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Chapter 517 You actually tried to play tricks on me?

He didn't even dare to say whether he could finish off the low-health female gunner, because she had Flash and Heal.

So whether he could get the kill was another matter, but if he was actually attacked from both sides, Xiao Hu knew he definitely wouldn't be able to escape.

The two teams' lineups are not even in the same league in level 1 team fights. Are you expecting Xayah to deal damage, or Kindred who has lost half her health to the red monster to carry the so-called banner?

Therefore, upon seeing the barrel fall, Xiaohu's first choice was to retreat.

Don't say they have few people now.

The key is that Braum is equivalent to two of them, and there's also Xin Zhao, whose early-game damage is already high. In the current situation, it's simply unplayable. Retreating and cutting losses is the best approach, bar none.

If they go up and give away points again, the third game might end even earlier than the first two.

Fortunately, the retreat was timely, which avoided being surrounded and killed by Ryze from behind. Xiaohu later had to admit that he ran away decisively.

The situation had already become somewhat chaotic.

Forced away by Braum and Xin Zhao, mlxg had no choice but to passively farm the jungle in the top lane. Fortunately, the first mark spawned on the river crab in the top river, not in the area below where he couldn't reach it at all.

This gave mlxg a little comfort, and he decided to go eat river crabs first to avoid any unforeseen complications.

Immediately after reaching level two, mlxg set his sights on the red side's jungle. His penchant for invasion and unwillingness to suffer losses made him want to go in and take down the red monster in retaliation.

They immediately abandoned all their own upper jungle and charged into the enemy jungle.

Despite being at a clear disadvantage, he still showed such courage to invade, which even made Miller in the commentary booth exclaim in amazement: "Wow, Xiangguo, he has never been a coward."

For most people, who would dare to invade the jungle after just farming a river crab to reach level two? But mlxg is just that unusual. Taking advantage of Xiaohu's mid-lane pressure, he tried to steal the jungle camp.

That's all.

Lin Ruo, who stole the red monster in the bottom lane, knew exactly what was going on. How could he not know mlxg's personality? He never had the habit of swallowing his pride.

So after taking down the red monster, Lin Ruo had no intention of going back to his own jungle to kill the blue monster; instead, he immediately returned to the top side of the jungle.

They rushed to the middle lane, forced Lulu away, and then headed straight for the red zone.

mlxg paused for a moment, and upon seeing Xin Zhao appear on the mid lane, he immediately abandoned the idea of ​​entering the jungle to start the red buff.

Zhao Xin reacted too quickly, not giving him this hard-won opportunity at all.

Although you could try to take the red buff by using Lulu in the mid lane to push the lane and create a numbers advantage.

The problem is that the top lane is completely reversed compared to the mid lane, and Akali has absolute dominance over Aatrox in the first 3 levels.

So Letme's team reported early on that Akali had disappeared from the online scene.

mlxg had no choice but to give up, otherwise he would most likely have been surrounded and killed by his superiors.

However, not wanting to suffer a loss for nothing, mlxg cleverly laid an ambush, which was to also lie in ambush in the bushes behind the red monster, and to leave spies in the F6 area in advance, waiting for Zhao Xin to come up.

I don't need to jungle, but I can still attack other players, right?

Lin Ruo forced Lulu away in the middle lane, and seeing that Xiao Hu was heading towards the river, he naturally continued to move upwards without stopping, assuming that Xiao Hu was fighting the red monster.

What Lin Ruo didn't expect was that as soon as he reached the F6 area, Kindred jumped out of the bushes above and relentlessly chased after him, attacking him fiercely.

Lin Ruo wasn't afraid of a 1v1 situation, but Lulu was right in the river, and it would only take two seconds to provide support.

Because the minion wave needs to be cleared when it reaches the tower, Scout's ability to support him is much slower.

mlxg was playing this game, hoping to capitalize on his brief numerical advantage in the middle of the river to turn the tide and recoup his losses.

Compared to going to the red buff area, Akali's support speed from top lane to mid lane is also much slower.

Lin Ruo, who had calculated everything very clearly, certainly wouldn't use his E to poke Kindred. If he dared to poke, he would probably be finished. Lulu would come over, flash, transform into a sheep, slow him down, and he would be dead. No one else would be the only one to die.

Therefore, Lin Ruo, who was simply taking the hits, decisively chose to use her E skill to poke the birds in the F6 nest, using the displacement to pull away and retreat towards the bushes outside the second tower.

From then on, mlxg could do nothing but vent his anger and reduce the target's health to half.

Because Akali had come down and Ryze had cleared the minion wave, the two had no choice but to retreat quickly.

In the end, mlxg gained nothing from this invasion; on the contrary, it severely delayed his jungle clearing time.

"That's a bit of a loss."

In the commentary booth, Wawa felt a sense of empathy: "EDG's defense was too good. They didn't give mlxg any chance. In particular, Lin Shen was really steady when he should be steady and aggressive when he should be aggressive."

If it were him, I'm sure that if a Kindred dared to mess with a Xin Zhao with a red buff, I would have already stabbed him and taken half his health as a sign of respect.

However, while this might create a sense of momentum, without resorting to a quick attack, escape is impossible.

Unlike Lin Ruo, who was incredibly stable, Mei Mei could quickly take down the F6 and the red buff to level up to level 3 by using the Smite she hadn't used yet.

mlxg could only go back to farm the upper half of the server. At this point, he had no autonomy left because he had wasted too much time earlier.

If he wastes any more time, he'll most likely be able to AFK (away from keyboard) early.

After clearing the three jungle camps in the upper half of the map, he immediately returns to base to clear the golems in the lower half of the map. This is the fixed route that mlxg must follow.

But Lin Ruo doesn't need to do that.

He has all the wild animals in the lower half of the field, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has to go down.

With plenty of free time, Lin Ruo chose to flank and gank the top laner, Aatrox. After reaching level 3, Aatrox would inevitably push the lane once he gained lane control.

This is undoubtedly the best time to arrest them.

Perhaps even Letme himself didn't expect that Zhao Xin, despite being dealt with by Kindred, would not return to base but instead travel through the river to the top lane to arrest him.

This made his aggressive push on the lane seem like he had fallen into an abyss.

Having already suffered many setbacks in the past, Letme held nothing back this time, swiftly flashing to dodge the spear extended by Xin Zhao's W skill, and then retreating towards the tower without even taking minions.

He dared not gamble on whether he could dodge the W skill by maneuvering. He only knew that if he failed to dodge it, he would most likely have to go back to the fountain to buy a longsword and then log back in.

So it's better to just use Flash.

With her E and W abilities, Akali also has a lot of room to escape because the minion wave in front of her tower provides much-needed support.

Lin Ruo, who had managed to knock out a Flash, didn't pursue the enemy further. Instead, she retreated to base to replenish her equipment and headed straight for the bottom lane.

He wasn't afraid that Kindred would invade the lower half of the map.

Even if mlxg were heartless, he wouldn't dare to play like that.

Lin Ruo thought that he couldn't let mlxg have it too easy, so he chose not to farm in his own lower jungle as much as possible, only farming the toad monster at the mark spawn location, and then swaggered into the river.

The target is the blue team's F6.

mlxg never expected the opponent to be so devoted to his F6, resulting in him getting nothing but stone beetles.

As a result, the level is still stuck at level 3.

The lack of a red buff at the start significantly slowed down his jungle clearing speed, which meant that even though Lin Ruo managed to gank the Sword Demon, he was still able to prioritize clearing the F6 camp afterward.

After all, not only did they have good equipment and could clear jungle camps quickly, but they also bought a pair of boots when they went back.

mlxg, who was a step too late, could only stare blankly at the empty F6 nest. It seemed that the only place he could go next was the river, to see if he could get a river crab.

However, considering that Karsa's game in the first round was ruined by the river crab, mlxg dared not have any unrealistic ideas about the river crab.

By examining the fruit, they discovered that the river crab was still there, and at the same time, there was a red team's true sight ward in the bushes, indicating that Lin Ruo was using the same trick again, crouching in a dark corner to lure them.

mlxg immediately gave up on the idea of ​​eating river crabs.

The problem is, since he doesn't eat river crabs, there's nothing else for him to eat.

I'm hungry.

Go to mid lane to steal some farm? Forget it.

mlxg could only place a ward for the mid-lane bush along the wall, and then head to the top lane to wait for his own jungle monsters to slowly respawn.

He wouldn't dare eat river crabs.

As he approached the second tower, mlxg subconsciously switched his screen to the mid lane and saw a scene that horrified him.

At that moment, Xiaohu had just finished pushing the lane and was preparing to go into the top river to rearrange the vision, when who could have expected a wild Zhao Xin to suddenly emerge from among them.

Yes.

Lin Ruo emerged from the bushes in the upper half of the area.

It was so inexplicable that both mlxg and Xiaohu were dumbfounded.

"Why is he in the upper jungle?" Xiaohu's brain was completely overwhelmed, and Lin Ruo's actions also left him somewhat unable to keep up.

Zhao Xin didn't just burst out of the bush; instead, he first slowed the enemy with his W skill, then used his movement speed to dash out of the bush.

Because the two were close enough, Lin Ruo quickly pressed her face against his.

This forces Xiaohu to take all the hits. He doesn't dare to use Flash to get away after being slowed and transformed into a sheep, because Zhao Xin can immediately use his E skill to catch up.

With the mark of the W skill on him, no matter how far he flashes, Xin Zhao can E in immediately.

So Xiaohu has to wait until the mark from the W skill completely disappears before he can Flash away.

But can it really be delayed until then?

Seeing Ryze approaching, Xiaohu, fearing he would be controlled and unable to use Flash, finally used Flash to create distance. Immediately afterwards, he was knocked into the air by Zhao Xin's third shot, which came from his E skill.

Fortunately, Xiaohu still has a speed boost for himself, but that doesn't mean he can escape, because Lin Ruo also has Flash.

With Zhao Xin's current development, he can take away most of Lulu's health with three shots and one stab. He can then use Flash to follow up and walk in front of Lulu while auto-attacking, adding the slow and burn from the red monster.

Xiao Hu then realized that his Lulu had absolutely no chance of escape.

At this point in time, Zhao Xin shouldn't still have the Red Monster mark, but unfortunately, the other player has two.

There's no other way; if they don't die, are we supposed to let them die?

In the end, Lin Ruoxiao secured the kill and left. mlxg, who had just entered the top jungle, could have come over to push the mid lane. Only Xiaohu stared at the black screen and turned his head. "I think I need an explanation. Didn't you say he was in the bottom jungle?"

Yes.

Just like mlxg, Xiaohu discovered through the scouting fruit that the river crab was still there in the bottom lane and there was a control ward in the bush.

Recalling the first game, mlxg instinctively assumed that Xin Zhao was probably lying in ambush somewhere, so he chose to avoid him and even left a ward in the river bush.

Seeing this, Xiaohu naturally thought of placing another ward in the river bush after pushing the lane, so that he could be safe and sound and would never be ganked again.

But little did anyone know, Zhao Xin was right there in the riverbed grass above.

What's wrong? Do you have a clone or teleportation...?

"Damn it, I've been tricked." Hearing Xiao Hu's question, mlxg gritted his teeth. This was a game of intelligence, and Lin Ruo had thoroughly humiliated him.

Yes, it's still being rubbed back and forth.

At this moment, Miller in the commentary booth laughed: "Lin Shen, what kind of operation is this? He actually made Xiang Guo and Xiao Hu run around in circles."

Yes, it's all about going around in circles.

If it weren't for their and the audience's God-like perspective, they would probably be completely bewildered right now.

Because Lin Ruo perfectly grasped the characteristic of "once bitten by a snake, twice shy".

Although Lin Ruo deliberately ignored the river crab after clearing the F6 camp and even left a ward in the bushes, in reality, he wasn't actually lying in ambush anywhere.

Instead, they immediately used the mid-lane tower to block vision and rushed to the top jungle area.

Only mlxg, who came later, naively thought that Zhao Xin should be waiting for him in the river.

no way.

Karsa's performance in the first game was ruined because he went into the river to eat the river crab.

It seems quite normal to be vigilant in such a situation.

That's why Xiao Hu, who also thinks Lin Ruo is below him, always goes close to the upper half of the area, thinking that since there are already wards in the bushes below, he can also put a ward in the bushes above. Then he won't have to worry about being caught anymore.
But he never came back.

Whether they were numb or not is unknown, but it's certain that the RNG players' mid and jungle were stunned at that moment.

And there's another fool down there, that's Kasa sitting on the bench.

Even though he didn't play, Kasa felt like he had let his teammates down. If you really had to pinpoint the blame, he might actually have to take some responsibility.

"This Lin Ruo is human," Kasa could only curse inwardly. "He's too perverted."

Playing games is just playing games, why do you have to bully people like this? Just use your skills, why do you have to use your brain?

As seen in the live stream chat, LPL viewers seemed to have found a new meme.

[Damn, Lin must have gone to study psychology before the finals. Look how he completely outmaneuvered RNG's mid and jungle.]

[Go back to the live stream and ask Lin Gou to show off his psychology certificate. I don't believe it if he doesn't have one; look how smoothly he plays these psychological tricks.]

[This is ridiculous. What kind of psychology is this? It's just trying to fool RNG's mid and jungle. You want me to go up there? There's no way Lin can fool me. At most, he'll crush me because I won't fall for it. If there's a river crab, why wouldn't I fight it?]

[That makes sense. I'll go up and manage the hook, then we'll go straight for the river crab. That's how brave we Bronze players are.]

[If you guys go up there, Lin Gou will be done for at level 1. There's no need for any psychological tactics later.]

...

Amidst the lively discussion in the live chat.

Many netizens noticed that just 6 minutes into the game, RNG seemed to have fallen into their familiar pattern of collapse.

Lin Ruo turned around and unleashed another combo in the river bushes, forcing mlxg to sheepishly use his Flash.

The reason I didn't attack earlier was because Lulu was there. Now that Lulu is gone, you still dare to come and ambush me in the bushes. Lin Ruo is not going to tolerate that.

Don't think I'm scared just because the Sword Demon is coming down. I'm not scared at all.

Seeing how brave Xin Zhao was, Ryze quickly made his way over, and Letme, who originally wanted to help, immediately retreated back to the jungle as if he were just passing by.

Fortunately, there was no Rift Herald at this time, otherwise we would have had to give it up again.

mlxg could only go back to farming his own jungle, but when the next mark spawned in the enemy's F6 area, mlxg's expression inevitably turned quite grim.

They're making me go get it? What's the difference between that and harming me?
After clearing the jungle, Lin Ruo returned to the city on time, but this time she didn't go to guard the F6 camp that spawned. Lin Ruo once again played the psychology game.

He bet that after his two previous failures, mlxg would definitely not dare to invade again this time. If he really dared to invade, well, if you're that bold, then so be it.

However, mlxg clearly didn't have that much courage, so he chose to finish clearing the upper half of the area and then return to town to fight his first red monster.

Coincidentally, Lin Ruo also arrived.

Lin Ruo, who had calculated everything, was fully aware of mlxg's movements. Since he didn't dare to come and get the mark from the F6 area, he was definitely going to go back to the lower half of the area to eat the red monsters that spawned.

It would be a waste not to take action now.

So what followed was a familiar clash, and mlxg, who was halfway through the fight, suddenly saw a Xin Zhao charging into his field of vision.

Without saying a word, he immediately attacked her, and even while knocking her away, he made sure to take down the red monster. After finishing the fight, Lin Ruo immediately reached level 6, where she had her ultimate skill available.

The four-way sweeping attack quickly reduced Kindred's health.

He fled, and he pursued.

mlxg saw absolutely no hope of escape. As the saying goes, Zhao Xin has straw sandals, what does Kindred have?
What kind of lane-pushing ability can a Gragas support in the bot lane have? The duo is completely pushed back, let alone coming to support. It would be a huge wishful thinking to even stop Braum from coming to support.

Moreover, Braum is no longer needed, and Lin Ruo easily completed a solo kill on Kindred.

The sounds of carnage echoed throughout the canyon, and the Nanjing Gymnasium had been engulfed in an atmosphere of explosion for what seemed like the umpteenth time.

Watching EDG's matches is exhausting, which is probably the biggest concern for EDG fans.

Unlike RNG fans, who can only shout more than three times in three games.

"I feel like mlxg is finished." Miller, watching from the commentary booth, felt both amused and helpless. He never imagined that mlxg, who was always on hunger strikes and invading other people's jungles, would one day be forced into a hunger strike by the other side.

The game had only been going on for less than 8 minutes, and there was already a level difference between level 4 and level 6. With Zhao Xin having a significant lead in both level and economy, bullying Kindred could no longer be considered a contest between players of the same class.

It's simply a dimensionality reduction blow.

"I can't play anymore, guys, I'm almost numb, really."

mlxg sat on the player's bench and ruffled his thinning hair, feeling like he was going bald after the match.

He didn't know how the game collapsed; it seemed like they just gave up one kill in a level 1 team fight and that was it.

Does that mean we should really give up the red monster to the opponent at level 1?

Forget it.

It doesn't matter when EDG collapses. Since Lin Ruo switched to jungle, mlxg can clearly feel that this EDG is more than twice as strong as before.

no way.

The jungler position allows for better control of the game. In the past, when Lin Ruo played AD, there might have been some late-game potential, but with the jungler position, no one really has any late-game potential anymore.

mlxg didn't think he could hold out until the so-called late game, because judging from the performance in the following matches, the opponent clearly didn't give him any chance.

Lin Ruo turned around and used her lane advantage to secure the first Fire Dragon. The next second, she was already heading towards the blue side's jungle.

Yes.

Because F6 refreshed the page.

Knowing full well what was going on, mlxg could only go down and eat some stone golems to replenish his strength; the so-called F6 was not even worth a glance from him.

Now that the mid lane has leveled up, Ryze has almost completely taken control of the lane. Apart from Aatrox starting to suppress Akali in the top lane, the mid and bot lanes are basically EDG's domain.

Moreover, his Kindred had been completely destroyed by Zhao Xin once again.

mlxg's next task is to hurry up and go to the top lane to take the blue buff, otherwise Xin Zhao will bring Ryze in to collect supplies.

"Let's switch lanes, or else," Uzi said helplessly in the voice chat. It seemed that this was the only way to alleviate the trouble.

They still couldn't hold out until the team fight started, so at this point they could only speed things up, let Lulu play her support role earlier, and let Xayah, the core, do things earlier.

Otherwise, if this drags on any longer, it's hard to say whether Uzi can even hold out until he has three items.

Their bot lane duo goes mid, Aatrox goes bot, and Lulu moves back and forth between mid and top. This is undoubtedly the most suitable lane swap at the moment.

At least the Gragas can be freed, so Kindred won't have to keep being chased around everywhere.

"They've started swapping lanes so soon?" When Miller saw RNG actually begin to implement it, his surprise was no less than when he saw IG win a game against EDG last time.

This is because it's really too early; the game has only been going on for 12 minutes, far from the right time to switch lanes.

It should take at least 15 minutes.
It would be understandable if it were about competing for the Rift Herald.

But what can you compete with now? So it's obvious that RNG simply can't hold on anymore, highlighting the importance of preparing in advance and forming a team.

At the same time, having Xayah come to the mid lane will help her gain an early economic advantage, thus ensuring that she can quickly reach her development stage.

If Xayah stays in the bottom lane and can't do anything, her development will definitely lag behind. But things are a little different when she moves to the mid lane.

With the barrels roaming around, Xayah can often enjoy the experience on her own. If a small-scale team fight breaks out, Xayah can also join the battle in time to try and get kills.

This is far more effective than having both sides ignore each other in the early game in the bot lane, and then the mid and jungle collapsing as the game progresses, leaving the ADC to simply lose without contributing.

At least Uzi can still put in some effort.

At least the barrels will have time to participate in vision control and ganking.

Everyone at RNG understands that they have no choice but to form a team now.

If I don't hug you soon, be prepared to get a beating and go home to find your mom to hug you before you start crying.

(End of this chapter)