League: Educating LPL is my duty.

"This economic gap seems to be secure. I think it's unlikely that SKT can turn the tide when EDG has such a large economic lead. As long as they continue with this 4-1 split push strategy, SKT will have no way to overcome it."

Guan Zeyuan opened the champagne halfway through the game, and luckily Li Chen didn't hear it, otherwise he would have sewed Guan Zeyuan's mouth shut.

Miller agreed, saying, "The main reason is that Galio was a really good pick. As long as he stands in the mid lane, SKT won't dare to make any moves. After all, he can provide support across the entire map at any time, making it too difficult to create a situation where they outnumber the enemy."

"That's right, and now C's equipment is getting better and better. His solo gold is more than 2,000 higher than the second-best player in the game. As long as he doesn't tower dive, I think he can easily take on two opponents at once." Rita, as always, seized every opportunity to boast.

[You can't 1v2 without tower diving? You're kidding! You can 1v2 even with tower diving!]

[If I encounter a Fiora in ranked games with a Ravenous Hydra, Ninja Tabi, Maw of Malmortius, and Black Cleaver by 18 minutes, my top laner family is already doomed.]

[Just a top laner? You actually let the jungler, who has the biggest skill gap, go?]

[Because he plays jungle!]

[Is this all the three-time champion team is capable of? They got completely crushed and interrogated?]

[The group stage is such a mess, everyone knows SKT is just practicing their lineups during the group stage, right?]

【You're right, fellow members of the Royalist faction, we won't argue with you!】

As the notification sound rang, SKT's first defensive turret in the mid lane was destroyed.

This also means that SKT only has one mid-lane second turret left, and without the vision support of the turret, Peanut's jungle has been completely overrun.

He was already struggling to make any progress in the jungle, with only the raptors and wolves as jungle monsters to farm, and now he couldn't even farm those two groups of monsters.

Peanut's miserable experience proves that Clearlove really wasn't lying this time; he genuinely studied Peanut's jungle clearing strategy.

After the team gained an advantage, he repeatedly used his lane priority to gank and steal jungle camps from SKT. Although Peanut escaped several times because Gragas lacked the ability to execute, he still managed to steal several jungle camps.

"Set up vision, get ready to take Baron!" Li Chen, in the bottom lane, signaled towards the Baron pit in the top half of the map.

Pushing the Baron at 14 minutes is a timeless tactic in professional matches. Every team knows it, and even casual players know it, but very few teams can actually execute it well.

After a spring season of adjustment, EDG has been molded into the shape Li Chen wanted. With just one signal, the others know what to do.

Peanut, along with support Wolf, risked their lives to venture into the upper jungle to establish vision, gradually exploring the area.

Although the two were very careful, they were still ambushed by EDG when they reached the red buff position. Peanut reacted quickly and used Flash to escape, but Wolf was caught and killed.

With half a minute left before Baron Nashor spawns, Wolf breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The enemy is going to take Baron. Sang-hyeok, what should we do? Should we gank Fiora or engage in a team fight?"

After clearing the minion wave that Fiora had just sent into the bottom lane high ground, Faker glanced at the fog of war in the top half of the map, quickly weighed the pros and cons, and then gave up.

Now, not only are they lagging behind in overall economic experience, but they also lack top laner Riven. If the five of them group up to go to Baron, they might not even win in a 5v4 situation. They will just be dragged into the Baron pit and watch Fiora push the tower.

If they also split up, then to protect Fiora's split push, at least two people need to be left, and neither of them can be Riven or a support.

Therefore, EDG's 41-minute push to Baron Nashor is an unsolvable problem.

"Forget about Baron, Huni go to mid lane and push, the rest of you come and gank this Fiora."

After deciding to forgo Baron Nashor, Faker quickly made arrangements and left the relatively dangerous mid lane to Riven.

It doesn't matter if Riven dies a few more times now, as long as she can push a lane and buy some time for the team, she can be considered to have the function of a super minion.

However, EDG had a clear view of SKT's movements throughout the entire process, especially several key positions in the bottom jungle, which were constantly under EDG's vision control.

Seeing four SKT players coming to surround him, Li Chen retreated without saying a word.

Even with a significant advantage, Li Chen remained wary of SKT. After all, the scenario of EDG vs. SKT, with EDG having a huge economic advantage, was all too familiar, and he had to be cautious.

At 20 minutes, EDG's four-man squad started the dragon on time. Li Chen controlled Fiora to retreat to the vicinity of the blue team's bottom lane tower, causing SKT's team to miss their target.

Faker sighed inwardly as he watched Fiora dancing, three Flash away from him.

Li Chen played incredibly meticulously in this game, a style completely different from his previous matches against other teams.

In the early stages when both sides are evenly matched, Li Chen will make risky moves, such as tower diving to kill him, in order to create an advantage for his team and open up the game.

However, as EDG established their advantage, Li Chen played more and more steadily. Several times, he tried to lure Li Chen to tower dive again to see if he could turn the tide, but Li Chen didn't fall for it at all. After pushing the lane, he went straight into the jungle to eat jungle monsters.

Twenty seconds later, a scream echoed throughout the Rift as EDG successfully secured Baron Nashor, officially putting the game into its final countdown.

Backstage in the SKT team's rest room, Kkoma didn't show much emotion despite the huge disadvantage in this game; he had anticipated this situation when he had Huni pick Riven.

His focus in this game was never on the performance of the top laners; what truly concerned him was the contest and strategy between the mid and jungle players.

In the early game, when the factory manager went to gank in the mid lane, Peanut counter-ganked, but the factory manager hesitated for a long time before making a move, which was somewhat unexpected for him.

The fact that Clearlove helped Scout push the lane and secure lane priority was also not part of SKT's plan. Fortunately, Faker was experienced and immediately found a solution.

Otherwise, the game would have ended in three minutes without Li Chen tower diving and killing Faker.

"Top lane is bound to collapse, so we need to make some plays with Huni. We need to pick a champion who can farm in lane, isn't easily solo-killed, and can be effective even without much gold..."

After pondering for a moment, Koma looked down at his notebook, flipped through a few pages, found a blank page, hesitated for a moment, and then wrote down the name of a hero—Karma.

LPL was thoroughly outplayed by Li Chen throughout the Spring Split, and in the end, the teams came up with a Karma top lane strategy, which he initially found outrageous.

But now that I think about it carefully, this choice doesn't seem to be without reason.