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Chapter 231 Hurry up and say thank you, Brother Seven!

EDG's choice was Alistar + Ryze, while RNG directly used the winning formula that defeated IG in the semifinals in their last counter pick on the red side - Alchemist!
"Here comes the alchemist of posture!"

Colonel Guan said excitedly.

The semi-final battle between RNG and IG was just as exciting as tonight's final.

"Actually, Alchemist is quite popular in the top lane in the Korean server, mainly because of the double Mejai's Soulstealer build."

The Dark Seal, also known as the Murder Ring, is worth 350, which is 50 cheaper than the Doran's Ring.

Although the Killing Ring's attributes are inferior to the Doran's Ring, it doesn't mean that this item is completely without merit.

You can gain extra AP by getting kills or assists, and you can later upgrade it to Mejai's Soulstealer. Mejai's Soulstealer can inherit the stacks from the ring.

If you're playing well and immediately convert the ring to Mejai's Soulstealer after stacking 10 layers, you can enjoy the movement speed bonus from Mejai's Soulstealer's stats when it's stacked more than 10 layers.

In addition, the [Dark Seal] and potions have a good synergistic effect; one of the attributes of this equipment is +25% potion healing effect.

Moreover, this attribute is not a passive effect, meaning it is not unique and can be stacked!

Therefore, players can build two Kill Rings to enhance the effect of their Corrosive Potion, thereby greatly increasing their early-game laning and trading capabilities.

With two Killer Rings in hand, and a bit of luck, you can easily stack them up to convert them into a Killer Book.

If you're really unlucky and can't stack enough layers, you can sell the ring in the mid-game; you won't lose too much anyway.

Therefore, the current version of the Killing Ring is a god-tier item that allows you to stay in lane indefinitely during the laning phase. So what if you have great individual skills? So what if you're good at trading blows?

Anyway, with the potion providing unlimited sustain, you can just mindlessly annoy them in the top lane.

This tactic is very common in high-elo games on the Korean server, so neither side is surprised by it.

What EDG didn't expect was that Zz1tai would actually dare to pull out this strategy in a do-or-die game.

It's clear that RNG has exhausted its tactical reserves and can only rely on unconventional strategies to win.

Now, the lineups for both sides have been officially finalized.

EDG (blue side) fielded Ornn (top), Jarvan IV (jungle), Ryze (mid), and Kai'Sa and Alistar (bot).

The red team, RNG, has a top lane Alchemist, a jungler Rek'Sai, a mid lane Syndra, and a bot lane duo of Xayah and Rakan.

"Everyone, we must hold our ground in the early laning phase!"

Before leaving, Heart gave everyone a few words of advice. He glanced at Uzi and specifically reminded him, "Little dog, you can play more aggressively this game and call on the jungler to tower dive more often."

"Okay, I see."

Uzi seemed a bit distracted; he clearly hadn't shaken off the shadow of the previous game's loss.

Heart wanted to say something more, but the referee stopped him and signaled that he should leave the field.

Seeing this, Coach Heart had no choice but to take off the headphones he used to communicate with the team members and return to the backstage lounge.

Then it's up to fate to see how the contestants adjust and perform on the day.

When the director switched the camera to the RNG players' bench, many longtime viewers already knew the outcome of the match.

Uzi's face was flushed, and his teammates were solemn and silent. These were all signs of a mental breakdown!
On the other hand, the atmosphere on the EDG players' bench was cheerful and lively, especially after iboy pulled off an amazing pentakill, which made everyone talk more.

After the game entered Summoner's Rift, Clearlove spoke first, "The enemy bot lane will definitely push the lane as soon as they come in. Should I gank bot lane at level two?"

At the second level, they cracked down on Uzbekistan with remarkable accuracy.

Wang Yao chuckled, "This time, Xiao Zhao got to enjoy the unique AD treatment that we 'out-of-town chickens' get. Hurry up and say thank you, Seven Bro." iboy scratched his head: "Thank...thank you, Seven Bro?"

"Stop joking, I'm serious." The factory manager was speechless. "To be honest, I really could gank at level two this game."

"No rush, let's see how the enemy AD reacts first," Wang Yao said.

The factory manager pondered for a moment and soon came up with a brilliant plan.

Since both teams had similar strength in the level 1 team fight, neither side had any intention of invading the other's jungle, and the junglers started in a very conventional way.

RNG's bot lane duo arrived at the lane immediately, but Kai'Sa and Alistar were nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Ming immediately spoke up, "The enemy bot lane is helping the Prince clear the jungle. The Prince might gank bot at level two. I'll go over and place a ward."

"Hmm." Uzi's response was very indifferent.

Although Xiaoming felt somewhat helpless, he still managed to move Luo to this side of the river and place a ward in the triangular bush.

Sure enough, the moment he placed the ward, he saw Alistar and Kai'Sa. Luckily, he placed it quickly enough.

Alistar and Kai'Sa each used a basic attack, but they couldn't destroy the ward.

Now that they have vision protection, after returning to the lane, Xiaoming started to cooperate with Uzi to push the lane, and his own positioning was also very forward!

Uzi also played very aggressively, directly crossing the minion wave to exert pressure, clearly not wanting to give EDG's bot lane even a chance to gain experience!
"Wow, Uzi is playing really aggressively again. Guo is starting from the red buff in the top half of the map again. Does this mean RNG's bot lane is planning to farm the lane and tower dive again?!"

Umbrella King immediately saw through the other party's intentions.

"Something's not right... What's with the prince's jungle route?"

There are wards in the tri-bush in EDG's bottom lane, so Clearlove didn't take that route. Instead, he used his EQ combo to enter the dragon pit first, and then started to circle around and go down!

The factory manager deliberately asked his own bot lane duo to help him clear the jungle, in order to give RNG's bot lane duo the initiative to push the lane from the start.

This is essentially using control of the line to lure the opponent into a trap.

Even if RNG's bot lane duo doesn't push the lane, they will still take the initiative to position themselves and block EDG's bot lane, preventing them from gaining experience, thanks to their advantage of being in lane earlier.

So this was a scheme set up against Uzi.

After the prince left the small dragon pit, he followed the river downstream and disappeared into the river grass on the lower path.

Meanwhile, Xayah and Rakan had already pushed forward the first wave of minions, positioning themselves slightly ahead.

At the factory manager's instruction, Meiko deliberately created an opening, pretending to go up and use a basic attack to trigger the effect of [Relic Shield] to kill the minions.

And Xiaoming actually fell for it!

His Rakan immediately used [Grand Entrance] to knock Alistar into the air, and Xayah also activated her W immediately.

The Phoenix Legend duo's ability to engage in skirmishes with two W skills at level 1, while not as outrageous as it was in S7 last year, is still strong in the current version of the bot lane!
Lowering the Minotaur's health first is also a preparation for the tower dive kill later.

If RNG's bot lane duo had been a little calmer, they would have realized that Alistar's sell-off was actually a sham.

After all, when Rakan uses W, Alistar can simply use Q to interrupt Rakan's W and trigger Aftershock to increase his own armor and magic resistance.

Given the reaction speed of a professional player, it's impossible for Meiko not to react in time.

However, Xiaoming and Uzi, who were already caught up in the game, were clearly unaware of this.

(End of this chapter)