League: Educating LPL is my duty.

At this point, Li Chen was practically playing a single-player game on the top lane.

Huni is gone and never returns. He's really bored by himself, like he's practicing last-hitting.

Hearing the factory manager complain, he pointed to the mid lane minions and said, "Are you stupid? Just help Scout push the lane. I don't believe Faker can push past both of you by himself. After pushing the lane, let Scout move down, and then you go farm the raptors. When you see Faker move, then run down. That's all."

"Then I'm not stealing Scout's experience, he still needs to level up to level six!" The factory manager felt that Galio's experience was more important, at least before level six.

Li Chen rolled his eyes and said speechlessly, "I think you're obsessed. Besides the bottom lane, which other lane needs help right now? He's already gone down there. Does it matter if he has his ultimate or not? The important thing is that the bottom lane tower can't fall."

At this point, the factory manager and Scout finally realized what was going on.

So the factory manager rushed to the mid lane to help Scout gain lane control and quickly cleared the minion wave.

Faker frowned as he suddenly lost lane control in a 1v2 situation; this was somewhat outside their expectations.

He originally had lane priority and teleport in the mid lane, so he could have moved first, and after the fight, he could have teleported back to lane without taking any damage.

Peanut had just finished clearing the jungle and was taking the river crab in the bottom half of the map, already one level ahead of Gragas.

It's fair to say that this is the best opportunity to book the property now; no matter how EDG plans their strategy, they'll profit from it.

But after Gragas did that, Galio became the one who made the first move, and Gragas was even able to farm some more jungle resources.

"Sang-hyeok, should we gank again?" Peanut was already a little confused.

After quickly weighing the pros and cons, Faker suddenly thought of something and nodded emphatically, saying, "Go gank. You go flank the bottom lane first, I'll wait until I reach level six and teleport to the bottom lane."

There are three conditions for SKT to take the lead.

First, before Galio reaches level six and has his ultimate ability.

Secondly, Gragas needs to farm jungle camps in the upper half of the map.

Third, the player with the right-of-way in the middle lane has priority.

Although Gragas helped Galio gain lane control, he also took away Galio's experience, making Galio's level 6 progress slower than Syndra's.

Given this, Faker decided to take advantage of the experience difference and teleport directly to gank bot lane.

As a new wave of minions appeared in the mid lane, Faker controlled Syndra to quickly clear the wave. Seeing that Syndra was not moving, Scout could only return to farm minions and continue laning.

At this time, the factory manager also finished eating the bird, so he came to the mid lane to try the same trick again. However, before they could push the minion wave, Faker's Syndra leveled up to level six first, and then immediately retreated back to the tower.

Meanwhile, Peanut had already entered EDG's lower jungle using the vision left by Clearlove, while SKT's bot lane was pushing forward with a wave of minions. With Riven helping to push the lane, Zet and Meiko naturally couldn't stop them.

Meiko, standing behind the turret, said nervously, "What do we do now? The enemy is going to gank us 5-on-2. If we don't defend this wave, they'll definitely be able to push down the first turret."

Scout checked his experience points and said, "I'm still one wave of minions away from reaching level six."

Li Chen watched the movements of both sides on the field, his mind racing.

Galio and Gragas in the mid lane can't get to the bottom lane in time. If they try to defend the bottom lane tower, they'll just end up killing the bottom lane duo as well.

After a very brief moment of thought, Li Chen made a decision: "We're not going to defend the bottom lane tower. You two go back to base and then rotate to the mid lane. Clearlove and Scout come over to the top lane to push the tower. I'll go to the bottom lane to push the wave later."

"clear!"

Upon hearing this, Meiko immediately cast a speed boost on Zet and retreated. Although Syndra had already activated Teleport, Lee Sin alone couldn't hold onto the two of them. He successfully escaped with a Polymorph.

The sudden shift in strategy on the field left the commentators on the edge of their seats.

Miller noticed SKT's treacherous plan when Syndra teleported, and almost lost his temper. However, he calmed down when EDG suddenly started switching lanes.

"EDG reacted so quickly. SKT went to so much trouble just to get back at SKT from the bottom lane when they were at a disadvantage in the top lane, but now EDG is just not playing with them anymore. They'll give you the bottom lane tower, and I'll push your top lane tower instead."

Guan Zeyuan chimed in, "This is how LCK has always operated. They don't even show off any fancy maneuvers; they just switch lanes, and they can make you suffer a huge loss even in a winning game. Fortunately, EDG is no slouch in this regard either."

"In this way, both sides can accept this exchange overall. SKT got the first tower and also controlled the dragon. EDG got the top tower and also got the minions on an extra lane. EDG even gained a small economic advantage."

Regarding Rita's analysis, Guan Zeyuan added: "Next, we still need to see how EDG and SKT split up the lanes, who goes to the bottom lane and who goes to the top lane. It would be best if Galio faced off against Syndra, and Fiora continued to lane against Riven, which would be more comfortable."

[As expected of SKT, if they were performing like this in the LPL, everyone would be waiting for the game to end.]

Is there a difference? Riven is still level 3, while Fiora will be level 7 soon.

[EDG's overall gold lead is now less than 1,000, but their Fiora lane has a 1,700 gold lead. Think about it carefully!]

To put it bluntly, EDG's overall strength is definitely not as good as SKT's; it all depends on whether their carry can take on multiple opponents.

While the spectators were debating, both teams made their decisions during the match.

SKT opted to have Riven return to the top lane and farm near the second turret, while Faker would take over the bottom lane.

Because Galio is not a champion who can control the lane, his area-of-effect damage passive forces him to push the lane, so Gragas needs to keep an eye on him nearby to prevent him from getting ganked.

To prevent Riven, who had finally managed to get a taste of fresh minions, from being tower-dived and killed by EDG's mid and jungle, SKT had no choice but to follow along.

So the bottom lane became the arena for a duel between Li Chen and Faker.

The two first met in the bottom lane near the ruins of the red team's bottom lane tower, where the minion waves converged.

Li Chen had an advantage in experience and resources compared to Faker, so he played more aggressively, pressing Faker's movement forward as soon as they met.

Faker tried to counterattack with his Q skill, but missed, and simply gave up his position.

The main reason is that Li Chen had already acquired Tiamat by this time, so he didn't need to worry about Li Chen controlling the lane, and therefore there was no need to fight Li Chen in the red side's half of the map.