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

Chapter 316 Let's order first.
The RNG players returned to the rest room dejectedly.

After suffering another crushing defeat, even though the RNG players maintained a good mentality, the team atmosphere was inevitably depressing.

Having eaten three Iwatzu's talismans and died three times in a row, GALA appeared extremely depressed at this moment.

Coach Tabe observed the players' condition and understood that at this moment, he, as the coach, needed to say a few words.

But he didn't know how to say it for a moment.

As a coach, he empathizes with the players and understands how painful it is to lose those two games.

What I fear is not losing the game, but losing without any resistance.

If the game is evenly matched, even if one side loses, they will only feel resentful and only think about winning the next game.

But like today
Tabe didn't know what to do either.

At this point, it was Zhu, who was serving as the team's assistant coach, who spoke up.

Zhu Kai was the coach of EDG last year, but lost his job due to Clearlove's joining the team. He returned to RNG this year.

This person is practically nonexistent in terms of coaching ability and understanding of games, but his eloquence is truly top-notch.

Zhu Kai didn't care about any of that; all he knew was that the players were in poor condition and needed some motivational pep talk.

Zhu Kai didn't hold back either, immediately launching into a barrage of questions about challenges, dreams, and championships, force-feeding the RNG players a whole host of ideas.

It must be said, it is indeed effective.

The previously lifeless atmosphere visibly became more lively.

"No matter what, this is a winners' bracket match," Zhu Kai concluded. "Even if we lose, it's not a big deal. We'll just play our best and win one game at a time!"

Coach Tabe nodded in agreement and then began discussing the draft picks for the next game.

At this moment, the MVP of the game is being announced on the TV in the lounge.

Surprisingly, the MVP was awarded to the mid-lane Taliyah.

Looking at the results before him, GALA's confidence, which he had just gained from drinking motivational speeches, was completely shattered.

He certainly understood why Taliyah was able to win the MVP award.

At the same time, in the EDG lounge.

Everyone is judging who will be the MVP of this game.

"real or fake?"

Park Do-hyun looked at the result and was speechless. "Why didn't I get the MVP?"

His Chinese has truly improved; his pronunciation is now impeccable.

Viper was the absolute damage dealer in this game. Mingjing specifically checked the damage panel and a simple calculation showed that his damage output percentage was a terrifying 36%. He also racked up kills non-stop, achieving a terrifying 13-0-2 score.
But the MVP wasn't him, it was Ming Jing.

Taliyah's 4-0-15 score and 24% damage share are quite dismal. The only noteworthy stat is her 100% teamfight participation rate, which is negligible compared to Kalista's smurfing-level performance.

“That’s normal.” Meiko wasn’t surprised at all. “Those few positions held by Mingjing are so crucial, he hasn’t had a moment to spare!”

The reason for winning MVP is simply because of Taliyah's three consecutive lifts.

The first hit on the top laner landed on both carries, turning the tide of the team fight.

The second Baron Nashor lift was delivered to Zeli, helping the team to achieve a crushing victory in the Baron Nashor team fight.

The third lift on the high ground even performed a "health bar disappearing" technique, wiping out Zeli's health bar in one go!
Lifting the key carry in team fights is a performance typically seen in Taliyah, but Mingjing did it three times in a row.

It can only be said that the data cannot reflect its role.

Viper understood this point, so he didn't dwell on it and continued discussing the next game.

With a 2-0 lead, there's really not much to discuss in the draft phase. The team simply decided to put Crystal Maiden back in the ban list to prevent Xiaohu from replicating the rhythm he had in the previous game.

After the discussion, the group went to the restroom together, and then prepared for their third appearance.

"Go team, go team!" Abu escorted the team all the way to the backstage entrance: "I'll order first, we'll go eat right after this game, okay?"

"OK OK!"

"Just order! If this game takes more than 30 minutes, I'll eat it!"

"No, no, no, be steady, be steady!"

Amidst the joyful atmosphere, the EDG team stepped onto the stage, and the draft phase quickly began.

As previously discussed, EDG chose to ban Lissandra and then gave Mingjing the counter pick, allowing him to shine.

Xiaohu had no other heroes to choose from at this point, so he had no choice but to lock in Taliyah.

Xiaohu's hero pool is well-known; no matter the year or position, he only uses a few key heroes and rarely comes up with any other ones.

That's completely different from Ming Jing's unconventional hero choices.

Taliyah is a champion with a bit of a lane bully vibe. Her Stone Shot counters mobility skills, her Rock Smash counters short-ranged champions, and her Q skill has extremely high wave clear efficiency. This champion's skill set means that she won't fall too far in lane and will always have the ability to roam.

Of course, there are all sorts of heroes in League of Legends, and there are always heroes that can counter Taliyah. Whether you can pick her or not is another matter.

Anyway, Mingjing can be selected.

Without hesitation, Ming Jing immediately locked in a hero for himself on the third floor.

Ancient sorcerer, Xerath!

Taliyah also has a fatal flaw: her short range. The range of her W-E combo is not much different from her basic attack range.

Xerath's Q and W abilities both cover a range of around 1,000 yards, while his ultimate ability covers a range of 5,000 yards!

Even if Taliyah tries her best, she can't get to Xerath's face, which fundamentally solves the problem of short-legged heroes being easily hit by Rock Slam.

Of course, Mingjing actually has better options against Taliyah, but he certainly won't pick them when the score is 2-0. It's better to keep a secret and pick a relatively conventional one first.

Soon, the lineups of both sides were determined.

RNG (Blue Side): Top lane Fiora, Jungle Vi, Mid lane Taliyah, Bot lane Kai'Sa and Nautilus.

Red side EDG: Top laner Gnar, Jungler Wukong, Mid laner Xerath, Bot laner Zygar and Lulu.

"This round," Wang Duoduo said, looking at the lineups on both sides, "it seems like the offensive and defensive strategies have shifted a bit."

"Yes." GuGu nodded. "EDG's lineup is more late-game oriented, while RNG is stronger in the early and mid-game. It seems that RNG is trying to make some changes after falling behind 0-2."

That's what the commentator said, but what the audience heard was a completely different story.

No matter how the audience listened, they could only glean two words—anxiety.

RNG's people are definitely in a bit of a rush.

After being crushed in two games, they changed their strategy. They never pursued victory or defeat in the mid lane, but decided to take care of the mid lane first this time.

We can't let this guy have so much fun anymore!
Wei Cai had just reached level three when he launched a surprise attack on Ming Jing.

Facing the double-team of Vi and Taliyah, Mingjing remained calm. Just before Vi threw her punch, he turned around and dodged her Q, while also using his E to stun the Taliyah who was following behind.

The gank was easily thwarted. Xerath only took one AoE from Vi throughout the entire fight, and his health loss was less than 200!
And it's not over yet.

If Wei gets the ball, then of course Jie Jie will be there too.

Before Wei could take two steps, he saw Jie Jie's monkey rush out from the lower riverbed.

Mingjing didn't hold back either, simultaneously unleashing W [Eye of Destruction] to slow Vi down in the center, followed by a quick Q. JieJie seized the opportunity to E in and unleash a relentless AQ combo!

Although this wave couldn't result in a kill or force a Flash due to the protection of Little Tiger and Taliyah, it was enough to reduce Vi's health to a minimum.

Seeing Vi running away with low health, JieJie turned around and rushed into RNG's bottom jungle, easily stealing the red buff and raptors, a wonderful start.

With a late-game lineup, EDG is in no hurry to attack; they'll just drag the game out.

For the remainder of the game, RNG continued to play quite aggressively.

The minor setback Wei just encountered in the mid lane did not deter her ambition to gank mid; she continued to roam to the mid lane whenever she felt like it.

Of course, EDG's defense in the mid lane is also quite good.

Mingjing and Jiejie placed true sight wards in the upper and lower river areas throughout the game. In addition, Xerath has a long range and was positioned far back. Wei ran to the mid lane several times, but returned empty-handed.

Fortunately, these roaming maneuvers did have a significant impact on Mingjing, allowing Xiaohu to gain a lead in his lane and the right to roam.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, RNG's mid and jungle players moved towards the bottom lane, intending to emulate EDG's winning offensive and initiate the Dragon Soul rhythm through a four-man gank on the bottom lane.

As the minion wave pushed into the tower, Xiaohu used his Taliyah ultimate to block the path, and a tower dive came in no time.

However, this strategy was first developed by EDG, so everyone in EDG knows exactly how to counter it.

Firstly, under the current durability version, tower diving is already extremely difficult.

Even with RNG's high-burst combo of Nautilus and Kai'Sa, EDG's bot lane isn't entirely without room for maneuver.

The first hero to tank the tower will undoubtedly be the support Titan with Aftershock.

Meiko was more focused than ever at this moment, standing behind Viper, keeping a close eye on Titan's movements.

The moment Titan walked up to Viper and the anchor swung, Meiko's fingers furiously pressed the keyboard!

Polymorph should be applied directly to Taliyah, as she is the main source of damage and control for subsequent tower dives.

Although Titan managed to land a combo of A followed by Q, it missed because Taliyah was polymorphed, leaving him no time to follow up with crowd control and damage.

This crucial control chain can only be filled by NIO!
Wei had a clear strategy and quickly followed up with a charged Q!
But at that very moment, another flash of golden light appeared!
After using all his protective abilities, Meiko finally used Flash to block Vi's crucial Q with his own body!

At this point, the sheep transformation ended, and Tiger resumed movement, immediately following up with Rock Slash for Viper, but it was clearly too late.

Viper repeatedly pressed Flash, but still managed to Flash out just before the Rock Strike took effect!
"The control chain couldn't keep up!" GuGu shouted from the commentary booth, "Viper used Flash! He made a mistake while tower diving!"

"That's not right! RNG's reinforcements have arrived! They have to leave!"

In the scene, Viper, who had barely survived, did not run away blindly. After confirming that he was safe, he even used his Zephyr to use a W to pass through the tower, aiming directly at the Titan tanking the tower.

Ming certainly didn't dare to take that W, so he could only use Flash to escape the tower.

But flashing is not very meaningful.

Because JieJie's monkey had already rushed to the bottom lane, and his target was very clear: the Titan who was tanking the tower and didn't have much health left!

At the same time, a huge red circle covered everything, which was Xerath's ultimate ability!
How could a Titan with almost no health left due to tanking towers possibly escape the double attack of Monkey King and Xerath?

Mingjing's ultimate skill was as accurate as ever. First, he hit the Titan with a precise shot, triggering the first attack. Then, when the Monkey King used E to attack and used AQ to severely damage the Titan, he followed up with another shot and easily secured the kill.

"First blood!"

With Titan's death, RNG's tower dive plan has completely failed, and the remaining three can only flee in disarray.

Fortunately, time is of the essence, neither jungler has reached level six yet, and EDG's bot lane and jungler don't have much ability to hold enemies, so escaping shouldn't be a problem.

Xiaohu was hit by two more shots from Xerath while he was running away, which significantly reduced his health. He felt extremely heavy-hearted at that moment.

This first blood was a devastating blow to everyone at RNG.

Xiao Hu's heart sank even further.

No one expected that the first blood would ultimately fall into Xerath's hands!
Although Xerath has been constantly targeted, his development has not been affected at all. He now has the standard equipment of Lost Chapter, Doran's Ring, and Dark Seal.

Now that we've got the heads, and the Dark Seal has increased by two more layers, isn't that awesome?

Isn't this just going in circles again?
We can't let that B steal it again, can we?

Xiao Hu was unconvinced, feeling that their efforts were insufficient, and decided to increase their efforts next.

After returning to the mid lane, Xiaohu's laning phase did not go smoothly.

With the updated equipment, Xerath finally began to show his strength as a counter-pick. Relying on the ample mana provided by [Lost Chapter], Mingjing transformed into a long-range artillery turret, spamming skills at Taliyah.

Xiaohu's positioning isn't exactly top-notch, so he inevitably gets hit by skills, and after a few rounds, his health drops to a low point.

If Xerath hadn't already used his ultimate ability, he might have been in mortal danger!

Xiaohu was extremely frustrated by the beating and could only turn back to resupply, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Xerath.

In the blink of an eye, seven and a half minutes had passed.

With Vi at level 6 and Taliyah at level 7, their ability to pick off single targets has reached its peak.

Wei didn't hold back on his skills either. He used Q to dash out of the river, and then flashed and used his ultimate to lock onto Xerath!
Mingjing had little room to maneuver at this moment, so he could only use Xerath's WE combo on Taliyah before Vi flew over, in an attempt to break the opponent's control chain.

But Xiaohu went crazy too. Taliyah used Flash to get past the skills, intending to kill Mingjing by force!

These two flashes left Ming Jing a bit bewildered.

What does this mean?
Then I'll die!

Even with Ming Jing's incredible skills, it was impossible for him to survive being surrounded by two powerful attackers.

But thankfully, this wasn't a complete loss.

After all, the respawn time is not long, and the vanguard has not yet respawned, so it is a meaningless kill.

On the contrary, RNG needs to be careful about how they will contest the vanguard team fights after losing two Flash abilities.

In the blink of an eye, 8 minutes and 30 seconds had passed, and the vanguard team launched its attack.

Saint Gun took advantage of RNG's mid and jungle not having Flash. Gnar first stacked up his Fury with the Herald, and then used his E to stomp on their heads and flip into the fray!

But RNG's players weren't stupid either. As soon as Flandre jumped, Xiaohu immediately used [Stone Scatter], stunning Flandre in mid-air.

RNG unleashed a burst of damage, almost sending Flandre to his death.

Fortunately, EDG still had Lulu on their side. Meiko quickly followed up with his ultimate, and the extra health and knock-up effect gave Flandre some room to maneuver.

Saint Gunner frantically tapped the keyboard, and Gnar immediately flashed forward, deep into enemy territory, and unleashed his ultimate!

GALA reacted quickly, immediately using Flash to create distance.

But the two junglers who didn't use Flash were in trouble, as they were pushed against the wall by an ultimate skill!
It's no exaggeration to say that the team fight was over from that moment on.

Xerath unleashed his long-range ultimate instantly, the red circle locking onto Taliyah's feet.

Jie Jie then entered the fray, and the monkey unleashed explosive damage and crowd control with his "Havoc in Heaven" skill.

Taking advantage of the control, Mingjing fired four shots at Yanque, achieving the first kill!

Viper Zeli also activated her ultimate skill, unleashing a barrage of attacks.

"GALA was still making moves, trading kills with EDG's top and jungle, but he couldn't escape either, and Xerath took him down with a single Q!"

In the commentary booth, Wang Duoduo shouted loudly: "Two for five in one wave, EDG wins a great victory!"

(End of this chapter)