LPL History

Chapter 162 The crown is easily won, but true dominance is achieved through skillful manipulation.

"Oh! EDG really did have a backup plan, Vi is still outside! In that case, having Vi around will actually have a significant impact on Zed's performance!"

In the commentary booth, Miller's eyes lit up, and he began to commentate.

"Yes, no matter how your shadow changes, as long as I, Vi, lock onto you with my ultimate, you're guaranteed to be hit by this crowd control!"

The right to choose has returned to SKT.

Seeing that the other side had chosen Vi, Benji sighed.

"Damn it, I feel like I've been tricked."

Lee Sang-hyeok shook his head, appearing very confident.

"As for Wei, she's fine, the problem isn't too big."

Seeing that the Lee Sang-hyeok of yesteryear had returned, the clumsy chicken smiled and said:

"OK! Let's wait for Sang-hyeok to carry this round!"

Da Mu picked and chose among the heroes, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Are weapons such a high priority for the enemy? They always have to fight over them."

SKT then locked in Kennen and Jarvan IV.

The right to choose has returned to EDG.

EDG immediately locked in Nautilus and Ezreal.

From the Korean commentary booth, upon seeing EDG's champion picks, Jeon Yong-jun muttered something.

"Another lock-on... EDG is clearly targeting Faker's Zed. Zed will have a really hard time performing against this lineup from EDG."

Upon hearing Quan Yongjun's words, Yue Lun shook his head.

"Actually, it's not too bad. With a lineup like EDG's, Faker needs to change his mindset and use Zed's mobility to bait out Vi's or Nautilus's ultimate. This way, the other teammates will have a better environment to deal damage."

Quan Yongjun nodded, watching the live stream nervously, and said:
"SKT's last two picks! Caitlyn and Sona! This gives SKT a significant advantage in lane. Now it's up to EDG's Lion to decide!"

"To be honest, every time I see Lion, I can't help but get nervous, because he brings so many strange things!"

Yue Lun nodded in agreement with Quan Yongjun's words.

After all, being able to completely shut out SKT is enough to prove the quality of this EDG team.

The mastermind behind all of this is Lion, the owner of EDG who also plays ADC and mid-laner.

"Oh! Lissandra! Wow, if EDG picks Lissandra, Faker will be under a lot of pressure! And Lissandra is also quite effective against Kennen's engage!"

Seeing the hero that lit up on the fifth floor of EDG, Quan Yongjun clearly panicked.

With Vi, Nautilus, and Lissandra all at once, it's hard to imagine how Faker will manage to pull off any plays this game.

If things go wrong, it could lead to complete control.

Yue Lun couldn't help but speak up:

"To be honest, I find it hard to believe that an LPL team could have such a deep tactical reserve and such a wide champion pool for its players... Take Lissandra for example, honestly, putting aside team fight issues, Zed would be under immense pressure in lane. But this champion is actually quite unpopular..."

Although EDG revealed Lissandra, they didn't lock her in, seemingly still hesitant.

"Why aren't you locking her in? It feels like Crystal Maiden is indeed the best choice. Could it be that you're not very proficient with Lion?"

Until the very last second, the Ice Maiden that EDG had locked on the fifth floor suddenly turned into LeBlanc!
"Oh!!!"

A burst of cheers erupted from the crowd!
The LeBlanc vs. Zed matchup is truly a classic.

Both of these assassin-type heroes have more than one unique skill. Once they start showing off their skills, sometimes it's really hard to keep up with them. They fly around and before you know it, someone is dead.

No one really knows how he died.

In short, just take out your keyboard and start typing "666" and you're done.

Quan Yongjun stared blankly at the message sent by the director for a moment, then spoke with a complicated expression:

"Perhaps we have the answer—"

",!"

In the official English live stream, the commentators were also debating the final pick for EDG.

Upon receiving the message from the director, the commentator paused for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

"Let's see what Lion said to us before the match—"

"The championship is within reach, but what I truly desire is to dedicate an awe-inspiring performance to League summoners worldwide!"

In the commentary booth, Wawa was clearly puzzled by EDG's final substitution.

"Hey! EDG switched from Lissandra to LeBlanc at the last minute! To be honest, I think Lissandra is better, right?! LeBlanc against Zed is a pure skill-based laning matchup, but Lissandra is a great counter to Zed both in lane and in team fights!"

Miller was equally puzzled and tried to analyze it:
"I feel like EDG might be worried that if their mid laner builds Lissandra, their damage output might be insufficient?"

At that moment, Xiao Cang's excited voice rang out.

"I think I might know why EDG ultimately chose LeBlanc!"

Xiao Cang's words made Miller and the doll turn around at the same time, and they asked in confusion:

"why?"

Xiao Cang took a deep breath, but even so, her voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"Actually, before the match started, Lion contacted me and asked me to pass on a message to all the viewers."

She looked down at the note in her hand.

"The note Lion gave me said—"

"The championship is within my grasp, but I'd much rather deliver a spectacular performance for League of Legends Summoners worldwide!!"

"boom!!"

When the audience heard the commentators relay Zhou Li's words, they erupted in cheers!
In the official English live stream, the foreigners were completely excited.

Lion is so cool! He's the best player in League of Legends!

[He might have had an easier time winning the game if he had chosen Lissandra, but he still chose LeBlanc!]

I'm so envious that China has players like this! These are true gamers!

I'm falling in love with this Chinese man!

[OMG, this is Lion! This is EDG Lion!!]

[The real Lion King!!]

In the Korean live stream, Zhou Li's remarks undoubtedly enraged the Koreans.

[Damn it, what is he pretending for?]

What does it mean that winning a championship is easy? Where does his confidence come from?

SKT absolutely must win this game, or you'll never come back!

If they lose, SKT will make South Korea a laughingstock worldwide.

[Crowdfunding to kill the lion!!]

Domestic live streaming room.

At this moment, netizens are completely in an uproar.

This is Zhou Chu from our LPL! Do you LCK players have a Zhou Chu like this?!

[I strongly suggest that Zhou Chu endorse sanitary napkin commercials; Zhou Chu is unparalleled in his mastery of pretentiousness.]

In all my life, I've never seen such an arrogant person.

[Hopefully EDG can win this game, otherwise losing would be really embarrassing.]

[Zhou Chu's actions are too risky. In the spirit of being rigorous and responsible, I have decided to unilaterally revoke Zhou Chu's citizenship first, and then restore his citizenship after he wins the competition.]

EDG player seats.

Seemingly sensing the enthusiastic atmosphere, when the camera came to Zhou Li, he leisurely waved to the camera.

Before the second game even started, Zhou Li's words completely brought the atmosphere to a climax!

With EDG locking in LeBlanc, the lineups for both teams are now set!
Blue side: SKT Esports Club VS Red side: EDG Esports Club.

Top Lane: (Impact) Kennen VS (Godlike) Jax

Jungler: (bengi) Prince VS (clearlove) Chu Yuxun.

Mid Lane: (Faker) Zed VS (Lion) LeBlanc.

ADC: (piglet) Caitlyn vs. (UZI) Ezreal.

Support: (poohmoon) Sona VS (Fzzf) Nautilus.

After entering the game, EDG immediately chose to group up and invade SKT's jungle.

When the curly-haired Titan saw the female police officer on guard duty, he didn't hesitate to use Flash and Q.

This forced Piglet to use Flash.

This exchange of Flash by the support for the AD carry's Flash was originally a huge win.

But by sheer coincidence, Titan's hook landed on the wall of the Red Buff at an extreme distance!
It pulled me right there!

Seeing the Titans rushing in and breaking away from their formation, SKT immediately launched a counterattack.

However, SKT's lineup is clearly very weak in level 1 team fights.

The two sides clashed directly at the first-tier regiment level.

In the end, although UZI's EZ secured the kill on the Prince, Zed took the first blood on the Titan.

Seeing Zed, who had just secured First Blood, return home and pull out a longsword, Miller said with some concern:

"Wow, Faker got lucky this time! We know Zed's level 1 fighting strength is very weak, but he still managed to get First Blood. That means Zed starts with two Long Swords!"

There is no inherent counter relationship between LeBlanc and Zed; they are purely skill-based champions.

Now that Jie has gained an advantage in equipment and experience, it is undoubtedly disadvantageous for Zhou Li.

However, Zhou Li was not worried at all at this moment.

On the EDG players' bench, Curly was somewhat awkwardly speaking:
"Oh my god, I didn't expect this to backfire so badly."

Mingkai glanced at Zhou Li furtively.

The terrifying man had a slight smile on his lips.

He had seen that smile far too many times. Zhou Li's smile meant that someone was about to suffer terrible misfortune.

As a former teammate, Mingkai chose to sacrifice Curly for peace of mind.

"You went a bit too far, giving away the first blood to Zed. It's okay, Zhou, I'll help you catch more enemies later."

Seeing the once arrogant Mingkai reduced to such a sycophantic state, Curly was both disappointed in his lack of ambition and furious, so he spoke up:

"Brother Zhou, I'll come help you catch some later."

UZI was immediately displeased.

"Wow, I have an advantage in the bot lane, why are you roaming?"

Zhou Li ignored their commotion and said with a smile:

"Play your own game well, this round is over."

Zhou Li's words startled everyone.

"Did you... collect points again?"

Upon hearing Mingkai's question, Zhou Li responded:
"Mingkai questioned the boss and was fined 500 yuan."

"..."

At this point, both sides' minion waves have reached the lane.

Zhou Li controlled the Enchantress, and she stood motionless in front of SKT's tower.

Although Zed secured the first blood against Nautilus, he returned to lane a little later after going back to base.

This leads to the most classic part of the Zhou rituals.

Card the minion's basic attack!

This technique, which shone brightly in Season 2, will once again shock the world in Season 3.

The sight of LeBlanc standing in front of the SKT tower clearly puzzled everyone.

The enchantress stood there motionless; anyone who didn't know better would think Zhou Li had disconnected.

"Oh! This Lion, is his positioning so arrogant?! Our Faker has two longswords, you know!"

At this moment, Faker finally arrived on the lane. Looking at LeBlanc standing in front of the tower, he couldn't quite figure out what she was trying to do.

Faker didn't pay much attention to LeBlanc's positioning and walked straight up to her.

LeBlanc used her Q skill, which hit Zed.

Faker paused for a moment.

He discovered that the Beast Queen was not drawing the aggro of his own minions.

This makes no sense.

LeBlanc's Q is a targeted skill, unlike Zed's Q, so it should theoretically draw minion aggro.

However, Faker didn't think too much about it, treating it as just a coincidence, and continued walking forward.

Instead of retreating, the Beast Queen chose to move to the left and then attacked Zed again.

This time, the minions still didn't attack the LeBlanc!
Lee Sang-hyeok walked towards the enchantress, intending to force her to retreat.

As he wished, the Enchantress retreated, but then attacked Zed again.

Still not attacked by minions!!

Lee Sang-hyeok turned around, and the Enchantress followed up again, unleashing another basic attack!
"Oh!!"

From the very beginning, the director focused the camera on the effeminate woman whose positioning was absurdly outrageous.

Upon witnessing what was happening in the middle lane, the audience gasped in disbelief.

"What?! What's going on?!" Quan Yongjun's eyes widened as he looked at Yue Lun. "If I'm not mistaken, the blue team's minions haven't been attacking LeBlanc, have they? Ryu, do you know why?"

Yue Lun was equally shocked at this moment and subconsciously shook his head.

"I don't know, is it some kind of bug?"

Faker was equally puzzled at this moment.

He'd already taken several free basic attacks from her, but his own minions weren't attacking the LeBlanc at all.

If a long-range character can't even take the aggro of minions when fighting a short-range character, how can this game be played?
But when the LeBlanc landed another basic attack on him, Lee Sang-hyeok finally realized the problem.

The Demoness wasn't immune to the minions' hatred.

In fact, he keenly noticed that several of his own minions momentarily turned to attack the LeBlanc.

But they will quickly turn around and attack the red team's minions again.

When the demon queen made her move again, Lee Sang-hyeok finally discovered the reason.

This LeBlanc, every time she uses a basic attack, it's timed perfectly to coincide with the moment her own minions launch their basic attacks!
Although Lee Sang-hyeok understood the principle, he still subconsciously opened his mouth in shock.

"Oh, what's going on with this person..."

He couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Upon hearing Lee Sang-hyeok's words, Benji switched screens and glanced at the mid lane.

LeBlanc stood arrogantly behind the blue team's minions, having already taken down half of Zed's health with her auto-attacks!

But the Demoness herself is still at full health!

"What's going on? Why aren't the minions attacking him? Is it a bug?"

The game has a bug, that was Benji's first reaction.

He even raised his hand as if to ask the referee to call a timeout.

However, Lee Sang-hyeok spoke up:

"Ah, it doesn't seem to be a bug... He's blocking the minions' basic attacks..."

After saying that, Lee Sang-hyeok spoke again:

"Can I play for a bit? Otherwise, I don't think I can lane properly."

Lee Sang-hyeok's words shocked the entire SKT team.

This was the first time they had ever heard Lee Sang-hyeok say something like "we can't lane anymore".

And how long have the minions on both sides been online?

"No problem, I'll be right there!"

After finishing the red buff, Benji headed straight for the mid lane.

The live stream room is now filled with question marks.

Zhou Li's actions have already left many people's minds reeling.

What's going on? Is it a spectator bug?

Why didn't Faker's minions attack Zhou Chu?

Is this the kind of money power a rich kid has? She can even bribe a lowly minion in a game?!

This is absolutely outrageous!

[Aren't all netizens supposed to be King of Glory players? Can any King of Glory players explain what this is all about?]

In the commentary booth, Miller couldn't help but speak up:

"Lion is really giving us a tough time. To be honest, I've never seen or heard of this play before. How am I supposed to commentate on it?!"

The doll, observing the chicken's movements, spoke up:

"But we saw that the chicken had arrived immediately, but the Enchantress had already leveled up to level two. Hey, what is he doing?! Why is he stepping on my face?!"

When the chicken arrived, the three of them were now in a straight line.

Zed is on the far left, Enchantress is in the middle, and the Prince is on the right.

Upon seeing the prince, the normal person's reaction would be to retreat.

However, Zhou Li chose to directly confront Faker.

Because he knew that these two people couldn't do anything to him right now.

"Wow! Lion, he's playing so aggressively! It feels like he's not treating Faker and Benji like human beings at all!"

From the commentary booth, Xiao Cang began:

"However, with the arrival of the prince, the Enchantress can no longer suppress Jie like this. Otherwise, I feel that even though the Enchantress is at level three, Jie might still only be at level one."

Miller also spoke up:
"Who would have thought? The laning phase had only just begun, and Zed, after using a health potion, only had half his health left. And this Zed even got First Blood!"

"But even though LeBlanc has retreated now, the laning phase will still be very tough for Zed. His health is already quite dangerous! And he's behind in levels! Prince can't protect you in the mid lane forever!"

Faker clearly understands this principle as well.

The heroine is already level two, so he doesn't dare to go up and use basic attacks to farm the lane.

You can only sniff out the experience from afar and use your Q skill to last-hit minions.

He silently estimated the time in his mind, and after calculating that LeBlanc's W skill was ready, he retreated without hesitation and chose to recall to base.

LeBlanc's W is ready, but he can't even get any experience points, so he might as well just go back to base to replenish his health and mana.

After seeing Jie return to the city, Zhou Li also chose to push the lane and level up to level four.

At this point, the tribulation was only at level two.

In terms of last hits, the game had only been going for less than four minutes.

Zed has already been struck twelve times!

This is a complete overhaul.

Furthermore, because Benji ganked mid lane, EDG spotted his position.

Mingkai directly chose to invade SKT's upper jungle.

Seeing the clumsy prince being constantly harassed by Chu Yuxun, Miller couldn't help but speak up:

"Wow! SKT! Their rhythm has collapsed again, starting from the mid lane!"

At this point, everyone had no bias towards Faker, and Wawa bluntly stated:
"Playing like this makes Faker seem like he's going to become the villain of SKT!"

(End of this chapter)