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Chapter 196 What kind of footwork is that!
When Doinb returned to the mid lane after taking the dragon, Mingjing pushed the minion wave back to FPX's tower.

After Doinb quickly cleared the tower, the ninth wave of cannon minions arrived, and the minion waves from both sides rejoined in the center.

As usual, Irelia stood next to the melee minions and immediately began charging up her W [Dance of the Blade], wanting to continue clearing the wave.

Although WCD is long, even with Irelia at level 5 and having three points in W, the cooldown is still as high as 16 seconds. However, compared to a wave of minions every 30 seconds, this cooldown is more than enough.

On the other side, Ming Jing was not intimidated at all. The Blind Monk also decisively stepped forward, using E followed by Iron Whip to hit Irelia and clear out all the ranged minions at the same time.

Almost simultaneously, a beam of light appeared on both sides' single figures, leveling them all up to level six.

The next instant, Irelia's W pierced through, taking a significant chunk of Lee Sin's health away.

But Mingjing responded with a Q [Sonic Wave], followed by a quick second Q [Echo Strike] to close the distance and engage in close combat with the Irelia!
Doinb wasn't afraid of the challenge. With a flick of his Iron Whip, he knocked the melee minions into the execution range of his Q skill. Then, with a few swings of his Q skill, he cleared three minions while quickly stacking his passive. After that, he landed a basic attack on Lee Sin and quickly released his E skill, Twin Blades.

Ming Jing was prepared; he quickly moved the artillery vehicle soldiers away.

Although Doinb immediately followed up with a Q [Blade Impact], Mingjing wasn't afraid to fight Irelia without getting hit by E.

He activated Iron Skin to apply a lifesteal effect, and then stood still and fought with Irelia.

Although Irelia's auto-attacks are stronger when her passive is fully active, Mingjing has more skills, and ultimately finished the fight with a [Thunder Strike], ending the battle with both sides exchanging half of their health.

Although a lot of health was lost, with both sides upgraded to level six, this can be considered a stopgap measure.

"The fighting is fierce on both sides!" Miller exclaimed, "They take half of your health off the first few shots!"

Colonel Guan, standing nearby, thought it was pointless: "But it's useless! The biggest problem Xiaofei is facing now is that he can't get lane control. This Irelia clears waves too fast!"

Before the match started, Guan Zeyuan really didn't expect that Irelia would become a wave clear monster!
After all, in the past, Irelia was considered to be one of the slowest wave clearers, and even needed to build Tiamat to support her. Titanic Hydra was also a standard item for Irelia in the past.

Who would have thought that a single patch change would turn Irelia into a lane bully?

At this moment, countless people in the live stream chat were discussing the topic.

[Oh no! Little Fei is in trouble!]

Don't rush, trust in flying.

[This guy can't even roam properly with Lee Sin? How can anyone believe that?]

[I told you long ago, Xiaofei can only play the laning phase. As for roaming, he's only good at stomping noobs and padding his stats. In high-intensity games, he doesn't understand how to roam.]

[It's normal, after all, Doinb is a proper roaming mid laner and a master of fighter mid laners, so it's easy for him to handle someone like Xiaofei who's just started playing roaming.]

[The monkeys upstairs are yelling again. Did your monkey daddy get a lead in last hits or a kill? Getting excited over a dragon?]

[Wait until Little Fei's AJ kicks your Monkey Daddy in the face, then you'll know what pain is.]

It can only be said that the thoughts expressed in the comments section coincided with Ming Jing's.

At this moment, Mingjing, playing Lee Sin, stood under the tower and re-entered the lane with the tenth wave of minions.

He looked at the enemy heroine who was only at half health, and a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Iron Whip Blade Girl is truly unmatched in clearing minion waves.

However, it is not without its drawbacks.

A W-maxed Irelia build, especially with Iron Spikes, will inevitably lack in head-on combat ability and is destined to be inferior to the conventional Q-maxed Sheen build.

By focusing on this point, Mingjing could easily find a breakthrough.

Since we can't get lane control, let's just kick Irelia to death first.

The exchange of health with Irelia to half health was just the setup.

Now is the moment to strike.

In the video, Doinb is quite composed. He knows that his half-health state puts him in Lee Sin's kill range, so he is hiding in the back to charge up.

Another advantage of Irelia is that her W has a long range of 825 yards. Compared to Lee Sin, who needs to walk into the minions to use his E, this range is much safer.

Without siege minions, Irelia can clear this wave very quickly. Given Doinb's health, he'll probably recall immediately after clearing this wave.

If you don't act now, you'll miss your chance!

Fortunately, Mingjing reacted quickly; he was waiting for the moment when Irelia charged up her W!
Almost the instant Irelia's W skill began charging, Mingjing's hands were already rapidly pressing keys on the keyboard.

A flash of golden light appeared, and the Blind Monk instantly flashed forward, using Flash and Ward Hoop to dash forward, covering a distance of 825 yards in almost an instant, and arriving next to Irelia!

At that moment, Irelia's W was fully charged. Doinb reacted quickly, turning his head and using W to strike Lee Sin back.

But by then, it was too late to say anything.

With golden light swirling around his right fist, God Fist Lee Sin delivered a straight punch that sent the Blade Girl flying!
The moment the ultimate skill was unleashed, Mingjing immediately followed up with [Heavenly Thunder Strike], taking advantage of the fact that the Irelia hadn't flown out of range to unleash the highest damage E skill first!

Irelia was already at half health, and now she's taken a full combo from Lee Sin's RE combo, causing her health to plummet to near zero!

Immediately afterwards, Lee Sin's [Sonic Wave] also came over during the ultimate's crowd control and hit the target squarely!
Given Mingjing's skill level, there's no way he would encounter abstract operations where RQ can't keep up.

Once Irelia's Q skill hits, she's basically doomed!

Seeing the Lee Sin flying towards him with his second Q, Doinb's hand speed was fast, and he quickly used his two E [Double Blades] to catch him.

But this Q has clearly lost all meaning.

Irelia's E skill stun did not block the displacement. Doinb could only watch as the stunned Lee Sin kicked over, his 43-yard foot stomping hard on her face!
The damage calculation was precise and perfect. Although Lee Sin only had one point in Q, the damage from this kick was quite considerable when Irelia was low on health. With one kick, the last bit of Irelia's health was completely wiped out!

Ming Jing also snorted coldly at this moment.

In fact, Mingjing didn't want to win the game by relying on the laning phase, since his main goal was to hone his roaming skills.

But in the current situation where he is being outmaneuvered, he can only make up for this by relying on his laning ability.

"First blood!"

First blood was born, and the sound echoed throughout Summoner's Rift!

In the EDG voice chat channel, JieJie's voice immediately rang out, exclaiming "Awesome!"

He's been keeping an eye on the middle lane the whole time.

Afterwards, several teammates saw the kill notification and were full of praise!
Although the kill score was 0-0 before, everyone knew that the game was going a bit off after losing the first dragon.

If nothing changes, this game is likely doomed.

But thankfully, change is on its way.

Ming Jing listened to his teammates' praise with a smile.

Mingjing has always believed in the principle that with great power comes great responsibility on the field. Since the team picked Lee Sin for him, he should naturally play the role he is supposed to play.

Besides his teammates' voices, Ming Jing could also faintly hear Guan Zeyuan and Miller's crazy shouts!
"Wow, a solo kill!" Miller exclaimed in the commentary booth, utterly astonished. "That was decisive, Xiaofei!"

"That was really cool!" Colonel Guan was also extremely excited at this moment. "Such fast footwork, no, it should be fistwork!" The director quickly showed the replay of this solo kill.

Eye Flash WREQ, a smooth and efficient skill combo!
When Doinb pressed W, his fate was sealed, because Irelia in her W-charged state couldn't do anything.

Inside the live stream, the number of comments surged instantly, filling the entire screen!

[Heizi speaks! 】

[This is hilarious! Those monkeys and their offspring are really quick to take advantage of any opportunity. They started yelling as soon as they got a dragon, making it seem like FPX was leading by a huge margin. Why are they quiet now?]

[I told you, maxing W on Irelia is a dead end. A skill with such a long cooldown can only be used for clearing waves. What happens when Lee Sin kicks you?]

Well, you know what, there's actually a reason behind it, it's just that Xiao Fei is too good at seizing opportunities.

Indeed, this operation is quite smooth!

[Wow, what's up with Xiaofei?]

When the camera switched back to the live match, Lee Sin had already cleared the mid lane minion wave and returned to the fountain.

Without hesitation, Ming Jing converted the gold coins in his hand into a brand new pair of cloth armor shoes, and then rushed out of the spring again.

The key to defeating this lane-pushing monster lies in combat power.

If you can force him to stop pushing the lane, you'll limit his ability to push lanes.

With Cloth Armor Boots, Lee Sin can practically sit on Irelia's face and shit!

Moreover, since the enemy jungler is Xin Zhao, these Cloth Armor Boots are extremely cost-effective!
It's time to turn the tide.

After returning to the game, Doinb was no longer able to push lanes as freely as before.

The Lee Sin, wearing Ninja Tabi, stood in the minion wave. Even if Irelia's ranged minions were instantly killed by her W, it didn't matter, because the current Irelia simply didn't have the courage to use her Q to clear out the melee minions.

Meanwhile, Mingjing took advantage of the siege minion wave to clear out a wave of siege minions, and then quickly headed to the top lane with JieJie while the siege minion wave was pushed over!

Seven minutes have passed, and the Rift Herald is now in its one-minute countdown.

This vanguard was not originally in EDG's plan. After all, EDG was planning to take the bottom half of the map at the start of the game, and this vanguard was a sacrifice that was tacitly given to the opponent.

Now that Xiaolong has been lost, they naturally have to find a way to get it back for Xianfeng!
The first thing to do is to take down Khan in the top lane!

On the top lane, Flandre's Gnar pushed the wave into the tower, and Lee Sin and Lillia appeared behind the tower right on time, launching a three-man gank!

The purpose of this three-man gank is simple: even if the tower dive fails or even if we lose kills, it doesn't matter. As long as we can force Kennen to use his Flash or ultimate, then we've made a profit!
FPX's vanguard team is entirely relying on Kennen's ultimate.

Khan, playing Kennen, looked at the crowd surrounding him and wanted to unleash his ultimate ability to fight back.

But his discipline, stemming from his time on the South Korean team, stopped him from doing so, choosing instead to accept his fate.

Even if they use their ultimate abilities, they might not survive. But without their ultimate abilities, the team's vanguard has no chance of winning.

There was nothing Khan could do but watch as Gnar stunned him with a single W, then instantly killed him without any resistance.

Mingjing secured a kill on his first roam after gaining lane control, which was a significant boost to his rhythm.

But did Khan's forbearance bring good results to the team?
The answer remains no.

Eight minutes passed quickly, and the Rift Herald spawned.

FPX was on high alert, with their top, mid, and jungle duo of Kennen, Xin Zhao, and Irelia all gathered in the top river, and Liu Qingsong's support Braum also joined in, determined to secure the Rift Herald.

But Meiko's roaming jungle was just as fast, and Karma also arrived at the front, resulting in a 4v4 situation.

With neither support player reaching level six, Karma is definitely much stronger than Braum!

While Flandre was still building up his rage with the Vanguard, JieJie took the lead, and Lillian, with Karma's speed shield, charged in and used a Q-Flash-R combo to hit all four FPX players!

"JieJie activated four abilities in one go! But Lillia's ultimate is taking a bit long to activate!"

Amidst Guan Daxiao's loud shouts, FPX coordinated to the fullest, with four players tanking their ultimate abilities to focus fire on Lillia, almost instantly triggering Braum's passive, and then taking advantage of the stun to focus fire and kill her instantly!

But Lillia's ultimate ability will eventually be triggered.

As the progress bar beneath the feet of the four FPX players slowly reached its end, the four became drowsy and were about to fall into a deep sleep.

Khan reacted extremely quickly. He looked at Gnar on EDG's side, who had already built up full rage, and knew that if all four of them were put to sleep, they would definitely lose!
So without hesitation, Kennen decisively flashed in with his ultimate just before being put to sleep!
This flash-ultimate combo might not have a great effect, but it's crucial to delay EDG's counter-attack and give teammates some time to prepare.

But seeing Kennen flash into the fray, Ming Jing's pupils contracted slightly, and he subconsciously entered a state of flow.

He had to admit that Khan's game intelligence was indeed high enough. Whether it was calmly waiting to die when surrounded in the previous wave or flashing in this wave, almost all of them were the most correct decisions.

But thankfully, for every clever plan you have, I have a countermeasure.

Facing Kennen's ultimate ability, Mingjing instantly used a 1-centimeter ward hop to adjust to a perfect angle.

With Kennen using his ultimate, Mingjing's actual action time is extremely limited, only a little over a second.

Fortunately, Mingjing completed his operation.

[Dragon's Tail Swing]!
"Iku!" The Lee Sin unleashed a powerful kick, sending Kennen, who had just flashed into the fray, flying again!

Moreover, the angle was perfect, pointing directly at the direction of the rest of FPX.

Kennen flew backwards, knocking away both the hypnotized Braum and Xin Zhao in the road. Although he didn't hit Irelia, he was almost there!

Upon seeing this, all the audience members widened their eyes in astonishment!
What the hell!

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan and Miller's eyes practically popped out of their sockets.

What kind of footwork is that?!
How could you possibly kick it at that angle in such a fleeting opportunity?

"Whoosh! Great kick!" Flandre's eyes lit up. He used his E to dash into the enemy formation and, before Kennen's ultimate could stun, he unleashed his own ultimate!
With a sweep of his arms, Gnar pushed all four FPX players against the wall at the entrance of the Baron pit!

The four people stood in a row, all neat and orderly!
Once these two ultimate moves are unleashed, it's basically a death sentence for FPX.

Flandre's ultimate was stunned by Kennen's ultimate as soon as he used it, but that didn't matter.

Mingjing was right behind him. He hit Zhao Xin, who had almost no health left, with a Q. Then he followed up with a second Q and an E that hit four people. Zhao Xin and Braum, who had taken a lot of damage, couldn't withstand it and were killed by the E at the same time!

Meiko's Karma landed a RQ combo and took down the low-health Kennen!

In the blink of an eye, only Irelia remained on the field. Flandre used his W to maintain control, and then suddenly threw a boulder, sending Irelia back to the fountain!

"Double kill!"

EDG Meiko kills FPX Khan

EDG Flandre kills FPX Doinb

One kill after another echoed throughout the arena as all four members of FPX were eliminated, delivering a fatal blow!
(End of this chapter)