LPL History

Chapter 158 Eight Hundred Mind-Bending Play, Flesh-Bomb Impact, Instant Prison Shadow Kill: A Deadly Situation for Rebels
EDG player seats.

The moment Lee Sang-hyeok stuck out his butt, Joo-rye already knew what he was thinking.

Zhou Li glanced at his experience bar.

Because he's constantly being harassed by stupid chickens, he's still short of half a tube of experience points to reach level six.

Zhou Li calmed his mind.

If he were Faker, what would he do when facing a Zed with half health under the tower?
It is known that Zed, although he no longer has Flash, still has W.

To tower dive, you need a combo to burst down Zed.

The best approach is to initiate with E-Flash, catching the opponent off guard.

E-Flash + R + Q is enough to instantly kill Zed before he can react and use W.

However, even with E-Flash, there is no guarantee that you will be able to control Zed.

After all, in this situation, Zed would be highly focused, and if he randomly used his E ability, it would be easy for the enemy to guess what he was going to do.

Therefore, the best and safest approach at this time is to have the jungler come along.

Countless scenes flashed through Zhou Li's mind as he engaged in various strategic maneuvers, each a counter-strategy to the next.

At this moment, the Gragas had already brought the minion wave to the tower.

Meanwhile, the prince had already circled out from the upper half of the jungle, blocking Zed's retreat!
The moment the prince appeared, the wine barrel began to move!
Lee Sang-hyeok immediately pressed the E skill!
The barrel didn't directly use its E ability to move towards Zed.

Instead, it was a horizontal, fleshy impact.

In fact, in Lee Sang-hyeok's view, when Zed unleashed his ultimate, the moment he tower-dived against his mid and jungle, Zed only had one option left.

First, he cannot use W backwards because the prince is right behind him. If Zed uses W backwards, the prince will immediately follow up with an EQ combo to help him kill the prince.

Therefore, if he wants to avoid being controlled by his own E skill, his only option is to move forward and use W.

Of course, there is also the possibility that Jie didn't react in time and was directly hit by him, but in Li Xianghe's opinion, given Zhou Li's gaming skills, this possibility is basically impossible.

In this situation, if he directly chooses to place his E towards Zed's current position, he won't be able to follow up immediately once Zed moves forward with his W.

If he uses his E skill horizontally, then no matter the angle, he can use E-Flash to directly hit Zed!

As Lee Sang-hyeok expected, Zhou Li reacted very quickly, immediately releasing W forward!

And Lee Sang-hyeok immediately used Flash!
"Oh!!"

An incredulous gasp erupted from the audience!

In the commentary booth, Miller's eyes widened!

"Wow, what's going on?! What is Faker doing?!"

Lee Sang-hyeok, standing on the SKT player bench, paused for a moment!
His E-Flash resulted in him crashing directly into Zed's shadow!
Although Zhou Li used his W skill, he did not choose to switch positions!
Immediately afterwards, in the Korean live stream room, several shouts of "Complete Pizza" could be heard in succession!
Then came the voice announcement that Zed had killed the prince!

The stands erupted in the loudest cheers since the start of the match.

Quan Yongjun was still reeling from the counterattack he had just made.

The actions of both sides were so dazzling, and the kills happened in the blink of an eye, that even with the abilities of Quan Yongjun, a veteran of e-sports, there was no time to comment on the players' actions. He just made a bunch of pizza-grilling noises!
"Ryu, can you help us review Lion's actions just now?"

He instinctively turned to Yue Lun for help.

However, Yue Lun was stunned, his mouth agape in confusion, unable to utter a single word.

Lion's Zed and Faker's Zed both seem to be playing the Master of Shadows, but only his own Zed is truly Zed. In the Chinese livestream, Miller was still rubbing his eyes and marveling, thankfully the director quickly provided a replay!

"Wow, let's see what's going on here!!"

The director was very considerate and immediately provided a 0.5x speed replay of Zhou Li's first-person perspective!
Miller stared intently at the replay, not wanting to miss a single detail, and said:

"Looking back now, the battle between the two started with Faker's horizontal E skill. Zhou Li used W, making Faker mistakenly believe that Zhou Li was panicking and trying to switch positions. This was a complete psychological battle. Both of them were thinking a lot, but Zhou Li was clearly more cunning. He was too calm. In this situation, he was still holding onto W without using it! Doing it like that makes Faker seem a bit stupid!"

"Wow, this is the most outrageous thing ever! After seeing Gragas E-flash his own shadow, he actually switched screens to glance at the bot lane?!"

The doll couldn't help but chime in:

"I guess this screen switch means that after Gragas missed his E flash, Lion is no longer under any pressure."

In the replay, we see that Gragas' E flashed into thin air, forcing Jarvan IV to use his EQ combo, which in turn forced Zed to use his second W dash.

In fact, at this point, SKT's mid and jungle players had already disagreed on their decision-making.

After realizing he had been scammed, Faker wanted to leave.

However, during this tower dive, his calls to stop were clearly outpaced by Bengi's speed of maneuvering!
However, what Benji didn't notice was that the moment Zed used his W skill, he had actually already unleashed a full combo of EQ skills!
His target wasn't the Gragas, but the minion wave in front of the tower!
After Zed switched positions, he used his passive-enhanced basic attack on a low-health minion.

Lee Sang-hyeok immediately realized what Zhou Li was trying to do and unleashed his ultimate move!

However, at this moment, Zed, with the help of the turret, killed a minion and instantly leveled up to level six!
It was precisely because of the first-person perspective that Zhou Li showed the world what true hand speed really meant!

While Gragas' ultimate ability was already soaring through the air, Zed had only just reached level six.

But just before Gragas' ultimate landed, Zed had already learned his ultimate and unleashed it on Jarvan IV behind him!
[Forbidden Technique! Instant Shadow Assassination Formation!!]

Because Zed's position and Gragas's position almost overlap, Gragas's ultimate has almost no flight distance.

And when Zed reached level six, Gragas had already unleashed his ultimate ability.

Within 0.21 seconds of the Gragas' ultimate landing, Zhou Li completed the upgrade of his ultimate, moved the mouse to the Prince, and unleashed his ultimate.

Although this operation is not difficult, what does 0.21 seconds mean?
It's roughly the time it takes you to click the left mouse button twice in quick succession.

Miller almost swore in the commentary booth.

"My God! What terrifying reaction and hand speed! It's so scary! Even in 0.5x slow motion, it's incredibly shocking!"

"Wow, Lion, even when zooming in, does he switch screens to check if his employees are slacking off? This boss is so dedicated!"

At this moment, Bengi, who had already taken turret damage due to the damage from Xin Zhao's ultimate, clearly panicked when he saw Zed's ultimate lock onto him!
The shadow of the enemy was still in front of him, forcing him to flash backward.

However, the moment Zed landed, he had already unleashed a basic attack.

Meanwhile, the level 4 prince had already been reduced to below half health by the turret, triggering Zed's passive effect, which deals additional magic damage based on a percentage of the target's maximum health when attacking enemies with less than 50% health.

And they directly put the prince on fire!

Then Zhou Li finally bared his fierce fangs! After resetting his ultimate, he chased after Faker's Gragas and stabbed him relentlessly.

【FIRST BLOOD!!】

When the sound effect of First Blood rang out, Lee Sang-hyeok managed to escape Zed's pursuit using Gragas's E skill.

Watching Zed turn the tide in a desperate situation, Miller couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.

"When a player's composure, psychological warfare skills, and execution reach their peak, it's hard to imagine anyone in the world being able to defeat him!"

(End of this chapter)