Did The Captain Catch Up With The Coach Today [Esports] Chapter 58
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After ganking the bottom lane, Wei Xiao recalled to base to replenish his gear, then farmed two more jungle monsters to reach level 5 before heading to the mid lane.
Wei Xiao’s style of Jungler play was always to go wherever there was a kill opportunity. If there were no kills available anywhere, he would follow his initial plan.
His initial plan was to prioritize liberating the mid lane to alleviate pressure on both the top and bottom lanes.
Although the top lane was almost collapsing, it didn’t affect his plan to liberate mid.
In fact, precisely because the top lane was collapsing, he couldn’t afford to waste time there. And compared to the bottom lane, the mid lane was clearly easier to liberate.
So, at level 5, he ganked mid.
With his level, gear, and damage, Wei Xiao’s single Stealth Stab took away half of the enemy MID, the Spirit Puppet’s, health. The remaining half was instantly cleared by Zhou Miao Miao’s combo!
System Notification: Soul Warden, First Kill!
System Notification: The enemy Spirit Puppet has been slain!
After killing the MID, Wei Xiao immediately helped Zhou Miao Miao clear the wave and push the tower. However, the enemy Jungler, Soul Lantern Guide, arrived, using his first skill to CC Zhou Miao Miao’s Soul Warden, and his second skill to boost his movement and attack speed, chasing the Soul Warden and relentlessly auto-attacking!
Wei Xiao’s skills hadn’t reset yet, so he quickly told Zhou Miao Miao, “Retreat! Retreat quickly! Hold your Flash and fall back!”
However, before Soul Lantern Guide could use his third skill, Zhou Miao Miao was reduced to a sliver of health. He desperately used Flash, but Soul Lantern Guide flashed after him, using his third skill to possess and finish off his remaining health, refilling his own health bar.
System Notification: Soul Lantern Guide, First Kill!
System Notification: Our Soul Warden has been slain!
Wei Xiao clicked his tongue.
They had managed to kill the enemy MID, but failed to take down the mid lane tier-one tower.
However, Soul Lantern Guide had used his Flash and skills, so Wei Xiao unceremoniously chased after him and killed him!
System Notification: Fox Mask Stealth, First Kill!
System Notification: The enemy Soul Lantern Guide has been slain!
Clearly, WI’s aggressive style was continuing.
However, Wei Xiao didn’t believe Xing Guang didn’t know he would die when he targeted Zhou Miao Miao. He was likely aiming for a one-for-one trade, not for Zhou Miao Miao’s kill, but to save the mid tower.
With this interruption, the mid tower was indeed saved with its last sliver of health when the MID resurrected and took over.
At the same time, WI’s TOP once again solo-killed Qin Jin Yao’s Moon Shadow Spider Demon, then destroyed FHM’s top lane tier-one tower.
“The situation is so tense!” Commentator Yue Xia exclaimed. “Currently, FHM leads in kills and gold, but WI was the first to take a defensive tower.”
Commentator Ri Xi: “It’s really hard to say who will win this match, but WI’s individual stats are indeed not looking great.”
The TPL official website showed the player rankings for each position across all teams. The top ten included KPI’s Jungler Fei Yu, CHIP’s MID Fox, MID’s MID Phoenix, FOU’s TOP Displeasure, and of course, FHM’s MID and Jungler. WI only had the E-sports Player Sun’s stats ranking in the top ten; everyone else was in the teens or twenties.
WI was a team that completely prioritized win rate over individual stats. All five Starters were willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of victory.
Their actions in this match might seem out of control, but every move they made had a purpose.
However, the top tower being pushed was within Wei Xiao’s expectations. Wei Xiao didn’t panic at all: “Perfect. Jin Yao, after you recall, go straight to bot. Zhou Miao Miao, you come down too.”
Zhou Miao Miao: “Are we going for a team fight?”
Wei Xiao: “Yep, let’s wrap them up like dumplings.”
Wei Xiao hadn’t forgotten that WI’s carry was the E-sports Player, so they definitely needed to restrict him and prevent his gold from scaling.
WI’s shot caller was Xing Guang, but the captain and core output was the E-sports Player Sun.
Thus, after FHM lost the top lane tier-one tower, they immediately engaged in a team fight with WI in the bottom lane.
WI’s MID and Jungler sensed danger and rushed to the bottom lane.
Tang Li’s Underworld Crow flashed in to initiate the fight. WI’s E-sports Player Sun used Cleanse and output damage from the back, but FHM’s TOP, MID, and Jungler were focused on diving the backline. They swarmed him and pinned him down, killing him. WI’s Support, Soul Summoning Bell, gave him a shield and used her ultimate, but still couldn’t save him.
However, he took one person down with him upon death.
System Notification: Fox Mask Stealth, First Kill!
System Notification: The enemy Rain Needle Thousand Leaves has been slain!
System Notification: Rain Needle Thousand Leaves, First Kill!
System Notification: Our Moon Shadow Spider Demon has been slain!
The Moon Shadow Spider Demon was already a squishy Assassin, and with his current gold being lower than the Support’s, he was gone after two shots.
But even though he was gone, the spider web effect remained. The enemy Support was stuck in the web, moving slowly, giving Lu Qing Yang the opportunity to auto-attack and kill her!
System Notification: Frost Love, First Kill!
System Notification: The enemy Soul Summoning Bell has been slain!
Tang Li’s Underworld Crow was low on health and retreated from the tower. WI’s MID and Jungler arrived at this moment. The Spirit Puppet used its puppet to CC Lu Qing Yang’s Frost Love, and Soul Lantern Guide immediately used a large area-of-effect ultimate, following up with auto-attacks to secure a double kill!
System Notification: Soul Lantern Guide, First Kill!
System Notification: Our Underworld Crow has been slain!
System Notification: Soul Lantern Guide, Double Kill!
System Notification: Our Frost Love has been slain!
MID versus MID, Jungler versus Jungler. Wei Xiao glanced at the positioning and health of both sides and made a decision instantly: “Kill the Jungler first!”
Zhou Miao Miao shouted “Got it,” and cast “Soul Suppression,” successfully hitting Soul Lantern Guide and restricting his movement range. Wei Xiao seized the opportunity with Stealth Stab, successfully killing him!
Meanwhile, the enemy MID Spirit Puppet’s ultimate landed squarely on Zhou Miao Miao’s Soul Warden, finishing off his remaining health.
System Notification: Fox Mask Stealth, Double Kill!
System Notification: The enemy Soul Lantern Guide has been slain!
System Notification: Spirit Puppet, First Kill!
System Notification: Our Soul Warden has been slain!
Wei Xiao immediately followed up by attacking the Spirit Puppet. The Spirit Puppet had used his ultimate and flashed away. Wei Xiao used his displacement skill to chase, and after a distance, successfully took him down.
System Notification: Fox Mask Stealth, Triple Kill!
System Notification: The enemy Spirit Puppet has been slain!
At this point, the bottom lane team fight was over. FHM, four against five, traded four for four. The entire map was left with only the low-health Wei Xiao, and WI’s TOP, who seized the opportunity to push down FHM’s mid lane tier-one tower.
Commentator Ri Xi: “What an intense team fight! FHM successfully pushed down WI’s bottom lane tier-one tower, but the cost was losing another mid tower.”
Commentator Yue Xia: “Kills are constantly happening on both sides, and they are trading objectives. It’s still very difficult to say who will ultimately claim victory.”
Commentator Ri Xi: “But this is the charm of live competition!”
Hearing this, the reaction in the live stream comments was:
Thank you, my heart has stopped beating several times already.
Suddenly very glad I don’t root for any team, otherwise I’d be dead from anxiety.
WI fans have already put on their respirators.
WI is actually doing well, managing to trade blows with FHM.
Crap, this is defying the natural order!
I can’t, I’m going to sleep first. Call me when there’s a result!
To the person above, how can you sleep!
When Wen Shi Yu snapped out of it, he realized he had been clenching his jaw so tightly that his teeth were aching slightly.
Currently, the gap in kills, gold, and towers between the two sides wasn’t significant. However, dragging the game into the late stage would be risky; in terms of late-game experience, WI completely dominated FHM.
Therefore, the result of the next team fight would determine the outcome of this match.