Who Gave You the Courage to Pick Jayce in Front of Me [Request Monthly Ticket]

As the words fell, the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center erupted in cheers and chants—

"EDG! Let's go!"

"EDG! Victory!"

"Brother Cheng Zi, go!!"

"Brother Cheng Zi, carry your debut!!"

The deafening sounds made Xu Cheng, who had just put on his noise-canceling headphones, feel uncomfortable, yet strangely excited and thrilled—

Perhaps he didn't even realize it himself.

The moment he stepped onto the stage, the latent showman within him was activated.

"Haha, this is nothing yet. You just missed the good old days. Back then, just last year... our support would have been ten times bigger than this!"

Factory Director laughed until he cried.

"Hey, don't bring that up. Cheng Zi, pay close attention in this match. Their Jayce + Jarvan IV will definitely target you relentlessly in the early game..."

Meiko, the shotcaller, communicated with Xu Cheng.

EDG's lineup for this match was: Fiora top, Sejuani jungle, Syndra mid, Xayah + Niu Tou bot.

DAN's lineup was: Jayce top, Jarvan IV jungle, Ahri mid, Tristana + Thresh bot.

It was clear that EDG's lineup choice for this match seemed a bit hesitant.

Fiora was a significant early-game strength. Once picked, the jungler had to protect her, otherwise, she'd be crushed.

If Fiora faltered, EDG's lineup would struggle to win the match.

In contrast, DAN had chosen a pure fast-paced offensive lineup for the early to mid-game. Their top, mid, and jungle could perfectly coordinate, and they had Tristana as a partial safeguard for the late game.

In short, as the pre-game commentators had said, this match was an extremely rare "top lane life-or-death battle" in the LPL region.

Whoever dominated the opponent's top lane would win this match.

As both sides began to lane, the director's camera focused on the newcomer Murder. Miller casually commented:

"It's obvious that DAN's top lane choice in this match is very smart. Jayce against Fiora, there's no difficulty in the early laning phase. If played well, they might even gain an advantage."

"This way, they won't have to worry about EDG pouring resources into nurturing this Fiora early on..."

Jayce versus Fiora, it was hard to definitively say who was stronger; it all came down to individual skill.

But even so, Jayce, with his superior range in the early game, held a definite advantage.

Fiora could only equalize the situation after reaching level six.

Before that, unless the opposing Jayce was brain-dead and didn't utilize his range to kite and let Fiora get close to proc her vital points, Fiora would generally be suppressed by Jayce.

Just like now.

Shortly after laning, DAN's top laner, Mo Yu, controlling Jayce, arrogantly utilized his range advantage to poke Fiora.

Xu Cheng retreated helplessly, while the opponent relentlessly pursued.

"This is tough. Murder shouldn't be this aggressive. He went too far forward right after laning. Jayce is definitely going to take this opportunity to poke you."

Wa Wa couldn't help but comment, "Is he a bit nervous because it's his first match?"

As soon as he spoke, Xu Cheng, who had just been poked twice by Jayce and successfully lured the opponent into a deeper position, turned around without batting an eye and dashed forward with a Q ability.

Swish, bang!

A vital point on Jayce's flank was perfectly hit.

"Oh ho?"

Mo Yu himself was a little displeased.

"You dare to come Q me? Then don't even think about leaving."

Besides his range advantage, another significant advantage Jayce had over Fiora in the early game was—

He started with three skills: his ultimate and two Q abilities in different forms. That's one extra damage skill compared to Fiora!

Mo Yu, seeing Fiora Q-ing his flank's vital point, decisively fired his Shock Blast.

Seeing this, Xu Cheng didn't panic at all. The moment Jayce's Shock Blast fired, the Fiora who had just hit the vital point immediately turned and sidestepped to the left.

One yard away!

Swish!

Jayce's azure Shock Blast grazed past Fiora's white cape—missing.

Fiora dodged Jayce's Q ability in his cannon form!

?!?

"Holy crap, he's got some skill!"

Mo Yu exclaimed, still not realizing the gravity of the situation.

Seeing his Q dodged and Fiora now very close, he first auto-attacked her, then almost instinctively switched to his hammer form and swung a Q ability.

With a bang, Fiora's health bar dropped, and Jayce was about to continue attacking.

However, Xu Cheng had already taken a step back.

Using the momentary speed boost from Q's Riposte, along with his base movement speed, he managed to walk out of Jayce's basic attack range at the last second after taking one of Jayce's basic attacks.

Mo Yu's second basic attack was blocked. Seeing Fiora run without looking back, he decided not to pursue.

Just as he was about to turn back, Xu Cheng's Fiora turned around for a third time. After a few steps, her Q skill was ready again, and she thrust it forward diagonally, hitting a Riposte!

This time, however, Mo Yu was out of his hammer and cannon form Q skills. He could only manage one basic attack on the opponent before being out-ranged again, just like before.

"Damn it, is this guy kiting me?!"

At this moment, Mo Yu finally realized something was wrong.

After two brief exchanges, Fiora, with the healing and movement speed buff from Riposte, was almost unharmed. He, on the other hand, had lost two-fifths of his health!

More importantly, he had used his hammer form Q and dodged his cannon form Q!

If Jayce's cannon form Q had hit Fiora earlier, the situation would be completely different now.

He couldn't win!

Mo Yu turned and tried to run, this time he was serious about escaping.

But due to his earlier carelessness and Xu Cheng's deliberate "baiting," he had pushed too deep. Now that he realized it and wanted to leave, it wasn't that easy.

Seeing that the opponent's health was low enough, Xu Cheng stopped pretending. Fiora chased closely behind Jayce, attacking as she pursued.

When her Q skill was ready again, she used it to dash forward, completely sticking to him!

Bang, bang bang!

From the start until now, Fiora had consecutively landed three or four Ripostes. Jayce's condition was precarious.

"It's over."

Mo Yu directly took his hands off the keyboard.

Bang!

The next moment, Fiora landed the final blow.

Jayce fell to the ground, unwilling.

At this moment, he wasn't too far from his own turret, but considering the importance of Flash in competitive play and the fact that the minion wave hadn't arrived yet, Mo Yu ultimately didn't press his Flash.

[EDGMurder has slain DANMoyu!]

[First Blood!]

"First Blood! Got it! Fiora killed Jayce, this is a solo kill!!"

"What's going on?! It's just the start of the game, the minions haven't even arrived, how did a solo kill happen in the top lane?!"

"Wow...!"

The system notification sounded, and the audience and commentators outside were all stunned.

Because the director's camera happened to be on the top lane, they had witnessed the entire sequence.

But precisely because they had seen it all, they were now bewildered.

This... isn't right, wasn't Jayce supposed to have a slight advantage in the early game against Fiora?

How did you end up getting solo-killed instead?

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