LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 274 A big fight, all reckless men!
The three IG players gathered in front and walked towards the dragon pit together.

Kaisa threw out a divination orb to take a look at the situation in the dragon pit.

It turned out that EDG was indeed playing.

So the three of them sped up.

In the bottom lane, Ryze was stalling for time. Shen used his ultimate and E skill after landing. Ryze flashed to avoid it, and Irelia followed up with Q. Ryze counterattacked with EW to control Irelia, then used his ultimate and tried to leave.

But Irelia's damage was too high. She flashed over and used her damage to kill Ryze. Ryze's ultimate was still counting down, and he couldn't hold on any longer.

After killing Ryze, Irelia was planning to TP, but before she could find a ward to TP to, it was dark!
On the front side, as soon as Kaisa, Gragas, and Gary entered the river and walked towards the Baron pit, they were ambushed by Minotaur in the bushes, and a W shot knocked Gragas and Gary away.

Almost at the same time, Nightmare activated his ultimate skill and flew over to find Gnar.

Use Frost's ultimate to control Nal and make him stand still, then Minotaur knocks him out again.

Lucian used his E skill to output damage, Gragas used his E flash ultimate to hit Lucian, and Kaisa decisively used his ultimate!

So Lucian chose to counterattack Kaisa first. Although he was killed instantly after only a few attacks, he had already severely damaged Kaisa with these few attacks.

Wawa exclaimed: "IG really dares to fight, they are going all this way? Kai'Sa took down Lucian, and was about to be killed by Frost. After killing Kai'Sa, Frost came up to help. Gnar was already crippled by Nightmare. This Nightmare has such a high output!"

"Frost, keep up the output. Gnar's is about to get bigger! But it seems to be useless. He was knocked away by Minotaur just after he got bigger. Frost continues to output and gets the kill!"

This time, Rookie's Irelia did not choose to TP over because it was unnecessary. He had no ultimate and no flash, and would be kite-ed by Ashe.

Ning Wang's Gragas was instantly isolated and helpless, slowed down by Frost, and continued to be chased. Minotaur followed up with a second combo, but was also taken down by Frost in the end.

Iboy cheered, "Nice! Nice, brothers!"

The factory manager responded: "It's good to have more cores. We can still win the teamfight even if one or two are replaced."

Scout said: "I have TP, I will come to help you kill the dragon."'
The EDG players chose to go back and fight the Baron.

Rita concluded: "IG really likes to fight and will go straight to the fight if they don't agree. Fortunately, everyone in EDG is good at operations and didn't let IG operate. If it was a weaker team, this situation might be reversed by IG."

Wawa agreed, "Right, this is IG's style. Now that EDG has taken the Baron BUFF, IG has to start defending. But this may also be an opportunity for IG."

"Because in the previous two team battles, each time Irelia was not on the front battlefield, or she was not killed yet. Irelia's ultimate skill has a great restriction on the back row. If it was five on five, it might not be so difficult to fight."

EDG took down the Baron and returned to the city for supplies. Su Mo commanded, "Ryze continues to lead the troops in the bottom lane. The opponent's Shen still needs time to use his ultimate. Can you beat Irelia?"

Scout replied: "No problem, I am much better in equipment. He has little magic resistance, so he definitely can't beat me in a one-on-one fight."

"Besides, the minions are now strengthened by the Baron buff. It will be very difficult for Irelia if her Q doesn't kill the minions."

So EDG continued to split the lane into four and one, with Ryze going to the bottom lane alone and the others pushing forward from the middle lane.

Shen's ultimate lasts a long time, and the second-level ultimate requires a three-minute cooldown, which is enough for EDG.

The middle lane soldiers were pushed towards IG's middle lane high ground, while the bottom lane soldiers were pushed towards IG's bottom lane high ground.

Su Mo Hanbing used his E skill and took a look at the situation on the high ground. Irelia was at the front and Gnar was switched to the bottom lane. It seemed that IG felt that Irelia played a greater role at the front.

Miller commented: "EDG is now splitting the lane with 4 vs 1. Avoiding 5 vs 5 is indeed a smart choice. Although IG's chances of winning 5 vs 5 are not great given the economic gap, it's better to be safe than sorry."

After understanding IG's situation, Su Mo commanded: "Irelia didn't flash, we can find an opportunity to kill him. He is very fragile and doesn't even have a bloodthirster."

Meiko responded: "I still have flash, I can use it, Mingkai, you follow me."

EDG prepared themselves. While Irelia was still in the front using her Q skill to stack her passive, Su Mo gave the order:
"Do it!"

Su Mo chose to use W to slow down Irelia first, and was ready to use his ultimate skill at any time.

Meiko's Alistar saw the opportunity and suddenly used W to attack Irelia, pushing her up, then flashed and used Q to knock Irelia, Gragas and Shen away!

“Lift the curtain!”

The factory manager’s nightmare used his ultimate skill and flew directly towards Irelia.

Rita passionately explained: "Meiko's Minotaur perfectly started the fight and knocked up three people. What a cool start! Nightmare's ultimate flew over, and Ashe hadn't followed up with her ultimate yet. Lucian used his ultimate, Holy Lance, to catch up with the output immediately, and Irelia's health dropped very quickly!"

"Ryze is coming! Ryze activates his ultimate and teleports over from below, and is about to join the battlefield. On the contrary, Gnar is a little further away, so it will become five against four in a short time!"

It happened in a flash. In fact, Ryze's ultimate and Nocturne's ultimate were released at the same time. Irelia used Twin Blades and W skill to try to resist, but Nocturne used W skill to cancel Twin Blades. Shen took the opportunity to taunt and stood in front to protect Irelia.

Gragas used his E skill to perform his ultimate move, blowing Nightmare and Minotaur away!
However, Ryze came over with his ultimate, and Irelia was frightened at this time. Ryze threw a set of skills at the group of Alistar, Irelia, and Shen with full firepower, and the output was explosive!
Miller cheered: "Ryze used an explosive AOE, and Irelia was killed instantly! Kaisa was still dealing damage to Minotaur who was using his ultimate skill. Although Minotaur was about to be killed, Kaisa's teammates were also about to die!"

"Ryze and Lucian have explosive damage. Although Gnar is behind to deal damage to Ryze, his damage is not enough. Gnar is about to grow bigger. Shen and Gragas are already dead. It's two against four now. Do you want to go up? Gnar jumped up!"

"Gal flashed and used his ultimate to hit Lucian and Nightmare. Nightmare originally wanted to run away, but was driven away by Gal. Ashe and Ryze were attacking Gal, and Gal couldn't stand it anymore, so he swapped positions with Nightmare. Lucian used his E skill to retreat, and Kai'Sa followed up with his ultimate and swapped positions again! IG managed to make a 5-for-3 exchange!"

Rita continued: "I have to say that IG is a very strong team. They are so thrilling in this situation. But no matter what, the game seems to be over. Let us congratulate EDG and congratulate them for winning the first game!"

On the EDG side, Meiko cheered: "We won, we won!"

Iboy complained: "This Kaisa on the opposite side really likes to trade lives with me. He wants to trade with me regardless of winning or losing."

Scout teased, "Maybe it's because I like you so much that I want to discuss life with you."

Su Mo said: "I originally thought I could shave IG's head, but IG is too daring and I can always replace one or two of them."

Su Mo and Scout pushed the enemy in one wave and the game ended.

Su Mo took off his headphones, and the EDG fans at the scene cheered: "EDG! EDG! EDG!"

Su Mo and Scout high-fived: "Happy cooperation."

Scout responded: "Your ice is probably the best ice I have ever seen."

Su Mo smiled: "It's hard for a tool hero like Hanbing to win a game. I'm lucky this time."

EDG returned to the lounge together, and Abu greeted them, "This game was a very good performance, everyone did. Everything was in accordance with our training match. There were no serious mistakes. It's very good. Keep up the form."

"However, you have all felt IG's strength. When they were 10,000 gold behind, it was difficult to win teamfights. Although the lineup was a factor, if it was just this factor, there wouldn't be such a big gap."

The factory manager agreed, "Indeed, IG, except for the support, likes to operate and is able to operate. Their overall strength is much stronger than other teams. The routine we used in this game may not be used in the next game. IG will definitely be prepared."

Abu said, "Let's review the game first, and then discuss how to play the next game."

The EDG players began to review the game, while on the IG side, they were also discussing tactics.

Coach Jin consoled him, "They used Frost as the top laner this time, which was an unexpected move. It's normal that we couldn't beat them."

"Adjust your mentality and continue to follow our own pace in the next game. There is no need to make any adjustments in the BP. They can only use this kind of discussion once. If they continue to use it, it will actually help us."

Everyone on IG nodded. They all had similar opinions on this issue. They all felt that EDG's strategy could only be used once to catch the opponent by surprise. If they used it again, they would be giving away points.

Ning Wang complained: "Brother Mozi knows the jungle position very well. Every time I play against EDG, I feel uncomfortable in the jungle. The laners need to give me some support."

Rookie and Theshy didn't say anything. They are not the kind of players who like to support and are more focused on laning.

Of course, if Prince Ning sends them a signal, they will still go.

Ning Wang continued: "They may not use the Frost strategy in the next game, but they will definitely target the jungle. If you don't support me, I still can't play in the jungle."

The coach glanced at Rookie and Theshy and said, "Mid and top lane, what do you think? Ning's request is not excessive."

Theshy responded: “Okay.”

Rookie nodded: "I'll see what happens."

Ning Wang said: "As long as we don't let Brother Mozi mess around, I will have no problem dealing with Mingkai in the jungle. Trust me, you can watch my performance in the next game."

Seeing Ning Wang so confident, Coach Jin felt relieved.

However, although he was relieved, some people were not.

"Ning Mazi, are you sure? You talk so loudly, but you might let it down again." The speaker was Baolan.

Ning Wang retorted: "Princess Lan, are you trying to pick a fight on purpose? When did I fail? In the last game, it was the opponent's Ashe who played well, not Mingkai."

The two started arguing, and Jackeylove couldn't stand it anymore: "Alright, alright, you guys can go back and argue after the fight, let's play the game first."

After a short break, the three commentators were ready again at the commentary booth.

Wawa explained: "Well, welcome back. The second match between the two teams is about to begin. EDG is leading by one point now. I hope IG can adjust their form and bring a more exciting game."

On the competition stage, contestants from both sides appeared again.

"EDG! EDG! EDG!"

"IG! IG!"

Although they are one point behind, IG fans are in high spirits. After all, IG lost the last game while standing, rather than being knocked down directly.

Su Mo came to his position and put on his headphones. The ten players from both sides were ready. The second game began! Entering the BP phase, EDG was on the blue side and IG was on the red side.

BAN people stage.

EDG: Gragas, Varus, Kaisa
IG: Sword Demon, Nightmare, Blue Steel Shadow
Entering the hero selection stage, EDG on the blue side got the Troll on the first floor.

Miller commented: "The troll jungler is quite strong in this version, mainly because of its strong combat power in the jungle. It is almost invincible in single combat. In teamfights, if the opponent has a tank hero, it will be very comfortable. With the ultimate skill, it can suck in the opponent and become very tanky."

IG got Kindred and EZ on the first and second floors.

Wawa commented: "Now that Kaisa and Varus are banned, the priority of Ezreal in the bottom lane is very high. Jackeylove's Ezreal is also very strong, so it will be no problem to take him down."

EDG locked down Swain and Irelia on the second and third floors.

Rita was a little excited: "Here we go! Swain should go to the bottom lane. EDG's system in this regard is already very mature. Now it depends on how the other positions are matched. There is no doubt about Scout's Irelia. After all, he said before that he learned Irelia from Mozi."

IG got Yasuo on the third floor.

Wawa commented: "Sure enough, this is how IG deals with Irelia, or this is how Rookie deals with Irelia. Since you chose Irelia, he took out Yasuo to deal with it, but now the jungler Gragas is gone."

"Hey, I feel like EDG banned a few junglers first just to prevent you from using the Gragas and Yasuo combination. If there's no Gragas... Taliyah might be a good choice."

Entering the second round of BP, IG banned Tam and Shen.

EDG also banned Luo and Braum.

IG locked onto Minotaur on the fourth floor.

Miller muttered, "Strange, why didn't EDG ban Alistar? I think Alistar is a better match for Yasuo than Braum and Rakan. It's okay, Alistar is quite tanky in this version, and he can't be beaten when his ultimate is activated."

EDG got Pike on the fourth floor!
Rita suddenly understood: "They put Minotaur there on purpose! Minotaur has a hard time facing Pike. It's hard to fight him in the laning phase. Also, the damage reduction effect of Minotaur's ultimate is useless against Pike's ultimate kill. He can be killed as soon as his health reaches the limit."

At this moment, EDG got Zhao Xin on the fifth floor again!
Wawa was stunned. "Ah? Xin Zhao? Is it top lane Irelia? Top lane Troll? Top lane Swain? I don't understand. This lineup is really a bit weird. Who is going to play top lane?"

Miller laughed and said, "I even suspect that this is the top lane Pike. This is how EDG is. Now Mozi has transformed EDG into an ultimate brawl team. No one knows what lineup they will come up with."

"IG is having a headache now. Which hero can they use to face EDG's five heroes at the same time, because all five heroes may be used to play in the top lane."

Suddenly, IG showed a hero on the fifth floor and locked it.

A general holding a huge axe!
Hand of Noxus, Darius!
Rita commented: "IG chose Noxus on the fifth floor. Although I don't know what Theshy's considerations were, the lineups of both sides turned into a melee battle. Seven of the ten heroes are melee, which is rare in the game."

Both sides began to adjust their lines, and IG's lineup was pretty much what everyone imagined.

As for EDG, no one dares to predict.

Time passed, and the final twenty seconds were approaching, and EDG's lineup was finalized:
Blue side EDG: Top laner Xin Zhao, Jungle Troll, Mid laner Irelia, ADC Swain, Support Pike
Red side IG: top single Noxus, against Kindred, mid single Yasuo, ADCEZ, support Alistar

Wawa laughed and said, "It's outrageous. Anyway, I didn't guess it. I was wrong about several of them. I can only say that this is EDG."

Miller looked at Rita: "Rita, did you guess that it was Xin Zhao in the top lane?"

Rita smiled and responded: "If I guessed it, would you believe me?"

Miller spread his hands: "Of course, except for you, I feel that no one else can guess it, but I want to ask, how did you guess it? On what basis? Can you teach us?"

Rita smiled: "Intuition."

Entering the game screen, Su Mo tried to communicate with the system: "Raise Zhao Xin's proficiency to the maximum for me."

[Use one Ultimate Proficiency Card to raise the proficiency of Xin Zhao, the Steward of Debon, to the maximum level. 】

The factory manager began to lead the pace:

"I don't need to say much about this game. Attack, attack, and attack again! Follow the opponent's operation!"

Su Mo teased, "To be honest, I suddenly feel like you've become ten years younger, back to that passionate young man."

Meiko laughed and said, "Ten years old? Doesn't that make him a little kid?"

The factory manager retorted: "You are the little brat. I matured precociously."

Everyone in EDG smiled.

Su Mo came to the top lane to stand guard, and the director gave the summoner skill status of the ten people on both sides.

Wawa commented: "In this match, Xin Zhao used Flash and Ignite, while Noxus used Flash and Sprint. They were very well coordinated. They didn't use TP. In this kind of match, it's easy to suffer if you use TP. Once the fight starts, it's a one-on-one fight. It's really useless to use TP."

Miller agreed, "That's right. Now the top laner doesn't have TP. After the laning phase is over, there is no single push. You need to actively group up with your teammates, otherwise your teammates will be attacked and you won't have time to support them. The frequency of fights in this game is expected to be higher than the last one!"

Rita suddenly said, "IG is invading! In addition to the top laner, four IG players invaded from the middle river and went directly to the red buff. Irelia has seen the invasion from the opposite side, but EDG's positions are relatively scattered. Should we engage in a teamfight this time?"

On the EDG side, Scout immediately reminded his teammates: "The enemy is invading the jungle, should we fight?"

The main thing is to ask for the factory manager's opinion. After all, the factory manager is the jungler and he makes the decision.

The factory manager had no choice but to give up: "We can't win. The opponent has two shooters and we don't have any shooters."

"Let's go. I'll go up there. You two should be careful when you're laning together. The enemy may gank the bottom lane at level 3 or even go over the tower."

Meiko responded, "Okay, I got it."

So the EDG team chose to give up the red BUFF.

Wawa commented: "EDG gave up the jungle area, which is very hurtful. The buff has been refreshed but they can't fight. It will take a lot of time for Zzai Zhang to go there alone, but there is nothing they can do. They can't win the level 1 team fight because the lineup is too bad."

Miller agreed, "Yes, Ezreal is pretty strong in the first level group fight, and so is Kindred. In comparison, EDG's heroes were constantly kited in the first level group fight. Fortunately, they didn't fight, otherwise EDG would probably explode."

In the top lane, after the soldiers came over, Su Mo started to fight normally.

The minions were at low health, Noxus used Q to clear the minion line, while Xin Zhao adjusted the angle and used W to kill three minions.

When the second wave of soldiers arrived at the line, the two began to attack the soldiers at the same time to grab level 2. While Zhao Xin was attacking the soldiers, Noxus suddenly attacked and killed everyone with one Q skill.

Su Mo stepped forward decisively, then suddenly retreated. After moving back and forth, Noxus was fooled and retreated actively. When Su Mo wanted to catch up, it was too late. Su Mo turned around and used W to consume the enemy's energy and finish off the enemy at the same time.

Rita commented: "Mozi is an expert at playing Noxus, and he knows Noxus very well, so we can see that Theshy's Noxus still has a hard time facing him."

In the bottom lane, Swain and Pike are moving back to control the minion line.

This game is a game of exchanging jungle areas. In the early game, the opposing jungler will clear the lower jungle areas on both sides and may gank the bottom lane at any time, so you must control the line back, otherwise it will be very dangerous.

The third wave of soldiers arrived at the line, and IG's bottom lane accelerated the push.

The soldiers entered the defensive tower, and EZ began to use the Q skill to consume and harass in front of the defensive tower. Meiko's Pike charged the Q skill, trying to put pressure on EZ.

But Jackeylove was very confident and dodged by moving around, and at the same time he was unable to counterattack Pike's Q skill.

Meiko complained: "The opposing bot lane is really brave. Seeing their jungler near the bot lane, they can come over at any time and suppress them without any brains."

The factory manager comforted him: "Don't worry, develop, and wait for me to go to the bottom lane."

Meiko knew that it was impossible for Zhazi to go to the bottom lane in a short period of time as he still had to develop himself, so they could only rely on the bottom lane to bear the pressure themselves.

In the top lane, Xin Zhao was the first to reach level three. This time, Noxus tried to use his Q skill to consume his opponent's energy. However, there was no way because he was being consumed by Xin Zhao and he had to find an opportunity to fight back.

However, as soon as his Q was released, Zhao Xin hit the Prince with his W, and then directly used his E skill to deal damage at close range.

Noxus used his W to slow down the opponent, and Su Mo's Xin Zhao used his W to slow down Noxus.

Meanwhile, the troll shows up!

The factory manager's troll went around the triangle grass and walked towards the defensive tower behind Noxus.

Wawa commented: "Zz1tai tried the first gank in the top lane. Now Theshy's Noxus is having trouble moving. He sprints to speed up, and Noxus uses Ruthless Iron Hand to pull Zhao Xin, but a pillar stands in front of Noxus, trapping him. He keeps slowing down and can't move!"

"The troll comes up to deal damage. Noxus' health drops rapidly. He uses Flash. The troll flashes up to slow the opponent with AQ. The red buff continues to slow the opponent. Finally, Xin Zhao uses W and E to get the kill. First blood bursts out and Xin Zhao gets the first blood."

Before we could summarize, the fight started in the bottom lane!
Ning Wang's Kindred came to gank the bottom lane, and Swain still had a little more than half of his health left.

"Get started!" King Ning gave the order.

Minotaur uses W on Swain and flashes Q.

Almost at the same time, Swain's flash backward was predicted and knocked away!

Miller exclaimed: "What a cool first move! Baolan's Alistar used W flash Q to knock Swain up, Ezreal and Kindred followed up with damage, Pike used Q to pull Alistar back, and used E to follow up with control, one for one."

"Qian Jue got this kill, which is very crucial. If Qian Jue has kills in the early stage, the jungle clearing speed will be faster and he can carry the team fight. Both sides targeted the mid lane. It's a pity for EDG that the 300 gold of Alistar went to Pike."

Rita continued, "Besides, the bottom lane will lose two waves of soldiers. EDG's bottom lane is at a big loss, even more than the Noxus who was killed in the top lane."

The game continued. After Su Mo replenished his supplies, he returned to the top lane, while Zz1tai continued to clear the jungle area above, staggering with Ning Wang. Now he didn't have flash, and it would be quite uncomfortable if he was caught in the jungle area.

(End of this chapter)