Faker had gotten Xiao Tian's 300 RMB and earned back a huge amount of HP.
However, after seeing Lin Yan eat two heads, his face turned green.
How was he supposed to play this game?
You killed two heads just because I took one?
Li Xianghe gave up on the idea of creating the Devil's Codex. He used the cloth armor and buff book to create the Explorer's Armguard.
Ghost Tome could be put aside for now. He had to stay under the tower and not die.
Lin Yan returned to the city for 900 RMB and bought two longswords and a True Eye.
Although Xiao Tian was at 02, he used Lin Yan's advantage in the middle lane to continue his invasion.
However, the invasion was not to gain an advantage for himself. It was to help Lin Yan prevent SKT's jungler from catching him.
Although Dumb Chicken and Wolf had excellent vision and jungle control, they could not withstand Xiao Tian's crazy map control with his green jungler and True Eye.
The green jungler was the key to SKT's success in the Korean style. However, in this round, it restricted them instead.
Xiao Tian placed the two fake eyes in the bottom half of SKT's jungle, while the True Eye was placed in the bushes above the middle lane.
The two fake eyes almost sealed off SKT's entrance into the bottom half of their jungle, while the True Eye was used to prevent Dumb Chicken from gank from above.
This way, as long as Dumb Chicken entered the bottom half of the jungle, his whereabouts would be discovered by YM. At that time, Xiao Tian would mercilessly charge forward.
Luxian had no problem fighting two players at once. Although Dumb Chicken had a slight advantage over Excavator, he did not dare to continue fighting for the jungle monsters.
However, Dumb Chicken was indeed Dumb Chicken. His excellent sense of smell made him lose his mind for only a minute.
Bang was SKT's biggest advantage. They had to advance as soon as possible and use the economy of the one-blood tower to make up for their disadvantage.
Dumb Chicken did not enter the jungle. Instead, he chose to advance along the bottom lane and crouched in the bushes.
Wolf pressed forward and hit Xiao Ming with his RQ. Then, he chained him up and Bang fired ten thousand arrows to slow him down.
Xiao Ming used Blink and was hit by Bang's Magic Crystal Arrow. Dumb Chicken kept up with the damage and finally gave the kill to Bang.
JKL had no choice but to retreat, while the three SKT players pushed forward to take down Lu Yicheng's tower.
At this time, Lin Yan pushed the army line in. Seeing that Clockwork had come to the inner corner of the tower in order to make up for the reinforcements, he decisively activated Serene Dream and swept out with Holy Lance Baptism.
Faker's HP dropped rapidly. He hurriedly activated W Acceleration and E Shield and retreated. Clockwork's HP had already been reduced to half by the barrage of bullets.
Faker looked at the minions under the tower and then looked at his own health. He still didn't dare to eat them.
Faker comforted himself. He had already suffered a few losses, and this wave of minions would not make a difference.
At the same time, Lin Yan pushed forward a tower in the middle lane, while Xiao Tian came to the bottom lane to help JKL defend the tower.
"Now, both SKT and YM want to fight for this First Blood Tower." PDD's round eyes were fixed on the screen. "This is the most important neutral resource in the early to mid stages."
"Whoever gets the First Blood Tower will have the upper hand in the mid stages."
Dumb Chicken did not give up. He waited for his big move to finish before coming to the bottom lane again. He was ready to attack again and help Bang take down the First Blood Tower.
"Dumb Chicken is here again. Xiao Tian's vision in the jungle is useless. He's really a chicken thief. He's coming directly from the top lane. YM's bottom lane is completely defenseless!"
PDD anxiously stomped his foot. Mille felt that the floor under his feet was trembling slightly.
"If he's killed this time, YM's First Blood Tower will fall. When Ice develops, Lucian's usefulness will be greatly reduced." Mille lowered his voice.
Everyone in the audience was focused on the bottom lane where the battle was about to break out!
Xiao Ming did not seem to notice. He planned to use the opportunity when Ice "accidentally" went forward to suppress him to exhaust him.
In order to close the distance, Xiao Ming's Fire Man was about to enter the first bush in the bottom lane.
In the bush, a Muay Thai Blind Monk was crouching!
'Don't go in!'
All of a sudden, Xiao Ming stopped moving forward. Instead, he inserted a Fake Eye into the bush and revealed Blind Monk!
However, the distance between them was enough for Blind Monk to use a Spinning Kick. Without Flash, Fire Man would definitely be kicked back …
YM's fans' hearts were cold.
However, what surprised them was that Blind Monk did not expect Fire Man to suddenly insert an eye and discover him. He did not attack immediately. Instead, he paused for a moment on the spot before inserting an Accessory Eye behind Fire Man.
'What's the meaning of this?'
The audience did not understand, but Xiao Ming came to a realization.
In that split second, while Blind Monk's W was in the air, he used EQ to control Dumb Chicken!
At the same time, he used Ignite.
JKL used W [Fatal Splendor] to control, while Xiao Ming used W + R [Flaming Storm] at the same time!
The center of the battlefield instantly turned into a lava hell. Amidst the audience's exclamations, flames were transmitted back and forth between Dumb Chicken and Karma!
Dumb Chicken's health instantly dropped to a sliver. Meanwhile, JKL used his R [Perfect Curtain Call] and killed Dumb Chicken with one shot. The remaining three shots were fired at Karma who was hit by the flames!
In the end, Wolf had no choice but to use Flash to let Bang block the last shot for him.
"… Dumb Chicken, Blind Monk's reaction speed is indeed a little slow." PDD held back his laughter. "When he was revealed, there was a slight pause in his movements. It wasn't particularly obvious, but Xiao Ming reacted and killed him with a turn of his hand."
"If this Blind Monk was replaced by Xiao Tian or Little Peanut, Fire Man would've been kicked back." Mille laughed as well. "Brother Chicken is really acting like an old man."
"It's mainly because of Xiao Ming's fast reaction speed. Among the five members of YM, the oldest, Jin Gong, is much younger than Dumb Chicken," Doll agreed. "Their reaction speed is faster than the group of middle-aged people from SKT."
"Once Dumb Chicken is dead and Karma's health is low, Xiao Tian immediately went to the middle lane to look for Clockwork." Mille was slightly agitated. "Faker didn't dare to eat the lane and retreated. This one blood tower was given to YM for nothing!"
Dumb Chicken's maneuver caused an uproar in the Chinese live streaming channel.
"It's too appetizing, please don't feed me anymore, I'm already full from breakfast."
"Isn't this like planting rice directly into my mouth?
Is this a maneuver that a professional player can do?
His reaction speed is almost the same as mine! "
Dumb Chicken shook his head helplessly. He did not expect the opposing support to suddenly plant eyes. This unexpected move attracted part of his attention, causing his maneuver to slow down for a moment.
Slightly over ten minutes later, the first tower in the middle lane was taken down. Lin Yan accompanied Xiao Tian to finish off the fire dragon, then returned to the city to replenish their equipment.
"You guys switch lanes and go to the middle lane, I'll lead the bottom lane." Lin Yan's words made the duo in the bottom lane of YM heave a sigh of relief.
In the first match, they were suppressed by SKT's bottom lane to the point that they could not breathe. Bang and Wolf were not brainless, they were very cautious when they were unsure of YM's position in the middle lane. However, as soon as Lin Yan and Xiao Tian appeared, they began to suppress them madly.
"After taking down the first blood tower, Ember is feeling better. He was suppressed more than twenty times in ten minutes. Now that he's in the middle lane, he has room to grow."
When SKT was at a disadvantage, they began to copy their strategy of switching lanes when dealing with RNG. Faker and Duke kept clearing the lane and then disappeared back to the city, trying to force YM's army to retreat.
However, Lin Yan had studied this strategy before, so he was prepared. The Eye of Truth that he had bought previously came in handy.
He took advantage of the gap when Faker was returning to the city from the first tower in the bottom lane to sneak into SKT's Gargoyle Camp. Then, he snuck out after the enemy's lane had left the second tower.
He planted the Eye of Truth in the bushes in front of the second tower in the bottom lane. This way, he could detect SKT's switch lanes.
The whole process was carried out in SKT's blind spot, so he was not discovered by his opponents at all.
At the same time, Xiao Tian still had his vision set on the bottom half of SKT's jungle. This way, Lin Yan had complete control of SKT's jungle and lane.
"This Eye of Truth's setup is quite exquisite." PDD sighed. "Clockwork and Jess have walked past this Eye of Truth a few times. SKT's split lanes have been clearly seen through by YM."
Lin Yan took advantage of this opportunity to unscrupulously suppress the lane. In 15 minutes, he single-handedly destroyed the bottom lane's tower, continuing to reduce SKT's development environment.
Jin Gong did not have a good time in the early stages of this match. He sacrificed too much for the team and was even caught by Dumb Chicken. However, after eating the team's economy from the two towers, he was able to craft Ice Fist Cloth Armor Boots. Thus, he did not have a problem facing Jess' solo pressure.
Lin Yan returned to the city to craft Black Cut Straw Shoes and ate a blue buff.
(Tip: Currently, Black Cut is a combination of Little Ice Hammer and Caulfield's War Hammer. It is not a Burning Gem.)
"YM has switched lanes again. Lucian has moved to the top lane. While pushing towers, he's also protecting Xiao Tian and Xiao Ming as they set up Dragon's vision." Mille glanced at the scoreboard of the OB System. "Now, the economic gap between the two sides is around 3.5K. To be honest, it's not very stable."
"You have to cut the Gordian knot when you're fighting SKT." PDD waved his arm vigorously. "You can't give them room to develop. Otherwise, this team might use their operations to offset their economic disadvantage. Then, they'll drag you into a group battle. You'll inexplicably realize that you've lost."
Lin Yan moved to the top lane. At the same time, Xiao Tian shifted the focus of his vision as well. His and Xiao Ming's vision positions controlled all the bushes from the Dragon's Pit to SKT's jungle.
"For 20 minutes, we'll pretend to fight the Dragon. SKT has two Farsighted Modifications and one Ice's Eagle Soars the Sky." Lin Yan glanced at the interface. "As long as SKT has the Dragon's Pit's vision, we'll retreat. We'll fight the Dragon's Pit until their vision is empty."
"A group battle?" Xiao Ming was a little confused. "Aren't we going to eat the Dragon?"
"Once we kill them, won't the Dragon be ours?" Lin Yan's tone was matter-of-fact.
'Seems like there's no problem?'
At 19 minutes, Lin Yan returned to the city to replenish his pickaxe and Caulfield's War Hammer. Their cooldown had reached 40%.
Their strategy was quite successful. After three fake fights, they only managed to reduce Xiao Tian's health to half. The other three members of YM were in good condition. On the other hand, Jin Gong was still adhering to the strategy that the coach had arranged before the match, which was to stay in the side lane with Duke until the end of time.
YM attacked the Dragon again. YM, with Fire Man, was not slow in fighting the Dragon. SKT had no choice but to meet them head-on.
Dumb Chicken walked at the front. He kept a lookout to prevent being ambushed.
However, this was the disadvantage of the blue team. The difficulty of snatching the Dragon was much higher than the red team. They had to enter the river channel.
When they reached the entrance of the river channel, Lin Yan began to move.
He activated Serene Dream to increase his movement speed. Then, he fired a W of Fervent Bullets, which hit Dumb Chicken's Blind Monk. Then, he unleashed his ultimate skill, Holy Lance Baptism!
The rapid firing of light bullets covered the entire entrance of the river channel. Even with Karma and Clockwork's two shields, Dumb Chicken could not withstand the damage!
In this version, Black Cut's effect reduced the target's armor by 5% for every physical attack. This effect could be stacked up to 6 times. Lin Yan only needed 6 shots of his ultimate skill to fully stack it!
With 30% armor penetration and Serene Dream's 20 fixed armor penetration, Blind Monk was like a piece of paper!
"Retreat! Retreat!" Dumb Chicken looked at his own status and knew that he could not fight.
Bang's ultimate skill was fired, but it was pulled away by Lin Yan's E skill. At the same time, he accidentally dodged Dumb Chicken's Q of Heavenly Sound Wave!
Ice's Magical Crystal Arrow hit Xiao Tian, who was in the Dragon Pit.
Jess, who was at the bottom lane, had given up teleporting. However, the long channeling time of teleportation was too easy for Jin Gong to interrupt. Jin Gong used the same trick again, jumping over the tower and using W of Time Stagger to interrupt Jess' teleportation.
Duke's fat face was filled with anger. He gritted his teeth.
'Who is Du Buchuan?
Are you so selfish that you won't help your teammates? '
At the same time, in the Dragon Pit, Xiao Ming decisively used his ultimate skill + W!
"This Fire Man has once again replicated YM's Raging Flames against Samsung!" Mille shouted excitedly!
"Xiao Ming's development is not as good as last time's explosion, but it's enough!" Doll screamed. "Ember has also used his ultimate skill, covering everyone in SKT!"
Faker's reaction was quite fast. When Fire Man used his ultimate skill, he had already used QR to throw out [Command: Shockwave].
Marionette was placed between Lucian and Fire Man, but Lin Yan used his ultimate skill and retreated slightly, dodging the ultimate skill.
Xiao Ming was swept into the air by the ultimate skill, and Dumb Chicken used his ultimate skill to finish him off.
Wolf quickly activated [Steel Sun Casket] to help his teammates tank Fire Man's damage.
"Even with a bunch of shields, Lucian's damage output is too high!"
Along with the commentator's exclamation, Ember's super bullet hit Dumb Chicken!
Black Ripper's 30% armor-piercing effect was also applicable to teammates. Ember's shot was quite painful on Dumb Chicken, who had less than half of his health points!
Bang healed him, while Wolf also used his RQ to slow Lin Yan.
However, the bullets from the Holy Gun's baptism followed Ember's second shot and crippled Stupid Chicken.
Fire Man's ultimate skill was finally finished. Together with Xiao Ming's W skill, Fire Man's passive skill [Blazing Flame] gathered on Blind Monk and Karma!
After using his ultimate skill, Lin Yan used his W passive skill [Fervent Bullet] and Serene Dream's acceleration effect to kill Dumb Chicken with two shots.
Q's [Translucent Holy Light] was used again. After two shots, Ember's third shot was fired!
Wolf quickly used his ultimate skill to dodge, and Faker's Spring was hit by the third sniper shot.
Lin Yan chased after him relentlessly. Faker used his QW to try and stop Lin Yan, but his E [Grim Pursuit], which had been refreshed by his four shots, once again moved to the side and avoided the skill.
At this time, the three surviving SKT players had all used up their ultimate skills. Wolf, who had been blown up by Fire Man's passive skill, had less than half of his health points. He turned around to use his Psychic Chain to restrain Lin Yan.
However, the moment he turned around, Ember's fourth super bullet was fired!
Combined with Lin Yan's two shots, Wolf fell to the ground!
Lin Yan's Black Cutter was now activated. When assisting in killing an enemy unit, it would provide 60 points of movement speed. He continued to chase!
In front of him were only the stunted Clockwork and the two-piece Ice 23 set.
Bang turned around and attacked.
However, Lin Ran was not afraid at all. He had Black Ripper and he was not weak at all. On the other hand, Frost's damage output was limited when he did not trigger his Q skill. Even Clockwork was useless. With the equipment advantage, Lucian was not afraid of being weak at all.
Moreover, his Q skill only needed 3 seconds to complete [5 * (1-40%)] with a full CD.
The Translucent Holy Light once again passed through Faker, and then he ignited Bang.
Two shots were fired.
His E [Grim Pursuit] was refreshed again!
With a 40% cooldown, Lucian's maximum E had a 14-second cooldown. With a 40% cooldown reduction, he only had 8.4 seconds left. With the combination of E's passive skill and any of his passive skills, he could reduce E's cooldown by 8 seconds after firing four shots.
Taking into account the cooldown of his skills, Lucian only needed to intersperse a skill with E, and after firing four shots twice, he could refresh E's skill again!
This was Seamless E.
In this situation, Lucian was a merciless harvester!
"This Lucian's proficiency, the speed of his combo, it's too scary!" Doll exclaimed. "SKT's front line is down!"
Before Bang died, he threw out tens of thousands of arrows and finally killed Lucian, whose hands were covered in blood.
At this time, Lucian already had a godly score of 111 points!
Lin Ran's bounty had dropped by three tiers, but the golden bounty in front of his player ID was still full. Lin Ran's bounty had dropped by five tiers.
He was still worth 800 RMB!
YM's remaining Ember and Excavator fought Dragon for half a minute. In the end, Xiao Tian punished Baron Nash and took him into the bag!
"The economic gap is 7K!
YM has the upper hand in the first round! "
"Ah, really? Why is this person's damage output so high?" Bang sighed.
In the last two against one, they finally finished off Lucian before they died, but the price they paid was too high.
Faker scratched his head. "Sorry, my problem."
"It's okay, Xiang He," Wolf comforted him. "Let's not fight a level one team in the next round. Lucian is useless if we don't kill him."