After half a month, YM's fans were excited to finally see their own team play again. They kept banging the support sticks in their hands, creating a dull and powerful noise.
Then, there were cheers in the stadium. It was obvious that YM's supporters had the absolute upper hand.
Ze Yuan waited for the noise made by the audience to disappear before he continued his analysis.
"In this lineup, YM undoubtedly has the upper and lower flanks, while EDG only wins in the jungle …"
From YM's point of view, Jess was the captain in the top lane, while Ice and Bull's Head were facing Dusk and Hammer Stone at the bottom lane. The strength of the two sides was completely unequal.
Only in the jungle, EDG chose Zhao Xin and Zooey to crush Ryze and Qing Gang Ying in the early and middle lane.
"Another point," Ze Yuan continued, "is control. EDG's top lane captain has no ability to gank at all before level 6.
"It's the same for the bottom lane. Although Meiko Hammer Stone's lantern can pick up Zhao Xin, Liu Qingsong's Bull's Head can also push the opponent away."
After careful calculation, EDG's jungle coordination was the best choice. They could help in the bottom lane, but the success rate was not high. They could not gank at all in the top lane and could only help relieve the pressure.
"Brother Ran also knows that the opponent's lineup is inferior. It's very likely that they will break through through him. Therefore, he did not bring a teleport in this game. Instead, he chose to purify. It's obvious that he wants to prevent EDG's jungle from catching him!"
In EDG's lineup, only Dusk's Barb, Hammer Stone's Hook, and Zooey's Hypnotic Bubble could be solved by purifying.
The benefits of purifying were definitely not as good as teleporting.
Lin Yan's move was to not give EDG a chance at all, making it difficult for the opponent to find an opportunity in the middle lane.
Rita interrupted, "If that's the case, doesn't EDG have any advantage?"
Ze Yuan added, "So when I saw the BP, I felt that EDG's lineup was a little weak. If they want to win, they have to rely on Scout. After all, the team gave our junior a counter position, and Zooey's proficiency is quite terrifying."
There was nothing wrong with Ze Yuan's analysis.
Haro and Scout thought the same.
With such a lineup, it was indeed difficult for the team to fight.
It couldn't be helped. Not only was there a difference in the strength of the players, but even the coaches were a few levels lower. In addition, the red team was at a natural disadvantage in terms of BP. It wasn't realistic for Nofe to have an advantageous lineup.
"I'll see if I can get Ryz's purification out first," the junior said to Haro. "If I succeed, you can come over and kill him."
Haro signaled that he understood. "I'll start from the top half. Ray, you don't have to help me."
From his point of view, there was no way for him to grab the top lane. However, there was at least Hammer Stone in the bottom half, so there was still a chance.
Moreover, once Meiko was released to roam around as support, the pressure on the other two lanes and the jungle would be greatly reduced.
Ray responded, but his expression was not very good.
He knew that he would be released, and after spending half a year in EDG, he was prepared.
But Ray never thought that Coach Nofe would choose a captain for him.
He gave me a hero that could easily be overpowered, and you guys didn't come to help me. How am I supposed to play?
You might as well choose Rambo for me!
At this time, Haro was still searching for information on the map. He knew that his top laner was wronged. After thinking for a moment, he decided to compensate.
"How about this, you try to be in good condition in the early game. I'll clear one lane and come back to the top lane in about four minutes. Just don't die before then."
"Don't worry, it'll be fine," the junior said at the same time. "I have a teleport on me. I can go and support the top lane at any time."
In this game, Scout believed that regardless of whether he could cooperate with the jungler to kill Lin Yan, he had an absolute advantage in the early game.
With double insurance in hand, Ray's mood was slightly better.
The top laner captain against Jayce was very difficult to fight unless he brought Flare. The main reason was that after Second Battalion Commander Piltoff activated W [Supercharge], his attack speed increased very quickly.
Other than using Q [Gunfire Negotiation] and Indestructible Grasp to gain an advantage, Planck was basically suppressed at the rest of the time. This situation could only be alleviated when the captain made three moves.
Ray knew this very well. He wanted to take advantage of his one level advantage to exchange HP with Jin Gong.
He wanted to wear down Jayce's HP so that it would be difficult for the opponent to suppress him for a while.
Moreover, Ray had a reusable potion on him and the rogue talent of Biscuit. Together with the upgraded W [Scurvy Cure], his recovery ability was very guaranteed.
"Brother Gongzi is fighting very fiercely. He uses the bushes at the side of the top lane to pull the aggro of the minions and attack the captain!"
The top lane was fighting very fiercely.
The middle lane was very peaceful.
As soon as the junior went online, he threw a meteor behind him. Then, with the passive effect of Firework, he went forward to force Lin Yan to move.
If Lin Yan did not retreat, he would have to take an enhanced normal attack. There was even a meteor waiting to be launched.
The level one Ryze's combat power was a little weak. Lin Yan directly chose to retreat to the back of the long-range soldiers and let the minions come over.
The junior could only give up when he saw this. He still could not cross the minions to suppress Ryze.
"The bottom lane is also fighting for HP," Rita looked in the direction of the caster's camera. "Meiko is relying on Liu Qingsong's Bull's Head to be useless. Moreover, his Hammer Stone Hand is longer. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity to gain HP for free."
"But Jack is not weak at all. He is standing behind the minions and fighting one against two!"
The iboy's Level One Xia did not have much combat power. After the Shiba Inu gave the opponent a slow effect, he used the movement bonus provided by the Rune Movement Speed to constantly pull the EDG duo.
The small friction between the two sides continued. Soon, the difference in HP was revealed.
The HP of the torn wounds was reduced by half. Jack's HP was reduced by 20%. On the other hand, EDG's HP in the bottom lane was reduced by 13%.
However, while Jack was using W [Ten Thousand Arrows] to deplete the minions, other arrows were also wearing down the minions.
Overall, the minions' position was advancing towards EDG's bottom tower.
After leveling up to Level 2, Jack invested his skill points on Q [Marksman's Focus] in order to ensure the intensity of the fight. He did not even care about learning E [Sky Soaring Eagle] and invested his skill points on Q [Marksman's Focus].
This information was passed to the second prince, Haro, by his teammates in the bottom lane.
He immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Tano, release the line. I'll be there in a moment!" Haro's tone was urgent.
Meiko knew that the jungler was about to arrive and began to show off his acting skills.
He pretended to continue fighting with the YM duo and continued to lower the HP of both sides. The moment Zhao Xin arrived, he decisively launched an attack.
"Hammer Stone, throw the lantern behind you. Flash E [Pendulum of Misfortune] and refresh the Ice back. Force the team battle!"
However, at this moment, from the shadow behind Jack Ice, a gray-haired woman with a huge leg blade suddenly walked out!
"Qing Gang Yin!"
"Mongoose's Reverse Crouch was successful!"
In the wave of cheers from the live audience, Rita was forced to increase her volume. "He's also going from the top to the bottom!"
The moment he saw Camille, Haro was shocked.
The difference in the lineup was vividly reflected at this time.
Phyllostachys Pubescens could go to either the top or bottom lane in the early stage. The duo of Ice and Bull's Head had both hard control and slow control at the same time, which was quite strong.
As for Haro, because he did not see Phyllostachys Pubescens's lane at first, he instinctively thought that the other party would go to help Jess. However, Phyllostachys Pubescens came to the bottom lane.
As a result, the two sides just happened to meet here.
This caught EDG's jungler off guard.
"Bull's Head's Q-Flash directly pushed up the opponent's jungler. Qing Gang Yin followed up with a two-stage wall return to control!"
Liu Qingsong could control the iboy, but he did not choose to do so.
He knew that the kid's reaction was too fast.
If the opponent flashed and dodged, it was very likely to change the game. Therefore, Tear chose the most stable way.
That was enough.
For a moment, EDG was in chaos.
"EDG's jungler is no match for YM at all. Ice is dealing damage from the back without any pressure!"
In the early stage, Dusk's Barb level had not increased, so her damage was not as high as expected.
And the most important point was that her hands were relatively short, completely incomparable to Eich's. The two had a range of 75 yards. In the eyes of a professional player, this was a very exaggerated gap.
"Ice has maxed out his passive four times. Activating his Q-Flash skill, a storm of rapid fire!"
At this time, a small soldier in the bottom lane suddenly lit up with a dazzling red light!
"Zooey has handed over her teleport. She wants to go to the bottom lane to support!"
The bottom lane was very long, and YM had Ice to slow down the enemy. Scout knew that if he did not hand over his teleport, the three junglers would definitely suffer heavy losses.
This TP was to threaten the opponent.
After all, during the battle at the bottom lane, a bunch of summoner skills were dropped. If the junior landed, Zooey would have a lot of room to play.
At this time, the caster suddenly cut a part of the camera to the middle lane.
Everyone saw clearly that Zooey was pushing the lane in the middle lane, so her position was in front of YM's tower.
After the battle at the bottom lane broke out, the junior did not have time to run to a safe position under his own tower to hand over his teleport. He could only retreat a few steps and quickly hand over his TP.
"But Brother Ran did not let him go at all. He chased him all the way forward. At the last moment of the teleport's channeling, W [Rune Imprisonment] locked Zooey in place!" Ze Yuan said loudly.
In the current version, Ryze W had a 0.75 second imprisonment effect. Although the duration was not long, it could still interrupt the teleport.
At the same time, the three junglers of YM were still chasing after him.
Obviously, they had communicated with Lin Yan in advance and knew that their mid laner would do everything possible to stop the junior from going to the bottom lane.
"iboy handed over his Flash to protect his teammates, but it was not very useful. Meiko without Flash was the first to die!"
Seeing that their mid laner did not land successfully, Haro and iboy could only hand over their Flash to escape from the tower.
"Jack suddenly flashed forward, normal attack followed by W [Ten Thousand Arrows], successfully keeping the opponent!"
Under the acceleration of Ice's healing, Xiao Tian also used Flash + Tactical Sweep to hit Zhao Xin's face.
"Qing Gang Yin is already fighting the tower. She is determined to kill Haro!"
Rita did not expect YM to be so persistent. They were not satisfied with killing Hammer Stone and wanted to tear a piece of meat off EDG.
"Replace Qing Gang Yin!"
Meiko, who had already died, commanded iboy in the team voice chat, "This person is going to die!"
Iboy also judged that he could kill Phyllostachys Pubescens based on his HP, so he chose to turn around and deal damage.
Mongoose smoothly pulled up and used True Damage to successfully kill Zhao Xin, but he himself was also hit by the tower and Dusk's feathers.
Seeing that the last shot of the defense tower was about to fall and take away Qing Gang Yin's life, Little Tian used punishment to kill a long-range soldier in seconds.
There was no way to trigger the HP recovery mechanism of Punishment, but Qing Gang Yin's body appeared to be upgraded!
"Camille has successfully reached Level 4 and increased her HP by nearly 100 points, so the tower could not successfully kill her!" Ze Yuan was excited.
This time, YM's countersquat was an understatement, and EDG was stunned.
"And in the middle lane, the junior found out that his teleport was interrupted and did not give up. He handed over the Hypnosis Bubble to keep Ryze!"
Lin Yan did not hesitate to hand over the Purify.
Even if he ate the Hypnosis Bubble, he would not be killed by Zooey, but he would definitely be beaten to a low HP.
Now that the first wave of Artillery soldiers in the middle lane had already been killed, the next wave of soldiers would be the shortest.
If Lin Yan was beaten to a low HP and returned to the city to replenish, he would lose a lot of experience and gold coins.
If he did not return to the city, he would be very likely to be killed by Zooey.
To be safe, Lin Yan handed over the Purify on himself and tried to preserve his status.
Haro's first attack not only did not gain any benefits, but it also affected the rhythm of their own bottom lane. For a moment, the atmosphere in the team was a little dull.
The junior quickly said, "Come over directly later, I'll flash and catch the Hypnosis Bubble. The two of us can kill Ryze once!"
That was indeed a good choice.
Haro responded and rushed to the middle lane with his long spear.
Lin Yan, who had no more Purify, stood on the side of the melee soldier and pressed forward from time to time, trying to use Spell Surge and Overload to exhaust Zooey.
His positioning was very arrogant.
"Isn't Brother Ran a little too arrogant?" Rita felt that something was wrong.
Normally speaking, Ryze's early stage was focused on growth.
Lin Yan's positioning was so outrageous that it looked like he was urging Haro to hurry up and catch him.
"I think so too," Ze Yuan said worriedly. "If he eats Zooey's Hypnosis Bubble in this position, he will be very dangerous!"
Haro saw Ryze's positioning and felt that something was wrong.
But he couldn't tell what was wrong.
However, he remembered his painful experience in the bottom lane a minute ago and could not help but ask, "The opponent won't do a reverse crouch, right?"
"I'm not sure," Scout glanced at the small map. "But even if Qing Gang Yin crouches nearby, it's useless. We're not weak at all in a 2v2!"
That was true.
How could Ryze, who had been purified, and Qing Gang Yin, who had not flashed, fight against them in the jungle?
Haro calmed down and crouched on the side, ready to gank.
Just as Lin Yan raised his hand to kill the Cannon Truck in the sixth wave of minions, Junior suddenly launched an attack!
He flashed forward and pushed out the Hypnosis Bubble while Ryze's Hypnosis Bubble was not over yet!
The crisp sound of the Hypnosis Bubble was so pleasant to the ears in the EDG jungle.
"The bubble hit!" Ze Yuan said regretfully. "Brother Ran is going to die!"
Lin Yan quickly retreated and then hit Junior with a normal attack followed by a Queen.
Then he fell into a Hypnosis Bubble.
Zooey threw out a Meteor Shower and waited until the Hypnosis Bubble was about to disappear before smashing it down. This would allow Zhao Xin to close the distance between him and Ryze.
At the same time, Haro also rushed over, equipped with a Challenge Punishment, and directly stabbed Lin Yan with a Fearless Charge.
Fortunately, Lin Yan only took a set of damage when he went forward to interrupt Junior's teleportation. The rest of the time, he was very stable and preserved his health quite well.
Otherwise, he would have been directly killed by the EDG jungler.
Even so, Ryze only had 13% of his health left.
"Ryze turned around and hit Zooey with a normal attack, triggering Phase Rush!"
Currently, the Phase Rush Rune had a maximum cooldown of 3 seconds between normal attacks and independent skills.
Lin Yan recovered from the Hypnosis Bubble. Almost at the last moment when Phase Rush took effect, he continued to hit Zooey with two stacks of AQ and successfully triggered the acceleration effect.
"Brother Ran is running very fast, even comparable to Zhao Xin's movement speed when he used Phase Rush!"
Now, the acceleration obtained after Phase Rush was only linked to the level, and it had nothing to do with the hero's melee or ranged attributes.
Although Zhao Xin gave W [Wind Slash] to slow him down, Phase Rush had 75% of the speed reduction resistance, which allowed Lin Yan to run as fast as flying.
Haro could now keep up with him, but it was unlikely that he would be able to deal damage.
This was because once he attacked, he would have to stop, and Lin Yan would take the opportunity to escape.
Therefore, when Haro saw Lin Yan run into the defense tower, he shouted in the team voice chat, "I'll help you tank the tower, you go up and kill him!"
Junior did not respond and quickly ran forward. He used his Primordial Flash and used the movement speed and damage granted by Magic Stealing Hands to continue the chase!
Using the high movement speed of Phase Rush, Zhao Xin successfully rushed into the defense tower's shooting range before Zooey and pulled the aggro.
Lin Yan looked like he only wanted to run, and he ran toward the second tower.
Now, he had less than 150 health points left. The main reason he was not dead yet was because Zooey did not have the passive effect of Fireworks, so her damage was still a little low.
However, the moment Zooey caught up to Lin Yan, a golden light flashed in the middle!
Lin Yan controlled Ryze to do the opposite. He turned around and flashed past Zooey, who was close behind him, and closed the distance between him and Zhao Xin!
"Brother Ran is going to turn around and fight back?"
Ze Yuan was surprised. "E [Spell Surge] and W [Rune Imprisonment] successfully locked Zhao Xin in place!"
"Then, his normal attack and Q skill successfully detonated two layers of runes on his body … Ryze successfully gained a shield and a corresponding movement speed bonus!"
Although the shield was not as thick as expected, Junior's Zooey had already used all her skills, and Zhao Xin was trapped under the tower. There was no way he could catch up with Ryze, and he could not deal any damage to him.
This shield was enough for him to hold on for a while longer.
"The defense tower is still bombarding. Zhao Xin is going to die!"
If Lin Yan had turned around when Haro was defending the tower from the beginning, he would not have been in any danger at all. He would have been able to escape after taking two hits from the defense tower.
However, Lin Yan was very cunning. He waited for the defense tower to finish warming up, and when the damage was increasing, he turned around and attacked Haro.
Now, with the two super high damage shots and the damage that Lin Yan had inflicted on Zhao Xin himself, there was no way Zhao Xin could survive!
"Brother Ran, who triggered the acceleration effect again, did not walk out of the tower. Instead, he retreated to the innermost part of the first tower!"
Junior did not expect Lin Yan to do this. However, he was also in the tower. Once Zhao Xin died, he would be the next one to be bombarded.
He had to kill Lin Yan even if he had to grit his teeth.
"Scout took two steps back and picked up the Blink that Ran Bro just handed over!"
Ze Yuan's voice was getting louder and louder.
"Zooey triggered Spell Stealing Hands twice. Her damage is enough to kill Brother Ran!"
After the jungler Zhao Xin was taken away by the defense tower, Junior also took two hits.
Fortunately, Spell Stealing Hands' movement speed allowed him to run very quickly. At the same time, the Time Distortion Tonic provided instant recovery, saving him from death.
The YM fans below the stage were still very excited. In their opinion, Lin Yan was not purified. It was already good enough that he could trade one for one with his opponent.
"Nakano's one for one. Overall, EDG only made a small profit …"
Before Zeyuan finished speaking, the caster's camera suddenly switched to the top lane!
Xiao Tian was not idle during this time.
He took advantage of the gap when Lin Yan was caught in the middle lane and successfully ran to the top lane. He was ready to cross the tower and take down Ray's captain by force!
Grappling Hook hooked onto the wall behind the tower and kicked the second section of the wall back.
"The captain used Flash to avoid the crowd control, but YM's jungler did not give up. He wants to kill him!"
After Jin Gong's QE second cannon hit, he activated W Super Charge to increase his attack speed. Then, he switched forms and hammered.
It was using damage to kill. It was not reasonable at all.
Qing Gang Yin's passive adaptive shield could completely withstand the damage caused by the tower.
The captain was not a tank to begin with. He was successfully taken away by the double form Jayce and Camille's red punishment damage!
Zeyuan finally realized something.
"Brother Ran was wandering around the middle lane with such an arrogant attitude. He wanted to trick the jungler to catch him!"
He finally understood and spoke faster. "As long as Haro's Zhao Xin appears in the middle lane, Xiao Tian can go to the top lane unscrupulously!"
Rita nodded in agreement. "In that case, it's equivalent to one for two …"
"I have to say, Brother Ran is really confident!" Zeyuan was not stingy with his praise.
"If he doesn't exchange anything in the middle lane and dies, YM will send him back with a wave of rhythm!"
Two consecutive losses put EDG in a passive situation.
Moreover, after the top lane captain gave up his Flash, his treatment was no different from Rambo's.
Haro was forced into a corner and could only repeatedly counter-squat in the top lane.
Although EDG traditionally did not like to defend the top lane.
That did not mean that they liked to turn their top lane into an ATM machine.
"But in this way, the bottom lane's disadvantage is real!"
Jack and Liu Qingsong stood out in the bottom lane. One of them could do whatever he wanted.
Ice's long hand advantage was taken to the extreme by Shiba Inu.
The EDG duo could not take care of themselves under the tower.
"Meiko still wants to resist. She took the opportunity to hook Ice and wanted to fight with him forcibly!"
It turned out that this was another flaw that Jack deliberately exposed.
Xiao Tian was behind.
"Meiko died again, and her head was taken by Qing Gang Yin!" Rita shook her head. "Xiao Tian's early game rhythm is completely full!"
After Phyllostachys Pubescens got Qing Gang Yin, he completely turned into a rhythm engine and killed people wherever he went.
Abu frowned as he watched from the backstage.
He had not yet woken up from his dream of winning consecutive games in the Asian Games. Now that he saw EDG being completely suppressed from BP to the field, he was still a little uncomfortable.
"After Ryze made a goddess, he can also develop steadily in the middle lane. Although he is suppressed by some last hits, overall, it is still acceptable!"
The junior looked at the disadvantages of the top and bottom lanes and could not help but want to support after pushing the minions.
But before she could move, Liu Qingsong ran over first and used Hex to flash over the wall from the shadows. He then used WQ to push her up!
"Ryze, keep up with the pace. EW, freeze Zooey in place and add damage!"
The junior who did not flash struggled hard and was hit by Hypnosis Bubble and Flying Star.
Even with the captain's big move, Liu Qingsong was only left with little health.
But he fell in the hands of Lin Yan.
"Zooey's rhythm is broken again!" Ze Yuan felt aggrieved for EDG.
Every time Zooey died in the early game, it would be very painful.
This hero was very dependent on level and equipment. Once she did not have an advantage, it would be very difficult to roam.
"The first Canyon Vanguard has also been taken by YM!"
Ze Yuan could not help but sigh. "YM's rhythm in this game is too exaggerated. They don't give the opponent any time to breathe!"
Wave after wave of attacks came like a tide and drowned EDG!
YM pulled their formation apart and pushed 131 points. Jess and Ryze easily tore apart the opponent's defense.
In the end, they used the split push and pull to take down Baron Nash. It took only 22 minutes to flatten the opponent's base!