Chapter 31

【Is this the Chovy of the Old Man Cup? A Galio out-CSing a LeBlanc? Are you even human?】

【Is there a possibility that Zita is just too bad?】

【Indeed, everyone knows about Zita's LeBlanc; there's no "Le" (joy), only "Blanc" (blank).】

【That may be true, but this laning ability is also ridiculously exaggerated. Setting aside the counter-matchup, how many times have the opposing jungler and support come here so far in this game?】

【A Five-cost jungler is feeding in the jungle, and a captain-level Uzi can't gain an advantage in lane; only a One-cost card is struggling to hold things together.】

【To be fair, the top lane is also done for.】

【It's alright, AJ being at a disadvantage against 957 is expected; dying only once in ten minutes is acceptable.】

【How is this team so different from what I imagined? It's one thing that the Five-cost jungler isn't carrying, but Uzi can't even get an advantage in the bottom lane.】

【I'll say something you guys might not like: when they played against Ning's team earlier, Uzi didn't actually have much of an advantage; it was all thanks to the streamer, this One-cost card, performing.】

【In the end, it turns out a One-cost card that nobody wanted is carrying the team. Who could have guessed that?】

【Honestly, the streamer's level is completely that of a Five-cost card. I bet those teams that didn't pick him are regretting it now; a Five-cost mid-laner is too important.】

【I really like a quote from the streamer: League of Legends is a mid-jungle game. No matter how fierce the bottom lane is, it's useless; in the end, it all depends on the mid-laner and the jungler.】

As the chat in the livestream started discussing this, the time in the game ticked away second by second.

During this time, Su Xing had tried very hard to seize the initiative in the lane to find opportunities to roam, but unfortunately, it was as if Zita had been coached by an expert; the entire game, he stuck to one single thought.

Even if he died, he would trap Galio in the mid lane! And Su Xing couldn't just abandon the mid lane to roam like Zita did in the previous game, because that approach was truly stupid! With the mid lane unable to roam, the whole team felt like it had lost its backbone. The death count of AJ, who was in the pressure-absorbing position in the top lane, gradually increased. The jungler, Beishang, had been stuck in the jungle ever since he died once during an invade and couldn't get out. The bottom lane had frequent coordination errors; although they weren't at a disadvantage, having no advantage was the biggest disadvantage of all.

Looking at it, he couldn't find anyone capable of carrying. Finally, Su Xing felt that continuing like this wouldn't work, so he immediately changed his build strategy.

He abandoned the traditional Galio build and chose an output-oriented path: Sorcerer's Shoes, Dark Seal, and Hextech Rocketbelt, pursuing extreme damage output.

Time reached fifteen minutes, and Zita's team was about to secure the soul-point dragon.

In this situation, Su Xing knew that dragging it out was just a slow death, so he immediately called everyone over to prepare for a team fight.

If they won the team fight, this game could still be played; if they couldn't, then he would just have to accept it!

"Let's fight."

Su Xing said, "We're at too much of a disadvantage now. Let's kite and poke a bit before the fight; don't get reckless."

"We can't initiate."

Uzi reminded him, "Let me poke and harass first."

Su Xing:... It's as if our team composition has anyone who can initiate. With a Tahm Kench top and a Graves jungle, surely he couldn't be expected to initiate with Galio, right?

The only advantage in this team fight was that Zita's team didn't seem very good at handling team fights, which meant that even when the dragon spawned, they didn't dare to take it, and both sides could only kite around the dragon.

However, in the next second, the familiar scene happened anyway.

Uzi was too reckless and wanted to greed for one more Q-skill poke, only to be caught on the spot by Xiaolongbao's Lee Sin. Like a bowling pin, he was kicked back by the Lee Sin's R-Flash.

"Ultimate, give me your ultimate!"

Before Uzi finished speaking, Su Xing's Galio had already cast his ultimate on him. The previously perfect kiting was now completely broken!

In this team fight, Su Xing could truly be said to have done everything he could. Not only did he protect Uzi and keep him alive, but he also caught a mistake by the opposing AD and used Flash to land a combo that brought them to a sliver of health.

However, the final outcome did not change, because Uzi had no advantage, which meant he couldn't deal with 957's Aatrox and Xiaolongbao's Lee Sin in this team fight.

Two for five.

Su Xing, with his full damage build, traded for the opposing bottom lane duo before dying, but when he looked back, he saw 957's Aatrox descending like a god, hammering four people and getting a triple kill!

Zita's team not only wiped out their opponents but also took the soul-point dragon. They even seized this opportunity to push down the mid lane tier-one tower they had been wanting to take! "My bad," Uzi said, somewhat distressed. He was getting old, and his reaction time really couldn't keep up.

"My bad, my bad."

AJ also hurriedly said, "I think I raised a monster."

"My fault."

Xiao Duan said awkwardly, "My Karma is too bad; it's my fault we couldn't get an advantage in the bottom lane."

"It's okay, there's still a chance."

Su Xing took a deep breath.

In fact, he knew that the gold difference between the two sides had already widened to over six thousand, and most of this lead was on the Aatrox, the person who should least have an advantage.

Following this trend, even if they fought a hundred team fights, they wouldn't have a single chance to win.

However, giving up just like that wasn't Su Xing's personality. He glanced at his gold and silently upgraded his Dark Seal into Mejai's Soulstealer.

Seeing Galio building Mejai's, the viewers in the livestream didn't know what to say.

This person... really, he was still trying his best!

A few minutes later, Baron spawned. Zita's team didn't dawdle and gathered to try to sneak the Baron. However, Su Xing knew this in advance, so they had vision inside the Baron pit.

"Last fight."

Su Xing called his teammates over and said, "Beishang, E in when it's at 2500 health, and I'll use my ultimate. Try to steal the dragon."

"I might not win the smite fight."

Beishang hesitated; no one dared to say they had a 100% success rate in smite fights.

"It's fine, just try."

Su Xing encouraged him, "At worst, we just go to the next game; it's no big deal."

"Okay, I'll try."

A moment later, Beishang's Graves E'd in, and Su Xing followed up immediately with his ultimate, but in the end, they still failed the smite fight.

"GG, everyone did their best."

AJ let out a long sigh and typed "GG" in the public chat.

The opponents took the Baron, and their own team lost their mid and jungle; in this situation, they couldn't defend even if they wanted to.

Uzi was silent for a few seconds and said, "It seems like we all played a bit strangely this game. Su Xing, why don't you lead the review for us?"

"Huh?"

Su Xing was slightly stunned. Let him lead the review? "You didn't play poorly this game, but I feel like everyone had problems."

Uzi explained, "In this situation, having you lead the review might have a better effect."

"Uh..."

Su Xing was silent for a moment and said, "If I lead the review, it might be a little bit... extremely strict. *Cough cough*, I used to be a captain, so I had to be strict for them to listen to me."

"How strict?"

Uzi was full of confusion. Could he possibly eat them alive?

"It's just... when I lead a review, my temper might be a bit explosive. If there happened to be a dog passing by at that moment, it would probably get slapped twice before it could leave."

(End of chapter)