Chapter 325

"Master Ye is walking through the lightning with his bare body! He's completed a limit-breaking solo kill!"

"If Karsa doesn't return to the jungle to flank and find someone like this, Sylas can just walk back and retreat. He must make a choice!"

Karsa ultimately chose to turn back.

And Sylas, seeing the opponent coming to find him, simply walked to the second tower and gifted the kill to Taliyah, causing Skarner to not even pick up an assist and only be able to eat some tower-farmed minions.

Fortunately, TheShy also managed to trade for the tower-tanking Mordekaiser by burning him down with Ignite, barely salvaging the situation, though his experience was still severely behind.

After Guan Guan Guan Zeyuan finished analyzing the battle results, he vaguely remembered that something seemed strange about this exchange.

Angel, who had evolved from a troll into someone focused on studying mechanics, spoke up immediately: "Good heavens, this play must have been Sylas actively using the {Blast Cone} to detonate the Worked Ground first!"

"What a clear train of thought!"

"Because of Taliyah's Worked Ground, each person can only be stunned once. He essentially used one active, short stun to avoid the subsequent long stun, so his final crowd-control recovery time is faster than Taliyah's!"

The crowd-control duration of Taliyah's 【Worked Ground】 is applied multiplicatively based on the "remaining displacement time" of the triggered ability.

If one gets hit by the knock-up or eats multiple stone mines, one can be stunned for up to a full 2 seconds.

But the recoil from Ye Bo actively detonating the Blast Cone triggered exactly on the "edge" of the Worked Ground—and the displacement from the Blast Cone was also interrupted by the E2 pull.

Rounding it off, there was almost no displacement at all!

That's why the crowd-control time was only a fraction of a second, which is why Taliyah didn't even have the chance to use her stationary knock-up.

The mechanism and principle don't look difficult.

But after Angel ran it through his mind, he felt nothing but shock.

Even from a god's-eye view, it took him a while to react, let alone being in the middle of the match and relying on split-second reactions to figure it out.

This isn't just an understanding of Sylas... it's an understanding of the opponent's hero!

【Tiger-headed heart, Karsa is confused】

【One-for-one, mid-laners blow each other up! Win!!】

【Hey, it's been a year and Xiaohu still hasn't learned. I still remember the first time these two met last year, Master Ye was playing Taliyah, and in the final wave, he even pulled off that super cool 'Purify-Flash-EQWQ'. Didn't that teach you how to use Taliyah's Blast Cone?!】

【Holy crap? I actually remember that wave! Seems like it was back when Wei was guarding the Tiger-keeper, right?】

【Bad, looks like Wei was right!】

【I think Pizza wants to report to BLG too, picking a Skarner and just window-shopping!】

After the small climax of the dual-lane early game, the rhythm of the match slowed down instantly, and there wasn't even much trading of health.

But this is actually reasonable.

When both sides carry Teleport, kill potential is insufficient; after trading health, they just retreat to base, heal up, and TP back out, resetting the lane to zero, so naturally, they can be more casual and proactive.

But if only one side carries Ignite, it's one side attacking versus one side defending, and the match will remain intense.

Yet.

In this match, both sides brought Ignite, both have kill potential, and neither has TP to return to lane; even being forced back to base after being engaged on first is very painful!

Under these circumstances, both sides will naturally start to play cautiously and steadily during the ability vacuum period.

Both junglers also had their own gains.

Karsa's Skarner ate quite a bit of mid-lane minion experience and started power-farming, wanting to hit level 6 quickly.

While Xun's Jarvan IV played more proactively, frequently trying to make moves on the top lane, attempting to expand the advantage.

But TheShy's Rumble indeed has some unique aspects.

The most criticized flaw of Rumble top is his weak anti-gank ability, making him easily targeted.

A large part of the reason is that the core Q ability inevitably pushes the minion wave when trading health.

But in this match, whenever the camera shifted up, one would find that even though Mordekaiser didn't gain any advantage in health trades, the minion waves of both sides were actually almost even!

The secret.

Actually lies in TheShy's "angle of fire control."

Rumble's Q deals damage in a {fan shape}, which means it doesn't actually need to be aimed directly; as long as it touches the edge of the Q, it works.

And if you observe carefully, you will find.

When TheShy uses Q to trade with Mordekaiser, he often does so "diagonally" or even "sideways."

This way, he can harass Mordekaiser while the Q doesn't burn all the minions!

It sounds easy, but just a slight difference in angle could mean burning a few more minions, or losing out on harassment damage.

It can only be said that even TheShy himself is relying on feel and instinct.

Fortunately, Rumble is on the Blue side in this match—TheShy actually vaguely feels that his success rate at "fire control" is much higher when playing on the Blue side.

In contrast, Flandre's Mordekaiser attacks very straightforwardly, shouting "8080" with his big hammer as he smashes forward, with every Q almost hitting all the minions, silently affecting the flow of the minion wave back and forth.

What is called a "signature move" isn't about performing one more action, understanding one more mechanism, or using one more trick.

What's missing is the ability to integrate these things, using them as naturally as one's own arm, and handling the minute details with extreme precision.

And the different decisions of the two junglers triggered a chain reaction.

5 and a half minutes in.

Skarner reached level 6 first!

Logically speaking, having an extra level 6 is clearly a significant advantage. The WBG members originally thought the opponent would recognize the situation and back off, and both mid-laners didn't move initially.

But unexpectedly, not long after the fight started, the three members of V5's bot and jungle actually flanked them!

"They want to fight?"

"We can fight! Yuanhao, come quickly! I'm watching Sylas!"

"Coming, coming, but Sylas also has my ultimate, don't be in a hurry yet..."

Xiaohu was extra cautious this time.

Taliyah specifically entered the jungle from behind the mid tower, taking a wide circle instead of going through the nearby mid-lane river, fearing that Sylas would find another opportunity to ambush.

Anyway, Taliyah has passive movement speed and her ultimate to fly, so even if there's some distance, she won't arrive later than Sylas.

WBG was already prepared to face the enemy from the front, pulling out from the dragon pit.

Taliyah walked to the entrance of her own red buff, directly summoning 【Weaver's Wall】 to quickly enter the battlefield.

A loud, rumbling sound came.

But immediately following, a second, incredibly similar rumbling sound followed right after!

"Xiaohu enters with his ultimate, and Master Ye also enters with his ultimate!"

"... Where is Master Ye ulting to?"

"Holy crap!?"

"He actually crashed into him!!!"

A scene that shocked everyone's eyes unfolded.

One could see two 【Weaver's Walls】 like two roaring desert trains—and the place the one above was aiming for was exactly the path the one in front had to take!

Xiaohu was still looking for where Sylas's ultimate would land, thinking the opponent would also land in the back to regroup with his teammates.

But the next moment, he saw a face full of evil smiles, identical to his own, swinging chains and crashing head-on!

The wall continued to spread and generate forward, and the newly formed rock wall at the very front crashed into Taliyah, directly kicking the skateboarder away and pushing her down from the air with a {knock-up}!

Like a crashing "Desert Orbital Train"!

"Taliyah has crashed!!!"

"Xiaohu was blocked above the river wall! But Sylas jumped directly over the wall and landed in the dragon pit!"

"WBG seems to be short-handed in the front!?"

【Weaver's Wall】 can last for 4 seconds.

And Xiaohu's Taliyah landed on the shore, separated from her teammates by a river wall, with no Flash, and not even a chance to force her way over!

The WBG's perfectly good combat scenario changed instantly.

Although they had the jungler's ultimate.

It was equivalent to missing a mid-laner, and the front line was about to become a 3-on-4!

One could see Sylas already dashing forward and sliding sideways, then swinging his E2 pull, aiming directly at the bot-lane duo in the back!

Karsa's train of thought was very clear at this moment.

Just as Sylas's precise pull chain was about to hit Ashe, Skarner suddenly flashed sideways to get close, and the high-hanging 【Impale】 directly locked onto Sylas.

Tail sting!

Sylas instantly turned into a crystal statue, tightly suppressed.

At the same time, the E2 pull chain that had been swung out also "disappeared" in mid-air!

Skarner possesses the most overbearing, highest-level, and even king-of-control ability in League of Legends: 【Suppression】.

Compared to common crowd control like Taunt, Stun, Snare, and Knock-up—Suppression is the only crowd control that cannot be countered by any "crowd control cancellation"!

Of course, only limited to Skarner!

Because compared to the suppression of "Zaun's Wrath" and "Void Prophet," only Skarner's ultimate suppression is a "non-channeled" {point-and-click} control that won't be interrupted by other crowd control.

Simply put.

Skarner's suppression: it suppresses all of the opponent's effects, disabling all follow-up and displacement abilities!

Even Sylas's most reliable "crowd control cancellation" was directly ignored.

And Skarner was currently holding Sylas with his tail sting, leaning towards the wall inside the dragon pit.

Xun immediately saw what the opponent wanted to do.

"Brother Brother Brother Yuanshen! Follow up with an ability!"

Jarvan IV gave up the idea of taking the dragon first and turned to EQ towards Skarner.

Clearly, Skarner wanted to use the pull of the tail sting to "drag" Sylas to the distance of the wall.

This would allow Taliyah, who was still blocked by the wall, to follow up with a WEQ combo from across the wall at extreme range!

As long as they could maintain the perfect crowd-control chain, Sylas would likely be unable to move for nearly 4-5 seconds, and WBG's four-man focus fire would likely result in the first casualty!

And Jarvan IV's EQ knocked Skarner up to delay the opponent's pace, while Jhin in the back aimed at the knock-up direction, steadily following up with 【Deadly Flourish】 to freeze him in place for another 1 second.

The 1.75-second suppression time of the tail sting was coming to an end.

But Sylas was still some distance from the wall, and Taliyah's WE range wasn't enough, so she could only use her Q ability to supplement some damage from afar.

"Dragon! Look at the dragon first!" Ye Bo shouted orders.

Karsa clearly realized that the health of the dragon in the back was low and had already turned back.

However, Xun, having received the reminder, was even more decisive, using his DF combo to Flash-Smite and take the dragon first!

Karsa, feeling that his plans were falling through repeatedly, gritted his teeth: "Damn it! Just kill Sylas! Sell me after killing him!"

"Kill the shoe! Kill the shoe! The shoe has no Flash!"

The focus-fire targets on both sides were very clear.

Sylas fell first after dumping all his damage, but Skarner couldn't hold on for too long against the four-man focus fire.

Looking at the scene.

Both sides seemed to still be 3v3 at this moment.

But the key point was that Taliyah failed to land her position in this wave!

Although the wall had disappeared and Taliyah seemed to be able to output damage without pressure from across the wall—but why would V5 fight against the wall?

Varus and Jhin just need to crouch at the entrance of the dragon pit and throw abilities slowly; if Taliyah wants to flank from the side, she will be disconnected from the bot-lane duo, and just relying on the wall will only lead to being "shut in and beaten like a dog" by the opponent.

This river wall seemed to have become an insurmountable chasm!

"This terrain is really too bad! Gala and Liu Liu Liu Qingsong can only Flash over the wall to escape!"

"WBG looks like a 1-for-1, but actually, it's definitely not a profit!"

"The only good news should be that Gala got Sylas's small shutdown bounty."

Although Sylas had an extra 150 gold bounty due to his mid-lane laning advantage.

But the dragon was taken by the opponent, they gave up three Flashes in total, plus Skarner used his ultimate, yet it was only a 1-for-1.

Clearly, no matter how you look at it, it can't be considered a profit!

"This wave is really terrifying," Angel was still rambling incessantly: "Precision to the extreme! The flight path, speed, and intersection point of Taliyah's ultimate—Master Ye essentially completed the positioning in an instant!"

"How familiar must one be with Taliyah to achieve this kind of positioning!"

"It can only be said that it's still because of Master Ye's terrifying hero pool, combining the heroes of both sides and utilizing multiple mechanisms mixed together!"

Guan Guan Guan Zeyuan echoed after listening: "Yes, I remember Master Ye had a highlight performance on Taliyah when he first debuted; he really understands Taliyah too well!"

The restless Xiaohai Xiaohai Xiaohai Youshen watched coldly from the side.

Hmph, finally exposed your true colors, right!

He muttered to himself: "This way, it depends on the Rift Herald fight. WBG can rely on Rumble for the Rift Herald fight, and combined with Skarner, they should have the ability to instantly kill one!"

The Rift Herald fight also seems to be an opportunity for WBG.

But the foreshadowing that hadn't been exposed before finally appeared.

Jhin's 【Teleport】!

Although bringing TP weakened V5's bot-lane suppression, at this moment, the effect of TP suddenly became prominent.

WBG faced a choice.

If the duo goes to join the fight, since the whole team has no TP, they might be directly pushed down for a full-health first tower!

If the duo doesn't go or only one goes, they are also very likely to be pulled by the opponent's TP, and maybe they won't get anything on either side!

"Gala and I won't go, right?" Liu Liu Liu Qingsong expressed his command opinion: "Gala has a big advantage now, going might lose the advantage."

"We can force the support back." Gala, who is usually quiet, also nodded and said.

The group quickly reached a consensus and ultimately chose to respond to changes with constancy.

It was also mainly because V5 wouldn't necessarily let Jhin rush to join the fight, and just having an extra level 5 support wouldn't necessarily have much effect; WBG could instead have steady gains in the bot lane.

8 minutes in.

Rift Herald refreshes.

Both sides took their positions; WBG's bot lane didn't see Jhin appear and immediately started pushing the lane quickly.

"Their bot lane might be about to make a move!"

"Let's fight directly!"

V5 chose to proactively start the Rift Herald, and Ye Bo pondered for a while, finally choosing to steal Rumble's ultimate.

This is actually another reason why Danny dared to let Skarner go.

It feels like Skarner's ultimate seems very powerful, but in reality, it's just a {single-target control} ability.

And it requires getting almost face-to-face to use, while also being unable to output damage while suppressing the opponent, which seems a bit uncomfortable for an output hero like Sylas.

At least compared to ultimates that can change team fights like Rumble, Neeko, Malphite, Alistar, etc., it is definitely inferior.

WBG's three members naturally didn't dare to force an engage directly, just wanting to delay time as much as possible.

But what made them slightly confused was.

Until now, they hadn't seen Jhin's figure, and the opponent seemed unusually to choose to pull the Rift Herald into the pit...

"What are they doing?"