Lin Yan did not buy Killer's Ring. Instead, he chose the most reliable Doran's Ring.
Pearson was North America's number one mid laner, and he had just defeated GAM in the previous match with Sindra. Lin Yan did not want to get himself killed by a solo laner because of his arrogance.
On the other side of the player's seat, Elder Senior Brother took a deep breath to adjust his condition before the minions arrived.
It was fine if he could not beat Jack, but if he could not suppress YM's substitute ADC, VN, he might as well learn from Gao Dewei and go home to raise pigs.
"Brother Xiang, you have to play it safe. Just don't send the minions. We'll go for a 4-pack later."
Phyllostachys Pubescens reminded him as he confirmed his initial jungle plan. He planned to take the first half of this match.
He did not plan to take the bottom lane all by himself. Instead, he wanted to invade TSM's blue buff in the first half. After all, the Race Knight's Piggy Girl was a noob in the early game. There was a huge gap between her and Wine Barrel.
"Yes, yes." Lin Weixiang nodded vigorously. His intelligent eyes sparkled with a bright light.
Liu Qingsong licked his lips and wanted to tease his good brother. However, considering that it was Lin Weixiang's first time in the S Tournament, he swallowed his hurtful words.
'I can protect, and I can also warm your heart.' Liu Qingsong felt that he was a great man.
1 minute and 38 seconds later, the minions from both sides arrived in the middle lane. Lin Yan, who planned to help Xiao Tian gain an advantage in the jungle, was very particular about his positioning when facing Sindra.
He stayed away from the minions and stood close to the bushes at the bottom of the middle lane.
Pearson frowned. Lin Yan's position forced him to lean upward.
If he controlled Sindra to stand at the bottom, he would easily take Rock Sparrow's Q [Rock Piercing].
Without the minions in the early game, Rock Sparrow could use five rocks to launch a thunderbolt. The damage was much higher than Sindra's Q [Shadow Ball].
In order to maintain the early game advantage, Pearson could only stand at the top and try to use the minions to block Rock Sparrow's skill.
But in that case, he was faced with a problem.
Would the Wine Barrel on the other side be red in the first half and come to catch him at level 2?
Wine Barrel was the same as Princes. He was one of the few junglers in the current version who could gank at level 2. Even though his QE attack wasn't as strong as when he had W [Drunken Berserk] at level 3, he already had the key control ability — stun and slow.
Pearson's mind raced at this moment. The Race Knight was the Pig Girl in this game. It was best for this hero to learn the three skills of QWE if he wanted to catch someone.
Even if some junglers liked to do the opposite and use Level 2 Piggies to catch them, they still had to respect the basic rules and avoid the opposite jungler.
After all, the Level 2 Pig Girl was known as the weakest hero in terms of combat power. Even with Sindra, a strong character in the early game, the TSM2 Midlaner's strength could not compare to YM's.
In other words, the Race Knight could not link up with his Midlaner at this time. Pearson had to pay attention to his positioning and not give the opponent a chance to catch him at level 2.
With this thought in mind, Pearson's positioning suddenly hesitated. He instinctively wanted to go down and get close to Lin Yan in a vertical line. It was better to lose some blood than to lose a blood.
But he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Another idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
What if Lin Yan deliberately went down and made him mistakenly think that Wine Barrel was in the first half of the game to gank the Level 2 Midlaner, when in fact, he was in the second half of the game?
Wouldn't he just bump into Wine Barrel if he went down?
Pearson was in a mess.
If it were in the North American League, he would have gone down without saying a word.
After all, those noob midlaners would not make such a profound move.
But Lin Ran was a sly old fox with a track record. He was very good at playing the Thousand Layer Cake. Pearson had no idea which layer Lin Ran was on.
For safety's sake, he went up to the top and inserted his accessory's eye. As there were many gank routes in the middle lane, Pearson could only insert his eye deep into the river to detect the opposite jungler's movements.
"He should have inserted his eye. Pay attention!"
Lin Yan looked at Sindra who had returned to the middle lane. He calculated Pearson's movement distance in his mind and then placed an eye marker at a spot near the bushes in the upper river.
"Xiao Tian is very smart. He wanted to invade after eating the red buff. He didn't go through the river. Instead, he used Meat Egg and Onion Chicken to crash down from the top of the Dragon's pit. He just so happened to avoid Pearson's eye marker!"
The audience was excited to see Xiao Tian enter the jungle with TSM's accessory's eye marker.
The Race Knight had finished farming the red buff in the bottom half of the map and was on his way to the blue buff in the top half of the map. If everything went according to plan, Xiao Tian would be waiting for him!
Lin Yan watched Xiao Tian invade the jungle. He suddenly took two steps forward and moved from the bottom of the minions to the top.
The corners of Pearson's mouth twitched. The joy in his heart was no less than when he solved a math problem in junior high.
He gave himself away!
Wine Barrel is obviously in the bottom half of the map. He was trying to trick me by moving downwards. He didn't expect me to be so steady, did he?
He's in a hurry now. He's trying to force me downwards by moving upwards?
Pearson was pleased with himself. He controlled Sindra to continue moving upwards.
He would rather be pierced by rocks and knocked out of his body than go downwards!
"Wine Barrel is in the bottom half of the map. Don't worry and farm!" Pearson promised the Race Knight.
The Race Knight glanced at the middle lane on the screen. He also felt that Wine Barrel was trying to catch Pearson in the bottom half of the map. He was ready to switch back to farm the blue buff.
In fact, the ideal farming route for the Pig Girl on the blue side was to farm the red buff – Stone Beetle – Razorbeak Bird all the way up from the start. She would strive for 6 groups of monsters with a speed of 4. Then, she would stagger the timing of the surprise attack with heroes like Princes and Wine Barrel, who were extremely fast and had strong gank abilities. That way, she could catch people and farm monsters without missing a beat.
However, that was the ideal situation. Only when the opponent's jungler was very weak or in training mode could she play that way.
Normally, junglers who were strong in the early game would invade the Pig Girl's jungle. The key to the Pig Girl's smooth development was whether she could defend her jungle camp in the first round.
In order to prevent the jungle from invading, or to reduce the losses suffered after being invaded, the Race Knight decided to farm the most valuable double buff in his own jungle first. Then, he would go and eat the other monsters.
After determining Xiao Tian's approximate location, and with Pearson's vision from the grass in the upper river, he was relieved to farm the blue buff. However, the Race Knight did not know that his every move was under the observation of Phyllostachys Pubescens.
"The Pig Girl is a little injured in the early game." Hallucination's tone was as calm as ever. "Her HP has dropped by half. I think Xiao Tian will succeed."
When the blue buff's HP dropped to 443, Xiao Tian crashed into the wall with Wine Barrel.
A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and landed on the Blue Engraved Golem!
The Level 2 Retribution Slash caused 410 damage. Together with Meat Egg and Onion Chicken, they took the blue buff!
The Race Knight was dumbfounded. He almost imitated the core player Ruo Feng and asked, "What's going on?"
Weren't you preparing to catch Pearson in the bottom half of the map?
How did you end up in my territory?
"The Pig Girl with only half of her HP is no match for the Wine Barrel with two buffs at full HP," Su Xiaoyan, who was standing on the commentary platform, said loudly as she watched the two junglers engage in close combat. "The … TSM jungler must retreat!"
She almost blurted out her nickname. Fortunately, she changed her words quickly enough to make up for it.
However, she was right. The Race Knight was no match for Xiao Tian. Gulagas swung its Q [Rolling Wine Barrel] and tricked him into using Blink.
"A very successful infiltration. Xiao Tian even managed to take down a Demonic Swamp Frog with the help of Jin Gong's upper laner. What a steal." A rare smile appeared on Hallucination's face.
Pearson was restless. He could feel the death stare coming from the jungler even though he was facing the screen.
He did not expect to be tricked again. 'Why does this guy always play psychological games?
Are you done yet?
Can't we just go straight to the point? '
Pearson's face flushed red as he stared at Lin Yan's Rock Sparrow.
Sorcerer Shurima, whose eyebrows were so thick that she looked like she was possessed by Lin Weixiang, was running circles around the wall on her skateboard.
"Wuhu!"
The little girl dodged Sindra's Shadow Ball and could not help but let out a cheerful cry.
Pearson was even angrier.
'Shut up, kid!'
'I swear to Mother Mary that I'll smash your butt with the Shadow Ball later!'
Of course, those were not Pearson's exact words, but that was what he meant.
However, there were not many opportunities for revenge.
Lin Yan's Level 3 skill was a classic Level 2 skill. Since Xiao Tian was not in the middle lane, his W [Rock Spike] would not be of any use. He simply chose Level 2 Q [Rock Pierce] and used E [Rock Scatter] to clear out the minions. He had no intention of exchanging HP with Pearson.
The director of the North American Nursing Home was furious.
Before Level 6, Sindra's burst ability was not high. She mainly relied on Q [Shadow Ball]'s low cooldown, low mana consumption, mobile casting, and long range to wear down the enemy. This gave the enemy an endless amount of pressure in the lane.
Rock Sparrow's ability to push the minions was very strong. This meant that Lin Yan did not need to stay in the lane and could move around after clearing out the minions.
This way, Pearson did not have many chances to wear down the minions. He could only watch as Lin Yan pushed out the minions and disappeared into the middle lane. He had to remind his teammates to watch out for Rock Sparrow's position.
At 4 minutes and 25 seconds, Lin Yan took Pearson's set of skills and forcefully pushed out the sixth wave of minions. He took the opportunity to push the Cannon Soldiers to the bottom of Pearson's tower to return to the city.
After six waves of minions and the salary given by the system, Lin Yan had about 900 gold coins. He spent all his money on the Ring of Killers, the buff book, and the Eye of Truth.
Then, he approached the wall and used the passive [Floating Stone Rush] to go down. He planned to help the duo open up the situation.
Logically speaking, due to the lack of early damage and strong support and protection in this version, the success rate of catching two out of three players was low.
But there were always exceptions.
The burst damage of Rock Sparrow's three small skills was one of the best among the Mages. Lin Yan, who had updated his equipment and the bottom lane combination, was guaranteed to deal damage.
Moreover, Lin Yan had been eyeing this minions position for a long time. Big Brother was too strong.
All of this was thanks to 'Big Brow'.
The rookie Lin Weixiang's bottom lane matchup was just as bad as * * * *'s high school results. In terms of strength, there was no obvious difference between him and his senior brother. However, it was inevitable that he would be nervous as this was his first time on the big stage of the World Championship. He made a mistake in his lane matchup and allowed his senior brother to take advantage of the opportunity to attack him. His HP was depleted quite a bit.
Moreover, VN's ability to lane was very weak. In the first four minutes, he and Liu Qingsong's minions were under the tower. They were almost ten minions behind.
Previously, Eldest Senior Brother had been beaten up by Chi Di and Jack, and his whole face was covered in dirt and dirt. But now, he was riding on top of Lin Weixiang and finally found the feeling of being the king of the North American League.
In addition, the jungler Knights were at a disadvantage in the early game. Big Brother was eager to win. He wanted to learn from his idol, Ouze, and flatten the bottom tower.
This suppression gave Lin Yan an opportunity.
Lin Yan used his passive to move quickly. In the blink of an eye, he was close to the bottom tower.
"Big Brother is unaware of the danger. He and Lil 'Wang are still holding the bottom line. They are very insensitive to Rock Sparrow's support speed. This is not right!"
Hallucination's tone was stern. It sounded like a teacher reprimanding a student.
Lin Yan was also surprised. He did not expect Big Brother's lane to be so easy to catch.
He looked at the TSM duo who were aggressively suppressing them. His first thought was that there was a race's knight behind him.
However, on second thought, he was not too afraid. With his two rings and buff tomes, there was no way he would lose to TSM. The freezing stun effect of Pig Sis E's "Eternal Frost Domain" was only effective when paired with melee heroes. On the other hand, TSM's bottom lane duo consisted of long-ranged players. If they wanted to stun their opponents, they would have to rely on their Knights.
In this way, Pigsy E's bottom lane duo was not very strong.
"Just kill Big Brother. Don't worry about the others." Lin Yan was in TSM's blind spot. "Liu Qingsong, go ahead."
Upon receiving the command, Open Wound decisively used Flash. W's magical power emerged from the tip of Cute LuLu's staff and shot towards the colorful Monarch Butterfly's mouth!
"Cute!" LuLu shouted. At the same time, her Q's Shining Spear bloomed to slow the Monarch Butterfly.
"Big Brother has been turned into a sheep. Lil 'Wang's Lady of the Wind is gathering whirlwinds to block the three YM players' attacks!"
As Su Xiaoyan explained, Lin Yan emerged from the shadows of TSM's vision. W's Rock Spikes were aimed at Big Brother's feet!
Peng Yiliang was still being slowed by LuLu. Without Flash, he could not escape the range of the Rock Spikes with his own movement speed.
The rocks on the ground suddenly protruded and lifted Lazy Sheep towards YM's three players!
At the same time, E's Rock Spikes and Q's Rock Spikes were cast simultaneously. A series of crackling sounds could be heard. Big Brother's Rock Spikes were triggered in mid-air. Inside the trap, [Thunder Lord's Decree] was triggered simultaneously. Big Brother's health was reduced to half!
"Lady of the Wind's Q's Hurricane Howl blew forward and successfully blew Brother Ran up. However, Lin Weixiang rolled to the side and avoided the critical control!"
In Summoner's Canyon, a valiant woman wearing sunglasses raised the crossbow in her hand. With a heavy arrow, she nailed Big Brother, who had just recovered from his Polymorph, to the wall!
As soon as Lin Yan appeared at the bottom lane, Pearson handed over his teleport in an attempt to save his own Edisi.
However, under the continuous control, Big Brother's health was almost depleted. It looked like there was no way to save him. Dean Bi immediately canceled the teleport.
"What a beautiful gank. Even Lady of the Wind's healing couldn't save Big Brother's life. His health was taken by Rock Sparrow!"
In YM's lounge, Ze Yuan's face was flushed with excitement. He slammed his chopsticks on his lunch box. "Good job, Brother Ran!"
"Brother Ran, give me some meat." Lin Weixiang was dissatisfied. "Liu Qingsong handed over his Flash, and you still want to kill him?"
Lin Yan was confused by his question. "… Didn't I hand over my Flash too?
And I lost half a wave of creeps. I can't even kill him? "
Big Eyebrows began to educate him. "Aren't the bottom lane support and Edisi bound together for good or ill?
Liu Qingsong handing over his Flash is equivalent to me handing over my Flash … "
"Besides, in this patch, isn't the bottom lane a father?
I'm still a VN. After handing over my Flash, shouldn't I be killing him? "
Lin Weixiang said confidently. Lin Yan was brought into his realm of logic and could not find any words to refute him.
Lin Yan, who was being rude, simply shut up and used his actions to prove himself. "I'll help you push back the creeps."
"Hey, don't f * cking do that!" Lin Weixiang shouted. "I was wrong, I was wrong!"
Hearing Brainless admit defeat, Lin Yan stopped and rushed to the middle lane with the help of the river wall.
For him, he had lost half a wave of creeps, but he had gained some health. Whether it was in terms of economy or experience, he did not lose out.
Although YM's duo at the bottom lane did not get any kills, the two supports were of great help to them in recovering their early game disadvantage.
The one who was hurt the most was naturally Big Senior Brother.
He looked worried as he browsed the shop for a long time. He only had 900 + gold coins in his backpack. He could not afford a pair of attack boots or a recurve bow. He could only buy a pickaxe and go online.
Lin Weixiang could not afford an attack boot either. He could only use a Vampire's Scepter to make up for his lack of support.
"Five minutes into the game, TSM's mid laner is already at a disadvantage." Hallucination looked at the equipment of both sides and felt ashamed to say that YM had the advantage in the bottom lane. He could only attribute the advantage to the mid laner. "Now, they're only missing the top and bottom lanes …"
Before he finished speaking, the caster cut the camera to the top lane. Xiao Tian's Wine Barrel's E-Flash and Jin Gong's Big Narr successfully killed TSM's top laner.
The Race Knight was two seconds late in reaching the top lane. Without a Flash or an ultimate, he could only force Jin Gong to use his Flash.
[Good healer, are all the commentators today possessed by Huang Xudong?]
[With TSM's current strength, they should go back to North America and torture noobs. Do you think they can make it to the top eight?]
Hallucination did not expect that he would inherit some of the toxic healer's skills as the commentator of the first half of the game. He said helplessly, "Okay, they've gained an advantage in the top lane. Now it's time to look at the bottom lane."
Although First Senior Brother had been killed once, the gap between their economy and their last hit had not widened. He was currently the only player in TSM who was ahead in terms of economy.
What the commentators understood, the ten players on both sides naturally understood as well.
For TSM, the bottom lane was their team's trump card. Whether or not they could turn the tide of the match around when the big mouth was ready in the middle of the game was their only hope of winning the match.
For YM, suppressing First Senior Brother's development meant that their opponents would be wiped out. If TSM only had Pearson, who was steadily developing, then there was no need to worry about them.
After all, the story of one man carrying four eyes was well known. In today's professional league, it was impossible to rely on one person to win a match.
Both sides fought wave after wave against the bottom lane. The bottom lane had become the main battlefield. Neither side wanted to give up on the most important bottom lane in the current version of the game.
For a moment, the bottom half of Summoner's Canyon was a mess. The six top, middle, and jungle players from both sides took turns to attack the bottom lane.
However, Lin Weixiang was the one who suffered.
He had not played in a professional match for a long time and was not used to it. After all, this was the international finals with high tension and fast paced. He had to pay a heavy price for making two mistakes in his panic.
Moreover, Vayne was not as strong as the big mouth in the early game. By the twelfth minute, YM had eliminated an Earth Dragon, and the bottom lane had lost more than half of its health.
Strangely enough, the bottom lane that both sides wanted to help did not develop. First Senior Brother was at 244, while Lin Weixiang was at 028. He had not even gotten his first kill in the international finals.
Lin Yan and Pearson, on the other hand, had gotten a lot of loot. 405 Rock Sparrow versus 401 Sindra. Both of them had Ghostbook and Level 2 Boots. Their equipment was quite luxurious.
Once again, both sides were in a stalemate. Sindra and the big mouth were in a strong position. Although TSM was at a slight disadvantage, they had the upper hand.
Ze Yuan was worried about the situation on the battlefield. His palms were sweaty as he gripped the corner of his suit tightly. The life of Samsung was at stake, so he was naturally worried.
The vanguard of the canyon would affect the direction of the mid-game. It might even decide the outcome of the match!
However, the audience below the stage was chatting and laughing. They did not care about the outcome of the match at all. Many of them, including YM's fans, hoped that YM would lose quickly.
What a joke. YM had already secured the first place in the group. Why not put on a show and send Samsung away with a happy suona?
Lin Yan, who was in the player's seat, was also at ease. He took advantage of the gap between Pearson's vision and shot Rock Piercing through the wall. The three rocks hit their targets one after another, causing thunder to shoot out and shaving off 13% of Sindra's health.
Pearson tried to stun Lin Yan with his QE Double Combo, but Lin Yan used his movement speed to turn around and dodge the skill.
Dean Pearson frowned. He had expended a lot of energy in his previous fight with Lin Yan. Now, he only had half of his health left, while Lin Yan still had 70% of his health.
He was not afraid of being one-on-one killed. With Flash in hand, Rock Sparrow, who had one less skill, was not much of a threat to him in a one-on-one fight.
Pearson was afraid that if he did not return to the city now, Sindra with only half of his health would be used as an opening when the vanguard team battle started.
After much consideration, he decided to return to the city to replenish his supplies. It would be a good opportunity for him to get a Killing Ring and buy a Eye of Truth to fight the vanguard team.
After clearing the minions and returning to the tower to start the countdown, he saw Rock Sparrow running towards the bottom lane right in front of TSM's minions.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"
Pearson hurriedly reminded his team's bottom lane. Senior Brother seemed to be getting into the groove of the game. He kept pressing forward, and it looked like he would be an easy target.
However, Bigmouth's movement speed was not fast enough without Level 2 Boots. Liu Qingsong's Lulu was hot on his heels.
Pearson knew that he could not return to the city. He had to interrupt Rock Sparrow's ultimate, or Senior Brother would definitely die.
"Sindra canceled his return to the city. It seems like he's trying to locate Brother Ran. Pearson, quickly move towards the river …" Hallucination said in a low voice.
In Summoner's Canyon, Pearson was lucky enough to find Rock Sparrow, who was about to cast Wall Curtain, by the river's bushes.
Pearson was ecstatic!
If he was lucky, he might even be able to get a one-on-one kill!
Without hesitation, he adjusted his angle and prepared to stun Rock Sparrow with QE.
On the commentary platform, Hallucination suddenly raised his voice. "He fell for it!"
A fat belly suddenly appeared from the river's bushes!
It was Phyllostachys Pubescens' Wine Barrel!
"Xiao Tian didn't give him a chance at all. He used Flash to stun Sindra, and Rock Sparrow used WEQ to deal damage!"
Rock Sparrow's little skill dealt enough damage, and half of Sindra's health instantly evaporated!
“Nice！”
Zeyuan, who was in YM's lounge, let out an angry roar. Su Cheng was so shocked that she almost dropped her phone.
[Ran: Seducing Cheng Kun!]
[If he wanted to provide support, would he have to go to the bottom lane right in front of you?
How could Pearson fall for such an act?]
In reality, this seduction was very obvious. However, it was also Lin Yan's overt scheme.
If Pearson had not interrupted him, Lin Yan would have flown to the bottom lane and taken the kill.
"Brother Ran took the final kill with the team's bounty." Su Xiaoyan's face was full of joy. "YM is going to take down this Canyon Vanguard!"
However, Lin Yan did not immediately bring Xiao Tian to the top lane to clear the canyon. Instead, he activated his ultimate and rushed to the bottom lane to continue his plan of a 4v2!
"TSM's piggy girl has been intercepted by Xiao Tian in the jungle. Elder Senior and Lil 'Wang can't escape!"
Pearson's sudden death did not give Elder Senior much time to escape. If he was caught by Lin Yan, he would be dead meat.
This was no longer the early game where there was no damage. Now that Lin Yan's growth was exaggerated, he could easily kill someone with a set of skills.
"TSM's bottom lane has both died, and they're going to give away the first blood tower!"
After taking down the first blood tower at the bottom lane, YM returned to the city to replenish their supplies and equipment.
Just as TSM was about to take over the top lane, Jin Gong took out the first blood tower!
"It's a mess, it's all a mess!" Hallucination sighed. "TSM didn't hold back. They let their guard down!"
TSM had no choice but to give up the Canyon Vanguard. YM did not hesitate and used it to take down the middle tower.
The Canyon Vanguard roared, and Pearson's middle tower was reduced to rubble!
Hallucination wanted to give himself two tight slaps when he saw this.
Afallintothepit，againinyourwit
Translated into Chinese, this was called "a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit."
Many people thought that Pearson had just suffered a loss. However, he knew very well that his team's disadvantage in the jungle at the beginning of the game was related to the misinformation he provided.
He had suffered two losses and been tricked twice, but Pearson felt that he had not improved at all!
The first time he was tricked, he lost the jungle. The second time he was tricked, he led his team to a total of four deaths, a blood tower at the bottom lane, and a tower in the middle lane.
In addition to the losses in the jungle and creeps, Pearson's second time tricked had caused his team to lose at least 3K!
The 3000 gold coins in less than 15 minutes was simply a disaster!
TSM's decline was evident after that. YM fought bravely and successfully won the match in twenty-six minutes!
Pearson had personally given Samsung a crucial resurrection token!
If they wanted to advance, they had to win two consecutive games against Samsung.
The situation was precarious!
"Brother Ran, you're so strong!"
Sitting in the lounge, Zeyuan raised his arms and cheered. He looked like a die-hard YM fan. He was even more excited than Manager Guo Hao!