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Chapter 632 Understanding the Opponent's Psychology

"The barrel was instantly killed!"

From the commentary booth, the child shouted excitedly.

Crystal sighed and shook his head: "Actually, this result was predictable. SN had a huge disadvantage in vision control in the upper river, while EDG had a strong initiation ability. With Galio in their lineup, it was not a problem for EDG to initiate. The real problem was that Gragas was too underdeveloped and couldn't withstand the damage from the opponent at all."

"Actually, it would have been better to initiate a team fight from the beginning, so that at least the gap between the two sides wouldn't be so big."

Miller added.

With Gragas being killed first, SN naturally couldn't win the subsequent team fights.

Whether it's Galio or Nautilus, their damage output is limited. Xayah, who deals significant damage, is still in the mid lane. Compared to Xayah, Kai'Sa can reach the front line much faster.

So Maple didn't even think twice and immediately controlled Galio to turn around.

Snake's Titan even used Flash directly. The moment the fight started, iboy controlled Kai'Sa to walk into the jungle. When Rakan applied crowd control, Kai'Sa's ultimate was not far enough away, but after closing the distance, he used his W skill on Titan.

If Snake hadn't used Flash to dodge Kai'Sa's ultimate, and Iboy had immediately used his ultimate to engage, and the rest of EDG had waited for their skills to cool down before applying crowd control, then even Nautilus would likely have been caught out.

"Nice!!"

When Titan used Flash, cheers erupted in EDG's voice chat.

The group didn't continue the pursuit. They had already gained a lot by getting the enemy jungler's kill and forcing the Titan to use Flash, not to mention that they could also take the Rift Herald.

……

Off stage.

Seeing EDG acquire the Rift Herald, SN coach Chashao felt somewhat desperate.

On the surface, SN's economic disadvantage in this game is not very large, and their lineup has good late-game capabilities. However, as someone familiar with EDG, he is well aware that his team's current disadvantage is already very obvious.

This disadvantage doesn't refer to the equipment of either side, but rather to the pace of the game!

From the very beginning of this game, SN played very conservatively. Chashao could clearly feel that as their economy fell behind, their players became more and more hesitant and timid.

EDG, when in a dominant position, loves this kind of team the most.

You don't need to spend too much; you can easily acquire a lot of map resources simply by exploiting this psychology of yours.

If you dare not fight, you will only suffer a slow death.

Chashao was well aware of why his players were behaving this way, and he, as the coach, also bore a great deal of responsibility.

"Hopefully they can play more proactively later on."

Char Siu could only pray silently in his heart.

……

Back on the field.

After securing the Rift Herald, Shen Lang quickly planned the pace of the rest of the game.

The bounty for the first tower must be kept under control.

The best strategy for Vanguard is to take the outer mid-lane turret, so he didn't switch the bot lane duo back, but instead continued to have Kai'Sa and Rakan whittle down the enemy turret's health in the mid-lane.

Of course, there are backup plans. SN's outer turret in the bottom lane doesn't have much health, so Shen Lang proactively switched lanes to the bottom lane and used his equipment advantage to whittle down the enemy's bottom turret's health. This way, even if there's no plan in the mid lane, he can still come to the bottom lane to summon the Rift Herald to crash into the turret and farm gold.

Compared to EDG's flexible tactics, SN's decisions remain primarily conservative.

Delaying it until the later stage!

They believed this was their only chance to turn the tide in their disadvantaged position.

Xayah's wave clear ability is still very strong, so much so that iboy and his partner in the mid lane had no chance to whittle down the enemy turret's health.

Seeing this, Shen Lang decisively told Jiejie to choose Plan B.

"There's no opportunity in the mid lane. Prince can come down. My Flash is ready, so we can try to make a move."

He said in the voice message.

Upon hearing this, Jiejie immediately controlled the prince to lean down, but she didn't forget to remind Shen Lang: "The damage from the two of us might not be enough to kill Galio."

Galio with a full tank build is hard to kill even with Garen's ultimate.

"Galio? I never said I was going to kill Galio!"

Shen Lang responded with a smile.

……

Commentary seat.

Miller and the others were still chatting about how SN should play to have a chance to turn the game around when Wawa suddenly noticed that Prince was leaning down.

"Jiejie is heading down at this time, probably to summon the Rift Herald in the bottom lane."

Wawa didn't realize Shen Lang and the other's true intentions. She just thought that EDG couldn't break the deadlock in the mid lane, so she chose to open up the situation from the bottom lane.

Surprisingly, the prince didn't go directly to the lane to summon the Rift Herald, but instead crouched in the nearby bushes. Shen Lang also didn't have any intention of pushing the lane into the tower; instead, he deliberately tried to control the lane back.

"Are they planning to capture Galio?"

Miller guessed.

But as soon as he said it, even he himself thought it was unlikely.

Galio is incredibly tanky right now; the combined damage from Jarvan IV and Garen simply isn't enough. Most importantly—

There's a SN ward in the bush where the prince is crouching!

"Maple placed the cover in the bushes right in front of Weiwu, so he shouldn't be unaware of it."

Crystal was also confused.

Remembering the wards your opponent places during the laning phase is a fundamental skill for professional players. Moreover, these wards are not placed for very long, so if Shen Lang can't remember them, it's a basic mistake.

"Brother Wei Wu wouldn't make such a basic mistake, would he..."

The child was also unsure.

As everyone was talking, the prince showed no intention of leaving the bushes, and SN quickly reacted.

With the enemy jungler lurking nearby, Maple wasn't confident even though Galio was tanky.

So he didn't think much of it and directly pinged his jungler, signaling Hacker to counter-gank in the bottom lane.

Although we don't know what EDG is up to, since the opposing jungler has already come over, it's not unreasonable for them to call their own jungler over as well.

Shen Lang controlled the bottom lane. He had placed defensive wards in the enemy jungle in advance, and the Gragas was immediately spotted by the wards as soon as he approached the bottom lane.

Seeing the opposing jungler come down, Jiejie and Shen Lang quickly smiled.

When Shen Lang said that he wasn't going to kill Galio, Jiejie quickly realized what was going on.

Surround the place to call for help!

EDG's commonly used tactics.

The apparent target was Galio, but the real intention was to kill the reinforcements who came to support him.

Compared to Galio, Gragas, who was significantly behind in level and equipment, was undoubtedly much easier to kill, and Shen Lang did not make the basic mistake of forgetting the enemy's wards.

On the contrary, he remembered the wards Maple placed very clearly, and specifically asked Jiejie to crouch in the bushes opposite where the wards were placed.

Even if Galio is very tanky at this point, Maple, who is afraid of making mistakes, will still most likely choose to call the jungler over.

Shen Lang had a firm grasp on his opponent's psychology!