There might not have been any highlight-reel-worthy plays, but for an AD, those highlight moments were secondary. Consistency was what they had always pursued.
Professional play was different from ranked.
When playing ranked, you could certainly say that courage was an AD's seventh item.
But in professional play, most of the time, courage could only be an AD's first seven deaths.
"Tian Ma, how much longer on your ultimate?"
On the battlefield, Luo Zhen felt for the first time that his performance was being restricted by his champion and build. This wasn't one of those earlier patches where Jhin built Galeforce. In the current patch, due to item changes and Muramana buffs, utility ADs like Jhin and Varus had to go for Lethality Builds.
The damage was indeed higher, but the ceiling for plays had undoubtedly been lowered.
Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't have troubled him. But in the current situation, neither FOFO nor jiejie could find a way to break through the enemy, and if he couldn't make something happen either, it had the faint scent of Chronic Death. He could only place his hopes on Meiko.
"Not that soon. More than ten seconds. And we need to be careful right now—their abilities are all up."
Ashe's ultimate was certainly ideal for initiating a Team fight, but it was still a skillshot. He couldn't guarantee every Arrow would land. If he missed, they could only back off and wait for the Cooldown. Right now, both teams were gathered around the dragon pit. As JDG's third Dragon Soul, EDG definitely couldn't just hand this dragon over so easily.
Just as Ashe's ultimate had ten seconds left on its Cooldown—
JDG actually initiated!
Sejuani burst through the jungle shadows and over the wall, firing an extreme long-range snipe at EDG's group.