LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 537 You're also from an LPL team?

Switching lines is indeed, in theory, an effective means of preventing the situation from collapsing.

However, GRF then demonstrated an even more sophisticated lane swap strategy based on the previous lane swap, which made the situation even more difficult.

GRF was originally betting on vision control in the top lane, but unfortunately, Lehends was caught in the jungle and had to use Flash shortly after arriving in the top lane.

Without Flash, the difficulty of vision control increases dramatically, and contesting Rift Herald becomes virtually impossible when the jungle is completely dark.

Even with the line added, it still can't be pushed through.

GRF promptly came up with the idea of ​​switching lanes.

In short, they completely abandoned the top lane, and EDG simply gave up the first tower.

Meanwhile, their bot lane duo returned to the bot lane to form a three-man lane with Viktor, during which time they took down the bot tower in exchange.

This approach avoids EDG's strong period in the top half of the map from attacking, while also allowing for appropriate trades to ensure no losses are incurred.

However, this idea is good.

But in actual practice, Viper will realize that he, the ADC who runs between the two sides, will always be the one who loses out.

After pushing down the bot lane tower and returning to the top lane, I'm sorry, the lane was completely blocked.

Ultimately, it takes time to return to defense. Although GRF avoided a direct confrontation with EDG in the upper half of the map, their slow return speed allowed Lucian to take down more than half of the second tower's health by himself.

Viper lost two waves of experience and fell behind Lucian, who had been farming in the top lane the whole time, by almost a whole level.

Unfortunately, the turret couldn't hold, and Kassadin in the mid lane was constantly being suppressed. Naturally, LeBlanc wouldn't give up this excellent opportunity to push the turret.

In the end, Viper couldn't even finish clearing the minions under the tower before he had to hastily retreat back to the high ground tower, watching as the rapidly regrouping EDG team took down the second top tower.

GRF is completely overwhelmed by its operations.

He personally handed the knife to EDG, allowing the opponent to suffer a major blow.

Tazan's Gragas was still farming in the bottom jungle, glancing at the top jungle from afar, and couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation.

He probably won't be able to farm the jungle in the upper half of the map anymore.

Although the middle tower is still intact, the upper tower has now fallen, posing a threat no less significant than the middle tower.

The jungle has clearly become EDG's domain, and he will have to be extremely cautious every time he enters it from now on.

Even if you are lucky enough to make it through, you will most likely face the predicament of having no wild animals to farm inside.

However, the one who is most upset at this time is obviously Viper, as it is not yet his turn as the jungler.

Because Xia is currently facing a huge problem just by farming lanes.

His activity was completely confined to the area around the high ground tower. Once he led the line out, he would likely face a life-or-death choice, especially if he encountered a group of very patient hunters.

The challenge facing GRF now is to expand its vision.

Viper, who had just left the base, didn't dare to go near the second tower ruins to farm lanes. Instead, he went to the bushes outside the high ground gap and used a true sight ward to eliminate the trinkets inside.

He was unsure if there was anyone in the red zone at that moment. If there were, he would be caught in no time if he went to the second tower to farm.

At this moment, GRF's mid and support duo also arrived at the F6 area to clear wards. With just a quick scan, trinket wards came into view, indicating that EDG had clearly illuminated the red side's jungle completely.

It only took 14 minutes.

One can only imagine how great the losses would be if someone fell from the second tower.

Viper pinged the bushes along the edge of the Blast Cone, which led directly towards the Red Monster area. While still in the bushes outside the high ground, Viper carefully maneuvered Xayah out of the bushes, took two steps onto the Blast Cone area, and then released her Q skill, shooting out a series of feathers to probe the bushes.

Given the range of Q skill, if there are any potential EDG ambushes in the bushes, they will obviously be exposed during the probing.

A moment later, when the feather shot into the area and there was no visibility or information available, the situation became clear.

Viper then confirmed that there was no EDG ambush in the bushes, and brazenly headed towards the area outside the second tower ruins to push the lane.

"Ahhh, no, Viper!"

From the LCK commentary booth, the howls of the "Roaring Emperor" echoed continuously.

As Viper walked forward step by step, the Korean audience members present at the scene were almost all wide-eyed with fear and panic.

Because there's no one in the bushes above.

There was clearly a large group of people.

Viper's gaze fell on a completely still area, but from the perspective of the entire audience, there was a group of burly men in the bushes.

Then the problem is coming.

Why didn't the feathers that flew in detect any movement in the grass?

Ultimately, it all comes down to the decorative eyes hidden in the grass outside the highlands.

The EDG team noticed Xayah's movements immediately, and Lin Ruo, as the number one arrester, made a clear judgment right away.

Having played ADC for a year last year, how could he not know that if Xayah wanted to continue exploring the bushes near the red monster area, she would definitely use her Q skill to release feathers to scout vision first?

Since Xayah's position is outside the bushes, only a little closer than the Blast Cone, her Q skill cannot penetrate all the bushes.

At this point, all you need to do is retreat behind the bushes to the edge and wedge yourself in. Without being touched by the feathers, Xia will naturally assume that there is no one in the bushes.

Therefore, Viper came up very boldly.

What he didn't know was that not only were Zhao Xin, one of the three musketeers, in the bushes, but also Lucian and Braum.

The meticulous Viper didn't immediately probe the bushes with his head; he planned to approach them before placing a ward for a second probe.

But probing at this point is obviously very risky.

Because he can now place wards in the bushes, and people in the bushes can also stab him.

After the feathers finished probing, Lin Ruo manipulated Zhao Xin to come to the outer edge of the bushes, waiting for Xia to come up after she finished probing.

Without much thought, Xia eventually came up.

The moment the trinket fell, Zhao Xin's spear was also unsheathed, thrusting towards Xia, who was coming from outside the bushes, with the spear moving like a dragon.

Lucian used Blade of the Ruined King to slow down Xayah, and Lin Ruo followed up with E and Q to stab her, then used her ultimate, instantly taking down nearly half of Xayah's health.

The reason Lin Ruo was in such a hurry to go to Jiaotong University was not because she wanted to inflict any additional damage.

It was because Alistar's EQ combo came from the bushes near F6 and knocked him up.

If Lin Ruo didn't want to be knocked away by the Minotaur, he would have to use his ultimate skill to sweep away the Minotaur first, only in this way could he continue to deal damage.

However, just as the three-part Q knock-up was about to happen, Viper reacted very quickly and used his ultimate, Featherfall, to dodge it.

Logically, Xia's three-stage Q should have been able to complete the belated knock-up, but ChovyR arrived and jumped to destroy the Blast Cone first.

As soon as Xayah landed, before Lin Ruo and Zhao Xin's three-stage Q could even launch them into the air, the three of them were all bounced into the bushes outside the high ground by the Blast Fruit.

They are Xin Zhao, Alistar, and Xayah.

After landing, Lin Ruo unleashed his third Q attack, knocking Xia into the air.

However, at this point, Lucian, who was behind, was unable to keep up with the damage output.

Viper also decisively used Flash to retreat, preparing to escape into the high ground through the gap. Seeing that Xayah had almost Flashed to the gap, Braum from behind successfully approached Xin Zhao with Flash and E, and then used his ultimate to knock up Xayah who was preparing to enter the high ground.

It was this knock-up that created space for iboy's Lucian to deal damage.

As Lin Ruo followed up with a W Flash, his spear pierced through and struck Xayah, who had just entered the high ground.

The death warning suddenly sounded, and Viper finally collapsed on his own high ground.

Chovy desperately wanted revenge, but his Kassadin was too weak to fight effectively at that moment. Seeing LeBlanc coming to support from the direction of the first tower, he could only quickly retreat to the high ground with the tanky Alistar.

In a near-frenzy, EDG finally managed to ambush Xayah.

For GRF, it would be fine if it were just a single kill on Xayah.

But the result was clearly not the case.

As the roar of the Rift Herald echoed throughout Summoner's Rift, the four members of EDG, grouped together, pushed down the mid-lane tower they had been eyeing for so long.

Then it rammed the second tower hard.

With the first tower falling, Tazan, who arrived late, knew he might never be able to enter the top jungle again.

"To be honest, this is a bit of a bombshell."

In the LPL commentary booth, Wawa couldn't help but chuckle as he uttered one of his most frequently used phrases when commentating on EDG matches.

He would use this phrase to describe the opponent's situation in almost every EDG match.

This time, the match against the Korean champions GRF was no exception, and the timing was also perfect.

Around 15 minutes in, it was exactly the same as when EDG bullied other teams at other points in time.

It's not that he's being self-deprecating, but this situation is indeed quite explosive.

There's no need to discuss the huge vision gap caused by the loss of all the top and mid towers; the current economic gap alone is already a massive figure.

After 15 minutes of play, the economic gap between the two sides had widened to around 5000 yuan.

This gap is most evident in the jungler and ADC roles.

With four kills and having devoured the upper jungle, Lin Ruo's economy was far ahead of Tazan's Gragas.

In addition, iboy's Lucian took down two turrets in the top lane, and Viper's Xayah kept losing minion waves, resulting in a significant economic gap.

At this point, for Viper, Xayah's development had fallen into a serious lag.

The death outside the high ground caused him to lose another wave of minions, and he was now almost two levels behind Lucian in terms of experience.

This rosy cloud is clearly not standing up properly.

The same principle applies to Kassadin in the mid lane. He uses both of his teleports to support other lanes, not to mention things like losing minion waves.

This time, due to a team fight in the jungle, he was pushed back to the second tower before he could even farm a wave of minions.

Chovy's situation can also be described as dire.

Of the entire GRF team, only Sword Emperor was thriving in the unnoticed corner of the bottom lane.

Viktor suppressed Aatrox, pushing the lane without letting a single enemy escape – a skill that takes only a fraction of his strength.

Although the tower spared the Sword Demon due to vision pressure, there was no need for the Sword Emperor to eat and drink as he pleased in his own half of the territory.

Without much pressure, it seems that GRF's output can only be supported by him.

Just quickly.

The Sword Emperor also suffered a severe blow.

Adhering to the principle of sharing the favors of all three thousand beauties in the harem, Lin Ruo did not let the Sword Emperor have too much of an easy time. After making some minor adjustments, she went to the bottom lane.

Of course, he wasn't the only one participating in the operation.

It's common knowledge that if you can gang up on someone, you shouldn't fight one-on-one. Why would I choose 1v1 when I can take on multiple opponents?

In fact, Sword Emperor had been very cautious in his positioning, leaving two true sight wards in the blue zone, but everything changed the moment he walked past the ruins of the red team's first tower.

Lin Ruo always manages to appear in front of Sword Emperor Viktor in the most unexpected way.

Take this time, for example.

Sorry, I didn't come from our own jungle.

Is it possible that I came from your Three Wolves District?

Sword Emperor, who had placed his spies entirely in the blue monster area to prevent opponents from entering through the river, never expected that Lin Ruo, leading a large group of people, would enter the jungle through the small path under the mid tower, and even kill the three wolves before going down to make arrests.

Yes, so Zhao Xin and the Minotaur actually appeared from behind.

When your spies are positioned in the front, a sudden appearance of a group of people from behind will only turn it into a complete horror game.

Sword Emperor tried his best to run; at least he didn't waste any Flash abilities.

However, in this situation, saving Flash seems to be better than not saving Flash. It can only be said that the loss is maximized. Without Flash, Sword Emperor will still be trembling in the next wave.

The "Roaring Emperor," who was shouting and yelling in the commentary booth, once again had his mentality collapse.

It seems like all three lanes have been completely shut down.

"The economic gap is huge. It feels like they've been completely crushed. Is this still the EDG that went toe-to-toe with VIT in the quarterfinals?"

The Roaring Emperor has reason to believe that EDG was throwing the game; their performance today was exactly the same invincible style they always had.

Lin Ruo, in particular, is absolutely amazing.

Although Tazan performed quite well in the early stages, he was inevitably outmatched by Lin Ruo.

Korean netizens were in an uproar and began to speculate about conspiracy theories without any explanation.

[EDG's performance in the quarterfinals was so mediocre; they were definitely trying to lull us into a false sense of security. It's despicable; their tactical mindset is so dirty.]

[Right, I was thinking, how could EDG play so badly? Turns out they were deliberately throwing the game to lower GRF's guard.]

[Damn it, GRF must have seen EDG's early game aggression was really weak last time, so they picked a late-game composition in the first game today. We were totally fooled.]

[EDG is disgusting. Even if they win the championship, they won't get my approval. They don't dare to play against us fairly.]

GRF is still too naive, but don't be discouraged. Keep a good mindset; it's only the first game, there's still plenty of room for improvement. Keep going, we can definitely win!

Yes, let's see GRF pick a composition that focuses on early and mid-game power next game. Consider the first game a gift to them; we'll definitely come back.

...

Korean netizens still have faith in GRF, but in this faith they have already given up on the match much earlier than the five GRF players on the field.

After all, with a gold deficit of over 6000 in less than 20 minutes, even the King of Heaven couldn't turn the tide.

Most LPL teams have gone through similar experiences, and GRF today truly experienced being trampled on by EDG in the LPL.

As for conspiracy theories, Lin Ruo can only say, do you not read any news about my hoarse voice or do you not believe any of it?

(End of this chapter)