EBE Chapter 59: Ning's Rhythm
Chapter 59: Ning's Rhythm
"Ashiba, why did you lock down Silas?"
Karam pressed his forehead: "Let's get Kai'Sa for AD carry."
"Anyway, I'm only fit to play these late-game heroes."
JackeyLove grumbled, "The enemy team is probably Lux or Sivir. I'm going to be stuck in lane again this game."
As expected, Tes brought out a barrel of wine on the third floor.
Both sides banned heroes again. Tes banned Kai'Sa's favorite heroes, Nautilus and Sion, while IG banned Xayah and Lucian.
Chen Song really didn't understand why Karam would ban those two AD carries.
On the fourth floor of Tes, Loken locked up the vampire.
When it was IG's turn, JackeyLove picked Karma.
Karam didn't quite understand.
He glanced at JackeyLove instinctively.
No, I didn't even let you choose a hero, so why did you lock in Karma instantly?
I'm the coach, what are you doing?
WTF?
"I didn't let JackeyLove take Karma, so how did he lock her in himself?"
Karam was a bit confused. It was one thing for Ning to do this, since they had discussed this tactic in the rest room, but what was JackeyLove doing?
Does this mean I'm just a puppet standing here?
You should at least ask me what you're going to get, right?
"Someone help me! Can someone translate this for JackeyLove and tell him I didn't let him take Karma?"
But after JackeyLove made his selection, he sat in the chair without saying a word.
Rookie usually helps him relay messages and translate, but now that Rookie isn't around, they can't communicate at all except for a few common terms like "heroes".
In IG's final pick, Baolan revealed Camille, which Chen Song had previously agreed upon.
On the other hand, Tes added Sivir.
With the draft phase over, the final lineups for both sides were determined.
Blue side IG: Top lane Camille, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Sylas, Bot lane Kai'Sa + Karma.
Red team TES: Top lane Vladimir, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Jayce, Bot lane Sivir + Lux.
"I think that after the champions were picked, IG's lineup was much more stable than in the last game."
"But as for the rhythm, I think it's still in Tes's hands."
Guan Zeyuan offered his analysis, while Ji De gave a different opinion: "The draft picks for both sides in this game are a match I've been looking forward to. From my personal perspective, I'm more optimistic about IG's mid-jungle duo in the early game."
After a discussion between the two commentators, the two sides officially began the match.
One minute into the game, the blue team IG placed a ward at TES's F6 camp.
Although IG lost to Tes in the last game, it did not diminish the support of the fans at the scene.
Cheers echoed throughout the venue one after another.
......
Karam returned to the lounge with a grudge.
As soon as Karam entered the lounge, he stormed up to Chen Song and asked Karma what had happened.
In his opinion, JackeyLove's choice of Karma must have been his doing.
However, considering that the competition had already started, he eventually suppressed his resentment, sat down, and put on his headphones.
There was little tactical maneuvering between the two sides in the early game, with both junglers starting with the red buff.
Compared to the laning phase in the mid and bot lanes, TheShy played particularly aggressively in the top lane.
Still harboring resentment from being solo-killed in the previous game, and with Chen Song's pre-match instructions to relentlessly suppress the opponent and have Ning constantly ganking the top lane, TheShy had no worries whatsoever.
A-ranked soldier reached level 3 first, and TheShy immediately used his hook-on-wall E skill to get in front of 369.
AQ triggers the shield, followed by the second part of Q and W for damage, and then another basic attack after W lands.
After a combo, 369's health was instantly depleted. Fortunately, his level also increased to level three, which stabilized his health, but he still had less than 300 points left.
The game lasted 3 minutes and 11 seconds.
Both junglers made the same move after quickly reaching level three.
Ning arrived at Tes's top lane triangular bush.
Xx then moved to the bottom lane tri-bush of IG.
Xx seized the opportunity, activated Predator, and circled around from the triangular bushes.
Through the wall, a smooth E-Flash combo landed on JackeyLove, while simultaneously unleashing his Q skill.
JackeyLove turned around and used a healing spell, but knowing he had no chance of survival in that position, he fought to the death without hesitation.
"First Blood!"
Sivir got First Blood!
The camera then shifts to the road.
Ning was already standing confidently under the 369 tower, blocking the minion wave and waiting for TheShy to bring it in.
After pushing the minion wave, TheShy used his E skill to hook over and attach himself to the 369 turret.
369 hurriedly used his W Blood Pool to instinctively avoid TheShy's second E attack, but TheShy had no intention of using the second E at all.
With W's first blood pool used, 369 had no way to survive. Even though he used Flash, TheShy still managed to finish him off with a second Flash Q.
The game lasted 5 minutes and 20 seconds.
Tes' bot lane duo pushed the lane too far, giving Ning an opportunity to capitalize on their mistake.
Meanwhile, while Jayce returned to base, Forge pushed the mid lane and then moved to the bottom lane to provide support.
A brilliant mid-jungle gank led to IG successfully eliminating TES's bot lane duo.
With success in the bottom lane, the top lane is not far behind.
With Xx's Predator ability activated, he and 369 also managed to kill TheShy, who had no Flash available.
It can be said that the two sides were evenly matched in the early stages.
The director switched the camera again, focusing on the middle.
After Forge stole Knight's ultimate, he activated Jayce's E skill's speed wall, and finally, together with Ning who came to gank, they chased and killed Knight.
IG players' rest area.
Chen Song took the coffee from Mafa and took a few deep sips.
"Ning's rhythm took off this game; he was setting the pace the whole time."
Mafa was clearly in a good mood.
"But TheShy is playing so aggressively in the top lane, could he find a way to break through?"
Chen Song shook his head: "Gragas is too busy taking care of his own jungle right now, so how can he possibly have time to gank top lane? Besides, after TheShy was ganked and killed last time, if you look closely at the vision control IG has set up in the upper half of the map, it's a pipe dream for Gragas to come and gank TheShy."
"Now we're really entering Camille's solo development phase. As long as no one from 369's side comes to help him, then TheShy's Camille will be just like the Ryze he played against EDG back then, it's terrifying."
Mafa nodded: "Forge's Sylas also played very well this game. He held his own against Knight and showed his individual style."
Chen Song explained, "There's a crucial reason why Knight got caught and killed in that situation: he got impatient. Think about it carefully: the top laner Vladimir got caught and killed, and the bottom laner also got caught and killed, so he got very anxious and kept looking for opportunities to trade blows with Sylas, trying to find a chance to solo kill him."
"That's exactly what Ning found an opening."
The game time has reached 9 minutes and 05 seconds.
Warning: High-energy content ahead! A true 1v1 Solo match has begun in the mid lane between the two sides.
Forge took the initiative to attack, but unfortunately his E skill failed to pull the target, so he used his Q skill to retreat.
Unexpectedly, Knight switched to hammer form and struck Forge.
Using the W skill in cannon form for acceleration, the hammer form quickly struck Forge three times before using the E skill to knock Forge away.
Not to be outdone, Forge proactively used the ultimate ability he stole from Knight to switch Jayce's cannon form and start a counterattack.
After the last basic attack was landed, Forge stood at the very end.
[IGForge is on a killing spree!]