LPL History

Chapter 272 The Holy Monk Shatters the Three Star Dream, Uzi Leaps Over the Tower to Slay the Bald Head

Samsung White continues to maintain their high level of competitive performance.

But Zhou Li's kick had clearly struck a nerve, affecting their ability to make accurate judgments about the game.

Samsung White has been targeting Sima Laozei's rat, trying to curb its development.

However, Looper's roaming development is too poor, and it needs to be improved.

Therefore, Samsung White's strategy during this period was to have Mata's Maokai, along with Dandy's Jarvan IV and Pawn's Jayce, roam around to gank and set the pace of the game.

Let Looper roam and Imp's plane go to develop in a single lane.

There is nothing inherently wrong with this approach.

As long as the looper and imp are handled with care when connecting wires, it should be fine.

In fact, the looper has been very cautious.

However, the key point is that Zhou Li's Blind Monk is just too fat!

In addition, Lulu's control and survival abilities allow WE.A's trio of Lee Sin, Lulu, and Rumble to dive towers with impunity!

Every time Looper died, it was because he was forcibly killed while standing under the tower!
This has absolutely nothing to do with being cautious or not.

If you can't even stand under a turret, where can the looper go?
Completely abandon development and then watch WE.A push towers? That's obviously impossible.

However, if the heads are swapped like this, Samsung White would undoubtedly be the one at a disadvantage!
The development of both rats and swarms is suppressed, and both sides may suffer losses, but from a profit perspective, the profit from each wave of kills by Samsung White is much smaller than that of WE.A!

Because the kill gold from Samsung White was given to Jayce.

WE.A's kill bonus went to Rumble!
The roles of these two heroes in the mid-to-late game are completely incomparable.

A well-developed Rumble can render the enemy incapable of fighting in a team fight in the late game with just one ultimate ability.

But Mata has no time to worry about these things now.

Zhou Li's kick shattered Samsung White's originally bright future.

He is now eager to regain the advantage he previously held.

Completely unaware that the looper, which used to scream and curse, had fallen into complete silence.

This period was undoubtedly extremely painful for the looper.

Not only was he constantly being tower-dived and killed, but he was also forced to watch Lee Sin perform one flashy move after another in front of him.

The Lee Sin on the other side is just too damn flashy!
If you get hit by Q, do a dance first to demonstrate your tolerance for error.

He frequently uses his "S" ability to withstand damage while waiting for his skills to cool down.

After kicking him off the mountain with a roundhouse kick, I immediately pressed the recall button to strike a pose.

The key point is that he wasn't actually going back to the city; he was just posing for a photo.

In front of a global audience, Zhou's triangular killing move reappeared, causing the entire audience to erupt in cheers.

It is foreseeable that after this match, Looper will become the player with the second-highest screen time in the top ten highlights, second only to Zhou Li.

The only difference is that he's the main character, while she's just a background character.

Such a global finals-level event is different from domestic leagues because it receives so much attention that even years later, netizens will probably still bring it up and criticize it.

This is an extremely significant psychological blow to a professional player.

So Looper is completely withdrawn.

Of course, Looper wasn't the only one grieving. There was another person in the Samsung White who had also turned off the noise, and that was Imp.

The looper is silent because of external pressure, while the imp is silent because of internal pressure.

These two autistic brothers have completely isolated themselves from the rest of the group.

After all, the trio over there had been extremely excited and enthusiastically planning their offensive tactics, shouting "nice!"

The battle between the two sides lasted for thirty minutes before the turning point arrived.

Because at this point, apart from the difference in height, the outer towers on both sides had been completely demolished.

The highs and lows then regressed, and the game seemed to have reached a stalemate.

At this moment, a tense atmosphere filled the South Korean live broadcast room.

This was perhaps the toughest battle WE.A had fought during the World Championship.

Although it was tough, it was because WE.A had won their previous matches too easily.

Anyone with a basic understanding of the game can see that while the match appears close, it's actually not close at all; Samsung White is gradually heading towards its demise.

Although imp's development has caught up a bit during this period because of the targeting of rats.

Because the equipment difference between the top laners and their carry champions on both sides is just too big!
Flandre's Rumble already has three items, while Looper's Ryze is still saving up the components for his second item.

The economic difference between the two sides seems to be not significant. WE.A only led by 6,000 after 30 minutes. This economic difference is acceptable even for other teams at this time, because at this point, a single team fight victory can often turn around a deficit of several thousand.

The problem is that WE.A's lead of 6,000 yuan is all in key positions!

It's worth noting that WE.A's mid laner, Xiye, was more than 2,000 gold behind Jayce.

Converted, WE.A has a lead of nearly 8,000 gold in the other four positions!
Keep in mind that Lulu is a utility champion, while Jayce is a champion who excels in the early to mid-game.

When compared in this way, the result is quite frightening.

Korean teams have always been extremely good at strategic play, including Samsung White.

They might win quickly in a competition, but that doesn't mean they don't know how to manage their resources.

Not all operations involve slowing down the pace to exchange resources and wait for development. Starting with small advantages and accumulating them, then snowballing them to quickly expand the advantage and win the game in a short time, is also a kind of operation!
But now, WE.A is beating them with Samsung White.

The reason the Korean commentators were so nervous was that, for the Koreans, even though Samsung White was currently at a disadvantage, this was still their best chance.

Previously, no team, including Korean teams and any team worldwide, had ever managed to keep the economic gap within 30 minutes in a match against WE.A.

Samsung White is the first one!
As the saying goes, once there's a first time, there will be a second; records are meant to be broken.

Since Samsung White has already broken the record that no team could keep the economic difference within 10,000 within 30 minutes when facing WE.A, then they may break the record that no team can defeat WE.A, even for a single game!
If they can win this game, they can then look forward to breaking the record that no team has ever been able to defeat WE.A in a BO3 or BO5!
Samsung gave them hope for nothing.

And they are willing to grasp at this straw.

For the Korean tennis players right now, the word "nervous" is actually a word full of hope. After all, the previous matches only brought them despair.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the LPL live stream was quite different.

Although many viewers initially considered the concerns raised by Korean netizens, which caused some tension.

However, when they saw that Zhou Li's blind monk was still dominating the battlefield as always, and even had the leisure to pose and show off his skills, everyone's emotions were quickly calmed down.

This is the sense of authority and security that a leader who becomes a leader through absolute strength can bring to their fans.

Those who have played professionally know that it's not advisable for other professional players to imitate Zhou Li's behavior.

He might end up looking like a clown.

For example, a certain well-known player in the LPL later on, the male protagonist who seemed to have stepped out of a pornographic novel, probably read too many novels and actually started to think of himself as the male protagonist.

Tomorrow, all I can think about is imitating the overpowered protagonist plot from novels.

Although reality slaps him hard every time, telling him that this is reality, not fiction, and that reality is very cruel.

Although he always managed to get hit by the boomerang, leaving him with a bloody head.

But the boy relied on his indomitable will, which is also the best quality among the protagonists of the novel, to bury himself in his own path and cultivate his skills.

The boy probably imagines this scene every night before falling asleep.

When he finally lifts the World Championship trophy, all the previous boomerangs will hit those foolish netizens.

He will then naturally gain fame and rid himself of his stigma.

And the online evaluation of him will no longer be that he is arrogant and conceited, but rather that he is just young and full of youthful vigor!
His life story is one of initial setbacks followed by triumphs, it's practically the perfect plot of a thrilling novel!

The match has reached the 35-minute mark.

WE.A and Samsung White underwent several rounds of testing during this period.

Samsung White quickly realized that they could no longer delay.

Even though Jayce has developed very well, he's now finding himself unable to sustain his energy.

Furthermore, WE.A had been in control throughout this period, and Samsung White's mid-lane high ground tower was already teetering on the brink of collapse under several waves of pressure from WE.A.

Mata looked at his equipment and felt a little irritated.

Among the ten players in this match, his economy and level should both be ranked last.

It's worth noting that his KDA was previously among the best in the team.

But now is not the time to think about these issues; all we need to do is win the game.

Mata looked at Imp. He knew that the upcoming team fight would directly determine the outcome of the game, so he wanted to put some pressure on Imp first, while also relieving some pressure on himself.

"Nobody cares about you at all in this game. It seems like the other team doesn't care about your Titan weapon at all."

"After developing for so long, it's about time it came to something useful, right, Giant Warrior?"

"Wake up, Giant Warrior!"

Whether imp became more in-form due to his pressure is unknown to Mata, but he was definitely in-form.

While WE.A was recalling, Mata quickly established vision control for the Samsung White unit.

WE.A is very smart; despite having the advantage, they completely ignored Baron Nashor.

But Samsung couldn't drag this out any longer.

The only way to reverse the current situation is to rely on Baron Nashor.

What Mata didn't know was that WE.A had invested even more resources in terms of vision than they had.

As soon as Mata made a move, WE.A noticed its movements and immediately realized Samsung White's intentions.

Mata intended to use this time to clear WE.A's vision and then use Baron Nashor to ambush WE.A.

At worst, you can use your vision advantage to poke and weaken the opponent, thus giving the team leader a better chance of winning.

He had just arrived at Dalongkeng when he was fired, only to find that Xiaoming's female companions were already waiting for him there!
The two sides immediately began a battle for vision and a standoff around the Dragon Pit.

But as we've mentioned several times, if both sides want to engage in a game, they must first have equal bargaining chips.

Does Samsung White have this leverage now?
They don't have it now.

When the two teams are locked in a standoff around Baron Nashor, what are the key factors that determine which side has the upper hand?
It's on the flank!
Whether the flanks are strong enough and can control the lane determines which side can hold their ground near the dragon pit.

When a 0-6 Ryze faces a 6-0 Rumble, the advantage of each side on the flanks is self-evident.

Mata was still anxiously searching for an opportunity, but the next second, something completely beyond his plan happened!
At this moment, Rumble in the bottom lane is pushing the minion wave towards Samsung White's high ground.

Looper naturally didn't dare to go out and provoke Rumble, so he stood under the tower and waited for the minion wave to push into the tower.

He didn't even have the idea of ​​trading blows with Rumble; he just wanted to cleanly and efficiently clear the minion wave in front of the tower.

Just because Looper doesn't have this idea doesn't mean that Flandre doesn't.

This player, who is considered by outsiders to be a tanky top laner, was actually the aggressive top laner with the most solo kills in the league before joining WE.A!
Looper was clearly unaware that Rambo's murderous intent was so profound.

He only made a positioning mistake and got hit by Rumble's harpoon, but the next second, Rumble actually flashed in and charged at him with his fire breath!!
Looper didn't dare to take Rumble's Flash head-on, so he immediately used Flash to create distance and then used his root to keep Rumble under the tower.

But at the same moment, scorching lava fell from the sky and instantly covered the wandering mage's feet!
Rambo's damage output is clearly beyond comprehension.

The moment the ultimate skill landed, half of the Wanderer's health bar disappeared!
Rumble's ultimate ability deals continuous damage!

Flandre's sudden move was so unexpected that by the time the director realized what was happening and switched to the top lane, Ryze had just stepped out of the lava-scorched path and his health had dropped to one-third.

Behind him, the Rambo robot, already glowing red, chased after him, shouting, "Who are you calling a shorty?"
[WE_Flandre (Rambo Robot) has defeated SSW_looper (Wandering Mage)!]

"boom!"

A deafening roar erupted from the scene.

No one expected that before the main battle, which was thought to be the key battle, had even begun, the three-star white's flank general was slain by Flandre!
"My God! Flandre was so reckless! He tower-dived and killed Looper! Rumble's damage is terrifying!!"

Miller's excited shouts had completely broken his voice.

"So now, Samsung White! What are you going to do?!"

(End of this chapter)