LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

At the Rift Herald's spawn point, the air seemed to freeze.

T1 did not choose to give up this vanguard.

Faker knew very well that if the werewolf got the Herald and destroyed the first tower, the freed-up Su Mo would spread his roaming pressure across the entire map.

Although the Werewolf hero does seem rather clumsy, the person playing him is someone named Mo, so we have to be wary of him.

"Take your time and fight back, don't let the werewolf's ultimate engage," Faker commanded. "Gumayusi, you and Keria, watch your positioning and use poke to lower their health."

T1's five players spread out in a fan shape. Gumayusi's Varus charged up an arrow, piercing through EDG's front-line Sejuani, dealing considerable damage.

"Want to use it up?" Su Mo looked at his health bar, which was slightly unsatisfactory due to the lack of recovery items. "Then heal it back."

He unleashed a barrage of QA attacks on the river crab, and its health visibly recovered.

"Is this werewolf cheating?" Oner's lips twitched as he watched this scene. "Does it heal so quickly from killing the river crab?"

8 minutes 45 seconds.

Jiejie's Sejuani didn't hesitate any longer, unleashing her ultimate skill [Frost Prison], aiming straight at the forward-positioned Lena!

Keria reacted extremely quickly, using Flash to evade.

"The team fight has started! Sejuani missed her ultimate, but the battlefield has been divided!" Guan Zeyuan shouted.

Although Sejuani missed her ultimate, Meiko's Ashe countered with her W, Barrage of Arrows, slowing everyone down. Viper's Kalista activated her ultimate, "Call of Fate," sucking Ashe into her body, ready to smash into the crowd at any moment.

Meiko was stunned for a moment: "No, bro, I'm not ready to engage in a fight yet!"

Iboy chuckled: "You go ahead, we'll take the rest!"

Just then, Su Mo moved.

He didn't use any fancy movement skills; he just activated W, landed on all fours, and charged into the T1 group like a mad dog!
"The werewolf charged in! What's he trying to do?!"

T1's firepower instantly focused on the werewolf.

Faker used Viktor's Gravity Field to block the path and unleashed a combo on the Lycan.

Oner Feuergos' W stunned him, Zeus's Red Fury W bit him.

One burst of fire and the werewolf's health was instantly reduced to zero!
"They're dead! These werewolves were too reckless! They're going to be killed instantly!" Remember exclaimed.

However, just as the werewolf's health dropped below 20%.

"Ouch——"

E [Ancestral Howl] activated!
High damage reduction effect applied!

Immediately afterwards, Su Mo pressed the skill that brought T1 despair.

barrier!

A yellow shield lit up on the werewolf with a sliver of health.

Despite being hit by the damage output of four T1 players, Su Mo relentlessly auto-attacked the crocodile in front of him!

One! Two! Three!

When the passive skill [Blood Thirst] is triggered, the werewolf's lifesteal ability is increased to 250% when its health is low!

With each swipe of its claws, the werewolf's health bar would pound like a pacemaker!
"He's not dead! He's practically immortal! What kind of medical miracle is this?!" Miller was dumbfounded. "His health bar is jumping around like crazy! Zeus's Red Fury Crocodile Wings feel like they're biting into a steel plate!"

Just as Su Mo absorbed tons of damage, Scout's Sylas entered the fray.

He stole Lena's ultimate ability, [Hostives Takeover]!
Golden poisonous fog spread through the river, covering the back row of T1!
"Scout stole the ultimate move! Gumayusi is out of control!"

The controlled Varus turned around and unleashed a barrage of attacks on his own Viktor.

Viper's Kalista slammed Meiko into the crowd, knocking two people away!
EDG's counterattack was devastating.

Su Mo stood at the very front, even when he only had a few dozen health points left. He stood firm and used his Q skill to bite Foygo and then took a big bite back!

Ultimately, T1 was defeated.

Oner and Zeus were killed, and Faker escaped with low health using Flash.

0 for 2!

EDG secured the Rift Herald.

"That's the werewolf!" the doll exclaimed excitedly. "You thought you could kill him instantly, but that health bar is a lie! With his barrier and E skill's damage reduction, plus the triple health regeneration when he's low on health, he's practically an unkillable monster!"

9 minutes 30 seconds.

Jiejie led the vanguard straight onto the road.

Zeus looked at the werewolf who was only half health left but was still dancing in front of the tower, and felt only despair.

Without Flash or his ultimate, the Crocodile champion becomes even more ineffective in a losing game.

"Let him go." Zeus closed his eyes in anguish.

"boom!"

The vanguard charged out, and the tower, which was already low on health due to Su Mo's pressure, shattered in response.

Su Mo once again consumed the first blood tower.

Upon returning home, he immediately created a dilapidated state.

"This build..." PDD gasped in the second live stream, "Blade of the Ruined King Lycan? He's asking for trouble. If he bites you, you'll be bleeding from a major artery."

11 minutes.

The match entered EDG's familiar lane-switching phase.

Su Mo, with a significant advantage, switched lanes to the bottom lane.

At this point, T1's bottom lane tower was still at full health, but Gumayusi didn't dare to stay in the bottom lane any longer.

Because of the werewolf's W skill passive - as long as there are enemies on the map with less than half health, the werewolf will gain a huge movement speed bonus.

This means that all T1 members must stay at full health at all times, otherwise they will hear that creepy background music and see a mad dog charging at 700 miles per hour.

12 minutes 20 seconds.

Faker traded blows with Scout in the mid lane, reducing his health to 40%.

Su Mo, who was pushing the bottom lane, suddenly had a bright red wolf head mark appear above his head.

A bright red trail of blood appeared on the map, heading straight for the middle lane!

"I can smell your fear even in the bot lane."

Su Mo abandoned the minion wave, landed on all fours, and accelerated wildly along the river.

That speed was like Hecarim going into sprint mode.

"Sang-hyeok, run! The werewolves are coming!" Oner shouted a warning.

Faker tried to retreat to the tower, but Su Mo appeared directly from the wall near F6.

No ultimate skill, no Flash.

Su Mo immediately charged up his Q [Beast's Mouth]!
Using the wall-crossing mechanism of the Q skill, I bit the big bird of F6 and directly teleported through the wall to the mid lane!

"We've already transmigrated here?!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in surprise.

Upon landing, activate E skill and accelerate towards Viktor.

Faker used his gravity field to try and block.

Su Mo ignored it completely and unleashed R [Endless Binding]!
Although the werewolf's ultimate ability is non-targeted, at such close range, and against a target slowed by fear, it's impossible for it to miss.

"Ouch!"

The werewolf pinned Viktor down.

Scout immediately rushed forward and unleashed a combo on Viktor's face.

Faker's health bar vanished instantly, and the kill fell into Su Mo's hands.

"A werewolf came out from the mid lane! The speed of this support is terrifying!" Ji De exclaimed. "Now, if anyone in T1 is low on health, they have to go back to base immediately, otherwise Su Mo will really come and bite you through the network cable."

After killing Faker, Su Mo, together with Scout and the arriving Jiejie, took down T1's mid-lane tower.

My horizons were broadened.

14 minutes.

T1 didn't give up. They took advantage of EDG's recall to base to farm and steal the second dragon (the Fire Dragon) that had just spawned.

"T1 is still very resilient and did a good job in resource trading," Miller analyzed. "But the Lycan's development is too advanced this game. He has Blade of the Ruined King in 14 minutes and is about to build Wit's End or Divine Shield. If he split pushes, Zeus can't handle him at all."

15 minutes 30 seconds.

Su Mo cut off the minion wave in front of the bottom lane's second tower.

Zeus's crocodile cowered inside the second tower, watching the werewolf recklessly sucking blood in front of the tower, furious but unable to utter a word.

At this moment, Oner's Feuergo approached with Keria's Lenata.

"Can we catch it?" Keria asked. "I have a trump card."

Zeus glanced at the werewolf's equipment and swallowed hard: "No... I don't think even three people can kill him, after all, the enemy's reinforcements are very fast."

While the T1 players were hesitating, they suddenly saw Jiejie's Sejuani crouching behind them and decisively gave up.

16 minutes.

The second Rift Herald has spawned.

This time, T1 didn't dare to compete.

EDG easily secured the second vanguard.

Su Mo returned home and completed the [Holy Separator] skill.

Ruined and divine.

At this point in time, the percentage-based damage from double penetration is essentially true damage for a T1 lineup that doesn't yet have a frontline.

17 minutes 40 seconds.

Su Mo led the two vanguards to the middle lane.

"Charge straight into the second tower and force a team fight," Su Mo commanded. "I can tank and deal damage now, Viper, just stay in the back and plant your spears."

The vanguard has been released.

T1's five players were forced to defend the second tower in the middle lane.

Faker's Viktor used his E skill to clear minions from behind.

Su Mo controlled the werewolf, placing it directly at the front of the minion wave.

Gumayusi's Varus tentatively fired an arrow, Q.

Su Mo neither dodged nor evaded, taking the arrow head-on. His health dropped by over three hundred.

Then he attacked the minion next to him.

+120!

Q. Take a sip.

+240!

The health bar was instantly restored to full.

"???" Gumayusi was starting to lose his composure as he watched this. "What's the point of my poke? He can just attack the creeps twice and they'll be full!"

"This is a werewolf!" the doll laughed. "It comes with the effect of Berserker's Armor and even heals in battle. This T1 lineup is okay if it's for burst damage to kill people, but it's just asking for trouble in a war of attrition against a werewolf."

18 minutes.

The vanguard crashed into the second mid-range tower.

EDG did not retreat, but continued to press the high ground.

T1 was forced to the brink of disaster.

"We have to start!" Keria gritted his teeth. "We can't let them push like this, otherwise the high ground towers will fall and Baron Nashor will be in danger too."

Keria seized the opportunity, flashing and using his Q skill to pull back the Sejuani who was positioned too far forward.

Jiejie is tough and resilient; even when pulled back, she remains calm and throws her ultimate move into the crowd.

A team fight breaks out!

Scout's Sylas stole Renekton's ultimate ability, grew larger, and entered the fray to disrupt the game.

Su Mo did not enter the arena immediately.

He is waiting.

Waiting for someone with low health.

At this moment, Viper's Kalista was dealing maximum damage on the front line, turning the crocodile and Fryegwara in front of her into pincushions.

Zeus crocodile's health is reduced to the lower half.

"Ding!"

The wolf head mark above Su Mo's head lit up.

Blood Hunt!

Movement speed skyrockets!
Su Mo burst out from the F6 flank like a red lightning bolt.

R [Endless Binding] lunges directly at Varus, who is attacking from behind!
Gumayusi had no time to react and was pinned down by a rabid dog.

suppress!

The damage from the Ruined God's Fury was instantly filled, and Varus was killed before he could even cast Heal.

After killing the person, Su Mo activated his E skill.

Fear surrounded Lenata and Victor.

Faker wanted to deal damage, but found that his attacks were like throwing mud into the sea when the werewolf activated his E skill.

Su Mo used Viktor's Q to recover a large amount of health, and then chased after him with auto-attacks.

"Run! Run!"

T1's formation was in complete disarray.

Su Mo was like a tireless killing machine, rampaging through the crowd.

Double Kill!

Faker falls.

Zeus fell.

Ultimately, EDG achieved a 1-for-4 exchange, leaving only Oner's Foygo barely escaping by using his passive ability to collect souls.

The central high ground tower has been breached.

The crystal broke.

At 18 minutes and 30 seconds, T1's mid lane high ground was breached.

"This werewolf... is unsolvable." Guan Zeyuan looked at Su Mo, who was standing on the T1 high ground with his health still at a healthy level, and shook his head. "Ruined Blade and Divine Shield, he has both tankiness and burst damage, as well as abnormal recovery. T1's lineup can't deal with this guy at all."

Miller stared at the screen, his voice filled with admiration: "This isn't just cutting-edge technology; it's the ultimate understanding of a hero's characteristics. Mozi, with his Werewolf, has shown the world that as long as the ID is correct, no hero is off the field!"

At this moment, all the LPL fans in the stadium began to sing the battle song.

19 minutes 00 seconds.

EDG's entire team returned to base to replenish supplies.

The shop owner heard the clattering sound of gold coins again.

Upon returning home, Su Mo immediately pulled out a Wisdom End.

Ruin, divine fragmentation, the end of wisdom.

The ultimate three-item set for the so-called "hybrid damage" Lycan has been completed at this point. With high attack damage effects, double penetration, and the magic resistance and movement speed provided by Wit's End, Lycan is now a numerical monster with built-in Sprint.

In addition, Su Mo also provided a stopwatch.

"It's like killing someone by breaking their spirit..." Guan Zeyuan looked at the stopwatch and couldn't help but feel despair for T1. "This werewolf is already unkillable, and now it has to use its invulnerability to show off to you."

19 minutes 40 seconds.

Su Mo, controlling the werewolf, did not go to the dragon pit, but instead headed to the bottom lane alone.

At this point, T1's mid-lane inhibitor had been destroyed, and super minions were pouring in continuously. T1 had to allocate resources to deal with the pressure from the super minions in the mid-lane.

Meanwhile, in the bottom lane, Su Mo led a wave of minions, aggressively approaching T1's second bottom lane tower.

This is the classic "4-1 split push".

Normally, T1 might send their tankiest top laner to defend against split pushing.

But looking at Zeus's shabby gear—a Bloodthirsty Axe and a small Thornmail—everyone knew that the crocodile was no match for the werewolf, not even a super minion.

“I’ll go defend it…” Zeus said somewhat sadly, “but I can only clear the minions, I might not be able to hold the tower.”

Zeus reluctantly went to the bottom lane.

20 minutes 00 seconds.

Baron Nash's roar echoed throughout the canyon.

EDG cleared the vision in the Baron pit with four players on the front line and immediately attacked the Baron!

With Kalista and Azir present, EDG's dragon-slaying speed is not slow.

"They're forcing a team fight!" Miller stared at the screen. "T1 has to go! If Baron is lost, with the mid lane super minions and the bot lane Warwick split pushing, breaking through all three lanes at once will be a one-shot deal!"

Faker glanced at the trembling Renekton under the bottom lane's second turret, gritted his teeth, and ordered, "Go for Baron! Oner, steal Baron! If we get it, we can stall!"

The four members of T1, excluding Crocodile, had no choice but to head towards the Dragon Pit.

Keria's Lenata activated her scanner and cautiously explored the area.

20 minutes 20 seconds.

Bottom lane.

Su Mo completely ignored the crocodiles under the tower and started scratching the tower relentlessly.

"Boom boom boom!"

The turret's health dropped rapidly under the buffs of Divine Strike and Ruin.

Zeus tried to clear the wave with his red-rage Q, but Su Mo countered with a Q [Mouth of the Beast] to attach to the crocodile, using it as a displacement to avoid the turret's aggro and incidentally scratching the crocodile twice.

Zeus watched as his health bar instantly dropped by nearly half, and silently retreated to the high ground.

"boom!"

The second tower in the bottom lane has fallen.

At this point, the dragon's health was already below half.

20 minutes 30 seconds.

Frontal battlefield.

T1 finally reached the river.

"We can't let them fight to the bitter end!" Faker shouted.

Gumayusi's Varus activated his Q and fired an arrow into the dragon pit, simultaneously hitting Sejuani who was tanking the dragon.

Jiejie didn't panic. She stopped immediately and turned to look at T1.

"Stop fighting, kill them!"

Meiko's Ashe unleashes her ultimate, "Enchanted Crystal Arrow," in a counter-attack!
The arrow was shot at an extremely tricky angle, aimed directly at Lena, who had no Flash available.

Keria reacted, but his movement was restricted by the terrain, so he had to use his ultimate move, [Honest Acquisition], to force back the EDG team in an attempt to save his life.

Golden poisonous fog spread out.

The EDG players scattered and dispersed.

Although they failed to control anyone, a team fight had already broken out.

Oner's Fryego activated his E skill to stealthily enter the fray, attempting to find an opportunity.

Faker's Viktor set up a gravity field in the back and unleashed his ultimate, Chaos Storm.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle in the river.

Just then, in front of the lower high ground.

Su Mo is dismantling T1's bottom lane inhibitor turret.

Suddenly, the edge of his screen turned red.

The bright red visual effects, like a beating heart, instantly filled Su Mo's vision.

That's the passive effect of W [Blood Hunt] —

"Sniff sniff..."

Su Mo's smile grew even wider.

"I smell... the scent of fear." (End of Chapter)