Thanks to A-Jin for the Kill

GOD lineup: Akaloi, Jue, Xia Xirui, Rat Child, Rock

WSK lineup: Charlatan, Monkey, Moon Cicada Maiden, Vivian, Dream Person

[Qingqing: GOD has picked a conservative lineup as usual, while WSK's lineup looks geared toward dragging the game into the late stages. It's worth mentioning that Jin picked Akaloi, the hero that made Yun a legend.]

[Wu Hu: That's right. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Jin plays this match.]

Both sides entered the game, with GOD on the blue side. Shi Mu chose to start at blue without hesitation, while Wu Jin headed down mid at the start, planning to sneak through the mid-lane brush to the enemy's red jungle.

Wantonly didn't go to the bottom lane to help the marksman contest the wave. Instead, he followed Wu Jin.

"Little A Jin, go ahead and fly. If you die, you're on your own."

Clear roamed back and forth through the mid-lane brush. "Oh, look at that. You were Brother Cheng before, but now you're on your own if anything happens. A-Jin, you see his true colors now, right?"

"I won't die."

Wu Jin and Wantonly hid in the brush behind the buff. Sure enough, the enemy jungler came to the red jungle and started attacking it.

[Wu Hu: Is GOD planning to start with Monkey?! My god, how did they know Er Lin would start at red?!]

[Qingqing: This is making me so nervous. Will Er Lin lose the buff, or will there be another twist?]

Wu Jin had spent days watching videos of WSK's matches and discovered that their jungler, Er Lin, loved to start with a buff. Their strategy this game was designed specifically to target the enemy jungler.

When the red buff had half a bar of health left, the enemy top laner Shiliu realized something was wrong. Jin still hadn't come out to clear the minion wave. He hurriedly warned his teammates to be careful, but it was too late.

Wantonly jumped onto Monkey and locked him down. Wu Jin followed up, hitting the buff with her skill.

Clear was slow at clearing waves to begin with, so he had been using basic attacks on the minions. When he saw the enemy mid laner, Moon Cicada Maiden, trying to help, he used his second skill to control her and pull her back.

"Want to help? No chance. Stay in mid like a good girl!"

Wu Jin timed her Smite perfectly to claim the red buff. Seeing her succeed, Wantonly used a movement skill to jump away.

Even Charlatan's arrival was no help. He did next to no damage early on and couldn't get anywhere near Akaloi, who had an absurd number of movement skills. Er Lin had suffered a loss he could only swallow in silence right at the start.

"Nice."

Shi Mu praised her.

"That was so exciting, holy moly! Er Lin must be furious, hahahaha!"

[Wu Hu: Jin got it! She got it! Now she's heading back top to collect the remaining minions. Wow, getting a red buff right at the start must feel so good.]

[Qingqing: Jin really dares to fight, and her skills were clean and sharp. You can tell her fundamentals are solid, and they must have studied WSK's playstyle in private too. Our GOD takes every opponent seriously!]

WSK's jungler Er Lin had lost a red buff and some health, and the mood on the team turned gloomy for a moment.

Their team centered its play around the jungler, with gold and resources funneled his way, so they were all a little nervous about Er Lin being targeted at the start.

After clearing her wave and finishing off her team's small jungle monsters, Wu Jin immediately rotated to mid. Clear left the wave to support the bottom lane, while Shi Mu had nearly finished the red buff.

The enemy mid laner PP stayed close to their blue jungle, afraid that Wu Jin would strike there again. That gave GOD the opening to start a small skirmish in the bottom lane.

Shi Mu hit the attack signal, and Wantonly immediately plopped down butt-first on the opponents. Vivian used a movement skill to dodge and retreated under the tower.

"Hehe, that movement skill was exactly what we wanted."

Clear struck without mercy. His second skill never missed, and it caught Vivian. She immediately used Purify to escape. After finishing red, Monkey emerged from the brush and struck Clear with his staff. Shi Mu immediately dashed in front of Monkey, drew his sword, and stabbed several times.

Dream Person used a slowing skill to help Monkey escape. Suddenly, a long string of character voice lines rang out in their headsets. It was Akaloi! After taking half the mid-lane wave, Wu Jin had immediately come bottom and slashed at Monkey several times.

First Blood!

[Qingqing: GOD played that so decisively! I feel like they never planned to attack A-Qi in the first place. It looks like they had their sights set on Er Lin all along.]

[Wu Hu: You can drop the "feel like." GOD is clearly going after Er Lin this game. They put on such a good act there. I have to say, GOD not only works well together, they know a thing or two about acting!]

"Little A Jin defended her first blood to the death."

"So domineering. You're the only one who'd dare steal a kill from Brother Mu."

Wu Jin guided her hero toward the top lane, her voice cool and clear.

"Sorry."

Shi Mu chuckled and rotated to mid to share the wave with Clear.

At four minutes, bin and Wantonly gained an advantage in lane, and Clear came bottom, planning to apply some pressure.

Vivian and Dream Person were extremely cautious and didn't dare step forward. When the minion wave reached the tower, Dream Person had no choice but to risk clearing it to defend the tower.

Vivian hid behind him. Wantonly seized the chance to Flash under the tower and trap Vivian with Draw the Ground as a Prison. Dream Person immediately used his ultimate to break the control effect. Clear, watching closely from the brush, flung his second skill at Vivian, successfully turning her into a puppet and making her walk out from under the tower.

[Wu Hu: Great teamwork from Wantonly and Clear! As long as Rat Child lands his control on Vivian, she won't escape this time! GOD has so much crowd control that WSK is having a hard time!]

[Qingqing: As everyone knows, GOD can't do without crowd control. They have a control hero in almost every game, and this time four of their heroes have control effects. Even though WSK picked Dream Person... Huh! Bin missed his control skill!]

[Wu Hu: bin made a mistake there. Ah, what a shame to waste such a good opportunity. They'll have to look for another chance.]

After Clear controlled Tangyuan's Vivian, Tangyuan hadn't intended to use Purify. After all, bin still had a control skill in hand, so he was basically a dead man.

But he gritted his teeth and took a gamble, using Purify and maneuvering nimbly. And bin's skill really did miss!

"Nice job! That gamble paid off."

"Holy shit, I actually survived. I thought I was dead for sure and was ready to get yelled at."

The mid laner PP shook his head. "You're not the one getting yelled at now."

It was the enemy marksman who was in for a scolding.

"What the hell? Have you been slacking off in practice? I set that up so well!"

Wantonly could hardly believe it. He was low on health now and had to recall. Not only had they gained nothing from that play, they'd almost lost out.

"How could you miss that skill? You-!"

"Clear."

Wu Jin cut Clear off to stop him from swearing. Clear forced down the anger filling his belly and took it out on his keyboard, clattering away.

Bin said nothing, his face dark. He'd only made one mistake. Was it really that serious?

Couldn't he just win the next fight? They were making a mountain out of a molehill.

As he thought that, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. When had he started thinking that way about the esports he loved...?

"Tsk."

The enemy Charlatan was positioned toward the left. Wu Jin panned the minimap. "Monkey's almost finished red."

Shi Mu understood immediately. He abandoned a small jungle monster and quickly slipped into the top-lane brush. Wu Jin dashed over and baited out Charlatan's skill.

Shiliu had no vision of Shi Mu, and Clear was between mid and bottom. Thinking he could take the fight, he used his ultimate to bind Akaloi.

Er Lin finished red and immediately followed up, using his first skill to leap past Charlatan and reach Wu Jin. Wu Jin blinked, her fingers flying as she cut away half of Monkey's health.

When the moment was ripe, Shi Mu emerged from the brush and dealt massive damage with his ultimate. Er Lin fell before he could react. Wu Jin used her ultimate to refresh her skills and teamed up with Shi Mu to take down Charlatan.

The top laner and jungler each got a kill.

[Qingqing: That fight in the top lane was incredible! Jin deliberately showed an opening to lure Shiliu in, and Er Lin never expected Shi Mu to be waiting for him in the brush!]

[Wu Hu: I have to say, GOD's map play has been excellent this game. Their top laner and jungler are perfectly in sync. Jin is now 2-0-1 and has the most gold in the match. Just like the rumors said, she plays decisively and ruthlessly!]

[Qingqing: Jin has already built Grandmaster. There probably isn't anyone who can solo her right now. The Akaloi in Jin's hands is too agile; no one else can even touch her. I have a feeling we won't see much of Akaloi in GOD's future matches!]

"Thanks to A-Jin for the kill~"