Chapter 778
Ultimate Move
The turret's red light locked onto Amumu, and a high-energy laser beam crashed down.
However, with the terrifying dual resistances of the Thornmail and Cloth Armor, Amumu's health bar dropped extremely slowly.
The moment the control ended, 369 didn't hesitate to use Flash to escape towards the second tower!
But Su Mo had anticipated this.
In the same frame as Olaf flashed to land, Amumu's bandage shot out like a venomous snake!
Q skill [Bandage Pull]!
"Snapped!"
An extremely accurate prediction of the Q skill stunned and pulled Olaf back from his Flash escape attempt!
Su Mo followed up with two basic attacks, and with the percentage magic damage from his W skill, he depleted Olaf's remaining health bar.
"EDG.Mo has killed JDG.369!"
After killing the enemy, Su Mo withstood the third laser strike from the turret, took unsteady little steps, and with only a third of his health remaining, calmly walked out of the turret.
The entire audience fell silent, then erupted in deafening gasps.
"Solo kill!! Another tower dive solo kill!!" Miller roared hoarsely, "That combo was so decisive! Flash-ultimate start, giving no time to react, predicting Q to interrupt Flash escape! Mozi played a clumsy tank with the oppressive feeling of an assassin!"
Zz1tai shook his head repeatedly: "369 was completely crushed! Who was he facing? A god who hasn't lost a lane since S7! You picked Olaf to counter him? You got tower-dived and killed twice in six minutes by an Amumu! How are you supposed to play this game?"
Sitting in the soundproof booth, 369 took his hands off the keyboard and painfully rubbed his reddened eyes.
In that instant, an overwhelming sense of powerlessness engulfed him. His prized mad dog, Olaf, looked like a ridiculous clown in the face of this man's calculations and manipulations.
6 minutes 40 seconds.
Due to the absolute lane control in the top lane and the death of 369, EDG's jungler Achen's Lee Sin easily secured the three Voidlings in the top half of the map.
"The top lane is unplayable, I have to go down." Kanavi's Vi glanced at the miserable state of the top lane and said helplessly in the voice chat. He knew that going to the top lane now would be like giving away a double kill to an Amumu who had already built a Thornmail and reached level six.
"Let's find an opportunity in mid lane, my ultimate is almost ready." Knight's Syndra was behind Orianna in CS, but he was looking for a chance to break the deadlock.
7 minutes 10 seconds.
Kanavi's Vi activated his scan, patiently bypassing the river's vision, and crouched in the bushes along the F6 lane on the right side of EDG's mid lane.
Xiao Yue's Orianna moved slightly forward to push the lane.
"Right now!"
A murderous glint flashed in Knight's eyes, and he unleashed a devastating QE combo: "Weaklings, begone!"
The Dark Orb struck Clockwerk precisely, stunning him!
Kanavi's Vi immediately used her Q skill, Power Punch, to dash out of the bush, preparing to follow up with further crowd control!
"JDG's mid and jungle have made a move! This sudden attack is very dangerous for Xiaoyue!" Wawa shouted.
But just as Vi's fist was about to smash into Orianna's face!
Xiao Yue demonstrated top-tier reaction speed for EDG's starting mid-laner. At the critical moment the stun ended, Orianna used Flash and cast her E skill shield on herself!
Vi's Q skill missed!
"Damn it!" Kanavi cursed, and could only cooperate with Syndra to force a trade of health with Orianna before retreating in frustration.
"JDG has failed again! Xiaoyue's Flash was perfectly timed, his reaction was too fast!" Miller breathed a sigh of relief.
7 minutes 45 seconds.
The first dragon—the Hextech Dragon—spawns in the Dragon Pit.
This is a map resource with extremely high strategic value in the early stages.
JDG's Xayah and Rakan duo, taking advantage of their early wave push, pushed the minion wave into EDG's bottom lane tower and then immediately moved towards the dragon pit.
Kanavi's Vi has already taken her position, and Knight's Syndra is heading down to the river.
"We have to take this dragon. We're already at a disadvantage in the top lane, and we can't afford to lose the bottom half of the map!" Coach Homme gripped the tactical board tightly backstage.
On EDG's side, A-Chen's Lee Sin and Xiao-Yue's Orianna also quickly moved towards the river.
"There are four of them, should we pick them up?" Ah Chen asked in the voice chat, since the bottom lane duo was still clearing the wave under the tower and couldn't get to the battlefield immediately.
Just then, Su Mo's extremely calm yet reassuring voice came through EDG's team voice chat.
"Here I am."
The director suddenly cut to a bush in the river behind JDG's red buff, a blind spot in the vision.
There's a deep ward placed there by EDG's support Vamp three minutes ago!
A twisted red beam of light shot into the sky from the fake eye!
"Teleport!! It's Amumu's teleport from the top lane!!" Zz1tai jumped up immediately. "Mozi didn't recall after pushing the lane, he used TP to flank! JDG didn't even notice!"
8 minutes 05 seconds.
JDG's four players are focusing fire on the Hextech Dragon inside the dragon pit. The Dragon's health is below half.
"The Blind Monk is above the Dragon Pit, watch out, he might steal the dragon!" Missing activated her scan, watching the area above warily.
But while they defended their heads, they neglected their backs.
"boom!"
Teleported to the ground!
A green figure covered in bandages burst out from the back of JDG's formation!
"I've come to play with you guys..."
Accompanied by Amumu's mournful lines, Su Mo did not hesitate at all.
Vi's Q ability, Bandage Pull, pierced through the narrow pass with incredible precision, hitting Vi directly inside the dragon pit where she was fighting the dragon!
Amumu flew into the dragon pit like a cannonball!
"Amumu's in! This position is perfect!" Wawa roared at the top of his lungs.
The moment he landed, Su Mo immediately activated his ultimate move, [Curse of the Mummy]!
Golden ancient runes exploded violently within the narrow dragon pit!
Vi, Xayah, and Rakan! JDG's three junglers were completely immobilized in place by this devastating ultimate ability!
"Three enemies were controlled!!! Perfect ultimate move!!!"
Just as Amumu's ultimate skill controlled the three, Xiaoyue, with perfect teamwork, used Orianna's E skill to directly put it on Amumu!
"Command: Shockwave!"
Orianna's ultimate skill exploded in the dragon pit, pulling the three JDG players who had just awakened from their confinement back together!
Ah Chen's Lee Sin peeked under the dragon pit and used "Dragon Tail" to kick Vi away, sending her flying into Xayah and Rakan's bodies!
EDG's bot lane duo, Varus and Lena, also arrived on the battlefield, unleashing a chain of corruption that spread and fully activated the control chain!
This was a one-sided massacre!
Under a series of breathtaking chain reactions and explosive AOE damage, Ruler's Xayah didn't even have time to cast her ultimate, Stormblade, before she was instantly melted!
Wei and Luo followed closely behind, both collapsing into the dragon pit.
"EDG.Leave has killed JDG.Ruler!"
"EDG.Xiaoyue has killed JDG.Missing!" "EDG.Mo has killed JDG.Kanavi!"
Only Knight's Syndra arrived late, and seeing the corpses all over the dragon pit, she was so frightened that she used Flash and scrambled back to the mid-lane tower.
"A perfect 3-0 exchange!! EDG pulled off an absolutely perfect 3-0 exchange and even took the Hextech Dragon!!" Miller was so excited his face turned red. "Mozi's flanking teleport was a stroke of genius! An Amumu with an amazing farm and incredibly high armor entered the fray and completely shattered JDG's formation!"
Zz1tai clapped repeatedly: "This teamwork is incredible! Amumu's ultimate followed by Orianna's ultimate, this is EDG's most terrifying team fight execution since S7! JDG completely exploded in this play!"
8 minutes 30 seconds.
Su Mo secured a kill and two assists, easily taking down the first dragon with his teammates.
He glanced at the enormous amount of gold coins in his pocket and pressed the return-to-town button.
When Amumu emerged from the fountain again, his inventory contained an item that would make any physical damage champion despair—Sunfire Cape, plus a pair of armor boots.
At this point, the game time was less than nine minutes.
Cloth armor, small Thornmail, small Sunfire Cape, armor boots.
When the director switched to Amumu's stats panel, his 160 points of physical defense caused the three commentators to fall into a brief silence.
9 minutes 10 seconds.
With an air of indifference, Su Mo returned to the road.
While Su Mo was away fighting in the bottom lane, 369 finally managed to reach level six and managed to catch up in CS.
Seeing Amumu come online, 369 took a deep breath. He was waiting for Amumu to push the lane. As long as Amumu farmed safely under the tower, there was still hope for the game.
But Su Mo doesn't play by the rules at all.
He walked to the front of the minion wave, completely ignoring JDG's minions, and headed straight for Olaf's face, braving the minion wave's aggro.
369 was stunned. He watched as the little mummy, engulfed in flames and wearing armored boots, walked toward him, and a chill ran down his spine.
"What's he going to do? He doesn't have any special moves up his sleeve!"
Su Mo didn't use any skills; he just stayed close to Olaf. The burning effect of the small Sunfire Aegis began to sizzle.
Unable to bear this humiliating oppression, 369 used his Q skill to slow Amumu, then activated his W to increase his attack speed and chopped him down with his axe!
"Ding!"
A crisp, clear rebounding sound rang out.
With 160 armor and the physical damage reduction from his E skill, Amumu only lost a tiny bit of health after that axe strike!
The Thornmail's damage reflection, Sunfire Cape's burn, and Amumu's W skill's Tear caused Olaf's health to drop rapidly at a visible speed!
"Bang!" E skill refreshed, Su Mo swung his head to strike.
369 was terrified when he saw his health bar drop to half in an instant.
"Monster! This is a monster!"
369 didn't even have the courage to make a second strike. Without hesitation, he pressed his ultimate skill, Ragnarok, and with the immunity to control and movement speed bonus provided by the ultimate skill, he fled back to the self-isolation bush behind the second tower without looking back!
9 minutes 40 seconds.
"I'm dying of laughter!! Olaf got rammed by Amumu without using any abilities, which scared him so much that he used his ultimate!!!" Zz1tai laughed so hard on the commentary stage, "369's morale is completely shattered! He's probably trembling every time he sees Amumu now!"
Without any defense, JDG's top lane tower became Su Mo's cash cow.
He stood calmly under the turret, coordinating with Sunfire Cape's wave-pushing speed to send a large wave of minions into the turret, and began to frantically devour the top lane turret's plating.
"Bang! Bang!"
The two layers of the tower crust were easily obtained.
10 minutes and 00 seconds.
As the director displayed the ten-minute economic data panel on the screen, the entire audience gasped.
EDG's overall economic lead has reached a terrifying 3,000 gold!
Of that 3,000 yuan economic difference, 1,800 yuan was an absolute crushing advantage that Su Mo achieved when facing 369!
Amumu with a score of 2-0-1 and 85 CS.
Against Olaf, who had a 0-2-0 record and 32 CS.
This supreme ruler who dominated Summoner's Rift for seven years, using a bottom-tier champion who was least likely to appear in the top lane, once again proved a truth to the world:
Faced with absolute power, the strength or weakness of heroes seems like a joke.
After Su Mo's Amumu removed four layers of plating from the top lane turret, he didn't continue the chase because his ultimate was still on cooldown. Instead, he retreated to the jungle and skillfully cleared Kanavi's top side jungle camps, including the Gromp and Wolves.
The economic gap has widened further.
However, despite being at a severe disadvantage, JDG demonstrated the terrifying resilience that allowed them to fight their way from the loser's bracket to the semifinals.
10 minutes 45 seconds.
"Give up the top half first, gank the bottom lane! Amumu has no ultimate and no Teleport, and Orianna just recalled!" Knight commanded decisively in the voice chat.
As a top mid laner, Knight knew very well that with Amumu's "Wait Wall" fully formed, a head-on confrontation would be suicidal. He had to break through EDG's relatively weak bot lane.
Kanavi's Vi immediately understood, abandoning the red buff she was fighting, and went directly from her own bottom half of the map to bypass the river vision and reach the triangular bush behind EDG's bottom lane tower!
At this moment, EDG's bot lane duo, Varus and Lena, were farming under the tower when JDG's Xayah and Rakan pushed the minion wave in.
11 minutes 00 seconds.
"cross!"
At Knight's command, Missing's Rakan launched an extremely decisive attack!
Rakan's ultimate ability, [Fleeting Glimpse], is activated instantly! He transforms into a golden streak of light, flashing directly into the tower and charming Lena, who was positioned slightly forward! Immediately following, his W ability, [Grand Entrance], lifts her into the air!
Almost simultaneously, Kanavi's Vi burst out from the tri-bush, her Q skill [Power Punch] directly locking onto Varus under the tower, and her ultimate [Skybreaker] slammed down, completely suppressing Varus!
"JDG's four-man gank on the second lane! This is an extremely deadly initiation!" Wawa shouted from the commentary booth.
Faced with this unexpected four-man gank, even though EDG's bot lane duo reacted extremely quickly, with Lena using Exhaust in mid-air and Varus pressing Heal, it was still to no avail under the combined fire of the four.
Knight's Syndra roamed from mid lane and arrived, stunning Lena Tower who was trying to fight back with an extremely precise QE combo. Her ultimate, [Power Surge], instantly killed the low-health Varus!
Ruler's Xayah, positioned at a safe distance, landed a powerful hook and secured the kill on Lena.
"JDG.Knight has killed EDG.Leave!"
"JDG.Ruler has killed EDG.Vamp!"
In a swift and decisive four-man gank under the tower, JDG managed to kill EDG's bot lane duo at the cost of a 2-for-0 exchange!
"Brilliant!! JDG found a perfect rhythm in a desperate situation!" Miller clapped excitedly. "They avoided the invincible Amumu and used Vi and Rakan's strong engage composition to completely destroy EDG's bot lane! And Amumu doesn't have Teleport, so he can't provide any support at all!"
11 minutes and 30 seconds. (End of Chapter)