Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 397 Breakthrough! G2's Little Secret

EDG (Blue Side) vs G2 (Red Side)

Top Lane: Wukong vs. Ornn
Jungle: Master Yi vs. Trundle
Mid Lane: Azir vs. Kassadin

Adc: Vengeful Spear vs Ez
Support: Sett vs. Janna
"If you cover up the team names, I think G2's lineup is more like the style that our LPL teams have always been known for!"

"Huh? Haha, now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it, and it really does resemble Edg's old style." Miller was taken aback when he heard the doll's teasing, and he laughed as well.

"But the team name can't be covered up. If other teams choose this lineup, I might say that the game is over."

"When EDG got this lineup, seeing Clearlove playing Master Yi jungle, I'm filled with anticipation now," Wawa said.

The game had started loading, and the audience erupted in cheers.

The shouts of "Go Edg! Master Yi is awesome!" soared into the sky.

"After going through so much, Edg's final step, the result of everyone's hard work day and night, is all for this moment of shining on the stage today!"

"Defeat G2 and reclaim Edg's peak glory!"

With his emotions running high, Wawa shouted, "Welcome everyone to the 2020 MSI Global Invitational! The teams facing off are our Edg team and G2 team! Lineups confirmed, let's begin the game!"

Meanwhile, the European commentators also finished their final cheers. The scene was crazy, the audience was crazy, and even those sitting in the soundproof booths with their headphones on could faintly hear the cheers from outside.

"Brothers, the first round is all about speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. Don't mess up!" Brother Zaozi said solemnly.

"Hmm," the others responded in a sullen voice, quickly focusing their attention.

Even Li Luo, who had shone brightly in such finals many times, felt a long-lost surge of excitement at this moment.

The regular season and the group stage are nothing!
Only when I reach the finals of an international competition can I unleash my full potential!
Sorry, G2, we meet again!

Bang bang bang bang!
Five laser beams descended from the sky, the hero appeared in the fountain, and the game officially began!
The importance of the first game of the finals is self-evident. In addition, due to the presence of Azir and Juggernaut, the Edg team did not intend to engage in a level 1 team fight.

Everyone lined up in a row, guarding all the key intersections.

However, from God's perspective, everyone could see that G2 was making some moves.

After nearly half a year of research, the tactics and execution demonstrated by the Edg team have become a daily task for coaches of various teams to review.

By studying the tactics used to break Edg's strategy, extracting the best aspects and discarding the worst, and with the support of a large amount of data, everyone discovered a problem:
In almost every game that Edg failed to dominate, it was due to some mistakes and uncertainties in the early stages.

If the game proceeds normally or Edg has a slight advantage in the early stages, the win rate for both sides will immediately become 91%, and the other team simply cannot beat Edg without any advantage.

Furthermore, as time goes on, Edg's online dominance will be unleashed. Even if you have a lineup advantage, Edg can still even the score with you just by relying on their skills!

So in the very first game, G2 was very well prepared. Edg didn't fight at level 1, but they did!
The group of five gathered together and headed straight for Edg's lower jungle along the bottom lane.

"Huh? Is G2 trying to invade here and plan to have a level 1 team fight? Speaking of which, Trundle and Ezreal have a pretty good advantage in level 1 team fights. Kassadin is not a very useful champion, and they don't have any crowd control." The outsiders were slightly taken aback when they saw this scene.

Without hard crowd control, a team fight at level 1 is all about luck.

"They're here, all five of them are together. Ornn didn't go top lane, are they really going to fight?" Wawa said in surprise, "Isn't G2 being too hasty this time? With their lineup, putting aside whether they have an advantage in a level 1 team fight, just the fact that you and Edg are fighting a level 1 team fight is very puzzling."

Miller frowned deeply: "G2 seems to have come prepared for this. Did they analyze Edg's level 1 positioning habits? It feels like Edg hasn't realized G2 is coming to invade yet. And look at Master Yi!? What is Clearlove doing this?"

in the game.

As G2's five players grouped up and headed towards Edg's lower jungle,...

On Edg's side, the other players went online as usual, while the bot lane duo roamed the lower jungle to place wards and cover Master Yi's movements later. From the perspective of the top player, Li Luo, controlling Master Yi, had almost walked into G2's jungle.

"No way, the Sword Saint is going to invade G2's jungle all by himself? That's incredibly daring. Isn't he afraid someone's lying in wait?"

"Wait a minute, if you go into the enemy jungle, won't you just run into all five of them?"

on site.

No one expected that the first match of the highly anticipated MSI finals would give everyone a surprise right from the start.

G2's five players came down from the blue buff area, intending to enter Edg's jungle through the tri-bush in the bottom lane. However, Master Yi went directly from the river above the red buff to Edg's blue buff.

We passed each other by a slight misalignment on either side!

I was stunned when I saw this scene!
"Brilliant! But it seems like Clearlove hasn't realized G2 is invading yet, and there are no wards in the tri-bush in Edg's bot lane. It's highly likely that Meiko thinks G2 won't come to engage in this level 1 team fight because of Kassadin and Janna. It's going to be tough!"

"However, G2 is still cunning. Their five members have already crossed the river and entered the triangular bushes. Their scanning is already activated. They've discovered there are no wards here, so they're probably going to engage in a fight!"

As the doll spoke, she saw the Sword Saint cautiously but relentlessly advance, placing his ward over the wall into the blue buff area.

Meanwhile, the five members of G2 had already reached the bushes below the blue team's Golem, so far apart that they couldn't even touch each other.

However, the child hadn't yet realized the gravity of the situation. Miller, on the other hand, glanced at the map, his eyes widening as he exclaimed:

"Wait a minute, Edg probably misjudged this. The Master Yi went to invade but didn't see anyone. He probably thought G2's people were going to take the red buff. Edg's bot lane duo has no idea there are five people in that bush below!"

As soon as he finished speaking, G2's five players were seen crouching in the jungle, with Uzi's Spear of Vengeance twisting and turning in the distance.

"The puppy is in a dangerous position. It doesn't seem to realize there's someone in the bushes. It's moving around. Oh no!"

On the field, Kalista was completely unaware of G2's lineup and dared to come over for a level 1 team fight.

Before you know it, you've been ambushed by all five members of G2.

Unfortunately, G2 had too many players on their side, or it was premeditated. Janna used her Wind Walk to force Uzi to use Flash, and Trundle used his E skill to slow down and block the way!
The rest of G2 swarmed forward, and the skateboarder was stuck to five people.

"Oh no, it's over. Even if Kalista uses Flash, she can't escape!" Miller cried out in despair. The next second, he saw Zaozi's Kalista's health plummet. Helpless, he could only use Heal and try his best to run away.

"G2, what a killing intent! Three people have already used Flash to chase after him. It looks like Uzi's Kalista is doomed!" Wawa felt a pang of jealousy. The First Blood and the use of Flash and Heal in this wave were too disruptive to the team's rhythm.

But the next second, before he could continue wailing, the situation on the field suddenly changed: "Wait, something's not right here, why is Sett here? Is Edg going to fight this wave?"

"I'm not going to fight! Sett is willing to sacrifice his life to save Uzi's skateboard shoes. Don't try to save your grandpa like the Calabash Brothers, ending up killing two people at once!"

"what?"

in the game.

G2's unexpected five-man grouping strategy clearly yielded significant results. With all of Kalista's summoner spells depleted, she could only watch helplessly as Perkz flashed in and relentlessly stacked auto-attacks and Q skills on her.

Now that the skateboard shoes have lost their ability to move and escape, and they're stuck, Meiko's move to sacrifice herself seems incredibly impulsive to everyone!

At the same time, Scout in the mid lane also charged over with his level 1 Azir.

One group after another was forced to join, and that's how it started.

Unfortunately, Edg's five players did not group together immediately, resulting in them being outnumbered. With Kalista about to be eliminated, they were at a further disadvantage in terms of numbers.

"G2.Wunder kills Edg.Uzi"

First blood!

First Blood erupted, and Zaozi was taken down.

"Oops, the first blood was taken by the top laner, Wang! That's a loss. Can Sett escape? Looks like this spot is too difficult to move."

"G2's five players are stuck together, there's no need for them to engage! EDG has been split up this time, otherwise they could have fought back. Now they can only play it safe and try to get as many players as possible out of the fray!"

In the game, Skateboard Shoes died, but Meiko was unexpectedly fierce. When faced with a five-man gank from G2, she ran away calmly, occasionally wiggling her butt to dodge Ezreal's Q skill.

With the arrival of the yellow chicken, who activated its W skill and stood by, it maximized its damage output.

Although they didn't manage to kill anyone, they did manage to reduce the health of Janna and Kassadin out of G2's five players.

The situation looked extremely tense. With only one level of health, everyone knew that even if you reduced it to a third, it would be an insurmountable chasm.

"They used Flash! Meiko also used his Flash. What a loss! G2 is last year's MSI champion, we can't underestimate them!"

Those who witnessed this scene were immediately disheartened. The lineup was already bizarre, but they didn't expect to suffer such a huge loss at level one. The game was already in shambles right from the start!
This is the first game of the finals. Losing because of a mistake in the level 1 team fight would be a huge blow to morale!

"Well, it's alright. At least one person died this time. Looks like Meiko can escape too. G2 just figured out Edg's strategy this time. Now the bot lane is without both summoner spells, and..."

The doll said regretfully, but before he could finish speaking, his pupils suddenly contracted: "Here, how did Holy Gun Bro teleport?!"

"Monkey!! Is the monkey going to teleport down?"

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In the arena, the five members of G2, having completed a kill, began to retreat along the top of the dragon pit. Especially after seeing Flandre teleport, the G2 players immediately lost their will to chase Sett and wanted to leave directly.

"Edg!! What is Edg doing? They're still going to fight?" Miller's eyes widened, completely dumbfounded: "Are they getting carried away? Seriously, we can't win this wave. We're down a man, and without our ADC, what are we going to do?"

"Master Yi! It's Master Yi! Clearlove's Master Yi is waiting below the Dragon Pit! Wasn't he supposed to be near the enemy's blue buff? How come he's here?!"

This level 1 team fight started and ended very quickly; in fact, strictly speaking, it wasn't a level 1 team fight at all, but rather a five-man gank on the second lane.

In less than five seconds, the Sword Saint that everyone had just seen was already waiting below the Dragon Pit, seemingly squatting for something.

But by this point, no one cared how the Sword Saint got here, because...
The player ahead has already launched a fierce attack.

The level 1 Sett didn't level up his Q or E skill, but instead leveled up his W skill, which no one expected.

In the chase, Sett was hit by Ezreal's Q skill again, and finally showed his fangs.

Sett's health bar was full, and the yellow energy bar was already full. As he pressed the W skill, the five G2 players who were still chasing behind him suddenly felt their scalps tingle.

One against five? Are you crazy?
Or are you not planning to run away?
The moment G2's five players had this idea, Sett's charge punch took away nearly 250 points of their health, leaving Janna and Kassadin with only a sliver of health.

The terrifying Sett has finally fulfilled his role as a support. At this moment, when it comes to AoE damage output, there is probably no other hero in the League of Legends.

"Monkeys! Monkeys are coming! Monkeys are chasing after us from behind, so all five G2 players are now surrounded! What do we do? Janna and Kassadin are both low on health. If they walk over like this, they'll definitely be chased and killed by the monkeys. How do we deal with this?"

The situation on the field suddenly became tense, and at this moment, a difficult problem was placed in front of G2.

Whether to continue engaging or retreat immediately, Ornn, Ezreal, and Trundle had all used their Flash abilities.

Only Kassadin and Janna have Flash left.

Without hesitation, the two checked their health and quickly teleported into the dragon pit, trying to escape the monkeys' pursuit from behind.

However.
The instant they flashed away, they suddenly saw a man in a green helmet!

Is it the Sword Saint?
Why is he here?
Caps was so scared he almost stood up, but unfortunately, the Sword Saint's sword doesn't listen to reason. He slashed down and immediately followed up with his Q skill, which killed Kassadin. The Q skill was also targeting Janna.

He swung his sword again.

"Edg.clearlove7 killed G2.caps"

"Edg.clearlove7 killed G2.mikyx"

Double kill!

"Edgd managed to turn the tide this time thanks to Clearlove's positioning. The most important thing is that none of the three players on top had Flash. How could they possibly chase and kill them?"

Witnessing this scene, everyone went completely crazy. Edg, who had just suffered a huge loss, suddenly made a comeback thanks to a burst of energy!
(End of this chapter)