LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 390, 19 minutes in: Why does EDG treat RNG like bots every day?
The game had only been going on for 8 minutes when the difference in strategy between the two sides became apparent.

EDG's three players gathered early and, after eliminating the enemy's weapon, took down the top tower. They achieved their first tower objective in less than 9 minutes. This might be common in the bottom lane, but it's an extremely exaggerated level when a single player is leading the top lane.

In this situation, the top lane will inevitably collapse.

Letme's weapon being almost two levels behind Ornn's speaks volumes.

"You guys had a great time." GimGoon grinned from ear to ear as he returned to base to replenish his supplies. He was a top-tier top laner who could withstand pressure, but after transferring to EDG, he became a popular top laner with a lot of support and a jungler who was always there for him.

Who would have thought of this?

Given EDG's track record, GimGoon probably thought he'd have to be an orphan and bear the pressure after joining, but it turns out he wasn't an orphan at all; he had brothers and a powerful figure in the team.

Jin Gong is practically begging Lin Ruo for mercy. After all, what jungler can match up with him so professionally and accurately? Even if Lin Ruo picks Graves and comes up to kill people and minions, Jin Gong will be willing to give him his all.

There's no way around it, giving him to Lin Ruo is the real deal, giving him to Lin Ruo is really to see you on the top lane.

Mouse, who was preparing for another semi-final match, watched the game in the club's training room and shed tears of regret.

It's okay if he's under pressure at EDG, and it's okay if he continues to face pressure at RW.

But seeing EDG's next top laner not having to bear the pressure and comfortably pushing and controlling the lane is more painful than killing him.

If Mouse had known that Lin Ruo would switch to jungle and then specifically target top lane, he would never have switched teams.

There was no other way; he had suffered too much working for the factory manager who was under his protection every day.

The game continues.

After returning to town to buy some equipment and replenish his supplies, Lin Ruo finally made an unprecedented trip to inspect the lower jungle area.

His only goal is to destroy the refreshed red buff.

Stone beetles? Even dogs wouldn't want them.

As for the first wind dragon, Lin Ruo had absolutely no interest in it either.
After all, the little dragon at this time is not like later on, where defeating four dragons in a row can collect all seven Dragon Balls and obtain a Dragon Soul attribute with huge benefits.

During this period, small dragons will randomly spawn 35 minutes in advance. Killing them will grant corresponding buffs, and a marker will appear indicating the attributes of the next type of dragon.

The Elder Dragon will automatically spawn after 35 minutes. Defeating it will grant a new buff effect and strengthen the previous elemental dragon's buff.

Moreover, unlike the later Ancient Dragon, this one doesn't have the same decisive significance as the one that locks onto the head and instantly kills the opponent.

Therefore, most teams will not choose to rush to take the dragon in the early game, but will ignore it if they can, and will only take the dragon when they are most confident or when there is really no other option.

The fire dragon might be worth a shot, but for other dragon soul attributes, if the situation is even slightly disadvantageous, it will never become the starting point of a war.

Because you can attack however you want, the other side will never come even if they kill you.

Of course, if you can get three or more in a row, the rewards from the dragon are indeed quite considerable, but overall it's not something you need to worry about too much.

You can play, but it will have to wait 15 minutes.

Fighting is fine. Both sides in an even match do have the goal of contesting the dragon. However, if you are at a disadvantage, you need to have at least three dragons, and I will only come out when I am about to have a fourth dragon.

Otherwise, no way.

Why do you need so many small dragons to get a major buff from the old dragon that spawns every 35 minutes? If that's the case, why don't I, as the losing side, just wait for the old dragon fight? Why fight for the early stages...?

After devouring the red monster, Lin Ruo quickly went to the river to patrol with Karma, who had accompanied him to the lane. The biggest role of a utility mid-laner is to provide great help in vision control.

Scout placed two control wards while Lin Ruo was still farming jungle camps, allowing him to quickly scout the river and the bushes behind the blue monster.

Since the prince is guarding the red buff for 7 minutes, he will likely have to recall to base to replenish supplies after the fight in the top lane. Therefore, it is easy to determine that his current location should be in the area where the blue buff has already respawned, where he should be active and clearing the jungle.

Lin Ruo could tell from Luo's occasional departures from the bottom lane's vision that he was preventing Luo from invading.

Of course, Lin Ruo would never choose to invade. Invading when the other side is on guard is not a good thing. He is Olaf, but that doesn't mean he can do whatever he wants.

At this point, it is most appropriate to focus on the mid lane. Taking advantage of Karma's laning situation and the fact that the Prince is likely too busy farming in the bottom jungle, Lin Ruo ambushed and advanced from the bush behind the blue monster.

By using the red side path, one can block vision and go straight to RNG's mid-lane tower. Lin Ruo only needs to stay in the most extreme position and wait for Cassiopeia to move slightly towards the mid-lane front line.

Why would Cassiopeia move towards the mid lane? It's because of Karma's disappearance, which makes RNG think that EDG is planning to invade the jungle or use Caitlyn to push the lane and surround the bottom tower.

When Karma briefly encountered Rakan, who was warding in the bottom jungle, Xiaohu in the mid lane reacted quickly, clearing the minion wave controlled in front of the tower. He then placed a ward in the river to defend before pushing forward to create minion wave pressure.

Mid Tiger, who was unleashing a flurry of skills, was unaware that although Karma wasn't on the mid lane, Olaf, who was lurking in the shadows of his own side lane, had already charged out in Predator mode the moment he appeared.

The eyeholes in the river only cover one location, but Olaf can catch him from more than one direction.

At the 9-minute mark, Flash was off cooldown, and Lin Ruo had no idea what reason the Cassiopeia had for running away.

The snake woman can petrify and solidify? But sorry, he's Olaf.

Lin Ruo, controlling Olaf, instantly appeared on the lane after a quick jog as the Predator accelerated. Just as Cassiopeia sprayed open the heart of the enemy, Olaf activated his ultimate, Ragnarok, and fearlessly charged forward.

Since the snake woman has Blink, you absolutely cannot throw your axe from a distance. If she dodges it with Blink, you'll have to pick up the axe first if you want to chase her down, which greatly reduces your chances of killing her.

With the Predator's ability to activate its ranged attack, coupled with Ragnarok's immunity to control and slowing effects, Lin Ruo didn't need to throw an axe to slow down the Serpent Woman who had activated her healing speed boost to get right up close and personal with her.

Next, use W followed by a high-damage basic attack, then use E to lift the axe and smash it down with a head-shaking motion. With the red monster's burn, slow, and brittle effect, you can take down half of the snake woman's health in just a few hits.

Facing an Olaf who is already strong in the early game and has an extreme lead in development, the fragile mage hero has absolutely no chance to fight back.

As Lin Ruo threw the axe right in front of her, the panicked Snake Woman used Flash to create distance, and Lin Ruo, who had just picked up the second axe, didn't waste any time to Flash after her.

With another swing of the axe, Olaf easily and happily finished off the snake woman before Ragnarok was even over.

Until his death, the pitiful General Tiger had no strength left to unleash his ultimate move.

Can you control Olaf when he uses his ultimate? If not, then there's no point in using your skills.

"Wow, another solo kill! It's like they kill you the moment they catch you. Xiaohu has no chance of survival."

In the commentary booth, I remember trying hard to recall.

Since the start of this year's Spring Split, Lin Ruo has contributed countless similar memorable moments of ambush, a complete game-changer in terms of awareness and judgment.

Lin Ruo knew when to appear in the right place and when to use the most appropriate tactics to take down the enemy.

This guy is an amazing jungler.

They perfectly grasped the opponent's mentality, used teamwork to create opportunities, and lured the opponent into a trap from which they could not extricate themselves.

I even remember thinking it was a pity that Lin Ruo didn't become a psychological counselor, since she could understand people so accurately.

This is Lin Shen! He's amazing!

After this wave of kills, the economic gap between the two sides has unknowingly reached 3000 gold, which is obviously not small at this ten-minute mark.

For the first time, mlxg felt like a miracle worker compared to Lin Ruo, so he got a little anxious and took advantage of the counter-push lane to launch a tower dive that dealt a lot of damage.

Such a tower dive is not advisable, because EDG's support is Morgana. She doesn't need to be very accurate with her Q skill to control people. As long as she uses her ultimate to pull the lane and flashes to adjust her position, it will be difficult for RNG, who are outnumbered, to have a good outcome.

Rakan's ultimate is useless against Morgana's shield. iboy also has Flash and E to launch nets, which can be used to dodge Jarvan IV's combo and to use E to create a Cataclysmic Strike.

In conclusion, RNG's tower dive was unlikely to be an easy victory. Ultimately, Rakan, who failed in his first attempt, could only watch helplessly as Jarvan IV made his second attempt, sacrificing his life to trade kills with Caitlyn.

Uzi got his second kill, and mlxg got his second death. Apart from exchanging kills, RNG had no ability to take down the bottom tower, especially with their support also in poor form.

At the same time, a very obvious question suddenly arose. What should Lin Ruo, who was in the top jungle, do when the enemy jungler revealed their position in the bottom lane?

This is a really difficult question.

Lin Ruo chose to take down the Rift Herald, which was not yet fully developed, by using the death of Cassiopeia. When news of a battle came from the bottom half of the map, he decisively wandered into the red side's jungle.

Seeing Olaf behind the tower using a disgusting pose to release the Rift Herald, Letme, who had finally managed to farm some minions under the tower, turned green with rage.

With the counter-storm activated and his tankiness increased, the electric fan started shaking to resist Ornn's goat charge. Fortunately, Olaf didn't have his ultimate, and Letme, who had a stun effect, jumped in and flashed to easily escape the encirclement.

that is…

Letme glanced at the time in the upper right corner and asked what it meant to drop to the second tower in just over 11 minutes. He said it was like being able to play on your phone in the fountain.

Being out-farmed by Ornn by more than 20 CS in 11 minutes is probably the biggest humiliation in the history of weapon use, bar none.

"Letme is having a really tough time. Maybe next game, the blue side should pick Ornn, his best champion, at the start. Otherwise, he really can't play."

In the commentary booth, the Guan-Ji duo were already analyzing how to salvage the poor RNG top laner's lackluster gaming experience.

Guan Zeyuan thinks the idea of ​​pairing up is great: "I think it's totally feasible. As we all know, Lin Shen only likes to gank top lane. So if RNG picks Ornn, who is resistant to ganks, wouldn't they win half the battle? Besides, Letme is very good at playing Ornn."

While the two were talking, the viewers in the live chat were already discussing another issue.

【No, why is it that when EDG plays RNG this year, it's always Letme who suffers the most?】

[Does Lin Gou have a grudge against Letme? Is his career change solely to beat Letme?]

[Yeah, Letme has no influence, and Lin Gou (Lin Gou) didn't even go down to get supplies. He's definitely a true fan; he's really going all out to avoid embarrassing his idol.]

Is it possible that Lin is an ultimate hater who doesn't want to give RNG any screen time, and then after winning the game, he can say things like, "I kept ganking top, how come your RNG bot lane couldn't carry even though they were farming so comfortably?"

[Holy crap, I can't believe the public pressure they're facing with these supplies. Lin is so cunning and treacherous, it's disgusting. RNG fans, charge at him!]

[RNG fans: No, no, right? LNG fans are everywhere on Weibo and Tieba now.]

[Are you guys getting the wrong idea? That's not the point. The point is, what kind of secret relationship do Lin Gou and Jing Gong have? Why are they always helping a meat (meat)?]

[Yeah, LinGou helps Tamar every day, even when he plays tanky champions. I don't believe they're not related. Besides, I heard that LinGou introduced GimGoon to EDG... That makes me suspicious.]

[You're overthinking it, Gouba. The relationship between Lin and GimGoon is obvious; they're just teammates, pure friendship.]

"Yes, it's just a pure friendship, like with my brother. We've always been best friends. It's normal for friends to help each other, so please don't misunderstand. Oh, by the way, we're from Chengdu."

...

Amidst the chaotic barrage of comments, the resurrected iboy switched lanes to the top lane and continued to pressure the lane.

The reason we didn't switch lanes when the first tower fell was mainly because the Caitlyn and Morgana bot lane duo had a certain degree of pressure on Xayah and Rakan, and could potentially take down the next tower.

However, mlxg seems to have a deep grudge against the bottom lane, so naturally they have to switch lanes to ensure the development of this pseudo four-protect-one Caitlyn combination.

With all the outer towers down, EDG can easily control most of the vision in the top half of the map, while RNG, especially mlxg, will have a very difficult time.

At the 16-minute mark of the game, Lin Ruofang conveniently acquired the first Wind Dragon Soul.

RNG was so focused on warding that they were hoping Olaf would go down and take the dragon, giving the top laner some breathing room.

However, this inevitably made things difficult for Letme in the bottom lane. He was already struggling against Ornn, and now Olaf was showing up again.

By the 16-minute mark, Ornn already had Iceborn Gauntlet and Ninja Tabi, while his own Trinity Force was still quite a distance away. Letme couldn't even bring himself to fight, let alone fight.

Ornn's abilities combined with Glacial Fist's slow effect make him a formidable opponent, a fact that Letme, the King of Ornn, knows all too well.

The team originally planned to pick Ornn first in the fourth position, but EDG set a trap in the mid lane draft, forcing them to pick Cassiopeia first to avoid a predicament in the mid lane.

How could Letme not be upset now?

Seeing Olaf charging in aggressively, the next tower had to be surrendered as Karma's teleport could light up at any moment.

RNG, of course, wouldn't give up easily. The three junglers and bottom laners grouped up and pushed the top tower.

Lin Ruo, who was particularly good at commanding, easily handled the situation and made the necessary exchanges. That was, he had the duo predict and come to the mid lane in advance, while Karma used teleport to defend the second top tower.

After a series of exchanges, RNG had no energy left to continue pushing forward, but the Caitlyn in the mid lane used her long range to take down more than half of the health of the mid tower in a 2v1 situation.

Now EDG's next goal is undoubtedly clear: to pressure the mid tower and continue to extend their lead in tempo.

With the female police officer, the low-health middle tower was incredibly easy to push. In just eighteen minutes, GimGoon, who had come down on foot, launched a fierce attack on the middle tower with the main force.

The sudden acceleration of the pace caught RNG completely off guard.

With a Q followed by a headshot, the ever-daring iboy leaped forward with his E, managing to take down about half of Cassiopeia's health even under Morgana's shield, forcing Xiaohu to use his Heal and retreat.

While the five players pushed forward to whittle down the tower's health, Morgana, who was wandering around the wall near the Wolf's Den, launched a Dark Energy Missile, which struck the Demacian prince, who was swaying left and right in the area behind the wall.

A team fight was about to break out, and EDG unleashed a near-perfect AOE damage poke.

Just as the Weapon Master and Rakan were about to come up to protect their teammates, Lin Ruo, who had received a small shield from Karma and accelerated, controlled Olaf to walk into the tower and pierced through the three of them with an axe.

This slowing effect allowed Scout's subsequent RQ top-tier energy projectile to hit every time, and the ripples from the explosion, combined with the passing goat phantom's triple slow and damage, caused the situation to explode.

RNG's three front-line tanks lost health very quickly, and didn't even have the ability to counterattack.

The goat that had returned to its position was knocked away by Ornn's headbutt, which resulted in RNG using two Flashes and then Jarvan IV's EQ combo.

Lin Ruo controlled Olaf to activate his ultimate Ragnarok. Once the Predator was activated, he launched an unstoppable charge, forcing out Xayah's ultimate along with the half-health Cassiopeia's Flash.

Uzi, who landed with a slight distance, did not use Flash. However, Lin Ruo used Karma's renewed speed boost to close the distance and charged up the high ground with two axe blows, leaving Xayah in a sorry state.

A golden light appeared.

As Xayah flashed away, the Demacian Prince also used his ultimate, Cataclysm, to block, but it was no match for Olaf's charge.

Lin Ruo, who flashed out, relentlessly hacked away right in front of all five RNG players.

The rest of EDG went into the tower, and fearing that Lin Ran couldn't withstand it, GimGoon flashed into the tower and just kept charging forward, unable to connect his knock-up skills.

However, it was precisely this fearless attack that made the entire EDG team seem to be injected with adrenaline, with Karma and Morgana flashing into the fray.

With all of RNG players at low health, they were completely at a loss. As soon as Rakan's ultimate was activated and Cassiopeia's petrification was used to enter the fray, Caitlyn followed up with a Peacekeeper at close range.

Before they could even lift him up, the incredibly fragile Luo had already perished in the high ground tower.

Guan Zeyuan, watching from the commentary booth, was so excited that he couldn't help but shout, "The puppy got taken down! Lin Shen made it like he was in an empty field and completed a solo kill on Xayah!"

Because Uzi had already flashed away from the turret and retreated, Lin Ruo also flashed down, so he was not attacked by the turret at this moment. In addition, with the Warmog's Armor and Bloodthirster on him, a huge shield helped him withstand the weapon's attack to the limit.

With her health locked, Lin Ruo became incredibly energetic again thanks to Karma's small shield and speed boost. She then swapped places with Xiao Hu's Cassiopeia, thus ending her sinful life.

It doesn't matter that he died, because RNG's game is already over.

Letme, who was still trying to cause trouble, was entangled by GimGoon, and iboy's Caitlyn flashed to follow up with damage, securing the kill in front of the inhibitor turret.

EDG chased the enemy from the second tower to the high ground and then to the nexus, killing four people in the process, leaving only mlxg's Jarvan IV trembling back in the fountain.

As soon as the minion wave arrived, they pushed down the high ground tower and the crystal. Ornn recalled and teleported to the city, and the four-man EDG team was unstoppable, launching the final demolition work on RNG's main crystal.

(End of this chapter)