As the ten heroes left the fountain, the live audience cheered for the team they supported.
Su Cheng, who was sitting in the first row of the audience, raised her head. The players' seats were only four or five meters away from her, and Su Cheng could clearly see Lin Yan's focused expression.
The stadium's lights reflected in his bright eyes, and there seemed to be a blazing flame in his eyes.
"Be a defensive eye, we can drag this game indefinitely," Lin Yan said.
Under Coach Hanyi's arrangement, they took down Tsar and Policewoman in the late game, and were not afraid of playing against EDG in the late game.
Three eye positions were placed along the river to protect the jungle, but EDG still came in groups and set up a vision in the lower half of YM's jungle.
Xiao Tian was very helpless. EDG relied on Boulogne's strong passive to dominate the jungle. With the eye position set up, his early movement in the jungle was firmly grasped by Ghostly Foot Seven.
But there was no other way. Xiao Tian ate the red buff under EDG's vision, and then rushed to the upper half of the jungle.
Lin Yan went online and stayed at the back to finish off the enemy. He killed one with a normal attack, and then used his Sand Soldier to kill two soldiers horizontally. He then retreated comfortably.
It was impossible for him to push in the early game, even though he deliberately brought Purify to prevent Ghostly Foot Seven and Scout from becoming conjoined twins. He only wanted to develop steadily.
Just after three minutes, Xiao Tian reached level three and tried to close in on the middle lane.
"Don't catch him in the middle. Ice Maiden has set up a vision in the upper river. Continue farming," Lin Yan said.
Catching him in the middle. This was an instinctive habit that Xiao Tian had developed over the past six months, but this instinct made him lose a good opportunity.
Ghostly Foot Seven showed his shrewdness, and went straight to the bottom lane at level three.
"YM has set up an eye position in the river below the crater. Will Factory Director be discovered from where he came …" Mille looked at the nanqiang walking down and was a little worried.
"Eh?
Factory Director went into the crater and slid to the top of the crater!
Oh my god, he perfectly avoided YM's bottom lane! "
Doll lowered her voice. "YM, who is still pushing the lane, doesn't seem to have noticed the arrival of Nanqiang!"
Ghostly Kick Seven passed through the triangular bushes in the bottom lane. Meiko's Boulogne's Q flashed past the line of minions and hit Jack Eyre, setting him on fire.
At this time, Xiao Ming also saw Ghost Foot 7 who had circled behind him. At Level 2, he did not use Lantern, so he could only move upwards to block Ghost Foot 7's position, preventing Nanqiang's bullets from hitting Jack Ai.
However, Deft's EZ and Ghost Foot Seven's Nanqiang were very decisive and used Blink simultaneously.
Jack Loves Flash was a step too late. The Nanqiang and EZ's normal attacks hit Jack Loves Policewoman's graceful body, triggering Boulogne's passive.
Ghostleg Seven used the bottom lane's tower to hit the Wall Queen. Little Yellow Feather's glove shot out a ball of white energy that hit Policewoman, taking away her health.
"Three Blink, a decisive gank!"
Miller commented, "This wave can be considered to have broken the policewoman's early suppression rhythm. It's very crucial!"
Ghost Foot Seven helped Mr. Dai push two more waves of minions, and EDG made a lot of money. The three of them returned to the city to replenish their equipment.
The first wave of gank was effective. ClearLove was overjoyed, the corners of her mouth rising wildly.
Naturally, the cameraman would not let go of this opportunity and quickly followed.
Ghost Foot Seven, who had returned to the city to buy a green jungling knife, glanced around in boredom and quickly noticed that someone was filming him.
He quickly stopped smiling and shifted his gaze from the computer screen to the camera beside him. He stared at the camera with dead fish eyes for two seconds before retracting his gaze. The whole process was so ghastly that it could be made into a GIF to be passed down.
"Sigh, mine, mine. It would have been better if I had flashed earlier."
Jacklove was a little regretful. The biggest problem with playing as an ADC was being greedy. Greedy minions would be caught, greedy kills would be swapped, and greedy skills would be controlled. These were all common operations.
"It's okay, it's okay. Xiao Tian should crouch more. It's not easy for the two of us to catch Ice Maiden." Lin Yan took the initiative to speak up to ease the tense atmosphere in the team.
Mr. Dai's EZ did not choose Goddess' Tears when he returned home. Instead, he bought an 875 Cross Pick. This was also a very particular outfit.
No matter which version it was, in the mid-game (the period between the formation of Magic Cutter and the three-piece set of the enemy's ADC), EZ's combat power was ranked as T1 (Tier 1). He relied on the cheap Devil's Ice Fist CD Shoes and the combat power provided by Magic Cutter.
In theory, in order to quickly stack Magic Cutter, EZ had to buy Goddess' Tears when he returned to the city in the first wave. However, this equipment was almost useless in the early and mid-game.
EDG chose Ice Maiden and Nanqiang in the mid-game to invade the jungle and suppress Xiao Tian's development while controlling the field of vision. In the mid-game, Nanqiang and the fully developed EZ would take over the game.
In order to ensure the combat power of the bottom half, EZ could not be the first to use Goddess' Tears. Even if it was difficult for EZ to take the lead against Policewoman, he could not completely lose the initiative of the minions.
The 875 Cross Pick was EZ's capital in the early game. Whether or not Goddess' Tears was used first would only affect the formation of Magic Cutter for three minutes. EDG could afford to wait.
As one of the two kings of Korean EZ, Mr. Dai had a deep understanding of EZ's equipment control.
Policewoman Jacklove could only use Dagger and True Eye when she returned home. Her combat power was not on the same level as EZ.
The top lane was a Murloc against Ike. The Murloc that had not reached level 6 could not hold him back. Tsar in the mid-game could not help either.
Xiao Tian could only protect the bottom lane.
However, Mr. Dai's EZ was too agile. Xiao Tian's wave of gank only forced out his healer.
Ghostfoot Seven's mechanics were slipping, but his jungler's awareness had reached perfection. When he saw Xiao Tian appear, he used the time to successfully counter Xiao Tian's group of three wolves that had just spawned. Then, he took his own jungle and was half a level ahead of Xiao Tian in experience.
"Factory Director is still shrewd. Xiao Tian's defense in the jungle now pales in comparison." Mille's evaluation was very pertinent. "Let's see Xiao Tian's first big move when he reaches level 6. If he doesn't kick out anything valuable, YM's early game rhythm will collapse."
If the commentator could see YM's disadvantage, Lin Yan on the field naturally knew it in his heart.
Originally, he only wanted to develop steadily. However, now he had no choice but to go up and change his HP. He wanted to lure Factory Director to the mid lane to relieve Xiao Tian's pressure in the jungle.
Lin Ran raised his Sand Soldier's spear and took a shot from the ice maiden. Then, he turned around and used his Q [Violent Sand Attack] to stab her. The Sand Soldier once again used its normal attack, causing the ice maiden's HP to drop by another 13%. Now, she was left with almost half of her HP.
Scout's Ice Maiden attacked again but did not manage to use Thunderbolt. The young and hot-blooded Scout was not satisfied. He moved forward and wanted to get back at her by using Thunderbolt.
Lin Yan looked at his own experience bar and immediately used Shifting Sand to move towards the Sand Soldier. He passed through his junior's body and received a shield at the same time as he dealt damage.
The junior also realized that something was wrong. The Sand Soldier's AOE damage had taken a lot of the Sand Soldier's HP. This would let the opponent reach level 6 first!
He quickly called for Factory Director who was at the Magical Swamp Frog camp and used his Ice Claw skill to attack his tower. However, it was too late.
Lin Yan moved closer to the Ice Maiden while summoning another Sand Soldier. The two Sand Soldiers stabbed the Ice Maiden and took away three close-combat soldiers. Lin Yan rose to level 6.
He used his Roll skill and used Wall of Forbidden Army to push the Ice Maiden back. His normal attacks continuously reduced her HP.
Ice Maiden's HP was now low. She used her W Frost Aura to freeze Lin Yan and used her Roll skill to come to the Ice Claw.
However, Lin Yan used [Purify] to get rid of the stun. He used [Flash] to move forward and used [Attack] to attack continuously. The golden halberd in his hand quickly stabbed the Ice Maiden.
Scout quickly used [Death Flash] and the Ice Maiden died under the tower.
"What did I just see?" Doll was like a shark that smelled blood. "Ran's Tsar killed Scout single-handedly!
What's going on? "
"At the most critical moment in the jungle, Ran's player still stood up …" Mille praised, "He's YM's anchor!"
This single kill was beyond the audience's expectations. The audience was now cheering and the bullet screen was filled with question marks.
More importantly, the support Meiko also pinged the Ice Maiden's corpse with a question mark.
"Ah …" The junior covered his forehead in annoyance. He had been too impatient. If he hadn't forcefully used Thunderbolt, he definitely wouldn't have been killed in this wave.
Factory Director arrived late. He saw that Lin Yan had already returned to the tower and could only return empty-handed.
Lin Yan let out a sigh of relief. He was gambling. With Ghost Foot Seven's experience, there was no way he would catch him before the Ice Maiden reached level 6.
Fortunately, he made the right bet.
The economic gap between the two sides was now even. The scales of victory had not been tipped. The game between the two sides was still ongoing.