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Chapter 644 I can't guarantee we'll win the championship, but I can guarantee we'll hear the battle anthem!
"Jack's hot dance Varus flashes forward, and his ultimate, Corruption Chains, binds Canyon's Lee Sin."

"Holy Gun's Ornn used his second ultimate to charge at the rest of DWG, giving them no chance to save anyone."

"Scout's Zoe followed up with Sleep Bubble, and EDG's crowd control came one after another. Canyon's Lee Sin couldn't even move and was instantly killed!"

"Canyon is down. EDG's focus fire was spot on."

“But Ah Shui’s Flash forward seems dangerous. Nuguri’s Lucian glided up, and the Poke Varus was no match for him.”

Just as Ah Shui was about to be focused down and killed by DWG, Jiejie's Kindred flashed forward and unleashed his ultimate, Lamb's Breath.

With a loud boom, the immortal magic circle suddenly appeared, and at the extreme distance, Jiejie's Kindred saved Ah Shui's Varus!

"Wow, Jiejie's Flash-Ultimate combo was perfectly timed! Varus is saved!"

"Ghost's Jhin was sniping from a distance and unleashing his ultimate, but with Holy Gun's Ornn in front of him, he couldn't even touch JackeyLove's Varus!"

"Wow! Ah Shui really did a fantastic job this time!!!"

With their jungler Lee Sin dead and most of his abilities gone, DWG knew they couldn't stop EDG from taking the dragon.

Therefore, they had no choice but to make a quick decision and move directly from the river to the bottom lane to take down EDG's bottom lane tower.

Since EDG was able to trade the Rift Herald for a turret, they can certainly use the Dragon to exchange resources and minimize their losses.

EDG, like DWG just now, can completely accept this kind of economic exchange situation.

After successfully securing the dragon, EDG began to take the initiative, as their poke strategy had reached its peak.

Faced with this situation, DWG definitely doesn't want to force a team fight; they want to farm a little longer.

But at this moment, the truly terrifying aspect of EDG's lineup was revealed.

That is, apart from Jiejie's Kindred, the other four players all have excellent team fight initiation abilities.

Furthermore, the team fights initiated by EDG's four players were not like the physical initiation by Prince; they were all more like a lottery.

Once the ultimate skill hits someone, the others can follow up with their ultimate skills to maintain control and focus fire.

Even if they fail to control anyone, EDG can simply wait for their next ultimate move and won't suffer any losses.

Ashe's ultimate ability, Crystal Arrow; Varus's Chains of Corruption; Ornn's sheep-like abilities; and Zoe's Sleep Bubble.

This forces DWG to be constantly on edge, otherwise they risk serious consequences if they're not careful.

But sometimes being careful isn't enough; even tigers sometimes doze off.

Before anyone could react, Nuguri, who was pushing the top lane, was stunned in place by Wang Yao's Ashe arrow!
At this moment, facing the helpless Lucian, Scout, who was nearby, decisively controlled Zoe and used his QR spell to secure Lucian's kill.

But that's not the most important thing. The important thing is that we have Baron Nashor now!
After eliminating Nuguri's Lucian, EDG decisively started to attack Baron, determined not to miss any opportunity to accelerate the pace of the game.

Take down the big dragon and put enough pressure on the military line, then the Fire Dragon Soul can be easily captured later.

DWG was naturally also very clear that once the Baron was lost, the game would be declared over early.

But now that Lucian, the strongest fighter, is gone, there is no way to win a team battle.

Moreover, EDG might not actually fight the dragon; they're just forcing DWG to come and engage in a four-on-five team fight.

But for DWG, there is nothing that can be done at this moment.

The result was obvious: after forcing DWG's players over, Flandre's Ornn decisively initiated a team fight.

In a four-on-five team fight, DWG had no chance of winning without Lucian, their strongest force, and was beaten two for one.

After winning the team fight, EDG didn't hesitate and quickly secured the Baron Nashor, then used the Baron buff to begin their push.

This caused the team economic gap between the two sides, which was originally not very large, to be widened in an instant!
When the economy expanded to a certain extent, the Fire Dragon Soul naturally fell into EDG's hands.

After the Baron buff was used to create an economic advantage, EDG's mid and bot lane carries both had three items, which brought them to the peak of their poke composition.

Now, with the added blessing of the Fire Dragon Soul, the outcome is predictable.

Even though DWG tried to delay the game as much as possible, it only slowed down the time of losing the game.

As expected, EDG secured their first win in this BO5 series!
"Let's congratulate EDG!"

When DWG's Nexus exploded, the excited voice of the commentator, Wawa, echoed throughout the entire venue.

"Congratulations to EDG! Congratulations on winning the first game of their best-of-five series against DWG!"

Longhair was also very happy.

"The main thing is that Kshine's support Ashe was really unexpected, but it had a surprising effect. His ultimate helped EDG open up a lot of opportunities!"

"We can see that the MVP of this game was also awarded to Kshine. Indeed, his Ashe ultimate was very crucial several times, helping EDG to open up the situation."

"Hey, do you guys think this AD-type support might become another new style of support?"

"Um……"

The doll took a deep breath.

After thinking for a few seconds, the doll said slowly and deliberately:

"I think the key to this type of AD support is winning with unconventional strategies. If it wants to become mainstream, it still depends on the meta."

……

at the same time.

Looking at the word "Victory" on the screen, Wang Yao slowly took off his headphones.

As he was stretching, he happened to see Ah Shui, who was sitting next to him, staring at him.

The two smiled at each other, and then, as if by telepathy, they stretched out their hands to each other and held them together.

Beside the two, Jiejie and Flandre, the Ueno pair, also stood up from their chairs with their arms around each other's shoulders, and called out to the others to leave.

On the DWG side.

Losing a game at the very beginning had a serious impact on the momentum, which disturbed the emotions of the five people to varying degrees.

"It's okay, we'll win the next round!"

As Canyon spoke, he reached out and patted Xu Xiu on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, I'm not that easily swayed."

After Xu Xiu finished speaking, she let out a heavy sigh.

I'm not worried about losing the game, it's mainly because I'm too depressed!
The game he just played was pure torture for him, especially since he was able to use Kindred to protect him.

If they don't activate it, Zoe and Varus will suffer various losses.

Most importantly, you also need to be constantly aware of the random skill attacks of the four EDG players, and the opponent's random team fight initiation is not risky at all!

If you can get it, concentrate your fire. If you can't get it, wait for the next wave. The initiative is almost always in the hands of others.

Unlike our side, no matter it is Lee Sin, Diana, or Azar, starting a team fight is risky!

As they talked, the DWG members walked toward the temporary backstage lounge.

Even though they said they were fine, after all they had lost a game at the beginning, how could it be true? None of them spoke much along the way.

After returning to the lounge, looking at coach Liang Daren, who was sitting on the sofa with a similarly serious expression, Ghost King Ghost decisively took the blame on himself.

"This game is mainly my fault. I didn't play well in the laning phase and was suppressed by the opponent's bottom lane."

"Rongzhun, this is not your fault. It just means that we know too little about EDG."

Liang Daren quickly spoke out to comfort him, worried that Ghost's mentality would be affected.

He knew what kind of person the other was. Unlike the other members of DWG, Ghost's talent wasn't particularly outstanding at the beginning.

This also led him to often have the thought that he was dragging his teammates down.

"Yeah, who would have thought they'd pick Ashe as a support in such an important match!"

Xu Xiu also chimed in, saying that Ghost didn't need to blame himself.

In this situation, let alone their own team, even if you called over other teams from this World Championship, they would never have imagined that EDG could pull out such a high-tech support.

As a coach, Liang Daren watched the entire match from the audience and gained an understanding of EDG's tactical approach.

That is, the bottom lane must have absolute line advantage!
Neeko, who played against DRX in the quarterfinals, and Ashe, who played as support just now, both had an absolute lane priority advantage in the bot lane!
If the bottom lane has an advantage and lane priority, then they can help the jungler invade the jungle.

Once Canyon is forced to the top half of the map, we can take the opportunity to control the dragons and start the fast dragon soul strategy!

After that, you can pick a tanky champion like Ornn in the top lane. You won't have to worry about being targeted. In team fights, you just need to be in front to absorb damage and initiate fights.

What puzzled Liang Daren was that EDG's mid lane was surprisingly stable.

Although Zoe gave them two chances, those chances didn't have any fatal impact on EDG.

This caused Canyon's early plan to create an opening in the mid lane to fail, wasting a lot of time.

"I don't think it's necessary to target the opponent's jungler too much in the next game."

Seeing that coach Liang Daren had remained silent, Canyon took the initiative to propose.

"Just confront them head-on!"

"Ah."

Liang Daren nodded.

This is what he thought after watching the game just now. Canyon still needs to get a jungler with stronger suppression power.

Although Lee Sin is very good in the early stage, it is not enough!
At the very least, we should give him a hero who, even if he can't do anything in the early game, can still step up and take over the game in the late game by farming jungle monsters.

At least we can't be like the Lee Sin from before, getting tired of playing too much.

"Lane control is very important, especially in the bottom lane!"

Liang Daren then added something.

After the previous defeat, he was very aware of the importance of bottom lane control, which directly affected the direction of the jungler in the early stage.

Just now it seemed that DWG controlled the Rift Herald and used it as their rhythm point, but in fact they were forced to do so.

Moreover, if they hadn't capitalized on the enemy mid laner's mistake before taking the Rift Herald, they might not have been able to control it at all.

"That's easy, the other side has already laid out the answer in front of us anyway."

Beryl said with a smile, his attitude was actually quite good.

In the last game, I played a Diana and was almost tortured to death by the opponent's Ashe. This time, I can't let the opponent be so comfortable no matter what. I have to increase my intensity!
"You don't want to copy Big Head or Ice's methods, do you?"

Xu Xiu asked tentatively.

"If it works so well, why not use it?!"

Beryl argued matter-of-factly, "But this is their stuff after all. What if they have a way to crack it?"

"That makes sense."

"The most important thing is line control!"

Liang Daren gave another important reminder.

Strictly speaking, EDG's Ashe + Varus combination didn't actually treat their bot lane like dogs in a really outrageous way.

It is to suppress, grab the line, and then help the jungler interfere with the opponent's jungler.

As a jungler, once Canyon's rhythm is disrupted, he will naturally be led by the opponent.

After about seven or eight minutes, a staff member came over to remind us that it was time to go on stage.

"Alright, everyone, keep up the good work! Let's keep it up!"

As Liang Daren spoke, he stood up from the sofa.

He clapped his hands gently to cheer everyone up.

"Don't worry, coach, there won't be any problems this time."

The atmosphere at DWG was quite harmonious, after all, the players present were all seasoned veterans who had played for several years.

"Alright, stop talking big and get going!"

Coach Liang Daren smiled.

As they walked out of the temporary rest room and headed to the competition stage, the DWG team inevitably ran into the EDG group.

Although the two teams weren't very familiar with each other, out of politeness, Jiejie and his team nodded and smiled slightly when they saw the DWG members, as if to say hello.

After returning to the players' bench.

Canyon sat up straight, his face serious. "We'll consider the first game a loss as a concession. Everyone, play well from now on, and let's end it 3-1!"

The cheers and shouts from the audience were so harsh that Xu Xiu frowned.

Although we are playing in a foreign country and away from home, this situation is simply unavoidable.

But this made Xu Xiu feel a little uncomfortable.

At this moment, Xu Xiu took a deep breath, her tone carrying a hint of arrogant coldness: "Don't you guys think it's too noisy here?"

"Then let's turn this place into a library!"

……

……

"Welcome back to the 2020 League of Legends Finals, brought to us by EDG and DWG!"

"After the first game, EDG is currently in the lead."

"However, this is only the first game of today's BO5, so who will ultimately emerge victorious and lift our highest honor trophy remains to be seen!"

"However, judging from the performance of both sides in the first game, I think EDG is clearly ahead of DWG!"

Upon hearing what Wawa said, Miller, who was standing next to him, quickly spoke up, fearing that EDG would be ruined by the "poisonous milk" (a Chinese idiom for bad luck).

"I think it's not enough to just look at the state of both sides. Judging from the first game, DWG's state was actually quite good. It's just that their draft picks were a bit lacking."

"Today's match will depend on the players' performance. Moreover, a best-of-five series tests not only the players' skills and teamwork, but also their mental fortitude!"

……

Meanwhile, the ban/pick (BP) sequence for this match quickly appeared on the live broadcast screen.

Second round.

DWG became the blue side, and EDG became the red side.

As mentioned earlier in the lounge, DWG quickly took countermeasures, immediately shutting down Ashe to prevent Wang Yao from getting her.

Furthermore, during the draft phase of this game, DWG's coach Liang Daren took great care of his team's bot lane.

He felt that his top and jungle lanes were not weaker than EDG's, and were even slightly stronger, except for the bot lane.

But as long as we can make up for the gap in the bottom lane a little bit through BP, then the whole situation should turn to our side.

soon.

The second game between the two sides began.

When the game started, everything went just as Liang Daren expected.

With the draft focusing on the bottom lane, although they were still somewhat suppressed in the laning phase, at least they weren't as powerless as in the first game.

Then we'll use our strong top, mid, and jungle to dictate the pace of the entire game!
Wang Yao had tried his best to roam, but being in the bottom lane, he sometimes felt powerless despite his good intentions.

In addition, A Shui died suddenly again in the mid-game, which gave DWG an opportunity, so as expected, DWG successfully won the second game!

"Let's congratulate DWG!!!"

"Yeah, they played really well this time."

The comments from the commentators were undoubtedly a huge blow to the fans who were hoping EDG could win the second game!
However, although EDG lost the second game, they did win the first game, so the score is only 1-1 and the pressure is not too great.

After a short halftime break and adjustments, the third game between the two sides began soon.

In this game, to emphasize lane dominance and prevent Jiejie from having as much trouble in the jungle as in the second game, Clearlove picked Lucian for Scout in the mid lane and also picked Nidalee for Jiejie.

The degree of cooperation between these two mid and jungle heroes is average, but fortunately the heroes themselves are relatively strong!
Once the game started, everything went exactly as the factory manager had predicted. Scout, with Lucian's strength as a worthy champion, initially pressured Xu Xiu's Orianna.

However, to everyone's surprise, what was clearly a great situation in the early stages turned into an unexpected incident when Scout's Lucian attempted to tower dive and kill Xu Xiu's Orianna!
"Wow, that was a bit of a disaster. Scout tried to tower dive, but ended up outplaying himself instead."

Miller sighed regretfully as he looked at the fallen Lucian and the lowly Orianna.

"The main problem is that Lucian just auto-attacked a minion, and the opponent also dodged his Q skill with Flash, so the damage was a bit lacking."

"In the end, they were counter-killed by Orianna and the turret! It's such a pity."

Lucian is a champion who cannot afford to have problems in the early game, because if he can't gain a huge advantage in the early and mid-game, he will definitely be no match for a carry AP champion like Orianna in the late game.

When early to mid-game heroes are outshined by mid to late-game heroes, the result can be imagined!

Adding to the pressure, EDG's offensive pressure increased instantly after their failed tower dive attempt.

Lucian is meant to be played offensively; otherwise, if the game drags on, his short range will gradually become a disadvantage.

With the offensive pressure mounting, EDG naturally became a bit anxious, and in their anxiety, they tried to accelerate their pace by using Baron Nashor.

The result is self-evident. The hasty decision without any preparation will only make the situation explode further!

At the 25-minute mark, EDG opted to engage Baron Nashor, forcing DWG to come and fight, because dragging the game out any longer would only lower their chances of winning.

Unexpectedly, this decision directly accelerated the process of losing the game.

The big dragon was stolen and the team battle was not won, which caused the situation that was originally still viable to collapse in an instant.

"When in doubt, shoot the dragon!"

"Okay, the champion of this world competition can basically be announced!"

"They can't hold on any longer! How come the mid laner and AD carry both went cold at this crucial moment? Is my brother Yao's four-peat really over?!"

"..."

EDG lost two games in a row, and all sorts of strange and eccentric people appeared in the live stream, along with a lot of doubts.

"Sigh, it's a pity. Actually, EDG played quite well in the early stages, but they were too hasty, which led to some decision-making mistakes, allowing DWG to seize the opportunity."

On the commentary desk, seeing EDG lose two games in a row, Wawa's excitement had waned.

"Regardless, congratulations to DWG for taking another point and securing match point!"

The doll chimed in with a comment.

On his way back during halftime, Wang Yao felt unprecedented pressure for the first time.

The support role is not the mid laner or jungler, and the key role that can influence the game can only do so much less than the mid laner or jungler.

Jiejie is actually a strong jungler, but he relies heavily on his teammates' performance in lane. He's a jungler with the same characteristics as Clearlove, depending on the strength of his teammates.

Only when his online teammates are strong enough can he unleash his incredible route planning abilities.

Soon, the EDG team returned to the rest room and opened the door.

It can be seen that Abu and Clearlove, who were initially excited when EDG won the first game, gradually became somewhat silent.

"It's okay, just play well from now on, we still have a chance."

"Don't dwell on the match that's already over. Just treat the next two matches as a best-of-one game and don't put too much pressure on yourselves."

"But you must remember, this is a best-of-one match that you cannot afford to lose, and I believe you can do it!"

Listening to Abu's cynical pep talk, JKL couldn't help but chime in, "Don't be afraid, guys, just focus on doing your best!"

Actually, among these five players, JKL is the one who most desires and cares about this championship the most.

After all, Wang Yao, Saint Gun, and Scout already have plenty of championships, especially Wang Yao, who has won three consecutive championships, and his status and honors have surpassed Faker's.

There's a difference between winning three consecutive titles and being a triple crown winner!
Today, Wang Yao, whose ID is "Kshine," is the number one player in League of Legends.

Jiejie is still very young. As long as he stays with EDG, he will have plenty of time and opportunities to win another championship.

JKL is the only one who missed this year, and perhaps he will never be able to win the world championship again!
"That's right, we've seen it all, let's crush them next time!"

Saint Gun Bro also spoke up, actively encouraging everyone.

"I won't make any mistakes in the next game!"

Even the usually shy Scout made a firm commitment at this moment.

Seeing the united group of people in the lounge, Wang Yao suddenly felt a great responsibility on his shoulders. In the past, he had worked hard to carry the game for his own glory and championship.

But now, he wants to help his teammates win another championship!
This is similar to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, starting with the desire to prove oneself, the desire to demonstrate one's value, and then the desire to help others succeed.

Each level represents a new realm of life.

Now, Wang Yao's desire is no longer to prove himself, but to help his teammates win this honor!
At this moment, Wang Yao, the soul of EDG, stepped forward. He looked at everyone with a serious expression and said, "Everyone, I will lead you to victory in the next game."

"Just focus on maintaining your position and playing normally. Since we haven't lost yet, we still have a chance to win. I can't guarantee whether we can win the championship again this year."

"But the only thing I can guarantee is that we will definitely hear the battle song in the fifth game!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)