novelODS 024 There's still a chance!
024 There's still a chance!
The Mantis used its Q ability to kill the prince. Li Zhixing watched the kill go in and chuckled, "Sang-hyeok, you're quite skilled with Sion. Do you watch my channel often?"
Upon hearing this, Lee Sang-hyeok's expression stiffened, then he quickly said, "Sion is a champion that anyone can play, right? Do I really need to watch a tutorial?"
This statement is full of flaws, since Sion has almost no lane dominance and is mainly focused on pushing lanes and roaming.
If it's a Zed, an assassin that requires skillful execution, Li Zhixing is completely confident that the opponent can learn it on their own. But Sion, who relies heavily on tempo... the opponent will at least watch his tutorial videos three times!
After saying that, seeing that Lee Ji-haeng didn't react, Lee Sang-hyeok added, "I've played many games!"
"Oh, Sang-hyeok is great."
Li Zhixing smiled and changed the subject, "Relax, everyone, I can already lead you to victory in this game."
With a 4-0 jungler, especially a carry jungler like Kha'Zix, it's really hard to imagine them losing.
Even if his teammates encounter any problems, he can easily cover for them.
However, unexpectedly, his teammates did encounter some problems next.
In the blink of an eye, six minutes had passed in the game.
Bang's plane killed the ranged minion with a single basic attack.
In that instant, a grappling hook emerged from the bushes, passed through the corpse of the fallen soldier, and precisely hooked onto Lulu!
"Snap!"
A tooth-grinding sound rang out, and Mata, who had been hooked, felt a chill run down her spine, realizing that something terrible was about to happen!
The next second, the plane and Thresh each teleported up and rushed in!
Seeing the situation before them, everyone knew that Lulu was doomed, and Deft had no choice but to retreat, watching his support die a miserable death at the hands of the enemy!
Fortunately, Deft's Sivir has already reached a certain level, so as long as the Prince doesn't come, it's not a big problem for him to stand under the tower alone.
However, SKT had no time to dwell on this kill; the dragon, which cost an average of 190 gold per person, was the best target.
With one human head and one small dragon, the total economy reaches 1100, and the economic gap that Li Zhixing had worked so hard to widen will be mostly closed by this wave!
On SKT's side, jungler Horo, who was farming the three wolves in the bottom blue buff area, also saw a glimmer of hope, and Jarvan IV quickly headed towards the bottom lane.
However, it was at this very moment that...
The predator's serrated blade gleamed coldly in the grass as it ripped a large chunk of flesh from his body!
No one expected that the mantis would be lying in wait on his way to the bottom lane!
The damage output of a 4-0 Kha'Zix needs no introduction. Just that one AQ combo alone took away more than 30% of Jarvan IV's health!
Horo was startled and quickly used W to slow down the Kha'Zix, then turned around and used EQ.
But Li Zhixing reacted quickly, first making a small twist to avoid being knocked up, and then entering the bushes to refresh his passive skill!
EW then pounced forward, landing and receiving another passive slow effect!
The prince, who had no Flash, was stuck to the mantis like that, and was clearly doomed!
Li Zhixing swiftly swung his knife, delivering another Q strike, and claimed the head!
With their jungler dead, SKT's dragon plan was ruined before it even began.
In the bottom lane, Kim Hyuk-kyu, who was AFK under the tower, watched this scene with a gleam in his eyes: "So cool, Zhixing-hyung!"
In the first few minutes of the game, RISE's misfortunes mainly occurred in the bottom lane.
Each time, Li Zhixing saved Lu from danger!
However, Li Zhixing did not give a positive response this time. Instead, he shook his head and said softly, "Be careful in the bottom lane. Don't make this mistake again."
He was actually saying this to Mata.
Li Zhixing could understand the heavy blow suffered in the first wave of attacks in the bottom lane, since Thresh's Flash initiation was difficult to counter, and it was indeed the opponent who played well.
The opposing duo, as the core of a top team's first team, naturally have their merits.
But it's unreasonable for them to take the bait so easily.
Li Zhixing needs to consider whether this support player is a good match for his team.
On the field, Li Zhixing's words always have a strange magic that makes them impossible to refute.
Kim Hyuk-kyu, who had just been overjoyed, immediately fell silent.
As for Mata, who almost caused a major blunder, he was filled with shame and quickly said, "It was my fault, bro."
Although Li Zhixing, born in 97, is three years younger than him, born in 94, he is now calling him "brother" more and more naturally.
There was no way around it; after those few minutes of playing the game, his desire to join RISE had reached its peak.
"Just be more careful next time."
After concluding this brief hearing, Li Zhixing continued, "Sang-hyeok, get ready to come with me to the bottom lane. We need to deal with this 2-0 lead."
"OK."
Lee Sang-hyeok's voice was calm and reassuring.
Ever since the three from Mapo revealed their identities to each other, Lee Ji-haeng has occasionally played duo queue with Lee Sang-hyeok.
Although this B can be a bit arrogant at times and likes to be stubborn... his abilities are truly remarkable.
He has never failed any task assigned to him by Li Zhixing.
Soon, the rhythm began.
The strongest point of the RISE lineup is the mid-jungle synergy between Sion and Kha'Zix, who can instantly kill anyone they target.
This was quickly proven true for the SKT duo.
One minute later, Lee Sang-hyeok gained control of the lane through a successful trade of blows, pushed the lane into the tower, and then ganked the bottom lane with Lee Ji-hyeong.
Even though the SKT duo had taken great precautions and retreated to the tower in advance, the four-man gank never needed to worry about the tower.
Mata's Lulu tanked the tower, while the other three used Sivir's ultimate to accelerate into the tower and quickly killed the two!
Thanks to Lee Ji-hyeong's deliberate concession, Lee Sang-hyeok and Kim Hyuk-kyu each secured a kill during this tower dive!
At this point, Lee Sang-hyeok returned to the mid lane to farm, while the three junglers cleared the wave and then secured a small dragon.
With two ends and one dragon, the economy has been further boosted!
Inside the SKT break room, everyone's expressions had completely changed.
Kkoma, seeing the 2-7 kill ratio above his head, was on the verge of exploding.
With such a favorable draft, how could they play so poorly?!
Regardless of the outcome, a trial will inevitably begin immediately after this round.
But now, it's best to win.
"Stay calm and take it slow."
Kkoma said in as calm a tone as possible, "Our team composition is better, so we still have a chance later on."
The SKT players immediately sensed the anger in their coach's tone and felt immense pressure.
If they lose to an amateur team in today's training match, they'll probably have to disband on the spot, right?
Now, all that's left for them to do is win in team battles, and they have to seize that opportunity no matter what.
"Take it slow, focus on developing first!" Wolf said. "No matter what, our carry is developing quite well, so we have a chance."
Although Kennen in the top lane had no kills, he had slowly accumulated a nearly 20-CS advantage in CS.
Mid-lane Orianna can also protect herself and develop.
Although the plane on the bottom lane died twice, it still had two kills.
If the jungler and support are underdeveloped, that's fine, but as long as the three carries don't fall behind in economy, team fights will still be their advantage!