Chapter 230

Because the mid lane was being beaten up, and Akali also lacked the ability to coordinate with the jungler, the Kha'Zix dared not rashly enter the jungle to counter-jungle despite having a jungle advantage.

JDG only had an advantage in the bot lane and jungle.

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

However, the red side had the tenth-pick counter slot.

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

With Thresh and Caitlyn both being ranged, Leona obviously had no way to land a Q out of thin air; before level six, she could only use her E skill to pull them into melee range.

But Leona's 【Zenith Blade】 had an extremely obvious {casting wind-up}, and Thresh's 【Flay】 didn't even require a reaction; it could truly be described as "anyone with hands can do it!"

So, despite JDG's bot lane having a significant item advantage, they actually couldn't exert much pressure.

After all, they were relying solely on Zeri to poke, and Zeri's skill mechanics lacked the ability for basic attacks to "pierce through minions."

Therefore, it was actually the V5 bot lane that was still maintaining lane priority!

This was actually the reason why—Kha'Zix couldn't rely on his own bot lane's advantage to head into the opponent's blue buff area to find Nidalee.

It was precisely because although the bot lane had an item advantage, they had no lane control!

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

Kha'Zix walked out while hugging the tri-brush, and V5's river ward quickly detected the enemy's presence.

Seeing the opponent retreat, Leona immediately aimed sharply at Thresh and thrust out her Zenith Blade!

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

Although Zenith Blade's follow-up pull was indeed Flayed away.

But the E that was thrust out caused a 0.5-second {root} the moment it hit Thresh, and a large glacial zone immediately appeared at his feet!

Thresh immediately hugged the minions, not giving Zeri the positioning to connect with her W.

Caitlyn, meanwhile, used an E in the opposite direction to retreat and create distance.

But JDG's target was Thresh, not Caitlyn, who had Flash and E!

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

Zeri moved slightly closer to the upper tri-brush wall, sliding diagonally along the thin half-wall to pursue forward—at the same time, a giant 【Ultrashock Laser】 with a bizarre starting point shot from the outer edge toward Thresh!

Zeri's W doesn't have to be used behind a wall to get the amplification.

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

With the glacial zone's slow covering his feet, Thresh found it difficult to walk out of the giant laser, and a level-one W dealt nearly 200 critical damage!

Not only that, the high-energy laser also followed up with an even higher slow!

Kha'Zix, who had circled out, jumped in with an E to his face; although Thresh immediately hooked back, he was clearly inevitably caught in melee range.

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

Fortunately, Thresh had two kills, and relying on the tankiness and movement speed from {Boots of Speed} + {Cloth Armor}, he actually managed to carry the "Isolated" and "Electric Water Gun" damage and walk back to the tower with a sliver of health.

"It's a pity Thresh is too tanky! Ruler's bizarrely angled critical W almost kept him there!"

"But this actually makes it a bit uncomfortable for the V5 bot lane; 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 bot lane can take a plating..."

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

Nidalee didn't choose to help the bot lane counter-gank, also considering that once Kha'Zix camped them, a 3v3 would be unwinnable.

And ganking top didn't require any fancy tricks.

Renekton stepped forward with his first E, and Gragas immediately sensed the danger and tried to E backward to create distance—but he was blocked by Renekton's Flash, directly cutting off his path!

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

If Renekton hadn't saved his Flash at level one, it was entirely possible for V5 to have one more person alive—it just wouldn't have had much meaning; surviving would just be a simple kill's worth of gold, and V5's goal at level one was just to defend the jungle.

And the Flash was saved for this moment.

Facing this Renekton who suddenly had an extra Flash, Gragas was almost certainly doomed!

Renekton bit down with a red-fury W, Nidalee's long-range spear hit, and they pounced to tear the beer-man apart in a two-person zoo!

"V5's Renekton-Nidalee combo, revealed in the first round of BP, shows its full strength! This combo's ganking is just plain shameless; 69 has absolutely no room to operate!"

"However, although JDG's bot lane couldn't secure a kill, the jungler is helping to take platings together... Oh, they can actually take two? Then the gold is about the same on both sides!"

This wave for V5 relied on having more Flashes to secure the kill.

But JDG's bot lane also used the gold from two platings to almost make up for it.

The reason they were able to take two platings was that Leona didn't 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 increases armor and magic resist by an additional 50 points. }

Leona precisely landed her nearly 400-damage Demolish onto the second plating, directly taking off nearly half of the originally sturdy second plating!

"The early game skirmishes between both sides are very intense, and so far they are still trading blows! The gold is very close!" Wang Duoduo was excited.

Miller summarized fairly: "This Nidalee gank top has brought the game back for herself, and JDG's bot lane feels like even with a big advantage, they won't be able to exert force before level six because of this Thresh... Looking at it this way, V5 is still slightly ahead!"

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

Kanavi, of course, had also thought of this.

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

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

Very clearly, basically none!

Neither side's top laner had TP.

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

But it would be very uncomfortable to just hand over the dragon.

If V5 takes 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 if V5, led by a level-six Lee Sin, takes advantage of the fact that your top and mid have no TP to protect and directly performs a four-man dive on the bot lane?

If Kha'Zix doesn't go to the top half to help the bot lane, what if the opponent finishes the dragon and directly enters to help Nidalee contest the bottom jungle?

Giving up the dragon for free might also lead to losses in the jungle and bot lane!

Kanavi pondered for a long time—and discovered an opportunity.

There would 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 nearly a full minute pulling and brawling starting from the 1:30 mark when the jungle monsters spawned!

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

This means:

Even Lee Sin, who levels up the fastest, would need until about 6:30 to potentially reach level six.

And Kha'Zix snatched the level-one buff, so his experience was already boosted.

"69, you wait a bit," Kanavi briefly stated his idea.

"No problem!"

369 never refused requests for Kindred's Wolf, highlighting that the Eternal Hunters are one; Wolf carrying = I am carrying!

Two minutes of calm appeared on the Rift.

Only Knight in the mid lane was in agony!

To avoid being solo-killed, this person played Akali like Ezreal, using Q, W, and E only to last-hit; aside from tower minions, he almost hadn't auto-attacked a minion in 6 minutes!

V5's top and mid held advantages, so they weren't in a hurry to let the disadvantaged Nidalee risk counter-jungling, just wanting to steadily take the dragon using Lee Sin's level advantage.

6:20.

Lee Sin reached level six, and everyone prepared to assemble.

Although V5 felt the opponent was unlikely to come over, they still quickly set off together, after all, JDG's bot lane had a huge advantage.

But at this moment, Ye Bo noticed a slight abnormality in Akali's positioning.

Akali was walking from his own face toward the F6, a position that looked very suicidal.

And at this moment... Nidalee, who also walked into the river brush, suddenly had someone appear out of thin air from the "void" in front of her!

"What the f***!?"

"How is Kha'Zix level six!"

Xun entered the river normally this wave, because the opponent's bot lane had an advantage, he certainly could only enter from this opening near the mid lane, and there were fake wards and traps protecting the brush.

Even if Kha'Zix had a ward in this brush, jumping down from the wall clearly gave him no means to keep Nidalee.

Xun didn't understand why Kha'Zix would be level six!

Both junglers should have been about the same since that gank; there had been no fighting in these 2 minutes, and it was certain that Nidalee hadn't lost anything in the jungle.

Which means the jungle clear counts for both sides were about the same!

Nidalee was now a bit over level five, so Kha'Zix should at most be level five and a half, with no extra experience to eat.

The answer, actually, was the top lane.

Kha'Zix cleared the jungle toward the top twice, deliberately letting Gragas let a large wave of minions into the tower, and then he himself "absorbed" experience "through the wall."

Gragas was ganked once and was already at a huge experience deficit, so it was normal for him to be six behind Renekton.

And Renekton had a kill in hand; no matter how cowardly 369 played without Flash this wave, it wasn't excessive, and TheShy couldn't find anything unusual!

Kanavi's idea was very clear.

Anyway, neither side's top laner would participate in this dragon fight, so it made no difference whether Gragas reached six slowly or quickly, and it wouldn'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... it might very well change the situation in the bottom half of the map!

This wave, JDG's mid and jungle originally wanted to sneakily attack Lee Sin; even if they likely couldn't kill him, they could definitely force all his skills, and the combat power in the bottom half of the map would become unequal—after all, Caitlyn and Thresh could only hold on during laning; once it came to a front-line team fight, a super-fed Zeri was definitely stronger!

But seeing Nidalee, Kanavi clearly found a better target.

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

"Level-six Kha'Zix's pursuit ability is too strong! Passive slow combined with ultimate speed boost, Nidalee simply can't create distance in the river!"

"Kanavi evolved Q at level six; Isolated Q makes Nidalee's health drop extremely fast!!"

Kha'Zix evolving Q doesn't actually increase the output of the Q skill by a single drop.

It's just that {the casting range is increased to 450 yards, and the cooldown is halved when used on an isolated target}.

Of course, with the cooldown halved to a Q every 2 seconds, it essentially counts as increasing damage.

The second claw was grabbed out, the second stage of the ultimate 【Void Assault】 gained another 40% movement speed to pursue, and the moment invisibility vanished, it refreshed and reset the passive 【Unseen Threat】, causing the next basic attack to deal increased damage and slow Nidalee again!

If Nidalee were in complex jungle terrain, she might have been able to circle around by relying on brush speed boosts and frequent W wall-jumps—but the river terrain simply gave her nowhere to maneuver!

"Run toward me!"

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

"Kill him! Just kill Nidalee!"

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

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

Akali, who had rushed over early, would definitely be able to kill this heavily wounded target!

More importantly, even if Lee Sin used all his skills and tried his best to forcibly kill Kha'Zix, it would be a 1-for-1 trade between junglers; Lee Sin would have no status, V5 couldn't take the dragon, and it would still count as successfully defending the dragon.

By the time both junglers respawned, Akali would definitely be level six, and at that time, JDG could completely come to contest this dragon!

Moreover, Kanavi, who still had his E skill, felt he might not necessarily die.

Nidalee and Kha'Zix had already walked one after another to the lane brush.

When Lee Sin entered the casting range of 【Iron Will】, he immediately flew over to add a shield to Nidalee, eliminating the {Isolated} effect while also blocking that potentially fatal long-range Q skill for Nidalee!

But Nidalee was already at a sliver of health; any skill touching her would kill her.

At the same time, Akali had already performed a back-E displacement from above to dive down; as long as she used the continuous speed boost from the Twilight Shroud, she could easily catch up and land one hit.

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

At this moment, the best decision seemed to be to all-in Kha'Zix for a 1-for-1 trade, which Lee Sin, with all skills in hand, was entirely capable of doing.

However, Ye Bo's choice was unexpected.

Because Akali was pursuing Nidalee, the three were currently standing in a 90-degree triangle...

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

His right leg condensed massive Qi, and with giant force, his body rotated to whip out a high kick... The starting motion of 【Dragon's Rage】 and the golden light of Flash bloomed simultaneously!

"Sure enough, R-Flash?"

Lee Sin was also one of Kanavi's signature heroes, and plus he himself liked "maneuvers," so Kanavi was completely familiar with all kinds of hero maneuvers!

When he saw Knight approaching himself because he was chasing Nidalee, a Lee Sin maneuver technique immediately appeared in his mind...

—————Reverse R-Flash, kick two.

But due to positioning, if {targeting Kha'Zix} to kick two, even if he really kicked them, it would only be equivalent to "helping Kha'Zix displace" closer to Nidalee; Kha'Zix could land and E-jump to his face to kill Nidalee!

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

Then the question arose.

In a situation where he had already anticipated this maneuver in advance, could Kha'Zix, who had his E pinched in his hand, fail to react?

Kha'Zix could even directly use E to dodge while pursuing Nidalee, and if Lee Sin's kick only kicked Akali, it would very likely fail to kill anyone due to lack of damage!

So Kanavi saw the golden light appear without the slightest panic, and even felt like laughing.

But the next scene.

Made his smile freeze.

Because when Kha'Zix saw the golden light appear, he was rapidly pressing the EEEEE keys wanting to jump forward, but there was no reaction at all!

Kanavi finally realized with a start that there seemed to be a brief {root} mark on his head.

Where did the root come from!?

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

"Insec!!"

Lee Sin's first rotation clearly hadn't ended, but his body immediately performed a second high-leg rotation as if twitching; the moment he landed from Flash, he kicked Akali like a cannonball precisely into Kha'Zix with a "face-to-face roundhouse kick"!

The {root} on Kha'Zix's head finally disappeared at this moment, and Kanavi immediately frantically pressed E.

But his mouse cursor hadn't changed position, still pointing toward Nidalee's location—and Akali, who flew over like a "human cannonball," had already arrived in advance!

Kha'Zix's legs had just started to jump when he was immediately knocked up and crashed by his teammate who had been smashed over!

"Hidden Double Dragon's Rage!"

Xun, who thought he was surely dead, widened his eyes, but reacted extremely quickly; seeing both opponents knocked up together, he immediately transformed into human form, turned, and shot a spear to supplement the damage.

Lee Sin smoothly connected with an RQ combo, and the Sonic Wave tore through the air to strike Kha'Zix's vital point.

As everyone knows, RQ never misses~

The commentary booth instantly boiled over: "What kind of maneuver is this!!!"

"Kha'Zix takes another spear! Hit by Lee Sin's Q again! Lee Sin with a Warhammer has really high damage... Kha'Zix's E seems to have been interrupted!?"

"It's over!!"

The target "hit" by being kicked by 【Dragon's Rage】 not only takes the full damage of the ultimate itself but also adds {a percentage of the initial target's bonus health} as bonus damage!

Kha'Zix had more than a third of his health directly blown away by Akali's human cannonball; combined with the spear and the Resonating Strike execution, he was directly shattered upon landing by an AE!

Akali wanted to open her Twilight Shroud at this moment, but seeing the E skill on her head, she immediately stopped—Knight also knew that if he took the E first, he wouldn't be able to go invisible after opening the Twilight Shroud.

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

Akali, who had also taken the Dragon's Rage, hard-tanked the four seconds of military-style punches and was already heavily wounded.

"Knight couldn't walk to the tower, but he has already opened the Twilight Shroud wanting to circle around; hey, running in the opposite direction, can he kite?"

"But because Lee Sin's first W was on a friendly hero, the cooldown was halved, and now the W has refreshed, allowing him to ward-hop closer!"

"Akali has no way to escape in despair!"

"A double kill with a zero-for-two trade! This wave was purely Master Ye's personal show... But how was this done!?"

Everyone clearly heard two "Insec" roars.

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

Until finally someone noticed Kha'Zix's sudden daze on the spot, as well as the clearly visible root on his head.

"Hey, why was Kha'Zix rooted!?" Guan Zeyuan asked the same question as Kanavi: "Where did the root come from!"

"Did Lee Sin seem to... cast two ultimates!?"

Actually.

In the skill text description of 【Dragon's Rage】, it already stated {the target will be rooted during casting}.

This small patch was actually to ensure that when Lee Sin uses R, the opponent's movement wouldn't affect the angle of the roundhouse kick—the reason many people still get dodged is simply because they were slow to follow up with R, failing to lock on before the opponent flashed out.

But this mechanism.

If combined with {if Lee Sin's ultimate suddenly loses vision of the target during casting, it will forcibly cancel the ultimate casting}.

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

One can create an effect as bizarre as this wave!

Just as Kanavi thought.

Without the 0.35-second control window created by the R-skill casting time, anyone with a displacement skill might be able to react...

————But this brief root could achieve a non-Flash, almost guaranteed-to-hit "body combo" of this rebounding R!

【Nine! Heavens! Thunder! Double! Foot! Stomp!】

【Dragon's Rage, my tail is relatively long, it's not excessive to swing it twice, right?】

【Wow, so RQ doesn't miss!】

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

【Holy f***, orthodox! Bodhidharma double ultimate! I just said this was Bodhidharma!!】

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

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

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

Fortunately, JDG wasn't stunned, still playing to their strengths.

Utilizing every opportunity like a needle in a haystack.

The only good news this wave was forcing out all of Lee Sin's skills, not just the ultimate, but also Flash.

The key point is: Zeri is almost level six!

JDG had a hidden benefit in the level-one team fight—Zeri's level!

Normally, it's hard for an ADC to reach level six on time at eight minutes no matter what... but because both supports died at level one, the first two waves of minions were solo-eaten by the ADC!

Zeri didn't have any experience loss afterward, plus the experience from the solo-eat at the start, it was entirely possible to reach level six on time at eight minutes!

This was JDG's biggest bargaining chip.

Although Kha'Zix had no advantage, Zeri was the best-developed person, especially in the first team fight at level six.

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

And for this Rift Herald, JDG also had a reason they had to contest.

Both top and mid laning disadvantages were huge, and two layers of plating had already fallen after the kills; now losing the Herald would directly be equivalent to losing the first tower!

"JDG's bot lane is starting to head toward the Herald; it looks like they want to catch the time difference of Lee Sin's ultimate cooldown, Lee Sin's ultimate is indeed still a bit off."

"Did Master Ye recall and buy a Serrated Dirk? Assassin Lee Sin, so violent!"

"Hey, but V5's bot lane doesn't seem prepared to contest the Herald; Caitlyn is just preparing to push the tower in the bot lane. With Renekton here, are they actually not contesting the Herald fight?"

V5 wasn't prepared to contest this Herald fight.

Although they had Renekton, a Herald-fight powerhouse, they ultimately chose to trade resources.

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

Although V5 had a certain item advantage now, it was definitely far from the level of "winning casually."

On the other hand.

The Rift Herald's purpose is to take platings and ram the first tower.

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

JDG discovered that the opponent's jungle and bot trio appeared in the bot lane to push the tower, so they had no choice but to quickly start the Herald.

"Knight, don't lose health; wait until we finish the Herald and you TP to the bot lane to defend; we'll defend the mid lane," Missing communicated.

"They will definitely call people back to defend mid; Lee Sin can't stop us!"

In the eyes of his teammates, Akali had ultimate, Flash, and all skills; facing three people in the bot lane, he shouldn't be dived.

And Lee Sin would also find it difficult to stop the three from pushing the tower, so he would definitely have to call the support and jungler back, which would alleviate the crisis.

"Mm, okay, okay." Knight didn't speak, just blindly not knowing how to refuse.

But, an accident appeared after all.

The thing Guan Zeyuan worried about most happened—someone couldn't stay stable.

"Lee Sin uses E to clear minions while grazing with Q; Knight was hit by Q!"

"Resonating Strike to the face followed by an A, just one Q! Lee Sin's armor penetration build damage is really strangely high! Akali's small frame simply can't hold up!"

He saw JDG's intention: "Now only the mid laner on the blue side has TP; if they want to defend the bot tower, only the mid laner can go, but Knight can't lose status like this, otherwise he will definitely be dived by the three people in the bot lane!"

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

Knight also felt it.

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

Lee Sin countering Akali, the point isn't actually that so-called "shadow-breaking" ability.

It's the unequal consumption and recovery ability.

Even if it's an equal skill trade, Lee Sin, relying on the frequent double lifesteal of the second stage of W, Akali definitely can't win the trade, let alone the skill exchange always being at a disadvantage.

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

But Akali isn't completely without room for maneuvers.

After all, Akali's instant burst is no weaker than Lee Sin's, and the room for maneuvers is also quite large.

Knight felt the opponent's killing intent, but he had an extra Flash and ultimate this wave, confident he could completely maneuver!

The minion wave entered the tower.

Lee Sin seized the gap in Akali's last-hitting and hit a Q outside the tower.

Knight had already conceived the maneuver scenario in his mind.

If the opponent dared to Q in, Akali would first use E2 to bring him deep into the defense tower, and at the same time jump out with R1 in the air, which would happen to create distance!

With Twilight Shroud in hand, Lee Sin's follow-up E couldn't reveal him, and he would have to endure the defense tower's attack, while Akali still had R2 in hand under the tower to attempt a pursuit...

The perfect maneuver plan was just completed.

Lee Sin's figure suddenly burst forward!

But Knight wasn't "scared" into using his skills.

He clearly saw that it was clearly Lee Sin's W-ward-hop motion, just wanting to trick him into using skills; anyway, since he didn't hit anyone, he wouldn't tank the tower...

But Ye Bo didn't play by the rules.

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

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

His maneuver plan was indeed fine—because under normal circumstances, all of Lee Sin's skills have to wait for Q2 to land before they can be used.

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

This is equivalent to being able to "displace" Lee Sin, letting the opponent be unable to cast his ultimate at all after landing, only able to take tower aggro in vain.

However, Lee Sin's previous actions weren't just intimidation.

Just as he was flying in the air with Resonating Strike, Lee Sin actually "horizontally" slammed the ground first! At the same time, he rotated and lifted his leg again!

Before landing, the "Air E" was cast first, and at the same time, a "Mid-air Locked" Dragon's Rage was connected; although Akali successfully cast R1, he was still forcibly kicked by the roundhouse kick and flew out of the tower!

The key point is that the Air E dealt damage before landing, supplementing the damage for the Q2 Resonating Strike.

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

Akali's health instantly entered the death zone!

Fortunately, Akali flew out of the tower and seemed to be able to escape a disaster by relying on R2... but another "Long-range RA" that seemed to penetrate space was dealt, punching Akali to death in the air from a distance!

"QW connect interrupt Q + 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 maneuvers performed in the air during Q2, before landing...

"Low-level maneuvers" gamble on muscle reaction ability.

"Mid-level maneuvers" gamble on thinking and understanding.

"Top-level maneuvers" actually gamble on who can "pre-think the opponent's maneuvers" and then immediately have a countermeasure in their mind.

The last wave Kanavi lost on the second level; the depth of thinking and understanding was below him.

And Knight this wave died on the third level.

Just because all of Akali's maneuvers were entirely in Ye Bo's mind.

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

"Solo kill!!"

"JDG just finished the Herald, and a solo kill report actually came from the mid lane!"

"Master Ye this wave! Poured out all his burst during the Resonating Strike; Knight had no means to counter at all! I'm a bit unable to understand it!"

Guan Zeyuan had already fallen into silence, but hearing this, he couldn't help but open his mouth again.

"This should be able to be called Lee Sin's 'Softening' mechanism... Canyon once used it in a game; it belongs to a technique that Lee Sin master players like to use..."

Guan Zeyuan pays close attention to the LCK, because Canyon once used the eye-catching maneuver of "Air Shield-Breaking Roundhouse Kick," and it just so happened he had really learned about this mechanism.

The general meaning is that originally, one cannot use any WER skills in the air during Q2—but as long as one uses W to displace, and interrupts W with Q2 before completely finishing the ward-hop action, one can unlock this "prohibition."

It is indeed very similar to the "softening" mechanism of some games...

The point is that this doesn't affect the original displacement of W; as long as one can grasp the interruption before the limit distance of the W displacement, one can use the W displacement distance almost normally.

Skillful application will clearly be able to greatly increase Lee Sin's maneuver ceiling!

And Knight, as a level of half-baked skill who only practiced a few games, didn'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 barrage was full of mockery and teasing.

【Cinnabar!!!】

【Where are those who called him God Knight before? Come out for me!!】

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

【Hehe, love picking Akali, right? Is this something you can play, hmm? Do you have a score, I ask you!】

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

JDG's plan was broken again; the situation that originally wanted to force the mid first tower directly turned into a huge failure in the bot lane!

The voice channel was silent for a while.

Seeing that the bot first tower was completely undefendable, and the mid and top first towers were at full health, after hesitation, JDG still quickly chose to have everyone rotate to the top!

JDG had four people going to the top, relatively better for contesting the first tower.

More importantly, the bot lane was already empty; if they headed to the mid lane, V5 could completely just split a support or jungler to come over to help defend the tower, and the mid first tower definitely couldn't fall!

And JDG's bot first tower was also at full health before this wave; with the Rift Herald in hand, they didn't necessarily have no chance.

Just didn't expect.

TheShy wasn't scared away by the four aggressive people.

This point of Renekton was exactly at his strongest time; although he couldn't shine in the Herald fight, it was clearly not so easy to dive!

JDG summoned the Herald.

Renekton also directly opened his ultimate to clear minions and hard-tank, just to buy time for his bot lane teammates to contest the first tower!

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

"Wow, this big Renekton!!"

Accidents followed one after another.

Diving Renekton was already out of the plan; if it wasn't for the mid laner being solo-killed under the tower, this wave would definitely have gone to the mid lane to attract firepower just to trade platings.

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

Leona taking {Glacial Augment} can indeed limit Thresh to a certain extent—but the price is that Leona without {Yu Zhen} has a world of difference in tankiness when entering!

You have to know, Leona could originally open W first and then trigger Yu Zhen, and her dual resists could instantly rise by three levels.

Then there's Gragas, who had a lot of experience shared—he was actually still only level six!

Renekton directly poured a set of skills to kill Leona, who was tanking the tower, instantly rose to level eight, and then carried his blade to kill Gragas!

Gragas really couldn't run.

Once Gragas left the tower, the ones tanking the tower would be Zeri and Kha'Zix, two big squishies; leaving the tower was equivalent to giving up on killing Renekton.

"Can trade! Help Ruler trade a head!" the fountain commander Missing shouted.

Finally, Gragas backhanded a hard ultimate to control Renekton, and the three forcibly killed him, resulting in a 2-for-1 trade.

But Renekton had already dragged it out long enough.

The sound of the first blood tower came from the bot lane without suspense, and two more platings were taken off in the mid lane!

"A point loss in the mid lane! JDG had to trade for the top first tower at a painful price, but this clearly can only be considered barely stopping the loss..."

"The gold difference between the two sides was instantly pulled to 2.5k in this wave! They have already fallen into a disadvantage!"

"The only good news is that Ruler took another head... Now he really can only rely on himself!"

The first tower fell, entering the lane transition period.

11 minutes, rotate lanes to push down the low-health mid first tower, freeing up the mid laner.

12 minutes, head to the top lane to push, wanting to take advantage of the plating falling to pull out all the outer towers, which is also the most comfortable rhythm for the Caitlyn system.

But clearly, Ruler was unwilling to let the opponent push like this.

"69's position this wave is very shady..."

Renekton protected the bot duo to head to the top lane to push, while Nidalee and Lee Sin entered the jungle to find Kha'Zix.

And JDG had a similar configuration, with three people defending under the tower... Only Gragas was secretly crouching in the toilet pit!

However, the V5 group seemed to have precautions, deliberately not approaching the direction of the toilet pit, and the support didn't risk running up to place a ward, just preparing to wait for teammates to come over.

"Engage, engage, directly engage!"

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

Gragas forcibly E'd out, throwing his ultimate in the air!

Deft reacted extremely quickly and immediately E'd backward; although he only displaced a few steps before being interrupted, he successfully avoided the direction.

Thresh had deliberately stood at a safe distance, and only Renekton was blown back!

"TheShy!"

The lantern was immediately thrown at Renekton's face, and the JDG group also immediately placed several control wards.

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

Picking up the lantern was something the V5 group had deliberately practiced; it was actually very simple—as long as you lock on the moment the lantern appears, and then click it, that's enough.

Because it's a friendly cast, you can coordinate with voice prompts in advance, and there will naturally be preparation in advance, so the reaction speed should be faster!

And those who couldn't pick up the lantern, excluding those with slow reactions, the only reason was because they liked to "click the floor randomly."

Locking on at the first moment and then canceling it yourself, of course you can't click it when you go to click again!

But JDG didn't want to let it go; Leona directly flashed E to lock on Renekton and bloomed with Glacial to hard-keep him!

Ruler also seemed to be holding back fire, moving forward bravely, opening his ultimate 【Lightning Crash】 to activate full power, his fingers frantically releasing electric light!

"Hey, you pissed me off!"

Renekton flashed RW red-fury and turned back to slap him, but Zeri cleansed it instantly.

Pinching Flash to pull back, he instead started to output even more frantically!

Lightning Crash not only turns Zeri's basic attacks into lightning AOE that automatically splashes, but also gains attack speed and movement speed that can be continuously stacked, simply becoming more fierce the more he fights!

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

Compared to Zeri's frantic shooting, the speed of hitting the front line really couldn't be compared—and Zeri hitting the front line would automatically use chain lightning to hit the back line!

"Pull down!!"

Everyone retreated toward the river below, and Lee Sin and Nidalee had already rushed over.

Zeri kept kiting and pursuing, 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 naturally, all of V5 only had eyes for Zeri!

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

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

"Zeri side-flashed synchronously to avoid the Flay, and his positioning twisted away from the spear thrown from below! V5's front-line encirclement all missed! The three people above have all been heavily wounded..."

But the next moment.

A high-speed Sonic Wave followed the spear, aiming at the opposite direction of Zeri's positioning to dodge the spear, as if it had manually sealed off the path!

"Be careful!!" Guan Zeyuan's voice couldn't help but expand and turn sharp, as if it were him who was hit by the Sonic Wave: "Quickly protect Ruler! This Lee Sin definitely wants to roundhouse kick; he has Flash and Prowler's Claw!"

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

He didn't 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 end of the Sonic Wave's 3-second mark and prepare to turn back and fire again!

Lightning Crash can be maintained for five seconds, and he could still shoot from a long distance to continue...

But at this moment, Lee Sin suddenly ward-hopped forward again.

Another mid-air secondary dash Resonating Strike came flying!

JDG's mid laner remained silent; 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 about to arrive, Zeri suddenly folded toward the thick wall of the top lane, taking a big step diagonally into the wall on the left side of the top lane—sliding toward the direction of the top first tower!

Lee Sin's items were indeed very good, but they were certainly not enough to kill Zeri at full health.

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

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

Then... he simply E'd into the tower.

See where you can kick!

Lee Sin could only use Flash to interrupt his own Q2 at this moment, and that way Zeri could immediately return to the battlefield, and retreating this wave had already defended the top first tower, stopping the opponent's rhythm!

Lee Sin's Q2 trajectory speed was much faster than Zeri's E, and at this moment it was flying fast in pursuit.

Immediately after, Ruler's pupils shrank sharply.

The moment the two figures entered the stone wall, Lee Sin followed Zeri and flew close, approaching the radius—but suddenly lifted his leg in the air again!

Both were inside the stone wall.

With the thickness of this wall in the top lane, as long as Zeri landed, no roundhouse kick could 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 pounced to face-bite, Nidalee pounced, Thresh connected with a hook, Caitlyn connected with a trap upon landing... Lee Sin even threw a second Q skill over the wall in pursuit!"

"Kill Ruler! Ruler was killed instantly!!!"

All of JDG were clearly counting on this Zeri; Kha'Zix and Akali entering the field wanting to forcibly cut Caitlyn was also very difficult.

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

"Master Ye's kick is too exaggerated! It's not an exaggeration to say it directly laid the foundation for V5's victory! It really isn't!" Wang Duoduo praised 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 didn't say a word, no longer having the excitement from before.

【Guan Dog, if you want to cry, cry it out, let everyone laugh!】

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

【Purely performing, purely showing off! This is the real Ghost Foot 7!】

【Mammoth Wave connect arch, Heavenly King of Tower-Holding... wait, this game isn't K'Sante either?】

【Damn, too awesome! Master Ye has to play this kind of maneuver monster! 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 stormy sea at 13 minutes was rewritten into a death warrant under one kick.

V5 finished dismantling the top first tower and headed to the dragon, then officially entered the lane transition period.

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 who was equally outstanding in ganking ability, and a Thresh hook.

This game was purely a rhythm of dual junglers, or even "triple junglers"!

And the Thresh chosen at the tenth pick wasn't just able to 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 he was approached by Thresh—these displacement skills were all very easy to be interrupted by Flay!

V5 pushed around the extremely skilled Caitlyn system, constantly compressing Zeri's development space.

"JDG has lost ground repeatedly in the lane transition period, mainly due to the failure of the mid-jungle confrontation leading to a blocked rhythm, and the gold difference from that wave was instantly torn to 6k."

"Is this waiting 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 be the peak of the opponent's lineup!"

Thinking that "Renekton and Nidalee are useless" is actually not that simple.

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

But, what if I have four items and go to fight three items or even two items!

Then what weakness is there?

Moreover, V5's top and jungle are weak in the late game, but are JDG's top and jungle strong in the late game?

Kha'Zix and Nidalee's situation can only be said to be six of one and half a dozen of the other; both are early-game advantage rhythm heroes, and both are heroes who can't play if they are at a disadvantage.

Lee Sin's damage in the mid-game has become outrageous, and there's simply no need for high-risk "roundhouse kicks"—hitting a Q is basically fatal!

If he can hit it, the pure damage is basically enough.

Why kick a corpse back?

And V5 doesn't intend to drag it out, preparing to fight in front of the Baron pit at 20 minutes.

JDG really can't let this go and has to come out to contest the fight; although Zeri's items are still not enough, they want to protect her with all their might to see if they can fight another team fight like the one at 13 minutes.

"V5 isn't in a hurry to start the dragon, just letting Nidalee poke and consume!"

"Feels like it's JDG that needs to engage!"

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

But JDG has no long-range poke means.

No matter how low the hit rate is, as long as one hits, it's something JDG, who is already at a disadvantage, can't accept!

Health is being forced down.

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

However, 369 received a death order this wave, pinching his E and standing in front of Zeri, only leaving it for Lee Sin to interrupt the opponent's entry protection.

But just at this moment.

Lee Sin threw another Q, precisely hitting Akali, who was close to Zeri behind.

"He might want to come again!"

"He's coming!!"

Seeing the opponent repeating the old trick, 369 was overjoyed and slammed forward with his belly on the only path, and his teammates also immediately approached!

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

But still the same saying.

Does the current Lee Sin still need any roundhouse kicks?

He needs to.

It is a true "Meatball Impact."

Just as Gragas's Meatball Impact was about to touch the corner of Lee Sin's clothes—he flashed in the air to the side to dodge the belly, and the next moment dark light erupted, as if tearing space!

Only to see {Prowler's Claw} drive Lee Sin to brake back with the Flash landing position, drawing a bizarre horizontal-jump Z-trajectory in the air.

Lee Sin looked like he was jumping horizontally in the air, as if he had used LeBlanc's 【Distortion】!

Shuttle double distance to fly and kill, flashing back in front of Gragas, and kicking him in the air.

"Divine! Dragon! Tail! Swing!"

The exclusive ultimate voice of the Dragonmancer skin roared out.

Blue and white dragon-shaped Qi surged out from the leg line, and Gragas's fat body seemed to turn into the perfect kinetic energy conductor at this moment!

Ruler saw that bizarre movement like a ghost riot, almost instantly his hair stood on end, instinctively using Flash to dodge.

But, the other three weren't so lucky.

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

The squishiest Kha'Zix was almost shattered along with his shell, and even Leona's holy armor crumbled inch by inch!

And under the commentary booth's microphone-popping, there were gasps one after another, and the entire venue simultaneously emitted screams that could even penetrate the white noise interference headphones!

Finally, JDG's crystal was directly flattened by the five people in one go!

(End of chapter)