The Double Dragon Play

Takuya recalled and completed his second item. He now had Sundered Sky and Black Cleaver.

Takuya took the second group of Voidgrubs as well, giving his team the full six-Voidgrub buff. They could tear through turrets now.

HLE's side laners were on edge. Vi was so fed that whenever she went looking for a pick, she almost always got one. Her damage was just too high.

Their Jax and Azir could easily get into trouble in a side lane without a turret.

Azir could summon a turret, but it was no match for a real one.

And Sion was so tanky he could soak turret shots without a care. Once Vi locked onto someone, even standing under a turret was practically a death sentence.

The scales were gradually tipping toward NIP.

With NIP controlling all the jungle objectives, the third Elemental Dragon was about to spawn. NIP took position early once again.

Alistar came over alone to place vision, only for Takuya to lock onto him with his ultimate. The rest of NIP followed up and focused him down.

Alistar hadn't expected to get caught just because he came over to place a couple of wards thirty seconds before the Elemental Dragon spawned.

With Alistar dead, HLE felt a chill. How were they supposed to take this fight a player down?

They couldn't give up this third Elemental Dragon. NIP was one dragon away from soul. If HLE let them have it, they would have even less room for error. Azir probably wouldn't have time to scale before NIP claimed the soul.

They might have been able to struggle on against another dragon soul, but this was Infernal Dragon Soul. It was a fantastic buff for the enemy Rabbit and Lucian.

But Alistar had been picked off at the worst