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Chapter 71 Apology Afterwards

"Aigoo, this is mine."

Inside the AF base, Marin irritably rubbed her freshly permed curls.

In his mind, LPL's local top laners naturally had a sense of fear towards him.

As soon as he moved forward even slightly, the opponents would retreat hastily as if they sensed the jungler was coming, and even their last-hitting became hesitant.

That fear of Korea, ingrained in their muscle memory, has become an instinctive reaction for every LPL team when facing foreign opponents. He originally thought this match would be another one of those erratic, spinning top-like scenarios, but to his surprise, the opponent not only wasn't afraid, but also used his split-push strategy to defeat AF.

Kuro was equally puzzled.

He watched the BO03 match between EDG and Snake yesterday, and in his opinion, this team can only play a mindless late-game lineup.

If he were playing LeBlanc, he would most likely choose to max Q and build Luden's Echo for poke. Scout's playstyle, which relies on W, has high burst damage, but it's too easy for Lissandra or Thresh to find opportunities in a head-on fight.

Judging from EDG's subsequent handling, this team is not very good at playing this split-push strategy to find the rhythm.

Because of Coach Nofe, they had played many scrims with EDG. In Kuro's memory, the main strategist should have been Meiko.

  

But after the first training match today, EDG showed a completely different style, which is very similar to SSG, who have been dominating them in the league.

It seems that this rookie mid laner is the key to change?

"I told you not to be cowards! Does the Korean team not make mistakes? They made just as many mistakes as we did."

The last wave.

Facing a Kassadin with zero magic penetration and a Fiora without even a level 3 ultimate, Aodi's first thought was to run away with Clearlove, but fortunately Li Yi stopped him in time.

I won't push you.

You have no idea how good you are at fighting!

It is said that a cowardly soldier is cowardly, but a cowardly general makes a whole army cowardly.

Li Yi strongly suspected that if Scout were to play this game and Meiko were to lead the team, it would most likely be another classic EDG game.

The scenario is as follows: a slight advantage in the early game, being pushed around by split pushers in the mid-game until you're exhausted, and then dying instantly when you can't farm in the late game and have to join team fights.

"Looks like this player's competitive mentality isn't quite up to par yet."

He initially thought this skill wouldn't be very useful, since as a seasoned slacker, he considered himself to have a fairly stable mindset.

But now it seems...

Maintaining his own composure is not enough; when the team is on the defensive, he must also ensure that his commands have enough impact to inspire his teammates.

This is to ensure that in the hearts of his LPL teammates, their trust in Li Yi outweighs their fear of the Korean teams.

"This game was definitely my fault. I didn't dare to push the lane out in several waves." Aodi reviewed his performance from God's perspective and found that there were indeed many times when he was still controlling the lane even though he knew the enemy jungler had revealed vision.

"I have a question too," Mingkai chimed in.

"What Li Yi said earlier makes sense. From now on, before I return to base, you guys on the flanks should try to remind me so I can provide vision control before pushing the lanes."

Meiko, who had initially planned to muddle through, now had no choice but to take off her headphones: "Since you've all put it that way, I'll also reflect on my actions. Yesterday, my lead strategist made some mistakes; several times, poke would have been enough. It was my command to push forward that gave the enemy Lissandra and Lee Sin opportunities—"

Looking at the few people who rushed to apologize first.

Mouse, who was watching from behind, was momentarily dazed.

You guys weren't like this when you just lost the game yesterday!

I won't even mention the passive-aggressive behavior on the bus back to base, but during the debriefing, Scout shifted the blame to me. Did anyone stand up for me?

I hate it when people apologize afterwards!

In the second game, neither side switched sides.

As usual, EDG, on the blue side, secured Galio on the first floor.

However, the opposing coach changed his strategy this game, giving Marin another of his trump cards, Rumble.

Nofe decided to put Galio in the top lane, and Li Yi was also thinking of expanding his hero pool in scrims, so he played Corki in another game.

This matchup is Kuro's Cassiopeia.

This is a popular counter to the hero in the current version, which can effectively suppress the hero in the early game and force the hero to build Mercury's Treads first, thus slowing down the hero's development.

but----

Many mid-laners who tried to suppress Li Yi in the early game failed, and Kuro was no exception.

Whenever Cassiopeia tries to push forward and force Li Yi to reposition, he doesn't use his skills. Instead, he waits until he's sure he can dodge Q before using his skills to counterattack.

Kuro failed to gain any real advantage after several rounds of roster changes. Instead, his mana was running out, and lane control remained firmly in the hands of the Corki.

It wasn't until Spirit's two aggressive ganks without farming jungle camps that Li Yi finally gave up first blood. But even as he was being tower-dived, Li Yi still managed to burn away the entire wave of minions that were pushing towards the tower with the fire trail left by his W [Valkyrie Dive] just before he fell.

The journey wasn't so pleasant once we got on the road.

Without jungle protection, Rumble shouldn't have been pushing the lane, but Marin was clearly frustrated and played carelessly in scrims, so he was caught and killed twice by Clearlove's Rek'Sai in less than ten minutes.

The tunnel on the upper road was almost reaching the second tower.

The AF team quickly communicated and came up with a very cunning tactic.

They sent Ezreal, who was safe to clear minions and had mobility to survive, to the top lane to farm, while Rumble sneaked to the bottom lane, hoping to make up for the lost experience with the help of Karma's support.

But Li Yi had seen through all of this.

Seeing the siege minion pushing the turret in the bottom lane, Marin felt like someone who hadn't eaten for days was finally able to sit down at the table. Just as he was about to raise his hand to last-hit the minion, he saw a plane carrying a bomb appear in the tri-bush.

Marin: ? ? ?

You mean that during the ten-minute timeframe, the plane didn't go to take the Rift Herald and push the mid tower, but instead came to the bottom lane with the bomb, just to prevent me from farming the lane?

But no way.

The turret damage in S7 was pitifully low, and Rumble and Karma couldn't create a sufficiently strong crowd control combo, so he could only grit his teeth and hide behind the turret to gain experience.

In the mid-game, it goes without saying that Galio, with Abyssal Mask and Adaptive Helm, can do whatever he wants on the side lanes. Even with Cassiopeia and Rumble on the field, they can't do anything to Aodi.

He even showed off his W ability to dodge Cassiopeia's petrification, leaving Li Yi deeply impressed.

So it turns out you guys aren't bad at split pushing, you just don't dare to fight unless you have an advantage!

After EDG decisively rushed down Baron Nashor at the 20-minute mark, AF was unable to defend all three lanes and had no choice but to surrender.

Inside the AF base.

"Brother Qinghuan (Marin), are you alright? You don't look too healthy—" a teammate cautiously leaned over and asked.

Marin leaned back in his chair, striking his classic inverted triangle pose: "I feel like I'm a year or two younger."

"How so?"

"It feels like I'm back in the days when I was still playing for LGD." Marin watched as the base exploded, and he was also a little hesitant to look at the dismal stats of this game.

"By the way, when was the Intercontinental Tournament again?" Marin suddenly sat up straighter. "I need to teach this kid named LeeE a lesson."

"Bro, it seems like the Intercontinental Cup isn't based on current results, but rather on the Spring Split rankings. It looks like we can't go."

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