You actually want me to...

The teleport from the Unsealed Secret has been used, Azir's Flash has been used, and Graves has even lost farm. There's no Herald in the top lane right now. All that planning has turned out to be pointless. What's the point of playing?

If this were a random match, someone on the team would already be throwing their keyboard and yelling "15!"

"This hook is really impressive. All my years of training have paid off."

"No way, I'm hooking someone else. If I were taught by you, I would only learn to catch a white Q with my bare hands 100% and completely destroy the bottom lane."

"To be honest, the number of times I answered Q calls was just average. You're slandering me."

"Ahem, well... you caught a little too many skills." Hearing this, the other TES members couldn't help but chime in. Among all the professional AD carries in the LPL, JKL is definitely the one who catches the most skills insanely.

He could flash or use his dash to catch many skills that were clearly impossible to land, which was quite absurd. Unexpectedly, JKL, who was then finished off by his teammate, silently fell into a state of depression.

To be honest, getting hit by Q was not his intention, but the Q skill was just too relevant to him. What could a mere AD carry do?

In a clash of titans, if one side loses its rhythm, it will be met with a relentless onslaught from the other.

Split push, push towers, and send out vanguards.

With the Rift Herald in hand, TES wasn't afraid of any danger to their split-push lanes. "The Herald's in my hands. If your side lanes have more than one player, I'll immediately release the Herald to demolish your mid lane and crush your two towers."

If you're like me, with four people in the mid lane, then congratulations! My Excavator is a utility jungler, so I can go on a hunger strike if I want.

With three carries in your mid, bottom, and jungle, and only one lane of minions, let's see how you develop.

Especially the POKE position.

Even if Q hits someone with EQ, it only takes a small amount of health, which is perfectly acceptable. But try getting hit by Zoe's Starfall!

One shot, it's deadly; two shots, it's devastating; three shots, it's a direct hit back to the happy past, without any further ado.

As one side weakened while the other strengthened, TES's advantage began to snowball visibly. It wasn't until the Herald's duration was almost over that Karsa reluctantly summoned it, then turned around and took the second Elemental Dragon.

With two dragons and a vanguard in the early game, all map resources are in my hands.

"Maybe we can actually leave work early today. If the finals are really an all-Chinese affair, then can we play that game beforehand?" Roland suddenly asked the moment they destroyed the enemy's outer and middle towers.

"It should be fine. This time we can at least have some real fun."

Saint Gun Bro, JKL: ? ? ?

"What's the matter?"

"Oh, it's a board game we played before you came here, called 'The Creation of the World: Cataclysm.' It combines 19 online games, 19 board games, and 19 club games. It's a masterpiece of board games, an upgraded version of the 'iPartment' version." Seeing that Xuanjun and Datou looked confused, Roland quickly explained.

"Is this fun?"

"To put it simply, when we got the game, we played it all night long."

"Hiss~" Upon hearing this, Saint Gun and JKL couldn't help but gasp. Being young, they couldn't resist the allure of board games, especially after hearing they'd played all night; their curiosity only intensified.

"It must be really fun, otherwise you wouldn't have kept it on all night."

"Oh, that's not necessarily true."

"But you said it was on all night?"

"Yes, because the game is too complicated, we spent the whole night studying the game rules. But don't worry, we'll definitely be able to finish studying them this time."

JKL, HolyGun: ......

While TES was chatting, GEN quickly changed their strategy and brought out their familiar 4-1 tactic.

They placed Jinfu in the bottom lane, then spread vision all over the lane, letting the two top laners fight each other, while the rest of the team defended the mid lane against TES's push.

GEN's thinking was very simple.

Use the stamina to drag out the Renekton's power spike, and wait until Ezreal and Azir have three items before engaging in team fights. With Taric available, as long as they position themselves carefully and pay attention to Zoe, they should still be able to gain the advantage they need.

Since Sett was practically GEN's only frontline tank in this game, and disregarding Taric's ultimate, GEN's top lane Sett built Black Cleaver and Sterak's Gage in order to stay alive longer, and took Conqueror.

Meanwhile, Flandre didn't get his second item after building Black Cleaver; he only had a few basic components and just farmed around in lane.

But only he knew that he was waiting, because the decay had intensified.

Before the buff to Blade of the Ruined King, Renekton had a 72% win rate in the league, ranking first among frequently played champions. His growth curve is extremely suitable for the current dragon meta, as he can solo kill, fight in team battles, and act as a tank in the front line. A Renekton with Black Cleaver as his first major item can deal over 2000 damage when he uses his ultimate, making him incredibly tanky and powerful.

However, after the Ruin buff was applied, his win rate actually dropped to 65%.

This doesn't mean that the Blade of the Ruined King Renekton is weak, but rather that with the same two items, the Blade of the Ruined King and Black Cleaver significantly reduce his tankiness, making him less forgiving. However, if we disregard team fights and only consider the laning phase, the Blade of the Ruined King and Black Cleaver Renekton is undoubtedly stronger than the standard build.

As a veteran player, although Flandre has never played in international competitions, he has almost never missed watching LPL's international matches. He knows very well that there are only two ways to break the LCK's 4-1 formation.

One approach is for the positive dough to forcefully find an opportunity to break through the situation.

Another possibility is that he successfully countered a suppressed solo push and broke through from the opposite direction.

I glanced at the money in my pocket.

He knew the time had come.

Metamorphosis: Chapter 84: The Nameless One!

At this moment, Brother Ge was bearing all the pressure from GEN's second game onwards.

Unlike TES, who had the upper hand, GEN absolutely had to win this game, because if they lost it, they would face a 0/2 deficit.

Fun fact: Until the S10 World Championship, there were only 14 instances of a team coming back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2 in the entire professional League of Legends esports scene (excluding the S10 World Championship match between TES and FNC).

they are, respectively:

S3: OGN Summer Split - SKT comes back from 0-2 down to defeat KTB 3-2

S4: ONG Spring Split - White Shield came back from 0-2 down to defeat KTB 3-2; Summer Split - KTA came back from 0-2 down to defeat White Shield, avenging their brother team; LPL Summer Split - OMG came back from 0-2 down to defeat Royal Club 3-2; North American third-place match - LMQ came back from 0-2 down to defeat Curse 3-2.

S5: LPL Summer Split - IG came back from 0-2 down to defeat VG 3-2; LCK Spring Split - SKT came back from 0-2 down to defeat CJ 3-2.

S6: KT comes back from 0-2 down to a 3-2 victory against SKT in the LCK Summer Split, while Snake Esports comes back from 0-2 down to a 3-2 victory against VG in the LPL Regional Finals.

S7: In the LPL Spring Split, OMG came back from a 0-2 deficit to defeat IM 3-2; in the Summer Split Finals, EDG came back from a 0-2 deficit to defeat RNG 3-2; in the LCK Summer Split, SKT came back from a 0-2 deficit to defeat KT 3-2, successfully avenging their loss.

S9: Spring Split - TL came back from 0-2 down to defeat TSM, Summer Split - G2 came back from 0-2 down to defeat FNC.

If we start counting from the time the World Championship was established in Season 3, then in the past nine and a half years, across four and a half regions (LMS counts as half, those in the know understand), there have only been this many miraculous games. Basically, it can be assumed that if one team starts 0/2 in a best-of-five series, they can essentially declare elimination and buy their train tickets in advance, unless a miracle occurs.

Of course, it's not impossible for some teams to insist on swimming back, and the LPL is happy to help plan their swimming route home.

This is the situation that GEN is facing now.

As a top laner, he naturally has to withstand pressure, but carrying such a heavy burden is indeed making it a bit difficult for him. Fortunately, the Renekton in this game seems relatively easy to bully, and his team's 4-1 strategy is quite solid.

But... hasn't he seen the crocodile on the other side for several tens of seconds?

Although it wasn't clear where the opposing top laner had gone, adhering to the principle that split pushing should have its purpose, he continued to push the minion wave towards TES's second bottom tower.

Meanwhile, in the secluded bushes of the bottom lane, a crocodile with 30-40 points of rage was already lying in ambush, watching intently.

At this point, he already had Blade of the Ruined King and Black Cleaver in hand. Although he still had half a piece less than Sett's items, he already had the ability to make plays because he had been saving up money to buy Blade of the Ruined King all at once, and the opponent did not know his item build.

This is Flandre's only chance.

"Can we prevent them from sending anyone?"

"Of course, we've already taken our positions, just waiting for your performance." In the team voice chat, Roland responded to Flandre's question with a smile, giving him a very expectant look. There was no hesitation, because not only Roland, but the entire TES team had no one who didn't believe in Flandre.

"Don't take it so seriously, it would be quite embarrassing if we failed."

"Let's wait until we fail to see what happens. The other side seems to be giving you face." After saying that, he also marked Sett, whose positioning had some flaws.

Normally, split-pushing champions should avoid face-checking bushes, but perhaps the presence of four TES players gave Sett confidence, or perhaps he thought Renekton's damage was just so-so. Although he didn't go straight in this wave, his position didn't deviate too much.

Just as Sett entered the range of Renekton's E skill, Flandre went in.

Unleash your ultimate move, charging headlong into a surprise attack.

The crocodile that suddenly appeared from the bushes startled Sett, but it didn't matter. Knowing that there were four opponents in the mid lane, Sett was not afraid of a 1v1 duel and immediately started responding with AAQA to deal damage.

The crocodile wasn't intimidated either; it used its second E skill to break the deadlock and traded basic attacks.

Just as both sides were exchanging their second basic attacks, Brother finally realized something was wrong.

The damage... how come there's such a big difference?

Even though his attack speed was faster and his equipment was better, the damage he was taking on both sides seemed to be about the same, and the opponent even seemed to have a slight advantage.

All of this came to light after Jinfu was inexplicably sucked dry.

Blade of the Ruined King received a significant buff in patch 10.5, changing from applying 8% of the target's maximum health to applying 12%, a full 4% increase. Another terrifying aspect is that Renekton's W auto-attacks can trigger Blade of the Ruined King's passive effect.

In other words, a single W with full red rage will reliably reduce any warrior to half health.

With just a normal basic attack, Blade of the Ruined King Renekton is already on par with Black Cleaver and Sett. Add his empowered W and he can chase Sett down and beat him.

Upon noticing something was wrong, Sett immediately used a chest-expanding movement technique to pull the crocodile back and followed up with his ultimate. After landing, he used his Q skill and W skill, which had just been off cooldown. Sett's unexplainable combo was perfectly executed, successfully reducing the crocodile to a quarter of its health.

only...

On the other side of the screen, however, was Flandre's extremely calm face.

Are you done playing?

After everyone else has finished, it's my turn!

With a red-rage W followed by a red-rage Q and an auto-attack, the Renekton managed to recover a small portion of his health with just one ordinary combo, completely breaking Sett's shield and simultaneously bringing Sett to low health.

League of Legends is a very magical game.

You might watch a streamer play their signature move for a whole year, and you might not even notice the improvement in yourself; but if you choose the right items during your laning phase, you'll immediately see a change in your damage output.

LCK top laners have been arrogant for too many years. Even TheShy in S8 and GimGoon in S9 were considered by them to be nothing more than Korean top laners. As a result, LCK has never taken LPL top laners seriously and still believes that as long as they are not Korean imports, LPL top laners will always be useless.

Facing the prodigy top laner Rascal, known as the "King of Solo Kills," Flandre naturally took him very seriously.

But similarly, who wasn't a genius top laner back in the day?

Flash and Flash.

After landing two basic attacks, wait for your E skill to be ready, then rush in and deliver the final blow.

So far, the dust has settled.

[TES_Flandre kills GEN_Rascal]

Despite being half a item behind, Flandre's Renekton perfectly solo-killed Gezi's Sett. Although the biggest contributor to this solo kill was the difference in equipment, the scene presented to the audience of both regions was a visual feast!

After seven years of silence, he made a stunning debut.