The moment Turbo Chemtank was completed, it was already around ten minutes.
By then, tower diving didn't have to fear turret damage as much. It also fixed Galio's slow movement speed. This Galio pick from TES clearly had a plan.
With mid-jungle holding such a huge advantage, it was completely normal for TES to snowball.
Back in mid lane, Galio's waveclear with Bami's Cinder plus his passive was insanely fast.
Even with cannon waves, one Q at a good angle and one punch cleared the whole front line. The back line got shaved down too, and then Bami's Cinder burned the rest to death.
That waveclear…
Scout's eyes nearly popped out.
Damn it. When I play Galio, why am I always the one getting shoved in?
Why does it look so outrageous in Dine's hands?
Scout could only retreat.
His Ahri had zero lane priority now.
With constant waves crashing into turret, his mana pressure kept rising.
No choice.
He even had to eat Galio Q poke now and then.
No mana, no HP—pure misery.
And he still hadn't recalled.
Scout finally decided: time to go home and update items.
As for turret plates?
He could only let Galio take them.
Damn it. You're already this fed and you still want to eat everything?
Looking at Galio's items now—Bami's Cinder, Dark Seal, Boots—that was already over 1600 gold.
Meanwhile, Scout's recall only had 1400.
His pace was a full two minutes behind. Even buying Dark Seal later depended on whether he could even eat the next wave…
Then Viego appeared behind him.
Scout's heart went cold.
TES… no way you're giving me no way out?
He checked his mana, looked at the wave, and without hesitation popped ultimate and ran.
"..."
Even Wawa and Miller couldn't help shouting:
"So miserable!"
TES's tower-diving risk still existed.
But as levels rose, with Galio building tank, plus Ahri being unhealthy, there really was a kill threat.
This time Scout didn't die, but it was basically the same as dying—he couldn't touch the two waves under turret.
No wonder the desk yelled "miserable."
Lin Fan didn't get the kill, but he did get a solo turret plate.
At the same time, Tian was already moving toward bot.
EDG did sense something was wrong.
After all, mid forced Ahri out. It would be weird if no tempo play followed.
Bot lane duo immediately backed under turret.
But TES had prepared perfectly.
First: Scout's Teleport wasn't up yet.
Top lane both TPs had already been used too.
Even if EDG tried to defend a 4v3 dive, with Galio ultimate landing, there was basically no pressure.
And EDG bot's summoners were already burned, so there were no escape tools.
Jiejie was nowhere near bot.
Main reason: with Kayle top, EDG had to invest resources up there.
This game was supposed to be won through top.
If top got targeted and dove a few times, the game ended.
So EDG gambled that TES would come top.
Then with Kayle ult plus turret damage, they might break the Galio-ult tempo and find a chance.
But TES ran bot instead.
Not to pin EDG's core down—
To feed JackeyLove.
When Viego stepped into turret range, Galio's ultimate circle appeared beside him.
With Renata present, the dive was calm and clean—almost zero risk.
As Galio landed and chained CC, the squishy Senna instantly collapsed.
Then Bailout pulled Viego back at the critical moment. Tian didn't even need to flash.
As for Tahm Kench, he could only stall and dream of trading—pure fantasy.
Double kill.
JackeyLove got the double.
Bot lane was fully opened.
Zoom saw Lee Sin show top and instantly hopped back.
With mid and bot bleeding, Jiejie had no choice but to force a play top.
But Lee Sin not yet level six, plus Kayle, trying to dive a Gnar?
That was dreaming.
In the end, he only burned his own flash and forced Flandre's ultimate.
By this point, EDG fans were already panicking.
This tempo wasn't right!
With Ahri lacking ultimate, it was hard to start plays.
And most importantly: no lane priority.
"Scout really got read by Brother Infinite Borders. Galio has him pinned. White Moon changed. He feels unfamiliar."
"I completely agree. I don't know when, but his drafts have been good every time."
"No suspense—these changes all happened because of Brother Infinite Borders…"
"Is it possible that for Asian Games… White Moon becomes head coach? Holy crap, that's too dreamlike."
While chat was debating, TES's jungle-support linkage arrived.
Taking advantage of Ahri having no ultimate, they forced a mid gank.
Same script.
Lin Fan flashed and taunted, then layered CC.
Scout stared blankly at his screen—
He got stunned.
10:47.
Zoom slapped Kayle into the wall.
Lin Fan yelled "crow sits on a plane," pressed R, descended like a divine soldier, and sent Kayle flying!
CC and damage followed. Flandre died before even pressing ultimate.
One wave hadn't ended before another began.
TES bot lane had lane priority. After shoving, they didn't recall—they walked to mid.
One auto hit Ahri, then a Gravitum root locked her down.
Even with three dashes on her ultimate, Renata pulled her back.
She couldn't move.
Tian followed with his ultimate. Three players' damage instantly erased her.
Scout's expression was priceless.
Fine, jungle and support came mid—I can accept it.
But why is the ADC here too?
Damn it. In mid lane I'm basically one step away from seeing Gnar!
For that "not unreasonable" request, TES satisfied him at 13 minutes.
Scout didn't die in that moment, but his mental exploded.
This lane was Galio–Viego–Aphelios–Renata–Gnar.
The names are so long—it's obviously unbeatable.
Ahri's lane strength is low. Losing is normal.
15:31.
In front of a Turbo Chemtank Galio, Kayle got hard pinned down.
Flandre looked helpless.
Your Galio runs this fast—are you giving me any way to live?
Across the whole map, at all times, Galio pressure existed.
EDG got beaten until they could barely breathe.
Didn't people say TES's roaming tempo doesn't work this patch?
Who said it? Come out—I won't beat you to death!
By 20 minutes, the game was completely one-sided.
"JackeyLove walks forward with red-hot guns. That damage is terrifying! EDG wants to fight back! But Chemtank Galio enters and taunts—gone! It's all gone!"
On screen, Aphelios with full Chakrams was outputting like crazy under Galio's protection.
EDG was already underfarmed. Their HP bars looked like paper and got erased instantly.
Double kill!
Triple kill!
Quadra kill!
Is it pentakill?
But Galio punched down and took the last Kayle kill, stealing JackeyLove's quadra into penta.
It wasn't intentional. The fight was too chaotic. By the time they realized JackeyLove was at penta, the punch was already out.
"Damn it, Fan-ge!" JackeyLove went numb. This felt like he was back on IG.
"My bad. Didn't think. Didn't think you'd already killed so many… Kayle was right in my face."
"If you don't treat us to Haidilao tonight, you're finished!"
"Yeah, yeah—Haidilao, no question!" the others piled on.
"Fine. Haidilao is guaranteed. But only if we don't have to go overtime. If we go overtime, it'll be too late."
"You guys understand what Fan-ge means?"
"Yeah. We'll go donate them a wave. Lose Game 1, lose Game 2, and no overtime."
"If we can't control winning, we can control losing!"
"JackeyLove, inappropriate language." Suddenly the referee's voice came through the headset.
"..."
"Hahahaha, is that a 20,000 fine?" someone teased. "Yu Wenbo, didn't you already get fined once before?"
"Ahem. Not that bad, right? I just got carried away. I'm not match-fixing. The officials understand. They'll probably give me a punishment just for show—two thousand should be fine," JackeyLove said with a pained face.
"Tonight's hotpot, I'm eating until I'm full. I'm getting my money's worth!"
"Sure, order whatever you want. If it's 20k, we can probably eat three or four times," Lin Fan said, rubbing salt into the wound.
Too savage.
After that teamfight, EDG had already lost inhibitor.
The rest was garbage time. In a straight fight they couldn't match TES.
TES played it safe: Baron, reset, one push.
EDG tried desperately to protect their 'Athena,' but TES had too much of a lead. Under Chemtank Galio's charge, EDG formation collapsed completely.
TL: Athena is their ADC
Ace!
An ace in front of nexus turrets drew a full stop to the game.
TES steamrolled EDG's base and ended it.
Chat went wild.
"Haters, come out!"
"Didn't you say Brother Infinite Borders is washed? Is this Galio not insane?"
"That slap must've hurt."
"I said it—let the bullets fly. Why are you so anxious? You just got used by haters as tools."
"This is only Game 1 and you're already inflated? Of course low-IQ fans inflate together. Let me see how you get slapped by EDG later!"
"S11 EDG, sure. This patch EDG is fodder."
"I was wrong, I was wrong. I shouldn't have had zero confidence in Brother Infinite Borders. He even streamed League, that means he really adapted."
"Yeah. We really shouldn't have been like that."
Chat was chaotic—some people face-slapping, some apologizing, some insisting TES fans shouldn't be cocky and the next game would flip.
But haters couldn't find a tempo. It made them uncomfortable.
Why did Brother Infinite Borders play other games all day, look like he had no energy, and still smash Scout?
Under the audience's curiosity and excitement, Game 2 began.
Sides swapped. TES went blue.
Same script.
Blue side first-picks Ahri.
Scout looked confused.
Damn it—trying to disgust me?
Then EDG answered with…
Azir.
Galio? He didn't have the confidence now.
If he got smashed, it would be even more embarrassing.
Getting taught on both sides—Faker already experienced it. Scout didn't want that too.
With Azir picked, early lane pressure rose. EDG's plan was to stall mid and not give chances.
But TES wasn't even planning to play through mid, because they put in substitute Da Huang.
So Game 2 had nonstop top ganks.
They built a huge gold lead top, but at 11 minutes they threw a tempo swing and almost let EDG recover all the gold deficit.
Thankfully, in the key dragon fight, Lin Fan's Ahri dashed in and kissed Azir.
Instantly deleting a carry.
That stabilized the lead and secured the critical second dragon.
Lin Fan realized top lane was hopeless.
No more kill donations. He had to carry himself.
If not for White Moon's tactics, he would've helped bot instead. No way he'd babysit top.
If JackeyLove had Da Huang's gold, the game would've ended already.
But with a lead, they could play it slow and macro. Ahri's pick potential is very strong.
Mid caught Viper's Kalista and started the inhibitor push tempo.
Azir did have a couple nice ultimates later, but it didn't change the game much—especially when Aphelios and Ahri hit the flank together.
Red-white guns charging forward—just the aura made EDG's five back off.
Chat spammed.
"Huanfeng: Don't believe rumors, don't spread rumors."
"Name the worst ADC in the LPL and explain why it's Huanfeng."
"TES's new top isn't it. Duke is steadier. I suggest White Moon stop messing around. Tactical experiments are fine, but you can't field a low-skill top."
With Ahri's E basically never missing, EDG was under massive pressure and the gold lead kept growing.
At 29 minutes, Ahri E landed on Kalista again.
TES all-in'd, deleted her, took Baron, and ended with Baron buff macro.
2–0!
TES finally ended six straight splits of winless openers.
A lot of fans were in tears…
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