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Chapter 442 The Book-Loving, Fat Enchantress! IG is numb!

A level 1 Aatrox didn't have his E ability, and his Flash was forced out during the level 1 team fight in the top lane.

After being slowed down by LeBlanc's chains, she couldn't create any distance and could only watch helplessly as Zhao Xin emerged from the bushes and gradually closed the gap between them.

Start with E skill [Fearless Charge], then activate Q [Triple Claw Strike] and keep auto-attacking yourself!

At this point, no one could save him; Prince Ning simply couldn't save him in time.

The fact that the Demoness had ignited the spell beforehand prevented the Sword Demon's [Deadly Sword Aura] from absorbing too much health.

The kill was quite straightforward, since LeBlanc was only level 1. With Xin Zhao's constant auto-attacks, they managed to kill Aatrox before he could run back to his tower.

Since the damage was still sufficient, Xiaotian saw that he could give up the kill and decisively gave it to LeBlanc, who needed a lot of gold in the early game.

2-0! !
Just two minutes into the game, Wang Yao's LeBlanc had already secured two kills and a two-stack Kill Ring.

"This is EDG's rhythm! It's also a foreshadowing of the level 1 team fight in the top lane. IG is in a tough spot now. They really can't handle a fed LeBlanc."

EDG's start was nothing short of fantastic.

The most important position in League of Legends is the mid lane, regardless of which champions are popular in the mid lane in this version—assassins, tempo-oriented mid laners, or farming-oriented carry mid laners.

This was predetermined from the map design of League of Legends.

Only a mid-laner can simultaneously cover both side lanes, maximizing their advantage.

Coincidentally, Wang Yao was playing the Enchantress.

LeBlanc is a hero who is quite unstoppable in the late game. She has the burst damage of an assassin, but she doesn't have to take the risks of being an assassin herself.

Regardless of the assassin, timing is crucial for entering the fray to deal damage.

Because it requires close-range combat, it means that while you are attacking, you are also exposing yourself to the opponent and will be targeted by them.

But the Demoness is different.

LeBlanc is classified as an assassin, but in mid-to-late game team fights, she can actually be considered a 'poke' type of hero.

Whether LeBlanc uses WR to dash in and follow up with QE, or W to dash in and QRE, LeBlanc can finish the damage from a relatively safe distance.

And she will immediately return to a safe position, and the cooldown will increase slightly. The super short cooldown of her ultimate allows LeBlanc to frequently harass and whittle down the opponent's health, which is similar to that of a poke champion.

Unfortunately, LeBlanc's damage output is much higher than that of poke heroes.

In the late game, squishy heroes who get hit by LeBlanc's QRE combo will either die or be crippled and lose their fighting ability.

Later on, the Enchantress is almost unstoppable and very difficult to deal with.

If she can't win a team fight head-on, LeBlanc can still go to the side lanes to split push and annoy the opponent.

The biggest weakness of this hero is in the early game. Without equipment, it's easy to struggle to clear the wave. If you can't clear the wave quickly, you can't go to the side lanes to create momentum.

EDG has already helped LeBlanc get through the most difficult early game!
The extra gold from two kills is enough for LeBlanc to snowball, creating lane dominance in the mid lane and allowing her to quickly acquire items to improve her wave clear ability.

After killing the Sword Demon and having Xiao Tian help him quickly clear the lane, Wang Yao returned home to replenish his supplies.

"If the chicken dies now, IG won't be able to make a move on the top lane."

Wang suddenly said something.

Ning's jungle route involves quickly clearing three camps of jungle monsters in the top half of the map to reach level 3, and then planning to gank the top lane.

However, the death of a player in the middle lane disrupted his plans.

If he tries to gank top lane, he'll easily get caught out by EDG's mid and jungle.

This forced him to give up, and because of the mid laner's death, he was unable to contest the river crab in the upper half of the map.

They were forced to move to the lower half of the bracket.

This would waste a lot of his time, and what junglers fear most is having their time wasted.

After all, the early stages are all about racing against time, especially considering that Xiaotian has already successfully launched an attack.

But what could they do? After Ning left the top side of the map, Tian finished clearing the jungle camps and came to the top lane. He drove TheShy away, helping Flandre relieve some pressure before returning home.

Meanwhile, on the middle lane...

Wang Yao also began his suppression.

However, the mid lane is short, so Aatrox just stayed in the back waiting for LeBlanc to push the lane, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Wang Yao also has a strategy to deal with it.

Stress doesn't disappear out of thin air; it just shifts.

If the mid-lane champion is playing defensively and doesn't want to take on the pressure, then the pressure will fall on the champion's jungle and his teammates on the two side lanes.

"Let's take down Ning first. If we cripple Ning, it'll be like indirectly helping Flandre. After all, all he cares about is the top lane."

Wang Yao suggested.

Before the match, Maokai showed the team members various detailed data analyses. Most of the other junglers had the highest affinity with the mid laner, and they were all prioritizing the liberation of the mid lane.

But Ning is different. He has the highest affinity with the top lane and jungle, and his game philosophy seems to completely disregard helping the mid or bottom lane.

In terms of one-on-one combat ability in the jungle, neither of the two princes might be able to beat Xin Zhao.

In addition, there's a LeBlanc with extremely strong map mobility, making it very difficult for Ning to play in the jungle.

Xiaotian openly invaded IG's jungle, searching the entire world for Ning to self-destruct.

Xiao Tian had thought it through very clearly.

Even if Zhao Xin's development ability is poor, once he activates his ultimate, he can still help the team absorb a lot of damage through the circle, providing positive assistance. Anyway, EDG's lineup is not lacking in damage.

But the princes are different.

Prince needs to initiate team fights head-on. Whether it's his EQ combo or during his ultimate, Prince is not invincible.

If the prince doesn't develop well and doesn't have enough items to support his tankiness, he can easily be focused down and killed in mid-air before he can even use his EQ combo to dash over.

Therefore, Xiaotian had the confidence to drag Ning Wang down with him!

"Ugh, that's disgusting!"

Ning must have felt terrible to be disgusted like this in his own jungle.

Unfortunately, his teammates couldn't come to his aid.

The mid lane has no lane priority, the bottom lane has no lane priority, but the top lane does have lane priority.

You can frequently call Jayce to come to the jungle to provide support, which is equivalent to relieving the pressure on the captain. The best choice for a champion like Jayce is to keep mindlessly dominating the opponent in lane.

IG has entered a state where there is no way to solve the problem.

The first to suffer was Song Yijin in the middle lane.

Wang Yao had calculated his Flash time perfectly, while Song Yijin's Flash was ready to activate at just over 6 minutes.

Meanwhile, Wang Yao in the mid lane reached level 6 in just over 5 minutes, thanks to the experience gained from a lot of kills.

He had prepared well in advance for this, and at 4 minutes and 30 seconds, he pushed the mid lane minions completely.

In this way, the minion wave in the middle lane will form a pushback wave when he is about to reach level 6.

Song Yijin was well aware that Wang Yao was about to reach level 6, but he wasn't sure of the exact time. After all, he had been killed once, and his experience didn't match Wang Yao's.

If Wang Yao pushes back in the middle lane, he'll have to position himself far forward to gain experience, which is very dangerous.

He needs to push the minion wave to Wang Yao's turret, reset it, or create his own push wave in the mid lane. It should take about 6 minutes.

By then, his Flash will be ready again. With Flash and his E ability providing three dashes, he will be incredibly safe.

If all else fails, there's always the ultimate skill's speed boost and resurrection, so he doesn't need to worry about being killed at all.

That's exactly what Wang Yao grasped!

"Gao Tianliang, let me make the first move."

While Aatrox was clearing minions with his EQ combo, LeBlanc suddenly used W to step forward, dealing AOE damage that killed three low-health melee minions, instantly leveling LeBlanc to level 6!
"not good!"

Upon seeing this, Song Yijin's eyes widened. He quickly ran backward, used his E skill to reposition, and then began to move in a serpentine pattern.

But Wang Yao wasn't fooled by his positioning!

Immediately, LeBlanc used her E skill, shooting out a golden chain from her body, which accurately hit Aatrox.

The Sword Demon was immediately slowed down, and at this point, he could only turn around and use his W [Chains of Inferno] to try to disrupt LeBlanc's pursuit.

This time, however, it was Wang Yao who turned around and dodged his skill, while the Sword Demon was unable to break free of the chains.

He had already used his E skill once to clear minions, and then used it again to escape. His E skill is still charging.

With Flash still on cooldown for about 20 seconds, he had no way to escape!

As the chain dealt its second instance of damage, the root effect was also triggered, immobilizing Aatrox in place. LeBlanc immediately used her ultimate to copy her E, launching another purple chain that chained Aatrox again. At this moment, Xin Zhao also rushed out from the side!
W initiates the attack, followed by E to poke, then Q to unleash a barrage of attacks!

"It seems like the chicken can't escape! Kshine's surprise attack was perfectly timed; Aatrox's Flash was just a few seconds too late!"

Miller couldn't help but sigh.

As the two unleashed their burst of attacks, Wang Yao also applied Ignite, and the Sword Demon couldn't survive, once again becoming a corpse on the ground.

While gaining kills, the Enchantress also gained two more stacks of the Killing Ring.

And at the same time.

Ning finally found an opportunity to gank the top lane for the first time.

But it was all for naught. After the captain used Flash to avoid the prince's EQ combo, the gank came to nothing.

"The prince is still in an awkward position here. If his EQ combo is dodged, a gank is basically impossible."

Miller kept shaking his head.

"What's surprising is that EDG hasn't launched an attack on the bottom lane yet?"

"Isn't their team composition all about snowballing in the bottom lane?" the doll said.

EDG quickly provided their answer.

In fact, EDG never even considered ganking the bottom lane.

Lucian and Braum can gain a significant advantage through their combination, and Ning also doesn't like to gank the bottom lane.

If both sides maintain this status quo, EDG's bot lane can easily establish an advantage and snowball.

EDG's real target is the top lane!
Jayce is a similar champion to Gangplank; both are very afraid of being caught!
He has no crowd control abilities and is very fragile, so he is basically powerless against tower dives and kills.

Furthermore, Jayce needs to gain an advantage and pressure the opponent, which inevitably leads to Jayce always pushing the lane, and pushing the lane means positioning himself forward!

This will give EDG an opportunity!
The captain is indeed not good at coordinating with the jungler, but EDG doesn't need the captain to provide any help.

LeBlanc and Xin Zhao came to the top lane together.

TheShy had actually spotted EDG's mid and jungle players long ago, but it didn't do much good.

LeBlanc used W+R to dash a super long distance to Jayce's face, and then used her E skill to hit Jayce.

TheShy reacted quickly, immediately switching to Warhammer form and using his E to knock LeBlanc away, then attempting to Flash to break free of the chains.

However, Wang Yao's Flash had already been ready, and LeBlanc used Flash almost simultaneously with Jayce, failing to free Jayce from the chains and instead trapping him in place!
Then the captain and Zhao Xin rushed forward, and the three of them took down Jayce's head!

"Wow! This is bad! IG desperately needs someone to step up and stabilize the game, otherwise, if this continues, the game will be unplayable!"

Miller seemed very anxious.

He wanted to see more exciting matches, not a one-sided massacre like IG's!
"There's nothing we can do. Ning's jungle development is terrible, and Rookie's development in the mid lane is also mediocre. Even if they go to the bottom lane, it won't make a difference. Besides, EDG's bottom lane has a lot of experience in withstanding pressure."

The moment the mid and jungle players headed to the top lane, EDG's bot lane duo intentionally started moving back.

Whenever someone comes to the bottom lane, the two of them will retreat to their own bottom lane's second tower without hesitation.

This is called discipline.

In the same situation, some people might gamble, betting that the other side won't target them, only to end up getting taken down.

The most typical example is Yu Wenbo.

"Now that Jayce doesn't have Flash, I have a feeling EDG is going to continue targeting him?"

Miller frowned.

really! !
The whole thing didn't even take more than a minute.

Just 40 seconds later, LeBlanc returned to the top lane, this time without Xin Zhao, but it didn't matter!
The captain used his ultimate ability to forcefully slow down and lock down the enemy, giving LeBlanc ample time to get close to Jayce.

This time, instead of using W and R to close the distance, I directly used W to step on Jayce's face, and then used E to stick to Jayce.

TheShy's only option is to get close to LeBlanc, unleash a QE-enhanced cannon, and then activate W, attempting to force a trade of damage to eliminate her.

But Wang Yao was cunning; he didn't get close to him, but kept a distance, so Jess, in his warhammer form, couldn't get near him at all.

Instead, LeBlanc used her copied E skill once again to launch a chain, forcibly controlling Jayce twice.

After the captain dealt damage with a double barrel combo, Jayce's health was further reduced. Upon closing in, Jayce finished off the remaining damage with a Blazing Blade, and then LeBlanc finished him off with a Q skill.

Jayce died at exactly 9 minutes and 50 seconds.

The Rift Herald is about to spawn!!
Without their key top laner, IG doesn't even have the resources to engage in team fights, and EDG's bot lane duo moves faster than theirs.

EDG, having completed their roster assembly ahead of schedule, took the lead in activating the Rift Herald.

This reveals that IG is indeed reckless.

After the four of them finished assembling, they looked eager to try, as if they wanted to forcefully take over the group.

However, they seemed somewhat hesitant, which allowed EDG to seize the opportunity.

Braum used Q-Flash to slow down and lock down the enemy, then used his ultimate to forcefully keep Jarvan IV in place.

EDG swarmed in to deal damage.

They killed the prince and then spared the bull-headed creature who couldn't escape in time.

The match has only been going on for a little over 10 minutes!!
The heroine's stats have already reached a spectacular 7-0-0!
Because the Demoness had good equipment and high damage, all the kills were in Wang Yao's hands.

"My God! Who can handle this vixen?! She's a level 10 killer!"

"No, it's a level 10 Mejai's Soulstealer!"

Upon returning home, Wang Yao immediately upgraded his Killing Ring to the Book of Murder, which came with 10 stacks, triggering the Book of Murder's movement speed bonus.

This further enhanced my map exploration skills!

After returning to online, Wang Yao gave it a try.

He immediately used WRQE to stomp on the Sword Demon's face, and his burst combo forced the full-health Sword Demon to use his ultimate.

This game is destined to be the ultimate thrill game for Wang Yao!!
"The mid lane is now completely unplayable. This LeBlanc is too fed. Only Aatrox's ultimate has a resurrection effect."

"If any other player on IG were to face the terrifying burst damage of this LeBlanc, they would most likely not be able to withstand it."

Clearly, everyone was slightly shocked by Wang Yao's terrifying burst of damage!
Everyone knows exactly what this situation in the mid lane means.

He can't even hold his ground, and the Sword Demon's own development is in trouble. How could he possibly stop Wang Yao from attacking his own teammates?

"I originally thought it would be an evenly matched battle, but I didn't expect that because of a small foreshadowing in the level 1 team fight at the beginning, IG was unable to contain Kshine's LeBlanc at all."

Wang Jiji kept shaking his head and sighing.

From the laning phase, none of the IG players made any mistakes, but that's precisely what makes it so terrifying.

Don't be afraid of making mistakes that lead to losing the game, because you can analyze the problems and make improvements to prevent such situations from happening again.

What I fear most is losing even when I haven't made any mistakes; that only proves that my strength has been completely crushed by my opponent!

It wasn't that IG was completely outmatched in terms of skill; it was mainly due to the foreshadowing laid in the level 1 team fight.

LeBlanc got First Blood, which led her to go back to base and buy an extra Mejai's Soulstealer. The extra item made LeBlanc deal more damage at level 1.

Meanwhile, Braum forced Aatrox to use Flash, which set the stage for EDG's first proactive attack by the mid and jungle!
Both of these factors are indispensable!

Without the extra bounty from a first blood kill allowing LeBlanc to acquire better items, a level 1 LeBlanc with E might not have enough damage to synergize with a level 2 Xin Zhao to kill a full-health Aatrox.

It can only be said that in such a high-stakes matchup, the impact of a failed level 1 team fight on the laning phase is simply too enormous.

In the subsequent laning phase, neither IG nor EDG made any mistakes.

When neither side makes a mistake, EDG seizes the small advantage gained in the level 1 team fight and slowly snowballs the game, and that's how it naturally ends.

It's not that IG handled it poorly, but rather that EDG's grasp of this subtle advantage was simply too abnormal.

Having successfully forced the Sword Demon back to base, Wang Yao returned to the top lane once more.

The priorities are now very clear.

There's no need to worry about the bottom lane. If neither side helps the bottom lane, it's just a normal farming speed.

Kai'Sa needs three core items to be effective. It takes at least 25 minutes for her to farm and get those three items, and IG will have a hard time holding out until then.

There are only top lane and mid lane.

Jayce and Aatrox are two key heroes for IG to carry the mid-game tempo.

If these two heroes develop poorly, IG will fall into a situation where no one can carry the rhythm, and they can only be unilaterally crushed by EDG!

(End of this chapter)