The solo kill in the middle lane in the eighth minute of the game could be said to be the first time, and there was an element of luck in it.
But in the eleventh minute of the game, the blue team's mid laner, Crafty Trick Enchantress, was surrounded by three heroes in the middle lane. She still managed to forcefully kill Wild Prince in a 1v3. This once again shocked the entire audience, but it also suddenly woke everyone up to the realization that the personal strength of Team Rapid Water's mid laner captain was also far beyond their original expectations.
As the second mid laner in the LPL division, Shi Hang's personal ability had never been discounted in the hearts of the local players.
It was just that from the group stage of the finals to the quarterfinals, Team God's Morning Star's personal performance was too amazing. He led the team to a complete victory record that almost caused the whole world to be in an uproar. It seemed that Shi Hang's existence was obscured by more than half.
But.
In fact, the current Morning Star was only a thin layer away from breaking through to the Yonkō (Four Emperors), and his personal strength was even better than before.
But the speed of Shi Hang's improvement could never be easily ignored.
Even —
Before the start of the 'best-of-five' matches in today's quarterfinals, everyone had given Shi Hang and Team Rapids some ideas last night. They suggested that Shi Hang's team should also adopt the tactical system that God had previously developed.
That was to use Shi Hang's mid laner as the absolute core.
Let the entire Team Rapid Water put as much resources and energy as possible into the middle lane in the early stages. This would help his mid laner establish enough early advantages against Phoenix, and then use his mid laner as the core carry point to compete for victory in the mid and late stages.
Putting this system in Fast Water's hands was indeed worth a try.
At the very least, this would help Shi Hang greatly relieve the pressure of facing Europe's number one wizard in the middle lane.
But Shi Hang refused.
It was not that he had absolute confidence in himself, but that after he had also considered this problem, he realized that although this method was beneficial to him, it would also affect several other teammates on the team. It was equivalent to letting others help him share most of the pressure.
This was not what he had hoped for.
So, in the end, he made the opposite decision. He wanted his teammates to ignore his situation in the middle lane and focus more on the top and bottom lanes. Instead, he would fight alone in the middle lane. While he took on the pressure from Phoenix, he would try to attract more firepower from the other side and create a better environment for his other teammates to develop in the early game.
"It's not the first time I've done something like resisting pressure."
"At least he has more experience than the rest of our team."
"Besides, as long as I can hold them back in the middle lane, the top and bottom lanes, including the jungler, will have a high chance of winning."
"That guy, Phoenix … He's a little hard to deal with. Even if someone helps me, I might not be able to get the upper hand I want."
"On the contrary, it would be easier if everyone just ignored me and let me do things alone."
"When the time comes, we'll drag it out for as long as we can."
"Let's take down one person to recoup our losses."
"Two and we'll make a profit!"
This was Shi Hang's answer. He was as straightforward and straightforward as ever.
And in the first round of today's' best-of-five 'match, Shi Hang, as the mid-laner captain of Team Rapid Water, had indeed fulfilled his promise perfectly and effectively.
A wave of one-on-one kills.
A wave of 1v3 forced kills.
He had forcefully relied on his own strength to hold back the majority of Team Legend's firepower in the early stages of the match, giving his team's top and bottom lanes and jungler more time to develop and a better environment to develop.
…
The match lasted for 15 minutes.
On the field, the economic gap between the blue and purple teams was slightly widened. But unexpectedly, Team Rapid Water on the blue side was ahead of Team Legend by a full 2,500 economic advantage.
Lu Nairi's last hit count was slightly higher than that of the opposite team.
The bottom lane ADC, Obama's 2/0/1 battle record was also higher than that of the purple team's ADC, Ice's 0/2/0 record!
As for the middle lane —
Although Shi Hang's mid-laner, Little Temptress, had been killed twice in the early stages of the match, with the 2/2/0 battle record in hand, the last hits and level gap did not widen. When they entered the middle stage of the team battle, Lefran was still able to play a sufficient role in the team.
Originally, it should have been a battle between the strong and the weak with a relatively obvious difference in strength.
But with Shi Hang's hard work alone, he had created a good situation for Team Rapid Water to take the initiative!
The match lasted for 20 minutes.
A small dragon team battle began in the river fjord.
Team Rapid Water's ADC, Obama, who had been rapidly fattened in the early stages of the team battle, began to exert his strength in this wave of team battle. His damage output was almost double that of the opposing ADC, Ice. With the help of his teammates, he completed a double kill. Shi Hang's mid-laner, Little Temptress, also relied on her own technical ability to kill off the opposite team's lone laner.
1 for 3!
Take another Earth Dragon!
It seemed that the snowball of advantage was uncontrollably rolling.
The match lasted for 25 minutes. Another wave of team battle in the middle lane. Little Temptress Lefran perfectly circled around and killed the opposing ADC, Ice. She then led her team's blue team to advance in the middle lane, breaking through the second tower and advancing straight to the opponent's high ground in the middle lane!
The swift, fierce, and decisive attack rhythm left the players in the audience dumbfounded!
Even the Western commentators on the live official commentary platform were gasping in surprise.
"Oh my god!"
"Team Rapid Water is playing too decisively in this round!"
"It's too exciting!"
"They're clearly facing a terrifying opponent like Legend, but Rapid Water's attacks are too beautiful and decisive! It's impossible to feel the difference in strength between the two teams. It's like a battle between two top teams of equal strength! "
Although they seemed to have fallen into a passive disadvantage, Team Legend also quickly displayed their deep strength as a veteran European hegemon.
Shrinking the defensive line.
Their field of vision remained impenetrable.
Turning from offense to defense, Team Legend of the purple team steadily withstood the wave after wave of attacks from Rapid Water, slowly dragging the pace of the match into a stalemate.
But the atmosphere in the arena became more intense and explosive.
29 minutes.
Seizing the opportunity, the blue team forcefully made the first move in the jungle. 0 for 2, killing off the opposing team's lone laner and support!
Amidst the boiling cheers of the audience, Team Rapid Water quickly led the lane straight to the high ground.
Broken tower.
Crystal dismantled!
Destroyed the high ground!
This almost made people see the hope of Team Rapid Water winning the first round.
But just as the five members of Team Rapid Water destroyed the opponent's high ground in the middle lane and chose to return to the city, the purple team Legend reacted quickly. The three heroes of the mid laner jungler and ADC rushed to Dragon Fjord. A few True Eyes landed and cleared the field of vision. The top laner who had revived from the spring immediately teleported to the ground.
They took advantage of the time it took for the opponent to retreat back to the city.
In a disadvantageous situation, they quickly used Dragon!
The live audience burst into an uproar once again.
In the front row, everyone in the LPL division had a sudden change of expression on their faces —
"So decisive!"
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