LOL: I really didn't want to be a comedian!

Chapter 188 "Chicken Bro: Just kidding!"

"Goodness gracious, a flowerpot is supervising the battle!?"

"To prevent being possessed by K God, Chicken Bro prepared flower pots in advance! This is the anti-gank awareness of a top mid laner!"

"Hahaha, all I can say is, this flowerpot technique is comparable to Dolan's!"

"K God seems to be possessing me! What? Why is there a flowerpot on the field?!"

"DWG: What the hell is that guy doing something like this on the other side?"

The sudden burst of excitement from the audience startled the DWG players.

Indeed, LGD's last pick of Poppy as a support was something they hadn't expected, and it could be said that it greatly countered DWG's entire lineup.

But the audience didn't need to get so excited, did they?

It's just a draft pick; to really win the game, it still depends on the players' performance on the field.
Xu glanced at the field below, his brows furrowed. Was this what they called home-field advantage?
It's hard to imagine that back in S7, several LCK veterans, especially SKT, were facing the formidable RNG from the LPL.

Last time, Faker silenced the entire venue with five games of Galio; this time...
I will also make the LPL's home stadium quiet down!

Brother Xu clenched his fists!
Both teams' lineups are now locked.

Blue side: DWG
Top Lane: Jax
Jungler: Kindred

Mid Lane: Twisted Fate

Bottom lane: Ezreal plus Pantheon
Purple side: LGD
Top Lane: Ornn

Jungler: Lee Sin

Mid lane: Tristana

Bottom Lane: Jhin and Poppy

Both sides entered Summoner's Rift.

"Here it comes! The first match of the finals! DWG has picked a double-pike composition that they really like, plus Kindred as the jungle carry, while LGD has a double marksman composition with Gnik as the absolute core."

Both sides got what they wanted; now it all comes down to how well the players execute their plans.

Upon reaching level one, Di Wu in the mid lane immediately learned the E skill, allowing him to push the lane very easily.

When playing against this type of mage, Tristana has virtually no problem controlling the lane.

The key matchup was in the bottom lane, where the EZ and Pantheon combination was already considered a strong early-to-mid-game duo.

However, LGD's first pick of Jhin, plus their god-tier Poppy pick in the last round, was a significant advantage.

Poppy completely neutralized DWG's bot lane offensive, and instead, she completely countered Pantheon's W, preventing Pantheon from initiating an attack.

However, EZ's wave clear in the bottom lane still helped them reach level two first, and the first wave of pushes was still an advantageous wave for EZ and Pantheon.

Just as Beyrl was about to reach level two, he strode forward and positioned himself in the bush in front of LGD's bottom lane tower.

They pinned GALA and Mark under the turret.

The instant he leveled up to level two, Pantheon ganked the mid lane.
"Can I come to the mid lane? Is there a chance? Or even just put some pressure on him?"

Beryl moved directly from the bottom lane towards the mid lane, while Canyon was playing Kindred in the jungle.

In the early game, Gnik kept occupying the mid lane, preventing Kindred from invading the jungle and taking marks.

Kindred is at a disadvantage in a 1v1 matchup against Lee Sin, as Lee Sin is agile and has high enough damage.

He's considered a relatively strong counter to Kindred, especially considering it's the Lee Sin champion played by Peanut.

I need to clear the mid lane first!
"No way, he's already moving at level two? That's insane!"

When the older brother saw this scene, he couldn't help but recall his own time playing against DWG.

Beryl's support skills are absolutely top-notch; he always manages to initiate and appear in the right position.

However, Beryl didn't seem to move as frequently when playing against TES.
His performance against LGD was insane; he started roaming as early as level two.

EZ isn't afraid of being suddenly engaged upon and can play solo in the bot lane.

"Brother Chicken! He moved!"

"I can't come, our bottom lane has been pushed!" Mark hurriedly said.

"It's okay, I've moved the thread!"

Di Wu activated his EQ combo and quickly pushed the minion wave into the first tower.

The moment Beryl reached level three, he immediately used W to retreat. Beryl had just reached the river when he stopped moving.

Going to the mid lane again is pointless; Tristana has already used her E, clearly knowing she's already moved there.

Both junglers opted to engage at the blue buff, and Beryl's roam failed, so he returned to the bottom lane.

Once Jhin and Poppy reached level two, the game became significantly easier.

This means Pantheon is no longer able to initiate attacks online.

The minion waves in the bottom lane gradually leveled out, and under these circumstances, Peanut and Canyon quickly cleared their first wave of jungle camps.

Then came the first dragon fight, where Di Wu held absolute lane control.

"If Xiaolong and the others want to take it on, we can fight! I'm very strong!"

Di Wu pinged Xiao Long's signal.

Peanut and Mark had already arrived in the river and secured their positions.

Pantheon's inability to initiate attacks with his W ability means he has lost his deterrent effect.

In small team fights, Poppy has her W for protection, making Lee Sin and Tristana extremely powerful.

Beryl felt a bit uncomfortable playing for the first time.

He roams around on his own but can't put any pressure on Gnik, and in lane, he's just another Poppy in the bot lane.

You can't possibly travel all the way to the top lane to gank Ornn, can you?
The reason Jax was chosen to counter Ornn was to allow him to farm without pressure and carry in the late game. But Ornn can withstand pressure, so Jax is useless against him.
It will also distribute the firepower!

"We have to fight, this round of fighting is inevitable, isn't it?"

Canyon was a bit unlucky this time, failing to get Kindred's first mark.

Originally, when the first mark spawned on the top lane river crab, Canyon could have waited for Peanut to finish eating the river crab, roamed around, and stole some lane minions from his teammates while waiting for the mark to respawn on the river crab.

But
There's no lane available in the middle!
The little cannon is pushing blindly, putting a lot of pressure on Brother Xu.

This little cannon guy pushes and leaves, just in case he waits for the river crab and the opposing blind man to come with the little cannon.

Even if I catch river crabs myself, I won't get to eat them.

This fight was also initiated to try and boost Kindred's passive ability again.

EZ currently possesses considerable combat power.

"Let's skip the Dragon Pit and help Xu Xiu clear the minion wave first!"

Beryl, along with Canyon, went straight to the mid lane to put pressure on Di Wu.

If Poppy flashes in first to open up the river, Jhin's sniping will cause the river to fall first.

Instead, we should put pressure on the mid lane first, take the minion wave, and then group up with three players and head towards the dragon.

The minion wave in the mid lane was quickly pushed towards Di Wu by the three DWG members grouped together. "I'll be late, let's retreat! To the blue buff area!"

Di Wu needs to deal with the minion wave in the mid lane first; river vision will have to be temporarily put aside.
Beryl scans and places a control ward in the Dragon Pit, and Canyon places another control ward in the middle of the river.

Quickly block off all visibility of the river channel.

This year's DWG has the most terrifying execution capabilities.

They are like precisely operating machines, knowing exactly what to do at every moment and how to do every detail perfectly!

Beryl immediately pinged the narrow passage behind LGD's blue buff wall, where they were coming from the mid lane.

"He'll probably come from this side. Can we catch Tristana? Let's just kill her instantly, and then we'll get the Dragon!"

Beryl decisively stood in the bushes, and Kindred and Twisted Fate followed suit.

EZ stood in the middle of the river, holding off LGD's blue buff until it reached the narrowest point of the river.

With the advantage of vision, Ghost's Ezreal has a good stage in this position.

Looking at DWG's 31st position from God's perspective sent a chill down the spines of the commentators Guan Zeyuan and Miller.
Given his discipline, Chicken Bro would definitely enter his jungle from the narrow pass on the right side of the mid lane, which would lead him to run into the three DWG members hiding in the bushes.
Although Poppy was there, her position was too far from Tristana's.
The broadcast specifically switched to LGD's perspective, showing that the entire lower half of the map was completely blocked from view.

After pushing the lane, Di Wu walked from his own turret toward the jungle, intending to rejoin his teammates first.
"Damn it, does it look like the cannon is about to collapse?"

Those watching this scene in the various secondary live streams were already sweating.

Oh no, it seems like DWG predicted Chicken Bro's position beforehand. I feel like I'm going to die?
However, the older brother couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly as he watched this scene, especially when he heard the ping signal on the map.
The minimap in the bottom right corner shows not only signals from the blue team DWG, but also signals from LGD!
"DWG is going to explode!"

???

Just as the screen was filled with question marks in the comments...
Diwuka positioned himself in the fog of war. A fake eye was inserted into the bushes.

Um! ?

The three DWG members crouching in the bushes were too shocked to react when they saw the fake ward in front of them.
"Ding!"

Poppy, standing on the other side of the wall, used Flash + E to precisely slam Xu Ge's Twisted Fate directly against the wall.

Immediately after activating her ultimate skill, the little cannon immediately used her W skill to jump up.

Canyon's first instinct is to Flash back and create distance, at which point Poppy's W will also press down on his Q.

Beryl, who was standing nearby, immediately stepped forward to try and block the damage for Xu Xiu. With Poppy's W active, he couldn't stun Tristana to stop her from dealing damage. He could only try his best to block Lee Sin's Q for Xu Xiu.

But the little peanut next door was brought up by W through his eyes.

E-Flash dashed past Beryl, and a Q hit Xu Ge, who was being held down.

The second Q-slash came out immediately, and Xu Ge's card was melted in an instant!
And Jhin's W was already about to land at Pantheon's feet.
Even if you have your E skill, if you get rooted in place by Jhin's W, you're definitely doomed.

"Ding!"

Beryl quickly used his Flash to create distance!

"what?"

Guan Zeyuan blinked. Is this Gnik?
Is this what a clash between top teams looks like?
DWG may have done a good ambush, but since they didn't see Pantheon in the front line, Gnik knows what they meant.

He placed a ward to check the bushes first, and it was clear that Mark was already leaning against the wall waiting when Di Wu pinged the signal.

While flashing and melting Xu Ge, he forced DWG's jungler and support to use their flashes twice.

"LGD realized there might be someone here, so they launched a counter-attack, cornering the card player!"

"LGD is really too meticulous! It's airtight!" Guan Zeyuan felt a sense of dread.

DWG played with great discipline, and LGD played with the same discipline.

DWG's aggressive offensive actually gave LGD an opportunity; although it was just one kill, the dragon should have been lost.

The disadvantages in the situation were gradually magnified.

Pantheon is a champion who needs early game tempo, and it's hard for him to accept such a disadvantage in the early game, not to mention that there's Poppy, who counters him, in the late game.

Beryl couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Is this LGD?
Did you even think of that?! Or maybe they just paid such great attention to detail!
"what?"

Looking at the black and white screen, a question mark appeared on Xu Ge's forehead.

Not
Is this... me dead?!
If you take a screenshot from God's perspective and post it on a forum, asking who died, it definitely wouldn't be your buddy, right?

The director's camera zoomed in directly on Di Wu's face, where the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.
A familiar smile appeared on the big screen.

That smile carried disdain, contempt, and indifference!
"You really think I'm some kind of god? God K is in the flowerpot! I've already summoned the god for the flowerpot!" Di Wu's expression relaxed somewhat.

After this wave of fighting, DWG's early game skirmishes were quite explosive, especially considering they are a team that relies heavily on macro-management.

Beryl was forced into a corner in the early game and had to engage in team fights, which brought out the value of Poppy as a champion.

This prevented Beryl from performing at all, proving that it was worthwhile for him to have the Marcus secretly practice during the summer season.

The chat in the official live stream room has exploded.

"Observation Haki!?"

"Since he's a Navy bigwig, it's quite reasonable for him to have Observation Haki, right?"

"You thought of that too, Brother Chicken!"

"Is Chicken Bro just fishing?! I didn't expect DWG to take the bait so easily?"

Chicken Bro: Just kidding!

"Arrogance, that is the sin of arrogance!"

Seeing this, the older brother just smiled helplessly. That's right! That's more like it!

Is this LGD?
You really think I'll give you a chance? I was just teasing you. Everything is under your control, Brother Chicken.

Many commentators on the second channel haven't actually played against LGD, but Brother is different; he's been playing against LGD all year.

They even played three best-of-five series against LGD, proving that this team's strength is far more than it appears on the surface.

"Hey, why are you still using question marks? Don't question the streamer's professionalism! The streamer just got home from the competition!"

The older brother sighed deeply and recounted the hardships he had endured over the past year.
"And that's exactly how LGD beat me up back then!"

???

The chat in my brother's live stream was once again filled with question marks.

"I thought it was because my brother was a professional, but it turns out he's just experienced from getting beaten up so much!"

"To get beaten up and still come back to livestream so quickly, I can only say... an amazing character!"

"What? They actually beat up a reporter on the scene?"

"Hahaha, so your face got swollen from being punched this year?"

The older brother's face darkened when he saw the last comment.
"Let me clarify, the reason my face looks so big is because Top Esports' food is so good, it's definitely not because I got beaten up!"

The older brother took out his phone and glanced at the camera's selfie interface.
This doesn't seem very convincing. No way! I absolutely have to lose weight next year!
I'll try to have a good image for next year's World Championship, or maybe I should dye my hair like Chicken Bro did.

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(End of this chapter)