LPL History

Chapter 159 A Clever Breakthrough of Yin and Yang, Three Flowers Gather at the Top to Slay the Great Flying One
The live stream room was now filled with question marks.

【? ? ? ? 】

[Holy crap, can anyone tell me what level of skill Zhou Chu displayed in this move?]

This is hard to judge. You could say Zhou Chu was incredibly strong, or you could say Faker was incredibly stupid.

[If Faker hadn't made that E-Flash mistake, it seems like many things wouldn't have happened.]

[Bro, if you put it that way, Zhou Chu should just go AFK, and SKT will win instantly.]

[Faker's play here wasn't a mistake, it was a failed gamble.]

[Zhou Chu is truly formidable; he managed to turn the tables and defeat them.]

[Two against one and still got killed? Do they even know how to play games?]

[Damn, I thought Zhou Chu came to the mid lane to show off, but he's actually got some skills.]

SKT players' bench.

The chicken stared at the gray screen and made loud spitting noises.

"Wow—Holy crap! This one's mine!"

"Oh, it's my fault. I thought he would switch places, so..."

Lee Sang-hyeok's expression and tone were both very calm.

However, his constant, unconscious pursing of his lips betrayed the turbulent emotions surging within him.

To put it simply, the laning phase in League of Legends boils down to two things.

First, there's the psychological game; second, there's the operational aspect.

However, in that tower dive just now, Lee Sang-hyeok felt completely crushed, both psychologically and in terms of skill.

Although this counterattack killed a prince, it was actually Zhou Li's psychological and technical execution of Li Xianghe.

"We've been played..."

Lee Sang-hyeok couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Because of Benji's frequent help in the early stages, Lee Sang-hyeok did not have a correct understanding of Joo-rye's strength.

Now that this wave has passed, Lee Sang-hyeok has become extremely focused and dedicated to the game.

However, it might be a little late.

If Zed is at a disadvantage against Gragas before level six, then after level six, the situation actually reverses.

Although Gragas has enough skills to avoid being one-shotted by Zed, as Zed levels up, his skill cooldowns decrease, and his items are completed, Gragas will face increasing pressure from Zed in lane.

This version of Zed deals ridiculously high damage.

Unlike later versions, Zed is definitely a hero strong in the early to mid-game.

Even with Quicksilver Sash being able to counter Zed's ultimate, he remains a terrifying force in the late game.

Because in the late game, Zed doesn't even need his ultimate to kill a squishy target.

Would an ADC dare to even glance at Zed?
WEQA won instantly!

So what if Mercury negates the second stage of the ultimate's damage?
He doesn't even need to wait for the second stage of damage to kill you.

This is why, even though Zhou Li was at a disadvantage in the early stages due to Benji's frequent attacks, he didn't have the factory come to visit him more often.

Instead of coming to help themselves, the factory should just keep an eye on the puppies on the roadside.

However, it turns out that I was overthinking things.

The puppy is not the same puppy it used to be.

He's a big dog now.

Although it still likes to bark, after being brutally beaten by society, it has come to a profound understanding of the dangers of the world.

So they may bark, but they won't be so reckless as to rush up and bite people.

With the help of the factory manager, EDG's bot lane has gained a certain advantage.

Upon witnessing Zhou Li's incredible comeback and kill in the mid lane, Uzi excitedly exclaimed:

"Zhou is awesome! Everyone stay calm, we have an advantage in the bottom lane this game, I'm ten CS ahead of the opponent."

Zhou Li glanced at the bottom lane.

"Little dog, with your skills, can it even be considered a 'sharp hit' if you don't out-kill your opponent by thirty hits?"

He had barely finished speaking when, in a quick screen switch, he saw Benji rushing towards his mid lane again.

"Your mom's conjoined twins are really disgusting."

Zhou Liping Mingkai.

"Xiaoming, come to the mid lane and counter-gank."

After seeing Mingkai take his position, Zhou Li deliberately used his W skill to whittle down Mingkai's health.

Seeing that Zed no longer had W, Benji immediately crawled out of the bushes.

Clearly, he was very unhappy about being counter-killed under the tower just now.

Meanwhile, Gragas' Q skill had already rolled to Zed's tower, slowing Zed down.

Benji didn't rush to use his EQ combo; he waited for Zed's shadow to disappear.

What he didn't know was that at that moment, on the Korean commentary stage, Jeon Yong-jun had already shouted "Benji, don't go!" until his voice was hoarse!
The grass on the left side of the river was originally within SKT's field of vision.

But it just disappeared.

Zhou Li, however, had calculated the timing perfectly and directed Ming Kai to enter the bushes after he disappeared from sight.

Because they had a field of vision beforehand, Lee Sang-hyeok and the chicken obviously didn't have any wariness about this patch of grass.

When the prince chose to use EQ to knock Zed into the air, he saw the spider cocoon flying out of the bushes.

[EDG's Lion (Zed) has killed SKT's Benji (Jarvan IV)!]

"Wow! Benji! Completely oblivious! He didn't realize this was a trap Lion set for him! In that case, he just left and gave the kill to Zed again! Faker can only run away! Lion, after facing Benji's repeated targeting, finally remembered his duty and appeared in a crucial position this time!" With Zhou Li's two kills in the mid lane, SKT has fallen into a complete disadvantage.

The top lane matchup against Rumble is inherently advantageous for Jax.

Meanwhile, the bottom lane has already established an advantage thanks to the factory manager's early support.

The only disadvantage is the mid lane, which is frequently targeted by Bengi.

However, now, due to SKT's two ganks in the middle, not only Lee Sang-hyeok has become a disadvantage, but Benji has also become a disadvantage.

In this situation, Zhou Li glanced at his ultimate skill's cooldown.

Instead of roaming, they continued to lane.

Gragas' level 1 ultimate ability has a cooldown of 120 seconds.

Zed's level 1 ultimate ability also has a cooldown of 120 seconds.

He had looked at Faker's stats, and it was clear that Faker's Gragas did not choose to take cooldown reduction runes.

He himself had three glyphs that reduced cooldowns.

It provided him with nearly three percent of the cooling reduction.

In other words, his ultimate ability will refresh 3.6 seconds faster than Gragas' ultimate ability!

If he wants to solo kill Gragas, then this 3.6-minute window is his only chance in the short term.

Besides that, he also needs to bait out Gragas's E skill first.

The barrel still has more than half of its health left. If we can't deal full damage before it's ignited, then the damage will definitely not be enough!
Zhou Li kept an eye on his ultimate's cooldown time. With ten seconds left before it refreshed, he stepped forward and auto-attacked the Gragas in front of the tower.

Lee Sang-hyeok reacted very quickly, immediately using his Meatball Impact to charge forward, allowing the turret to deal two more hits of damage.

Both sides only had about half their health left. Zed took two hits from the turret and was reduced to low health.

"Hey! We see Lion seems to have made a mistake! He got pinned under the tower by Gragas and took two tower hits. His health is in grave danger!"

Miller frowned upon hearing what the doll said.

He had a feeling that something was wrong.

As the man known as the one who could pull the turret the most in history, he found it hard to believe that Zhou Li could be hit by the turret twice like that.

To put it bluntly, attacking Gragas with basic attacks in front of the tower is something no normal person would do.

However, he didn't dare to make any comments rashly, in case the other party really made a mistake.
Zhou Li was, after all, a human being, not a god; humans are prone to making mistakes.

However, in the live stream, Zed, with low health, did not choose to leave.

The moment the ultimate skill refreshes!

Shadow Technique! Clone!

The Shadow Master released a shadow clone, which landed beside the barrel!

Shadow Technique! Demon Slash!

Zed's shadow clone had just made a move, mimicking his actions, and the next moment!
Forbidden Technique! Instant Shadow Killing Formation!
At that moment, Faker felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Zed suddenly activate his ultimate.

All of his skills are on cooldown, and he currently has no way to counter them.

But I still have half my health left, so I should be able to hold on.

Zed, having landed his ultimate, immediately followed up with a basic attack and a Bilgewater Scimitar on Gragas, then repositioned himself to stand beside Gragas!

At this moment, Jie and his two shadows formed a triangle!

Shadow Technique! Double-Edged Sword!!
The three shurikens were simultaneously thrown from Zed and his two clones, converging around the barrel!

Forbidden Technique! Instant Shadow Killing Formation!!

Zed, who was under the tower, switched positions again and returned to outside the tower!

After consuming three shurikens, the barrel's health had dropped to a sliver!
And Zed's second-stage damage hadn't even exploded yet!
"Oh!!!"

Amidst the gasps of the audience, Gragas suddenly died under the turret!
In the Korean commentary booth, Jeon Yong-jun was burying his face in his hands and crying loudly.

"Wow! Faker! He's fallen under the tower! Lion, playing Zed, has solo-killed Faker!!"

On the other side, Yue Lun had mixed feelings at this moment.

His eyes went from confusion to surprise, then to regret, and finally to anger. In a short period of time, countless emotions surged into his heart.

He realized that he might soon become a stepping stone for another stepping stone.

"Wow! What kind of damage is that?! Three shadows, three shuriken! He instantly killed Faker!!"

Miller's eyes widened, and he said incredulously:

"So that seemingly careless mistake at the beginning, where he was pinned under the tower by Gragas, was also part of Lion's plan, just to bait out Gragas's E skill?!"

"Wow, this person is terrifying! Is it really impossible for him to make a mistake?!"

Only when the director skillfully began the replay of the Zhou rituals did people notice—

Before Zhou Li even used his W skill, this man actually opened the chat box and quickly typed out two lines of text!
This move is called "Three Flowers Gathering at the Top".

【flower.】

Miller smiled with relief.

"It seems that Lion can still make mistakes."

Meanwhile, some clever netizens commented in the live stream:

[Incorrect. "Three flowers gather at the top" is also called "Three flowers gather at the top," with "flower" being a homophone for "flower." Zhou Chu was not wrong; he was simply telling us that it's a phonetic loan character.]

Holy crap! 66666!

[Brothers, can't I, Zhou Chu, make a mistake even once?]

[You've moved to Bengbu, are you? Playing a game, and you're here trying to educate us about Chinese characters and literature?]

This is our Zhou Chu! His greatness needs no further explanation!!

(End of this chapter)