LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 477 First Day Full Victory Leads the Way
With two kills in about two and a half minutes, Lin Ruo perfectly paid homage to her brother's newly popular move.

It may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the undeniable fact is that just over 3 minutes in, EDG already had a huge advantage.

Once the player with absolute early-game tempo gets two kills and reaches level six with their ultimate, locking onto a kill isn't just about ganking; it's a guaranteed kill.

That's the vibe of Camille.

"I have a feeling that KZ is about to disappear."

Miller, sitting in the commentary booth, stroked his chin, feeling that what he said was still too conservative.

This doesn't look like it's about to be over; it's practically at the point where it's about to surrender with only 15 points left.

EDG's advantage was established too quickly and too large.

Just like the expressions of everyone in the LCK rest area at this moment, there was no surprise, but they were also quite speechless.

I'll let you lose, but don't lose too badly. And you lost like this…

Perhaps the SKT players, who had been brutally defeated by EDG, could understand, especially Nofe, the then-SKT head coach.

Before the match, he gave KZ a lot of advice on how to deal with EDG, but it became clear after the start of the game that his advice was nothing but nonsense.

Apart from these, AFS and KT are completely incomprehensible.

These two teams, neither of which made it to the World Championship last year, have had few encounters with EDG, except for KT in the final game of last year's Rift Rivals.

Ultimately, they narrowly failed.

Therefore, KT did not have excessive fear of EDG, including the inexperienced and fearless AFS.

Therefore, they simply cannot understand how they could lose so badly, even if the opponent was strong.

Are they really scared of being beaten?

Fortunately, EDG's early game rhythm is currently good. If they still don't improve or show any fighting spirit later on, they will definitely be cut off.

After all, these LCK teams know that KZ is currently in a very bad situation in South Korea, like a rat in the street, hated by everyone.

Losing to EDG isn't the main issue; the real problem is that they've lost to every team at this year's MSI, which clearly shows that even the second-best region doesn't want to give LCK any protection.

You'd think KZ and LCK had a deep-seated grudge.

At this moment, Sin, as the head coach of KZ, could already imagine the current state of the online abuse on Korean websites.

However, after watching the later matches, he realized that the abuse from the Korean netizens was ultimately too mild.

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In the game.

Lin Ruo, who had just secured two kills, was still more thoughtful than anyone else, and first went to kill the river crab and take the blue buff in his own jungle.

After Rakan comes online, Xayah, who can free up space to jungle, can only farm the F6 camp at most, and will soon have to go back to clear the wave due to Lissandra's pushing pressure.

Therefore, the opportunity to eat red is still there.

Therefore, even with a large sum of money, Lin Ruo never considered returning to the city to make up for lost time after being promoted to level three.

The top laner is bound to push the lane, so when the Xayah and Rakan duo cleared another wave of minions and entered the jungle to take the red buff, what lay before them was not a fair duel, but a naked three-on-two.

Because Lissandra doesn't suffer any disadvantage in clearing the lane, even though she's being pressured, her movement speed is still fast enough to rejoin the fight before the red buff disappears.

They weren't even a few steps behind the KZ duo.

In comparison, Darius's pace is much slower.

So after a symbolic attempt, the KZ duo gave up their plan to take the red buff and went back to farming the lane.

EDG has struck gold again.

Pray could only take advantage of Lin Ruo's recall to clear the lane and lead Luo into the jungle to steal the F6 camp, barely making up for the loss of the red monster.

But ultimately, it can't be made up for.

For Lin Ruo, the lower half of the bracket? Aside from one red tile, eating the others would be a waste of time.

He had only one goal: to get promoted, promote, and promote again.

From the moment the draft phase ended, Lin Ruo knew how to win this game.

KZ's so-called AD jungle carry strategy isn't necessarily bad, but it's definitely no match for Lin Ruo.

Because this playstyle doesn't involve a conventional jungler, Khan in the top lane is in a precarious situation.

Even if there are two people farming in the mid lane, Rakan will never give the top lane a second glance.

His task was to protect the AD carry in the mid lane and then protect him in the jungle, acting as a close and unwavering bodyguard.

In other words, Khan was completely helpless on the road.

Lin Ruo naturally didn't need to indulge Khan; he had to let Khan experience what it meant to suffer in this world.

Two minutes.

Just as KZ was pushing the mid lane and preparing to take the first dragon.

Lissandra's figure had already appeared in the top lane alongside Camille.

Khan has no choice; he can't leave even if he wants to, for no other reason than this.

Before this, Aatrox had completely pushed the lane into the tower and cut off the lane behind the tower, leaving him with only the prospect of losing along with the dragon.

What could Khan do? He could only hope that Xayah's advanced development in 20 minutes would allow her to become the core of a team fight and break through EDG's lineup.

That's their lineup: wait for Xayah to get ahead in development, then group up.

The front row is arranged in an impenetrable formation to ensure that Xia can unleash her barrage of feathers and deal high damage.

The question now is whether Darius can hold out until 20 minutes have passed.

Seeing that neither of the opposing mid and jungle players used their ultimate abilities, they managed to secure the kill using only simple crowd control.

Khan had something on his mind, but he didn't know whether he should say it.

It's gone.

As it turns out, he was indeed finished.

In this single wave, the top tower was completely destroyed in a full 10 minutes.

Fortunately, KZ did not sit idly by and grouped up to take down the bottom lane tower.

But then EDG's top lane trio continued their push. Since you guys aren't going to defend, then we'll just push relentlessly to the very end.

Because of KZ's initiative in taking the dragon, EDG had plenty of resources to prioritize chipping away at the second tower.

As a result, the second tower lost nearly two-thirds of its health, which was still a very unfavorable trade for KZ in terms of tempo.

The problem was that Lin Ruo could easily extend his advantage in the top lane and could easily reach the high ground, turning Darius into a super minion 20 minutes earlier.

KZ, however, was unable to replicate this strategy in the bottom lane.

Being restricted in terms of rhythm will put them under tremendous pressure before Xayah's power spike arrives.

But KZ can't control Darius too much.

With the next tower gone, KZ's goal is still to free up Peanut's Earthshaker, allowing him to move around the mid and top lanes and set up vision.

It sounds nice to say it's the upper-middle range, but in reality, you're asking Alistar to worry about Darius's life or death?

Peanut wouldn't do that; protecting Xayah from death is his absolute mission.

But how could Lin Ruo, who was in a powerful position, possibly leave? He directly resorted to a clever substitution and a covert maneuver.

In short, Aatrox went home to report for duty, while he and Scout's Lissandra continued to roam between the two bushes in the top lane.

Once Khan confirms that Aatrox is not online, he will naturally lower his guard when he leaves the house, unaware that he will be met with two ultimate abilities that lock him down.

The second turret, practically defunct, offers no protection to Darius who has just left the base.

Khan died for the third time, widening the gap in CS between him and the Aatrox who went offline to farm.

He missed the minions that came in from the first tower, and he still missed the minions that came in from outside the second tower.

The enemy team instantly fed two players: a well-farmed Aatrox and Lin Ruo's Camille, who already had four kills and was nearing a rampage. Bdd's Swain, who rotated to the top lane, had no chance of experiencing this.

Camille turned around and followed Aatrox to the bottom lane.

Khan, who thought he could finally enjoy a solo lane, was forced to stay under the tower.

What's even more frightening is that KZ's subsequent decision was still to choose the economic swap as always.

They used Camille's actions in the bottom lane to group up and secure the Rift Herald, then planned to push the top tower and also take down the middle tower.

We must ensure that Xia has at least two pieces of gear by the 20-minute mark.

But still the same sentence.

If it were a trade, Lin Ruo's goal was never to make a profit, but rather to gain an absolute lead in the pace of the game.

When KZ destroyed the mid-lane tower, EDG had already approached the bottom lane high ground.

After lingering for a moment to check the vision and seeing Darius leave, Lin Ruo unreasonably used her E skill to hook the wall for a large displacement, and then followed up with Flash to land the hit.

Shen's long-awaited ultimate ability landed, unleashing another barrage of crowd control that left Khan defenseless.

EDG has pushed onto the high ground.

There are still four people.

To prevent KZ from double-teaming him from behind, Scout also teleported down.

As for what's going on, EDG doesn't care. They just have Ezreal hanging around. They can push the second tower if they want, or let Xayah continue to farm if they want.

Anyway, I'm going to get to the high ground ahead of time. Let's see who moves faster.

This left KZ completely helpless; if they tried to block their retreat and surround them, the two sides would be evenly matched and it would be difficult for them to win.

Even if Darius revives and teleports back, delaying the game doesn't necessarily guarantee a comeback, since Ezreal also has a teleport skill.

In this patch where the bot lane is weak, taking Teleport is a common practice for most non-core ADCs.

But going back like that would be a loss.

After much deliberation, we decided to leave Xayah in the mid lane while the others went back to defend the tower.

Considering Darius's ability to teleport after respawning, EDG didn't linger and decisively retreated after taking down the high ground.

After a prolonged period of attrition, the economic gap between the two sides widened significantly, and the pace of development became even more disparate.

At this point, KZ's reliance on just one Xayah to exert their strength seemed rather weak.

EDG, on the other hand, has so many options: split pushing, grouping up, and exploiting numerical disadvantages in the jungle.

If KZ manages to kill Xia even once, they will likely face an unprecedented collapse.

Under such circumstances, how could KZ, whose form wasn't great, withstand EDG's relentless attacks?

In the end, the two sides only managed to engage in one large-scale team fight.

20 minutes from now.

If KZ has the strength to fight back, their focus can only be on grouping up in the mid lane, so Lin Ruo's focus remains on the bottom lane.

Arrest Noble.

When KZ effortlessly killed Darius and pushed onto the high ground crystal, it was inevitable that they would initiate a Baron fight to ensure they wouldn't suffer any losses.

As soon as Aatrox teleported back, EDG, utilizing their flexible lineup, began to create distance and wait for Lin Ruo to return from the bottom lane high ground area to the upper jungle.

After KZ secured Baron Nashor, taking advantage of EDG's lack of a jungler, all of their players were already riddled with health points.

no way.

EDG is really good at kiting and poking.

Just one Lissandra coming in, freezing herself, and maxing out her speed boosts and decelerations can cause a lot of trouble.

What's more, there's another sword demon who can enter with his ultimate, die, and then be resurrected.

iboy's Ezreal pokes around the entire game like a single-player game, dealing damage effortlessly.

The narrow dragon pit was filled with precise bullet comments.

It seems that all KZ can do is flash over the wall to retreat, but at this moment there is a Camille wearing a Guardian Angel and a Trinity Force.

After carrying Shenbao, Suoxia is Suoxia.

...

The game ended very quickly. Pary, who had been farming for 20 minutes, had farmed all the creeps and jungle camps, but it seemed like he hadn't accomplished anything.

It seems that even the countless feathers flying around him couldn't save him.

While Garrosh is good at taking down opponents, Lissandra is also incredibly easy to find angles to enter the fray.

Pray's ultimate move freezes himself to save his life and delays the spread of damage to the surrounding area. If Pray doesn't do something, he'll just be sitting in the dragon pit getting beaten up by the outside.

He did it.

However, after flashing onto the wall, he was somewhat at a loss when facing Camille coming from behind.

"Congratulations to EDG! This game was so exciting! They completely dominated KZ in terms of tempo!"

The LPL commentators were all laughing heartily after the match, and the Dalian Gymnasium was filled with cheers.

The shouts of "EDG is awesome!" filled the room, while the official live stream chat was filled with messages praising Lin Shen.

The Korean commentator was wailing and shaking his head, while Korean netizens were hurling insults and curses at him.

The match ended just like that, and the five KZ players who went down were too ashamed to even go into the rest room.

They lost their opening match, but the way they lost, it's necessary for them to gather at the train station.

While the rest room next door was filled with laughter and joy, everyone on the LCK side was heavy-hearted.

The competition continues; the second match is an insignificant Chinese civil war.

RW, who took to the stage, easily defeated the fourth seed from the LMS region to win the second game.

The next match will be a new round of China-Korea showdown, with the Spring Split runners-up IG facing off against AFS.

AFS, a team that seemed less disappointing compared to other LCK teams in this Intercontinental Cup, failed to save face and ultimately received a real lesson from IG.

There is a huge gap in the middle and the field, especially since Xiaoxuebi doesn't have Ningwang's savage spirit.

The outcome of the jungler duel between the two sides was clear.

In his twilight years, Kuro didn't perform at all against Rookie, who was in his prime.

Both sides lost precisely because of this. IG exploited the weakness of AFS's mid and jungle, and also severely restricted AFS's jungle carry playstyle in the draft phase, giving their opponent's bot laner Aiming too little space.

AFS is prone to failure.

In fact, although they seem to have great potential, AFS is actually a team with a low overall ceiling. Once their fatal flaws are exploited, it will be very difficult for them to gain momentum and make an impact.

Kiin in the top lane and Aiming in the bottom lane are the main targets of AFS.

Kinn's Gangplank has great scaling potential, but when TheShy picked a strong champion to suppress the still young Kinn, the mid and jungle focused on attacking AFS's two weakest opponents.

It was inevitable that the team would go silent throughout the game.

Lin Ruoyou remembers that EDG was able to defeat AFS in the Intercontinental Cup because Scout's Zoe got a solo kill in the mid lane and opened up the game.

They lost to AFS in the finals because they allowed their opponents to develop their strength both top and bottom.

Nofe, that kid, gave Jarvan IV to the enemy Kiin in the top lane so they could farm freely with Gangplank, and then gave Aiming Xayah, a jungle carry, in the bottom lane. No wonder they couldn't win.

Therefore, Lin Ruo discussed the match extensively with the IG team beforehand.

When IG, with its well-rounded individual skills, doesn't make such mistakes, all that awaits AFS is the endless expansion of their mid and jungle weaknesses.

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The first day of matches has concluded, and LPL has achieved a perfect record with a clean sweep and is leading the pack!

(End of this chapter)