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The match started quickly.
In this game, Li Zhixing had a clear strategy and did not drag his teammates to invade at the start.
SKT has studied them too thoroughly. In the last game, they almost got ambushed when they placed wards at the start. There's no need to take that risk this game. A normal defensive start is fine.
"I'm not going to bother with your side lanes in the early game this time."
Li Zhixing said, "You guys focus on your own lanes and wait for Sang-hyeok and me to get going."
"Okay!" Looper nodded, offering no objection whatsoever.
Jang Hyung-seok acknowledges the abilities of Lee Ji-haeng and Lee Sang-hyeok.
Kim Hyuk-kyu, of course, disagreed, insisting that focusing on the bottom lane was the correct way for RISE to play.
But he obeyed Li Zhixing's orders, so he nodded in agreement...
1 minutes 55 seconds.
The red buff appears in the monster camp.
RISE's three junglers immediately unleashed their damage, quickly reducing the monster's health.
While farming jungle monsters, Li Zhixing was already switching screens to observe the situation in the mid lane.
He recalled that in the previous game, the opposing team had caused them considerable trouble by ganking mid with two levels.
If given the chance, he wouldn't mind replicating it.
This time, Easyhoon on the opposing team seemed to cooperate quite well, playing Syndra aggressively from level one.
This is, of course, inevitable.
After all, the key to Syndra's success against Ahri lies in her power spike in the first three levels. If Syndra doesn't snowball in the first three levels, she'll have a hard time once Ahri reaches level six.
Therefore, Easyhoon's laning strategy was almost exactly the same as Lee Sang-hyeok's in the previous game, also starting by pushing forward to pressure the lane at level one.
Since that's the case, Li Zhixing decisively chose to speed up, used Smite to take away the buff and level up to level two, and then went directly into the river to flank and gank mid.
The mid-lane player immediately understood. Despite being only level one, he showed no sign of backing down and decisively went forward to engage in a fierce exchange of blows with Syndra.
Lee Sang-hyeok's laning style is always like this: a constant, intense exchange of blows, it's either you die or I die.
Therefore, his actions did not arouse any questioning from Easyhoon, but only increased the intensity of his suppression.
But just then, a figure flashed by.
Vi, now at level two and equipped with a red buff, appeared to his side and behind him, her iron fist gleaming with the light of charging power.
Because someone helped with clearing the jungle and finished it off with Smite, Li Zhixing leveled up to level two and ganked mid incredibly fast. At this moment, both mid laners were only level one.
Without leveling up to level 2 and learning E, Syndra had no way to counter Vi's sudden attack, so she could only retreat quickly.
The next second, Wei unleashed a powerful punch straight at his face!
Easyhoon didn't have much room to maneuver, and in a flash of thought, he decisively used Flash!
But at that instant, two golden lights shone simultaneously!
Li Zhixing often said, "Don't think about what you should do, but think about what the other side will do."
When the opponent is cornered, prediction becomes much easier.
Vi and Syndra used Flash almost simultaneously, eventually meeting at the same point.
Li Zhixing even deliberately flashed behind Syndra's flash landing point, causing the punch to knock Syndra back a short distance!
At that moment, the audience erupted in uproar.
Countless viewers had never seen such a scene before, and some didn't even realize what was happening at first.
"He predicted it!" The Roaring Emperor reacted quickly, roaring, "He predicted Easyhoon's Flash!"
In the live stream, Vi used the slow effect of the red buff to continuously punch Syndra!
Both mid laners were trading blows frequently, and both only had a little over half health left.
Lee Sang-hyeok didn't even need to do anything; he simply slowly caught up from behind and used his Q ability to deal a tiny bit of damage.
Li Zhixing then unleashed two basic attacks, securing the kill.
"First blood!"
The sound of blood being drawn echoed throughout the stadium, and cheers from the audience began to roar!
The live stream chat was flooded with comments.
[Huh? What kind of move is that? Q-flash?]
[Haven't you seen Zhixing's channel? Vi can use her skill followed by Flash, just like Shen.]
Is this the key point? The key point is that Brother Zhixing predicted the opponent's Flash!
[Wow, Vivo can be so captivating!]
This is Neo!
For viewers of this era, Vi's Q-Flash is already a dazzling move.
What's more, Li Zhixing's Q-flash was even more impressive, as he accurately predicted Syndra's flash, making it even more remarkable!
Even within RISE's voice channel, there was no shortage of praise at this moment.
As professional players, they certainly wouldn't think that Vi's Q-flash was anything amazing, but they couldn't help but admire Li Zhixing's boldness and meticulousness.
Li Zhixing's skills are undoubtedly impressive, but his precise judgment in the details is what others can't match.
However, Li Zhixing remained calm and said softly, "It's up to you now, Sang-hyeok."
"Okay, hyung," Lee Sang-hyeok replied softly, then said no more.
He didn't actually gain much from this play, except for the 200 gold from the first blood and a Flash that gave him a lead.
But for Lee Sang-hyeok, that was enough.
After they went online again, the advantage or disadvantage of the mid laners on both sides had already been reversed.
Syndra, without Flash, didn't dare to act recklessly in front of Ahri, who had Flash, and could only give way again and again.
Six minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
Lee Sang-hyeok pushed the minion wave to the tower, and then without hesitation, the level 6 Ahri pushed directly into the tower.
Syndra is only level 5 because she died once and still has a lot of tower kills left, which has reduced her experience.
However, since he had just returned to town to resupply, his health was still quite good, at 70%.
Normally, with this much health, standing under the tower would be considered absolutely safe.
But Lee Sang-hyeok didn't care about any of that. He used QW repeatedly, and with his basic attacks, he quickly reduced Syndra's health bar.
At that moment, Syndra also used EQ to push the ball.
Lee Sang-hyeok had anticipated this, and used his ultimate ability to dodge the skill while pulling himself out of the turret's range.
Then, he turned around and went back into the tower!
Syndra's EQ combo missed, leaving her with no way to counter Ahri's sudden attack.
The fox unleashed another basic attack, followed by a horizontal dash using her ultimate skill, ensuring that she could deal ultimate damage while pulling the fox back outside the tower!
The defensive tower rattled, but the fox emerged from the tower too quickly this time and didn't have time to launch an attack.
When the fox entered the tower for the third time, all of her previously used Q and W skills were ready again.
This time, Ahri used her ultimate ability directly on Syndra's face, and her E "Charm" hit precisely, followed by the Foxfire Orb flying everywhere!
Two sets of skills, three ultimate moves, and countless basic attacks—all dealing maximum damage—are more than enough to kill a Syndra with 70% health.
The final basic attack secured the kill on Syndra!
At this moment, the enemy jungler Lee Sin came to the mid lane, still trying to take down Lee Sang-hyeok.
Of course, Lee Sang-hyeok is not a complete brute; he has not forgotten the lesson of his failed tower dive in the previous game.
Because the team focused on mid and jungle in this game, Lee Ji-hyeong and Lee Sang-hyeong set up detailed vision around the mid lane, and Lee Sang-hyeong quickly gained control of Lee Sin's movements.
He teleported out of the tower from the opposite direction at the cost of taking one more hit from it.
Li Zhixing's Wei also emerged from the riverbed, escorting his little brother away.