LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 389: I'll play Sion next, because dying allows me to clear the wave.
With Ornn locked in, EDG's biggest problem undoubtedly became choosing their mid-lane position.

All the C options have been eliminated, so what should I choose?
According to the law of rhetoric, then just pick a non-carry mid-laner and that's it, in short, a utility mid-laner.

The reason EDG dared to ban so many mid-lane champions early on, forcing RNG to pick first, was to secure the top lane's initiative and replace the core champions with utility champions who could contribute.

"Karma mid lane is quite rare in recent matches, which will definitely increase EDG's mobility."

In Guan Zeyuan's opinion, this Karma mid lane pick was clearly a pseudo-four-protect-one strategy, since the team's only damage dealer was Caitlyn.

However, if Lin Ruo's Olaf gets going, with Ornn initiating team fights and Karma and Morgana continuously providing skills from behind, it's hard to say who will have the most fun in the early and mid-game.

It might just be a case of protecting Olaf, since iboy, who's under pressure all the time, doesn't get that kind of treatment.

In the BP phase, RNG made their fifth pick. According to coach Heart's first thought, it was to give Letme's Gangplank, who was focused on farming, gold.

However, considering how he was subjected to military training last time, Letme expressed strong protest.

His priority is self-preservation. What's the point of the captain getting a good farm against Ornn? He'll still get pushed back in the early game, especially when the enemy jungler comes...

Letme had already envisioned the scenario of dying under the tower, so he actively communicated and chose an unconventional top lane champion, Jax, to further enhance his ability to engage.

Guan Zeyuan, watching from the commentary booth, quickly began to summarize and recount the lineups of both sides:

"The lineups for both sides have been finalized. EDG, the blue side, will have Ornn in the top lane, Olaf in the jungle, Karma in the mid lane, and Caitlyn and Morgana in the bottom lane."

"The red team, RNG, consists of top lane Jax, jungle Jarvan IV, mid lane Cassiopeia, and bot lane duo Xayah and Rakan."

"Both players are ready. Let's move on to the first match of the 2018 LPL Spring Split semifinals."

The words fell.

The cheers from the crowd soared into the sky, and the ten players from both sides quickly entered Summoner's Rift.

Lin Ruo twisted her neck and sat up straight, focusing intently on the game, and said, "Invade, invade, teach mlxg a lesson."

Olaf was a champion who was destined to be someone who wouldn't play peacefully once he was picked.

Olaf's 1v1 ability in the jungle is second to none, especially in the current version where vision is very limited in the early game, allowing for easy invasion. With two buffs, once he gets close, he's basically guaranteed to kill you.

In terms of runes, Lin Ruo chose Predator as the keystone rune, which is equivalent to an enhanced version of Ghost. This is very important for Olaf with Flash, as it can greatly enhance Olaf's offensive capabilities and gank success rate.

Choose the Sorcery tree as your secondary tree to enhance your combat capabilities when you encounter enemies in the river.

In early ganks, Olaf relies heavily on his teammates. If his teammates have crowd control, he is easy to kill. Just use Q to stick to him first, and Olaf's base damage alone is enough to deal tons of damage.

If your teammates don't have crowd control, it's more troublesome. You can only see if the enemy is pushing the lane. If they are, gank from behind. If they aren't, farm the jungle and invade to develop as quickly as possible.

In this game, their top and mid laners were Ornn and Karma, who are undoubtedly Olaf's natural friends.

Regardless of the subsequent captures, it makes sense to launch a level 1 intrusion to inflict pain on mlxg.
“EDG played very proactively. At the start, the top, mid, and jungle trio grouped up to invade RNG's red pit and left a ward over the wall. Lin Shen is experienced too. He knew that mlxg was definitely in the bush near F6 and even went in to chase him away.”

I remember chuckled softly: "I feel like Lin Shen is even more of a 'mlxg' than mlxg."

mlxg, who is known as the god of invasion, said that he has already experienced it once. Last time in the regular season, he was taught a lesson by Lin Ruo's Camille jungle.

At level 1, the prince has absolutely no chance against Olaf and can only be chased around like a pig, knowing full well that the opponent will not just come in to place wards and go through the motions.

After a moment's thought, mlxg chose to run down to take the blue buff. If he couldn't beat them, he could at least run away.
As it turned out, his judgment was correct. Lin Ruo, who had just left the jungle, took Ornn and went around into the jungle to ambush in the bushes next to the red monster.

Seeing that the prince had disappeared, Lin Ruo, who had also determined his approximate location, waited until the time was up and then openly attacked the red monster without even needing Gingon Ornn's help.

Because no one in RNG can stop him right now.

"Lin Shen gained an advantage in the jungle from the start, but mlxg's side doesn't seem to be giving up either."

Guan Zeyuan, who was speaking, couldn't help but cough lightly, indicating a slight surprise.

mlxg is mlxg, his actions are always reckless. Even after losing the red buff first, he went down to attack the blue buff, leveled up twice, and then went to do something without hesitation.

Two bites? The taste is authentic.

If they fail to catch anyone, this Prince with only a single buff at the start can be considered to have completely collapsed.

However, luck seemed to be on RNG's side. Perhaps because they were used to being suppressed, iboy, who finally got the Caitlyn start, played particularly aggressively, crossing the minion wave at level one to put pressure on RNG.

This also led to mlxg's very decisive action.

Upon seeing Rakan pushing forward against the minion wave, iboy, with his off-timed reaction, immediately retreated and used a predictive leftward movement to dodge Rakan's attack.

Although she wasn't lifted up, the combination of Rakan's Ignite and Xayah's hard damage output ultimately overwhelmed the squishy Caitlyn, who hadn't managed to create distance.

Unfortunately, iboy couldn't use Flash at this moment. He had to wait for the prince to use his skill first so that he would have a chance to escape.

The EQ combo's flags landed in the indicated direction, and the policewoman immediately used Flash to retreat. However, with a swift follow-up Flash, mlxg's EQ Flash successfully caught up with the policewoman who was trying to escape.

A level 1 Morgana with W and the ability to harass in lane can't do anything. Without E's Dark Shield to protect teammates from damage and crowd control, she can only watch helplessly as the enemy takes down Caitlyn.

iboy died, died a terrible death, his first attempt at crossing the line ended very hastily.

Just over two minutes into the game, Uzi, representing RNG, took the initiative and secured the first blood.

"Wow, that teamwork was so decisive! That's mlxg for you. He's ruthless, doesn't talk much, never plays by the rules, and never talks about whether things are going to fall apart or not."

"In that case, RNG has turned the tide in the early game and gained an advantage, because mlxg can directly take advantage of this gank and invade to steal EDG's red monster in the bottom half of the map."

The RNG fans at the scene cheered wildly, and the commentators Guan and Ji were also quite excited.

EDG's voice chat was also quite excited. Tianye, adjusting his glasses, said in disbelief, "This is too much! They can still come down even after losing red buff."

"It's alright, I'll take care of it." Lin Ruo calmly reassured the bot lane duo, especially Big Head.

Well, given iboy's mentality, he doesn't seem to need any reassurance. The current EDG team, including coach Kai, are all seasoned veterans.

After clearing all the jungle monsters in the upper half of the map, Lin Ruo leisurely went to the lower jungle to defend the F6 camp, preventing the greedy mlxg from taking more. After reaching level four, he turned around and headed back to the upper jungle.

"Lin Shen, there's no more wild left in the upper half of the map. Aren't you going back to resupply?"

In the commentary box.

Guan Zeyuan didn't quite understand this move. It was impossible to go to the top lane naked. Going back to replenish equipment wouldn't take much time.

The main problem is that you can't gank the top lane. It would be easier if it were a captain, but it's a weapon, a weapon master who can shake an electric fan.

Lin Ruo naturally didn't intend to train Letme; he simply wanted to check out the enemy jungle. He controlled Olaf, putting skill points into Q, and walked through the jungle entrance wall into the jungle.

With a clear objective, he chose to crouch in the bushes behind the red monster area, near the dragon pit.

Lin Ruo certainly wasn't thinking about the danger of daring to slip into the dragon pit; rather, it was a better place to catch people.

mlxg knew about Olaf's previous movements in the bottom jungle. So, given that there was only one group of Golems still alive in both the enemy and friendly halves of the top jungle, was it possible for Olaf to return to the top?
Why would someone run all the way into the jungle to farm the enemy's Krugs?
According to mlxg, it's impossible for Riolav to recover his health by simply farming F6; he would have to go home to resupply first.

So after clearing the two groups in the bottom half of the jungle, mlxg recklessly returned to the top jungle, intending to use the time difference to set up vision control and then go back up to clear the last group of Krugs.

If he maintains a direct confrontation with Olaf, he will have no chance to seize neutral vision.

Having reached the river mouth and left his sights, mlxg, without any sense of precaution, turned around and walked into the bushes, switching screens to the location of the stone beetle.

It wasn't until a splash of blood appeared in the bottom corner of the screen that mlxg belatedly switched back to the screen, staring intently at Laf appearing in the bushes.

Dude, what do you do for a living? Is this the time you should be here...?

Without giving him any time to recover, Olaf activated W, followed by an A-hit and axe smash, then suddenly raised his hand and used E to slash down. The explosive damage brought the Prince, whose health wasn't full, down to almost half.

Without continuing with a basic attack, Lin Ruo quickly stepped out of the bushes, picked up the axe to refresh her skills, and then continued to attack the unsuspecting prince.

In a moment of panic, mlxg quickly used his EQ combo to escape over the wall while throwing a second axe.

Trying to run? No way. Lin Ruo remained calm, maneuvering Lav to take two steps up to avoid the thickest part of the back wall, thus avoiding the infamous scene of flashing into the wall, before following him through the wall and into the pit to continue the pursuit.

Another axe strike slowed him down, and mlxg, whose positioning had failed, began to move more slowly.

How could a prince with no Flash and only an EQ combo possibly escape? Of course, he couldn't.

Even if mlxg has the Golden Aegis to slow down the enemy, sorry, Olaf can use the axe indefinitely to continue slowing them down.

This is the importance of recycling; a prince who doesn't understand environmental protection and conservation naturally cannot appreciate it.

All he could feel was the explosive damage from Olaf's axe landing and basic attacks; in the early game, Olaf was unmatched in one-on-one combat.

Therefore, mlxg faced only one dead end: to be killed by Lin Ruo in a few moves.

It was another blatant one-on-one kill, or in short, a one-sided massacre with no chance to fight back. Lin Ruo successfully retaliated, tying the score at 1-1.

The scene immediately erupted in uproar.

Is this the damage Olaf inflicts? It's like cutting melons and vegetables; it's terrifying.

As the audience was still in surprise, a tremendous cheer erupted as the situation turned around, no louder than the shouts from RNG earlier.

"Olaf easily secured the kill on the prince. Lin Shen's unexpected counter-gank was too brilliant. mlxg was completely caught off guard and was caught and easily solo killed in his own jungle."

Commentator Guan Zeyuan, echoing the excitement, exclaimed, "That's Lin Shen for you! He always manages to do all sorts of things in all sorts of ways. Who would have thought of such a squatting method?"

Indeed, no one could have imagined it, otherwise mlxg wouldn't have so readily walked into the bushes and died more cleanly and decisively than anyone else.

He had initially succeeded in his redemption, but after this ordeal, he was undoubtedly no longer redeemed.

Olaf gained a level advantage of 1 level faster than him due to the experience gained from destroying F6 and his own F6, which widened the economic gap.

Not only could he not win a direct confrontation, but Olaf was also ahead in terms of economy and level, which made mlxg feel a bit uncomfortable.

As the camera panned to Letme on the top lane, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

He realized that Olaf really wasn't going back to base...

His vigilance was evident in his deliberate act of leaving spies in the Krugs area after the prince's death, precisely to prevent Olaf from flanking and to monitor the survival status of his jungler, Malphite.

Lin Ruo then pulled off a surprising move, ignoring the stone beetle and heading straight for the tri-bush on the side path. Without hesitation, he attacked in the mid-lane, forcing Letme to use his Flash.

Triangle Grass has eyes, but even Letme couldn't withstand such a sudden attack.

After all, what jungler would blatantly head towards the lane when there's a free Krugs right next to the wall, instead of farming for a huge amount of gold and returning to base?

The two waves of arrests left mlxg and Letme somewhat bewildered.

The difference was that, in his daze, Letme sensed a slight sense of unease. He had no Flash left; was Olaf going to stay in the top lane from now on?

Lin Ruo certainly didn't have that idea. Why would he live on the upper road? Wouldn't that delay his development?
He just wanted to pass by perfectly and take down the enemy with minimal cost.

Before that, Lin Ruo, who had returned to base and bought a small jungle item, boots, and a red crystal, first cleared the spawning gromp and wolves in the upper half of the map, and then the river crab spawned.

At 5 minutes and 50 seconds, Olaf had already advanced to level 6.

At this time, mlxg's Prince had only recently reached level four. Upon respawning, his first priority was to clear the F6 camp in the jungle, otherwise he would most likely be counter-killed by Olaf in the next second.

Then comes the choice between Gromp, Wolves, and Krugs in the bottom jungle and the top jungle.

If we want to protect the top lane, mlxg should naturally go and eat the Krugs before making any moves. However, his current level is too low. Can he gank or counter-gank in the top lane when he is only level four?

Not only can you not kill someone by catching them, but if you're caught in a counter-gank and encounter an Olaf who already has a big one, you'll probably die too.

Although mlxg considers himself a jungle king who doesn't farm jungle camps but only likes to gank relentlessly, this is based on ensuring normal development before making sacrifices and attempts.

With their current development not going well, mlxg had no desire to gank Olaf in the top lane and could only tell Letme to be cautious and instead go to the bottom jungle to farm.

Trembling with fear, Letme dared not cross the mid-line, secretly standing behind and occasionally going up to deliver a finishing blow.

Luckily, he was playing with a weapon, so even without Flash, he could still use his ultimate (like a dodge) and ward to escape.

Seeing that Ornn was about to control the lane, Letme, trying to reassure himself not to be afraid, decided to go forward to farm the wave and push. After all, he was playing Jax, and it was one thing for Ornn to push the lane in the early game, but it was a bit unreasonable for him to control the lane.

If you can't finish off enemies properly, then choosing this weapon is completely pointless.

So Letme chose to step forward and put some pressure on them, but as soon as he reached the center line, he saw the figure behind him and quickly retreated.

Damn, Olaf has been crouching in the bushes the whole time.

In a panic, Letme, who had hastily jumped back, watched helplessly as Olaf, driving the Predator, charged forward as if no one was there.

The short-term acceleration from a so-called talent is certainly not as effective as sprinting. However, the problem is that Olaf has an axe. Being slowed down by the axe will naturally slow down his weapon.

Letme could only desperately turn on the electric fan and shake it back and forth, praying to get back to the tower as soon as possible. He simply couldn't believe that he, with almost full health, would be killed.

Even though Olaf can run and fight with amazing damage output, he can still get a big kill in 6 minutes.

As it turned out, Letme was right. Olaf, having activated Ragnarok, dodged the fan and chased after his weapon all the way to the tower, eventually only managing to reduce him to about three-quarters of his health.

Although he was crippled, he was not dead.

Letme couldn't be too happy, because he had no experience left and could only hastily retreat to the second tower. Without teleport, he was destined not to be able to get any minions that went under the tower.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered a famous quote from a modern writer: "Some people are dead, yet they live on; some people are alive, yet they are already dead."

Yes, going back and forth to base for three consecutive waves of attacks and failing to get any kills felt almost the same as being dead...

At this moment, mlxg, who had just finished clearing the jungle in the lower half of the map and barely reached level 5, rushed back to the upper jungle. He wasn't worried about Letme, but rather that the second red monster in his own jungle was about to spawn at the 7-minute mark.

mlxg felt that if this jungle monster were released again, he would have absolutely no chance of survival in the early game.

However, the current level difference means he is still far from needing a complete set of jungle monsters to reach level 6, so he obviously has no advantage in a head-on confrontation.

If you can't beat them, you can only call for backup. Xiaohu in the mid lane is the only one he can rely on, because Cassiopeia's damage is much better than anyone else's at this time.

Furthermore, since Olaf has neither his ultimate nor Flash, initiating a team fight and then using his knock-up followed by Cassiopeia's condensed damage would easily allow him to one-shot Olaf.

To achieve such an effect, the timing of entry must undoubtedly be considered.

mlxg quickly realized that he didn't actually have any opportunity to enter the fray, because Olaf didn't come to counter any red monsters at all. Instead, he was always crouching in the bush behind the first tower, waiting for Letme's weapon to come out and then get a beating.

In short, Letme was heartbroken after losing half his health as soon as he logged in. He wanted to return to the tower with the help of mlxg's Jarvan IV, but unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the area in front of the tower, Ornn inside the tower leveled up to level six and immediately summoned the goat to start a team fight.

The reason why Kim Gung dares to be so arrogant is very simple.

Their mid-lane Karma uses Flash and Teleport, so what Summoner Spells does RNG's mid-laner use?
Oh, so it's a combination of Flash and Heal. That makes sense then.

While the Cassiopeia was still on her way to provide support, Karma had already followed Olaf's scouting and teleported into the bushes to cast her shield and accelerate her attack.

Ornn's ultimate has only one target: the weapon master who only has short dashes. It's very difficult to dodge the goat's knock-up using just a ward hop.

Moreover, they were not far apart at all. Olaf and Ornn were inside the tower, while Jax and Jarvan IV were behind the tower, preparing to enter.

At such a short distance, Letme, with his slow reaction time, had no chance to dodge the knockback.

Unlike mlxg, who can use his EQ combo to retreat and create considerable distance, easily selling out his buddies at lightning speed.

So when he was blasted into the sky to admire the scenery, when Karma's dog leash was attached to the energy blast to slow him down, and when Letme was shaking the electric fan, he knew deep down that he was probably going to die.

Well, from being sent back to base the first time to dying again the second time he logged back in, he didn't gain a single experience point. Letme thinks there's no top laner in the world who's had it worse than him.

If he could, he would definitely pick Sion next game. There's no other reason, because dying is fine, and it would make it easier for him to clear the wave.

(End of this chapter)