On the stage, ten team members lined up neatly on both sides, preparing for the upcoming fourth game.
After three consecutive high-level battles, everyone showed some signs of fatigue. Contrary to most people's intuitive feelings, many seemingly mental competitions, such as Go, often turn into a showdown of physical strength and willpower until the end, and the same is true for e-sports.
"call"
Wang Hao clasped his fists together, blew some air into his hands, then gently kneaded them to relax his slightly stiff hands.
"This kid Xiao Min is really ruthless. He just chased me and hacked at me, but I couldn't hit him."
"Oh, he's too fat. I can't hit him no matter how hard I hit him."
"I'm sorry, brothers, I fed him too much." Tong Yang touched his head and said embarrassedly.
Compared to the non-mainstream kitchen knife lineup in the third game, LG.S's bp in this game was much better. They got Maokai, a popular hero in the current version, in the top lane, forcing EDG's mid laner to pick up Ryze, a hero who was relatively weak in the early stage.
Therefore, Xiao Min's Rumble suppressed Tong Yang's Treant very hard at one point, suppressing a lot of last hits and gaining the advantage on the line in the early stage. During the mid-term team battle, Rumble's left and right were not much smaller than Treant, and the other lanes also basically maintained a balanced development. From EDG's perspective, everything seemed to be going smoothly.
How could the tree, who had been suppressed for a long time, let go of such an opportunity? He decisively used his W skill to tie up Rambo under the defense tower, and then used his Q Thorn Slam to hammer Rambo deeper into the defense tower. The control lasted for nearly two seconds, causing Rambo to suffer two hits from the defense tower.
Soon the disadvantages of the top, mid and jungle spread to the bottom lane, and LG.S launched a fierce attack on EDG's bottom lane.
However, Xiao Min made a major mistake at this time, and the previous smooth progress was completely interrupted by this sudden change.
In order to suppress the big tree, Rambo's health was also consumed a lot. At this time, two hits from the defense tower instantly reduced his health to a very dangerous level. As soon as he got out of the control state, Xiao Min quickly used his flash to get out of the control of the defense tower.
Or maybe he actually realized it, but he was still hoping for the best, thinking that even if he couldn't catch the person, he could still escape in time.
Of course, whether this idea can work or not can only be seen during the game.
Indeed, in a one-on-one duel, Mantis with his passive ability of being isolated and helpless often has a huge advantage, but he does not realize that his mid and top players are at a disadvantage in the lane and cannot provide him with timely support.
But seeing Rambo in such a state, Tong Yang was not willing to let him go. He quickly threw out a sapling to slow down Rambo and at the same time flashed to stick to him and continue attacking.
Zhang Yu waved his hand and consoled him, "It's okay. I took this lineup for granted. It's normal for the kitchen knife team to be unable to defeat Mundo in the back."
Not only that, Rambo's death seemed to have caused a very severe psychological blow to all EDG players, and other EDG players made many major mistakes frequently in the following period of time.
After getting the first blood, when both sides returned to the line, Maokai had already put on the Ghost Cloak. Rambo, who was inferior to Maokai in level and equipment, could no longer pose much threat to Maokai.
"Okay, okay, don't worry about the last round. Play this round well and try to finish it early." At this time, the soldiers had already come out of the house, and Zhang Yu's reminder also made everyone regain their attention.
When Rambo was pushing the line of troops under the giant tree defense tower, he accidentally used Q to burn the giant tree, attracting the hatred of the defense tower.
However, judging from the early games, EDG's decision in the top lane still played a certain role. As the t1 hero in the current version, although Maokai is good at team battles, he rarely encounters heroes that can make him suffer online due to his own toughness and passive recovery, and Rumble happens to be one of them.
"Oh, if I had known I would have gone to the top lane to wait for a few waves. Now we can all eat." It was already getting late and everyone was a little hungry, including Guozai.
But reality soon gave him a heavy blow. The moment he entered the LG.S jungle area, his movements were clearly seen by the defensive wards at the entrance of the LG.S jungle area.
At this time, Rambo wanted to turn around and use the harpoon to slow down the tree, but the tree's skill had already cooled down. The tree used the W skill to dodge Rambo's harpoon and tied up Rambo at the same time, and then another heavy blow directly took Rambo's head.
When he failed to capture the person and wanted to escape, he found himself surrounded by LG.S's supporters. Although Mantis tried every possible means, he was eventually killed by Tree.
Next came the Mantis in the jungle. Perhaps because of the team's disadvantage, the factory manager became anxious. He actually wanted to use the advantage of Mantis's singles and go to the jungle to challenge Spider.
First, Ryze in the middle lane was hit by Yasuo's gust of wind while trying to kill a cannon. He was blown away. At this time, Yasuo had reached level 6, and he decisively used his ultimate skill, Last Breath, to kill Ryze.
I don’t know if it’s because of the fatigue from long-term competition or the pressure from high-intensity competition.
The mid-jungle combination got Yasuo and Spider. Although Yasuo is still an AD output hero, compared to the previous Zed, Yasuo's built-in armor penetration makes it much easier for him to cut meat. Combined with the big tree and spider, they can also provide certain magic damage. At least in this game, there is no need to worry about being unable to defeat anyone in the late stage.
EDG was also prepared for this, and the entire team immediately rushed to the bottom lane to provide support. Soon, players from both sides gathered one after another, forming a 5v5 team battle in the bottom lane.
Although it was a 5v5 with the same number of players and EDG was protected by a defensive tower, when the real fight started, EDG, with its gap in equipment and coordination, was quickly defeated under the fierce attack of LG.S.
In the end, LG.S won the team battle with a one-for-three exchange, and also took the bottom lane tower and the first little dragon.
After losing this team battle, EDG seemed to have completely lost all their fighting spirit, and retreated in all directions, falling into a completely passive state of being beaten, and all their resources were gradually eroded by LG.S.
Under such circumstances, the economic gap between the two sides will widen as time goes by.