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Chapter 444 Flash with E! Flying Thunder God Crosses Mountains and Valleys for a Double Kill!

"Look, Akali and Nocturne in the mid and jungle have absolutely no fighting power before level 6, which means IG can control the early game tempo!"

When EDG picks a champion like Akali, it's assumed that Wang Yao will be the one to play her.

"As for Kai'Sa, she simply doesn't fit the team composition. The bot lane combination of Kai'Sa and Tahm Kench just looks weird, doesn't it?"

“IG didn’t want to go head-to-head with EDG. They probably wanted EDG to take the initiative and charge in, while they countered.”

Wang remembers that he basically hit the nail on the head.

IG's final pick also speaks volumes: they chose Varus as their marksman!

Normally, against EDG's super aggressive playstyle, picking a marksman like Varus who lacks mobility would be suicidal, but IG has Tahm Kench!
Tahm Kench can provide Varus with survivability, and the on-hit Varus build can add some tank items in the late game, greatly increasing his margin for error.

Furthermore, Varus's ultimate ability is very effective against this kind of melee-focused lineup!

The lineups for both sides were finally finalized.

EDG (blue side) fielded a team with Urgot (top), Nocturne (jungle), Akali (mid), and Kai'Sa and Alistar (bot).

The red team, IG, consists of Aatrox (top), Trundle (jungle), Irelia (mid), and Varus and Tahm Kench (bot).

"I believe everyone who has watched the game this far is familiar with EDG's lineup. This is the most mainstream dive-in system in the current version. The core is just one word: dive!"

"As long as we can break through the enemy's formation, EDG will win the game!"

"IG's lineup is more balanced. They can engage, with Aatrox and Irelia forming the core of their engage composition, but they can also counter-attack!"

"When the enemy rushes in, Aatrox's skills are easier to hit, while Troll Warlord's ultimate can steal the enemy's armor and magic resistance from the first person to charge in."

"The pillar from E skill can slow down enemies and also separate the battlefield! Considering EDG's lineup, we can understand that IG wants EDG to take the initiative to charge at them, and then they will counterattack!"

"In this game, EDG will likely not have the initiative in the early game, since their mid and jungle champions are too weak in the early game. So we can look forward to seeing if IG can create the offensive rhythm they want in the early game!"

It was still accompanied by screams and cheers from the audience!
Both sides entered Summoner's Rift directly.

This time, both sides exercised restraint and did not choose to invade.

In terms of the combat strength of the first-tier teams, there is no obvious difference in the strength of the two sides' lineups.

This means that a fight is destined not to break out.

Moreover, IG has already lost a game, so they don't have much room for error and are unlikely to take such a risky move.

EDG also needs to play it safe to a certain extent.

Regarding starting items and talent choices.

Wang Yao also prioritized stability, opting for Doran's Shield and Fleet Footwork, and choosing Teleport instead of Ignite as his Summoner Spell!

In a high-stakes matchup, even with Ignite, Akali's damage output before level 6 isn't enough to solo kill the opponent.

Once you reach level 6 and have your ultimate ability.

If all of Akali's skills hit, she won't be short of damage, so once Akali has her ultimate, her overall damage is more than enough.

The challenge of this hero lies in how to safely and smoothly transition to level 6, avoiding being ganked and killed or falling too far behind in CS during the laning phase before level 6.

IG's decision to bring in Irelia for the mid lane was based on this consideration.

Irelia is strong in the laning phase, allowing her to relentlessly dominate Akali during the laning period!
"This mid lane match is going to be absolutely amazing! It's arguably a showdown between the two strongest mid laners in the LPL right now! Rookie has picked Irelia, will he be able to suppress Kshine's performance as he wishes?"

The arrival of minions signals the official start of the laning phase.

Both sides were very restrained from the start.

Until the low-health minions appeared, Irelia instantly killed all three melee minions with her Q skill [Blade Impact] in three quick moves, and also stacked 3 layers of her passive.

At this moment, Irelia continued to move forward, trying to Q Akali directly to force a trade of damage.

A level 1 Irelia with 4 stacks of her passive can't even beat Darius in a straight-up auto-attack.

Akali seized the opportunity.

At the extreme range, a single Q skill killed three low-health melee minions and also hit Irelia. After gaining a speed boost, she retreated through the circle, triggering her passive skill!
It also slowed down Irelia, but she still stubbornly used her Q.

The two exchanged attacks, and Akali quickly created distance by using the speed boost provided by Fleet Footwork.

However, Irelia still managed to auto-attack a couple more times because her Q skill would always teleport her behind the enemy.

This means Akali can't move in a straight line to create distance, especially since Irelia has a 200-yard range.

Wow! This chicken is playing so aggressively! Is it really this fierce at level 1?

Miller seemed quite surprised. "But that's normal, Irelia does have the potential to be aggressive at level 1!"

Wang Yao didn't seem to care much about this.

His Doran's Shield + Fleet Footwork build emphasizes sustained lane presence, allowing him to quickly recover full health by staying in the backline for a short while!

Because of the disadvantage in the jungle, Wang Yao doesn't have the resources to be aggressive in the early game.

All he can do is let the lane go and wait for Irelia to push the lane over!
As Akali reached level 3 in the mid lane, she pushed back the lane. Wang Yao's plan was to push the minion wave completely and then go back to base to replenish his supplies.

Try to hold onto this teleport in the early game. If IG has teleport available, they will have to be more cautious when trying to attack the two side lanes.

But just then!!

An unexpected guest suddenly appeared in the middle lane!

"Huh? What is Prince Ning trying to do? Is he going to capture Zhong?"

The troll arrived in the mid lane, and at the same time, Irelia used her Q to close the distance with Akali!
The two failed to kill Akali, but they successfully reduced Akali's health, forcing Wang Yao back to base.

Akali chose to use Teleport to quickly return to lane after returning to base.

Prince Ning immediately laughed, "Old Song, hurry up, it's time to teach Wang Yao a lesson!"

After his health was reduced, Wang Yao would normally choose to return to town and then quickly use his teleport to return to lane.

After all, the troll didn't leave immediately after catching him, but instead helped Irelia clear the minion wave. Wang Yao had to quickly return to lane and farm the minions under the tower to ensure he didn't lose experience.

However, he always felt something was off.

Ning's gank was strange; it was very difficult for Irelia and Trundle to kill Akali.

After all, with two dashes (E + Flash) and a W (Twilight Shroud) to buy time, Akali is not a champion that can be easily killed.

But Prince Ning was willing to expose his whereabouts in order to forcibly arrest a group of people.

It wasn't without its benefits; at least it forced Akali to use her teleport, so there's no need to worry about Akali teleporting to cause trouble.

The problem is that an Akali before level 6 can only have a limited impact by teleporting to the side lane.

“It’s a bit odd.”

Wang Yao frowned, then quickly switched screens to observe the minion waves on both the top and bottom lanes, trying to guess Ning Wang's intentions—whether he was truly determined to annoy him or had other plans.

the other side.

After Ning helped Irelia clear the minion wave in the mid lane, he immediately headed to the top lane. The timing was perfect!

Both junglers had a completely mirror match at the start, both choosing to start with a solo red buff.

And right now is the time when the second group of jungle monsters will spawn.

Nightmare only has one playstyle, which is to quickly reach level 6 by farming jungle camps. So Nightmare is most likely currently in his bottom half of the jungle, clearing out the Krugs and the Raptors.

Normally, Troll should be farming his second set of jungle monsters in the jungle right now, but Ning hasn't returned to his jungle.

Instead, they went straight into EDG's upper jungle.

at the same time.

On the top lane, TheShy's Aatrox also made a 'show' by unexpectedly trading blows with Flandre. Aatrox doesn't have an advantage in trading blows with Urgot in the early game; in fact, he's at a slight disadvantage.

But Flandre chickened out.

Being timid is normal.

Returning to the timing, online players will also make certain guesses about the enemy jungler's whereabouts, and this timing happens to be the time when the jungle respawns.

Whether the troll is there to gank or farm jungle camps, it's certain that the troll is in the top half of the map.

Meanwhile, their own Nightmare is in the bottom half of the map, and Akali doesn't have Teleport anymore. If she gets ganked, no one can help her.

As the crab backed down, the sword demon began to gain lane control and actively pushed the lane!

"Wow! If Flandre admits defeat now, things could get really bad!"

Wang Ji clearly saw through IG's strategy: "IG is going to tower dive and kill him."

"There's no way around it, TheShy is very good at taking advantage of the opponent's mentality to pretend that he has a jungler behind him and then suddenly attack you aggressively."

Miller said with a smile. It's not just the commentators; many viewers who watch IG or TheShy's matches have a similar feeling.

Even though he doesn't have any advantages, and often his hero is at a disadvantage, he still inexplicably dares to go up and yell at you.

Unfortunately, his opponents all cooperated by 'giving in' and didn't dare to fight back, allowing TheShy to take advantage of them.

Every time this happens, the live chat is flooded with comments like, "How dare he do that?"

How dare TheShy? It's simple.

Firstly, his personal abilities are indeed strong.

This year, TheShy is slowly reaching the peak of his professional career, with his various detailed operations being perfect. He already puts tremendous pressure on his opponents in lane!

The top lane is almost always dominated by melee fighters. Laning between two short-ranged fighters requires the most attention to detail. A single misstep in maneuvering can lead to the loss of the lane's initiative.

The second one is Prince Ning!
Despite many people criticizing Ning for being impulsive and lacking solid jungle farming skills.

However, Ning must have played a part in TheShy's outstanding performance.

Because Ning conveyed a message to all the opposing top laners facing IG: don't try to show off against TheShy.

If you dare to act tough, I'll catch you. I'll even crouch in the bushes for a minute and kill you!
All LPL top laners share this consensus: Ning is TheShy's ghost.

The top laner against IG appeared to be facing TheShy alone, but it was actually a 1v2 situation.

Finally, there's the issue of the game's pace.

The biggest difference between competitive matches and ranked games is that the level of gore is significantly reduced.

The pace of Rank is all about trading blows and fighting from the very beginning of the laning phase. Everyone is constantly thinking about how to lower the opponent's health and seize the opportunity to kill them by taking advantage of their mistakes!

Only the living deserve to farm and develop!

Even in the Korean server, this situation is unavoidable; it's just slightly better than the chaotic pace of the Chinese server.

The competition is not very bloody, partly because everyone is expected to maintain a minimum level of gore.

Solo kills are difficult, inefficient, and even easy to be defeated.
Getting counter-killed makes it impossible to play, so farming minions and developing your resources is the safest approach!
Therefore, players will reduce the frequency of trading blows during the game. Generally, players will not force a trade of blows for no reason. If a trade of blows is forced, it is most likely because a jungler is coming.

TheShy takes advantage of this, which is why he's considered 'pretentious'.

He always pretends that he has Gao Zhenning behind him.

As the minion wave approached the tower, Flandre seemed to sense the danger and tried to retreat back to base.

But the troll suddenly emerged from the triangular bush and blocked his retreat!

Wow! There's no way to escape!

"Could it be that IG is finally finding its own rhythm?" Wawa exclaimed.

"Perhaps the damage isn't enough?"

Wang Ji frowned. "The damage from Aatrox and Trundle isn't enough, and Urgot is very tanky. His W has a shield, his Q has a slow, and his E skill's shoulder throw has a crucial crowd control effect. IG needs to handle this carefully!"

"Teleportation! Someone has teleported!!"

Miller suddenly shouted.

It turned out that after the minion wave pushed into the tower, the melee minion tanking the tower started convulsing wildly on the spot, and a purple beam of light pierced through the sky.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the Irelia in the mid lane was standing behind the turret and used Teleport to go to the top lane to assist in a turret dive!
Two people aren't enough to inflict damage, but three are definitely enough!
Wang Yao finally understood why IG's mid and jungle had forced him to return to base and teleport earlier – it was because they were targeting their own top laner!

What to do? The teleportation spell only has a 4.5-second casting time, leaving Wang Yao with very little time to think!

Wang Yao almost instinctively used Flash forward, then used E to attach Falcon Dance to Irelia, just at the last moment, or even from the first instant.

Song Yijin had already switched the camera to the top lane and didn't even notice that Akali had hit him with her E.

He had been very careful, even retreating behind the first tower to teleport, and he never expected Wang Yao to be so decisive.

Akali's E skill damage is only determined after the shuriken hits the enemy; the screen turns red when the character is attacked.

But at this moment, Irelia had already landed on the top lane, causing Song Yijin to think that he had been attacked by Urgot.

Even the commentators didn't notice that the director had switched the camera to the top lane early on.

"Wow! Irelia landed! Trundle first used his pillar to block Urgot, reducing his chance to move. Aatrox used his QE combo, but Urgot used Flash to avoid it. Flandre had no way to do anything."

The crab's use of Flash means it has no means of self-defense.

While Urgot's E skill, Over-the-Shoulder Throw, can provide a dash, the problem is that Urgot's E skill dash is not an instantaneous dash like Blondie's Arcane Leap.

Instead, he'll pause in place like a fool for a moment.

Irelia seized the opportunity and landed a direct hit with Twin Blades.

Fortunately, Flandre didn't use his skills recklessly; he simply activated his W ability to provide himself with a shield.

Then, anticipating the situation, he placed his Q skill at his feet to slow down Irelia. Immediately after, the moment Irelia Q came over, he used his E skill to forcefully interrupt Irelia's Q skill with a shoulder throw!

It's safe to say that Flandre remained calm under pressure and showcased his skills to the fullest!
But it's of no use.

The Troll's E skill has been modified to now force an enemy to take 1 point of damage, and the turret's aggro will be on the Troll.

The troll didn't come to deal additional damage; instead, he stood at the edge of the turret to tank damage for his teammates.

After Aatrox landed Q2E again, he followed up with a basic attack, then W, and then Q3, working with Irelia to further reduce Urgot's health.

Then it was just a matter of constantly attacking the crab with basic attacks, while the crab fought back desperately.

Others thought it was a futile struggle!

In fact, out of everyone's sight, a figure was rushing towards the upper road, traversing mountains and valleys!

It's Akali!!

Akali's E ability, once attached to an enemy, allows her to teleport to their side regardless of where the enemy moves, making it a true "Flying Thunder God" technique!

The commentators' attention was entirely focused on the turret.

"IG's tower dive was perfect! Ning has already tanked to his limit, Flandre is still a bit short, and Irelia is tanking the tower. They could have easily killed Urgot."

"Huh? Holy crap..."

This kind of thing rarely happens on stage to someone like Miller who has received professional training.

But he still couldn't help but blurt out "Holy shit!"
Akali suddenly flew out from the shadows beside her, just missing the troll who was trying to escape through the triangular bushes behind the tower.

Akali unleashed a Q in mid-air, instantly taking down the low-health Trundle!

Firstblood!

The trolls died even before the crabs!

After the troll died, the crab became a corpse on the ground, but Song Yijin and TheShy were not happy.

"Huh? How did Kshine get here? Judging from his flight posture, did he put his E on Irelia at the last moment?"

Miller's eyes widened, and he shouted incredulously!

"Oh no, what do we do about Irelia?"

Irelia also took the turret's hits and is now down to half health. Once Akali lands, the second part of her E skill will be used for damage calculation.

And a single basic attack triggered the passive damage, followed by a Q skill that slowed the target!
To prevent the turret from continuing to attack her, Irelia had no choice but to Flash away.

Akali immediately used her Twilight Shroud on the spot and chased straight ahead. Using the speed boost, she quickly caught up and then used an AQ combo to finish off the low-health Irelia!
Double Kill!

Double kill! !
"This……"

Miller's eyes widened, and he was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

The two people next to him were also stunned.

The unexpected situation on the field left the commentators completely bewildered, but the audience erupted in cheers!

"Awesome! This is our Kshine!"

"Hehe, why are there always people so stubborn who think they can definitely handle my Yao-ge's Akali?"

"Double kill! Let's take off!!"

"Song is really something. He can't even control Akali with Irelia, and he can't even use his teleport properly, right?"

"Brothers! I hereby declare this match officially over. Surely everyone knows what two kills Yao-ge's Akali means!"

"..."

The chat erupted with a barrage of comments!
(End of this chapter)