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After eliminating EDG's bottom laner, JDG's four players took down EDG's bottom lane tower and secured the second dragon, the Earth Dragon.

The economic gap that was originally as high as 3,000 yuan was reduced to 1,500 yuan after this wave of events!

Moreover, JDG's two carries, Syndra and Xayah, secured kills and tower gold respectively, greatly boosting their development.

"This JDG team is incredibly resilient." Zz1tai said with a serious expression in the commentary booth, "Their strategy is very clear: if they don't play top lane, they'll target the bottom half of the map. Now that JDG's two carries have their items, in mid-game team fights, if EDG only relies on Amumu to hold the front line, their backline is likely to be instantly melted by Syndra and Vi."

12 minutes 10 seconds.

Su Mo returned to the city and opened the shop.

He sold Doran's Shield and crafted his first Mythic item – Sunfire Cape.

In addition, there is a [Negative Polarity Cloak].

This equipment set allows Amumu to have extremely high physical defense while also making up for the magic resistance when facing Syndra's burst damage.

"Chen, we don't need the Herald. You focus on farming in the bottom lane." Su Mo glanced at the gloomy bottom half of the map, his voice still calm, as if his teammate's death was entirely expected.

12 minutes 40 seconds.

JDG's top and jungle duo easily secured the second Rift Herald.

With the vanguard in hand, JDG's pace of advancement suddenly accelerated.

"They've got the first wave, they'll definitely push for the mid lane tower. Xiao Yue, be careful clearing the wave, don't get engaged on," Ming Kai reminded him from behind the scenes.

Sure enough, 13 minutes and 00 seconds.

JDG's four players gathered in the mid lane, and Kanavi directly crushed the Herald's Eye in the middle of the river.

The massive Rift Herald roared as it charged toward EDG's mid-lane tower.

"Let it go." Su Mo uttered only one word in the voice message.

Xiao Yue's Orianna and A Chen's Lee Sin immediately retreated, abandoning the defense of the mid-lane tower.

"boom!"

One of the towers in the middle collapsed.

JDG pressed their advantage, bringing their vanguard to continue their assault on the mid-lane second tower.

"They want to go up to the highlands? That's too greedy!" the child exclaimed.

But just as JDG was closing in on EDG's second mid-lane tower, Su Mo's Amumu emerged from the passageway next to the F6 camp.

13 minutes 20 seconds.

Amumu stood in front of the turret, without any fancy footwork, just standing there straight.

The ultimate skill, [Curse of the Mummy], has been fully cooled down.

The little mummy, its body engulfed in sunfire and with armor exceeding two hundred points, was like an insurmountable wall.

Knight's Syndra tried to poke with her Q skill, but the damage was pitifully low when it hit Amumu, who had a Negatron Cloak.

"Don't be impulsive, he has a powerful move, retreat!" Coach Homme quickly ordered from backstage.

Seeing Amumu standing like an iron wall, the JDG team finally gave up on their plan to push the second tower and retreated back to the jungle with the Rift Herald's low health.

13 minutes 50 seconds.

Although their first tower was destroyed, EDG managed to stabilize their position.

At this point, the economic gap between the two sides remained at around two thousand yuan, and the situation became extremely deadlocked.

"The next point of contention is the third wave of Voidlings that will spawn at 14 minutes," Miller analyzed. "This wave of Voidlings is crucial. If EDG can secure it and complete the six-Voidlings buff, combined with Amumu's tankiness, their split-pushing and tower-pushing will be incredibly difficult to counter."

14 minutes 10 seconds.

In order to compete for these nest worms, all ten players from both sides moved towards the upper half of the river channel.

This was the first real 5v5 large-scale team fight to occur in this match.

JDG's formation remains the same, with Vi and Rakan at the front, Olaf on the flanks looking for opportunities to engage, and the two carries providing safe damage from the back.

On EDG's side, Su Mo's Amumu took the lead, while A Chen's Lee Sin and Xiao Yue's Orianna were hidden in the shadows.

"Watch Amumu's position, Rakan, find an opportunity to engage the enemy backline!" Knight stared intently at the screen.

14 minutes 30 seconds.

Su Mo's Amumu began to move closer to the riverbank bushes, trying to gain visibility.

The instant he stepped into the bushes!

"Let's do it!"

Kanavi's Vi decisively unleashed her ultimate ability, Skybreaker!
But the target is not Amumu right in front of you!
Vi's ultimate ability bypassed Amumu and locked onto Varus, who was trying to follow up and provide cover!

At the same time, Missing's Luo also activated his ultimate skill, turning into a stream of light that passed through the front row and charmed Xiao Yue's Orianna!

"JDG has once again used the tactic of bypassing the front line and forcibly engaging the back line!" Wawa shouted hoarsely.

Olaf, with his ultimate ability Ragnarok activated, charged straight at the controlled Orianna and Varus like a berserk tank!

Faced with JDG's extremely aggressive offensive lineup, EDG's backline was instantly in dire straits!

The moment Vi's control ended, Varus pressed the stopwatch, dodging Syndra's fatal blow.

But Xiao Yue's Orianna wasn't so lucky. Under Rakan's charm and Olaf's relentless attacks, Orianna used Flash and her ultimate to try and fight back, but she was still instantly killed by Syndra's ultimate!

"JDG.Knight has killed EDG.Xiaoyue!"

Mid laner is dead!

"EDG's formation has been broken! JDG's advance is too fierce!" Miller shouted.

Just as JDG was preparing to expand their gains and gank Varus and Lee Sin,

A ghastly bandage shot out from the shadows on the flank!

14 minutes 45 seconds.

Su Mo's Amumu ignored Vi and Olaf rushing into the back row.

He landed his Q skill, Bandage Pull, with incredible precision on JDG's last line of defense – Ruler's Xayah!

"Amumu has entered the fray! He's got his eye on the AD carry!"

Amumu used his Q skill to dash forward and flew right into Xayah's face!

Ruler reacted extremely quickly, immediately activating his ultimate ability, Stormblade, the instant Amumu landed!
Xayah leaps high into the air, becoming untargetable, attempting to dodge Amumu's upcoming ultimate attack.

However, Su Mo's actions once again left everyone dumbfounded.

Amumu didn't use his ultimate ability the moment the sun rose.

He calmly activated W [Aura of Despair], and then... took a step back.

This seemingly casual step was an extremely skillful dodge that avoided the fatal control range of Xayah's ultimate skill's hook after landing!
14 minutes 48 seconds.

The sunset fell to the ground, and the hook pulled it back, but it only scraped against the air!

Just a fraction of a second before Ruler was about to use Flash to create distance!
Su Mo turned around and unleashed his ultimate move, [Curse of the Mummy], with a deafening roar!
The golden runes exploded!
Not only did it completely immobilize Xayah who had just landed, it also trapped Syndra, who was trying to protect her, within the ultimate's range!
"It's locked! Amumu's ultimate has locked down JDG's two carries!!!" Zz1tai pounded the table frantically on the commentary stage. "His trickery in baiting out skills is too deep! He didn't use his ultimate, but tricked Xayah into using it!" The two carries, now immobilized, saw their health plummet under the burning damage from Sunfire Cape and Amumu's percentage-based damage.

Ah Chen's Lee Sin seized the opportunity, ward-hopped over the wall, and delivered an extremely beautiful Dragon Tail kick, sending Syndra directly into the EDG crowd!

Lenata followed up with crowd control, and Varus awoke from his invulnerability state, unleashing a barrage of attacks!

Syndra was instantly killed!
Although Xayah used Flash, she eventually fell in the river under Amumu's relentless pursuit and Lee Sin's second Q.

"EDG.Leave has killed JDG.Knight!"

"EDG.Mo has killed JDG.Ruler!"

On the other side, Olaf and Vi, who rushed into EDG's backline, managed to kill Orianna, but after losing the damage support of their two carries, they were ultimately powerless to turn the tide against the siege of Amumu and Lee Sin, who had extremely high armor, and both died one after another.

Only Missing, with his extremely agile movement, managed to escape with a sliver of health.

15 minutes and 00 seconds.

"One for four!!! EDG managed to turn the tide of the team fight despite losing one member to a strong engage in the backline, thanks to Mozi's perfect Amumu entry!!" Wawa was so excited that his voice became hoarse.

This victory in the team fight was a truly breathtaking moment.

The director's switch panel.

Su Mo's Amumu withstood a full 21,000 points of damage from the combined fire and AOE damage of the enemy's five players!

At the end of the team fight, his health was still at one-third of its normal level!

"One for four! And they've secured this crucial batch of Void Brews!" Miller exclaimed excitedly. "EDG has struck gold this time! Now they've not only overtaken the gold lead by 2,000, but they've also acquired the six-Brew buff, which will give them a significant boost in tower pushing speed!"

Su Mo's Amumu stood on the wrecked riverbed, his feet resting on the corpses of JDG's two carries, and calmly cooperated with Lee Sin to take down the last three Voidlings.

"Push it in." He said succinctly.

Amumu, radiating intense heat from the sun, led the remaining three members of EDG straight towards JDG's mid-lane tower.

The Six-Nest Buff summons countless tiny Void Worms that frantically devour the tower every time Amumu auto-attacks it. In just over ten seconds, JDG's mid-lane tower, which was originally at full health, collapsed.

15 minutes 50 seconds.

Su Mo returned to the city and opened the shop.

He bought his third crucial defensive item – [Force of Nature].

At this moment, his equipment inventory contained Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Armor Boots, and Force of Nature.

This extremely extreme and highly targeted dual-resistance build not only left physical damage dealers like Olaf and Xayah in despair, but also suffocated JDG's only magic burst core—Knight's Syndra.

"This Amumu... I could probably hit him with a full combo and not even scratch a sliver of his health." Knight said bitterly in the voice chat, looking at his Syndra's meager item stats.

16 minutes 20 seconds.

"Avoid fights and focus on farming." Coach Homme gave a firm order backstage: "Olaf, go bot lane and push, try to create some pressure. The rest of you, defend the high ground and don't engage Amumu head-on."

JDG knew that it would be unwise to confront a fully formed six-hyena Amumu head-on at this point, so they chose to completely tighten their defenses.

369's Olaf carefully pushed the lane near the bottom lane's second turret. As soon as he saw the little green mummy appear in his vision, he would immediately activate Ghost and run away.

Su Mo, however, did not rush to force the issue.

He was acutely aware of Amumu's limitations: while extremely tanky and possessing strong crowd control, he lacked single-target burst damage and agile chasing ability. If JDG was determined to avoid fights, it would be difficult for him to force a tower dive and secure a solo kill like he could with Fiora or Riven.

"Big Tree, clear out their lower jungle vision," Su Mo commanded. "Control the lane in the middle, put pressure on their minion wave, and we'll take the dragon."

17 minutes 00 seconds.

The third small earth dragon has spawned.

Because JDG deliberately gave up the vision control in the lower half of the map, EDG secured the dragon without much effort.

At this point, the ratio of dragon counts between the two sides was 2:1, with JDG having two dragons and EDG having one.

The economic gap has stabilized at 2,500 yuan.

The competition entered a relatively calm development period.

However, just when everyone thought EDG would take advantage of this period of advantage to continue to expand their economy, JDG's terrifying ability to seize opportunities once again proved its worth.

18 minutes 10 seconds.

Su Mo's Amumu pushed the minion wave to JDG's second tower in the top lane, preparing to recall to upgrade his equipment.

Meanwhile, EDG's bot lane duo, Varus and Lena, in an attempt to greedily push the cannon minion wave, slightly crossed the river's center line and advanced to the vicinity of JDG's bot lane tower ruins.

"Their bot lane is positioned too far!" Missing's Luo keenly spotted this extremely subtle opening. "Can the jungler come over?"

Kanavi's Vi had just finished clearing his own Krugs and was near the bottom lane!
"I've arrived, watch my ultimate move!"

18 minutes 20 seconds.

Kanavi's Vi activated her scan and emerged from an extremely tricky blind spot in the bottom lane river.

Q skill [Powerful Punch] - Instantly charges up!
"JDG is about to make a move! EDG's bot lane duo is in danger!" Wawa shouted.

Vi flashed over the wall and unleashed her ultimate, Skybreaker, to lock onto Varus!

Just as Vi locked onto the target with her ultimate, Missing's Rakan also activated his ultimate, "Fleeting Glimpse," transforming into a golden streak of light as he burst out from the shadows on the flank, precisely charming Lena, who was trying to use her weakened ability!

"They're initiating again by overtaking the front line! JDG's pick-off strategy is just too unreasonable!" Miller exclaimed.

At this point, Varus had Flash and Heal, but under Vi's uninterruptible knock-up and Rakan's chain control, he couldn't use any skills at all.

Knight's Syndra quickly arrived at the battlefield from the mid lane, and with an extremely smooth QE combo plus [Power Surge], instantly evaporated Varus's health bar!
"JDG.Knight has killed EDG.Leave!"

Without AD carry, Lena was isolated and helpless. Although she used her ultimate [Honest Acquisition] to try to buy time, she was easily killed by Ruler's Xayah from a safe distance.

"JDG.Ruler has killed EDG.Vamp!"

"My God! Another 0-for-2!!" Zz1tai slammed his fist on the commentary table. "JDG's ability to find opportunities is terrifying! They're like venomous snakes; if you show even the slightest weakness, you'll be instantly bitten to death!"

18 minutes 40 seconds.

After eliminating EDG's bot lane duo, JDG did not stop there.

They knew that Amumu was in the top lane and Lee Sin was fighting for Rift Herald. Since EDG had taken the third batch of Broodmothers, the Rift Herald had been replaced by the Dragon. With the timeline slightly adjusted, Lee Sin was defending in the mid lane. They had a local numerical advantage!

"Push the second mid-lane tower!" Knight decisively ordered.

JDG's four players—Vi, Syndra, Xayah, and Rakan—were aggressively pushing towards EDG's second mid-lane tower with the minion wave in hand.

Ah Chen's Lee Sin and Xiao Yue's Orianna could only tremble under the tower.

"We couldn't hold on, we had to give up." Mingkai rubbed his temples in pain backstage. The positioning mistake in the bottom lane had come at a terrible price.

"boom!"

EDG's second mid-lane tower collapsed.

19 minutes 10 seconds.

After a series of successful plays, JDG not only secured two kills and the gold from a second tower, but also miraculously leveled the overall gold deficit again! They even took a 500 gold lead!

"Incredible! Absolutely incredible!" Wawa exclaimed in amazement. "This is JDG's resilience! Facing an incredibly fed Amumu, they managed to create an even game through perfectly executed tactics of avoiding fights and seizing opportunities!" (End of Chapter)