There is one way of dealing with Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider, and that is for all members of a party to bring Release.
If that condition is met, the only way for Moonshadow Spider to finish using her combo-attack would be for PG to secure a CC-type demon and cheat the enemies of their Release.
Within 《Demon Lord》, there aren’t many CC-type demons. The most frequently reappearing one would be the CC-type support Jinghua Shuiyue, and the only other would be the CC-type mid-laner, Spirit Ward.
Therefore, in a situation where Jinghua Shuiyue is certainly out of their grasp, the best choice of option is for Ye Hong to use Spirit Ward to co-op with Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider, and it is the only option.
Jing Yu’s a bit at a loss after realizing this point – This bunch of teammates of his, they’re always like this. On the surface, though it seems like they’ve made a decision out of the norm, in fact, it’s all strategies meant for winning!
The remaining question is just…… After clearing the 2nd round, is he seriously not going to ban his lifeline in the 3rd round?!
Since the game’s starting, Jing Yu doesn’t care to ask. After all, they’ve got to win the 2nd round before they can move on to a 3rd. It’s useless to ask Ye Hong right now.
In the 2nd round, both parties’ line-ups are as follows:
PG: Satan, Spirit Ward, Dark Cupid, Moonshadow Spider, Sariel
DJss: Death God, Scarlet Fury, Centaur, Mandala Petals, Merman
Upon seeing this line-up, Fang Luofan instantly breathes a sigh of relief: 【In this battle, ONE managed to secure Dark Cupid and Amm fails to snatch an OP mid-laner demon – Both parties’ demons are more evenly-matched compared to the last round!】
Yoyo also can’t help bemoaning: 【Yup. PG’s previous line-up was just impossible. Even if both teams are equally skilled, PG would still be crushed.】
Fang Luofan: 【Amm’s Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was indeed amazing. Despite having her defence slashed by such a significant amount, he was still able to use Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s AP to its fullest. Amm’s skills can certainly rival any mid-laner of a Top 8!】
In the last round, DJss was only able to pulverize PG because Amm single-handedly carried them.
Even just by looking at the gamers on the site, it’s quite evident – While PG kept up a steady flow of interaction amongst themselves, Amm was the only speaking on DJss’ side. The others didn’t speak up once at all, entirely abiding by Amm’s orders.
Rather than calling that a match between two teams, it’d be more apt to say Amm was single-handedly going up against PG.
Fang Luofan: 【Alright, we are now entering the Battlefield. Let’s look at how both sides will fare after a change of line-ups.】
Yoyo: 【This is Spirit Ward’s first official match after being upgraded! I’m kinda looking forward to Ye Zi’s performance! Speaking of which, amongst all pro-gamers who are in the PGL, only Ye Zi uses Spirit Ward, right?】
Fang Luofan: 【En. Player Ye Zi’s card pool is unimaginable. It’s almost as if there’s no demon that is beyond his knowledge. Moreover, he doesn’t simply use them, regardless of which demon it is, he will bring out their maximum potential in-game!】
Whilst it’s all the same ability, there’re many ways of using them. While the way he lines them up may make people think he’s playing carelessly, he’s always able to achieve the best outcome.
That is PG’s Ye Zi.
His grasp over the game is genius-level, and he is always willing to spend time to test new ways of playing.
While he seems like he’s carelessly fooling around on the surface, he’s actually far more meticulous than anyone else in PG.
To be honest, Ye Hong is the player Fang Luofan likes most out of everyone in PG – He likes his high IQ, his high EQ, but his only worry is that he’s too easily discouraged and often can’t do well in the latter half.
But looking at how things have progressed thus far, Ye Hong’s performance in this game is still fairly stable, so his emotional state’s still quite okay.
Indeed, at this moment in time, Ye Hong’s mindset is far more stable than it’d ever been. The only thing that’s in his mind is the image of his Spirit Ward crushing Nine-Tailed Demon Fox onto the floor and grinding her in.
In order to make this a reality, he’s got to win this round! That’s why, he’s got to grind Scarlet Fury in first!
“Little Goldfish, c’mon c’mon c’mon, Mid-laner-Jungler Co-op!” Ye Hong’s beyond hyped up as he says this.
Right at this moment, Jing Yu has just slaughtered all demons in the Bottom Jungle. He directs his Moonshadow Spider down towards the Mid Lane.
Ye Hong: “I’m guessing Mandala Petals’ still lying in ambush over there. How about a double kill?”
“Sure thing.” Jing Yu answers, surprised, “Your awareness’ also not bad ah. Why aren’t you the commanding?”
“I’m no good la.” Ye Hong doesn’t say anything else besides these four words.
How could he say that he’s the command for the first few matches in the last season’s Final League?
Everyone knows that in the last season’s Final League, PG was pulverized by the other seven teams one after another. In a League where there was 14 rounds, they unbelievably lost all 14 of them.
Jing Yu doesn’t probe . After leaping into the bushes, he inhales deeply.
This time, they cannot lose! They definitely must not lose!
DJss is formidable mostly because Amm is powerful. Therefore, when it comes to ganking the Mid-laner, he can’t make the slightest mistake!
Up till now and including the last round, Qin Fei’s Satan has never once lost when it comes to facing the enemy Death God. Luo Yiming who previously used Centaur was able to tower-dive and gank the enemy Marksman, but got Dark Cupid this time round. So he definitely won’t lose either.
The key focus is the Mid-laner. In the last round, the Mid Lane was overwhelmed by the enemy so they lost. But in this round, regardless of how they do it, they’ve got to secure the Mid Lane!
“Go!”
Once Jing Yu casts the order, Spirit Ward who had been farming his creeps abruptly Flashes towards Scarlet Fury. He uses 1st ability: Infinite Silk!
Scarlet Fury is CC-ed and incapable of moving an inch. But Spirit Ward doesn’t bat an eye at her and whirls on the bush right beside her. He opens his 2nd ability: Thousand Returns!
Countless silk threads radiating a silver glow shoot out towards Mandala Petals in the bushes, dragging her out of the bushes.
Almost at the same time, Moonshadow Spider arrives on the scene and first Mauls Scarlet Fury, then right when “Infinite Silk”s effect vanishes, she releases Spiderweb!
【Consecutive CC’s!】Fang Luofan is thrilled to the point of exclaiming, 【Spirit Ward’s Infinite Silk followed by Moonshadow Spider’s Spiderweb! Scarlet Fury’s CC-ed to the point where she can’t budge! Her health’s low….. Ah! The First Blood is made!】
Jing Yu is at the apex of his focus. He uses his combo-attack to hit Scarlet Fury into rigidity***, attaining a critical hit every time and finally, takes her down smoothly.
【System】Moonshadow Spider, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Scarlet Fury has been slain!
Almost right when Scarlet Fury was slain, the CC on Mandala Petals loses effect and she turns to flee. Forking out Teleport on top of Flash, she creates a great distance between them in a blink of an eye. However, the bloodthirsty Moonshadow Spider likewise uses Teleport on top of Flash, unhesitatingly dashing up hot on her heels.
Mandala Petals is quite worried. However, the Top Lane’s turret’s right in the horizon, so as long as she makes it……
【System】 Satan, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Death God has been slain!
Mandala Petals: ? ? ?
Fang Luofan: 【Splendid! Not long after the game started, Satan kept Death God trapped at the base of his turret and kept draining his blood. Then just a moment ago, Satan finished farming his creeps and rose to Lv. 6, getting his Ult. And he’d immediately tower-dived to finish off Death God’s low health! 】
Yoyo: 【Satan’s evacuating the turret. He’s heading dashing towards the Mid Lane – Mandala Petals’ stuck with no escape!】
With Moonshadow Spider in the back and Satan upfront, Mandala Petals who’s sandwiched in between loses all hope.
In the end, she loses a great deal of blood to Satan and was finished off by Moonshadow Spider with an AA!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Mandala Petals has been slain!
Yoyo: 【Woah! PG gains quite the advantage right from the start! They collected three heads off the bat!】
Fang Luofan: 【Indeed, they are amazing! Let’s look at the replay – See here? After Spirit Ward CC-ed Scarlet Fury, he’d directed his 2nd ability at the bush. This means that PG’s ganking targets were these two right from the start. And then, there’s here. In all honesty, it wasn’t too smart of Moonshadow Spider to chase after Mandala Petals after ganking Scarlet Fury. However, the direction she was driving her towards is quite intriguing. It seems like she was sealing off Mandala Petals’ escape route, because right at this moment, Satan got his Ultimate and he tower-dived to gank Death God!】
Yoyo: 【In other words, Luofan thinks this was PG’s ploy right from the beginning?! This can’t be, it’s such an extensive plan!】
Fang Luofan curves a smile: 【With Player Goldfish around, that’s not impossible.】
Being PG’s Coach, no other understands his players better than himself. Thus he’s quite confident – That triple kill just now was definitely all planned out by Jing Yu.
That is certainly the case.
Just when the game had begun and before Jing Yu helped the Marksman to seize the Red, he’d asked Qin Fei: “Can you gank Death God at the 5th minute?”
Qin Fei evenly answers: “I can.”
As if Jing Yu’s request is something anyone can do without blinking an eye.
But the truth is that for many pro-gamers, they can’t even hit Lv. 6 within 5 minutes!
With Qin Fei around, it’s always very reassuring.3
Having received an affirmative, Jing Yu didn’t hold an ounce of doubt over Qin Fei’s words. He followed the plan to drive Mandala Petals towards the Top. Qin Fei also didn’t let him down. At the very 5th minute, he tower-dived and ganked Death God, then they trapped Mandala Petals on both ends and attacked.
The members of PG always choose their demons on a whim, yet they remain synonymous with miracles.***
Right as he ganked Mandala Petals, Jing Yu can’t help sighing on the inside.
Although this bunch of teammates by his side always makes him think they’re unreliable, it shouldn’t be left unsaid, each and everyone of them are quite capable – They’re all extraordinary!
At the 7-minute mark, Dark Cupid forces Centaur back into his turret, enabling Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider to conquer the Demonic Disk unhindered*.
(*G/E: Recall that the Demonic Disk is in the Bottom Lane)1
The Demonic Disk activates and shoots towards the Mid Lane. With it tanking all damages, the revived Scarlet Fury doesn’t dare to take one step back within her own turret, circling in one corner, clearly harried.
“See? Without Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, you can’t do it ba?” Ye Hong eyes the enemy who seems to want to battle him but is helpless to do so. He seriously can’t help delighting in his misfortune, “Little Goldfish, Mid-laner-Jungler Co-op~ Let’s go again ya~”2
Jing Yu picks this up and hasn’t managed to answer yet when Han Leng groans uncontrollably: “Ye Zi, this tone of yours…… Little Goldfish still hasn’t managed to sass, but you’re already beating him to it?”
Ye Hong: “Tch, you don’t know how I feel right now!”
The moment he thinks of using Spirit Ward to grind Nine-Tailed Demon Fox into the ground, Ye Hong seriously can’t help but want to laugh heartily.
--Trumping his own lifeline while getting sweet, sweet revenge for the first round, just thinking about it, it’s already so gratifying!
Of course, they’ll still have to win this round first!
At the 15-minute mark, a Team Battle opens in the Mid Lane. Spirit Ward opens Team with his Ult, CC-ing DJss’ every member till they’re unable to budge an inch, then he easily cheats them of their Release. Thereafter, following Satan’s Ult, Dark Cupid also launches into a crazed flurry of attacks while Goldfish’s Moonshadow Spider barrels up and – Shadow Flash – Spiderweb – Maul – Demon Form – Heavens Encompassing Web Cage – Feast of Ten Thousand Spiders – Binge – Moonshadow Harvest!
After her combo-attack, she slips away without even turning back to look at them!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Scarlet Fury has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Double Kill!
【System】The enemy Centaur has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Triple Kill!
【System】The enemy Mandala Petals has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Quadrakill!
【System】The enemy Merman has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Pentakill!5
【System】The enemy Death God has been slain!
【AAAAAAAAAAHHH! GOLDFISH’S MOONSHADOW SPIDER PENTAKILLS!】Yoyo hollers in exhilaration, nearly slamming down on the table, 【It’s here! Goldfish’s CC and attacks!】
Fang Luofan is relatively more collected, but excitement’s also clear on his face: 【That co-op between Spirit Ward and Moonshadow Spider is too spectacular! After Spirit Ward was boosted, his Ult’s damage has clearly risen. In this particular 0-for-5, with PG’s team effort, it’s almost like an insta-kill!】
Those who are watching the broadcast can’t help but spam 【66666】while those who are in an uproar, cheering them on with screams. Zhis, being a little fanboy of Goldfish, also directly gets up on his chair, screaming at the top of his lungs: “GOLDFISH’S AWESOME! MOONSHADOW SPIDER’S AWESOME! THE BLOODLINE OF THE DEMONIC DRAGON, BANZAAAAAIII!!!”8
Seated by his side, Kins covers his face, totally looking as though he’s saying “I don’t know this guy”.
Despite having aced DJss, PG’s health are all in the safe range. They easily conquer the Demonic Dragon, and as for the rest, it can be considered an easy match. They pulverize DJss till they can’t even raise a hand to retaliate.
And each and every one of this can be attributed to that successful gank at the beginning – If not for them ganking Scarlet Fury right off the bat and putting a damper on the enemies’ gold, PG truly wouldn’t have won for certain.
“Amm’s strong.” Ye Hong thus concludes, “However – We’re hardly weak as well!”
In a clash of strong players, every demons’ abilities are put on full display.
“If I’d used Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, I wouldn’t have allowed them to make a single kill!” – Having gotten high from playing Spirit Ward, Ye Hong thus says.
In the process, he also casually sets a flag.
Before the 3rd round begins, Jing Yu triple-confirms with Ye Hong: “You’re really not banning Nine-Tailed Demon Fox?”
The answer Ye Hong gives is: “So long as the opponent doesn’t ban either your Moonshadow Spider or my Spirit Ward, there’s no need to ban Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Nine-Tailed Demon Fox has even less likelihood of surviving as compared to Scarlet Fury. If even Scarlet Fury can’t break through our CC-combo, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox would find it even more gruelling.”
That…… oddly seems to make sense?
But Jing Yu just can’t stave off his worry. He turns his head to Qin Fei: “Fei Ge, what do you think?”
Before Qin Fei gets to reply, Ye Hong is already complaining resentfully: “Didn’t I already explain it? What’re you still asking Fei Ge for? Do you really not trust me?”
“I don’t.” Jing Yu replies bluntly, not even carrying half a bit of hesitation.3
Ye Hong gives up on himself. Qin Fei can’t resist laughing: “We’ve got to get up where we fell. While the result is indeed important, it’s all a game. We’ve got to have fun – If it isn’t fun, then there’s no meaning.”
Jing Yu scrunches his brows lightly, clearly disagreeing with this response: “What if we lose for the sake of having fun?”
Qin Fei: “Then that just means we’re still weak.”
Jing Yu: “……” He unexpectedly can’t find anything to retort with?
Qin Fei turns his head and finds Jing Yu looking speechless. He can’t help cracking another laugh. Deciding not to tease him anymore, he answers diligently:
“Don’t look at how we behave. Be it me, Ye Zi, or Old Han, we’re all truly striving for the Championship. Ye Zi’s explanation just now is not wrong. If Spirit Ward and Moonshadow Spider co-op, they’re enough to stop Nine-Tailed Demon Fox in its tracks. So long as the enemy doesn’t ban either of these two, it’s perfectly fine for us to let Nine-Tailed Demon Fox out.”
“So it’s like that~” Jing Yu’s convinced.
Ye Hong’s caught between tears and laughter: “It’s all the same thing. Why don’t you trust me when I say it, but trust Fei Ge when he say it?”
Han Leng: “What tone did you use just now? Do you have any frigging awareness in your heart?”
Speaking of which…… Jing Yu suddenly takes notice of the “bug” in Qin Fei’s words: “You said just now that you, Ye Ge, and Old Han all want to win the Championship…… But what about Yiming?”
Qin Fei: “Oh. He’s in-charge of playing around.”4
Jing Yu: =_=
After taking a short break, the 3rd round between PG and DJss begins.
Having fought two matches in a row, both parties are somewhat worn out. Even Qin Fei is beginning to yawn. But quite unexpectedly, the one who’s most easily affected by the period of time – Ye Hong – is oddly energetic at this moment in time.
He wants to get Spirit Ward, he wants to get Spirit Ward, he wants to get Spirit Ward! – Important things must be said three times!
If he can’t get his own lifeline, he’s got to bash the person who gets his lifeline into the ground! Only then can he be satisfied!
At last, in the Ban session, DJss bans Frozen Heart, Lilith, and Dark Cupid – all the same demons as in the 1st round.
Since they didn’t ban Moonshadow Spider or Spirit Ward, PG also has no reason to ban Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
And then, when they get to the Pick session, DJss has the first mover advantage, and they instalock Spirit Ward!
PG: EH?!
When the ball’s sent rolling to PG, Ye Hong instalocks Nine-Tailed Demon Fox!
Subsequently, Ye Hong gazes at his screen where a scantily dressed, voluptuous maiden with nine fox tails stands. He’s only able to find his voice after a good half of the day: “Uhh, am I dreaming? ……Can someone pinch me?”6
T/N : i- yes Yiming is in charge of having a good time
Little T/N theater
Qin Fei: I want to win
Han Leng: i want to win
Ye Hong: I want to win
Goldfish: I want to win
Yiming: I just want to fool around lah~
There is one way of dealing with Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider, and that is for all members of a party to bring Release.
If that condition is met, the only way for Moonshadow Spider to finish using her combo-attack would be for PG to secure a CC-type demon and cheat the enemies of their Release.
Within 《Demon Lord》, there aren’t many CC-type demons. The most frequently reappearing one would be the CC-type support Jinghua Shuiyue, and the only other would be the CC-type mid-laner, Spirit Ward.
Therefore, in a situation where Jinghua Shuiyue is certainly out of their grasp, the best choice of option is for Ye Hong to use Spirit Ward to co-op with Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider, and it is the only option.
Jing Yu’s a bit at a loss after realizing this point – This bunch of teammates of his, they’re always like this. On the surface, though it seems like they’ve made a decision out of the norm, in fact, it’s all strategies meant for winning!
The remaining question is just…… After clearing the 2nd round, is he seriously not going to ban his lifeline in the 3rd round?!
Since the game’s starting, Jing Yu doesn’t care to ask. After all, they’ve got to win the 2nd round before they can move on to a 3rd. It’s useless to ask Ye Hong right now.
In the 2nd round, both parties’ line-ups are as follows:
PG: Satan, Spirit Ward, Dark Cupid, Moonshadow Spider, Sariel
DJss: Death God, Scarlet Fury, Centaur, Mandala Petals, Merman
Upon seeing this line-up, Fang Luofan instantly breathes a sigh of relief: 【In this battle, ONE managed to secure Dark Cupid and Amm fails to snatch an OP mid-laner demon – Both parties’ demons are more evenly-matched compared to the last round!】
Yoyo also can’t help bemoaning: 【Yup. PG’s previous line-up was just impossible. Even if both teams are equally skilled, PG would still be crushed.】
Fang Luofan: 【Amm’s Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was indeed amazing. Despite having her defence slashed by such a significant amount, he was still able to use Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s AP to its fullest. Amm’s skills can certainly rival any mid-laner of a Top 8!】
In the last round, DJss was only able to pulverize PG because Amm single-handedly carried them.
Even just by looking at the gamers on the site, it’s quite evident – While PG kept up a steady flow of interaction amongst themselves, Amm was the only speaking on DJss’ side. The others didn’t speak up once at all, entirely abiding by Amm’s orders.
Rather than calling that a match between two teams, it’d be more apt to say Amm was single-handedly going up against PG.
Fang Luofan: 【Alright, we are now entering the Battlefield. Let’s look at how both sides will fare after a change of line-ups.】
Yoyo: 【This is Spirit Ward’s first official match after being upgraded! I’m kinda looking forward to Ye Zi’s performance! Speaking of which, amongst all pro-gamers who are in the PGL, only Ye Zi uses Spirit Ward, right?】
Fang Luofan: 【En. Player Ye Zi’s card pool is unimaginable. It’s almost as if there’s no demon that is beyond his knowledge. Moreover, he doesn’t simply use them, regardless of which demon it is, he will bring out their maximum potential in-game!】
Whilst it’s all the same ability, there’re many ways of using them. While the way he lines them up may make people think he’s playing carelessly, he’s always able to achieve the best outcome.
That is PG’s Ye Zi.
His grasp over the game is genius-level, and he is always willing to spend time to test new ways of playing.
While he seems like he’s carelessly fooling around on the surface, he’s actually far more meticulous than anyone else in PG.
To be honest, Ye Hong is the player Fang Luofan likes most out of everyone in PG – He likes his high IQ, his high EQ, but his only worry is that he’s too easily discouraged and often can’t do well in the latter half.
But looking at how things have progressed thus far, Ye Hong’s performance in this game is still fairly stable, so his emotional state’s still quite okay.
Indeed, at this moment in time, Ye Hong’s mindset is far more stable than it’d ever been. The only thing that’s in his mind is the image of his Spirit Ward crushing Nine-Tailed Demon Fox onto the floor and grinding her in.
In order to make this a reality, he’s got to win this round! That’s why, he’s got to grind Scarlet Fury in first!
“Little Goldfish, c’mon c’mon c’mon, Mid-laner-Jungler Co-op!” Ye Hong’s beyond hyped up as he says this.
Right at this moment, Jing Yu has just slaughtered all demons in the Bottom Jungle. He directs his Moonshadow Spider down towards the Mid Lane.
Ye Hong: “I’m guessing Mandala Petals’ still lying in ambush over there. How about a double kill?”
“Sure thing.” Jing Yu answers, surprised, “Your awareness’ also not bad ah. Why aren’t you the commanding?”
“I’m no good la.” Ye Hong doesn’t say anything else besides these four words.
How could he say that he’s the command for the first few matches in the last season’s Final League?
Everyone knows that in the last season’s Final League, PG was pulverized by the other seven teams one after another. In a League where there was 14 rounds, they unbelievably lost all 14 of them.
Jing Yu doesn’t probe . After leaping into the bushes, he inhales deeply.
This time, they cannot lose! They definitely must not lose!
DJss is formidable mostly because Amm is powerful. Therefore, when it comes to ganking the Mid-laner, he can’t make the slightest mistake!
Up till now and including the last round, Qin Fei’s Satan has never once lost when it comes to facing the enemy Death God. Luo Yiming who previously used Centaur was able to tower-dive and gank the enemy Marksman, but got Dark Cupid this time round. So he definitely won’t lose either.
The key focus is the Mid-laner. In the last round, the Mid Lane was overwhelmed by the enemy so they lost. But in this round, regardless of how they do it, they’ve got to secure the Mid Lane!
“Go!”
Once Jing Yu casts the order, Spirit Ward who had been farming his creeps abruptly Flashes towards Scarlet Fury. He uses 1st ability: Infinite Silk!
Scarlet Fury is CC-ed and incapable of moving an inch. But Spirit Ward doesn’t bat an eye at her and whirls on the bush right beside her. He opens his 2nd ability: Thousand Returns!
Countless silk threads radiating a silver glow shoot out towards Mandala Petals in the bushes, dragging her out of the bushes.
Almost at the same time, Moonshadow Spider arrives on the scene and first Mauls Scarlet Fury, then right when “Infinite Silk”s effect vanishes, she releases Spiderweb!
【Consecutive CC’s!】Fang Luofan is thrilled to the point of exclaiming, 【Spirit Ward’s Infinite Silk followed by Moonshadow Spider’s Spiderweb! Scarlet Fury’s CC-ed to the point where she can’t budge! Her health’s low….. Ah! The First Blood is made!】
Jing Yu is at the apex of his focus. He uses his combo-attack to hit Scarlet Fury into rigidity***, attaining a critical hit every time and finally, takes her down smoothly.
【System】Moonshadow Spider, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Scarlet Fury has been slain!
Almost right when Scarlet Fury was slain, the CC on Mandala Petals loses effect and she turns to flee. Forking out Teleport on top of Flash, she creates a great distance between them in a blink of an eye. However, the bloodthirsty Moonshadow Spider likewise uses Teleport on top of Flash, unhesitatingly dashing up hot on her heels.
Mandala Petals is quite worried. However, the Top Lane’s turret’s right in the horizon, so as long as she makes it……
【System】 Satan, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Death God has been slain!
Mandala Petals: ? ? ?
Fang Luofan: 【Splendid! Not long after the game started, Satan kept Death God trapped at the base of his turret and kept draining his blood. Then just a moment ago, Satan finished farming his creeps and rose to Lv. 6, getting his Ult. And he’d immediately tower-dived to finish off Death God’s low health! 】
Yoyo: 【Satan’s evacuating the turret. He’s heading dashing towards the Mid Lane – Mandala Petals’ stuck with no escape!】
With Moonshadow Spider in the back and Satan upfront, Mandala Petals who’s sandwiched in between loses all hope.
In the end, she loses a great deal of blood to Satan and was finished off by Moonshadow Spider with an AA!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Mandala Petals has been slain!
Yoyo: 【Woah! PG gains quite the advantage right from the start! They collected three heads off the bat!】
Fang Luofan: 【Indeed, they are amazing! Let’s look at the replay – See here? After Spirit Ward CC-ed Scarlet Fury, he’d directed his 2nd ability at the bush. This means that PG’s ganking targets were these two right from the start. And then, there’s here. In all honesty, it wasn’t too smart of Moonshadow Spider to chase after Mandala Petals after ganking Scarlet Fury. However, the direction she was driving her towards is quite intriguing. It seems like she was sealing off Mandala Petals’ escape route, because right at this moment, Satan got his Ultimate and he tower-dived to gank Death God!】
Yoyo: 【In other words, Luofan thinks this was PG’s ploy right from the beginning?! This can’t be, it’s such an extensive plan!】
Fang Luofan curves a smile: 【With Player Goldfish around, that’s not impossible.】
Being PG’s Coach, no other understands his players better than himself. Thus he’s quite confident – That triple kill just now was definitely all planned out by Jing Yu.
That is certainly the case.
Just when the game had begun and before Jing Yu helped the Marksman to seize the Red, he’d asked Qin Fei: “Can you gank Death God at the 5th minute?”
Qin Fei evenly answers: “I can.”
As if Jing Yu’s request is something anyone can do without blinking an eye.
But the truth is that for many pro-gamers, they can’t even hit Lv. 6 within 5 minutes!
With Qin Fei around, it’s always very reassuring.3
Having received an affirmative, Jing Yu didn’t hold an ounce of doubt over Qin Fei’s words. He followed the plan to drive Mandala Petals towards the Top. Qin Fei also didn’t let him down. At the very 5th minute, he tower-dived and ganked Death God, then they trapped Mandala Petals on both ends and attacked.
The members of PG always choose their demons on a whim, yet they remain synonymous with miracles.***
Right as he ganked Mandala Petals, Jing Yu can’t help sighing on the inside.
Although this bunch of teammates by his side always makes him think they’re unreliable, it shouldn’t be left unsaid, each and everyone of them are quite capable – They’re all extraordinary!
At the 7-minute mark, Dark Cupid forces Centaur back into his turret, enabling Jing Yu’s Moonshadow Spider to conquer the Demonic Disk unhindered*.
(*G/E: Recall that the Demonic Disk is in the Bottom Lane)1
The Demonic Disk activates and shoots towards the Mid Lane. With it tanking all damages, the revived Scarlet Fury doesn’t dare to take one step back within her own turret, circling in one corner, clearly harried.
“See? Without Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, you can’t do it ba?” Ye Hong eyes the enemy who seems to want to battle him but is helpless to do so. He seriously can’t help delighting in his misfortune, “Little Goldfish, Mid-laner-Jungler Co-op~ Let’s go again ya~”2
Jing Yu picks this up and hasn’t managed to answer yet when Han Leng groans uncontrollably: “Ye Zi, this tone of yours…… Little Goldfish still hasn’t managed to sass, but you’re already beating him to it?”
Ye Hong: “Tch, you don’t know how I feel right now!”
The moment he thinks of using Spirit Ward to grind Nine-Tailed Demon Fox into the ground, Ye Hong seriously can’t help but want to laugh heartily.
--Trumping his own lifeline while getting sweet, sweet revenge for the first round, just thinking about it, it’s already so gratifying!
Of course, they’ll still have to win this round first!
At the 15-minute mark, a Team Battle opens in the Mid Lane. Spirit Ward opens Team with his Ult, CC-ing DJss’ every member till they’re unable to budge an inch, then he easily cheats them of their Release. Thereafter, following Satan’s Ult, Dark Cupid also launches into a crazed flurry of attacks while Goldfish’s Moonshadow Spider barrels up and – Shadow Flash – Spiderweb – Maul – Demon Form – Heavens Encompassing Web Cage – Feast of Ten Thousand Spiders – Binge – Moonshadow Harvest!
After her combo-attack, she slips away without even turning back to look at them!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, First Kill!
【System】The enemy Scarlet Fury has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Double Kill!
【System】The enemy Centaur has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Triple Kill!
【System】The enemy Mandala Petals has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Quadrakill!
【System】The enemy Merman has been slain!
【System】Moonshadow Spider, Pentakill!5
【System】The enemy Death God has been slain!
【AAAAAAAAAAHHH! GOLDFISH’S MOONSHADOW SPIDER PENTAKILLS!】Yoyo hollers in exhilaration, nearly slamming down on the table, 【It’s here! Goldfish’s CC and attacks!】
Fang Luofan is relatively more collected, but excitement’s also clear on his face: 【That co-op between Spirit Ward and Moonshadow Spider is too spectacular! After Spirit Ward was boosted, his Ult’s damage has clearly risen. In this particular 0-for-5, with PG’s team effort, it’s almost like an insta-kill!】
Those who are watching the broadcast can’t help but spam 【66666】while those who are in an uproar, cheering them on with screams. Zhis, being a little fanboy of Goldfish, also directly gets up on his chair, screaming at the top of his lungs: “GOLDFISH’S AWESOME! MOONSHADOW SPIDER’S AWESOME! THE BLOODLINE OF THE DEMONIC DRAGON, BANZAAAAAIII!!!”8
Seated by his side, Kins covers his face, totally looking as though he’s saying “I don’t know this guy”.
Despite having aced DJss, PG’s health are all in the safe range. They easily conquer the Demonic Dragon, and as for the rest, it can be considered an easy match. They pulverize DJss till they can’t even raise a hand to retaliate.
And each and every one of this can be attributed to that successful gank at the beginning – If not for them ganking Scarlet Fury right off the bat and putting a damper on the enemies’ gold, PG truly wouldn’t have won for certain.
“Amm’s strong.” Ye Hong thus concludes, “However – We’re hardly weak as well!”
In a clash of strong players, every demons’ abilities are put on full display.
“If I’d used Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, I wouldn’t have allowed them to make a single kill!” – Having gotten high from playing Spirit Ward, Ye Hong thus says.
In the process, he also casually sets a flag.
Before the 3rd round begins, Jing Yu triple-confirms with Ye Hong: “You’re really not banning Nine-Tailed Demon Fox?”
The answer Ye Hong gives is: “So long as the opponent doesn’t ban either your Moonshadow Spider or my Spirit Ward, there’s no need to ban Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Nine-Tailed Demon Fox has even less likelihood of surviving as compared to Scarlet Fury. If even Scarlet Fury can’t break through our CC-combo, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox would find it even more gruelling.”
That…… oddly seems to make sense?
But Jing Yu just can’t stave off his worry. He turns his head to Qin Fei: “Fei Ge, what do you think?”
Before Qin Fei gets to reply, Ye Hong is already complaining resentfully: “Didn’t I already explain it? What’re you still asking Fei Ge for? Do you really not trust me?”
“I don’t.” Jing Yu replies bluntly, not even carrying half a bit of hesitation.3
Ye Hong gives up on himself. Qin Fei can’t resist laughing: “We’ve got to get up where we fell. While the result is indeed important, it’s all a game. We’ve got to have fun – If it isn’t fun, then there’s no meaning.”
Jing Yu scrunches his brows lightly, clearly disagreeing with this response: “What if we lose for the sake of having fun?”
Qin Fei: “Then that just means we’re still weak.”
Jing Yu: “……” He unexpectedly can’t find anything to retort with?
Qin Fei turns his head and finds Jing Yu looking speechless. He can’t help cracking another laugh. Deciding not to tease him anymore, he answers diligently:
“Don’t look at how we behave. Be it me, Ye Zi, or Old Han, we’re all truly striving for the Championship. Ye Zi’s explanation just now is not wrong. If Spirit Ward and Moonshadow Spider co-op, they’re enough to stop Nine-Tailed Demon Fox in its tracks. So long as the enemy doesn’t ban either of these two, it’s perfectly fine for us to let Nine-Tailed Demon Fox out.”
“So it’s like that~” Jing Yu’s convinced.
Ye Hong’s caught between tears and laughter: “It’s all the same thing. Why don’t you trust me when I say it, but trust Fei Ge when he say it?”
Han Leng: “What tone did you use just now? Do you have any frigging awareness in your heart?”
Speaking of which…… Jing Yu suddenly takes notice of the “bug” in Qin Fei’s words: “You said just now that you, Ye Ge, and Old Han all want to win the Championship…… But what about Yiming?”
Qin Fei: “Oh. He’s in-charge of playing around.”4
Jing Yu: =_=
After taking a short break, the 3rd round between PG and DJss begins.
Having fought two matches in a row, both parties are somewhat worn out. Even Qin Fei is beginning to yawn. But quite unexpectedly, the one who’s most easily affected by the period of time – Ye Hong – is oddly energetic at this moment in time.
He wants to get Spirit Ward, he wants to get Spirit Ward, he wants to get Spirit Ward! – Important things must be said three times!
If he can’t get his own lifeline, he’s got to bash the person who gets his lifeline into the ground! Only then can he be satisfied!
At last, in the Ban session, DJss bans Frozen Heart, Lilith, and Dark Cupid – all the same demons as in the 1st round.
Since they didn’t ban Moonshadow Spider or Spirit Ward, PG also has no reason to ban Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
And then, when they get to the Pick session, DJss has the first mover advantage, and they instalock Spirit Ward!
PG: EH?!
When the ball’s sent rolling to PG, Ye Hong instalocks Nine-Tailed Demon Fox!
Subsequently, Ye Hong gazes at his screen where a scantily dressed, voluptuous maiden with nine fox tails stands. He’s only able to find his voice after a good half of the day: “Uhh, am I dreaming? ……Can someone pinch me?”6
T/N : i- yes Yiming is in charge of having a good time
Little T/N theater
Qin Fei: I want to win
Han Leng: i want to win
Ye Hong: I want to win
Goldfish: I want to win
Yiming: I just want to fool around lah~
