In the middle lane of Summoner's Canyon, the purple team's mid laner Ike's body had turned into a cold corpse, lying on the ground.
On the blue team's side, the mid laner Sindera, with the help of his support teammate, Hammerstone, quickly cleared out a wave of minions and pushed the minions back to the purple team's outer defense tower.
The entire training room was in an uproar.
Exclamations of shock and disbelief could be heard everywhere!
The shock that everyone felt this time could be said to be unprecedentedly intense!
The last wave … was fine.
No.
The blue jungler Olaf's two gank moves, one of which was Ike's Blink, and the other of which was Syndra's cooperation to take down two players, were enough to make everyone's hearts tremble.
To be able to take down the world's number one mid laner, the leader of the Four Emperors, in just three to four minutes …
On a normal day, this was something most teams wouldn't even dare to think about.
But Team God had done it.
This made the players of the various clubs gasp in amazement, and at the same time, feel a sense of excitement.
But at this moment, when the purple team's SSK mid laner, Ike, fell again after only one or two minutes, the players watching the match … were no longer excited or satisfied.
They were too excited.
All that was left was a kind of scalp numbing horror.
How was this possible?
How did he do it?
He was the world's number one mid laner. According to the official statistics, the number of times this Yonkō (Four Emperors) had been targeted and killed online was so few that it was almost negligible in the past season's competitions.
But now … in just a little more than seven minutes into the game, he was killed twice in a row!?
Common sense collided violently with the reality in front of him.
It simply made the players and members of the various clubs feel their minds go blank, unable to accept or understand it for a moment.
It wasn't that they didn't think Han Shihao wouldn't die.
However, this manner of death and such a high frequency of death had completely exceeded their imagination.
Was there a mistake?
Or was it that the world's number one mid laner was too relaxed and made a mistake?
But that didn't make sense. Based on their understanding of the core captain of the SSK team, the leader of the Four Emperors had never underestimated his opponent in any competition. The number of mistakes he made could be counted on one hand.
Then …
What was going on?
Finally, there were some contestants in the crowd who managed to come back to their senses. After calming their emotions, they spoke slowly and solemnly.
"It's not a mistake."
"It's the blue side … they're too ruthless."
"It's the kind of targeting that doesn't give you a way out."
…
Yes.
In fact, as long as one thought about it, it was easy to understand the cause and effect of the two waves of kills in the middle lane.
First, it was Olaf's first wave of wandering around. It was a Level-2 gank, and it was done by Sindera's ingenious and meticulous minion operation to deceive Ike's position. Then, Olaf successfully circled around and forced Ike to use his Summoner skill [Flash].
Then, it was Olaf's second wave of gank. Calculating the time when Ike had yet to reach level-6, Sindera stunned the entire field with a Flash RE combo to complete Absolute Control. Olaf followed up with a Flash Dash to the face, dealing a full set of damage and completing the kill.
As for the third gank that just happened —
Yes, although Olaf and Sindera didn't have Flash and lacked the ability to make the first move … Hammerstone came over.
No one would have thought that the Warden of the Soul Lock, a support at the bottom lane, would choose to wander around in the middle lane when the battle was still in full swing. Then, he decisively flashed to the face and used an E skill to control the opponent. Once again, the Time Assassin who couldn't dodge was slowed down and held back.
Then, he ate up all the control from Nakano Suke's three heroes on the blue side.
He was forcefully controlled until he died.
He couldn't even use the ultimate skill that he learned at level-6.
It could be said that among the three times of gank, other than the first time when the Morning Star's midlaner, Sindera, cooperated with his jungler teammate, Olaf, to play a trick and catch Han Shihao off guard —
The remaining second and third gank were purely based on the absolute success rate of the skill. They didn't give the opponent any room to maneuver and forced the kill.
After such a theoretical analysis, it seemed that Ike's battle results could be understood a little more.
But …
It was still the same.
There were still many spectating players in the audience. With a blank look on their faces, they subconsciously murmured.
"But this … is too ruthless."
"He's too targeted."
Yes.
Three consecutive kills in the first seven minutes of the game?
Even the support came over once?
Not to mention how many Summoner skills were used …
Oh?
All of a sudden, some spectating players finally realized something. They sensed that something was wrong and immediately racked their brains to figure it out —
Then.
In the training room.
More and more players, coaches, and team leaders began to change their expressions.
This time, it wasn't because of the shock brought by the kill.
But …
It was because they had guessed the truth.
…
"This time, Team God is the main player in the middle lane!"
In the corridor outside the training room, among the professional esports media reporters and hosts who surrounded the electronic spectator screens, there was a sudden exclamation filled with shock and horror.
Everyone turned to look at the source of the voice.
It was Coby, the host of a certain European esports media. He was once an analyst for a second-tier club in the European LCS region. Compared to most of his peers, he had a higher level of insight and analytical skills. However, at this moment, this former professional analyst's face was filled with disbelief and shock. It was as if he couldn't control his emotions and even cursed out loud.
"Damn it! — — "
"I should've thought of this!"
"Team God is challenging SSK. They have no chance of winning based on their usual playstyle. So … they actually chose such a bold new strategy?!"
After venting his excitement, Coby, who had slightly recovered, looked around him and realized that his peers were staring at him in a daze. He could not help but angrily wave his hands.
"A bunch of idiots, can't you tell?"
"The jungler targeted the middle lane three times in the first seven minutes of the game! Even the support came over! "
"So, can't you guys see the true core of Team God's strategy this round?!"
A beautiful female North American esports reporter raised her hand cautiously.
"But, he's only playing the middle lane —"
"Isn't this a common strategy?"
"Isn't it normal for the jungler to gank the middle lane?"
These words were like a barrel of gunpowder igniting in Coby's ears. This former professional European analyst was instantly enraged.
"Normal?"
"You stupid woman with only breasts and no brains. Can you use your pitiful amount of brain cells to think carefully —"
"It's normal to play the middle lane, and it's normal to target the opponent's mid lane."
"But have you ever seen any team that dares to do that when they encounter SSK? Huh?! "
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