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Chapter 102 A Rusty Sword Slowly Sharpens Its Edge!
When Cuzz saw the factory manager controlling Graves and walking straight towards him, he was somewhat wary.

Most players who play Graves in the jungle will build Red Smite, and Cuzz is well aware of this.

He also specifically studied Clearlove in this year's World Championship before the competition. It has to be said that when Clearlove's mid and bot lane duo performed well, his form was truly off the charts!

During the group stage, he even dared to pick Rengar, and with a strong AD carry in the bot lane supporting him, Clearlove really let loose.

When a veteran jungler like Clearlove, with extensive experience in major tournaments, starts playing completely relaxed, Cuzz might not be able to withstand it.

The problem facing Cuzz now is that the factory manager has chosen what appears to be an invasion-style farming tactic, but he has used the same green spell as Cuzz.

This is a bit abstract...

Although the factory manager always came to invade his jungle, he always kept a certain distance from him.

When encountering Cuzz farming jungle monsters, Clearlove's goal was to steal the jungle camps and use Smite, rather than rushing in to force a combo and whittle down Cuzz's health.

But as the game progressed, Cuzz finally noticed something. He realized that Clearlove's Graves wasn't clearing more jungle camps than him.

Whether it's level experience or jungle farming, Olaf and Graves are evenly matched.

In this situation, Olaf definitely has a certain advantage!

After all, Olaf focuses on mid-game performance. When both junglers are in a stable development phase, Olaf's role in the mid-game will definitely be greater than Graves'.

But Cuzz discovered that the factory manager seemed completely unconcerned about his superior development in his lane.

Graves kept invading LZ's jungle, seemingly just to keep an eye on Olaf, giving off a "wherever you are, I'll follow" vibe!
When the factory manager invaded, he constantly placed wards in LZ's jungle, and even specifically chose some tricky spots to place wards.

Cuzz attempted to gank the bottom lane several times, but EDG spotted him in advance with their vision.

In a daze, Cuzz realized that the cunning Seven on the other side had stolen SSG's Ambition's playstyle!

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LZ's backstage lounge.

Coach Kim Jung-joo frowned deeply.

From his omniscient perspective, he could clearly see the predicament that the LZ players were currently facing.

Actually, Kim Jung-joo wasn't that worried when facing EDG. He was even confident that he could keep the score at 3-1!

In his view, EDG and SSG are very similar; to put it bluntly, EDG is an enhanced version of SSG.

Both teams have quite similar styles.

Top laners are all about offense and defense. Although Mouse is criticized by many as a "carry" player, he's not a pure "carry" top laner like Letme. At least he can pull out Rumble.

In the jungle, both Clearlove and Ambition are veteran players who have been famous in the Rift since ancient times. Their understanding of the game and their skill level are roughly the same.

Both mid-lane players, Crown and Scout, started their careers as mechanically skilled mid-laners.

Although Crown Bro made sacrifices and was forced to change his role this year for the sake of the team, it doesn't mean that he can't pull out a powerful mid-lane carry to carry the team.

Ruler and CoreJJ in the bot lane are weaker than EDG's bot lane, but Meiko is still a bit more inexperienced than CoreJJ.

On the surface, the reason SSG lost to EDG was that Ruler wasn't carrying the team enough. After the quarterfinals, Ruler was even threatened with a truck to "send him off".

However, League of Legends is a team game, and Ruler is part of the team. Even if he takes the blame, he shouldn't bear all the responsibility. If we disregard the Karma and Leona composition, SSG could actually gain some advantage in the early game against EDG, but their playstyle and lineup were too extreme.

Samsung played too conservatively, which made them lack a true sense of heroism and they didn't dare to engage in a fierce battle with EDG.

When the EDG vs. SSG match began, this BO5 was described by countless media outlets as a clash of sword and shield.

Although EDG ultimately shattered SSG's formidable shield with a score of 3-0, the second game was actually the one that truly set the tone for the entire series!

EDG came back from a 7,000 gold deficit to win, with two unprecedented and brilliant team fight decisions that crushed SSG's morale!
By the third game, Ruler's mentality had actually collapsed. The once rock-solid SSG team had already been crushed by EDG in the second game.

The rest of the time was nothing but a tedious routine.

Therefore, Kim Jung-joo felt before the match that EDG would choose a combination that could create a strong early-game rhythm, just like they did against SSG.

In the first game, EDG did exactly that, and it did produce good results.

But just as LZ was about to have a fierce battle with EDG, the opposing team suddenly changed their strategy and played this multi-core system.

If we compare LZ's lineup to a sharp blade.

EDG's lineup for this game was like a rusty longsword.

At the beginning, the sword might not be able to cut anyone, but as time goes by, the moment the sword is sharpened will be the time for EDG to truly exert their strength!
Jin Jingzhu, sitting on the sidelines, knew exactly what was going to happen next. Whether LZ could shatter EDG's sword before it could unleash its full power depended on the upcoming dragon fight!
As LZ's head coach, Kim Jung-joo's first observation was the vision layout around the dragon pit, a fundamental skill for LCK teams.

Although LZ can't achieve the same level of vision control as SSG, they will still execute the necessary tactics diligently.

However, the placement and number of wards on the field should not resemble what is shown on the minimap.

"Why didn't they extend their field of vision!"

Jin Jingzhu frowned, a bad feeling rising in her heart.

After observing the course of the game, he realized that LZ's most crucial rhythm point, Cuzz, was being contained.

From the group stage onwards, BDD and Cuzz have been tasked with laying out vision along the river and even in the enemy jungle.

In the mid-game, GorillA in the bot lane will also help with some vision control, but in the early game, the support must stick with the ADC and cannot move around.

Cuzz needs to rely on his keen jungling awareness to find areas where the enemy has no vision and invade their jungle.

However, such actions of venturing deep into enemy territory inevitably come with some risks.

In the quarterfinals, when LZ played against WE, Cuzz was caught out by Condi's Rek'Sai while invading and setting up vision, and was killed by WE's mid and jungle in the river, giving up the first game.

In this game, Cuzz didn't even have a chance to invade the enemy jungle!
The factory manager's Graves followed Cuzz's every move, and every time Cuzz went to set up vision at a key pass in EDG's jungle, the factory manager would spot him.

It's not easy to do that. It can only be said that Seven's awareness is too outstanding. Although he can't feed the enemy's pig, he can restrict the enemy's pig and prevent it from entering EDG's own jungle.

Compared to LZ's vision control, EDG didn't have much vision control either.

However, the timing and placement of each of their field of vision were quite perfect.

In this game, EDG knew the most important thing: suppressing Cuzz's Olaf would kill LZ's early game momentum!

(End of this chapter)