Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 233 The Strongest Background Character in History ~ Demon King Faker
Time ticked by, and in the blink of an eye, 28 minutes had passed. As the fifth earth dragon spawned, the Korean team still showed no interest in even glancing at it.

Even though Camille was clearly fighting the Krugs in the bottom lane, she still didn't move when she saw that it was an Earth Dragon.

Our team's peak performance is coming to an end.

The doll murmured.

Deft's Jinx pulled out a Statikk Shiv and then a longsword, preparing to make a piercing bow.

If Deft waits until he has Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, Split Arrows, and Armor Piercing Bow, it's no exaggeration to say that once Jinx gets going, everyone else on the field will be nothing but a piece of paper.

Two minutes ago, Vayne completed her final item, the Phantom Dancer, officially entering a period where further upgrades were no longer possible.

The Lee Sin also built Bloodthirster and Randuin's Omen, but unfortunately, as a jungler, the Lee Sin at 30 minutes with the same items was no match for Olaf.

Once the Time Warp's hat is available, this hero's damage output will officially reach its ceiling.

The Time Elder's output in the later stages is neither low nor high, but compared to traditional mages, it is definitely far inferior.

But you say the damage is low? Two bombs can take away two-thirds of Jinx's health.

By this point in time, the Chinese team's lineup has started to weaken, while the South Korean team's lineup has been steadily improving.

Vayne's damage output in team fights in the late game is significantly lower than Jinx's. Not to mention, Vayne is built with semi-tank items.

"We can't drag this out any longer, or we'll definitely lose," Li Luo said resolutely after observing the situation.

He must break the current deadlock, even if it means taking a risky step.

Otherwise, if the Korean team takes the second Baron, there will be absolutely no hope of a comeback.

Vayne's development was ahead of the entire game. As the first player to have six items, Vayne was still some time away from having four items, which showed the economic gap between the two players.

The gold difference of over 4500 between the two teams is exaggerated, but the gold difference between the two teams is not significant.

The top and bottom lane minions were completely dominated by the mid and top laners, leaving Jinx with little gold, which is why she hasn't caught up with her items yet.

Both Irelia and Camille completed their fourth item.

Vayne recalls to base, uses a potion, and then swaps her attack speed boots for armor boots, the implication of which is self-evident.

"Little dog, your item build..." The factory manager paused, swallowing back the words he was about to say.

“Yeah, this 5v5 is going to be too difficult for us. We might as well take a gamble. I’ll split push to create space, and you guys can look for opportunities to fight. After all, it’s only the second game.” Without further explanation, Li Luo nodded and said.

Of course, the factory manager himself must be very clear that unless the Korean team makes a fatal mistake, winning this kind of team fight is no easy task.

The South Korean team, once in operation, seemed to have transformed into a sophisticated instrument; betting on them making mistakes was less worthwhile than betting on Uzi to create space through split-pushing.

Relying on the opponent's mistakes to win a match is not the style of the LPL.

"Go take it," Xiaohu nodded seriously after clearing the minion wave. "We can hold out until Baron Nashor is lost!"

Zilean's ability to defend the base makes it difficult for the enemy to engage before they have the Baron buff.

If you're not careful, you can easily be lured into diving under the tower by time, and then use your ultimate to launch a counterattack.

Moreover, in this game, the Chinese team not only had three water dragons, but the two smaller dragons they secured later were also extremely useful. The earth dragon enhanced the Chinese team's speed in clearing jungle monsters and pushing towers.

"Vn is coming, and it seems he's alone, without Janna. This is an opportunity!"

Seeing Vayne heading to the bottom lane alone to push the lane, Smeb immediately sensed an opportunity. Instead of being alarmed, he was delighted and immediately spoke into the microphone:
"This is our chance. His equipment makes him weak in team fights; he can only split push. We can use Baron Nashor to our advantage. I can distract him—no, I can even solo kill him."

Smeb watched with excitement as Vayne pushed the minion wave forward, seemingly experiencing a second spring in her life.

Having been avoiding battles and focusing on development, Smeb, who hadn't shown his fangs in a long time, certainly knew just how terrifying his current damage output was.

If Vayne hadn't been built with semi-tank items, Camille would probably have easily killed her in one hit.

The Alistar, who was originally roaming in the lower half of the map, rushed towards Baron Nashor after hearing Smeb's words, intending to seize vision and force a team fight.

The reason we didn't take Baron Nashor before was because we were worried about Vayne, who was always in the top lane with Irelia, so we wanted to delay until everyone's items were a bit better. Now Vayne is making a fool of herself by pushing the bottom lane, so isn't this just a waste of Baron Nashor?
It's already Season 8, and you're still playing this kind of Season 2-old guy who goes out to steal things by himself?
At the Baron pit, both sides began to probe each other. Although Camille in the bottom lane boasted that she could solo kill Vayne, Smeb chickened out when he saw Vayne with 2800 health, 100 armor, and the passive of her Phantom Dancer. He obediently waited in front of the second tower to defend the base.

I have no choice but to back down.

Look at their championship skin, and then look at Vayne's tank build. With the active effects of Blade of the Ruined King and Randuin's Omen, once she's slowed down and distanced, Camille is practically no different from a cannon minion.

Without Guardian Angel, Camille would have a hard time killing Vayne who already has six items, even with perfect skill.

Wave after wave of minions surged into the bottom lane turret. Smeb hurriedly cleared the minion waves, but in order to maintain a safe distance from Vayne, Camille could only occasionally chip away at a wave of minions, and even the cannon minion was very difficult to defeat.

Even at maximum range, Camille was still hit with a three-hit combo, losing nearly a third of her health.

Smeb suddenly realized that Vayne was a formidable opponent. He hadn't felt Vayne's damage when they were battling it out in the top lane, but now, with a full build, Vayne's 1v1 ability was not weak, and could even be considered strong.

Smeb felt a little relieved after glancing at his teammates near Baron, who were already making a common-sense rush to Baron and forcing a team fight.

The camera cuts back, and Smeb's expression changes.

Vayne seemed to be ignoring everything else, eager to solo kill Camille and relieve pressure on her teammates on the front lines.

He used his Q skill to roll into the tower and immediately started fighting.

Uzi's ferocity made Smeb's eyelids twitch. He used his ultimate (R) and then flashed away without hesitation.

There's no way around it; Vayne is a hard counter to Camille. After all, Camille's E skill requires her to stick to a wall, and Vayne's E skill can easily stun Camille against the wall.

Camille's ultimate ability trapped Vayne in place. As Vayne moved out of the circle, she was able to release her ultimate and didn't suffer much damage from the tower's focus fire.

However, this also forced Camille out of the second tower's range by Vayne, leaving her unable to defend the tower.

Strategically speaking, however, it's not a big problem. Smeb's mission is to stall for as long as possible while ensuring his own survival.

The Korean team's speed in taking down Baron Nashor was astonishing. With Jinx, a master at taking down Baron Nashor, Faker's Irelia and Peanut's Olaf all dealt massive damage.

The dragon's health plummeted, but due to the interference of Zilean's bombs, the two sides were once again locked in a stalemate.

Mata's Alistar wanted to take down the old man of time, but he was restrained by the double protection of Janna and Lee Sin.

Similar to the previous 5v5 team fight, the five players on both sides were once again divided into two battlefields.

The Korean team didn't dare risk letting Peanut and Lee Sin fight with Smite, after all, Lee Sin's level wasn't behind, and with the execute effect of Lee Sin's Q skill, stealing the dragon was almost a sure thing.

The main battleground was deadlocked, but the fight in front of the bottom lane's second tower became intense.

Vayne kept destroying the second tower, while Camille could only stay outside Vayne's maximum attack range and watch helplessly, occasionally using her E skill to climb the wall and intimidate her.

The turret's health was still dropping. Seeing Camille climb the wall again, a fierce glint flashed in Li Luo's eyes. A Camille without her ultimate, flash, or E—what's the difference between her and a super minion? Besides, his Vayne had already stacked her Guinsoo's Rageblade passive to the maximum on the turret.

As Camille's E skill ended, Smeb used the same trick again, walking up and blocking her at the maximum attack range, but this time, Li Luo did not tolerate it any longer.

He immediately followed up with a Flash + RQ combo to close the gap and unleash a barrage of attacks.

Two basic attacks by AA triggered the three-ring damage, and a Ruined King's Blade was sucked into his face. At the same time, Blue Shield was activated. Under the double slow effect, the Steel Image was hit by Nasus's slow and didn't move at all.

With her health plummeting, Camille hurriedly activated her W skill in an attempt to heal and retreat, but it was completely useless against Vayne's incredibly high chasing ability.

In almost three seconds, Camille was lying on the ground.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

If Vayne's user wasn't the player currently hailed as the world's best ADC, and if he weren't Vayne's jinchūriki, Smeb would have already gone up and tried to solo kill Vayne.

In competitions, it's common for players to play cautiously and hesitantly because their opponent is a star player, leading to their defeat.

Unfortunately, there's no going back now!

During this period, the cost of dying once, with just a 42-second resurrection time, is unacceptable.

Even more seriously, if Camille dies, the Korean team's idea of ​​forcing a team fight at Baron will be doomed.

The thought that I can solo kill Uzi, or that he is Uzi and I definitely can't beat him, once it appears in my mind, means I've already made a mistake.

With Camille dead and the second turret in the bottom lane falling, Vayne's target is now the inhibitor turret.

With Irelia unable to teleport, the Korean team had to make a choice!
The four players were faced with two choices: take down Baron Nashor and return to base to defend, or abandon Baron Nashor and return to base to defend.

Even Mata didn't dare to give any orders at this point. After all, if anyone gave orders at this time, it would be fine if they won, but if they lost, they would definitely be the scapegoat.

Thinking this, the four of them didn't say it, but their actions spoke louder than words. They all abandoned the dragon and retreated to prepare to go home.

But all four of them forgot one thing: it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. After fighting you for so long with four Chinese players on the front line, do you think you'll let them go so easily?

Just as the Korean and Chinese teams were about to break the stalemate and engage in a team fight, the bottom lane high ground turret's health was dropping rapidly.

Vayne with two earth dragons, although her attack power is not high, when she hits a tower, it's as if she can trigger her passive ability, and she can reduce the tower to half health in just a few hits.

And soldiers are still arriving in droves.

Anxious!

Smeb quickly reported on Vayne's tower-destroying progress, but on the front line, Ornn's ultimate was clearly aimed at interrupting the person who could recall the fastest.

With Janna, Zilean, and Ornn, the Korean team players were simply disgusting.

"We can't leave. Cover one person's retreat, cover Irelia's retreat!"

As Smeb's voice grew louder and louder at home, Mata resolutely gave the order and charged forward with his Tauren head Wq, determined to die for his cause.

Olaf, like a mad dog, activated his ultimate ability and slashed wildly at Ornn.

Jinx chose to use her E skill in front of Irelia, using the trap to protect the team's last hope.

This scene, resembling an act of using one's own body to shield teammates, almost brought the three Korean commentators on screen to tears.

"Faker, Faker, Faker, can you go back? Irelia, go back quickly and protect Vayne!!"

"Vn is already demolishing the high ground tower! My god, his tower-destroying speed is too fast! The high ground crystal can only hold out for a few more seconds!"

"Charge! Open a path home for Faker!"

The double Earth Dragon Vayne relentlessly destroyed the Nexus, quickly taking it down and heading straight for the inhibitor turret.

In the fast-paced action, on the other side, Irelia's recall time was also down to its last two seconds, and the sound effects included the whooshing sound of her ascending.

"Faker's going back! Hold the high ground, hold the high ground, wait for Camille to respawn! We can still..."

As they were talking, the commentator on the far left of the South Korean team seemed to have his neck pressed down, and his voice came to an abrupt halt.

A figure dressed in tattered rags, with a white cloth covering his eyes, and walking with an unsteady gait, suddenly appeared beside Dao Mei.

Jinx's trap caught the Blind Man, but unfortunately, Irelia's recall was still interrupted.

"My God, the factory manager really nailed this! A self-destructing truck! I never knew you could pull that off. This mid-jungle duo is disgusting!"

"The factory manager, carrying the Time Bomb, forcefully interrupted Irelia's recall. This wave, Uzi is going to destroy everything!"

Vn is still dismantling, dismantling at lightning speed. Before, there were high ground towers and crystals to hold them off, but now, Vn has already destroyed one inhibitor tower and started dismantling another.

In a maximum of ten seconds, Vn can completely destroy the base!
Even considering the time it takes to return to base, this wave of attacks is a godsend and nothing can stop Vayne!
Despair filled the hearts of the four members of the red team, but the next second, a glimmer of hope shone in everyone's hearts.

A red whirlwind flashed! Irelia's Teleport cooldown was over.

The teleport time for the top and mid laners was originally similar, but because Irelia had chosen the 5-cooldown reduction from the Magical tree, there was a cooldown difference between Faker's teleport and Smeb's teleport.

Now that Irelia's teleport is off cooldown, given the timing, it's entirely possible for her to defend against Vayne.

A red whirlwind spun rapidly around the soldier in front of the tooth tower.

Desperate, the four members of the Chinese team had no way to interrupt this teleport!
The factory manager has already given his R to Alistar, so even if he wanted to kick out Irelia now, it would be impossible.

At this moment, the emotions of fans of both the Chinese and South Korean teams were brought to a peak.

A burst of golden light erupted, and all sorts of skills, whether they could be used or not, strategically significant or readily available, were unleashed at the Dragon's lair.

In the Chinese team's voice recording, only...
"Dismantle, dismantle, dismantle! I've nerfed and slowed Irelia, dismantle, don't attack!"

"Dismantle it, forget about Irelia!!"

If the referee hadn't been standing nearby, the excited players might have even jumped up and shouted.

Three seconds after Irelia recalls to base.

The camera pans from the location of the giant dragon until it moves to the ruins of the exploding crystal, where a blue victory icon appears.

Amidst the ruins, a woman clad in mobile suits and sporting the RNG team logo on her head coldly gazes at the helpless Irelia, uttering a classic victory line!

"I heard the cry of ignorance."

Unprecedented, Faker became Uzi's backdrop!
(End of this chapter)