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Chapter 199 Spreading Wings! Light-speed Support!
Ning's prince stood in the top lane for a while, but finding no opportunity to gank, he had no choice but to retreat from the jungle.

However, IG's approach helped TheShy's Jayce establish a nearly 10-CS advantage and a significant experience advantage of more than half a level.

"IG's top and jungle are still so strong. You know, quite a few top laners in the LPL this year have been repeatedly 'trained' by this top and jungle duo."

The doll chuckled and made a teasing remark.

Since the S7 season last year, IG's top laner has been in a very good position, with jungler Ning making a huge impact on the top lane. The same is true in this year's S8.

In IG's tactical hierarchy, TheShy's position is quite high. As for the bot lane, well, it's a bit of a free-for-all. No matter how flashy JackeyLove is, he has to play it safe.

"Ning really loves ganking the top lane, he basically ignores the ADC in the bottom lane."

"Sorry, this is how it is for our little IG: TheShy in the top lane is number one, the mid and jungle are number two, the support is number three, and as for the ADC in the bottom lane, well, we just pick up the leftovers."

"Holy Gun Bro, I'm so happy, he's such a great team player. He managed to resist taking this wave of minions. I definitely couldn't have done it."

"..."

Seeing Ning relentlessly targeting Flandre in the top lane, Tian didn't hold back either and immediately went to the bottom lane to find an opportunity to take down JKL.

Even if they can't get a kill, they should still annoy IG's bot laner Varus and make him miss a few minions.

EDG is not in a hurry to establish momentum in the early game because their overall lineup lacks a clear rhythm, and they focus more on farming and developing their resources in the early game.

Moreover, Sejuani's ganking ability is not as good as Jarvan IV's before level 6. In this game, EDG's mid and jungle focused on farming and leveling up in the early game.

Logically speaking, most junglers would struggle to withstand such pressure, but Xiaotian, who came from the YM team, actually had a way to deal with Ning, who was trained by the same team.

The two were battling it out in the jungle, while Ning was actively looking for Sejuani's position to fight, almost to the point of directly invading the jungle.

However, the green jungle item was removed by the designers in the 8.4 version some time ago.

Originally, jungling only required 650 gold. On the first back, upgrade the jungle item, buy a control ward, and then combine it with a trinket ward and the green jungle item.

The jungler alone can place four wards on the map—three fake and one real—to illuminate key areas.

If the support goes back to base and helps with some repairs, many key locations can be illuminated, allowing you to collect enough map information.

But now that the green jungle item is gone, junglers can only use one control ward and one trinket ward, drastically reducing the number of wards available.

This is actually a way for Riot Games to speed up the pace of the game. After all, it was too easy for junglers to place vision, and both sides could obtain enough map information, making it difficult for fights to break out.

Both sides are currently blind in the jungle, so if they encounter each other, it's easier for a fight to break out.

At this moment, Ning's mind was filled with thoughts of finding Sejuani in the jungle. Even if he couldn't find Sejuani, he could still counter-jungle.

But every time he either missed his target or arrived too late, he could never catch Xiaotian's position.

It's like the opponent is playing hide-and-seek with me in the jungle; I can't catch them no matter what I do!

"Why do I feel like Xiaotian has a built-in radar? Ning keeps ganking him in the jungle, and it's like Xiaotian always knows Ning's movements. Is he using radar in the jungle?"

Miller joked with a smile.

"There's nothing we can do. Ning is just too eager to get things done. If he just went to the top lane and helped TheShy build an advantage little by little, that would be enough."

On the top lane, the snowball that started rolling at the beginning is getting bigger and bigger.

Saint Gun has a strong ability to withstand pressure, but he can't withstand being constantly targeted. Moreover, TheShy's individual skill is also quite outstanding, and the gap between the two top laners is still very obvious.

Fortunately, Flandre is still managing to maintain his position in the laning phase. Both sides are patiently waiting for the level 6 wave, after which IG's mid and jungle will coordinate a skill combo.

The same was true for EDG. On the contrary, the bottom lanes of both sides were almost ignored. There were only two monsters throwing skills at each other, which could not attract the director's attention.

"I want to directly oppose the enemy's second red buff group, can you support me?"

Ning communicated with his teammates in advance.

Despite his failed attempt to counter-jungle at the start, he at least gathered some useful information.

Sejuani starts with Red Buff just like him, so since both of their Red Buffs respawn at the same time, he can ambush them in advance!
"I can do it, there's not much pressure on the mid lane."

“Yes, yes,” TheShy replied.

Having received a positive response from his own team, Ning's prince simply charged straight into EDG's upper jungle.

To ensure stealth, the prince deliberately ran into the Baron pit, used his EQ combo to bypass the vision of EDG's base that might be located at F6, and then crouched in the bush next to the Red Buff.

Soon after, EDG's red buff spawned, and Jarvan IV finally got to ambush Sejuani in the jungle for the first time!

"Huh? This ambush is dangerous for Xiaotian. If the red buff is stolen, Sejuani might die!"

Neither jungler attempted any effective ganks on the lanes in the early game.

Therefore, most players need to consume the second set of red buffs to reach level 6. In the current situation, whoever grabs the red buff will reach level 6 first and unlock the crucial ultimate skill!
Sejuani didn't realize the danger at first, just when Red Buff's health was about to reach the execution threshold with Smite.

The prince hidden in the bushes made the first move!

While Ning attempted to knock up Sejuani with an EQ combo, he also used Smite to steal the Red Buff.

But Xiaotian's attention was very focused. The moment the prince's battle flag fell, he saw the prince's figure and immediately used A followed by W and then Smite to take down the red buff first!
"Support me!"

Prince Ning shouted loudly, and immediately signaled Zhong Shang to come over quickly.

But Xiaotian's little sister was even more decisive than he had imagined.

After dodging Jarvan IV's EQ combo, Sejuani used her Q to forcefully knock Jarvan IV up, and then used her ultimate to freeze him in place.

Unbeknownst to anyone, a ball of purple plasma suddenly shot from the jungle towards the mid lane!

Instead of immediately using his ultimate ability, the rookie's Galio decided to walk to the jungle to provide support.

But when he saw Kai'Sa coming over, he immediately controlled Galio to use his ultimate.

However, Kai'Sa also activated her ultimate ability!

With her wings spread wide, Kai'Sa flew like a purple electric mouse from the F6 camp to her own red buff in a flash.

A standard RW combo: Sejuani's crowd control applies a Plasma layer to Jarvan IV, and her W applies two Plasma marks.

After landing, Kai'Sa immediately followed up with a basic attack and then her Q, and then another basic attack detonated the four layers of plasma on Jarvan IV!
After this burst of damage, the prince's health plummeted to almost zero. Just as the prince was about to flash away, Kai'Sa's fatal auto-attack followed.

Firstblood!

First blood of the game!

(End of this chapter)