LPL History

Chapter 295: Stealing Towers Like a Madman Draws Ridicule; Cannon Carts Decide the Fate and Bury the Dynasty.
Sion effortlessly destroyed EDG's undefended high ground crystal.

Zhou Li chose Wit's End as his fourth item.

This item is perfect for countering EDG's multi-AP lineup, and it also provides attack speed for his demolition.

Although Wit's End hasn't been completed yet, the attack speed from the smaller components has already significantly increased Sion's demolition speed.

By the time Zhou Li had destroyed EDG's bottom lane inhibitor, EDG's Baron Nashor was only two-thirds complete.

"Wow! Li has already stolen EDG's Nexus, but it seems like LGD is planning to give up Baron. They only have the Baron buff near the pit, and it looks like they're going to try their luck. If they trade the Baron buff for the high ground, it feels like... EDG should be coming out ahead."

Is it profitable?

Hearing what the doll said, Miller couldn't help but speak up:

"But wasn't your purpose in taking down Baron Nashor to destroy the Nexus?"

He thought for a moment, then analyzed:
"However, it really depends on how EDG handles the minion waves afterwards. If they get the Baron buff, Sion won't be able to split push and steal towers as easily. If EDG can take this opportunity to push down LGD's high ground, then it will be quite profitable."

"That's what I meant," Wawa began to salvage the situation, "After all, if EDG faces a head-on team fight right now, LGD will have a hard time responding. As long as they can contain Sion... wait, what's that Sion doing!"

The doll stared wide-eyed as Sion walked straight toward EDG's inhibitor turret.

"Aren't you going home yet? Why are you still pushing the cart?!"

Zhou Li's behavior clearly surprised everyone.

greedy!
That's incredibly greedy!

Not content with just dismantling the crystal, they even wanted to dismantle the front teeth tower!

The factory manager became visibly anxious upon seeing Sain's movements.

"Attack! Attack quickly! Also, you go and hold off the enemy!"

His palms were covered in a dense layer of sweat.

The factory manager knew that if LGD managed to steal the Baron, then EDG would be completely doomed.

However, fighting for victory has always been the thing he dislikes and is least good at.

On the other side, Zhou Li had already begun to push down EDG's inhibitor towers.

Zz'Rot Portal and Banner of Command have also been off cooldown. Once the two items are used, the health of EDG's inhibitor turret drops at a visible speed!

"boom!"

With a roar, the dragon's health bar was completely depleted!
Zhou Li glanced at the dragon pit, looked at the men and horses that had been brutally beaten, and said:

"What's the point if you can't even steal the dragon?"

One sentence almost made Taobao Quan so angry he vomited blood on the spot.

After securing Baron Nashor, EDG immediately chose to retreat to base to defend.

The five of them returned to the city almost at the same time, and without even having time to upgrade their equipment, they all rushed towards Zhou Li like mad dogs!

So frustrating!

This match was incredibly frustrating!
At this moment, Zhou Li was seen by the five members of EDG as utterly despicable!
Faced with the relentless bombardment from EDG's five players, LGD's cannon minion was like a god of war. When Sion fell, the cannon minion was still alive!

As long as there are minions, it gives Sion the opportunity to push towers.

Sion, who had been able to stand up again thanks to his passive ability, unleashed a barrage of attacks on EDG's inhibitor turret!
EDG's five players used almost every trick in the book, unleashing all sorts of crowd control abilities on Sion's corpse. Even so, amidst the gasps of the crowd, Sion managed to knock down one of EDG's inhibitor turrets before he was completely wiped out!

"Oh!"

An incredulous gasp erupted from the audience!
This match was truly unbelievable; it was something never heard of or seen before!

The five EDG players are now clearly in a red-hot state.

After killing Sion, they wanted to group up and push mid, but they found that the minion wave pressure was too great!

The three lines were almost all piled up in front of their high ground!
What's even more of a headache for EDG is that their lineup has such a weak wave-pushing ability!
Maokai, Nunu, and LeBlanc – these three champions take forever to clear even a normal lane, and they have absolutely no way to deal with the super minions in the bottom lane.

Therefore, Deft could only take Meiko's Janna to the bottom lane to push out the super minions.

However, as a newcomer, Meiko's lack of experience became apparent at this point, as he failed to provide vision for Deft in advance.

By the time Deft reminded them, it was too late.

Taobaoquan's Renma and Wei Shen's Kassadin had been lying in wait for a long time. Just as Meiko was about to place a ward, Taobaoquan directly used his ultimate to scare Deft's Kog'Maw through the wall.

Then, Wei Shen's Kassadin entered the fray. Even though Meiko immediately activated his ultimate to try and save Deft, Deft was still instantly melted by the high burst damage.

At this point in the game, Miller finally realized that the situation seemed to have deviated greatly from their initial assessment.

Perhaps EDG can completely crush LGD in head-on team fights right now, but head-on team fights can't even be initiated right now, and EDG can't even push the minion waves out!
That Sion, who seemed to be obsessed with destroying towers, brought EDG a huge problem that was even unsolvable!
Just like in this situation, even if they kill Sion, EDG will realize after the kill that they have only killed one person, and there is nothing else they can do!
Despite securing Baron Nashor, EDG ended up falling behind economically instead of gaining an advantage!

"EDG needs to come up with a solution now!" Miller said. "It feels like LGD is completely using the minion waves to drag EDG out of the game!"

After Deft and Meiko both died in the bottom lane, LGD immediately grouped up and pushed down the middle lane.

Without their core player, EDG was unable to mount any effective resistance.

As time went on, the role that General Fat's enchantress could play also began to diminish.

So they could only watch helplessly as LGD destroyed their second mid-lane tower.

The game seems to have entered an unsolvable cycle.

When Zhou Li's Sion respawned, he swung his axe and charged towards the top lane, then sacrificed himself to forcefully push down EDG's top lane inhibitor turret.

The EDG players were driven to the brink of madness by this point.

"A team fight in the mid lane! A strong push! We can't let Sion's rhythm carry us!"

Kou Rou couldn't help but speak up.

The factory manager nodded and pointed to the mid lane. EDG then quickly grouped up and pushed towards the mid lane.

LGD could have simply relied on the turrets to defend, even if it was difficult to defend, or even given up the mid-lane high ground, allowing Zhou Li's Sion to continue stealing.

However, Taobaoquan's players created an opportunity directly in the jungle.

With all five members together, EDG's team fight ability far surpasses LGD's! This wave directly resulted in the deaths of all three members except for Wei Shen and Zhou Li!
Wei Shen didn't die because Kassadin ran fast.

Zhou Li didn't die because he never went.

The situation changed in an instant!

"Hey! EDG pulled off a perfect team fight! Judging from the timing, it looks like they can end it here in one fell swoop!"

"Kassadin and Sion, they don't have wave clear ability!"

EDG surged onto LGD's high ground, while Sion was thousands of miles away.

The moment Taobao seized the opportunity, Zhou Li knew something bad was about to happen.

He also knew that if this wave collapsed, EDG could very well end up defeating them in one fell swoop.

So he arrived at the bottom lane well in advance!
The roar of demolition trucks resumed, and at that moment, Zhou Li seemed to hear an advertising slogan.

Dayun Motors – a car that speeds across the world!

The factory manager immediately looked towards the bottom lane and quickly said:

"I'll defend! You guys go for the first wave!"

By the time the factory manager returned to base, Sion was already about to lead the minion wave to the inhibitor turret.

The factory manager knew that to counter Sion's tower-pushing, he had to block his minion wave. Relying on his tankiness, the factory manager directly charged in.

But soon, he realized something was wrong!
You should know that this Sion didn't just build tank items!

He produced Tiamat and the Wisdom End!
Furthermore, Sion's base damage is quite high, especially since his skills are affected by his health.

Zhou Li's Sion was split pushing the whole time, and his CS was the highest among all ten players on both sides!

Zhou Li's Sion swiftly struck, unleashing a combo that took away nearly half of Nunu's health!

Wit's End provides Sion with a means to sustain his damage output!

After holding out for a while longer, the factory manager glanced at his teammates' positions and saw that the other four members of EDG had already pushed down LGD's high ground tower!

So the factory manager decided to go home and recover his strength first, otherwise he might really get solo killed by Sion!
At this moment, on LGD's high ground, Wei Shen was still making a final effort.

He spotted Zhou Li's position, so after seeing EDG destroy the crystal, he timed his ultimate skill perfectly, gritted his teeth, and charged forward to clear the minion wave, using his invulnerability skill to buy time.

Meanwhile, Zhou Li's Sai'en has already begun to demolish the ivory tower.

[EDG's Deft (Mouth of the Abyss) has killed LGD's Welless Kassadin!]

In the commentary booth, Miller was completely emotional!
"Wei Shen has fallen! Now EDG can push straight in and win in one fell swoop! But Li is still trying! He's still backdooring! He's been backdooring all game! But right now EDG has four people taking down towers, and you're only one person, and Clearlove has already gone over there!"

In the live stream, seeing Zhou Li still dismantling the tower, the chat couldn't help but start laughing.

[This is hilarious, they're still stealing.]

[Haha, stole the entire tower, a complete clown.]

If he had just played normally, I feel like LGD would have won.

This guy is a complete cancer.

Congratulations to EDG!

Seeing his teammates start dismantling the inhibitor turrets, the factory manager felt a little relieved.

He walked towards Zhou Li, trying to slow down Zhou Li's tower-pushing speed.

However, just as he got close, Sion suddenly turned around and used an E on him!

This caused Zhou Li's Sion to instantly take damage from the turret!
The factory manager was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized what Zhou Li was trying to do!
But at this point, there was no way to save him!
The laser tower's damage was exceptionally high; Sion only lasted a few seconds before instantly dying!
But then, the corpse got up again!

EDG's inhibitor turret already had only a third of its health left, and now it was knocked down by the corpse-like Sion in just two hits!

Then Sion turned around and started banging on EDG's base!
This sudden change made everyone tense instantly!

"Hey! Li's tower-destroying speed with that corpse is pretty fast! It feels like he's on par with EDG!! Hey, what's he doing! It looks like he can actually take it down!"

"Impossible, EDG is definitely faster, they have four people here! And there's definitely not enough time to kill the corpse!"

"Li is still demolishing! He's still demolishing! He's risking his life to maintain his demolition vision! EDG's base is in critical condition!!"

The director kept switching the camera back and forth between the two teams' bases!

EDG's four players can definitely take down towers faster than Sion, but they need to take down two inhibitor turrets and they start later.

When Sion destroyed the last inhibitor turret, EDG still had one LGD inhibitor turret left!

By the time EDG destroyed LGD's last inhibitor turret, their base already had only one-third of its health remaining!
"Oh my god! Li! It looks like he's really going to take it down! Wait a minute, Clearlove used his E skill, and Sion's health bar can't hold up yet!! Fifty HP! Oh my god, fifty HP locked! Clearlove did a great job this time!"

"Oh!"

A gasp of surprise erupted from the stands as they watched the EDG base, now with only a sliver of health remaining!

The factory manager finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second!
Miller's eyes widened, and he roared almost at the top of his lungs!

"Hey! A gun carriage!! This gun carriage!!!!"

The artillery vehicles, enhanced by the Banner of Command, were still performing their duties not far away!
The factory manager's anxiety finally died!

boom!
EDG's base collapsed!

The baby's voice was filled with a variety of emotions.

"My God! Who would have thought! EDG's base was ultimately destroyed by a single cannon minion!"

On the EDG player bench.

At this moment, the five people had a surprisingly similar expression.

Confusion—shock—heart-wrenching shame and indignation!

(End of this chapter)