LOL: What is a concept player?

Chapter 383 Crossing the River on a Reed and Riding the Wind.

Seeing the lineups of both sides sparked heated discussions across all regions, especially among the Koreans, who began cheering for SKT.

In the LCK commentary booth, several Korean commentators cheered and said, "Great! It feels like SKT has it in the bag this game. We can totally trust Faker!"

"That's right, we have to give Clid these engage champions. And overall, the opponent's lineup is not as good as our SKT's. As long as SKT performs well, we will definitely be able to win this game!"

Their continuous praise excited many SKT fans on Korean online forums, and amidst this discussion, Summoner's Rift immediately unfolded before everyone's eyes, making the atmosphere even more heated.

At this very moment, in the LPL commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan and the others are quickly analyzing the lineups.

"It's really hard to say this game. I think the key to victory lies in the rhythm of the mid and jungle players on both sides. Whichever side has a better mid and jungle rhythm will be able to quickly open up the game. SKT's idea is to rely on the mid, bot, and jungle in the early and mid-game, and then take over the game once the Captain comes out in the late game."

“Zeyuan is right. As things stand, if Khan’s Gangplank gets fed, none of us on IG can take down a single barrel from him.” Miller nodded, with a hint of worry, and said, “So I think IG needs to consider whether to limit Gangplank’s development.”

"Yes, but I don't think we need to worry too much. You know, this is TheShy's vampire. I feel like we can completely trust him."

After Wang Duoduo finished speaking, Han Xiaozi and Ke Za in the live broadcast room immediately became aggressive, as if they had stood up again after the BP was determined.

[Could some of these LPL commentators, who are known for their incompetence, possibly be a little more neutral and objective?]

[I'm seriously fed up. I don't know how IG can win with this lineup? Does anyone really think a useless champion like Vladimir can carry?]

[Ran Chu is still playing Camille? Camille jungle is so outdated, isn't Ran Chu out of touch with the meta?]

[This is hilarious! Someone's still bragging about playing Camille. How long has it been since he played Camille? Does he even know how to play her anymore?]

The live stream chat was buzzing with discussion, and amidst this atmosphere, Summoner's Rift had already finished loading.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

As soon as the match began, signals from all sides started appearing in Summoner's Rift, but neither side made many moves. SKT definitely didn't want to engage in a level 1 team fight.

What they need to do now is play it safe, and Clid also has other ideas for this game: "I want to try ganking bot at level 2 this game and see if there's an opportunity."

“I think it’s a good idea.” Mata nodded in agreement. “I’ll go up and sell a batch later, and you can come directly. I feel there’s potential.”

Faker agreed with their decision. Their lineup was designed to create an advantage around Lucian in the early game. With that in mind, he placed a ward at IG's F6 camp, which revealed Chu Ran's Camille.

Regarding the jungle route selection, Chu Ran definitely plans to start with F6, which will ensure that he can clear the top half of the jungle and then return to base to buy equipment. After clearing the bottom half of the jungle, he can then target SKT's bottom lane and also attack the mid lane.

This jungle clearing path essentially means abandoning the top lane, since there's really nothing to gank there. In the early game, Camille's crowd control duration isn't long enough, Vladimir can't provide additional crowd control, and his damage isn't high either. Not to mention, Gangplank has Orange to remove crowd control effects, so ganking the top lane is a waste of time.

Chu Ran put himself in Clid's shoes and thought about how he would start the game if he were Clid. With that in mind, Chu Ran immediately signaled to Rooike and Jackeylove.

"Be careful, the enemy prince might gank mid or bot at level two."

Upon hearing Chu Ran's words, Rooike and the others cautiously agreed, especially Rooike, who immediately positioned himself in the upper part of the river. He couldn't let Clid's situation prevent him from securing the lane.

Jayce has a huge advantage against Galio; as long as he controls the distance well, he can completely overwhelm Galio.

If you play too conservatively and don't get to level 2 first, you're wasting your early advantage. After helping Chu Ran throw a small shockwave at F6, he immediately started laning against Faker.

Meanwhile, Jackeylove and Meiko were also caught in a dilemma. Obviously, he didn't need to help Churan clear the jungle, so the two of them could come to the lane immediately, but Teddy and Mata were helping Clid open the red buff.

Going online first means that the two of them can push the lane first, and then they will definitely be able to reach level 2 in the second wave of the lane, and gain an advantage. However, Chu Ran's reminder made them more cautious.

Meiko also decisively placed a ward in the triangular bush.

But just as he placed the ward, Mata and Teddy walked over, instantly revealing the presence of vision to Clid.

After taking down the red buff, Clid immediately used his EQ combo to dive into the dragon pit, which immediately widened the eyes of Miller and the others.

"Hey hey hey, what is Clid doing? It looks like he's going to gank bot lane at level two! IG's bot lane is slowly pushing forward. Oh no, it looks like SKT has a chance!"

Seeing this, LPL viewers were extremely tense, and many Koreans were no exception. If they could successfully gank the bottom lane at level two, SKT would have a huge advantage.

Lucian is strong in the early game, so IG's bot lane might not be able to compete at all.

"Clid! It's time for you to contribute to the team!" Several Korean commentators on the LCK commentary booth roared wildly.

At this moment, Mata controlled his Nami to push forward, seemingly giving Meiko's Nautilus a great opportunity to wear him down. However, this made Meiko very uneasy, and he quickly signaled Jackeylove to retreat.

As the two of them walked back, they saw the prince's figure at the bottom lane river mouth. Jackeylove's Xayah was too far away to reach him, so Meiko was the one behind her.

In a flash, Meiko reacted swiftly and used her Q ability against the wall. The massive anchor slammed into the wall, propelling the Titan forward.

But at this crucial moment, Clid's face turned fierce, and he pressed EQ flash without hesitation.

The Demacian flag came into view, and his prince suddenly traversed a distance, his body flashing with golden light, directly knocking away the Titan flying in mid-air.

"Holy crap!!" Meiko exclaimed in shock!

Countless viewers were stunned by this sudden turn of events.

"My God! Clid's Jarvan IV's EQ flash interrupted Meiko's Nautilus hook! Oh no, Meiko is in grave danger!" Wang Duoduo shouted. "Meiko has used Flash over here!"

"But wait... Mata Nami's Flash Bubble!"

On screen, after being heavily attacked by Lucian, Titan decisively used Flash. But as soon as he landed, Mata's Nami followed with Flash, and a transparent bubble appeared in Nami's hand.

"You really think I'm no good?! Die!"

Bubble anticipated Meiko's Blink landing point and launched Titan into the air again. Jackeylove quickly used his healing ability, but it seemed that the outcome couldn't change anything.

Amidst everyone's attention, Lucian unleashed a single basic attack, wiping out the last of Titan's health, and a thrilling game announcement quietly resounded!
"SKT-Teddy has killed IG-Meiko!"

"Fitst blood!"

When the first blood was drawn, SKT fans at the scene and in the live broadcast room were ecstatic, shouting at the top of their lungs, and the scene became extremely chaotic!
"Nice! Clid!"

"This is SKT! After the crushing defeat in the last game, SKT made huge adjustments, and Clid adjusted his form incredibly quickly. His level 2 gank bot lane successfully opened up the game for the team." "Clid proved to himself that he's not just good at playing Lee Sin!"

Several LCK commentators raised their arms and cheered, as if it were Chinese New Year. The live stream chat was the same, with both Han fans and science fans wishing they could take out firecrackers and start celebrating right now.

[Shut up! Chicken Giblets and Filial Son Ran, don't you have mouths?]

[Do you even know what a level 2 gank is? That piece of trash is still farming. He can't do anything but farm, can he?]

[You really think Clid's joking? That EQ move was incredibly cool.]

[Mata truly deserves his title as the champion FMVP support; his prediction of Nami's Flash-Bubble attack was absolutely hilarious.]

After SKT secured the first blood, a flood of praise immediately arose. Many people felt that from this moment on, SKT, the three-time world champions, would launch a counterattack, coming back from 1-0 down to win 3-1.

"Sigh, Mata's Flash Bubble, there's nothing we can do." Guan Zeyuan sighed. "Actually, we saw that IG's bot lane was already very careful, but they were still too greedy. If they hadn't touched the lane, it would have been fine."

“Yes.” Miller nodded. “IG’s bot lane duo went to lane first because they didn’t need to help with jungle clearing. If they hadn’t been aiming for level 2 first and had waited for the enemy bot lane duo to appear before pushing the minion wave, I believe Clid wouldn’t have had a chance.”

"You could say they were just greedy, but for IG's bot lane duo, they definitely wanted to be greedy," Wang Duoduo analyzed. "The Lucian and Ana combination is very strong. If they could get level 2 first, they might be able to suppress SKT's bot lane duo in the early game. They just didn't expect the opponent to be in such a hot streak."

At that moment, in the IG team's voice chat, Meiko said with a hint of melancholy, "Mine."

"It's okay, it's just a first blood, it's fine if you give it away," Rooike comforted her.

Since things have already come to this, what else can we do? We just need to stabilize the situation from here on out. With this lineup, there's no expectation that the bottom lane will have an advantage.

Seeing the situation in the bottom lane, Chu Ran finished clearing the red buff and immediately used his EE hook twice to lock down the Baron pit, suddenly entering Clid's jungle. "Song Yijin, help me see if I can defend the jungle."

“Yes, I know.” Rooike nodded.

At this point, Faker was under a lot of pressure. He couldn't even touch Jayce with Galio in the early game. If he dared to go up and last hit, Jayce would catch him and auto-attack him. The magic shield was completely ineffective against Jayce.

Especially when Jayce reached level 2, Faker had no choice but to retreat immediately.

As expected, Rooike's Najess launched a shockwave, using the speed boost from the acceleration gate and his ultimate to switch and gain movement speed. He immediately used Skyward Leap to knock up Faker before Faker reached level 2, followed by auto-attacks. When Galio was about to enter the tower, he used Thunder Clap to knock him away.

"My god, Rooike is playing very aggressively in the mid lane and has a huge advantage. He forced Faker to use his health potion at the start of the game. It seems like Rooike is trying to help Chu Shen protect his own jungle. It looks like they have a chance."

Miller exclaimed, "Clid only dared to use Smite to take the Blue Buff, but he didn't dare to continue taking the Gromp and the Wolves. Meiko has also respawned and come over. If he dares to go any further, he might repeat the same mistake as last game. What's more, he doesn't know where Chu Shen is right now!"

Just as Miller said, Clid was a little flustered. He didn't know whether Chu Ran had invaded his blue jungle or returned to base and headed towards his jungle.

He actually thought it was more likely the former, but he didn't dare to gamble. He had no Flash left, and if Chu Ran really came back, he would definitely die if he caught him. If he gave the double buff to Jayce, then Faker would be even more out of luck.

So, after being alerted by Faker's signal, Clid ultimately chose to retreat.

He can't afford to gamble!

In particular, the upper part gradually cracked because of his invasion.

“Clid has retreated!” Guan Zeyuan’s lips curled up. “In that case, IG isn’t really at a huge loss. Chu Shen’s side will gain two sets of jungle monsters. Clid doesn’t have a god’s-eye view, so he doesn’t know where Chu Shen is right now. He’s a little afraid that Chu Shen has actually come back.”

“That’s right, that’s because Clid fell in the jungle in the last game, like a frightened bird.” Wang Duoduo nodded. “In that case, the first blood isn’t so bad. The mid lane has a CS advantage, and the top lane is at par. As long as IG’s bot lane duo continues to hold steady, it’ll be fine.”

Seeing this scene, many SKT fans, including Korean fans, were heartbroken. They had given away two jungle monsters to Chu Ran for nothing, failing to further expand their advantage.

"It's okay, it's okay. I think it's fine to play it safe. We have an advantage in the bottom lane, and we can take the dragon using that advantage. Our rhythm in this game is excellent!"

The Korean commentators started trying to reassure themselves, and many viewers on Korean websites felt the same way. However, after seeing the laning situation in the mid lane, they suddenly became a little nervous.

It's unbelievable that Faker could be out-farmed.

After just a few waves of minions, Faker had already fallen behind by almost 10 CS, meaning he had barely farmed any minions. Especially after seeing Jayce's actions, Faker hesitated.

"This trend."

Faker's vast experience tells him that Jayce seems to be preparing to farm minions under the tower, and is likely to dive him. If that's the case, then Chu Ran's Camille is very likely in their blue jungle.

Faker glanced at his health bar and realized he was in a very dangerous situation; if he got caught out, he was doomed.

Calling Clid now would be too late, as he was attacking the Krugs. So Faker quickly pressed B under the tower, preparing to recall and then TP back. But Rooike naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch Faker recall.

It's too late to say, then soon!
A blue particle ball rushed towards Galio beneath the tower.

Faker's pupils suddenly contracted.

Move!

He immediately began to move downwards, but was still hit by the shockwave, and his health dropped again, causing many spectators around him to gasp in surprise.

"My God! Faker's health bar is in a very dangerous state! He needs to teleport back to base. Faker is walking back to recall, but... our Chu Shen is right next to him!"

As Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, Faker arrived at the position behind the first tower and recalled near the F6 tri-bush. Just as he switched the camera to the top and bottom lanes...

suddenly.

A long leg emerged from above him, flashing across the Summoner's Rift with incredible speed and golden light. Before anyone could react, a Galio corpse lay at the feet of the Camille.

In Summoner's Rift, the game announcement immediately assaulted the eardrums of countless people, leaving both online and offline viewers stunned!

"IG-Easy has killed SKT-Faker!"

Upon hearing this voice, the commentators and audience from all competition areas were immediately dumbfounded.

"My God! E-Flash-E followed by Q2W, Chu Shen's incredibly fast combo killed Galio!" Wang Duoduo exclaimed, holding his head in admiration, "Riding the wind across the river on a single reed!"

"God of Chu—!"

(End of this chapter)