LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 544 Intellectual Superiority

Last game, GRF's jungler was Camille, but it seemed they still couldn't quite get the hang of EDG in team fights. So this time, why not pick Nocturne for the jungle position?

Then you can fly over whoever you want, so why worry about not being able to hit the enemy's carry?

At the same time, considering the possibility of being instantly killed when entering the fray alone, pairing up with Galio to follow up and fly across the map clearly solves GRF's problem of initiating team fights from the previous game.

If they still can't get into a team fight or perform well, then they really can't blame the coach.

As soon as the draft was completed, head coach McGee couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He felt like he had burned out completely.

Even if we don't say that the draft picks in the second game were better than EDG's, the draft picks in the third game were definitely better than EDG's, especially after EDG's fifth pick picked a conservative Ryze mid laner.

It's hard to say whether he can beat EDG in the future, but if he still loses, Mai Zi hopes that there will be no more people on Korean online forums bringing up his parents every day.

Because I really did my best.

"GRF's draft picks were really good; there were no issues with coordination at all."

Even Miller, one of the LPL commentators, highly approved of this draft pick.

It can be said that the team has almost all the requirements.

If GRF still can't win after all this, then there's absolutely no doubt that it's due to a difference in player skill, nothing else.

The coach admitted there was a gap, but currently, the lead clearly belongs to Mai Zi.

"Go GRF players!"

On the LCK players' bench, the understanding and reasonable "Roaring Emperor" was almost moved to tears by this draft.

He truly didn't expect that at such a critical moment, it would be the head coach behind GRF who would step forward. In any case, he thought this draft was really good.

Moreover, it perfectly addresses the existing problems in GRF and makes further major adjustments.

This did change public opinion on Korean websites, and head coach McGee was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Wow, they've been beaten so badly, and their draft picks are still better than the opponent's. If they lose again, then McGee should probably leave GRF next year.

Players, cheer up! Look how hard your head coach is working.

[Losing again would really be unworthy of this head coach. In that case, let Mai join SKT next year; we just happen to be short a head coach.]

Come on, come on! I've stopped expecting you to beat EDG. Just winning one game would be a success.

Sigh, we accept reality, but please don't lose too badly. Give us a chance, okay? Let's see what EDG's inhibitor crystal looks like, thank you.

...

Amidst the anticipation of the Korean viewers, as the ban/pick phase ended, the remaining Korean fans at the venue did their best to voice their support.

Although their voices weren't as loud as the previous two, they were at least absolutely genuine, representing their expectations for the team.

"GRF, the blue side, has Urgot in the top lane, Nocturne in the jungle, Galio in the mid lane, and Kalista and Gragas in the bottom lane."

"EDG on the red side: Aatrox top, Taliyah jungle, Ryze mid, and Varus and Thresh bot lane duo."

"Alright everyone, the third game of the 2018 League of Legends World Championship semifinals has officially begun. Will EDG sweep all before them, or will GRF pull off a miraculous comeback and win a game? Let's wait and see!"

Miller's words fell.

Under the watchful eyes of the entire audience, all ten players from both sides had entered Summoner's Rift.

The third game of the semifinals, which could also be the final game, has officially begun.

This battle will determine whether South Koreans can defend their last shred of dignity.

However, less than a minute into the match, the South Korean audience felt that they had almost lost their dignity.

It's still in the lower jungle, still in that familiar triangular bush.

Fearing a repeat of the same mistake, Viper was quite cautious this time. However, he had to hold his ground in the tri-bush, otherwise EDG would be inadvertently invading the red buff area from there.

Therefore, unlike the last time, this time it was a barrel that was opened.

Just as Lehends was descending, he was hit by a casual Q from someone lurking in the field inside the Dragon Pit, and as a result, Lin Ruo, who was also in the Dragon Pit, was almost completely bombarded with Stone Shots by Taliyah.

This relates to what Lin Ruo has been saying: when facing hook champions like Thresh and Blitzcrank, you must pay attention to the dragon pit location.

GRF clearly didn't pay much attention.

Lehends wandered around the river and then unconsciously walked away, which led to the events that followed. Although he didn't get hit by any skills, he needed to return to base to heal, otherwise Viper might not be able to farm the lane later.

Moreover, this is clearly not the issue that GRF should be worried about right now.

Instead, EDG took advantage of Gragas having to return to base, and with an extra player, they chose to invade the red buff area, which made it impossible for GRF to stop them.

Tazan, who had just been wandering down the upper reaches of the river, looked up and found that he could no longer use his red potion.

By the time the barrel healed back, the red monster had already respawned more than 10 seconds ago.

What should I do? What should I do? I lost the red buff right at the start!
Tazan's face instantly darkened. Without the red buff, how could he, as a jungler, possibly play? It would be very difficult, you know?

But are we supposed to rely on being outnumbered to steal the red buff? That's impossible. Tianye's Thresh has already blocked the position. If he goes over and gets hooked, he probably won't even be able to take the blue buff.

At this point, it would be difficult for Gragas to re-enter the lane. The effect of holding a position cannot be estimated by the number of players. So all Tazan can do is not delay his own ADC from going up to farm the lane.

Then he switched to another jungle camp to farm.

"Are they going to give me the red buff right from the start? Ugh!"

On the LCK commentary booth, the "Roaring Emperor" was already feeling a sense of despair, as if he were about to collapse.

One second they were praising GRF's lineup, and the next second this happened right at the start of the game. It feels like they're going to lose right from the start.

This is the third time! If we lose again, we'll be stuck with losing forever.

No, is it that EDG played too well, or that GRF just doesn't learn from their mistakes?

Clearly, in the eyes of LCK fans in the Korean online streaming room, it is definitely the latter without exception.

[I already fell for this trick once near the triangular grass, why am I making the same mistake a second time? Does my memory work like a fish's? Do I forget everything as soon as it happens?]

[The scene of the Titan flashing out of the dragon pit last game is still fresh in my mind. This game, we have an even more aggressive Thresh. Does Gragas still dare to walk like that? Is it because you were ganking the ADC last game that you didn't pay attention this time?]

Why do I always make such basic mistakes? I can't stand it anymore!

Countless comments on the screen indicated that Korean viewers were on the verge of collapse after watching this.

The GRF players on the bench were in the same boat, especially Tazan, whose jungle was invaded.

They had finally been cheered up by a few words from head coach Mai Zi in the locker room, but as soon as the game started, their own team's red buff disappeared, resulting in a disastrous start.

It's impossible for Tazan not to be red-hot.

He could at least play normally in the first two games, but the third game was interesting; he couldn't even play normally.

If I don't break down, who will?

And you lost the first two games even if you played normally, so you don't expect me to win the third game if I play abnormally, do you?

At the start of the game, he could only go to the top half of the jungle to start with the blue buff. With such inefficient jungle clearing, any jungler would be mentally conflicted, let alone Tazan, who was playing in the World Championship for the first time.

Fortunately, the player still had courage. Not wanting to lose a red buff for nothing, Tazan, after taking the blue buff and leveling up to level two, immediately chose to invade the enemy jungle and steal their red buff. Only by exchanging jungle camps could they turn the tide of the game. If they didn't steal the red buff, Tazan felt he would never be able to hold his head high again.

However, this depends on whether Taliyah will come back to check her own red buff after she has finished attacking his red buff.

If that's the case, there's a high chance the anti-red movement will fail.

Tazan, who had been observing the situation, decided to take it one step at a time and entered the red side's jungle, eventually stealing EDG's red buff.

His courage stemmed from his attempt to redeem himself when Gragas entered the jungle.

Although Lehends arrived late, causing him to give up his own red buff in the jungle to EDG, he later managed to entangle Lin Ruo's Taliyah for a short while with half his health remaining in his own jungle.

This gives Tazan ample time to invade the jungle and steal the red buff, and ensures that Taliyah won't arrive in time to fight him with Smite.

Although Lehends had to use a potion to log back in, he successfully gave Nightmare a much-needed respite.

After both red buffs were taken, Lin Ruo wandered around for a while before heading to the mid lane to wait for an opportunity. Seeing that Galio was being cautious, he retreated towards the jungle.

However, instead of heading towards the lower jungle, they went through the lower jungle to the second tower area and then towards the upper jungle.

The red is gone.

However, Lin Ruo gambled that Tazan would continue to counter his F6.

The reason is simple.

The location where he was harassed by the re-released Gragas was in the blue side's F6 jungle area.

He initially wanted to eat F6.

This makes it easy for Tazan to think that Lin Ruo wants to swap jungle camps with him, so after taking his red buff and his F6 camp, there is absolutely no reason for him to come to the top side of the jungle.

Since taking F6 would delay things, there wouldn't be enough time to defend your own red buff.

Therefore, Lin Ruo will most likely choose to continue farming and leveling up in the lower half of the map.

But the real problem is that Lin Ruo did not choose to continue eating F6 after driving away the wine barrel.

Lehends, who had already lost half his health, didn't even think about going back to check. Instead, he quickly used a potion and went back online to protect his weak ADC.

This led everyone in GRF to have the wrong ideas.

The Taliyah are taking their F6.

In this situation, Taliyah will definitely not come to the top half of the map anymore, so Tazan will naturally have to make a trade to make up for the loss by sending a F6.

The unexpected thing was that Lin Ruo, after being distracted by the barrel, stopped attacking the F6 camp and instead headed straight for the top side of the map after camping in the mid lane for a few seconds.

He was betting that Tazan would continue to exploit his flawed judgment by taking F6.

As we all know, the F6 camp is the hardest jungle camp to fight in the early levels. Nightmare is not as good as Taliyah at easily clearing the F6 camp.

Therefore, after defeating F6, Nightmare's health will almost always be below half. At this point, if you try to catch someone who is still alive, they will obviously be your meal.

As it turned out, Lin Ruo's judgment was absolutely correct.

When they entered the jungle through the second tower and walked into the bushes next to the F6 camp, Nightmare, who had just taken down the big bird, only had about one-third of his health left.

Completely unaware of the impending danger, Tazan only turned his head in astonishment when a random basic attack hit him.

F6 was already dead, so where did this damage come from?

Oh, it's Taliyah. Never mind then.

!!!

Tazan, his mind filled with exclamation marks, turned to run, but then he saw a rock about to bulge out appear at his feet. He instinctively used Blink to get away.

Although he wasn't lifted up, he had used up his only escape skill.

So when the enemy jungler is a ranged hero and also has Flash, everything is very close to giving away first blood.

A golden light appeared.

Lin Ruo controlled Taliyah to quickly catch up with Nightmare, and then released the Q skill to throw stone projectiles that hit the opponent who could not move.

With only one-third of its health remaining, Nightmare's life was already at a critical juncture.

He can switch skills, but there's no need for him to.

Because this makes you look more like a clown, you might be able to dodge most skills, but by then Taliyah will most likely be right in front of you.

As I said before, he's a ranged hero, so positioning is useless; as long as he's at a sufficient distance, he can lock onto the enemy's head with a basic attack.

Unless another Flash is used, otherwise...

Forget it, die early and be born early.

Ultimately, Tazan had no choice but to accept his fate. He watched as the damage from the stone projectiles wore off, and then a basic attack hit him, instantly reducing his red-hot health to nothing, leaving him an empty shell.

The computer screen went black again, and the notification sound of giving up first blood echoed in Summoner's Rift, completely shattering the confidence of this rising LCK jungler.

A familiar start; in the last game, Camille got outplayed, and in this game, Nocturne got baited.

At that moment, Tazan closed his eyes, no longer knowing how to continue playing the game.

too difficult.

He fell for his opponent's clever trick and was completely outmatched in terms of intelligence.

No, we also have to take the operation into account.

"Wait, wasn't he eating F6? How did he manage to catch up?"

While lehends was still puzzled, Chovy had already entered the jungle and understood everything.

F6 is still around; they've been tricked.

This is just a microcosm of the previous two games. GRF was always led by the nose by EDG, so it's no wonder they were beaten so badly.

So, how should we play next? Lin Ruo got another kill.

While the GRF players were still pondering, Lin Ruo, who had secured the river crab, had already begun his second gank, targeting Galio in the mid lane.

This wave wasn't so much difficult to catch, it was far too easy.

Because Ryze has a crowd control skill, W, and his Taliyah also has a skill with the same attribute, W.

As long as Galio wasn't under a turret at that moment, Lin Ruo believed he had a high probability of securing the kill.

The method is simple: enter the blue side's jungle through the side path, stand along the wall of the blue side's first tower to block vision and keep an eye on Galio in front of the tower.

When Galio, who still had a third of his health left, took a couple of steps, the killing intent was about to begin.

The prerequisite for this deadly situation is having Flash.

That's perfect, Ryze is all I need.

As long as Lin Ruo steps out at the most opportune moment, and then Ryze flashes and uses his W to control Galio the instant he is exposed, the entire operation becomes very simple.

That's the charm of Ryze and Taliyah.

(End of this chapter)