You actually want me to...

This is the most difficult time for LCK teams.

Despite being the region least likely to engage in risky plays globally, the current situation forced them to take the plunge, leading Canyon to adopt a more evasive strategy. Considering Draven's interrupt ability and Rakan's likely focus on being heavily targeted, the responsibility of initiating team fights fell squarely on Rakan's shoulders. Fortunately, Leona's forward positioning prevented her from constantly hovering behind the team or protecting the AD carry.

This is an opportunity!

Using vision control, moving along walls, and inching forward little by little towards the back of the TES lineup.

Canyon is waiting.

When TES starts the dragon, when TES's attention is most scattered, he might have a chance to engage the enemy AD with a ward-hopping W + Flash R, but the chance is only once!

20s...10s...5s

Lee Sin positioned himself in the shadows of the jungle, meticulously calculating the spawn time of the elemental dragon. As soon as the TES team started attacking the dragon, his teammates would push forward, and he would engage the enemy the moment his teammates provided vision.

Finally, the dragon has respawned!

"Have they started the dragon yet?"

"without..."

"Can you see where Draven is? I only see Leona and Graves in their back row." Because he needed to concentrate, Canyon had no time to pay attention to the overall situation. He focused his attention entirely on the area in front of the Dragon Pit, towards the back of TES's position, in short: the back row.

"You might not believe it, but their AD is right at the front of the team right now, chasing Khan's Yasuo and throwing axes at him."

"???"

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"The MVP of this game is—Draven!"

"Let's take a look at the roster of strong players in this match—Draven, Draven, Draven, Draven, and Draven!"

Let's take a look at today's exciting matchup – Draven vs. the losers.

"Based on pre-match audience predictions, 100% of the audience believed that Draven would win!"

The Draven skin, a signature move by top streamer JKL, is now unleashing its taunts and mockery on the field, much like JKL's recklessness. Hiding behind the team? That's what girls do.

JKL knew that the opposing team was definitely thinking about taking him down right now.

Simply.

He stood at the very front of the line, shouting, "Come on! Let's hurt each other!"

Khan was completely dumbfounded. He had just come down from the top lane and was preparing to position himself to receive Lee Sin's ultimate at any moment when the AD suddenly went crazy and rushed to the front of the team, turning Lee Sin's amazing flank into a complete disaster. And what's worse... with Draven's axe falling, his health dropped by nearly a quarter on the spot.

The problem is, he does have times when he's on the defensive!

If he hadn't been passive, this strike would have taken away nearly half of his health.

Khan couldn't hold on any longer. He threw out his Wind Wall and kept calling out the location of the enemy AD carry, but JKL gave him no chance to breathe.

Within TES, there is such an impulsive ranking system.

That is, JKL chasing after people > Roland on a whim > Harper who holds grudges > everyone else.

In other words, not only does DK not understand why this ADC dares to be so reckless, but even TES members themselves feel that they can't control this ADC.

"Holy crap, slow down, slow down!"

"If you pick Draven next time, and I pick a champion without mobility, I'm a dog!"

"Lee Sin and Rakan! Keep an eye on their positions!"

"Luo, I'll keep watch. I'll take over, Aban, please!"

With the EQ combo propelling them through the wall, the DK players who were pressing forward head-on couldn't escape TES's vision. As long as Rakan's first opportunity to engage was cut off, even if he re-engaged, Roland would be able to catch him head-on no matter what.

Luo was controlled first, and the fate of Lee Sin is unknown.

Showmaker gritted his teeth, used the bush to force his way in with his E skill and Q, and now the only option left was for him to use his E to get in mid, for Rakan to follow up with crowd control, and then gamble on Lee Sin being able to come back and deliver a powerful ultimate.

but...

E [A Sharp Axe for Clearing the Way]

The two cold-blooded axes were prepared for him from the very beginning.

With this immense force, the E skill failed to pull and control the enemy.

Is it over?

A mocking smile tugged at the corner of JKL's lips. He had never felt so happy before. Almost every time he received the emperor-level treatment in the AD position, it was when he played against DK.

In a sense, he should perhaps thank the other side.

But as the axe in his hand fell heavily, the health bar above Yasuo's head instantly emptied, seemingly illustrating his cruelty that was two-faced.

Inside the arena, the cold, merciless axe speaks of the tragedy of humanity; outside, the passionate commentary vents the inequalities of the world. This contrast between inside and outside, between hot and cold, perfectly mirrors the dramatic atmosphere within the LCK and LPL commentary booths.

The LCK commentators watched as Draven, like the Grim Reaper, reaped the souls of the DK players with one strike after another, their eyes glazed over, unable to move for a long time.

This is Draven's unique charm.

This is an aesthetic that celebrates extreme violence.

This is—Draven!

Settled: Chapter Fifty-Six: Awakening

After DK's only chance was conveniently thwarted by Ah Shui's recklessness, the rest of the time passed uneventfully.

Draven is too fat.

As the champion with the greatest snowballing potential in LoL history, Draven only took a few minutes to successfully shift the audience's discussion from how many kills he could get to how many hits the opponent could withstand. The so-called Yasuo and Lee Sin strong engage strategy became a joke. Lee Sin could even be killed by Draven in two hits while flying in with the second part of his Q. The game ended the suspense early.

"That's what makes TES so terrifying. Unlike IG in 18, who were all reckless, TES in 21 were completely aggressive and focused on offense."

Outside the arena, the players watched the DK group being chased and hacked down on the screen, and they couldn't be happier.

This is where DK made a mistake.

DK's overall strength lies in its control of the offensive rhythm, but this control requires two things: first, the jungler must be able to maintain the rhythm, and second, the support must be able to leave the AD carry. All of these were completely destroyed in the face of TES's Draven duo in the bottom lane.

It's not that the strategy was useless, nor that the team's rhythm was really that bad. It just so happens that the opponent's strongest lane is their weakest lane, and their team picked a combination like Ziggs + Rakan, which has almost no ability to fight back against mindless engages.

What can I do?

Don't even mention replacing DK's coach. Even if you replaced T1, SSG, or HLE, they still wouldn't have imagined that the entire TES team could make this kind of sacrifice. If they're fed, they'll be incredibly strong; if they're not fed, the bot lane will lead the mid and jungle to collapse. It's a sure sign of fate.

This is a problem of differing understandings between different regions.

Just like how northerners understand location as east, west, south, and north, while southerners understand it as front, back, left, and right, Chongqing is the most unique. It also has up and down, and it has managed to cram a Z-axis into it.

finally.

JKL, playing Draven, achieved a stunning 12/1/3 score, securing a perfect victory in the first game of the BO5 series.

His only death came when he stepped into the fountain to throw basic attacks in order to rack up kills and damage, maximizing his reckless nature.

【666666】

[A massacre on Zhejiang TV, congratulations to TES!]

Picking two weak bot laners without hard crowd control against Draven? Sorry, I really want to laugh.

[You got confident after beating Ruler in the quarterfinals, huh? You think you can mess with our LPL's bot lane king? Kill him!]

readily!

Since the first BO5 match of the semifinals happened to be during lunchtime, countless viewers were both surprised and thoroughly satisfied, feeling incredibly happy.

That's more like it.

After the promotional video delivered a powerful response, they immediately dominated the first game with Draven, showing the true spirit of the LPL.

but...

Ultimately, the first game, following Kkma's common mistake, was mostly to test the feasibility of the strategy. The simplest DK had been almost invincible with the Ziggs system before, but this time he stumbled in front of TES.

Even if another champion like Ziggs is released, Draven will almost certainly be banned.

In the TES lounge.

White Crescent was also giving the team a pre-match pep talk during halftime.

"You played very well in the first game. I could see that you brought out your momentum and feel for the game. But don't be careless. The LCK coaching staff is known for throwing out the first game to test the waters, especially since the opposing coach is that old fox Koma."

Although the coaches of the different teams have almost no animosity towards each other, those who are in charge of tactics are mostly dirty-minded, so just blame them as much as possible.

“Actually, you can be more direct with your coach.”

Roland didn't bother listening to his further hints and directly pointed out what White Crescent was thinking: although, according to the tradition of LCK teams, they usually give away half the game in the first game, it seems that TES also habitually does the same in the second game.

It's the semifinals, and it also concerns whether the Korean team will be in the finals. White Crescent can't afford to be nervous.

"Good thing you know that. When have you ever been able to avoid problems the second time? Aren't you more alert?"

"Yes, yes, you are absolutely right."

Watching the two bickering in the room, most of the others looked slightly relaxed. A "atmosphere maker" is a must in a team. Whether Roland and White Crescent were really like this or just acting, at least they had achieved their purpose.

Logically, based on the current version's assumption that the red team naturally has one less ban due to having to take on the ban slot for the cat, the blue team should have a significant advantage.

But in the second game, DK suddenly started to exert their strength.

Koma completely reversed the draft style of the first game, focusing the second game's draft on the top and jungle positions, releasing Aphelios, Lee Sin, LeBlanc, Twisted Fate, etc. While guiding TES to pick Aphelios, he arranged Jhin for the bot lane, and then fully paved the way for Canyon's jungle. Canyon did not disappoint, and used Qiyana jungle to directly crush Haro's rhythm in the early game.

Despite TES's attempts to turn the tide several times with miraculous team fights, they couldn't overcome the fact that their AD carry had picked Aphelios. Roland couldn't easily leave the AD carry to initiate a play in the early game, and by the time Aphelios got ahead and could put up a fight, the overall gap between the two sides had become too large.

1:1

The two sides tied the previous two rounds, and both won against the red side, which was particularly difficult to beat, making for a very entertaining match.

"DK... is indeed a very strong opponent."

If the commentators could watch the first game with a relatively relaxed attitude, then after the second game, a sense of seriousness quietly crept into their hearts; this jungler was just too terrifying.

Canyon

As the former S10 FMVP jungler, he was the biggest obstacle to EDG's championship in S11. His understanding of the jungle and the rhythm was completely superior to everyone else. Even Jiejie in the previous life, if he hadn't made a breakthrough on the spot and made a choice he had never made before, EDG wouldn't have been able to win the championship so easily.

Furthermore, in subsequent replays, EDG players admitted that they would rather give Canyon Poppy than let him play Qiyana, his signature champion, which shows just how terrifying the boost Qiyana would provide.

Keep in mind that this is not the Death Knight from the MSI era.