novelODS 052 Frost Ring! A stunning comeback in the team fight!
052 Frost Ring! A stunning comeback in the team fight!
Amid cheers and support from the audience, EDG's mid, bot, and jungle players executed a flawless tower dive. JieJie didn't even need to use Q on the tower to build up his Q; instead, he directly initiated with an AQ combo on the enemy Jhin!
The combined damage output of the Hail of Blades marksmen and Crystal Maiden easily wiped out a level 2 Jhin with less than full health.
"First blood!"
"EDGEast has killed JDG1xn!"
In the end, Lu Yingdong secured the kill with a single Q!
Because the attack was executed so quickly, JieJie's Xin Zhao didn't even have time to land his third Q!
JieJie used a Q to knock the nearby Rakan away, then turned around and left the tower!
Lu Yingdong immediately followed up with another W, continuing to use control.
After Jie left the tower, Meiko took over the tower's aggro. Meiko made one last attack and then turned around and left the tower as well.
Seeing that the turret's aggro wasn't on him, Lu Yingdong simply threw out his E skill to deal damage.
Finally, just before Meiko left the tower, Leave Varus fired an arrow and easily secured the kill!
"EDGLeave has killed JDG Missing!"
A cheer erupted from the audience, applauding this perfect tower dive!
"Awesome!" In the top lane, Flandre, who was turret-diving, cheered enthusiastically for his teammates, "Awesome tower dive!"
With professional-level teamwork, overcoming two opponents with four is indeed a piece of cake, especially since JDG's bot lane duo is already at level two.
Jie Jie nodded in satisfaction and said, "Let's hurry back to town to resupply and then take control of the dragon."
JieJie knew this game couldn't drag on into the late game, so he had to put enough pressure on the opponent to force them to engage in team fights.
The best way to apply pressure is, firstly, to control the three smaller dragons, and secondly, to attack the larger dragon.
"OK." Lu Yingdong glanced at the gold coins in his hand, casually ate two more melee minions, and then stood under the tower and pressed B to return to base.
After returning to base, he immediately used another teleport to head towards the mid lane.
He secured First Blood and an Assist in this wave, and with the previous three waves of minions, he had just enough gold to complete the Lost Chapter.
The missing chapters in this version are worth 1300 yuan, which is not very cost-effective, but their key mana regeneration attribute still makes them the best choice for lane-pushing mages like Crystal Maiden.
Generally speaking, this 1300 gold item would be a huge choke point for many mages who are weak in lane, requiring them to return to base two or even three times to complete it. Fortunately, Lu Yingdong's roaming this time yielded great results, and he managed to get the item in one go, which made for a very comfortable pace.
At this moment, Zuo Shou also pressed TAB and saw the Ice Maiden's equipment, and his expression turned slightly ugly.
Now, with the Ice Maiden's missing chapters, I'm struggling to even finish the fight with my left hand, let alone the little yellow book and blue crystal!
Of course, he didn't give up using his left hand.
Once he was sure it was safe, he still tried to go up and use his skills to wear her down, attempting to restrict the Ice Maiden's movements.
However, despite his several proactive attacks, he failed to achieve good results.
Either the Q skill is dodged, or both sides exchange Qs, resulting in a break-even in terms of health, but the Ice Maiden's Q pushes the lane faster.
It was rare for the push ball to hit and complete the full combo, but the Ice Maiden, instead of backing down after being hit, threw an E into Syndra's face and chased after Syndra for a beating!
Because of his inferior equipment, Zuo Shou was beaten so badly by the Ice Maiden that he had to run away with his head in his hands, and his health was lost instead of gained!
Left Hand was a little annoyed. He used his E skill so easily? Aren't you afraid I'll jungle?
Lu Yingdong is really not afraid.
Because Jie Jie was just hanging around nearby.
With half a minute left in the dragon fight, JieJie is too lazy to farm in the top half of the map. He's just standing guard near the mid lane to protect DongGe!
With the jungler's protection, Lu Yingdong was naturally under no pressure. He turned around and threw out three minion dematerializers one after another, clearing the minion wave in no time.
With a lane in the mid lane and a lane in the bottom lane, the dragon is practically guaranteed!
As the lament of the alchemist dragon echoed through the canyon, the wind dragon spawned on the map, and Zuo Shou's heart skipped a beat.
After the Alchemy Dragon comes the Wind Dragon? Does that mean the Dragon Soul can only choose one of water, fire, earth, or lightning? That's not good news...
After securing the dragon, Lu Yingdong returned to the mid lane and resumed a high-intensity laning phase.
Both mid laners were constantly walking on the edge of a knife, always within the opponent's skill range, and their skill exchanges were nothing short of a sword fight!
In the end, the Ice Maiden gained a slight advantage and brought Syndra down to below half health!
Left hand was getting a bit annoyed from being hit. The Ice Maiden was now close to level six, and his Syndra, with half health, wasn't even safe standing under the tower!
With no other option, he had to return to town and then use his TP (Teleport) to log back in.
As he returned to the city, his doubts grew stronger.
Syndra is indeed a tough matchup against Lissandra, but ZuoShou is a veteran who has been playing for many years and has experienced this matchup countless times, even facing off against top players like Scout and Rookie.
From the left hand's perspective, the Ice Maiden opposite him was no different from those top-tier masters.
Compared to those other players' Ice Maiden, East was able to maintain stable lane control while also possessing a sharper and more ruthless style, putting even more pressure on Left Hand!
After using TP to log in, I found that Crystal Maiden was gone again!
"Watch out! He's gone!" Left Hand immediately pinged the signal, and JDG's teammates were instantly on edge, making the laning phase fraught with danger!
Fortunately, the Ice Maiden didn't roam this time; she just returned to base to replenish her supplies and bought a Killing Ring.
Because now that more than seven minutes have passed, the Rift Herald is about to spawn.
EDG had prepared to take the lead early. Leave and Meiko started pushing the bottom lane half a minute in advance and returned to base with Lu Yingdong to replenish supplies before heading towards the mid lane.
JDG's top, mid, and jungle lanes, including Wukong and Syndra, are quite strong in skirmishes, so they naturally need to bring over their strongest bot lane.
Leave didn't hold back and immediately started pushing the middle route.
Lu Yingdong didn't try to steal the minion wave, but instead switched screens to check the bottom lane.
On the bottom lane, JDG's bot laner 1xn is currently farming minions alone.
Lu Yingdong thought for a moment and asked, "Zhao Lijie, where is the monkey on the other side?"
"I don't know," JieJie replied immediately. "This monkey hasn't appeared in a long time. It's been constantly attacking, so it must be level six by now."
As Lu Yingdong listened to Jie Jie's words, his eyes narrowed slightly. He looked at the pitch-black lower river channel and sensed something was amiss.
"Be careful..." Lu Yingdong had just opened his mouth, but before he could finish speaking, a sudden change occurred!
Suddenly, a golden light flashed across the calm screen, and then a monkey appeared out of thin air near Leave. E immediately used [Havoc in Heaven] and started spinning!
Left hand also showed no mercy, Syndra flashed to push the ball, and followed up with control!
Without the purification buff, Leave was instantly struck hard, continuously controlled and rendered unable to move!
At the same time, Luo also emerged from behind with an E, and a W rushed straight towards him!
Lu Yingdong reacted quickly, instinctively wanting to use his ultimate move on Luo, but ultimately held back.
He could indeed interrupt Rakan's W, but he knew that wouldn't save his teammates.
As expected, Syndra unleashed a full W followed by her R, and with Wukong's ultimate followed by a follow-up strike, even before Rakan's W could be cast, Leave's squishy Varus was instantly wiped out!
"JD.com seized this opportunity perfectly! Leave was instantly outbid!" On the Huya platform, Zitai couldn't help but shout, "That's it! Vanguard is going to be lost!"
1xn, who was just farming minions in the bottom lane, suddenly turned around and walked to the mid lane.
Having just solo-farmed a wave of minions in the bottom lane, 1xn has now reached level six.
JDG's players didn't linger; they grouped up and headed towards the top river.
Obviously, this is where the problem arises.
Uzi frowned as he looked at the situation and said, "On EDG's side, their most fed player, Leave, is dead... and JDG also has a level 6 Jhin, so we can't take the Rift Herald."
The difference in numbers cannot be ignored, especially since EDG is missing one of their most fed players.
At this point, giving up the vanguard and exchanging it for mid-lane plating would be the most reasonable choice.
However, both Uzi and Zz1tai could clearly see that EDG didn't seem to want to let it go so easily.
Although they were missing Leave, the EDG players did not hesitate and headed straight for the upper river!
Should they take the hit? Zita and Uzi were startled, their eyes glued to the game screen in front of them.
They all understood that this was the most crucial wave.
"..."
In the EDG voice chat at that moment, Leave, who had been instantly killed, looked dejected and said, "Damn it, I didn't expect the other side to be able to catch me..."
"Don't talk about that yet, come with me first." Lu Yingdong communicated with his teammates in the voice chat: "The enemy mid and jungle don't have Flash or their ultimate, they don't have much fighting power, we can fight this wave."
Although the EDG members felt it was a bit risky, they still did as instructed. The three of them grouped up and headed towards the top river, while Flandre stayed on the other side of the river, waiting for an opportunity to act and observe the situation.
At this moment, we can see that the Rift Herald is down to half health after being surrounded by five JDG players!
Jie Jie, wielding Zhao Xin, knew nothing of cowardice and charged forward with his spear.
But as soon as he got near the Dragon Pit, JDG's players didn't hesitate and made their move!
369, wielding his weapon, unleashed a dazzling display of skill. With his Q ability within range, he decisively used Flash followed by a second E to stun, catching Jie Jie completely off guard!
In that instant, countless possibilities flashed through Lu Yingdong's mind.
With his 85-point team fight ability, Lu Yingdong is quickly analyzing team fights.
As 369 initiated the team fight, Zuo Shou immediately followed up with a push ball, Luo also used EW to dash in, and Wukong also used E to come in. JDG's coordination really came out of nowhere!
Obviously, if JDG's full control chain is executed, JieJie will inevitably be controlled to death, and then this team fight will be hopeless.
Lu Yingdong reacted quickly, first throwing out his ice claws towards JDG's backline!
At the same time, the dark magic orb in his left hand shot straight at him, knocking Jie Jie unconscious again.
Immediately following, Missing's Luo also rushed over with a move called "Grand Entrance"!
But Lu Yingdong was prepared and decisively launched a powerful attack!
"freeze!"
Lissandra let out a loud shout, freezing Luo in mid-air!
Rakan's W has a unique mechanism. If you wait for him to land his W, you can't interrupt it. To interrupt this skill, you must apply crowd control while Rakan is still in the movement phase.
Lu Yingdong's reaction rate is currently as high as 90 points, so reaching this point shouldn't be a problem.
Before Luo could fully get into position, he was controlled by Lissandra's ultimate, and his W was forcibly interrupted!
Because Rakan's W was interrupted, JDG's control chain broke, giving JieJie a chance to unleash his ultimate.
Being able to unleash a powerful attack is enough.
Lu Yingdong had a sudden thought and saw that the Ice Claw had already spread to Syndra and Jhin.
On JDG's side, apart from Jhin, almost no one noticed the Ice Claw, or rather, even if they did, they didn't care. After all, everyone's attention was on JieJie, and killing Xin Zhao was their top priority.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Yingdong used his second E skill to switch positions and plunged deep into JDG's camp!
At the same time, Jie Jie, wearing Mercury Boots, finally broke free from control, and the ultimate move command he had entered long ago took effect immediately!
[New Moon Sweeps Across!]
Xinye swept his spear around, hitting the three people—monkey, Luo, and others—who were surrounded by weapons!
The three were swept away by the spear!
And the direction they flew back was precisely the direction of their own camp—that is, the direction where Lissandra was!
Lu Yingdong curled the corners of his mouth, and only after the three of them were swept over did he unleash a W [Frost Ring] kick!
A ring of ice enveloped all five JDG players simultaneously!
Stomp on five at once!
In that instant, everyone's heart and lungs stopped!
"Whoosh!" On the other side, Flandre seized this perfect opportunity. Kennen instantly used E-Flash to enter the fray, covering all five people controlled by Lissandra within the range of his ultimate!
"EastGod's W is insane! Flandre is in!" Miller roared from the commentary booth, his voice echoing throughout the entire arena!
It's like a visual feast!
Although Flandre's equipment was average, the scene of him activating his ultimate to electrify five people was still quite dreamlike!
Under the combined burst of damage from Crystal Maiden and Kennen, Left Hand's health bar was the first to disappear without Flash. Missing's Rakan was then relentlessly attacked by JackeyLove's spear, and the two were turned into two ice corpses by Crystal Maiden's passive effect.
369 immediately realized that the team fight had been lost. With half of his health remaining, he did not hesitate. As soon as the stun wore off, he jumped to the ward and retreated!
The AD carry 1xn had Cleanse and Flash at hand, and barely escaped by using up both summoner spells!
But the remaining Kanavi wasn't so lucky. He didn't even have time for the ice corpse to explode before the Ice Maiden took him out with a single Q!
With three kills, Holy Gun Jie Jie and Lu Yingdong each got one, making it a truly fruitful return!
"Wow!!!" At the match, Wawa, who was commentating on the finals, was completely astonished. "Perfect teamwork from DongShen and Flandre! EDG pulled off an absolutely incredible team fight!"
The third commentator, Rita, stared wide-eyed at the match, exclaiming in astonishment, "This is unbelievable!"
That's the charm of League of Legends; a team fight can turn the tide in an instant.
One second ago, I thought JDG was going to focus fire on JieJie and take him down, thus securing victory in this vanguard team fight.
But the next second, with the entry of Ice Maiden and Kennen, the outcome was instantly reversed!
【gun!】
[Gun? Do they even understand the game? Isn't this all thanks to DongShen?]
[Holy crap, East!]
[DongShen's play this time was truly outrageous, one W slam stomped on five!]
[Holy Gunner seized his opportunity well; he was already on top of Dong-Jin as soon as he entered the game!]
[These old guys on EDG are getting stronger and stronger, I didn't expect that.]
Who says elderly people can't outrun a supercar in a kayak?
[Got it!]
Even the viewers in the live chat understood that after EDG won this skirmish, JDG basically had no chance of turning the tide.
Next, the EDG team returned to base to rest and plan their assignments for the vanguard team.
"Let's go down the bottom lane," Lu Yingdong said. "I can still push the lane. After I push, you take the Herald and go down the bottom lane. Even if the enemy doesn't give us a chance, we can still use the Herald to take the first tower."
OK.
The EDG members nodded in agreement and began preparations according to the plan.
This plan ultimately became a vanguard ten minutes into the game, crashing headlong into JDG's bottom lane turret.
The undefended bottom lane tower ultimately turned into gold coins, flying into the pockets of the EDG four-man team.
Lu Yingdong finally returned to the city. Looking at the more than 1,000 gold coins in his hand, he did not hesitate at all and directly combined the lost chapters in his hand into Luden's Surge.
Since the equipment is so good, why bother with Eternal Frost?
Go straight for Luden's Echo, give the opponent some pressure!
After leaving the house, 11 minutes have passed, and the second Wind Dragon has spawned.
Although the Wind Dragon isn't important, in order to maintain the Dragon Soul rhythm, EDG still gathered immediately and grouped up to control the dragon!
JDG's people are still up to no good and want to come and try again.
But who would have thought that this Ice Maiden wouldn't give her a single chance?
Seeing Kanavi eager to fight, Lu Yingdong pressed the Ice Claw that had only run halfway, then flashed forward and used W next to the monkey!
At this moment, Lu Yingdong's attention was highly focused.
He was observing his surroundings for any ghostly figures.
If a phantom appears, it means the monkey has activated his W (invisibility), and he will not hesitate to use his R (invisibility) on himself.
Lu Yingdong observed his surroundings but found no illusory figures.
That means the monkey didn't use W.
Then he can die.
Lu Yingdong used his Frost Tomb skill to freeze the monkey, and then used Q to attack!
Under Luden's Ice Maiden's frenzied attacks, Kanavi's health plummeted, and he was instantly reduced to near-death!
The next second, Leave Varus unleashed a devastating WQ arrow, precisely finishing off the monkey's last bit of health!
"Wow! The Ice Maiden's damage is too high! Kanavi was instantly killed!"
"That's unplayable. With the jungler dead, JDG has no reason to engage in the dragon fight."
As the commentators said, when JDG saw Kanavi get instantly killed, they immediately retreated quickly.
On the retreat, Zuo Shou felt a little heavy-hearted.
The enemy team is so fed that even low-damage heroes like Crystal Maiden can one-shot people?
What's the point of playing this game?
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Today's content flowed smoothly and wasn't suitable for being split into chapters, so I'm posting it all together as one chapter, still a roughly 5,000-word update.
Although I haven't saved any drafts, I've been updating every day without fail. There aren't many new books on Qidian that consistently have around 5,000 words during the initial period.
PS: Thank you Lingguan for the 200 Qidian Coins donation.
Thank you to Walking in the Dark for the 200 Qidian Coins donation.
Thank you to Evil Sword Master for the 400 Qidian Coins reward.
Thank you to the three bosses!