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Chapter 91 Gnik: You're surrounded!

"Whoa? Flandre's Jax!"

The commentator, LaoK, was also quite surprised to see TheShy pick Jax against Jayce.

It's actually quite stressful; it all depends on the laning strategies and the team's overall resource allocation.
To put it simply, it all boils down to one sentence!

Everyone's watching how the mid laner plays; in this playoffs, the mid lane position is extremely important.

This match will depend on how well the mid-lane matchup goes between the two sides!

Furthermore, Peanut's champion picks counter Leyan's, as could be seen from the last match.

The top lane matchup has little to do with the top laner; it's entirely dependent on the teammates.

Both teams' lineups are now locked.

Blue side: IG
Top Lane: Jayce

Jungler: Troll

Mid laner: Syndra
Bottom lane: Senna, Tahm Kench

Purple side: LGD
Top Lane: Jax
Jungler: Kindred

Mid lane: Galio
Bottom Lane: Aphelios and Alistar
Both sides entered Summoner's Rift.

"Oh? Gnik used a skin in a minute?" Lau K had watched so many of Di Wu's matches.

He doesn't usually use skincare products, but this time, he did...

Chicken Rio!
"Chicken Rio is here, Chicken Nick? Could it be that this skin is for him?" LauK said.

The two commentators next to him couldn't help but shudder...

LaoK, do you really not want Gnik to live? LGD used to pick skins in advance, but now you're just monopolizing them, right?

"Chicken Nick, Chicken Rio, let's see what kind of performance Chicken Rio can deliver?" Guan Zeyuan skillfully defused the awkward situation in the commentary booth.

On the field, LGD has already started to move.

"Let's head straight to the top! We need to help Flandre stand in the bushes!"

Diwu immediately marked the bushes on the top lane, as Jayce's game involves a lot of taking advantage of the top lane bushes.

If you can control the bushes to help Jax get through the first few levels, Jax will have a much easier time later on.

In this game, TheShy also chose the Phase Rush rune, while Jax took the Grasp of the Undying.

LGD's five players abandoned vision control in the jungle and headed towards the top lane.

Flandre couldn't help but purse her lips. Is this what being trusted is like?
He felt a sense of fighting alongside his old buddies again, ever since Snake changed its name and Sofm left.

I haven't felt this way in a long time!

On the IG side, TheShy chose to walk from the river to the tri-bush in LGD's top lane.

"Nanfeng, can you help me place wards in the top half of the map? I'll farm from the bottom up to protect Shy!"

Leyan glanced at Nanfeng, who simply nodded. "You said you were going to protect the chairman, so how could I refuse?"

Nanfeng placed a ward directly at the blue buff location and then headed towards the bottom half of the map.

At this moment, LGD's five players had entered the bush in front of IG's top lane. After ensuring that Jayce was not there, Killua placed a ward and prepared to recall.

"Wait a minute, go check the triangular bush! Cover it up and clear the upper half!" Di Wu looked around at Jess, who was nowhere to be seen in the bushes above the lane.

I am very familiar with IG's matches, and I know TheShy's personal habits by heart.

TheShy's Jayce is quite different from other people's Jayce. He will definitely look for opportunities to circle around Jax at level one to reduce his health and gain an advantage in the lane.

This is the unique confidence of a master!

Jayce is nowhere to be seen in the top lane bushes, toilet area, or even river bushes. So where could Jayce be?

He can't possibly leave his computer running at home, can he?

He's TheShy!
Diwu was on his way, and he, Peanut, and Kramer pushed from the purple team's top lane tower to the gap in the tri-bush.

The upper flanking forces then surrounded the area from the riverbed.

"Stick against the wall? Block the view!" Peanut kept marking and reminding the support to stick to the wall to block the view.

LGD's five players surrounded the tri-bush. When TheShy saw LGD's mid, bot, and jungle players walking up from above the tri-bush, he immediately headed towards the river behind them.

The next second, Alistar and Jax were caught in a pincer attack.

"Oh? Aigoo."

"Ding!"

Without any hesitation, TheShy flashed into the dragon pit. Killua had just stepped into the bush and didn't even have a chance to Q-flash before TheShy had already flashed into the dragon pit and escaped.

"Such a fast flash, TheShy! Thank goodness he wasn't flashed by Alistar's Q!" Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If Alistar gets caught in a Q-Flash combo, and Jax follows up with Counter Strike, Jayce will definitely be unable to use Flash.

"But... he lost Flash?" Miller shook his head. If Jayce loses Flash early in the game, it will likely have a significant impact on TheShy's early laning pressure.

IG's lineup is inherently a high-level lineup, with each lane playing their own game. It seems like they all have an advantage, but in actual gameplay, there's little coordination.

"LGD's early game planning was excellent. They cleared out all the possible spots Jayce might be in for Flandre, and the support wards were still in the bushes!"

"Aigoo! What is this?" TheShy sighed.

Here we go again! And yet again!

He forced Jax to use his Flash at level 1, so he really had no way to deal with him in the early game.

In this game, Diwu's Galio still brought Heal and Unsealed Spellbook, so he probably won't have much pressure facing a Teleport Syndra in the mid lane.

Furthermore, Kindred locked the mark onto herself right from the start of the game.
"Leyan, you need to be level three to protect me this round!"

How can you play Jayce without pressuring him in the early game? You can only rely on Leyan to protect you!

Moreover, it's a quick three-hit kill without any hesitation, as Troll is considered a relatively fast-farming hero.

Leyan nodded; he had originally planned to go up and protect TheShy.

After both sides returned to the laning phase, even with Galio in the mid lane, Rookie could only manage to gain a slight advantage in lane control.

Peanut chose to start with the blue buff in the bottom half of the map and then farmed towards the top lane. Both junglers planned to focus on the top half of the map for the first wave of attacks. Peanut only took the blue buff, while Tahm Kench went to the top lane to take the red buff.

Rookie pushed the lane slightly earlier in the mid lane, but Diwu used his Q and passive AOE to keep pushing, at most losing two CS, so it wasn't too bad.

"TheShy, you guys can fight in the top lane! I'll get there first!" Rookie changed his passive attitude from the previous game.

We definitely need to make a push in the top lane early on, and LGD will definitely target Jayce who doesn't have Flash.

"Or should I just use level two to attack his flash directly?" Le Yan suddenly had an idea.

The Troll hero can suddenly change his play at level 2.

"I think it's possible, let's see if there's an opportunity!"

Rookie nodded. LGD's first wave of vision control should revolve around protecting Flandre. Diwu's wards are unlikely to be placed in the bottom half of the map. The mid lane is currently flat. He can push the Trundle's pillar and have a chance to force Diwu's Flash. Syndra retreated slightly to wait for the next wave of lane activity. Both mid laners are level 2, and Rookie has an EQ combo ready.

Leyan had already laid an ambush in the river in the mid lane. The moment Diwu stepped forward to Q and then A to last-hit the enemy, the Trundle emerged from the bush.

Ok?
Di Wu narrowed his eyes slightly. Did they want to catch him? But since the troll wasn't level three and didn't have W, his position was quite safe.

Unless Rookie can push himself, the next second, Rookie, facing him, seamlessly raised his hand with an EQ combo and aimed at Di Wu.

"Give me your dodge skill!"

However, when Galio used his E skill to push and control the enemy with the ball, he used his E skill to dash towards the river bush in the middle lane. While canceling the control, he forced a displacement to create distance between himself and the Trundle.

Normally, Troll Warlord could follow up with Flash, but once Di Wu moved away towards the top river, Troll Warlord couldn't keep up without W.

"Gnik's Galio is truly his signature champion! Awesome! He used his E skill to negate the crowd control and create space!"

Guan Zeyuan and Miller nodded appreciatively; this maneuver wasn't particularly difficult for a professional player.

However, Gnik's composure on the field is remarkable; his skills and mentality are unlike those of a player who has only been in the professional scene for two years.

The strategy is clear: even if you manage to trade Flash after being level 2 by a Troll, it's still very damaging.

By cleverly using control to negate Leyan's first gank, Leyan's position was exposed, and his jungle clearing pace was slowed down.

Lao K, standing next to him, frowned deeply and dared not utter a single word.

This control cancellation seems to be more difficult than the small cannon.
He couldn't offer any comment. He just blushed and lowered his head...

There's no need to even think about what's being spammed in the comments right now.

"KKK! KKK!"

"Holy crap, this is the correct way to control cancellation!"

"So the reason we called Lao K over today was to have him come and watch the tutorial. Will he know how to use control cancellation next time he becomes a professional player?"

"Both are in the middle lane, both involve control cancellation! But different results!"

"There's no way around it, Gnik has no teammates around, K is under too much pressure!"

This gank failed to catch Di Wu's Flash, and Le Yan's jungle clearing rhythm actually fell behind, while Peanut had already reached his own red buff to clear it.

Just as the troll finished clearing the second set, Leyan immediately reminded TheShy in the top lane: "Shy, if he rushes to level three and goes straight there, he'll be faster than me!"

"I think you can sell it; I got here first!"

Rookie confidently stated that IG should have a slight edge in terms of combat strength in this 3v3 match.

With the presence of the troll, TheShy in the top lane had a slight advantage, having taken down about a third of Flandre's health.

TheShy nodded. Since LGD wants to come, then let's do it!

Peanut had already crouched down in the triangular bush, while TheShy was positioned quite far forward.

"Wow, Syndra's moving up, we can attack! Wait for me!"

Di Wu cleared the mid-lane minion wave with a single Q, clearly indicating that both sides had essentially revealed their hand.

The 3v3 in the top lane was about to break out. Rookie first showed up in the river, and Peanut came out and used Lamb Spirit to bite Rookie. Peanut immediately used his Q skill to pull towards the tri-bush.

"Wait, I can't get into the minion wave." TheShy glanced at his minion wave and realized that Flandre had blocked him in front of the turret.

You can't get in like that. You need to farm at least three minions to make sure you don't lose experience once the minion wave gets in.

but.
Behind Rookie, Diwu had already arrived! At this point, whether or not to fight was no longer up to him, and Flandre moved towards the triangular grass position in advance.

If the Trundle's gank in the mid-lane jungle is a step too slow, and he doesn't go to the river to protect Rookie, Syndra will be slowed by Kindred's red buff, and Galio's follow-up damage might force her to use Flash.

"Don't worry, I'm coming!"

“Rookie, pull him a little closer to me.”

Xiaoleyan had arrived behind Galio, and Rookie immediately said, "Can we focus fire on Galio and take him down first?"

"Let's outflank him first!"

Leyan sent out a message while on his way, activated W to accelerate forward, and followed behind Galio.

Rookie placed a ball at Galio's feet with a backhand flick, and then threw another ball into the tri-bush with his W. TheShy then used his EQ combo to suppress Jax and Kindred in the tri-bush.

"Oh no, Gnik's position is so awkward!"

"I'm surrounded by three people!" Lao K's heart tightened.

The positioning isn't very good. How did you even get here?

The next instant, Rookie raised his hand and used an E to try and knock Di Wu unconscious.
The troll behind Galio was almost right in front of him. Before Rookie's E could be used, Galio used Flash to the side and forward, just in time to Flash into a blind spot of Syndra's E skill, and came to the side of Rookie and TheShy.

TheShy immediately sensed something was wrong. If Galio, who was standing right in front of him, used his E to taunt him, he would be the first target of focused fire. He immediately pressed R to switch from cannon form to hammer form.

To use the priority of the E skill to knock Galio away, you need to kite him first.

However.
"Zi!"

Galio casts a healing spell on himself to grant himself a speed boost, and in the instant he takes a step forward, he unleashes a reverse E skill.

???

OMG! ? Reverse E!

Galio's reverse E, at point-blank range, quickly followed by a backstep, knocked Jayce into the air at maximum distance, not giving him a chance to use his hammer form E to knock Galio away first.

Xiao Leyan flashed over, intending to use his E skill to immediately create a pillar to separate Jayce and Galio, but it was too late!

As soon as Galio used his W to taunt, Rookie quickly used Flash to avoid the taunt by moving down into the river.

The troll's pillar struck again, and Jayce was still mocked.

"Ding!" x2
Peanut and Flandre showed no intention of saving Flash, immediately following up. Jax leaped and used Counter Strike to stun Jayce.

With Peanut's firepower, Jax's detailed AW attack secured the kill.

"First Blood!"

The official live stream chat was filled with question marks.

"What is this? This is insane! A teleportation flash? Healing speed boost, a reverse E!?"

"Surrounded by three people ×, I surrounded three people √"

Gnik: That's right, you're surrounded!

"At LGD, the opposite is even more advantageous!"

"Jax got first blood? That's pretty cool!"

"A high-ranking monk predicts this will be an O-series match!"

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(End of this chapter)