LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 515 1:0 (6000 words)
To Miller's surprise, the two sides actually engaged in their first large-scale team fight at the 17-minute mark of the game.

Realizing that they couldn't compete with EDG in small-scale team fights, and not wanting to give up too much benefit in the early game, RNG chose to use this team fight to gain something.

The best outcome would naturally be to remove the dragon and escape unscathed.

Even if you can't get the kill, trading kills is still acceptable.

In short, since they failed to take down the middle tower, they must get something back in this team fight.

The process of acquiring what is required begins as soon as one leaves the vampire TP area of ​​GimGoon.

Since Urgot didn't teleport down, Letme was currently pushing the lane and attacking the tower in the top lane. If they could stall for more time, he could even take down the first tower without much trouble.

Therefore, in this head-on confrontation, EDG is the one who should really be anxious.

GimGoon can't go back to defend the lane. If he does, Urgot will teleport down, and they'll be the ones who suffer.

At this point, the only thing to do is to take down the dragon as quickly as possible to end the team fight, or to initiate a team fight as quickly as possible to force Urgot to retreat.

Lin Ruo chose to have both; they wanted to both engage in dragon raids and form a team.

Originally, RNG, who were pushing the lane, were the first to control the vision inside the dragon pit. However, since Urgot didn't teleport down, EDG quickly regained control of the dragon pit instead.

They immediately forced the other four RNG players towards the bottom lane river.

At this moment, seeing that EDG had already started the dragon, Urgot, who had pushed down most of the turret's health in the top lane, slowly teleported to the mid lane river position, attempting to surround the five EDG players in the dragon pit from both above and below.

However, EDG's positioning was not some foolish rush into the dragon pit. Instead, they went in first and then pulled the dragon out to fight.

Regardless of the lineup, if they are too clustered together in a small space, once they are engaged, a devastating team fight is highly likely to occur.

If you're not careful, you might inflict some memorable moment on the opponent.

I don't know if it looks good or not, but it's definitely explosive.

"Should we engage with Smite? Should we initiate or wait for them to initiate?" Letme, who had just landed, shouted three times in quick succession in RNG's voice chat.

After all, their lineup includes Alistar and Gragas, so they have plenty of room to engage in team fights.

It seems that EDG has no intention of opening the dragon now. If they don't open it, aren't they just watching the dragon be taken by someone else?

Xiao Ming knew this, of course. He wanted to engage on Miss Fortune who didn't have Flash or Cleanse, but Miss Fortune was well positioned, close to Urgot who was coming down from the mid lane.

It's not just troublesome for him to insist on driving it; it's extremely troublesome.

Fortunately, he has Flash, which gives Xiaoming a better space to enter the fray even if he tries to initiate a team fight.

So before the dragon was taken, Xiaoming, playing Alistar, used Flash + WQ to rush into the EDG team and knock up the Irelia and Shen in front of him.

He can only be in the front row; anyone else can't get a spot even if they wanted to.

Karsa's task was to fight for the kill, but Lin Ruo precisely controlled the dragon's health, giving the incoming Gragas no chance at all.

The reason is simple: my kill threshold is higher.

Because Lin Ruo had saved up two Qs before using Smite, a single hit combined with Smite could take down a dragon with over 1000 health.

It's not something that can be solved simply by using Smite, which makes it impossible for Karsa to take down the dragon.

So all he could do next was initiate a team fight. Karsa chose to throw out the Explosive Barrel to break EDG's formation, especially to blast Miss Fortune, who was already on the edge, downwards.

Since you don't like coming near us, then go and approach Urgot who's coming up from below.

As it turned out, the female gunner did go down, but Lin Ruo followed her down as well.

At 17 minutes, the Flash cooldown used at 12 minutes had already recovered, so Lin Ruo didn't hesitate to use E-Flash to rush in with Urgot while hanging on the wall.

Even though Letme knew Camille was coming, he didn't dare to dodge.

Because once he uses Flash to create distance, it means he has been banished.

If Urgot, who is the most powerful fighter in the early game, cannot pose a threat to EDG's main damage dealer, then his role is practically zero.

However, subsequent events proved that Letme was caught in a dilemma: whether he avoided it or not.

If he dodges him, he might be able to save his life; if he doesn't, the combined damage from Camille and Miss Fortune will leave him feeling hopeless.

Camille used E-Flash to lock onto Urgot, followed by a second Q to slash him, and then her ultimate to cover and sweep to slow him down. Camille's combo had already caused Urgot's health to drop rapidly.

Not to mention that Miss Fortune's attack speed auto-attacks bounced a few times afterward, and when Urgot, who was less than half health, tried to charge forward and use his E skill to overturn Miss Fortune, he couldn't deal much damage at that point.

All that awaited him was to be slaughtered by others.

This is the biggest problem with the lineups on both sides. EDG can withstand the early game, but RNG may not be able to.

The so-called ability to withstand attacks means being able to effectively slow down the pace of the situation when facing concentrated firepower, preventing the team from being instantly overwhelmed and allowing them to stabilize and launch a counterattack.

EDG's front line held up completely. Just GimGoon's Vladimir using his ultimate and Blood Escape to enter the fray could delay RNG for quite a while. What's more, Shen also had to activate his sword array to tank damage and use his ultimate to attach to his teammates and continue to apply shields.

Even the most unassuming Scout Irelia has time to charge her W skill and take hits, so she doesn't need to use her Q skill to dodge and move around.

If you release your R skill before the enemy tries to focus fire, a storm of sharp blades will mark enemies and deal magic damage, creating a wall of blades that lasts for 6 seconds.

Any enemy that passes through the wall will be slowed down and disarmed.

If we use the Twin Blades combo again, we can completely hold off all four RNG players.

Unfortunately, RNG's four players only had about ten minutes of early-game damage, which wasn't enough.

Unlike Camille, who can dominate the battlefield with just one Trinity Force item, Ryze's development is already average, and without two items, he's simply not good enough.

Needless to say, the jungler Gragas, who hadn't had many comfortable jungle camps to begin with, was even worse off.

The crow is the most powerful fighter among them, but its fighting ability is mainly reflected in its endurance.

It's like you can't kill me, the more I get hit, the more health I gain, but the problem is, who's going to attack me at this time?

EDG's front line's goal was merely to stall for time while their teammates took down the isolated Urgot; the real damage dealers were in the back.

With Letme dying before he could even use his Flash, this team fight can be said to have come to a complete end.

iboy turned around and swept up a pile of poop on the spot, forcing RNG's formation to retreat and scatter.

At this point, they could certainly continue fighting, but seeing that they were missing one of their front-line damage dealers, they couldn't help but hesitate.

During that moment of hesitation, the vampire who had charged into the crowd used Flash to retreat, and the EDG team quickly chose to disperse. To be on the safe side, they did not feel there was any need to continue.

Since all the necessary skills have been used, continuing the fight doesn't necessarily guarantee a victory or defeat.

Knowing when to stop is often the better answer, since it's not them who are losing out.

The real loser is RNG. They put in so much effort but not only did they fail to take the first mid tower, they lost a player, and they also failed to steal the most threatening Infernal Dragon.

If things continued like this, when the time came to 20 minutes, which should have been the time for RNG to make their move, they seemed to be at a loss as to how to exert their strength.

Because I really can't find anything to do.

Their team composition is strong in team fights, but one thing is very obvious: their range is really short.

Whether it's pushing lanes, securing lanes quickly, or doing any poke, RNG can only say no, because they simply can't do it.

Despite being in their prime, they were still being pressured and pushed by EDG in the mid lane.

EDG has a true ADC who can push lanes fast.

Urgot, who was released online, could no longer afford to mess with Vladimir. He had to stay behind the second tower and wait for his turn, mainly because the first tower had fallen early and his vision was naturally restricted.

The situation became deadlocked, and it seemed that EDG's best solution was simply to maintain vision control around Baron Nashor and protect the mid lane.

Anyway, after 20 minutes, they can start to loosen up the pace appropriately.

RNG is the one that can't afford to give up; it's time for them to start making their move.

However, they have no way to invade the jungle and make up for their disadvantage by outnumbering their opponents.

After all, it's impossible for all five of them to be gathered in the mid lane all the time, ready to storm a jungle area. So when they are outnumbered, they are actually at a disadvantage when facing EDG.

Losing a Ryze means losing a damage dealer, and losing Urgot means losing a front-line tank.

They can't fight team fights even when they're down a player, unlike EDG.

In terms of output, they have no shortage of anything.

At 22 minutes, after pushing out the top lane, using Ryze to gank three-on-one was probably RNG's best opportunity so far.

At this point, after failing to launch an attack, Xiaohu pretended to turn back halfway on his way back to the middle lane, and then cooperated with the Gragas to drive over the tower and block the escape route outside the first tower.

First, a combo of EW control forced out the vampire's blood pool. Then, Casarte's barrels predicted the blood pool's disappearance time and decisively held the target at the moment of standing up, continuing to apply control. Only then did they finish off the vampire and achieve a breakthrough.

At this point, RNG quickly regrouped, seemingly believing they had found the best opportunity to take down Baron Nashor.

Because EDG is short-handed.

If they don't open now, it will be even more troublesome to open later. Opportunities are not so easy to miss; once you lose one, you can get another.

So, around the 23-minute mark, the RNG players quickly gathered in the dragon pit and started fighting, their formation very close together.

The difference between the small dragon and the big dragon is obvious. The small dragon can be lured out and fought, but the big dragon cannot be lured out of the pit and fought.

This is why RNG's formation is so close together. As the short-ranged team, they have to stick close to Baron Nashor and have no possibility of retreating or defending.

Therefore, they had to enter the Dragon Pit.

However, such risks are too great. To address similar issues, RNG has also retained a passive option regarding taking down dragons: prioritize team fights whenever possible.

After all, they have an advantage in numbers.

The positioning of Alistar became crucial. Xiaoming deliberately circled around to the back of the blue team's blue pit and into the bushes in the river, in order to pose the greatest threat to the three EDG players coming from the front.

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Scout's Irelia teleported down from above the river to try and counter-gank.

Just when RNG thought their setup was perfect, they discovered that three EDG members entered the river but retreated back to the jungle within two seconds. This meant that Alistar, who was hiding in the bushes, had no chance to initiate a team fight.

Are we going to release them?

It would be great if they were allowed to get Baron Nashor, but the problem is, there's absolutely no chance of that happening.

At this moment, the EDG players were gathered in the area above the dragon pit, playing a poke-style strategy.

If you rely solely on Miss Fortune's ultimate to sweep through the area, although it can affect most of the area inside the dragon pit, the enemy won't stand still and take all the damage.

So it's still a little bit worse.

But what if, at this moment, the flanking Irelia comes in and provides that final piece of crowd control?

What RNG probably never expected was that Irelia would one day be a champion who doesn't need to use her Q skill to deal damage; she can simply use her ultimate.

Yes, all you need to do is simply enlarge it.

This was exactly Scout's goal. He used Flash to reach the side of the Dragon Pit at top speed, and used his R skill [Vanguard Blade] to fire a barrage of blades that instantly filled the Dragon Pit area.

This effectively blocked most of RNG's escape routes.

A burst of laughter followed.

At this moment, the bounty hunter calmly unleashed a barrage of projectiles above the dragon pit. The cone-shaped, high-damage projectiles pierced through the inside and outside of the dragon pit, relentlessly covering the four RNG players inside.

They wanted to retreat, but the slowing and disarming effects of traversing countless blade zones made it difficult for them to retreat.

Moreover, the dragon's health was almost at the point where a fight with Smite was necessary.
By this time, the late arrival of Alistar to open up the pit for Irelia was futile; on the contrary, it was a very wrong move, as it left Karsa unsure how to use his ultimate next.

Should we throw it out now to interrupt the bounty hunter's laughter, or time it right for Camille to come in and steal the dragon, then blow her up to ensure we lock onto the dragon?

Seeing everyone's health dropping rapidly, Kasa could only maneuver the barrel forward into the dragon pit, throwing an exploding barrel to interrupt the bounty hunter's terrifying cannonball attack.

This gave Lin Ruo an excellent opportunity to enter the fray. Taking advantage of the fact that the barrel was close to the dragon pit, he used his E skill to kick the barrel firmly in the face with the second part of the E skill over the wall, and took control of the barrel first.

Then, with Shen following up with a second control, they locked down the front barrel and seized the opportunity to steal the dragon.

At this point, Baron's health was almost depleted, and even if RNG deliberately stopped attacking, it wouldn't make much difference.

They can only try to create an opportunity for a peaceful dragon-stealing.

That is, when Shen controls the barrel, Ryze also has an E followed by W to counter-control, making it impossible for either of them to be punished.

But in the end, what's meant to happen will happen.

When the undeniable punishment landed, even Lin Ruo himself wasn't confident he could secure it, but it didn't matter at all; it didn't affect his ability to instantly activate Invincibility to preserve his health after the punishment.

For him, losing the dragon is just that—losing it. This doesn't change the fact that RNG is already exhausted from running around like crazy.

Don't forget, it's four against five.

So when your fifth hero, Vladimir, revives and teleports down from the back, it doesn't really affect the outcome, no matter who has Baron Nashor.

It's only been 23 minutes; the vampire's resurrection time is very fast.

In the commentary booth, Wawa, who had finally gotten his chance to speak, snatched the speaking power from Miller and quickly said the moment the Baron disappeared: "The Baron is gone, it's... RNG's!"

The cheers of RNG fans could be faintly heard from the scene.

The doll also shouted in agreement, as if excited, and then witnessed such a world-destroying scene.

RNG, who had just secured the Baron, hadn't even had a chance to celebrate when suddenly a huge pool of blood appeared in the dragon pit. The Vladimir, who hadn't used Flash to save his life in the previous wave, charged in like a madman, activating Blood Escape and unleashing his damage.

Once E skill is unleashed, the entire field explodes.

The female gunner also flashed into the dragon pit at this moment.

EDG has too many damage dealers. Except for Shen, almost every one of them can deal significant damage. So when the opponents are mostly low on health, there's no point in talking about whether they can win the team fight.

You have to fight for heads to get them.

Wawa, who had initially tried to give RNG a boost, quickly added after RNG secured the Baron, "The Baron belongs to RNG, but it looks like they're going to get wiped out."

Miller casually added, "It's not just a possibility, it's a real possibility that we're going to be wiped out!"

He only saw Camille kick the tankiest Swain to death with a single kick after the golden body ended.

Then, the female gunner instantly killed the barrel who was trying to escape.

None of the RNG players were able to escape the dragon pit. From the initial poke by Irelia and Miss Fortune's double ultimate abilities, the team's health had already dropped to a very dangerous level.

Once the resurrected vampire re-entered the battlefield, RNG was almost completely wiped out, except for Alistar.

At this point, there was no way to escape.

Ultimately, their fate was nothing but total annihilation.

As the game's annihilation sound played, after a small number of RNG fans cheered at the Nanjing Gymnasium, the majority of fans erupted in celebration.

Tens of thousands of EDG fans were incredibly excited, waving their support items and giving the team the most enthusiastic cheers on stage.

"Wow, in just 23 minutes, EDG wiped out RNG. Although they didn't take down Baron, they still gained a huge advantage."

Miller couldn't believe it.

RNG had clearly reached their team fight phase, but they died even more disastrously than they had been when they had no team fight ability in the previous ten minutes.

Ultimately, it all comes down to driving a big dragon (a metaphor for a dangerous or dangerous vehicle), and the saying "a big dragon can ruin your life" is never a joke.

Fighting dragons in the dragon pit is always the same; it's just too, too dangerous.

Once this team fight ended, Miller could confidently say that the game was over.

Because they didn't take down Baron, RNG might be able to hold out for another five or six minutes, but it won't have any significant impact.

The truth is that EDG's lineup was unstoppable, while RNG's lineup couldn't withstand the onslaught, and they were destined to be crushed.

There's no way around it; once you get to the late game in fast-paced mode, the tanks are basically just there to boost the stats of multi-core lineups.

Given the current economic situation, they probably won't be able to swipe their wallets more than a few times.

RNG seemed to have given up, as another crushing team fight two minutes later handed the victory to EDG.

The moment the base crystal exploded, the game time stopped at just over 26 minutes.

"Still an impeccable rhythm. Congratulations to EDG for taking the first game in the Summer Finals. They are two games away from defending their Summer Championship title!"

Miller confidently held up the number two in the commentary booth. If this had happened in a match between other teams, he probably would have been bombarded with criticism. After all, what's the difference between this and popping champagne?

But this is EDG.

It seems that winning the next two games is just a formality. Since it's just a formality, does it make a difference whether we open champagne or not?

There probably wouldn't be any problem awarding the prize directly.

At this moment, the viewers in the official live stream chat all had a completely bored expression.

[Let's stop here. What's so interesting about a father beating his son?]

[Not as good as IG. IG can still put up a fight and give us a little surprise, while RNG is just getting beaten up.]

[I've cancelled. I'll come to watch the trophy presentation ceremony in an hour. That should be fine, right?]

It's too late; the next two games will probably only last an average of 20 minutes.

[How about we take Lin Gou off the court and let Haro come up and play? I don't have anything else to do today, I just want to watch a couple more games.]

[What you're saying is ridiculous. What if Haro comes in and wins too? RNG will be in big trouble.]

...

It really exploded.

At this moment, in the RNG rest room, everyone could only look at the match result on the screen and sigh. It was the familiar rhythm of defeat. They were already used to it, and even if they wanted to be sad, they couldn't feel much pain anymore.

Recalling how IG won a game against EDG in the semifinals, Heart, as the coach, decided to make adjustments in the second game, bringing back mlxg, whose style is exactly the same as Ning's.

At least give it a shot.

Although RNG still lost when mlxg started, it's better to have made adjustments than not, and it won't be as embarrassing for them to take the blame later.

Otherwise, they'll be criticized again after the match for benching mlxg.

...

They continued making adjustments, and soon the second game was about to enter its final preparation time.

At the same time, on the other side of the ocean.

Having just won the LCK Summer Split championship, the suddenly globally popular star team GRF is undoubtedly paying close attention to this Bo5, focusing on their biggest rival, the LPL region, and their strongest enemy, EDG.

After watching the first game, all the GRF members showed different expressions of emotion.

They could sense just how strong this EDG team was, which would certainly prevent them from slacking off during their preparations for the upcoming World Championship.

"This is EDG, who have dominated League of Legends for nearly two years. Their top laner can both tank and carry, and you can't see any flaws in him. As for Lin Ruo, the core jungler, I don't even know how to evaluate this player. He is the soul of EDG."

"And then there's Scout in the mid lane. I can say that his laning ability is stronger than any mid laner we've encountered in the Summer Split. We also have a reaction monster in the bot lane, and the support has the most experience."

GRF's head coach, cvMax, who gave a brief assessment, was almost full of praise, saying he had never seen such a terrifying team.

The same applies to the players.

However, for top-tier micro-management players like Chovy and Tazan, their eyes are filled with anticipation rather than fear.

Looking forward to competing against such a legendary world number one team.

(End of this chapter)