Rise

lanc is going in! SHE’S GOING IN FOR THE KILL!” Silent Reed cried out into her microphone.
She leaned forward and shouted, “BUT IT’S A BAIT FROM SHI HANG! A BAIT! LOOK AT MAOKAI!” She briefly paused to catch her breath before adding, “AND RENGAR! RENGAR IS ALSO INCOMING!”

Shi Hang had expected the engage by Lin Feng’s LeBlanc.
He cast Command: Protect on himself right away! Orianna’s Ball flew back to her side and formed a protective shield around her! She followed up with her ultimate skill! Command: Shockwave! A powerful electromagnetic storm started raging around her Ball! It swept out and pulled everything within the immediate vicinity towards her! All the while, Zhejiang’s Maokai had run into the mid lane and cast Twisting Advance! He contorted into a mass of moving roots and dashed at LeBlanc!

Lin Feng smiled. I win. He cast Ignite on Orianna before activating the second half of Distortion.
LeBlanc blinked away, back to the spot from which she’d cast the original skill.
The electromagnetic storm from Orianna’s ultimate missed her entirely, while Maokai kept flying after her all the way towards Blue Team’s outer tower.

Shit! Shi Hang’s eye twitched.
The gank was a failure.
He looked at his Orianna.
Her health bar was down below half and the unquenchable flames from Ignite were whittling that down further. I can’t cha— The eyes of a predator opened above his Orianna’s head. Rengar!? RENGAR!

An Xin’s Rengar had turned invisible with Thrill of the Hunt! His ferocity stacks built up to the max, empowering his next skill! When he got close to Orianna, he activated Savagery and leapt out from the shadows at her! He followed up by throwing a Bola and then hacking into Orianna with an empowered Savagery! She was slowed and her health bar dropped, while Rengar’s attack speed increased! He attacked her with his blade and finished with a loud Battle Roar! A soundwave slammed into Orianna and killed her!

《You have slain an enemy!》

“A KILL! RENGAR DID IT!” Silent Reed screamed into her microphone.
She turned to look at the audience and screamed, “WOOOOOOOOOOO!”

“WOOOOOOOOOOO!”
“WOOT WOOT! BUNBUN RULES!”

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“SWEET MOTHER! THAT RENGAR DAMAGE!”
“SICK PLAY! JEEEEEEEE!”
“Holy sweet damn! INSAAAAAANE!”
“RENGAL DOIN’ IT! LOOOOOOOOL!”
“THEY SMACKIN’ THE PRO! FUCKING UNREAL!”

Rollfire stared at the large LCD screen with his eyes and mouth wide open, dazed. How…? That… What? That speed! He shook his head and used his hand to close his mouth. What the hell happened with Team Shanghai’s Jungler? Since when is she that good? She linked that perfectly! It’s like she read that LeBlanc’s mind for a gank! And now they’ve got the Maokai completely out of position too… FUCK! FUCKFUCK FUCK FUCK!

Lin Feng’s LeBlanc was hit by Maokai’s Twisting Advance.
She was locked down for a brief moment as Maokai returned back to his original form.
And then she broke free.
Lin Feng smiled, activating both Sigil of Malice and Ethereal Chains! His LeBlanc waved her staff and placed the sigil on Maokai, after which a set of chains shot out from her and wrapped around him! They set off the sigil for a burst of damage and slowed him!

Zhejiang’s Maokai tried to run away, but couldn’t open up enough distance before the secondary effect from Ethereal Chains activated.
The chains had wrapped completely around him and locked him to the ground! LeBlanc cast magic at him from behind.
And right in front of him, standing between him and Red Team’s outer tower, was An Xin’s Rengar!

Lin Feng’s LeBlanc and An Xin’s Rengar tore through Maokai’s health! He didn’t have Flash up and no other abilities off cooldown that could help him escape.
Even with his large health pool, there was nothing he could do.
It was eventually Lin Feng’s LeBlanc who landed the killing blow with a Sigil of Malice.

《You have slain an enemy!》

“That’s the lead!” Lin Feng said over the team’s voice chat, satisfied.
He then nodded at An Xin and added, “Great Rengar mechanics! Good job!”

An Xin smiled and replied, “Like I need you to tell me.
My Rengar has always been great!”

Lin Feng scratched his nose and glanced at An Xin.
Then he chuckled. Maybe she was just not in the right headspace the last two games.
This is the BunBun I know! She’s back! This is great! He looked back at his monitor, and more specifically at the minimap.
“We should take Dragon,” he said over the team’s voice chat.

“Alright, we’ll push bot and come,” Zeng Rui replied.

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An Xin giggled and concluded, “Great! This Dragon is ours then!”

✹

The players from Zhejiang University were visibly upset.
The third game of this best of five series had started terribly with an early kill for An Xin’s Rengar.
And from there, she went on to get an assist in the bot lane and now a kill plus an assist in the mid lane! The game wasn’t even 8 minutes in and she was already sitting on a KDA of 2/0/2!

Zhejiang’s Jungler punched his desk and complained over the team’s voice chat, “When did their Jungler learn to jungle!? She was terrible in the first two games? What the hell happened to her!?”

“I don’t know.
We need to focus,” Sun Ruinian replied.
He then glanced at Shi Hang and frowned. She even got the jump on him? How…?

Shi Hang was staring at his monitor.
At the dull grey colours. Their coordination has really improved… No, no.
It’s not that.
It’s more that… It’s more that she’s suddenly gotten a lot better! The way she’s playing right now, I was already dead when those eyes popped up! This is actually kind of worrying… He knitted his brows and opened the game scoreboard. She’s 2/0/2.
If she gets anymore fed, she’ll snowball the entire game! We’re gonna lose if it goes on like this!

“Alright guys, playtime is over,” Shi Hang said over the team’s voice chat.
He continued, “First things first.
Pink wards.
Buy them, lots of them.
We need to know where that Rengar is at all times.
Then…” He turned his head to look at his Toplaner.
“…
I’m coming for a gank together with Maokai.
I need you to start shoving top lane.
Be ready to towerdive that Mundo.” He finally turned to look at Sun Ruinian and paused. I’ve taught you everything.
I know how good you are.
And you’re good enough to carry this.
I’ll leave the bot lane to you. He smiled and concluded, “Do what you need to do in bot.
Don’t let the Vayne scale.”

✹

At 7:40 minutes, Zhejiang’s Irelia finished pushing the top lane.
A big Red minion wave had gathered in front of Blue team’s outer tower and was now pushing into its range.
She followed behind them and focused her attention on auto attacking the tower, ignoring Dr.
Mundo.
This threw Zhang Hao completely off.
He was so confused that he threw an Infected Cleaver at her, instead of considering the possibility of a gank happening.

Shi Hang’s Orianna and Zhejiang’s Maokai walked into the top lane from the Blue team’s Jungle.
They were right behind Zhang Hao’s Dr.
Mundo.
Maokai locked onto him with Twisting Advance.
He contorted to a large root and locked Dr.
Mundo down! Shi Hang had his Orianna’s Ball travel with Maokai and activated her ultimate, Command: Shockwave, to displace Dr.
Mundo!

The damage quickly piled up.
Zhang Hao tried to ward off the gank, tried to get at least a kill back, but he was Dr.
Mundo.
He didn’t deal very much damage, and he hadn’t bought nearly enough defensive items to tank the assault from three enemy Champions.

Shi Hang had his Orianna’s Ball attack Dr.
Mundo, while ordering over the team’s voice chat, “Back away, Mao.
We’ve got this.”

Zhejiang University’s Maokai ran towards the edge of the outer tower’s range right as another energy shot hit him.
The damage was negligible to his large health pool.
He then waited for a brief moment, glancing back to see Shi Hang’s Orianna and the Irelia destroying Dr.
Mundo’s health bar, before running out of the tower’s range.
“Good gank, guys!” he said over the team’s voice chat.

《An ally has slain a Champion!》

“Push the tower,” Shi Hang ordered, smiling. Good! We’re winning top from here on out! He looked at his minimap and nodded, satisfied. Sun Ruinian will take care of the bot lane as well! He panned his camera over the mid lane, and paused.
He gritted his teeth and felt his stomach twist into a knot. That just leaves the mess in mid.
What the fuck did I think not banning LeBlanc? I know he’s a monster on her! It’s fucking unfair that someone can be that good on a Champion! Riot should ban him from playing her! He shook his head. I should’ve seen it coming.
And now I’ll have to find a way around it.
We’re gonna play around her.
Make her irrelevant, just like the wards will make Rengar useless! Yeah, that’s it.
We just gotta stay the hell away from his LeBlanc! And the Rengar…