LPL History

Chapter 191 Zhou Yu's Phantom Shadow Steals the Heavenly Secret, Zhao Family's Biography: The Whole Story of Xiong Buries the Whole Situation
"We saw that after WE.A, the blue side, banned LeBlanc, EDG immediately banned Lee Sin!"

In the commentary booth, when they saw EDG's ban, everyone had a "that's how it should be" expression.

"This Lee Sin really needs to be banned! Zhou Li's Lee Sin is too aggressive! Even in the mid to late game, he can always find a unique angle to initiate a perfect team fight, which is a huge threat to EDG's backline. He absolutely has to be banned!"

Bella nodded and said:

"I feel that from now on, when any team faces WE.A, the Lee Sin champion will probably be permanently banned."

WE.A then banned Angel, while EDG continued by banning Hecarim.

"EDG used both bans on the jungler, which is very rare in the current version. There are too many strong heroes in the top, mid, and support positions right now, and if EDG, as the red side, uses both bans on the jungler, then WE.A has too many options left."

Upon hearing Miller's words, Bella spoke up:

"A strong player can not only help the team gain an advantage in the game, but also gain an advantage in the draft phase."

Both sides continued to ban heroes. WE.A banned Thresh, while EDG banned Kassadin.

The right to vote has fallen into the hands of WE.A.

"Let's take a look at WE.A's first pick! There are so many strong heroes left out! Like Lulu, Braum, Yasuo... WE.A has chosen to lock in Braum first!!"

The doll spoke:
"Braum is indeed somewhat unstoppable in the support role right now. He had a 100% win rate before, but in the last game, EDG's Braum broke that 100% win rate. Let's see if WE.A can bring out his strength with Braum this time."

Bella looked at EDG's champion selection and said with some surprise:

"EDG has locked in Annie directly! It feels like they're trying to pick Annie to bypass the ban! I checked the data before, and Annie is practically Xiye's signature champion. In Xiye's hands, Annie has a 100% win rate!"

Then EDG locked in Lulu on the second floor!
"Hey, EDG's champion picks are interesting! After picking Annie, they also picked Lulu. So, are they planning to go for Annie mid and Lulu top? Or Lulu mid and Annie top? Both of these champions can actually be played in the mid and top positions."

The right to choose has now returned to WE.A.

Zhou Li glanced at the Records of the Grand Historian and asked Xi Ye:

"Wangzai, wanna have some fun with Yasuo?"

Yasuo is now a must-pick or must-ban champion.

Xi Ye nodded and assured him, "No problem, Brother Zhou, I've practiced Yasuo a lot."

Sima the Old Thief sneered: "Ranked 0-8."

Xi Ye's face stiffened, and she retorted:
"Don't talk nonsense. I didn't play Yasuo that game; UZI did."

Zhou Li silently locked himself in the Demacian prince, then spoke:

“我不管你排位0-8还是8-0，你今天要是敢打出0-8，晚上我就让你和可汗睡一个房间。”

The Khan poked his head in and asked with a silly grin:

"Sleep in the same bed?"

Zhou Li asked:
"By the way, who's sleeping with the Khan now?"

Previously, WE.A had five people per dormitory room, but Zhou Li couldn't stand the smell of a group of grown men's feet, so it was changed to two people per room.

Sima the Old Thief's icy voice came over.

"I."

He glanced at Zhou Li silently and asked in a cold, emotionless voice:

"Brother Zhou, what are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I just thought of something funny."

No wonder Sima Yi had such a strong opinion about the Khan.

Arranging for the Khan, this abstract monkey, to live with Sima Yi, that old scoundrel, I don't know who came up with the idea, it was simply genius.

The scene was too beautiful for him to even imagine.

"Brother Zhou, don't you know?" Sima the Old Thief stared straight at Zhou Li, "Wasn't it you who arranged the dormitory assignments?"

"Is it me?"

"It's you."

Sima the Old Thief answered very firmly.

Zhou Li gasped.

"Wow! EDG's Nami and Tristana picks are really good! We need to take this game seriously! Everyone, focus and stop chatting about random things!"

At this moment, the commentators were still discussing WE.A's Prince pick.

Miller began:

"WE.A has picked Jarvan IV! Although Jarvan IV is a frequently seen champion in the current version of the game, I don't know why, but I have a feeling that Zhou Li might come up with some new tricks with this Jarvan IV pick!"

The doll thought for a moment and analyzed:

"I think it's unlikely. Look at the Prince, he only has a few skills, and his EQ combo is tied. It's not very likely that you can pull off any fancy moves. After all, this champion appears in almost every game. He's been a popular jungler since Season 2. If there were any fancy moves, they would have been discovered long ago."

Bella clearly disagreed with what the doll said.

"I don't think so. Look at Lee Sin, he's been a popular jungler since the game came out, but Zhou Li still pulled off a lot of unbelievable plays!"

Miller concluded:
"Let's just keep looking forward to it!"

At this point, the right to vote had returned to WE.A.

Zhou Li was very disappointed with Khan's performance as Riven in the previous game, so he rewarded him by letting him play a support champion like Gragas.

They then locked in Kog'Maw in the ADC position.

EDG, on the other hand, locked in Kha'Zix as their last pick.

The lineups for both sides were thus finalized.

Blue side: WE.A Esports Club VS Red side: EDG Esports Club.

Top lane: (Khan) Gragas vs. (Fireloli) Annie.

Jungler: (Li) Jarvan IV VS (clearlove) Kha'Zix.

Mid lane: (xiye) Yasuo VS (U) Lulu.

ADC: (smlz) Kog'Maw VS (namei) Tristana.

Support: (ming) Braum VS (FzzF) Nami.

Looking at the lineups of both sides, Miller spoke up:

"EDG has chosen to put Annie in the top lane! Lulu is indeed better at playing against Yasuo in the mid lane than Annie."

Both sides enter the game.

This time, neither side made any unnecessary moves in the first team fight, instead forming a long, straight line and starting the normal game.

WE.A has a mid-to-late game lineup, so there's no need for them to rush.

While EDG's lineup wasn't as strong as WE.A's in the mid-to-late game, it wasn't weak either.

Of course, most importantly, even if EDG wanted to fight, they didn't have any way to initiate a team fight at level one.

After seeing that Zhou Li had chosen the prince, the factory manager breathed a sigh of relief.

Unlike Lee Sin, the prince is not very aggressive in the early game.

Furthermore, in this game, EDG had lane priority in all three lanes.

This means that his mantis has at least a relatively sufficient time to develop in the early stages.

In this situation, the factory manager could have chosen a more aggressive jungler to try and counter Zhou Li's jungle.

Unfortunately, in the previous game, Zhou Li also extinguished the last bit of courage that the factory manager had left.

Zhou Li wasn't in a hurry. He had consumed a lot of energy in the previous game, and in this game, his team happened to have a late-game composition, so he stopped frequently switching screens to check on his teammates and started farming the jungle in peace.

Both sides have entered a period of slower development.

Compared to the intensity of the previous game, the second game was much less exciting.

But at five minutes, both junglers started moving at the same time.

The Mantis headed towards the mid lane, while the Prince headed towards the bottom lane.

Against Lulu's constant poke damage, simply playing defensively is pointless for Yasuo.

Xiye has to occasionally slide forward to trade blows with Lulu, otherwise the minion wave pressure will be too great, causing the mid tower to lose too much health.

However, this also creates opportunities for junglers.

Just as Xi Ye stepped forward to trade blows with Lulu, he saw the Mantis charge out from the side.

Lulu turned Xiye into a sheep, trapping him in place.

Yasuo only had half health to begin with, and even after using Flash, Clearlove still managed to Flash in and take down Yasuo, securing First Blood.

"The factory manager's gank route was incredibly tricky! He used Xiye's vision in the river, circled around and appeared from behind, directly helping EDG secure the first blood!"

Miller had barely finished speaking when Bella exclaimed in surprise!

"But over here, the prince has already arrived in the bottom lane!!"

The small cannon's wave-pushing ability allowed EDG's bot lane duo to keep pressing in front of WE.A's tower.

EDG actually has vision in the river bushes.

Upon seeing the prince approaching, they began to retreat.

Upon seeing the prince, Namei was not in a great hurry.

He currently has his W skill, Rocket Jump, and two summoner spells at his disposal; there's no reason for him to be kept alive by the Prince.

Zhou Li wasn't in a hurry. Instead of using his EQ skills directly, he approached the small cannon and used his W skill to slow it down.

His eyes were fixed on Xiaopao, and the moment he saw Xiaopao stick his butt out!

EQ strikes!!
"boom!"

A burst of intense gasps erupted from the crowd!
"My God! Zhou Li's predictive EQ combo! It literally slammed the cannon right down from the sky!!"

Namei was stunned to see his W skill being knocked down by the prince's reverse EQ combo.

Immediately, Xiaoming's Braum flashed forward and immediately applied the passive to Tristana!
The little cannon immediately used Heal and Flash upon landing.

But Kog'Maw flashed forward, triggering Tristana's passive and locking her in place!

[WE.A_Li (Demacian Prince) has killed EDG_mamei (Troll Warlord)!]

Subsequently, Sima Laozei's big mouth chased after them all the way, even forcing Nami to use Flash.

The live stream room is now filled with question marks.

Holy crap! This reverse-predictive EQ is so cool it's giving me goosebumps!

Who says princes can't do fancy tricks?

Zhou Li has completely figured out the other person's psychology!

[Hilarious! The little cannon just crashed on the spot.]

After killing the small cannon, Zhou Li turned around and helped WE.A secure the first dragon before recalling to base.

Eight minutes later, the factory manager arrived at the road.

With Annie already at level six, they forced a kill on the weakened Gragas under the tower.

Zhou Li also arrived in the middle lane. "Xi Ye, get ready to use your ultimate."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Xi Ye offered a reminder:

"Lulu also has Flash."

Zhou Li ignored Xi Ye and walked directly out of the bushes.

EQ strikes!!
Lulu has already reached level six. Even though she still has her ultimate ability, U, who is at half health, doesn't dare to take the Prince's knock-up head-on.

So he decisively used Flash!
But the next second!
The prince also used Flash!
EQ Flash!!

"boom!"

Seeing Lulu being knocked away, another gasp erupted from the crowd!

Even Xi Ye was stunned for a moment, but fortunately, the prince's knock-up time was not short, allowing him to react in time and follow up with his ultimate move!

"What kind of move is this? The prince can actually use EQ flash?!"

Miller stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief.

Bella shouted excitedly:

"I knew it! Zhou Li never lets us down!"

The doll shook its head and sighed:

Wow, that EQ flash was so cool!

The live stream was filled with question marks.

This version of Yasuo has extremely high ultimate damage. Combined with Jarvan IV's damage, Lulu already had less than a third of her health left as soon as she landed.

Even with Polymorph and his ultimate ability still available, he was ultimately chased down and killed by Yasuo.

However, EDG quickly demonstrated the strength of their Spring Split championship.

On the other hand, WE.A's players lacked experience and were clearly not as adept at handling subsequent situations as EDG, often giving EDG opportunities.

They either get caught while soloing or get counter-attacked when they get carried away.

At the 29-minute mark, the kill score was EDG 12:7 WE.A.

WE.A is economically behind by nearly 5,000.

Looking at the gap between the two sides, Miller spoke up:

"It's clear that WE.A is still a team made up of young people. They did seem a bit inexperienced in the mid-game operations against EDG, and they've been giving EDG opportunities all this time!"

As soon as Miller finished speaking, Gragas, who was accompanying Braum to provide vision, was caught off guard by EDG in the bush and instantly killed!
Although Braum had already used his Q skill to scout the bush, Ai Luoli decisively flashed to initiate the team fight, directly engaging both Braum and Gragas.

WE.A lost two players instantly, and EDG immediately turned around and started rushing Baron!

"Wow, that was a huge loss! EDG went for Baron! That puts WE.A in a very unfavorable position!"

"But Zhou Li is still moving towards the Baron pit! It seems like he's trying to steal the Baron?!"

WE.A players' bench.

Seeing Zhou Li's movements, Xi Ye spoke up:

"Brother Zhou, should we fight?"

Zhou Li shook his head.

"I'll go see if there's an opportunity. You go to the mid lane and push the lane out! Sima, you old thief, push the bottom lane out!"

In the current situation, there is no chance of winning a 3v5 team fight head-on.

He can only hope that he can steal the dragon.

EDG player seats.

Curly saw the prince in the jungle and said:

"What should we say when the prince arrives?!"

"Just attack! He's all alone! He doesn't have vision of the dragon pit!"

With EDG's lineup, it's difficult to forcefully jump over the wall and kill the Prince without Annie's ultimate.

No sooner had the factory manager finished speaking than a true eye appeared in the dragon pit.

EDG's five players immediately switched targets and destroyed the control ward almost instantly.

Seeing that the dragon still had half its health remaining, Zhou Li estimated the time in his mind and used his scanner to clear the vision in the bushes.

Then another control ward was placed in the dragon pit.

However, they were still eliminated by EDG immediately.

Having used up both of his control wards, and without vision of the Dragon Pit, Zhou Li knew he had no choice but to take a gamble!

Miller and the others in the commentary booth also appeared very nervous.

But the prince's next action surprised Miller, who said:

"Hey! The prince planted his flag on the wall? What does that mean? Is he planning to flash down to steal the dragon and then Q back?"

The factory manager stared intently at the dragon's health and his own Smite.

He knew that the prince lacked vision of the Baron pit, making his chances of successfully stealing the Baron extremely slim.

But for some reason, my palms were sweating from nervousness!
With the dragon's health about to reach the kill threshold, Clearlove's finger was already on the D key on the keyboard!
But the next moment!
A phantom suddenly flashed past the five of them!

And then!

With a mournful cry, the dragon vanished from Summoner's Rift!
However, to the horror of EDG, the team discovered that they did not have the Baron buff!
"ah?!!"

This was a surprised and bewildered exclamation from the EDG members.

"Fuck, that's awesome!!"

This is the cheer that erupted from the WE.A players' bench.

"Oh!!!"

This was the roar of the audience, who were completely shocked!

Miller's eyes widened, seemingly unable to believe what he had just seen, and he could only shout:
"Hey! What's going on? How did that prince get there so quickly?! And he even stole the Baron Nashor!! What kind of move is that?!"

The doll exclaimed in shock:
"That's incredibly fast! It felt like he appeared for a second and then immediately disappeared! What is this? A prince of trickery?"

Zhou Li's dragon steal seemed to completely shatter EDG's morale.

With the Baron buff, WE.A quickly regained their rhythm and began a five-man push down the middle.

As the WE.A army pressed in, Ai Luoli's palms began to sweat.

He seized the opportunity and unleashed a powerful attack, but it only hit the barrel at the very front.

Realizing that she had messed up the team fight, Ai Luoli became even more nervous. When she saw WE.A's Jarvan IV knock her up with his EQ combo, she panicked and frantically typed on the keyboard!
"Hey! What kind of move is this now?!"

With Miller's exclamation, everyone saw a TP (Teleport) effect appear on the bear that Annie had summoned! (*)

"Loli used her TP directly on her bear!!"

In the live stream, the viewers' surprise at Ai Luoli's performance was no less than that of Zhou Li's earlier dragon steal.

【? ? ? ? 】

Holy crap, there's an expert here!

[Is this how EDG's top laner uses Teleport?]

[Haha, this is hilarious! Zhao Chuan and Xiong Tong teleported to the tower! EDG has actually assembled the Sleeping Dragon and the Young Phoenix!]

【66666! 】

Ai Luoli's incredible play directly caused EDG's team fight to explode instantly!
WE.A pulled off a 5-0 team fight and pushed down EDG's base in one fell swoop!

From the commentary booth, Miller shouted:

"Wow! Who would have thought today's match would end like this! WE.A has defeated EDG once again, winning the second game!! Facing the Spring Split champions, this young academy team has shown terrifying strength!!"

The doll also sighed:
"This WE.A team is absolutely terrifying! I still don't know where their ceiling is! Especially Zhou Li, I really can't understand how he pulls off those plays. That dragon steal at the Baron pit was just too fast!!"

Miller smiled and said:

"That play was truly outrageous! It was that dragon steal that helped WE.A complete the comeback! I feel like Bella has to ask them for us in the post-match interview, what exactly was that play at the Baron pit?!"

"In short, let's shout it out again!! Congratulations WE!!"

At this moment, the entire venue was completely transformed into a sea of ​​red.

Many loyal WE fans even started hugging and crying, shouting things like "Our youth is back!" and "WE is going to rise again!"

Backstage lounge.

Abu watched the live stream, his face turning ashen.

He picked up the phone and answered the call.

"Hey boss, I know, there's something wrong with their thinking..."

"We did study it very carefully before the competition..."

"Find another coach? Actually, it's unnecessary, boss. Today's game was a complete accident..."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

He hung up the phone and suddenly noticed that someone seemed to be laughing in the corner.

It turned out to be Zhao Chuanxiong's brother, Tong Chuanta.

Noticing Abu's angry gaze, Tong Yang instantly suppressed his smile.

Meanwhile, Zhou Li was already standing in the spotlight in the center of the stage, being interviewed by Bella.

"Zhou Li, first of all, congratulations on winning this match again. WE.A has won all four of their four matches in the LPL league so far, and today they even defeated the Spring Split champion EDG. How do you feel now?"

Hearing Bella's words, Zhou Li smiled and took the microphone.

"My current feeling is... well, I don't really feel anything. It's normal for pirated versions to lose to legitimate ones. Although I can understand everyone's happiness, to be honest, we don't really take EDG seriously."

Bella was surprised by Zhou Li's bold statement, and paused for a moment before continuing to ask:

"Your jungle duel with Clearlove today was also very exciting. Everyone calls you the pinnacle of intelligent junglers. What do you think about this?"

"I think it's a bit disrespectful to put me and Clearlove together. If Clearlove had any ability, WE wouldn't have failed to win anything in S3. It just shows that EDG knows how to choose players and poached the worst one."

Bella gave an awkward laugh.

The factory manager is, after all, a veteran of the LPL.

However, in the mouth of Zhou Li, the other party could be belittled to nothing.

But looking at the cheering fans below the stage, Bella knew that Zhou Li's speech was even more powerful for the 60e than injecting them with adrenaline.

It is foreseeable that after today's match, Zhou Li's name will likely be hailed as a legend among the 60e community.

However, Bella didn't dare to pursue the matter further regarding EDG, as doing so would likely cause a major backlash. Instead, she asked:
"Actually, everyone is very curious about how you stole the Baron Nashor from the pit. We just saw your character flash by and steal the Baron Nashor."

“Oh, that play,” Zhou Li pretended to recall, “that was actually an Eq flash smite.”

"That is, at the moment of the dragon's impact, use Flash to adjust your position, and create three dishes and one soup during the dragon's sliding motion, forming a prince version of Zhou's triangle kill."

(End of this chapter)