owlsbooks Chapter 42: Pay attention to fire! Flank fire! Focus fire!
Chapter 42: Pay attention to fire! Flank fire! Focus fire!
"Is Huozi going to use Niu Guli's skin?"
After seeing Lin Jin choose Kennen, netizens flooded the screen with comments.
Kennen is the championship skin for Nuguri, the top laner of DWG, the S10 world champions. If Jhin uses this skin, it would truly be a "tribute".
Guan Zeyuan also said with a smile:
"Alright, both sides have selected their lineups. Let's take a look."
"Blue side DK: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Kindred, Mid lane Azir, Bot lane Varus, Support Lenata."
"Top Esports (Red Team): Kennen (Top), Sejuani (Jungle), Sylas (Mid), Lucian (Bot), Nami (Support)"
Once this lineup was selected, all major regions felt that Top Esports (TES) placed more emphasis on team fights.
Especially the top, mid, and jungle players, they are not afraid of team fights at all, but their damage output might be a little lacking.
DK's lineup is a bit of a tightrope walk. Once the Jayce and Varus poke system is fully formed, Top Esports will be worn down before they can even engage in team fights.
Therefore, both teams have very obvious strengths and weaknesses in their lineups, and it remains to be seen who can make the first move.
Before the coach stepped down, he specifically instructed Lin Jin not to fight head-on if the lane was difficult, as the mid-game damage would still depend on his Kennen.
Lin Jin nodded and became very careful during the laning phase.
However, DK is determined to gank the top lane this game.
At the start of the game, they invaded Top Esports' jungle. Uncle San's Kindred farmed from bottom to top very quickly and went to the top lane at level two.
Guan Zeyuan exclaimed, "Huh? A level 2 gank top? What kind of play is that?"
"DK is really putting too much importance on Huozi."
"Are they here to catch you so early?"
"Jayce fires another shot, Huozi dodges, but this minion wave isn't easy either, the jungler is coming."
Lin Jin showed his third uncle enough respect, refraining from farming minions and instead waiting under the tower.
After pushing the lane, Canyon plunged into the jungle, but didn't go far, waiting to come at any moment.
Judging from Jayce's aggressive approach, Lin Jin knew that DK's strategy for this game was to focus on the top lane.
He immediately said to Gao Tianliang, "We can go control the dragon; the enemy jungler keeps going up."
Gao Tianliang nodded: "Okay."
He arrived at the Dragon Pit in five minutes, but he was playing Sejuani, and soloing was too slow, so he had to wait for Jack and his team to team up.
However, Varus put a lot of pressure on Jack.
His Lucian didn't gain much advantage either; in one exchange, he even got hit by the enemy support Lena's Q skill.
"Oops, Jack's got hooked!"
"Thankfully there's purification, which can undo the damage, but we'll have to retreat this time."
"Um, I hope it won't affect Xiaolong."
"Lena went to check it out, wow, the DK bot lane duo played really well this time."
Gao Tianliang's dragon was stopped, and Xu Xiu also came to his aid.
It's too late to fight.
After Top Esports withdrew from the game, DK took over the dragon.
Xu Xiu and Canyon have both arrived, and the bot lane duo is also eyeing the game closely.
It was too difficult to fight, so I just let it go.
The pace then begins to slow down.
Gao Tianliang spawned in the top lane and planned to gank Jayce.
However, unexpectedly, after taking down the dragon, Canyon did not return to base but immediately went to the top side of the map. When Gao Tianliang appeared to gank, Canyon also appeared.
Guan Zeyuan: "Oh dear, this is going to be tough. Can Xiaotian retreat?"
"Let me check first... Huh? It got blocked!"
"That's it!"
Unexpectedly, Kindred acted decisively, flashing over to block Sejuani's Q skill.
After being intercepted, Gao Tianliang suffered double damage from Jayce and Kindred. Even after using Flash, he was still chased down and killed.
Lin Jin was also dealing damage from behind, but Kennen, who didn't have his ultimate yet, couldn't hold anyone in place.
With Gao Tianliang's death in this wave, DK's momentum has expanded once again.
They couldn't even compete for the first vanguard position.
DK's rhythm is excellent.
The South Korean commentators were extremely excited:
"Nice! Great rhythm, keep playing like that!"
"Block the top lane, lock down their top half of the map, and TES won't be able to play."
"Yes, who said Canyon can't play Kindred? I think he plays her very well."
"The bot lane duo also played very well; the key is to exert pressure."
"Come on, come on! Winning this round will reduce the pressure a lot. You can still win the next round, but it's hard to say who will win the decisive round."
The commentators were full of hope, and LCK fans also felt that they had a great early advantage in this game, playing better than the previous two games.
We absolutely must seize this opportunity.
Ten minutes into the game, DK's top and mid laners all ganked top lane, focusing their attack on Lin Jin's Kennen.
Lin Jin used his ultimate skill under the tower, but the Azir flashed over and pushed him away, causing his ultimate skill to miss halfway. Immediately afterwards, the opponent launched a frantic attack.
Kindred used her ultimate to save her health, and the three of them ganged up on Lin Jin's Kennen and beat him to death.
The commentator remarked, "Oh dear, Brother Huo is in a bit of a predicament."
"Three people, three people covering one, that's really ruthless."
"The timing was great. Xiaotian recalled to base, and ZuoShou also used TP to come down and farm the minion wave."
"The timing was perfect. I must say, the DK's offensive rhythm has been excellent during this period."
"Then Kennen should use Teleport to farm the lane too. He'll probably have to give up the next dragon as well."
This was the worst start for Top Esports in their three-game match.
They weren't in a hurry at this point. In the voice chat, Lin Jin and Jack La Wu were both saying not to rush in the early game and to just play it out later.
However, Lin Jin underestimated the opponent's determination to gank the top lane.
Thirteen minutes into the game, Xu Xiu's Azir finished pushing the lane and continued to the top lane.
This time, the left hand gave the signal: "Mid lane miss."
Lin Jin had already noticed this in advance and moved to the back.
However, Kindred and Tsar are both capable of teleporting over walls, and they intercepted Lin Jin near the second tower.
Lin Jin's Kennen was killed again.
Gao Tianliang tower-dived in the bottom lane and forcibly killed Varus, but Lena's W gave him a second chance. Varus traded kills with Nami, revived, and was able to continue killing.
Gao Tianliang flashed over to tank the damage, allowing Jack to finish off the enemies.
Jack Spicy Dance took Verus's head, but Gao Tianliang himself died.
Varus traded one for two.
deficit.
We've lost a fortune.
The rhythm came one after another, and Top Esports was completely led by the nose by DK.
DK quickly secured the second dragon, and Canyon's Kindred was wreaking havoc in the jungle.
In fifteen minutes, Kindred had already accumulated eight layers of marks.
Eight floors!
Guan Zeyuan said, "Um, looking at this Kindred, he's a bit scary."
"This damage is too high, who can withstand it?"
"If Piggy Girl went over there, she'd probably be killed in a few hits."
"Right now, wherever Canyon goes, people die. It's not a good time to fight them head-on."
"I think we should avoid fights and focus on farming, especially Sylas and Kennen, who don't deal much damage in team fights right now."
DK had a 5,000 gold lead by 15 minutes, almost crushing Top Esports.
Within fifteen minutes, Lin Jin had already died three times, exceeding the total number of deaths in the previous two matches combined.