"Welcome to the live broadcast of the 2018 League of Legends Global Finals. Hello everyone, I'm Jeon!"
The camera panned to the LCK Korean commentator's seat. Roaring Emperor was in the middle, and his partners were on both sides. They were also familiar faces, S2 runner-up Cloud Templar and Crown, who had rushed back from North America during the off-season.
Roaring Emperor first talked a lot about the advertisers, and then changed the topic back to the main topic of today's game.
"The second round of the group stage is about to begin …" He spoke first. "In the first round of the cycle four days ago, we can see that there are quite a lot of variables, and the upsets come one after another."
"That's right," Cloud Templar sighed. "GEN's condition is extremely bad. In the previous three group stage games, they only managed to turn around MAD with difficulty, and they lost the two games against TL and YM."
"They must adjust their condition in the second round of the game, otherwise, the situation in the group stage will become extremely serious!"
Crown bro did not wear a big gold chain this time, but a pair of gold earrings. He was obviously very concerned about the current situation of his old team, and now he was analyzing with his fingers.
"If both GEN and TL can take down MAD again and lose the game against YM at the same time, then we must win a liquid game to qualify for the overtime …" He adjusted his glasses and said sincerely, "In any case, in this game against YM, regardless of whether they win or lose, please show your good side. This will directly affect the mentality of the players in the next two games."
After all, the second round of the game would be finished in one night, and there was not much time left for GEN to adjust.
The director now showed the first round data comparison of the two teams in the live broadcast screen.
"YM's average kill rate per game is 19.3, their average death rate per game is 3.7, and their economy is + 4443 in 15 minutes per game …" Roaring Emperor shook his head helplessly. "This is simply a dominating performance."
On the other side, GEN was a bit miserable.
Their economy was as high as 4000 + in 15 minutes per game.
This was very ridiculous data, and normal teams would not be able to play like this. It had a lot to do with GEN's disadvantage in the first three games.
"If we want to take down YM in the best-of-five, we still have to rely on KT."
Cloud Templar's statement was unanimously agreed by the three commentators.
At this time, Roaring Emperor received a reminder from the backstage staff. He immediately said seriously, "The scene is ready. Let's switch the screen to the two teams on the stage!"
Just as he finished speaking, the BP panel had already appeared in the middle of the big screen!
The spectator stands were already full.
Other than a portion of the international students who supported YM, the rest of the audience held up black and gold flags with GEN's team logo, cheering for their own country's club.
Although there were a lot of dissatisfaction with GEN on the internet, when it came to a life and death situation, the Korean audience still supported them from the bottom of their hearts, hoping that the team could rise again.
"For this match, GEN is on the blue side. They immediately banned Drizzt." Roaring Emperor frowned. "Blue side banned cards..."
GEN's choice surprised the Korean commentator.
Cloud Templar could not understand. "I think you can just release it or take it yourself!"
"The main problem is the team's style." Crown's tone was full of helplessness. "At that time, we mainly focused on defense and counterattack. Until now, that hasn't changed. This kind of tactical thinking can't be used with cards."
"Drizzt is not the kind of character who can provide good protection for the team. He was chosen to frequently wander around and take the initiative to set the pace. He plays an offensive style." As a professional player, Crown had a deeper understanding of this aspect. "Simply put, the cards are not compatible with GEN's team."
On the other hand, YM, who was on the red side, banned Yasso with one move.
Seeing this scene, Roaring Emperor was not without regret. "Ran's Yasso looks like he hasn't mastered it yet. In reality, it's a hidden danger. However, YM's strong fighting ability has completely covered it!"
"That's right. If they don't know how to use it, they can just ban it. Whether YM is on the red side or the blue side, they won't lack a ban." Cloud Templar agreed.
Crown saw that they were talking about YM's BP space and began to explain. "YM is currently the symbol of a perfect team. Other than the mid laner Ran, the other four are all first-rate players. Some of them will make mistakes, but the other members will always be able to make up for it."
"Moreover, the double C hero pool is too exaggerated. No matter how the version changes, these two will always be able to adapt first and support the team." Crown sighed softly. He was probably thinking about the scene of him being swept by YM in the international tournament two years ago. "They are a cycle of legs hugging. Someone can stand up and take control of the game in every game."
As they spoke, GEN banned Zhao Xin, while YM took the initiative to ban Ice.
Red Rice did not want Ruler to get Eich. If Ruler chose three heroes from his best, he would give one to Azreal, one to Callista, and the remaining one to Ice.
Furthermore, Eich's version priority was very high. Red Rice did not need to put it out.
He did not have the hobby of "I know Eich is very strong, but I just want to give it a try." It would be bad if he ended up dying in the end.
"For the last ban in the first round, GEN has given Ran's Zooey. YM has chosen Sindra, who has blocked the version's strong player!"
GEN took the first pick and instakilled Troll!
"No problem. Now that Zhao Xin is gone, Trondle is the strongest jungler."
After the first round of the group stage, the division of junglers changed again. Troll and Zhao Xin's strength were quite close. The previous weakening of Trondle's Q's [Bite] had a small impact on his position in the jungle.
"YM got Enchantress and Ember. They chose double C …" Cloud Templar's eyes lit up. "But is it really good to choose Ember in front of Troll?"
"E's [Ice Pillar] can interrupt Ember's ultimate from a distance!"
Compared to Ember's regular counter to Eich and Nami, Troll's [Ice Pillar] was an instant skill. It was faster to interrupt Ember's [Perfect Curtain Call].
However, the downside was that the [Ice Pillar] only had a range of 1000 yards. It had to be close to the opponent to interrupt it.
Even if it could not be interrupted, Troll was quite calm in the middle of the game. If it really could not be interrupted, he could use his body to block a bullet for his teammates.
"Lucian + Boulogne. GEN's counter is very good." Roaring Emperor began to boast. "Boulogne's [Anti-Theft Door] can cancel out Ember's ultimate. Together with Lucian's bottom lane, it's very strong!"
Crown hesitated for a moment before saying, "But I remember that Zaihe doesn't like using Lucian."
After all, they were old teammates. Crown was very familiar with Eich's hero pool.
Roaring Emperor was startled at first. Then, he heard the backstage broadcast of Ruler's stats through his earpiece.
"That's true, Ruler has only used Lucian 5 times in his career so far …"
He did not say anything else.
However, the meaning behind his words was clear.
He was worried about Ruler's hero proficiency and whether or not GEN would use Lucian's system.
In reality, GEN's head coach, Edgar, did not have much of a choice.
Group A had finished their first round-robin match the day before yesterday. They only had a short day to adjust.
Edgar and the other coaching staff had carefully watched the video and analyzed the data. They found that the current version emphasized the early game more than the Summer League. The tempo had sped up again.
Originally, when it was not so extreme, individual archers could still manage to develop and have room to perform in the later stages.
However, YM's Jiggs in the first group match accelerated this version.
With a mage with a short cooldown, a safe damage output environment, fast clearing speed, high AoE damage, and strong turret pushing ability, whoever chose a normal archer who was not a tool would be throwing coins.
He could flatten your outer tower in 15 minutes. Kesha and Dusk were still there farming for big items.
Only a crazy coaching staff would let the bottom lane play a normal ADC.
This caused the bottom lane to be dominated by the fast AP mage and the tool Eich.
The stage was completely given to the top, middle, and jungle.
A group of Warriors and Assassins fighting each other would naturally speed up the tempo.
GEN was not used to this situation.
It was still the same reason.
The team mainly relied on operations to drag the game to the later stages. They relied on defensive counterattacks to catch the opponent's openings and win the match.
GEN was not used to this version that emphasized the early and mid stages of the game.
In LCK, other than KT and a few other teams, the other teams were all waiting for the team battle. GEN's armor was thicker, so they stood out and won the bubble match to enter the international competition.
In the international competition, the LPL teams were all fierce. If you dared to look at me, I would go up and give you a big slap in the face.
The entire European team had been led astray. They were indifferent to life and death.
Even LMS and Vietnam's wild cards were irritated. It was hard for them to beat the other teams with their own strength. They might as well fight for their lives. Maybe they would have a chance.
Of the 16 teams, only LCK's African team and GEN were still dragging out the late game.
This was also the reason why they had a combined 1 win and 5 losses in the first group match.
They were completely out of sync with the current version.
Edgar realized that if this continued, GEN's path would be very difficult. He had to speed up the pace of the entire team.
Since Ruler never played the bottom lane and claimed to protect the glory of the ADC, heroes like Bomberman Sindra were out of the question.
For this reason, Edgar gave Ruler three heroes to choose from.
The first was Ice, one of Ruler's best heroes. It was very versatile, but very few teams would use it.
Next was Ember, which was considered Eich's bottom pick. However, Ruler's proficiency was average.
The last was Luthian.
Because of Luthian's hero characteristics, Edgar thought that he was the only non-tool archer that could play in the early and mid stages of the game. He was strong enough in the early stages. After the new version of Blue Sucking Blade, his damage output in the team battle was not that bad.
However, Ruler's proficiency was not high enough.
In this game, YM banned Eich and stole Ember, leaving Lucian as the only hero left for Ruler Emperor.
He had to take it.
"YM picked Law in the last pick. This way, they're sure to leave Ueno for the next round!"
At the beginning of the second round of BP, Red Rice suppressed Nar and Kenan, intending to restrict Cuvee.
Edgar, on the other hand, kept a close eye on the jungler and sent Qing Gang Yin and Olaf to the ban position.
"Mongoose, who are you going to use?" Red Rice asked. "Nightmare or Blind Monk?"
At the moment, most junglers were banned. Since Ember was chosen as the bottom lane and Enchantress was still in the middle lane, they were relatively short of physical damage output. Wine Barrel was definitely not a choice.
Phyllostachys Pubescens thought for a moment. "Blind Monk is better."
"Li Qing!"
Roaring Emperor glanced at YM's lineup and clicked his tongue in praise. "Isn't this a little too flexible?"
The first four choices, Enchantress + Ember + Law + Blind Monk, stood out.
"Ever since YM used a similar lineup to win against Liquid, they've become more and more fond of this flexible system," Cloud Templar analyzed. "The main thing is that they can fight and run, and their ability to chase and pull is very strong."
"But the weakness is also very obvious." Crown still spoke up for his old team. "Blind Monk can't beat Troll in the jungle in the early game, including the River Crab that refreshes in two minutes. If GEN gets a strong champion in the middle lane, they can try to start with two River Crab …"
Edgar showed his four or five picks.
Blade Magician and Ryze!
"This is a swing between mid and top. GEN plans to see which hero YM will choose in the last pick, and then decide the specific situation of the solo lane!"
Red Rice was still communicating with Jin Gong about which hero to choose to face GEN's swing.
"Knife Sis, I'll help you. We won't lose 2v2 in the early game." Mongoose looked at the West Eight.
It didn't matter if the opponent was Ryze or Atokus, Knife Sis wasn't afraid.
Arielia was more restrained against these two heroes. After all, she had many moves and could use her passive [Ionian's Zeal] to fight.
Jin Gong thought for a moment and immediately agreed. "Then Knife Sis."
Liu Qingsong confirmed and then decided on the character.
"Then Xu Xiu, you use Blade Magician as the mid." Edgar saw YM's lineup and immediately arranged. "You have to push quickly in the early game and protect Troll to get the two River Crab. As long as we have both River Crabs, we'll have a much easier time in the early game."
In reality, Ryze would have a harder time fighting Knife Sis. After all, he had a weak body. If he was attacked, Arielia could send the Rune Mage to heaven with a set of skills.
However, Edgar still asked his team to do so.
The main reason was that Ryze's pushing ability was too weak, and he couldn't protect the jungler.
Although Blade Magician's Q's [Dark Blade] damage was weakened, it was still very easy for him to push Enchantress' lane in the early game. Moreover, he was much stronger than Ryze in the early game.
Both sides' lineups were revealed.
Blue side GEN: Top Lane Ryze, Jungler Troll, Mid Lane Sword Magician, Bottom Lane Lucian + Boulogne.
Red side YM: Top Lane Knife Sis, Jungler Blind Monk, Middle Lane Enchantress, Bottom Lane Lu Jin + Luo.
"Hiss …" Cloud Templar frowned. He felt that things weren't that simple. "Min Hao, what do you think of GEN's lineup?"
Crown weighed it in his heart and replied, "I think it's a little cumbersome. It's not easy to start a team battle and it's easy to be pulled by YM."
Before the other two could reply, he continued, "However, their advantage is that they're very good at grouping up in the mid and late game. Moreover, Ryze's [Warp Path Leap] gives the team a lot of room to maneuver. They can switch lanes or directly fight for neutral resources."
Red Mi, who was on the stage of the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center, was still emphasizing the overall idea of this game to the team.
"You must pay attention to pulling them." He patted the players' shoulders one by one. "Don't fight them head-on. Just keep harassing them from the side!"
Lin Yan understood. "Guerrilla warfare, I understand, I understand."
Red Mi muttered a few more words about the two-minute river crab before taking off his headphones and shaking hands with Edgar in the middle of the stage.
The two of them looked at each other.
Four years ago, they worked together in the same coaching team, but now, they were working for different masters.
"Brother Yu Fan, work harder in the next game," Red Mi said directly.
Edgar couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. "Are you so sure that you can win this game?"
Red Mi was full of confidence.
He had a max level account in his hands and was fully equipped with equipment. Under such circumstances, as long as YM wasn't at a disadvantage in terms of BP, they could easily win the game.
The caster's camera moved away from the two coaches and focused on the audience in the stands. It caused another round of cheers and screams.
Finally, Summoner's Canyon arrived!
The ten players bought their equipment and left from the springs on both sides, heading straight for the river.
"GEN intends to use the strength of their lineup to invade the top half of YM!"
After all, with an unreasonable hero like Boulogne and Lucian's existence, GEN's strength was much higher than YM's. If they didn't invade, they wouldn't be in the river.
"I'll go directly to the bottom half. Tear, can you help me be a lookout at the red buff on the opposite side?" Mongoose planned to beat them at their own game and find a way out for himself.
As a Blind Monk, he couldn't just hand over his eye slot. Now that the initial cooldown of the accessory's eye was four minutes, if Phyllostachys Pubescens inserted his first eye, he wouldn't be able to use W's [Golden Bell Cover] to escape if a jungle fight happened before the four minutes.
Liu Qingsong also happily agreed. He sneaked into GEN's jungle from the triangular bushes at the bottom lane and inserted an eye slot in the red buff camp.
Lin Yan was still thinking about all the details of the game.
From GEN's mid to top lane switch to invading the top half of the map at the beginning of the game … He tried hard to dissect the surface and see GEN's true goal before coming up with a countermeasure.
Switching mid and top lanes, letting Sword Magician, who was stronger in combat, come to the mid lane after two minutes. This way, with Lucian and Boulogne, who definitely had the right to the bottom lane, they could take down the River Crab easily.
The reason they invaded the top half of the map and chased Mongoose to the bottom was to prevent Phyllostachys Pubescens from fighting for the top half of the River Crab.
GEN obviously wanted to take both River Crab.
After Lin Yan thought it through, he didn't plan to let the other side succeed.
"Jack, before you go online, make sure you're in the bottom lane." He quickly made arrangements. "Just don't get pushed down."
Although Boulogne and Lu Xian were very strong, that was the conclusion of the battle.
YM duo Jin and Luo had the range advantage, so they had no problem eating ice at level 1. Q's [Dancing Grenade] was also very good at pushing.
Lin Yan's request wasn't difficult, so Jack agreed immediately.
"Mongoose, let's do this …" Lin Yan planned his next move.
Red Rice had just returned to the team's lounge when he heard his own mid laner's command.
He put his hands on his hips and looked at the Summoner's Canyon from God's perspective. His eyes lit up.
Good plan!
Because GEN had invested a lot of energy in the top half of the map, the bottom half of the map was pitch black.
GEN's duo returned to the bottom lane. Ruler's accessory eye was also placed near the red buff camp in the bottom half of the map, in case YM's jungler Blind Monk came over and swapped the beasts.
They didn't dare to use their bodies to explore the grass. If YM had a bunch of people squatting there, they would be dead if they went in.
Corejj's eye had to be left for the top lane. He had to stab it into the grass in the middle of the bottom lane so that the duo could snatch 2.
"My eye will be placed later. Wait until Blind Monk reveals his position." Xu Xiu reported to his teammates.
The team couldn't invest all their eye slots at once. Otherwise, there would be a gap in the team's field of vision before the four minutes.
After he finished speaking, he followed the minions to the top lane.
This time, Xu Xiu brought Conqueror as usual. His secondary attribute was Resolute's Resurrection and Chrysalis.
After all, Skeletal Plating was basically useless against Enchantress's long and nimble hands. It was a small rune that would shatter at a touch.
With Chrysalis and Resurrection, there would be health and recovery, so he wouldn't have to worry about Enchantress' consumption.
He planned to push the line as soon as he came up, not giving the opponent a chance to breathe.
Lin Yan saw Sword Demon's movement and didn't choose Soldier A as usual. Instead, he raised his wand and used a normal attack on Atokus.
He successfully attracted the minions' aggro. The three ranged soldiers focused their fire on him, while the melee soldier moved his position to attack Lin Yan. This obviously wouldn't succeed.
The three melee soldiers changed their positions, and GEN's minions were pulled apart by him.
Although this method of attracting the minions' aggro could also be used to push the line, the effect was definitely not as good as Sword Demon's simple and unadorned three-stage Queen.
Lin Yan took advantage of the cooldown of Xu Xiu's Dark Descent Blade to use W Specter Perplexing Track to step forward and use a normal attack, successfully triggering Electrocution.
The power of the lightning took away a small chunk of Sword Demon's health. Because he didn't have Skeletal Plating, Sword Demon took this attack and lost around 200 health.
However, Xu Xiu let out a sigh of relief.
In this version, Electrocution for level one characters lasted for 50 seconds.
Since Lin Yan had already used it once, Enchantress wouldn't be able to trigger Electrocution to deal damage in the River Crab battle half a minute later.
It should be known that in the early stages of the game, before her level and equipment reached a certain level, Lefran relied heavily on Electrocution to make up for her damage. Otherwise, her combat strength would be quite low.
Xu Xiu didn't believe that Lin Yan didn't know this common knowledge.
Then there was only one answer left.
"The opponent should have given up on fighting for the River Crab." Xu Xiu reported the situation in the team voice chat.
As long as they could get the Double River Crab, their jungler's pace in the early stages of the game would be much more comfortable. They might even be able to take off.
Haru was overjoyed when he heard this. He finished farming YM's red buff in the first half of the map and then controlled Troll to move towards the bottom half.
Ruler and Corejj encountered a tenacious resistance from YM's duo in the bottom lane, but in the end, they used the effect of Boulogne's Holy Shield to quickly push the first wave of minions over. Then, they immediately gathered at the river, ready to cover their jungler as he came to get the River Crab.
"Showmaker, stay in the middle lane and don't let Enchantress roam to support …" CloudTemplar also felt that Haru could control the Double River Crab. However, he immediately followed the caster's camera and saw Blind Monk's movements. He immediately asked in surprise, "What's Tian doing?"
In Summoner's Canyon, after Mongoose finished eating his own blue buff, he moved to a shadowy corner behind the grass wall at the bottom of the middle lane. He didn't move and looked like he was planning something.
"He's going to try a Level 2 Grab!" Crown immediately reacted. "This is a reverse strategy!"
Although Enchantress and Blind Monk were very agile, under normal circumstances, they would only link up when they were Level 3.
Xu Xiu thought so too.
He didn't expect Phyllostachys Pubescens to be Level 2 and crouching on the side.
"Don't move forward anymore!"
Roaring Emperor shouted in the commentator's seat. The Korean audience in the stands also raised their voices. They all wanted to remind Showmaker on the field and let him be careful.
However, Xu Xiu couldn't hear them clearly.
Since he had just pushed the minions over, he was standing quite close to the front, not far from Blind Monk.
In YM's team voice chat.
Lin Yan was quite calm. While looking for an opportunity, he also maintained his positioning to not let the other party notice anything strange.
Finally, Lin Ran made up his mind when he saw the Haru Troll appear in his field of vision from the spot that Jack had planted in the river.
"Prepare to freeze your hands! Prepare to freeze your hands!"
He stepped forward with W Phantom Perplexing Track. While hitting Sword Demon, he also ate a close-range soldier. He raised his hand and used a normal attack to kill a low-health long-range soldier.
Revolving Light!
Lefran had successfully reached Level 2!
At first, Xu Xiu wanted to use Q Dark Informant Sharp Blade to drain her health. After all, Enchantress didn't have Electrocution or Phantom Perplexing Track. It could be said that she was at her weakest right now.
However, he quickly reacted.
Then why did Enchantress step forward?
Couldn't she just use a normal attack to finish her off?
There must be a reason for this abnormality!
Xu Xiu hurriedly retreated.
However, it was already too late.
Lefran leveled up E Phantom Chain. She didn't give him any time to react and directly hit Yatox's body!
Blind Monk, who was dressed in black, also rushed out from the shadows near YM's defense tower.
"Save me!" Xu Xiu raised his voice, wanting his teammates to help.
However, the duo and jungler in the bottom lane were eating crabs in the river. It would take at least five seconds for them to rush over.
The top lane Cuvee Ryze didn't dare to use Teleport when facing Jin Gong. It would take him a few seconds to retreat to a safe position under the tower.
Xu Xiu was isolated in the middle lane!
"Sword Demon E Shadow Charge and Blink wants to break the chain … but Ran follows Blink!" When Crown saw this, he had already sentenced Xu Xiu to death.
Phantom Chain wasn't broken, and the 1.5 seconds of imprisonment began to take effect.
Although Showmaker's Precision had a small Toughness Rune, it hadn't been stacked yet, so there was no control reduction effect.
"Enchantress drank a Corruption Potion and used a normal attack on Sword Demon. Blind Monk also used W Golden Bell to come to Lefran's side!"
Mongoose wasn't in a hurry to use Q Sky Sound Wave. Sword Demon had used all of his movement skills, and E Shadow Charge had a cooldown of nine seconds after losing its charging mechanism.
Yatox had lost all ability to resist. In the eyes of Phyllostachys Pubescens, he was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
"Blind Monk used the passive to increase his attack speed. He first punched Sword Demon, then kicked out Sky Sound Wave and followed up with a punch!"
Mongoose's Conqueror stacked up to six stacks, increasing his attack power to a certain extent.
Xu Xiu was finally released from the imprisonment of Phantom Chain. He braced himself and wanted to walk down the tower.
However, Mongoose followed up with a second Echo Strike and a normal attack, lowering his HP to the limit.
Lin Yan's last normal attack took away a blood head.
"Ahhhh …" Roaring King couldn't accept this reality. "How did YM find such an opportunity!"
"Blind Monk crossed the middle lane to the upper river, preparing to take down another River Crab. He still has the first Retribution in his hand, so his speed of killing River Crab is very fast …" Cloud Templar sighed in his heart. "With this exchange, GEN has suffered a huge loss!"
One River Crab per person, and YM had earned 600 gold coins (400 kills + 200 assists). At the same time, after Xu Xiu revived, he had to teleport over to fill the gap. Due to the difference in the formation of a one-level team, YM should have been at a disadvantage in the beginning.
Lin Yan also noticed that when Xu Xiu died and teleported to the middle lane, two of YM's minions died. Sword Magician didn't gain any experience.
"After eating the River Crab, Troll knows that Blind Monk has run to the upper half of the map, so he wants to take the opportunity to clear the tower in the bottom lane!"
Haru saw that Mongoose had helped Little Temptress take down the first blood, so he wanted to quickly find a rhythm to make up for it.
However, Lin Yan had previously instructed YM to let Jack attack a few more minions, so that the minions wouldn't accumulate. This caused Haru to not have enough minions to support him.
If the minions didn't enter the tower, then there was no way to kill them. Otherwise, if two of them were swapped out, it would be a loss.
Haru resentfully gave up and could only farm Mongoose's lower half of the map.
"This way, it's equivalent to the two sides swapping the jungle. Tian won't lose much in terms of the number of minions," Cloud Templar analyzed briefly. "Plus, he's putting pressure on the top lane!"
Cuvee also wanted to follow Jack's example of clearing the minions and not letting a large number of Bin Xuan into the tower.
However, Ryze's early game was too weak.
He didn't dare to get close to the minions on his side at all. He was afraid that Jin Gong's Swordsister would use Q's Blade Impact to get close to him.
As a result, he didn't affect the minions' HP at all.
When the third wave of Artillery Soldiers arrived, a large number of YM minions flooded into the top lane defense tower.
Cuvee, on the other hand, didn't eat much ice, so he was still only at level two.
At this moment, Ryze still didn't have any combat power.
"Tian forced Cuvee away. Now he can only stay in the isolated bush in front of the second tower. He can't even eat the minions' EXP!"
Cuvee watched as YM minions fell one after another under the bombardment of the defense tower. He felt like his heart was bleeding.
Jin Gong and Xiao Tian didn't block the line and allowed the fourth wave of minions to rush into the defense tower.
This way, with the help of the defense tower's bombardment, GEN minions could have the advantage in HP and numbers.
Then it evolved into Jin Gong's push-back line.
"Ryze will have a hard time with this minions situation!"
Although Crown wasn't a top laner, after careful consideration, he knew that Cuvee would be very disgusting later.
The minions were pushed out, and he couldn't win against Swordsister, not to mention Blind Monk was eyeing him covetously in the top half.
In the end, Cuvee chose to use his life to deal with the minions.
Otherwise, he would lose even more.
Xiao Tian knew that he could withdraw money here, so he ran over after killing the three groups of wild monsters in the top half of GEN.
He attached a membrane to Jin Gong and got another 150 gold coins for an assist.
With the addition of a HP assist, he could be considered to have reaped the economy of a head.
Cuvee didn't even use Flash. He was on the side close to YM's top tower and was far away from his own defense tower. Even if he used Flash, he wouldn't be able to escape.
"Swordsister took a head, but the minions were forcefully sent in by Cuvee. This way, he can still save one to teleport out."
Crown talked about the gains and losses of both sides and felt that it wasn't unacceptable for Cuvee.
After all, there was no one to help him. This was already the best choice he could make.
"Let's go straight to the bottom lane!" Haru saw that Xiao Tian had received two assists in succession and couldn't sit still anymore.
In order to deal with the Artillerymen, Liu Qingsong had used up his Holy Shield.
This meant that when the next wave of minions pushed in, YM's duo would have no countermeasures.
Moreover, although YM's two solo lanes had Teleport, their opponents, Sword Magician and Ryze, had the ability to interrupt the TP. Therefore, Lin Yan and Jin Gong couldn't protect their teammates in the bottom lane.
Corejj knew that there was no time to lose. He accompanied Ruler to push the minions and directly attacked.
However, Luo and Jin put up a strong resistance under the tower.
In the end, Boulogne paid with his life. Troll and Lucian used all their summoner skills to kill YM's duo.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's not a loss." Jack got a kill. He felt that he could accept it.
Lin Yan continued to fight in the middle lane. Although he got a gold coin, he didn't have a clear advantage in combat because he didn't return to the city to resupply.
He used the minions to eat the sixth wave of Artillery Troops. Then, he drank a Corruption Potion and used up all his mana to push the minions out, making time to return to the city to resupply.
He didn't return to the top lane. Instead, he went straight to the bottom lane.
After Jack and Liu Qingsong were killed, Ruler pushed the minions in.
Without any human intervention, the line of soldiers would naturally be pushed back.
At that time, YM's duo would be forced to move forward with the minions.
When they were killed by the tower, YM's duo also used their four summoner skills. Now that they didn't have Blink, it was very easy for them to be killed.
On the other hand, Corejj's Boulogne died in the last wave. Now that he still had Blink, it was very likely that he would take the opportunity to Blink and start a team.
Moreover, Haru had nowhere to go.
When they crossed the tower, Lin Yan could guess how many groups of minions his opponent had farmed when he saw the number of last hits.
Troll should be able to clear the second half of his camp soon.
Xiao Tian went to gank the top lane and exposed his farming route. Therefore, Haru also knew the approximate respawn time of the Demon Swamp Frog and Three Wolves.
Now that he returned to the city to resupply, he didn't have any minions to farm.
Lin Yan felt that the opponent's jungler was very likely to return to the city, so he came to the bottom lane to see if there was a chance.
If he could catch it, it would be a free win. If he couldn't, it wouldn't delay his development.
Lin Yan realized this, so he rushed over to help with the crouch. He planned to watch his duo push the minions into the tower before leaving.
Just now, he quickly pushed the cannon back to the city. Even if he didn't succeed in the bottom lane, he wouldn't waste too many minions by rushing back to the middle lane.
"If we waste time, Xiao Tian, help me fix the lane," Lin Yan reminded Phyllostachys Pubescens not to stray too far from the middle lane.
However, as soon as he reached the bottom lane, Corejj made his move.
On the bottom lane, a Troll King came out from the bushes connected to the river with a big stick!
"Don't go any further!" Roaring Emperor was immersed in his explanation. He wanted to stop Haru's footsteps.
However, King Troll King didn't seem to notice. It was still happily approaching YM's duo!
"Boulogne's Q Blink still wants to keep them … Oh no!" Crown shouted.
Corejj successfully used passive on Rollo, and Haru used E [Ice Pillar] to block his opponent's retreat.
Ruler Emperor slid forward, wanting to deal more damage.
However, the moment he connected his normal attack with his skill, a Phantom Chain suddenly appeared from the bushes!
Little Temptress's ghostly figure appeared in front of him!
It's over!
Lefran's appearance caught GEN off guard.
Since GEN's duo had placed their first eye at the beginning of the game, it would take them four minutes to place their eyes for the next round.
The eye had just spawned not long ago. Before they could place it, Lin Yan hid in the bushes and did a reverse crouch!
"Little Temptress's W [Demon Shadow Perplexing Step] and the Q [Mark of Malice]'s output. Together with her normal attack and Dancing Grenade, she melted Lucian in an instant!"
Little Temptress, who had just finished repairing her equipment, had terrifying combat power. Lucian couldn't resist at all.
The remaining Troll King couldn't escape either.
After using E [Ice Pillar], he had no way to escape. Liu Qingsong used W [Grand Entrance] to lift him up. The three of them easily killed him!
Xu Xiu, who couldn't teleport, was now an Earthbound Spirit. She was useless. She could only watch her teammates die in the bottom lane.
"0 for 2. Ran's reverse crouch is too deadly. YM has established their initial advantage. The situation is very bad for GEN. They're starting to lose their rhythm again!"
Roaring Emperor was worried for his own team.