novelODS Chapter 256 Match Point Game
Chapter 256 Match Point Game
Chapter 256 Match Point Game
"Attack! EDG is going all out! Ornn has called for a sheep! Scout's Syndra flashes and pushes the ball!" The three commentators shouted hoarsely in the commentary booth.
Faced with EDG's desperate team fight, SKT's formation made the perfect response in an instant.
Scout's Syndra flashed and used QE combo, unleashing a dark orb that fanned out in a destructive aura, aimed directly at Draven, who was being protected by Thresh.
The angle of this push was extremely tricky, almost completely blocking Draven's retreat routes.
However, Xiao Yan never considered retreating.
"Buzz!"
A golden light flashed. Just as Syndra's orb was about to touch Draven's clothes at its maximum range, Xiao Yan used Flash.
But instead of flashing backward, he flashed at an unbelievable sharp angle, directly to Syndra's side front!
This flash not only perfectly avoided Syndra's fatal stun, but also directly closed the distance with EDG's backline.
At the same time, Ray's Ornn's second ultimate ability, "Call of the Forging God," crashed in with a huge roar.
Peanut's Olaf roared and activated his ultimate skill "Ragnarok," transforming into a god of war immune to crowd control. He used his body to block the path of the charging sheep, taking all the knock-up effects for Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Yan flashed forward! He dodged Scout's push! My God, what is Draven doing? He charged into the crowd!" Miller's voice was completely hoarse.
Draven landed, the Bloodthirster in his hand radiating a crimson glow.
Xiao Yan's gaze was as cold as if he were looking at a group of dead objects. He clicked the mouse frantically, his movement and attacks so fast it was dazzling.
"Clang!"
The first auto-attack, infused with the Q skill, slammed into Syndra, who had just used her skills and was in a skill cooldown period.
Just one axe blow!
Scout's fragile body instantly lost nearly half of its health. Critical hit!
"Clang!"
Catch the axe, refresh W, and activate Blood Rush again! Draven becomes a blood-red afterimage in the crowd, followed closely by the second flying axe.
"Snap!" Syndra didn't even have time to activate her golden body before it melted on the spot.
"Draven killed Syndra! The damage was too high! Scout was killed in two axe blows!" Doll shouted in despair.
After instantly eliminating the enemy mid-laner, Xiao Yan's slaughter had only just begun.
Although the factory manager's Sejuani's ultimate was blocked by Thresh, she still gritted her teeth and used her Q skill to try to knock up Draven.
Xiao Yan simply made a slight sideways movement, and Draven's cloak grazed past Sejuani's tusks without causing her any harm.
With a counter-attack of his E skill "Pioneering Axe," Lucian and Braum, who were trying to follow up with damage, were both knocked back.
TheShy's Jayce set up an acceleration gate on the flank, unleashing a powerful electromagnetic cannon shot that blasted into the crowd, accurately hitting iBoy's Lucian.
Faker's Zoe was like a ghost, weaving along the edge of the wall, and a long-range shot slammed into Braum's security door, the splash damage completely shattering EDG's formation.
"Kill," Xiao Yan said calmly in the voice chat.
Draven's flying axes rained down like a storm. Faced with the terrifying stats of Bloodthirster and Infinity Edge, the factory manager's Sejuani's once-proud armor seemed to vanish without a trace. Three axe blows shattered her ice armor, and she collapsed into a pool of blood.
"Double Kill!"
Ray's Ornn desperately spewed out fragile flames, trying to trade even a little bit of Draven's health, but Draven's high lifesteal from each auto-attack kept his health bar always above the extremely healthy kill threshold.
"Triple Kill!"
Ornn's massive body collapsed with a crash.
At this point, only the low-health bot lane duo of EDG remained, rushing towards the inhibitor turret.
"Pentakill! Give him a pentakill!" Peanut shouted wildly in the voice chat, controlling Olaf to flash over the high ground tower and slow down iBoy's Lucian with an axe.
Wolf's Thresh was even more decisive, flashing and hooking to precisely pin Braum, who was trying to cover, to the spot.
Xiao Yan, accelerated by the W ignition, moved like the Grim Reaper. Two spinning flying axes traced deadly arcs in the air, mercilessly reaping the last lives.
"QuadraKilI!" Braum is dead.
iBoy's Lucian used his E skill, Slide, to try and escape back to the fountain. But Draven's ultimate, "Cold-Blooded Pursuit," rolled out along the ground, and two huge gear-like axes rolled over the high ground tiles, precisely scraping across Lucian's body.
"PentaKill!"
"Ace!"
The system's rousing female voice echoed throughout Summoner's Rift, vibrating the eardrums of every spectator.
"A pentakill! Xiao Yan's Draven has secured a pentakill on EDG's high ground! This is a complete massacre!" Guan Zeyuan stood up, holding his head in his hands. "It's too cruel. This game ended at the 19-minute mark!"
With SKT's five players focusing their fire, EDG's crimson crystal nexus shattered at 19 minutes and 45 seconds, turning into a shower of light and dust.
2: 0!
SKT took the lead in the match with overwhelming force.
Inside the soundproof glass of the competition room, the five EDG players did not take off their headphones for a long time.
iBoy stared intently at the word "failure" on the screen, his eyes slightly red.
The factory manager leaned back in his gaming chair, took a deep breath, and rubbed his cheeks vigorously with both hands, trying to wake himself up.
"It's my fault. I didn't handle that tower dive in the bottom lane well in the early game." Clearlove's voice sounded extremely heavy in the team voice chat.
"It's not your fault, the other side is just too strong."
The brief rest period passed in the blink of an eye.
When both players returned to the stage, the LPL fans in the audience erupted in a solemn cheer.
"Welcome back to the 2018 League of Legends World Championship semifinals! SKT currently leads EDG 2-0, holding three match points!" Miller's voice rallied. "For EDG, this is a do-or-die situation. They must fight tooth and nail and find a way to break this deadlock!"
"That's right. In the first two games, SKT's AD player XiaoYan showed extremely terrifying individual skills, especially his Draven in the last game, which was simply a nightmare-level performance."
"Let's see how EDG responds in the draft phase of this game," Wawa added.
On the large screen, the BP interface lit up.
In the third game, EDG chose the blue side, while SKT moved to the red side.
"EDG's first three bans were incredibly decisive! Draven, Kalista, Lucian! All three bans went to Xiao Yan!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed. "That's the ultimate respect! Coach Nofe's meaning is very clear: I absolutely will not allow you to gain an advantage in the laning phase!"
On SKT's side, Kkoma seemed to be in complete control, having banned Akali, Rakan, and Clearlove's signature Sejuani.
"EDG immediately locked in Kai'Sa! This is one of iBoy's most confident champions, and also a guarantee for late-game team fights."
Subsequently, both sides quickly finalized their lineups.
EDG displayed an extremely strong desire to attack, and selected an unreasonable "rushing" lineup: top laner Renekton (Ray), jungler Jarvan IV (Clearlove), mid laner Galio (Scout), and bot lane Kai'Sa (iBoy) paired with Nautilus (Meiko).
With this lineup, as long as Jarvan IV or Nautilus can engage, Galio's ultimate will bring the champion into play. Combined with Renekton's entry and Kai'Sa's dash, any ADC without mobility will be melted instantly.
SKT's response was more balanced: top laner Gnar (TheShy), jungler Lee Sin (Peanut), mid laner Syndra (Faker), and support Lulu (Wolf).
Now, only SKT's last counter pick remains, which is reserved for Xiao Yan.
"SKT's lineup has strong protective capabilities, with Lulu and Lee Sin, but facing EDG's unreasonable charge, what hero will Xiao Yan choose to counter it? Xayah is banned, and although Ezreal is agile, he's too slow at taking down the front line—" Miller analyzed the situation.
In SKT's voice chat, Kkoma looked at Xiao Yan and said, "This enemy lineup poses a huge threat to you. You need a champion who can protect themselves and deal with Renekton and Galio in the mid-to-late game. Varus? Or Caitlyn?"
Xiao Yan looked at the five menacing hero icons of EDG on the screen, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Coach, get me that," Xiao Yan said softly.
"Which one?"
"The hero who can dance in the darkness."
Wolf understood immediately and quickly swiped the mouse across the hero list. Then, a Night Hunter icon appeared, wearing red goggles and wielding a heavy crossbow.
"Let us hunt down those who have fallen into darkness!"
locking!
Vayne, the Night Hunter!
The moment Vayne locked in, the entire arena erupted in cheers.
"Vayne! Xiao Yan picked Vayne in the match point game against EDG's ultimate aggressive lineup!" Wawa's voice trembled with excitement. "What confidence! In the current version, Vayne's early laning phase is extremely weak, and her range is short. Once she makes a positioning mistake and gets hooked by Nautilus, or killed by Jarvan IV's ultimate, there's simply no chance of survival!"
"But if this Vayne can be played skillfully, she'll be a nightmare for all heavy-armored warriors in the late game!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed. "Xiao Yan is declaring to EDG: You want to charge at me? Then let's see if your spears are sharper, or if my crossbow bolts are more lethal!"
The game loads, and a gentle breeze blows through Summoner's Rift.
"Let's play it safe in the early game, I'll gank the bot lane more often," Peanut said in voice chat after buying a jungle item.
"No need." Xiao Yan bought a Doran's Blade and a health potion, then controlled Vayne to head straight for the bottom lane. "You guys play your own game, I can farm the bottom lane."
The game lasted 1 minutes and 40 seconds.
The lanes converge.
"Whoosh—"
iBoy's Kai'Sa and Meiko's Nautilus stormed into lane. In their minds, Vayne and Lulu at level one, facing Kai'Sa and Nautilus, could only cower under their tower and scavenge for experience.
However, just as iBoy approached the melee soldier, preparing to deliver the first blow...
Suddenly, a dark red figure rolled out from the bushes.
"Snapped!"
A heavy crossbow bolt, imbued with the extra damage from the Q skill "Evasion Strike," slammed into Kai'Sa's body.
Immediately afterwards, Vayne showed no intention of backing down. Despite the oppressive feeling of the Titan, she took a step forward and unleashed another basic attack.
"Xiao Yan directly crossed the minion wave at level one to attack someone! He's too aggressive! Is this the kind of positioning Vayne should be making?" Miller's eyes widened.
Seeing this, Meiko immediately controlled Titan to push forward, trying to use the passive ability to prevent Vayne from auto-attacking. However, Xiao Yan's distance control was pixel-perfect. He was right at the edge of Titan's auto-attack range, landing his third auto-attack and unleashing the true damage burst of his W skill, "Holy Silver Bolts"!
"Bang!"
A crisp cracking sound rang out, and Kai'Sa's health dropped significantly in an instant.
The moment Vayne landed her third hit, she immediately pulled back, perfectly dodging Nautilus's auto-attack. At the same time, Lulu's shield was applied in time, negating the damage from Kai'Sa's counterattack Q skill.
In just one encounter and a level 1 trade, EDG's bot lane suffered a huge loss.
"This sense of distance—it's terrifying." iBoy gritted his teeth and could only swallow a health potion and retreat. He suddenly realized that no matter whether Xiao Yan played the early-game dominant Draven or the late-game carry Vayne, the inherent oppressive power and suffocating offensive rhythm remained unchanged.
The game lasted 6 minutes and 30 seconds.
The factory manager's prince reached level six and immediately went to the bottom lane with the red buff.
"I'm in! This wave is a sure kill!" the factory manager shouted in the voice chat.
Meiko's Titan decisively flashed, and his ultimate "Deep Sea Impact" directly locked onto Vayne. Underground currents surged, heading straight for Xiao Yan.
Meanwhile, the factory manager's Jarvan IV used his EQ combo from the river bush, targeting Vayne who was locked onto by Nautilus' ultimate. Scout's Galio also activated his ultimate's shield in the mid lane, targeting the Jarvan IV who had entered the fray.
A net stretching to the heavens and the earth!
"EDG has made their move! A four-man gank on the two! Titan's ultimate locks onto the head, Jarvan IV uses EQ, Galio's ultimate! Xiao Yan is doomed this time!" Guan Zeyuan roared.
Faced with this certain death, Xiao Yan's eyes remained calm and unwavering.
One tenth of a second before Titan's ultimate was about to knock him up.
"Purify!"
Instantly removes the knockback effect!
Immediately afterward, just as the prince was about to knock him up with his EQ combo, Vayne activated her ultimate, "Final Hour," unleashing a massive crossbow behind her. She then used her Q skill, "Evasion Strike," to roll to the side and back, entering stealth mode.
The prince's EQ grazed Vayne's afterimage and missed!
"Boom!" Galio's ultimate skill slammed down, but only hit a ball of air.
"He dodged it! Xiao Yan used Purify to instantly dispel Titan's ultimate, then used his invisibility to dodge the Prince's EQ combo! He's still dealing damage!"
Vayne, emerging from stealth, unleashed her E skill "Demon Judgment," sending a massive bolt of bolt pinning Galio, who had just landed, to the thick wall of the bottom lane.
dizziness!
"Smack! Smack! Bang!"
The Silver Bolts, boosted by the ultimate ability's attack power, relentlessly rained down on Galio. The true damage exploded on Scout, and combined with Lulu's Pix, Galio's health plummeted like water.
"Counter-attack! SKT is counter-attacking! Peanut's Lee Sin has arrived with a ward hop! He kicks away Jarvan IV and Nautilus!"
Xiao Yan's mouse cursor blurred across the screen, while Vayne frantically slashed and moved along the edge of the battlefield. Each roll was accompanied by invisibility, and each reappearance took away a large portion of the enemy's life.
"Double Kill!"
"TripleKill!"
When Vayne's last crossbow bolt pierced Kai'Sa's chest, EDG's four-man gank on the second flank turned into a crushing defeat.
"Triple kill! Xiao Yan's Vayne danced in the face of death and secured a triple kill! EDG's charge was completely outplayed by him!" Miller was so excited that his face turned red.
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