Chapter 388: Strange Bottom Lane Combination
Yuan Shen came to his seat and sat down, put on his headphones, and heard Fu Manduo's voice from the headphones;

"This is the last game of the summer season. I hope everyone can perform at their best. Come on!"

At this time, the promotional videos shot in advance by IG and EDG began to play on the big screen.

Yuan Shen was the first to appear, sitting on the dragon throne with full appearance.

In the official live broadcast room, the barrage instantly exploded:
"Is this the appearance? It's so cool!"

"Do you know what trash talk is? This is real trash talk."

“This is the pattern of a legendary player!”

"While humiliating each other, not a single dirty word will be used."

As the promotional video played, the audience's atmosphere was also aroused, and they were excited and waiting for the game to begin.

After the promotional video is finished, the first BP session begins.

In this game, IG is on the red side and EDG is on the blue side.

BAN stage:
IG: Rock Bird, Prince, Shen
EDG: Elise, Mantis, and Lion Dog.

Wawa analyzed the situation; "IG chose to target the mid and top lane in this game, and banned two heroes in the top lane. This is something I didn't expect. Judging from Theshy's previous performance, he must have no problem playing these two heroes, and he has heroes that can counter these two heroes."

Miller speculated; "I think in order to make it easier for Theshy to gain an advantage in the top lane, they should have intelligence that EDG will use these two heroes to form some specific lineups."

Entering the selection stage.

EDG on the blue side locked onto the tree on the first floor.

Seeing this Treant, Rita smiled; "EDG chose Treant, the ancestral hero. He is actually a very comprehensive hero. He can withstand pressure in the laning phase and cooperate with the jungler to keep people. After the revision of Treant's ultimate, his ability to start a team fight is very strong. He can resist and fight."

IG locked down Rambo and Clockwork on the first and second floors.

Miller analyzed; "Burning the tree, Rumble has a big advantage in the early stage against the tree. From the previous IG games, we can see that Theshy is very proficient in playing Rumble and has a very strong suppression ability. This game is a test for Mouse in the top lane."

EDG locked down Rek'Sai and Varus on the second and third floors.

Wawa commented, "Zizi's Rek'Sai is a master at bypassing vision. The blue team's Rek'Sai is special. The blue team can bypass the triangle grass in the bottom lane and can bypass the triangle grass in the top lane. The opponent can't defend against it. Zizi's performance in this game is worth looking forward to."

IG locked up the big mouth on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.

Seeing the big mouth being locked, the IG fans at the scene were a little excited.

Rita cheered, "Is he here? Smlz's Kog'Maw. This season he usually plays the role of resisting pressure in the bottom lane, and rarely lets him get the late-game big C hero. It seems that he saved all the good stuff for the finals."

Miller agreed: "This version of Kog'Maw is already quite strong, and it's one of Smlz's signatures. It would be unreasonable not to use it."

IG also banned Kalista and Policewoman.

EDG also bans Lulu and Janna.

Rita commented; "EDG banned two soft supports that are more suitable for Kog'Maw. It's a bit sad. Let's see what IG will choose."

IG locked down Bard on the fourth floor!
This Bud is confusing to everyone.

Miller muttered, "Bard? Bard and Kog'Maw don't match well. Bard is a weak player in laning phase and needs a support to stir up trouble in the early game. Generally, the bottom lane will be equipped with a player who can develop on his own, such as Ezreal or Annie."

"But Kog'Maw won't work. If Kog'Maw doesn't have a support in the bottom lane, it's impossible for him to kill the minion wave under the tower."

Wawa was also confused. "I don't understand IG's idea. Anyway, this choice of Bard is very strange. We need to take a closer look."

It was EDG's turn to choose. EDG got Thresh and Corki on the fourth and fifth floors.

This leaves only Yuan Shen's jungler left to be chosen.

Yuan Shen was very decisive; "Give us a blind monk."

So IG locked in Lee Sin on the fifth floor, and the lineups of both sides were determined:

Red side IG: Top Lanbo, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid Laner Clockwork, ADC Big Mouth, Support Bard

Blue side EDG: Top laner Maokai, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid laner Corki, ADC Varus, Support Thresh
Seeing the lineups of both teams, Wawa commented, "Here it comes, Lee Sin is back to his roots as a jungler, relying on pure awareness and skills. The rhythm of the junglers on both sides is very important in this game."

"If the junglers on both sides don't care, EDG's top lane and IG's bottom lane won't even fight, it will be too difficult."

Miller agreed; "Yes, the focus of this game is the jungle. Can the manager prove himself? This may be his last summer finals."

Entering the game screen, Yuan Shen commanded; "Baolan, let's cooperate as we agreed before, you should know what I mean."

Baolan nodded; "Yeah, I know."

"Theshy, the opponent's jungler will definitely target you in the top lane, and that's why we chose this big tree. In the first wave, you can either go from the bush on the lane or go around the dragon pit. You can plan the minion line and vision yourself." Yuan Shen gave tips to the top laner.

"Yeah, I know." Theshy responded.

In fact, when everyone was studying the playing strategy before the game, they pointed out that taking Rumble in the top lane would definitely be targeted, so Jarvan was banned. However, there are many heroes who can cooperate with the jungler, so they cannot all be banned.

Finally, it’s the middle lane. You don’t need to worry about Yuan Shen in the middle lane for now. These two heroes should mainly develop peacefully in the laning phase.

Yuan Shen chose to brush from top to bottom, opened red with the help of Rambo, and then went down.

Wawa commented, "From the perspective of Lee Sin's jungle route, he should be planning to help the bottom lane in the first wave, but I feel it's difficult to cooperate, because Bard's control is very unstable."

"Blind Monk doesn't have any control skills, so it's not easy to succeed."

Miller analyzed: "Is there a possibility that he went to counter-camp the bottom lane? Rek'Sai can gank the bottom lane at level 3 and go around the triangle grass. I believe Yuan Shen must know this."

"In this game, the two junglers need to keep fighting. We still have to wait and see what the final result will be."

In the top lane, Theshy's Rumble is madly suppressing Maokai. Burning Maokai is no joke.

Mouse also wanted to use the Q skill to counterattack and cause some damage to Rambo, but Rambo's distance maintenance and pulling were too perfect, and the tree could not be touched at all, so he could only take the hit in vain.

Fortunately, Mouse was mentally prepared. He knew that he was no match for his opponent in the laning phase, so he switched to the sneaky development mode, learned the E skill after reaching level two, and used the E skill to finish off the enemy.

Rita explained; "Mouse tried a little in the top lane, but found that he was no match for the opponent and faced the reality. Now it depends on whether Zz1tai will help him in the first wave."

In the bottom lane, Kog'Maw and Bard were no match for the opponent as EDG was trying to take the second place in the bottom lane. Kog'Maw and Bard had to retreat. Taking this opportunity, Bard went to the river to gain vision and came back after making a circle.

Meiko from EDG immediately gave a signal: "There may be vision in the river bushes."

The factory manager Xi knew that they couldn’t go to the bottom lane in the first wave.

Yuan Shen's Lee Sin had already reached the lower jungle area. Soon Lee Sin reached level 3 with two buffs.

At this time, the bottom lane was being suppressed.

Suddenly, Meiko's Thresh walked towards the river, apparently to gain vision.

At this time, Yuan Shen was beating the blue toad.

Calculate the position of the wards while fighting, and you can guess most of it from the time Thresh spends on vision.

"The field of vision is relatively deep." Yuan Shen calculated that the position of this eye is close to the entrance of the dragon pit. It seems to be used to monitor the situation of the river crabs.

If you go there to catch river crabs now, you will definitely be seen.

"Baolan, I'm coming." Yuan Shen reminded.

Baolan understood what he meant. At this time, the opponent's bottom lane pushed the soldiers in front of the defensive tower. This was an opportunity!
Wawa commented, "Is Lee Sin going to gank the bottom lane? How is he going to attack... Bard is coming over, and Bard opened a portal for Lee Sin! The two of them went through the portal together and went straight behind! EDG's bottom lane is in danger!"

This GANK was very sudden and Meiko and Zet were not prepared at all.

They were still pushing the lane, with Thresh trying to control the lane with his hook in front.

"Let's go! Go around!" Meiko was completely stunned when he saw Lee Sin and Bard.

Having reached this point, it seemed difficult for the two of them to move forward.

Kog'Maw came up to attack, and Meiko made a prompt decision: "Counterattack! Replace Kog'Maw first!"

Kog'Maw now has only about half of his health left, all of which was consumed in advance by Varus. This seems to be an opportunity!
So Varus and Thresh turned around, Thresh flashed E to sweep the big mouth back, and Varus followed up with output.

Rita commented; "EDG's bottom laner chose to counterattack! Are they planning to replace Kog'Maw? No, if they can get rid of Kog'Maw first, maybe they can win!"

Smlz was continuously attacked. He originally wanted to hold on to his flash and wait for Thresh's hook, but his health was running out.

So Kog'Maw used his flash directly, and Thresh's hook flew over at the same time, and hit it?

Varus flashes and attacks, getting the kill!
First blood bursts out, and the big mouth gives the first blood.

However, Varus and Thresh were already positioned very deep, and one step forward was the defensive tower, so they could only choose to fight back on the spot.

Miller commented, "Vareus is still operating. Can Thresh come up to help block the skill? No, it seems that this cannot be done. The opponent's support is Bard. If the two stand in front and behind, it will be troublesome."

After Yuan Shen gets close, he uses his E skill to hit the ground, uses a basic attack to slow the opponent, continues using basic attacks, launches a sound wave, turns around to avoid Thresh's hook, and uses an echo to knock the opponent over and take the kill.

After killing Varus, Yuan Shen turned to attack the opponent's Thresh, and also took Thresh's head!
Lee Sin got a double kill in the bottom lane!

"Nice! This wave is worth it!" Smlz got two assists, which is not bad.

Baolan said, "What a pity! If you hadn't been replaced, you would have made a lot of money."

Smlz responded, "I was too radical. I should have waited a little longer."

In the commentary booth, Wawa commented, "You know what, EDG's strategy is quite good. We were just talking about how Lee Sin went to the bottom lane and no one cooperated. The support's control was unstable, but he was immediately hit in the face by Papa. They could just open the door and go around the back without any control."

Miller continued, "That's right. Now it depends on Zhazi's rhythm. He has already reached the top lane and is sure that he will not be counter-ganked by Lee Sin. There is a lot of room for maneuver."

The scene turned to the top lane, where Factory Manager's Rek'Sai dug a tunnel from the Baron pit and had already completed the circling from the red side's top lane triangle grass.

But! There is a ward in this bush!

In fact, the factory manager was not sure whether there was any. He only knew that Rambo went towards the river and disappeared for a while.

Therefore, it is impossible to determine whether this vision is in the river grass or somewhere else.

But judging from Rambo's reaction, he should not be seen in the field of vision.

The factory manager gave Rambo a kill mark; "Wait for my skills, it will be ready soon."

But it’s different from a God’s perspective.

In the commentary booth, Wawa commented, "Something is wrong. Didn't they already see Rek'Sai's position? Why didn't they retreat? Why did they go up and fight with Maokai?"

"There's no one to support the top lane right now. Even though the mid laner Clockwork has TP and the opponent's Corki also has TP, we still won't be able to win if we're two against three."

At this time on IG's side, Rouji also sent a signal to the top lane: "Theshy, the opposing jungler is ambush you."

What surprised Rouji was not that Theshy did not retreat, but that Yuan Shen did not give a signal.

As a jungler, Yuan Shen must have been keeping an eye on the minimap. If the mid laner saw it, how could Yuan Shen not see it?

However, even though Rouji said this, Theshy remained indifferent.

At the same time, the factory manager's Rek'Sai moved and walked over from the triangle grass.

In front, the big tree is approaching. Rambo uses his E skill to slow it down, and then uses another E skill to continue slowing it down, but the distance is not enough!
At the same time, when Rambo activates his W skill to accelerate, he does not move towards the defense tower, but towards the river.

This put the factory manager in an awkward position. He had already circled to the front of the defensive tower, and now Rambo was heading towards the river. What should he do?
Miller laughed. "Did Rambo stay there on purpose? He seemed to have planned his escape route in advance. The tree was not close enough, so his W skill could not reach Rambo. Rek'Sai could not get through the wall. The wall was too thick!"

Both the factory manager and Mouse knew that they couldn't drag it out too long. This was a competition and a high-level competition at that. If it dragged on too long, someone would definitely come to support them.

So Mouse decisively used Flash W to control Rambo, and used Q skill to knock Rambo back.

Mouse's idea is very simple. If he can't kill the enemy, he will just exchange flash for flash, which is not a loss.

Rambo's flash is much more important than the flash of his big tree.

However, after he flashed, Rambo did not run away. Instead, he chose to counterattack, using W to shield, E skill to slow down, and Q skill to turn on the red temperature!

Although Rek'Sai dug a tunnel to take over and knocked the tree away, Rumble's Q skill was still outputing and the tree's health was at the bottom!
Miller commented, "Something is wrong. Why do I feel like the tree is going to be killed? Two against one and only one is killed?"

"Rumble still had a little health left after landing. He chose to flash and chase after him, followed by a basic attack and an E skill, and took the head! He did it! He killed one of the two! The question now is, can he leave?"

Theshy's Rumble started to kite Rek'Sai, slowing her down with his E skill while retreating.

Rek'Sai flashes up and knocks the opponent into the air, followed by a set of skills, and at the same time applies the red BUFF's slowing effect.

Rambo used his skill again and entered the red temperature state. Unfortunately, the damage was just a little bit off and he failed to win.

But even so, the factory manager was frightened. "He almost killed me. This guy is really something."

(End of this chapter)