Chapter 36: line with translation of chapter title

——Welcometosummoner【srift

(Welcome to League of Legends)

The Summoner's Rift appeared, and the audience seats burst into excited cheers and whistles.

"QG vs SKT!"

"Both teams achieved a 2-0 record in yesterday's match, tying for first place in the group."

"This is also their second meeting this season; the current head-to-head record shows SKT leading 1-0."

Wawa Miller served as the commentator.

This is not the first time QG and SKT have faced each other.

Two months ago, at the IEM10 World Finals, the two teams had already played a BO1 in Katowice.

The result was QG being utterly crushed, with a kill score of 6-26, and Doinb even ended up with a miserable 1-8 performance, almost feeding.

In Da B's words, the revenge, aside from his personal grudge with Faker, mainly refers to this time being crushed.

"After two months, we meet again on the international stage; this time it's on our home turf!"

"SKT remains the same five members, while QG has undergone personnel changes, mainly replacing the jungler."

"I'm really excited, I can't wait to see how this match between the two teams will turn out!"

Miller was full of anticipation.

"Wait, SKT seems to have a trick up their sleeve!"

Wawa's startled voice rang out.

In this game, both sides picked jungle core champions: one side played Leopard Woman, the other side Male Gunner.

Since they are jungle cores, the natural first choice is the standard clear path from top to bottom, and both of them did just that.

But, there were subtle differences.

Xu Dongmen started from the uppermost Stone Golem, while Blank had already arrived early at the Three Wolves spot and set traps.

In the frame, Leopard Woman placed three traps in the Shadow Wolves camp, then ran to the Raptors camp and placed one more before heading back to attack the Three Wolves.

Duke's Poppy also swung her hammer to help him clear a wave of jungle monsters.

"Wow, Leopard Woman is clearing really fast!"

Watching Blank leap around the Three Wolves, Wawa felt an ominous premonition.

When Leopard Woman began fighting the F4, the Male Gunner on the opposite side of the map had just finished the Stone Golem and went to take the Red Buff.

The efficiency difference was far more than just a little bit!

"Oh no, the jungle is about to be invaded." Miller thought with dread.

As he expected, Blank finished the F4, crossed the river, transformed into a cougar, and surged into QG's blue side.

At that moment, Xu Dongmen had just finished taking the Red Buff.

"That blue is gone, we're too late."

"Moreover, XDM is following a full clear route; he still needs to take the F4."

"Wow, we mysteriously lost a buff at the start, this feels awful!"

The Hell Brothers lamented endlessly.

From a god's-eye view, SKT's opening little trick made them feel impossible to defend against.

This situation inevitably reminded them of last year's S5 World Championship.

In the EDG vs SKT group stage match, they also suffered an early jungle loss, which directly caused the top lane to snowball.

The only thing they're grateful for now is that the Swamp Frog allowed Uzi and Tianzai Mojiri to take it early; otherwise, this wave might have seen Blank's Leopard Woman counter-jungle two camps in a row.

That Male Gunner just blew up!

"But XDM seemed to realize something; after taking the F4 and hitting level 3, instead of heading to the bottom half, he mirrored the action, crossing the river toward SKT's jungle."

Miller's spirits lifted, and he began shouting loudly: "If we can swap blues with the enemy this wave, we won't lose out; even SKT's Swamp Frog is there!"

From a god's-eye view, after Blank's Leopard Woman took the blue and returned the same way, she momentarily couldn't attend to the upper half.

Let alone taking the blue, there was plenty of time to take the frog!

But Xu Dongmen's target wasn't the jungle monsters; he didn't go deep into SKT's jungle, merely passing through the road.

"XDM's target is the Emperor!"

"There's an opportunity; the Emperor has been pushed a bit forward this wave."

On the mid lane, Doinb kept moving to the right, forcing Faker to the left and creating an angle.

An opportunity arose!

When the Emperor expended his Q, Sand Storm Blast, to push the lane, Da B directly reached out with a clutch of icy magic claws.

"Embrace the cold!"

He was playing the Frost Witch this game.

Faker initially thought this was just a show of force and wasn't afraid, until LeBlanc activated her second E and appeared in his face.

The Emperor retreated swiftly!

At that very moment, a black-clad thug burst out from directly behind.

"Hah!"

The Ring of Frost was released, and the Male Gunner quickly drew his gun and lunged at the Emperor's face.

Faker cleansed it instantly.

Xu Dongmen's gun barrel sprayed buckshot; using the Red Buff's slowdown, he fired a powder keg on the Emperor's inevitable escape route.

Whoosh~

Faker flashed to dodge the second part of Destructor's Fate, arriving near the lower river brush; he then waved his hand to summon sand soldiers through the wall, a shifting sand form flew to the other side, entering the F4 passage.

After all, he's the Demon King; even after being ganked, he stays calm, every move is just right, and he also chose the best escape route.

If there were any mistake, he wouldn't escape this wave.

"Who's hiding in the dark?"

Xu Dongmen, after placing a guard ward, sees the leopard woman coming to assist and immediately turns back.

"What a pity," the doll sighed, "the damage was just a bit off; if the Ice Woman had Ignite, she should have killed him."

"XDM is very calm, not getting carried away!"

Miller analyzed: "He still has a smoke bomb; if he flashes and follows up, he could kill, but he'd also be traded by the leopard woman, which is obviously not worth it."

The doll sighed: "This wave can only be said to have bad luck; coincidentally, the leopard woman was close to taking the red buff, and upon seeing mid lane ganked, she immediately gave up on the red and rushed to assist."

"Still a gain; this wave not only took down the Emperor's double summon, but also wasted some of the leopard woman's jungle time."

"Most importantly, the leopard woman's appearance made XDM realize his own blue buff had been invaded; after helping mid push the lane, he directly went into SKT's upper jungle."

"We can take the blue, and the Swamp Frog should also be ours!"

On the stage, Doinb returned to base, resupplied, then teleported back to lane, continually applying pressure to the mid lane, leaving the Emperor no time to attend to other matters.

Blank, knowing he couldn't contest it, after taking the red went to eat the river crab, then turned into a cougar and sneaked back into QG's blue area, trying to cut losses.

At this moment, the red side's initial three wolves are still alive, and the second wave of Swamp Frogs has also spawned!

"But after the first blue invade, QG already had a warning; Dire's End placed anti-invasion wards in the jungle ahead of time."

"After the leopard woman was spotted, she didn't dare to aggressively take; although you have some lane control bottom lane, mid lane is already calling MISS!"

"Blank can only return to his own jungle to eat the Stone Golem."

"Also, look what XDM is doing."

The doll noticed some subtle details on the minimap that are hard to catch.

After seeing the leopard woman appear in his own jungle, Xu Dongmen simply didn't leave, and also took in SKT's three wolves.

Blank opened this game with the three wolves, and the respawn timer roughly matches that of his team's Swamp Frog and Stone Beetle.

"Great, this way SKT's upper jungle three monster camps are all eaten by XDM instead."

"He reached level 4 directly, without eating the river crab."

"Comfortable!"

In the OB screen, both sides' jungle creep score are 16.

This happens to be the physical number of jungle monsters in one wave of the current patch.

Xu Dongmen cleared a full wave, while Blank barely managed, having taken five monster camps plus a river crab.

If this can be considered barely even, then the leopard woman is going to have a rough time ahead.

After returning to base and buying a green jungle blade, Blank found himself with no jungle monsters to farm.

His own jungle only had one F4 camp; after clearing it, the other three camps still had one minute before respawning.

In contrast, the enemy Xu Dongmen, after returning to base, went to the lower jungle, ate the Swamp Frog and the three wolves, then cleared all the way up, finding nothing but dry camps.

The two's development pulled apart at a visible speed!

For a full minute, Blank didn't even get a single hair.

The two opened a one-level gap!

The leopard woman was suppressed by one level at the start, which isn't too harsh for a jungler.

What's more, making Blank want to cry but unable to, he finally waited for the Swamp Frog to respawn, only to have a smoke grenade thrown over the wall, obscuring his vision.

"Blind as a bat!"

Xu Dongmen appeared in SKT's jungle, wearing a black coat, a cigar in his mouth, arrogant and imposing.

The timing was just right!

Blank refused to give up, but as the spear toss missed, knowing he wasn't a match, he was forced to choose to smite.

When it rains, it pours; even the smite trade ended in a loss!

He smited too early; the monster still had 40 HP, and the male gun finished it off with a basic attack.

"How frustrating! I waited half a day in the jungle for the monster to respawn, only to accidentally become a laborer!"

"XDM didn't even need to use Smite and just snatched the Swamp Frog."

"If it were me, my mentality would have collapsed!"

The doll and Miller vividly narrated.

This wave really can't be blamed on Blank; being level 4 against level 5, he definitely had to use Smite early to contest.

It's just a shame that luck wasn't on his side.

After the Swamp Frog was taken, Blank didn't dare to seek revenge on Xu Dongmen, swallowing his anger and retreating deep into the jungle.

At that moment, his three wolves also respawned.

But as he was fighting the wolves halfway, the male gun returned and appeared before him again!

"Ah shit!"

Even a mud Buddha has some temper; after being repeatedly messed with, Blank is on the verge of going berserk.

If it were half a year ago, he would have already pounced on Xu Dongmen, fighting to the death!

Being SKT's jungler allowed him to cling to the last shred of reason.

Without even a glance, the leopard woman turned and headed to the lower jungle, tearfully handing over her three wolves.

In the OB screen, the Emperor repeatedly sent out miss signals.

The opposing Ice Woman is missing, and she has already reached level 6!

"Damn, I'm just playing with a hammer!"

Before leaving, the one nicknamed Little Black, Blnk, burst out with foul language using Chinese, which he hadn't used in a long time.

If we talk in terms of rank, he's already pushing mid lane?

Unfortunately, can't push!

After all, his mid lane is that hot guy.

SKT's absolute core!