Sitting in the first row, Su Cheng's eyes were as clear as water. Her gaze moved from the giant screen in the stadium to Lin Ran in the contestants' seats.
His facial features were handsome, his eyebrows were sharp, and he was in high spirits. His body was thin but not frail. His eyes were locked on the screen, and his mouth was talking rapidly. Every movement showed the youthful vitality of a young man.
"Then this wave of team battle will be 2 for 5. Tsar will get 3 kills." Mille saw the remaining three YM players take down the water dragon. The level 40 Tsar returned to the city and took out Nash's Tooth and Straw Sandals. "He's going to take off …"
"9 minutes of Nash's Tooth. Scout will have a hard time this round." Doll shook her head. "Based on my understanding of YM, as long as Ran develops well, they will give their opponents a lot of pressure in the jungle. I don't know how this game will go."
After Lin Yan came online, he started to push the minions. Nash's Tooth provided both attack speed and cooldown, two essential attributes for Tsar. At this moment, the speed of pushing the minions was very fast.
In order to prevent being exhausted by Lin Yan, Scout was forced to use the Negative Cloak. His pushing speed was a bit slower.
Lin Yan didn't even look at Lisandro. He took the Muay Thai fighter Xiao Tian straight to Ghostfoot Seven's jungle. After setting up his vision in the upper half of the jungle, Lin Yan ate a set of Ghostfoot Seven's favorite F4. Xiao Tian started to fight the vanguard in the canyon.
After the Factory Director finished killing the Gargoyles, he saw that his own F4 camp was empty except for a pile of bird feathers.
The angry Zhuge Mingkai thought of a plan. He called Meiko to the mid and gave Lin Yan a 3 catch 1 combo.
Although YM won a lot in the team battle near the tower, Jack Love only ate one assist. He was still suppressed by Mr. Dai. After the minions passed the mid lane, Meiko went to the mid lane.
When Lin Yan returned to the middle lane, a wave of minions had yet to be pushed over. He ran over to Xiao Tian and ate a group of F4s, reaching level 9.
With Nash's Tooth, Tsar was able to poke F4 without taking any damage. Lin Yan, who had returned to the middle lane, hid behind the minions. He didn't want to waste the Sand Soldiers that were still in F4's camp. Q moved it to the center of the minions and poked it three times to bring the minions to critical health.
He ignored the Ice Maiden, who was flirting and trying to seduce him. He was standing in a very safe position.
However, it was enough for the three EDG players. After all, Tsar's super long-distance escape skill relied on the EQ mechanism.
"Gogogo …" Scout had only been in LPL for half a year, so his Chinese was still not fluent. At this time, he directly called out to his teammates in short English while controlling Ice Maiden to close in.
His E skill, Ice Claw, extended forward. Nanqiang's E came out of the bushes, followed by the strong Boulogne.
"This is a gank that EDG has been planning for a long time. Tsar doesn't have any Blink, R, or Q now. I think he's done for," Doll said.
"It's not easy to run … Now it's time to see who will eat this head." Mille nodded in agreement.
The live audience who supported YM also let out a low cry. They also put themselves in Lin Yan's shoes and were worried for him.
Seeing that Lin Yan was caught, Xiao Tian instinctively moved closer to the middle lane. However, the distance was too far. Lin Yan and Xiao Tian, who had developed a habit of being conjoined with Xiao Tian, retained the last bit of rationality and turned to help Jin Gong who was on the top lane.
Lin Yan didn't use his E immediately. Instead, he walked directly to the back of the tower. He chose to wait for Q's cooldown.
(Tip, Version 6.11 updated on June 2nd, 2016. Tsar's max level Q's cooldown is 6S. With the 20% cooldown reduction from Nash's Tooth, Q's cooldown is 4.8S.)
Scout activated his E skill again. Ice Maiden instantly closed in on Tsar and cast her R [Frozen Tomb]. Icicles emerged from the ground and wrapped around Tsar.
Lin Yan activated [Purify] to get rid of the crowd control and continued to retreat.
ScoutWQ dealt damage and crowd control.
Boulogne's W moved closer to Ice Maiden's side. The moment Ice Maiden's W [Frost Aura] controlled Lin Yan, he used his Q [Winter's Bite] and Nanqiang threw a smoke bomb.
"There's no room for escape. Boulogne's passive should be dead." Doll was very confident.
However, Lin Yan didn't give up struggling because he still had the buff from [Purify]. It could negate 65% of the crowd control for 3 seconds.
Level 2 Ice Maiden's W had a crowd control duration of 1.2 seconds. Boulogne's Q had a 2 second slow and Nanqiang's W had a 0.5 second slow.
Their crowd control skills overlapped. After 0.7 seconds, Lin Yan's movement speed returned to normal.
There was still a chance!
Lin Yan's mind was sharp. His right hand that was holding the mouse quickly clicked on a position that was far away from the tower.
"Wow … Ran actually dodged Boulogne's big move in the smoke bomb!" Doll was confident that Tsar would die, but he still used his passionate voice to explain.
The audience watched as Lin Yan's Tsar twisted his body and moved downwards. Meiko's big move was aimed at the position where Tsar was returning to the tower. One went up and the other went down.
Scattered applause could be heard from the audience. This blind movement revealed an excellent psychological game.
"Hey, EDG's players can't hit Boulogne's passive!" Mille suddenly realized the problem. "Will Tsar escape?!"
Almost a second had passed since Boulogne's Q was killed.
Nanqiang used his E skill when he left the bushes. Due to his low attack speed, he only fired one bullet. Ice Maiden used her Q skill to deal damage, so she only fired one Icicle. Boulogne did not even manage to hit a normal attack.
At this moment, Lin Yan's Tsar had three stacks of Boulogne's passive move. He walked out of the smoke bomb's range and arrived outside the wall of F4. Guijiao Seven took the opportunity to hit the wall with his Q. However, before the bullet could cause any damage, Lin Yan disappeared from their sight.
The sand soldiers stood in the middle of F4's camp. They used their E skill [Shifting Sand] to pass through the wall. At this time, the cooldown of their Q skill [Sand Storm] had just finished.
Lin Yan commanded the sand soldiers to pass through the thin wall of F4's second tower. The Desert Emperor followed his sand soldiers and successfully completed two movements. They passed through two walls and escaped.
The audience gasped. Tsar, who had less than 400 HP left, had actually escaped from EDG's three players!
Factory Director looked at F4's camp and saw that there was no one there. He angrily fired an ultimate bomb at the second tower in the middle lane.
"He took another Nanqiang's big move, but Ran is still alive!
He ran back to the tower with less than 100 HP left! "Doll said.
"He managed to escape?" Mille said in disbelief.
The two of them did not know how to describe their feelings. They just felt that their faces were hurting.
The bullet screen began to ridicule them.
"Oh, I heard that Tsar is dead for sure?
I heard that EDG is struggling to decide who to give the kill to? "
"The commentator is so healed. YM fans are here to express their gratitude."
"666, I didn't expect him to be healed. Great Deity Shi Xudong is really something."
Lin Yan, who had returned to the fountain, breathed a sigh of relief. His originally tense shoulders relaxed.
That was close.
Fortunately, EDG made a mistake in their coordination. Otherwise, he would not have been able to escape.
As soon as something happened in the middle lane, Jacker, who was at the bottom lane, moved his view and began to observe. He witnessed the entire process of Lin Yan's escape. Jacker, who had set his small goal to win this game, quickly praised his brother.
"Brother Ran, you're so strong. You can even escape like that. You're really something!" He grinned.
"Brother Ran is too strong. I'm waiting to ride on his coattails this game." Xiao Ming said cheerfully. Who would want to play C if they could?
"You're too kind. I've only learned a little about Factory Director." Lin Yan laughed.
Xiao Tian and Jin Gong did not slack off during this period. They used Xiao Tian's Canyon Vanguard buff to chase Mouse to the secluded bushes on the second tower. The two of them worked together to take down the first tower on the top lane.
EDG's team voice chat fell into a short silence.
"It's my problem. Sorry." Meiko rubbed her face and explained, "It'll be fine if your Blink is bigger. That way, he won't be able to dodge it."
"It's okay. We'll find another opportunity later." Factory Director was a veteran after all. At this time, he took the initiative to relieve the negative emotions of the team members.
However, Lisandro had used her R in this wave, which meant that he would have to wait for more than a minute for the next wave of linked attacks. If this continued, Tsar would be formed. At that time, no one would be able to restrict Lin Yan, who had ridiculously long arms in the team battle.
Team EDG, who should have opened the game in the early and mid-game, fell into a stalemate. After 15 minutes of the game, they were actually behind 2K's economy.