It has to be said that before the game, including the LPL commentators, even though they hoped in their hearts that IG could win, the two defeats in the previous group stage made them lose all confidence.
Honestly speaking, if IG was defeated by SKT 3-0 today, the audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room would certainly not be surprised at all despite the ridicule, because this was the result that everyone had expected long ago.
However, in the first game of BO5, starting from the moment Li Fu's Nidalee's three lanes were suppressed but the rhythm took off, some people were already confused.
At this moment, IG seized the opportunity of Centaur's mistake and ended the game with a counter-team fight on the high ground. This made many LPL viewers feel as if they were living in a dream.
But looking at the bright red IG1:0SKT on the screen brought many people back to reality.
"Fuck, he took it right away when he came up?"
"IG is awesome! Fu Huang is awesome!"
"This is really outrageous! Even when the three lanes are suppressed, the jungler's rhythm can still take off."
"I don't need to tell you who is in C in IG."
“…”
There are also many spirited Koreans complaining about this.
"Goodbye, this is really not Xiao Hei's gift to you?"
"Did this centaur learn this from the factory manager? He always uses the reverse ultimate to escape from teamfights!"
"Blank, do you want to join the party? The Centaur's E kick on the cannon cart at the end made me vomit."
"The key is that Brother Li also cooperated with TP to go around the back."
"To be honest, if I were Brother Li, I would have slammed the keyboard on his head."
"Is the stupid chicken cold? If it's not cold, bring it up quickly."
"Black pearl? What a pearl! You are not even as good as my brother Ji!"
“…”
Any operation in a professional game will be infinitely magnified under a microscope by countless spectators after the game is lost.
Therefore, many contestants dare to fight and fight hard when they debut, and they wish the world would focus on them.
But the fight lasted too long.
But they often become more invisible as they fight.
Many times, it’s not that they can’t do it, but that they dare not do it.
For example, at this moment, on the LCK commentary desk, the three commentators were all complaining about Blank’s poor performance.
"Poor! The Centaur's performance was really bad!"
“It feels like they are not on the same level as the LPL junglers.”
"Ah Xi! Don't go back to Korea. I'll send you a dead rat if you come back."
"Has the coaching staff lost their minds? Why don't they use stupid chickens?"
"Only Benny is the most suitable piece of the puzzle for SKT. Why can't the SKT coaching staff understand this truth?"
"I feel bad for Faker! Come on in the next game!"
“…”
Perhaps someone needed to take the blame for SKT's unexpected defeat. In order to calm the anger of the Korean LCK audience, the commentators all pointed their fingers at Blank, completely ignoring the fact that Blank helped Faker get a kill with his first ultimate when he reached level 6.
But what’s the point of saying this now?
Like the saying goes, when you lose, everything you say seems like an excuse.
…
At the same time, in the IG backstage waiting room.
"Hey! I told you, helping out can really win."
"Come on, isn't it Brother Fu who has the best rhythm with Nidalee? You went to help in the top lane but got suppressed by Jayce."
"What's the point of suppressing the enemy? Is his role in teamfighting as great as mine?"
Zizhi was arm in arm with Li Fu along the way, extremely excited.
It's not that inflated.
The main reason was that they lost both games against SKT in the group stage. As someone who was keen on checking his phone and Weibo, he read the negative comments about IG online as well as the ridicule and slander from all sides every day, and he felt very upset.
Even before his appearance on the stage before the game, he used his secondary account to make a bet in the IG super topic on Weibo with a hater who claimed that IG would be defeated by SKT 3-0 today, and the bet was full of sarcastic words.
Now, Zizi felt that the breath that had been held in his chest was finally released.
Cool!
Three to zero?
We won the first game!
How can SKT beat us 3-0?
…
Meanwhile, in SKT's game room.
When reviewing the first game, Coach Kkoma just objectively pointed out the areas where each position did not perform well in the previous game, as well as various small mistakes in team battles, without any accusations or blame.
Even so, Blank stepped back cautiously.
Because he saw Faker holding the cup of water and talking loudly, he was afraid that Faker would put the cup on his head after drinking the water.
But Blank didn't wait for Faker's water cup, but waited for the sight of coach Kkoma.
"Take a rest next time," Kkoma said.
Suddenly, Blank's heartbeat seemed to stop.
Has this moment finally arrived?
At this moment, Blank was like the moment when a student finds out his results and realizes that he has failed the exam.
After a moment of hesitation, his expression returned to normal and he forced a smile, "No problem, come on, Stupid Chicken Brother!"
What can I do?
What can he do at this moment?
At least say "come on" and make yourself look more decent.
Well, Xiao Hei also wants to be a decent person.
At this time, Benji, who received the notice from the coach, closed the notebook in his hand, and a gleam of brilliance flashed under his glasses.
…
The short break between games was gone in a flash.
IG vs. SKT!
The second game of the semi-final BO5 started soon.
On the LPL commentary desk, when the host saw SKT's replacement jungler roster, the man behind Faker reappeared, and Wawa, Miller, and Guan Zeyuan all had expected looks on their faces.
"Haha, we were just discussing in the background whether SKT would make substitutions in this game, and sure enough, they did."
"Yes, in fact, Blank's team had a very good early rhythm in the first game, and helped Faker establish an advantage, but in several waves of mid-jungle coordination, it feels that he is still not as considerate as old teammates like Benny and the Great Demon King."
"That's right. And Xiao Hei's last mistake was too fatal. Professional players can make mistakes, but some mistakes are really hard to make. Whoever makes them will be carried off."
"Haha, here we go. Our players are in place. SKT gets to choose the side in the second game. They got the blue side."
The BP in this game is somewhat different from the first game.
SKT on the blue side seemed to have realized what was truly fearful about IG, so they simply stopped pretending and started by banning three junglers, including Gragas, Jarvan IV, and the Nidalee that Li Fu had been hot on in the previous game.
The main point is not to be stubborn.
IG chose to block Tsar, EZ and Graves.
SKT was on the blue side, and there was no guarantee that Bian Ji would not play with Graves, so he had to be banned.
"If IG is on the blue side, I think Brother Fu can use the Graves."
"Well, I don't know why, but now when I see Fu Ge playing jungle core, I feel like he has it safe. On the contrary, when Fu Ge uses heroes like Gragas and Sejuani that debuted in the LPL this season, I feel uncertain."
"Eh? It seems to be true." Guan Zeyuan quickly recalled the data, "If I remember correctly, during the two times that IG lost to SKT in the MSI group stage, Fu Ge didn't pick any regular jungle core heroes."
Miller pondered for a moment and said slowly, "My personal feeling is that team-oriented junglers like Sejuani and Gragas can ensure the bottom line of a team. The problem with IG in the spring season was that the bottom line was too low, so Fu Ge brought out heroes like Gragas and Sejuani to ensure the bottom line of the team, and Rookie in the middle lane could let go and play hard."
Miller paused before continuing, "But on this world stage, the strength of the opponents has increased suddenly. Rookie in the middle lane cannot guarantee that he can suppress Faker in the laning phase. In fact, he will be . So Fu Ge must come up with a hero that can improve the team's upper limit in order to have a chance to compete with SKT."
"Eh? That seems to be the case."
After hearing Miller's words, Guan Zeyuan and Wawa also looked thoughtful.
There are fans summarizing in the live broadcast room.
"If the mid laner doesn't move at the World Championship, and the jungler messes around, then both will be doomed."
"Then this male gun and Nidalee have been banned, and Kindred has never been played, so it's not G?"
"The key is that Kindred is not a good hero to play, and it is easy to be countered by Blind Man."
“…”
Soon, the lineups of both sides were locked.
SKT on the blue side: top lane Rumble, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Clockwork, bottom lane Skateboards and Braum.
Red side IG: top lane Gnar, jungle Olaf, mid lane Jayce, bottom lane Corki and Alistar.
Seeing SKT's lineup, many LPL viewers couldn't help but laugh.
"Faker picked Clockwork? Not Syndra?"
"I guess I need to be steady first."
"What the hell is this stupid blind monk?"
"Old players like this shouldn't use heroes like Lee Sin, right?"
“…”
The commentator on the stage was also analyzing the lineup.
It is generally believed that IG has Jayce in the middle lane and Corki in the bottom lane, both of which are strong points in the early and mid-game. Therefore, the rhythm point of IG's jungler should be in the lower half, and they will most likely take the lead in controlling the dragon resources.
Sure enough, the game lasted less than five minutes.
Li Fu caught a wave and forced the opponent's auxiliary to flash, helping the bottom lane to gain line control.
Rookie's Jayce in the middle lane had the line control, and after pushing the line, he immediately went to the dragon pool, cooperating with Li Fu and She Keke who came together. The three of them controlled the first dragon according to the rhythm that this lineup should have.
But then, with more than six minutes left in the game, the rhythm started to go wrong.
IG's coaching staff, including Li Fu, all felt that SKT's unique skill of using skateboard shoes to steal Xiao Xiao's time was to open a breakthrough in the bottom lane, so the corresponding jungler rhythm would definitely be in the bottom lane in the early stage.
Unexpectedly, when Bian Ji's Lee Sin reached level 6, he went straight to the top lane and cooperated with Duke's Rumble to kill Zizi in one wave.
The first blood was born in the top lane.
"Fuck! My my." Zizi apologized.
Unexpectedly, I couldn't stop once I started.
At nine minutes, Li Fu controlled the second little dragon, and Lee Sin caught it again. Poland led his troops into the tower and set fire to it.
Benji was still very team-oriented, and both kills went to Duke.
In addition to this tower dive, Zzitai's Gnar didn't have any TP, and the top lane was destroyed in less than ten minutes.
The commentator on the stage was also a little stunned. Looking at the scene in front of him, he inexplicably had a sense of déjà vu in his mind.
"Eh? Do you think that Benji's play style and rhythm in this game look familiar?"
"Uh... this seems to be Brother Fu's idea from the last game."
"I can't say they are similar, I can only say they are exactly the same."
"Oh right! In the last game, when the director's camera cut to SKT's waiting room, the coaching staff were all sitting together, and only Benji was sitting in the corner taking notes. Do you think that note could contain..."
"Give and take, stupid chicken, this note is quite cruel."
"I thought IG would be in trouble for not getting the Skateboard Shoes in the bottom lane, but I didn't expect it to be the top lane that was ruined."
“…”
The posture really exploded.
If the jungler helped in the first two waves.
At 13 minutes, thinking that Rambo had gone home, he took the opportunity to push the line. Unexpectedly, after the line was pushed to the opposite tower and he was about to enter the grass to return to the city, he ran into a Rambo who was controlling the temperature in the bushes.
Then there's nothing much to say.
The route is so long and the distance from home is so far that the only option is to go to death.
Solo kill!
Kill a lot!
Duke's Rumble, who was completely ahead, took down a tower directly. Then SKT switched lanes. Rumble switched to the bottom lane and immediately radiated his advantage to the lower half controlled by Li Fu.
After controlling two little dragons in a row, when fighting for the third little dragon, Rumble used his ultimate skill, combined with Faker's Clockwork's shock wave, which directly accelerated the game.
"Oh my god! The damage of this Rambo with the mask is too explosive."
"That's right. The main reason is that Duke is fat. He is two levels ahead of Zzitai Gnar."
"If I'm not mistaken, Gnar should have been melted as soon as he jumped on it, right?"
"Oh, my equipment is too bad, and I was also pulled by Faker's Clockwork, so I couldn't even use my ultimate."
“…”
This wave of dragon fight is over.
Rumble got a double kill, Clockwork got a double kill, and Bian Ji's Lee Sin got four assists.
SKT's top, mid and jungle took off immediately!
The game lasted 34 minutes and 27 seconds, with 18:12 kills on the field, but SKT, which took down the Baron, was already leading by nearly 10,000 in economy.
When SKT went up to the high ground, Li Fu's Olaf went around and rushed into the crowd, using his ultimate to cut the back row.
Facing Bang's wild show of sliding with his skateboard shoes, Li Fu, whose axe never missed a target, hit Bang's Q three times in a row, making Bang doubt his life. Finally, he calculated the damage accurately, flashed E and killed Bang with an axe.
But even though he was immune to control when he activated his ultimate,
But not immune to damage.
While Bang was killed by the hack, Olaf on Li Fu's side was also killed by the damage of SKT, which had a huge advantage.
As for the teammates on the high ground, Duke's Rumble used his ultimate skill towards the high ground. The terrifying damage made all the spectators feel excited. Several members of IG were directly divided into two groups on the battlefield, and they were defeated as soon as the battle started.
At the critical moment, Zzitai's Gnar tried to replicate the Tathagata Palm from the previous game.
Unexpectedly, he was flustered in the crucial game and failed to control his anger, and was melted away by SKT's damage during the Little Gnar stage!
However, Benji's Lee Sin took advantage of the situation, used a ward W to flash to the high ground and kicked three people, leaving IG no chance to continue to develop.
“No more.”
"This Gnar is a piece of shit!"
"This is absolutely inflated. If you catch me, I'll kill you and I'll be screwed."
“…”
At the scene, the LCK commentator on the commentary desk roared with a drawn-out roar.
"Let's--! Congratulations--! SKT--!!"
"Veteran Bengi lived up to expectations! Lee Sin took off and carried the whole game, tying the LPL at 1:1!"
Yes, IG lost the second game.
The score on the field was tied 1:1.
After the game, we returned to the backstage competition room.
Li Fu poured a glass of water and drank it, thinking about Benji's jungle strategy in the last game.
Next to him, Zzitai was complaining to coach Chris, "It's my fault. I thought the opponent's jungler was targeting the bottom lane and told Fu Ge to go to the bottom lane, but he was always in the top lane. And Duke's Rumble is really good."
Coach Chris said with a stern face, "You still don't know what the problem is. It's not that the opponent's jungler targeted the top laner, but why did he die when he targeted you? If a top laner can't even withstand pressure, what's the point? You said you can't do anything when the opponent dives the tower, but what about before the tower dive? Look at how Xiao Shiguang handled it in the last game? He just left."
The posture opened its mouth.
He thought to himself, that’s the weak bottom lane player, I think I can handle it.
But the reality is lost.
The top lane was completely broken by the opposing team.
So the words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them at all.
Chris couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he looked at the frozen posture.
Generally, after a small-scale game, coaches will not blame one person too much in order to avoid affecting the players' mentality.
But in the last game, he had a clear view of the situation from the director's perspective.
Yes, SKT’s jungler is targeting the top lane.
But why target above?
It’s not that the top lane is easy to catch. The opponent noticed that their top laner wanted to make a move.
After all, Chris knew that it was the smooth sailing in the top lane in the previous game that made Zizi become a little impetuous, and began to not take the opponent Duke seriously, thinking that Duke was not a champion top laner, so why should he be intimidated by the opponent?
But you have to know that Duke won the LCK regular season MVP in last year's spring season. He can be said to be the top top laner in the league. Otherwise, SKT would not have chosen him to join after Ma Run left this year.
Duke needs SKT to chase their championship dreams.
Doesn’t SKT also want Duke to complete the last piece of the championship lineup?
Li Fu saw that the atmosphere in the waiting room was a bit dull, so he couldn't help but speak up: "In the next game, we will fight for the blue. The opponent is on the red side, and the last counter position may be given to the mid laner. I can try to put the early rhythm in the middle lane, so that if the opponent catches up, I can also go up to support in time."
"That's fine." Chris nodded, and after a moment of hesitation, he reminded, "But be careful of Benny. After all, SKT is still Faker's team. Benny and Faker are old partners, and they will definitely not let anything go wrong in the mid lane."
"Okay, I'll pay attention." Li Fu nodded.
Rookie's eyes sparkled slightly.
To be honest, in the first two games of today's BO5, whether winning or losing, it actually had little to do with his mid lane role.
It feels a bit like being invisible.
After all, it was because he was unable to suppress Faker in the laning phase, and Li Fu was unable to provide much help to the middle lane in the early stages due to tactical considerations. After all, the middle lane was too short compared to the side lane, and was very difficult to catch in the early stages.
The jungler wastes too much time in the middle lane and can't get anything done, so he has to watch the opposing jungler's pace take off.
But since Li Fu said this, he knew that Li Fu never spoke empty words, and hope suddenly ignited in his heart.
It's time to prove yourself!
…
At this time, the two games were over and IG tied with SKT 1-1. Although the sarcasm and ridicule from the trolls were inevitable, the vast majority of the audience remained calm and expectant.
After all, SKT's identity and status are there. They have won countless S-League double championships, All-Star Game championships, and LCK regional championships.
In contrast, IG did not win the first LPL championship Silver Dragon Cup in team history until this year's spring season.
It can be said that the "status" of the two sides is not on the same level at all.
Even for LPL viewers, their psychological expectations for IG in the semi-final against SKT were low enough. Winning the first game was completely worth celebrating, so being criticized later was not unacceptable.
It's just a one-to-one draw.
Both sides just returned to the same starting line.
“Go IG!”
"Fu Huang should be ganked. SKT's top laner should not be underestimated."
"Go, little IG!"
“…”
The live broadcast room was filled with comments.
After the break between the second games, players from both teams returned to the stage and quickly entered the BP of the third game of BO5.
After the three commentators greeted each other as usual, Miller coughed and said, "It's a pity to lose the last game, but I think not only our LPL audience and commentators, but also the players, must adjust their mentality. Playing against a double champion team like SKT is like a boss guarding a level in an RPG game. It's nothing to lose a small game to such a team."
"That's true." Wawa also stretched out his hand and gestured, "In fact, what is a match like BO5 about? The player's strength is only the foundation of the foundation, and the second is the state and mentality. Moreover, these two complement each other. The better the mentality, the better the state. There is nothing wrong with that, right?"
“There’s nothing wrong with that.”
Guan Zeyuan nodded and added, "But I think BO5 also tests our players' physical fitness. Some people may think that you are wasting your energy just by sitting there all the time, but that's not the case. Our players need to concentrate for a long time in BO5 matches, which is very exhausting. Some players can't even tell the directions after playing a round of BO5 and leave the stage."
"Okay, without further ado, our players are ready, let's move on to the third round of BP."
"Yes, in this game, IG re-selected sides and returned to the blue side. SKT is on the red side. Let's take a look at the blocking situation first."
IG banned the following on the blue side: Clockwork, Rumble and EZ.
SKT on the red side banned: Gragas, Nidalee and Graves.
Judging from the ban positions, IG directly banned two heroes that were popular in SKT's top and mid laners in the previous game, plus one of SKT's signature EZ. As for SKT, they still banned three junglers, but because they were on the red side, they replaced Jarvan with Graves in this game. Obviously, they have done their homework in the LPL game and knew that Li Fu's seldom-used Graves was also worthy of respect.
To be honest, when Rookie saw the opponent's third ban, he felt a little emotional at first.
For quite a long time, the teams that played against IG used two balls and one Ji to blockade.
Although he felt helpless at that time, he also had a feeling of being "respected".
But now, SKT has no defense against him at all. Are they trusting Faker too much or underestimating him?
Rookie doesn't know.
But he knew that he had to come up with something to prove himself.
"Let's see which hero the blue team IG will grab first in this game?"
"Blind Monk? In the last game, IG's Lee Sin was indeed very hot, but IG didn't block him enough and didn't ban him. Are they planning to ban him instead of stealing him?"
"Oh! Locked! Just pick Lee Sin!"
The audience at the scene suddenly became excited.
Li Fu's Lee Sin is a revenge game, but of course he may fail in revenge and be taught a lesson by the opponent using both forehand and backhand.
The next second, after seeing SKT's first and second floors respectively put out Thresh + Olaf, the commentator of South Korea's LCK became even more excited.
"Oh! Player Bengi is going to teach the LPL jungler how to play Olaf!"
"Honestly speaking, Olaf is a pretty powerful hero, and he can counter Lee Sin a bit, but the jungler in the last game of LPL was not able to counter him."
“Yes, so let our LCK jungler teach us this time (laughs)!”
Soon, the lineups of both sides were selected one after another.
IG's second and third moves: Skateboard Shoes + Minotaur!
SKT’s third and fourth picks: Caitlyn + Gnar!
As Gnar came out, the three commentators in the LCK commentary booth became more excited.
This is not just a jungle tutorial!
We will also teach you on the road!
Zizhi's eyes suddenly turned red.
But this time, Rumble was banned, so he had no chance to teach back, and playing a close combat role would make him easily beaten by Gnar in the laning phase.
Zzitai wants to play with Birdman Quinn, long arms against long arms.
But this thing is too unstable. Once it is destroyed in the line like in the last game, its effectiveness in team battles is almost zero.
"How about Kennen?" Li Fu suggested.
"Huh? Kennen can do it!" Zizi's eyes lit up.
"Okay, then Kennen." Chris nodded, then turned to ask Rookie, "The opponent's counter position is given to the mid laner. What do you say? Should we choose a safer hero, such as the Ice Maiden..."
"LeBlanc, I play LeBlanc." Rookie interrupted him.
Chris was stunned for a moment, looked at Rookie who looked serious, hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.
He wasn't afraid of Rookie holding back on his anger.
I’m just afraid that the contestants don’t have that kind of determination.
You know, in any BO5 competition, the most taboo thing is that the coach does not trust the players and the players question the coach.
In SKT's competition seats across the stage.
The man sitting in the middle lane frowned slightly after seeing Rookie's Ahri.
Coach Kkoma glanced at the Ice Girl on his notebook and was about to look up to speak, but Faker had already spoken.
"I think Ryze will do better this time, what do you think, coach?"
Kkoma was stunned for a moment, glanced at the opposing player, pondered for two seconds, and decisively closed his notebook.
"Good choice," he said.
Thus, SKT's last counter position was locked.
Wandering Mage, Ryze.
To be honest, Kkoma doesn’t think Ryze is better at fighting Leblanc than Ice Witch, but he knows that some heroes need to look at the prefix.
If it was Faker's Ryze, it would be completely different.
…
With the red team SKT's final lock, the lineups of both sides have all surfaced.
IG on the blue side: Kennen on top, Lee Sin in the jungle, Leblanc in the middle, Skeleton and Alistar in the bottom lane.
SKT on the red side: top lane Gnar, jungle Olaf, mid lane Ryze, bottom lane Caitlyn and Thresh.
Judging from the lineup, there is no question of who has the advantage in the early and mid-game, including the 2V2 mid and jungle and 2V2 top and jungle. Who will be better depends entirely on the on-the-spot performance.
Soon, the game loading was completed.
The third game between IG and SKT officially begins.
After leaving the fountain, neither side had any intention of a level one fight, so they formed a long snake formation across the river, with their wards positioned more defensively.
Wait until 1 minute and 40 seconds for the wild monsters to refresh.
Li Fu glanced at the policewoman and Thresh on the opposite bottom lane, and decisively signaled the bottom lane duo who wanted to help with the jungle to retreat. "I'm going to get the blue buff now, and the bottom lane on the opposite side will probably push the line, don't lose too much health."
"Okay, let's stabilize the bottom lane." Shekeke and Xiaoshiguang said.
They are different from Zizi. The bigger the competition, the more they can feel the gap in level between themselves and their opponents. Even if they win, they have no intention of just playing it safe.
But his posture made me feel a little cold in my heart.
He was still thinking that Li Fu could come to the top lane to help regain the team's strength, but Li Fu started with blue buff in the upper half of the map, so he definitely couldn't take care of the top lane in the early stage. Why is this different from what he said during the intergame just now?
Thinking of this, Zizi glanced at Nal who was teaching backhand on the opposite side, and an idea arose in his mind uncontrollably.
If the jungler doesn't help in this game, he can still gain an advantage in the top lane. Is that the real proof of himself?
Just like Huni who single-handedly beat himself in the World Championship last year. His performance in the World Championship was just so-so, but in the end, his value inexplicably increased several times because of this move.
If he can do it, why can't I?
Zizhi's heart began to stir.
…
LPL host on the commentary desk.
"Oh, this time the junglers of both teams started the game in a mirror image."
"Yes, Lee Sin started with blue in the upper half, and Olaf started with blue in the lower half. It seems that Benny is still on top in this game."
"Well, is Brother Fu going to catch the bottom again this time? Thresh and Caitlyn are not that easy to catch. If I'm not careful, I might make the same mistake as last time."
"Yes, another point that needs attention is the mid lane. We all know that Ryze is definitely faster than Leblanc in pushing the lane in the early game. Faker likes to roam a lot, and you never know when he will go down after pushing the lane."
"Eh? But it seems like IG is not completely defenseless. Is there any explanation for Rookie's ward?"
Along with the commentator's surprise, under the director's camera on the big screen, Rookie in the middle lane took the time to place a reconnaissance eye at the entrance of the jungle river next to F4 when the pressure of the line of soldiers was not so great.
But no one expected that this reconnaissance eye would soon play an unexpected role.
Just less than half a minute later, Faker in the middle lane pushed the troops to Rookie's tower as expected, but he had nothing to do at this time and took the time to place a ward next to F4 in the bottom half of IG.
This eye position is obviously to detect Li Fu's early movements.
It can be said that Faker's control over the timing and position of wards is top-notch.
But the problem is that his action of setting a ward was clearly seen by Rookie's ward before the start of the game.
Li Fu, who had just finished clearing the upper half of the area, was moved slightly when he saw this, and suddenly an idea came to him.
Immediately afterwards, Li Fu's blind monk came to the lower zone and kicked into F4, exposing him to Faker's vision.
Although Li Fu knew that he was seen by the wards, he pretended not to know and killed the group of wild monsters in front of Faker. Then he turned around and went straight to the red buff and disappeared from Faker's sight.
"Be careful in the bottom lane, the opponent will soon spawn a stone man, don't push too deep."
Seeing this, Faker immediately pinged his teammates to indicate the jungler's movements.
"Okay, I'll learn how to play the lantern."
Wolf's Thresh quickly moved back.
In the eyes of Faker and the SKT bottom lane duo who had just seen Li Fu's movements, their habitual thinking was that after Li Fu cleared F4 and went to get the red buff, there was no reason for him not to clear the first group of stone men next.
However, at 3 minutes, after killing the red buff, Li Fu did not go to attack the stone man. Instead, he bypassed the red buff, stuck to the wall of the dragon pool, and blocked the maximum distance of Faker's reconnaissance eye placed on F4, and pulled towards the middle lane without anyone noticing.
At the LCK commentary desk, the three Korean commentators suddenly panicked!
"Ah? The opposing jungler is coming?"
"Run Faker! There's danger!"
"Why isn't Faker moving? Doesn't he have vision over there?"
"He doesn't think Lee Sin is still fighting the Stone Man, does he?! "
The director seemed to be responding to the panicked Korean commentator by cutting out SKT's one-way vision. Li Fu's movement along the wall of the dragon pond and around into the river completely blocked the vision that Faker had just created.
More importantly, Faker had already determined in his fixed mindset that Lee Sin was trying to kill the Stone Man, and with the psychological protection of F4's eye position, he was completely unaware of all this.
So, when Li Fu's double-buffed Lee Sin rushed out directly from the lower half of the river, Faker, who pressed the line of troops in front of IG's middle tower, suddenly his pupils shrank!
Asi?
How is that possible? !
The moment of reaction,
Faker's Ryze subconsciously and decisively used flash!
But this time, Li Fu ignored the stone man and came directly to the middle. You only used flash, which obviously cannot satisfy him.
The same is true for Rookie.
The next moment, without any unnecessary communication, IG's mid and jungle both flashed and followed.
"Oh! Faker is moving, and turns around to use W to pin Lee Sin!"
"But Rookie's level 3 Leblanc has a chain, and this E hits!"
"Faker is in the tower! IG is going to kill him!"
"Rookie's Ahri holds the tower, Fu Ge uses his W to enter the tower, this wave is a hard kill!"
The next second, accompanied by Li Fu's final basic attack.
"IG-Padre6 killed SKT-Faker!"
"First-Blood!"
The last of Ryze's health was drained away, and 3 minutes and 17 seconds into the game, he turned into a corpse and fell under the tower - this was also his fastest death record since this MSI!
For a moment, the big devil Faker, who had been sitting in the middle lane with a calm face, became nervous.