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

Chapter 209 Sweep!

Inside the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center, Wang Duoduo's voice echoed continuously through the sound system.

"Xiao Fei has entered the fray, and he's already activated three! No, four! Jie Jie's Lee Sin has interrupted Galio's ultimate!"

"Viper has entered the fray! Aphelios's damage! Wow!!!"

"EDG's team fight coordination was perfect; the four LNG players on the front line fell to the ground with almost no resistance!"

"Ah Le was still being guarded one-on-one by Flandre on the other side, but his teammates left him with a 1v5 situation, so he had no choice but to leave!"

The weapon master is quite agile; Ah Le can still leave if he wants.

Mingjing was too lazy to chase, so he just told his teammates to take down the dragon, and then they grouped up and headed towards the dragon pit.

"The Red Legion killed Baron Nash!"

The news of the dragon's death resounded throughout the arena, and the economic gap between the two sides, which was 2,000 before the team fight, has now widened to 6,000!
While the EDG players were recalling to base to replenish their supplies, the director finally brought up the replay and damage list of the team fight.

The team fight replay speaks for itself; it's visually stunning, smooth, and natural. With perfect teamwork, even in slow motion, the team fight ends incredibly quickly!

As for the damage, it was even more outrageous. You can clearly see that in just over three seconds of team fight, Viper unleashed a staggering 8792 points of damage!
Only Aphelios could achieve such output efficiency.

At this moment, the live stream chat was flooded with comments.

This team fight was pretty awesome!

Why does EDG seem to be getting stronger and stronger? They can dominate in both the early and late game now.

[Oh, right, EDG is a newly established team this year, and they haven't even reached their peak synergy yet.]

Indeed, Team B's performance is so good that it makes you forget that this team was just formed this year.

[It can only be said that EDG will definitely make the purchase. Even if we disregard Xiaofei, Youqiang and Viper are top-tier mercenaries with incredibly strong immediate impact.]

[To this day, it remains unknown how Griffin, who had both Viper and Tarzan, was demoted.]

This is the true value of a palace intrigue team.

"The current advantage is almost enough for EDG to secure the victory in advance!"

The person who said this wasn't Guan Zeyuan, so it still carries some weight.

The duration of this Baron buff is enough for EDG's two carries to reach the full build stage first!
For a team with a stronger lineup in the later stages, this was enough to determine the outcome of the game!
With the Baron buff, EDG split up and pushed forward.

At this stage, Mingjing's Kennen actually became the boss of the single-player lane.

With such economic superiority, neither weapons nor Galio could match Kennen!
Moreover, Kennen is indeed fast at taking down towers. With his E skill granting attack speed, combined with high ability power and Void Staff, he can take down a tower in just two or three seconds.

Taking advantage of the Baron buff, EDG split up and pushed forward, easily breaking through LNG's two high ground towers!

At this moment, the Baron buff dissipated, and the EDG team returned to base to replenish their supplies. Then, following the two lanes of super minions, they began their final push!

At this moment, both of EDG's carries have reached the stage of having six full items, while LNG lacks a truly tanky unit and simply cannot withstand this damage.

Aphelios drew his blue blade, and the enemy's health bar dropped piece by piece.

With Kennen, the dematerializer of health bars, on the other hand, LNG has almost no chance of winning team fights!

In the final team fight, Mingjing's hand speed was incredibly fast, executing a Q-Flash-RW combo. Although Kennen couldn't use Q-Flash, he could quickly apply two stacks of his passive RW during the Q skill's flight, achieving a rapid stun effect.

Light was the one who suffered the most; Syndra's health bar was almost completely depleted in the blink of an eye, and she didn't even get to activate her Zhonya's Hourglass!

Ale also tried to kill Viper with Tarzan, but Viper's strategy was clear. He dodged the fan, used Cleanse to instantly remove Blade of the Ruined King's W, and then decisively counterattacked. With the help of his teammates, he killed Blade of the Ruined King with two shots and the weapon with three shots, ending the game!
"Let's congratulate EDG!" Wang Duoduo announced loudly, concluding the match. "With unstoppable momentum, they've taken another point, bringing them to 2-0 and match point!"

Light took off his headphones and listened to the powerful roar from the commentary booth, feeling a little down for a moment.

But his taciturn nature meant he didn't say much; he just kept his head down, his face gloomy, and walked backstage with his teammates.

In fact, picking Syndra in the bot lane was not his intention. Just like EDG changed Irelia to the top lane, his Syndra pick was also a victim of the draft flexibility.

Making sacrifices in the draft phase, only to lose in the end, is certainly an unacceptable result.

Back in the backstage lounge, the atmosphere at LNG was almost frozen; no one wanted to speak.

The winning streak built up over three best-of-five series was completely wiped out by these two matches.

Icon was also sitting in a chair, his eyes vacant as he tossed his blond hair, still thinking back on the details of the two games.

Clearly, the current plot had a significant impact on his emotions.

All he can say about this match is that he truly gave it his all.

They didn't fall behind in the laning phase at all, maintained a good fighting rhythm, and were among the top in team fight participation, damage output, and damage taken.

But so what?

If you have an early-game lineup but fail to gain a significant advantage, then you haven't done enough.

EDG is just too strong.

Beside Leng Shao, Tarzan remained silent, but instead of turning back to summarize the defeat, he focused on the upcoming match, still brainstorming and constantly thinking of ways to win.

In terms of mentality, LNG's mid and jungle players are doing quite well, after all, both of them have experienced extreme lows, and their current performance is a significant improvement compared to last year.

But some people don't have that same fighting spirit.

Top laner Ale is currently nestled on the sofa, his face flushed.

He believes he played flawlessly in both games, exerting all the pressure he was expected to.

Why did we lose so badly?

Thinking of this, Ah Le clenched his fists, as if he had made a decision.

LNG coach Rather, observing the players' condition, was at a loss for what to do.

As a coach with God's perspective, he certainly understands the key to losing the game.

Actually, there's nothing else to it but my personal abilities aren't enough.

In terms of version compatibility and tactical system, they are actually in no way inferior to EDG.

Comparing the two lineups, Rather consistently believes their lineup is superior.

But unfortunately, they just couldn't beat them.

The top lane has a slight advantage, but this advantage cannot be extended to teammates and is meaningless.

The support can't outplay the roaming class, and while the AD carry's floor is about the same, their ceiling is significantly lower!
Needless to say, Nakano is the group with the biggest gap.

With the mid lane completely suppressed, Tarzan, despite his many skills, had no way to utilize them.

At this point, Coach Rather had basically given up on winning.

To come back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2, especially against EDG, is absolutely impossible.

Fortunately, they have made it to the semifinals, which means they have a good chance of qualifying for the World Championship, in addition to the loser's bracket.

In the upcoming matches, just play casually and try not to let it affect your mindset.

With their attitude relaxed, the outcome of the third game was naturally a foregone conclusion.

The break time passed quickly, and both players took to the stage for the third time.

"This time, LNG will still choose the side as the loser, and will be placed on the blue side. The positions of both sides remain unchanged. Let's see the hero selections on both sides!"

In the third game, Leng Shao seemed to have had all his edges smoothed out, and he even stopped picking Syndra and instead picked Lulu.

Mid-lane Lulu paired with Aphelios is a standard strategy for LNG.

In the third game of the round of six against RA, LNG used this strategy to sweep RA.

But if you pick a hero like Lulu when you're 2-0, everyone will give you a thumbs up and praise you for your understanding and teamwork.

But when you're down 0-2, that's cowardice.

The audience was greatly disappointed by this choice.

Two games and you've completely outplayed Leng Shao? Where's your Yasuo? Where's your Cassiopeia? Ming Jing was also a little surprised by this, but he didn't dwell on it. He locked in Syndra again to strengthen the early game tempo, and the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side LNG: Top laner Renekton, jungler Lillia, mid laner Lulu, bot laner Aphelios and Braum.

Red side EDG: Top laner Gwen, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Syndra, bot laner Kalista and Gariel.

Looking at this lineup, the JDG players offered their sharp comments one after another.

Everyone had a feeling that this match might end very quickly.

LNG's lineup is clearly designed to drag the game out, since the Lulu and Aphelios combination becomes increasingly powerful in the late game.

However, EDG's lineup is incredibly strong, and they shouldn't give LNG a chance to drag the game into the late game.

that's the truth.

For the first few minutes of the match, the atmosphere between the two sides was quite peaceful.

Although Mingjing controlled the mid lane, Lulu was indeed a very annoying hero, and she could clear waves quickly. Mingjing couldn't find a suitable rhythm.

But Mingjing was in no hurry and quietly looked for an opportunity.

LNG's lineup has a fatal weakness: the mid and jungle are too weak.

The combination of Lulu and Lillia is far more than just weak.

Therefore, the breakthrough can be achieved by attacking from the midfield.

When the game reached the six-minute mark, EDG's mid and jungle suddenly accelerated.

With Syndra reaching level six, the mid and jungle have the ability to one-shot enemies, so a wave of momentum can be launched in an instant!
The two charged straight into LNG's bottom jungle!
Tarzan still had half of the jungle to clear, but the mid-jungle strength of Lee Sin and Syndra was simply too high, so he dared not fight them and had no choice but to give up.

But his decision to give up puts the bottom lane in a difficult position.

EDG's mid and jungle players didn't bother counter-jungling at all; instead, they kept moving around the jungle, directly surrounding the duo.

Equally strong is EDG's bot lane duo, Kalista and Reyle, who can easily take down Aphelios!
After the minion wave pushed into the tower, Meiko pressed W to flip onto his horse and used an AE to knock Aphelios down.

Iwandy Bloom held up the security door, but it couldn't save AD's life.

Kalista used her consecutive leaps to bypass Braum's security door and secured the kill with a single E!

"First blood!"

Of course, Braum, who was left, couldn't escape either. Mingjing didn't even want to use his ultimate, but instead went out of the tower with his teammates and then came back to fight.

Viper didn't hold back either, unleashing another E to secure a double kill!

Starting with this double kill, EDG's momentum will accelerate, and they'll take off!

Once Kalista gains an advantage, she becomes unstoppable in terms of tempo.

After returning to base to resupply, Viper went out again and easily helped his team secure the dragon.

On the LNG side, the pressure is already quite high.

With Kalista leading 2-0, she has begun to control the dragon's tempo, which is tantamount to a countdown to death for them.

They only had fifteen minutes left to do their work!

Fortunately, their choice was rational enough; they chose to hit the road and look for opportunities.

There shouldn't be any problem with that.

Ale played quite well in the laning phase this game, with the Crocodile relentlessly pressuring Miss Gwen.

Now that the top lane minions have pushed into the tower, Tarzan's Lillia has also pushed over, and the damage from both of them is enough to complete the tower dive!

Faced with the crocodile's enraged bite, Flandre had no room to maneuver and could only wait to die.

Fortunately, compared to the team's advantages, dying once is insignificant.

At the same time, the camera cuts to the middle lane.

Why didn't Leng Shao participate in this tower dive? The dismal laning situation in the mid lane provides the answer.

Syndra stunned Lulu with a WE push, followed by a QR six-ball ultimate that blasted Lulu away.

Lulu only had half her health left. If this combo hit her full, it would be deadly.

With no other option, Leng Shao could only spam his ultimate skill. Lulu unleashed her ultimate skill the moment she woke up, barely managing to salvage a small dragon.

But then the Vanguard will be out of the question.

Even without her ultimate ability, Syndra is still a formidable opponent. She can still stun three opponents with a single push in a team fight, delivering crucial crowd control.

But without her ultimate skill, Lulu is utterly useless.

Meiko seized the opportunity presented by Mingjing's perfect initiation, and Rui'er used Flash and WR combo to directly coordinate with her teammates to take down Tarzan's Lillia.

This left Ah Le quite helpless.

His laning advantage is significant, and the crocodile is currently in a dominant phase; this first strike should rightfully belong to them.

Ultimately, it didn't work out.

"The Red Legion has captured the Rift Herald!"

The Herald wasn't even deployed in the bottom lane because the bottom lane had such a large advantage that the Herald's tower-pushing ability was no longer needed.

As Viper destroyed the first tower in lane, EDG took the opportunity to rotate to the top lane and used the Rift Herald to take down the first tower as well!

In the following period, EDG took all kinds of resources and defensive towers one after another, and the snowball got bigger and bigger!
On the other side, LNG managed to demolish the top lane tower with difficulty.

But the tower that was demolished fourteen minutes later was a drop in the ocean compared to their losses.

"Fifteen minutes in, they're already leading by 5,000 gold!" Wang Duoduo, watching from God's perspective, was utterly amazed. "This is EDG's offensive rhythm! Once they gain an advantage, they won't give their opponents a chance to breathe."

At seventeen minutes, EDG's mid, jungle, and support sneaked into the jungle and, as expected, caught Lillia bouncing around there. Syndra pushed the ball to receive Ryle's WE, and Xiaolu remained motionless the entire time, lying dead on the spot!

"Tarzan got caught! The dragon just spawned, this is a huge blow to LNG!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity to kill the jungler, EDG easily secured their third dragon, and they are just one step away from the Fire Dragon Soul!
On the top lane, Ah Le was extremely anxious as he watched his team lose the dragon again.

As time goes on, the crocodile's advantage over Gwen is gradually disappearing.

Once Gwen has acquired the equipment, she can practically poop on a crocodile's head.

As Ah Le watched his advantage shrink and his team's disadvantage grow, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

This anxiety ultimately became the root cause of the team's defeat.

At 23 minutes, a team fight involving the Dragon Soul broke out in the bottom river.

Ale thought he had seized the opportunity, and the crocodile activated its ultimate to flank and appeared from behind, flashing and using a red-rage W to bite Viper's Kalista!
But he didn't expect that his teammates couldn't keep up at all.

Mingjing's team fight perspective was incredibly broad. The moment he saw the crocodile flanking from behind, he made the correct judgment and chose to unleash a QRE combo in front of him!

Syndra unleashed four Dark Orbs, scattering them like a shower of petals, stunning all the LNG members who tried to follow!

"Holy crap, awesome!" The JDG players, who were still watching the game, shouted out. "Great push!"

This push immediately made Ah Le, who entered the fray first, the target of focused fire. Even though the Bloodthirsty Crocodile was quite tanky and survived for a long time thanks to its healing and shield, it was only a matter of time before it died.

Viper leaps to create distance, pokes the crocodile with spears, and finishes it off with an E!

The LNG excavation situation is not good, so we have to retreat and disperse.

In this team fight, EDG only managed to get one kill on the Renekton, but they also managed to obtain the Fire Dragon Soul!
The rest was pretty much a foregone conclusion. With the Fire Dragon Soul in hand, EDG immediately initiated a team fight around Baron Nashor.

In the Baron fight, Mingjing's Syndra used her Fire Dragon Soul combo (EQWR) to instantly kill Lillia despite Lulu's ultimate, putting his team in an invincible position.

At 26 minutes, EDG pushed forward and won the game!

(End of this chapter)