LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 523 secured, first victory achieved easily.

The competition continued, but Lin Ruo's mindset had become completely fixed.

Seize him, seize him, seize him again.

Yes, if there are many ways to crush GEN, then there is only one most practical way: mindlessly gank bottom.

Actually, starting from S7, Ruler in the bot lane has basically been considered GEN's super carry.

Now that we've reached Season 8, with Ambition taking over and Cuvee past his prime, Ruler, once a dominant force, is undoubtedly now alone.

So if you make Ruler uncomfortable, then GEN will teach you a lesson: they are easier to beat than wildcards in these situations.

Scout's effectiveness was undoubtedly demonstrated during this period.

Sion, who can push lanes without thinking, doesn't need any vision control at all, because even if Skarner comes, he won't be able to kill him.

So for the first 10 minutes, Scout focused almost all his energy on the two points and the line.

He pushed the mid lane and then immediately disappeared from sight.

So where to go? Anyway, we're not going anywhere on the road.

Go down, enter the enemy jungle through the jungle entrance, that's Scout's job, no question about it. Occasionally check for Skarner's location, if he's not there, it's okay, I put all my wards in the F6 area and in the bushes behind the red monster.

The purpose of doing this is solely to ensure that Lin Ruo will not be detected by vision when he invades the jungle again, so that the most troublesome one at this time will definitely not be Scorpion.

Instead, it's Varus in the bottom lane.

With the jungle completely neglected, Ruler couldn't keep track of whether Taliyah would come down and appear behind him again, and Sion had to go into the lower river every now and then.

This almost drove Ruler to the brink of collapse; he couldn't even get a moment's peace while playing the game.

"Wow, this Sion seems to be a huge boost to EDG. Ruler didn't even dare to go up and farm the lane twice."

The Roaring Emperor was already numb.

Five minutes in, Lin Ruo led Sion into the jungle. At that time, they had vision on their side, which directly caused Ruler to not dare to farm the wave in front of the tower and could only retreat frantically.

Then call for the scorpions to come down and provide support.

This is the advantage of pushing the lane first; you never know when EDG will invade, so you can't keep an eye on them all the time.

So when the enemy comes at a certain time, even if they can't catch you, you will be alert and try to retreat, resulting in a loss of experience and minions.

After all, you can't just stand there farming in front of the tower while the enemy mid and jungle have already moved in.

It's better if they don't get caught; if they do, they can play on their phones in front of the second tower.

Clearly, Ruler is not that kind of person. He is an extremely vigilant player and would never make the mistake of giving away kills because of greed for minions.

This resulted in their development being severely hampered by frequent invasions from Taliyah and Sion.

Syndra with Ignite has neither teleport nor wave clear priority, so she can't help the bot lane at all.

Crown Bro was a mid laner who was destined to die early in the game from the end of the draft phase, and Lin Ruo wouldn't even give him a second glance.

Similarly, Scout won't even glance at it; he'll just push the minion wave and be done with it.

It was only then that the GEN players realized that this Sion pick was far too overwhelming for them.

Syndra was rendered useless, and the bot lane's life became uneasy as a result.

No wonder EDG didn't pick Syndra at first, they deliberately let them pick her. Crown, who originally wanted to play Malzahar and follow the same strategy, was forced to pick Syndra instead.

Then, the opponent unexpectedly picked a ridiculously durable Sion, even more durable than Malzahar.

They've even abandoned the mid-lane mage, instead placing the burden on Lin Ruo's Taliyah. The question is, can Lin Ruo really shoulder this heavy responsibility of dealing damage?

In the GEN lounge off the court.

At this moment, Edgar wanted to slap himself. What kind of pick was that? He wasn't crushed by EDG in the match, but he was first outplayed in the draft.

Because just now.

At the 7-minute mark, his Varus got hammered again in the bottom lane.

This time, on the way to the game, they were intercepted in the bushes behind the tower next to the stone beetle, and easily gave away another kill.

When Sion disappeared in the mid lane, Ruler, having received the information, was already on high alert and didn't even farm the first wave of minions, but unfortunately, the opponent was still too persistent.

When Sion reappeared on the mid lane, Corejj, relieved, prepared to enter the red buff area to establish vision, and Ruler also prepared to go online.

But who could have imagined that Alistar, who was supposed to return to base with Miss Fortune after pushing the lane, would also appear in the bushes behind the first tower, thus successfully blocking Varus who had just come online.

Lin Ruo, with great patience, secured another kill.

Ruler, who hadn't even managed to get a single wave of minions, put on his Pain Mask earlier than ever before.

too difficult.

Even Corejj was somewhat overwhelmed, as the opposing team was frequently invading his lane and he didn't even have enough money to buy true sight wards.

He had to plant the triangular grass, the grass behind the tower, the grass in the river, and even the grass under the red monster. Not to mention that Sion would come in every now and then to scan the vision.

It's completely unplayable.

Where is the Scorpion Man?

The miracle walker Haru was still on his way.

EDG's invasion had no precise timing, so Haru was always a step behind.

Are there times when he's not slow? Yes, but he accidentally bumps into EDG's mid and jungle, and gets thoroughly beaten and forced to leave the jungle in a sorry state.

Haru sometimes has no choice; he can't live in Shimonoseki and buy a house forever. It seems like this is really the only option now.

After all, Varus is the father. If Varus dies, and he's left to deal damage in the mid-game, he might have to fight Alistar for three lifetimes.

It was precisely because of the lack of vision in the lower half of the map that Lin Ruo was able to steal the first fire dragon with considerable damage at the 9-minute mark.

Taking down the Fire Dragon without losing any resources is clearly much more profitable than getting a Varus kill.

EDG maintained a completely orderly pace in the early game, giving GEN no chance whatsoever.

LPL fans seem to have witnessed that boring ending once again.

[This is too easy! What is GEN doing? Fight back! Don't give up!]

Don't be afraid of losing vision. Fight back; at worst, you'll give up a few kills but regain vision.

[Don't make such a good draft next time. Look at this draft, it completely suppressed GEN from the start, leaving us LPL viewers with no chance to fight back. What kind of viewing experience is this?]

[Lin Ruo, please send one; it'll give GEN some gaming experience.]

Giving them a free kill is definitely out of the question. Only at the 11-minute mark did EDG, grouping up again, launch a counterattack and eliminate two GEN players.

This time, it wasn't EDG who took the initiative. Instead, Haru, who had been ganking in the bushes, had some bad intentions and tried to use his strong initiation ability to flash and lock down EDG's bot lane duo, thus helping them recover from their disadvantage.

The idea was excellent, and the group was successfully launched, but Haru overlooked the most important issue.

Who deals the damage?

Are you expecting Varus, who's practically starving and has barely any equipment, to benefit from this?
Clearly, Ruler doesn't have that ability yet, not to mention that it's Alistar who's absorbing the first wave of damage.

So when GEN and others don't make enough impactful moves, EDG's moves will have to be much more impactful.

Taliyah easily cut off the retreat of the three GEN members by using her ultimate to spread across the stone wall, and then Sion, who transformed into a sports car, arrived at the battlefield at lightning speed with his ultimate.

Before the person was even killed, the situation suddenly turned into a four-on-three battle.

EDG's mid and jungle were like they had teleportation abilities, perfectly managing to join the battle immediately and not giving GEN's bot and jungle too much time to get kills.

Tamm, who swallowed the scorpion, did not escape, and the scorpion, still inside his stomach and already engaged in combat, naturally had no chance of escaping.

In their first collaboration, EDG eliminated GEN's jungler and support in succession, further expanding their lead to a significant advantage.

This caused a chorus of groans both inside and outside the Busan venue.

Clearly, EDG was being considerate of the LCK fans in the stadium. Knowing that they had shouted themselves hoarse at the start of the game, they wanted to give the opposing fans enough time to rest.

In the nearly 12 minutes since the start of the game, LCK fans haven't had a single chance to cheer.

Great needless to say.

And this greatness will continue.

The LCK fans at the stadium were left looking dejected, while the LCK fans on Korean online forums started unleashing their furious barrage of comments as they watched the match.

[Edgar, get out of the LCK! You're the first player to lose a game in the draft phase. The draft difference was so obvious it felt like we were already 3000 gold behind at the start.]

[Shiba, I knew it would be like this. We were completely powerless to fight back, but I really didn't expect that the game itself wasn't the main reason. The failure in the draft phase was actually the root cause of the collapse.]

[I've already placed the order; there's absolutely no hope left.]

[Which organizer decided to have GEN play EDG in their first match, and make it the opening match of the season? They're clearly trying to make things difficult for us LCK fans.]

[Fast forward, we'll be broadcasting the evening news shortly. The League of Legends World Championship has kicked off in Busan, South Korea. In the opening match, the Korean team GEN got utterly crushed by the Chinese team. Do you think that sounds good?]

[Yeah, that's true. Couldn't they have played against a European or American team to secure a win in the first match, and then slowly deal with EDG later? Whether it's to find their form or to avoid embarrassing themselves, wouldn't that have been better?]

Korean fans are about to explode. As the match becomes more and more explosive, they immediately started criticizing GEN's head coach Edgar, and then launched an attack on the schedule.

However, this did not change the fact that GEN's life afterwards was even more miserable than a dog's.

In such a disastrous situation, Cuvee is clearly the one most capable of saving the team.

At the 16-minute mark, Urgot, equipped with Black Cleaver and Ninja Tabi, was clearly almost invincible in terms of combat power, at least twice as strong as Aatrox at the same time.

Therefore, seeing the bottom lane collapse, GEN quickly made adjustments to the game, launching an attack on the Rift Herald around Urgot, thereby luring EDG into team fights, preparing to recover all the disadvantages from the early game.

The idea is good.

However, Cuvee's performance was not as good.

The aging Cuvee clearly mistakenly attributed Urgot's strength to his own.

After their intimidation of EDG proved effective, they opted for a more forward positioning to pressure their jungler into securing the Rift Herald more quickly.

I'm Urgot, and my damage is ridiculously high. If you dare to come up to me, I'll kill you in a heartbeat.

Cuvee was confidently thinking this when he was suddenly lifted up by Taliyah's Rock Slash, and then a series of skills were frantically hitting his face.

In his old age, Cuvee saw the rock spike, but he didn't have time to use Blink to dodge it; as people age, their reactions are no longer as quick.

Even if you're Urgot, you can't withstand this now.

Cuvee died, and died very quickly.

With their leader gone, the members of GEN scattered like birds and beasts, faster than anyone else.

The Rift Herald has finally been destroyed.

All that remained was the helpless sigh of the commentator in the commentary booth: "Urgate was just instantly killed like that, this..."

What should have been their strongest period of play not only failed to have any effect, but also became a so-called side effect due to being caught out by their positioning.

Now that the Rift Herald has been surrendered, both the top and bottom lanes have suddenly become identical.

This left the Roaring Emperor completely baffled as to how GEN could continue playing.

"What is he pretending for?"

Scout almost burst out laughing during EDG's voice chat.

Urgot is strong, but you can't just go face-to-face like that. Dude, do you think you're Iboy, able to dodge attacks coming your way at the last second?

Hearing this, Lin Ruo shook her head: "I don't know. Anyway, I'm waiting for the skill. As for him, he's probably waiting to die."

A person's peak always comes and goes quickly; Cuvee's Urgot peak lasted for less than a minute.

With a top and mid lane duo of Syndra and Urgot, GEN's failure to secure the Rift Herald in the game was a complete and utter failure.

If they can still win the game even after all this, there's really no other reason besides EDG throwing the game.

Of course, if EDG doesn't throw the game, the match will undoubtedly not last more than 25 minutes.

The game ended at 24 minutes, with EDG pushing towards GEN's base and ending the game in one fell swoop without any suspense.

"Let's congratulate EDG on easily defeating the formidable GEN in the first round of the Group A group stage, successfully securing a winning start to the World Championship."

In the commentary booth, Wang Duoduo was practically bursting with laughter. EDG won too easily today, and he knew he shouldn't have any worries about being number one in the world.

While Guan Zeyuan was happy to see EDG win the match, GEN's poor performance made him unable to be completely happy.

Is this the same GEN he used to see?
Cuvee, what happened to you? You've become a terrible top laner who feeds a lot.

And Haru, otherwise we should have brought up Master An instead.

Based on this performance, Guan Zeyuan is worried that the upcoming matches against the other two teams might become even more suspenseful.

Even the Korean commentators in the Korean commentary booth didn't think as deeply as he was at this moment. The devastated "Roaring Emperor" could only wail incessantly: "EDG, it's still the same EDG. They didn't give GEN a single chance throughout the entire match. They are undoubtedly still the favorites to win the championship this year."

"Yes, EDG's performance today was as good as ever. It will be a long and difficult road for GEN to defeat them. Hopefully, GEN can make good adjustments and better prepare for the upcoming matches."

The other Korean commentators echoed this sentiment, and in the end, all they could say in despair was, "Damn it, let's congratulate EDG once again!"

(End of this chapter)