First Split Winners!

While Pantheon drew the enemy's fire, Lucian had Nami buff him and charged forward, attacking without hesitation.

Takuya's Zyra followed Nami's ultimate with Grasping Roots, then cast Stranglethorns at the choke point.

Anyone's Legend didn't dare take a hit from the well-farmed Zyra's ultimate. Those with mobility skills retreated; those without hurriedly used Flash. They avoided both Zyra's ultimate and the damage from Pantheon and Lucian.

But Lucian immediately unleashed his ultimate. Bullets rattled into Blitzcrank, bringing him close to death in moments. The others had used Flash to get away and couldn't block for him in time. Blitzcrank had just used his W and was slowed, leaving him no way to dodge. He took the entire barrage and fell.

With Blitzcrank dead, the other four members of Anyone's Legend could only give up the fight. They couldn't win with five, let alone four.

NIP took the second Elemental Dragon without any trouble, and both teams settled into a relatively quiet stretch of farming. But Takuya and doinb soon broke the peace. They joined Lucian and Nami for a four-man dive against the two players in bot lane.

Ryze and Blitzcrank had no chance to fight back before the four NIP players killed them.

Then they destroyed the bot lane outer turret.

NIP had seized the initiative.

After taking the turret, they saw the third Elemental Dragon spawn. Taking it would put NIP on dragon soul point.

The five Anyone's Legend players looked grim. Somehow, the game had fallen into NIP's rhythm again, and they still had no way to contest early objectives. This time, they had to grit their teeth and fight for the dragon. If they gave up another one, the game would be all but over.

The outcome was clear enough. With NIP's jungler and bot lane