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

"EDG Phi has killed DRX Scout!"

The sound of a kill echoed through the arena, instantly igniting the entire Atlanta State Agricultural Stadium!

"After Jiejie, the next player to step up is the support Meiko!"

The North American commentators at the scene roared, "The other three guys from EDG don't seem to want to lose to the virus; they want to hold onto that damn honor!"

It has to be said that with both carries affected by the virus, EDG's top, jungle, and support players have made a strong impression!
The roar of tens of thousands of spectators in the audience was deafening, and even reached Ming Jing's ears through his teammates' noise-canceling headphones via voice communication.

"Impressive and powerful." Ming Jing chuckled lightly at this moment, "Good roaming, this wave is crucial."

This isn't just a dry 300 yuan; it's a real, big move!

Don't forget, JieJie is currently leading the charge.

Just seconds after the kill in the mid lane, news came from the top river.

"The Blue Legion has captured the Rift Herald!"

Mingjing and Meiko quickly pushed the mid-lane minion wave into the tower, and then Jiejie arrived with the Herald.

Right after the first kill, a kill occurred in the mid lane, a pleasant surprise that even delighted Zhao Lijie.

Is this for real? It's like someone handing you toilet paper just when you need to poop.

At this moment, all three DRX players were pushing the bottom tower in the bottom lane, leaving them completely unable to reach the mid lane!

Meanwhile, with nowhere else to go, Viper cleverly appeared in the mid lane.

Meiko retreated, and EDG's mid, jungle, and bottom laners took the opportunity to push into the tower, eyeing the well-farmed, full-health mid tower.

The North American director was quite professional, quickly switching to a split screen to simultaneously display the tower-pushing progress on both sides.

Because Viper was struggling in the bot lane, EDG's bot tower was not in good health, with only half its health remaining.

However, the turret's resistance increases multiple times as the plating decreases and the number of surrounding heroes increases. At this moment, with the last two plating layers and three surrounding heroes, DRX's turret pushing progress is quite slow.

On the other hand, EDG is a different story.

Although Viper doesn't have a white blade, Aphelios is still a great tower pusher thanks to his blue blade and the attack power bonus from attribute points.

In addition, the prince's banner also provides a considerable attack speed bonus.

As soon as the military flag was planted, the three EDG players broke through the first two layers of plating in almost a single move.

Immediately afterwards, JieJie released the Rift Herald.

Taking advantage of the vanguard's release and charging, the three quickly dismantled the third layer.

At this point, you can see on the right side of the screen that EDG's bottom tower only has the last half layer of plating left, which is 500 HP.

However, on the left side of the screen, the Vanguard had already crashed headfirst into the DRX mid tower. The true damage ignored the tower's high resistance and cleared the last two layers of plating in one go!
"The Blue Legion has destroyed the first tower!"

The bounty of the first tower kill plus five plating layers went into the pockets of EDG's mid, jungle, and bot laners.

This is a truly lucrative opportunity; even if the three of them split it equally, each person will receive a whopping 417 gold coins.

For Ming Jing and Jie Jie, who already had kills, this was like adding wings to a tiger.

But for Viper, whose development was extremely poor and whose last hits were already 20 CS behind, this was a real lifesaver.

On the LPL commentary desk, Wang Duoduo was also reading out the data:

"The game is currently just over nine minutes in, with the kill score at 3-0 and EDG leading by a full 2,000 gold! The situation is extremely favorable!"

Scout had already been released, but how could a mere Zoe possibly stop the advance of three people with a Vanguard? He could only watch as his mid tower was smashed into ruins by a Vanguard.

Scout stared blankly at the scene before him.

This death must have been incredibly painful for him.

Meiko's gank in the mid lane was truly exceptional, coming almost exactly in the last few seconds before his Flash was ready to be available again.

When he was finally killed by Galio's passive, his Flash cooldown had only two seconds left.

And who would have thought that he would only die once, and the tower with full health would be gone?
Isn't this too exaggerated?
Of course, that's not the worst part.

What's most upsetting is that when the four EDG players finished destroying the tower and retreated, they all had the S11 EDG championship logo lit up above their heads.

The meaning is absolutely obvious.

At this moment, the LPL live stream chat was filled with "hahaha".

Everyone knows that Scout and EDG had a falling out, which is why he left the team and returned to LCK.

You're saying the EDG players don't hate Scout? That's definitely not true.

These four team logos are the best proof!

Scout looked at the four bright team logos in front of him and simply went into the settings and turned off the emoticon function.

But at this moment, his eyes still betrayed a sense of confusion.

He still doesn't understand what happened in today's match.

How did it develop into this?
How can we fight this from here?
He doesn't know how to play, but the people at EDG definitely do.

Even if Meiko were the commander today instead of Akira, Meiko would still win the game given such a huge advantage.

EDG players first returned to base to replenish supplies, and then switched lanes.

With the opponent's mid tower already destroyed, the mid lane is no longer such a high priority.

EDG naturally opted to have Viper play in the mid lane.

Park Do-hyun is playing a blue-collar AD role today, just like JDG's Hope. He won't have too many responsibilities on his shoulders. He just needs to last-hit every minion the enemy pushes and contribute as much damage as possible in team fights.

As for the lower lane, of course Mingjing should eat there.

When Mingjing went out again, his Galio already had Mercury's Treads and Eternal Frostbite, making him a formidable opponent for Zoe in the side lane.

Zoe's Sleep + Starfall combo can't even take down a third of Galio's health. Galio can then counter with Everfrost and a full combo, sending Zoe packing!
After gaining lane priority in the bottom lane, EDG's subsequent decisions revolved around the dragon!

In the blink of an eye, 12 minutes had passed, and the second dragon spawned.

This time, EDG took control of the dragon, pushing the mid and bot lanes together and then moving towards the bottom river.

DRX values ​​the dragon more than their own lives, so of course they wouldn't let it go and decisively chose to engage in a team fight.

With both sides locked in a fierce battle, even the top laners started teleporting down the map, and a 5v5 team fight broke out in no time!

However, with Scout's Zoe underdeveloped, EDG only needs to focus on Deft's Miss Fortune, and the team fights are not actually that difficult.

After all, EDG's lineup was built specifically for team fights.

As Xiaolong entered low health, Kingen's Ornn activated his ultimate, followed closely by Deft's Miss Fortune's ultimate, attempting to force EDG back through a coordinated ultimate combo.

But unexpectedly, Flandre was incredibly arrogant. Instead of retreating, he advanced, using Kennen's ultimate, Flash, and Force Staff to enter the fray and immediately apply electrocution to Miss Fortune!
Kennen's entry into the fray still needs to be respected. DRX's two carries almost simultaneously flashed back, coordinating with their teammates' crowd control to launch a counter-attack.

Flandre didn't initiate the team fight well, and his health is now critically low, on the verge of becoming the first victim of the team fight.

Mingjing's Galio was standing in the back fanning himself, not in a hurry to enter the fray. Due to the high fever, his vision in team fights was no longer as clear as before, but he could still instinctively assess the situation.

As the vanguard, Flandre's real purpose was to disrupt the ultimate combo of the enemy Ornn and Miss Fortune, and to force the enemy's carry to use Flash.

His current task is complete.

Now is definitely not the time to unleash your ultimate move.

JieJie's team fight strategy was incredibly clear; he understood that he was the key to victory or defeat.

After Ornn's ultimate ability passed, and JaJ confirmed that no one could interrupt his entry, the Prince used his EQ combo to charge into the fray.

A flash of golden light appeared, and Lu Bu, clad in dazzling gold, took the lead, unleashing a powerful ultimate skill at the perfect moment, trapping both Zoe and Miss Fortune within the circle!

Clearly, DRX's team fight coordination is not good; at this critical moment, their two carries actually dared to stand together.

And they will pay the price for their bad habits.

It's now!

The stone statue flapped its wings, and Ming Jing quickly followed up with a powerful attack!
Galio soared into the sky, then plummeted to the ground!

The two DRX DPS characters had no way to dodge and were knocked into the air.

Galio landed and used his W to taunt the two, followed by QA. With the help of Jarvan IV's damage, Miss Fortune was sent back to the fountain in almost one move!

The cat tree was destroyed, and Beryl fell to the ground as a result. He quickly pressed W and flew out of the ultimate skill's circle.

At that moment, Galio unleashed a Frost Pulse, the active effect of Everfrost, but unfortunately he was a step too late and could only watch as the cat flew onto Centaur.

Seeing this, Ming Jing sighed inwardly.

He had already intended to stop Yong Shuang from interrupting the cat's W, but unfortunately, his high fever affected his judgment, and he was a moment too slow.

He could only turn around and deliver a Justice Punch to Zoe, followed by his passive ability, and then happily send Zoe away as well!

"Although Flandre was the first to engage and was killed, the mid and jungle players followed up and eliminated the enemy's two carries!"

Wang Duoduo shouted at the top of his lungs: "DRX is about to collapse!"

In the scene, with Flandre drawing the fire, Meiko steadily hooked Ornn, and Viper's Aphelios unleashed a barrage of basic attacks, slowly whittling Ornn down.

DRX only had the Centaur and Cat combo left, but this combo was quite good at escaping. Seeing that things were not going well, P-class general simply turned around and ran away with Cat.

"A three-for-one exchange occurred between the two sides!" Miller tallied the team fight results. "While the gold difference between the two sides officially widened to three thousand, EDG also managed to secure the Wind Dragon! This disrupted DRX's dragon rhythm!"

The live broadcast room for the domestic event was once again flooded with a barrage of comments!
Holy crap, EDG's team fight!

[JieJie and FeiShen's entrances are still so pleasing to the eye! This year's championship skin really should be Jarvan IV Galio, right?]

"Of course! They should have picked them last year. Lucian and Fryegor? Those two champions have never been picked together before!"

Haha, it really is!

[This is really hard to believe that this is a performance from a team with two injured players. DRX has really blown us away.]

[The main reason is that the other three members of EDG were playing too aggressively today, and the two injured players didn't become a breakthrough point, so they really deserved to win.]

At this point, the outcome of the match seems crystal clear.

DRX suffered a complete defeat, unable to control resources and being utterly crushed in team fights, showing absolutely no chance of winning.

And the bigger ones are yet to come.

DRX's two carries used Flash in this team fight, but ultimately did not survive.

This will undoubtedly be a huge foreshadowing.

15 minutes later, the second vanguard spawns.

Instead of rushing to take the Rift Herald, JieJie led his teammates to DRX's red buff area to set up vision.

The two sides clashed over a few wards, and they seemed to have a good eye for each other, so a team fight broke out without warning!
JieJie was still leading the charge, using EQ followed by his ultimate to finish the attack!

DRX's counterattack was swift and fierce.

Scout's Teleport light lit up immediately, and Ornn charged forward, actually breaking through the wall created by Jarvan IV's ultimate. Deft cleansed Kennen's ultimate stun, and then, using Yuumi's speed boost, quickly created distance.

Although JieJie was also affected by the control, Prince's economy was ahead and he was tanky. DRX's carry was still one position away, so of course he couldn't die. He activated the Golden Aegis and turned around to create space.

Both sides exchanged some powerful moves, but in the end nothing happened; the exchange ended there.

But at this moment, no one noticed that Zoe's teleportation effect had quietly disappeared.

It's important to know that TP in this version cannot be canceled arbitrarily.
The director then switched the camera to the bottom lane, where Galio was seen standing on blue smoke, a sign that Phase Rush had been triggered, and was hammering Zoe under DRX's first tower!

Zoe turned around and threw a [Hypnotic Bubble] at Galio, then tried to run away.

But Ming Jing still used the same old trick, charging up his W [Duran's Shield] while under the hypnotic bubble.

With Phase Boots active, even after being slowed by both the bubble and W, Galio and Zoe remained completely separated.

Although Galio was hypnotized afterward, his taunt effect also took effect in time, and he was woken up by Zoe's basic attack!
Galio is tough and durable; even after taking a full combo from Zoe, he barely loses any health, and his damage is less than that of a turret.

Mingjing had no choice but to retreat. He used his counter-E to knock Zoe into the air, then used his passive to hit her first, and then threw out a Q that had just finished spinning, which instantly emptied Zoe's health bar!
"Unstoppable!"

5-0, unstoppable!
After securing the solo kill, Galio walked out of the tower with only a third of his health remaining.

"OMG! SOLOKILL!" The North American commentator at the scene was beaming. "Even while battling the virus, Phi is still demonstrating his divine power!"

EDG's performance today was so strong it was unbelievable. Even as a purely neutral North American commentator, I had to admit I was impressed.

On the other hand, the LCK commentary booth presents a completely different picture.

"Pizza!" CT exclaimed indignantly. "What on earth is Scout doing? Did you get infected too?"

The Roaring Emperor was also helpless at this moment, "There's nothing I can do, Zoe at a disadvantage just can't beat Galio."

Suddenly, Kim Dong-jun asked, "But why are we at a disadvantage?"

The Roaring Emperor glanced at his old partner before saying, "Forget it, let's prepare for the next round. I really don't see any chance of winning this one."

Following the self-deprecating remarks of the three Korean commentators, the number of comments in the Korean-language live stream also surged dramatically.

It's really hard to say who's having a fever with the performance of both mid laners today.

[Could Scout, that bastard, be a spy sent by EDG?]

[Haha, it used to be the LPL saying Korean players were spies, but now it's the other way around?]

[EDG is the defending champion, why would they need to send an undercover agent to target DRX? Don't be ridiculous.]

[The main problem is that the draft was too arrogant, right? Who completely avoids banning mid laners? Isn't that just waiting for Phi to shine?]

[Mainly, no one expected this monster to be so powerful even with a fever.]

That's true. (End of Chapter)