LOL: The world’s best red-temperature mid laner!

Everyone in TES was dumbfounded. They all thought JDG had won, but who could have imagined that they would be turned around by T1?
The fourth game began, and this time Faker continued to choose Tsar.

Meiko muttered: "It seems that JDG really doesn't have more ban slots for the mid laner against T1. Now Faker has got the Azar again. It's very dangerous."

Entering the game screen, Faker's Tsar has a stronger presence in this game than in the previous one.

Get kills like crazy, the economy grows rapidly, and in team battles, you're like a city wall.

Every time JDG felt they had a chance to win a team fight, they would be beaten back to their original form by the Tsar.

On the JDG side, Ruler played very well and was able to keep up with his development, barely keeping JDG from collapsing.

However, T1 has more cores, and the longer it drags on, the harder it will be to beat.

In the end, T1 won the game without any doubt.

Lu Yi concluded: "There is nothing we can do about this. Before the fifth game, the difference in strength between the two teams was quite obvious."

Meiko sighed and said, "Alas, the biggest problem is that we didn't win the third game, as Faker turned the tables. Otherwise, we would have had a chance."

Shan Ji said: "Brother, if we meet T1, can we win?"

Lu Yi smiled and said, "You are also a player on our team, don't just ask us."

Ah Shui said confidently: "We can win."

Zhan Ma said: "From T1's four games, the biggest feature of T1 now is that there are many people who can carry the game, and all five positions are C positions. This is their biggest advantage."

"But we won't meet T1 in the next round, we'll see then."

The next day, in the last BO5, BLG faced NRG.

There was no suspense in this BO5, BLG won easily with a score of -.

In this way, the four teams advancing to the semi-finals were determined.

TES, GEN, T1 and BLG.

Although LNG and JDG were eliminated, they still chose to stay and practice.

The next round is TES vs. GEN, and BLG vs. T1.
Therefore, JDG was arranged to practice with BLG.

LNG chose to serve as a sparring partner for TES. After all, they have played against each other before and have a deeper understanding of each other.

A few days passed and the semi-finals began!

At noon, all TES members set out from the hotel and went to the competition venue together.

After getting off the bus, go straight to the lounge.

After entering the lounge and putting down his bag, Lu Yi sat on a chair and took out his cell phone to take a look.

Everyone in the LPL group is discussing this.

BLG, Bin: "If Top Esports can't beat them, don't force it. Leave the rest to us."

LNG, Scout: "You are worried that you can't beat Top Esports."

TES, GodYi: "I think BLG's top priority is to figure out how to play against T1."

TES, Jackeylove: "Young people nowadays seem to like daydreaming a lot."

BLG, On: "Anyway, it's like this. You beat GEN, we beat T1, and in the finals, we'll each rely on our own abilities."

JDG, Knight: “Come on!”

TES, GodYi: "Left Hand, I'm sending Right Hand to meet you in the bottom lane now."

JDG, Missing: "Hahaha, we lost, not died, Yishen."

After a while, the time was almost up, Zhan Ma called out: "Get ready to play! This is a crucial battle, come on!"

"come on!"

The TES team walked out of the lounge together and came to the end of the corridor to prepare to go on stage.

However, at this moment, the door of the lounge next to it opened and the GEN members walked out.

The leader was a tall man with a serious expression, like a sharp sword!

Chovy, GEN's starting mid laner, is also considered to be the strongest mid laner in LCK right now!
The rest of GEN followed behind, and the two teams faced each other.

If it were any other time, they would probably say hello or something, but the situation was special now, so both sides walked side by side to the end of the corridor and prepared to go on stage.

In the commentary booth at the game, Wawa said:

"Hello audience friends, welcome to the 2023 League of Legends World Championship. What is about to take place is the semi-finals of this S game, with the top seed Top Esports from the LPL region facing the No. seed GEN from the LCK region."

Miller continued: "Before this, GEN narrowly defeated LNG in the semifinals, and Top Esports defeated G2 -. Both teams are in very hot form right now."

"As the top seeds in their respective regions, the outcome of this BO5 match between the two teams will definitely have a great impact on the morale of both regions. I hope both teams can do their best."

The host comes on stage and after a brief opening speech, invites contestants from both sides to come on stage!

"Now let us welcome the No. 1 seed from the LPL region, Top Esports!"

TES came on stage. Five of them appeared on the stage, and the audience cheered:

"Tao Bo! Tao Bo! Tao Bo!"

The host continued, "Let's welcome the No. 1 seed GEN from LCK with the same warm applause!"

There were also many GEN fans at the scene, cheering in unison:
"GEN! GEN! GEN!"

After the players from both teams came on stage, they stood in the middle of the stage, facing each other.

Lu Yi faced off against top laner Doran.

Dolan looked quite fierce and not afraid at all.

Lu Yi's impression of Dolan is that of a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger.

The same is true in LCK, Dolan is not afraid at all when facing Zeus.

So a very strange phenomenon arises.

Zeus performed very well against other teams' top laners, but he just couldn't perform against Doran.

As for Doran, he was just average when playing against other top laners, but he was like a chicken with blood when he played against Zeus.

We can only assume that other top laners are unable to perform to their full potential because they are afraid of Zeus, but Doran is not.

After the handshake, Lu Yi turned around and went to his position. After the players from both sides were ready, they entered the BP phase of the first game.

In this game, TES is on the red side and GEN is on the blue side.

BAN position situation:
TES: Quesanti, Sword Demon, Gnar
GEN: Jayce, Clockwork, Sylas
Wawa explained: "From the bans of Top Esports, we can see that they are mainly worried about not being able to win in the top lane, so they are more confident in the mid and bottom lanes."

Miller continued, “From the perspective of GEN’s bans, the three banned mid laners were targeting Yishen. You can see how Yishen performed against Chovy in this match when he was targeted like this.”

During the hero selection phase, the blue side GEN picked Wei on the first floor.

It was TES's turn, and TES locked Xayah and Rakan on the first and second floors.

Wawa commented: "There is nothing wrong with Topbo's Xayah and Rakan. Xayah is one of the few ADCs who can avoid being locked in. Other ADCs can be easily targeted by Wei in team fights."

GEN got Kalista and Rell on the first and second floors.

Miller analyzed: "It feels like GEN is ready to charge to the end. Their entire lineup is aimed at the back row. If Xia only has one ultimate skill to save her life, it will be difficult for her to survive." TES got Ornn on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.

TES also banned Leblanc and Syndra.

And GEN banned Tsar and Neeko.

TES got Ornn on the fourth floor.

Wawa explained: "This Ornn should be used to help Shan Ji resist pressure in the top lane, but the opponent hasn't played a single top laner yet. If the opponent counters in the backhand, Shan Ji may be in trouble."

GEN got Akali and Gwen on the fourth and fifth floors.

This leaves only the fifth floor of TES left to be chosen.

Just when everyone was expecting TES to choose a mid-lane hero on the fifth floor, TES directly locked on Wukong on the fifth floor!

Wawa exclaimed, "Ah? Sett in the mid lane against Akali? That won't work. I feel like I'll be walked around like a dog. Although Sett is very strong in standing and attacking, Akali is a very flexible hero."

"Actually, Akali is better against many melee warrior heroes because she doesn't need to stand and fight, she can just pull and fight."

Miller agreed: "Indeed, it depends on Yishen's operation. I personally feel that it is difficult to play, but he may have his own understanding."

Both sides began to adjust their respective line-up situations, and soon, the lineup was determined:

[Format: BO5]

【TES】VS【GEN】（0:0）

Top order: [Hidden Flame of the Mountain] VS [Spiritual Doll]

Jungle: [The Ruined King] VS [Piltover Enforcer]

Mid: [Wan Hao] VS [Rogue Thorn]

ADC: [Reverse Feather] VS [Spear of Vengeance]

Support: [Phantom Feather] VS [Smelting Iron Girl]

Entering the game screen, the director gave the summoner skills of the ten players on both sides.

Wawa explained: "Both the mid and top laners in Topbo have Flash TP, which is normal. Xayah in the bottom lane has Flash and Barrier, while Rakan has Flash and Weakness."

"As for GEN, the top laner uses Ignite and TP. Gwen does not have Flash quite often, and usually uses Sprint or Ignite instead of Flash."

Miller agreed: "Indeed, Sprint is mainly used for teamfighting, while Ignite is mainly used for laning to kill the enemy. He chose to bring Ignite when laning against Pheasant. It can only be said that he is bullying an honest person."

"In the bottom lane, Kalista used Flash and Purify, while the support Rell used Flash and Ignite. It was very violent. GEN had two Ignites in this game."

However, just as the two were analyzing the summoner's skills, the situation on the field changed.

On the TES side, Lu Yi's Sett is moving up, while Shan Ji's Ornn is moving towards the middle lane!
Miller exclaimed, "Here they come! Top Esports has switched lanes. Just now we were talking about how difficult it is to play Sett against Akali. Sure enough, the lanes have been switched. Yishen is going to use Sett against Gwen!"

"It all depends on the skill. Plaid has a chance to kite Sett, but he doesn't have Sprint, which is good news for Sett."

At this time, Xiaotian started to set the pace on TES: "In the early stage, I will target the top lane first. It is easier to catch the opponent Gwen without flash."

Lu Yi responded: "I'll ask him for a blood transfusion, he won't be in good condition."

"But you have to be careful of Peanut's counter-ganking. I think he will consider ganking the top lane after seeing the lane swap."

The first wave of soldiers came out, and the opponent had no intention of invading, so the game started normally.

Lu Yi waited for a while until the opponent's mid and top players appeared on the line before going up to fight.

On the GEN side, Chovy reminded: "They switched lanes."

Dolan saw Lu Yi's Wukong and said, "It's okay. This hero is very heavy. I'll pull him."

Hearing this, Chovy did not comment.

In his opinion, this statement was a bit bold. After all, he and Lu Yi had fought against each other more than once or twice, and he was very clear about Lu Yi's level.

But we can't undermine the confidence of our teammates, so we can only take one step at a time and see how it goes.

In the top lane, Lu Yi chose to go up at level 1 to fight with Gwen, but Gwen wanted to stand inside the line of soldiers and fight against Lu Yi.

Lu Yi chose to start with a basic attack decisively, and Gwen also chose to start with a basic attack, fighting and retreating at the same time.

Wawa commented: "The fight started in the top lane. Is it so intense at level 1? Gwen's Q skill with full passive has high damage, but Wukong's W is fully charged, and Gwen can't stand and fight."

"He didn't flash. If he really reaches the bottom, Sett will launch a deliberate punch and Gwen won't be able to dodge it."

Lu Yi chased Gwen all the way forward. Gwen was chased to the front of the defensive tower. Lu Yi couldn't keep up with her, so he finished with a deliberate punch with W. Gwen had lost more than half of her health.

Wawa explained: "I feel that the blood loss is secondary. The main reason is that Gwen did not get the experience of the melee soldier, but Wukong did, which is very disadvantageous for Gwen."

The second wave of soldiers came, and Gwen followed them up, but Lu Yi's Sett reached level two first.

Relying on his level advantage, Lu Yi continued to chase and fight with Gwen.

Gwen leaned against the soldier line and fought against Lu Yi. Lu Yi used the Q skill at level 2, AQAA, bang bang, three punches! Gwen retreated and let the soldiers help fight.

Lu Yi couldn't catch up, and without the powerful Skull-Splitting Skill, he chose to directly use the W skill to consume the enemy, while also offsetting the output of the minions.

Wawa commented: "Gwen is losing more and more in the top lane. His advantage is that he has one more potion than Sett when he buys Doran's Ring, but he has lost more than one potion."

Miller continued, "Besides, Sett only needs to attack minions to recover health, and he can also recover health through his passive. He doesn't even need to take medicine, he can just continue to fight."

The director gave a close-up of Dolan, who looked a little angry and seemed very unconvinced.

After reaching level 2, Doran attacks again. While Sett's W skill CD is not ready yet, he attacks the minions to stack his passive, goes up to find Sett, attacks and Qs, and uses his Q skill with full passive.

Wawa commented: "No, did Yishen make a mistake this time? He didn't need to take full damage, it hurts so much, and he didn't take medicine? It feels like he might be killed!"

Gwen gave Ignite to Lu Yi and was about to complete a solo kill!

At this moment, Lu Yi suddenly used his W skill to intentionally punch in the opposite direction!
Almost at the same time, Gwen activated her W skill.

Wawa exclaimed: "Wan Hao's W is reversed?"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Yi used flash, entered the range of Gwen's W, deliberately punched Gwen, and then used AQAA to get the kill.

With the first blood bursting out, Lu Yi got a solo kill in the top lane!

[TES, GodYi (Wanghao) killed!! GEN, Doran (Lingluo Doll)!! ]

Miller cheered, "Nice! Very nice! Yishen's operation was amazing. No wonder he did it the other way around. Just think about it, if he did it directly towards Gwen, Gwen would activate her W skill and move forward to block her position."

"Even if Sett flashed W, he might not be able to hit Gwen, but he used it in reverse and flashed in, leaving Gwen with nowhere to hide! Doran is still too young. He didn't calculate the CD of his skills accurately to the second. It looked like he almost got a solo kill, but I guess it was an illusion given to him by Yi Shen."

At this time, on the TES side, Xiao Tian cheered: "Nice, I haven't finished clearing the wild monsters yet, but I've already finished the top lane, awesome."

Lu Yi responded: "Dolan is still quite young and easily gets carried away."

Lu Yi returned to the city for supplies, first got straw sandals and a long sword, then TPed back to the line to continue fighting.

The straw sandals are used to increase the speed of pursuit and avoid being pulled.

Doran also TPed back. This wave was not fatal to him. At least the level gap was not too big, and he gained the experience from the soldiers.

Dolan gave a signal: "The opponent's top laner has no flash, the jungler can catch him."

Peanut gave the signal to go on the road: "Don't worry, wait for me to go on the road." (End of this chapter)