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Chapter 556 Ragnarok! Sweeping RNG and advancing to the S9 World Championship!
It wasn't just the two commentators on stage who were moved.

When White Crescent saw RNG's full roster, he couldn't help but frown.

It’s a bit tricky!
In this game, RNG's bot lane picked the classic Kog'Maw and Lulu combination.

Facing the double lock-on combination of TES's jungler, support, Vi, and Nautilus, it makes no difference whether the ADC has a dash or not; they will inevitably be locked down by these two heroes' ultimate abilities.

Since that's the case, Uzi simply pulled out Kog'Maw, one of the strongest turrets in League of Legends.

Let's maximize the output first.

Moreover, compared to other high-output turrets, Kog'Maw, with Lulu's support, only needs one completed item to achieve very high output.

The period of dominance came very early.

Of course, it's impossible for Lulu alone to save Kog'Maw from the onslaught of the entire TES team.

Therefore, Xiaohu played Karma in the mid lane in this game.

In addition, RNG's top and jungle players in this game, like in the previous game, had two front-line tanks.

However, unlike the previous game, RNG's top and jungle players chose heroes with maximum crowd control.

Control ability was the primary consideration for RNG's top and jungle champion selection in this game.

In this way, RNG's lineup has the best possible protective capabilities.

With Karma and Lulu as the two enchanter supports, Kog'Maw is enough to protect him from TES's guaranteed first wave of ranged damage.

However, even with the hard protection of two support heroes, Kog'Maw will definitely be in a low-health state after absorbing this wave of damage.

Furthermore, TES's single-target assault lineup not only guarantees hit damage but also guarantees hit output.

After taking the first wave of damage, Kog'Maw will definitely still be under control.

TES's goal was to take advantage of this moment, when RNG's support had used all their protective skills, to get close and completely kill the low-health Uzi.

However, RNG's top and jungle picks, which are full of crowd control, can be effective at this moment.

Sufficient control was enough to block TES's second wave of attacks, preventing the TES players from getting close to Uzi immediately.

Just block for a moment, and wait for Big Mouth to break free from the chain of control skills.

If they create even a little distance, the TES players will become easy targets for Kobe Bryant.

Moreover, with Karma and Lulu, two soft supports who can both accelerate and slow down opponents, the TES players couldn't escape and could only be chased and slowly killed by Kog'Maw.

At this point, the situation is quite clear.

In team fights, as long as TES can kill Uzi's Kog'Maw, the rest of RNG are useless and just waiting to die.

However, if they can't take down Kog'Maw, all the heroes TES has chosen lack damage, and they simply can't win a proper team fight.

It seems that TES is unable to defeat Uzi.

With dual lock-on and some ranged skills, it's almost certain that you can unleash a burst of damage.

But against RNG's insane double-soft support lineup, that damage wasn't enough.

We must quickly get close and deal more damage to Big Mouth.

If you're too slow to get close, and wait until Karma's abilities are ready before rushing to Kog'Maw, it's all for naught; you'll just get kited.

The problem is that we can't break through RNG's top and jungle control to quickly close the gap!

So White Crescent was in a dilemma, unsure of what to choose as their last move.

Fiora?

Fiora has a W skill that can block skills, which is the first hero that comes to White Crescent's mind.

But the white crescent moon immediately refuted it.

Fiora's W skill can indeed block skills, but it can only block one skill at a time!

What do we do after we've blocked them all?
Moreover, when Fiora uses her W skill, she remains stationary.

Considering the possible scenarios in this round, isn't this a waste of precious time for the charge?

Fiora cannot be selected.

So what should I choose?
Thinking of this, White Crescent couldn't help but turn to look at Zhou Dian.

Hey! Why am I thinking so much?

With Zhou Shen around, do I need to worry about hero selection for the top lane?
Sure enough, just as White Crescent had this thought, he heard Zhou Dian's words to the support player Ben through his earpiece.

"Get me Olaf!"

In the commentary box.

When TES support Ben suddenly revealed Olaf on the fifth floor of the red team and locked him in.

Miller's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Oh right, how could I have forgotten about this hero!"

"Zhou Shen suddenly pulled out Olaf at this moment, I can only say it was an absolutely brilliant hero choice!" Wawa added.

"However, TES's final Olaf pick can only be described as solving the problem RNG presented them with, but it can't be said that they gained any decisive advantage!" Miller said quite rationally.

"What truly determines the outcome of this game is the players' actual performance in the match!"

Miller ended with a correct but pointless statement.

All I can say is that, as an official LPL commentator, being able to say "correct nonsense" is a required course.

At this moment, on the big screen, with TES's final pick confirmed, the draft phase of the third game of the BO5 series came to an end.

The game interface displays a countdown with one minute remaining before loading.

After giving their respective players a few final instructions, both head coaches took off their headphones, left the players' bench, and headed towards the players' tunnel.

In front of the players' tunnel, White Crescent and Steak shook hands in greeting.

However, at this moment, White Crescent Moon had a barely suppressed smile on her lips, while Steak frowned deeply.

Just a minute earlier, the one frowning was a white crescent moon.

It can only be said that in esports, neither good nor bad emotions disappear; they simply shift.

After loading, the ten heroes from both sides landed in the fountains at opposite ends of Summoner's Rift.

The cheers and encouragement from fans of both sides also rang out at the scene.

Whether it's fans supporting TES or fans supporting RNG, the outcry remains huge and loud.

Whether their team is leading or trailing, the vast majority of fans who come to the stadium to support their team are certainly not as obsessed as they are online.

Of course, there are also a very small number of people who go to the site to do something abstract. For example, they might hold up some extremely idiotic and disgusting signs.

Of course, in such cases, the responsibility can be attributed more to the event organizers.

Allowing audience members to bring in signs just to cause trouble only shows how unprofessional the organizers were.

makeshift troupes are everywhere!

Let's return to the current game.

The early stages of this game were very calm, or rather, somewhat boring.

Both sides were hoping that the outcome of this game would hinge on the team fight.

Naturally, they didn't want any unexpected changes to occur during the early laning phase.

Therefore, both lanes continued to farm and develop steadily.

Throughout the laning phase, apart from TES's mid and jungle Ahri and Vi executing a combo to force a kill on Xiaohu, no other kills occurred.

However, Xiaohu was playing Karma mid in this game, which is considered half support, so dying this time didn't have a big impact.

Ahri is a champion with insufficient damage in this version. Even though Knight got the first blood, it didn't give him the ability to get a solo kill with Ahri in this game. He still had to rely on his teammates' crowd control abilities.

Nearly twenty minutes into the game, the two sides engaged in their first 5v5 team fight.

When Olaf, with his dash and ultimate activated, swung his two great axes and chopped down Uzi's Kog'Maw.

As everyone knows, RNG's chances in this match are slim!

In this kind of 5v5 team fight, Kog'Maw absolutely cannot die even once.

Each death means that RNG's lineup in this game has indeed been broken by TES.

Big Mouth can die once, and he can die countless times!

The key factor, of course, lies with Olaf.

When TES's jungler and support locked onto Kog'Maw, TES's two carries, Ahri and Ezreal, followed up with a burst of damage from a distance, severely damaging Kog'Maw.

The rest can be left to Olaf.

To ensure a guaranteed kill, Zhou Dian didn't bring Flash in this game, and instead chose Teleport and Ghost as his summoner spells.

After activating his ultimate, Olaf ignores all crowd control abilities and uses the combined speed boost from his dash and ultimate to rush directly in front of Kog'Maw, delivering the crucial damage to finish him off.

Olaf's ultimate ability is called "Ragnarok".

Its most crucial function is that Olaf is immune to all crowd control during the duration of his ultimate ability.

The purpose of Ragnarok is to kill gods.

Wait, that's not right either!
RNG doesn't have any gods, so what kind of god did he kill?

Does this mean that false gods are also gods?
In short, TES's pattern of a five-man strong attack that killed Kog'Maw can be replicated in the future.

Those who wait for Big Mouth will only suffer repeated defeats.

A few minutes later, in another large-scale team fight involving ten players, Uzi's Kog'Maw once again fell to Ragnarok's double axes!

With Kog'Maw dead, the remaining heroes of RNG are nothing more than a ragtag bunch, utterly useless, and can only scatter like birds and beasts!
TES capitalized on their momentum and secured Baron Nashor.

The outcome of this game is already decided!

The best-of-five series has now come to a close!
Of course, you can't surrender in a match. Even if you know there's no hope of turning the game around, the RNG players still have to go through the motions.

TES, on the other hand, remained calm and composed, and did not start playing recklessly just because they were leading 2-0 and had a significant advantage in the game.

Using the Baron buff, TES destroyed all of RNG's outer turrets, further widening the competitive gap between the two sides.

Then, the TES team retreated, choosing not to push onto RNG's high ground, but instead waiting for the next Baron Nashor to spawn.

A few minutes later, Uzi's big mouth became Olaf's axe victim for the third time in the game.

TES also secured their second Baron Nashor in this game.

After returning to base to replenish their supplies, the TES team, with the minion wave amplified by the Baron buff, pushed down RNG's base crystal in one fell swoop.

On the large screen at the scene.

When the blue team's base crystal exploded, Wawa shouted loudly, "Then let's congratulate the TES team for defeating their LPL Summer Split semifinal opponent RNG with a score of 3-0 and advancing to the final of this year's LPL Summer Split!"

"Furthermore, while advancing to the finals, TES also secured a spot in the League of Legends S9 World Championship by ranking second in the LPL region's S-series points this year!"

"As for whether it's the first seed or the second seed, we'll have to wait and see in the LPL finals five days from now!"

"Whichever team wins the LPL Summer Split finals between TES and FPX will be the LPL's number one seed for the S9 World Championship!"

"Let's wish TES team the best of luck in the finals!"

"Yes, congratulations again to TES for advancing to the LPL Summer Split Finals and the S9 World Championship!" Miller chimed in.

After a pause, Miller continued, "As for RNG, who lost today, don't be discouraged. The S9 World Championship qualifiers are waiting for you. You still have a chance to represent the LPL region at the S9 World Championship as the third seed!"

Accompanied by the voices of two commentators.

On the TES player bench, Xx and knight had already jumped up from their seats.

The two were celebrating wildly their first appearance in the World Championship Finals.

The TES bot lane duo, both Koreans, gave each other a high five, their faces beaming with joy, though their body language didn't match the excitement of the mid and jungle players.

Zhou Dian, who is usually known for his calm demeanor, also had a smile on his face at this moment.

Even though he already had numerous honors and was a Grand Slam champion.

However, during a low point in his career, after joining a new team, he was able to lead a group of teammates with virtually no impressive resumes to the World Championship in just over a month.

For Zhou Dian, this was something that gave him a great sense of accomplishment.

The sense of accomplishment from proving oneself again is no less than winning a championship.

Of course, just five days later, the LPL Summer Split championship awaits Zhou Dian and the TES team.

Zhou Dian's principle in doing things has always been: either don't do it at all, or do it to the best of your ability.

With little time left on his contract, he left his former team LGD to pursue success elsewhere.

Zhou Dian was not satisfied with merely leading his new teammates to qualify for the S9 World Championship.

Zhou Dian is determined to win this LPL Summer Split championship!

(End of this chapter)