YM's economic lead was concentrated on the two solo lanes of Lin Yan and Jin Gong. It had nothing to do with the bottom lane.
Mr. Dai's Little Yellow Feather used the Devil's Doctrine and maintained a strong lane suppression. Policewoman's lane control was declining rapidly, entering a period of weakness in advance.
Guijiao Seven finally gave up on helping the mid lane. He clearly realized that this trainee from SKT was much weaker than Pawn, who had won the MSI championship with him last year.
Factory Director had been in the LPL for a long time. He was almost 23 years old and had long passed the peak of his control. However, his macro control of the entire game had become stronger. He knew who to protect to win the game.
In other words, he had a clearer understanding of who was the father of the team.
Factory Director's style of protecting his father dominated the LPL. Even Team IG's newly converted jungler, The God of Ordering Dishes, had to admit defeat in this aspect.
It was unrealistic to protect the mid lane now. With Factory Director's many years of experience in professional competitions, he would not even look at the top lane. Protecting Mr. Dai was the best strategy.
He rushed to the bottom lane and directly forced the duo of YM's bottom lane out of the next tower.
Lin Yan switched his view and looked at the bottom lane's tower with only 1,000 HP left. This time, he did not go down to support.
Zhuge Mingkai's scheme was overt. If YM wanted to protect the next tower, they had to invest more combat resources. Policewoman's current combat ability was not much stronger than that of the Artilleryman's.
Moreover, it was too late to raise Jack's Love now. Lin Yan might as well protect his own development.
He pushed the mid lane's minions, ate the opposing team's F4, then ate Xiao Tian's F4, returned to farm more minions, and ate a river crab to replenish his nutrients.
Lin Yan's last hits easily exceeded the time limit.
At 16 minutes, Lin Yan found that the opponent's EZ was already using the Devil's Doctrine + Ice Fist, while his Policewoman had just taken out her Pickaxe + Hurricane. Her combat ability was not on the same level.
YM chose to let go of the newly respawned Fire Dragon and instead used the minions to pull. They took the opportunity to take down EDG's first tower in the middle lane.
Mr. Dai and Meiko switched to the middle and used the pressure from the endless stream of troops to threaten the center tower. They set up their field of vision and began to familiarize themselves with the operation rhythm.
Middle Tower, the most important resource in Summoner's Canyon.
Since it had a larger range of vision than the two towers, it could directly protect the two wild zones (F4 and Third Wolf). At the same time, it was the key point that connected the two routes. Its strategic value was extremely high.
Jack Eyre and Xiao Ming switched to the middle lane, while Lin Yan ran to the bottom lane to continue developing.
Lin Yan's development was still ahead of everyone else. He had 200 HP in 16 minutes, and he had Nash's Tooth + Ice Staff. In terms of equipment price, he was slightly more expensive than Mr. Dai EZ's Ice Fist Magic Sect.
However, EZ's damage had increased qualitatively after the Magic Cutter was formed, and Jack's Beloved Policewoman still didn't have the ability to fight.
Lin Yan thought that YM's margin for error was too low at this time. As the only core of the team's damage output, YM would definitely collapse if he was killed.
He decided to wait. Anyway, the two C's of Tsar + Policewoman and Ice Maiden's EZ were not afraid of dragging the game out.
Under the protection of Xiao Tian, Xiao Ming focused on the bottom half of the wild zone.
The Murlocs on the top lane were agile and could run even if they were caught. The Dragon had just been eaten and the Dragon had not been born yet. The most important thing for YM to set up their field of vision now was to protect Lin Yan's development.
"YM's improvement is quite obvious. Their lane change defense and field of vision control are a bit of an operation team." Doll couldn't help but laugh. "I thought they were still playing with brute force."
"That's right. Although there are some flaws and overlapping eye positions, the main goal is still achieved." Mille nodded in agreement. "I can see that YM is gradually integrating LPL's operation ideas into their unique playstyle."
"These kids are all geniuses." Doll started to boast. "That kind of talent is visible to the naked eye. They can often play amazing operations. If they can be more stable, then I can only describe their future as limitless."
The middle lane was continuously pressured, and YM's F4 wild zone finally fell. Zhuge Mingkai happily ate the big bird, avenging his own Beak Bird.
Seeing F4 being eaten by Zhuge Mingkai, Xiao Tian's heart didn't waver.
What a joke. No matter what, these F4s were not his to eat. They used to be Lin Yan's private property, and now they were taken away by the Factory Director. What did F4s have to do with him, Gao Tianliang?
In any case, a blind man at a disadvantage would not eat resources. The playstyle was very simple, but the operation was very difficult. The team battle was to decide the game with a single kick. It was either to end the opponent or to FF.
EDG pulled back and forth in the middle lane for four minutes, grinding down half of the full health middle tower and clearing a few more wild zones. However, other than that, they didn't get anything.
Although Policewoman was not well-developed, she still had long arms. With a set of clips in front of the tower, Q + Hurricane's normal attack could easily clear the minions. The bloodthirst of her talent, War Overlord, also helped her to survive.
Seeing that EZ's strong period was about to end, the Factory Director seized the opportunity.
In the wild zone, Xiao Tian's condition was not good. In EDG's vision, he returned to the city to resupply his equipment. The Factory Director immediately ordered his teammates to go straight to Dragon.
"They're forcing Dragon's team. Let's group up and slowly enter the wild zone. We can fight as long as you protect me."
Lin Yan had already replaced the useless big stick and mage shoes. His equipment was luxurious, and the two True Eyes in his hands were not inserted.
The YM players, led by Lin Yan, thought that EDG was just forcing them to fight as a team. However, EDG's decision suddenly became very decisive and clear.
The five of them did not stop for a moment after arriving at the dragon pit. They immediately attacked Baron Nash.
When Lin Yan's Vision Modification illuminated the Dragon pit, the dragon only had half of its health left. The YM players had just arrived at the Three Wolves' camp.
"I'll TP stall for a while, you guys come quickly!"
Jin Gong TP'd to the position he had set up in the triangular grass of the first tower on the top lane, trying to harass the EDG players to stall for time.
The EDG players were not in good condition. They did not return to the city to resupply their equipment. The True Eyes on them had long been used up. Moreover, the two C players had accumulated thousands of gold coins that they had not spent yet. Ike and Boulogne had also lost a lot of health because of tanking the dragon.
Jin Gong inserted a False Eye into the Dragon pit, and then threw Shark into it. It was eaten by Ike, who had been tanking the dragon. The meatman's big move did not have high damage. Mouse was not willing to use big moves, so he took the damage.
"Continue fighting. Trust me, he won't be able to get the dragon!" Factory Director shouted in the team voice chat.
"We'll be there soon. Brother Siba, don't let them go!"
Lin Yan did not expect EDG's decision to be so bold. They dared to use the Dragon when Xiao Tian returned to the city.
When he arrived at the river, Factory Director's Punishment landed steadily. After the Dragon was defeated, the five EDG players emitted a purple light.
"I'll go and hold them back. You guys follow up and attack!" Lin Yan said. He kept calculating the distance between himself and the EDG players in his mind.
Lin Yan's current state of mind was like an abbot who had been offended by the God of Cookery. You guys still want to run after taking the Dragon's buff?
EDG did intend to run. They were not in a good state and could not take on the team.
Coincidentally, the E Skills of the five EDG heroes could all leave the Dragon's Pit. They did not intend to waste any of the dragon's buff. The Little Man-Fish above the Dragon's Pit did not have any big moves. They were not a threat to EDG at all.
The few of them walked to the innermost part of the Dragon's Pit and left this troublesome place.
"Factory Director's strategy is very experienced. YM is one step behind. Let's see if they can hold on to EDG's advancing rhythm …" Doll said with a little regret.
"YM still wants to hold them back!"
Mille suddenly raised his voice. "Ran doesn't want EDG to leave with the Dragon's buff!"
The moment Factory Director slid out of the Dragon's Pit, Lin Yan inserted a True Eye into the Dragon's Pit to block EDG's vision and began his performance.
WEQ. The ultra-long distance displacement allowed him to reach the innermost part of the Dragon's Pit in an instant.
Lin Yan flashed up the wall and appeared in front of the EDG players.
Wall of the Forbidden Army!
"One against four!
This wave of EDG is going to explode! "Doll yelled.
The True Eye blocked all the fake eyes that EDG had placed in the Dragon's Pit. Before the EDG players could react, Emperor Shurima's Forbidden Army pushed all four EDG players, except for Ice Maiden, into the Dragon's Pit!
20 minutes later, Nash's Tooth, Ice Staff, Useless Stick, and Tsar with Mage's Shoes caused an explosion of damage!
Xiao Ming with Five-Speed Shoes kept up with the rhythm and flashed ER. Xiao Tian touched his eyes and flashed the Dragon's Tail. The EDG players flew up again as if they were wearing candied haws!
The ruthless Muay Thai Blind cooperated with the Desert Emperor above the Dragon's Pit who commanded the sand soldiers to attack crazily. Other than Ike who was wearing the Spirit Visage to resist the damage, the other three players evaporated on the spot in Shurima's endless yellow sand!
When Lin Yan flashed and pushed down the four EDG players, Scout had no intention to continue fighting. He only wanted to preserve the last dragon seed in his mind.
However, Jin Gong's Little Man-Fish had already targeted him and stabbed him with the Sea Stone Trident.
Mouse in the Dragon's Pit had just recovered from his flying state, but Xiao Ming's Hammer Stone hooked him and the control was perfect.
Jack finally played his role. He caught the lantern that Xiao Ming handed to him and set up a shelf under Ike's feet. AEQA took Ike away with little health.
It was too easy for the Little Man-Fish to chase after Ice Maiden who did not have E-Type skills. He chased her all the way to the second tower on the top lane and successfully killed Ice Maiden.
YM got 0 for 5 and was wiped out!
The fans who supported YM at the scene cheered loudly. This kind of passion was what esports competitions needed!
"Ran's big move has pronounced EDG's death sentence in this game!"
Mille looked at the replay screen given by the live broadcast director and was slightly absent-minded. "It looks like YM is going to break EDG's current undefeated legend!"
After EDG was wiped out, YM organized the troops and pushed them separately. They took out the first and second tower on the top lane and the second tower on the middle lane. Their economy was successfully reduced to 4.5K.
Jack did not use the Infinity Blade and attack shoes after returning to the city. His equipment gradually caught up.
EDG's strongest point was Mr. Dai's EZ, but his strong period was dragged out by the Dragon's Pit. Tsar returned to the city in 22 minutes and took out the Terminator's Death Hat. Now, no one could withstand Tsar's stab.
YM surrounded Lin Yan in the middle and pushed EDG's high ground.
As veterans of operations, EDG decided to let go of the middle lane and use the extra troops to make up for their development.
However, Lin Yan did not think so.
You can't beat me, so you want to let go of the high ground?
Are you playing the game of ceding territory and paying compensation?
I want your master Crystal. Will you let me?
You don't want me to?
Sorry, you don't have the final say.
YM stood on the high ground and waited for the super soldiers to arrive. They swarmed forward and carried the high tower.
Scout wanted to rush in from the side to control Lin Yan, but Lin Yan's reaction was too fast. He used Purification to dispel the big move. The Wall of Forbidden Army pushed away the EDG players who tried to rush in. With the high damage of Sand Soldier and his teammates, he killed the four EDG players.
Factory Director was the only one left who escaped back to Fountain City.
YM successfully dismantled EDG's Base Crystal and won the first game of the best-of-three.
"This Tsar is too scary. 2 vs 3 in the bottom lane, escaping with low HP in the middle lane, Dragon's Pit 1 vs 4 …" Doll played with his fingers. "I think EDG should consider banning this hero in the next game to show some respect to Ran."
"In fact, EDG found a lot of YM's flaws in this game, but they were all resolved by YM's Nakano. This is too scary. I feel like I can't see the upper limit of these young people's talent. They seem to have unlimited potential." Mille praised.
"Well played, perfect." Hanyi, who had returned to the lounge, stepped forward and patted Lin Yan on the shoulder. "Keep it up. This year's LPL Rookie of the Year will be yours."
"Rookie of the Year?
Coach, are you looking down on Brother Ran? "Xiao Tian grinned." Brother Ran is going to be the MVP of the season this year. "
"Don't milk me." Lin Yan laughed and punched Phyllostachys Pubescens.
"How about using Ember in the next game?"
Hanyi suggested. "We won't use the complete system. We'll use two heroes to stir up the waters of the summer competition."
"No problem!" Jack Love was very aggrieved in the last game. How could he not agree to this suggestion?
Hanyi had studied Ember's system for a long time. He felt that his understanding of Ember was different from the other LPL coaches.
He had been hiding it and did not let his team members use it in the training competition. Usually, he would find the youth team to practice with and leave the game in the middle of the game, not leaving any traces.
Now, he was using this move to win this BO3. Secondly, he wanted to distract the other teams to study YM's new strategy.
Anyway, Ember's supporting playstyle could not be hidden for long. LCK was already trying to build a new system for this special ADC.
"Welcome to the second game between YM and EDG." After the break, the camera panned back to the commentary platform. Doll began to warm up the audience. "I don't know if the audience is still immersed in Tsar's drifting performance in the last game …"
"The BP has begun. The blue team EDG has banned the Enchantress, Bard, and Hammer Stone. The red team YM has banned Callista, Qian Jue, and Boulogne."
"As expected, EDG has snatched Tsar on the first floor. Let's see how YM chooses …" Mille said.
"But this way, Ice Maiden will be released. I don't know if RAN will take it," Doll added.
"YM didn't choose Ice Maiden. They want to take Ember + Wine Barrel first. Blind Monk didn't choose either?" Mille frowned.
Then he analyzed. "Ember was also taken by a team in the spring competition. However, other than SMLZ, the others didn't do much. The attributes of this hero are there. It's not a problem to play in the right lane, but the damage output of a team can't keep up. He can't hit the tank at all. It's like scraping sand."
"As we all know, EDG is the best LPL team at tank top." Doll said with a smile.
"Big Tree + Lucian. EDG's hand is too steady." Mille shook his head helplessly.
"YM has chosen Bull's Head, Chief, and Ike. This way, YM will have to fill in the middle lane for the team battle."
"EDG's last two choices are Tam + Centaur. The team battle lineup is very solid," Mille said. "Factory Director didn't play Blind Monk this game. I don't know what he's thinking."
"The red team YM's last counter position … Jayce!" Doll was in disbelief. "Will Jayce go mid or go top?"
Whether it was the live audience or the audience in the live broadcast room, there was an uproar. Before this, no player in this LPL summer competition had used Jayce. RAN's choice was beyond their expectations.
"Naïve mid laner C is so arrogant after one game?
Are they treating their junior like a human?
Using this kind of sewer hero? "
"They're starting to show off after winning one game. Isn't it easy for EDG to let them chase after two players?"
During the S6 period, EDG's fans were frightening. After all, they were the MSI champion and had a glorious record of defeating SKT head-on. These were all tools to attract fans.
The lineup was confirmed. The blue team EDG: Big Tree, Centaur, Tsar, Lucian, Tam.
The red team YM: Ike, Wine Barrel, Jayce, Ember, Bull's Head.
"This lineup is too weak. If you ask me, EDG will most likely win this game."
Mille had just said this when the audience below the stage shouted, "Mille, stop healing. Tsar was healed alive by you!"
The two commentators on the stage could not help but laugh.
"I, Mille, speak with my conscience. I really don't think YM can win with this lineup." Mille took the opportunity to liven up the atmosphere.
The second game between YM and EDG had officially begun!