LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 554 IG is okay
If there's one idea that everyone in IG is thinking about right now, it's how to speed things up.

Want to win the game?

With a 5000 gold deficit after just 20 minutes, and facing the steady EDG, IG simply couldn't think of a way to win the game.

So they chose to act recklessly.

let's hit.

If you win, you can make up for your economic disadvantage; if you lose, you can take your hands off the keyboard and watch the other side push your base.

This may be EDG's easiest game yet, because other teams, like IG, would usually try to manage their resources and stall for time when they were in such a huge disadvantage.

This forces EDG to either force a team fight by taking Baron Nashor or find an opportunity to initiate a team fight.

But IG doesn't need that.

If you show them even the slightest disrespect, they will charge in without hesitation and fight to the death.

This is how the final wave of attacks was conducted.

EDG didn't do anything substantial, except they positioned themselves a bit forward when pushing down the second tower, and IG suddenly moved up.

Baolan used his ultimate (R) and flash to initiate the attack, attempting to coordinate with his teammates to quickly eliminate the Gragas in the front.

Lin Ruo, fully equipped with magic core gear, was naturally incredibly fragile, but unfortunately, she had a stopwatch.

So Lin Ruo once again demonstrated to the entire IG team what a top-notch reaction looks like.

Baolan had already activated his ultimate skill quickly and decisively. He didn't even need to lift anyone with his R-flash. He could stun the enemy as soon as he touched the barrel and then lift them up.

But that's exactly what happened.

Before anyone even touched him, the barrel had already reacted and swiftly pulled out the golden body.

How can we drive now?

Baolan felt an overwhelming urge to report the enemy jungler.

However, that was Lin Ruo's statement.

Forget it, this guy has been cheating for almost two years, there's no way to ban him at all.

IG's last team fight ended so hastily. They initiated it but failed to engage, but that didn't stop the momentum of IG's charge.

However, the player who initiated the attack did nothing and was instead focused down and killed by the Leona who came after him.

Just like in the first team fight, Luo died without doing anything.

At this point, if IG were to engage in a fight, it would be no different from the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandfather; they would all rush in to die.

If the support dies, the jungler dies; if the jungler dies, the top laner dies.

IG originally planned to use this team fight to protect their second turret, but now that it's too close to their base, a sudden team wipe means they don't even need to defend the second turret anymore.

EDG pushed straight to the high ground and won the game.

This is IG's rhythm, which made the game end at least 5 minutes faster.

Just like European and American teams, they are carefree and will surrender quickly if they can't win, without even giving their fans a chance to take nitroglycerin.

In less than 25 minutes, the first game of the grand finals came to an end with the crystal exploding.

"Congratulations to EDG! They take the first game 1-0!"

As the match ended, the LCK commentator, "Roaring Emperor," shook his head in disbelief.

The reason this match didn't have the chaotic, high-octane feel that LPL is known for is simply because someone was just too overpowered, which caused the game to unfold in this way.

Sometimes he really wanted to ask, is Lin Ruo even human?

Amidst the raucous cheers from the crowd, the entire EDG team stood up, calmly left the players' bench, and returned to the rest room to prepare for the next game.

On the IG player bench.

Everyone was trying to calm themselves down, but it was inevitable to feel a little frustrated after losing the game.

As soon as the first match ended, the camera returned to the commentary booth, and Guan Zeyuan could only sigh with regret.

"EDG performed steadily in this match, especially Lin Shen, whose godlike performance in two team fights directly determined the game's outcome."

The team's strategy during raids and their reactions when raids begin are both perfect.

This is the real reason why EDG is invincible. If Lin Ruo had even the slightest problem in his performance, this EDG team would never have been so unique.

"Lin's Gragas really delivered an absolutely carry-like performance in the finals game."

Remember to echo their sentiments.

Looking at the post-match stats on the big screen, a KDA of 5-0-8 doesn't seem like much.

On both sides' data panels, it was Gragas's top-tier damage curve that truly shocked the audience.

How can a jungler's damage be higher than that of both ADCs?
ADCs need to harass and poke in lane, so how can they deal damage?
Well, this shows just how terrifying Lin Ruo's nuke-like Gragas is in team fights.

Needless to say.

The MVP of the first game was undoubtedly given to Lin Ruo for his Gragas performance.

At this moment, Wang Duoduo was no longer thinking about who would win the next game between EDG and IG, but rather, given Lin Ruo's performance today, the MVP for the second game would likely be the same person, and there wouldn't be a second one.

He didn't know.

However, the IG players who went down were very clear that although they lost the first game very badly, this BO5 was far from over.

It's not fair to say they're frustrated; on the contrary, the IG players are still full of fighting spirit.

They also have their own tactics that they haven't used yet, and the second game wasn't completely hopeless.

However, the end of the first game only reinforced the audience's confidence in the 3-0 score.

Can IG win a game? They definitely can't.

After all, everyone knows how EDG got here, and even commentators from both LCK and LPL share the same view.

If you play like this in the first game, how are you going to win the rest?

Oh well, we just can't beat EDG. Getting second place isn't shameful, after all, they're in a league of their own right now.

Therefore, when both sides took to the field in the second game, the live broadcast room was almost entirely filled with comments about a shutout.

But when the camera panned to the IG players' bench, where they still exuded confidence, some people couldn't help but think that without Nuo, IG might still have a chance in the second game.

At least that seems to be the case from BP's perspective.

This time, IG not only took the initiative to attack, but also marked out a lineup that absolutely needed to control the tempo.

Lin Ruo felt very familiar with this lineup: a LeBlanc for the mid lane, a tank for the top lane, and Kindred for the jungler as a counter.

IG has essentially revealed their hand.

Ning didn't use Kindred in this World Championship; he only played it in Lin Ruo's timeline when playing against KT because the game dragged on to the fifth game.

However, this time they didn't drag it out to a fifth game against KT.

In this regard.

Lin Ruo picked Zhao Xin as always, intending to counter junglers with long range.

He just didn't perform that well in the game.

Because IG was using a strategy from the very beginning. They first pulled off a sneaky maneuver right after starting the jungle, and Kindred started with red buff in the bottom half of the map but didn't farm in the top half. Instead, they went down to continue farming Krugs.

This led to a fierce online duel between EDG's bot lane duo. No one expected Ning to appear in the bottom lane at level two, and iboy and Tianye both gave away kills.

They were so engrossed in their efforts that there was nothing they could do about it.

After all, who would have thought that Kindred would gank bot lane at level two?

What was even more unexpected was that Lady Luck seemed to be on IG's side, with the first spot where the mark refreshed being the river crab point in the bottom half of the map.

This allowed Ning Wang to not only get kills at the start of the game, but also accumulate a large number of marks.

"Ning's early game tempo is really good. This Kindred seems to have taken a big lead right from the start."

Although Guan Zeyuan still doesn't quite believe that IG will win the second game, at least there's hope now, isn't there?

As LPL commentators, they should be on the side of the underdog and help the team analyze the situation.

But sorry.

Since IG's opponent is EDG, even though EDG seems to be at a disadvantage right now, Guan Zeyuan, Wang Duoduo, and Ji De all still focus their attention on IG.

They hope IG can win this game, not for any other reason than that the match needs to be exciting.

We can't let EDG crush us every time, otherwise even in internal matches, LPL viewers will find it boring.

Not to mention the audience outside.

The number of viewers on Korean websites dropped sharply because there were no Korean teams present, and the first game was a one-sided stomp by EDG.

LCK viewers have come to feel that there's no point in watching the matches anymore.

We already hate the Korean killer EDG, and now you want us to watch their stomping games against noobs? Are you trying to torture us or someone else?
If IG has a chance to win the game, then they can keep watching.

Soon after, LCK viewers flooded into the live stream to watch.

After Ning secured a significant advantage with two ganks, IG quickly gained another excellent opportunity.

That's right, still in the bottom lane.

The newly launched iboy seems to be underestimating his opponents.

That's true. What's the point of an Ezreal showing off? I'm a legitimate Lucian.

Yes, he was immediately killed in the lane. To put it another way, he was already fighting EZ while holding off the minion wave, but when Alistar came later, he couldn't control his positioning.

They died in the laning phase just like that, because they were greedy for minions while at half health and got pushed back like that. The strongest bot lane duo was inexplicably killed by the weakest bot lane duo.

At this moment, Lin Ruo wanted to do something but didn't know what to do.

Is this still the serious finals that both sides are taking seriously?

Dude, it's only been 4 minutes.

Is it really necessary to send so many gifts? Be careful not to get a system warning and have your account banned.

Lin Ruo felt that the team had been giving iboy too much lane priority lately. After all, he used to play champions like Ezreal and Sivir who were good at laning, and he got a little cocky after playing too many lane priority champions in the World Championship, which led to his rebellious phase.

But that's okay.

The team then fell into an even greater disadvantage, and it wasn't entirely the bottom lane's fault.

LeBlanc is indeed easier to catch. Rookie, with Ning, once again tower-dived and killed Scout's Ryze, right after getting two chains.

At this point, Lin Ruo barely managed to kill TheShy in the top lane.

However, Baolan's roaming was a bit uncanny; he seemed to have a premonition and came to help in the top lane.

TheShy's Sion did die, but Alistar's sudden appearance and headbutt caused Xin Zhao, who was knocked up, to take two more hits from the turret.

Thus, the moment when Lin Ruo died at the feet of his support for the first time in his professional career was created.

"Baolan, how come you arrived so punctually, Shiba?"

Even the Roaring Emperor was stunned.

Is that Alistar who went to support the top lane in just 6 minutes?

This was a really lucky move. They seized the opportunity when Lin Ruo was tanking the tower, not only helping their own top laner achieve a 1-for-1 trade, but also ensuring that GimGoon didn't escape.

Because Rookie also teleported up later, blocking GimGoon's retreat route and getting another kill.

Therefore, EDG suffered an unbelievable 1-for-6 exchange at the start of the game.

This score should normally be achieved by EDG.

In short, by this point, Lin Ruo herself was starting to lose control of the pace.

Because Kindred got three of the kills, they could chase him down and beat him in the jungle.

No matter how skilled Lin Ruo is, he can't possibly fight a jungler who has more than a thousand more pieces of equipment than him.

Moreover, the Kindred mark was cleared very smoothly, and now that an economic advantage has been established, there is no problem for them to directly enter the jungle and farm his jungle camps.

At this point, it's not a big deal which jungle area the mark spawns in.

When facing VIT in the quarterfinals, EDG also fell into a similar disadvantage in the early game, but as expected, they turned the tide in the mid-to-late game.

However, this time the difficulty of turning it back was beyond imagination.

Because the opposing team is IG.

Without them, EDG would be the world champions.

So even though EDG is trying to adjust, this match will still be very difficult to play against IG's massive damage output and high margin for error, especially with IG's fed Kindred.

As time went by, and as the commentators and online viewers saw that IG's chances of winning the game were getting higher and higher, the excitement grew.

[Holy crap, is IG really going to win? No way, are they going to break the possibility of being swept? Great, great, as expected of an LPL team, they're much better than the LCK's number one seed who was completely outmatched by EDG.]

[Go IG! If you win one game, I'll become a fan; if you win two, I'll listen to your theme song!]

Just play it safe. We have a very good chance of winning this game. Seriously, let's take it! I don't want this final to end so quickly; it really kills the fun of watching it.

Since it's an internal battle, who wins and who loses isn't important. I just want to see a best-of-five series that's incredibly exciting. Thank you.

Tell me, isn't this a case of Lin Shen being completely outmatched in his matchup? Kindred is already leading by two games at this point.

【Isn't that obvious? A 3-0 start, and you think a Xin Zhao can out-farm a fed Kindred? You should find a jungle camp and farm first.】

The audience probably didn't expect that the invincible Lin Shen would be beaten so badly one day.

no way.

Once Zhao Xin is suppressed, it is indeed difficult for him to play his due role in the later stages.

The fact that the game could be dragged out to over 30 minutes shows that EDG was clearly making a huge effort to salvage the situation, but they couldn't stop Kindred from getting fed.

After 30 minutes, Kindred's range was maximized with stacked marks, essentially like having two Snipers. In team fights, before you could even see clearly, Kindred could already be attacking you from a great distance. How could you possibly win?
But it's the kind of thing that can be killed in just three hits.

This results in EDG having a very low margin for error. If any player can't hold on and gets severely damaged, the game becomes very difficult.

And that's exactly what happened. In the Elder Dragon fight, EDG had one player killed right at the start, and the situation collapsed instantly.

IG ultimately won the second game.

After the match ended, Lin Ruo slowly exhaled, her eyes showing no confusion or disorientation, only a strong fighting spirit filled with joy.

IG still seems capable of causing them trouble.

(End of this chapter)