his jump when he was immediately knocked up and crashed by his own teammate!

"Hidden Double Dragon's Rage!"

Xun, who thought he was surely dead, widened his eyes, but his reaction was extremely fast; seeing both opponents knocked up together, he immediately transformed into human form, turned, and fired a spear to add damage.

Lee Sin fluidly connected the R-Q combo, his Sonic Wave piercing the air to strike Kha'Zix's vitals.

As everyone knows, R-Q never misses~

The commentary booth instantly erupted: "What kind of play is this!!!"

"Kha'Zix takes another spear! Hit by Lee Sin's Q again! The Lee Sin with a Warhammer has high damage... Did Kha'Zix's E get interrupted!?"

"It's over!!"

A target "collided" with by 【Dragon's Rage】 not only takes the full damage of the ultimate itself but also receives additional damage based on the {initial target's percentage of bonus health}!

Kha'Zix lost more than a third of his health from being hit by the human cannonball Akali; combined with the spear and the execute damage from Resonating Strike, he was shattered upon landing with an A-E combo!

Akali wanted to activate Twilight Shroud, but seeing the E skill on her head, she immediately stopped—Left Hand also knew that if he took the E first, he wouldn't be able to go invisible after opening the shroud.

But 【Tempest】 could reveal targets for a full 4 seconds and immediately apply a slow that also lasted 4 seconds.

Akali, who had also been hit by the Dragon's Rage, took four seconds of heavy punches and was left at critical health.

"Left Hand couldn't reach the tower, but he's already activated Twilight Shroud to maneuver; oh, running in the opposite direction seems to be kiting..."

"But because Lee Sin's first W was on an allied hero, the cooldown was halved, and now W has refreshed to dash to a ward!"

"Akali has no way to escape in despair!"

"A double kill, zero-for-two! This was purely a solo show by Master Ye... but how was this done!?"

Everyone clearly heard two "Insec" roars.

But no one knew why, and even the replay was confusing.

Until someone finally noticed Kha'Zix's sudden freezing in place and the clearly visible stun above his head.

"Wait, why was Kha'Zix stunned!?" Guan Zeyuan asked the same question as Kanavi: "Where did the stun come from!"

"It looks like Lee Sin cast two ultimates!?"

In reality.

The skill description for 【Dragon's Rage】 already includes the text {the target is stunned during the cast}.

This small patch was actually intended to ensure that when Lee Sin uses R, the target's movement doesn't affect the angle of the Insec kick—the reason many people still dodge it is simply that they are slow to follow up with R and fail to lock on before the opponent flashes out.

But this mechanic.

If combined with {the fact that if Lee Sin's ultimate loses vision of the target during the cast, the cast is forcibly canceled}.

First, target someone in a brush, R-Flash out of the brush to cancel the ultimate but trigger the stun, then instantly land and R or short-range ward-hop R to kick the real target back...

You can create an effect as bizarre as this one!

Just as Kanavi thought.

Without the 0. 5-second control window created by the R-skill cast time, anyone with a displacement skill might have been able to react—

—but this brief stun makes it almost impossible to avoid this "body combo" of a rebound R without using Flash!

【Nine! Heavens! Thunder! Double! Kick!】

【Dragon's tail, my tail is longer, so it's not excessive to swing it twice, right?】

【Wow, so R-Q really doesn't miss!】

【Ah, doesn't Lee Sin just refresh the second stage of his ultimate by kicking someone into a wall? This play is very reasonable!】

【Holy crap, orthodox! Bodhidharma's Double Ultimate! I told you this was Bodhidharma!!】

【If the road is blocked, open it with your fists!】

"It's bad; not only is the dragon going to be lost, but the JDG mid and jungle are suddenly both a bit broken," Guan Zeyuan said with a bitter face.

"They really need to stabilize; Ruler is really carrying hard this game!"

They had no choice but to keep their cool, as JDG was still playing to their strengths.

Taking every opportunity to wedge themselves in.

The only good news for this wave was that they baited out all of Lee Sin's skills, not just his ultimate, but also his Flash.

The key point is: Zeri is almost level six!

JDG had a hidden advantage from the level one fight—Zeri's level!

Normally, it's hard for an ADC to reach level six on time at eight minutes regardless... but because both supports died at level one, the first two waves were solo-farmed by the ADCs!

Zeri didn't lose any experience afterward, and combined with the experience from the solo kills at the start, it was entirely possible for her to hit six at exactly eight minutes!

This is JDG's biggest bargaining chip.

Although Kha'Zix no longer has the advantage, Zeri is the best-developed person, especially for the first fight at level six.

It can be said that a level six Zeri is absolutely the strongest hero in team fights among ADCs with equal development!

And for this Rift Herald, JDG has a reason they must fight for it.

Both mid and top lanes are at a significant disadvantage, and two layers of plating have already fallen after the kills; losing the Herald now is equivalent to losing the first tower!

"JDG's bottom lane is starting to head toward the Rift Herald; it looks like they want to exploit the cooldown window of the Lee Sin's ultimate. The Lee Sin's ultimate is indeed still a little bit off."

"Master Ye bought a Serrated Dirk after recalling! An assassin Lee Sin, how brutal!"

"Hey, but V5's bottom lane doesn't seem to be planning to go to the Rift Herald. Caitlyn is just staying in the bottom lane preparing to push the tower. With a Renekton, are they actually not contesting the Herald fight?"

V5 is not planning to contest this Rift Herald fight.

Although they have Renekton, a powerhouse for Herald fights, they ultimately chose to trade resources.

On one hand, Lee Sin has no skills, and Renekton has no Flash; there is no 100% certainty of engaging onto Zeri in a team fight, so there is no 100% chance of winning.

Even though V5 has a certain equipment advantage now, it is definitely far from the level of "winning easily."

On the other hand.

The purpose of the Rift Herald is to take plating and crash into a tier-one tower.

V5's mid and top tower health are both very healthy; choosing to give up the Herald directly can at least trade for three or four platings in the bottom lane, and the direct economic effect has already been earned back!

JDG discovered that the opponent's three players from the jungle and bottom lane were exposed in the bottom lane preparing to push the tower; there was no other way but to quickly start the Herald.

"Left, don't lose health. Wait for us to finish the Herald, then you TP to the bottom lane to defend for a bit. We'll defend the mid lane," Missing communicated.

"They will definitely have to call people back to defend mid too; Lee Sin can't hold us off!"

In the eyes of his teammates, Akali has her ultimate, Flash, and all skills available, so she shouldn't be dived while facing three people in the bottom lane.

And Lee Sin is similarly very hard-pressed to stop the three opponents from pushing the tower; in the end, they will definitely have to call the support and jungler back, which will be able to alleviate the crisis.

"Mm, okay, that works." Left remained silent, just blindly unable to refuse.

But, an accident happened after all.

The thing Guan Zeyuan was most worried about happened—someone couldn't hold steady.

"Lee Sin used E to clear minions while grazing with Q; Left got hit by the Q!"

"Resonating Strike to the face followed by an auto-attack, just from that one Q! The damage from Lee Sin's armor penetration build is truly freakishly high! Akali's fragile body simply can't withstand it!"

He saw through JDG's intention: "Right now, only the mid-laner has TP on the blue side. If they want to defend the bottom tower, only the mid-laner can go, but Left can't lose status like this, otherwise, he will definitely be dived by the three people in the bottom lane!"

Wang Duo muttered: "Why does it feel like Master Ye just wants to dive this wave?"

Left felt it too.

To be honest, he really had no temper left after being beaten during this laning phase.

Lee Sin countering Akali isn't really about that so-called "revealing shadow" ability.

It is about the unequal consumption and recovery capabilities.

Even with an equal exchange of skills, Lee Sin relies on the frequent double lifesteal from the second activation of W, so Akali definitely can't win the trade, not to mention she is always at a disadvantage in skill exchanges.

The only way to break the situation is to gain an advantage in the first three levels and snowball, only then is it possible to seize an opportunity at level six.

But Akali is not entirely without room for outplay.

After all, Akali's burst damage is not a bit weaker than Lee Sin's, and the room for operation is quite large.

Left felt the opponent's killing intent, but this time he had an extra Flash and ultimate, confident he could fully outplay!

The minion wave entered the tower.

Lee Sin seized the gap in Akali's last-hitting, hitting her with a Q outside the tower.

Left had already conceived the outplay scenario in his mind.

If the opponent dared to Q in, Akali would first use E2 to bring him deep into the defensive tower, while simultaneously leaping out with R1 in mid-air to create distance!

With the Twilight Shroud in hand, Lee Sin's follow-up E cannot reveal her, and he would have to endure the defensive tower's attacks, while Akali still has R2 in hand under the tower to attempt a pursuit.

The perfect outplay plan was just completed.

Lee Sin's figure suddenly burst forward!

But Left was not "scared into" using his skills.

He clearly saw that it was clearly Lee Sin's W-to-minion motion, just trying to trick him into using skills; anyway, if he didn't hit anyone, he wouldn't draw tower aggro.

But Ye Bo doesn't play by the rules.

Just before W was about to touch the minion, he suddenly changed direction in mid-air, turning into a Resonating Strike and flying in with a kick!

Left's pupils widened slightly; according to the plan, he immediately retreated, using E to bring him into the tower while aiming R1 at Lee Sin!

His set of outplay assumptions was indeed flawless—because under normal circumstances, Lee Sin has to wait for Q2 to land before using all other skills.

And Akali's E and R can be cast during the flight of E!

This is equivalent to being able to "displace" Lee Sin, making it so that after the opponent lands, he can't cast his ultimate at all and can only take tower aggro in vain.

However, Lee Sin's previous movements were not just intimidation.

Right in the middle of the Resonating Strike's flight, Lee Sin actually "leaped" to strike the ground first! At the same time, he rotated and lifted his leg again!

Before landing, the "mid-air E" was cast first, and simultaneously a "mid-air locked" Dragon's Rage was kicked out; although Akali successfully cast R1, she was still forcibly hit by the Insec kick and flew out of the tower!

The key point is that the mid-air E dealt damage before landing, increasing the damage for the Q2 Resonating Strike.

Lee Sin almost instantly poured out the full burst of his entire skill set!

Akali's health instantly entered the death zone!

Fortunately, Akali flew out of the tower and seemed able to escape with R2... but another "long-range R+A" that seemed to pierce through space was unleashed, killing Akali in mid-air with a single punch from a distance!

"QW followed by interrupted Q + mid-air ER + A!"

Lee Sin's most terrifying burst combo, which can also be said to be a combo that is almost impossible to counter.

After all, Q2 cannot be dodged, and all attack skills were operations performed in the air during Q2, before landing.

"Low-tier operations" gamble on muscle reaction ability.

"Mid-tier operations" gamble on thought process and understanding.

"Top-tier operations" actually gamble on who can "anticipate the opponent's operation" and immediately have a countermeasure in their mind.

The previous wave, Kanavi, lost on the second level; his thought process and depth of understanding were below his.

And this wave, Left died on the third level.

Simply because all of Akali's operations were already in Ye Bo's mind.

To put it bluntly—your operation, I had already thought of it.

"Solo kill!!"

"JDG just finished the Herald, and news of a solo kill has come from the mid lane!"

"Master Ye, this wave! He unleashed his full burst during the Resonating Strike; Left had absolutely no means to counter! It's a bit hard to understand!"

Guan Zeyuan had already fallen into silence, but hearing this, he couldn't help but speak up.

"This can probably be called Lee Sin's 'softening' mechanism... Canyon once used it in a game; it's a technique that Lee Sin specialists really like to use."

Guan Zeyuan pays close attention to the LCK because there was a time when Canyon used the eye-catching 'mid-air shield-breaking Insec kick' operation, and he happened to have learned about this mechanism.

The general meaning is that originally, you cannot use W, E, or R skills in the air during Q2—but as long as you displace through W and use Q2 to interrupt W before completely finishing the ward-hop motion, you can unlock this 'restriction.'

It is indeed very similar to the 'softening' mechanism in some games.

The point is that this does not affect the original displacement of W; as long as you can grasp the timing to interrupt before the limit distance of the W displacement, you can use almost the normal W displacement distance.

Skillful application will obviously be able to greatly increase Lee Sin's operational ceiling!

And Left, as someone who has only practiced a few games and is a half-baked player, doesn't know much about these things, or rather, even if he knew, it would be hard to think of so much at the time.

The chat was full of mockery and ridicule.

【Solo kill!!!】

【Where are the ones who called him God Left before? Get out here!!】

【What on earth is the Governor doing! This game is purely a flaw!】

【Hehe, love picking Akali, right? Is this something you can play, huh? Do you have any numbers, I'm asking you!】

【God-tier softening, is he a real blind monk? My Dungeon & Fighter is saved!】

JDG's plan was broken again; the situation where they originally wanted to pressure the mid tier-one tower directly turned into a complete failure in the bottom lane!

There was a moment of silence in the voice channel.

Seeing that the bottom tier-one tower was completely undefendable, and the mid and top tier-one towers were at full health, after hesitation, JDG still quickly chose to rotate everyone to the top!

There are four people going to the top, making it relatively easier to seize the tier-one tower.

More importantly, the bottom lane is already empty with no one there; if they headed to the mid lane, V5 could completely just split a support or jungler over to help defend the tower, and the mid tier-one tower definitely couldn't fall!

And JDG's bottom tier-one tower was also at full health before this wave; with the Rift Herald in hand, they might not have had a chance.

Just didn't expect it.

Flandre was not scared away by the four aggressive people.

Renekton is at his strongest point right now; although he couldn't shine in the Herald fight, it's obviously not that easy to dive him either!

JDG summoned the Herald.

Renekton also directly activated his ultimate to clear the wave and tank, just to buy time for his bottom lane teammates to seize the tier-one tower!

"Flandre is sacrificing himself again! Anyway, he has no bounty; this wave is just to hard-tank four people and dive!"

"Wow, this big Renekton!!"

Accidents came one after another.

Diving Renekton was already outside the plan; if the mid-laner hadn't been solo-killed under the tower, this wave would definitely have been to go to the mid lane to attract firepower and just trade for plating.

But JDG's previous "hidden pitfalls" were all exposed.

Leona taking {Glacial Augment} can certainly limit Thresh to a certain extent—but the price is that without {Aftershock}, Leona's tankiness upon entering the fight is worlds apart!

You have to know, Leona could originally open W and then trigger Aftershock, and her dual resistances could instantly jump up three levels.

Then there's Gragas, who had a lot of experience shared away—to this point, he is actually still only level six!

Renekton directly poured a full set of skills to kill the Leona who was tanking the tower, instantly leveled up to eight, and then charged at Gragas with his blade!

The Gragas really cannot run.

Once Gragas leaves the tower, the ones tanking the tower are the two squishy targets, Zeri and Kha'Zix; leaving the tower is equivalent to giving up on killing the Renekton.

"We can trade! Help Ruler get a kill!" the Fountain Commander Missing shouted.

In the end, Gragas turned around and used his ultimate to control Renekton, and the three of them forcibly killed him, resulting in a 1-for-2 trade.

But Renekton had already stalled for long enough.

In the bottom lane, the sound of the first tower falling came without suspense, and two plating layers were also stripped off the mid lane tower!

"A mid-lane pick-off! JDG had to pay a painful price to trade for the top lane's first tower, but this obviously can only be considered a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding."

"The gold difference between the two sides was instantly stretched to 2. k in this one exchange! They have already fallen into a disadvantage!"

"The only good news is that Ruler picked up another kill. Now they really can only rely on him!"

With the first tower down, they entered the lane-swapping phase.

At 11 minutes, they swapped lanes to push down the low-health mid lane tower first, freeing up the mid laner.

At 12 minutes, they headed to the top lane to push, wanting to take down all outer towers while the plating was still falling; this is also the most comfortable tempo for the Caitlyn system.

But it was clear that Ruler was unwilling to let the opponent push like this.

"69's positioning this time is very sneaky."

Renekton protected the bottom lane duo as they headed to the top lane to push, while Nidalee and Lee Sin entered the jungle to look for Kha'Zix.

JDG had a similar setup, with three people guarding under the tower; only Gragas was secretly crouching in the toilet pit!

However, the V5 members seemed to be on guard, deliberately avoiding the direction of the toilet pit, and the support did not risk running up to place a ward, preparing to wait for teammates to arrive.

"Engage, engage, engage, engage directly!"

Seeing that Lee Sin and Nidalee were already coming over, they couldn't wait any longer, even if the positioning wasn't ideal.

Gragas forcibly used his E to dash out, throwing his ultimate while in mid-air!

Deft reacted extremely quickly and immediately used E backward; although he was interrupted after moving only a few steps, he successfully avoided the direction.

Thresh had deliberately stood at a safe distance, so only Renekton was blasted back!

"Holy Spear Pot!"

The lantern was immediately thrown at Renekton's face, and the JDG members also immediately placed down several Control Wards.

However... Renekton still managed to pick up that lantern!

Picking up the lantern is something the V5 members had practiced deliberately; it is actually very simple—as long as you lock onto it the moment the lantern appears and click it, that is enough.

Because it is cast by a friendly unit, you can coordinate with voice prompts in advance; there should be preparation beforehand, so the reaction speed should be faster!

As for those who cannot pick up the lantern, excluding those with slow reactions, the only reason is that they like to "click the floor randomly."

Locking on at the first moment and then canceling it yourself—of course you won't be able to click it when you try again!

But JDG did not want to let them go; Leona immediately flashed and used E to lock onto Renekton, bursting out her ultimate to keep him there!

Ruler also seemed to be holding back anger; he slid forward valiantly, activated his ultimate 【Lightning Crash】 to activate full charge, and his fingers frantically unleashed bursts of electricity!

"Hey, you've pissed me off!"

Renekton flashed, used RW to stun him with red rage, but Zeri instantly cleansed it.

Holding onto his flash to pull back, he instead began to output damage even more frantically!

Lightning Crash not only turns Zeri's basic attacks into automatic splash lightning AOE, but also grants stacking attack speed and movement speed; he simply becomes fiercer the longer he fights!

And Caitlyn is a very standard 【U-shaped curve】 hero: meaning she is strong in early-game laning and strong in late-game team fights, but slightly inferior in mid-game team fights.

Compared to Zeri's frenzied shooting, her speed at hitting the front line really cannot compare—and Zeri hitting the front line will automatically hit the back line with chain lightning!

"Pull back!!"

The whole team retreated toward the lower river, and Lee Sin and Nidalee were already rushing over.

Zeri kept kiting and chasing, and Akali and Kha'Zix had already coordinated in advance, preparing to jump down from their own jungle above to join the battlefield, targeting Caitlyn!

And in the eyes of everyone on V5, there was naturally only Zeri!

"JDG's two assassins rushed into the back line! But Beryl ignored Caitlyn and directly flashed, wanting to use E to keep Zeri... but Ruler's reaction is too fast!!"

Guan Zeyuan roared at the commentary desk with a red face: "This is Ruler! This is the only FMVP champion marksman in history! He is going to save JDG!"

"Zeri side-stepped in sync to avoid the Flay, and his movement twisted away from the javelin spear flying from below! V5's front-line encirclement all missed! The three people above are all already low health."

But the next moment.

A high-speed Sonic Wave followed the javelin, aiming at the opposite direction of Zeri's dodge, as if manually sealing off his path!

"Be careful!!" Guan Zeyuan's voice couldn't help but grow louder and sharper, as if it were him being hit by the Sonic Wave: "Quickly protect Ruler! This Lee Sin definitely wants to perform an Insec kick; he has Flash and Prowler's Claw!"

Ruler also knew that this Lee Sin was definitely eyeing him, and his chasing pace paused slightly.

He did not relax his vigilance, staying close to the wall to maintain mobility, while calling his teammates to look at him, just wanting to wait for the 3-second Sonic Wave mark to end before preparing to turn back and fire again!

Lightning Crash can be maintained for five seconds, and he could still continue shooting from a long distance at this time.

But at this moment, Lee Sin suddenly dashed forward again.

Once again, the secondary mid-air dash Resonating Strike came flying through the air!

JDG's mid laner remained silent, but fortunately, Ruler had just switched screens to look at the mid lane and had seen this move.

Staring at the mini-map... Ruler suddenly had an idea!

"Look at me, look at me! I can bring Lee Sin in!"

Seeing that Lee Sin's big foot was already arriving, Zeri suddenly turned toward the thick top lane wall, taking a big stride to the left and diagonally piercing into the wall—sliding toward the direction of the top lane's first tower!

Lee Sin's equipment was indeed quite good, but it certainly wasn't enough to kill Zeri from full health in one shot.

And with Lee Sin having Flash and his ultimate, Ruler determined that the opponent would forcibly use R-Flash upon landing, or even use R-Flash in mid-air to kick him back!

No matter the angle, it seemed somewhat dangerous; Zeri's only reliance was kiting.

Then... he simply used E into the tower.

Let's see where you can kick me!

Lee Sin could only use Flash to interrupt his own Q2 at this time, and if he did that, Zeri could immediately return to the battlefield, and retreating would have already defended the top lane's first tower, stopping the opponent's tempo push!

Lee Sin's Q2 projectile speed was far faster than Zeri's E, and he was already chasing closely.

Immediately following, Ruler's pupils shrank violently.

The moment the two figures disappeared into the stone wall, Lee Sin flew close to Zeri, entering the radius—but suddenly raised his foot again in mid-air!

Both of them were inside the stone wall.

Given the thickness of this wall in the top lane, as long as Zeri landed, no Insec kick would be able to kick him over the wall again.

But... this was an R-Flash kicked from inside the wall!

"Dragon's Rage inside the stone wall!"

"My god!! Ruler was actually kicked back from inside the wall!!"

"Renekton rushed face-first with Ruthless Predator! Nidalee pounced, Thresh followed up with a hook, Caitlyn followed up with a trap upon landing... Lee Sin even threw a second Q skill through the wall to chase!"

"Kill Ruler! Ruler was insta-killed!!!"

JDG's entire team was clearly relying on this Zeri; Kha'Zix and Akali entering the fray to try to force a cut on Caitlyn was already a struggle.

Once Zeri fell, the formation instantly began to collapse like dry wood, as if they were all lambs waiting to be harvested.

"Master Ye's kick is too exaggerated! It wouldn't be an overstatement to say it directly secured the victory for V5! It really wouldn't be an overstatement!" Wang Duo exclaimed repeatedly.

"A 1-for-5 trade, JDG was hit with a 1-for-5 trade."

Miller looked to the side and teased: "Brother Guan, say something."

But Guan Zeyuan just pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, no longer having his previous excitement.

【Guan-dog, if you want to cry, just cry it out, let everyone have a laugh!】

【China has Ruler, but it's a pity it's useless! Do you know what Wing Chun is!】

【Pure performance, pure show! This is the real Ghost Leg 7!】

【Mammoth wave followed by a ram, Tower-Holding Heavenly King—wait, no, this game isn't K'Sante, is it?】

【Damn, that's so badass! Master Ye has to play these mechanical monsters! Only then can he exert all his abilities!】

【Is there a possibility that he only used five percent of his strength this game?】

A team fight like a surging wave at 13 minutes was rewritten into a death warrant by a single kick.

After V5 finished dismantling the top first tower, they headed to the Dragon, subsequently officially entering the lane-swapping phase.

The power of the lineup also began to exert itself.

The Renekton-Nidalee combo was already very strong at catching people, plus a Lee Sin whose ganking ability in the jungle is equally outstanding, and a Thresh hook.

This game was purely a tempo of double junglers, or even "triple junglers"!

And the Thresh chosen at the tenth spot could not only disgust Leona... it could actually disgust the entire JDG team!

Gragas's E, Kha'Zix's E, Akali's ER, Zeri's E, Leona's E.

As long as they were approached by Thresh—these displacement skills were all very easily interrupted by Flay!

V5 pushed around the highly proficient Caitlyn system, constantly compressing Zeri's growth space.

"JDG has suffered consecutive losses during the lane-swapping phase, mainly because the failure in the mid-jungle confrontation led to a blocked tempo, and the gold difference from that last exchange was torn directly to 6k."

"Do we have to wait for the Dragon Soul showdown? The good news is that the Dragon Soul is relatively slow this game."

"The bad news is, the Dragon Soul fight might just be the peak of the opponent's lineup!"

Wanting to wait until "Renekton and Nidalee are useless" is actually far from that simple.

Because the so-called "weak late game" refers to when both sides have three or four items, the late-game heroes are stronger than the early-game heroes.

But, if I am carrying four items to fight against three items or even two items!

Then what is there to talk about being weak or not?

Moreover, V5's top and jungle are weak in the late game, but is JDG's top and jungle really that much stronger in the late game?

The situation for Kha'Zix and Nidalee can only be described as six of one and half a dozen of the other; both are heroes that emphasize early-game tempo advantages, and both are unplayable for whoever falls behind.

The mid-game damage of Lee Sin has become outrageous; there is simply no need for a high-risk "Insec kick" anymore—getting hit by a Q is basically a death sentence!

If it can land, the raw damage is basically enough.

Why kick a corpse back?

Furthermore, V5 does not intend to drag this out and is prepared to engage before the Baron pit at 20 minutes.

JDG truly cannot let this go and must come out to contest the team fight, even though Zeri's equipment is still insufficient, hoping to hold on with all their might to see if they can pull off another team fight like the one at 13 minutes.

"V5 isn't in a rush to start the Dragon; they're just letting Nidalee slowly poke with Q!"

"It feels like JDG is the side that needs to initiate the team fight!"

Although Xun's Nidalee Q isn't very accurate, and there are even people in the chat teasing him as "Sora-Nidalee."

But JDG has no long-range poke methods.

No matter how low the hit rate is, as long as one lands, it's something that JDG, already at a disadvantage, can hardly accept!

Their health is being whittled down.

Gragas is anxious to press forward, preparing to attempt an initiation.

However, 369 has received a death order this time; he holds onto his E and stands in front of Zeri, leaving it only for Lee Sin to interrupt the opponent's entry and provide protection.

But just at this moment.

Lee Sin fires another Q, accurately hitting Akali, who is close to Zeri in the back.

"He might be coming again!"

"He's coming!!"

Seeing the opponent repeating the same trick, 369 is overjoyed and slams his belly forward to block the path, and his teammates immediately close in!

Theoretically, Gragas's E also counters Lee Sin; interrupting him in the crowd would be extremely dangerous, and at most, he could only use Flash to dodge!

But as the saying goes.

Does the current Lee Sin still need any Insec kick?

What is needed.

Is a true "Body Slam."

Just as Gragas's Body Slam is about to touch the hem of Lee Sin's clothes—he flashes sideways in mid-air to dodge the belly, and the next moment, dark light erupts, as if tearing through space!

One sees the {Prowler's Claw} driving Lee Sin to dash back to the landing position of his Flash, carving a bizarre zigzag trajectory in the air.

Lee Sin looks as if he is flickering in mid-air, appearing as if he had used LeBlanc's 【Distortion】!

He shuttles double the distance to fly-kill, reappearing in front of Gragas, and kicks out a foot in mid-air.

"Dragon! Rage!"

The exclusive ultimate voice line of the Dragonmancer skin roars out.

A blue and white dragon-shaped Qi energy surges from the leg line, and Gragas's fat body, at this moment, seems to transform into the perfect kinetic conductor!

Ruler sees that bizarre, ghost-like movement and his hair stands on end almost instantly; he instinctively burns his Flash to dodge.

But the other three were not so lucky.

Gragas's 18% bonus health is sacrificed as bonus damage for the Dragon's Rage, and his corpulent body, like a little fatty, slams into Kha'Zix and Leona, dealing four-digit crimson terror numbers to each.

The fragile Kha'Zix is almost shattered along with his shell, and even Leona's holy armor crumbles inch by inch!

Beneath the commentator's microphone, gasps follow one after another, and the entire venue simultaneously erupts in screams that even pierce through the white noise interference of the headsets!

In the end, JDG's Crystal is trampled flat by the five of them in one fell swoop!

(End of chapter)