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Chapter 448 The Champion! This era is called EDG!!
"I even think IG suffered a huge loss in this round. Looking at the lineup, there are two heroes in EDG's lineup that are the most effective against IG."

Wang Ji spoke eloquently.

"One is LeBlanc, who has extremely high burst damage and is very agile. LeBlanc got two kills in this team fight."

"Another one is the captain, who can provide extremely high AOE damage. He can also limit the performance of Ashe and Lucian in team fights."

"After the match, I really wanted to hear the team voice chat from both sides in the third game. Despite such a disadvantageous start, EDG managed to turn the tide through their superior strategy!"

IG needs to be careful from now on!

Wang remembered that what he said was quite serious.

However, in reality, EDG is still unable to change the fact that IG still maintains the advantage in the current situation.

For example, IG then tried to force a dragon, and EDG wisely backed down, choosing the most standard option of letting the dragon go in exchange for gold.

Zhao Xin immediately went into the enemy's jungle to plunder their jungle resources.

In terms of overall economy, EDG has completely overtaken the competition, and by the 17th minute, EDG's economic lead had reached 3000!
At this moment, the second dragon spawns.

IG also realized they needed to speed up the pace, so they continued to focus on controlling the dragons.

But this time, EDG didn't choose to give up the dragon and instead came to engage in a team fight!

Wang Yao's equipment at this moment is quite luxurious. Compared with the previous games, he doesn't have a Mejai's Soulstealer.

But at the 17-minute mark, he still managed to build two items: Sorcerer's Shoes, Luden's Echo, and Morellonomicon!
Just as IG was trying to engage EDG, LeBlanc on the side unleashed a mindless QRE combo on the enemy Trundle.

This burst combo took away nearly two-thirds of the troll's health, essentially rendering the troll incapable of fighting.

Ning had no choice but to return to the jungle to farm monsters and use his passive ability to recover health.

But EDG won't wait for him.

After realizing that the troll had left the front line, EDG decisively activated the dragon to lure IG's players into engaging them in a team fight.

On IG's side, Braum and Aatrox acted as the front line, pushing forward to create an environment for the two marksmen behind them to deal damage. Ashe even used her ultimate to force an initiation!
But here’s the problem.

The captain unleashed a powerful ultimate ability, severely slowing Ashe and Lucian, making them incredibly frustrated.

LeBlanc flashed over, used W to step over, then Q followed by E, instantly killing Ashe who was not at full health, giving Yu Wenbo no space or time to deal damage.

Lucian was dealing damage, but he couldn't carry the team alone.

The main point is that EDG's support Alistar becomes a very tanky front-line tank after activating his ultimate.

The Minotaur can completely withstand the damage inflicted by Lucian.

The captain actually has the best time.

The captain's favorite thing is for others to charge at him, as this greatly increases his double barrel hit rate.

After Hanbing was instantly killed.

IG was thinking of retreating quickly.

But how could EDG let them go? Fortunately, Braum forced himself to sacrifice himself, and Trundle came to their aid in time, using the pillars to create terrain and forcefully slow down EDG.

This helped the remaining teammates escape and create distance.

But even so.

IG still lost their bot lane duo, but failed to secure the dragon.

Miller couldn't help but sigh, "It feels like the situation has been reversed. The advantage that IG built up in the early game has completely disappeared!"

The dual marksman system has extremely strong team fight capabilities, after all, in the game League of Legends, the 'dodge' mechanism was removed in the early days.

This makes basic attacks the most effective and stable means of dealing damage in League of Legends.

The reason why a team with a strong marksman usually has a high skill floor is because marksmen have the most reliable means of dealing damage.

IG employs a dual marksman system, and the core items for Lucian and Ashe are Blade of the Ruined King, resulting in a different damage output growth curve compared to traditional crit-based marksmen.

It could be said that this is the time when IG's lineup is at its strongest, but IG is already unable to win team fights.

Let's look at the economic panel next.

Lucian is the absolute core of IG, whom they protect at all costs, and he consumes the most resources and gold from the team.

Resources don't necessarily mean eating jungle monsters or farming minions. Vision resources are also a type of resource.

With the removal of the green jungle item and the limitation on the number of wards, vision is extremely valuable in professional matches!
When setting up vision, teams need to make trade-offs. Whoever has the most vision in their half of the map will inevitably get the most vision resources.

Jungling is actually a kind of resource.

Uzi is constantly criticized for taking up too many of the team's resources, and his solo play across three lanes is just one of the reasons.

Another important reason is that his playstyle often involves controlling the jungler. Anyone who has played AD carries knows that when the jungler is constantly revolving around him, he really enjoys playing.

You can mindlessly trade blows with the enemy and relentlessly push forward to suppress them. Even if you lose the fight, the jungler can always come to your aid.

TheShy is actually somewhat similar to top laner Uzi.

He relies on jungle resources, and his playstyle is essentially the same as Uzi's, which also involves controlling the jungler.

Precisely.

Any playstyle that aims to dominate the lane inevitably puts the jungler in a difficult position.

Because you need to suppress the opponent, you will frequently trade blows with them and push the lane forward. Once you push the lane forward, your own condition will not be very good.

That's like telling your jungler, "If you don't come over, I'll die. You'd better watch out."

TheShy has a much better reputation than Uzi because he is indeed very strong in the top lane.

His pressure often reduces the enemy top laner's health, while maintaining his own condition in a relatively safe position.

This often results in TheShy pulling off a 1v2 comeback when the opposing jungler comes to gank.

Instead of being like Uzi, who dies as soon as the jungler ganks, the classic way to beat Uzi is to gank bot lane at level 2.

Of course, in the foreseeable future, if TheShy continues to play like this, but his individual skill declines, he will become like Uzi, dying easily when ganked by the jungler.

"It's really frustrating when you can't beat a team."

Miller shook his head, "Moreover, EDG's three carries are now ahead of the opponent in every aspect of economy, and even the jungler Zhao Xin is ahead in economy."

A comprehensive economic lead inevitably translates into a lead in combat effectiveness.

"If we can't win a head-on team fight, then we can only try to find a way by fighting one-on-one on the side lanes. Lucian can continue to bully the captain."

Doll added.

"It's no use."

Wang Ji shook his head, "EDG won't let the captain go and split push with Lucian. Lucian has no fighting power against this LeBlanc. Right now, LeBlanc's split pushing on the side lane is truly unstoppable."

In other words, IG is currently in a situation where they can't win head-on team fights, and they can't outpace split pushes on the side lanes.

Entering this situation is essentially entering a process of slow death.

"At this point, IG can only wait for EDG to make a mistake. If EDG doesn't make a mistake..."

Miller didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.

If the other side doesn't make a mistake, then we can only wait to die.

But how could EDG possibly make a mistake?

"Xiao Zhao, don't stand so far forward. Why are you, a Sivir, standing so far forward? Just stay in front of the turret and farm the wave. I'll provide vision from the side."

Meiko kept reminding her.

"Flandre, I'm going home. Be careful," Xiaotian reminded her.

The teammates kept reminding each other not to feed the enemy and to be careful. They themselves knew that as long as they didn't make mistakes, victory would be theirs.

Winning this crucial match will allow them to reach the top of the world and become world champions!
In situations like these, it's crucial to avoid making mistakes. It would be such a shame to miss out on the championship because of a mistake.

Wang Yao simply smiled.

For him, it's actually not bad.

He had already experienced this situation last year. When EDG faced SKT, they reminded each other not to make mistakes in the last game and steadily won the match!
The two sides remained deadlocked for a while.

EDG used their advantage to slowly whittle down IG's second turrets on both side lanes. IG now has only the second turret in the mid lane remaining out of their six outer turrets.

If EDG doesn't make any mistakes, IG will have no choice but to take the initiative and find opportunities to strike.

The problem is that their lineup doesn't have many opportunities.

Because the support is Braum, a champion who is very strong at protecting and counter-engaging, but whose ability to find opportunities is only so-so, as he doesn't have a reliable way to initiate team fights.

The only option is to rely on Frost's ultimate ability.

Not to mention that Ashe's ultimate has a very long cooldown, meaning you have to wait a long time after using it once.

Who can Ice Blast open, Captain? He can just eat an orange and instantly break free from control and escape.

Sivir in the mid lane? She has a magic immunity shield. As long as Sivir holds onto her magic immunity shield, Ashe will never be able to engage on Sivir.

A vixen? Are you kidding me?

The enemy's LeBlanc has two dashes with W+R, making her agile and sophisticated. And this is Wang Yao, how much does he look down on Wang Yao?

Looking for an easy target? Support Alistar? Sorry, Ashe's ultimate can hit them, but they can also use their ultimate to remove the control effects.

Zhao Xin is the only one without a reliable way to evade, but the problem is that Zhao Xin is a jungler, and since he stays in the jungle, it's difficult for him to hit the opponent.

In short, IG doesn't even have the ability to create opportunities when they're at a disadvantage.

They could only watch helplessly as EDG gradually expanded their advantage.

Soon, even the second mid-lane tower fell. While pushing, LeBlanc remained on the side, using her W to dash through the wall, then unleashing a QRE combo on Ashe.

Hanbing managed to avoid being instantly killed after using the Bloodthirster.

That's the problem.

He's also low on health. Ashe is the only champion on IG with the ability to deal damage head-on.

Once Ashe left the turret, IG had no one to defend it, and EDG easily pushed down the mid-lane second turret.

This is also the most unbeatable aspect of LeBlanc compared to other assassin heroes when she has an advantage.

With its poke-like attributes, LeBlanc can be played as a semi-poke champion.

The only difference is that other poke heroes have long attack range, while LeBlanc has many dashes.

"The tide has turned. Although it's a bit unfair to say this to IG, I really don't see how IG can win."

Miller sighed and shook his head.

This is true.

EDG gradually chipped away at their advantage and pushed forward, taking advantage of LeBlanc's strengths.

Defend the tower, right? LeBlanc's skill cooldowns are very short; as soon as her skills are ready, she can run up and unleash them.

If they manage to cripple one of IG's players, IG won't dare to defend.

Even if five players defend under the tower, if they can cripple one marksman and force him to return to replenish his health and mana, EDG will have a numerical advantage and can push forward in a swarm.

Finally, at the 24-minute mark, IG launched a suicidal attack!

Ashe used her ultimate to shoot at Xin Zhao, forcibly stopping him. The entire IG team rushed in, and Trundle activated his W, using his pillar to create an AOE slow effect.

Braum even flashed over and used his ultimate to lock down the enemy.

"Huh? Could it be... Let's see how this team fight goes!"

IG initiated the team fight well and managed to keep EDG's players in the game, but what happened next left everyone stunned!
The captain pointed his revolver to the sky and uttered a familiar line!
Fire away!

Bang bang bang!
The cannonballs instantly covered the entire IG formation. Flandre's skill with Gangplank was truly impressive, executing an incredible EQE combo with two barrels. IG's Lucian tried to hit the barrels but failed.

Boom!

Because IG was on the chasing side, the captain's double barrel attack directly affected everyone!

Taking advantage of this moment, Wang Yao's LeBlanc flashed to close the distance and used W+R to unleash the highest AOE damage, followed by QE to instantly kill TheShy!

Because Ashe was a marksman in the duo lane, and her level was low, she had already died from an unknown area-of-effect attack.

0 for 5!

EDG achieves a resounding victory!!
The scene erupted in an uproar, followed by cheers and screams. EDG fans could no longer contain their emotions and began to celebrate wildly ahead of schedule!

The commentators also raised their voices!
"0 for 5! Team wipe! Facing IG's desperate last stand, EDG did not let them succeed and wiped them out."

"Now! No one can stop them from smashing IG's base crystal, and the last obstacle in their path to the championship throne has been removed!!"

"EDG is about to successfully defend their title and win their second world championship trophy in team history!"

South Korea, Incheon.

The scene at Wenhe Stadium.

With EDG sweeping through IG's base, everything was finally settled.

this moment.

Colorful ribbons fluttered down from the sky.

It's like celebrating the birth of a new legend!
“Congratulations to EDG!!!”

Wang Ji, his face flushed and his voice hoarse from shouting, continued to yell: "They! With a perfect 3-0 score, defeated IG and won the 2018 League of Legends World Championship!!!"

“Successfully defended the title!!!”

He took a deep breath, drawing out his words: "We! Are—"

At the same time, everyone else shouted the next words: "Champion!!"

"We are the champions! We are the champions again! We are always the champions!!!"

The powerful shouts echoed above the commentary booth.

At this moment, the whole world, all the major official live broadcast rooms, countless streamers and viewers, all went wild!
They won! Yes, EDG won!

After lifting the S7 trophy at the Bird's Nest last year, this year, here in Incheon, on this stage of S8, we are about to once again lift that Summoner's Cup!
Two titles in two consecutive years, and even more incredibly, a Grand Slam! He has completed this ascent to godhood!

In the long history of League of Legends, the eighth championship monument has been erected!
The official live broadcast room of the North American Division.

Ohhhhhhhh!!

The bearded commentator was ecstatic, gesturing wildly: "Today! The second super dynasty to achieve consecutive championships has been born!!"

"The second SKT? No! EDG is EDG! They have become a new legend!!"

EU competition area, official live broadcast room.

The commentator, Froskurinn, was equally excited, shouting without regard for his image, "They did it! They really did it!!"

"It broke all previous records!"

"I think it will be hard to find a team like this again, one that can bring us so many surprises!!"

Even here in LCK.

Despite their obvious disappointment, the three official commentators had no choice but to speak, drawing out the last syllable of their warning: "GG—"

One commentator sighed, "Ah... IG, after three exciting matches, still lost this BO5 in the end, well..."

After exchanging glances, the three continued, "Congratulations to EDG! They truly displayed dominant strength, successfully defeating IG and becoming the champions of this year's S-series!"

That's not all.

Other regions, including wildcard teams, and even official commentators from Vietnam and Brazil, were all enthusiastically celebrating for EDG!

This is the kind of presence a world champion should have!

And the scene.

The atmosphere at this moment was so intense that it could melt ice and snow!
From the stands, a deafening roar erupted as LPL fans finally released the emotions they had been building up throughout the World Championship!
"Ohhhhhhhh!!!"

"EDG!!!"

"Champion!! Defending champion!!!"

"Waaaaah... EDG!! Awesome!!!"

These sounds came together as if they were about to pierce through the clouds above!

Countless spectators had unknowingly risen from their seats, waving their support signs and flags wildly, their expressions frenzied!

"This……"

Wang Ji's voice trembled as he said, "This is undoubtedly a historic moment, a moment that all LPL viewers should remember..."

"After eight years, the strength of the LPL is finally beyond question!"

"And all of this is thanks to this team. Please remember the names of these young men! They are EDG!"

"This era is called EDG!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire LPL official live stream completely crashed!

The number of comments exceeded everyone's expectations, making the official live stream channel unbearable!

Meanwhile, in the players' seats.

The EDG members, dressed in white, had already taken off their headphones and were embracing each other!
“Handsome, cool, cool, cool!!!”

"Defending the title!! We are the champions! Double champions!!"

"Nice! Nice!"

"Wuhu!"

Everyone had an excited smile on their face.

soon.

The backstage passage door, not far away, was also suddenly forced open.

The rest of the EDG club members filed out, running as fast as they could, their expressions excited!
Abu, Zhu Kai, the factory director, and other managers and staff were all on the list!

"Brothers! You guys were amazing today! Absolutely amazing!!"

As they shouted, everyone swarmed forward.

A few seconds later, EDG's 'hug circle' was forcibly expanded, from the original five people to more than a dozen!
"Wow... We can see that all the players and staff of EDG are hugging each other to celebrate this historic moment. It's so exciting."

In the commentary booth, the three official commentators gazed emotionally at the images on the big screen.

"A double title, a successful defense of the title, and even a Grand Slam for the whole year, winning all the championships!"

"During last year's S7 World Championship, some people said that EDG was a dark horse that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, but would only be a flash in the pan."

"And now, they have completely proven their dominance!! This is an invincible, legendary army!"

"At the same time, they will soon step onto the stage to claim an even greater glory!"

"Here, in Incheon, South Korea, let's lift that Summoner's Cup!"

(End of this chapter)