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Chapter 513 The Classic Ten-Minute Crash

Completely unaware that he had fallen into a trap, Casa, now walking into the river, had only the river crab in his eyes.

Little did he know that his opponent was already poised to strike in the Dragon Pit area behind him.

As the barrel chased the crab into the bushes, and saw the wards inside, Kasa, who had been relaxed, suddenly felt a great sense of unease.

When was this True Sight inserted?
When Camille first came to the bottom jungle, she couldn't afford to buy a control ward, so she could only enter the bottom jungle on her second come after recalling.

So here's the question: shouldn't we do it a second time?
So, since Camille chose to go into the river to place a true sight ward to scout the area, why didn't she just eat the river crab right in front of her, instead deliberately leaving it for him, the late-returning Gragas?

This only proves one thing: someone is fishing, and this true eye is the biggest bait.

Kasa was startled, realizing he was the fish that had taken the bait. He couldn't wait to find Camille's location.

But it's obvious that things have already progressed to this point, so why would he need to take the initiative to look for her?

Seeing that the barrel had taken the bait, Lin Ruo, controlling Camille, decisively initiated with E to hang on the wall and charge up. Then, she used E twice to pass through the wall and aimed directly at the bush.

The next moment, the barrel, unable to react in time, was knocked unconscious by this precise kick and was unable to move.

The red penalty enhances the brittle effect, further boosting Camille's already high early-game damage. Three auto-attacks are enough to render Gragas helpless.

Unfortunately, Karsa couldn't retaliate at this moment because Camille had already activated her passive shield, and no matter how many times he attacked, he couldn't take away even a tiny bit of her health.

As Camille's double-kick slashed, the barrel's health dropped by half.

Karsa then realized that the most important thing he should do was to run away. His goal was to get to the wall, use his E skill to pass through the wall and return to the back of the red buff to escape punishment.

However, Lin Ruo stopped him. Camille cleverly blocked Gragas's retreating path after unleashing a combo, ensuring that Karsa had no space to use his E skill to get over the wall.

Even if you use your skills now, you'll only crash into Camille who's blocking your way.

Seeing that he couldn't fight back or run away, Karsa was forced to use Flash.

Once he reaches the wall, he can use Flash to cross the wall and return to the bush behind the red monster in his own jungle, and then use his E skill to pull away.

Even if your health is very low now, you will most likely be able to escape alive.

However, there is a prerequisite for such an escape: Lin Ruo must not be aware of the steps.

But when she saw that even though she was blocking the way, the barrel was still shamelessly carrying it toward the wall, Lin Ruo knew what was going on.

Using your E skill will definitely cause you to hit me, so why are you moving towards the wall at this time? Aren't you trying to use Flash to get over the wall and switch places with me?

Yes.

If Lin uses Flash to get over the wall, he definitely won't be able to stop him.

However, Lin Ruo can still continue to block the way on the other side of the wall; this is the so-called way to break the deadlock.

The only trick to making this move is that Camille's Flash must be faster than Gragas's, and she must block the position where Gragas might use his E skill to continue pulling away, which is naturally the upper area.

It's impossible for the barrel to go over the wall and then retreat towards the F6 area or the middle lane.

Because Scout's Irelia has already come over from the mid lane at this moment.

Going down this path might not guarantee Lin Ruo a kill, but it would definitely lead to certain death.

Therefore, Lin Ruo's subsequent flash was decisive and swift. He manipulated the Blue Steel Shadow to flash with golden light and suddenly passed through the wall ahead of time, blocking the passage above.

The barrel then flashed over the wall in the next second.

Worried that he might not have enough health to survive, Karsa didn't hesitate and even used his E skill midway through his Flash to prepare to jump upwards and create distance, in order to prevent Camille from reacting and following up with Flash as well.

But as it turned out, Camille had already reacted and climbed onto the wall before him.

This resulted in the Gragas landing without creating any distance between himself and Camille. Then, the Gragas, who was in mid-air casting his E skill, unfortunately crashed into Camille, who had landed earlier and was blocking his way.

And so, the barrel went over the wall, yet it was as if it hadn't; he remained entangled with the Steel Shadow in a deep, misty love affair from beginning to end, never separating.

Then the problem is coming.

Is there any hope for the viewers in front of their screens?

The correct answer is no. The second E skill had not yet refreshed. Lin Ruo, playing Camille, used the reserved W skill to sweep and slow down the enemy. He then attacked and killed the Gragas who was trying to escape at the last minute.

First blood.

The first blood was born so quickly, just 5 minutes into the game.

Lin Ruo successfully executed Camille to secure a solo kill against Karsa's Gragas in the jungle.

The crowd erupted in cheers once again. As expected, EDG took the lead in this final, with Lin Ruo, the king of tempo, leading the way from the start.

"A solo kill in the jungle so early in the game, this pace..."

Miller looked somewhat stunned in the commentary booth.

Compared to being suddenly arrested online, he felt that being solo killed in the jungle was obviously a bigger loss, because it would cause a chain reaction across the entire map.

Especially since Gragas got solo killed by Camille, doesn't that mean he's destined to be caught out and beaten up later?
This Camille is supposed to be an invader, and now you're feeding her kills, especially to the jungler who's her lane opponent.

Once their economic level falls behind, their jungle loses all autonomy, which is fantastic news for EDG, who need to establish a certain rhythm in the early game.

RNG's lineup is strong in mid-game team fights, but what if the opponent makes a move early on?

If the early game disadvantage is too great, allowing EDG to perform well in small skirmishes, then even in the mid-game, the team fights won't be easy.

That's exactly what Miller was worried about.

RNG must withstand the pressure from EDG in the early game, and this pressure would normally only become apparent after Camille and Shen have their ultimate abilities.

Who knew it would erupt so early, just 5 and a half minutes in.

The timing is very clever.

Camille went back to farm three camps of jungle monsters, and was expected to reach level 6 around 7 minutes.

Shen can reach level 6 by 8 minutes and 30 seconds at the latest, gaining the ability to teleport.

During this period, it's impossible for Gragas to recover from Flash so quickly.

In other words, Lin Ruo has one more chance to kill the barrel. This chance will be very simple. As long as he can find the barrel's location right when the big thing appears, he will most likely be able to kill it.

If the barrel's Blink isn't used well, there's virtually no chance of escaping the lock-on.

This is also a problem Karsa should consider next: how to avoid this highly likely kill before he has Flash available in 10 minutes. Should he call for backup? How should he do that? He can't expect his teammates to sacrifice minions to save him.

And who knows exactly when the opposing team will arrive between the 7 and 10-minute mark?

Putting everything else aside, at least Kasa knew perfectly well that he couldn't die; dying again would really cause an explosion.

Camille was already getting two jungle camps for free in the bottom jungle, and now she's given away a kill. The outcome is beyond his wildest expectations.

"The enemy's blue buff respawns around 8 minutes. If we can kill Gragas at that time, it shouldn't be a problem. GimGoon should come to support us first."

In the EDG voice chat at this moment, Lin Ruo was already giving instructions to Gragas before his death.

He just needs to enter the jungle when the double buffs respawn, because at this time, Gragas can't just abandon his own buffs, right?

That sacrifice is a bit too great.

If they can't catch anyone when they go in, taking the blue buff wouldn't be a loss for Lin Ruo.

However, once caught, the other side is in for a lot of trouble.

Before that, besides waiting for the ultimate skill to refresh, the first thing Lin Ruo had to do was help the top lane control the lane, ensuring that the vampire could enter the jungle to provide support as soon as possible at the 8-minute mark.

Although the vampires are still being suppressed by Urgot, solving the problem is not difficult at all.

Lin Ruo only needs to go to the top lane once during this period. This is because his own Vladimir is controlled within half of the map, so he only needs to go once to drive away Urgot and give him a gap in the wave of minions so that he can push the lane.

Because of the minion wave clustering, GimGoon, who controls the minion wave in his own half of the map, can have the right to push the lane once after 8 minutes.

This is a prerequisite for entering the jungle.

Having done all this, Lin Ruo stopped at the F6 pit in the upper half of the map at the 7-minute mark.

He doesn't need to make sure he's in the enemy jungle as soon as the blue buff spawns, because that's obviously not a safe time.

The opposing team isn't stupid. Karsa will likely take advantage of the blue monster's spawn time to call Ryze to go in and check it out, only doing so when Camille isn't around when the blue monster spawns.

This is what is meant by a safety signal.

So when the timer actually reached 8 minutes, Gragas and Ryze indeed grouped up and went into the jungle to check the situation.

After confirming that Camille wasn't there, Xiaohu casually used his skill again before leaving and returning to the mid lane.

Karsa could already confirm that he had secured the blue buff, because Lin Ruo had just entered the river and was heading towards the jungle entrance.

Having successfully pushed the lane, GimGoon entered the river, preparing to head towards the blue buff area.

Lin Ruo's pace was a bit faster than his.

When Letme realized that the vampire hadn't appeared in the top lane for more than 5 seconds, and knew that he had already bought back his items and there was no way he could go back, he immediately pinged the jungle.

This was meant to warn Karsa, the jungler, that the vampire might have entered.

Since the top laner has already arrived, the enemy jungler is probably on his way as well.

Karsa, who originally didn't want to use Smite, was forced to use his skill to quickly take away the blue buff, and then prepared to retreat quickly to avoid the crisis.

But as it turned out, he was still a step too late.

Lin Ruo hardly needed to get close enough to check the situation in the blue pit. He knew from the fact that Ryze's recall time was significantly later than expected that he had gone into the jungle with Gragas.

Therefore, what Lin Ruo needed to do at this time was to lock onto the wine barrel as quickly as possible.

How to lock it? Naturally, you'll use the ultimate move.

Lin Ruo didn't expect to be able to control the barrel with her E skill, since the moment she appeared in front of the barrel, the other person might throw out the exploding barrel bombardment.

At this point, trying to regain control will most likely result in losing both people and money.

Therefore, Lin Ruo chose to enter the jungle and use the first wall as a displacement E skill to pass through it. After two E skills, he appeared in front of the Gragas who had just finished killing the blue monster at the fastest speed.

There's still a skill gap between controlling the barrel and the distance, but the range of the ultimate is more than enough.

next moment.

Precise Etiquette leaped up with unstoppable force, instantly locking the somewhat stunned Casa Barrel in a confined space, unable to move.

Karsa, not daring to be careless, immediately threw out his R skill, the exploding barrel, to try and negate the control effect, and in the end, it did indeed negate it.

However, once that purple magic shield enveloped Camille's body, Karsa should have realized that one ultimate ability was clearly not enough.

In the next field operation, Shen used a light E-flash to accurately control Gragas again, making it difficult for Gragas to change the situation even after he used his ultimate.

Lin Ruo used a tactical sweep to slow down opponents, followed by a second Q skill to deal as much damage as possible without holding back.

At this moment, Xiao Hu had already arrived in time to provide support using his ultimate move, but the vampire was faster than him.

GimGoon then delivered the final burst of damage, unleashing his RQE skills to absorb the enemy's attacks and quickly securing the kill on the already low-health Gragas.

With the combined efforts of the three, the so-called radar jungler Karsa had absolutely no chance of escape.

Xiaohu had just arrived and couldn't even take a second look at the corpse before he had to rush back, afraid that Daomei would be waiting for him on the way back, and he would have to sacrifice the minion wave to go back to the lane from the three wolves area.

Lin Ruo then casually ate the toad, personally creating the final straw that broke the camel's back for Casa.

RNG is in deep trouble.

He wanted to catch the barrel, so Xiaohu in the mid lane protected it as much as possible, even using his ultimate to travel.

This is clearly a self-proving trap, since Xiaohu still came despite knowing that the battle was likely to take place in the upper half of the bracket.

In Lin Ruo's judgment, this was a completely wrong approach.

Because at this point, what Ryze really needs to do is not to worry about the Gragas, but to go directly to the bottom lane when a fight is bound to break out in the top half of the map.

Whether it's a 3v2 or 3v1 gank, if something really happens in the top half of the map, Ryze will definitely gain something in the bottom lane as well.

Only such an exchange will ensure that you won't suffer a loss and will make it easier to transition into the mid-game.

However, Xiaohu did not do that, or rather, none of the people in RNG did that; they clearly hadn't figured out how to be flexible.

Perhaps because the top laner is Urgot, the team was determined to focus more on the top side of the map, or perhaps because the bottom laner is Swain who can play solo, the team was convinced that helping out wouldn't be very meaningful?
Anyway, the rest of the matches continued, and Gragas was truly nowhere to be found.

With the jungler falling silent, Lin Ruo's natural course of action is to continue targeting the top lane.

(End of this chapter)