"Brother Ran's Little Temptress used R [Same Old Trick] to copy W's skill to jump over the wall. She then used Mark of Malice and Phantom Steps to step on Elder Brother's face!"
Doublelift was shocked by Little Temptress's sudden appearance and disappearance. His body trembled violently.
Just as he was concentrating on his lane, Lefran suddenly came out from the bushes behind Liquid's next tower and teleported right onto his face!
He couldn't dodge the Phantom Chains that came right after. The moment Electrocution was triggered, Doublelift's already low HP was left with less than 14%!
"Liu Qingsong controlled Luo to use E [Dance of the Pair] and ran to Little Temptress's side. Elder Brother used DF's Double Combo and E's Sliding Step to try and break free from the Phantom Chains … But Brother Ran returned to the Phantom Steps mark left by R [Same Old Trick]!"
Since Lucian was running down the tower, he was in the same direction as Lin Yan's R mark. Therefore, even after using two teleports, he still couldn't shake off Lefran's Phantom Chains.
At this time, Elder Brother's support, Boulogne, reacted. W stood up and went to his own archer's side, raising Security Door to protect his teammate.
However, the Phantom Chains were formed and Doublelift's HP bar was almost empty!
Unhurriedly, after the effect of Boulogne's Security Door disappeared, Lin Yan raised his wand and used a normal attack on Doublelift, successfully killing him!
"Damn it …" Elder Brother cursed in a low voice. "Why is this guy like a ghost?"
"It's mine, it's mine." Pobelter's tone was full of apology. "This guy's lane matching is too sneaky. I can't figure out what he's trying to do. Just now, I saw that his MP was almost empty. I thought he had returned to the city to replenish his MP."
Lin Yan had just used his skills and the Minion Refinement Tool to forcefully push away all of Ryze's minions. He didn't have much mana left, and he only had one Corruption Potion on him.
But because the R [Same Trick] didn't consume mana, Lin Yan, QWE, and QWE only added up to 200 mana. He drank the Decay Potion and used the effect of the Time Distortion Potion to increase his mana instantly. Then he went to the grass behind the TL tower and launched a sneak attack.
Eldest Senior Brother looked up at the data panel.
2: 8
The game had been going on for close to eight minutes. They were currently behind, but they had not yet reached the point of collapse.
The main reason was that Mongoose went to the top lane to set the pace at the start of the game. He was counter-squatted by Liquid's jungler. He did not win the 2v2 and instead gave a double kill to Teacher Big Wood.
However, YM, who had calmed down, quickly showed their strong side. They adjusted their rhythm and changed their strategy, letting the top lane focus on attacking the bottom half of the map.
Eldest Senior Brother had already died twice in the eighth minute of the match.
Doublelift looked at his own midlaner who was still farming in the middle lane and felt helpless.
It seemed that Ryze was planning to play a fast 18/18 style. They would first kill the spirits.
Pobelter himself was not a particularly strong midlaner. His performance in North America was not bad. When he came to the global finals stage, the gap between him and the top players in other regions was obvious.
In this game against Lin Yan, his sense of rhythm was completely messed up.
Roaming to support could be said to be the most typical case of preemptive strike.
As long as Lin Yan was the first to successfully roam, he would be able to get extra gold coins, and his teammates' lives would be much more comfortable.
It would be much more difficult for Pobelter to go offline to support at this time.
First, it was because Lin Yan, who had successfully obtained extra gold coins, would definitely give him a constant pressure during the laning, making it difficult for him to roam easily.
Second, the YM players in the other lanes had received Lin Yan's first support, so they had a small advantage. They could expand their vision a little and insert themselves into the river. It was very likely that they could see Pobelter's direction in advance.
In short, as long as Lin Yan moved first, he could slightly suppress the opponent's rhythm and make it difficult for the enemy midlaner to play his original strength.
"After Eldest Senior Brother resurrected, he went straight to the top half of the map and assisted Boulogne to use skills to cooperate with the defense tower to clear the minions. He also quickly left the bottom lane and rushed up …"
"TL took advantage of the top lane's Impact to occupy the vanguard's vision in the canyon. They swung the bottom lane duo to the Dragon's Pit and prepared to attack directly." Commentator Doll caught a glimpse of the YM players on the mini-map and quickly reacted. "YM doesn't want to give up. They want to come and fight for it!"
However, Jin Gong's captain was still clearing the minions in the top lane. He set up a barrel of gunpowder, first lowering the health of the two minions, and then detonating the barrel with Q [Gunfire Negotiation].
Mille saw this and was immediately worried. "YM's support is near the bushes above the middle lane. Brother Gongzi is currently a little out of touch with them, and the team's economy is basically concentrated on the two carries. Brother Ran is fine, he has a teleport. He can return to the city to replenish his mana and shoes and immediately rush to the river, but Jack is still pushing the bottom lane!"
In this game, YM did not lack AP damage dealers, so Shiba Inu got Ember. Without a teleport, Virtuoso could only join the battle on foot.
However, YM did not care about the ADC at all. They gathered together and slowly cleared their vision, rushing toward the Dragon's Pit.
Liquid's team could not do this.
What's going on?
You have one less carry, and Little Temptress's big move is still on cooldown. How dare you team up with us?
Even if you have the advantage, this is not how you play, right?
Pobelter reacted quickly. "I'll use my big move. Sword Demon, you follow me directly. Let's go catch them!"
As he spoke, he controlled Ryze to open his Rune Magic Book, and the blue teleportation circle of Warp Path appeared under his feet!
The other end of the teleportation circle was in the bushes above the middle lane. This way, they could form a two-sided sandwiching situation with their own support support in the Dragon's Pit, trapping YM's four players in the middle!
Teacher Dami knew that there was no time to lose and immediately stood on the teleportation circle. At the same time, he switched the screen to observe YM's position and then fine-tuned his position in Warp Path Path.
This way, he could use Cataclysm to chase after them as soon as he teleported to the back.
"TL's bottom lane trio has also begun to move toward the river above the middle lane. In order not to sell out their two teammates, they have also given up on the vanguard!"
Seeing that the battle was about to start, in YM's team voice chat, Lin Yan's command was still calm.
"Pull back two steps first. Young Master Tear, push him up first!" He spoke very quickly. "Leave your teleportation skills. We'll retreat after killing them!"
Liu Qingsong pressed W [Grand Entrance] right before the channeling of [Curved Path Jump] ended.
Luo charged forward, his grand entrance encompassing more than half of the Ritz Teleportation Circle!
Sword Demon and Ryze landed on the ground, and Luo happened to send them flying into the air!
Although the knockback effect only lasted for one second, it was more than enough for Lin Yan.
When he found that only two TL players kept up with the Curved Path Jump, he immediately shouted, "Kill the people behind. Jin Gong, use your big move on the front!"
He used Mark of Malice to hit Ryze, then followed it up with an E [Phantom Chain] and a normal attack to trigger Electric Punishment.
"Mongoose's Qing Gang Ying R [Hex's Ultimatum] kicked Ryze, and AQA made a strong attack. Together with the damage of Red Punishment, it directly reduced Ryze's HP to the limit!"
The three TL players wanted to save their teammates, but the captain's big move fell from the sky!
The roar of the cannonball covered the area between the grass and the Dragon Pit above the middle road. The 30% slow effect made it difficult for the Liquid team to rush to the battlefield in time.
"Ryze sent himself in!" Doll's voice was loud. "This big move is simply a crime!"
Pobelter did not expect that his teammates would be separated by the captain's big move and could not keep up at all.
He was extremely regretful, but there was no way to use Time Backtrack to change all this.
Mongoose finally used Tactical Sweep to take Ryze away.
"Sword Demon activated Great Annihilation and still wants to chase people …"
Seeing Yatokus spread his wings, Lin Yan said decisively. "Retreat! Retreat!"
He had previously told his teammates to remember to save their displacement skills, and now it was time for them to show off their abilities.
"Yao Ji used W [Demon Shadow Perplexing Track] to jump onto the wall … Luo Qingwu used Lefran to complete the displacement, and even Qing Gang Ying used E [Hook Rope] to hit the wall!"
The three of them instantly moved out and distanced themselves from the Sword Demon.
Teacher Dami used E [Shadow Dash] to hit the wall at the most extreme position.
But he did not dare to chase.
His teammates were still bathing in the captain's [Cannon Bullet Screen] and could not provide him with any help.
If he rushed forward, it would be one against three.
Although he took two kills in the early stages, this was not the way to play.
He had no choice but to retreat.
After bathing, the three TL junglers went back and wanted to take over the canyon vanguard, but because they were too far away from the Dragon's pit, the vanguard lost its aggro and began to recover its health.
"TL is going to take over the vanguard again. This time it will take 10 seconds!" Doll's voice was very loud. "Jack is about to destroy the first blood tower at the bottom lane!"
No matter how slow Jin was, he was still an Edisi and his attack power was there.
The four people at the front of YM delayed for a very long time, and Jack took another wave of cannon soldiers at the bottom lane.
If there were no accidents, Jack would be able to destroy the first blood tower in 8 minutes and 37 seconds.
After all, the first tower at the bottom lane did not have any extra protection measures. Coupled with the previous two waves of cannon fire, the YM duo also wore down the defense tower's health a little, so the health bar of the next tower was not very high.
"The three people at the front of YM and the captain of the top lane have gathered together. They are going to the canyon vanguard to stop TL!"
Lin Yan led a wave of counterattacks.
At present, Liquid's mid laner, Ryze, had been killed. The senior had handed over his two summons when he died at the bottom lane, so Lucian's output space was very limited.
Just now, Captain Jin Gong had used a wave of big moves, which caused a lot of damage to the TL's HP, and the Canyon Vanguard was still attacking them, so the TL's combat power was not strong.
On the other hand, on YM's side, although Jin Gong and Phyllostachys Pubescens had exchanged big moves, killing Ryze did not make them too bad.
The two sides were 4v4, and Liquid's team did not have a clear advantage.
"You guys drag it out, I'll hand over the teleport after I revive!" Pobelter gritted his teeth and said.
For Liquid's team, it was hard to stop now.
If they gave up this canyon vanguard, they would lose the bottom lane's blood tower for nothing.
If they forced themselves to be the vanguard, Ryze, who was about to revive, would have to hand over the teleport to protect them. Otherwise, it was very likely that something would go wrong.
"The bottom lane's defense tower has been destroyed by Xu!"
After reviving, Ryze put on a pair of straw sandals and teleported to the canyon vanguard battlefield.
"Let's go, let's continue to switch lanes!" Lin Yan and his teammates had stayed here for so long to trick this teleport.
TP and the big move [Warp Path Jump] were all used. This meant that Liquid's mid laner, Pobelter, would not have the ability to actively roam and lead the tempo for some time in the future.
Once again, Lin Ran gave himself the space to provide support first.
The gap in tactical decision-making and operational ability between the two sides was obvious.
Two minutes later, Lin Yan successfully caught the senior who was clearing the troops at the top lane.
At this time, the artificial eyes that TL had placed near the canyon vanguard had expired and disappeared. The support Boulogne just happened to be nearby to keep an eye. The senior was only one person.
Although Doublelift had been very careful and controlled the troops to develop in front of his tower, this still could not stop Lin Yan.
He knew that the opponent's two summons were not there, so he decisively flashed forward and at the same time threw out Phantom Chain and QR double imprint.
When Electrocution was triggered, Lucian's HP was already very low. E [Grim Pursuit]'s displacement distance was not enough to pull Phantom Chain.
When the chain took effect and detonated Lin Yan's R imprint, Doublelift's screen instantly turned black and white.
"Solo kill!"
Doll was excited. "Senior is now 0/3. I don't know how Lucian can fight in a team with this kind of growth!"
Lucian, who was originally very strong in solo fights, was turned into an ATM by YM's military training.
Senior was beaten until he was delirious. In the middle of the game, he still wanted to find a chance to 1v1 with Jack.
In the end, Shiba Inu and Tie Fennu dropped a pair of cloth armor shoes. After Lu Xian's set of damage, Ember's HP was left with 13/3. In the end, the fourth shot was a critical hit and the senior was sent away happily.
Mongoose ran to keep an eye on Mr. Big Wood again.
He didn't try to catch this Sword Magician either. He just kept an eye on Yatox, constantly pressuring his opponent to buy time for Jin Gong's captain to develop. He didn't want his opponent to find an opportunity from the top laner.
All three lanes could not be opened. The canyon vanguard was summoned and only hit once. There was no gain at all.
The five TL players were all paralyzed.
They lost a head, a teleport, and a one-blood tower. The canyon vanguard that they had worked so hard to exchange for was almost nothing in the end.
Lin Yan's Enchantress' rhythm continued.
"Brother Ran caught TL's jungler Troll in the jungle!"
In Mille's horrified voice, Lefran cast a W close to her face and hit her opponent with an E bolt. Then she triggered Phantom Perplexing Steps again to return to her original position, not letting Troll attack her.
Ran could only set up a Pillar of Ice between him and Enchantress, wanting to use this method to stop Lin Yan.
But it was obviously useless.
After the chain was formed, Lin Yan followed up with a normal attack and used the same skill to copy a phantom chain!
"Double chain, this is simply the king of torture!"
The troll didn't move from its original spot. Lin Ran purposely took two more steps and waited for Lu Deng to turn around. Then, he threw out Q's [Mark of Malice] and used the additional damage to take him away.
Next was YM's time to perform.
Twenty-five minutes into the game, the economic gap between the two sides successfully exceeded ten thousand. Jin Gong, on the top lane, relied on the team's economy and Q's passive effect to achieve the economic gap.
TL planned to fight to the death, but YM did not fight with their opponents at all.
The captain, Qing Gang Yin, Enchantress, Jin, and Luo, the whole lineup was quite flexible. Lin Yan and his teammates fought and pulled, using multiple positions and frequent small skills to deplete the opponent's HP. Only then did they use Liu Qingsong's big move to keep them.
"One for five, senior brother flashed forward at the end. He must kill Jack before he dies!"
Shiba Inu complained in the team voice chat. "Damn … why am I always the one getting injured?"
The other four looked relaxed. They flattened the enemy's base and won the team's second victory in the group stage.
When they shook hands after the game, senior brother still had a look of resentment. "Couldn't you have been gentler?"
"Give us a chance!"
The confidence that surged before the game had long disappeared.
"It's okay, as long as you can beat GEN, you still have a chance to advance." Lin Yan also patted senior brother's shoulder to show his friendliness.
Doublelift suddenly became optimistic. "Then we definitely have confidence!"
Teacher Da Mu did not understand his brain circuit.
This game had just been finished by YM, and you think you can do it?
Senior brother met his teammate's confused eyes. "Look at the data of our two teams in this game."
Impact glanced at his monitor.
The head-to-head ratio was 6: 18.
"YM beat GEN 18: 0, we were beaten 6: 18 by YM …" Doublelift showed his strong chest muscles. "Obviously, we beat GEN 6: 0!"
The four teammates were silent.
It sounded reasonable.
But they still felt something was wrong.
In the next game, GEN played against MAD.
The process was unexpected.
All the audience thought that MAD was a point-giver.
Even the supporters of the LMS division thought so.
What a joke, four world runners-up and a rising LCK mid laner, how could they not take down MAD?
In the end, their jungler, Haru, was killed at the first level.
MAD's jungler, Kongyue, and his teammate in the top lane blocked the node for one minute and 30 seconds, forcefully invading GEN's red buff and catching Haru off guard.
MAD's bottom lane also looked at their own bottom lane to prevent Haru from coming over to trade for resources.
In the end, Kongyue successfully achieved three buffs and killed Cuvee by crossing the tower to complete the start of the game.
Lin Yan watched the game on the bus back to the hotel. Red Rice kept going all the way, obviously very dissatisfied with his old team's performance.
Unlike yesterday's sluggish performance, MAD's extraordinary performance caused a lot of trouble for GEN in the early and mid stages.
28 minutes into the game, the economic gap between the two sides had reached 6k.
Fortunately, GEN relied on Ruler's individual ability to stall the game.
MAD's continuous advances were blocked by Ruler's Kesha. Ruler looked like a man holding back ten thousand enemies.
Unable to push up the high ground, MAD chose to use Dragon.
This gave GEN a chance.
Showmaker's Zooey kept poking from the side. When the opponent's health was almost reduced, GEN chose to enter the Dragon Pit to fight to the death with the opponent.
Ruler's skills were maxed out in this team battle and replaced three of the opponent's generals before they died.
GEN knew when to stop and went back to being an iron tortoise.
There was a reason why MAD used their strength to prove that they could not beat FW in the LMS area.
After they gained the advantage, they could not win the game.
They let GEN drag it out to 45 minutes.
After everyone had six godly equipment, GEN's economy, which was behind by 7,000 to 8,000, would not be a problem at all.
Ruler rushed to the back of the crowd, and Akashic Rainstorm instantly melted MAD's back row!
In the end, GEN fought a team battle where they exchanged three for five.
The resurrection time was as long as one minute. Ruler, who survived with the resurrection armor, advanced triumphantly and was going to flatten the opponent's base!
"Ouch …" Lin Weixiang was very angry. "MAD can't even win?
They're really bad! "
Even so, the curved PTT forum was full of jubilation.
[Crying, just looking at the first 30 minutes, we're the winners.]
[Although MAD is bad, GEN is also trash.]
[Is this really the lineup of the world runners-up?
GEN is too trashy.]
[MAD = world runners-up. As expected, this year is the most promising year for LMS. kkk]
The Korean Internet was already in an uproar.
The audience found it hard to imagine that they had to rely on a comeback to win against an unrated LMS team.
Someone had already spread the word on the Internet that if GEN did not make it out of the group stage, he would teach this group of people a lesson.
Lin Yan did not know whether it was a blade or something else.
And the more magical part of this international competition was yet to come.
Group B's RNG began to act up in the face of PVB.
They relied on Ouze's strength to gain a considerable economic lead in the early stage. However, when they pushed the enemy's second tower in the bottom lane, they did not set up enough vision in the opponent's bottom lane.
This gave the Vietnamese team a great opportunity.
PVB's top laner, Kenan, went around the side and used a wave of R Flash + Push Rod. Heavenly Thunder entered the field and instantly melted the RNG team!
"No, why is this place so unsightly?"
Lin Yan was playing a mock match with IG. He took the opportunity to take a look between the two teams' BP. He did not expect to see such a scene that made his brain bleed.
Jack also started to talk. "That's definitely Shi Senming's problem. As a support, he didn't go to the jungle to scout. With such a huge advantage, he still accompanied Ouze … The ADC would definitely not have died in that position. If he had been a scout, this wave of RNG would not have been opened!"
After a wave of team battles, RNG gave up all of their advantages.
Fortunately, PVB was also a pig-nosed team. After gaining the advantage, they started to give it away and raised Ouze back up.
RNG made one mistake after another in this match and gave away a few big waves.
Both sides went back and forth, and one side gave back and forth.
In the end, PVB won by a notch.
It proved that no team in the international competition could give away more than them.
Giving away a dragon, giving away an ancient Dragon. RNG also had to admit defeat. Looking at Ouze's expression under the camera, he reluctantly accepted the victory of this group stage.
Lin Yan had a hunch that there would be an upset.
Up until now, many strong teams that were favored by everyone had not shown their good state.
Many games that originally seemed to have no suspense could be dragged to forty to fifty minutes in the end.
As everyone knew, a big sign of a strong team's decline was that their finishing ability became weak. Many games had to be won by turning the tables.
It seemed that this year's group stage would not be peaceful …
Lin Yan was filled with emotions.
On the second day of the game, the Red Rice's use of Explosive Man in the bottom lane was reflected.
Many teams panicked. The European and American teams were more unrestrained. They copied directly and did not care whether their own players had practiced this hero or not. They copied it first.
The East Asian teams were more rigorous. They basically would not choose a new ship system without a lot of practice.
As a result, the four teams were in a mess!
On the third day of the game, the upset finally came.
TL triumphed over GEN!
In the 31-minute game, Teacher Dami's top laner Sword Demon played a perfect 807 and led the team to victory!
The senior brother who won the game jumped three feet high in excitement!
In the first round of the group stage, they won 2 and lost 1 and were temporarily ranked second in the group.
It seemed that the top eight was not so far away!
The GEN members did not know what to do as they were submerged by the water.
They couldn't understand why they, who had been invincible in the bubble match, would be in such a bad state on the World Stage.
They were beaten by YM, defeated MAD with difficulty by turning the tables, and finally lost to TL.
If they continued like this, they might have to stop there.
They had to adjust.
YM, on the other hand, spent 26 minutes to defeat MAD and drew a perfect end to their first round of the group stage.
In this match, Liu Qingsong's hammer and hook were amazing. Everyone in MAD felt their scalps go numb, and the teeth-numbing sound echoed in their ears.
In Group B, RNG was still struggling. They fought for 38 minutes before narrowly defeating G2 and keeping their first place in the group.
In Group C, KT won all their matches in the first round. The average time was less than 27 minutes. It looked like they would be the champions.
Group D was the most ridiculous.
FNC and IG both defeated C9 and AF.
Baidu Cloud threw another brick at AFs.
The African team had to swallow three consecutive losses. They were in a precarious situation. They had to play extremely well in the second round and cooperate with the other three teams to have a chance to qualify.
The anger of the Korean viewers was rising. They were very dissatisfied.
[LCK looks like it's really over.]
[GEN and AF only won one of the six matches in the first round?]
[LCK's most embarrassing loss in history happened in our country's international tournament. It's ridiculous!]
[Can you not go out and embarrass yourselves?
At present, we can only pin our hopes on KT.]
There were many upsets in the first round. All the teams were quickly adjusting and trying to get back on track as quickly as possible to play their role.
Under everyone's expectations, the second round of the group stage finally arrived.
In this stage, only one group would be played every day.
The three games and the possible overtime were all squeezed within a few hours. This was very demanding for the teams and players.
If there was a slight mistake, the team might be eliminated in the group stage and be doomed forever.
The tense atmosphere shrouded the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center on October 15th.
The first match was GEN against YM!