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Chapter 336 Who Made You Die So Suddenly?
"Did he... just die suddenly?"

In the commentary booth, Ji Zhe stared blankly, blinking his wide eyes in disbelief.

Well known.

Gem's ultimate ability has a 2.5-second delay after it is cast. Allied heroes covered by the ultimate will then become invincible and immune to all damage for 2.5 seconds.

Within those 2.5 seconds, while Kalista was controlled by Shen's E-Flash, Rengar pounced in and instantly killed her.

Yes, when Gem's ultimate ability landed, Kalista was already a dead man, unable to move.

JK had no idea how it all happened. All he knew was that while he was being restrained, the poodle pounced on him, and then... nothing happened.

It's obvious he was completely outmatched.

The atmosphere in the voice chat suddenly turned tense, because the other teammates had all seen what happened through screen switching.

Ning, the first victim, breathed a sigh of relief. "A Rengar who gets a Duskblade in fifteen minutes is no joke."

If he were there, he'd probably die even faster than Kalista, because Kha'Zix isn't much squishier than an ADC, especially since he's an underfarmed Kha'Zix.

"I'm going to be gone too." Baolan's helpless voice rang out in the IG voice chat.

Although he gained an invincible buff, it still couldn't stop him from being stuck in a huge swarm of minions by three EDG players, unable to leave or escape.

Baolan tried to walk to the tower and quickly use Flash, but what awaited him was a rapid decrease in health. When EZ's crescent-shaped ultimate swept past, Baolan knew it was time to give up the struggle.

Lin Ruo, controlling the Lion Dog, delivered another piercing shot and took down the enemy.

EDG and Ling are killing it all!

The atmosphere at the Shanghai Arena reached a climax, but it was an excitement unique to EDG fans. A small number of IG fans who came to the scene could only shake their heads, sigh, and feel helpless.

Just like the mindset of the IG players in the game right now.

"Ning, just focus on attacking me. Watch me poke and look for opportunities," Rookie, the only one with combat ability to help the team turn the tide, commanded with all his might.

He has to step forward.

Zoe's agility gives her an absolute possibility of stepping forward.

After clearing the river bushes and moving to the lane, Rookie saw Azir summoning sand soldiers in the backline to clear the wave. He then used Zoe's ultimate ability, Reverse, to get close, throw out a bubble, and auto-attack.

With no minions obstructing his vision, Scout, making a poor positioning mistake, got caught in a full-on attack.

Kha'Zix leaps out from stealth, initiating with Q followed by W and a basic attack to maximize damage.

Scout, with his health at rock bottom, summoned a sand wall to push Kha'Zix away, then drifted back into the turret with one hand, followed by a lightning-fast flash to retreat and dodge Gangplank's barrage of attacks.

Unfortunately, the coverage area was still too large, and with TheShy's release angle being excellent, Azir was inevitably affected and slowed down.

While the damage may not be fatal, the resulting slowdown is quite devastating.

Zoe stepped forward and used her Q to throw out a flying star. In the gap between the release, she used her R to close the distance and enter the tower, and then used Flash to close the distance again.

The flying star that came from afar struck the slow-moving Azir hard, helping Rookie secure the kill on Scout. IG finally managed to turn the tide of the game slightly.

With Ornn teleporting to the mid lane to defend the turret, EDG took down the next turret as usual, and stole the Gromp and Blue Buff in the jungle. Only then did Lin Ruo leisurely recall.

Kalista and Gem Knight's resurrection speed is much faster than Azir's, and Ornn, who has already used his teleport, needs to return to base to defend the lane. Letting go of the second water dragon is a very wise choice.

"Switch lanes and reduce vision in the upper half of the map," Lin Ruo briefly summarized the upcoming strategy.

With the 20-minute mark approaching and Baron Nashor about to spawn, compressing the vision in the top half of the map to apply pressure is the best way to counter IG, bar none.

Back in the jungle, Lin Ruo first gave Azir a blue buff, then cleared the Gromp and moved to the river to set up vision for the next round, especially inside the dragon pit.

It would be impolite for the dragon pit to darken again after 20 minutes.

"Did Lin Ruo pull out a resurrection armor the moment he returned to the city?" The commentator suddenly seemed a little panicked.

Just 21 minutes into the game, after clearing the jungle monsters and placing vision before recalling, the Rengar immediately pulled out a full hand of Guardian Angels.

I can't help but take another look at the luxurious equipment bar: a red warrior jungle knife paired with a Duskblade and a Guardian Angel, almost equivalent to three complete items.

Looking at Kha'Zix's equipment at this point, he only has a single blue Tracker's Dagger jungle item, along with Boots of Speed ​​and Serrated Dirk.

The difference in equipment between the two players was clearly beyond comprehension, as evidenced by the nearly 70-creep difference in CS between the junglers.

The director, with a penchant for striking at the heart, immediately followed up with his commentary, listing the current economic situation of each of the ten players on the public data panel below the game.

Without a doubt, the biggest gap is in the jungle position, where the economic deficit is a full 3500 gold, which is more than a thousand gold more than a major item.

As Rita seemed to have expected this and was surprised, Lin Ruo casually continued his invasion activities as if no one else was there. The two duos moved to the top lane to face off, and with Baolan's company, Ning finally dared to take a bite of the Stone Beetle.

Because EZ is quite flexible, Tianye chose to follow Lin Ruo, leaving iboy to solo push lanes online.

IG failed to take the first tower, and with their vision constantly being invaded, they struggled to push the lane, even reaching the ruins of the first tower.

Moreover, before pushing the lane, their first task is to cover the vision in the jungle.

If they can't even protect vision in their own jungle, it's hard to say what the situation will be like for Baron Nashor.

After clearing the vision of the red team, Lin Ruo patiently crouched in the bush next to the red monster, which is a fixed spot that most junglers choose to camp when invading.

This is also a position that most red teams will definitely be wary of. However, no matter how wary they are, they still have to check it if they don't want the vision of the Baron to remain so dark.

Because placing a ward from the bush next to the red monster behind the dragon pit is much safer than entering the river from the jungle entrance.

Baolan was thinking of going through here, but unfortunately he was not a support and could not use ranged skills to place bushes to test the waters. He could only move forward slightly to place a ward.

Just as the eye was about to fall, a poodle suddenly darted out of the grass and pounced, saving him from wasting his eye money.

A combo that required no explanation took down more than half of the Gem Knight's health. With his Ferocity maxed out, he threw out a chain to bind the enemy. Lin Ruo then controlled the Rengar to turn around and return to the bushes, triggering his passive again.

Taking advantage of the moment when he was in control, Shinno, who had rushed from the bushes, used his E skill to move forward and then followed up with a taunt skill.

The Gem Knight, attacked again, was instantly in critical condition. Baolan frantically used his ultimate skill to summon Starfall, but seeing that his health seemed unlikely to last that long, he quickly used up his stopwatch.

With its solidified golden form, the possibility of sudden death was finally avoided.

At the same time, the captain's circular barrage of bullets rained down on the surrounding area. "Back off, don't stay here and wait to be killed," Lin Ruo said rationally in the voice chat.

The captain has one more teleport than them, so this team fight shouldn't involve large-scale engagements.

If you can't sell it instantly, you have to leave; if you can't sell it instantly, you still have to leave.

He waited in place for the invulnerability to end, using the speed bumps that spread beneath his feet. At that time, Zoe and Kha'Zix, who were at the second tower, would arrive. It was unknown whether Shen would be in danger.

Lin Ruo only knew that his Rengar, whose damage was ridiculously high and whose fragility was also ridiculously low, would definitely be forced to use his Guardian Angel.

Moreover, Kalista has her ultimate ability, so it's not certain whether she can kill Gem.

Baolan, having removed the invincibility effect, flashed back to dodge the oncoming Azir's stab.

As EZ's crescent-shaped ultimate swept past, JK, who had come down from behind the second top tower, manipulated Kalista to timely use Soul Transfer to pull away the low-health Gem Knight.

The brief team fight came to an abrupt end, with EDG's jungler and support retreating with remarkable efficiency.

TheShy had just teleported down from the mid-lane tower when Lin Ruo had already returned to the dragon pit using the explosive cone, and comfortably retreated to his own jungle.

Only one EZ is still active in the Krugs area, which is beyond his ability to catch.

This creates another TP difference, but Ornn will have a leading TP difference.

"Let's attack Baron Nashor. Gem hasn't come over yet, and they have no vision in the Baron pit," Lin Ruo suddenly said, launching an attack on Baron Nashor before anyone could react.

The moment of escaping a disaster is when people are most likely to let their guard down. The low-health Taric needs to recall, and TheShy, who just teleported down, would never have imagined that Ornn was still in the bottom lane. How could EDG possibly choose to start Baron Nashor when they are retreating?

But the fact is... it's open.

"Are they that bold? Kha'Zix is ​​still in the red buff area, and Gangplank is in the mid lane. But Azir really pokes Baron Nashor fast!"

The commentators in the commentary booth could hardly believe it.

But judging from the actions of the IG members, all of this seems to be feasible.

Perhaps having been repeatedly targeted by the red monster, Ning learned his lesson this time. After driving away the EDG players, he waited patiently in the pit for the red monster to respawn in five seconds.

The jungler doesn't do any vision control, the support just recalls, and nobody on IG will do any vision control for Baron.

TheShy's ping broke the deadlock: "Baron, Baron, let's take a look."

The reason he realized EDG was taking Baron was simple: just as he was heading down, Ornn inexplicably walked towards the mid lane.

Logically, after the team fight ends, Ornn, who is halfway through, should turn back to push the bottom lane.

Why insist on coming to the mid lane? Unless something else happens in the mid lane.

TheShy immediately thought of what happened in the Dragon Pit.

Upon hearing this, the IG members were alarmed. After finishing off the red monster, Ning quickly went to the back of the dragon pit to place a ward, only to be met with Shen's E skill, which sent him flying over the wall and taunting him.

After the taunting ended, Ning used his E skill to jump over the wall, but Azir pushed him out.

With a couple of quick pokes, iboyEZ unleashed his full combo in the dragon pit, Q followed by W and an auto-attack, easily finishing off the underfarmed Kha'Zix.

Less than a moment after Kha'Zix fell, Baron Nashor's death roar echoed throughout the Rift, and EDG secured Baron Nashor with an extremely unconventional strategy.

Lin Ruo hurriedly activated his ultimate skill to enter stealth and accelerate out of the dragon pit. Ornn let out a low roar in the river area, and a straight line covered by magma goats suddenly appeared at the river mouth, slowing down the two IG top and support players who were moving forward.

After using his forward-breathing skill to become immune to Zoe's bubble behind the wall, GimGoon, playing Ornn, suddenly lunged forward, directly colliding with the Gem Knight who had just returned to base and hadn't yet used Flash.

TheShy flashed down to avoid the fatal knock-up.

EDG has already taken down Baron Nashor, and with Kha'Zix dead, all they can do now is retreat quickly. But with nowhere to run, Baolan is clearly struggling to keep going, and he has used up all his survival skills in the red monster area.

He was knocked away and could not move an inch.

The lion dog, accompanied by a hunting cry, pounced out from the shadows, dashing forward in a straight line, unleashing its full ferocity and followed by a second Q, instantly killing the Gem Knight.

Amidst the near-outrageous system notifications, the remaining three members of IG retreated in disarray, surrendering the first and second mid-lane towers due to a significant numerical disadvantage.

EDG returned to base to replenish supplies, but their push continued; they showed no intention of giving IG a chance to catch their breath.

However, in actual team fights, with Ornn and Shen tanking in front, Zoe, having lost her single-poke advantage, seems to struggle to perform.

Unless you can cripple Ornn with a single Starfall, but Roookie obviously can't do that.

"You guys go push down the bot lane, I'll stay in the mid lane."

"No, concentrate all your forces in the middle lane and push the high ground directly. Our lineup is scattered, which reduces our combat power by half." Lin Ruo understood this perfectly.

Our team's strategy revolves around initiating team fights. Grouping up all five members allows us to better utilize the team's strengths, and Azir is undoubtedly their primary damage dealer from the backline, creating space for them to engage.

Using the passive ability, artificial towers were erected in the area of ​​the destroyed second tower, and dragon buff minions surged forward, with both sides engaging in a battle in the narrow area at the high ground entrance.

With Shen, who was attached to a sword array, blocking from the side, Zoe's poke that jumped out over the wall was completely harmless.

Taking advantage of IG's weakness in clearing minion waves, EDG's five players aggressively pushed onto the high ground tower. Scout seized the opportunity and precisely maneuvered his sand soldier forward to poke, taking away a significant amount of health from Kalista, who was swinging in front.

With a shout of "Goat, come!", a lava-colored goat charged into the tower, jolting Kalista, who couldn't retreat in time, and knocking her health down by half.

Baolan unleashed his ultimate ability, sending down stars, and the IG members, now invincible, surged forward in a massive wave.

At this point, their problem became glaringly obvious: they lacked the ability to hold their targets, allowing Ornn, at half health, to tank damage and retreat all the way to the Shattrath tower.

The two sides temporarily separated, but with the second wave of troops advancing, a battle of offense and defense was about to break out.

"Kalista's health is low, she needs to go back to heal, but can she go back? If she goes back and there are fewer people on the front line, the high ground tower is very likely to fall."

Amid Rita's questioning, JK walked towards the fountain without looking back. He needed to replenish his health, otherwise he wouldn't be able to fight if he stayed on the front lines.

Consequently, the mid-lane high ground was surrendered, allowing EDG to forcefully destroy the first crystal.

"Take down the lower two towers, but ignore the upper two towers."

(End of this chapter)