The Win Was Inevitable

They all had Flash, so naturally they couldn't let this opportunity slip away and drag things out until the Elder Dragon spawned. As they had said before, they weren't in a good position to contest Smite against Top Esports.

Top Esports could see what NIP was trying to do, but there was nothing they could do about it. No one could get out to cut off the minion waves. As super minions flooded in from all three lanes, everyone on Top Esports felt a deep sense of despair.

They could barely even clear the minions when NIP engaged.

Although Neeko had no Flash, he transformed into a minion and approached Top Esports' carries from within the wave.

Shanji's Sion drove straight into the Nexus turrets, drawing Top Esports' attention. At that moment, Neeko suddenly struck. Brother reacted quickly and Flashed backward to avoid Neeko's ultimate, but Jayce and Renata Glasc were not so lucky and were knocked into the air.

The rest of NIP swarmed forward. Ryze even used his ultimate to cut off their retreat, though no one took the ride. Instead, they focused their fire ahead and killed Top Esports' Renata Glasc and Jayce in succession.

At that point, Top Esports had no way to turn things around. NIP directly destroyed their Nexus and claimed the first game.

After a brief intermission, both teams returned to the stage.

The next two games went even faster. Under Takuya's lead, NIP simply targeted kanavi and refused to let him play comfortably. Once Top Esports' kanavi failed to step up, the team had no tempo at all, and NIP closed out the match with two incredibly fast-paced games.

Thus, NIP's first best-of-five match came to an end with NIP taking the victory.

The two casters kept praising Takuya as well. After