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

Chapter 206 Broken

It can only be said that the director is very sensible; he certainly understands the core of this match.

So from the start of the laning phase, the camera almost always stayed on the mid lane.

This allowed millions of viewers to witness the entire process of an icon being instantly killed at level one.

"Wow, he took away half of Xiaofei's health at level one!" Wang Duoduo in the commentary booth couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Xiaofei's dominance is incredible!"

"And it seems Icon didn't get any experience from the first three minions!" Tong Xi looked at the crocodile's experience bar in the bottom left corner and clicked her tongue, "That's too much of a blow!"

Although it was expected before the match that Syndra would gain some advantage in the laning phase, since this is determined by the hero's attributes, isn't it a bit too much to play like this?

If someone chases after another player from level one, taking away half of their health while remaining at full health themselves, who can stand that?

"We can see that when Xiaofei went over the lane to attack someone at level one, he didn't attract the minions' aggro!"

Wang Duoduo then began to analyze Ming Jing's play: "This is a very top-notch skill. I've only seen it in Knight's ranked games, but this is the first time I've seen it in a match!"

Wang Duoduo actually only had a vague understanding of this. He only knew that this operation existed, but he didn't know exactly how it was done.

But it goes without saying that this operation must be extremely difficult.

Otherwise, with so many talented mid-laners in the League of Legends competitions over the years, why is it only now that someone has brought them to the competitive stage?

In the EDG backstage lounge, amidst laughter and cheers, Scout's expression gradually hardened.

As a top-tier professional mid-laner, he certainly understood the principles behind Mingjing's maneuver.

It's simply about seizing the opportunity when the enemy minions attack. This way, even if the enemy minions turn around, they won't be able to attack immediately due to the attack interval, and their aggro will eventually be pulled back by their own minions.

Knowing the principle is one thing, but being able to do it is another; at the very least, he has never done it before.

It can only be said that Ming Jing's basic skills are truly solid to a terrifying degree.

His six months of experience as an AD player gave him almost superhuman micro-management skills and attention to detail.

But Scout still held onto some hope.

Come on, icon, give it your all!

Weren't you pretty strong in the previous few games? Why did you fall behind today?

Inside the stadium, commentator Wang Duoduo's voice was still ringing out.

"Fortunately, the second wave of minions has already arrived. Xiaofei needs to temporarily avoid the minions' attacks, which gives Icon a chance to return to the experience zone."

“But it’s no use!” Tongxi shook her head and said, “Icon’s health is too low right now, he can only sniff out experience points from the back!”

It can only be said that the second wave of minions that just arrived saved the icon.

Because the attacks of the second wave of minions are not at the same frequency as the first wave, and are relatively chaotic, Mingjing can no longer use similar techniques to block the minions' basic attacks.

At this stage, if Mingjing wants to continue to exert pressure, he must consider the damage from minions, which causes the pressure to ease somewhat.

This also gives icons the opportunity to at least enter the experience zone and learn from others' experiences.

But that's all.

Mingjing will not allow icons to come up and add insult to injury; that's the bottom line.

Icon watched as the minions in the distance died one after another, while his last-hitting score remained at zero, and he was so anxious that he kept scratching his head.

How can we play this?

He didn't even know what mistake he had made!

The icon didn't make any wrong decisions; they were all reasonable actions under the circumstances.

This can only mean one thing: his opponent's ability is a level above his, which is why this situation occurred.

But for an icon, this is the most unacceptable thing.

Of course, there was nothing he could do in the current situation; he could only squat in the back, constantly reviewing the actions he had just taken in his mind.

He pondered deeply, exhausting all possible ideas, only to arrive at a tragic conclusion.

The situation he just faced was an absolute dead end.

The moment he locked onto the crocodile and was even thinking about gaining experience points, his fate was sealed.

His only solution was to forgo the experience gained from the first wave and simply AFK under the tower, waiting for the minion wave to arrive.

this.
The icon couldn't help but feel annoyed when it thought about this.

Is the gap between him and Phi really that big?

At this moment, Ming Jing used a basic attack to finish off the second wave of melee soldiers, and a clear light of upgrade appeared on his body.

Ming Jing's hand speed was quite fast. He immediately learned E [Weaklings Begone] and quickly threw it out while Q skill was being formed.

Almost immediately after the upgrade, the Dark Orb was slammed into the crocodile's face.

The icon was unable to dodge and was stunned again!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mingjing quickly pressed forward!
Just now it was one level against one level, and the other side had a total of nine minions, so Ming Jing had to be wary of the minions' damage.

But now there are only five minions left on the enemy side, and they are level two minions against level one minions. So Mingjing became even more reckless and pushed forward to chase down the crocodile, finishing it off with his Q skill when it was ready.

Although the Q prediction was wrong, causing the skill to miss, it still locked the stomach. The health that the crocodile had managed to recover with a potion was reduced to less than half again.

Mingjing noted down Icon's movement habits, then went back to control the lane.

Having gained experience from three minions at the start, and now being two levels ahead of one, pushing the experience bar out of the experience zone again, it's foreseeable that the Renekton won't be able to reach level two before the minion wave reaches the tower.

Three minutes to reach level 1 and farm under the tower is a common sight in the top lane. After all, the top lane is long and the counters between heroes are obvious, so weak top laners really don't have the right to be there.

But in the middle lane, this is unheard of!

On LNG's side, Tarzan hadn't even finished clearing one half of the jungle yet. He just glanced at the mid lane when he switched screens, but the hellish map in the mid lane startled him so much that he jerked his hands and messed up pulling the jungle camps.

"What's going on?" Tarzan asked. "Should we help mid lane?"

"Yes!" Young Master Leng nodded without hesitation!

LNG has certainly studied EDG; everyone knows that EDG's pace is very fast in the Summer Split.

With such a huge gap in the mid lane, you think EDG wouldn't take advantage of it and do something? I don't believe it!
Without his teammates' help, he would almost certainly have died under the tower.

Tarzan was somewhat helpless, but he could only change his jungle route and choose to take the red buff first.

After the red buff was cleared, the mid laner pushed the third wave of minions, pushing them into the tower.

Tarzan then turned back, refreshing the F6 key while observing the situation near the mid lane.

Sure enough, JJ's Fiogor, carrying the Broken King's Sword, swaggered into LNG's F6 camp.

Tarzan sighed inwardly upon seeing this.

He had anticipated that his F6 attack would most likely be countered.

But what could he do?

The mid and jungle lanes are bound together by fate; he had to ensure the mid lane didn't collapse. But unexpectedly, he ultimately managed to hold onto the F6 camp.

Because Jie Jie simply couldn't be bothered with him.

EDG's goal has never been just to counter a wave of jungle camps; their mid and jungle players' target from the very beginning has been the mid laner's Renekton!

Even if Lee Sin is counter-ganking on the side, it doesn't matter.

What can a Lee Sin do to help a level 1 crocodile with only half health left?
JieJie made a bold move, and the Ruined King bypassed the F6 camp in front of the Lee Sin and surrounded the LNG mid tower!
icon immediately realized something was wrong and turned to run away.

But by then it was obviously too late. JieJie charged straight at the crocodile's face and then charged up his W attack.

Because of Mingjing's information, Jie Jie knew that Crocodile had learned Q at level one, so he charged up close and acted recklessly.

This accumulation of power alone has already put immense pressure on the icon.

Even if he uses Flash, he can't escape the range of this W. Whether he uses Flash or not, as long as he is stunned by this W, he will definitely die!

His only chance of survival is to use Flash to dodge the Ruined King's W.

But when they're face-to-face, he has absolutely no ability to dodge W by reacting.

If you want to avoid it, you can only rely on luck.

Should we flash?
If you use Flash but still fail to dodge W, then things will only get worse!
But Jie Jie doesn't care about luck or anything like that. He'll see if he does it or not!
While Leng Shao was still hesitating, Jie Jie's W [A Thousand Years of Sighing] was already decisively used, directly hitting him in the face!
Foygo's fully charged W can directly cause a long stun of 1.25 seconds!

The stun duration is more than enough for Syndra to follow up with her skill from behind!
Mingjing W followed up with the Dark Orb, and with a WQE combo, easily took down the Crocodile!
"First blood!"

The sound of the first blood being born echoed throughout the entire venue.

Tarzan's Lee Sin finally arrived to provide support, but it was clearly too late. JieJie pressed E [Scorched Earth] to accelerate along the wall and plunged into LNG's bottom jungle.

"Foygo infiltrated the [Scorched Earth] and escaped!" Wang Duoduo exclaimed excitedly from the commentary booth, "EDG executed a very beautiful mid-lane tower dive!"

"The first blood happened so quickly!" Tongxi exclaimed in surprise. "EDG's mid and jungle are moving too fast!"

"Icon is starting to fall apart. It's been over three minutes and he still has zero CS! Even though the level 1 respawn time is short and he can teleport back to lane quickly, the gold gap between him and Syndra is already huge!"

Tarzan, having missed his Q skill, watched as Foygo disappeared into the shadows, sighing inwardly, feeling utterly powerless to change the situation.

If he had played Sejuani or Jarvan IV this game, EDG's mid and jungle probably wouldn't have been so arrogant.

In this situation, the Blind Monk is simply too powerless.

He pressed TAB and looked at the level 1 crocodile with zero CS, and the level 3 Syndra with sixteen CS and one kill.

He knew that he had probably already lost this round.

Icon, feeling frustrated, ruffled her carefully styled blonde hair, unsure of what to do.

Because he failed to finish off the enemy, his economy after returning to town was only enough to buy a single refillable potion.

Meanwhile, the enemy Syndra secured First Blood, and with her extra gold from last-hitting, she definitely has enough to buy the Lost Chapter.

How can he fight then?
Once Syndra reaches level six, won't he be easily killed by a single combo?

I can only say that the guess was very accurate.

Two more minutes passed, and at 5 minutes and 55 seconds, Mingjing pushed the lane into the tower again.

Icon performed quite well under pressure this time. He has now reached level four and still has 80% health left.

However, after pushing the lane, Ming Jing showed no intention of retreating and Syndra stepped into the tower.

The camera then instantly switched to the middle lane.

In the commentary booth, Wang Duoduo sensed bloodshed through the director's camera work and immediately shouted, "Hey, it looks like a fight is about to break out in the mid lane!"

"A level 6 player is fighting a level 4 player, and Icon doesn't have any teammates! It seems like they actually have a chance!"

Icon watched as Syndra charged into the tower, then turned and ran!

Can a level 6 Syndra be taken down in one combo? Icon wasn't sure, but he didn't dare to gamble.

Fortunately, he still has Flash, so using Flash to dodge a push ball shouldn't be a big problem.

But on the other side, Ming Jing looked at the crocodile's health bar, and his mental calculation ability instantly gave him the definite answer that he could kill it.

Without any hesitation, he made his move!

Syndra flashed forward and unleashed her EQ combo!

Syndra's standard push combo is QE, but in reality, if your hand speed and internet speed allow, you can use an EQ combo.

First push E, then condense the ball; the Dark Orb will be launched the moment it is fully condensed.

Besides being faster in combos, this move has another key advantage: the E skill, which is released first, can provide a control effect!
Syndra's instant E flash to his face was completely beyond icon's reaction time. Before he could even press Flash, Syndra pushed him away with a close-range E!

Taking advantage of the brief control effect of the E skill's knockback, the [Dark Orb] quickly condenses and then shoots out!

The crocodile had barely been pushed away when it was hit in the face by the magic ball and stunned again!
Mingjing licked his lips, launched a basic attack, then unleashed a full WR combo, followed by another basic attack!

"W followed by the ultimate. Is the damage enough? It seems so!!!"

The second basic attack was mixed with a series of Dark Orb strikes, the damage calculation was perfect, and it just emptied the crocodile's health bar.

Renekton screamed and collapsed to the ground.

"Solo kill!" In the commentary booth, Wang Duoduo clenched his right fist, his voice like thunder, "Swift combos, precise damage calculation, Brother Xiaofei didn't give Icon a chance to use Flash!"

"The game has only been going on for six minutes, but Icon has already died for the second time. This time, he doesn't have the ability to teleport back to lane."

At this moment, the live stream chat was filled with countless viewers laughing and joking.

【send! 】

[Holy crap, let's fly!]

【humor】

[Just asking, is this the top mid-laner icon in the playoffs?]

Not the world's best mid laner?

[He crushed three teams of rainbow-colored monsters, thinking he was the best mid laner, but he was brought back to reality in a minute. It's kind of funny.]

[I told you, Xiaofei has been playing conservatively throughout the Summer Split, avoiding direct confrontations with these mid laners. But you don't really think Xiaofei doesn't understand laning, do you?]

Everyone knew that after this solo kill, the game was basically over!

Lee Sin and Renekton are the absolute core of LNG's lineup, and the entire rhythm revolves around the early-game fighting ability of these two heroes.

Now that the crocodile has collapsed, LNG has lost its key support and has no chance of building a skyscraper again!
At this point, the director stirred things up by cutting the camera to EDG's backstage lounge.

It was clear that after seeing the solo kill, both the factory manager and Abu shouted out at the same time, and then excitedly high-fived each other.

But in the corner of the screen, a substitute mid-laner looked at the scene before him and quietly shattered.

(End of this chapter)