A zone control and lottery composition

At the fight over the third drake, seventeen minutes in, both sides were on edge. They had to get this fight right.

Caster Mao Mao was passionately calling the action.

"Blitzcrank Flashes forward to adjust his angle, then hooks Gala! Gala doesn't have Flash. Can he survive this?

"Lulu ults and knocks Blitzcrank up, but Blitzcrank still gets his E off, knocking Yunara up. Morgana uses her Q to root Yunara,

"Then steps forward and ults Yunara and Malphite. Dr. Mundo is walking up to damage Yunara, and Rookie shows no mercy from the flank, unloading his entire combo onto his former teammate.

"Wow, there's no saving her here. Yunara is as good as dead.

"Malphite doesn't choose to ult the frontline, instead going straight for Uzi in the backline! Renekton has also circled around from above the Blue Side dragon pit!

"Uzi Flashes to dodge Malphite's ult, and he Flashes toward the Red Side jungle. That lets him dodge Malphite's ult and get away from Renekton coming around behind him, without taking himself out of the fight.

"JingDong Gaming is about to collapse here. Invictus Gaming has dealt with Yunara and can fight however they want now, and Lulu doesn't have her ult anymore either.

"Huh? HongQ goes in for the push, but he only pushes Blitzcrank! Dr. Mundo has his passive, and Morgana casts E on herself. Azir pushes Blitzcrank right into Malphite and Renekton's faces, but can those two really burst Blitzcrank down?

"They can't. Blitzcrank activates W and moves right up into HongQ's face, and HongQ ends up having to burn his own Flash.

"Lulu polymorphs Dr. Mundo, but that doesn't stop him from chasing Azir.

"TheShy's Morgana is helping Uzi's Caitlyn fight the two in front. They aren't doing damage very quickly, but those two can't get to Caitlyn either. There are traps all over the ground, and Caitlyn still has her E. Renekton's ult is about to end, so they can only retreat.

"Seeing JingDong Gaming's top laner and jungler run straight off, Caitlyn immediately ults to snipe Azir, who's stuck with Dr. Mundo on him. HongQ has a chance to escape if he dodges a Dr. Mundo Q. Lulu gives him E for a speed boost, and he dodges it!

"Ah!! But Blitzcrank's Q is back up, and he hooks Azir over again. Ah, that's rough. In the end, Dr. Mundo beats him to death with a brick phone from his Corporate Mundo skin.

"Lulu escapes on her own, but they've lost both carries in that fight. Invictus Gaming takes the third drake, and now things are going to be very difficult for JingDong Gaming."

Mao Mao felt a little sorry for JingDong Gaming.

"Honestly, I really don't think Junjia should have ulted Uzi there. Never mind that it was Uzi, any pro player with Flash would have dodged a Malphite ult from almost maximum range. Honestly, even I could have dodged it if I'd been up there with Flash. That ult was a bit too presumptuous."

Tong Xi picked up where Mao Mao left off and continued the analysis:

"Yes, Gala didn't have Flash, so there really wasn't anything he could do after getting hooked. But I think after Lulu used her ult, HongQ and Malphite really should have fought the frontline. Malphite could have ulted Dr. Mundo and Blitzcrank, who were standing together, and forced Dr. Mundo to use his abilities. Then HongQ could have pushed Dr. Mundo and Blitzcrank away. I think they still had a chance to save Gala. Renekton could have arrived afterward and limited the damage from Uzi's Caitlyn. In a four-on-four at the front, it really would have been hard to say what would happen with Invictus Gaming missing their AD carry.

"Of course, we're looking at all of this from a god's-eye view. It's all speculation, and we can't say for certain whether they could actually have saved Gala."

In the lounge, Danny smiled knowingly after watching the fight. Just as Lin Heng had said, this JingDong Gaming team really didn't have a very clear shot-caller.

When it came to things like lane rotations and pre-fight preparations, where they had time to think, they were passable enough.

But when something unexpected happened in a teamfight, they became flustered.

Afterward, Invictus Gaming released Rift Herald and took the mid-lane outer turret. With neither carry there to defend it, Rift Herald also got a charge into the inner turret.

A lot of teams now liked to use Rift Herald to start fights, but Invictus Gaming wanted to take dragons and turrets quickly this game, so they saved Rift Herald to push towers.

From there, Invictus Gaming's lead became enormous, and Uzi's Caitlyn's items grew increasingly outrageous.

By the fourth dragon, JingDong Gaming had even less of a way to contest a fight.

Caitlyn set up her traps while Blitzcrank, Morgana, and Dr. Mundo stood in front throwing Qs. Dr. Mundo targeted the tanks, while Blitzcrank and Morgana tried their luck landing Qs on the squishies. A well-farmed LeBlanc was also ready to jump out from the flank and sneak in damage at any moment. The pressure on JingDong Gaming was immense.

Under that tremendous pressure, JingDong Gaming's players made more and more forced errors. Once Caitlyn had three items or more, even Malphite and Renekton couldn't withstand her.

The fight was practically over before it began.

Invictus Gaming's zone control and lottery composition left JingDong Gaming's players scrambling, with no idea how to respond.

As the teams maneuvered back and forth, JingDong Gaming's players kept getting hooked into the backline by Blitzcrank and instantly killed, while they had almost no way to reach Caitlyn directly.

After securing the fourth drake without trouble, Invictus Gaming turned straight to Baron Nashor.

Their luck wasn't great this game: the soul was Mountain Dragon Soul. If it had been the electric Dragon Soul, LeBlanc and Caitlyn would have become even more unstoppable.

It was the same routine and the same approach, and JingDong Gaming just couldn't find an opening.

If they forced an engage and lost with such a huge item gap, the game would be over in a single push.

From almost the start of the midgame, TheShy's Morgana had taken over the job of protecting the AD carry from Blitzcrank. He stopped taking lane farm too, leaving it to the AD carry and LeBlanc.

He followed behind the AD carry instead, leaving Malphite unable to find even a chance to ult and force a Flash before a fight.

After taking Baron Nashor, Lin Heng placed a control ward below the enemy high-ground wall to deny vision, then happily tried his luck with Morgana.

At the front, Dr. Mundo tanked and threw Qs while Caitlyn hit the turret.

With a huge wave of Baron-empowered minions under the turret, the enemy had to defend it, but no one dared step up to ward outside the high-ground wall. Whenever Blitzcrank threw a hook, someone had to burn Flash.

Blitzcrank's powerful ability to snowball a massive lead was being exploited to the fullest.

Caitlyn's traps covered the ground in front of the high-ground turret. Even if Malphite wanted to ult, his teammates would have had trouble following up.

After being completely and utterly tortured like that, JingDong Gaming chose to end their suffering.

Renekton used Teleport to circle behind, coordinating with Malphite's Flash ult. Uzi simply Flashed out of Malphite's ult, then fired away with Morgana's purple shield on him.

A few shots took care of the two charging him from the front.

Yunara, who had charged in with them, was forced to use Flash and Lulu's ult by a single combo from LeBlanc.

Yunara accomplished nothing and could only retreat.

Invictus Gaming ended the game in a single push.

For the viewers, the first game between Invictus Gaming and JingDong Gaming was somewhat boring.

By the end, the score had settled at just 13–3.

But for many teams whose supports could play Blitzcrank, it was well worth studying.

The unusual zone control and lottery composition immediately sparked discussion throughout the scene.