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

"First blood!"

With the first blood secured, Meiko then stepped out of the turret.

Because the tower dive was so fast, Meiko only survived two tower hits and couldn't die at all.

As they watched Ashe's body slowly fall beneath the tower, the cheers of the tens of thousands of spectators in the State Agricultural Arena continued unabated!

No one expected that the first blood in this game would occur so quickly.

"Holy crap, that's awesome!" In the live stream of JDG's chubby guys, Toothpaste even stood up excitedly, his thighs pushing the gaming chairs far away!

"Wow, Mingjing's suppressive power!" Zoom exclaimed in disbelief. "He really can suppress everyone wherever he goes!"

This is the 1001st question from everyone today.

Is this person B really a patient?

At this moment, the popularity of everyone's live stream room remained high, and the number of bullet comments was also frighteningly high.

Whenever Mingjing's matches are broadcast, the JDG players are among the top streamers on the platform.

[This brought tears to my eyes; it brought back memories of 2020.]

This is the Flying car that JD.com fans know and love!

Even after two years since he switched to Chinese mid lane, is Fei Shen still the world's best AD carry?

Whether he's number one in the world or not, beating Mr. Dai would definitely be a piece of cake.

Indeed, in terms of lane matchups, only T1's bot lane can probably put up a fight against Fei Shen.

What championship did T1's bot lane win?

"This situation is so much more comfortable now," Kanavi said with a smile. "We can control the dragon now."

As a jungler, Kanavi has always paid close attention to the issue of lane priority for both sides.

Previously, when Viper was on the team, EDG never had priority in the bottom lane. In this meta where lane control and resource management are paramount, EDG is naturally in a very difficult position.

But things changed immediately when Ming Jing arrived.

Ashe died under the tower, resulting in a significant loss of minion waves. Heimerdinger was still only level 1. DRX's duo was completely crushed from the very beginning!

Then DRX will have no chance to control the dragon.
Viper, who was forced to suspend himself, was also watching the game.

Viper was already lying in the hotel room, and even had an IV drip.

Riot Games is very focused on player safety, or rather, they dare not be negligent.

After all, Viper is an undisputed star player with countless fans. If such a player has any problems during the World Championship, it would be a devastating blow to the tournament.

Park Do-hyun was initially a little uneasy when he heard that the boxing club had banned him from playing.

After all, he's the only AD carry on the team. What's the point of playing if he's suspended?
But when Viper heard that Mingjing had decided to switch to the AD position, he immediately felt relieved.

No problem at all.
As AD carry players, no one can forget Mingjing's crazy performance at the S10 World Championship. The scene where Jinx single-handedly pushed down the base at the end can be described as a scene that every AD carry can only dream of.

And Mingjing's performance certainly lived up to Viper's trust.

Looking at the scene before him, Viper was finally able to relax completely.

But then, an endless fatigue surged from all directions, almost overwhelming him.

Park Do-hyun simply fell into a deep sleep.

He believed that when he woke up, he would be greeted with good news from the team.

Meanwhile, in the DRX's voice channel.

After suffering an unprecedented and crushing defeat at the start of the season, the DRX players have been unusually quiet.

Beryl looked at the bleak scene before him and couldn't help but scratch his head.

This damn sense of familiarity.
Don't forget, back in S10, Beryl was just one of those people standing in the background.
Deft was also feeling a bit down.

Mr. Dai believed that he had not made any mistakes in his matchup.

After all, he's just an AD carry. Even if he has amazing skills in the first two levels, what can he change?
But it just collapsed, and it collapsed so naturally.

The most frustrated player was undoubtedly the jungler, Pyosik.

What did he do next?

It's another classic case of having to clean up the mess left by laners before even finishing clearing the jungle camps, and again, it's a classic case of not serving any purpose at all, and the lanes still fall apart.

This time he was even countered by a group of Swamp Frogs!

西八
P is getting a little anxious.

Although DRX is not known for its laning prowess, in all the LCK matches they've played, even against T1, the team with the strongest laning, they haven't fallen behind much and have always been evenly matched.

Why is everything so chaotic today?
There was no other way, so P could only farm all the way up from the blue buff and then control the river crab in the upper river.

Although the loss wasn't significant, it completely disrupted his jungle clearing rhythm.

At this moment, only the mid and top laners of DRX can maintain basic composure.

Because the team was leading 2-1 and still had a high margin for error, Scout wasn't flustered at the moment.

Scout played fairly well in the mid lane. Akali is undoubtedly at a disadvantage against Lissandra, but he made up for it with his skillful play and is not behind in CS.

Through these few minutes of laning, Scout has figured out Zeka's strength.

It's just so-so.

Now is the time for him to step forward.

When Scout returned to base to resupply, he didn't go for the usual Mercury's Treads; instead, he immediately bought a Killing Ring and a Bloodthirster.

After logging back in, Akali, who quickly reached level five, was not afraid at all and took the initiative to invite Zeka's Crystal Maiden to exchange blows.

Scout used the long range of his Q skill, combined with the stealth and speed boost from his smoke bomb, to narrowly dodge Crystal Maiden's Ice Ring!

The Ice Maiden's ability to counter assassins mainly stems from her Ice Ring.

The ice ring triggered aftershocks, and at point-blank range, there was no way to retaliate.

But if the Ice Ring doesn't hit, then it's a different story altogether.

After Akali dodged the Ice Ring, she landed a solid E, then used her second E to close the gap, followed by her passive and Q, instantly reducing the newly released Lissandra's health to less than half!
Scout watched the Ice Maiden walk away, a cold smile playing on his lips.

Now, relying on his health advantage to control the lane, he's already planning to secure a solo kill at level six.

But Scout didn't expect that although the Ice Maiden was brought to low health as soon as she came online, he didn't greed for kills at all, and immediately retreated and recalled to base.
This move caught Scout a bit off guard.

Sending him back to base at half health? Is that really a safe bet?
You don't have any TP!

Zeka is definitely a sure thing.

In a normal situation, he might even try to be greedy with half health and make a play.

But given the current situation, with the bot lane carry being so dominant, why would he be greedy?

To err is to err!
Anyway, it's still early, only four and a half minutes. Even if he goes back to base, it won't affect the team's dragon control. Going back to base is definitely the most perfect decision.

that's the truth.

When Zeka re-entered the game, it was just over five minutes in. Although his recall cost him a wave of minions, it had almost no impact on the overall situation.

The jungler teammates have already started the dragon on time.

At this moment, DRX's bot lane duo has not yet returned to normal, and has only just reached level three. Meanwhile, the mid laner has not yet reached level six. DRX has no chance to engage in team fights and can only give up the dragon.

"The Blue Legion killed the Infernal Dragon!"

Acquiring a dragon, while not bringing in significant tangible benefits, gave EDG the resources to snowball their success.

For the next few minutes, both sides continued their normal laning phase.

The female police officer's oppressive power was perfectly displayed at this moment. As soon as the minion wave pushed into the tower, she took advantage of the opponent's opportunity to last hit under the tower and started a crazy harassment in front of the tower.

The traps are placed behind the turrets. If anyone is foolish enough to step on them, they'll get a Lux QE combo followed by Caitlyn's Q and a headshot, leaving them with very low health in one hit!

Even without stepping on the traps, being constantly harassed by the female police officer's 650-range basic attacks and Lux's E skill is clearly unbearable!

Scout was extremely anxious watching this scene. He increased his laning pressure in the mid lane, trying to get rid of Lissandra and go to the bottom lane to cause some trouble.

But Zeka wasn't stupid. After his mistake in the previous wave, he held onto his Ice Ring tightly, waiting until Akali got close enough to auto-attack his passive before using his W to secure the root!

Taking advantage of the aftershock, Zeka decisively moved close and chased after her with QA attacks. Once the aftershock resistance wore off, she unleashed her ultimate ability, Frozen Tomb!
Zeka is determined to fight to the bitter end this time!

Scout was slightly startled.

Is the jungler nearby?
Scout didn't think much of it and kept pressing his ultimate. Akali used her ultimate to close the distance the moment the crowd control ended.

A Vi who is not yet level 6 poses no threat. As long as the Crystal Maiden dares to fight, Scout is fully confident that he can kill the Crystal Maiden and then leave the field!
But unexpectedly
Zeka never intended to fight to the end.

The Ice Maiden immediately turned around and unleashed her Ice Claw, surviving Akali's QA combo, and returned to the tower with a single Ice Claw.

Zeka's goal this time was simple: to trade ultimate abilities with Akali.

Scout was getting a little anxious when he saw the Ice Maiden just running away like that.

No jungler!

The Ice Maiden's health was indeed within his kill threshold, but since she still had Flash, he didn't dare to directly charge into the tower to secure the kill.

Seeing R2 entering its countdown, Scout was furious and simply slashed at the minions, planning to push the lane and then recall to base to replenish his supplies.

Both mid laners traded blows until they were both low on health and had used their ultimate abilities.

That was clearly not good news for Scout.

Even without her ultimate, Crystal Maiden is still vulnerable. Anyway, Zeka isn't tasked with breaking the game this time; he just needs to farm minions in the mid lane.

But Scout is in a bad mood. Without her ultimate, Akali is like a tiger without teeth, posing no threat to EDG's bot lane duo!
Scout makes me feel disgusted just thinking about it.

Is this how you play?
You're supposed to be a Korean mid-laner, how can you play like this?
The way Scout played Ice Maiden, and the fact that he had no Mercury's Treads in his item bar, reminded Scout of a former LPL mid laner.
Something that lacks the spirit of a mid-laner!
"Then the rhythm will be very comfortable."

In the commentary booth, 957 looked at the time and laughed, "Akali's ultimate has a long cooldown, eight minutes isn't enough time to make a good trade, EDG can control the Rift Herald!"

To put it bluntly, the only obstacle for EDG to control the Rift Herald was Scout's Akali. Now that Akali's ultimate has been swapped out, EDG has no reason to release the Rift Herald.

Mingjing timed it perfectly, pushing the lane into the tower half a minute early, and then returned to base to switch to the top lane.

DRX were completely overwhelmed and had no choice but to release the Rift Herald, allowing the duo to take some bottom lane turret plating.

Ice and Big Head were quite fast at dismantling towers, managing to chip away at two layers of plating.

But EDG's counterattack came quickly.

Moreover, it was a combination of punches.

Mingjing had no intention of switching lanes and chose to continue pressuring the bottom lane.

Even Mingjing didn't choose to use the vanguard to take down a tower.

Because there's absolutely no need for that.

DRX's bot lane was completely outmatched in lane, spending almost the entire game farming under the tower. The tower was down to just over one level, and it was just a matter of pushing it down in one wave.

In the blink of an eye, ten minutes had passed, and with a headshot from the policewoman, DRX's bottom lane tower collapsed.

No vanguard needed; a quick push down the bottom lane's first tower in ten minutes—that's the ultimate demonstration of lane dominance.

Return to base to replenish supplies and convert the first tower kill into equipment.

When she went out again, the policewoman already had attack speed boots and Whirlwind Power.

At this stage, even Akali's ultimate ability won't be effective.

A normally developed Akali, trying to cut through a female police officer with this kind of equipment?
EDG easily secured an Earth Dragon, and then the entire team moved to the mid lane.

The charm of the female police officer heroine lies in the fact that once the momentum is started, it is unstoppable.

Just as the minion wave reached the tower, JieJie's Vi appeared precisely on time, using a Q to dash into the tower and then locking onto Scout's Akali with her ultimate!

Although Scout released a smoke grenade for protection, Vi's lock-on could reveal the true field of vision, so his invisibility was not effective at all!

Mingjing quickly followed suit, setting up the traps!

The clip also provides a realistic view.

With a click, the trap hit, and Mingjing followed up with a headshot and an EQ combo, along with the tiny bit of damage from Meiko's Lux, successfully killing Scout under the tower!
"EDG Phi has killed DRX Scout!"

The sound of a kill rang out, and Akali fell in the shroud of twilight.

At this moment, JieJie finally unleashed the Rift Herald that he had been holding back for so long.

The vanguard charged headlong into the enemy, turning DRX's mid-lane tower into ruins.

"Taking down the mid tower wasn't enough for EDG, they're pushing the top lane too! DRX seems completely unable to stop them!"

DRX's top laner is Fiora, a champion without wave clear ability, and he was helpless against EDG's aggressive push.

At 13 minutes and 50 seconds, with only ten seconds left before the plating disappeared, the policewoman fired another headshot, securing the bounty for DRX's top tower.

Mingjing's performance in this game can be described as the most perfect operational rhythm for the hero Caitlyn.

Two heads, one blood tower, plus a full fifteen layers of plating!
This made Mingjing's lead in the lane unparalleled. Even though Deft pushed down EDG's bottom lane tower to recover health, the two AD carries still had a 2200 gold difference in their lane matchup.

At 16 minutes, the third dragon spawned.

When Deft had just built the Siren, Mingjing's Caitlyn already had the Gatling Gun.

DRX hasn't completely given up on the dragon and is still trying to contest the mid lane.

But Ming Jing didn't give in. A soldier built up a headshot, then used a whirlwind attack to build up a cannon stack, and a headshot landed on Han Bing!
Even though the two-piece Gale Cannon set doesn't provide much attack power, resulting in this headshot not dealing much damage, don't forget that the Gale active skill and the cannon's attack both deal extra damage.

The triple damage combined still took away half of Frost's health with a single shot!

That single shot drew screams from the audience!
And that wasn't all. Mingjing turned around and unleashed another powerful shot at Akali on the other side.

Another shot landed, and Akali's health dropped by a third.

These two shots completely extinguished DRX's hopes of contesting the dragon.

How do you beat the boss with two pieces of gear in 16 minutes?
EDG faced no pressure, easily securing the mid lane and then effortlessly taking down an electric dragon.

With three dragons in hand, EDG is just one step away from the Electric Dragon Soul! (End of Chapter)