League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 222 I avoid his edge?
LCK's operational system is based on discipline and teamwork as its core strengths, and this tactical style that emphasizes precise collaboration has indeed demonstrated strong dominance in the region.

However, on the other hand, an overemphasis on stability and avoidance of pointless clashes often becomes a shackle that limits a team's ability to break through its limits.

When facing opponents with significant skill gaps within their region, this tactical system, which emphasizes "zero-mistake operation," can overwhelm them with its discipline. The most typical examples are EDG in S6 and SKT in S9.

However, on the stage of the World Championship, every team is a top powerhouse that has fought its way out of various regions. At this time, a strategy that simply seeks to play it safe is not only unlikely to create an advantage, but may also allow the opponent to seize the opportunity to break through the defense.

Especially given that NXG's individual skill level isn't significantly superior, playing it safe will only allow them to be repeatedly exploited by G2, just like SKT in S9.

Therefore, Jiang Ming, who is well-versed in this, deliberately retained the competitive genes that the LPL region excels at when implanting the LCK-style operational framework into the NXG players.

It's just four against five.

Your Sona is out of her ultimate, and Rumble and Fizz are practically useless. I need to avoid his attacks.
Faced with NXG's assembled forces, the five FNC players visibly panicked briefly.

Huang Xing felt a wave of confusion wash over him.

Dude, this is the World Championship, four against five, are you serious?
There's something Jiang Ming himself might have subconsciously overlooked: to him, the five members of NXG, with their mediocre talent, have reached their current position through hard work, sweat, massive training, and his world-leading tactical experience. But in the eyes of teams from other regions, NXG is like the legendary big boss who fights monsters and guards the final stage.

The general perception is that defeating NXG is almost equivalent to winning the S3 championship.

"I'll sell first!" Shi Zhenyu, sword in hand, moved around the left and right of the group, his eyes fixed on the enemy formation.

With the Sword Demon's passive ability active, he can easily go forward and sacrifice his first life.

If the opposing team chooses to focus fire on him, Song Yuan's Kennen will have a chance to enter the fray and unleash a perfect ultimate.

"Look at me! Look at me!" he shouted in a short, sharp voice.

The opportunity was fleeting. Shi Zhenyu didn't give his teammates more time to react in the voice chat. The moment he saw the Spider-plane and couldn't help but attack the dragon, causing his positioning to become disjointed, the crimson light of [Dark Leap] had already swept him into the crowd.

Trust needs no further explanation; he believed in the tacit understanding between himself and his brothers.

Miller's commentary came through the live stream: "We see both sides starting to pull back and forth on either side of the dragon."

"FNC knows they can't wait any longer. The time between early deaths is very short, and Zyra is already on her way."

"Oh my, Aatrox went straight in. Stone chose to sacrifice his passive. The Corki positioned himself very well. Aatrox's Q skill only knocked up one Spider."

"However, on the other side, Rumble's ultimate was poorly executed, and FNC focused their fire on Aatrox, triggering his passive [Resurrection] immediately. Kennen! Where is Kennen?"

The small pit was in complete chaos, and even the commentator, who was on high alert, failed to spot Song Yuan's location immediately.

"Balance exists in all things!"

On the players' bench, Song Yuan stared at the Sword Demon, who was crawling on the spot, preparing for his resurrection.

not the right time yet.

It's not the right time to enter the market yet.

He needs to wait—wait for the moment when FNC's attention is diverted.

Until the Darkin Blade's wings unfurled again above the river, the resurrected Aatrox, low on health, let out a defiant roar.

This immediately "mockered" all the heroes on the blue team.

The facts show that even professional players will experience a brief moment of distraction when faced with a low-health enemy in front of them.

Song Yuan's eyes lit up – now's the time!

[Ultimate Skill - Thunder Armor]

flash!

As the Ionian ninja was enveloped in white lightning, golden light ripped through the air of Summoner's Rift.

"Yeah!"

A huge net of lightning almost completely filled the entire river channel.

[Secret Technique - Thunderous Prison Attack!]

All five FNC players were surrounded.

As the rolling thunder struck, the health bars of the heroes in the lower half of the map vanished like an avalanche.

French shoes, small mask!

The resources that the policewoman had given up earlier were now being given back to the team.

"Wow ah ah!"

"Tianlei!"

"Tianlei!"

"A thunderbolt struck from the heavens, and everyone on FNC was severely damaged by Kennen's ultimate."

The five heroes trapped in the lightning net are being crushed by the electric current!

In her excitement, Bella's chest flap rippled with an astonishing arc, but for a second no one in the audience paid attention to the beautiful scene before them; their attention was completely drawn to the game screen.

Ueno initiated the fight with his bare hands, but he couldn't possibly survive. He traded his life for most of the five members of the blue team.

Yihan's composed personality was fully demonstrated in that moment.

Instead of blindly using his ultimate to chase down the low-health enemy, he first used Charm to control the incoming Fizz, and then, with the help of the policewoman's trap, killed him before pressing the first stage of [Spirit Strike].

NXG yihan kills FNC xPeke!

NXG sorry, FNC YellowStar was killed.

FNC's mid and support died instantly. Facing the fleeing opponent with low health, yihan and Xujing turned their backs in perfect coordination. Ahri used Flash R to chase Rumble over the wall, while Caitlyn, along with Zyra who had respawned, stopped Elise in their own jungle.

NXG yihan has killed FNC sOAZ!

NXG sorry, FNC puszu was killed!

The kill announcement sounded again, and only one player from the blue team, the plane, escaped.

Two for four!
With the addition of Zyra who has been resurrected, NXG's two carries can secure another dragon for the team.

NXG fans in the TGA livestream went wild when they saw this.

【Handsome, handsome! 】

[I knocked, and four or five people came.]

[Two for four, plus a small dragon, that's a killing deal!]

[Kid, have you learned anything? Look at how FNC's planes survived to the end.]

[You forgot to add a dog emoji to the post.]

[FNC: It turns out it wasn't that LPL teams were too bad, but that NXG's strength was just too abnormal.]

Xiaolong won, bringing the economic gap between the two sides to a massive 5,000.

Even in the mid lane, where the biggest gap was, while the Slark with a Sheen and a Blasting Wand was still working hard for Lich Bane, Ahri already had Deathfire Touch and Sorcerer's Shoes in place long ago.

Sixteen minutes into the game, both sides began to switch lanes and operate.

The Aatrox Ahri made a gank and killed Rumble, who was hiding under the tower.

Meanwhile, FNC targeted Xu Jing's bot lane.

Facing an attack from four people, Zyra used her ultimate and E to severely damage the enemy, but Sona managed to block the final, fatal headshot with her "Let the Bullets Fly" skill with Flash.

Facing the damage from the spider and the little fish, Zyra, transformed into a flower bud, unleashed her passive under the tower, taking down Sona as well.

Xu Jing executed a masterful maneuver, severely damaging the enemy plane while simultaneously clearing the minion wave, preventing FNC from further recovering their economic advantage.

Both sides traded two for two, but NXG gained an extra top lane turret.

Nineteen minutes in, the third dragon spawned, and at the same time, Baron Nashor descended upon Summoner's Rift, entering its countdown. ...

"Wake up! Don't get caught up in their rhythm!"

Coach Deilor's face contorted in shock as he watched the screen. His own jungler was still struggling to secure the low-health turret in the bottom lane, while the NXG players had already recalled to base and completed a new round of equipment upgrades. Alarm bells rang in his mind.

Before the match, he had done his best to design strategies for his players to avoid NXG's lane-switching and operational rhythm, even at the cost of using Rumble as a sacrifice.

Why did the Fizz in the mid lane collapse in lane?
A Fizz with 125 CS at 20 minutes is facing an Ahri with 197 CS. The difference in CS alone is almost 2,000 gold. If Aatrox doesn't play any fair game, he might just rush a Legion Commander—well, he already has.

With the entire team having a magic resistance aura, given the current damage output of Rumble and Fizz, Deilor really doesn't know how to take down NXG's Caitlyn and Ahri.

"We noticed that NXG's sorry player Caitlyn's item build is different from other teams' bot laners in the World Championship. He first builds Vladimir's Scepter in the laning phase to ensure sustain, then rushes Infinity Edge and Berserker's Greaves, and then goes for Zeal and Statikk Shiv."

"This build has slightly weaker early-game sustain and self-protection, but the high damage of Infinity Edge can bring Caitlyn's power spike forward, which is a major reason why NXG dared to fight 4v5 in the last dragon fight."

Facing NXG's group gathering at the dragon pit, FNC, whose Sona skills were still on cooldown, did not want to go to the dark river to contest the dragon. Instead, they called Rumble and prepared to trade the mid tower for gold.

The FNC coaching staff benefited from the experience gained from online instructional videos by JM regarding the concept of resource exchange.

"Attack first!"

NXG certainly wouldn't hand over the central tower so easily.

Song Yuankai used his E skill to force FNC's top, mid, and support to the F4 pit. Just then, FNC missed a ward in the river, and Zyra, who came from the dragon pit, used her E and R skills over the wall to successfully control three people.

"Nice!"

xPeke was the first to lose its fighting ability.

Fox's Deathfire Grasp followed by a full combo of skills brought the full-health Fizz to a sliver of health. If Zyra's E and R combos hadn't overlapped somewhat, he probably wouldn't have been able to use his Pole Vault before dying on the spot.

Little Fish managed to create some distance, but poor Sister-in-law was left to hold the rear.

Rumble threw his ultimate ability at his feet, and the narrow terrain provided him with a good environment to deal damage.

"What about people?"

"What, guys? Where did you all go?!"

A devastating ultimate move that could save the team from disaster is ultimately just a fantasy. After using her ultimate move, the sister-in-law discovered that she and her teammates were completely separated.

Despite triggering the Sword Demon's passive with [Constant Temperature Burning] and [Incendiary Feast], no one could deal the final bit of damage.

Puszu went forward and tried to finish off the enemy with a rocket, but what awaited him was a scream accompanied by a crackling sound of electricity!

"NXG took down Rumble first, and Fizz lost his fighting ability at the same time - Kennen! Kennen re-entered the fray, and the duo and jungler's health were all reduced. Wow, FNC has collapsed again this time."

Song Yuan was very meticulous. After his ultimate skill ended, he used the QW passive skill to stack two layers, and immediately applied the second stun after the plane recovered from the initial stun.

From behind, the policewoman finished the job with a headshot, instantly reducing the plane's health to zero.

NXG norsha killed FNC puszu!

The top laner, resistant to pressure, secured the first kill of the game.

Although I died again because I didn't use my invincibility to penetrate deep into the crowd, as long as I dealt enough damage, that's fine.

"The low-health Fizz turned around and killed Kennen, finally getting his first kill. However, he still died at Ahri's hands after his E skill ended."

"FNC still has Sona and Elise left... Oops, the minion vision has spotted Sona, can Caitlyn take her out with one sniper shot?"

boom!
The bullet pierced her chest, and the Fairy of Qinse perished, lying between her own high ground and the second tower.

Inside the stadium, cheers erupted again from the stands as countless North American fans joined the NXG team's support group.

Yeah, they're beating up the EU right now, so it's no problem for us to lend a hand.

[FNC, what's wrong with you guys? You keep losing in team fights!]

[I don't understand why the person on the fifth floor would want a giant salamander. Is it because they're interested in its ability to save their life?]

[This Kennen from Lao Song will probably be banned a lot later on. My goodness, he was in a defensive state in the early game, and his equipment and last hits were just as good. He could hit three or more enemies with his ultimate in every team fight.]

[I don't know what you guys are focusing on, but one of my handsome guys from NXG has unknowingly achieved a spectacular record of 5 bars, 0 bars, and 3 points.]

[Hilarious! Before the match, FNC seemed to be targeting Yihan as a weak point, but once the game started, it turned out that Xia Mi's Ahri was almost godlike?]

[What do you mean? What do you mean? Just because you're talking about foxes, does that mean I, a policewoman with four bars and one rank, have no prestige?]

The best thing about watching NXG play is that all five players contribute; there's no question of one player being passive or the other carrying the team. To beat NXG, you have to defeat all five of them.

After winning this team fight and taking the dragon, NXG's economic lead has exceeded 10,000.

Both Kennen and Rumble died in two team fights, but each time they had assists and provided economic support to their teams, Kennen and Rumble gained a significant lead, with Kennen having a major item advantage.

In the first game, FNC went far away.

Looking at the exaggerated economic contrast in the game's scoreboard, countless viewers had this thought in their minds.

At 24 minutes, NXG began to establish vision control in the Baron pit area.

FNC managed to hold onto a small area by sticking together with their five players!

"Here it comes, NXG's classic lane management."

"Kennian and Ahri cleared the minion wave on the side lane and moved towards the Baron area. The blue team was constantly being pulled away, and the loss of minions only made the gap in development bigger and bigger."

"There's nothing we can do. The purple team has a huge advantage right now and can take Baron Nashor all the time, but FNC has to be constantly on guard against NXG's plans. With Infinity Edge, Zeal, and Bloodthirster not far off, Caitlyn can take down Baron Nashor very quickly."

"Yihan didn't choose to build Rabadon's Deathcap as his second item. Facing FNC's 3 AP top, mid, and jungle, he bought Abyssal Scepter first. That's a good move."

Twenty-six minutes into the game, after Kennen retrieved his golden body, NXG began to gradually increase their offensive intensity.

First, go to the blue side's blue zone vision, then use kiting to take down the top second tower, and then turn around and pull back to the dragon zone.

By waiting patiently, Yihan used a precise charm attack to control the spider that was walking on the side.

Seeing this, the five NXG brothers swarmed forward and instantly killed the spider that had transformed into a semi-tank.

"The jungler is dead!"

"Big Dragon, it can be Big Dragon."

Despite the Spider's death, Shi Zhenyu didn't overestimate his abilities. Instead, he relied on the additional damage from the third W skill and Smite to secure the Baron Nashor. He didn't care about the possibility of a plane stealing the Baron with a heavy missile or a powerful cannon shot, which could have created suspense in the game.

Two minutes later, FNC's mid lane was breached.

Just as NXG gave up on a push and prepared to go back and buy a Guardian Angel to increase their margin for error, FNC couldn't resist rushing out of their high ground.

They were delusional enough to want to fight NXG to the death.

call out!
A cluster of pink hearts suddenly turned around and struck the plane charging ahead.

"The plane was destroyed in seconds!"

Just like the game IG lost to SKT in the group stage, after the plane died and crashed, FNC's remaining heroes posed no threat.

"Look! Look!"

Just as the pink heart was planted on the plane, Kid suddenly stood up inside the IG club as if he had gone crazy.

Pointing to the screen with his right hand, he said, "Speak up for me! Speak up for me! I really didn't want to get hit by Ahri's E in the team fight, I just couldn't dodge it."

IG members: ...

And with the notification sound of the fox's godlike streak, the female police officer silently attacked the tower and took away the last bit of health from FNC's main crystal.

The first game of the quarterfinals between NXG and FNC.

LPL leads 1-0.

(End of this chapter)