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

In the second round of bans and picks, BLG banned Lillia and Zyra.

TES banned Ryze and Titan.

BLG has locked onto the fourth floor.

Rita analyzed: "BLG trusts Knight a lot, giving him the counter-pick position in the mid lane. We can look forward to Knight's performance in this game."

"Although Top Esports got Ryze on the first floor, considering that they are Top Esports, BLG didn't seem very confident. They probably felt that there were still variables, so they didn't rush to pick a mid laner."

Wang Duoduo agreed, saying, "That's right, this kind of caution is very necessary. Judging from previous matches, Top Esports likes to switch lanes and heroes, and they are very good at it."

TES got Brand and Gnar on the fourth and fifth floors.

Wang Duoduo was a little surprised: "Is it really Ryze mid? That's quite rare. There are a lot of champions that Knight can choose now."

"Ryze is not a very strong laner; he mainly relies on pushing the minion wave during the laning phase."

The director gave a close-up of the left hand, which looked confident and self-assured.

BLG decisively revealed the little fire dragon on the fifth floor, locking in the deal!
Guan Zeyuan was shocked: "It's actually the Little Dragon? The Little Dragon was very popular for a while in the Spring Split, but it was nerfed."

"This led to him barely playing in the Summer Split, and now he's suddenly being brought out again. Could this be a pre-planned tactic?"

The lineups for both sides have been finalized:

[Format: BO5]

【TES】VS【BLG】(0:0)

Top Lane: [Lost Fang] VS [Nazuman's Glory]

Jungle: [Blazing Vengeance] VS [Wrath of the North]

Mid Lane: [Rogue Mage] VS [Fiery Whelp]

ADC: [Daughter of the Void] VS [Frost Archer]

Support: [Aurora] VS [Phantom Feather]

Once the game started, Xiaotian began to stir things up: "The enemy team is actually playing Ifrit? Is that even a viable champion?"

Lü Yi replied, "If the opponent is Ryze, then Ifrit is a viable option."

Meiko laughed: "Hahaha, Yi Shen, are you making excuses for yourself in advance? This isn't like you."

Lü Yi explained, "I'm just telling the truth. What Little Fire Dragon is most afraid of right now is getting crushed in lane."

"Whether it's Tristana, Lucian, or Yone, Ifrit is very good at laning, but they banned it this game. They picked Ifrit because I picked Ryze, so there's no problem with that."

Meiko also became serious: "Looks like this game won't be easy."

Neither side showed any intention of engaging in a level 1 team fight; it was a normal start.

The minion wave spawned, and Lü Yi went to the lane to start laning.

While Ryze's lane dominance isn't strong enough, he's not entirely without it either.

Lu Yi chose to move forward from the side. After the little fire dragon on his left appeared, he stood behind the minions without much precaution.

Seeing Ryze approaching, Zuo Shou did not choose to retreat, but instead moved closer to the minion wave.

He abandoned positioning and relied on the minions to block skills.

Guan Zeyuan commented, "Although he's playing Ryze, Yi Shen is very strong in lane. What should he level up at level one? If he goes for Q, it'll be hard to fight because the minions will block it."

"Ryze starts with a basic attack, followed by a W. Ifrit counterattacks, Ryze follows up with a basic attack and another W. Ryze dodges by moving sideways, then another basic attack and pulls back to get rid of the minions."

Wang Duoduo analyzed: "It doesn't feel like a good deal. The W skill has limited damage, and without the E skill to synergize with it, it can only slow down enemies, without any control effects."

"However, this exchange has already shown his attitude. Yi Shen can't just let the Little Dragon develop peacefully; he still needs to find an opportunity."

Both sides entered the last-hitting phase. After his W skill was off cooldown, Lü Yi went back in to continue looking for opportunities.

Just like the previous wave, use basic attacks in conjunction with the W skill to whittle down the opponent's health.

The most crucial thing is to avoid being hit by the Little Dragon's W skill; you need to be agile in your positioning.

Another wave of health was lost, and the second wave of minions arrived on the lane.

The two entered the stage of fighting for level two, with Ryze being slightly faster, since he was the one who took the initiative to engage and draw the aggro of the enemy minions.

Lu Yi went up to apply pressure after reaching level two first, but Little Fire Dragon remained unmoved and continued to attack minions, also reaching level two.

Wang Duoduo commented, "It's still a matter of the champion. It's too difficult for Ryze to suppress the Little Dragon. It's easier if the opponent is a melee champion, but Ryze has a hard time laning against ranged champions because he has a short range."

Although Lü Yi tried to find an opportunity to fight back, the results were generally mediocre.

In the top lane, 369's Gnar is facing off against Bin's Quesant.

Now, Quesanti is in a stronger position, while Nar is living in fear.

In the early game, Gnar's range is relatively short, making him vulnerable to close-range attacks from Quesanti.

Therefore, maintaining a sufficient distance is the best that allows for development.

However, Bin was aware of this, so he was very proactive and kept looking for opportunities to fight back.

In the bottom lane, BLG's bot lane duo controlled the lane, forcing Meiko and JackeyLove to let the minion wave in.

The two were enduring pressure at the foot of the tower, and it was inevitable that the tower crust would be eaten.

Wang Duoduo commented, "Top Esports is under a lot of pressure. BLG is in great form, putting pressure on every lane and showing strong laning ability."

"Top Esports might have to rely on Ryze's rhythm this game, as Brand isn't a jungler who's particularly strong at ganking."

With three minutes left in the match, Xiaotian went to attack the river crab at the top.

Pig Girl didn't show up; it seems she's given up.

"Be careful in the bottom lane." Xiao Tian warned the bottom laner to be cautious.

The enemy Sejuani might go to the bottom lane.

The bottom lane is currently under pressure, and Meiko is placing wards over the wall.

As soon as I placed the eye, I saw Sejuani!
Sejuani has successfully flanked the enemy!

"They're here, in the bottom lane!" Meiko wanted to call for help.

Lu Yi realized something was wrong; he was running low on mana and had been fighting the little fire dragon.

The little dragon's condition was suppressed by him, but it didn't have a chance to get a solo kill.

It's unlikely that they'll prioritize supporting the bottom lane right now.

In the bottom lane, the minion wave pushes into the tower, and Sejuani comes out from behind.

Wang Duoduo commented, "BLG seems to really like this playstyle. Their former jungler ganked the bottom lane tower at level three."

"Kai'Sa and Leona are at half health, they're hard to control. Rakan initiates, and then makes a grand entrance! Kai'Sa is slowed by Ashe's W, so she flashes to dodge Rakan's grand entrance."

Rita chimed in, "But Sejuani stepped up, Ashe followed up with damage, and Leona used her E on Ashe, then followed up with a Q, but Ashe cleansed away the crowd control and continued to deal damage. Kai'Sa is doomed!"

[BLG, ELK (Ashe) kills TES, Jackeylove (Void)!!!]

After killing Kai'Sa, Rakan, who was tanking the tower, flashed out and survived.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "BLG's bot lane got first blood. This is BLG's early game rhythm. Ashe and Rakan are very strong in lane. First, they reduced Kai'Sa's health, and then the jungler came to the bot lane at level three."

"Even if you know the opponent might play this way, it's still hard to defend against. After all, you need to farm and last-hit minions; you can't just hide forever."

The broadcast also showed close-ups of the minions under the tower, implying that Kai'Sa suffered a very large loss in this wave.

Immediately afterwards, the camera focused on the mid lane, where Lü Yi's Ryze forced the Infernal Dragon back to base.

The little dragon was recalling in front of the second tower, while Ryze was eating tower plates.

Lu Yi, keeping a watchful eye, moved forward while attacking the defensive tower.

Sure enough, he saw the little fire dragon on its way back.

He didn't interrupt his recall immediately with his left hand; he waited a little while.

Lü Yi decisively used a Q.

However, this distance is not enough.

Lu Yi couldn't possibly be unaware that the skill range was insufficient; he did it on purpose.

Sure enough, he interrupted his own recall with his left hand and dodged. "You fell for it, didn't you?" Lü Yi laughed.

I happily devoured the first layer of the tart crust.

This is actually a psychological game.

The Q attack wasn't long enough, so why did the left hand interrupt the recall?

Because I was worried that Ryze would Q-flash in and kill me instantly.

Lü Yi knew that Zuo Shou would be on guard; his only goal was to interrupt the return to the city, and that was enough.

After finishing the tower platter, Lü Yi returned to town to replenish his supplies and teleported out.

The two continued their battle.

Now, Wang Duoduo commented: "The economy on both sides is currently even, and Top Esports mainly relies on the mid lane's last-hitting and tower plate advantage."

"There's also the jungler's advantage in clearing jungle camps. Xun didn't clear many jungle camps in order to gank the bottom lane earlier."

The game continued, and the top laner also used TP, meaning all four TPs on the field have now been used.

After finishing the first round, Xiaotian wanted to gank the top lane again.

However, Quesanti had already prepared the field of vision, preventing this opportunity from being given.

In the mid lane, the cannon minion was low on health, and the Little Dragon wanted to come up and take it, but Lv Yi's Ryze approached from the side to apply pressure.

The little dragon can only close the distance slightly, and then use its W skill to finish off the cannon minion.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lü Yi started with a basic attack followed by EQA, WQA, and unleashed a full combo of skills to deal maximum damage.

Guan Zeyuan commented, "That's very accurate! Many times, Ryze chooses to use EW to control the enemy before using his skills in order to ensure that his skills hit."

"But this combo doesn't provide enough damage, while Yi Shen's combo deals the maximum damage. Of course, the Q skill has to hit."

Rita continued, "It's still the same issue. If it weren't Ryze but some other stronger laner, Knight would be in a much worse situation than he is now, and might even get solo killed. The current situation is perfectly acceptable for him."

Left hand was indeed calm and composed; it's normal for Little Dragon to be slightly pressured in lane and have to farm a bit.

In short, if both sides have picked out the Little Dragon and the opponent still can't gain an advantage in the laning phase, then the opponent basically has no chance.

Five minutes into the match, Zuo Shou was low on health again and was forced back to base.

Lu Yi took the opportunity to take down the second layer of tower skin.

In the bottom lane, the situation is reversed; once they gain an advantage, Ashe and Rakan become very strong.

With an equipment advantage, they would fight as soon as they met.

Ah Shui was having a hard time: "How about we launch a counterattack? You take Luo's grand entrance, then counterattack Han Bing and take him down."

Meiko replied, "Okay, I'll give it a try."

So Meiko went up to attack the minions first, pretending it was just to trigger the passive of the support item.

Sure enough, the enemy Ashe slowed them down with her W and came in to deal damage.

While dealing damage, Ashe was also repositioning herself, trying not to be targeted by Leona.

Seeing that the Sun Maiden was trying to retreat, Rakan used his W skill to make a grand entrance and knock her up, while Ashe continued to follow up with damage.

Ah Shui approached from the side, ready to make a move, forming a two-on-one situation with the Japanese woman.

However, ELK saw through it and chose to maintain his position.

Suddenly, Leona used her E skill, but Ashe dodged it with her positioning!
"Oh no!" Meiko sensed something was wrong.

If he can't get close to the ice, he can't form a two-on-one situation, and he definitely won't be able to win.

Guan Zeyuan explained, "Leona's skills are all gone, so Ashe is very confident now and can go all out!"

"The Japanese hero's health is dropping rapidly and she's being slowed down; it looks like she'll have to use Flash."

After Leona's W ends, she becomes very fragile and has no choice but to use Flash.

This counterattack failed.

Rita commented, "The bot lane is under a lot of pressure, mainly because BLG's bot lane is the type that likes to fight."

"If they get a combination advantage, plus an equipment advantage, it will definitely be very difficult to play against them."

Xiao Tian was planning to go to the bottom lane, where the minion wave was a good opportunity to flank.

However, while he was still eating the stone beetle, Ashe's E skill flew over his head.

It was discovered!

That means we can't go to the bottom lane this time; we'll have to find another opportunity.

The game continued, and BLG's bottom lane also managed to take the second turret plating.

But just then, Zuo Shou gave a signal: "Ryze is level six, be careful."

The good news is that Ryze's level 1 ultimate has a very short range, so you need to find a good angle to use it for ganking.

The first wave of nest bugs is about to spawn. After replenishing his supplies, Xiaotian heads straight up.

However, this time, after he started attacking the brood worms, no one from the other side came.

"Be careful on the bottom lane," Xiao Tian quickly reminded the bottom laner.

At this point, the enemy jungler will definitely be making moves and won't just give up the nest worms for nothing.

Meiko and Ah Shui retreated in advance, taking advantage of the fact that the minion wave hadn't arrived yet, and proactively went to the bushes behind to provide vision.

As a result, when a ward was placed, the enemy Sejuani was actually there!
"No, he bought a house in the bottom lane? He keeps coming here," Meiko complained.

The bottom lane minions pushed into the tower, and Ashe and Rakan took the tower plates.

Guan Zeyuan analyzed seriously: "This is not right. In this game, the mid lane is Ryze. Ryze is not very useful in team fights in the late game. As we mentioned before, his range is relatively short, especially in front of the Ifrit."

"With Kai'Sa being suppressed like this, BLG is sacrificing team resources to help Ashe establish an advantage and suppress Kai'Sa. Who will carry for Top Esports next?"

Just then, Lü Yi's Ryze leaned down.

Seeing this, the two players in the bottom lane headed towards the tower.

Since Sejuani is not yet at level 6, her deterrent effect is actually quite limited.

Sure enough, Xun didn't try to cause any trouble; he knew Ryze was definitely coming.

The objective has been achieved, and it has also given Hanbing an advantage.

In the official live stream room, the chat was filled with messages:

No, if they keep playing like this, Top Esports will lose.

[Does Top Esports not have a jungler? The enemy jungler keeps ganking.]

[Can Xiaotian carry this game? If not, help your teammates.]

[Why are you yelling if you can't see the jungler taking resources?]

On the other side, Xiao Tian got the nest bug and glanced at it before heading up.

Bin was quite cautious in the top lane.

Furthermore, Gnar is not good at cooperating with the jungler when he is not angry.

So Xiaotian decided to go back and farm the jungle.

Rita commented, "Brand is indeed not a problem for farming and developing, but the key is that the enemy jungler keeps making plays and always succeeds."

"If the gap is too big in the early stages, Brand may not have a chance to develop."

Suddenly, the camera focused on the middle lane, and the situation changed!
Taking advantage of the little fire dragon's finishing blow, Lü Yi used a set of skills to severely damage him.

Left Hand's strategy was also very clear: he was deliberately trading his health for last hits, and he would go back after pushing this wave.

So I used my E skill to retreat.

However, just as he used his E skill, Ryze used his ultimate!
This ultimate attack landed right behind Charmander!
Wang Duoduo passionately commented, "He wants a solo kill! Yi Shen wants a solo kill, can Zuo Shou escape?"

"Ryze landed his ultimate, followed by a basic Q... Flash, basic attack, and ZuoShou used Flash. That's it, he got solo killed!"

[TES, GodYi (Rogue Mage) has killed BLG, Knight (Firewing)!!!] (End of Chapter)