Wei, big bro, I was wrong

"Wow, there was a box behind Miss Fortune too! Renekton got feared! Shaco left that there before he went away earlier. That's ridiculous—did he already predict this?

"Renekton came around from behind and stuck to Miss Fortune, looking to kill her. Nautilus immediately used his ultimate on Miss Fortune. Even if she burns Flash here, she won't have an easy time getting away.

"Bunny, at half health, used his ultimate too. Will Invictus Gaming be a little short on follow-up damage?

"He's controlling Shaco's clone and keeping it right on top of Renekton. Wow, Joker is still making plays!!!"

"The clone is extremely fragile, and it's sticking right to Renekton. There's no way for Renekton to avoid damaging Shaco's clone with his ultimate and Q!!

"Add the damage it took from Bunny's ultimate, and the clone doesn't have much health left. It's staying right on Renekton, getting burned by his ultimate the whole time.

"Xiaohu's Bunny and Jiejie's Xin Zhao forced their way in and killed Miss Fortune, but Bunny, low on health and without Flash, was taken down by Orianna.

"Xin Zhao won't have an easy time getting away either. He's trying to force a trade for Shaco, who was brought down to half health by Bunny's damage earlier. Can he get him? His E should be almost ready. He's lunged in! The damage should be enough!

"Wow!!! That's hopeless! He still had Exhaust, and now Jarvan IV takes down Xin Zhao too."

"Renekton burned Flash chasing Miss Fortune just now, so he can't get away easily either, because Shaco's clone is about to explode! Wow, Renekton got feared by the clone.

"Jarvan IV follows up with an E-Q to keep Renekton there. Yone, who came all the way over, finally reaches the fight and immediately uses Flash-W to hold Renekton in place. With damage from Jarvan IV and Orianna, he takes the kill.

"One for five! The scales of victory have tipped almost entirely in Invictus Gaming's favor!"

After casting so much in one breath, Guan Zeyuan was a little winded and took a deep breath.

"Wow, that engage with the ball on the invisible Shaco was really clever," 957 said.

Having caught his breath, Guan Zeyuan picked up where he had left off. "Honestly, I feel like pro players are just too professional. They're always playing high-Elo games, so they haven't seen this kind of tricky stuff. Seriously, put a real Gold or Silver player from the chat in there, and they'd tell you to watch out for the Shaco-Orianna engage, because they might actually have played it. What do you think, Leg Brother?"

"True. First of all, you hardly ever see Shaco in high-Elo games. Apart from a handful of one-tricks, almost nobody plays him. And even when someone does, it's in the jungle. You basically never see him as support.

"But he definitely knows how to play Shaco. Just now, when his real body went over the top of the dragon pit, he kept controlling the clone and moving it forward to make sure it didn't go beyond its movement range. Otherwise, it would have given him away.

"And Rookie was very meticulous too. He cast his E while right up against a thick wall, minimizing the chances of the other side noticing. It looked like they just pulled off a gimmick, but it was all in the details.

"And Shaco perfectly predicted the route Renekton would take. The box he placed ahead of time bought Miss Fortune a little time to escape and deal damage. That was really meticulous."

957 gave a detailed assessment of some of the plays the players had made in the game.

One of the two casters handled the atmosphere, while the other covered the details. They made a well-matched pair, and they had also stirred up the excitement both at the venue and in the chat.

"Wow, how did Weibo Gaming seem completely unprepared for that? I feel like you should already be careful when you see a Shaco-Orianna combination."

In Zz1tai's livestream, the streamer leaned back in his chair, picking his nose as he spoke in disbelief.

The chat replied one after another.

[Is it possible you're the real Gold or Silver player the Colonel was talking about?]

[You really don't see people playing these gimmicks much in high-Elo games.]

[A lot of people know about gimmicks, but actually pulling one off perfectly is pretty hard.]

[Oh? What do you mean, the person above?]

[I'll just say one thing: "Catch the bubble, Zao!"]

[All right, I get what you mean!]

[Game over!]

[This Joker really knows his stuff. Feels like it's been ages since I've watched such an interesting match.]

[He was picked as God's support, after all. He'd better have some skills to show for it.]

[Never mind what they picked in these two games. Just think about how good this support must be to let YYDS, with his current form, hold his own in lane against the King.]

[If they'd had this support last year, they wouldn't have finished top 17.]

[They're just exploiting an information gap, that's all. They picked two champions other people haven't seen much. Give it some time and they'll be exposed.]

[That's true. Once people study them a little, they won't have such an easy time.]

[Yeah, they can't keep playing weird stuff forever, right?]

[Honestly, matches are a lot more entertaining on this patch. Laning is what you want to watch. Watching lane swaps last patch bored me to death.]

[Yeah, your big bro Jiang has been coasting a bit these two games and hasn't brought out his ranged picks. Once they get to a Bo5 later and he picks Gnar or Kennen, I don't know how badly he's going to beat up the other side.]

[Leopard one leopard, that leopard one leopard, Leopard's little sister is getting into the bridal sedan.]

[Good thing Little Sister is resting. That's the best news this year.]

[Hope the new support plays well. Otherwise, with how big a deal these stars are this year, it won't be long before Little Sister goes crying to management, asking them to sub him out again.]

[Holy shit, how did Yunara get killed again right after coming back online?]

The view returned to the match.

"Wow! What is that damage? Yunara had just returned to mid to farm the wave when Shaco came in invisible from the bottom-side brush and hit her three times. Together with Miss Fortune's ultimate, that forced Yunara to use Flash, her ultimate, and E. The Flash and ultimate she saved in the teamfight are both gone now.

"Yunara fled under the tower with low health, but Jarvan IV, who had been lying in wait at Raptors, killed her with an E-Q. Jarvan IV then Flashed out of tower range. Nautilus hooked Jarvan IV, but his teammates were too far away to follow up with damage.

"Another decisive move from Joker! Those three hits with [Bloodletter's Curse], [Volt-aic Cyclosword], and [Hail of Blades] hurt so much!

"Joker is coming straight for Elk today. Both of these plays have been aimed right at Yunara, and most importantly, Wei got the kill. I really can't hold it in.

"I'll give you the keywords: [Wei], [Elk], [Shaco]. You viewers can fill in the rest yourselves."

Guan Zeyuan couldn't hold it in after saying that and quietly laughed to himself.

In the past, remarks this inflammatory would very likely have prompted a club to complain to the league, and the caster would have had to apologize and pay a fine.

But with the LPL's popularity declining by the day, this kind of commentary could actually pique viewers' interest. As long as the audience bought into it, the league certainly wasn't going to make an issue of it.

The chat also broke into a heated discussion.

[Boom!]

[The Shaco king went invisible and took down the Shaco emperor in three hits.]

[Wrong, big bro! We Wei sorry!]

[Still dare to flash Shaco now?]

[I told you, don't fucking hover him if you're not going to pick him. If you won't, plenty of others will, and they can pick him and destroy you with him.]

[Evil can't overcome good!]

[Justice will prevail!]