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Chapter 301 Risking One's Life! The Ultimate Individual Heroism!

Soon, the epic battle between EDG and IG officially began!
Two hours later, the two teams were tied one to one, and the game was extremely tense!
"EDG needs to come up with a solution now. If things continue like this, they will suffer their first defeat in several months. This is not just a small loss, but a real loss in a match!"

Wang Jide, a die-hard EDG fan, appeared very anxious in the commentary booth. After losing the first game, EDG struggled in the second game as well.

If Wang Yao hadn't found several opportunities by ambushing people in the bushes and forcibly stabilized the situation, the game might have ended long ago.

"This IG team definitely has a bright future; it seems like they've finally found their meta!"

Guan Zeyuan, standing to the side, exclaimed in amazement, "This kind of swaying during the draft phase really made the whole EDG team dizzy. The new coach, Kim Jung-joo, seems to have some real skills!"

"As expected of last year's head coach of Dragon Ball, he's really good at coaching offense, which is a perfect match for the attributes of the IG team!"

IG was eliminated in the semifinals of the Spring Split. Although TheShy's hand injury had a significant impact on the team, such a result was really unacceptable.

Therefore, IG made adjustments to the coaching staff, bringing in Kim Jong-un, who was the head coach of Longzhu last year, while Mafa was relegated to the position of assistant coach.

The reason is also very simple.

Mafa's tactical approach still revolves around the bottom lane, which wasn't wrong at first, but Yu Wenbo can't be as stable and carry-oriented as Wang Yao.

He often suffers sudden deaths, which makes IG's performance very unstable.

Seeing how well Wang Yao was doing in the top, mid, and jungle roles at EDG, Su Xiaoluo decided to have the team switch to that strategy as well.

After all, IG has two top-tier mid and top laners, Rookie and TheShy, so it would be a waste not to play in the top half of the map.

Therefore, he invited Kim Jung-joo to join him. Last year, Dragon Ball focused on attacking the upper half of the map and crushed many LCK teams.

The changes made by IG have been quite effective. TheShy played only a few games after his return, but he still managed to rack up incredibly impressive stats!
"Kshine! It's Kshine again! He seized the opportunity and reduced Jack's health to a minimum in one combo. Wow! JKL got instantly killed!"

"Damn it! IG can't handle the follow-up team fight. This 1-for-3 exchange is fatal, and EDG has the opportunity to take Baron!"

"Wow... those three games were so close! EDG almost lost by the slightest margin!"

The live stream chat was buzzing with excitement; this clash of titans from the LPL had attracted a huge amount of attention!
"Why is it Jack Loves BYD again giving away these products?!"

"My brother Yao really is just a stable JKL in thin veil, right!"

"Why are they specifically targeting JKL? Isn't it because he loves to show off and feed! Does he even dare to trade blows with Yao in this fight?"

"..."

The situation on the field is already quite clear.

Abu, who was watching from backstage, finally breathed a sigh of relief. In these three games, EDG really managed to turn the tide in every single one of them!
I've almost finished all my nitroglycerin pills.

Maokai frowned and spoke up, "The responsibility for these three games lies with me... My draft picks in these two games were terrible, otherwise we would have had a much easier time."

In Maokai's opinion, Wang Yao had done a good enough job in the mid lane. He was facing Song Yijin, and even though he was countered in both games, he still had a strong presence.

Even in the later stages of team fights, he can still turn the tide of battle multiple times through his own skillful maneuvers, which is truly remarkable!
Through the draft picks and bans of these three games, Abu and Maokai also gleaned some insights.

IG's core strategy can be summed up in two words: "flexibility".

In the first game, IG picked Jayce first. EDG thought that Jayce would most likely be played in the mid lane because Jayce is not very suitable for the current meta of the top lane.

This further convinced Maokai that he was being misled. Since Lucian was banned by IG, Maokai picked Ryze for Wang Yao, pairing him with a strong jungler, in an attempt to alleviate Wang Yao's laning pressure.

However, in the final stage, IG flexed Jayce to the top lane and gave Song Yijin a Syndra as their last pick!
In previous versions, Ryze might have been able to put up a fight, but in patch 8.8, he was severely nerfed.

Ryze's W [Rune Imprisonment] has changed from providing a 0.75-second stun to a slow when cast without any buffs. This means that Ryze now needs to use the EW combo to apply the stun effect.

Syndra completely dominated him.

Furthermore, there weren't many good champions available for Flandre to pick in the top lane, so Gnar was also countered by Jax.

The top and mid lanes were countered. Although Wang Yao did not have any problems in the mid lane and found a few opportunities to roam and support, the top lane collapsed.

IG capitalized on their advantage in the top lane to break through the defenses and take the first game.

And the second game.

It's swaying again!!
This time it's Syndra, but instead of being a mid-to-high range player, it's a mid-to-low range player!

IG made another change to their lineup, giving Syndra to Yu Wenbo in the bottom lane. This was fine, but Maokai had already picked Ziggs for iboy in the bottom lane beforehand.

Syndra hard counters Ziggs!!
This version is actually very suitable for Yu Wenbo. Don't underestimate him just because he started as an AD carry. He plays many mage carry heroes much better than the average marksman, especially Syndra, which is even better than many professional mid laners.

Second round.

EDG's bot lane was completely crushed, and Wang Yao, due to his Syndra pick, once again found himself in a situation where his champion was countered.

Although he can still slightly suppress Song Yijin, it will be difficult for him to suppress Song Yijin while roaming wildly on the side lanes like he did in the Spring Season.

Many people see EDG as a larger version of RW because they both rely heavily on mid-lane roaming and support.

If Wang Yao fails to gain an advantage, or is unable to provide sufficient support to the side lanes, then EDG is likely to run into trouble.

After barely holding on until the late game, Wang Yao made a crucial play, risking his life to kill JKL and severely damaging Rookie, which allowed EDG to destroy IG's base at the last possible moment.

The same thing happened in the third game.

EDG fell into a disadvantage in the early game, but Wang Yao desperately led the team to hold on until the late game. They held on until JKL couldn't hold back and started feeding, which allowed EDG to win the crucial game by luck!

But after these three matches, it was clear that Wang Yao's body and will were nearing their limits.

There was no way around it; this peak IG team was just too difficult to beat. Wang Yao was practically risking his life to carry his teammates.

"Congratulations to EDG! They have successfully defeated IG and won the match!"

"Wow, Kshine took individual heroism to the extreme in these three games!"

Wang Ji gave a round of applause, saying, "Although losing the game is hard to accept, it may not be a bad thing for IG. The regular season is a long process, giving the team plenty of time to make mistakes, try and fail, find problems and then improve."

"This is also a good thing for our LPL league," Guan Zeyuan said with a smile. "For the league to develop in the long term, it needs to flourish in multiple areas!"

Wang Yao sat in his chair for a moment, he knew that the fully-formed IG would be difficult to beat, but he didn't expect it to be this difficult!

It almost cost me my life!
Backstage, everyone treated Wang Yao like an emperor emeritus, especially Abu, who wanted nothing more than to give Wang Yao a good kiss.

That guy's amazing!
(End of this chapter)