ctnovel Chapter 73 The Weakness of Rise
Chapter 73 The Weakness of Rise
Chapter 73 The Weakness of Rise
Although the victory was secured early, KT still had to wait until the 20-minute mark before surrendering, so the game still had to be played.
Despite their huge disadvantage, KT's morale didn't drop, and they even maintained a somewhat playful attitude, constantly engaging in fights with R1SE members.
The combined kill count of both sides even exceeded the timeline, with a total of 22 kills achieved in 20 minutes.
However, of these twenty-two kills, only three belonged to KT. These were kills they had worked incredibly hard to obtain, either by picking off isolated targets or by focusing fire in team fights.
However, none of these three heads have anything to do with Olaf.
At 23 minutes, the final team fight broke out on KT's high ground.
KT's players knew they had no hope of turning the tide, but they figured one more team fight wouldn't make a difference, so they might as well have a good, unrestrained battle.
Li Zhixing's Olaf, completely red, charged into the KT camp, unstoppable.
In this game, Li Zhixing's Olaf was relentless from start to finish. Now that the game has reached the 20-minute mark, he has not only stacked the Bloodthirster to 20 stacks, but also added Black Cleaver and Warmog's Armor to his equipment bar, reaching the four-item stage!
With this equipment, KT's Ahri and Sivir, who are only good at dealing minor damage, simply can't take down Olaf.
Bathed in damage and crowd control, Li Zhixing charged all the way to Sivir's face. He first slowed her down with a Q, then followed up with an AE combo, and finally picked up his axe and used a QA combo to send Sivir back to the fountain!
"Legendary!"
Olaf's godlike performance echoed throughout the stadium!
On KT's side, ADScore lay on a chair, looking utterly hopeless.
What can we do?
The game had barely begun when Li Zhixing had already kicked the most crucial AD carry to death, making the outcome of the team fight a foregone conclusion.
Olaf fought his way through the entire game, remaining standing until he finally killed Vi, and still had more than half his health left.
In a team fight where zero could be exchanged for five, RISE pushed forward and easily ended the game.
"Ah, congratulations to Rise again!"
"Yeah, it's obvious that KT prepared a lot for today's match, but it doesn't seem to have made any difference to the game!"
"Because Neo stepped up! Despite KT banning three and picking two, limiting five jungle champions, Neo still carried the game."
The match is over!
"That's Neo for you; he'll always be R1SE's strongest supporter!"
Li Zhixing had just taken off his headphones when he heard a barrage of compliments from the commentators.
But he was already used to it and didn't feel anything. He simply turned and left with a calm expression.
Behind him, several teammates followed suit, showering him with compliments!
"Wow, that's amazing, bro!" Kim Hyuk-kyu's praise was the most sincere. "This game was all thanks to you!"
Zhao Shiheng immediately said, "What are you saying, He Kui! We've never played without your help..."
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The director watched as the R1SE members left amidst laughter and joy before switching the camera to KT.
The KT players, having lost the match, were naturally not in a good mood. Several of them looked gloomy and hurriedly returned to the backstage dressing room.
KT coach Coach was waiting at the entrance of the locker room, watching the players return.
Seeing the bitterness on the coach's face, jungler KaKao said, "It's my fault, I didn't play well..."
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"It's not your fault." The coach shook his head. "We chose the wrong approach..."
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KT showed no signs of underestimating their opponent; they were even one of the teams in OGN that respected RISE the most.
They understand better than anyone that the real reason RISE is so strong is because of Neo, the jungler.
For this reason, they launched a series of targeted attacks, from drafting to tactics, all centered around this point.
But in the end, it was all for naught.
As it turns out, this approach is ineffective against Neo.
He banned five of his heroes, and then Olaf came out and killed even more. Who can stand that?
"Looks like we'll have to use Plan B." Coach looked around. "Shang Yu, are you ready?"
Upon hearing this, Ryu, whose name was Liu Shangyu, raised his head, his face resolute: "It should have been done a long time ago, brother!"
In the eyes of the KT members, RISE was almost a perfect team.
He does all the dirty work in the top lane but almost never makes a mistake. Although he occasionally makes mistakes in the bottom lane, Neo is there to cover for him in the bottom half of the map, so there are no obvious flaws.
After studying KT for a long time, it turns out there are only two approaches.
The first is to target the opponent's strongest point—Neo.
But the first game proved it was a joke.
Then we can only take the second path, targeting the opponent's weakness—Fakr.
That's right, Faker is R1SE's weakness.
Faker's individual skill is beyond doubt; he still holds the top spot on the OGN solo kill leaderboard, and is even far ahead of others.
If there were a solo tournament for mid-lane players, Faker would undoubtedly be number one.
However, his shortcomings are also obvious.
He doesn't seem like a professional mid-laner; he's more like a ranked player booster...
This is directly reflected in the team fight participation rate. In RISE, a team on a winning streak, Faker's team fight participation rate ranks last among mid laners.
RISE's mid-jungle synergy is also extremely rare. Except when the mid laner makes a breakthrough first, Neo almost never ganks the mid lane.
That naturally leads to flaws.
KT is known for their ability to dominate the opposing mid laner.
"Next time, let's use our best style of play! Believe in yourselves, R1E isn't that strong!"
Soon, both players returned to the stage, and the draft phase began.
In this game, the two sides switched sides, with KT moving to the red side, resulting in a significant change in the ban list.
Of the three junglers banned in the previous game, only Elise remains in this game. They used the remaining two ban slots to ban Syndra and Zed.
And unsurprisingly, they gave the final counter pick to Ryu in the mid lane, showing great respect for Faker.
Lee Sang-hyeok watched as KT failed to lock in their mid laner until their very last move, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
Clearly, they know who the expert is!
Without much hesitation, Sang-hyeok decisively locked the clockwork, choosing to remain unchanged in the face of any eventuality.
Clearly, Sang-hyeok had no idea what kind of targeting he would face in this game.
KT was overjoyed to see that Faker dared to pick Orianna, a champion that's easy to gank. In the end, they decisively picked Lissandra and started ganking her!
At the start of the match, Lee Sang-hyeok did not become timid despite being the first to pick the laner. He continued to play aggressively in lane, relying on the strength of Orianna's passive to directly cross the lane and suppress the enemy.
Sang-hyeok never knew what it meant to be cowardly. He only knew that he hadn't performed well in the last game and hadn't managed to get a solo kill on the opponent until the end of the game. He was determined to find a solo kill opportunity this game!
But the result of not backing down was that KT's jungler Jarvan IV visited the mid lane in just three minutes.
Ryu had been waiting for this moment. Ice Maiden used Ice Claw to switch positions, flashed to the face, and used Ice Ring!
Lee Sang-hyeok decisively used Flash, but unfortunately the Ice Maiden was in a close-range Flash state. Even if he used Flash to get out, he still couldn't escape the skill range!
The prince then flashed with golden light and seized the opportunity to use his EQ combo to send his child flying!
The two chased each other all the way into the tower, and the prince used his final Q, "Dragon Strike," to kill Orianna under the tower.