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Chapter 337 Mutual Attacks!

After helping the bottom lane, Mingjing briefly cleared the minion wave before returning to the mid lane.

Because Mingjing pushed the lane into the tower before recalling, and the third wave of minions was a thick siege minion wave.
Showmaker's cards were unable to push the minion wave to the tower before the fourth wave arrived, so Mingjing had plenty of time to return to lane and wouldn't lose many minions.

When he returned to the mid lane, he was hit by two waves of minions pushed by Twisted Fate.

Because the cards also need to return to base to replenish supplies, Mingjing's tower attacks were taken without any pressure.

The director, quite amused, gave a shot of the mid lane, allowing the audience to appreciate Mingjing's tower dive.

Ming Jing didn't show any fear. He used QE repeatedly and quickly wiped out the wave of minions without missing a single one.

Amidst a barrage of "Good stuff!" comments, JieJie responded to MingJing's call and came to the mid lane. The two quickly pushed the minion wave into the enemy tower, and then MingJing finally returned to base to replenish his supplies.

When Yasuo was re-released, his boots had evolved into attack speed boots.

For Yasuo, attack speed boots are a game-changing item that is in no way inferior to Infinity Edge.

Ming Jing looked at the straw sandals and killing ring in his card equipment bar without any fear, and slid up with a wave of newly arrived minions.

With the movement speed buff, Yasuo's EQEE combo was incredibly fast, quickly closing in on Twisted Fate. He landed three consecutive AAQ attacks, then used his exceptional reflexes to steal Twisted Fate's yellow card with a Wind Wall, finishing with a final EQ combo to knock up Twisted Fate and take away half of his health!

Showmaker helplessly returned to the tower to drink potions, watching Yasuo who had already started pushing the lane, feeling bitter inside.

How can we fight this?

It's fortunate that Yasuo used Flash in the bot lane earlier.

Otherwise, once Yasuo reaches level six, Showmaker is completely convinced he will die under the tower.

Looking at the arrogant Yasuo in front of him, Showmaker realized that staying online for too long was a slow death.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Since we are already at such a disadvantage from the start, we have no choice but to take a risky approach.

Showmaker finished off the tower push by Yasuo.

After taking that wave of tower attacks, the card also leveled up to level six.

Showmaker acted quickly, taking advantage of the remaining vision after EDG's minions died, he swiftly pressed recall, deliberately giving EDG a recall message.

Ming Jing noticed this, and pinged two signals: "Be careful, Twisted Fate is level six, he's definitely going to lose this wave."

The card has Teleport, so after recalling to base to replenish its health and mana, it's inevitable that it will immediately gank a single target.

It's even possible that the return to base is just an illusion; they're already moving towards the side lanes.
A sudden thought flashed through Ming Jing's mind, and he realized this possibility. Only then did he switch screens to look at the side lane.

The bot lane was relatively okay. The duo didn't go crazy because of the big win in the last wave. They still stayed under the tower and farmed steadily.

Furthermore, since both junglers swapped jungle camps at the start of the game, Canyon didn't have many options after respawning. He could only clear the bottom half of the jungle and then go to the top half to wait for the jungle monsters to respawn. At this point, Maokai was very likely in the top half of the jungle, so the bottom lane was relatively safe.

As for the road
Saint Gunner also saw the card that was about to return to base, so his handling was also correct. He used the Malphite's thick body to firmly block the minion wave in front of the tower.

After Twisted Fate recalls to base to replenish supplies, he finishes his last-hit under the tower, recalls to base to buy equipment, and then teleports back online at full health, making it impossible for the opponent to break through.

But when Ming Jing saw this scene, his expression changed.

"Be careful on the road!" Ming Jing immediately shouted, "Retreat immediately!"

"Huh?" Flandre was still a little confused. He was holding the line, so why was he leaving?
But no sooner had he finished speaking than a large tree suddenly appeared behind the DK's top tower.

Following closely behind is the card's ultimate skill, [Fate].

Saint Gun was dumbfounded.

Is this how it gets going?

Seeing this, Ming Jing shook his head, there was nothing he could do.

It has to be said that DK's early game rhythm is as tricky as ever. These two waves of rhythm since the start of the game were almost entirely based on the premise that EDG did not make any mistakes.

The last wave was relatively easy to handle, as the EDG duo was able to make plays while leveling up to level two.

In this round, Flandre truly had no room to maneuver.

Even though Flandre has already reached level six and has his ultimate ability.

Mingjing stopped paying attention to the top lane and quickly pushed the minion wave forward, preparing to go to the bottom river with JieJie to control the dragon and stop the damage.

Looking at the large tree and cards blocking the road behind him, Saint Gun Bro instantly came up with two ideas in his mind.

Either push forward out of the tower, use your body to block the minion wave outside the tower, and use W and E to eat up this wave of minions while trying to delay the opponent as much as possible.

Alternatively, use the ultimate ability's displacement to escape into the jungle.

With Flash and R, it's easy for a Malphite to escape.

Saint Gun only thought about it for a second before immediately choosing the former, opting to push out of the tower and use his E to reduce the attack speed of both the minions and the Renekton.

He's just a dead man, there's no need for him to pay such a high price to save his life.

Fortunately, because he was laning against Renekton, he chose the Undying and maxed E build, which made his wave clear efficiency quite high. As long as he could clear all the minions, he wouldn't lose even if he died.

DK clearly didn't want to give Flandre that chance. Nuguri's Renekton first used AQ followed by Iron Whip to stack Fury and Conqueror, and then waited for his two teammates to come over under the tower before he used A followed by a red-rage W to bite.

Immediately following was a hug from the tree followed by a Q, and then the card's yellow card.

Under continuous control, Flandre was unable to move and was quickly reduced to low health, eventually being finished off by Renekton's red-rage W.

"DK Nuguri has killed EDG Flandre!"

The sound of a kill rang out, and applause erupted from the audience once again.

All I can say is that today's match absolutely deserved the attention it garnered.

Last year's champions and runners-up demonstrated an extremely high level of competition from the start.

Next came the unremarkable exchange of resources.

The camera cuts to the bottom river, where EDG's Yasuo and Lee Sin first put pressure on DK's bot lane duo, forcing them back, and then steadily secured a dragon.

At this moment, Wang Duoduo and Maomao in the LPL commentary booth were still trying to salvage the situation, saying that exchanging Flandre's life for a dragon was not a loss at all, and might even have been a small profit.

But this is clearly not the case; it is a very short-sighted perspective.

Besides the kill, another crucial aspect of DK's gank on the top lane was that it helped Nuguri secure a kill, greatly increasing the team's chances of taking the Rift Herald!

In the blink of an eye, eight minutes had passed, and the Rift Herald spawned.

Besides DK, EDG also highly values ​​this vanguard and wants to gamble on the teamfight potential of Malphite and Yasuo, hoping to pull off a good teamfight.

However, DK didn't give EDG any chance to coordinate. Flandre's Malphite was single-handedly defended by Nuguri's Renekton in the top lane and couldn't even reach the front. In the team fights, DK still had Maokai and Renekton as frontliners, making their lineup quite solid. Flandre couldn't push in, and Mingjing and Jiejie couldn't easily enter the fray either. They could only watch as the Rift Herald's health was constantly reduced, and then Maokai's Q-Smite dealt a very high burst damage, securing a decisive victory.

If trading kills for the dragon was a small profit, then if we take into account the loss of the Rift Herald, then it's hard to say.

Moreover, the DK's offensive is far from over.

Don't forget, the DK bot lane duo still has an advantage.

The previous loss of the dragon was merely a last resort for DK under pressure. Now that DK has recovered, they will inevitably launch an offensive in the bottom lane and return to their normal dragon control rhythm!

In the blink of an eye, ten minutes had passed.

Canyon, having farmed his way through the map, released the Rift Herald in the bottom lane, helping the bottom lane duo to trade gold.

The second dragon will spawn in two minutes.

If DK manages to secure the second dragon, the situation will be completely under their control.

Fortunately, the people from EDG are not to be underestimated.

Mingjing, who got a kill at the start of the game as Yasuo, has not initiated any tempo so far, which is extremely rare. This is enough to prove that the DK players are indeed very wary of Mingjing and have achieved top-notch discipline.

But this situation obviously won't last forever.

Some dangers cannot be avoided simply by being disciplined.

Just like the rhythm of the first two waves of DK.

Just as DK released the Herald and pushed down the bottom lane, EDG also made a move in the mid lane.

Mingjing's Yasuo used his Wind Wall to confiscate Twisted Fate's Q [Wild Card], forcibly pushing the minion wave into the tower, and then turned and disappeared in the mid lane.

Showmaker quickly informed his teammates of the news via voice chat, but he wasn't panicked, since Yasuo couldn't do anything about it right now.

Go to the bottom lane to fight? That doesn't make sense. DK's only goal this wave is to release the Rift Herald to take the turret plating. They want to maintain a full health level to wait for the dragon fight. They have no intention of fighting at all, so their positioning is quite safe.

Going to the top lane to gank the crocodile? That's just plain stupid. If Yasuo dares to go top, the bottom lane will lose its second turret!
Therefore, he only needs to hold onto his ultimate ability and be ready to cover his teammates in the bottom lane at any time.

But it happened in the blink of an eye.
In the darkness of the jungle, a blindfolded monk touched his eye and came into view. Then, a flash of golden light appeared, and he was right in front of him!

Showmaker was so shocked that his pupils dilated, and he quickly flashed away.

But JieJie's hand speed is extremely fast, and his ultimate move [Dragon Tail Sweep] has been successfully released and entered the casting bar.

Even though the card player used Flash to create distance, he was still kicked into a knock-up state by Lee Sin from a distance!
However, Twisted Fate was not sent flying backwards, because the moment his ultimate took effect, Yasuo flew out from another jungle area and used his ultimate, Last Breath, to catch Twisted Fate!

Yasuo unleashed a ring of slashes, and his ultimate ability instantly slashed a sword wound into Twisted Fate.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, JieJie steadily applied Q [Sonic Wave], then used [Echo Strike] directly on the face, throwing two punches followed by an E.

Ming Jing landed smoothly, followed by an A and a Q to build up wind, then an EQ to knock the enemy up, followed by a basic attack, easily securing the kill on the card.

"EDG Phi has killed DK Showmaker!"

A kill notification rang out in the arena, adding another layer of brutality to the match.

"That was a pretty good pace!" Wang Duoduo nodded. "It gave us a much-needed break!"

This was indeed a recovery, mainly because the bottom lane was already destined to lose turret plating gold, so getting this kill was almost a break-even stop-loss.

And most importantly, it triggered the card's Flash.

The flash by Twisted Fate two minutes later during the dragon fight was a crucial foreshadowing.

Lee Sin Yasuo's ultimate ability can be fully ready during a dragon fight.

If you calculate it both ways, it's equivalent to winning twice.

Of course, this is far from enough.

At best, it's a stalemate.

The subsequent dragon fight was the crucial moment that would decide the outcome.

As long as they can capitalize on the fact that Twisted Fate doesn't have Flash, EDG's chances of winning the team fight will be infinitely high!

In the blink of an eye, 12 minutes had passed.

Both teams displayed exceptional discipline, practically guarding the dragon pit from the moment it spawned, with both sides preparing in advance.

DK made a more decisive decision. Nuguri came from home in advance to help his teammates squeeze into the dragon pit.

EDG, on the other hand, played a bit more greedily. Flandre came from the top lane, but after the dragon spawned, he didn't rush to the front line. Instead, he pushed the minion wave in the mid lane first.

Pushing the middle lane would certainly bring greater benefits after winning the team fight, but the problem is that Flandre arrived too late, causing his route to the dragon pit to be blocked by the DK team once again.

"Both sides are all here, but Flandre can't get to the front!" Wang Duoduo shouted anxiously from the commentary booth, "The formation is a bit off!"

In the video, Flandre also seemed a bit anxious, but in the current environment, there was no need for Renekton to defend against him. In fact, Braum alone could easily defend against him!

Braum landed a precise shot, followed by Twisted Fate throwing a yellow card, then Ashe's basic attack, delivering a continuous barrage of crowd control!
If it weren't for the fact that DK didn't focus their attacks on the dragon, the formation, and the counterattack of the Stone Golem's ultimate, Flandre might have really died alone on the roadside!

There was nothing he could do; with his health reduced to below half, Flandre could only use his Q on Braum to speed up and create distance before recalling to base.

"Fortunately, Flandre still has Teleport, so he can get back to the front. But EDG needs to give up their position and try to delay as much as possible until Flandre Teleports to the front!"

In the video, DK's players obviously didn't want to give EDG this opportunity. They directly chose to start the dragon, and also wanted to take advantage of the twelve-second time difference between Flandre's recall and teleport!

When Flandre's teleport finally lit up, the dragon was already down to half health.

However, Flandre's teleport position was not in the front.

"Did Flandre choose to teleport to the back of the dragon pit for vision?" Mao Mao was a little confused. "Did he still want to flank? But it's too late!"

The back of the dragon pit was a ward set up by EDG to prevent flanking, but unexpectedly it was spotted by Flandre.

As the TP light intensified, the dragon's health dwindled, and the DK players, seeing that Flandre had TP'd there, decided to go all-in on the dragon.

Meiko panicked when she saw Flandre's teleport location and immediately shouted, "What are you doing there? Come and engage in a team fight!"

It was too late to say all that. With the dragon low on health, Meiko Nami had no choice but to use her ultimate to rush in and help her team enter the fray.

However, the opposing team had Braum, and DK's support Braum jumped up with the security door in hand, blocking Nami's ultimate and then using his own ultimate to slow down EDG's charge.

JieJie didn't have Flash at the moment, so he had no choice but to use Q on the dragon to enter the fray and try to fight for Smite.

But just as the Lee Sin flew halfway, Maokai unleashed a Q-Smite, wiping out the dragon's health!
"The Blue Legion has slain the Cloud Dragon!"

(End of this chapter)