You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

"First blood!"

The news of the first blood being drawn rang out in the arena!
The audience and commentators were incredibly excited by this wave after wave of excitement!

After the mid lane, now they're coming to the bottom lane?
This kind of situation, where the mid and bot lanes both flourish, is not uncommon in EDG's matches. After all, they are a team known for their early-game aggression, and it's common for them to break through the mid lane and tower dive in the bot lane within three minutes.

But in today's environment, this scene is all the more precious!

"The rhythm is unexpectedly excellent!" Wang Duoduo exclaimed. "Everyone on EDG is giving it their all!"

Whether it was Flandre's gank in the mid lane or the perfect teamwork of the three junglers, it was all a sight to behold.

At this moment, the live stream chat was flooded with comments.

Why is Team B still so aggressive even though Yang is playing? Are they going to get crushed by DRX again?

Who gave DRX the right to let them pick any champions they wanted? Scout really thought he could just order whatever he wanted and become a god? He ended up losing the lane.

[Isn't Fei Shen's performance truly bizarre? Did he really kill a traitor while ill?]

Compared to Fei Shen's performance, Viper in the bottom lane was like someone with a fever; if it weren't for JieJie ganking him, they would have been completely wiped out.

[The main reason is that several of EDG's teammates performed well today.]

[That's true, Flandre's roaming was top-notch, JieJie made opportunistic ganks, and Meiko was quite decisive too.]

[Did the feverishness of the two Cs wake up the three tools in the game?]

[And I didn't expect that JieJie would take the lead in the end. Did Viper really not intend to win today?]

Of course, if you're not in good form, you should pass the ball to your teammates.

Compared to the chat comments in the live stream, the JDG guys could see things much more clearly.

If you were to say this was profitable, it wouldn't be considered very profitable, since it only resulted in one kill. Even considering Viper's loss from last-hitting, the economic advantage was only about 500 gold.

In fact, this first blood won't have any impact on the situation in the bottom lane; on the contrary, it will make EDG's bot lane duo even more disadvantaged.

This is unavoidable. After all, Deft died while pushing the lane into the tower, so he didn't suffer any real loss. On the other hand, EDG's bot lane duo both used their Flash abilities and didn't even get a kill, but instead lost more.

"But the main issue is that neither of Longcha's two carries have flashed. Isn't this just like JieJie casually withdrawing money?"

Toothpaste asked with a smile, "How so, if you were a prince watching a movie, which route would you choose?"

"Is that even a question?" Without the slightest hesitation, she exclaimed, "Of course we'll catch it!"

Although I haven't played with Mingjing in the mid-lane much, the logic is sound.

If Mingjing is comfortable, the game will be easy to win, even if Mingjing is sick.

Jie Jie certainly understood this principle as well.

He returned to the city with his first kill and bought the Iron Spike Whip, and was already discussing the next steps with Ming Jing.

However, Ming Jing did not offer any opinions this time.

"I'll do whatever you say today," Ming Jing said. "Trust yourself."

Ming Jing's past decisions have been considered flawless, because while laning, he would constantly observe the side lanes and mentally deduce the future direction of the top and bottom lanes and the approximate location of the enemy jungler.

The point where the minion waves meet, the hero's health, and the time and place the jungler leaves the jungle.
Having mentally analyzed and prepared all the information, the rhythm of the game would naturally be invincible.

But today, Mingjing's mind is in single-threaded laning mode, with no other information in his mind besides the laning phase, so of course he can't give Jie Jie any more advice.

After hearing this, Jie Jie pondered for a moment and quickly came up with a plan.

Meanwhile, the people at DRX were also discussing their next decision.

Before the match started, they could never have imagined that the game would turn out this way.

Because of his loss in the mid lane, Pyosik was forced to farm in the mid lane, which caused him to lose control of the river. Ultimately, the bottom lane suffered the consequences, as they were caught off guard and ganked.

It can only be said that a single move can have far-reaching consequences; the loss in the mid lane requires the entire team to bear the consequences.

Deft seemed to be in a good mood, after all, he was used to losing, and dying once didn't cause him much emotional distress.

Moreover, this death did not affect their advantage in the bottom lane.

But in the mid lane, Scout's expression was rather grim.

Although the lane was eventually broken, after Kennen recalled to base, Galio alone definitely couldn't hold the lane.

But it's way too big!

Without Flash, Zoe is just a walking 300 coins in Prince Galio's hands.

"Let's try to counter-gank in the mid lane from now on," Scout said. "The enemy will definitely gank mid."

Even the team's jungler, Pyosik, couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this.

Are you trying to control me remotely again?

Even a normal jungler can't stand being controlled by the mid laner at will—unless your mid laner is Phi or Faker.

However, the current situation is indeed not very good, and in order to prevent the situation from deteriorating further, Pyosik has no choice but to comply.

In the following time, both junglers entered the second round of jungle clearing.

Pyosik's Centaur is definitely faster at clearing jungle camps than Jayce's Jarvan IV, so he can get to the mid lane a step ahead, place a control ward, and counter-gank.

Of course, he also reminded the bottom lane to be on guard.

The prince has a high probability of landing a hit, but it's not guaranteed. After all, Miss Fortune has no Flash, and if she gets knocked up and hooked, she'll die.

Deft and Beyrl's discipline goes without saying. When they left the jungle, each of them bought a control ward, illuminating every path, including the jungle entrance, leaving the prince with no way to gank.

But, no one could have predicted that JieJie's move would be on the third level.

He neither focuses on the middle nor the bottom.

Instead, they played a variation, clearing out only the top half of the map's swamp frogs and three wolves before launching a surprise attack on the top lane!

DRX's attention was almost entirely focused on the bottom half of the map, and even the jungler placed wards near the mid lane.

Although there are standard anti-gank wards in the top lane, as the red side's top laner, without the jungler's help to replenish wards, the top lane is full of loopholes!

JieJie's thinking was incredibly clear. The prince carried his halberd into the Baron pit and used an EQ combo to dash into DRX's top red buff area!

DRX only placed one anti-flanking ward near F6 in the upper red zone, mainly to prevent Jarvan IV from flanking and ganking mid. Although JieJie didn't have a god's-eye view, he could still guess the general idea.

He only needs to go in the direction of the Red Buff camp and then around the Stone Beetle camp to quietly get behind Kingen!
Through the director's switching of perspectives, countless viewers also saw Jie Jie's flanking maneuver, and were extremely surprised!

"There seems to be some explanation!" Miller's voice grew louder and louder: "DRX hasn't found anything here!"

Obviously, no one could have discovered this. Right now, everyone on DRX is on guard against the bottom half of the map, fearing that the Prince will appear from some strange place again.

However, in the blink of an eye, the prince had already appeared in the top lane and blocked Ornn's retreat.

Due to the structure of the red zone, the red team's top laner is extremely vulnerable to being flanked.

Kingen was stunned when he saw the prince.

Is there any other way to play like this?

Why are you ganking the carry without Flash, but instead ganking me, the Ornn who has Flash?

Do you know how to play jungle?
But in fact, this is precisely a manifestation of Jie Jie's understanding of rhythm.

Whether JieJie ganks mid or bot, it doesn't really make any fundamental difference.

After all, with two injured players on EDG's roster, DRX's advantage in the bottom half of the map is absolute. No matter how much ganking JieJie does in the limited few minutes, he can't help EDG take the dragon.

From this perspective, JieJie's gank on top lane is of extraordinary significance.

After all, it seemed that Flandre was about to lose control of Ornn.

Kennen usually starts with Doran's Blade, then builds Cull, and then transitions to AP items. This mediocre build results in almost no damage output before obtaining Mythic items.

When the Rift Herald spawns, a level 7 Ornn is much more effective than a level 7 Kennen. If DRX executes their strategy well, they might even be able to control the entire Rift Herald and Dragon!

That's clearly not what EDG wants to see. That's why JieJie needs to help Flandre maintain his advantage and ensure the team can secure the Rift Herald.

Anyway, no matter what, JieJie's gank on the top lane was both bold and meticulous. Not only was his decision unexpected, but his flanking maneuver was also incredibly clever.

As long as it helps the team get kills, it's definitely a good thing!

Flandre was prepared. Kennen activated his E to accelerate and caught up, throwing darts one after another.

JieJie also came up and used [Golden Shield] to slow down the enemy, patiently auto-attacking. EDG's top and jungle auto-attack damage was not low.

Only after Kennen's AQW combo triggered three stacks of his passive and stunned Ornn did JieJie manage to knock him up with a smooth EQ combo, leaving Ornn no chance to even use his W for crowd control.

Under the double control, Uncle Sheep's Ornn's health dropped again and again, and he was finally killed by Kennen's Q!

"EDG Flandre has killed DRX Kingen!"

"Nice!" Wang Duoduo shouted again, "With DRX heavily guarding the bottom lane and warding almost the entire bottom half of the map, JieJie chose to gank the top lane and secured another kill! So far, both kills in the entire game have come from him!"

【JieJie! It's him again!】

[JieJie's two plays were truly amazing, weren't they? Top-tier strategies, like a ghost!]

This wave, this wave is in the atmosphere!

[Go, JieJie! FeiShen is infected, it's time for you to step up!]

Although EDG has always been known for its two carries.

But no one will forget that on that golden road that only EDG completed, JieJie was the true second-in-command.

With both carries now powerless, it's time for JieJie to shine!

Ming Jing didn't even look at the side lanes this time. It wasn't until he saw the message that a kill had been generated pop up on the screen that he nodded and said, "Awesome, awesome."

"It's alright." Zhao Lijie wasn't too smug, still quite anxious. "Mingjing, come with me later, let's go gank the top lane again."

One strike isn't enough; to secure the vanguard, we need to strike again!
Ming Jing had no objection, he simply nodded: "OK".

JieJie's momentum started incredibly fast, and it hasn't even been five minutes yet, so DRX can't even stop their losses. Pyosik can only sneak into EDG's bottom jungle and steal a set of F6 and a set of Krugs to vent his anger.

JieJie didn't take it seriously. He cleared away the river crab that had spawned in the upper river, and also placed a few wards in the mid lane before returning to base to replenish his supplies.

At this point, five minutes had passed.

Logically, DRX should have taken the dragon immediately to put pressure on EDG, but their early game rhythm was not as tight as DK's, and they still encountered considerable resistance.

The main focus is still on the mid lane.

Mingjing's Galio had already acquired Mercury's Treads, and with the scaling of his Q skill, his wave clear efficiency was no less than Zoe's. Mingjing knew that this was the key moment for DRX to control the dragon, so he was willing to sacrifice health and be the first to steal gold, in order to push the minion wave forward.

Because of his excellent start in the laning phase, Mingjing saved a TP, making the laning phase stress-free.

This forced Pyosik to go to the mid lane first to help Scout clear the minion wave, and then the mid and jungle players went to the bottom river to slowly take the dragon.

Pyosik had a really tough time playing against him.

Although Galio still has zero assists and seems to be outside the rhythm of the game, only Pyosik knows how disgusting Galio was this game.

P did almost nothing this game; he was basically just hanging around in the mid lane!
This is also thanks to Galio being a low-health patient.

If they were at full health, wouldn't they have slaughtered them along with their mid and jungle?
"..." Putting aside the random thoughts in his mind, P's little general spun around wildly, and then steadily used Smite to capture the little dragon.

But while we were going back and forth like this, more than six minutes had already passed.

The princes of Jie Jie have already gone out again.

Taking advantage of the gap in DRX's dragon control, Ming Jing quickly pushed the mid lane minion wave and then disappeared from the mid lane.

A new wave of action is about to begin!
And this time, the goal is still to get on the road!
This time it was a collaboration between Nakano and Kobe, and the three of them made no attempt to hide their actions, brazenly going to Echigami!

At this point, the main DRX team had just secured the dragon in the bottom river and were far behind the top lane.

Fortunately, time is of the essence these days, and Kingen's Ornn has just reached level six.

Seeing the large wave of minions pushing into the tower and the dark upper jungle, Kingen had no choice but to use his ultimate to forcibly clear the wave of minions.

"The minion wave is gone. Ornn is still in pretty good shape, so this wave might be a bit difficult to push."

"There's really no way to cross that line. EDG's mid and jungle have already turned and retreated."

Miller looked at the scene before him and said, "In that case, it feels like we lost out. We lost the dragon for nothing!"

"Hey, you can't say that!" The third commentator, 957, chimed in, "EDG must have planned this move."

"Oh?" Wang Duoduo chimed in at the opportune moment, "Then, Brother Leg, you tell us!"

957 pushed up his glasses and said, "Actually, EDG could have successfully dove this wave, since Kennen and Galio both have their ultimates. But a direct dive would definitely not be profitable. All they need to do is force Ornn to use his ultimate."

"Ornn's ultimate has a long cooldown; it definitely won't be ready in eight minutes. EDG can easily control the Rift Herald!"

As a former professional player, 957 is still able to keep up with the game's strategy in many ways.

JieJie's gank was specifically designed to force Ornn to use his ultimate.

Of course, it's best to get a kill, but if you don't, it's still not a big deal. It's just a kill, not the key to winning or losing.

The key was to force Ornn to use his ultimate, forcing DRX to give up the fight for the Rift Herald.

After all, a Vanguard's guaranteed reward is 300 gold plus three plating layers for each kill.

that's the truth.

In the blink of an eye, eight minutes had passed.

Because Ornn had no ultimate ability and was at a clear disadvantage in the top lane, DRX did not hesitate and immediately gave up the fight for the Rift Herald.

With little pressure, EDG's mid and top laners weren't even offline, allowing JieJie to solo the vanguard.

On the other side, Pyosik didn't sit idly by. His Centaur charged out from behind EDG's bottom tower, attempting to cut his losses by crossing the bottom lane.

But EDG's bot lane duo was so disciplined that when Hecarim charged out, he found that there wasn't a single person in the entire bottom lane!

Pyosik was dumbfounded.

What about people?

EDG quickly provided an answer.

In the blink of an eye, Meiko's Thresh appeared in the mid lane, launching a late but timely attack on Scout.

Zoe used Flash at 3 minutes and 30 seconds, and the current time is 8 minutes and 20 seconds, with less than 10 seconds left on Flash.

Even Ming Jing kept this information in mind.

Meiko precisely seized upon this sensitive time difference.

Seeing Meiko in position, Mingjing showed no intention of saving his skills. Galio flashed forward and unleashed an E [Righteous Punch] right at him.

Ming Jing knew Zoe didn't have Flash, so he unleashed his skill precisely, aiming straight for her vital point!

Scout reacted quickly; Zoe swiftly used her R [Return Jump] to dodge Galio's attack, then turned around and used her E [Hypnotic Bubble].

But Mingjing remained calm and charged up his W [Duran's Shield] at the starting point of Zoe's ultimate.

Galio is clearly not afraid of Zoe's bubble.

Seeing Zoe return, Mingjing held down W and waited for Zoe's hypnotic effect to trigger before his charge was naturally interrupted by the control.

But just as the sleep effect was triggered, under the control of the taunt, Miss Zoe fired a passive [Fireworks] at Galio.

In the blink of an eye, Galio was woken up again!

At this moment, Meiko, who had followed closely beside him, finally managed to hook the hook!
If that hook had hit, Zoe would have been doomed.

Mingjing followed up with an AQA combo to land two passives and trigger Phase Boots. Thresh then used his second Q to auto-attack and followed up with a counter-E. The two chased Zoe down with auto-attacks all the way, and finally Galio secured the kill with another passive slam!

"EDG Phi has killed DRX Scout!" (End of Chapter)