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

Chapter 222 Is He Using a Cheat Code?

"EDG Phi has eliminated FPX Crisp!"

The news of the kill resounded throughout the stadium, eliciting a tidal wave of cheers from the tens of thousands of spectators!
"Wow, that was amazing!" Miller exclaimed in admiration. "EDG's decision was brilliant!"

"It was indeed a victory in decision-making!" Ji nodded emphatically.

If EDG's previous gank on the bottom lane was an opportunity created by the mid laner's laning ability, then this support play is entirely a reflection of their decision-making.

After all, FPX's gank was incredibly quiet and executed with exceptional speed. Their mid and jungle were practically there in the blink of an eye. Even with Twisted Fate's ultimate, they wouldn't have been able to get there in time with normal support speed.

EDG's mid and jungle were both in the bottom half of the map, which clearly means they anticipated FPX's move and prepared in advance!
Who directed this counter-gank? It's so hard to guess.

"I can only say, no wonder Xiaofei only pulled out this hero in the finals." Miller, now a self-proclaimed number one Phi fan, said with a smile, "This card of his really has a certain charm."

The difference between expert cards and ordinary cards is quite obvious.

Even though they all have the same movement animations, ordinary cards have a Tang Dynasty feel to them, while expert cards are elegant and composed.

The card "Ming Jing" looks incredibly powerful.

His movement is graceful and confident, his skill releases are accurate and deadly, and his overall strategic awareness is flawless!
It's been seven minutes now, and you haven't even gotten hit by a single Sylas E! Can you believe it?
"But what I'm most concerned about is his card draws." Colonel Guan also laughed, "How exactly does he do it? Why does he draw yellow cards every time? I've really seen it so many times!"

"That's Xiaofei's secret!" Miller said with a smile. "If we're lucky enough to interview Xiaofei after the game, maybe we can get the answer."

Miller's words were a bit arrogant, which stirred up a lot of discussion in the live stream chat.

[Is this even a question? It's definitely running, a pure script. I suggest thoroughly investigating Xiaofei's computer!]

[You know what, that movement and card drawing really does feel like it's scripted!]

[Is Miller really a complete scumbag? He's practically guaranteed the championship for Xiaofei?]

【Otherwise, you don't really think FPX can win, do you?】

After watching these few minutes of the game, even the most loyal monkey followers wouldn't say that, right?

[That's absolutely true, this game was purely a mid-lane game disadvantage!]

Song Xuan sat in the front row of the audience, clapping his light sticks along with the surrounding audience. Listening to the commentator's elaborate praise of Ming Jing, a bright smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

She was not surprised at all by today's situation.

She came here specifically for this scene!

Watching Ming Jing smiling and talking to his teammates on the contestant's bench, Song Xuan turned her head and shifted her gaze to the other side of the stage.

On the other side, the players on FPX's side looked noticeably unnatural.

Doinb looked at the dismal situation of one person trading for three, and even if he wanted to vent his emotions, he couldn't find anyone to vent to!

How could the opposing team have predicted that they would gank bot lane?
"Xiaotian, did you miss a view?" Doinb asked over the voice chat.

Xiao Tian was already in a bad mood due to the repeated setbacks in his operations, and hearing Doinb's question only made things worse.

Whom are you questioning?

"No," Xiao Tian replied weakly, and then fell silent.

There was a brief silence in the voice channel.

After a few seconds, Doinb patted his face and continued, "My brothers, take it slow, there's still a chance."

However, this time, Khan was the only one still actively responding to him.

"Go, go, brothers!"

Khan was still picking off Flandre's spinning top in the top lane, and the disadvantage in the bottom lane had nothing to do with him; of course, he was just minding his own business.

He even considered expanding the advantage as much as possible, trying to help the team turn the tide.

But he soon stopped laughing.

With EDG securing the dragon, their mid, bot, and jungle players recalled to base to replenish their supplies. The game reached the eight-minute mark, just as the Rift Herald spawned.

The subsequent decision was self-evident: the duo immediately moved to the upper half of the map to prepare for the Rift Herald.

Khan was still passionately laning when he suddenly spotted the EDG bot lane duo in the ward he had placed in the river, forcing him to run away immediately!
"Although FPX's bot lane duo is also moving towards the top side of the map, this team fight is really difficult to engage in!" Looking at the scene before him, even Guan Dajiao was worried for FPX. "Their fighting strength is far too weak right now!"

While Khan's Jayce can completely dominate Flandre's Gnar in lane, in team fights, Jayce and Gnar are not comparable; their impact is on completely different levels.

Furthermore, the disadvantage in the lower half of the bracket makes the odds of winning against this head-on team extremely slim!

FPX had no choice but to give up the Herald.

Below the stage, countless audience members cheered again.

Generally speaking, when EDG controls all the dragons and Rift Herald, it's basically a game that can be easily won in about 20 minutes.

EDG, having gained such a huge advantage in the early stages, is invincible.

EDG is very clear about their strategy after securing the Rift Herald. Since the duo has moved up, the team simply rotated to the top and bottom lanes, letting Flandre go to the bottom lane to continue enduring pressure.

The duo, taking advantage of the four-minute countdown before the dragon's arrival, pushed towards the top tower.

With four minutes and the Rift Herald available, taking down the top lane's first turret would be a piece of cake.

Khan didn't even dare to stand in lane when facing EDG's jungler and bot lane duo. He watched as the minions that went under the tower were constantly shot down by the tower, and his heart was bleeding.

On FPX's side, the remaining teammates were also putting up an effort. Taking advantage of the fact that the main EDG team had moved to the top half of the map, they decisively moved to the bottom half of the map and took action against Flandre.

Flandre was still waiting for the tower to finish him off when he suddenly saw Sylas and Xin Zhao appear behind the tower.

Saint Gun knew he was doomed.

But he wasn't annoyed; instead, he chuckled.

Because he knew that if the other side chose to target him at this time, it meant that there was really no other way.

This is a poor strategy; the other side is unlikely to profit from it.

Saint Gun wasn't in a hurry. Before the minion wave reached the tower, he quickly threw out a boomerang to build up full rage, then charged out and used his RWQ three AOE attacks to wipe out the wave before calmly facing death.

If FPX dies after clearing the lane, they'll only gain 450 gold from kills and assists.

The camera then cuts to the top half of the map, where the vanguard has already charged into FPX's top tower, securing the first tower kill in the top lane.

With five layers of plating, the bounty from the first tower, and a massive loss of minion waves, EDG's economic lead has easily exceeded four figures!
In this exchange, FPX undoubtedly suffered another complete defeat.

At this point, it was clearly visible from the top panel that EDG's economic lead had reached an astonishing 3,000. A 3,000 lead in ten minutes—it was impossible to lose this game!
Next, it was just an ordinary operating process.

After pushing the top lane, the EDG duo moved to the bottom lane to continue attacking the bottom tower.

At 12 minutes, with the help of the mid and jungle, Viper took down the bottom lane tower.

He earned a total of ten plating layers in this round, making him incredibly wealthy!
After pushing down the bottom tower, the team moved to the bottom river and secured another dragon!
FPX didn't give up either. Seeing such a big disadvantage, Doinb even stopped farming minions and started ganking around with Tian.

They would either gank the mid lane or the jungler, and even went to the bottom lane, killing Meiko once and forcing Viper to use his double summoner spells.

But that's still not enough.

These haphazard punches won't hurt EDG.

Mingjing handled the matter methodically and slowly.

Trying to catch him in the middle is out of the question. Ming Jing has Flash in hand, and he has excellent vision control in both the upper and lower river areas. There's no way the enemy can catch him.

If you gank the jungler, Mingjing will provide support. With an economic lead, the mid and jungle will basically not lose.

If Mingjing ganks the side lane, he should either counter-gank or go to the other side of the map to stop the loss while ensuring that he doesn't lose any last hits.

After another five minutes of back-and-forth attacks, the number of kills on both sides remained relatively unchanged, with two more being added each. However, the economic gap widened again to five hundred.

The difference lies in the development gap between the two mid laners.

While keeping up with Doinb's roaming rhythm, Mingjing also ensured that he didn't miss a single hit, and even stole two layers of turret plating in the mid lane.

There's no way around it; when it comes to roaming, Twisted Fate is much more relaxed than Sylas, giving Mingjing more time to manage the minion waves.

At this moment, the economic gap between the two sides has officially exceeded 5,000. Relying on its advantage, EDG steadily controlled the third dragon and entered the final stage of the battle.

By the 24th minute of the game, the economic gap had widened to 7,000.

"Another Earth Dragon has spawned!" Guan Daxiao shouted from the commentary booth. "This is the Dragon Soul! FPX has to take it!"

Miller looked at the equipment panel and couldn't help but scratch his head: "But how am I supposed to counter this? The equipment gap is too big!"

At 24 minutes, it had reached the stage where the standard two-piece set for the carry was already achieved.

FPX's Sylas and Varus have decent items, with one having Eternal Frostbite and the other having Dark Claw and Nightblade, so they seem to be doing well.

But EDG's equipment was just too good!
Viper's Ezreal already had two and a half items: Manamune and Last Whisper.

Mingjing's Twisted Fate is even more outrageous. With the combined benefits of tower economy, kill economy, passive extra economy, and the cheapness of the Rapid Firecannon, Twisted Fate's equipment overwhelms the entire field. He already has the three items of Everfrost Lich and Rapid Firecannon, becoming the only player in the entire field with a three-item set!
Even the Killing Ring in Twisted Fate's hand is at level 10, so it can be considered half a piece of equipment!
With such overwhelming equipment, even if the card has a cannon that doesn't add much damage, the damage will still be absolutely explosive!
Ming Jingxian transforms into a card assistant, running neck and neck with Viper, and gives a yellow card to anyone who tries to cut into the back row.

EZ's damage output is unmatched at this stage; his Q skill deals nearly a quarter damage to squishy targets, making them unable to withstand it.

After the enemy's Braum and Xin Zhao, the two front-line tanks, were killed one after another, Ming Jing didn't bother with the remaining Sylas and Jayce on his face, as his teammates could handle them.

Ming Jing chooses to activate his ultimate skill, [Destiny], and flies straight to the back row!

The card landed and slammed a yellow card with E passive and Lich Cannon into Varus's face, instantly taking away nearly half of his health. Then, he used Q followed by Everfrost and chased after him with a barrage of auto-attacks while Everfrost was immobilizing him!

Because FPX's front line was engaged in direct combat, no one paid any attention to Varus, which allowed Mingjing to recklessly get close and deal damage!

Lin Weixiang used his ultimate move, "Chains of Corruption," to immobilize the card, and then drew his bow and arrow, intending to engage the card in close combat.

However, the card is currently the highest level in the game, and with the added health from Everfrost, its health bar is incredibly high, making it impossible for a mere armor-piercing Varus to take it down.

With the combined attack speed boost from the cannon and E, Twisted Fate chased Varus down with a barrage of auto attacks, and then instantly drew the highest-damage blue card, finally emptying Varus's health bar!
It has to be said that the cannon card is indeed lacking in damage output, but fortunately, it's not needed to deal damage in this game.

When there's a lack of damage output, Mingjing uses a completely different set of equipment.

Meanwhile, their teammates on the front line also eliminated the remaining members of FPX.

FPX used the full strength of the team, but only managed to kill Meiko.

"One for five!" Miller exclaimed excitedly. "EDG completely crushed the team fight! That means they have the Dragon Soul, and they can take Baron Nashor too!"

The respawn time is actually not long, around 20 minutes, so it's quite difficult to get both the small dragon and the big dragon.

However, EDG's Gnar, Twisted Fate, and Ezreal are all excellent sustained damage dealers in their respective positions. Mingjing chose to stay behind to solo the dragon, while the other three teammates went straight to the Baron pit.

Although the game was a bit slow, Mingjing calculated that the time should be just right!
All five FPX players revived and quickly rushed out of the fountain.

They lacked visibility of the river and didn't know where the EDG players had gone.

However, based on the information they received, there was no news of EDG taking down the dragon, so it's likely that everyone went to Baron.

Given the situation at the time, the Baron was indeed more cost-effective than the Dragon, since EDG had three Dragons in hand, making it difficult to secure even one.

Of course, they have to let Xiaolong take control, and cut their losses if possible.

But just as the five FPX players entered the jungle, before they even made a step forward, a message suddenly appeared on the screen.

"The Blue Legion has slain the Mountain Dragon!"

Judging from the kill information, it was entirely a one-man showdown by Twisted Fate!
Upon seeing this, the five members of FPX were slightly taken aback.

That.
Two seconds later, another message popped up.

"The Blue Legion has killed Baron Nash!!!"

The news of the loss of Baron Nashor followed shortly after, and the hearts of the FPX players sank to the bottom.

The game is over.

At this moment, the economic gap between the two sides has officially exceeded 10,000, and with the Earth Dragon Soul protecting them, their combat power is no longer on the same level.

EDG players simply returned to base for a short rest before launching their final attack.

When he went out again, the ten-layered Killing Ring in his hand had finally evolved into the Book of Killers.

In fact, there's really no need to build Mejai's Soulstealer at this stage, since it doesn't provide any immediate combat power, and with such a significant advantage, the cost-effectiveness of Mejai's Soulstealer is not really necessary.

But Wu Suowei is too weak; it doesn't really matter what you spend that thousand-plus yuan on.

And this murder mystery book really lived up to its reputation.

Less than a minute after leaving the house, Mingjing found an excellent opportunity. Twisted Fate used his ultimate to quickly reposition and, together with Gnar, killed Khan Jayce on the side lane!

Relying on this crucial numerical advantage, EDG made a deep run and took down both high ground towers!
At 26 minutes, the final team fight broke out on FPX's mid-lane high ground. Mingjing got two kills and three assists in this team fight, and his Mejai's Soulstealer stacks up to the maximum!
After a clean 5-0 exchange, EDG pushed forward and easily destroyed the enemy's crystal!

(End of this chapter)