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Chapter 616 Intensity Rise! Torture the sheep to death! A double loss!
"coming!"

The expressions of the three official commentators in the commentary booth also turned serious.

"The competition has officially begun. Let's refocus our attention on the big screen and join the contestants in this top-level showdown!!"

I remember shouting excitedly, "If G2 can win, they will lift the first MSI championship trophy in the history of the European region, completing a breakthrough from zero to one! They will become the glory of the entire region!"

"If EDG wins, they will successfully defend their title, lift their fourth MSI trophy, achieve a three-peat in MSI, and continue their dominance!!"

"Come on! Let's cheer for both teams on the field and hope they can bring us a truly exciting best-of-five final!!"

The words fell.

It was like lighting a fuse; the entire scene erupted in excitement!
The fans of both teams were excited, waving their flags and banners and shouting wildly!
"G2!! G2!!"

"EDG!! Victory is certain!!!"

The sound swept up, almost shattering the ceiling of the venue!

Inside the contestants' room, even with noise-canceling headphones on, people on both sides could still faintly hear the insane shouts!
"come on!"

Ah Shui's eyes lit up with excitement: "Brothers, let's bring back another championship!"

"That's for sure."

Saint Gun licked his lips and clicked the mouse: "We've got this in the bag, okay!"

"come on! Come on!"

Everyone's reaction was similar.

The more they face such a major competition and high-pressure environment, the more excited they become!
What fear of battle, what pressure? None of that exists!

On the field.

All ten players from both sides had already controlled their heroes to rush out of the fountain and head towards the designated location in the jungle.

Here comes the interesting part.

The two sides made a surprisingly consistent choice!
All five of them grouped up and invaded the enemy's jungle!

However, the difference is that EDG gathered in the upper jungle, while G2 gathered in the lower jungle.

It was clearly going to be a level 1 team fight, but the two sides managed to perfectly avoid it.

"Both sides are aware of each other's positions, so in that case, it's time to switch jungle areas."

In the commentary booth, Guan Daxiao adjusted his glasses: "It was a close call, but we avoided a level 1 team fight."

It's quite obvious that both EDG and G2 are extremely aggressive in their playstyle!
On the field.

After the two sides swapped jungle areas and completed their normal jungle clearing, everyone except the jungler returned to their lanes in time.

At 1 minute and 40 seconds, the minion wave arrived, and the laning phase officially began.

"Yeah, as expected, EDG's bot lane isn't having an easy time in the laning phase at level one."

Colonel Guan stared at the big screen, showing no surprise: "Syndra's level 1 pressure is still very strong, and Pyke really doesn't have much fighting power at level 1."

Next to it, someone added, "And Galio's wave clear ability is also very strong."

Just like they said.

In the video, Ap's Syndra is responsible for using her Q skill to whittle down the opponent's health.

Mikyx's Galio, on the other hand, uses his Q skill, combined with his passive slap, to deal tons of damage in a minion wave!
In contrast.

EDG's bot lane duo barely touched the minion wave, and could only watch helplessly as the opponent pushed the lane; reaching level two first was out of the question.

In short, the bottom lane has a significant disadvantage in the laning phase.

Furthermore, since the two sides swapped jungle areas, G2 started in the lower jungle, where Jonkos's Rek'Sai was right there!

Even if they could push the lane, EDG wouldn't dare to!

However, the situation on the road is completely the opposite.

"Wunder is having a tough time in lane too."

I remember him clenching his fist and resting it on his chin: "He doesn't dare to attack minions right now; he can only try to sniff out experience points."

In a matchup where a long-range character faces a short-range character, it's quite reliable for Flandre to gain lane control and establish an advantage.

Although EDG's bot lane was at a disadvantage in the laning phase, at least their CS (creep score) wasn't too far behind. They were just pushed back to level 2 first and lost some turret health.

On the other hand, G2's top laner, Irelia, was barely even daring to get experience, let alone farm!
And, just like the situation faced by EDG's bot lane.

Jiejie is currently in the upper jungle!
Wunder is someone who can't win on his own, and he also has to be careful of EDG coming to gank him all the time. If his health drops a little, he might be directly overtaken!
The sheer amount of pressure he was under was evident in the beads of sweat trickling down Wunder's forehead.

What's even more frustrating for G2 is that as EDG's bot lane duo reaches level two, their laning strength has gradually increased!

"Huh? This wave! Bottom lane!"

On the bottom lane, Wang Yao's Pyke suddenly used his E skill to dash in, closing the distance with the enemy duo, and then raised his harpoon to charge up!
On the other side, Ah P and Mikyx instinctively started swaying left and right.

However, Pyke didn't throw the Q skill until the charge was finished and he put down the harpoon!

They even refunded 75% of the mana cost!
You should know that Pyke is a champion who is extremely mana-hungry.

Meanwhile, Ah Shui, in the back, took advantage of the opponent's movement to quickly kill a few minions.

The key point is that neither of them was greedy. As soon as Wang Yao finished charging up his Q, the two of them retreated in unison.

"This……"

Colonel Guan's expression was somewhat dumbfounded: "Is this an attempt to intimidate the other side?"

To be honest, he was already quite emotional, thinking that a fight was going to break out in the bottom lane.

The result was a promising start but a disappointing finish!

"Forehead."

I remember being silent for a moment before finally managing to say, "I think this can be considered a style of play."

They weren't the only ones who were confused.

The two people opposite, Ah P and his companion, were also quite confused.

What is this, some kind of intimidation tactic against laning?

A series of actions that seemed fierce and intimidating, but was it really just a bluff?

However, this is just the beginning!
Ten seconds later, as soon as his E skill was off cooldown, Wang Yao's Pyke appeared like a ghost, suddenly using his E skill to move forward, blocking the minion wave, his harpoon ready to fire!
"This person..."

Upon seeing this, Ah P's cheek twitched, but his hands didn't stop moving at all, and he subconsciously began to move.

He didn't dare to gamble.

Who knows if this person will actually take the bait!

That's the power of a hook hero!
Afterwards, Ah Shui's Varus happily continued clearing minions, greatly reducing the pressure.

at last.

When Wang Yao came up again for the third time, A-P finally lost his temper: "Shoot him!"

Mikyx nodded quickly, and Galio used his E skill to dash forward, charging straight at Pyke's face!

Before he could even reach his destination, Wang Yao's harpoon was already...

Suddenly, it lunged out!

The next second, Galio was hit by the fork and flew behind Wang Yao, also getting a 90% slow effect!
Judging from the visuals, it looks like Galio willingly offered himself up to Pyke with the fork!
By the way, there's a little detail here.

Galio's E skill will still allow him to teleport out if the cast time is interrupted.

However, if it happens after the cast bar has finished, most crowd control skills can interrupt it.

Just like right now!

Colonel Guan's eyes widened: "Galio E in... got interrupted! Pyke Q hit, applied Ignite and focused fire, hey! Galio's in danger this time! His health is dropping so fast!"

On the field.

Under the combined fire of Wang Yao and A Shui, Galio's health bar plummeted almost vertically!

Especially Wang Yao's Pyke, the talents he brings are slightly different.

Strictly speaking, Pyke has been around for almost a year, and there have been attempts to use him as a support in ranked games.

However, the talents they possess are either Dark Harvest or Aftershock.

With the recent patch that nerfed Dark Harvest, support Pyke now has almost only Aftershock as his talent option.

Unfortunately, this hero, while capable of finishing off enemies, is too fragile and easily dies without Aftershock.

However, Wang Yao brought Conqueror's Blade in this game!

Once, twice, three times!
With the Hail of Blades buff, Pyke swiftly brought his blade down, striking Galio's head three times in the blink of an eye!

Ah Shui, who was behind him, also excitedly followed suit and started attacking.

In just three seconds, Galio's health was reduced to almost zero!
Mikyx instinctively used Flash.

Unfortunately, he still couldn't escape death.

Ah Shui dodged Ah P's Syndra's E skill control with a flash, and his arrow shot out with perfect accuracy, passing through Galio's body and detonating the W Wither stacks on his body!

The health bar is cleared.

"First Blood!"

With the system notification, Galio's body fell to the ground unwillingly, turning into rubble.

The first blood was born!
"Q hit! Galio is dead! Varus got the kill!!"

In the commentary booth, Ji De shouted excitedly, "EDG's bot lane has successfully secured First Blood!!"

After he finished speaking...

In the stands, countless spectators began to cheer!
The point of watching a game live is to create that kind of atmosphere. When there's an exciting moment, you have to celebrate together to truly experience it!
"I really didn't expect this."

Guan Daxiao clicked his tongue: "The one who got the first blood was actually EDG's bot lane."

Wang Duoduo nodded in agreement, saying, "Indeed, and EDG got the first blood."

Who would have thought.

At the beginning of the laning phase, the EDG duo was hesitant and timid.

After overcoming the initial period of weakness, they suddenly surged forward and launched a counterattack against the opponent!

What was even more unexpected was that, despite Pyke's obvious Q skill charging, Galio still dared to run straight into the gun barrel!
At this moment, on the G2 players' bench.

Both Ah P and Mikyx fell silent.

After this wave, their original laning advantage has completely disappeared, and they will probably be chased down and beaten in the future!
After a long pause, Ah P finally spoke up in a low voice: "This wave is mine. Let's play it safe from now on and not let him get ahead."

"Um……"

Mikyx nodded silently.

G2 is extremely familiar with Pyke, arguably the most familiar champion among all professional teams!
After all, they were practically the only ones using it before.

In short, once this hero really gets going, regardless of whether he's a support or not, his ability to finish off enemies is enough to make everyone's scalp tingle!

What's even more terrifying is that once Pyke finishes off an enemy, the team's gains are incredibly high!

Because of the nature of his ultimate ability, even if Pyke gets the kill, his teammates will still get some gold!
That's like getting two birds with one stone!
So, soon.

Once both sides returned to their online positions, it became quite obvious that G2's bot lane duo suddenly became much more stable.

They didn't push the lanes they could, and maintained a considerable distance, seemingly only interested in farming. Wang Yao's Pyke tried to intimidate them several times, but the opponents reacted quite cowardly, retreating as soon as they were approached, even skipping the basic movement.

If you continue playing like this, you'll inevitably be out-damaged.

But at least before level six, it should be difficult to get any more kills.

However, whenever this happens, something unexpected is bound to happen.

"Top lane! We need to dive now!"

The commentator's shouts echoed throughout the stadium.

"Irelia's health is very low! Jiejie is here! We can't escape this wave!!"

In the video, Wunder's Irelia is seen trembling under his own tier 1 tower in the top lane, with only three bars of health remaining.

Up ahead, Flandre's Kennen is attacking the last two backline minions of the red team, preparing to push the wave into the tower.

Meanwhile, Jiejie's Prince had already emerged from the bushes, blatantly cutting off Irelia's escape route.

This is a dead end.

Unless Jonkos's excavator arrives in time.

But here's the problem: Jonkos's resurrection dummy was still in the lower jungle and couldn't possibly get there in time!
"Here they come, the minion wave is pushing into the tower! Irelia isn't going to escape this wave!"

Jiejie's prince took the lead, charging towards the tower with EQ.

Wunder tried to fight back, flashing to dodge, but Jiejie executed a smooth EQ flash to knock him up, leaving him no room to maneuver, and Flandre easily secured the kill.

That's when.

"G2 wants to take this opportunity to attack Xiaolong!"

Remember, staring at the big screen with slightly wide eyes: "They're trying to use the dragon to cut their losses, and Caps is rushing down! EDG's bot lane duo needs to retreat first!"

That's the reaction speed of a strong team!

Once they discover a problem in one of their areas that they cannot avoid, they will immediately try to recover the losses in other areas!
With G2 caught out in the top lane, they naturally turned their attention to the dragon that had just spawned below.

Five minutes later, the first dragon spawned!
In an instant, G2's mid and jungle players rushed towards the dragon pit.

In this situation, if the EDG duo doesn't retreat in time, G2 probably wouldn't mind ganking them with four players and getting two kills.

"Let's go, let's go, Yao-ge."

As Ah Shui called out, he took down the last ranged minion and clicked the mouse to retreat.

"Ah."

Wang Yao looked at the screen and nodded in response.

However, although he retreated, he did not follow Ah Shui back to the city. Instead, he went straight to the outer edge of his own red buff, which is above the dragon pit, and wandered around there.

"Brother Yao, what's wrong?"

A question mark appeared in Ah Shui's mind.

"Let's try stealing the dragon."

Wang Yao's answer was straightforward.

"what?"

Ah Shui was stunned again: "You didn't punish me, how can you steal it?"

"It's free to try it."

Wang Yao calmly replied, "Besides, you couldn't have imagined it, so how could the other side have expected me to come and steal it?"

Ah Shui was momentarily speechless, and could only nod: "Okay."

It's just a try anyway, it doesn't really matter.

At worst, you can just lose a Flash. Pyke has his own mobility and is a support, so he doesn't rely too much on Flash.

Just as Wang Yao said.

Even EDG's own players felt that without their jungler, they couldn't secure the dragon, let alone the other teams!
On the other side, seeing that EDG's bot lane duo wisely recalled, Caps' Lissandra also returned to the mid lane to farm the wave that Scout had pushed over.

After helping out for a few minutes, A-P and Mikyx rushed back to the bottom lane, hoping to push the minion wave to the tower while EDG was recalling.

For a moment, only Jonkos's excavator was left fighting the dragon in the small dragon pit!

Just as Xiaolong's health dropped below two thousand.

A ghostly figure, leaving afterimages, rushed down from above the Dragon Pit!
"WTF!"

Jonkos couldn't help but swear immediately, his face showing a look of shock: "What is Pike doing here?!"

Keep in mind that it's only been a little over five minutes, and his excavator is only level four. Despite his teammates' help earlier, his health is clearly not good by now.

There was no hesitation.

Wang Yao didn't even glance at Xiao Long before walking straight toward the excavator. Judging from his expression, he clearly intended to kill him!
soon.

As Pike approached, the three-hit combo of Hail of Blades struck, and the excavator, already low on health, slid directly into the danger zone.

With no other option, Jonkos had to use Smite early to heal himself.

But this also means one thing—the dragon can no longer be fought.

Without any disciplinary action in hand, if you fight again, it's hard to say whether you'll get robbed!

"Fake!"

Jonkos cursed and clicked the mouse, manipulating the excavator to drill into the ground, then used his E skill to teleport away.

The timing of their attack was perfect!

If it had been earlier, and he had been in better form, he might have been able to fight the enemy team even against the dragon.

Later on, he might even be able to take down Xiaolong directly!

But ironically, he was stuck at that awkward position of 2,000 HP, leaving him in a dilemma!

Without a doubt, this is quite a psychological challenge.

Jonkos, in particular, felt his blood pressure soaring as he looked at Pyke's ID on the other side!

There's something I can't bring myself to say: This person clearly went to the support role, so how come I'm the one who still gets hurt?!
On-site at the Hangzhou e-sports venue.

The commentator's high-pitched, incredulous voice echoed throughout the stadium:

"The excavator has to retreat! G2 was determined to win this dragon, but now they have to give it up temporarily! If he doesn't leave, he'll die at Pyke's hands!"

It wasn't just the commentators who were excited.

The audience erupted in thunderous applause and cheers!

The public chat was filled with all sorts of question marks.

Let alone the commentators and the audience.

Even the other EDG teammates looked somewhat surprised at this moment.

Especially Ah Shui, who was controlling Varus to travel while keeping his view locked on the dragon area to watch the show.

When he saw the excavator on the other side fleeing in disarray, Ah Shui exclaimed in genuine amazement, "Holy crap? No way, this actually works?!"

Not far away, Jiejie couldn't help but click her tongue and say, "Tsk tsk, if I were on the other side, I would have a mental breakdown."

A perfectly good little dragon, with its health down to 2,000, was interrupted by a support, forcing it to retreat in frustration and almost losing its life!
Anyone would find this unbearable.

Wang Yao smiled and said, "Luck. Who told the other side to only have one jungler left?"

In the commentary box.

Colonel Guan sighed with admiration: "Wow... Pyke seized the perfect opportunity this time, entering the fray just when his health was at its lowest, leaving Jonkos with no chance to speak out."

Remember nodded and said, "And if that's the case, G2 as a whole will be in a very difficult position."

"We originally planned to use the dragon to make up for the loss in the top lane, but now we've lost both the dragon and the jungler's momentum."

"It can only be said that G2 made a mistake in their decision."

Wang Duoduo pushed up his glasses: "Their mid and bot lanes got greedy and gave EDG an opportunity."

Who would have thought?
G2 assumed they could secure the dragon, which is why their mid and bot laners chose to return to lane early.

But this move gave the opponent an opportunity, and Wang Yao's Pyke perfectly seized this opening!
On the other hand, who should be blamed for this?

Should we give it to Jonkos? Blame him for being forced to give up the dragon by a support?

But the fact that he was able to rush to the dragon pit to exchange resources when his own top laner was being outmaneuvered already shows that he did what he was supposed to do!
Blaming the jungler is a bit much!

At this moment, G2 players are indoors.

An awkward atmosphere permeated the area surrounding the company's fame.

"cough……"

Caps coughed lightly: "Mine, we should help you fight to the end."

Not far away, Ah P also chimed in, "It's alright, there's still a chance. We'll take the dragon next time."

Jonkos took a deep breath, barely suppressing his frustration, and nodded: "Mm."

to be frank.

He was really having a tough time this time. He was fighting the dragon and singing a song, but then a support player ruined his game halfway through!

The key point is that the support's ID is causing Jonkos some PTSD.

God knows how badly he got hammered when he faced this guy last season.

I thought that since this person changed positions, he wouldn't be under much pressure anymore, but in the end, he still suffered a heavy blow!

On the field.

The game continues.

With that absurd dragon surge over, G2 has fallen into a passive position.

The first thing is to get on the road.

Wunder's Irelia, who was already struggling in lane, lost her Flash after being tower-dived by Jiejie.

Now it's even harder to stand under the tower; you can only stay far behind and listen for experience points, watching helplessly as Holy Gun Brother devours your own tower's plating.

Then comes the bottom lane.

The G2 bot lane duo, who initially had an advantage in the laning phase, are now down by more than ten CS! They've even lost a layer of tower plating!
Although Caps managed to hold his own in the mid lane, he was completely unable to roam and help his own top and bottom lanes, and was held back in the mid lane by Scout's LeBlanc.

The whole situation has a sense of slow death for G2.

Finally, ten minutes.

With the Rift Herald spawning, both teams made their moves!
Colonel Guan's expression turned serious as he commented, "In this wave, both sides' supports are rushing towards the mid lane, and a team fight might break out!"

"But be careful, although G2 is at a disadvantage in the top lane, Syndra has Teleport! If Syndra Teleports to support, EDG will face a 4v5 situation!"

Normally, if one team's top laner is completely outmatched, that team has no right to fight for the lead.

But as Colonel Guan said.

Syndra's Teleport is the reason G2 dared to engage in this team fight!

(End of this chapter)