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Chapter 443 Giving away first blood at the start, Samsung's attempt to steal a chicken backfires!

To say that it is the withering of summer is actually an overstatement.

Cuvee's performance in the summer season has been mediocre every year.

But once the qualifying rounds started, he really went all out, like a monster.

Moreover, this form will continue until the World Championship.

In last year's S6 World Championship, CuVee was the solo kill king of the tournament.

Moreover, his number of solo kills far surpasses that of the player ranked second, having solo killed every player he faced.

In the finals of the S6 World Championship, Samsung lost to SKT 2-3.

However, throughout the series, Cuvee's performance was far superior to Duke's.

If Ruler hadn't made that crucial mistake, SKT might not have won their third championship.

According to Zhou Dian, Cuvee is the top laner among the three LCK teams in terms of performance at this year's World Championship.

Since he himself can use Barbarians to fight Jayce, maybe Cuvee can also pull out some strange and unusual things to deal with his Jayce.

If Samsung were to give Jayce to Zhou Dian first, given that he's already picked the top laner, Zhou Dian probably wouldn't dare to take it.

This isn't a question of whether or not someone is a coward.

This is only the first game of a best-of-five series. We need to play it safe and be responsible for our team.

However, Samsung has now banned Jayce, so it seems that CuVee isn't very confident in dealing with his Jayce.

Perhaps Cuvee is confident in laning against Jayce at the top of the week, and maybe Samsung's head coach will ban Jayce.

We can't just let the players do whatever they want.

In the second round of ban/pick, it was the red team's turn to choose first.

Samsung locked down Taliyah on the fourth floor of the red team.

"LGD must be going to pick Shen. They can't possibly give you both Shen and Taliyah to three stars at the same time. That would be too much of a support capability!" Miller said.

Wawa added, "Moreover, LGD picked Xayah and Rakan this game, so it's unlikely they'll pick a damage-dealing top laner. It'll probably be Shen."

As soon as he finished speaking, LGD revealed Shen on the fourth floor of the blue team and then locked it in.

It must be said that Miller, the doll from this period, still had some understanding of games.

Of course, later on they just rested on their laurels and did nothing, and their commentary was full of fabrications and nonsense.

LGD now has one mid-lane position left to choose from.

No hero has been spotted on the fifth floor of the blue team for a long time.

Kassadin was revealed and locked in when the champion selection countdown reached its end.

"Kassadin can somewhat limit Taliyah's roaming, which is also a champion that GodV is quite good at!"

Miller continued, "As for the lineup, LGD should have gotten what they wanted, but they didn't significantly influence Samsung's picks."

"Both sides should be satisfied with this draft. If they both got the lineups they wanted, then it depends on their performance on the day."

Finally, the red team had only one counter position left on the fifth floor. Without much hesitation, Samsung locked in Kennen!
It seems they had already anticipated that LGD would pick Shen for the top lane in this game.

"Samsung had a comfortable draft, but the most troublesome pick was Taric. Taric is a really troublesome champion!" Miller said. "You could say Samsung's lineup has a really strong counter-attack capability!"

"LGD's lineup is clearly an offensive formation, whether it's Shen's ultimate in the early game tempo, Gragas and Rakan's initiation, or Kassadin's entry!"

"But Samsung's use of Gem and Kennen makes me very wary!"

Even with Xayah and Rakan, Miller was still somewhat worried for LGD.

Samsung's draft picks this game were really comfortable; they had all the champions they were best at.

In this game, Zhou Dian picked Shen, and against Kennen, Miller couldn't expect to gain an advantage in the top lane.

In the first game of this best-of-five semifinal, LGD's offensive pressure mostly fell on the bottom lane.

I'm quite confident in Dgc.

In his view, both Zhou Dian and imp are reliable players who can shoulder heavy responsibilities.

At this moment, the live broadcast camera zoomed out, and both head coaches closed their laptops, took off their headphones, and walked to the center of the stage to shake hands and greet each other.

Both coaches had smiles on their faces, and their expressions suggested they were very satisfied with their draft picks in the first game.

After shaking hands, the two turned and walked into the players' tunnel.

The director moved the camera to the audience seats, and looking around, the audience members were raising the support items they had brought, all of which were related to LGD.

After the sponsor's logo flashed on the big screen, the game entered the loading screen.

Blue side LGD:

Top lane: Shen; Jungle: Gragas; Mid lane: Kassadin; Bot lane: Xayah and Rakan.

Red team 3 stars:
Top lane Kennen, jungle Jarvan IV, mid lane Taliyah, bot lane Tristana and Taric.

When Summoner's Rift appeared on the big screen, 30 seconds had already passed in the game.

Hearing the audience chanting "LGD, keep going!" continuously, Miller was moved to speak.

"Ah, today's battle is crucial; it could be the LPL's last battle!"

“Indeed, this match feels like we’ve been waiting for a long time!” Wawa added.

In the game, LGD changed their usual defensive formation of spreading out along the river at the start, and instead grouped up and walked up the river to Samsung's upper jungle.

The Samsung jungler, Jarvan IV, who was standing in front of F6, quickly retreated.

After placing a ward with his trinket in the bush next to F6, Ambition controlled Jarvan IV to retreat to the mid lane.

Five people are invading from the other side. We can't afford to mess with them.

After glancing at the equipment bar at the bottom of the big screen, Wawa exclaimed, "Wow, this Cuvee is actually starting with Cull! This must be the first time a top laner has faced Zhou Shen with Cull as their starting item!"

"This CuVee is pretty good. Zhou Shen used to always bring Cull when he went out, but today I experienced what it's like to have an opponent bring Cull when they go out."

"Uh," Miller said, "After all, it's Shen, so Kennen really doesn't have much pressure!"

At this point, Kennen had not yet appeared in LGD's sights, and Zhou Dian was unaware of Kennen's starting items for this game.

Whether Kennen is arrogant or not is unknown, but Wei Shen's Kassadin starting with a Mejai's Soulstealer and a green bottle was certainly a bit arrogant.

LGD's five players wandered around Samsung's upper jungle area but failed to catch anyone.

At the 50-second mark of the game, all five LGD players collectively pressed B to recall to base in the bushes in front of the Samsung Red Buff.

When LGD grouped up to invade Samsung's upper jungle to establish vision, Samsung's mid, bot, and support players also came to LGD's lower jungle and placed a trinket ward in the bush in front of LGD's red buff.

However, after placing the ward, the Samsung team did not retreat.

Samsung's bot lane duo was hiding in the bush next to LGD's red buff, while the mid laner Taliyah was hiding in the bush behind the red buff.

The jungler, Prince, had already moved to the bush next to the F6 camp and was standing there.

As for the top laner Kennen, he moved his position from the red side's top lane tri-bush to his own top lane tier 1 tower, waiting for the top lane minion wave to arrive. It seems Samsung is trying to catch someone special in LGD's red buff area.

Ideally, you should be able to kill someone or trigger some summoner spells.

At the very least, we should cause some trouble and disrupt your Gragas' early jungle clearing rhythm.

At this point, all five LGD players returned to their base, and then it was time to do whatever they wanted.

The five people walked out of the spring and were about to split into three groups when Zhou Dian suddenly said, "Let's go to the red zone together, let's go to the red zone together, don't log on yet!"

Although he didn't elaborate, his teammates understood what he meant.

This is because they're afraid Samsung will camp near LGD's red buff!
So Zhou Dian's Shen moved forward along the mid lane minion wave, while his other four teammates moved forward along the bottom lane minion wave.

Of course, among the four who stepped off the stage, the barrel was at the very front, while the other two lagged slightly behind.

PYL's Luo then circled around towards the stone beetle.

If Samsung's players are indeed camping at LGD's red buff, then the Gragas walking at the front is the bait.

As soon as the Gragas entered the lower jungle, Eimy said, "If it really comes down to a fight, we're not afraid of a 4v4. Zhou, you should go up there. If you linger here, you'll lose lane gold!"

“It’s okay. If I catch them, I’ll make a profit. If I don’t catch them, I’ll lose a little on the top lane, but it won’t affect anything. Anyway, I’m going to play this game under pressure!” Zhou Dian said immediately.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the barrel next to his own red buff camp was stunned into place by a dazzling light that suddenly appeared in the grass.

It's Gem's E skill!
When the ward placed in the bush ahead by Samsung saw that there was only Xayah behind the barrel, the support Taric decisively chose to make a move.

At the same time, Tristana's Explosive Spark (E) also landed on Gragas's head, and Jarvan IV and Taliyah immediately emerged from the bushes, their target the controlled Gragas.

This version features an extremely rare level 1 team fight, which could erupt at any moment!
When the stun from Gem's E skill ended, Gragas had already lost half his health, with Tristana's explosive sparks still hanging above his head.

Having prepared in advance, Eimy was not intimidated at all and instantly learned the E skill.

The barrel's large belly slammed upwards, and the flesh-ball impact (E) stunned the prince and the gem.

At the same time, Gragas triggered his keystone talent [Courage of the Colossus], and a thick shield appeared on his body.

After being decisively countered by Gragas, the Samsung players realized that Gragas was followed not only by Xayah, but also by Kassadin and Rakan.

Kassadin at level one has virtually no combat power and can be completely ignored.

However, Xayah and Rakan are incredibly powerful at level 1 in the narrow terrain near the red buff area, especially with two W skills!

imp directly controls Xayah to push forward, activates Deadly Feather Robe (W), and then unleashes a barrage of auto-attacks on the stunned Jarvan IV and Taric, attacking whoever is within range.

In this situation, the four Samsung employees had no choice but to flee.

The Prince, who was originally crouching alone in the bushes next to F6 and was the furthest from his teammates, was now out of touch.

PYL has a clear objective, and Luo Shengda makes his move (W).

Master An dared not hold back on his skills, and the prince was forced to use Flash.

Prince flashed upwards, but Ambition remained calm, knowing that flashing downwards wouldn't create distance between him and the LGD players, and he would inevitably be chased down and killed.

The prince flashed to the front of F6, while the three stars of Samsung, mid, bot, and support were still at the red buff camp.

Samsung's formation is too spread out, so they definitely can't win this level 1 team fight. Now they should just run away.

However, all three of Samsung's mid, bot, and support characters have relatively good health, so escaping shouldn't be a problem.

Gem immediately used his healing speed boost, and the three of them quickly fled towards the lane.

The treatment covered a large area, and the prince also received the speed-up, so he quickly ran towards the river.

After flashing to dodge Rakan's W and receiving a healing speed boost from his teammates, Samsung's jungler Ambition knew that his Jarvan IV was safe and breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the next moment, he saw Shen emerge from the bushes behind him.

"Ah! What's Shen doing here? Isn't he online?!" Sect Leader An exclaimed inwardly.

Without the slightest delay, Zhou Dian directly learned the E skill.

Shen glided a distance and accurately mocked the prince.

The prince is doomed!
Taking advantage of the Prince being controlled, Xayah came up and used two basic attacks. Just as she was about to finish off the Prince after the taunt ended, Taliyah, who was fleeing back to the mid lane through the bush behind the red buff, used her Heal on the Prince as she passed by.

Although the second healing he received in a short period of time had a halved recovery effect, and the prince only regained a little bit of health, the speed-up effect was still very real.

The prince's movement speed increased dramatically, and Master An saw a glimmer of hope for escaping.

Left with no other option, imp had to use Flash.

Xayah flashed and used her ultimate to secure the kill on the prince.

First Blood!
At 1 minute and 38 seconds into the game, just two seconds before the red buff spawned, Xayah secured the first blood for LGD.

This is the game in which LGD got the first blood the earliest in this World Championship.

Even considering the entire summer season, this was the earliest first blood he ever got.

The reason is that level 1 team fights have been extremely rare in the last six months of competition.

After Samsung was invaded by LGD in the jungle to establish vision at the start of the game, Ambition tried to retaliate by setting up a counter-ambush.

The result was that he tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead, and ended up giving away his first blood.

They even gave the first blood to Xayah, who shouldn't have gotten the kill the most.

"Pretty!"

Amidst the cheers of the home crowd, the commentator, Wawa, let out a loud shout.

"LGD secured First Blood directly. Samsung's four guys are just bluffing over here. What are they bluffing for? Gragas is taking the Red Buff too. Great, no problem!"

After securing First Blood, the Red Buff had just respawned, and with the help of the bot lane duo, Gragas took down the Red Buff. This early game rhythm couldn't be more comfortable.

Miller continued, "With Ambition's first blood and subsequent loss, the rhythm was completely disrupted. Samsung definitely didn't expect that we would be watching the red buff with five people; they were missing a Kennen."

"However, in that case, Kennen will have to farm half a wave of minions in the top lane, and Shen will have to learn his E skill at level one, so Zhou Shen will have a tough time laning this game!"

Wawa immediately chimed in, "But no matter what, Imp getting first blood in the bottom lane is still a very good thing. The key is that Ambition's Prince lost his Flash and died, which definitely disrupted the momentum in the early game!"

At this moment, the director focused the camera on Shen, who had just walked back to the starting point.

"Wait a minute, let me check. It seems Shen didn't lose any experience; he gained experience from those three front-line soldiers," the doll said immediately.

"That feels so good!"

“Indeed, it seems there’s no loss of experience!” Miller nodded.

After helping his teammates secure a kill on the Prince in the level 1 team fight, Zhou Dian chose the shortest route and quickly drove up as Shen was in control.

When they arrived at the top lane from the river, the three front-line minions of the red team had just been killed.

Shen couldn't last-hit those three minions, but he still gained experience from them.

Cuvee couldn't help but feel a little regretful upon seeing this.

(End of this chapter)