When TLG locked in Senna, the audience erupted in an uproar.
A minute earlier, when Yuan Yang asked Jiang Shi what hero he’d choose for this game, Jiang Shi responded without hesitation.
“Senna.”
He didn’t believe any hero could counter her.
There was no real counter of heroes – only players.
Yuan Yang was silent for a moment, then spoke. “Time, this is your first match.”
Meaning that if Jiang Shi messed around and lost, it’d be his own reputation on the line.
Especially after that arrogant pre-game interview.
“I know,” Jiang Shi replied, eyeing the enemy lineup as he pressed his lips together. “I can handle it.”
Yuan Yang wanted to say more, but Xie Xu interjected. “Take her.”
Xie Xu added, “We won’t lose.”
Despite his calm tone, the confidence behind his words invigorated everyone on the team.
Zhao Jiu: “If Xiao Shi wants Senna, let’s go for it. I can play tankier and still help in the mid to late game.”
Yu Hui: “The enemy jungle doesn’t stand a chance.”
Jiang Lele hesitated briefly, gritted his teeth, and made a sacrifice. “I can let the Little White Hair eat some of my creeps so he’s well-fed and ready for fights.”
This wasn’t because they indulged Jiang Shi’s whims, but because they knew his skill.
Watching his teammates ready for battle, Yuan Yang couldn’t help but be swept up in their enthusiasm. “Take her, just take her!”
Are they, TLG, afraid of Wind? Of course not!
With their lineup locked, the official livestream’s view count doubled instantly.
[Wait, am I seeing this right? Someone’s playing Senna in pro games these days?]
[Isn’t Senna weak against magic DPS? How’s he still locking her in for the fifth pick?]
[Is TLG’s new ADC stuck in some low-rank matchmaking mode? Do they think this is a platinum-rank game or something?]
[Did An pay TLG to throw? It’s so obvious they’re giving away points here.]
[Come on, Yu Hui picked a jungle carry. I think he has a 90% win rate on this hero.]
[I would like to add, both Back and Xu have champions with 100% win rates in pro games. They’ve never lost.]
[I see, I see. So it’s either TLG’s bottom lane gets killed, or their jungler and support kill Wind. It depends on which side collapses faster?]
After Time picked Senna, the livestream room was full of sarcastic comments, some even mocked TLG for losing the basic tactical ability and blindly following the new AD.
But then, after hitting level 4, the bottom lane saw first blood.
[TLG-Time killed Wind-An]
[Firstblood!]
This slap in the face came too quickly, causing the comments to pause for a moment, before it exploded again.
[??? Wait? Senna got first blood? Am I so old that my eyes are failing me?]
[Fck! What kind of snake-like movement did he do? He dodged the opponent’s ult?]
[Did he use Senna’s second skill as invulnerability? 6]
[Flash and Arrow for the kill is so fcking cool! This ADC is on fire! Did TLG recruit a Korean player?]
[Nope, he’s not from Korea. Check out T Bao’s Weibo, @TLG-Time. Everyone interested can drop a follow~]
Not only the comments are praising, even Jiang Lele was in shock. “Little White Hair, your Flash to kill was so handsome!”
Yu Hui, who’d planned to help bottom lane, decided instead to invade the jungle with Xu, seizing the momentum.
Zhao Jiu, the top laner who’s still solo-ing, couldn’t help but praise, “Beautiful.”
Jiang Shi’s response was calm. “Not bad.”
He added, “An didn’t use his Flash, he can tower dive later.”
After saying that, he repeatedly checking Xu’s view to monitor his jungle movements. Xu and Back had already infiltrated the enemy jungle to steal the little wolves.
Amused by Jiang Shi’s constant screen switches, Xu briefly paused and pinged Jiang Shi’s icon. “Good job.”
Jiang Shi’s mouth quirked in a slight smile and finally stopped switching screens. He returned to focusing on his lane.
Compared to Jiang Shi’s ease, An was seething, his face red with anger. But he could only suppress his temper and explain to his teammates, “I was overconfident. I went in with low health after clearing minions. I shouldn’t have taken the fight.”
Before level 4, An had been dominating, keeping Time under pressure and securing more last hits. But in his eagerness to teach Jiang Shi a lesson at level 4, he’d left himself vulnerable.
He didn’t expect Jiang Shi to see through his mind. At the moment his ult ended, he made an uncanny movement to dodge most of the damage then directly counterattacked.
He even ended it with a Flash to kill.
In the brief pause after, even with his headset on, An heard the crowd’s uproar.
An gritted his teeth. “Focus on this round. I can easily beat him if I play it right.”
After ten minutes of steady development, Hurricane team finally started to act.
A 3v1 gank was on the way to bottom lane, with Wind’s jungle and support converging while An and Time appeared to be clearing minions peacefully.
Jiang Shi, sensing something, raised an eyebrow and sent a question mark emoji in the chat.
Then he backed off, using his first skill to probe a bush on his front left.
An felt relieved. He was worried about an ambush at that bush, but now he’s sure that Jiang Shi had no reinforcements from that side.
He signaled for his team to engage without hesitation.
But as the trio pounced, Jiang Shi activated his second skill, avoiding most of the damage, and then Flashed out of their range.
Apart from one skill landing, which shaved off a bit of his HP, all other attacks missed.
Just then, TLG’s jungle and support burst from the same bush Jiang Shi had probed. Xu Flashed into the fray to start a team fight. With their skills on cooldown, the three Hurricane players fled in panic. The enemy ADC and jungler were killed, with only their support managing to escape.
The male commentator’s eyes widened. “Ah? In such a deadly situation, how did Time manage to escape? If I were him, even if I glued my hands on the Flash button, I wouldn’t be able to react in time!”
“That probe with his first skill on the bush was so sneaky!”
“Not only that, he also used a combo to take half of An’s HP in one go!”
The female commentator hesitated a bit before saying, “I think he knew that the opponent was planning to gank him.”
It was no secret that Time likes to use emotes to taunt during a match. But in this game, Time seemed to be much more restrained. Aside from an early “thank you kindly” after his first blood on An, he’d kept things low-key.
Until now, when he’d baited with a single question mark.
“So, that emote was a bait for Hurricane?” The male commentator was at a loss of words. “This little trick is very well thought-out.”
Taunting at such a critical moment, An – who had been holding back for ten minutes – couldn’t sit still.
But after the male commentator finished speaking the female commentator didn’t respond for a while.
“What’s up?”
After a pause, she finally spoke. “I’ve seen Time’s stream, and I remember he played a game with An before.”
The male commentator was immediately interested, “Don’t leave us hanging—the audience is waiting!”
She hesitated. “He used a similar tactic in that game.”
The official livestream’s chat exploded with laughter.
[I was lucky to see that first livestream. So when I just watched the two pretend to lane peacefully, I already knew.]
[Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. How can An fall to the same trick?!]
[That time An grabbed four and was wiped out by Time and Xu in one counterattack.]
[History always repeats itself in a surprising way.]
[One failure makes one wiser.]
[T Bao can really put on a show. That skill check in the grass made me laugh to death.]
[Okay, okay, now Time is flying high!]
[The haters who said TLG’s bottom lane is going to collapse just now, come speak up!]
Nobody expected that TLG didn’t start to collapse from the bottom lane, but instead, they tore open a gap from the bottom lane and gained the advantage.
From then on, Wind’s jungle area was completely taken, the vision was pitch black. Jiang Shi had the highest economy in the entire match, killed his way into godlike status, and ended the game in less than half an hour.
This match made Jiang Shi’s Weibo followers increase by nearly 100,000.
During the halftime break, An was killed by Jiang Shi and lost all color in his face. When he stepped down the stairs, he suddenly missed a step and almost fell in front of the audience.
Laughter erupted from below, and Jiang Shi instinctively looked over, but the next second, he also missed a step. Luckily, someone next to him steadied him, preventing any embarrassing moment.
Xie Xu let go of his arm, saying, “Walk carefully.”
Jiang Shi, looking at the stairs with lingering fear, pulled on Xie Xu’s clothing, “Then I’ll follow the captain.”
When the lights were flickering, the stairs were really hard to see.
Xie Xu looked at the sleeve of his clothing being tugged down and didn’t refuse.
During the ten-minute break, everyone had a little snack. Jiang Shi took a big gulp of honey water from Xie Xu’s thermos.
Before going on stage, Jiang Shi couldn’t help but ask, “Can I pour this water into that mineral water bottle to take it up?”
“Little White Hair, does the captain’s cup contain a love potion? Why do you like it so much?” Jiang Lele leaned over to take a look at the cup, smelling the sweet scent of honey, and exclaimed, “It’s honey water! Let me have a sip.”
Just as he was about to reach for it, Jiang Shi stepped back, tightened the lid, and said, “There’s only a little left. I want to save it for after the next game.”
Jiang Lele didn’t expect to snatch the cup from him and looked at Xie Xu pitifully, saying, “Captain, I also want to drink honey water.”
The fair and just Xie Xu surely wouldn’t be biased!
“He’s sick.” Xie Xu took the cup from Jiang Shi and placed it on the table. “Don’t compete with him.”
Jiang Shi coughed quietly, clearly sounding much weaker than Jiang Lele, who was pretending to be pitiful.
Jiang Lele: “.”
The relationship between the mid and support is in jeopardy!
