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Chapter 653 Concealing the Edge! Solo Kill! First Blood! Classic Short-Range vs. Long-Range!

Immediately, the first three bans on both sides were all selected.

EDG, playing on the blue side, banned Blade of the Ruined King, Jayce, and Tahm Kench.

RNG, on the red side, selected Lee Sin, Kindred, and Hecarim.

Six ban slots were filled, and three popular junglers from the previous patch disappeared instantly.

However, neither Jiejie nor Wei were too worried, as both of them have a fairly deep hero pool.

It's EDG's turn to pick their first hero.

Having already discussed the draft picks beforehand, they directly asked Wang Yao to help Ah Shui lock in Aphelios.

The choice then fell to RNG.

Coach Tabe's discussion with the players was quick and concise.

After securing another popular AD carry, Jinx, RNG then locked in Kennen for Xiaohu.

Upon seeing this scene, the baby's voice came.

"Both bottom laners are late-game champions, so this game will probably be a slow and steady affair."

"But Xiaohu's Kennen pick was very good. He has strong fighting ability in the mid-game and won't drag the team down in the late game."

"Moreover, this hero is not afraid of your counter, I wonder what EDG will choose to deal with it."

Hearing what the doll said, the audience also felt a sense of anticipation.

Will Kshine pull off some amazing plays in his top lane debut?
at the same time,

The choice has returned to EDG.

The factory manager asked Wang Yao for his opinion, whether to select candidates in this round or wait until the next round.

Wang Yao did not immediately reveal the hero's name.

He first discussed the subsequent player selection with his teammates, and then asked the factory manager for his opinion.

Finally, he said.

"Let's get the girl with the sword."

The next second, Irelia's high-pitched voice resounded throughout the venue.

Everyone present was somewhat stunned when they heard this.

In the commentary booth, Miller was the first to react. His face was excited as he said:

"Irelia!"

"Kshine picked this champion in his top lane debut!"

"My God! What kind of confidence is this? Facing Xiaohu's Kennen, Kshine chooses to fight back with a sharp blade!"

The doll on the side, however, remained relatively calm.

"Kshine's choice was indeed somewhat unexpected."

"But is Irelia really a good choice? Although it seems that Irelia will have some advantages against Kennen in lane because she can quickly close the distance with her Q skill's dash."

"But don't forget, Kennen has a passive and an E. Professional players' Kennen is completely different from that of random players. They can get close and stun him instantly, then use the movement speed bonus from the E skill to escape."

"Furthermore, as far as I know, Irelia has a relatively low win rate against Kennen in lane."

Upon hearing this, the audience, who had been quite excited, quickly calmed down.

In the official live broadcast room,

Many netizens went to OP.GG to check the data on Irelia versus Kennen.

"Miller is absolutely right. Irelia's kill-to-death ratio against Kennen is 44.12%, while Kennen's is 55.88%. That's quite a difference."

"This is still in the Korean server Platinum and above. I checked and the kill-to-death ratio for Irelia players in Diamond and above is only 40.72%!"

"He picked a top laner as a second pick, and then he picked one that would be countered. How much does Yao look down on Xiaohu!"

"If the drafting and banning are done the way you say, then nobody should be a coach. Just let the players go to OP.GG to watch the games and that will be enough."

"It can only be said that data is not absolute; it still depends on the ID and performance."

"..."

While everyone was arguing, the draft picks and bans between the two sides on stage were nearing their end.

In the second round, EDG banned Neeko and Jarvan IV, while RNG targeted Rookie by banning Orianna and Ahri.

RNG then countered by locking in Ryze, and EDG responded with Volibear and Syndra.

Ultimately, the choice once again fell to RNG.

Now they only have one jungler left to pick.

After discussing it for a long time, Tabe and Wei finally chose the Troll King, Trundle.

With that, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side EDG: Top lane Irelia, Jungle Volibear, Mid lane Syndra, AD Aphelios, Support Nautilus.

RNG (Red Team): Top lane Kennen, Jungle Trundle, Mid lane Ryze, AD Jinx, Support Thresh.

Afterwards, the factory manager and coaches Tabe walked to the center of the stage and shook hands.

The commentators' analyses continued to pour out from the commentary booth.

Miller spoke first.

"RNG's last Trundle pick was excellent! EDG has two tanky Volibears and Nautilus on their side, so Trundle's ultimate will be very effective no matter who it hits."

"The hero Volibear may seem very tanky when he activates his ultimate, but it's all just a facade. He can't withstand much damage in the mid to late game."

"Under normal development conditions, RNG's lineup will not lack damage in the early, mid, and late game. Coach Tabe's draft picks are still very skillful."

The doll nodded.

"Looking at the draft picks, EDG did lose a bit, but I don't think it's a big problem. As long as they adjust their mentality, they can still win."

"It all depends on whether Jiejie can set the pace for the team in the early game, and whether the Irelia in the top lane can be effective."

"OK, let's see what the first match between the two sides looks like!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud cheer erupted from the audience.

"RNG! Go for it!"

"RNG! Go for it!"

"Go Wei!"

"EDG come on!"

"Go Jiejie! Go Rookie!"

"Go, go, go!"

On the other side, all ten players from both sides descended into Summoner's Rift.

Although both sides had hook heroes as their supports, the other heroes weren't strong at level one, so neither side was planning to invade or engage in team fights.

The strategy is the same as other teams' usual tactics.

EDG stood in a line on the left side of the river, while RNG stood in a line on the right side.

The crowd stood facing each other across the river for 1 minute and 20 seconds.

The minion wave was about to arrive, and the players quickly returned to their respective positions.

Having not played a formal match for several months, all ten players were itching to get back into action.

Song Yijin is a veteran of the LPL, while Cryin is a newcomer to the LPL. However, both are eager to prove that they are still as good as ever or to make a sudden breakthrough.

Jiejie and Wei were thinking about how to set the pace.

As for the two bot lane duos, their ideas are a little different.

Gala and Xiaoming just wanted to focus on farming and avoid problems in the laning phase.

Ah Shui, on the other hand, wanted to focus on laning and try to get a solo kill as much as possible.

Meiko followed him, embodying the ideal of a devoted wife.

On the top lane, the two were already at loggerheads and locked in a fierce battle as soon as they went online.

The battle begins now, with details, maneuvering, positioning, and more!
Because Wang Yao was the focus, the director immediately locked the camera on the top lane.

In the video, Xiaohu, taking advantage of Kennen's long range, directly crossed the minion wave to suppress Irelia.

Without stacking her passive, Irelia's level 1 strength is very low; normally, she can only retreat and wait for the minion wave to arrive.

However, Wang Yao immediately placed a ward in the nearby bushes.

The tiger-man, who was trying to use the bushes to distract the minions, was a little confused.

"What kind of playing style is that?"

Immediately, he swiftly maneuvered Kennen to retreat and disappear into the middle bushes, then moved behind his own unit's camp.

Once that ward is placed, Kennen won't be able to continue trading blows.

Because his previous basic attack drew the aggro of the minions, and since there were wards in the bushes, the minions would keep chasing and attacking him.

While there is such a thing as kiting minions during their basic attacks, it only exists in legends.

Surely no one can actually block a minion's basic attack?
Back behind the minion wave, Xiaohu immediately told the jungler about the lack of wards in the top lane.

Upon receiving this news, Wei immediately calculated the time it would take for Irelia's next ward to respawn and planned a jungle clearing route.

At that very moment, in Summoner's Rift, Irelia unleashed a Blade Strike, directly striking Kennen in the face!

The previous ward placement gave Irelia the ability to touch the minion wave.

Although Kennen has long arms, he can't keep chasing Wang Yao A indefinitely.

After all, the minions deal very high damage in the early game.

Xiao Hu occasionally seizes the opportunity to throw a dart.

Most of the time, both sides were clearing minion waves normally.

But just as the second wave of minions went online...

Wang Yao, controlling the Blade Maiden, suddenly and without warning used [Blade Impact] to fly up using the backline minions as a springboard!

At first, Xiaohu was a little surprised, but when he saw the two low-health minions, he immediately understood.

Wang Yao wants to secure second place and reshuffle his squad!

Realizing this, he quickly pressed Ctrl+E, even though he hadn't learned any skills.

Kennen unleashed his ultimate technique, Lightning Bolt, transforming into a ball of lightning and escaping.

Although Kennen is good against Irelia in professional matches.

However, this is contingent on Kennen reaching level three.

Before level 3, Kennen can't stun instantly, so he can't create distance and counterattack.

In the early stages, all Xiaohu can do is use his E skill to create distance.

But that's exactly what Wang Yao wanted to do: scam E!

Seeing the electric rat escape, the Blade Girl turned around and used her Blade Strike to dive back into the pile of soldiers.

Xiaohu turned around, intending to use the attack speed bonus from his E skill to auto-attack twice, and at that very moment...

Irelia burst into action the moment she touched the ground, her Blade Impact piercing through the body of a red team front-line minion!
Then, a surge of blue energy, as if summoned, entered her body.

Swish!
Irelia is the first to reach level two!
Immediately afterwards, Wang Yao pressed Ctrl+E to learn the skill, and the two blades were swung out in the blink of an eye.

【Double Blades】Hit with pinpoint accuracy!
"Fuck!"

"What kind of hand speed is that?!"

"That's fucking fast! He's still the invincible Yao Ge from before!"

"Damn it, Kennen is going to lose a fortune by swapping blood!"

The audience members gasped in surprise at what they saw.

In Summoner's Rift, Xiaohu gripped the mouse tightly, clicking the floor repeatedly in an attempt to create distance.

However, Irelia's E skill has a 0.75-second stun, and her attack range is much longer than that of ordinary warrior heroes. Using these two advantages, Wang Yao calmly landed two auto-attacks.

He immediately turned around and disappeared into the bushes, completing a clean exchange of blows!

Xiao Hu didn't dare to place any wards recklessly, so he could only let Dao Mei retreat.

Looking at the remaining third of his health above his head, he sighed.

"Ugh."

"This guy is still so hard to beat!"

Xiao Hu didn't expect that Wang Yao, facing a match where short-ranged opponents were fighting long-ranged opponents, would not only not be nervous at all, but would even dare to take the initiative to exchange blows.

Realizing this, Xiaohu's eyes gradually hardened, and his expression slowly became serious.

Although Kennen wasn't his signature champion, he was still one of his specialties.

If my special skills can't even beat a short-ranged Irelia, then that would be too embarrassing.

This game might look like just an ordinary regular season game in the Spring Split.

But for Xiaohu...

This is a challenge to one's reputation and ability.

Subsequently, Kennen's positioning became extremely cautious, but the number of times he traded blows increased.

Wang Yao knew that Xiao Hu was serious.

Soon, both sides reached level 3.

Kennen has recovered some of the health he lost.

Xiao Hu stared intently at Wang Yao's movements, afraid of missing any details.

While Irelia's Q has no cast time, the animation for her E skill is very obvious.

Before level 6, as long as you remove [Twin Blades], the opponent will have no chance of killing you.

But what happened next left Xiaohu completely bewildered.

Wang Yao was using his Q skill to finish off enemies, just like always.

Suddenly, Irelia used Blade Strike again, passing through the body of a low-health minion.

At the very moment she landed, the Twin Blades inexplicably appeared.

Xiao Hu was absolutely certain that he had been watching her the whole time.

But what about the gesture of raising the hand?!
Where are those two exaggerated arm-raising movements?!

Although he managed to use his super-fast reaction speed to activate E and lateral movement to create distance, thus avoiding the [Double Blade] attack.

But that doesn't make sense!
The most important thing when laning against Irelia is to use her E ability.

As long as you can ward off the stun and mark effects, most heroes can beat her.

Now we can't even see E's arm raising motion, how can she twist it?!
Once or twice, you can barely manage to twist it off with a bit of reaction and luck.

But if Wang Yao doesn't raise his hand each time, it's hard to say whether he can twist it off.

Xiao Hu quickly picked up the water glass next to him and took a swig to calm himself down.

The laning phase then continued.

Ten seconds passed, and no further fighting broke out in the top lane.

Seeing this, the director switched the camera to the middle lane.

At the same time, Miller's voice rang out.

"Kshine has been playing very well so far, with consistent last-hitting and good health."

"Moreover, his Irelia proficiency is really good. No wonder he was the S8 FMVP. His Irelia was already quite strong in the past two years."

Beside her, the doll smiled and said.

"But all those last hits he got were thanks to that level 1 ward."

"With a ward placed in the bush, Kennen can no longer push the minion wave to pressure. Normally, Irelia will have some advantage before level 3 in a lane matchup."

"However, if he doesn't retreat, and the troll rushes to level three and arrives in the top lane, his previous advantage may be completely wiped out."

Inside the official live broadcast room for the event.

"Xiaohu's Kennen positioning is fucking amazing, he managed to dodge that E so quickly!"

"I couldn't see it clearly because the phone screen is too small. Did the Twin Blades not have a pre-cast animation?"

"I didn't see it clearly, but there should be a pre-rocking motion. How can you twist without it?"

"This is boring, let's watch the mid lane matchup instead."

"..."

I don't know if it's because people have too high expectations for Wang Yao's performance, or because the title of four-time champion is too prestigious.

Viewers felt that Wang Yao's performance on the field wasn't that good. Even if he pulled with his E skill quickly, what was the point if he couldn't hit the target?

no one knows.

Everything Wang Yao did before reaching level three was a prelude to what would happen later.

In the mid lane, the battle between the two mid laners was extremely intense.

However, because Syndra has a longer range, Rookie has a better chance of trading blows.

Cryin isn't panicking; this is normal. He should stay calm and he'll have a chance to fight back sooner or later.

In the commentary booth, Miller and Wawa were constantly discussing the laning situation between the two.

Just as everyone's attention was focused on the mid lane, a piercing voice prompt rang out.

"First Blood!"

Upon hearing the voice message, everyone looked up at the top of the screen.

【first drop of blood! 】

Beside the prominent kill notification, Irelia stood with an indifferent expression, her azure eyes scanning the entire arena.

At this moment, both the audience at the scene and netizens watching on screen were stunned.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! What's going on?!"

"Top lane, solo kill?!"

"Huh? Really?! Weren't we just evenly matched? How did he suddenly get a solo kill?"

"Okay, okay, Yao-ge, you're socially awkward, right? You didn't do anything when I showed you the screen, but you got a solo kill as soon as the screen moved away."

"Brilliant!"

"Here he comes, here he comes, Little Tiger is starting to show filial piety to Brother Yao!"

On the commentary booth, the conversation between Wawa and Miller abruptly stopped. Even as veteran LPL commentators, the two looked completely bewildered.

What just happened? !

Kshine got a solo kill on Xiaohu less than three minutes into the game?

This is fucking ridiculous.

That’s too exaggerated!

After a moment's pause, the two began to speak.

"That's a bit unexpected!"

"Yes, but we don't know what happened on the top lane. We'll have to watch the replay carefully later."

Inside the official live broadcast room for the event.

"Where's the director? Is the director asleep?"

"Replay! Replay it now!"

"I already said, the directing team doesn't need to be all Chinese! Can you hurry up?"

"It's very urgent!"

"It's been several seasons already, how hard is it to become a good broadcast director!"

After much urging from the audience, the director finally showed the kill replay.

The images on the huge screen above the stage began to change.

Let's go back 22 seconds.

In the scene, the figures of Irelia and Kennen gradually appear.

Because Kennen is a ranged champion and Irelia is a melee champion, the minion wave naturally pushed towards the blue side.

Although Blade Rush is a fast way to last-hit minions, it consumes a lot of mana and also closes the distance between you and Kennen.

If she can get close enough, Irelia definitely won't back down.

If you can't stick to it, you'll be wasted by Kennen.

Wang Yao didn't just spam Q; he patiently waited for the minion wave to push forward and for his E skill to cool down.

Ten seconds passed quickly.

[Double Blades] has 3 seconds left to recharge.

Wang Yao narrowed his eyes, judging the position of the minions, while simultaneously simulating the game in his mind and analyzing the possible directions Xiao Hu might move next.

Everyone has their own movement habits.

Professional players are no exception.

Although they will force themselves not to go in that familiar direction, this is also part of the data analysis.

The analysis was completed shortly afterward.

Wang Yao raised an eyebrow and confidently charged forward!

In order to eliminate the pre-cast animation of [Twin Blades], Wang Yao pushed his hand speed to the limit.

Irelia first leaves a dagger at the furthest point behind her, then quickly uses her Q skill [Blade Impact] to dash forward.

If you press the button fast enough, Q can completely cover the action of throwing the dagger.

This move was already difficult to notice, but Xiao Hu's eyes were still on Wang Yao, watching his starting move.

Therefore, Xiao Hu didn't notice the sharp dagger at the back of the battlefield at all.

He backed away while preparing to dodge the E attack.

Despite being tense for a long time, the Irelia still didn't raise her hand to flick her dagger.

He weaved back and forth in the minion wave, successively Q'ing three minions.

What exactly is this person trying to do?
This question had just formed in Xiaohu's mind.

Wang Yao then gave him the answer.

Then, the Blade Maiden unleashed another [Blade Impact] thrust forward.

In the instant before releasing Q, Wang Yao swiftly moved his mouse to a distance and threw out his second dagger.

During the two-minute laning phase, Xiaohu frequently moved upwards to dodge skills.

However, this is the result of his forced adjustment.

Wang Yao observed Xiao Hu's movement pattern before any adjustments were made.

down!

This time, Wang Yao also predicted the position to be downwards.

The reason is very simple.

Little Tiger got anxious.

He didn't see when he threw out the two daggers; he could only see the final moment when the "Twin Blades" met.

In that instant, Xiaohu couldn't force himself to adjust his position; he would instinctively move downwards!
Clang!
Wang Yao was right.

[Double Blades] Hit successfully!
The crisp sound of the two blades colliding was deafening!
(End of this chapter)