LPL didn't want me? I joined SKT instead!

Chapter 227 Firepower Suppression

The brief rest period passed in the blink of an eye.

At the front desk, Wawa and Miller, who were commentating, had returned to their positions, their expressions still carrying the lingering excitement from the previous game.

"Welcome back! We're about to bring you the second match of the S8 World Championship Group Stage, SKT vs. VIT!" Wawa announced loudly.

Miller picked up where he left off: "In the last game, Xiao Yan proved to the world with his Caitlyn that even in this extremely weakened version known as the 'Xiao Yan Shackles,' he can still take over the game with his micro-management and kiting. However, although VIT lost, they actually achieved their tactical goal, which was to drag the game into the late game after thirty minutes."

"That's right," Wawa nodded, "The new version's turret mechanics and early-game gold nerfs make it much harder for SKT to finish games within twenty minutes like they used to. In this game, VIT has the first pick, and they chose the blue side. Let's see how the draft phase unfolds!"

The business plan (BP) phase has officially begun.

VIT's coaching staff had clearly done their homework in the break room. In their first three bans, they not only banned Caitlyn, who had shone in the previous game, but also Lucian and Draven. This was a clear indication of their intention to target Xiao Yan's champion pool, completely eliminating his chances of securing early kills.

Subsequently, VIT secured the first pick, immediately locking in Sivir, the Battle Mistress, and paired her with Braum as support.

"Sivir and Braum! VIT is determined to stick to their 'survival' strategy to the very end!" Miller exclaimed. "Sivir has the strongest wave clear in the entire league, and Braum's 'Security Door' can confiscate all projectiles. With this bot lane duo, forget about tower diving; you'll have an extremely difficult time even pushing the minion wave in to chip away at the tower's health!"

In SKT's voice chat, kkOma looked at the opposing team's lineup and sneered.

"They think they can farm safely by picking a champion with fast wave clear? Sang-hyeok, TheShy, give them some power."

SKT's first two picks were Ryze for mid lane and Jayce for top lane!

These are two champions with extreme lane dominance. SKT's intention is very clear: since it's difficult to tower dive in the bottom lane, then I will push all three lanes at once and suffocate you with all-around minion pressure!

It was Xiao Yan's turn to choose.

He looked at the dazzling array of ADC icons on the screen, and his gaze finally settled on a Yordle carrying a cannon.

"Merlin Gunner, Tristana!"

The moment the little cannon's avatar lit up and locked, a cheer erupted from the crowd.

"Tristana! Xiao Yan picked Tristana!" Wawa excitedly commented. "She's a late-game carry ADC who relies heavily on farming, but at the same time, she's one of the fastest tower-destroying champions in the entire league! Xiao Yan's intention is clear: your Sivir can clear waves, but my Tristana can blow up both waves and towers!"

The roster has been finalized.

VIT (Blue Side): Top lane Sion, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Lissandra, Bot lane Sivir, Support Braum.

SKT (Red Side): Top lane Jayce (TheShy), Jungle Lee Sin (Peanut), Mid lane Ryze (Faker), Bot lane Tristana (Xiao Yan), Support Lulu (Wolf).

The match loads, and the battle in Summoner's Rift reignites.

At the start of the game, SKT displayed suffocating dominance across all three lanes.

In the top lane, TheShy's Jayce was like a tyrant, crossing the minion wave at level one and relentlessly attacking Sion, preventing Sion from even getting any experience. In the mid lane, Faker's Ryze used the splash damage of his abilities to push the lane aggressively, keeping Lissandra pinned under her tower.

Meanwhile, the bottom lane duel is a protracted, bloodless battle. (You have received a new chapter update: Chapter 227 Firepower Suppression, reading link provided.)

VIT's ADC player, Attila, was controlling Sivir and trying to use his W skill to quickly clear the minion wave. However, he was horrified to discover that Xiao Yan's Tristana was pushing the wave even faster than him!

Tristana's E skill passive effect creates an area explosion when she kills a minion. Xiao Yan used this passive, along with Lulu's shield and attack speed buff, to relentlessly auto-attack minions.

The minion wave was quickly pushed to VIT's bottom lane tower.

"Bang!"

Xiao Yan placed an E skill on the turret.

Seeing this, Attila immediately controlled Sivir to move forward, trying to use her auto-attack to clear the minions that had entered the tower and stop Tristana from attacking the tower.

But Xiao Yan's positioning was extremely tricky. He completely ignored Wheel Mom and instead stood on the edge of the turret's attack range, landing his basic attacks precisely on the turret with bombs attached.

As the number of basic attacks by the cannon increases, the bombs on the turret grow larger and larger, flashing a dangerous red light.

"boom!"

The bomb exploded!

The massive AOE damage not only destroyed a significant portion of the turret's health, but also reduced the health of Sivir and Braum, who were standing under the turret trying to clear the minions, to nearly a quarter of their health!

"Hiss—" Attila gasped and quickly retreated. He hadn't expected Tristana's E skill to have such a large explosion radius and deal such high damage.

"Xiao Yan's control over the explosion range of Tristana's E skill is too precise!" Miller exclaimed. "He's not just taking down towers, he's using the explosion AOE to whittle down the opponent's health! VIT's bot lane duo is in a very difficult position right now. If they go forward to clear the minions, they'll get blown up; if they don't go forward, Tristana will eat up the tower's plating layer by layer!"

This is Xiao Yan's answer when faced with the new version of "Shackles".

Since solo kills are difficult and tower diving is too risky, I'll focus all my energy on plundering resources!

The game has been going on for eight minutes.

With his exceptional lane pushing and poke damage, Xiao Yan managed to take down two layers of plating on VIT's bottom lane turret, securing an extra 320 gold.

But this is far from enough.

Xiao Yan glanced at the minimap; Peanut's Lee Sin was counter-ganking in the top half of the map.

"Wolf, come with me."

After clearing a wave of minions, Xiao Yan did not choose to return to the city, but instead took Lulu and plunged into VIT's lower jungle.

He skillfully maneuvered around the line of sight and arrived at VIT's stone beetle camp.

"Bang bang bang!"

With a few basic attacks combined with the explosion of his E skill, Xiao Yan quickly took down the group of jungle monsters.

Then, he casually ate the swift crab from the river.

When he returned to the lane, a new wave of minions had just converged.

"My God, what is Xiao Yan doing? He's turned into a ruthless vacuum cleaner!" Wawa exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the economic panel shown by the director. "He's not only eating the minions and tower plating, he's even taking the enemy's jungle monsters and river crabs! He's devoured every resource he can get his hands on!"

Miller adjusted his glasses, his expression grave: "That's what makes Xiao Yan so terrifying. In previous versions, he could instantly gain a gold advantage of several hundred through a single solo kill. But the current version doesn't allow that, so he changed his strategy. He uses Tristana's wave clear advantage to create a time difference, and then uses that time difference to plunder neutral resources on the map. Little by little, it adds up!"

Time passed by, second by second.

I'm currently reading Chapter 227, "Firepower Suppression," and I'm completely engrossed in it.

This is Xiao Yan's answer when faced with the new version of "Shackles".

Since solo kills are difficult and tower diving is too risky, I'll focus all my energy on plundering resources!

The game has been going on for eight minutes.

With his exceptional lane pushing and poke damage, Xiao Yan managed to take down two layers of plating on VIT's bottom lane turret, securing an extra 320 gold.

But this is far from enough.

Xiao Yan glanced at the minimap; Peanut's Lee Sin was counter-ganking in the top half of the map.

"Wolf, come with me."

After clearing a wave of minions, Xiao Yan did not choose to return to the city, but instead took Lulu and plunged into VIT's lower jungle.

He skillfully maneuvered around the line of sight and arrived at VIT's stone beetle camp.

"Bang bang bang!"

With a few basic attacks combined with the explosion of his E skill, Xiao Yan quickly took down the group of jungle monsters.

Then, he casually ate the swift crab from the river.

When he returned to the lane, a new wave of minions had just converged.

"My God, what is Xiao Yan doing? He's turned into a ruthless vacuum cleaner!" Wawa exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the economic panel shown by the director. "He's not only eating the minions and tower plating, he's even taking the enemy's jungle monsters and river crabs! He's devoured every resource he can get his hands on!"

Miller adjusted his glasses, his expression grave: "That's what makes Xiao Yan so terrifying. In previous versions, he could instantly gain a gold advantage of several hundred through a single solo kill. But the current version doesn't allow that, so he changed his strategy. He uses Tristana's wave clear advantage to create a time difference, and then uses that time difference to plunder neutral resources on the map. Little by little, it adds up!"

Time passed by, second by second.

This is Xiao Yan's answer when faced with the new version of "Shackles".

Since solo kills are difficult and tower diving is too risky, I'll focus all my energy on plundering resources!

The game has been going on for eight minutes.

With his exceptional lane pushing and poke damage, Xiao Yan managed to take down two layers of plating on VIT's bottom lane turret, securing an extra 320 gold.

But this is far from enough.

Xiao Yan glanced at the minimap; Peanut's Lee Sin was counter-ganking in the top half of the map.

"Wolf, come with me."

After clearing a wave of minions, Xiao Yan did not choose to return to the city, but instead took Lulu and plunged into VIT's lower jungle.

He skillfully maneuvered around the line of sight and arrived at VIT's stone beetle camp.

"Bang bang bang!"

With a few basic attacks combined with the explosion of his E skill, Xiao Yan quickly took down the group of jungle monsters.

Then, he casually ate the swift crab from the river.

When he returned to the lane, a new wave of minions had just converged.

"My God, what is Xiao Yan doing? He's turned into a ruthless vacuum cleaner!" Wawa exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the economic panel shown by the director. "He's not only eating the minions and tower plating, he's even taking the enemy's jungle monsters and river crabs! He's devoured every resource he can get his hands on!"

Miller adjusted his glasses, his expression grave: "That's what makes Xiao Yan so terrifying. In previous versions, he could instantly gain a gold advantage of several hundred through a single solo kill. But the current version doesn't allow that, so he changed his strategy. He uses Tristana's wave clear advantage to create a time difference, and then uses that time difference to plunder neutral resources on the map. Little by little, it adds up!"

Time passed by, second by second.

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This is Xiao Yan's answer when faced with the new version of "Shackles".

Since solo kills are difficult and tower diving is too risky, I'll focus all my energy on plundering resources!

The game has been going on for eight minutes.

With his exceptional lane pushing and poke damage, Xiao Yan managed to take down two layers of plating on VIT's bottom lane turret, securing an extra 320 gold.

But this is far from enough.

Xiao Yan glanced at the minimap; Peanut's Lee Sin was counter-ganking in the top half of the map.

"Wolf, come with me."

After clearing a wave of minions, Xiao Yan did not choose to return to the city, but instead took Lulu and plunged into VIT's lower jungle.

He skillfully maneuvered around the line of sight and arrived at VIT's stone beetle camp.

"Bang bang bang!"

With a few basic attacks combined with the explosion of his E skill, Xiao Yan quickly took down the group of jungle monsters.

Then, he casually ate the swift crab from the river.

When he returned to the lane, a new wave of minions had just converged.

"My God, what is Xiao Yan doing? He's turned into a ruthless vacuum cleaner!" Wawa exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the economic panel shown by the director. "He's not only eating the minions and tower plating, he's even taking the enemy's jungle monsters and river crabs! He's devoured every resource he can get his hands on!"

Miller adjusted his glasses, his expression grave: "That's what makes Xiao Yan so terrifying. In previous versions, he could instantly gain a gold advantage of several hundred through a single solo kill. But the current version doesn't allow that, so he changed his strategy. He uses Tristana's wave clear advantage to create a time difference, and then uses that time difference to plunder neutral resources on the map. Little by little, it adds up!"

Time passed by, second by second.

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This is Xiao Yan's answer when faced with the new version of "Shackles".

Since solo kills are difficult and tower diving is too risky, I'll focus all my energy on plundering resources!

The game has been going on for eight minutes.

With his exceptional lane pushing and poke damage, Xiao Yan managed to take down two layers of plating on VIT's bottom lane turret, securing an extra 320 gold.

But this is far from enough.

Xiao Yan glanced at the minimap; Peanut's Lee Sin was counter-ganking in the top half of the map.

"Wolf, come with me."

After clearing a wave of minions, Xiao Yan did not choose to return to the city, but instead took Lulu and plunged into VIT's lower jungle.

He skillfully maneuvered around the line of sight and arrived at VIT's stone beetle camp.

"Bang bang bang!"

With a few basic attacks combined with the explosion of his E skill, Xiao Yan quickly took down the group of jungle monsters.

Then, he casually ate the swift crab from the river.

When he returned to the lane, a new wave of minions had just converged.

"My God, what is Xiao Yan doing? He's turned into a ruthless vacuum cleaner!" Wawa exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the economic panel shown by the director. "He's not only eating the minions and tower plating, he's even taking the enemy's jungle monsters and river crabs! He's devoured every resource he can get his hands on!"

Miller adjusted his glasses, his expression grave: "That's what makes Xiao Yan so terrifying. In previous versions, he could instantly gain a gold advantage of several hundred through a single solo kill. But the current version doesn't allow that, so he changed his strategy. He uses Tristana's wave clear advantage to create a time difference, and then uses that time difference to plunder neutral resources on the map. Little by little, it adds up!"

Time passed by, second by second.