LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 272 EDG's new strategy! The sharpshooter who never misses a shot!
Wawa explained: "Hello audience friends, the semi-finals of this summer season are about to begin, with our S7 champion team EDG facing off against the potential new star IG!"

Rita analyzed: "IG is in a hot state at the moment. They defeated JDG in a tiebreaker in the quarterfinals. The process was thrilling, but it is also an opportunity for IG to grow."

"On the other hand, although EDG hasn't played a game for a long time, you know EDG."

Miller continued: "Yes, it is foreseeable that this will be a very intense BO5, let's wait and see."

In the audience seats at the competition venue, the audience was excited, waving their cheering cards wildly, waiting for the players from both sides to appear on stage.

The host Luo Xi appeared on the stage and after a brief opening speech, he said happily:

"Now let's welcome the two opponents to the field. First up is the S7 champion team, E! D! G!"

Su Mo and the EDG team came on stage, and the audience cheered:

"EDG! EDG! EDG!"

The five starting players of EDG appeared on the stage and lined up in a row.

The spotlight shines on us, and the momentum is overwhelming!
The data of the five EDG players appeared on the big screen in turn, from top lane to bottom lane.

When Su Mo's data appeared, the audience was extremely excited. These were the data from the summer season. It could no longer be described as simply exaggerated. It was simply earth-shattering and heart-wrenching!

All the data are far ahead of the second place, and the hexagram has enveloped everyone else.

Luo Xin spoke again: "Now let's welcome EDG's opponent, IG!"

The five IG players also appeared on the stage, with Theshy leading and the others following behind. The five players’ makeup photos also appeared on the screen.

If EDG's makeup photos are of the kingly type, then IG is domineering. All five of them are quite arrogant and don't seem to take anyone seriously.

After the five IG members came on stage, they stood on the other side, lined up in a row, and accepted the audience's welcome.

After all ten players from both sides came on stage, they walked to the center of the stage facing each other, and Su Mo faced Theshy.

Theshy's expression was serious. The two men stretched out their hands, shook hands, then turned and walked to their respective seats and sat down.

Su Mo put on his headphones and got ready. Both sides built rooms, pulled in people, divided the ten people into sides, and started the game directly, entering the BP stage of the first game.

In this game, EDG is on the red side and IG is on the blue side.

BAN position situation:
EDG: Clockwork, Tam, Rakan
IG: Noxus, Gangplank, Shen
Wawa began to analyze: "EDGBAN killed two supports. This is something I didn't expect. Why did they suddenly start targeting the bottom lane?"

Rita tried to analyze: "Maybe it's because when Baolan gets these two heroes... it's not easy to have problems."

Miller started laughing. "What do you mean it's not easy to go wrong?"

Rita smiled and said nothing, but everyone seemed to understand.

Entering the heroic stage, IG on the blue side got Gnar on the first floor.

Wawa commented: "Gnar is a relatively safe choice. Theshy's Gnar has strong suppression power, and he is a hero that can be picked first. There are almost no heroes in the top lane who can suppress Gnar, unless you use a very unpopular hero, such as Yasuo."

Miller agreed. “Yeah, of course, because it’s Mozi who’s on Gnar, I don’t think it would be weird if Mozi really picked a Yasuo top laner.”

EDG got Nightmare and Minotaur on the first and second floors.

Rita commented: "EDG's nightmare system is here. It feels like EDG can't ban all the heroes now. They have too many systems. It depends on which one they want to play."

"Now Kai'Sa is still out, and neither IG nor EDG are in a hurry to get it. In the quarterfinals, IG played against JDG. IG picked Kai'Sa four times in a row. Will they continue to bet on Kai'Sa this time?"

IG locked down Kaisa and Gragas on the second and third floors.

Miller smiled: "Here I come! Since you let it go, I'll take it. I'll see if EDG really has a countermeasure."

EDG got the ice on the third floor!

Rita commented: "In the quarter-finals, JDG used four games of Frost to deal with Kaisa. There were wins and losses, but overall, they had an advantage in the laning phase. Whether they could win or not mainly depended on their ability to snowball. EDG probably thought they could win by snowballing in the early stages."

Entering the second round of BP, EDG banned Zoe and LeBlanc.

IG also banned Aatrox and Ornn.

EDG got Ryze on the fourth floor.

IG locked down Shen and Irelia on the fourth and fifth floors.

Wawa commented: "Shen as support? IG actually chose Shen in this game. Kaisa's laning ability is relatively weak. If they choose an even weaker support, it feels like they just gave up on the laning phase and developed their skills under pressure. This Shen is for the mid, top and jungle."

Rita analyzed: "If IG's bottom lane is severely suppressed, or even killed by a tower dive, it will take a long time for Shen to reach level 6. He is useless before level 6. EDG can start from this angle."

"Then EDG is still short of a top laner, what is Mozi going to play?"

While the commentators were discussing, EDG got Lucian on the fifth floor.

This Lucian was simply dumbfounded.

Miller muttered, "Could it be Lucian in the top lane versus Gnar? From the perspective of the hero attributes, it seems that they can fight. The laning phase should be an advantage, but I feel that this advantage will not last long."

"Gnar has a chance to turn things around. After Lucian was weakened in various ways, his dominance is completely different from a few seasons ago."

Wawa agreed, "That's right. Besides, heroes like this are afraid of being caught when they go to the top lane. It will be troublesome if they are caught once. Ning Wang has more choices. He can look for opportunities in three lanes, while Zz1tai needs to keep the top lane."

Both sides began to adjust the laning situation. Contrary to what the commentator thought, Lucian was not switched to the top lane, but Ashe was.

At first everyone thought it was a prank, but with 20 seconds left, EDG still didn't change and locked in their lineup:

Red side EDG: Top Ashe, Jungle Nightmare, Mid Ryze, ADC Lucian, Support Alistar
Blue side IG: top single Gnar, jungle Gragas, mid single Irelia, ADC Kaisa, support Shen
The commentator was dumbfounded!
Wawa commented: "No, can EDG really win with this lineup? I feel like they are walking a tightrope with this lineup. As long as the early advantage is not big enough, the mid-term team battle will be broken at the first touch."

"EDG has put all their money on the early game, let's see how they handle it."

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

Wawa analyzed: "In this game, Ashe didn't even bring TP. He brought Flash and Sprint. I feel this is a hidden danger. If Gnar starts to push the lane, how will EDG deal with it?"

"It's not just Gnar who can push the lane, Irelia can push the lane too. By then, there will definitely be a lane that EDG won't be able to handle."

Miller agreed: "It feels right. EDG's lineup is not just extreme. It's too extreme. I feel it will be hard for them to win."

However, Rita has a different opinion: "Both analyses make sense, but they seem out of touch with reality. Is IG such a rigorous team? If we take the team into consideration, I feel that EDG's choice is fine."

On the EDG side, the factory manager began to set the pace: "We can't interrupt the rhythm in the early stage of this game. Cheer up and show your best condition!"

When he went out, Su Mo's ice went straight to the road.

He stood guard at level 1. When the first wave of soldiers came, Su Mo started to fight normally.

Gnar was obviously hiding in the bushes and didn't come out. Su Mo was not in a hurry and pushed the line directly.

Seeing Su Mo pushing the line, Theshy's Nal came out and also chose to push the line.

Su Mo severely damaged the minions, used a W to penetrate and hit Gnar, walked up, fired an A, and moved to avoid Gnar's boomerang.

Rita analyzed: "Gnar's range will increase as the level increases. The range at level one is only 300 yards, while Ice level one has 600 yards. With twice the range, Gnar will definitely be very difficult to beat."

Just like Rita said, Su Mo started to kite Gnar madly, but Gnar couldn't touch him at all and was chased and beaten.

Su Mo kept chasing forward, and Nar had no choice but to turn back and try to slow down Su Mo with a boomerang.

Su Mo decisively sprinted, moved, and continued to chase forward.

Wawa exclaimed, "What's going on? He started sprinting and chased me at level 1? Gnar is feeling a bit uncomfortable now. I guess Theshy is also dizzy. What's going on? I've never encountered this before."

Finally, Gnar was pushed under the defensive tower. Ashe retreated and used W to kill the low-health soldiers. The second wave of soldiers came.

The situation in the top lane became a bit awkward. Gnar was stuck under the tower at level 1 with low health and couldn't get out. As soon as he came up, Ashe would put pressure on him.

The comments in the live broadcast room are all:
"Brother Mozi, did he use his ultimate skill right away? He totally confused the opponent."

"What's going on? Brother Mozi is not going to pretend anymore, right? Kill them all."

"King Ning is not going to the road yet. I think the connection will be disconnected on the road."

"What kind of routine is this? Hurry up and take notes, what are you standing there for?"

Su Mo was the first to reach level 2 and quickly pushed the troops into the defense tower.

Nal decisively hasn't gone back yet, and Su Mo is standing in front of the defense tower looking for an opportunity.

So, an embarrassing scene appeared. Because Gnar's range was too short in the early stage, Gnar could last hit him with Ashe through the minions, with almost no operation required.

Su Mo can just stand there and shoot. If Nal wants to come up and finish off the enemy, he will definitely be within the range of Ice.

After being hit by A three times and using the W skill, Gnar's health was almost gone and he could only choose to pull back and find a place to return to the city.

[Get Torture Points from Theshy +30]

Su Mo himself felt a little surprised. He just thought it was easy to fight, so he took it out to try, and found that it was easier to fight than he thought.

Su Mo pretended to ignore Gnar and suddenly started to move forward. Sure enough, Gnar was returning to the city behind the defense tower. Seeing Su Mo approaching, Gnar could only interrupt his return to the city and continue waiting for the bus.

Miller laughed and said, "What a bad thing, Mozi. The next wave of soldiers will come over soon after the delay. If I were Gnar, I would be so upset."

However, this was not the end. Su Mo pretended not to chase forward. After three seconds, he continued to move forward.

Judging from the time, it is impossible for the opponent's jungler to come to the top lane now, so it is okay for Su Mo to play like this.

And even if the jungler comes, it will be a one-on-one fight, and Gary won’t dare to come up and fight with his low health.

Su Mo approached the second tower on the opposite top lane and used his W skill on the bush on the opposite top lane. Then a magical thing happened. Gnar walked out of the bush and continued to retreat, interrupting the return to the city again!
Rita laughed: "Brother Mozi, this is really messing with people's mentality. Gnar was delayed for at least 20 seconds, which means they will lose soldiers. If they continue to play like this, the level gap in the top lane will make it impossible for Gnar to play, not to mention the others."

The third wave of soldiers came, Su Mo quickly cleared them out, reached level three, and fired an E skill towards the opposite toad and the blue BUFF.

Sure enough, Su Mo saw the opposing Gragas going up, and after being discovered, Gragas chose to retreat and continue to fight his Toad. Rita commented: "It's a bit awkward. Ning Wang wanted to attack the top lane, but was discovered in advance, so he could only continue to farm. Ashe pretended to place a ward, but didn't. This action just discouraged Ning Wang from coming to the top lane to cause trouble."

Sure enough, after Ning Wang defeated the toad, he moved closer to the middle lane and had no intention of going to the top lane.

In the middle lane, Ryze was laning against Irelia. Scout's Ryze looked like he was dancing on the edge of a knife. Rouji's Irelia had a very strong desire to attack and finally came up to try to find an opportunity, leaving the opponent no time to breathe.

Fortunately, Scout's positioning and operation are very good, and Irelia can't find any opportunities now.

In the bottom lane, the IG duo is now under pressure. Iboy and Meiko quickly push the line of troops towards the defensive tower, putting enough pressure on them, and also look for opportunities to consume the enemy in front of the defensive tower.

Wawa commented: "At present, EDG has no major problems in the laning phase. Except for the top lane, the advantage is not obvious enough."

In the top lane, after Gnar TPed back, he was continued to be suppressed by Ashe.

Su Mo's playing style is very simple. He just needs to wait for Gnar to come up and finish him off, then use W to slow him down and chase him. Gnar has almost no chance to fight back.

So, Gnar, who had just returned to the line, could only be chased and beaten by Frost and had to hide in the bushes.

However, as soon as Nal entered, Su Mo followed suit.

"Huh? He didn't place a ward?" Theshy was stunned. He thought Su Mo had really placed a ward just now.

It seems that Ning Wang was fooled. If Ning Wang had come directly to the top lane, Han Bing would have been gone.
But now is not the time to think about these things. Theshy can only choose to continue retreating, pull under the defensive tower, and be pushed out of the experience zone again.

Theshy shook his head and made a simple judgment that Gary had no way of beating Ashe, at least in the early stages.

Rita commented: "The top lane is more difficult than I thought. This is the first time I've seen Theshy have trouble dealing with any lane in the summer season."

[Get Torture Points from Theshy +40]

Su Mo looks very relaxed, but actually he is not that relaxed, because this offensive is very stressful. He not only has to suppress Nar, but also has many other things to do.

"Top lane, can we go over the tower?" The factory manager's nightmare gave the signal to the top lane.

Su Mo responded: "Okay, wait for me to consume him again."

Su Mo pushed the top lane forward and used the same trick again to consume Gnar's health in front of the defensive tower. At this time, Gnar had no choice but to use his own health to get the last hit.

Five minutes into the game, the factory manager reached the top lane again.

This time the conditions are ripe and the opponent's Gnar doesn't have much health left.

At the same time, Su Mo's Ashe used his E skill, which passed through the upper jungle area of ​​the opponent and went straight to the lower jungle area of ​​the opponent, passing in front of the red BUFF and going all the way to the position of the stone beetle in the lower jungle area of ​​the opponent.

Thus, Prince Ning, who was fighting the stone beetle, was exposed.

"Let's retreat first." Meiko pulled Iboy back, leaving no chance.

Wawa explained: "Ning Wang is in a very bad situation now. He was discovered by Ashe's E skill twice. Now he is about to be tower dived in the top lane, and he can't do anything in the bottom lane. I feel that this Ashe... maybe he was chosen because of this function?"

"While Ashe can suppress Gnar in the top lane, he can also use his E skill to find the opponent's jungler's position, making it difficult for the opponent's jungler to get up the rhythm."

In the top lane, Zzitai started to cross the tower and approached Gnar from behind. At this time, Gnar had very little health. Seeing Nightmare coming out of the defense tower, he understood and stood between the defense tower and the wall.

"I'll go first." The factory manager chose to get close to Gnar, and used Q followed by E. Su Mo followed up with AWA... Gnar used E behind the defensive tower, using Nightmare as a springboard, and could jump twice in a row, and then flash...

Rita exclaimed, "What a show! Gnar continued to choose to flash backwards. He jumped back and pretended to flash backwards, and suddenly flashed under the tower. Zz1tai's Nightmare flashed backwards. He wanted to predict, but Gnar predicted his prediction! This wave is amazing!"

"But Gnar seems to be dying too. His health is too low. Ashe enters the defensive tower, attacks, attacks, attacks again, flashes over the wall and follows up with a W to get the kill. Awesome! Mozi gets the first blood!"

First blood burst out, Su Mo's Ice got the first blood!

[Get Torture Points from Theshy +50]

The director gave a close-up of Theshy. At this time, Theshy was laughing and shaking his head, as if he felt that he couldn't play in the top lane.

"The opposing jungler and top laner didn't have flash." Theshy reported the situation in the top lane.

Ning Wang suddenly had an idea: "Okay, wait for me to go to the top lane. You like playing Frost, right? Wait for me."

Ning Wang is also very angry now. Ashe has been using her E skill to find his position, making it very difficult for him to gank.

Now it seems that there is an opportunity, and we must impose sanctions.

Su Mo went back to the city for supplies and returned to the line to continue fighting. Now he had an absolute advantage in level and equipment. Su Mo first used the E skill to take a look at the river and the upper jungle area of ​​the opposite side.

Su Mo used his E skill to discover Zhao Xin again. Zhao Xin came from the river, but before he had gone far, he had to go back.

[Gain +30 torture points from King Ning]

Ning Wang smiled: "Okay, okay, let's play it this way, right? I see your E skill doesn't need CD?"

Six minutes into the game, Ning Wang went up again. He actually just waited in the river for a while, waiting for the upper lane soldiers to advance the defensive tower, and then he took action again.

Wawa explained: "Ning has already wasted a lot of time in the top lane. Should he continue? If he fails to catch the opportunity this time, his losses will be quite a bit."

"But Frost didn't flash, and there's no vision of the river, so it looks like there's a chance!"

However, just as King Ning was about to take action, Han Bing suddenly stepped back.

"See it?" King Ning felt a little strange. He started scanning, but there was no vision in the bushes.

So Ning Wang chose to continue waiting, maybe Han Bing was playing a trick, disappearing on purpose, pretending to have found the jungler, and would come back soon.

Suddenly, a magic crystal arrow flew over from the blind spot of the top lane.

When King Ning saw it, it was already right in front of him!
"Flash!" Ning Wang was very decisive. He flashed to dodge. He didn't use the E skill because it was possible that Gragas would be controlled by Ashe's ultimate during the E process.

Prince Ning barely dodged it.

"I was shocked."

He didn't expect that the ice was actually directed at him. He guessed that Nightmare was nearby and there must be a field of vision somewhere around him.

However, Ning Wang was still thinking about how he was discovered when he heard Jackeylove's voice in his headphones:
"Ah? Ice ultimate? Why?"

Then came the news that Kaisa was killed.

A system prompt appeared in the lower right corner, Lucian killed Kaisa, and Minotaur, Nightmare and Ashe got assists.

"No buddy? You won't be hit by the ice ultimate move, will you?" King Ning couldn't hold it anymore.

"Hahaha, that ultimate move was for me, I dodged it, what are you kidding?" King Ning laughed wildly.

However, Jackeylove didn't think so: "For you? He obviously predicted the location of my flash and gave it to me. Can you use some brains?"

King Ning was stunned: "Impossible, what are you thinking, if I give it to you, what will my flash become?"

Suddenly, Ning Wang felt something was wrong, Nightmare was in the bottom lane!
Ryze is in the middle lane and the EDG duo is in the bottom lane.

At that time, no one could come to the top lane to help Ashe, so even if this ultimate skill hit, Ashe could not do anything and it was impossible to kill him!

"Oh shit!" King Ning woke up and suddenly felt like a fool.

In the commentary booth, Rita cheered, "Wow! Mozi's ultimate was perfectly predicted! First, Nightmare didn't reach level 6 to gank the bottom lane, and then Alistar flashed and used EQ to force Kaisa to flash."

"As soon as Kaisa flashed to the ground, Ashe's ultimate skill hit her. This must have been planned in advance. Ashe used her ultimate skill first, and then Minotaur took action."

Miller agreed, "Indeed, EDG now has an advantage. They have advantages in both the top and bottom lanes, and they are not small, especially in the top lane. Ashe is ahead by twenty knives, one level, and has a kill and an assist."

After seven minutes of playing time, Gnar finally reached level six, but he was in poor condition now, with only one-third of his health remaining.

In the middle lane, Irelia suddenly attacked, using the minions to get close to Ryze, hitting him with her E skill, and then dealing damage at close range. After Ryze woke up, he controlled Irelia in return, but she threw out her ultimate.

Ryze decisively used flash to dodge, and the two sides separated.

"There is no flash in the middle lane." Rouji reminded.

Ning Wang gave a signal to the middle lane: "I will be level 6 soon, wait for me to come to the middle lane."

Eight minutes into the game, Su Mo beat Gnar back home in the top lane again and began to push the defensive tower.

In the middle lane, Ryze had just pushed the line of troops forward, when suddenly, Gragas came out from the side, and at the same time, Irelia used her Q skill to get closer.

Wawa explained: "It's over. Ryze didn't flash. This time, Irelia deliberately let her push the line forward to create an opportunity for Ning. Ryze controlled Gragas, and Gragas used his Q skill to slow him down! There was no way he could move!"

"Irelia follows up with her E skill and hits, Q skill deals damage at close range, Gragas throws out his ultimate and Ryze is blown back..."

“Lift the curtain!”

Suddenly, it got dark!

Miller was very surprised: "Ah? Nightmare is going to use his ultimate skill this time? It's meaningless. If he flies over, he might lose his life."

However, the factory manager's nightmare just flew over and went straight to find Irelia.

Irelia was attacking Ryze at close range, when suddenly, two flying objects flew towards him!

One is Nightmare and the other is Magic Crystal Arrow.

"Ah!" Rouji didn't have any time to react. When he saw the magic crystal arrow, it had already reached his face. Nightmare's ultimate move caused his field of vision to be very small.

Irelia was controlled, and Nightmare followed up with QE and E skills. At this time, Ryze's health was at the bottom and Gragas had no skills.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ryze used his ultimate and a set of skills to deal full damage. Nightmare stepped back to avoid being killed by Ryze's ultimate.

"No..." Ning Wang was stunned. His E was just a little bit short. He could only watch Ryze fly away!

(End of this chapter)