Chapter 70: with translation of chapter title

Match time, 3 minutes 40 seconds.

On the upper river path, a canyon swiftclaw crab is crawling slowly.

Bang~

A pellet shot out, and the river crab was awakened.

The mafia boss bore the names QG and XDM on his head, and he snatched the river crab.

The upgrade rotating light descended, and the male gunner reached level 4.

"5 camps + 1 river crab."

"But XDM this game cleared from bottom to top, which is extremely rare in the current patch."

"Miller commented: \"Moreover, this game's luck isn't great either—the first mark was placed in the bottom half, letting the enemy Kindred take it. \""

"Looking at XDM's route, it seems he wants to gank top lane."

"Doll stared intently at the male gunner's movement trajectory."

"This wave has a chance—XDM collided with the enemy top laner!"

"Miller's spirits lifted: \"A quick draw, E straight onto Poppy's face, red buff slows, Poppy adjusts angle trying to wall‑bang, but he messed up—he didn't wall‑bang the wall, instead he shoved himself into a corner! \"

"In the frame, as V's Ekko came in, the Canadian could only flash over the wall back to the turret."

"What a coincidence, huh?"

"Doll's booming voice: \"Darshan happened to come to the tri-bush to place a ward, and the ward revealed a male gunner—do you think XDM anticipated this or it was just a blind cat finding a dead rat? \""

"If he'd predicted it ahead of time, that'd be too scary—I think it's more likely just a coincidence."

"Miller glanced at the big screen, then his tone shifted: \"Wait, there's more to this wave—XDM hasn't left yet! \""

"Xu Dongmen circled out from behind the turret and cut off the minion wave."

"On the other side, V had already brought minions up to the turret."

"Clang——"

"Accompanied by intersecting time, Ekko, with his shield activated, took the turret first."

"Xu Dongmen wasn't stingy either—he flashed, adjusted his angle, and unleashed a gunpowder roll, using the turret as terrain for an instant burst."

"【First Blood】"

"The mafia boss pocketed 400 protection fees, took a backward step out of the turret, his black trench coat swaying in the wind beneath the turret—quite dashing."

"After killing him, he promptly turned over the recently refreshed stone‑armored crab."

"At that moment, Xmithie's Kindred was still farming marsh frogs in the bottom half."

"On the same team, the monster camps at both ends of the map reset simultaneously—a sight only commonly seen this season."

"Both sides cleared the jungle with equal numbers, but the male gunner had an extra first blood, while Kindred had picked up a layer of mark."

"XDM was feeling good, went home and directly upgraded his jungle knife, plus a pair of straw shoes and a longsword."

"Almost simultaneously recalling, Kindred upgraded nothing but the hunter's potion aside from his jungle knife."

"In the commentators' voices, Xu Dongmen had already arrived in the lower jungle, first clearing F4, then eating the stone‑armored crab to reach level 5."

"At that moment, the bottom lane minion wave also began crossing the river."

"Caitlyn Braum vs Lucian Bard"

"At the start of the match, Stitch personally said they couldn't push at level one, so early on they had to adopt a defensive stance."

"This is also why Xu Dongmen chose to clear from bottom to top—when Caitlyn has to eat jungle monsters to lane at the start, it means giving up lane pressure."

"There are many ways to be pressured in bottom lane: one is getting shoved off the wave, another is deliberately pushing the wave without losing CS or missing last hits."

"QG's bottom lane belongs to the latter."

"One Caitlyn and one Braum—even if CLG's bottom lane is strong early, there's nothing they can do against them."

"Even by six minutes, neither side in bottom lane had opened up a gap."

"Dongmen, there's a ward here."

"The Dire's Doom placed a mark, roughly covering the river brush from bottom lane to the dragon pit."

"Half a minute ago, before the minion wave crossed the river, Aphromoo's Bard vanished from lane for a while."

"Xu Dongmen activated a scan, and sure enough he discovered the ward location."

"After clearing it, he directly grabbed his typewriter and invaded CLG's jungle, applying pressure to bottom lane."

"Right now, Stitch has already brought a big wave minion surge up to the turret."

"A jaw‑dropping scene unfolded: Stixxay and Aphromoo directly retreated from under the turret."

"Both still had seventy‑to‑eighty percent health, yet they dared not hold the turret."

"This wave, CLG's bottom lane must withdraw, because their top lane has no Teleport!"

"Miller's voice rang out, answering everyone's doubt: \"After XDM killed the top laner in the previous wave, Da Shan was forced to give up his Teleport to replenish the lane, while V kept his TP. \""

"CLG's bottom lane is also decisive—a big wave of minions, they didn't even glance, just recalled to buy items."

"The good news is Lucian has a Stormrazor this wave—otherwise this would have been a huge loss."

"Even though they made the loss‑minimizing decision, after this wave the bottom lane gap widened, with Caitlyn ahead by two minion waves."

"And look, XDM is at it again—this wave the enemy marsh frogs just respawned; how could it be this coincidental, wow wow wow…"

"Doll's true nature was exposed."

"Coming out of the enemy jungle, he passed by and ate the river crab, and his own F4 had just respawned."

"His jungle route was seamless, drawing awe‑inspired applause."

"But Xmithie isn't stupid either—this wave, seeing your male gunner show up in bottom lane, he mirrored the invasion into your upper jungle, knocked out the marsh frog, and just so happened the mark respawned there; Kindred's luck this game is genuinely good."

"Miller was also closely monitoring the enemy jungler's movements."

"As a veteran jungler who debuted in Season 2 around the same time as the factory chief, Xmithie is a Filipino‑American whose looks bear strong Southeast Asian features."

Like the factory manager, his playstyle is also mainly control-oriented, and in the LCS he has long been called the North American Bengi.

He is very calm, knowing exactly when to do what.

He is also the commander of the entire team.

"Jae-hyun, come, come."

Xmithie started commanding.

"Here I am, Kabi Ge." Huhi began moving up.

He was playing Ryze this game, and he could roam this wave because he used his ultimate to clear the wave and grabbed a wave of lane priority.

For CL, since Xu Dongmen had given them pressure in bot lane, they had to retaliate and make something happen top lane.

"Ekkonoflash~" (Ekko didn't flash).

Da Shan gave out information.

The three of them initiated a tower dive top lane, but the result was not ideal.

At this point, V had reached level 6, whereas among CLG's top, mid, and jungle trio, the only one who had hit level 6 was Ryze, who had already blown his ultimate before arriving, greatly reducing his damage.

The three forced an engagement, ending up trading the mid and jungle's two flashes, and only achieving a 1-for-1 exchange.

Ekko with his ultimate is the hero least afraid of tower dives!

"CLG, this play was too reckless."

"But overall it's not bad; at least Thresh got a kill, and it was a marked kill."

"7 minutes, 3 stacks; as for marks, Xmithie's game is going smoothly!"

When top lane was being dove, Xu Dongmen was taking red in the bottom half.

The distance was too far to render aid.

Although they were dove, this wave V actually came out ahead.

He took a kill, and the enemy who died was also Poppy; after this wave, the top lane gap not only didn't shrink, it actually widened further.

"Guys, I'm holding onto Teleport."

As an excellent blue‑collar top laner, V chose to keep Teleport, not using it to return to lane.

This is completely opposite to the later top‑lane philosophy, but in the S6 season top lane was like that: the duty was to become a tank front‑liner and serve as the team's blue‑collar.

Skipping a wave and keeping TP to aid teammates is very cost‑effective.

"Ying Bi Ge, come take blue."

Xu Dongmen cleared to the upper half and gave the blue buff to mid lane.

Da B was playing his main Viktor this game; such a big‑core champion still needs a lot of blue, requiring teammates to feed him.

"Guys, I announce that from now on I will suppress the enemy Ryze until the game ends!"

Doinb was full of confidence.

On the previous recall he upgraded the Hextech Core Prototype to the mk‑1 model—that is, a level‑1 core—changing from its initial pink to yellow and evolving the E skill's aftershock.

Even with two pairs of hands, Huhi couldn't push through the double‑hit damage of Death Ray plus the blue buff.