After the first wave, Xiao Tian and Lin Yan pushed away the minions and continued to get the little dragon.
"This Snake Lady has four heads in her hand. She went back home and got an Archangel's Staff!" Doll shouted. "Archangel for eight minutes. How is Crown's Dragon King going to line up?"
Crown ate JKL's head and went back to the city to buy Red Crystal and Straw Sandals. He wanted to rely on positioning to avoid Lin Yan's Q [Toxic Explosion].
However, Lin Yan saw that he had Straw Sandals. Naturally, he wouldn't stupidly go up and use Q directly. He first used W [Toxic Mist] to spread under Dragon King's feet.
Then, with the help of the speed reduction, he used Q [Toxic Explosion] and chased after him all the way.
Crown returned to the bottom of the tower with half of his health and was forced to knock down the potion bottle on his body.
Fire Man's damage was getting more and more after his equipment was replenished. Coupled with Ember's consumption, the damage was done incisively and vividly.
Under the situation of being suppressed, Ice's disadvantage was finally revealed. It was difficult for W [Ten Thousand Arrows] to consume YM's bottom lane, which was protected by the minions.
Relying on Ella's consumption alone, the three-star bottom lane was no match for YM at all.
When Ice's big move was about to finish, Xiao Tian came to the bottom lane again and squatted. He estimated that the opponent would definitely attack Ember, who didn't have Flash.
Sure enough, Ruler Emperor finished his big move and accurately hit JKL with Magic Crystal Arrow.
Master An also rushed over from behind. The three-star players wanted to pour all their damage onto Ember to kill him instantly.
However, they gave all their damage and control to JKL. Xiao Ming was finally free to deal damage without any pressure.
R [Flaming Storm] smashed into the Excavator in the lead. Then, E [Burning Fire] detonated the passive on Excavator and spread it to Ice and Ella.
Xiao Tian's Olaf came out from behind the grass. Cuvee found that the bottom lane was being squatted and immediately used Teleport, wanting to rush to the front to help his teammates.
Jin Gong couldn't interrupt Rambo under the tower and also used Teleport to rush to the bottom lane.
It was another eight-man team battle.
After JKL recovered from his stun, he was sent flying into the air by the Excavator. The damage from the three-star skill had instantly killed Ember, who had no healers.
But Fire Man's damage output was beyond their imagination!
With skill damage and passive effects overlapping, Fire Man's output in a small-scale team battle was better than Ella's!
The flames engulfed the Three Stars Generals like a purgatory, bouncing off their bodies repeatedly. Every flame would take away a large chunk of their HP!
"Fire Guy's damage output in a small-scale group battle is too ridiculous. The Three-Star players have been slowed down, and now they're in a dilemma!"
Doll could not help but exclaim when she saw the flames bursting out of Fire Man's hand and bouncing off Samsung Wild's body.
With the addition of Fire Man's two small skills, a full layer of [Burning Flames] effect appeared on everyone from the Three-Stars. The flame explosion coil was like a ticking time bomb, appearing around the three of them!
At the moment of Fire Man's passive explosion, Xiao Tian Olaf activated his big move [Twilight of the Gods] and rushed towards the Three-Stars. He threw out his axe and easily slowed down the two of them!
Corejj's Ella had already planted seeds and the big move [Strangling Vine] on the surface, but it had no effect on Mad Dog Olaf.
Xiao Ming threw out the last Q [Flame Brand] before he was sent flying, which triggered the Excavator to stun.
Xiao Tian picked up the two axes in his hand and slashed forward, aiming straight at Ella!
The moment Fire Man was sent flying, the two teleportation guidance behind everyone finally ended. Rambo and Jesse's bodies appeared behind them at the same time!
A row of flames fell from the sky and accurately covered Olaf and Fire Man!
"The angle of Rambo's big move is very tricky!
It just blocked Olaf's retreat route! "Before Mille had time to express his concern, Jin Gong made his move.
He looked at the cuvee that was stuck to his face.
The cannon form Hex's weapon fired the Q [Electric Surge], and before the skill's channeling time ended, he flashed forward and passed Rambo!
The E [Acceleration Gate] was placed at the farthest end of the skill's release!
After passing through the acceleration door, the electric ball's flying speed increased sharply. Wrapped in the energy of Hex's weapon, it hit Ice and Ella who had low HP. Sect Leader An was still in a dizzy state, he could only watch the electric cannon hit his teammates who had low HP!
Q-Flash E!
However, unlike Lin Yan's Q-Flash E in the summer game against EDG, Jin Gong's E [Acceleration Gate] was placed at the farthest end of the skill, which was less difficult to operate.
Jin Gong still wanted to play it safe. After all, the opponent's bottom lane duo did not flash. Even if E was placed at the farthest end, the acceleration process was much slower, and the opponent could not avoid it.
Second Battalion Commander Piltoff's enhanced cannon killed the Three-Stars' bottom lane on the spot!
Crispy Fire Man was hit in the air, and Rambo's big move under his feet kept burning, sending him back to the fountain.
Xiao Tian's Olaf was in a good state. He stepped on the flames and slashed wildly. After taking back Sect Leader An, he turned back and ran to the cuvee.
Rambo's position was too awkward. He had no displacement and had to flash, but he was still slowed down by Jin Gong's Q-Leap in the form of a hammer. Jin Gong then walked to the front and hammered him to Olaf's face with a [Thunder Strike].
"Go to hell, son of a bitch!" Jin Gong roared.
Xiao Tian slashed down twice with his axe, and the cuvee went to accompany his teammates.
"Another round of crushing defeat for Three-Stars, 2 for 4 …" Doll only realized that something was wrong halfway through her sentence. "2 for 5?
Three-Stars was wiped out! "
"Just now, Ran's Snake Lady killed Crown by herself again!" Mille shouted. "What happened just now?"
The director quickly gave the answer.
In the replay, the moment the battle started at the bottom lane, Lin Yan began to move downwards, obviously to support his teammates.
Crown did not immediately follow. Instead, he ate two soldiers and waited for Snake Lady to completely disappear from his field of vision before entering his own jungle from behind the tower.
The thick wall behind the red buff had no vision. He did not dare to walk there as he was afraid that Lin Yan would crouch down. He could only choose to take a detour.
However, Dragon King's support speed was still fast. He activated his E [Overflowing Star Flow] and retracted his two claws to his side. His body turned into a perfect streamline.
Passing through layers of walls, he went straight to the bottom lane.
When he passed by the red buff area, Crown realized that he could not see Snake Lady's position through the triangular grass at the bottom lane.
The vigilance in his heart suddenly increased, and he hurriedly wanted to retreat.
However, it was too late.
Petrifying Gaze shot out from the grass. Dragon King was flying towards the bottom lane, and faced with Snake Lady's big move, Crown was stunned and could not move!
Poisonous fog spread under his feet, and Twin Venomous Fangs pierced out continuously!
Dragon King's health was not healthy to begin with, and Snake Lady's damage output was too high!
Crown recovered from the stunned state and was already at critical health. He quickly spat out his R [Star String Fall], wanting to push Snake Lady back and escape.
Lin Yan saw Dragon King's mouth wide open and knew that he would definitely use his R to help him escape. Aiming at Dragon King's stunned state, he placed his Q [Virus Explosion] under his feet.
Without any suspense, Dragon King was once again marked with the poison mark.
The continuous damage of the poison, coupled with the continuous damage of W [Toxic Fog], cleared Dragon King's last bit of health.
"Crown did not expect Ran to wait for him here. After all, this is his own jungle." Mille pretended to sigh.
"The economic gap between both sides is close to 5K. Later on, both bottom lanes will come online again. Without big moves, Samsung's bottom lane will not be able to defend this tower." Doll's face was full of joy.
After a minute, JKL, with Olaf's help, destroyed Samsung's bottom lane's first blood tower.
After that, it was the familiar rhythm of changing lanes and pushing towers.
YM had executed this tactic countless times, and it was a fixed tactic that was engraved in their minds.
Crown Dragon King 13, 11 minutes and 65 hits. The return to the city was not enough to buy the Time Staff.
Lin Yan Snake Lady 50, 11 minutes and 101 hits. The return to the city to buy the useless big stick, and the Ice Staff was on the way.
The equipment gap of the mid laner made Dragon King trapped in the middle lane and unable to move. Regardless of whether he could push the minions, it was useless for Crown to give up the minions and move to the limit.
Due to the disadvantage of the three lanes, from Samsung's jungle to the river, it was all YM's vision.
Dragon King was a hero, and he was afraid that he would be intercepted by the opponent halfway.
Now, if he met Olaf in the jungle, Dragon King would be dead.
Samsung began to face a slow death.
Top one tower, middle one tower, middle two towers …
Under YM's pressure, Samsung had no choice but to let them all go.
Zhui and Jess's double POKE lineup had also reached a strong stage. Jiela and Ice could not take it at all.
Samsung wanted to drag out Rambo's triple penetration and then fight, but YM did not want to give them a chance.
They also knew that the only thing Samsung could count on was Rambo's good ROC. After all, Fire Man, Ember, and Snake Lady did not have any displacement and were very restrained by Rambo's big move.
They used the jungle's vision to set up frequent lane changes and suppressed Rambo with numbers.
Rambo's development environment was very poor. Without displacement, his body was fragile. Cuvee looked at the dark jungle and did not dare to go up to take the minions. He could only watch as the minions were depleted.
After 20 minutes, Rambo still did not take out the Magic Staff. YM decisively went to fight the Dragon.
Samsung's generals knew that they had to take this team fight. Otherwise, Jess and Ember would not be able to stop them with the Dragon's buff.
Ruler Ice opened his vision. Samsung confirmed that YM was going to fight the Dragon after fighting it.
However, after JKL shot the last critical hit bullet, he used Perfect Curtain Call on the spot to stop the opponent from moving forward.
Samsung's generals resisted the big move and wanted to enter the river. Rambo's big move blocked the Dragon's pit in a diagonal line.
However, under Lin Yan's command, YM decisively gave up on fighting the Dragon and turned to a direct team fight.
Lin Yan used Sprint and used Flash again. Although Samsung's generals turned around to avoid being petrified, they were still affected by the 40% speed reduction effect!
W Toxic Mist covered the area at the same time, and the Ground Bind effect trapped the four opponents!
Ruler turned around and used Magical Crystal Arrow. He wanted to cooperate with his teammates to kill the Snake Lady who was in front of him.
However, Lin Yan used Seraph's Embrace as a shield at the first moment, trying to resist this wave of damage!
At this time, Fire Man flashed and followed. REW's three skills were used, and in an instant, flames rolled!
There were two paths for the blue team to go from the jungle to the Dragon's pit. The blue buff's upper and lower passes were very narrow, and Samsung's generals chose the exit of the blue buff's area.
Fire Man's strength was vividly displayed in this narrow terrain!
"This Fire Man's damage is ridiculous!!
Ice and Ella have dropped to half HP in an instant! "Mille shouted excitedly.
"Snake Lady's Ground Bind is too crucial. Samsung's generals can't even use Flash!"
Not only that!
An electric cannon shot out from the Dragon's pit!
Jin Gong's QE Cannon accurately hit Samsung's generals, causing high AOE damage!
JKL's Ember still had two bullets that had not been shot. Naturally, he would not waste this opportunity to harvest. The super bullet pierced through Samsung's defense line with a whistling sound!
"Fire Man's passive exploded. Samsung's weak defense formation can't withstand the damage!" Mille was so excited that he almost cursed. "YM kill kill kill!"
0 for 4!
Samsung's generals did not even have time to kill the Snake Lady who used Seraph's Embrace and Ice Staff before they were completely melted by YM's high damage!
Only Crown Bro was left to escape with Sprint. YM took advantage of the situation to take down the Dragon and flattened Samsung's base!
"YM leads 2: 0!"
Mille's voice surged with excitement. "YM's side choice in the next game. Samsung, what are you going to use to fight us!"
Doll also raised her voice. "It's been two years since we last defeated LCK in the Best of 5 in the S Tournament. Now we're only one step away from this goal!"
The scene was already restless. The Western audience was now eager for LCK to die. YM's games were now very entertaining. As long as they did not fight against their own teams, the Western audience did not mind being YM's passer-by fans.
“2:0？
That's the level of the Third Father Han? "
"Why do I feel like Samsung can't beat YM all the way?
The gap in the middle lane is too big, right?
It's useless to play Dragon King. "
"How is it useless?
Little anti-fan, don't be so embarrassed. Isn't Dragon King the MVP of this game?
If he didn't send out a wave of solo kills, Snake Lady wouldn't be able to get up. "
Lin Yan drank the Red Bull in the paper cup and got up to rush back to the lounge with his teammates.
Hanyi also heaved a sigh of relief when she saw them. For them, the second game was the most difficult. As long as they returned to the blue side, BP would be much easier to do.
"Isn't this too easy?
Samsung really can't do it. "
Xiao Ming said with a grin. He had really enjoyed playing these two games. The group of immobile heroes on the other side charged straight at them. Every time he used his big move, he could deal a lot of damage.
"Don't underestimate the enemy. We haven't won yet." Hanyi glanced over. Xiao Ming immediately stopped talking.
Lin Yan yawned and leaned back on the eSports chair to rest.
On the other side, in the Samsung lounge, an anxious atmosphere filled everyone's heart. Other than Sect Leader An, it was the first time the other Samsung players had participated in such an international competition.
0: 2. They were already standing on the edge of the cliff.
Ever since S3 SKT came out of nowhere and won the championship with their individual strength, LCK had won three consecutive championships. Currently, they were fully deserving of the title of the first division.
Korea had always been focused on external glory. If they lost 0: 3 and returned home, it would be a disgrace to the Korean eSports scene.
Under this kind of mental pressure, the players didn't dare to imagine what they would face if they lost the game and returned home.
In terms of bad breath, the Korean trolls were far inferior. After all, the charm of the Chinese language allowed them to create all kinds of jokes. However, in terms of reality, the Korean trolls were the real masters.
Chi Di's hands trembled. In these two games, they had performed poorly in the bottom lane and mid lane.
The coach of the Samsung team turned out to be a former StarCraft professional player. When he saw the expressions of the players, he knew what they were thinking.
"Don't worry, we are the third seed in the division. There's no need to play with too much pressure …"
Other than Sect Leader An, the other four players were all rookies that he had personally discovered. He treated them like his own children. Now that they were really at the edge of the cliff, he couldn't bear to say harsh words.
He also knew that the chances of winning this BO5 were not high. Not only were their opponents' individual strength not inferior, but they were also ahead in terms of team coordination and BP strategy.
The most important thing was the version.
In this version, which emphasized jungle invasions before moving to the bottom lane, the top laner's role was relatively weak. Coupled with the BP strategy, Cuvee could not be used at all.
This was a dead end.
"As expected, YM chose the blue side. They threw the BP problem to Samsung and tried to send Samsung away in this game!" When Mille returned to the commentary platform, his face was red and full of joy.
"As usual, YM banned Kainan first." Doll really couldn't hold back her laughter. "Isn't Kainan's specialty your Cuvee?
I won't give you a single game. Let's see what you're going to do. "
As usual, Samsung banned the Leopard Lady, while YM banned Victor.
"Samsung gave the second ban to Ella, and YM banned Olaf last." Mille hissed softly. "This way, Samsung will definitely release one of Ember and Sindra."
"Samsung's last choice was to ban Blind Monk!" Doll was a little puzzled. "They released Spider?"
"They plan to release three versions of heroes. YM can only choose one from the blue side, and the other two will be taken by Samsung!" Mille made his own analysis.
That was indeed what Samsung's coach was thinking. Spider in the jungle, Sindra in the mid unit, and Ember in the AD position. If he could choose one of the three, he could get two no matter what.
Hanyi was deep in thought.
"Let's take Spider," he admitted frankly. "There's a problem with my ban. You guys have to bear a little more pressure online."
"It's okay, we're not at a loss." Although Sindra was quite strong in this version, Lin Yan felt that he could handle it. "If nothing goes wrong, we can still get Ice and Fire Man."
Hanyi nodded.
YM had just taken out Spider, and Samsung instantly locked Ember and Sindra, the T1 duo of the S6 finals.
"Ice and Fire Man," Doll exclaimed. "Samsung's duo still doesn't have displacement skills. This Fire Man can still mess up the team's formation like in the previous game."
Karma and Excavator. Samsung's support duo was quite average. On the BP, Samsung's coach was clearly sacrificing Master An.
He felt that in the previous two games, the jungle collapsed because there was too much pressure online. This game gave them two of the most powerful heroes in the version, and it would also relieve the pressure on Master An.
"YM's last two choices. Jess will take it first. But will Jess be used to hit or go up the lane?"
Mille was a little confused.
Doll saw that YM hadn't chosen the last hero and interrupted.
"Actually, I think the S6 version is quite suitable for YM," he said as he counted on his fingers. "The popular heroes in this version are quite good. Moreover, the popular strategy in this version is to use the jungler as the early arrowhead. The heroes in the lane will provide support, and they'll win the game after rolling down the lane."
"This is the same as YM's main strategy in the summer tournament. They just need to change the original three-man combo from Nakano to the Nakano combo, and let Xiao Ming stay in the bottom lane to accompany JKL," Doll explained clearly.
"It can be said that YM has the least pressure to adapt to the new version because they don't have to make any big changes."
"On the other hand, RNG and EDG can't."
"That's true …" Mille nodded in agreement. At this time, YM still hadn't decided on a player, and it was already 10 seconds into the countdown.
In the live scene, Lin Yan was still turning around to talk to Hanyi.
The two discussed until there were only 5 seconds left on the countdown before making a decision. Xiao Ming had already placed his mouse on this hero. He only locked it after hearing the agreement of both the coach and Lin Yan.
Tidal Spirit Yuan Hua … Fitz.
"Should the Minotaur go mid or go top?" Doll frowned. "The Minotaur isn't a very strong top laner in the finals. The main reason is that W's Sea Stone Trident has been weakened by a percentage of damage."
The three-star coach wasn't sure about the result of the swing between mid and top. He could only give Cuvee a top laner, Ike, who could deal with both Jess and the Minotaur.
YM continued to work. Jess and the Minotaur were constantly swapped between Jin Gong and Lin Yan.
Crown bit his lip and touched the golden necklace around his neck. He closed his eyes slightly to calm himself down.
"The results are out. Mid laner Minotaur, top laner Jess!" Mille was excited. "Minotaur against Sindra. This is a very old relationship!"
The lineups of both sides were confirmed.
The blue side YM: top laner Jess, jungler Spider, mid laner Minotaur, bottom laner Ice Fire Man.
The red side Three Stars: top laner Ike, jungler Excavator, mid laner Sindra, bottom laner Lu Jin, and Karma.
The moment the game appeared on the giant screen of the Chicago Theater.
It wasn't clear who took the lead to shout YM's name from below the stage. Then, the sound became more and more turbulent. They even started to play human waves. Looking from the players' seats, the Chicago Theater was like a vast ocean!