LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 289: Kill people and rob, then leave in style!

On the competition stage, the host came on stage. After a brief opening speech, the host greeted:
"Now let us welcome the sixteen teams participating in the group stage, starting with the number one seed from the LPL region."

"E! D! G!"

The five members of EDG came on stage, led by Su Mo, wearing EDG's latest team uniforms. There was a five-pointed star on the uniform, representing that EDG had an S championship.

This is a treatment only available to championship teams!
The EDG fans at the scene have gone crazy:

"EDG! EDG! EDG!"

"Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi!"

After the five members of EDG came on stage, they stood in the middle of the stage and accepted the cheers and encouragement from the audience.

The host continued: "Let us welcome the second seed from the LPL region, RNG!"

RNG members come on stage.

"RNG! RNG!" There were many people cheering for RNG at the scene. At this time, fans of the LPL region would not distinguish between friend and foe, and teams from the same region were considered teammates.

Then there is IG!

The five IG players appeared on the stage, and LPL fans continued to cheer for IG.

After RNG and IG came on the stage, they sandwiched EDG on the left and right.

Representatives from all three LCK teams appeared on the stage.

The host continued, "Now, let's welcome the No. 1 seed from the LCK region, KT!"

"KT! KT!" The cheers from KT fans at the scene were deafening. After all, it was KT's home court.

The five KT players walked through the passage, causing a commotion

After KT are AFS and GEN.

Then the next ones are the three teams from the LEC region.

There are two FW teams, three LCS teams, and the rest are wildcard teams.

All sixteen teams are here, EDG is sandwiched in the middle, the center of attention!

Then, the lights on the stage dimmed and the promotional video for this S game began to play on the big screen.

The theme of this S game is also very interesting, reaching the pinnacle!
Su Mo feels that this theme is prepared for EDG. If EDG can win consecutive championships, wouldn’t that be the pinnacle?
Of course, everyone has a different understanding, so the official won’t tell you what it means, they just want you to guess.

While the audience's attention is on the promotional video, the other teams on the stage are about to go down, starting with the outer teams, leaving only EDG and GEN, the two teams that are playing in the qualifying round.

Letme looked at it and said, "Brother Mozi, come on, speedrun LCK and set an example for us."

On the IG side, Jackeylove said: "Brother Mozi, 25 minutes is enough, don't play too long. After all, the opponent is the third seed, which will lower your status."

Su Mo smiled: "Come on, if you can do it, go ahead."

Jackeylove responded: "I also want to be in the same group with GEN, but there is no such opportunity."

The factory manager interrupted, "You have a chance now that you have the number one seed. Who told you not to win the championship?"

Jackeylove nodded seriously and replied: "What the factory manager said is right. Next time, we will win the championship and carry the banner of LPL."

The factory manager laughed: "Are you serious?"

Just then, Baolan called out, "It's our turn, let's go."

Jackeylove then said, "I'm serious."

The players from IG and RNG left, leaving only EDG and GEN on the stage.

GEN came over on their own initiative, and after the promotional video was finished, the lights on the stage came on, the two sides shook hands, and then walked towards their respective seats.

In the commentary booth, Rita commented: "It's really exciting. Mozi has a lot of shots. He and Deft seem to be the protagonists of this promotional video."

Remember to answer, "Personally, I want to see KT and EDG play against each other. Both teams are number one seeds and have a strong relationship. Of course, it's impossible now. We have to wait for the knockout rounds."

"Okay, both teams are ready. The opening match of this group stage will begin, with the No. 1 seed EDG from the LPL region facing the No. 3 seed GEN from the LCK region."

After both players are ready, they enter the BP phase of the game.

In this game, EDG is on the red side and GEN is on the blue side.

BAN position situation:
EDG: Xia, Tristana, Syndra

GEN: Nightmare, Kai’Sa, Pike.

I remember analyzing it: "The heroes that GENBAN dropped in this game seem to be those that EDG played well in the summer season. I guess they didn't gather any intelligence. I don't know what lineup EDG will use now."

Rita commented: "I think what makes me most gratified is that now EDG is not just Mozi who is responsible for the opponent's ban position. The opponent needs to ban heroes in other positions, such as Meiko's Pike, Zz1tai's Nightmare, and Iboy's Kaisa. Mozi will have much less pressure."

Colonel Guan continued, “After all, they have been trained by Brother Mozi for more than half a year. EDG’s current strength should have made a qualitative leap compared to last year.”

"EDG mainly targeted the bottom lane, so I give Ruler a lot of respect."

Entering the hero selection stage, GEN on the blue side got Urgot on the first floor.

Remember to analyze: "Urgot is very popular in the public games now, and the win rate of Urgot in the play-in games is very high."

'At the same time, in the LCK season, whether it is mid or top, Urgot's appearance rate is not low, but no one in the LPL plays him. '

Rita speculated: "I feel like it's because Mozi didn't play him? Urgot was also a reworked hero this season. All the other reworked heroes were made popular by Mozi, but Urgot was the only one that no one cared about."

I remember saying, "Hey, is it because of his appearance? I can't praise Urgot's appearance."

Colonel Guan laughed: "That's quite true."

EDG got Shen and Aatrox on the first and second floors.

I remember being stunned: "These two heroes are picked at the same time... That's a bit confusing. I guess GEN can't tell who is the top laner and who is the jungler."

"But if GEN plays Urgot in the top lane, I think it will be easy to beat both Shen and Aatrox, at least they won't be at a disadvantage in terms of heroes."

EDG got Lucian and Thresh on the second and third floors.

Immediately afterwards, EDG took EZ on the third floor.

Entering the second round of BP.

EDG banned Olaf and Xin Zhao.

And GEN banned Irelia and Cassiopeia.

EDG locked down Shen on the fourth floor.

Rita commented: "This Shen... I feel like he could be a support. He's a good match with Ezreal. He can just roam around and leave the bottom lane alone."

GEN locked Galio and Gragas on the fourth and fifth floors.

This leaves EDG's fifth floor with no choice.

Colonel Guan commented: "In order to get Galio, GEN banned some strong mid laners. Crown shouldn't be under much pressure in this match, unless Scout brings out a physical mid laner, but that won't work either. EDG has become a team of noobs..."

Suddenly, EDG locked Akali on the fifth floor!

Rita introduced: "Akali, the Stray Thorn, this hero was reworked less than a month ago. EDG really came up with something new!"

"Akali's controls are much more complicated after the move, and the upper limit has been raised. I heard that the burst is very high, but it depends on the player's strength. I think it's worth paying attention to."

Colonel Guan said: "But he is a short-range AP assassin after all. It should be difficult for him to suppress Galio. I feel that Galio is a hidden danger in this game. We can't let him set the pace."

Both sides began to analyze the situation, but things did not develop as the commentator imagined.

The countdown entered the last twenty seconds, and the lineups of both teams were determined:

Red side EDG: top lane Akali, jungle Shen, mid lane Aatrox, ADCEZ, support Shen.

Blue side GEN: Top laner Urgot, jungler Gragas, mid laner Galio, ADC Lucian, support Thresh
I remember exclaiming, "Ah? Akali on top, Aatrox in the middle? What... is going on?"

Rita analyzed: "I don't think it's impossible. Aatrox is easy to play against Galio, and the opponent's mid laner will be very uncomfortable. As for Akali against Urgot... Although I haven't seen it, I choose to believe in Mozi."

In the official live broadcast room, the comments were boiling:
"This is a familiar feeling! It turns out that only with Brother Mozi can this game be more interesting."

"Brother Mozi's teaching time, watch carefully and learn well."

"What's the level of the opponent's top laner? How long can he hold on against Brother Mozi?"

"Solo kill in three minutes, don't ask me why."

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

[Consume one Ultimate Mastery Card to increase the difficulty of the Outcast Thorn Akali Shulai to the maximum level. 】

The factory manager was quite excited: "This is the opening match, brothers, we must win."

"There's no pressure in the mid and top lanes, right? I'm sure there will be no problem once I reach level 6."

Su Mo responded: "I'm fine on the road."

Scout followed up by saying, "I'm also OK in the mid lane."

Iboy said: "We can't beat the bottom lane."

Meiko replied: "Hold on and wait until I reach level 6."

Iboy asked: "Wait until level 6, then you use your ultimate to roam, leaving me and one of us to fight in the bottom lane?"

Su Mo smiled: "He said that to us, not to you."

Iboy wailed: "The bottom lane is really the lane that only orphans play."

"Ahahahaha..." Everyone in EDG laughed.

The first wave of soldiers came out, and Su Mo returned to the line to start fighting.

It is not difficult to fight against Urgot. Although Urgot is a long-range hero, his attack range is only 400 yards, which is shorter than all ADCs. It may be used to bully other melee heroes, but it is average when fighting against Akali J.

Use Q skill to kill three melee soldiers. The next wave of soldiers comes, and Su Mo grabs the second one.

Urgot also attacked the minions, and both of them reached level 2 at the same time.

The director kept the camera on the top lane, first looking at the top lane situation. While Urgot was last-hitting, Su Mo used his Q to get close to him and try to knock out his passive.

But Urgot saw the opportunity, rushed over with his E skill, and tried to throw Su Mo back over his shoulder.

Su Mo reacted quickly and used his E skill Falcon Dance to create distance.

Then use the second stage of the E skill to get close, move to avoid Urgot's Q skill, use a basic attack to trigger the passive, then use the Q skill, and use a basic attack again to trigger the passive.

Rita explained: "Akali is very flexible. After her skills hit an enemy hero, Akali can trigger her passive damage through basic attacks. At the same time, the basic attack distance of this passive attack will be doubled, and the movement speed of the hero will be increased when she moves away."

"In short, after the revision, Akali has a unique advantage against melee heroes and can kite the opponent."

Colonel Guan and Jide were stunned.

I just remembered exclaiming: "That's too bold of you to say."

Rita smiled. She dared to say that because Mozi was playing Akali, so she was not afraid of being slapped in the face. If someone else was playing Akali, she would not dare to say that.

In the middle lane, Scout's Aatrox ruthlessly suppressed Galio, and now Crown is having difficulty breathing.

He can only use the Q skill to make the last hit, but whenever he goes up to make the last hit with a basic attack, he will be ravaged by the Sword Demon.

In this way, the right to the middle lane is in the hands of Scuot's Sword Demon. Galio uses the Q skill to push the line of soldiers over, and he chooses to control it under his own defensive tower.

In the bottom lane, the EDG duo is now in pressure-resistant mode. Fortunately, they are playing EZ, so at least their development is no problem. They just need to Q the minions from a distance.

Three and a half minutes into the game, Zzai's Shen came to the top lane to help with vision and then returned for supplies. He had no plans to GANK before level 6 as the failure rate was too high, and problems would easily arise if he was counter-ganked.

I remember the commentator said: "Zz1tai still likes to protect the top lane, but I feel that it is difficult for the opponent to catch Mozi. If Akali makes good use of her W skill, the sunset ward, it will be very difficult for the opponent."

At this moment, the opposing Gragas appeared in the middle lane and helped Galio push the middle lane line over. Otherwise, the line would be stuck here and Galio would be very uncomfortable.

Rita analyzed: "EDG's lane-changing strategy was quite successful in this game, which made Crown very uncomfortable. Although the jungler came to help, they still couldn't win the subsequent laning phase, and the problem was not really solved."

At this moment, the director's camera turned to the top lane. Su Mo's Akali went up to exchange blood with Urgot again. He hit with a Q, slowed him down, and triggered his passive with a basic attack. He used his W skill, Xiaxiang, and became invisible. He fired the next Q, and then attacked again and moved.

Urgot was stunned and had no way to fight back. His predicted Q skill missed. He was only left with E, but if E missed, he would have no way to retreat. He didn't dare to use the E skill casually.

After this wave of fighting, Urgot could only return to the city for supplies, and then TP out to continue laning.

Su Mo pushed the line of troops forward and there was no turning back. His condition was still good and he just needed to continue fighting on the line.

"The opponent's top lane has no TP." Su Mo informed his teammates.

The factory manager muttered, "Is there any way to put a ward behind the bottom lane?"

Meiko is now in a state of panic: "There should be no way. The opponent's suppression is too strong. This Ruler is quite good, plus they have a combination advantage."

Su Mo said, "Then wait until I reach level 6. Don't rush to attack. You can go to the dragon pit to place a ward. The opponent is pushing the line all the time. You can still make it in time from this side."

The factory manager understood.

Soon, good news came from the middle lane: "The opposing Galio doesn't TP."

At this time, Scuot still had two-thirds of his health left, and Galio had no way to fight him. After being beaten, he could only return to the city for supplies and TP out.

Guan Zeyuan analyzed: "EDG relied purely on their hero advantage and laning strength to TP the opponent's mid and top. Now EDG is ahead by two TPs. This is not good news for GEN."

Rita continued: "This is the benefit of changing the line. If you don't change the line, you won't get this effect."

The game lasted five and a half minutes. Su Mo's Akali reached level six. He quickly pushed a wave of soldiers into the defense tower and then returned to the city for supplies.

On the bottom lane, Zzai has already placed a ward at the dragon pit. There is vision of the bushes in the river on the opposite bottom lane, but it doesn’t matter anymore. As long as the opponent starts to attack the tower, they won’t be able to escape.

Su Mo was walking up, but before he reached the upper lane high ground, the opposing bottom lane soldiers entered the defensive tower, and Lucian and Thresh were right in front of the defensive tower!
"Do it!" Su Mo decisively TPed to the dragon pit.

The same goes for the Sword Demon, TP to the dragon pit.

In addition to the factory manager in front of the dragon pit, the mid, top and jungle are all here!

I remember getting excited: "EDG is planning to do something bad. Judging from the position of the GEN duo, it's really hard for them to leave. They seem to have sensed something is wrong and want to leave, but Meiko's Shen takes action! He uses E flash to control the opponent's Thresh, and Thresh is left behind."

"Is Lucian going to counterattack? Galio has his ultimate, and he's going down, but the number difference is obvious now, five against two, and if Galio flies over it's also five against three. Does he dare to fly?"

EZ and Shen continued to attack Thresh, while the three brothers in top, mid and jungle went to find Lucian together.

Lucian had just retreated to the middle position when Qinggangying suddenly rushed to his face with his E skill and W tactical sweep.

Lucian used his E skill to rush forward and create distance. At this moment, the Sword Demon activated his ultimate, quickly approached, used his Q1 to force Lucian to flash, and used his E skill to give Lucian the Hellfire Chain.

Lucian moved sideways and tried to get out, but Aatrox's Q2 knocked him into the air, causing him to be pulled back. Akali activated the Twilight Array, then used the reverse E skill and the ultimate to get close.

Rita explained: "This position is very close to the defense tower, Galio's ultimate! It's coming down! Aatrox followed up with Q3, and although he was knocked away, the damage of Q3 was still dealt. Akali pulled out of the range of Galio's ultimate, and he was not knocked away. When Galio fell down, he used his ultimate to take down Lucian's head!"

"It's not over yet. Akali used her E skill Falcon Dance to go back. He had just entered the range of the defensive tower. Galio wanted to keep him, but he pulled him away. What a handsome Akali!"

Su Mo's actions shocked the audience:
"This hero is so handsome, so handsome!"

"It's flying around, I can't understand it."

"What the hell? Is this a game I'm playing?"

"Kill people and rob goods, and then leave easily. This is the king of assassins!"

On the other side, Thresh was killed by EZ, a two-for-zero exchange.

Su Mo returned to the city for supplies and headed straight to the top lane to continue developing.

The factory manager said: "Good cooperation, this wave is very nice."

Meiko agreed: "It feels good now. It was quite uncomfortable to be pressed by the opponent."

"They have something in the bottom lane, you guys can come there more often to cause trouble."

Su Mo reminded them, "In two minutes, Galio on the opposite side will use his ultimate. Our mid and top laners don't have TP. You guys should be careful in the bottom lane. They might attack the bottom lane."

Meiko responded: "No problem, I'll prepare in advance."

The game continued, Su Mo's Akali returned to the top lane. Because he had no ultimate, the opponent's Urgot became arrogant.

Seeing that Su Mo was about to go up and finish off the enemy, Urgot took the initiative to come up and put pressure on him.

Su Mo used the same trick again, using the Q skill to pull and fight Urgot.

Cuvee tried twice and found that Akali was too slippery and he couldn't deal with her at all. Instead, he kept losing health.

[Gain +20 torture points from Cuvee]

This is really difficult. I can’t suppress the opponent without his ultimate. How can I fight in the top lane?
The game time reached eight minutes, and Su Mo's ultimate skill was on cool down. The opponent's Urgot seemed to have sensed the danger and started to behave himself.

At the same time, in the bottom lane, Meiko followed Su Mo's instructions and set up vision in the river in advance.

The opponent's Galio's ultimate should be ready, but our mid and top lanes don't have TP, so the bottom lane is very dangerous.

"Their jungler is in the bottom lane." Meiko reminded, and sure enough, he saw the opposing jungler, who had already come to the river and started scanning to clear the vision.

The pressure is put on the factory manager. He needs to make a choice: should he help counter-camp in the bottom lane or go to other places to cause trouble?

In the counter-camping at the bottom lane, it may not be easy to fight three against four, and you may not be able to win even under the tower.

The factory manager still chose to come to the bottom lane to help counter-camp and took the initiative to show his face to the opposing jungler, just to make the opposing jungler give up.

For the factory manager, all he needs to do is drag the TP to the middle and top lanes until CD is ready.

When Gragas saw that Shen was there, he did not take any action and chose to retreat first.

The factory manager thought the bottom lane was safe, but after going out to fight in the bottom lane, Meiko was ambushed.

"Gragas is still in the bottom lane!" Meiko was ambushed by Gragas in the bushes, and he was blasted back with his ultimate. Thresh and Lucian followed up with damage and got the kill. Meiko had no flash and couldn't resist.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "EDG's bottom lane was still sanctioned, but fortunately EZ is still alive and can make up for the tower damage."

The factory manager came to the middle lane looking for an opportunity and wanted to attack Galio in the middle lane.

However, Crown was very cautious in the laning phase and did not give anyone a chance.

"This guy is too despicable. He just uses skills to clear the minion line?" The factory manager complained.

Although two kills were made in the bottom lane in the last wave, Zzai Zhang didn't get any assists, so his record is still 000, and now he wants to find something to do.

Ten minutes into the game, the factory manager gave the Rift Herald a signal: "Mid lane, top lane, look at me, I'm going to take the Rift."

Su Mo and Scout quickly pushed the line of troops, preparing to support the factory manager.

However, at this moment, Scout reminded his teammates: "The opponent's mid laner is gone."

The factory manager reacted quickly and immediately gave a signal to the bottom lane: "Go to the bottom lane, the opponent's mid and jungle may want to go over the tower."

At this time, the vision of the bottom lane has disappeared, and the situation in the river cannot be seen.

The soldiers in the bottom lane entered the defensive tower. EZ and Shen were ready to run away, but they were too late. The opposing Gragas came out from the triangle grass and directly cut off their retreat. Gragas walked straight up, and Meiko covered Iboy:

"you go first."

Meiko used his E skill to taunt Gragas, but Gragas rushed forward with a belly full of energy and used his ultimate. Shen was blown back, Thresh followed up with a hook, and Lucian followed up with damage.

Although Shen has the W skill, which can block the output of basic attacks, the duration of the skill is limited after all, and he was eventually killed by Lucian.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "You know what, this Gragas is really good at finding opportunities. When EDG's top mid laner's TP was about to be ready, he came to the bottom lane to make a move. The timing was just right."

Rita continued, "The key is that Galio still hasn't used his ultimate because it's unnecessary. If he holds the ultimate in his hand, the deterrent will always exist. This is similar to Card. Sometimes it's better not to use the ultimate than to use it."

On the EDG side, Su Mo commanded: "Don't attack the canyon yet, the middle laners come up together, we will take the top lane."

Scout pushed the line and walked up, reminding: "Galio on the opposite side has a big move."

Su Mo replied: "It's okay, we have helpers. If he uses his ultimate skill to fly over, we can kill him twice."

Meiko's voice came: "Yeah, there's me too, just go ahead and do it."

In the top lane, the soldiers were pushed towards the defensive tower by Su Mo. The opponent's Urgot was a little scared, worried that he would be GANKed by Shen, so he deliberately let the soldiers in.

However, it was not only Shen who came out from behind the defensive tower, but also Aatrox!

I remember the commentator said: "EDG immediately took action to attack the top lane, but Galio has his ultimate and he is already approaching. Can they really fight?"

(End of this chapter)