Chapter 71
The Jungler’s rhythm being strangled also greatly discounted the effect of the Mid lane roaming.
“Completely opposite to the last game. Because Blue was not only stolen… snatched, but he was also killed once, KW’s Jungle-Support early rhythm is smooth sailing. Two Scuttle Crabs in the bag, plus three wards, firmly controlling vision in the river.”
“Even if the opposing Mid laner bites the bullet and wants to roam, she must avoid KW’s vision. And to avoid vision, she has to trek over mountains and rivers for a long way. If the roam fails to catch anyone, that’s a huge loss.”
“More importantly, roaming alone as a Mid laner is too risky. KW has already told them with facts: even in your own jungle, it’s not necessarily safe!”
Commentators A and B chimed in with each other, heating up the atmosphere at the venue with just a few words.
“Mid used Flash,” Kai said. “Last game I took Frost Blade and was countered by you, fine. This game I’m Chrono Manipulator and you still want to force push my wave? Hand over your Flash!”
Shen Yanjin quickly recorded the cooldown of the Mid Flash in the chat box. Support had relatively fewer mechanical operations compared to other positions, so recording various refresh times was generally done by the Support.
Duan Mingyue glanced at the time in the chat box and said, “Okay, buff spawns in forty seconds. Bot lane be careful.”
Tans pinged a signal to show he understood.
His character this game didn’t have particularly strong self-preservation capabilities. Top lane was two tanks bashing each other; Mid lane Kai had the advantage. The most dangerous one could only be him.
In other words, Tans was now the big fat meat in SYG’s eyes. To salvage the disadvantage, they would definitely start with him.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
A minute and a half later, a very tricky ward placed by Shen Yanjin in the opponent’s Red jungle captured the tracks of the enemy Mid and Jungler.
At the same time, KW’s Mid-Jungle-Support trio also converged in the bot lane bush.
“Eh?” Commentator A said, “SYG doesn’t seem to realize KW is counter-ganking at all. Going in like this will result in a huge loss.”
Commentator B said, “Same saying as before, SYG has too little experience. Tans’ positioning is baiting, still baiting, still baiting. Alright, SYG’s people can’t bear it anymore, choosing to go in directly. Uh, really shouldn’t have; this acting was already very obvious.”
Commentator A teased, “Young people, indeed easier to be impulsive.”
While speaking, SYG had already paid the price for their impulse.
In this bot lane team fight, SYG traded three for one. The one was Shen Yanjin, but the three were SYG’s Mid, Bot, and Jungler.
The game rhythm collapsed completely. Mid lost everything to his grandma’s house; Top lane was entangled with Song Yuan the whole time, gaining no advantage but falling into no disadvantage either. But helplessly, this bot lane attack fed Duan Mingyue two kills, plus the First Blood at the start. Not long after, Duan Mingyue’s Ascetic Monk roamed top with the Mermaid, using the equipment advantage to forcibly press that meat tank to death.
KW’s Jungle and Support tyrannized the jungle, controlling all resources, leading the Mid and Top lanes to huge advantages as well. As for Bot lane, being 1v2 after all, getting an advantage wasn’t that easy, but Tans was playing a late-game character this match, so there was no rush—just farming equipment leisurely was fine.
The gap widened, and SYG became more anxious.
But the more active they were, the more disadvantageous it became.
Seeing Kai, who had used Cleanse and Flash, make a positioning error and get controlled, the Mid laner rejoiced inside. Suspecting nothing, he went forward directly. However, the next second, he was counter-controlled in place by Shen Yanjin, who had been ambushing nearby for a long time.
Duan Mingyue stepped up and collected his head.
“The most perfect hunter often appears in the guise of prey.” Kai shook his head smugly. “What is called extreme baiting? This is called extreme baiting.”
Shen Yanjin smiled: “Impressive.”
“Baiting?” Duan Mingyue ruthlessly punctured it. “Why does it look like a genuine mistake to me?”
Kai was momentarily speechless, muttering about how could a bait be considered a mistake, deceiving oneself before deceiving others, filling the voice channel with a joyous atmosphere for a while.
Occupying a huge early advantage, KW snowballed rapidly. their ability to snowball was much stronger than SYG’s. At twenty minutes, Baron spawned. Relying on the buff from two Earth Dragons, KW started it directly.
SYG saw the bad situation and rushed toward the Baron, however…
The players in the match didn’t know, but the God’s eye view outside the venue saw very clearly: in the tri-bush next to the Baron pit, the Mermaid was standing there quietly, waiting for the chance to channel her ultimate.
“Sliver is a standard bush warrior this game,” Commentator A said with a bit of schadenfreude. “Look, just in this game, he has camped in a bush six times.”
Commentator B said, “It is worth mentioning that Sliver’s first five bush camps all harvested heads.”
“Oh my, looks like Sliver’s harvest will continue to increase this time, because SYG once again didn’t discover it—their rhythm is completely messed up. Support face-checks the bush; Mermaid releases her ultimate directly!”
Mermaid’s ultimate, Siren’s Song. Enemy characters hearing the song receive a “cannot distinguish friend from foe” buff for three seconds. All characters in the area turn into red names and can take damage from teammates.
The character Mermaid was once roasted by players all over the world as one of the “most bad-taste characters.”
Also a fish, the “Mermaid” (Ren Yu) was a beauty with a beautiful face and long red hair, but the “Fish Woman” (Yu Nu) was designed as a little monster with a fish head and human body.
The reason for calling it bad taste was that the Mermaid’s ultimate was a water ball, but the Fish Woman’s ultimate was singing. The two characters seemed mixed up. The Mermaid having high looks and holding a big water ball was fine, but a fish-headed person singing and dancing, and with an ethereal and beautiful voice like a Siren, was a bit strange.
Strange as it was, the effect was truly good.
SYG was completely unprepared. All five people were debuffed. Now everyone looked like an enemy, like a 1v9. They had to be careful not to hit teammates with AOE skills when fighting. KW had no such concerns. After the Baron’s health dropped below two thousand, Duan Mingyue took the Baron alone, while the other three rushed up and started beating SYG fiercely.
SYG’s Mid lane desperately took down the Mermaid, but it was a drop in the bucket. KW took the Baron and also aced the team.
“Taking Baron at 22 minutes, the gold difference arrives at 11k. SYG’s last hope now is for the dual carries to complete their reinforced equipment as soon as possible. But unfortunately, time waits for no one; KW doesn’t plan to give them this chance.”
“SYG’s tier-2 Mid tower was pulled down at seventeen minutes. Now they just need to group mid and push to end the game in one wave.” Commentator A looked at the respawn timers and smiled. “The fastest respawning Blue needs thirty seconds. Looks like we can congratulate KW on taking the victory in this game in advance?”
Commentator B said, “Congratulations KW. That Mermaid ult at the Baron pit was truly too crucial, directly shattering SYG’s last hope of a comeback.”
Commentator A said, “It seems the blade of Sliver, this double-edged sword, is still sharp. I’m a bit expectant if he will continue to play in the next deciding game, and what surprises he will bring us. Okay, SYG’s crystal is destroyed. Congratulations to KW for winning this game~ Camera to the analysis desk, see you later.”
The wind direction of the bullet screen and forums had been constantly changing with the progress of this game.
[Shocked, Sliver infected Lucida and cured himself to be discharged?]
[This Mermaid is kinda awesome.]
[Discharged my a**, just beating some free-point boys (rookies), what’s there to brag about.]
[Excuse me, your Lu couldn’t even beat the free-point boys.]
[Laughing to death.]
[Just hugging RedMoon’s thigh the whole game. I can do it too if I go up.]
[Waiting for the next game to reveal his true form.]
[Sliver will definitely relapse next game.]
However, things didn’t develop as they wished.
Third game, the deciding game. KW repeated the BP of the first game, picking Vine support.
Then, at twenty-one minutes, they ended the game with an absolute crushing posture.
This game was jokingly called the “Vine Tutorial Game” by netizens.
Also known as: Teaching Lucida how to play Vine.
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