Chapter 85
ImOS – Chapter 85: Is YM Able to Drag It Out?
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After Tahm Kench spat out Lucian, Xiao Ran had a very easy time taking the last hit on Lucian and taking his head .
“Double Kill!”
Subsequently, the trio surrounded and beat up Alistar .
A level 3 Alistar without ult wouldn’t possibly be able to resist the attacks from this trio .
Finally, the kill was given to Rek’Sai .
On the bot-lane, JAY simply harvested three kills from YM .
In less than 6 minutes, the kill count was 4:0 .
When the game reached the 9 minute mark, Support Tahm Kench had also hit level 6 .
Subsequently, Xiao Ran started to look at the fogless Summoner’s Rift and was constantly looking for opportunities .
“The enemy Lulu is missing . According to the timing, she must be taking her blue buff . ”
Xiao Ran then started to command: “Taliyah, seal off the path . Tahm Kench, bring me over . We are going to catch Lulu!”
Taliyah used her ult and blocked off the path that was meant for Lulu to return to mid-lane . Immediately after, Tahm Kench emerged from underground while bringing along Tristana .
Lulu had just taken her blue buff and simply handed it over .
Lulu’s death was truly humiliating as she was spat to death by Tahm Kench, allowing Tahm Kench to take the kill .
…
When Xiao Ran saw the enemy Elise fighting the red buff on the top-side jungle, he gave his commands again .
“Rek’Sai, go and camp at the bot-side jungle . Taliyah, seal the path . If they Flash over the wall, Xiaofan will bring me over and Rek’Sai will deliver the knockup . ”
4v2 .
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YM’s bot-lane duo were killed under their turret again . Tahm Kench and Rek’Sai were taking turns to tank the turret shots . JAY didn’t lose any of the four members and had conveniently picked up the Mountain Drake .
Right now, JAY and YM’s kill count were at 7:0 .
When the game was at the 13 minute mark, Xiao Ran and Lu Xiaofan recalled back to the base and purchased their items .
“What is going on?” Wawa looked as though he had discovered a new continent: “Tahm Kench actually bought the portal!!!”
Zz’Rot Portal: +55 Armor, + 55 Magic Resist, +125% Base Health Regen
Unique Passive: Point Runner – Builds up to 20% bonus movement speed over 2 seconds while near turrets, fallen turrets and Void Gates .
Unique Passive: Spawns a Void Gate at target location for 120 seconds . Every 4 seconds the gate makes a Voidspawn that travels down the nearest lane and decays over time . Voidspawn explodes when attacking structures . Voidspawns ignore champions and void targets . The first and every fourth voidspawn gain 15% of your maximum health as damage (150 second cooldown) .
Mille was rather speechless too: “When I saw Heimerdinger, I was thinking if they were playing the Zz’Rot Portal + Banner of Command tactic . But I still denied my own thoughts as this is a LSPL match, not a Bronze tier match . ”
Rita nodded too: “It is actually feasible for a Support to buy Zz’Rot Portal, but it definitely shouldn’t be the first item . Supports should be buying wards to plant down . Which Support actually buys Zz’Rot Portal first instead of the Sightstone?”
Just as Rita was analyzing, Rek’Sai and Heimerdinger had recalled back to base too .
Afterwards, everyone was stunned…
Rek’Sai had also bought Zz’Rot Portal, while Heimerdinger bought a Banner of Command…
Before everyone was finished feeling shocked, Taliyah had also recalled back to back and bought a Banner of Command .
Wawa had collapsed: “What is JAY playing?!”
“If they do it like this, will they have enough damage?”
Mille had also agreed in a serious manner: “Yes, they have the early-game advantage and can play with this tactic . But if YM groups up and wins a defensive fight, or plays until the mid-game, JAY’s five-men would seriously have insufficient damage . !”
Rita had also frowned .
JAY did have a huge lead in the early-game, but if they played this tactic and allowed YM to drag to the mid-game, their lead would be completely gone .
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Later into the game, JAY’s lack of damage would become a problem and if YM found a way to win a team defense fight, JAY would immediately collapse .
Wawa, Mille, and even Rita who always favored JAY, didn’t think that JAY’s team tactic was good .
However, Xiao Ran was going to give each and everyone a flawless and crisp slap to the face .
A barrage of smacks .
Mid-game?
Did I ever say I will let the game reach the mid-game?
Tristana, Tahm Kench, and Rek’Sai were gathered at the bot-lane and had started to push the outer turret .
Using the advantage built up during the early-game, the three champions pushed with extreme speed and the minion wave was already at the turret .
Without any choice, YM’s Jungler Elise had also gone to the bot-lane to defend the turret together with Lucian and Alistar .
Rek’Sai and Tahm Kench didn’t bother that the opposition had three champions and simply put down the Void Gate .
Lucian’s minion clearing speed was extremely slow and without a choice, he had to use his ult to clear the minions .
After this push, the turret that was originally left with 2/3 of its health was now grinded down to 1/5 of the health by the Voidspawns spawned from the Void Gate and the Tristana .
Subsequently, with the arrival of the next minion wave, Xiao Ran gave the command in the team voice chat . ”
“Taliyah, seal the path . Take the turret and kills!”
Taliyah activated her ult and sealed off the bot-lane’s path of retreat . Rek’Sai used the Flash + Unburrow to knock up Alistar .
Xiao Ran then used Tristana to attack the turret from a safe distance .
The collapsing outer turret at bot-lane was quickly destroyed by the Voidspawns and Tristana .
When Elise saw that the situation was hopeless, she used Flash to cross over Taliyah’s wall and escaped .
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Lucian and Alistar were then killed by Rek’Sai, Taliyah, Tahm Kench, and Tristana .
Kill count, 9:0 .
JAY took Turret First Blood .
Was the push on bot-lane going to end like this?
Of course not!
Rek’Sai, Taliyah, Tahm Kench, and Tristana continued to push towards the bot-lane’s inner turret .
Without any choice, Lulu and Elise arrived at the bot-lane to defend the inner turret .
As for top-lane, Poppy was utterly tied up by Heimerdinger who had bought the Banner of Command .
The two meat shields of Rek’Sai and Tahm Kench were at the front, along with the two well-farmed carries of Taliyah and Tristana .
One of them even had the Banner of Command…
Lulu and Elise were unable to defend at all .
With Xiao Ran’s command, Taliyah used the Banner of Command to promote a melee minion
This was Xiao Ran’s understanding towards the usage of the item, Banner of Command .
Banner of Command: +20 Magic Resist, +200 Health, +60 Ability Power +10% CDR (Cooldown Reduction)
Unique Aura: Legion – Grants nearby allies +20 Magic Resist and +75% Base Health Regeneration
Unique Active: Promote – Greatly increases the power of a lane minion and grants it immunity to magic damage (120 second cooldown)
Cannon Minions: Damage +100, Health +600, Armor +100, Magic resist +100, Size Increased
Melee Minions: Damage +50, Bonus attack speed +90%, Health +600, Armor +40, Magic Resist +40; Size Increased
Range Minions: Damage +75, Bonus attack speed +30%, Health +400, Armor +40, Magic resist +40, Size Increased
When the Banner of Command was used to promote the melee minion, it instantly became a general and was brandishing its ax at 5 blades/second to hack the turret .
But the ‘general’ only weakness was that it died easily from turret attacks .
However, with Tahm Kench and Rek’Sai blocking at the front as meat shields, this wasn’t a problem!
With Tahm Kench tanking the turret, Rek’Sai, Taliyah, ‘general’, and Tristana who was able to put a bomb on the turret with her E spell before using Q to attack with increased attack speed…
This was simply brutal!
The only danger was when Tahm Kench was tanking the turret, he had to absorb a combo from Elise and Lulu .
However, Wu Xiaofan’s Tahm Kench had a kill and was well-farmed . He didn’t just have items, he even had the E spell to produce a whole bar of grey health .
Tanking the turret was an easy task!
When Tahm Kench’s health bar was depleting, he retreated and switched with Rek’Sai .
Rek’Sai tanked just one turret shot and a ‘rumbling’ sound could be heard . The bot-lane’s inner turret was destroyed .
Elise and Lulu escaped back to their own base when the inner turret was about to collapse .
While the four members from JAY didn’t chase after them either .
Xiao Ran noticed that Lucian and Alistar had already revived and were rushing towards this direction .
“Recall back to base and replenish before pushing another lane!” Xiao Ran waved his hand and clicked on the recall button .
JAY’s bot-lane push had allowed them to obtain two kills and two turrets!
“This…” Wawa felt the pain on his face after getting slapped: “This is rather aggressive!”
Mille had also stuttered: “This, this… If YM can drag until the mid or late-game, perhaps, perhaps there might be a chance to fight back…”
Rita was in silence for a moment before she said something that struck deep: “Is YM able to drag it out?”