LPL History

Chapter 219: The Factory Manager's Punishment Demonstrates Financial Management Skills, Sweeping Away the Old Crown and Displaying a Legendary Figure

A gank in the bottom lane put EDG at a complete disadvantage.

While the prince was chasing Poppy, WE.A's bot lane duo took down EDG's outer bot lane turret.

At this moment, Zhou Li expressed his condolences to the factory owner on the public screen, but it did not alleviate his anger.

Because of this wave of being forced to the tower, the time spent waiting to respawn was enough for him to miss one more F4 and three wolves.

It can be said that the loss is heavy!

One second the WE.A members were praising "nice," and the next second they noticed Zhou Li's anger.

"If I don't destroy this factory today, all the Six Arts of a Gentleman have been wasted!"

Looking at the furious Zhou Li, the WE.A members were clearly puzzled.

At this point, shouldn't the team that should be in the red bet position be the one that used Flash but got nothing and was even mocked?

Why did Zhou Li become popular first?

"Brother Zhou, this was handled perfectly. Don't be so hard on yourself."

The number one lackey, Khan, was the first to start flattering him.

“What do you know?” Zhou Li’s anger was clearly not relieved by the Khan’s comfort. “If a wave dies, my Netherfire will be delayed by half a minute. If the Netherfire is delayed by half a minute, I will have half a minute less of fun. I’m going to destroy the factory today.”

After saying that, Zhou Li immediately switched between five screens per second.

In fact, after a whole summer season of experience and daily training, Zhou Li doesn't often switch screens to keep an eye on his teammates.

This is because it is very mentally taxing.

But today, the factory made him feel half a minute less, which clearly touched a nerve!

After seeing Da Shu and EDG's bot lane duo appear in the top and bottom lanes respectively to clear minion waves, Zhou Li immediately sent a signal to the mid lane.

"Push forward!"

WE.A's five players returned to the fountain almost simultaneously, and after receiving Zhou Li's command, they headed directly towards the mid lane.

When EDG saw WE.A's five players gather in the mid lane, it was too late for them to react.

The nanny wouldn't dare stand alone under the mid-lane tower.

They could only watch helplessly as WE.A destroyed the outer mid-lane turret.

Then, Alistar went to the top lane to deal with the minion wave, Ryze continued fighting in the middle, while Zhou Li and the bottom lane duo took down the dragon.

WE.A's sudden acceleration caught EDG off guard.

The root cause is WE.A's emphasis on vision control, which resulted in EDG having very few vision options in WE.A's half of the map, making it difficult for them to obtain information in a timely manner.

After taking down the dragon, WE.A quickly shifted their vision to EDG's jungle.

The bottom lane duo went to clear the wave, while Zhou Li plunged into the jungle to find his good friend, Clearlove.

Although the Prince was built with tank items, making it impossible for Poppy to kill him, Zhou Li could completely prevent the Prince from killing jungle monsters.

With high-speed screen switching and vision control, he was able to perfectly avoid every wave of support from EDG.

Twenty-four minutes later, Poppy pulled out Deathfire Grasp.

This time, when they entered the jungle again, Zhou Li didn't hold back at all and smashed the prince's head with a hammer.

Seeing the factory manager being chased at the red buff, EDG's bot lane duo immediately sprang into action.

Zhou Li noticed EDG's movements immediately, but did not choose to retreat.

Because he was waiting for Big Mouth to come and provide support.

At this moment, Nami had no idea how terrifying Poppy's damage would be.

The factory unleashed its ultimate ability, trapping Poppy, while Nami activated her W and prepared to unleash her ultimate from the outside.

However, the next second, a golden light flashed!
Poppy flashed to trigger Jarvan IV's ultimate, and then her ultimate, Deathfire Touch, and her E skill hit Kog'Maw's head almost simultaneously!

Poppy slammed Kog'Maw against the wall, then unleashed a Q-powered auto-attack!

Curly had already taken precautions, immediately casting a shield on Big Mouth and unleashing his ultimate skill at the same time!
Poppy was knocked back by Janna's ultimate!

However, at this moment, the giant mouth standing next to Janna had already transformed into a zombie form!
"Oh!!"

An incredulous gasp erupted from the crowd.

"My God! What kind of damage is that?! One hit and Big Mouth is dead?!"

Poppy can increase the damage of her ultimate ability by 40% on the target!
The active effect of Deathfire Grasp deals damage equal to 15% of the target's maximum health and increases the magic damage they take by 20%.

Furthermore, the 15% damage from Deathfire Grasp can benefit from the 40% damage increase bonus of the ultimate ability!
With such a high bonus, Poppy's E skill with pure AP scaling, combined with her Q skill carrying the Lich Bane passive effect, is enough to instantly kill a squishy ADC!

Nami stared at the gray screen, her fingers still frozen on the mouse.

He never expected that he would be defeated so quickly.

From the moment Poppy pinned him against the wall to the instant he died, the total time probably didn't even last a second!
In the live stream, watching Big Mouth instantly die, the chat was filled with question marks.

【? ? ? ? 】

[Holy crap, what did I just see?]

What kind of health bar disappearing trick is this?

As everyone knows, Poppy is an assassin.

[That damage is fucking terrifying, how are ADCs supposed to play like this?]

[I bet there will be a huge number of AP Poppies in the Rift tonight.]

I sincerely advise you not to try this out recklessly; AP Poppy relies too much on farming.

Seeing the already dead Kog'Maw, the EDG players were stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted. Maokai and Soraka's Teleports were already lit up at the same time, clearly indicating that they were determined to kill Poppy in this wave.

After all, at this stage, every death is very damaging because the resurrection time is very long.

If EDG can kill Poppy once, disrupting her rhythm and allowing Kog'Maw to complete a magic resistance item, then they can regain the advantage. However, Poppy, despite being a short-legged Yordle, is incredibly fast when she activates her W skill.

Furthermore, due to her hero passive and W skill passive, Poppy is not fragile even though she doesn't build any defensive items.

Even though the prince used his EQ combo to knock him away, he still couldn't keep him there.

However, EDG's relentless pursuit failed to reveal that WE.A had already taken action, cutting off EDG's retreat and encircling them!

Although Zhou Li's Poppy was already low on health and unable to re-enter the fray, she could still act as a wingman, constantly pulling and luring EDG's formation from a distance.

When WE.A's main force arrived, EDG, having lost their star player, was practically powerless to resist.

The Khan's minotaur went straight to the wet nurse, nearly impregnating U-Yellow, and pushed her out of the center of the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the female police officer, who was ahead of the game, could be said to be taking down enemies one by one, and directly achieved a quad kill!

"WE.A! A 0-for-5 exchange! Sima Laozei got a quadra kill! EDG looks like they're about to explode!"

WE.A wiped out EDG and then pushed down EDG's bottom lane inhibitor.

Their excellent handling of the minion waves gave them ample time to turn around and attack Baron!

"Clearlove is back! WE.A has just started taking Baron, it feels like they really need to go all in. Clearlove has Smite, let's see if they can steal Baron, otherwise if WE.A takes Baron, EDG will really have no chance!!"

The factory manager, sitting in the players' box, obviously couldn't hear Miller's tense shouts from the commentary booth.

He glanced at the mini-map.

They then headed towards the upper road.

"The factory manager is heading towards Dalong!"

Seeing the factory manager's actions, the director also switched the camera to the large dragon pit.

However, after a while, everyone discovered that the factory manager had stopped moving in the top lane and was even clearing the minion wave.

The child spoke:

"The factory manager decided to clear the minion wave before trying to steal Baron, so that even if they don't succeed, they won't be wiped out in one wave... Huh??"

As he was talking, he suddenly noticed something strange.

"Where did the factory manager's punishment go?"

Miller was also taken aback when he heard what the doll said.

"Why is Retribution on cooldown? I saw it was still active just now. Is it a display bug? Ah... in that case, without Retribution, there really isn't much of a chance."

On the EDG player bench, Clearlove meticulously cleared the minion wave in the top lane.

The factory manager knew WE.A was attacking Baron, but it didn't matter; he decided to use Smite on the cannon minion first. (*)

Without the penalty, how am I supposed to steal Baron Nashor?
He thought he had gotten away with the punishment perfectly, but to his surprise, the director wasn't going to let him off the hook.

In order to find out where the factory manager's punishment was, they even showed the factory manager a replay!
When the viewers in the live stream saw the cannon in front of the prince flash with a golden light, thus gaining 120 gold coins, they exclaimed "666" (a Chinese internet slang for "awesome").

Holy crap! The factory! A financial genius!

[The factory's move was spot on; going for the Baron Nashor is high-risk, but the potential reward is also high-reward. The siege minion, however, is different—it provides a stable gold income!]

[6666, this is so good, just like the factory manager!]

After securing Baron Nashor, WE.A opted to group up and push down the mid lane.

Zhou Li's Poppy, decked out in AP items, still led the charge.

As WE.A relentlessly attacked the mid-lane high ground, and Clearlove still dared not initiate a team fight, Koro1's Maokai directly hugged Poppy.

EDG focused their fire on Poppy, who was making arrogant moves, but this time, Poppy directly chose to use her ultimate on Maokai's head.

Then, focusing on the output of EDG's five players, he charged towards Nami's Kog'Maw.

Seeing Poppy heading straight for her, Nami had no choice but to retreat.

Although Poppy didn't use her ultimate and couldn't kill him instantly, Alistar on the other side had already activated his ultimate and charged in!

Taking advantage of the moment when EDG's formation was disrupted, Sima Laozei quickly destroyed the high ground tower.

Then Xiaoming confidently flashed and hooked the healer in the crowd!

"The healer got hooked by Thresh! Sima Laozei's damage output is terrifying! And nobody's paying attention to him! Jarvan IV and Maokai are still chasing Poppy! But Nami's Kog'Maw has no room to deal damage, and Alistar is still chasing and tanking him!"

"The healer can't hold on any longer, four shots! The policewoman killed the healer with four shots!"

"Janna activated her ultimate and blew away Alistar, Poppy seems to be struggling to hold on... Zhou Li used Zhonya's Hourglass! But EDG can't hold their ground! Caitlyn's damage is just too high! Janna was instantly killed!"

"Anivia chased Kog'Maw all the way to the inhibitor turret! Before dying, he used his W skill to knock Jarvan IV back! Sima Laozei landed a precise trap! Clearlove is about to fall too!!"

"EDG! They're out of options! Kog'Maw is about to run into the fountain, but Caitlyn's sniper rifle is already aimed at him!!"

"EDG! They got wiped out in one team fight!! In that case—"

Miller took a deep breath and shouted:

"Congratulations to WE.A! They have once again defeated EDG, advancing to the semifinals with a total score of 3-0!!"

In the stands, cheers and red flags surged like waves, creating a vibrant scene.

The black flag representing EDG was completely submerged in red.

On the WE.A player's bench, several players with an average age of only seventeen had barely concealed their excitement.

They have taken another big step toward the World Championship.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the EDG players' bench, Clearlove blankly took off his headphones, staring at the bright red word "defeat" in front of him, his mind completely blank.

From the commentary booth, Beari excitedly shouted:

"WE.A! They've made history again! Their path to victory continues!"

"While it may be too early to say this now, I still feel that we are witnessing the rise of a legend!!"

(End of this chapter)