The live audience had not forgotten the first match of this morning's set of 'best-of-five' matches. It was also a match between Enchantress and Jayz in the middle lane. In the eighth minute of the match, Team Rapidwater's mid laner "Addisi" completed a solo kill on Phoenix's Jayz with amazing individual skills.
Who would have thought that the tables would turn.
"Retribution" actually came so quickly and caught people off guard.
The fourth match of 'best-of-five' matches.
It was still Enchantress and Jayz, but it was now the blue and purple sides.
In the sixth minute of the match, the Future Protector, Jayz, who was under the control of Phoenix, used a wave of poke to reduce the HP of his opponent. Then, he used Blink to attack and single-handedly killed Crafty Trick Demoness.
First kill.
The European players in the audience below the stage burst into enthusiastic cheers and screams of applause.
On the internet, the hearts of countless players and netizens in the server suddenly sank.
Even if their vision and strength were limited …
They could also see that there was something wrong with the rhythm of this match.
The first kill was taken by Phoenix's mid laner, Jayz, on the blue side. It seemed to announce the start of the rhythm of this match.
In the eighth minute.
In the middle lane of the Summoner's Canyon, Jayz fired a QE Plasma Cannon that cut through the air like lightning and accurately hit his target, Enchantress, taking away a chunk of her HP. Enchantress Lefran immediately retreated and the minions were quickly pushed to the bottom of the tower by Jayz.
The next moment.
The blue team Legend's top laner, Ice Girl, and the jungler, Mantis, almost simultaneously dashed out from both sides of the purple tower!
Ice Girl used her E skill to teleport through the wall and landed on the ground, raising her hand to attack.
Mantis used his E skill to flap his wings and pounce.
A straight attack followed by a Q.
Jayz did not even need to switch to his warhammer form. He directly used two straight attacks in his cannon form, taking away the last sliver of HP left on top of Lefran's head.
"You -have-been-slained."
The female voice of the system announced the kill again.
The game screen from Enchantress's first person perspective suddenly turned into a gloomy black and white television.
Shi Hang's face was slightly pale in front of the screen. He gripped the mouse tightly in his hands, but sweat seeped out of his forehead.
Compared to the previous three matches, it seemed that Legend had been faithfully and steadily implementing the same set of tactics from beginning to end —
Main lane.
The Upland Alliance also focused their firepower on the enemy's mid laner.
And this tactical system, in the first two games of the best-of-five, Team Rapid Waters actually responded very well. To be more precise, it was because Shi Hang, as the Team Rapid Waters mid player, responded perfectly.
If he faced Phoenix alone in the middle lane, he would be able to withstand the pressure and even take the initiative to attack and kill Phoenix.
Even in the face of his opponent's top jungler and support constantly moving around to target and surround him, he could still rely on his powerful skills to forcefully take down one of his opponents in a certain death situation.
He attracted most of the opponent's attention on his own, and his own development as a mid didn't fall behind. This could greatly relieve the pressure on his teammates on the flanks, giving them a better environment to develop in the early stages.
But in this round —
However, the situation had changed.
Although the Legend team was still using the same tactical system, Shi Hang, as the target, was gradually showing signs of weakness, despite his will to fight back.
The middle lane was solo-killed.
Then, he was killed by the Upland Alliance from behind.
Eight minutes into the game, Lefran the Enchantress's battle record became 0/2/0. For an AP assassin hero like Arcane Enchantress who placed great importance on the rhythm of the early stages, such a battle record was equivalent to a complete collapse.
If you couldn't get kills in the early stages and were even at a disadvantage, then it would be difficult for you to play a role in the middle stages and pose a fatal threat to the opponent's backline.
Similarly, as the saying goes, 'pull one hair and the whole body moves', Shi Hang's Enchantress Lefran on the middle lane couldn't withstand the pressure. On the bottom lane, there was the support of Shadow Puppet, Ox-Head, and the Frost Archer, who cooperated with his ADC teammates. Even though they were trying their best to open up the lane, it was still a drop in the bucket for the overall situation.
Little by little, the rhythm of the game fell into the hands of Legend.
Game time: 15 minutes.
The number of heads on the blue and purple sides was 8 to 3.
The team's economy had reached 4,000.
And compared to Lefran the Enchantress, who had almost collapsed in the early stages, this round on the blue side, Jayce, the future protector of Phoenix, had completely developed.
146 last hits.
4/0/1.
Finally, in the fourth round, the mid-laner captain of Legend finally displayed his terrifying dominance as Europe's number one mage without batting an eyelid.
20 minutes later, the gap between the two teams had reached 6,000, and the number of heads had become 11 to 5.
Under Shi Hang's control, the mid-laner Little Temptress finally found an opportunity to get a kill and an assist for himself. However, she also died once again. Her 1/3/1 battle score was still as bleak and dismal as ever.
25 minutes later, the gap between the two teams had increased to 8,000.
Basically …
The purple side, Team Rapids, had completely lost all hope of winning.
The defense towers were being demolished and flattened into ruins.
One by one, the small dragons were being controlled by the opponents.
On the minimap from God's perspective, from the lane to the river to the jungle, the blue side, Legend's vision was almost completely covered. It wasn't that Team Rapids didn't have the awareness to control their vision, but that the few Rapids members, led by Shadow Puppet's support Ox-Head, were trying their best to control their vision, but under such a huge disadvantage, they couldn't do anything.
The cheers of the European audience in the stadium grew louder and louder.
On the internet, in the official live broadcast rooms of the major live broadcast platforms, millions of Chinese players could only watch as their own team struggled to fight back in the face of such a huge disadvantage.
To fight to this extent, even for the audience and fans, it was a kind of unbearable torment.
The match finally came to an end at the 29th minute.
The number of heads was locked at 16 to 8.
The blue side, Team Legend, had a total economic advantage of 12,000. In the last wave of team battle, they defeated the purple side, Team Rapids, and destroyed the opponent's base crystal in one wave.
The blue "Victory" emblem slowly rose in the center of the spectator's screen.
3 to 1.
Team Legend took the final victory in the best-of-five, becoming the last team to advance to the semifinals of the quarter-finals.
"Actually, they've played very well."
On the China commentary platform, Old Mi let out a heartfelt sigh.
"In the first two rounds, Team Rapids has really brought us too much excitement and surprise."
"But … the gap in strength between the two teams is still there."
"The last round is the true embodiment of the strength of the two teams."
"We need to congratulate Team Legend for defending the dignity of their European LCS. But at the same time, we should also give a round of applause to our Team Rapids. Although they lost this battle, it was still a glorious one."
The eyes of the two female commentators, Mo Sheng and Fei Yan, were a little red. They nodded and continued.
"Yes."
"Today, Team Rapids performed very well."
"Especially Addisi's midlaner. Every match he played was truly at the level of a world's top midlaner."
Mo Sheng looked at the direction of the Rapids arena on the stage and said softly,
"After all —"
"To be able to contend with Europe's Number One Wizard, who ranks third in the Yonkō, and even gain the upper hand in two consecutive rounds … is definitely an arduous task that no one can imagine."
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