owlsbooks Chapter 61: IG's draft picks in this game were a bit strange.
Chapter 61: IG's draft picks in this game were a bit strange.
Guan Zeyuan's voice suddenly rose in pitch.
After 369's Vladimir and LokeN's Sivir teleported down, they emerged one after the other from the top lane river bush.
Four people, from two directions, surrounded TheShy and Baolan like dumplings in the middle of the top lane.
"Top Esports really went for the kill in this four-man gank on the two." Remember's voice carried a hint of excitement: "Last time LokeN got solo killed and Vladimir got tower-dived, Top Esports is going to get their revenge."
TheShy's health was less than a third of what it used to be. Under TES's four-man gank, both he and his partner died in the top lane.
"Top Esports' support speed in these two games was incredibly fast..."
Guan Zeyuan sighed.
With two kills and TheShy's bounty, TES breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"IG didn't consider Sivir's Teleport support."
Remember to add, "There's another point, mainly the temptation of that plating from 14 minutes ago. Because there was still one minute left, TheShy and Baolan relaxed their vigilance because of that plating."
"TheShy already made a huge profit after killing LokeN, so there was really no need for Karma to come up there."
The analysis also covered some common mistakes that IG often makes.
They can gain an advantage, but often their lack of caution allows the opponent to seize an opportunity.
Five minutes later.
TheShy and Ning once again ganked 369, who was defending the bottom lane's second turret.
TheShy secured the kill.
且不说369这个2/4/2的战绩，就他78对上TheShy160的这个补刀数，足以看出这把被军训的有多惨。
[369 last hits, am I seeing things? That's less than Xx's?]
Are TES's top and mid laners definitely not throwing the game?
After this game, I reckon 369 will have to see a therapist again.
[You guys are even defending Left Hand? It's obvious he got caught and killed while pushing mid lane, then got solo killed by Forge. Seriously pathetic.]
[The match isn't even over yet and you're already criticizing them. The moment TES wins, you'll be gushing over them again.]
On the live chat, Weibo, and Tieba, TES fans were arguing fiercely.
This is the norm for LPL fans.
After winning, they showered the player with praise and flattery, practically calling him "daddy" at night.
However, if you lose, no matter how well you performed in the previous game, you will definitely be criticized mercilessly.
As the saying goes, the more you love a game, the more you hate it in the next.
After IG successfully caught and killed 369, Xx finally activated Predator and arrived late.
His goal is clear—TheShy, Camille.
Xx pretended to walk towards Baolan, then suddenly used an E-flash to crash into TheShy, causing his ultimate to explode and successfully knocking TheShy back while slamming him into a wall.
At the same time, the blue team's minions had their TP abilities activated, indicating that Forge had come to their aid.
Xx then turned around and returned to his second tower.
LNG base.
"To be honest, 369's vampire is still a bit too inexperienced in the online game."
Zhu Kai has watched every single one of IG's recent matches.
"This isn't really his fault. Vladimir is weak in the early game, and Ning kept ganking top lane for TheShy. Anyone would have done the same, right?"
Zuo Wu offered his opinion.
He watched the game intently, and he noticed Ning constantly ganking TheShy in the top lane.
In his opinion, Ning deserves the most credit for this game.
"I don't know if you feel the same way, but the draft picks in this game didn't seem like something Coach Karam would have done."
Zhu Kai suddenly said something.
"This doesn't seem like a draft by Coach Karam?"
This immediately piqued Zuo Wu's interest; if you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, you've wasted your life.
"The one doing the drafting and banning on stage is clearly Coach Karam, how could it be fake?"
You, Zhu Kai, aren't trying to tell me that Karam was actually Chen Song in disguise, are you?
"Anyway, IG's draft picks were very strange, completely unlike Karam's style."
Zhu Kai was trying to recall the scene from the draft phase when suddenly his eyes lit up: "Do you remember the expression on Karam's face after Ning locked in Karma?"
"Uh... I remember Karam's face was really dark back then." Zuo Wu frowned. "Karam's appearance in the game stream was too brief."
The game continues.
After IG caught 369 and killed him, they saw that TES had all come to the bottom lane second tower, so they immediately gave up the idea of continuing to push the tower and turned to leave.
The camera panned to the mid lane, where JackeyLove, right in front of Knight, destroyed TES's low-health mid lane tower.
At this point, IG had successfully taken down the outer turrets on all three lanes of TES and extended their economic lead to 5,000 gold.
TES definitely wants to drag the game into the late game, giving 369's Vladimir enough time to develop.
But IG obviously won't give you that chance.
The game lasted 20 minutes and 41 seconds.
Taking advantage of the moment when four TES players gathered in the mid lane, Ning took the initiative to use his E skill to initiate a team fight, and successfully froze the Gragas after casting his ultimate.
Fortunately, Xx activated the small Central Asia, which allowed him to avoid fatal damage in time.
TheShy on the right simultaneously circled around from TES's blue buff area.
TheShy knocked up the Blast Cone and landed, then E-flashed into LokeN, followed by an A-Tiamat attack, and finally used his ultimate to sit on LokeN. The whole sequence was executed flawlessly.
Fortunately, LokeN immediately used Flash to create distance, thus avoiding being killed instantly.
But at this moment, Ning and Forge had already taken down Xx.
369 entered the fray via a teleport from the middle left eye position.
It can be said that 369 entered the fray in a very good position, but his current development is too poor, and he can't pose any threat to IG's backline at all.
This team fight ended in a 1-for-1 exchange after TheShy was killed.
After the team fight replay ended, the director switched the camera.
IG has already started fighting Baron Nashor in the Baron pit.
Ning was holding off Xx alone in TES's red zone.
At this point, the dragon's health had been reduced to less than half by the IG team.
Ultimately, TheShy came from the Baron pit to support Ning, and the two of them died at TES's red buff, covering the rest of IG's players as they successfully secured Baron.
After both sides returned to base to replenish their supplies, they regrouped in the mid lane.
"Top Esports team is sticking together to prevent TheShy from split-pushing."
Guan Zeyuan said with a smile.
"There's nothing we can do, Top Esports can only group up now." Remember added, "While the top and bottom lane minions are still in good condition, they chose to forcefully destroy IG's second mid lane tower."
"I think Top Esports' command was also very decisive."
As they were talking, Ning had already crouched at F6, and TheShy's TP also lit up in the middle right bush.
A team battle is about to break out.
On the front, Forge first stole a vampire's ultimate ability, and then simultaneously unleashed his own ultimate ability on Knight's Jayce.
Ning then entered from the side, chasing after the vampire.
"Let's take a look at LokeN's position. LokeN's position is okay. He went around to the side and LokeN is still dealing damage. LokeN is still alive, but Sivir alone can't deal with so many low-health enemies. LokeN eventually died."
I remember shouting as I finished commentating on this amazing team fight.
After this team wipe, IG's victory is assured.
At 26 minutes and 48 seconds into the game, IG wiped out TES again on their high ground.
I remember opening champagne in advance to congratulate IG.
"In the end, congratulations to IG for tying the score at 1-1, bringing the two sides to a decisive game."