You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

Why is Chapter 198 different from the last one?
"Fight for the land where we were born!"

The image of a female warrior appears on the screen and locks onto it quickly.

Upon hearing this choice, countless viewers watching the live stream widened their eyes, and the two commentators exclaimed in surprise.

"Wow! Irelia!" Miller gasped when he saw the choice. "Are we going to use Irelia against Lee Sin this game? Xiaofei seems really into it!"

"This is so exciting!" Colonel Guan exclaimed in surprise. "Is he going to use a forehand and backhand?"

At this moment, the screen was filled with comments.

[Fuck, crazy! 】

【The big one is coming! 】

[Turtle, here comes the lesson in using both forehand and backhand!]

[Young people always go overboard with their attacks. Is Little Fei trying to nail Big B to the pillar of shame?]

[Since clubs run into each other so often, isn't Xiaofei making things a bit awkward?]

【No, Brother Fei, do you know how to do it? Just pull it out directly】

[You're being a bit too harsh with this. There are heroes that Xiaofei (the actor) can't play?]

FPX was also a bit confused for a moment.

Is this how you choose heroes?

Is this the standard Q-focused playstyle? That doesn't seem to make sense.

A Q-focused Irelia has a hard time countering Lee Sin, primarily because her wave clear ability is inferior.

Could it be that the opposing team is also going to use the W-max Irelia build?

Lin Weixiang scratched his head and glanced at his mid-lane teammate next to him.

Doinb's face was no longer playful; instead, it was serious.

Doinb is convinced that the opponent was unaware of the W-max Irelia build beforehand, because the opponent's initial confusion during the laning phase was undeniable.

If the opponent hadn't reacted so quickly and found a solution so fast, he would have been in control of the game!

That's why Doinb was so furious.

You've clearly never played a W-maxed Irelia before, and you still dare to use her to fight me?
"Well, what should I say, Coin Bro?" FPX coach Steak asked, "Can Lee Sin beat Irelia? If not, can we put Lee Sin in?"

"Yes!" Doinb gritted his teeth, his tone fierce. "Leave it to me!"

Unfortunately, he is also a top-tier mid-lane Lee Sin player and the developer of the W-max Irelia build, so he is very familiar with both of these playstyles.

He didn't think the Irelia player that Phi had temporarily chosen could beat him!
Mingjing and Doinb are both the absolute core of their respective teams. If either of them is not playing well, the entire team will be greatly affected.

Coach Steak had no right to interfere with the thoughts of such a core player, so he simply nodded and continued with the draft.

After locking in Lee Sin, he thought for a moment and then locked in Xin Zhao, intending to accelerate the pace of the game.

Maokai, on the other hand, first picked Kennen for top lane to add AP damage, and then locked in Jarvan IV for jungle, trying to push the early game tempo as high as possible.

In the second round of the draft, FPX chose to ban EZ, cutting off EDG's EZ-Karma combination. EDG also had a backup plan, locking in Kalista and Braum, which is also a very strong bot lane combination.

The two sides traded blows, and the lineups were finalized.

Blue side FPX: Top lane Gragas, Jungle Xin Zhao, Mid lane Lee Sin, Bot lane Aphelios and Tahm Kench.

Red side EDG: Top lane Kennen, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Irelia, Bot lane Kalista and Braum.

During the loading time of the match, the camera slowly moved to the center of the arena with both coaches, and then switched back and forth between the players' seats on both sides.

The players' expressions reveal the fluctuations in their mental state at that moment.

On the FPX side, the players, who were already one point behind, couldn't help but look serious, especially Doinb, whose expression was terribly solemn. He even took a deep breath, and the pressure was practically written all over his face.

Although it was just an ordinary regular season game, for Doinb, this match was tantamount to risking his entire career.
If we lose this game, it won't just be a loss for one best-of-three match in the regular season.

They also lost their top spot in the regular season standings, their undefeated record, and the pride of the warrior mid-laner.
And the prestige of the S9 championship.

The loading time passed quickly, the match began, and both sides' heroes rushed out of the fountain.

Taking advantage of his omniscient perspective, Guan Zeyuan observed the movements of both sides and quickly noticed something was amiss. "Hey, EDG seems to have something up their sleeve!"

In the video, the four EDG players, excluding the top laner, are tightly grouped together and heading straight for the lower blue buff area's tri-bush!
"Is this a Tier 1 regiment?" Miller's eyes widened as he sensed something was amiss. "There seems to be something fishy going on here!"

With Kalista and Braum, two top-tier level 1 teamfight specialists, there is definitely room for maneuver in the level 1 setup!
If Braum lands his Q, you'll need to use Cleanse at the very least!
EDG clearly thought the same way, and without any hesitation, they stepped onto the river and headed straight for FPX's bottom jungle.

In professional leagues, there's no chance of someone sneaking into an empty jungle. Lin Weixiang's Aphelios was standing in the tri-bush right now.

Seeing the EDG team charging towards him aggressively, he didn't dare to linger. He quickly placed a fake ward and turned to retreat!

He had just withdrawn from the triangular grass when Prince Jie's fake eye simultaneously landed in the grass.

The prosthetic eye extended its field of vision forward and saw Aphelios, who had moved away.

Meiko was incredibly decisive. He didn't hesitate at all, and Braum used a Q-Flash to dash in!

The distance was extremely short, exactly the maximum range of the Q skill, and Aphelios was grazed on the heel!
Braum's Q skill has a significant slowing effect, providing a 70% slow for two seconds.

Lin Weixiang's finger was already on the purification button, but he hesitated and did not press it.

Purify can only remove the slow effect, but it cannot remove the passive stacks on the body, so the benefit of using Purify is too low.

Moreover, the two sides remained quite far apart, so it seemed unnecessary for him to use Purify in this wave.

However, it is clear that Lin Weixiang's judgment was not accurate.

When Ming Jing saw that Lin Weixiang wasn't using Purify, he knew that this was probably going to happen.

If both sides had just used normal rune setups, Lin Weixiang would definitely have been able to escape this time.

The problem is that Viper specifically chose the "Movement Speed" rune to synergize with Braum in this game.

Movement speed provides an additional speed boost to slowed enemies.

This acceleration will be a key factor in this wave.

Seeing this, Ming Jing knew that he had nothing to do with this; as a melee champion, he couldn't possibly get involved.

Seeing this, he simply turned around and left, preparing to log in with the soldier.

Meanwhile, the positive pursuit continues.

The skateboard shoes received the speed boost, and they quickly closed the distance by taking two steps at a time.

To ensure success, Viper even activated the heal skill, using the burst of speed from the heal to quickly bring Aphelios into attack range and land a basic attack!

Jayce's prince promptly provided the [Demacian Standard], granting a ranged attack speed bonus!
At this point, everyone realized that something was wrong.

A level 1 Aphelios, once caught by Kalista, can't create any distance!
Fortunately, Lin Weixiang had chosen the Swiftness talent. He turned around and did a basic attack, triggering [Swift Steps] and decisively used Flash to create distance, hoping to escape using Flash!
But Viper was determined to kill. Having thoroughly studied FPX's strategy, he knew that Aphelios had no teammates around him.

Kalista decisively followed, throwing her spear repeatedly and leaping forward to keep up with Aphelios!

With the third basic attack, Braum's passive was fully charged, and Aphelios was immediately stunned!

Lin Weixiang was quick this time, swiftly selecting Purify, but by then it was too late.

Kalista, enjoying the attack speed boost from the prince, leaped forward repeatedly, impaling Aphelios with spears, and finally unleashed a [Tear] to claim the kill!
"First blood!" The first guinea has been shed!

Inside the EDG voice chat channel, everyone was laughing and having a great time.

Actually, the EDG players didn't really intend to kill anyone in this round.

They simply knew that FPX would have their AD carry guard the bottom lane's tri-bush, so they wanted to try and proc Aphelios's abilities.

For AD carries like Aphelios who have almost no say in the game, every Flash in the early game is incredibly valuable!
If you get flashed at the start of the game, you're almost guaranteed to die in lane!
But to everyone's surprise, Lin Weixiang cooperated so well, not only surrendering both of them, but also giving his life!
Aphelios against Kalista, giving up first blood right at the start, can you handle that?
Then the bot lane can play however they want?
With Viper's skill level, having secured such a dream start, he can almost guarantee that the game is now in his favor.

Of course, there is a prerequisite: that your teammates can't cause problems.

Especially in the mid lane, you absolutely cannot let Lee Sin come to the bottom lane to disrupt things.

This matter can be left to Mingjing.

Ming Jing realized early on that he wouldn't get any assists this time, so he turned around and moved away early, and now he's going online with the minions.

On the other side, Doinb did the same.

The devastating news of his teammate giving up first blood made Doinb increasingly anxious, eager to gain some advantage.

In his handling of level one, Doinb was exactly the same as Mingjing in the previous game. He stood in the middle of the minion wave as soon as he came in, but he did not rush to use his E. Instead, he probed back and forth and even tried to hit Mingjing as well.

Ming Jing, of course, gave her face, and the Irelia boldly took a step forward, almost entering the range of Lee Sin's E skill.

Doinb reacted quickly and immediately pressed E!

At that very moment, Mingjing pressed S, stopped in place, and dodged the Blind Monk's [Heavenly Thunder Strike] at the perfect distance.

After dodging E, the Blind Monk was no longer a threat in Ming Jing's eyes. Ming Jing boldly stepped forward, the blade in his hand gleaming coldly.

Doinb didn't back down. He first used the attack speed from his passive [Rainstorm] to auto-attack ranged minions to reach level two. When Irelia got close, he activated the second part of his E [Bonebreaker].

The slowing effect is secondary, and reducing the speed of minions is also meaningless. Doinb's main purpose is to refresh his passive attack speed so that he can gain the upper hand in fights against Irelia.

But clearly, he was overthinking it.

How could Lee Sin, with his 125-yard reach, possibly defeat Irelia, who has a 200-yard reach?

An extra 25 yards would have been enough for Mingjing to have his opponent completely under his control, let alone this huge gap of 75 yards!

Mingjing immediately attacked with a basic attack, then quickly turned and retreated.

Doinb chased after it for a couple of steps, but when he realized he couldn't catch up, he could only grit his teeth, turn around, and pull away.

Fortunately, being hit by an A is not a big problem, since an A will attract the aggro of minions and naturally disrupt their formation.

This way, the minions won't lose health evenly.
Just then, the Blade Girl swung her blade again, striking him in the back once more.

Doinb felt his head buzzing, and he immediately turned his head away again.

This time, Irelia didn't stay at the maximum distance of 200 yards, so he could have fought back!

This time, Mingjing didn't care whether the blind monk could fight back.

With two free attacks and four stacks of Conqueror, Mingjing was now invincible.

He didn't even need to stack his passive with Q anymore. He didn't even learn the Q skill. Instead, he quickly put his skill points into E. As he made his basic attack, he quickly threw two E attacks on both sides of Lee Sin!

This version of Irelia's E skill has been slightly nerfed in terms of mechanics. Previously, Irelia could instantly perform a double E effect simply by placing the second part of her E at her feet.

Even if you drop E at your feet now, there will be a 0.25-second delay.

But this is not a big deal, since the opposing Lee Sin is only level one and has no way to dodge his E.

The E skill reliably stunned the Lee Sin, while also stacking Irelia's Conqueror to eight stacks!

At this point, the Lee Sin had only managed to auto-attack Irelia once.

With the blessing of eight Conqueror stacks, it was equivalent to a longsword. Ming Jing had no reason to back down, so he moved forward to block the enemy's path and slowly attacked.

Stack Conqueror twice, then chase and slash twice more, forcibly reducing Lee Sin's health to less than half!
At this point, Ming Jing had only lost a third of his health, and most of that was from damage by minions.

This personnel reshuffle was a resounding success for Ming Jing!

Doinb stood at the foot of the tower, drank the only bottle of medicine, and felt a little dizzy.

what's the situation.

Why does this happen?

Why is it different from the last one?

But Mingjing didn't bother to pay attention to Doinb's thoughts. He simply pulled away, cleared the minion aggro, and then slowly controlled the minion wave.

Because Lee Sin landed a whole wave of minions at the start of the game, the minion wave actually pushed towards EDG's tower.

Ming Jing certainly wouldn't change the minion wave situation; he was just slowly last-hitting minions.

Even when the second wave of minions came online, Mingjing did the same thing. He stacked his passive by taking down one low-health minion after another, and then firmly controlled the lane with his full passive.

As soon as Doinb dares to approach, Mingjing will immediately use his E skill to finish him off.

Mingjing has been practicing Irelia a lot lately, and his [Double Blade] is fast and accurate. Doinb got goosebumps from being trapped, feeling like death was infinitely close to him. Fortunately, he had his W [Golden Bell] for displacement, which allowed him to barely dodge.

But the line control has nothing to do with him anymore.

It wasn't until the third wave of artillery units that Mingjing's actions finally changed.

Only then did he begin to utilize his full passive and constantly refreshed Q to push the minion wave.

At this point, the minion wave situation had already changed, not only pushing towards FPX's tower, but also accumulating a small wave.

Mingjing pushed the minion wave into the tower, then turned and disappeared in the mid lane.

As for his target, it goes without saying that it can only be the bottom lane!

Aphelios without Flash is a real hot commodity!

The Irelia and Jarvan IV joined forces and then went straight into FPX's bottom jungle, quickly appearing behind FPX's bottom tower.

At this moment, the FPX duo was locked under the tower, trembling with fear.

Although Aphelios has Tahm Kench protecting him, Tahm Kench can't change anything without the support of his teammates.

As the minion wave pushed into the tower, EDG's four players immediately made their move!

"Kill Tahm Kench!"

A level 2 Aphelios is no different from a ranged unit; leaving him there is pointless. We should take out Tahm Kench first to avoid any unforeseen complications!

Meiko Braum tanked the tower, and after applying his passive, he stunned Tahm Kench with a single auto-attack. Tahm Kench couldn't even activate his shield before Kalista finished him off with her spear!
As for the remaining Aphelios, that's naturally within our grasp as well!

This time, JieJie took the lead, and the four EDG players rushed in and sent Aphelios back to the fountain!

"Double kill!"

The sound of skateboard shoes scoring a double kill echoed throughout the arena.

In just three minutes, Viper had reached a terrifying 3-0 score!
(End of this chapter)