LPL History

Chapter 107 Ryze Achieves Pentakill in the Fountain, Zhou Lang's Team Implements a Strategy of Balance (5K)

"My God! This Rez is terrifying! IG can't handle him at all!"

With a cry of surprise from the long-haired man, Ryze had already turned the Gatling gun around and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the prince in front of him.

"The prince can't hold on any longer! He used Flash but was still rooted to the spot by Ryze!! Nunu saw the situation was bad and retreated first! Lion, facing the encirclement of three IG members alone, managed to kill two of them!!"

"And there's a problem in the mid lane too! Strawberry's Malphite must have used his ultimate just now, forcing Vayne to flash! But Lulu reacted a second too late and is already dead!"

"In that case, it seems like IG's mid and top towers are doomed!"

The scene of the three heroes fighting Lu Bu in the top lane left the viewers in the live stream speechless.

Holy crap, this Ryze is amazing?!

I always thought 450 was a trash hero.

[Dude, look who's playing Ryze. You must be terrible at it.]

[I don't see any skill involved in this play; he was just face-rolling on the keyboard.]

First, you need to have Zhou Ge's (Zhou Ge's) farming ability; if you can't farm, Ryze is useless.

[IG's move was too arrogant. They thought they could kill my Zhou Ge with just three people?]

[If Lulu comes, kill her immediately; a single Polymorph will suffice to ditch the fancy stuff.]

IG player seat.

His skin tone was quite dark, but now it had a reddish tinge, like he had been smeared with soy sauce.

Although the torment of the laning phase is over.

But he knew that from this moment on, their entire team's ordeal had begun.

After destroying the second tower in the middle and top lanes, WE quickly regrouped.

This time, Zhou Li appeared in the bottom lane.

As soon as WE entered the game, Curly and Clearlove cleared all of IG's vision in the lower jungle, making IG seem like they were blind as soon as they left their high ground.

They dared not venture into the jungle and could only defend the towers from the front.

However, under these circumstances, Zhou Li's Ryze naturally wouldn't give IG any chance.

Faced with WE's 4-1 split push strategy, IG ran around aimlessly like headless flies.

I watched helplessly as Ryze pushed down the bottom lane's second turret once again.

Xiaoxiao turned her head and glanced at the posture.
At this moment, he was unusually silent.

His hands were placed obediently on the table, without making any movement.

"Liu Zhihao, I'm looking for an opportunity to force an engagement. Keep an eye on my position; if this drags on any longer, we won't be able to fight."

Hearing PDD's words, he nodded somewhat woodenly.

"OK, all right."

Hearing the soft, sweet voice, Xiaoxiao sighed.

He knew that his posture had been completely exhausted.

Their current stance has reverted to that of simply trying to make money.

After seeing the Wanderer disappear from sight, PDD didn't hesitate and used his EQ combo to knock up the tree, then used his ultimate to directly target the backline Ezreal.

He knew Ezreal had E and Flash.

But now IG has no choice but to take a gamble.

The ball was always on the prince, so he immediately activated his ultimate ability.

Smile wouldn't make such a basic mistake; she immediately used her E skill to create distance.

But Orianna's ultimate ability still managed to pull in Blitzcrank and Malphite.

Seeing the prince being instantly targeted by the enemy, Xiaoxiao immediately unleashed her ultimate skill.

Unlike Sona, the purple-skinned garlic cannot miss its ultimate.

After applying the W skill to Vayne, Nunu with the Shadow skill immediately flashed into the fray, slowed Ezreal with his E skill, and then activated his ultimate, forcing Ezreal to use Flash.

Although they didn't manage to take down any key players, a series of combined attacks left WE's front line with low health, and IG instantly saw a glimmer of hope for victory.

But at this moment, the wanderer had already emerged from the jungle.

Strawberry's Golem was down to its last sliver of health, but it still chose to die bravely, using its ultimate ability to crash into the crowd.

The robot was like a magic hook, pulling Lulu out amidst the chaos!
The Thunder King has unleashed his ultimate move!

He immediately targeted Lulu, who posed the greatest threat to him.

They then switched targets to Vayne, who was pinned down by Mingkai's tower.

While killing Vayne, Ryze's AoE damage also severely damaged Zz1tai's Orianna!

Double kill!

【Triple kill!】

[Quadra kill!!]

As the voice announcements continued, Joker excitedly shouted from the commentary booth.

"Hey! Lion! Quadra kill! Looks like they're about to get a penta kill!!"

At this moment, WE had already chased IG all the way to the fountain!
Seeing Nunu run into the spring, Zhou Li immediately stepped in to support him!

【Penta kill!】

【ACE!】

While Ryze was killing Nunu, Ryze was also killed by the fountain.

"Brother Zhou, wait for me. I was going to help you carry it, but unfortunately I lost my virginity."

Hearing Mingkai's words, Zhou Li shook his head.

"It's okay, the number 1 doesn't make a sound, dying once doesn't count as dying."

From the commentary booth, Long Hair shouted excitedly;

"Wow! A pentakill! This must be the first pentakill on the League of Legends World Championship stage!! Lion's Ryze is simply unstoppable, even the fountain can't stop him!"

Amidst the cheers from the crowd, IG gave up and surrendered.

Looking at the base crumbling everywhere, Zita subconsciously touched his pants.

Is it sweat?

"So it was a leak..."

With WE easily winning the first game again, the foreign commentators were already numb.

The commentary is in English, and the tone of the commentator is full of envy and helplessness.

"Look at this match, WE still maintains their dominant position in League of Legends. What amazes me is that IG withstood the pressure from such a strong WE in the early game. If Lion hadn't been so incredibly dominant, the outcome of this match might have been very different."

"However, from the internal battle between these two Chinese teams, it is not difficult to see that the level of Chinese League of Legends professional teams has far surpassed ours. Perhaps if it weren't for WE, this year's champion would still be China's IG."

Korean commentary.

Quan Yongjun's sigh lingered in the live broadcast room for a long time.

"Wow...wow! Ah...that was amazing, Lion! He stepped up again, and he helped WE achieve their undefeated record once more. So far, they haven't lost a single game in the world!"

"IG, they performed exceptionally well. Compared to other teams being completely crushed by WE from start to finish, this match exceeded our expectations. I can't understand it. Has China already surpassed us in the esports industry, or rather, in the professionalization of League of Legends?"

"Ah, Lion! I wish he were a player from our region."
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IG lounge.

Sun Yalong touched his head.

He felt that after just one game, he seemed to have lost a lot of hair and was even balding.

However, he still cracked a joke.

"Liu Zhihao, did you crush it?"

Hearing Xiaoxiao's teasing, Zitai blushed and squeezed her legs together.

She actually put on the airs of a young lady.

"Wow, bro, you really did your best. This is really impossible to beat."

PDD sighed, but the atmosphere in the IG rest room was clearly not too heavy at this moment.

After all, they had long been mentally prepared to be swept 3-0.

In comparison, their performance in the first game was already quite good.

"Keep it up, guys. Just don't lose too badly."

After PDD finished speaking, he put his arm around Zitai's shoulder and grinned mischievously.

“Brother,” he adjusted his glasses and pouted.

Sun Yalong, who knew PDD very well, immediately realized that this fat pig had no good intentions.

"Bro, can you keep going? I thought you were about to give up near the end of the last game."

With a serious demeanor, like a wronged young wife, she hesitantly began to speak:
"Um... I feel like I've reached my limit."

PDD patted Zita's shoulder twice.

"Give it a try, you are the hope of our whole team, Liu Zhihao."

He stood up.

"Why are you going?"

"Change your pants first."

Meanwhile, the WE lounge on the other side was not quiet either.

As soon as Zhou Li returned, Zhu Kai handed him a Red Bull with the cap already opened, and complimented him with a smile:

"Brother Zhou, you're awesome!"

Zhou Li took the Red Bull and began to lecture:

“Xiao Zhu, you don’t need to do all this. You have a skill, and with a skill, you won’t starve. It’s the unskilled who have to rely on these things to survive.”

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Xiao Zhu was stunned, clearly unable to grasp their meaning for the time being.

But Abu on the other side clearly understood.

[Brother Zhou is giving me a warning!]

Recently, Abramovich has felt that his position has been seriously threatened.

Especially after WE's internet outage food delivery incident.

Now Xiao Zhu is a household name.

Zhu Kai, who was originally just a fan, was mistaken by outsiders as a WE employee.

Zhou Li did not say anything about this.

Zhou Li remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

Faced with occasional inquiries from outsiders about Zhu Kai's identity, Abu could only admit it. This made Abu feel very unbalanced.

He painstakingly created a sister, endured the disgust, and dated a man for over a month, during which he sent photos of her legs and exchanged voice messages. After many hardships, he finally won her over.

How many days has Zhu Kaicai been at the club?

Now his fame is even greater than Abudushalamu's!
Abu has been feeling anxious these past two days due to a strong sense of crisis.

But now that Zhou Li has spoken, Abu knows he can still live in WE.

After all, if they wanted to get rid of you, they wouldn't bother talking nonsense with you.

Having figured this out, Abu rushed over, taking three steps at a time, and said with a smile:

"Brother Zhou, your Ryze is amazing! I've never seen you play it before! When I saw your Ryze in the lounge, I was so moved, I almost cried."

Zhou Li smiled; the emotional value provided by the beaker cloth had always been substantial.

Most of the WE team members didn't understand what happened in those short ten seconds.

Only Big Nose and Mingkai seemed to be deep in thought.

Big Nose just felt that something was wrong.

Mingkai thought it through more thoroughly.

After all, he had Zhou Li to enlighten him.

Looking at Zhu Kai and Abu, Ming Kai began to ponder.

"Is this Brother Zhou's method of checks and balances? Before, the club only had Abu, and he was bound to become arrogant because of his favor. Brother Zhou brought Zhu Kai to balance power and thus check Abu, preventing the Eastern Depot from becoming too powerful. At the same time, it gives Abu enough sense of crisis, making him more attentive to the club's affairs."

"As for Zhu Kai, he is obviously not as smart as Abu, so he needs more support from Brother Zhou. That's why Brother Zhou specially brought this fan along to the World Championship, so that he could get exposure during the World Championship and improve his status in the circle."

Mingkai's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he entered a mental whirlwind.

"So, can this kind of balancing technique be applied to my jungling?"

Mingkai fell into deep thought.

At this point, Big Nose began his performance.

After watching Ruofeng coach for a few days, Zhou Li, as the team's coach, felt that Ruofeng was quite suitable.

The only problem is that he has very low emotional intelligence and doesn't know how to speak properly.

However, as long as I'm there to protect the team, the problems aren't too big.

"Brothers, pay attention. Everyone played very well in the last game, but there are some mistakes we still need to review. For example, Strawberry, in that wave under the tower in the top lane, when you saw someone coming to gank, why did you choose to use your ultimate to escape? In the end, you still got caught and killed. You could have used your ultimate on the minion wave in front of the tower and relied on the tower to save yourself..."

Seeing the harmonious atmosphere within the WE team now, Zhou Li is very pleased.

But he quickly thought of another problem.

If WE is so harmonious, how can a desperate situation possibly occur?

How could EDG have been born without a fight to the death?

Guodian would not have been born...

I grass!

If Guodian hadn't been born, wouldn't it have ruined Chinese esports?!

Thinking about these things, Zhou Li also fell into deep thought.

The cameras in the lounge recorded everything.

Soon after, an article from Tencent brought tears to the eyes of the 60e generation once again.

After winning the first game, WE actively reviewed the match, and the players appeared serious and showed no signs of complacency.

The accompanying picture of the WE team members is one of them frowning and deep in thought.

Netizens reacted strongly to this photo.

[I never expected Brother Zhou to be so composed in private.]

[They remain humble in victory and undeterred in defeat; no wonder WE has come this far.]

World-class players, world-class tactical coordination, world-class logistics, world-class mentality! WE is invincible!

What's wrong with my brother? He looks so troubled, it breaks my heart.
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"Viewers watching the live stream! You are now watching the 2012 League of Legends World Championship! The two teams facing off are IG and WE!"

"I'm the commentator, Long Hair!"

"I'm the commentator Joker!"

As the familiar lines rang out again, both teams' players were already seated in their seats.

"In the first game that just ended, Team WE won the game with Lion's Ryze securing a pentakill! It feels like even now, WE's strength still hasn't been fully figured out!"

The idea of ​​long hair undoubtedly resonated with most people.

Since the start of the World Championship, WE has fought their way through the competition without losing a single game.

There wasn't even a tense situation.

It was like a heartless bulldozer that pushed all the teams blocking their way into the pit and buried them.

Joker said with a laugh:

"It felt like IG almost pulled it off in the last game. Now we're going into the second game, let's see if IG has made any adjustments."

Longhair looked at Joker and asked again:
"Coach, why don't you predict the score? Or, given the current disparity in strength, how much of a chance do you think IG has?"

Joker thought for a moment and then said:

"I think based on IG's current performance, they should be able to win at least one game. I wonder if they have any special tricks up their sleeves that they might pull out to catch us off guard. I feel like they could win that game."

Joker finished speaking.

The 60e members instantly became excited and began celebrating their victory ahead of schedule.

Amidst the various celebratory comments, there were also a few vicious curses from a small number of IG fans.

"Alright! We see that both sides have entered the BP phase! WE is on the blue side, and IG is on the red side!"

"WE made no changes to their banning strategy, still choosing to ban Amumu, Olaf, and Shen, while IG banned Lee Sin, Lux, and Ryze!"

"Compared to the banning strategy in the previous game, IG chose to let Twisted Fate be available and put Ryze in the banning position."

Upon hearing Longhair's words, Joker spoke up:

"This Ryze really needs to be banned. He can easily 1v5 in the late game, and IG simply can't handle him when he split pushes."

"So now that the card is outside, WE will... oh! Orianna! WE has locked down Orianna on the first floor! They're going to teach Zz1tai a lesson!"

Longhair looked at Joker and asked:

"Coach, can you give us a little hint? What level is Lion's Orianna?"

After becoming a commentator, Joker's biggest regret is his past experience as a coach for WE.

These guys keep asking him to reveal bits and pieces of information every now and then.

The key is that Zhou Li himself doesn't reveal anything, so how can he reveal anything to you?

So he could only feign profundity and speak vaguely:
"Since Lion dared to choose, we just need to watch his performance."

On the IG side, after seeing that WE did not choose Twisted Fate, they immediately locked Twisted Fate themselves.

Currently, among all mid-lane heroes, the blood and tears of countless martyrs, summarized through various humiliating solo kill compilations, have proven their worth.

When facing Zhou Li, cards are the best choice.

Then, on the second floor, IG added Jarvan IV as their top laner.

The reason for picking Jarvan IV was twofold: firstly, it's PDD's signature champion, and secondly, they didn't want WE to form a combination of Orianna and Jarvan IV.

"Then WE can pick the Malphite!"

However, WE did not choose to give Strawberry the Stone Golem.

After reviewing the game during the halftime break, it became clear that picking Malphite still put too much pressure on the lane opponent.

Zhou Li was not worried that his clockwork would not reach anyone.

Moreover, if you choose the Golem, your ball will inevitably follow the Golem uncontrollably.

This can easily affect one's judgment.

Instead of doing that, it's better to let the strawberry (a type of strawberry) be more comfortable on the road and avoid it becoming a weak point.

So WE gave Strawberry a top lane champion that wasn't commonly seen in this World Championship.

Pantheon, the King of War.

This version of Pantheon can be described as the simplest, most mindless, and most powerful champion.

Q skill is a headshot damage skill.

W skill is a headshot control skill.

The passive ability, Aegis of Protection, can not only block basic attacks but also turret attacks, which is just enough to withstand the Prince's first passive basic attack.

They then helped Mingkai take down the big tree again.

Without a doubt, if WE wins the championship, they will at least get that Tree of Life championship skin.

After all, the tree is just too useful for WE.

It doesn't require very good equipment, and can use more resources to help control vision in the mid lane. At the same time, it can also drop tree spawns everywhere to help prevent ganks in the mid lane. It also has a lot of crowd control, making it easy to gank.

On the other hand, IG locked in Blitzcrank and Ezreal.

This robot move clearly indicates an intention to use a stealth attack instead of a direct confrontation.

Seeing that IG had picked up Blitzcrank and Ezreal, Smile originally wanted to play Vayne, but was strongly stopped by Zhou Li.

What a joke.

Having a Night Hunter in the team is a secondary concern, as it might cause your buffs to disappear.

What level of skill do you have to play Night Hunter?

Have you written an application to Uzbekistan?
What? Uzbekistan hasn't debuted yet?

We'll have to write a letter first and bury it at the entrance of the future RNG base.

Six years later, he would personally dig it up, loudly recite it, and apologize to the dog-like people for his offensive behavior.

Ultimately, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side: WE Esports Club VS Red side: IG Esports Club.

Top Lane: (caomei) Pantheon VS (PDD) Jarvan IV (Demacia)

Jungle: (clearlove) Twisted Treant VS (liiuso) Skarner.

Mid Lane: (lion) Orianna VS (Zz1tai) Twisted Fate.

ADC: (weixiao) Airplane VS (kid) Explorer.

Support: (FzzF) Leona VS (xiaoxiao) Blitzcrank.

(End of this chapter)