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Chapter 560 Three-Legged Battle Decides the Fate

After all, isn't the top lane picked to be played?
The plan was for everyone to AFK in the bottom lane and play their own games, but after 20 minutes, it turned into a four-player lane.

The key is that EDG's top laner is Ornn, so it's understandable that Lin Ruo went to bot lane at the beginning, but why did Ning go to bot lane in the first place?

Pushing down a tower gives away two kills, taking a river crab gives away three more. If we stay any longer, we'll lose the first and second towers, the high ground, and the crystal.

Therefore, IG quickly reached a clear consensus despite their current significant disadvantage.

Anyone who tries to download it again is a dog.

Let's get this going! We need to get this going! Only if Irelia gets involved in the fight will we have an advantage.

Sure enough, once they went to the top lane, IG was at least less embarrassed, since the top tower's health had been almost whittled down by the time it was almost 20 minutes in.

IG's mid, jungle, and support could easily group up and send two of them to the top tower, and TheShy could easily take it down.

Irelia, who hadn't participated in any battles, was now close to having one and a half items. Once she completed Trinity Force and Titanic Hydra, she would basically have the ability to turn the tide of the game.

Rookie's early game development was still not very good. In the final moments before the Rift Herald disappeared, he used a wave of poke damage and Irelia's entry into the fray. Although he didn't gain any advantage in kills, he easily secured the Rift Herald.

However, LeBlanc will gradually enter a period of weakness and fatigue after 25 minutes, at which point IG will have even fewer options to rely on.

Meanwhile, EDG has found a new area to focus their efforts on.

Twenty minutes later, EZ stood up.

With this mid-game power spike and the three kills already secured, iboy's power spike will come even earlier.

This prompted IG to try and take down the mid tower with the hard-won Rift Herald.

Only by taking down the mid-lane tower can EDG's actions be restricted.

For example, the third fire dragon that will spawn next.

For example, EZ can constantly poke within a certain range.

However, EDG's mid tower still has a lot of health, and it's obvious that the Rift Herald alone can't take it down.

Rookie's LeBlanc had a significant advantage in the early game, so the blue side's mid tower shouldn't still have so much health.

The reason this shouldn't have happened is that Rookie's LeBlanc, once fed, was still too team-oriented, spending more time roaming rather than pushing lanes or taking down the mid tower.

This is why the first tower in the middle still has a lot of health.

Therefore, IG had to face this very real problem: they not only had to get the Rift Herald to hit the mid-lane tower, but someone also had to go up and chip away at the remaining tower's health.

Otherwise, it would be pointless for the Rift Herald to be knocked out.

However, pushing the middle tower will definitely pose a risk, since EDG currently has the advantage.

What to do? Call in reinforcements!

TheShy, who was originally going to switch to the bottom lane, had to come to the mid lane to participate in the tower pushing activity, otherwise IG would not have much spare strength to push the mid tower.

Thus.

The mid lane undoubtedly became a large-scale 5v5 team fight.

IG's goal is to push down the first tower, while EDG's goal is to wipe out everyone pushing down the first tower.

Because it was premeditated, the five IG players gathered in the mid lane to summon the Rift Herald, which naturally crashed out.

However, EDG immediately launched a counterattack.

Ornn, who teleported down, summoned a scorching goat in the bottom river and charged towards the five IG players who wanted to attack the tower.

The advantage of grouping up is that it looks imposing and is not easily picked off by a single opponent. However, the problem is that if the opponent is positioned in a vulnerable position from all sides, then this grouping up becomes very unsafe.

Just like flanking can pose a significant threat.

EDG's tactics are not simply about flanking.

Ornn was the first to encounter trouble in the river bush, while Lin Ruo, playing Lee Sin, stood on the lane, as if deliberately blocking the retreat of the five IG players.

EZ's ultimate skill hit four people squarely, and with the goat's charge, it completely deterred the five IG players who wanted to attack the tower.

Xayah, whose target was the tower at the very front, was forced to use her E skill, which unleashed a barrage of feathers.

Fortunately, with LeBlanc's W skill allowing them to continue attacking, IG managed to barely secure the mid-lane tower.

Leona used her ultimate to cover her return, and IG barely managed to achieve what they wanted.

However, how to retreat at this point became a major problem.

IG has two retreat options: one is to go through the mid-lane bushes towards the top river, and then circle back to the mid-tower area through their own jungle.

Instead, they retreated directly to the mid-tower area, but there was a chance that Lee Sin and Ornn would suddenly initiate a team fight at that location.

Considering that there were no minions threatening their own mid-lane tower, IG's first thought was naturally to head towards the river and then back to their own mid-lane tower area.

However, Akali's teleport shattered all of IG's plans as they were preparing to enter the river.

Scout teleported into the upper half of the map, but didn't know where he teleported to.

This suddenly created a huge risk when retreating from the jungle, so the five IG players tried to force their way towards their own base tower.

However, by this time, the front line had already been blocked by the rest of EDG.

If Ornn still had his ultimate ability at this point, it would obviously be a scene of utter catastrophe in this river.

Fortunately, it didn't happen.

However, IG isn't in much better shape either; they're still trying to find a place for Akali's teleport.

The five IG players, retreating along the riverbank, kept a close eye on all of EDG's movements from the front.

EDG will absolutely not let them leave so easily.

Tianye Luo activated his ultimate very quickly and rushed into the river immediately. IG knew they had to stop him, especially since Baolan's Luo had been watching what the frontmost Luo would do.

So almost the instant Rakan activated his ultimate, Leona also pointed her E skill, hitting Rakan who was about to enter the river and controlling and blocking him.

"I'm selling it, I'm selling it, you all better get out of here."

Baolan excitedly said in the voice chat that he believed his play had saved IG.

Since Ornn has no ultimate left, if Rakan misses his ultimate again, then even with an Akali whose whereabouts are unknown, EDG won't have the ability to crush them again.

So this team fight barely averted the crisis.

But then Lin Ruo said, "I can also start a group."

"Luo Da missed, and Akali's teleport position wasn't very good either. He wasn't in IG's jungle, but in the dragon pit."

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan continued to provide commentary word for word.

Although Akali concealed her position, with Rakan's ultimate ability gone, he no longer believed that EDG had any chasing ability.

After all, you can't just let Akali flash in and cause chaos at this point, can you?

That would be too much of a lone operation.

Therefore, he rightfully believes that IG's push on the mid tower and their grouping up was a great success.

However, a subtle variable occurred at this moment: while Rakan was engaged in a fight with Leona, Lin Ruo's Lee Sin landed a Sonic Wave that hit Irelia, who was walking near the river wall.

Guan Zeyuan didn't pay much attention to this point.

He didn't even mention it casually. At this moment, Lin Ruo had neither a resurrection item nor a flash, so he didn't think kicking it would have any effect.

Besides, they're kicking Irelia, so be careful not to get controlled by Twin Blades. IG actually managed to counterattack.

Although Irelia's E skill was used in the mid lane to facilitate her retreat, it should still be on cooldown at this moment, but it will be ready soon.

So what reason would Lin Ruo have to kick it up?

If we really have to find a reason, there might only be one: Xayah was following Irelia, one in front of the other.

Xayah, without her ultimate or Flash, went first into the river, while Irelia followed behind to provide cover. Both of them leaned against the river wall on the outer path, preparing to head towards their own jungle.

Kicking a female Irelia is absolutely unrealistic. Even if Lin Ruo wanted to make a move, she could only target Xayah, but how could she kick Xayah without Flash?

"They probably won't fight anymore. It looks like IG has successfully widened the gap this time."

Guan Zeyuan still held the opinion of the person above.

TheShy below also thinks so, after all, if the E skill is not on cooldown, if Lee Sin dares to kick, he can predict and use E in mid-air to make the opponent be controlled as soon as they land.

That blind monk coming over was just asking for trouble.

Unfortunately, the E skill is currently on cooldown, so it might be a second slower than Lee Sin's kick.

However, TheShy can also guarantee that if Lee Sin simply wants to kick him like a string of candied hawthorns, forget it. I can charge up my W and reduce most of the effect of your Dragon Tail.

So, can you still string them together?
Therefore, TheShy naturally assumed that Lin Ruo would not kick him, and the next moment he confidently turned his head, ignoring the attention of the other IG members.

Ning believed that Akali had teleported into their jungle, and his eyes never left the red buff area.

But then his gaze immediately shifted away, because it seemed the blind monk had actually kicked.

At that moment, everyone's eyes widened.

"Wow, Lin Shen, you actually kicked it!"

Guan Zeyuan also immediately started shouting from the commentary booth.

Then she watched helplessly as Lin Ruo, controlling the Blind Monk, kicked him without hesitation. Irelia's E skill was delayed by 1 second. Although she couldn't control the Blind Monk immediately, as long as the Blind Monk dared to stay by her side for even one more second.

TheShy can guarantee that Lee Sin will never return.

Considering it was Lin Ruo, even Ning Wang was very cautious at this moment and immediately used his ultimate move to try to blow up the approaching Lee Sin.

His concern wasn't just that Lin Ruo might make an unexpected move; he was genuinely afraid that Akali would suddenly appear out of nowhere and catch them off guard.

That would be bad.

However, like Irelia, Ning's movements were also slow.

TheShy's skill was still on cooldown, while Ning simply didn't expect Lee Sin to kick at him, so the explosive barrel was only used later.

But Lin Ruo had already kicked it.

Lin Ruo knew better than anyone that if he lingered for even a second longer after kicking, it would undoubtedly explode.

Whether it's Gragas's ultimate ability or Irelia's subsequent Twin Blades.

He couldn't immediately ward the enemy to Xayah in front of Irelia and try to kick her. First, he doesn't have Flash to adjust the angle, and second, in that ward-hopping position, if TheShy reacts quickly and adjusts his position with Double Blade, it's uncertain who will die.

So, if Lin Ruo wanted to kick Xia into a certain position where she was doomed, she could only look forward.

It's impossible to expect to kick someone to the back and let the three players on the line kill them.

At this point, the only option is to try and create an opportunity for Akali to get a kill.

Before that, he had to ensure he could kick Xayah at the right angle while avoiding the control effects of Irelia and Gragas.

Therefore, Lin Ruo chose a less-than-expected angle for touching her eyes.

That is to directly dodge the wall diagonally upwards to the shore and reach the entrance of the red side's jungle before Xayah, and then collide head-on with Xayah. This is the perfect angle for Lin Ruo to avoid and kick.

With a swift kick to the Irelia, Lin Ruo warded, climbed the wall, and took two more steps. Not only did she successfully dodge the Twin Blades and the exploding barrels, but she also managed to take a shortcut and bumped right into Xayah, who had just reached the corner of the wall and entered the jungle.

JK hadn't expected this at all.

Just a second ago, he thought he was safe once he entered his own jungle.

And then, love came around the corner.

The situation was getting worse, because Lin Ruo kicked Xia at an angle with just one kick.

This angle is almost equivalent to kicking Xia from the river mouth towards the center of the Longkeng area.

The reason why JK and the other IG players didn't try to use Lee Sin to ward-hop and jump over the wall to block the enemy's backline is that the angle of that kick would be too low, and it would be impossible to hit the other EDG players coming in from the back mid-lane.

So what's the use?

But now let's think about it from a different perspective.

If Akali's teleport wasn't in the red side jungle, which they were most worried about, but instead was right in the dragon pit, then that kick would have been absolutely brilliant.

So at that moment, almost everyone on IG looked towards the dragon pit, which they hadn't been paying attention to.

Even with a combo like RQQ, Lin Ruo, as a Lee Sin, could never have achieved the ability to instantly kill a full-health Xayah.

So as long as Xayah still has health, the rest of IG will be able to react and take down Lee Sin.

but.

If Akali were to join the fight at this point, it would practically be a death sentence for Xayah.

But will Akali really be in that position?

Just as everyone in IG was still speculating, a golden light suddenly appeared in the dragon pit, followed by Akali flashing out of the dragon pit, then using her reverse E skill to increase her displacement, and finally using her ultimate to directly cut in.

Xia collapsed almost instantly.

There was no need to inflict any more damage, because Lin Ruo's RQQ had already taken away more than half of Xia's health.

All that was left for everyone at IG was the utter shock.

The commentary booth from God's perspective.

Guan Zeyuan and his two companions weren't much better off. When they saw Lin Ruo kick out diagonally with the Lee Sin, they all screamed in surprise when they realized that Akali's teleport point was in the Dragon Pit.

"Akali is coming with that kick."

A thunderous sound rang out, and then Akali, the Flying Thunder God, appeared, instantly killing Xayah.

IG suddenly lost a key carry, and the situation suddenly became very dangerous.

It wasn't just Xia who died.

Furthermore, in order to protect Xayah, everyone in IG stopped their retreat, which resulted in not only one person being missing, but also the rest of EDG arriving at the scene.

With a 4v5 situation and a missing two-item carry, who dares to believe that IG can win this team fight?

So, on the LCK commentary booth, the first thing the "Roaring Emperor" blurted out when he saw Xayah get killed was: "Ahhh, damn it, IG is going to explode!"

It's definitely going to explode.

Akali then turned her attention to the barrel near Xayah.

With just one large attack, it's like going in fully armed to cut down the enemy's barrels. How could the squishy Ning possibly withstand Akali's explosive cut?

Without their ultimate ability to explode barrels, and with their own health quickly reduced to less than half, IG suddenly looked like they were missing two players.

Is it possible to unleash the full power of a single Irelia?
Forget it, TheShy realized that he could hold on for a while, but when he turned around, all his teammates were gone, even Leona was fragile.

The Enchantress is the only one among them who can deal damage, and of course, the only one who can escape.

So in the final team fight, everyone on IG was wiped out, with only Rookie's LeBlanc barely surviving.

This time.

It seems that the voices of IG fans have disappeared from the Wenhe Arena.

This team fight was truly deadly.

More than 20 minutes have passed, and the Baron Nashor will undoubtedly spawn and be immediately captured by EDG.

Once they secure Baron Nashor, EDG's advantage will be so great that it will be impossible to estimate with mere statistics.

In short, it really exploded.

The explosion had reached IG's rest area, where coach Kim Jung-soo was already in a state of collapse, clutching his head.

The decision to take the central tower was actually good, but it was left behind for later.

It's one thing to be left behind, but the real problem is that it wasn't even a 5v5 team fight. Their Xayah was instantly killed.

"It's all over, damn it."

Kim Jung-soo took off his headphones, shook his head, and almost slumped into the chair.

He was still thinking about the draft picks for the fifth game, so he put down his notebook when he saw this.

I was just a little worried about the draft picks for the last game, but now I'm fine, there's nothing to worry about anymore.

After the fourth game, we can disband and go home. Why bother with the draft for the fifth game?

It's no wonder a team can't win a game where the opponent takes down the Baron in just 22 minutes.

Look at the economic gap after taking down Baron Nashor; it's already exceeded 7,000 gold, and with the subsequent push on the outer towers, a 10,000 gold difference is practically a certainty.

And that's not the most dangerous part. The most dangerous part is that EDG might be able to crush their opponents and push forward in one fell swoop with this Baron.

The situation is clearly beyond repair.

No one can turn the tide against EDG with such a huge economic gap, no, they can turn the tide against EDG after Lin Ruo took over.

Like Wang Duoduo in the commentary booth, who had a premonition that the game was about to end, he had already started composing poetry and focused his attention on the person he thought was the most dazzling.

"In ancient times, there was the Demon King Faker's Ryze who could dominate the world; now, there's Lin Ruo's Lee Sin who can turn the tide with three kicks. This Lin Ruo is terrifying! He has truly shown us what a super invincible carry looks like!"

Anyone who watched the entire match would know that Lin Ruo was absolutely the sole decision-maker in determining the outcome, and it wasn't just about three kicks.

They had already kicked the bottom lane a lot in the early stages, but IG always managed to fight back.

However, these three moves completely extinguished IG's hopes of winning the game.

The first kick was a ward flash W kick that returned the big kill to LeBlanc, helping EDG regain the advantage.

The second kick was a flash kick that instantly killed the Gragas, helping IG achieve a 3-for-0 exchange in the river and extend their advantage.

The third kick was the one that went diagonally over the wall and sent Xayah flying into Akali's face.

These three kicks left everyone on IG completely stunned.

Especially during the replay of the third kick, there were screams in the LPL official live stream.

[Lin Shen, do you have to be this crazy? You're really going to ruin the entire IG team's rhythm!]

[Terrifying, absolutely terrifying. Other Lee Sin players might only manage one kick in a game, but Lin Gou kicked three times! If I were IG, I wouldn't play. How can our carry possibly compete when the enemy Lee Sin has both his ultimate and Flash and can reliably engage?]

The key point is that the third kick was delivered even without dodging...

I can guarantee with 100% certainty that Lin Shen's Blind Monk skills were definitely not learned from the factory.

[Mingkai, don't look, that's a hater.]

[Damn, Lin Gou (Lin Gengxin) worked so hard, kicking the ball three times in a row, it would be unreasonable not to give him the championship. He's been the center every game!]

What's the point of not giving it to them? Look, Lin himself stuffed the championship into his arms.

[It's not IG's fault for losing the game; they just ran into Lin, who's like a monster. He's terrifying. If Lin were a human, I'd eat him alive. Even the legendary Faker wasn't this dominant.]

[Hurry up and give out the award, or Lin will kick it a fourth time. Hurry up and give it to him, or he'll really fly into the sky.]

...

LPL viewers were clearly no longer worried about whether IG could turn the game around, but rather hoped that IG would lose quickly so that Lin Ruo wouldn't have to kick the ball a fourth time.

I wonder how pretentious they'll be in the interviews later.

So if IG still wants to save face, they should hurry up and click it; otherwise, they'll just be torturing themselves.

Especially the torment for Ning Wang, seeing that he was more than 3000 gold behind Lin Ruo and was already a nobody on the street, he never thought that playing the champion Gragas could be so frustrating.

Okay, I'm mortal enemies with blind men, no, I'm mortal enemies with Lin Gou.

What do you mean by "I'm mortal enemies with Lin Gou"? Lin Shen is heaven, okay?

This was the thought of all the European and American viewers watching the live stream, without exception. At this moment, the comment sections in Europe and America seemed even more lively than the LPL live stream room.

Before the match was even over, the GIF of the decisive three-legged victory had already spread all over Twitter, and European and American viewers in the comments section were practically kneeling down and calling God.

Kids, whether you admit it or not, Lin Shen is actually sent by God to rule the game League of Legends.

[No one can deny it, but just ask yourself, is it even possible for a human to kick back a LeBlanc using a ward flash and W?]

I knew that worshipping Lin Shen from the beginning was the right thing to do; after all, how could we disobey God's will?

Looks like Lin Shen is going to win again today. Well, sorry, I'll have to suppress my hater tendencies. From now on, I'm still Lin Shen's most loyal follower. Lin Shen, please accept the worship of your follower.

[The clever me had already started praying for IG's defeat before the match even began; I knew they could never be a match for the god-like Lin Shen.]

[Unsurprisingly, next year's champion will still be our Lin, guys. I'm already looking forward to his triple crown. By the way, when is Lin coming to Europe to retire?]

(End of this chapter)