Reclaiming glory starts with LGD

Chapter 39 Not Knowing How to Win

Bp unfolds amidst an argument.

The blue team's OMG immediately killed Jayce.

Following Jiangxia's lead in sealing off the Demoness, the Icon of all icons.

On their second move, OMG continued to target the mid lane, eliminating Orianna.

Seeing OMG's desire, Jiang Xia smiled.

Do you think he's a newbie, so you want to expand his mid-lane champion pool?

Oh.

Ban Syndra.

For their third pick, OMG banned the mid-lane champion, Lissandra.

LGD retaliated against Viktor.

"Wow, they've really gone head-to-head! Six mid-lane bans, it's a battle of champion pools!"

"Wow, OMG dares to do this because of the confidence given by Icon, and LGD really believes in Knight."

The two commentators were quite excited, and the tension was palpable even in the Bp (Browser) chat.

Icon was asked by the coach whether he needed to make the first shot.

"No need, I have a big enough champion pool, I can counter whatever he plays."

"OK."

OMG locked in Graves on the first floor, while LGD secured a strong bot lane duo on the first and second floors: Braum and Lucian.

Next, OMG gave Shen to Xiyang on the second floor and locked in Thresh on the third floor.

LGD secured the victory against Ueno on the third and fourth floors, defeating Rambo.

Marin was enjoying playing Shen, and the opposing team didn't ban his champion.

I'm enjoying this so much...

He just couldn't understand why the opposing team was acting like a bunch of hotheads.

The same thing happened in the Spring Split; they would relentlessly focus on one lane and ignore everything else.

Thinking of this, Marin shuddered.

In that Spring Split match, he was ganked badly, but LGD still won that game.

After all, OMG's targeting was purely based on personal grudges, with no tactical basis whatsoever.

To catch you, I'm willing to give up everything else.

He knew these things; he didn't need to say them.

Because the coach knows it too.

Jiang Xia is speaking right now.

"If we do this, BP will switch lanes at the start of the game. We should respond according to the methods we have practiced before. If we do this well, we will win half the battle."

"Next, the jungler and support will mostly be in the mid lane. They are not afraid to fight the enemy. If they don't have time, they will fight in half of the map and make trades. Their trades will be very rough and they will definitely lose."

Pyl gave an OK sign: "Got it, that's how it is for OMG. How can we win if our mid laner doesn't perform exceptionally well?"

"Even if you unleash your full potential, it's useless. Can a little icon beat King?" Eimy chuckled.

As they were talking, OMG confirmed on the fourth and fifth floors that the team consisted of Vampire and Jinx as the dual carries.

Then Jiangxia gave Knight Karma as a counter pick.

"Oh, mid lane Karma, LGD's draft picks are always a bit unpredictable."

"Yes, but Knight's champion pool is really deep; it seems like he can play anything."

Before stepping down from the stage, Jiang Xia specifically told us not to be afraid of fights and collisions, and even if the opponent backed down, we should take the initiative to go into the jungle to find people.

Bring Karmabron, and small group tours will definitely be 10/0.

These words actually made the veterans at LGD feel quite comfortable.

I felt that the coach understood them very well, and that he was also very ruthless.

Unlike the previous ones.

Regardless of the lineup, they always say things like, "Stay calm, develop, don't trade blows, don't give them opportunities, give up the resources you should, and wait for someone to carry."

It makes me furious. They're all professional players, so who's worse than whom?

The lineups for both sides are as follows:

OMG (Blue) Shen, Graves, Vladimir, Jinx and Thresh in the bot lane.

LGD (Red) Rumble, Hecarim, Karma, Lucian and Braum in the bot lane.

Yes, the coach on the other side doesn't have sweaty hands.

After shaking hands, Jiang Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

Backstage, they discussed their initial plans.

"If the enemy team dares to pick Shen first, they will most likely switch lanes at the start of the game."

"I had Braum follow Hecarim to jungle in the top half of the map, while IMP farmed experience alone in the bottom lane, since he wasn't under pressure against Shen."

Tabe nodded: "With the support in the top half of the map, the enemy jungler won't dare to force a jungle swap, otherwise it would be pointless to force the bot lane duo to come and swap lanes."

"Yes, if they don't kidnap him, the jungle trade won't be successful, and Rumble won't be at risk of being tower-dived. On the contrary, their bot lane is afraid of being caught and doesn't dare to put too much pressure on Rumble."

Heart couldn't help but clap his hands; they had used this opening strategy in training matches, and it worked very well.

On the screen, the scene Jiang Xia had anticipated unfolded: OMG swapped lanes at the start of the game.

They were even wondering why LGD wasn't targeting the lane swap, it seems they're still as arrogant as ever, not taking them as opponents.

Then, OMG's jungler JueJue sneaked into the red side's red buff area at level one, where two big men were found crouching in the bushes.

Once Braum's passive was applied, Centaur Warrunner chased after him relentlessly, forcing him to use Flash to retreat.

"Damn, they're supporting..."

The scene is extremely comical.

"That way, the enemy jungler wasted a lot of time, and Rumble is doing well too."

In order to facilitate ganks, OMG's support Xiao Wu placed wards in the river, which allowed Marin to use the top lane bushes to withstand pressure and gain experience.

Jiang Xia: "And then comes the next step."

Upon hearing this, Tabe and Heart both laughed.

During the team chat, Pyl was very anxious.

"Hurry, hurry, let's go straight in!"

With Braum's help, Hecarim, who was already a fast jungler, cleared two camps even faster.

So they immediately led Braum into Graves' upper blue buff area.

The Graves, who was fighting a toad, suddenly saw a cosmetic ward, followed by a golden light.

"Brown, step down and stop them!"

"With his passive active, Graves, who didn't have Flash and had just used his E to clear jungle camps, got stuck on by Hecarim's red buff and couldn't escape!"

Ignite it, and easily help Eimy secure the first kill.

Then, take down Graves's toad and the three wolves.

OMG suffered heavy losses in the jungle, and the mid-lane Vladimir couldn't steal Karma's lane.

The duo who should have been dominating the A tower in the top lane could only retreat unwillingly.

Marin happily finished off the tower.

LGD's start was extremely comfortable.

Eimy's face was practically beaming with joy. Hehehe, he had never had such a wonderful start.

Seeing this scene, Guan Zeyuan belatedly realized the significance of the situation.

"LGD planned everything from the start!"

"It's not uncommon for supports to follow the jungler, but it's usually for defense. This is the first time I've seen it have this effect on the field."

"This LGD team has really changed a lot."

Guan Zeyuan expressed the sentiments of countless viewers and fans.

LGD has quite a few tactics going on right now, and they're getting some really interesting ones.

Unlike previous "top-tier strategies" like the Fire Man's iron-forging, this is a genuine intellectual crushing.

If you covered up the team name, I'd believe you if you said it was SKT.

[OMG was completely outmaneuvered by this unconventional opening strategy.]

[IMP is having so much fun playing alone in the bot lane. Even if LGD doesn't get a kill in the jungle, they're still winning by playing like this.]

[Are we finally getting teams in the LPL that know how to use tactics?]

[LGD's coach is awesome!]

For the OMG coach, things seem to have taken an unexpected turn.

The jungler had a terrible start, the top lane duo couldn't put any pressure on Rumble, and the mid and bot lanes lacked lane priority...

It's been 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

Graves, who had finally reached level 3, signaled towards the mid lane and came over with his support.

He had considered the possibility of the opponent counter-camping, but he didn't think it would happen too quickly.

"OMG knows they need Icon to take control of the mid lane now!"

Seeing the vampire's unusual actions, Knight remained completely calm.

My teammates are there too.

Your purpose is all too obvious.

The moment Graves slid up and threw a smoke grenade, Kamal moved in the opposite direction and put her W chain on Graves.

From behind, Centaur rushed out, and Karma cast RE on him.

Eimy rushed forward even faster, swiftly kicking the Graves in the front.

Braum uses W to touch a minion and get close to it, then applies Q.

In the blink of an eye, Graves was killed once again.

Throughout the entire process, the powerless vampire was of no help whatsoever.

"Graves died, Thresh hooked Hecarim, but OMG is clearly out of fighting strength."

"This proactive move has backfired!"

"Thresh flashes, Hecarim activates Ghost, and Karma's next E is ready."

"Wow, this mid-jungle duo looks really good together. Hecarim really loves champions that can speed him up."

The two commentators continued to provide their analysis.

His words were full of praise for LGD's strategy from the draft to the start of the game, as well as their counter-ganking approach.

Just then, the director cleverly gave a shot of LGD's rest area.

The meaning is self-evident.

Inside, the three coaches all looked calm, as if they had everything under control.

The other half of OMG's coach is already numb.

How come LGD is playing so smoothly? LGD used to be strong, but not in this aspect.

I've never felt this suffocating during operation before.

For the audience...

LGD is even stronger after beating RNG.

[The turtle is still evolving!]

[But OMG's playstyle is indeed a bit abstract; their jungler is too clueless.]

That's really true.

JueJue swore, and Icon wanted to swear too.

Frozen Sunset was about to get his head knocked off balance by IMP in the bottom lane, and he wanted to curse too.

SMLZ couldn't beat Rumble by himself in the top lane. He doesn't understand the point of switching lanes.

They started cursing right away.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Stop arguing, let me develop, I can carry in the late game." Icon resisted the urge to argue with Han Jin.

The game is still going on, so arguing is something we should be doing during the post-game analysis.

Eimy: "The enemy jungler is completely destroyed. Next wave, I'll go and farm his blue buff area, and I'll be 2 levels ahead of him."

"Wow, awesome jungler! I need to go down and farm some experience points, otherwise I'll be useless later."

"Then you should come with me in the mid lane and clear this wave of cannon minions."

"Okay, hehe."

Those who are on good terms are all brothers.

In the following minutes, OMG took their headstrong personality to the extreme.

The jungler and support roamed to the mid lane several times.

Several LGD players were present; if they fought, they would lose, and people would die.

But he just wouldn't accept it; the more he died, the more he wanted to come back. I don't know who he was competing with.

Tabe was stunned.

"Why is Graves still playing like this when he's already 0-4?"

"I don't know, but the more he does that, the faster we win."

Marin and IMP faced no pressure on the sidelines, allowing their individual skills to be showcased to the fullest.

So Tabe wants to ask, what is OMG's coach doing? How could he allow this kind of behavior?

He glanced at Jiang Xia without leaving a trace, thinking to himself that they were both LPL coaches.

The difference is just too big...

It was 8 minutes later.

Eimy noticed that the enemy Graves and Thresh had quieted down for a while.

"Wait until I eat the dragon, then I'll go straight in!"

So Knight prepared to move closer.

Karma absolutely has to stick with the jungler in this mid-jungle duo.

"After taking the dragon, Eimy headed towards Graves' jungle and ran into him!"

"A level 7 Centaur Warrunner versus a level 5 Graves!"

With a charge from the Shadow Isles, Graves once again fell helplessly in his own jungle.

It's 0-5 now.

Icon opened his mouth, as if to say: Bro, I'm doing alright, why don't you wait for me?

Another minute passed before JueJue finally realized what was happening.

Damn, we can't go to the middle lane.

We need to go to the top lane and take down the tower first, since our bottom tower is already gone.

The enemy AD carry is incredibly fed.

However, OMG's move to call for reinforcements was too obvious.

The support disappeared from the lane very early, coupled with the vampire using his W to clear the wave and Marin's killing intent.

With all this information combined, Commander-in-Chief Pyl immediately understood.

"Get ready to set off and assemble, let's take them down!"

"Alright! If you're sure you want to take this, I'll expose some weaknesses." Knight felt that he had become a bit mischievous under the influence of his teammates.

"You really have to sell K-King. The other side are naive newbies. If you sell him, they'll believe you."

"hey-hey."

Soon, OMG took action.

Nakano flanked and prepared to gank the top lane, while Icon was still gloating.

I think a newcomer is a newcomer. They have such a big advantage and can still give themselves room to maneuver, haha.

"We must climb the tower!"

"Wow, Marin's Rumble play was perfect! He cleared the wave and separated OMG's bot lane duo!"

Meanwhile, Vladimir and Graves had already charged in, and Shen's ultimate was also applied to Graves who was tanking the tower.

In that instant, the red team's turret lit up with Karma's Teleport.

Under this pressure, SMLZ had no choice but to flash in and continue dealing damage.

He regretted it the moment he went up.

Then, Lucian Braum's hero model appeared prominently in the background.

Oh no... How did they get here so fast in the bottom lane?

"Marin has dragged on for tons of time!"

"LGD's entire team has arrived!"

Pyl Braum flashes, uses W to get close to Rumble, raises his shield, and then uses his ultimate—all in one smooth motion.

Karma's landing was accompanied by a RE shield that left the entire OMG team in despair.

"Chase! Chase! Kill!"

"kill!"

This is what IMP shouted.

The Graves would be instantly killed by an unknown AOE attack, before the sun even sets, and he'd be paralyzed.

Then, the vampire activated his Blood Pool, and Jinx, who was tanking the tower, was instantly vaporized.

SMLZ: ......

Thresh can't escape, and Vladimir is also in his grasp.

In a team fight, Rumble and Lucian both secured two kills.

Watching all his teammates fall down.

The only surviving sunset bobbed its Adam's apple, unable to describe its feelings.

It's a bit bittersweet, but I'm also somewhat relieved that I didn't pass it on...

But what's the use of that?

Do you think you can win just by having fewer deaths? It's not like we're EDG...

"receive!"

"Take it down!"

"Dude, the Koreans' stalling for time is crucial!"

"Some people from Xiba have IDs!"

LGD's voice chat erupted in a cacophony of noise—a privilege the victor deserves.

Pyl: "Pu Shen, quickly translate this for the Koreans. They're asking me if that Flash and shield-raising move was crucial."

IMP: .....Boring.

Eimy grinned, thinking that today's opponent was rather ordinary.

Who were the labor and management teams fighting against in the first few rounds?

Mala Xiang Guo (Spicy Hot Pot), Factory Manager, Condi.

Now, a little JueJue is really no pressure at all, no pressure at all.

The live stream chat was constantly filled with comments:

[Marin is really ruthless; that ultimate move angle really got SMLZ hooked.]

OMG, look what they've done to us!

【send!】

OMG fans felt a pang of bitterness...

Even with improvements to the bot lane, is it still difficult to secure a single victory?

So, with SMLZ on the team, OMG will have to play in the relegation matches during the spring and summer seasons...

At the same time, I became increasingly envious of LGD fans.

They were clearly going to fall as badly as OMG, so why... did they suddenly come back to life...?

Why? Just because you got lucky and got a good coach?

And so, 24 minutes passed.

A population ratio of 2-15 indicates an economic lead of 10,000.

In this context, even sending five bullet comments wouldn't guarantee a loss.

LGD wasn't completely in disarray either; they were also afraid of being criticized if they went down.

So, thanks to Pyl's bad idea, a game was set up specifically for OMG.

They deliberately let Knight leave an opening on the side lane, and then OMG fell into the trap.

First, the jungler and support came to gank, but found someone was counter-ganking, at which point OMG went overboard.

The middle and upper classes instantly teleport down to deal 55 damage.

If a fight breaks out, it's a guaranteed loss; there's no suspense whatsoever.

Jinx's hand was numb from auto-attacking, but she still couldn't even move Braum's security door.

Then, even though the vampire attacked five times, Karma easily neutralized it with a single RE.

What the hell? I've already ordered it!

One by one, the screens of the OMG players went dark.

But SMLZ said it in the most indifferent tone:

"What's the point of playing? The other side is invincible."

No one spoke; everyone remained silent.

"The other side can't even take down a sliver of our health, haha." Eimy was having a blast.

Suddenly I realized this is much more enjoyable than going to find a girlfriend. That's right, this is what a man should do!

"There's nothing we can do, the Royal Aegis is just too thick." Pyl pointed at Karma's equipment: Chalice of Harmony and Rabadon's Deathcap, it's hard for it not to be thick.

Having gotten used to being called "Emperor," Knight also found it quite pleasant to hear.

28 minutes and 12 seconds.

With the Baron buff, LGD pushed down OMG's base in one fell swoop, pushing through all three lanes of minions.

From the start to the end of the game, OMG fans were filled with utter despair.

I don't know how to win.

.........