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Chapter 555 Uzi is red! TES pops the champagne early!

The RNG players were already huddled together because of their forced attempt to take Baron, making it impossible for them to maintain a good formation.

At this point, they hastily retreated, causing their formation to become even more scattered.

This allowed Camille, who had charged out from behind, to use her E skill to fly directly into the midst of the RNG team.

The next moment, the figure of the Blue Steel Shadow blurred and rose into the air.

Then it descended from the sky, creating a blue hexagonal cage between itself and the ground, locking Uzi firmly inside.

Furthermore, Camille's ultimate ability creates a hexagonal cage that will also knock away all the other RNG players surrounding Uzi.

RNG's already disorganized formation was further weakened, with a large hole appearing in it.

This large hole completely exposed Uzbekistan.

TES's four players were the ones initiating the team fight, and they were constantly chasing RNG.

Faced with such a golden opportunity, a barrage of skills were unleashed through the large hole in RNG's formation.

With these skills to supplement damage, plus Camille's already very high single-target damage in the late game.

Before Camille's ultimate ability's duration ended, Uzi was already killed by Camille's true damage kick.

The "one" in the "four-to-one" strategy died instantly, and the rest were naturally beyond saving.

The remaining four RNG players scattered and fled, but TES still managed to catch up and kill two of them.

RNG's risky attempt to take Baron Nashor resulted in a 3-for-0 exchange for TES.

In the commentary box.

"Zhou Shen's TP flank was too deadly!" Wawa shouted. "RNG obviously didn't expect Camille to appear from this position."

"Uzi was caught in the crowd by Camille's ultimate and was focused down and killed!" Miller added.

"Uzi got instantly killed, RNG's team fight can only crumble. Now three of them are dead, it looks like they're going to be wiped out in one fell swoop!"

After achieving a 3-for-0 exchange, the TES team stopped attacking Baron and headed straight for the bottom lane.

Before teleporting over to engage in team fights, Zhou Dian had already dealt with the bottom lane minions a bit.

Therefore, at this moment in the bottom lane, the red team TES's minion wave was almost naturally pushing to the bottom of RNG's high ground.

RNG lost both carries and their support. The game has been going on for over 30 minutes now, so the respawn time is already quite long.

There are minions in the bottom lane.

TES could completely take down RNG from the bottom lane in one fell swoop!

Soon, the TES team pushed the minion wave from the bottom lane to RNG's high ground.

Without the obstruction of the high ground turrets, TES players quickly destroyed RNG's bottom lane crystal and pressed on to the inhibitor turrets.

In this game, RNG's lineup consisted of a top and jungle frontline.

At this point, RNG only had two tank heroes left, in the top and jungle, and their damage output was completely insufficient.

TES ignored the two players and focused on destroying RNG's two inhibitor turrets.

When the left front tooth tower was demolished, Ming was resurrected.

However, even with an extra support player, RNG's efforts were completely in vain.

Soon, the right-side incisor tower was also removed.

RNG's base crystal was completely exposed.

RNG's two carries revived at this point, but it was no use stopping TES from demolishing their base.

On the large screen at the scene, the blue team's base crystal exploded.

Miller shouted, "So, let's congratulate TES on winning another game! They are now leading RNG 2-0 in the Summer Split playoffs semifinals!"

"Yes, RNG now holds three match points and is just one step away from the finals!" Wawa added.

"This also means that TES is only one step away from qualifying for the S9 World Championship!"

"For RNG, falling behind 0-2 in this semifinal, they are already on the brink of elimination!" Miller chimed in.

He continued, "Of course, even if RNG loses this semifinal, they will only miss out on the LPL Summer Split championship this year. They can still participate in the gauntlet to compete for the LPL's third seed in the S9 World Championship!"

"However, the competition in the qualifying rounds is extremely fierce!"

"The primary goal for all teams is definitely to qualify directly for the World Championship. Given the chance to qualify directly, no one would want to play in the gauntlet!"

The players on the field naturally understood these points even more deeply.

At this moment, on the TES player bench.

Apart from Zhou Dian, who was somewhat calmer, the others all looked excited.

Xx even took off his headphones, jumped up from his seat, and exclaimed, "Whoosh! Off to the S9 World Championship!"

The competition is not over yet.

Xx's words can be considered a premature pop of champagne.

Although opening champagne prematurely is a major taboo in all kinds of competitive sports, Zhou Dian didn't say anything.

In his view, once the champagne was opened, that was that.

RNG is not going to escape his grasp today.

There will be no changes!
Zhou Dian was that confident when he was dealing with Uzi!

Meanwhile, the RNG players on the bench were visibly dejected.

The RNG players walked into the player tunnel looking rather listless.

Uzbekistan's complexion was noticeably rosy.

Fortunately, the director only shot a brief glimpse of it.

Most viewers also failed to notice Uzbekistan's "rosy complexion".

After both players entered the player tunnel, the live broadcast camera switched back to the commentary booth.

After a set procedure, the MVP of the second game was also announced.

Without a doubt, the MVP of the second game went to Zhou Dian's Camille.

In this game, although TES did not have a significant disadvantage at any point, they basically had no initiative throughout the entire match.

It was Zhou Dian's split pushing that allowed TES to maintain their position and prevent them from collapsing from a disadvantage.

Finally, a tower dive kill during a split push and a flanking teleport team fight completely turned the tide and secured the victory.

After a few more casual words in the commentary booth, Wang Duoduo said, "Let's take a short break, everyone. We'll bring you the third game of the BO5 series shortly!"

After TES took a 2-0 lead over RNG.

On relevant social media platforms, public opinion has significantly shifted in TES's favor.

The vast majority of viewers felt that TES was definitely going to win today's semi-final.

Even a significant portion of RNG fans had already accepted the outcome of today's match.
After all, losing today's Summer Split semifinal doesn't mean the season is over.

Prepare well for the gauntlet and try to secure the last LPL spot for the S9 World Championship.

It now seems that even though RNG and TES have the same regular season record in the Summer Split, there is indeed a significant gap in strength between them!

After two games, only a very small number of RNG fans are still hoping for a miraculous comeback from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2.

Everyone else was thinking about whether RNG could win a small game to save face and avoid being completely humiliated.

Of course, all of these people were discussing the competition.

Online, many people are currently engaging in insults and mockery. Many are using TES's current 2-0 lead to ridicule RNG and its supporters.

Those who were criticized and ridiculed were basically not wronged.

Because if RNG were leading 2-0 in the semifinals right now...

Then the situation would be completely reversed.

There is essentially no difference.

All I can say is that the internet is for venting emotions, don't take it too seriously.

The people who truly need to take this seriously and give it their all are all members of both teams in the match.

At this moment, backstage at the competition venue, in the RNG rest room, Uzi was very focused.

He is earnestly expressing his views and demands to his teammates and coaches.

However, this was in the presence of Uzbekistan, whose face was flushed, who was agitated, and who was spitting as he spoke.

No matter what Uzi said, the rest of RNG had no choice but to accept it.

Of course, Uzi only mentioned content from the game and didn't mention anything else.

The main point was how they should play in the next game.

According to Uzbekistan, although they lost the game just now.

However, the strategy of "four protect one" is not a problem.

Overall, there were no major issues with the execution.

The problem is that the protection provided by the four-protect-one strategy is not strong enough. Against strong teams like TES and top players like Zhou Dian, it is easy for them to find a way to break through and defeat the opponent.

As long as the whole team comes out with their strongest and most extreme four-protect-one strategy and provides sufficient protection, I will definitely be able to carry the team to victory.

Uzi believes that if they do as he says and win the third game, not only will RNG avoid a clean sweep today, but they will also have a great chance to come back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2.

At this moment, RNG's head coach, Steak, was in a state of complete confusion and had no solution.

Since Uzi had made a strong request, Steak naturally agreed.

Let's try our best to save the situation.

Perhaps Uzbekistan is right!

Maybe it will work out!
At the same time, on the other side of the backstage area of ​​the competition venue, in the TES team's rest room.

In a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere, the TES players and coaches are discussing a problem together.

This question was raised by Zhou Dian.

Which heroes have relatively stable single-target attacks and can guarantee that their skills will always hit?
From these heroes, we will select the ones that are viable in competitive matches this patch.

The remaining positions should be filled with heroes who can synergize and ensure they can keep up with the damage output.

In the third game, we'll use these heroes to play!
The reason for this consideration is that Zhou Dian determined that RNG would continue to play the four-protect-one strategy in the next game.

And it will take the "four-protect-one" approach to an extreme.

But you know what, the extreme four-protect-one strategy is actually more suitable for the current somewhat unbalanced RNG.

They can maximize the potential of their most stable and strongest carry player – Uzi.

In that case, to deal with the extreme four-protect-one strategy, TES only needs to use an extreme "point-kill" lineup.

After some discussion, TES decided on a lineup consisting of Ahri and Vi in the mid-jungle and Ezreal and Nautilus in the bot lane.

This lineup features a jungler and support both securing kills.

After locking onto the target, Ahri has three dashes with her ultimate (R) to follow up, and Ezreal can use his ultimate to finish off the remaining damage.

This eliminates the worry that the jungler and support might engage too aggressively, causing the carry to fall behind and disrupting the formation.

Just keep an eye on Uzbekistan!

As for top lane
Zhou Dian planned to adapt to the situation.

In the third game, TES had the right to choose sides, and White Crescent once again chose the red side.

In this game, Knight won't be given the counter pick.

Anyway, Ahri is one of his specialties, so he shouldn't have any problems laning.

Zhou Dian plans to take the counter-pick position himself in this game, not giving RNG any chance.

It's time to end this best-of-five series!
"Alright, everyone, welcome back to the Jingdong Esports Center, to today's Summer Split semi-final match between TES and RNG!"

"TES is currently leading RNG 2-0 in the overall score, holding three match points!"

After a pause, Wawa continued, "For RNG, the next game is a true do-or-die game!"

"If we win, the best-of-five series can continue, and we still have a chance to win. If we lose, we can start preparing for the gauntlet!"

"Yes, let's see how this BO5 goes from here on out, by looking at the draft picks in the third game!" Miller exclaimed.

"TES, who had the right to choose sides, chose the red side in this game, while RNG chose the blue side!"

"In that case, RNG will be on the blue side for three consecutive games, and TES will be on the red side for three consecutive games!"

"In the first two games, TES, on the red side, gave their final counter pick to mid laner Knight. I wonder if that will change in this game?" Miller said, turning to his commentary partner.

"It's hard to say, we'll find out as we watch!" the doll chuckled.

At this point, on the big screen, both sides had already completed the first three bans of the first round of the draft.

TES banned Xayah as their third pick.

Since TES is going to use a double lock-on strategy to target Uzi, how could they not ban Xayah!
After all, Xayah, due to her ultimate ability, is basically the only ADC who is not afraid of headshot abilities.

When Xayah was banned, RNG's Steak and Uzi immediately changed their expressions.

But they quickly regained their composure.

In situations like this, Uzi can't just have one ADC to play; he has backup heroes to choose from.

In the subsequent selection phase, both sides selected their players very quickly.

This is enough to show that both sides are following their own pre-prepared strategies and are not responding to each other's draft picks.

In that case, in the game, it will come down to who has the stronger system they have prepared.

The first round of business paired up (BP) ended quickly.

The second round of draft picks has begun.

TES secured the Ahri on the fourth floor of the red team.

TES secured the mid-jungle duo of Ahri and Vi, and the bot lane duo of Ezreal and Nautilus in their first four picks.

Seeing this, Miller said, "Ahri and Vi in the mid and jungle are both relatively rare right now, they're not really suited to the current meta!"

"It's obvious! TES picked this lineup to specifically target Uzi!" Wawa added.

"Yes, TES's picks these past few games have made them too strong in single-target burst damage. It feels like Uzi will have a hard time surviving in team fights!" Miller nodded. "Let's see how RNG responds with their last two picks!"

Soon, RNG completed their hero selection on the fourth and fifth floors of the blue side.

At this point, RNG's lineup for this game has been finalized.

When Wawa saw RNG's overall lineup, his eyes lit up.

"To be honest, with this lineup, I don't think RNG is that afraid of TES's single-target burst damage! They can definitely protect Uzi in team fights!" Wawa said loudly.

"It seems that's really the case!" Miller nodded as well.

(End of this chapter)