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Chapter 540: A big one delivered in 3 minutes?
Tazan deliberately placed wards in the red pit to track Xin Zhao's movements.

Jin Gong's Irelia is already in position, and Lin Ruo's strategy after recalling to base is still to start with the red buff in the upper half of the map.

This is an absolute requirement; only by starting with red buff can you ensure combat effectiveness. If you only start with blue buff, it will easily give Camille an opportunity to invade.

When the blue buff and red buff clash for damage, the top half of the map will inevitably be a gift for Camille.

Everyone understood that even though Lin Ruo had ganked the bottom lane at level 1, the main focus of this game was still the top lane, without exception.

The champion Irelia is someone who really needs help.

Knowing that the opponent will definitely relentlessly attack the top lane, if you ignore the top lane, you will undoubtedly repeat the scene of Mouse's Irelia getting ganked and destroyed in the 16 World Championship.

In that game, EDG picked Irelia, but Clearlove, who was playing jungle, stayed in the bottom lane, which left Mouse with an unforgettable trauma.

Lin Ruoke would not do that, and she never would have done it in the first place.

According to the normal jungle rhythm, since the red buff was taken down in the upper half of the jungle to start the jungle, the jungle should actually be farming in the lower half of the jungle at this time.

Doing this would be correct in most games, but doing it in this game would mean ignoring Irelia.

Once they get in, Tazan's Camille will definitely make the most of the first three levels to unleash the best possible attacks on Irelia.

Lin Ruo was going down to farm jungle monsters, but she needed to take all the necessary precautions before going down.

Therefore, he specifically switched the used trinket wards to scanners after the first wave of recalls.

After defeating the red monster and leveling up to level 2, Lin Ruo's first move was towards the triangular grass in the upper half of the map.

Just as GimGoon's Irelia, who had just helped him clear the jungle, was passing through the tri-bush in the top lane, she was attacked by Sword Emperor's Sion outside the bush, who charged up his Q and took some damage.

Jingong immediately patted the bushes.

It's obvious that Sion had planted spies here beforehand.

So the first thing Lin Ruo did after upgrading to level two was to go to the triangular grass area, activate the scanner to eliminate the hidden wards, and then enter the river area to provide deeper vision defense.

Lin Ruo didn't have any wards, but there were newly spawned river crabs in the river. Destroying these river crabs would provide a greater range of vision than a simple ward.

After completing these two tasks, and having Irelia establish vision in the tri-bush or river for defense, the deployment in the first three levels is already considered perfect.

Only then did Lin Ruo have the mind to continue her jungle clearing routine.

However, the plot did not unfold exactly as he had envisioned.

Lin Ruo had only been in the river for a few seconds when she noticed that Camille, who was only level 2, had also entered the river.

Perhaps when Tazan, who is also a jungler, saw Xin Zhao appear in the tri-bush, he realized that the opponent wanted to take the first strike and secure the river crab in the top half of the map.

He's on the blue side, and he's the one who farms from the bottom half of the map. If the river crab in the top half is just given to Xin Zhao, it would be a waste of Camille's early-game advantage.

Therefore, Tazan also changed its jungle clearing route.

Upon entering the upper area, Yi Ye did not brush the brush and went straight into the river via a small path. Instead, he crouched down in the small grass in the center and quietly observed what would happen.

Tazan is waiting.

Waiting for Zhao Xin to come down and farm the river crab.

If Zhao Xin uses his skills on the river crab and then calmly launches the first attack, Zhao Xin will definitely lose to him in a 1v1 situation.

Even if there are unexpected events, don't forget that the top and mid lanes are currently being pushed by GRF.

In other words.

Lissandra and Sion will definitely arrive sooner.

If they attack from both sides, and Zhao Xin really dares to attack the river crab, then having nowhere to retreat is the most likely outcome, without exception.

This strategy is perfect; the key is whether Lin Ruo will fall for it.

The final answer was that Lin Ruo got the part.

Following the river crab, we headed towards the small grass below.

Suddenly, excited voices erupted from the crowd.

Korean viewers are already imagining the scene where Xin Zhao uses his skills and is then chased and attacked by Camille who suddenly appears from the bushes.

Taking the first blood on Xin Zhao will be a huge gain for GRF's lineup.

"Lin Ruo, be careful this time. Camille is already eager to make her move."

On the LPL commentary booth.

The Haier Brothers couldn't help but tense up.

Whether they can win or not is unknown, but Camille has the initiative. Once the battle starts, GRF will have an absolute advantage in terms of the speed of calling in reinforcements.

This wave seems to be really over.

On the LCK commentary booth in the central high platform.

Judging from the long-absent joy on the face of the Roaring Emperor, even he is preparing to welcome the great success of GRF's operation.

"Tazan is very patient; Xin Zhao is already walking into the trap step by step."

The Roaring Emperor was speaking excitedly when he suddenly froze, and then he was speechless.

"Zhao Xin... wait, why did he turn around? Has Lin Ruo become alert?"

It was in that very moment.

However, after hitting the river crab, Lin Ruo suddenly stopped Zhao Xin's actions and instead retreated quickly to move forward.

At that moment, he realized that there might actually be someone hiding in the bushes.

Because he blatantly placed a ward in the triangular grass in the upper half of the map, exposing his vision, given Tazan's shrewd nature, he would definitely come to the river in advance to ambush him, or at the very least try to contest it.

Instead of not seeing a single person at all right now.

This only proves one thing.

It's not that Camille wasn't there, but rather that Camille was lying in wait for him in some unseen place.

After all, they were the ones who took the initiative, and Tazan had absolutely no reason to let this censorship go.

Therefore, Lin Ruo cautiously chose to retreat first, to see if the person in the bushes would lose patience.

Tazan, who was hiding in the bushes, naturally wouldn't let Zhao Xin go so easily. Seeing the meat that was about to be eaten, he turned around and walked away without looking back. Camille finally couldn't wait any longer and popped out.

Before anyone could be seen, a long grappling hook had already extended and hung on the wall beside Zhao Xin's retreat.

The Steel Shadow needs to retain its players.

Tazan doesn't need to do anything to secure a solo kill. He just needs to keep Xin Zhao in place and deal the necessary damage. By then, Sion, who is already on his way, will block his retreat, and the kill will be his for the taking.

Retaining employees is simple.

Just hit the target with a grappling hook unexpectedly.

However, even the simplest thing can easily lead to unexpected problems.

If Zhao Xin is caught at the edge of the bushes, then with the two of them very close, Camille's wall hook and near-face-to-face technique would naturally make it easy to control Zhao Xin.

However, due to Zhao Xin's sudden retreat, the distance between the two had actually increased. At this moment, Tazan's hook obviously needed a certain amount of time to hang on the wall before he could release the second part of his E to lock onto the target.

This gave Lin Ruo time to react.

Tazan, having found his landing spot, released his first E and landed on the wall of the dragon pit next to Xin Zhao. Immediately after, he released his second E and attacked in the direction Xin Zhao was moving backward.

Lin Ruo deftly turned her head to the left and took a step back, interrupting her retreat in time. As a result, Camille's second E attack missed and failed to control the ambush target, Zhao Xin.

The scene suddenly fell silent again.

The South Korean audience's expressions returned to their usual indifference.

The Roaring Emperor yelled again, "Lin Ruo's reaction? She actually dodged it all! My God!"

Tazan's skill was dodged just like that.

With both players currently at level two, Camille doesn't have any W skill, Sweep, that can slow down Xin Zhao.

This skill failed.

Tazan had no choice but to bite the bullet and wait for his two teammates to arrive and provide support.

However, in this 1v1 contest, it's clear that Zhao Xin, with his extra skill, has the advantage.

Lin Ruo remained completely calm.

After seeing two teammates coming to support me on the minimap, and knowing that I would definitely be surrounded and killed first, my first priority was to absolutely not use my E skill.

This is a skill that allows you to move, which is extremely useful for escaping later on, but you can't just let Camille take the hits like that.

Therefore, Lin Ruo controlled Zhao Xin to use his Q skill first, and then went up to auto-attack to exchange blows.

After Camille used her second Q skill, Xin Zhao also used his third Q skill to knock up the enemy. Having lost the control of his E skill hook, Camille obviously suffered more serious health loss.

The two men simultaneously smacked their lips on the blood vials.

Zhao Xin still had half health left, while Camille had less than half health left.

However, it was too late for a true 1v1 battle at this point, as the top laner, Sion, arrived on the battlefield immediately.

Seizing the opportunity, Lin Ruo decisively used his E skill, Fearless Charge, to stab at Sion while simultaneously creating distance from Camille. He then used Flash to further distance himself from Sion and rejoin Irelia.

This allows for two-stage displacement escape.

However, if it were that easy to escape, the opponent wouldn't be GRF.

Sword Emperor's actions were clearly timely. Before Lin Ruo could use Flash, he used his E skill to release a short-range ground tremor that slowed her down.

So after Lin Ruo flashed away, Sion moved closer as quickly as possible, then used his Q skill to charge up and swing his axe to deal area damage.

Sion's Q skill has two main functions, which vary depending on the length of the charge time. If the charge time is long enough, it will deal damage and also have a knock-up effect.

If the charge time is not long, it will only cause damage and have a slowing effect.

Sword Emperor clearly miscalculated; before his charged Q could reach its full potential, Zhao Xin was about to leave the area of ​​effect.

Therefore, the charged attack had to be interrupted in advance, resulting in only some damage and a slowing effect without knocking the target into the air.

Lin Ruo can still run.

If she had been knocked away, Lin Ruo, who had already used her dodge, would have had no chance of escaping.

This is evident from the fact that...

Sword Emperor made a mistake in his operation.

Because he has Flash, in Lin Ruo's opinion, the best move would be to follow up with Flash followed by Q, which would definitely allow him to charge up and knock the enemy up.

But the Sword Emperor did not do that.

However, Lin Ruo thought about it again. The Irelia was also nearby. Sword Emperor might be worried that if he flashed into Q, he would be stunned by the Twin Blades, which would be a waste of his flash.

Regardless, at least Lin Ruo can run now.

Meanwhile, Sion and Camille were still relentlessly pursuing them.

Meanwhile, Chovy's Lissandra followed closely behind.

Scout's Ryze was a step behind Lissandra because he was pushed back. The six of them were almost at the top lane.

Chovy couldn't sit still any longer.

Unfortunately, he is only level 2 now. At level 1, he naturally learns the Q skill Ice Shard to help him clear waves and contest the lane with Ryze. After reaching level 2, he prioritizes learning the W skill Frost Ring to deal magic damage to surrounding enemies and root them.

In the current environment, none of these are as useful as having an E skill, Glacier Path, for mobility.

Otherwise, he could use his E skill plus Flash to dash directly to Xin Zhao's face and deal control damage.

Without E, he definitely wouldn't be able to stick to Xin Zhao at this point.

If Zhao Xin is allowed to continue running, he won't be able to catch up even if he's chased to the tower.

Chovy could only wait for her teammates to keep the enemy in place.

Sion is currently out of skills, and flashing in would only result in one more auto-attack without any effect, so Tazan is the only one who can continue to keep the enemy in place.

It wasn't that his E skill, which has an extremely long cooldown, was ready, but rather that Camille had a red buff.

When you have the red buff, your basic attack can cause a certain slowing effect.

So when Tazan realized he couldn't catch up, he flashed out and used his basic attack on Xin Zhao, using the red buff's slow effect to temporarily slow Xin Zhao's retreat.

However, this also exposed him to Irelia.

Therefore, GimGoon unleashed his full basic attack on Camille, who was only at half health.

Seeing this, Lin Ruo also turned around to deal damage, preparing to create an opportunity for the Blade Girl to secure the kill, and finally slowed down.

Chovy finally managed to get close enough and quickly used Flash and W to root the stopped Xin Zhao, then the three of them unleashed damage to secure the kill.

However, he clearly overlooked why Lin Ruo chose to stop.

Should I help the Irelia get kills while simultaneously feeding myself a kill in a 1-for-1 trade?
Lin Ruo wouldn't do that kind of business; he would only do business that was purely profitable.

The main reason Lin Ruo dared to stop was that Zhao Xin's E skill was about to refresh.

Yes.

After turning around and auto-attacking Camille twice, Lissandra's Flash appeared like a shadow. At that moment, Lin Ruo decisively used his E skill to reposition himself by using the blue minions stuck in the middle lane, once again creating distance between himself and the GRF team, especially Lissandra.

This resulted in Chovy's root skill missing, only hitting Irelia.

For a fully healed Irelia, this is obviously not very useful.

Meanwhile, he and Sion were also controlled by Irelia's Twin Blades.

Only Tazan's Camille was unharmed because her positioning wasn't parallel to her two teammates, and by then her long-cooldown E skill had fully recovered.

Tazan's first thought was naturally to use his mobility to follow up and secure Xin Zhao's kill.

His health was about the same as Zhao Xin's, and Zhao Xin's health was even slightly higher.

But none of that matters. Tazan's plan is to use his E skill to control and lock down Xin Zhao, and then Sion, who can remove the control and has Flash, will naturally help him finish off the final damage.

This idea is wonderful, but it's a bit unrealistic.

Camille's E skill requires her to be hooked against a wall before she can attack, unlike Xin Zhao's E which can be used instantly. This allowed Tazan to be interrupted by Ryze, who also flashed in from behind, during the moment he was hooked against the wall.

Scout, who was the last to arrive at the battlefield, got the best opportunity.

The Flash + W skill successfully controlled Camille, who was about to wall-hook and attack, and then the E skill was used to start dealing damage.

Camille's health was already low. One W and one E skill would deal more damage than two basic attacks. With Tazan no longer having any mobility, how could she withstand the continued basic attacks?

Moreover, there's also Irelia.

GimGoon then easily secured Camille's kill with a single Q skill.

First blood.

Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of spectators, the first drop of blood was drawn.

However, what was very unexpected was...

Despite relentless pursuit, GRF failed to secure the first blood, allowing EDG to break the deadlock.

The expressions on the faces of the South Korean audience were extremely grim, and even the "Roaring Emperor" in the commentary booth held his head in his hands.

But things could get even worse.

Because Irelia is there...

In the early game, you're trying to out-damage melee champions using basic attacks against Irelia?
Clearly, with Lin Ruo and Zhao Xin already outmaneuvered, in the remaining 2v2 matchup between the top and mid lanes, Sion and Lissandra, who can't deal any damage with basic attacks, are definitely no match for Irelia and Ryze.

So the Hai'er Brothers in the LPL commentary booth shouted without hesitation: "Great! Xin Zhao escaped, Irelia got the first blood!"

"Lissandra doesn't have Flash, we can keep killing her!"

At this point, GRF had no chance against Irelia.

Scout and GimGoon completely ignored Sion, who still had Flash, and focused all their attention on killing Lissandra.

This one is brittler and can't escape.

Knowing that Lissandra couldn't escape, Sword Emperor chose to run away himself.

It's not his fault; he simply can't compete with Irelia in terms of basic attacks.

Perhaps he had a Q skill that could be charged up to knock up and control Irelia, but GimGoon flashed away and continued to relentlessly chase and attack the bewildered Lissandra with Ryze.

Sword Emperor knew that if he didn't run away soon, he would be finished too.

They've already stacked Conquerors, so even if you add a Sion, it won't be enough to withstand their attacks.

thus.

The final result of this level 2 3v3 melee was that EDG won decisively and secured two kills.

What made GRF even more desperate was that, unsurprisingly, both kills went to Irelia.

This feels so good.

EDG's most needed hero is Irelia, and now the enemy team has already achieved that goal right from the start.

Sion wasn't having a bad time laning against Irelia, but after giving away those two kills, he became nothing more than a punching bag when he returned to lane.

GRF's top, mid, and jungle players were all in a state of near collapse.

Lin Ruo, who turned around, then happily devoured the culprit that had started the war, the river crab.

This time, he not only protected the Irelia, but also made sure that she would never need his protection again, because she was already an adult.

"Nice, nice, I'm going to carry this game, guys, ahhh!"

In EDG's voice chat.

At this moment, cheers erupted from top to bottom from Kim Gong.

He had never experienced such a wonderful day.

Irelia got two kills at level 2. This carry's performance is just a piece of cake.
The team that should be most worried right now is GRF. If they get picked off by a single Irelia in team fights, then they're really going to collapse.

Of course, they could also use Lissandra's ultimate to instantly kill Irelia.

However, Irelia has W, which makes Lissandra somewhat inferior to Irelia.

When eliminating the enemy top laner becomes the core factor in team fights, it easily proves just how difficult the match is.

The match is still ongoing.

But less than three minutes into the event, the atmosphere on Korean online forums became restless again.

Are you saying we got crushed in 10 minutes in the first game, and then crushed again in 3 minutes in the second game?
That's a huge improvement.

It's not just big, it's ridiculously large.

Many Korean viewers are too afraid to watch the match. How can they watch it when the team is being beaten like this? And how can this Irelia player be countered in the future?

No more restrictions?

That means waiting for the bag to get washed away.

At this point, the LCK commentator, the "Roaring Emperor," had to speak up to save face: "Although giving away two kills to Irelia at the start is a bit exaggerated, the game is still competitive."

"Our lineup hasn't really reached its power spike yet. The key point is after level six. After level six, Lissandra and Camille both have their ultimate abilities, making it easy for us to initiate team fights and exert pressure."

"On the contrary, EDG's lineup requires more skill. As long as we find the right opportunity and engage cleanly, we will definitely not suffer any losses."

The Roaring Emperor talked for so long just to tell the frustrated audience.

There is actually a chance to win, although it might be a bit harder to gank the top lane later on.

But Camille and Lissandra together have the best initiative to turn the tide, even when at a significant disadvantage.

This lineup is never bad in disadvantageous team fights, and it's even better in proactive team fights; once it starts, victory is assured.

The premise is that you can't make any more mistakes afterward, and you have to keep trying to find opportunities.

The Roaring Emperor is afraid that this wave will break his team's mentality, leading to basic mistakes in later matches and failing to take advantage of the so-called lineup advantage.

Fortunately, the situation has eased up for the time being.

Tazan didn't make his second move until 6 minutes into the game, still demonstrating excellent judgment and showing no signs of breaking down in terms of rhythm.

By ganking in time and coordinating with Thresh to initiate, they successfully caught Varus, thus helping the team secure a kill.

Unfortunately, Lin Ruo, who was like a persistent ghost, also arrived at this time.

This resulted in Lehends' Thresh not escaping, as he was too far forward and had his health reduced too much, allowing Lin Ruo to quickly finish him off.

The two sides ended up trading one for one.

ADC replaced by support.

GR may not have been as profitable as it was at the beginning, but at least it was profitable. Trading a support for an ADC's kill is definitely not a problem.

Next, we need to look at the deeper levels of rhythm.

While both sides were still making plans in full swing, Lin Ruo was not in a hurry at all. What he needed to do next was to prepare for the so-called vision defense and wait for GRF's next attack.

The other side is the one in control.

After reaching level 6, GRF's dominant period was clearly over.

Lissandra has too many opportunities to burst down enemies after she gets her ultimate, so you can't leave any openings at this time, especially actions like letting Lissandra use her ultimate to catch a lone person without even having to use Flash.

They must hold on, or rather, through vision control issues, EDG can take the initiative to disrupt GRF's rhythm.

After all, don't forget that Scout Ryze's driving ability becomes apparent after level six.

Moreover, the pressure on the top lane is already very obvious, and ganking Sion is the simplest method, bar none.

Lin Ruo didn't really want to wait for GRF to come looking for them, but he could only go to the other side if they didn't gather a large group.

They fought like two teams of two, but EDG was the ones who couldn't withstand them.

Ryze can improve efficiency by driving, but when it comes to fighting, he's still a far cry from Lissandra at this stage.

(End of this chapter)