The duel between the two world-class mid-laners did not disappoint the players of the various clubs.
There was no such thing as a peaceful last hit development.
Once the battle started …
The mid laner heroes from both sides immediately entered an extremely intense and mind-shaking battle rhythm.
Ever since the level-1 Sindera, which was controlled by Morning Star Morning Star, went online, it had fully displayed the aggressive offensive nature that it had displayed in the training competition the day before.
Level 1 Sindera naturally had the advantage of being able to consume energy when facing level 1 Ike.
Switching between skills and normal attacks.
Controlling the distance and the rhythm of his movements.
It was just a small detail, but it was enough to make the spectating players unable to contain their excitement!
That's right!
That's how it should be!
Even if the opponent was the world's number one mid-laner, Sindera should be able to suppress him in the early stages!
No matter how agile Ike's movements were under Han Shihao's control, it was inevitable that he would take a few poke damage from the Leader of Darkness. His HP dropped a little, and the Level-1 Q skill "Time Curler" also lacked the ability to deal enough damage and clear troops. Ike could only retreat slightly and give up on competing with his opponent, Sindera, in terms of clearing troops.
In addition, it could also be seen from the Summoner skills carried by the mid-laners on both sides. On the blue side, Morning Star's mid-laner, Sindera, had directly used [Flash] and [Ignite]. It was obvious that he was brazenly trying to suppress the opponents in the early stages.
In contrast, on the purple side, Han Shihao's Time Assassin had [Flash] and [Teleport]. This choice could help him cooperate with the jungler Nightmare and top laner Twilight Eye to provide full support in the middle and late stages of the game, but his ability in the early stages of the game was destined to be weakened.
Hence, in just one wave of minions, the rhythm of the middle lane seemed to have fallen into Sindera's hands.
Ike directly retreated and chose to release his minions.
Sindera took the initiative to clear the minions quickly.
The second wave of minions slowly pressed in front of the purple team's defense tower in the middle lane.
Ike began to develop his last hit under the tower, while Sindera continued to look for opportunities to harass under the tower and consume poke.
Although there were no deaths and Ike's last hits were still stable without any mistakes, this situation was enough to make many supporters of Team God rejoice and raise their spirits —
The middle lane … was suppressed!
It did not matter if it was a counter to a hero's characteristic.
To be able to suppress the leader of the Yonkō (Four Emperors), the world's number one Chūnō, in a one-on-one battle, this was already a victory!
Look again.
Although Ike did not fall behind in terms of the last hit count, Sindera had seized the opportunity to consume his poke, and the HP bar above the Time Assassin's head had inevitably dropped by quite a bit.
Time slowly ticked down to three minutes.
The third wave of minions came to the frontline, and the minions were finally pushed out from under the defense tower in the middle lane of the purple team.
Syndra retreated.
Ike followed the line of soldiers and pressed forward.
In the eyes of anyone, that was actually a rather normal situation during the line up period. After pushing the minions into the tower in the previous wave, the next wave would naturally be back. It seemed that Morning Star's midlaner, Sindera, had been using skills to harass Ike when the minions were under the opponent's tower just now, leaving two minions for the opponent's previous wave of minions —
Therefore, when the new wave of minions came out, the purple side had the advantage in terms of the number of minions, and the minions were obviously pressing towards the blue tower.
In the eyes of anyone, there was nothing wrong with this kind of match-up rhythm. It couldn't be more natural.
But —
There were exceptions.
Just as the match between Team God and Team SSK was unfolding in the training room, in the corridor outside the training room, various esports media staff were also gathered in front of several electronic screens to watch the match. Through the OB screen from God's perspective, Su Xue, who was in the front row of the crowd, could not help but exclaim in a low voice:
"Ah!"
"Ah Sheng, look, it's Olaf!"
Her tone was filled with unconcealable nervousness and excitement.
Yes.
Through the OB screen from God's perspective, while the blue and purple midlaners in the middle lane were dealing damage to the minions, in the lower half of the jungle, Team God's jungler Olaf had quietly crossed the river in front of F6's jungle and arrived above the grass at the mouth of the river on the right side of the middle lane.
Similarly …
Which meant that he had circled behind the purple team's midlaner, Ike.
The esports media staff and reporters in front of the electronic screen could not help but be in an uproar!
This gank!?
The game had only been going on for a little more than three minutes. According to the normal pace of farming, by this time, the blue and purple junglers should have finished their double buffs or single buffs and another group of monsters. At the very least, Team SSK's jungler Nightmare had started with a double buff and was currently in front of the red buff in the upper half of the jungle.
But the blue team's jungler Olaf …
After finishing his own red buff, he came to the front of F6's jungle and finished farming this group of monsters. He did not immediately rush to get the blue buff. Instead, he chose to quickly circle back in the middle lane!
This was a level 2 single buff!
And …
Looking at the situation of the minions along the route, as well as Ike's position in the purple team.
This gank could really succeed!
…
When it came to gank, the key was to "catch the opponent off guard."
No matter how fast your hero's reactions were, or how careful his movements were, when faced with an opponent's meticulously planned strategy, he would always be caught off guard.
The minions in the middle lane had just been released.
The purple team's time assassin was pressing forward along with the minions.
Then …
Amidst the sudden tremors and exclamations in the training room, the blue team's jungler, Olaf, appeared from behind Ike with a pair of axes in his hands. He took a detour and pounced on Ike aggressively.
He closed in quickly!
Face to face.
Flat A.
The red buff was applied to slow him down.
The blue team's mid laner Sindera took advantage of the situation and followed up with a Q skill "Shadow Orb," forcing the purple team's mid laner Ike to use his Summoner skill "Flash."
The spectators below the stage burst into thunderous cheers.
On the SSK team's side, the team members, coaches, and team leaders suddenly tensed up.
In front of the computer screen on the purple team's mid laner seat, Han Shihao's eyes flashed.
"We've hit the jackpot!"
Ceng Rui couldn't help but clench his fists in excitement.
Yes.
Although it wasn't a one-hit kill, Olaf's series of gank slightly reduced Ike's HP. At the same time, it forced Ike to use a key summoner skill [Flash].
Lin Feng narrowed his eyes.
"Sure."
"I have to hurry up for the next wave."
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