LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Welcome to Summoner's Rift!

A system notification sounded, and ten heroes from both sides descended into the fountain.

As the red team, Su Mo did not choose any skins for his Aatrox.

Just like with Riven in the previous game, he used Aatrox's classic original skin in this game as well.

"The original Aatrox skin?" PDD's eyes lit up. "That makes sense. Although the Tyrant Aatrox skin feels light and the Crimson Moon skin feels heavy, the original skin is the true essence of 'I am the end of the world.' Mozi is going back to basics!"

The doll's lips twitched, thinking to herself, "You're really good at licking!"
In terms of talents, Su Mo still sticks to the Conqueror rune, with the Resolve tree's Second Wind and Unyielding runes in the secondary tree. His starting items are a simple Doran's Shield and a health potion.

"Doran's Shield, it seems Mozi still respects Zeus's early game pressure." Miller analyzed, "After all, Jayce has a long range at level one, and if he doesn't have Doran's Shield, he'll be easily poked and killed."

At the start of the game, both sides formed a normal long, straight line formation, and no level 1 team fight broke out.

At 1 minute and 30 seconds, the entire army launched an attack.

On the top lane, the minion waves meet.

Zeus' Jayce also started with a Doran's Blade, taking advantage of his level 1 long range, and immediately switched to cannon form, positioning himself on the flank of the minion wave to try and suppress Aatrox's position.

"Zeus is aggressive, trying to cross the minion wave to harass people at level one." Wawa looked at the screen.

However, Su Mo's understanding of the Sword Demon had already reached a state of perfection. Unlike ordinary Sword Demons who cowered in the back, he used the blind spots in the bushes to constantly move in and out.

Just as Zeus was about to raise his hand for a basic attack, Su Mo disappeared into the bushes.
Just as Zeus was about to place a ward, Su Mo seized the opportunity during the gap in Zeus's basic attack animation to finish him off.

“This maneuvering…” PDD exclaimed in amazement, “Mozi’s positioning is too tight. If Zeus wants to attack him, he has to go into the bush or face-check the bush, but that will attract the minions’ aggro. As a result, Zeus only managed to attack twice, but he ended up losing dozens of health points to the ranged minions.”

At 2 minutes and 45 seconds, both sides were upgraded to level three.

Zeus finally couldn't hold back any longer and seized the opportunity to unleash a double QE [Electric Shock] enhanced barrage.

The angle of that cannonball was very tricky, anticipating the moment when the Sword Demon would be stunned while finishing off the enemy.

But just as the cannonball was about to hit, Su Mo pressed his E skill [Shadow Charge].

The Sword Demon slid to the side with incredibly smooth movements, not only dodging the high-damage enhanced cannon shot but also closing the distance between himself and Jayce!

"You dodged it! Counterattack!" Miller shouted.

Su Mo countered with a Q combo of [Darkin Blade]!
The edge of the sword struck Jess precisely, sending him flying!
Attach the [Fire Chains]!
Zeus reacted quickly, instantly switching to hammer form and using Q [Sky Leap] to slow Aatrox. He then tried to use E [Thunder Strike] to knock Aatrox away.

This is Jayce's standard combo against Aatrox: if he gets close, switch to his hammer and knock him away, then create distance and continue attacking.

But Su Mo seemed to have anticipated this.

The moment Jayce raised his hand to unleash his E, Su Mo landed his second Q!

In this Q2 sequence, Su Mo didn't chop straight down, but rather adjusted the angle to the side by an extremely small amount.

"boom!"

The sword demon's greatsword fell, sending the opponent flying once more!

Moreover, this attack was timed perfectly during the cast animation of Jayce's E skill!
Although Jayce still managed to unleash his E, pushing Aatrox's hammer back a distance, he was unable to use the Acceleration Gate or Phase Rush to create enough distance because he was knocked up.

And the Demon Sword's Chains of Inferno are still in effect!
"It didn't break! The chain didn't break!" the doll exclaimed.

Jess was forcibly pulled back to the center of the chain!
Su Mo followed up, unleashing the third Q [Darkin Blade] with a devastating slam!
Hit the red heart!

All three Qs hit their mark!
With a fully stacked Conqueror's Blade of Death basic attack, Zeus's health was instantly reduced by half!
"Wow!! Zeus was amazing in this trade!" PDD exclaimed, slamming his fist on the table. "That's the attention to detail from the old Aatrox! His Q2 timed out your E skill's animation, making it impossible for you to escape! After this fight, Zeus had to use his health potion right away, and he still had to play cautiously!"

In EDG's voice chat, Su Mo chuckled, "He's getting impatient. Jayce used his hammer form E too carelessly, which gave him an opening."

Jiejie was clearing the three wolves when she heard this and laughed, "Brother Mo, stay calm. I'll see how things go after I finish clearing the bottom half. Oner might go up to protect him."

Meanwhile, the laning phases on other lanes were also in full swing.

In the mid lane, Faker's Ryze played aggressively. Utilizing the champion's strengths, he frequently used his E skill, Spell Flux, to push the wave and harass Scout. Scout's Lissandra had slightly weaker wave clear in the early game and was pushed back to the tower, falling behind in CS, but her health remained healthy.

The bottom lane is where the tension is highest.

Gumayusi's Lucian and Keria's Nami definitely put pressure on them. They started pushing for level two as soon as they entered the lane. Although Viper's Aphelios had Lulu protecting him, he still had to give up lane priority and stay under the tower to farm minions in the face of Luna's burst damage.

"T1's main strategy this game is to focus on the mid, bot, and jungle lanes," Miller analyzed. "Oner's Sejuani is farming from top to bottom, so it seems they want to protect their bot lane."

However, the changing situation on the top lane forced Oner to change his plans.

3 minutes 40 seconds.

Thanks to the advantage gained from that exchange of blows, Su Mo actually gained control of the lane.

Zeus's Jayce had only two-thirds of his health left, and he had already used up all his health potions.

Su Mo controlled the minion wave at the river mouth, and if Jayce dared to come up to last hit, he would pretend to use his E to engage.

That invisible deterrent force made Zeus extremely uncomfortable.

"Oner, can you come take a look?" Zeus asked humbly in the voice chat. "I can't get this wave of cannon minions."

Oner glanced at the jungle path still clearing the bottom side of the map and frowned, saying, "I just finished clearing the red buff, so I'm a bit far away. Be careful, don't get solo killed."

“I’ll try my best…” Zeus gritted his teeth.

4 minutes 10 seconds.

Su Mo leveled up to level 4, while Zeus remained at level 3.

That priceless artilleryman is low on health.

Zeus couldn't hold back any longer and switched to cannon form, wanting to use his Q skill, which had the longest range, to finish off the cannon minion.

"Want to eat the car? Have you asked the sword in my hand first?"

Su Mo's eyes narrowed.

E skill moves you forward instantly!
Zeus was startled and instinctively stepped back.

Su Mo didn't use Q, but simply used E to move in and auto-attack the cannon minion.

"To scare you."

Zeus breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn around and attack the Sword Demon.

In that instant when he turned around, Su Mo unleashed his true killing move.

W [Fire Chains]!
He anticipated Jayce's turn and hit the target precisely!
Q1! Knockback!
Zeus was shocked. How could the Sword Demon still have skills? Didn't he just use his E skill?
Wait, Aatrox's E skill is off cooldown!

Zeus had no choice but to use his E skill, the Acceleration Gate, in an attempt to break the chain.

But Su Mo instantly appeared in a flash!
Q2 and flash!

Knocked away again!

Pull the chain back!

Q3 crashes!

Light it and hang it up!

A smooth and fluid combo, without any unnecessary movements.

Zeus' Jayce died in mid-air before he could even use Flash!
"First Blood!"

Single kill!

"Another solo kill!!" Wawa jumped up from her chair. "4 minutes! Just 4 minutes! Zeus' Jayce got solo killed from full health! Mozi's Aatrox proficiency is terrifying! This is what you call a backhand tutorial! You pick Aatrox, I'll pick Riven to kill you; you pick Jayce, I'll pick Aatrox and still kill you!"

PDD shook his head, his face full of disbelief: "This is psychological warfare. That E was both a bait to use skills and a psychological trick. Zeus thought Mozi was going to last hit minions, but he turned around and took him down with a combo. Zeus's mentality is going to collapse this game. He banned four times and got nothing!"

In the stands, T1 fans were completely silent, while EDG fans erupted in thunderous applause.

After killing someone, Su Mo calmly pushed the lane into the tower and consumed a layer of tower armor.

Upon returning home, he immediately pulled out the [Serrated Dagger].

"Armor penetration Aatrox?" Miller looked at Su Mo's build. "This time, Brother Mo is really focused on killing! He's not building Bloodthirster, but going straight for the Star Eclipse armor penetration build?"

5 minutes 30 seconds.

Su Mo teleported online.

Zeus also respawned and teleported back online. Looking at his meager equipment of only two longswords and then at the enemy's Aatrox, who was decked out in full armor, Zeus put on the Mask of Pain.

"How come this line is aligned..."

In the next few minutes, the top lane became a one-sided stomp.

Su Mo used the high damage of the serrated dagger; as long as Q1 grazed Jess, Zeus would lose one bar of health.

Jayce's cannon shot failed to hit Aatrox at all.

6 minutes 20 seconds.

Oner's Sejuani finally couldn't resist and came to the top lane to help Zeus.

However, Jiejie's big tree on EDG's side was already lying in ambush in the stone beetle grass.

When Oner's Sejuani used her Q skill to push in, trying to coordinate with Jayce to lock down the enemy.

Jiejie used his W skill to bind Sejuani to the tree, and then used his Q skill to knock her back.

Su Mo unleashed his ultimate move, [Great Annihilation]!
Enormous demonic wings unfurled, causing a surge in movement speed!
He ignored the tough-skinned Sejuani and charged straight at Jayce behind her.

Seeing this, Zeus had no choice but to dodge and run away.

But Su Mo's Sword Demon, under the blessing of the Great Annihilation, was like a mad dog.

Q1! E follows! W holds back!

Although they didn't kill Jess, they sent Zeus packing.

Oner's Sejuani could only use Flash to escape.

"They forced out two Flashes from the top and jungle!" Wawa laughed. "Although there were no kills this time, Zeus's lane is completely destroyed again. He has to go back to base, while Mozi can easily farm two tower plates!"

7 minutes 50 seconds.

The top lane tower has already had three layers of its armor worn away by Su Mo.

Zeus's Jayce was down 30 CS and was a level and a half behind.

"Top lane is already cleared," PDD concluded. "Less than 8 minutes in, Jayce's farm is a bit behind. T1's only hope now is the bot lane, but look at the bot lane..."

The director switched the camera to the bottom lane.

Although Viper and Meiko were pressured in the early game, they didn't fall too far behind in last hits thanks to their solid fundamentals.

Furthermore, as their levels increase, the Aphelios and Lulu combination begins to gain momentum and is now able to rival the Luna combination.

Su Mo glanced at the minimap and marked the Rift Herald that had just spawned.

"Jiejie, take the Herald. I'm going to make the top lane tower disappear in 10 minutes this game."

Su Mo's voice was calm, yet it carried an undeniable air of dominance. Zeus watched the Darkin Blademaster swaggering in front of the tower, his hand holding the mouse trembling slightly.

He knew that this educational crisis had only just begun.

The game time came to 8 minute and 30 seconds.

The roar of the Rift Herald echoed through the river. Jiejie's Treant Protector steadily used Smite to secure the Herald's Eye, while Oner's Sejuani could only hover above the dragon pit, not daring to come down and take a look.

Because Su Mo's sword demon was like a gatekeeper, standing at the entrance of the dragon pit.

Zeus's Jayce had just teleported back online and, having fully replenished his health, attempted to harass the enemy with his enhanced cannon.

"Want to play with cannons?"

Su Mo sneered and, without any attempt to dodge, directly took the hit of the enhanced cannon with his bare body.

I lost one bar of health.

With Doran's Shield and Revitalizing Wind, his health is visibly recovering.

This near-humiliating disregard caused a subtle crack in Zeus's mentality.

9 minutes 05 seconds.

Jiejie arrived at the top lane and immediately destroyed the Herald's Eye.

"Collide!"

The enormous void creature rammed into T1's crumbling top lane turret.

Zeus glanced at the greatsword that the Sword Demon wielded, emitting a faint red glow, and reason prevailed over pride.

"I'll take the tower, I'm leaving."

Zeus abandoned the tower and fled to the second tower, hiding in the bushes.

"boom!"

The top lane's first tower has fallen.

Su Mo single-handedly consumed all five layers of plating, and with the economy from the first blood tower, his gold coins exploded again.

"This is outrageous." Miller looked at the data panel. "Nine minutes in, Aatrox is 1100 gold ahead of Jayce! And that doesn't even include kills or bounties. Zeus has completely lost his way this game."

10 minutes 30 seconds.

Su Mo went home.

When he emerged from the spring again, the equipment he wore made the entire audience gasp.

【Eclipse】+【Bright Shoes】.

"Ten minutes of Star Eclipse and CD boots?" PDD's eyes widened. "This damage... who among squishy heroes can withstand it? Star Eclipse's percentage damage combined with armor penetration, plus Aatrox's passive Death Slash, one strike and his lifeline is practically severed!"

Back online, Su Mo didn't rush to push the second tower.

He disappeared into the fog of war.

"Miss! Aatrox Miss!" Zeus frantically signaled in the voice chat, "Watch out in mid lane! Faker, watch out!"

Faker's Ryze was farming against Scout's Lissandra in the mid lane. Upon hearing the signal, Faker instinctively moved towards the lower river, trying to seek protection from Sejuani.

But he was wrong. Su Mo did not take the river route.

He came from T1's upper jungle F6!
Start the scan to confirm there is no field of view.

The instant Faker used his E skill to clear the minions.

Su Mo moved.

R [Great Annihilation] activated!
The enormous demon wings unfurled, and its movement speed increased dramatically.

Su Mo burst out from behind the F6 wall like a red lightning bolt!

"He's behind me!" Faker's pupils contracted slightly.

Ryze countered with EW [Rune Imprisonment] to immobilize Aatrox, then activated Ghost to try and create distance.

But the next moment, Scout's Lissandra used her E skill to enter the fray and immediately used her R [Frozen Tomb] to freeze Ryze!

"Frozen! Scout has kept Faker in check!" Wawa shouted.

A frozen Ryze is a sitting duck.

Once freed from the control effects, Su Mo stepped forward, without even needing any fancy combos.

Q1W!

Eclipse triggered!

Q2!

W pulls back!

A deadly sword strike!

Ryze, at full health, had his health bar emptied instantly by the combined damage from the two opponents, as if it were made of paper.

"EDG Mo has killed T1 Faker!"

"There's absolutely no room for maneuver!" Miller exclaimed. "That damage is unbelievable! Just one Q and one auto-attack, and Ryze's gone? Is this the true value of an armor penetration Aatrox build?"

After killing the enemy, Su Mo took advantage of Scout to take a mid-lane tower plate, and then swaggered into T1's jungle, stealing a set of Oner's Raptors.

Oner looked at the empty jungle and dared not utter a word of anger.

Game time is 13 minutes.

The second dragon has spawned.

This is an earth dragon, which is valuable for T1's lineup, which desperately needs tankiness right now, but they hesitated in the face of EDG's current strong period.

"Let it go." Faker said with a stern face after respawning. "We can't handle it. Aatrox's damage is devastating as soon as he enters the fray."

T1 opted to avoid combat and focus on farming.

EDG easily secured their second dragon.

The next few minutes were Su Mo's personal hunting time.

After pushing the top lane minion wave to the second tower, he began roaming the entire map.

Wherever there's any movement in the jungle, the Darkin figure carrying a greatsword will appear.

15 minutes 20 seconds.

Oner's Sejuani was spotted by Jiejie's Treant Protector near his own blue buff.

Su Mo happened to be nearby.

E passes through the wall, W attaches the chain.

Oner used Q to escape over the wall.

Su Mo and Shan!

Q1 knocks the enemy away!

Q2 knocks the enemy back into the air!
Q3 center crashed!

Sejuani's prized pigskin was as brittle as paper in the hands of the armor-piercing sword demon.

Single kill!

“The jungle has fallen too!” PDD shook his head. “Oner is in a terrible state this game. Their jungle monsters were stolen, and they were killed. T1’s jungle is now Su Mo’s backyard.”

17 minutes.

EDG's economic lead has reached 5,000.

Su Mo's Sword Demon completed his second major item - Black Cleaver.

"This is way too fast..." Zeus looked at his equipment inventory. He had just crafted the Star Eclipse, and his shoes were still just basic boots. "How am I supposed to fight like this?"

At this moment, T1 finally launched a counterattack.

They gathered four players and caught Viper, who had pushed too far into the bottom lane, and killed him.

Gumayusi's Lucian secured the final kill, significantly boosting T1's morale.

"Nice! We can make this! Let's push the tower!" Keria shouted.

T1's four players pushed down EDG's bottom lane tower.

Just then, a red TP whirlwind appeared on the bottom lane minion wave.

It’s Su Mo!
"Retreat! Retreat! The Sword Demon is coming!" Gumayusi's expression changed, and he immediately ordered a retreat.

But the moment TP landed, the sound of the Great Annihilation being activated echoed throughout the Rift.

"Listen to the deathly silence of extinction!"

Su Mo landed and, without any hesitation, activated his ultimate ability and charged directly towards the four members of T1.

One person chasing four people!

"Is he going to fight four people at once?!" the doll exclaimed.

Su Mo didn't charge in blindly. He positioned himself at the maximum distance and used the edge of his Q1 to graz Nami, who was at the back of her position.

slow down!
W is on!

Keria's counter-attack with a Q was intended to discourage the opponent from playing.

Su Mo used his E skill to sidestep and dispel the bubble.

Immediately afterwards, Q2 knocked Nami away!

A!

Nami instantly lost a sliver of health.

Gumayusi had to turn around and attack in an attempt to save his teammates.

But at this moment, Scout's Lissandra from EDG also arrived, entering the fray and coordinating with Jiejie's Maokai ultimate to block the path.

Taking advantage of the opponent's hesitation, Su Mo unleashed a powerful Q3!

This attack not only took down Nami, but also crippled Lucian.

Although they ultimately failed to kill Lucian with his Gale Force, this 1v4 TP threat directly disrupted T1's counterattack rhythm and even pushed down T1's bottom lane tower.

"This is the Demon King!" Miller exclaimed. "This is the kind of aura that says, 'I may not be able to kill you all, but when I come, you have to run!'" (End of Chapter)