Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“We’re almost at seven minutes!” said Wu Sen, reminding the other members.
The seven minute-mark was an important time for Team Skycrown. This was the signal for them to break through Team Revelation’s rigorous defense!
Following Yu Luocheng’s previous instructions, Da Luo would not go to the Krugs once the red side appears. Instead, he would support the middle lane and counter jungle.
As a Support, Wu Sen was now the timekeeper. He had already memorized the few key timings they needed to take note of, and it was his responsibility to remind his teammates.
The seven-minute mark was when both buffs respawned.
Orianna is a champion that needed the blue buff, and even though they had swapped lanes, she still needed the blue buff to truly be able to farm properly!
“Ezreal is farming at the bottom lane,” said Wu Sen after taking a glance.
Zhou Yan and Da Luo nodded their heads in acknowledgement and their faces broke into smiles. This feeling was like being a gangster who knew that the man of the house was gone, leaving a girl alone at home.
Zhou Yan’s Aatrox took the lead and they headed towards their opponent’s blue buff area.
A ward was planted directly in the bush beside the blue buff. One glance and you could see Zac, the opponent’s Jungler, appearing!
And standing behind Zac was Orianna who couldn’t farm properly!
“They’re planning to steal blue, come and help us!” said Hao Yue.
Team Revelation’s Top—Darius—had good map awareness. Noticing that Lee Sin was not in lane, he hurriedly rushed to where the blue buff is.
But Darius was still too slow, Lee Sin had made it there faster than he did!
***
“Hurry up, Darius is on the way!” said Zhou Yan, watching the mini map.
“Boss, it’s up to you now!” said Da Luo as he glanced at Yu Luocheng who was still at the middle lane.
Wu Sen’s Thresh had already gone to support them, but Yu Luocheng remained where he was, focused on pushing the middle lane.
Ashe needed proper items to boost her attack in late game, and her attack growth as an ADC was very high!
Also, who said that Ashe needed to be nearby to help her teammates?
Yu Luocheng glanced at the blue buff area with the ward in the bush and saw that Zac and Orianna were entangled with Aatrox and Lee Sin. It was obvious that they were not willing to give up the blue buff so easily.
Darius had disappeared from view on the mini map, obviously he was heading towards their location. If they were intercepted by Darius, they would definitely die!
There was only a few seconds to spare. Yu Luocheng’s eyes sharpened like a hunter closing in on his prey.
Let me show you what it means to have my arrows fly true!
The Frost Archer at middle lane was suddenly wrapped in cold air and the atmosphere around her dropped to a freezing level, changing the entire area around her.
She pulled the string of her bow backwards, forming a full moon with the curve. As the bow was drawn backwards, the ice crystals in the atmosphere gathered, gradually outlining and filling up a giant arrow, finally taking the form of an Enchanted Crystal Arrow on her bow.
Whoosh!
Her fingers released the string and the Enchanted Crystal Arrow was set loose!
The wild, cold wind swirled around Queen Ashe, making her blue hair whip around.
The giant Enchanted Crystal Arrow flew straight, passing through several stone walls and towering trees, cutting through bushes…
Bam!
A loud noise was heard as the crystal arrow shattered, hitting Orianna who was standing between the Wolves canyon and the blue buff with great accuracy.
The further the Enchanted Crystal Arrow flew, the longer its stun effect. Yu Luocheng’s ulti was shot from the middle lane, and with the distance it gained, it would stun the enemy for two seconds!
And in those two seconds, the terrifying Aatrox and Lee Sin could wreck Orianna before she even woke up to see the light of day!
“Ohhhhh!! Orianna has been hit by an arrow that descended from the sky!”
“Aatrox has grasped the chance and charged in!”
Zhou Yan had already been prepared. Once he saw Orianna get stunned, he ignored Zac’s jump and immediately flew towards her.
Da Luo on Lee Sin was even sharper. The moment he saw Zac activating his ulti to block him from killing Orianna, he activated his own ulti and landed a kick directly on Zac’s face.
What a beautiful roundhouse kick! Ha!
Zac was thrown backwards by Lee Sin, his body slamming heavily into Orianna who was right behind him.
Orianna was once again launched up into the air!
Why did we say ‘again’?
Once she was stunned by Ashe’s Enchanted Crystal Arrow, Aatrox had followed up with his explosive Dark Strike, launching Orianna into the air.
Before Orianna had even touched the ground again, she was then met with an assault from her own teammate! She didn’t even have the chance to touch the ground before she was instantly annihilated!
“Team Skycrown’s combo was too beautiful, not giving Orianna any chance at all! I wonder how Qing Ye from Team Revelation feels, watching as he died in the air. I suspect it doesn’t feel too good!”
“F*ck!” Qing Ye, who was controlling Orianna, cursed loudly.
He hadn’t been able to release even a single skill before he died!
Also, wasn’t that arrow from Ashe a bit too f*cking accurate?! Her aim was so true that she managed to avoid hitting Zac’s huge body, and instead accurately hit the thin-as-a-stick Orianna!
As soon as Orianna died, the blue buff had to be let go. Even Thresh had arrived to give support and this 3v2 situation didn’t have any benefit at all.
Most importantly, Darius’ range was too short. Even if he could kill one champion with his set of skills, he would most likely die doing so. That was because Ashe had cleared the wave in the middle lane and was obviously heading in their direction.
Instead of staying at the bottom lane, Zyra had already appeared at the middle lane. Team Revelation’s members were all actually already heading towards them to support.
A truly strong team does not wait for both sides to start a fight before coming to support. They knew when to move according to the situation, with the only difference being how fast either team was able to reach their destination.
Unfortunately, Orianna had perished a little too soon. This made Zyra, who was running with all her might to give help, awkwardly stop halfway…
She could then only head towards the middle lane instead to help clear the wave.
***
After securing the area, Zhou Yan gave the blue buff to Yu Luocheng.
Gaining the blue buff, Yu Luocheng’s speed at clearing the minion waves increased. Without realizing it, his CS was now at 70, which was 10 more than Bai Feng’s CS!
With and without the blue buff, Gragas was two completely different champions. Even if there were three champions at the bottom lane now, it would be hard to suppress his growth.
“Go to the bottom lane and farm, leave the middle lane to us,” said Bai Feng.
They should have made the swap earlier. Sadly due to their greed at wanting that last minion wave, they lost a kill and even their blue buff was stolen.
With her low level, incomplete items, and no buff, Orianna was basically trash now.
Facing Gragas with an unlimited amount of mana at the bottom lane, plus the fact that he can regenerate his health due to his passive, it definitely would be impossible to beat him!
***
At the middle lane, even with the blue buff, Yu Luocheng was not playing very aggressively. He was well aware that his Ashe and Thresh would not be able to defeat Ezreal and Zyra who had a large amount of burst damage.
His Ashe was playing very conservatively by consistently launching his W. Since he has the blue buff, it’s not like he freaking needs money to launch his skills.
From time to time, he released a Hawkshot into the surrounding area, checking to see if Zac was hiding around the area.
“Damn, how can he be so sensitive?!” Hao Yue cursed as another Hawkshot was fired.
The hawk spirit burst into sparkles above Zac’s head, completely exposing his position and surroundings. He initially wanted to take advantage of the next wave, but now he had to turn around and retreat.
There were many wards at the middle lane. Thresh as a Support had already prepared a number of Vision Ward and Sight Ward and warded the area accordingly.
There were a number of areas which Zac could not jump in from, and whenever he found a suitable spot, Ashe would suddenly fire her hawk spirit in his direction, exposing his position!
All along Ashe had been a champion that was supposed to be an easy kill, but suddenly you meet someone that clearly knows how to fully utilize her E. Wanting to kill her was harder than reaching for the sky!
***
“Both teams seem to have entered a peaceful farming phase. So let us take a look at the difference between their gold. We’ll see which team is doing worse.”
The screen suddenly snapped to the bottom lane where Gragas and Orianna were facing off. Gragas’ health was still full, whereas Orianna only had about two thirds left, and her mana bar was empty.
Gragas’ damage at late game was higher than Orianna, and his CS was also already higher than Orianna by about 15.
Needless to say that even with the lane swap, Orianna was not having a good day. It was like switching from a room full of boys to a double room. It may seem like a better situation but there were still a lot of things to consider, like the needs of your new roommate.
“We’re at the nine-minute mark of the game and Orianna only has 47 CS. I recall that she was only at 20 CS not too long ago.”
“Gragas’ CS is at 62. If we were in a normal game, they would be farming as usual. Normally, you would never be pushed to the extent that you would die in the beginning. But this is a professional game, so the players definitely must have the skills to survive!”
“Orianna should be recalling back soon since she has exhausted all her mana. She doesn’t have much health left either, and if she’s not careful she will be easily killed by Gragas.”
The screen was now coincidentally focused on Orianna, showing that she had found a suitable position under turret to recall.
This position was super safe. If Gragas wanted to dive in to kill her, it would basically be an exchange of life, so Orianna was not so worried.
Bai Feng suddenly shouted out a warning, “Qing Ye, watch out!”
“Watch out for what?” asked Qing Ye, panicking.
Just as he said that, a crystal arrow surrounded by ice particles appeared from the corner of his eye, flying directly at Orianna who was just about to recall back to base to buy her items!
Qing Ye was frantically trying to hit his Flash, but the enchanted arrow struck with a loud impact before he got the chance to use it!
As a professional player, if an Enchanted Crystal Arrow appeared suddenly in your line of vision, you would be able to Flash away.
However, he had dragged his screen to the fountain with the intention of buying his items!
Bam!
The arrow once again landed a direct hit.
What frustrated Qing Ye even more was that that f*cking Gragas had already anticipated this and moved out of the way!
Boom!
Gragas’ ulti directly landed on Orianna and blew her weak body towards him. Lin Dong rushed towards the turret area, slamming into Orianna violently. He didn’t even need Ignite and took her life away just by throwing a Q!
Qing Ye’s face was stiff and twisted in anger.
You f*cking shot me again!
He had already swapped to the bottom lane and he still got shot at!
Did he have some kind of grudge against him?!
