From Pokémon to The International, Dota 2

Chapter 109 The Phantom Lancer's Power Phase

I've got Aghanim's Scepter.

Taking down the second tower's Bounty Hunter allows Phantom Lancer to obtain his Aghanim's Scepter. With Monkey King's Manta Style and Aghanim's Scepter, he's already quite powerful. This means that Spirit Breaker's first power spike has arrived. From now on, Spirit Breaker can play more proactively, and the two supports should also be more aggressive in placing wards.

At 24 minutes and 30 seconds into the game, after all three lanes of creeps had pushed into the Dire's half of the map, Gu Ran led his two supports to initiate a smoke gank and caught VP's Shadow Fiend farming alone in the main jungle. Without Black King Bar, the Shadow Fiend was easily killed by the three brothers with two skills each.

All four of us in the top lane have been exposed. Lao Wang, be careful, the enemy might be coming for you.

No one came to his rescue when he killed Shadow Fiend, and the enemy heroes could not be seen on the map. Gu Ran deduced that VP had probably used Smoke of Deceit, and their target was most likely their carry, Phantom Lancer.

【I understand, please check my location】

Wang Chunyu glanced at the remaining four faces on the other side and felt that his output might not be enough to kill him. So, with his high skill and daring, he pulled two illusions and headed towards the triangle area on the other side.

The opposing team did indeed move to the bottom lane to gank the monkey. They were preparing to gather and use Smoke of Deceit when VP's offlaner, Lightsaber, saw three Phantom Lancers at the entrance of their own triangle area. Two of the monkeys stubbornly charged into their triangle area, while the remaining one hesitated for a moment and started to retreat!

"This is a real monkey! I've found it!"

The monkey had clearly brought up two illusions to scout ahead, and the one that ran away was the real one! So Langge played the Swift Wind Melody and chased after it, with the Source of Chaos following closely behind. Langge pulled the monkey back with a captivating lick at the furthest distance, and then the Source of Chaos immediately followed the claw!

"I stopped him, let's continue!"

The source of the trouble was very excited; they had finally caught the monkey for once.

Hahahaha!

On the main stage, the chat was already in stitches. From God's perspective, they could clearly see that the monkey that Chaos Source was holding was a yellow illusion, and one of the two monkeys that rushed into the triangle area was the real one. After seeing Chaos Source make its move, Wang Chunyu no longer needed to act. He directly used Phantom Charge on Chaos Source and killed the confused Chaos Source in just a few hits.

"Didn't I stop him?"

Langgo realized he'd messed up and quickly retreated to the right while playing his zither. However, the Soul Stone's support arrived just in time. Jiang Xia's Lizard Kiss began relentlessly attacking Langgo, and a group of Phantom Spearmen also stuck to him, hacking away. But the Lightsaber Guy simply chose to teleport on the spot.

He survived.

Look over here!

Lango ran away, but Rubick in the back row was found by Gu Ran's Earth Spirit. He rolled onto Rubick's face and silenced him with a Magnetic Grip. His teammates followed up with damage, and Rubick fell instantly.

Firefly has become a monstrous killing machine!!!

Gu Ran's Earth Spirit has been playing very well this game, and he hasn't died once so far. After killing Rubick, he continued to direct his teammates to push forward.

Let's take the second tower, then push down Roshan.

VP lost three players, and with the Soul Stone, they pushed down the Dire's bottom lane second tower, then killed Roshan, allowing Phantom Lancer to acquire the Aegis of the Immortal, giving them an 8K gold lead.

"After playing for a while, it feels like the opposing team is completely outmatched by us, right? In the early game, if we don't want to fight, we don't fight. In the mid-game, once Monkey King's power spike comes, we can immediately start a fight if we want to, and then the opposing team gets ridiculously outplayed by Monkey King."

As the competition entered the Soul Stone clearing phase, Chao felt a bit bored and started chatting with Zhu.

"Indeed, it feels like Soul Stone is already a champion, right? Sweeping all opponents in the group stage, and then winning three straight matches in the knockout stage to take the championship, do you get the feeling?"

Charles directly helped Zhenhunshi win the championship. This guy really likes to hype up the CN team. Anyway, if they actually win the championship, it will prove that he has a good eye for talent. Even if they lose, no one can blame the streamer for jinxing them. People will usually still criticize the players.

"A direct championship? Isn't that a bit too early? In the knockout stage, we might have to face strong teams like the Falcons and Parry, and it's a single-elimination tournament with only one life, so it's really hard to say. I feel like we could handle a depleted Falcons team, but we'll have to see how we perform against the other strong teams."

Although Chao Ge is also optimistic about Zhenhunshi, he is still not sure how well they can perform because they haven't faced any truly strong teams yet.

"Two spellbooks, take them or leave them?"

Brother Pig didn't want to beat around the bush, so he went straight to the traditional items in the live stream.

"Huh? You're so confident about winning the championship right away? Then... wait, how come the Soul Stone team has already reached the enemy's fountain entrance?"

While the two brothers were chatting idly, Phantom Lancer with Aegis of the Immortal swept the map, making VP run for their lives. After killing two cores, he directly pushed down VP's mid-lane high ground. After breaking through the high ground, Phantom Lancer's Aegis of the Immortal was about to expire, so he chased the opponent to the fountain entrance, used his Aegis, fell to the ground, and waited five seconds to respawn.

Enigma saw that the enemy Rangor had activated Black King Bar and was trying to run back, so he immediately used Blink Dagger, Black King Bar, Shiva's Guard, and Black Hole to pull the Gromp. However, Rubick, who was hiding in the fountain, stole Enigma's ultimate and then pulled Enigma back!

However, this scene appeared too late. Enigma didn't have many wide shots throughout the entire game, and Rubick didn't have a chance to steal it until the end of the game.

Beware of the Labick black hole!

The Soul Stones spread out, and Rubick managed to pull only one Enigma in an attempt to break Enigma's chain. Seeing this, Shadow Fiend stepped out, activated Black King Bar, and tried to cast his ultimate. However, Witch Doctor immediately used his ultimate next to Shadow Fiend. The damage output of a level 3 Death Guard is not to be underestimated. Shadow Fiend, halfway through casting his ultimate, felt he was about to be killed by Death Guard and had to cancel his ultimate and retreat.

As it turned out, Rubick's black hole only broke the mystery, without causing any casualties on the Soul Stone's side.

On the contrary, VP's offlaner and midlaner were both severely wounded, and their health wouldn't recover for a while even in the fountain.

[I've fired the cannon, brothers, charge!]

Jiangxia's Ember Spirit seized the opportunity when all five opponents were hiding in the fountain and unleashed Lizard Kiss directly at the fountain, making it feel like the opponents were "soaking in a hot spring".

Gu Ran immediately used Magnetize and kept throwing stones into the enemy fountain to continue dealing damage. Although Shadow Fiend activated Black King Bar, he was already low on health when he returned to the fountain and was eventually taken down by magic damage.

After Shadow Fiend died, Phantom Lancer immediately used Shadowstep to rush into the fountain. A large number of illusions resisted the fountain, and then the five Spirit Stone brothers also rushed in. Even Langgo's buyback was of no use. In the end, Spirit Stone wiped out the opponent in the fountain, and VP could only type GG.

Once you've signed up, you've signed up!

Let's party, guys! Let's party!

With overall dominance and a decisive victory at the fountain, this match was truly a treat for the audience. Those who initially questioned Phantom Lancer no longer have doubts; it must be acknowledged that this hero has considerable strength and is not entirely a purely comedic hero.

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