"That's how it is. The older a mid laner gets, the more they play with their brain. Except Rookie—he'll still be playing off reactions even when he's old."
FOFO comforted his team's carry. If you insisted that mid had failed to play safely that wave, that was technically true, but the main thing was that he hadn't expected the enemy to have that kind of nerve.
Learned that the hard way.
"All I can say is, they came prepared."
"Bro, if we go by who made the first move, we're the ones who came knocking."
"..."
Clearly, the intensity of the Summer Split Playoffs was on a completely different level from the Spring Split Playoffs. Even the Summer Split Regular Season felt tougher than the Spring Split Playoffs. WBG alone had pushed them this far with the rich experience of their veteran players. If those old guys suddenly relived their youth and powered up, shouting about friendship and bonds as they charged in, how were they supposed to stop them?
Even though WBG had only given them a small taste this round, many teams had already keenly caught a whiff of the Playoffs' intensity.
Senna's death restored WBG's morale, but it did not have much impact on the overall tempo. In particular, Sion's death in top lane made WBG lose the desire to contest the eight-minute Rift Herald with EDG. Ning did not even call his teammates over and took the Rift Herald alone. In exchange, the Bot Lane Combo could only stand in the jungle near their second turret and watch helplessly as the enemy Bot Lane Combo tore down their turret and collected Tower Plates.
There was nothing they could do. They did not dare go.
Their jungler was openly taking Rift Herald while the enemy jungler's position