The Ban/Pick phase for the first round concluded quickly. In the end, Tianhuan chose the Paladin for the top lane, known for strong pressure resistance, and the Time Traveler for support, capable of speeding up allies and restoring health. The remaining trio—Jungler, Mid, and Marksman—formed the classic Positional Warfare lineup: Trap Hunter, Goddess of Flame, and Cannoneer.
Huowen, on the other hand, went with a Mid-Jungle synergy combo. Their Jungler, King of Fighters, offered crowd control and burst damage, while their Mid, Goddess of Fate, could also burst down opponents in a single combo. For the remaining three spots, their bot lane featured the classic Forest Envoy + Holy Archer duo, and their top lane took the Vampire Duke, a warrior hero with the ability to dive the backline.
The commentators analyzed the setup: "Usually, when Huowen plays Positional Warfare, they like to pick Forest Envoy as a healing support. They group up, heal together, and cover the ground with traps and fire circles so the enemy can't get through. Since the healer keeps them topped up, they actually gain health the longer the team fight drags on. That is the strength of traditional Positional Warfare."
"However, Tianhuan chose Time Traveler as their support. This hero also has healing capabilities, but the 'Time Rewind' ability restores a teammate's health to where it was 2 seconds ago, which is more about negating key enemy skills."
"Huowen's lineup this game is very aggressive. Their Top, Jungle, and Mid all have the ability to flank and instantly delete squishies. Clearly, they're going to stare down Tianhuan's dual carries. As long as they delete one, they crack the Positional Warfare system. Meanwhile, Tianhuan's Top and Support are there to protect the carries from being assassinated. It all comes down to who finds the opening first."
"Both teams are ready. Let's enter the first match of Tianhuan vs. Huowen!"
The match officially began.
The Trap Hunter hero could only appear in specific systems; he couldn't be picked in isolation. His damage output was relatively poor, and his trap crowd control was inconsistent, requiring coordination with teammates.
However, the advantage was that his jungle was difficult for opponents to invade.
As long as he placed traps at narrow choke points in the jungle, opponents trying to steal the Blue or Red buffs would get rooted by the traps. With timely support from teammates, it was easy to turn the tables and kill the invader.
Zhou Jiawen naturally knew that the Trap Hunter was like a hedgehog—hard to mess with. So, in the early game, Huowen didn't choose to invade. They cleared their own buffs first and had their support scout for vision to determine Chi Shuo's pathing.
The support reported: "Enemy Jungler started Blue."
If he started Blue, he would clear the top-side Blue buff and small camps first, then move to the bot-side Red buff and camps. Therefore, Chi Shuo should appear in the bottom lane when he hit Level 6.
Zhou Jiawen pinged a warning signal in the bot lane: "Watch the vision. Marksman, be careful of ganks."
At the same time, Qu Jiang reported the enemy jungler's position: "King of Fighters started Red."
Our jungle and the opponent's jungle are like mirrors; the directions are reversed. Our Blue buff corresponds to their Red buff. If the King of Fighters started Red, it meant his pathing was identical to Chi Shuo's.
Not long after the start, both junglers met in the mid lane to contest the first River Crab.
Ye Shaoyang was already Level 2, having learned his Q and W skills. Seeing the enemy jungler appear, he decisively placed a W—Fire Wall—next to the River Crab, blocking the opponent's path, followed by an explosion of hand speed to lay down Fire Circles.
In the blink of an eye, four Fire Circles appeared in the river channel. The enemy jungler had nowhere to step.
Chi Shuo quickly secured the River Crab and left.
The Goddess of Flame used her fire circles to zone the opponent. Since A'Yan couldn't contest the crab, he immediately turned around to farm his jungle camps.
Soon, both junglers hit Level 6 and appeared in the bottom lane simultaneously.
Qu Jiang activated "Time Rewind" to speed up Cheng Xing for a retreat. The enemy jungler tried to jump in to force a kill on Cheng Xing but was rooted by Chi Shuo's trap and had to give up helplessly.
Neither jungler found an opportunity in this exchange, essentially just showing their faces in the bot lane.
The first Elemental Dragon spawned. Ye Shaoyang pinged the dragon pit: "Take the dragon!"
Ye Shaoyang was shot-calling this match.
This was because the concept of "Walking the opponent's path so the opponent has nowhere to go" was proposed by him.
Tianhuan had never attempted Positional Warfare before. During this week of practice, Ye Shaoyang had directed the entire process. His understanding of the Goddess of Flame was extremely thorough, and his synergy with Chi Shuo was impeccable. As long as Cheng Xing could keep up with the rhythm, Tianhuan's Positional Warfare was actually quite strong.
The principle was simple: Ye Shaoyang used Fire Circles to restrict enemy movement, Chi Shuo used traps to catch opportunities and root people, and Cheng Xing hid in a safe position far away, lobbing cannonballs where damage was needed.
The Cannoneer was a stationary turret marksman. His survivability was weak, and he wasn't mobile, but his stationary damage was explosive.
Once he set up his cannon, his critical hit rate would stack continuously. Each shot hit harder than the last. His ultimate, "Cannon Impact," could launch five consecutive shells into a designated area, exploding like fireworks upon impact.
The core of Positional Warfare was this turret marksman. If you couldn't eliminate him and let him repeatedly fire cannonballs, not even the frontline tanks could withstand it, let alone the squishies.
Positional Warfare held a significant advantage in fights around the Baron, Dragon, and jungle skirmishes. In these narrow terrains, as long as you zoned out the enemy's movement, it was very hard for them to push through.
Zhou Jiawen knew that the biggest advantage of Positional Warfare lay in contesting jungle objectives.
If Tianhuan secured the first dragon, they would likely snowball the economy and take the second and third. Once the gold gap widened, the late game would be even harder to play. Therefore, they had to contest the first dragon!
Tianhuan's five members set up their formation near the dragon pit, and Huowen's five members quickly arrived.
A massive battle was imminent.
The two commentators spoke excitedly: "It looks like neither side wants to give up the first dragon! Let's check the status of the heroes. On Huowen's side, everyone except the support is Level 6. On Tianhuan's side, the support is also not yet 6, but the Jungle, Mid, Top, and Marksman are Level 6."
"Tianhuan's bot lane secured the first River Crab, so Xiao Xing has slightly more gold than the enemy marksman. This gap isn't significant. This fight will depend on whether Huowen's Mid-Jungle synergy can delete the marksman!"
In the game, from Huowen's perspective, Cheng Xing had not shown himself yet. They didn't know where he was hiding.
The marksman wouldn't show himself before the fight started because he was too fragile; showing his face meant risking instant death. The enemy Jungle, Mid, and Top were all watching for him!
Cheng Xing had learned to be sneaky and was hiding very far away.
He would only sneak over to deal damage once the fight broke out.
Zhou Jiawen frowned: "Find their marksman."
The support replied helplessly: "Can't find him. He's probably hiding in the grass above the dragon pit."
Zhou Jiawen: "Flank and find him."
Hearing this, the Top laner immediately activated his ultimate and cut in from the flank.
The Vampire Duke could heal through basic attacks while his ultimate was active. He was very tanky and hard to kill. Even if he traded his life for Cheng Xing's, it wouldn't be a loss.
However, when he flanked from the side, he didn't find Cheng Xing.
The audience, with their god's-eye view, saw that Cheng Xing was actually hiding in the brush near the bot lane tower. Qu Jiang appearing near the left side of the dragon pit was a diversion intended to confuse the enemy!
Huowen couldn't find Cheng Xing, but Ye Shaoyang wasn't going to wait around for them to hunt his marksman.
He pinged a signal directly in the game: "Go in and start the fight!"
Qu Jiang decisively activated the Time Traveler's speed boost. The four members of Tianhuan rushed forward rapidly. Old Qin's Paladin took the lead to tank damage, Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang moved shoulder-to-shoulder, and Qu Jiang protected the flank.
With the speed boost active, the four Tianhuan players rushed right into the faces of the Huowen squad!
Immediately following this, Ye Shaoyang's hand speed exploded as he began laying down Fire Circles. The Goddess of Flame's circles covered the ground in an instant. The burning flames would cause anyone stepping in them to lose health and mana every second.
You want to dodge and not step on them?
Chi Shuo would root you and force you to step on them!
The commentators exclaimed: "Tianhuan's Mid-Jungle synergy is still so strong! Wherever Lie Yang places a Fire Circle, Shuoyue places a trap. With the support's speed boost, Tianhuan has completely enveloped Huowen's backline!"
Huowen's positioning was quite spread out, but because they were trying to flank and find Cheng Xing earlier, their Top and Jungle were on the left, while their Mid, Marksman, and Support were on the right.
The Forest Envoy, an AOE healing support, had to stand with the Marksman. So, Tianhuan's sudden speed-boosted envelopment surrounded the enemy Support and Marksman first.
The Marksman hurriedly flashed to escape.
As soon as he flashed, his feet suddenly froze—he couldn't move. He had triggered a trap's root!
Chi Shuo had anticipated that if the enemy Marksman wanted to retreat, he could only go toward the jungle, so he placed a trap in the retreat path beforehand. The result: the Marksman flashed right into a trap.
Ye Shaoyang reacted incredibly fast. The moment Chi Shuo placed the trap, he threw a Fire Circle on top of it.
This sequence of operations happened within 0.1 seconds. What the live audience saw was—Huowen's Marksman flashed to escape, only to get rooted by a trap while standing in a blazing fire!
The roaring flames rapidly drained his health and mana. At the same time, Ye Shaoyang placed a Fire Wall to block his path. Immediately after, a cannonball was launched from an ultra-long distance—
Boom!
The cannonball exploded, and the enemy Marksman died instantly.
By his ear, the crisp and cute voice of the Cannoneer boy rang out: "Are my fireworks pretty?"
Enemy Marksman: "…"
I've already exploded into fireworks, thanks!
Once that cannonball exploded, Zhou Jiawen finally locked onto Cheng Xing's position.
That guy was actually hiding in the side brush of the bot lane, firing from extreme range. The moment Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo crowd-controlled the enemy Marksman, Cheng Xing followed up with damage and blasted him to death!
These three had obviously practiced this coordination many times in private.
The Cannoneer had a very long attack range. As long as his teammates controlled the enemy, he was essentially shooting at a stationary target, making it easy to kill with one shot. Cheng Xing's damage environment this game was incredibly comfortable. Huowen's Top and Jungle flanked left to find him, but they looked in the wrong direction; he was actually hiding in the brush on the right.
Zhou Jiawen narrowed his eyes and decisively flashed—
Using the Goddess of Fate's flashy skills, talismans of black, white, and gold fell from the sky, all smashing toward Cheng Xing hiding in the grass.
Just as Cheng Xing was about to be deleted, the moment Zhou Jiawen went to assassinate him, Qu Jiang activated the "Time Rewind" skill again. Cheng Xing went from a sliver of health back to half health and flashed over the wall to escape.
In this team fight, Huowen's Marksman died instantly, while Tianhuan's Marksman escaped with low health and could continue dealing damage from a distance. Zhou Jiawen had burned all his skills and had to retreat quickly.
Tianhuan started the dragon. Old Qin tanked in front, while Cheng Xing hid far away lobbing cannonballs.
Ye Shaoyang covered the area with Fire Circles to prevent the enemy from stealing. Huowen's Jungler tried to steal, but was silenced by Qu Jiang's ultimate, and Chi Shuo secured the first Elemental Dragon with Smite.
Gold coin rewards popped up above all five Tianhuan members' heads.
Cheng Xing returned to the bot lane to quickly clear minions, then recalled to heal and buy items. In this sequence, not only did he get the dragon with his team, but he also didn't miss a single minion. Meanwhile, the enemy Marksman had been killed and sent back to base, missing half a wave.
Absolute profit!
Cheng Xing was very happy and continued to clear waves and push towers with Qu Jiang.
Ye Shaoyang hit Level 6. He pinged the bot lane and said, "Group up here for a push."
Chi Shuo quickly arrived at the bot lane after clearing his jungle camps. The enemy Mid and Jungle also rushed down.
A 4v4 team fight was about to erupt in the bot lane. In this skirmish, neither marksman had flash, and Zhou Jiawen didn't have flash either. Cheng Xing was too far away, hiding under the tower, making him hard to kill. Zhou Jiawen decided to kill Ye Shaoyang's Goddess of Flame instead!
He signaled A'Yan, who went in decisively—
The King of Fighters leaped from a long distance, landing directly on Ye Shaoyang's face and stunning him with a punch. Zhou Jiawen followed up immediately with damage. Huowen's Mid-Jungle duo was world-class, with perfect synergy. This coordinated ambush on the Goddess of Flame was sudden. Qu Jiang activated Time Rewind instantly, but unfortunately, Ye Shaoyang had already fallen.
Time Rewind calculates health based on the state 2 seconds prior.
The opponent's burst was too high; they killed Ye Shaoyang in less than a second, so there was no way to restore health.
Qu Jiang said helplessly: "Yangyang, I couldn't save you."
Ye Shaoyang beamed: "Sacrifice a teammate, gain boundless mana. Keep going, we can win this fight!"
Before he died, he placed several Fire Circles, cutting off Zhou Captain and A'Yan's retreat.
The advantage of a burst-heavy Mid-Jungle duo is obvious: when they link up, they can destroy the world and delete someone instantly. But the disadvantage is just as glaring: after that one burst, both the Jungler and Mid Laner have no skills left!
A hero without skills is basically a super minion.
Cheng Xing aimed at their retreat path and activated his ultimate—Cannon Impact!
Instantly, consecutive shells soared into the sky like rockets, launching from an ultra-long distance and exploding轰然 beneath the feet of Zhou Jiawen and Yan Yan!
The colorful skill effects really did look like fireworks.
Several shells exploded in succession, causing terrifying stacked critical damage. Zhou Zhou and A'Yan were instantly reduced to critical health. Chi Shuo, who had been crouching nearby waiting for an opportunity, saw A'Yan and Zhou Zhou retreating toward their tower. He used his W skill to dash in, predicting their movement, and threw two traps in their retreat path.
The Trap Hunter has low sustained damage, but not zero damage.
His traps root opponents and deal a small amount of damage, and his ultimate, "Trap Blast," deals considerable physical damage. Chi Shuo used a Q-R combo—place trap, explode trap—reducing the two opponents to a sliver of health.
Cheng Xing seized the opportunity to throw another shell, claiming the enemy heads.
—[Tianhuan Starlight (Cannoneer) killed zhouzhou (Goddess of Fate)]!
—[Tianhuan Starlight (Cannoneer) killed yanyan (King of Fighters)]!
Cheng Xing's eyes lit up with excitement: "Double kill! Double kill! I got a double kill!"
Ye Shaoyang praised: "Nice."
In that fight just now, the most critical element was actually Ye Shaoyang's Fire Wall, which blocked Huowen's Marksman and Support. The two of them wanted to support immediately but were delayed by that 1 second because of the wall.
In an esports match, 1 second is fatal!
Pro players' reactions are calculated in milliseconds. Sometimes, just a fraction of a second interruption in a combo can lead to a teammate being counter-killed. Just now, if Huowen's Marksman had followed up with damage, Ye Shaoyang would have died first, followed by Chi Shuo, and Tianhuan would have lost.
However, a crucial blocking Fire Wall interrupted the enemy's attack rhythm. Even though Huowen's Mid-Jungle successfully deleted Ye Shaoyang first, Chi Shuo immediately counter-attacked, coordinating with Cheng Xing to kill the skill-less Mid and Jungler.
This is the detail.
Even in death, Ye Shaoyang had to contribute something to the team.
Sacrifice a teammate, gain boundless mana.
His sacrifice baited the enemy Mid-Jungle's key skills and traded for Cheng Xing's double kill. It was incredibly worth it.
Ye Shaoyang said with a smile: "Push tower, push tower!"
Tianhuan had a 3v2 advantage. Although Huowen's Marksman had long range, he couldn't withstand Cheng Xing's bombardment. Moreover, after the double kill, Cheng Xing had immediately purchased the Cannoneer's key critical hit item. One bomb landing dealt astonishing damage when it crit.
The two Huowen members quickly cleared the wave and retreated.
The bottom lane tower was whittled down to half health.
According to normal logic, after Cheng Xing recalled, the Mid and Jungle would come to support again, and they could forcibly take down the half-health bot tower. In matches, if you can't push it in one go, coming back for a second wave is a common play.
Zhou Jiawen immediately said: "Defend bot."
However, the moment Huowen's Mid and Jungle arrived at the bot lane, Zhou Jiawen suddenly realized that Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang had appeared in the top lane, while Old Qin's Paladin was the one in the bot lane!
Zhou Jiawen frowned: "Not good! Top lane, be careful."
A'Yan couldn't help but complain: "They actually lane-swapped! They pushed half of it and stopped, then swapped to the other side. This Lie Yang really doesn't play by the rules!"
Huowen was fully prepared for another 4v4 team fight with Tianhuan.
As a result, Tianhuan didn't fight you; they ran to the top lane?
Top lane. Ye Shaoyang laid down Fire Circles to pressure the opponent's positioning, suppressing the enemy Top laner all the way back under his tower.
Cheng Xing set up his cannon in the grass, blasting the area under the tower shot after shot. The enemy Top laner wanted to dive him, but he was blocked by a ground full of Fire Circles and couldn't get through! Plus, the minion wave was crashing into the tower; he had to defend.
However, the Vampire Duke didn't clear waves quickly. After Cheng Xing blasted him to critical health with several shots, he was forced to recall, and the top outer tower was quickly taken!
Bot lane. Old Qin had swapped to defend, and Chi Shuo quickly supported.
It looked like a 4v2 for Huowen, implying Old Qin and Chi Shuo should lose for sure. However…
Chi Shuo placed a row of traps along the path of the advancing minion wave. A minion took a step, got rooted; took another step, got rooted again. Your wave can't even reach the tower, so what tower are you pushing?
Chi Shuo and Old Qin stood under the tower, watching the enemy minions stop-and-go.
The two commentators laughed: "Is Captain Chi hosting a military parade in the bot lane?" "This split push and lane swap was played really well; Huowen definitely didn't expect it. Tianhuan grouped as four to push bot, pushed halfway, and suddenly ran to top!"
Furthermore, fine, you swapped lanes, but why didn't the Jungler go top? Instead, he gave up the top-side buffs, stayed bot, and placed traps to defend the tower. What is this?
The Trap Hunter's method of defending towers was disgusting. He placed traps so minions couldn't approach. By the time the minions reached the tower, they had a sliver of health left, and Old Qin cleared the wave with one ultimate.
Top lane: Tianhuan took the outer tower.
Bot lane: Tianhuan successfully defended the outer tower.
This sudden lane swap and 3-2 split strategy was an absolute profit!
Ye Shaoyang praised: "Beautiful! Retreat from bot, Xiao Xing take the jungle resources."
Chi Shuo hadn't taken the top-side jungle resources, so Ye Shaoyang had Cheng Xing take them along the way—nothing wasted.
Then, Ye Shaoyang returned to mid. Zhou Jiawen crouched in the side brush of the mid lane for a wave. The moment Ye Shaoyang showed his head to clear minions, Zhou suddenly leaped out and deleted Ye Shaoyang with a full combo.
A familiar voice line played: "This is fate. Do not attempt to resist."
Ye Shaoyang: "…"
I feel like I could still resist a little bit.
Laughter erupted at the venue. Seeing the Great Demon King get killed made the neutral spectators very happy.
Tianhuan's fans weren't sad either, spamming the stream chat—
[Yangyang draws so much aggro; Captain Zhou camped him for a full minute!]
[Hahaha, that's what you get for swapping lanes and sneakily pushing towers.]
[The team fight can be lost, but Ye Shaoyang must die. This has become a consensus among other alliance teams!]
[With these weird ideas, Yangyang must be shot-calling this game.]
[In future team fights, sacrifice that Lie Yang first, then Tianhuan can go 4v5!]
The two commentators laughed as well: "The Goddess of Fate is naturally a counter to the Goddess of Flame. Her burst is high, so deleting someone in one combo is quite normal. Captain Zhou camped here for a long time; he's quite patient."
"Yes. However, this solo kill in mid doesn't impact much. Before Lie Yang died, he placed Fire Circles to clear the wave. Meanwhile, Huowen has a minion disadvantage in top and bot, so they can't group to push mid directly."
" The kill score is 3:2. Tianhuan has the advantage in towers. I wonder what Tianhuan will choose to do next?"
Tianhuan chose to push the bot tower.
Old Qin swapped to top to farm, while Cheng Xing, Qu Jiang, Chi Shuo, and Ye Shaoyang—the four of them—came to push the bot tower again.
This time, Tianhuan launched a surprise attack. Qu Jiang dropped a silence ultimate under the tower, silencing the enemy Marksman and Support. Ye Shaoyang placed Fire Circles to zone, Chi Shuo placed traps to root, and Cheng Xing hid far away, throwing cannonballs frantically.
The advantage of Positional Warfare is that once the formation is set, the enemy can't get through.
You want to dive our Marksman? Come through the Fire Circles and traps. Before you can reach the Marksman, you'll be burned to critical health. The Goddess of Flame's fire not only burns mana, but once she has items, stepping on the circles deals serious health damage too. Plus, continuously stepping on circles stacks magic damage!
Ye Shaoyang surrounded Cheng Xing with Fire Circles like a bodyguard. Cheng Xing, feeling incredibly safe, exploded his hand speed to hit the tower. He didn't even go for kills; his cannon just aimed at the enemy tower. The damage from the exploding shells made the tower's health plummet. The moment the tower fell, Qu Jiang activated speed boost, and the four of them retreated immediately.
Although Zhou Jiawen and A'Yan wanted to find an opportunity to delete Cheng Xing, the Time Traveler support's speed boost was too annoying. Not only could it speed up the team, but it also healed. The two failed to secure the kill, and Cheng Xing escaped with a sliver of health once again.
Zhou Jiawen: "…"
It was also Positional Warfare, but the style was completely different.
Tianhuan had actually developed a more flexible variant of the Positional Warfare system in such a short time?
Seeing this, the two commentators understood Tianhuan's strategy for this game: "Huowen's Positional Warfare is mainly about fighting team fights, using tacit coordination to push steadily and slowly snowball. But Tianhuan's Positional Warfare is a bit like… Rapid Guerilla Positional Warfare?"
"Exactly. After switching to a Time Traveler support, they rely on the support's speed and healing to quickly swap lanes and push towers. Tianhuan's Positional Warfare actually has a bit of a 'Dissuasion' vibe. They cover the ground with Fire Circles and traps so the enemy can't come over, as if saying: Don't come over, I just want to push a tower?"
The commentators' teasing caused a roar of laughter from the audience.
The livestream chat copied large blocks of comments—
[Yangyang places Fire Circles: Don't come over, I just want to push a tower!]
[Shuoyue places traps: Stand there and don't move, wait for me to push a tower first!]
[Xiao Xing throwing bombs from afar: In my eyes, there is only the tower?]
[The essence of Dissuasion Positional Warfare: Don't come, do not disturb, I want to push towers?]
This tactic was conceived by Ye Shaoyang and only practiced after being verified by the coaching staff.
The key to Dissuasion Positional Warfare lay in using various Fire Circles and traps to block the opponent, taking down towers at maximum speed, and having the support activate speed boosts to swap lanes, relying on the lineup's flexibility to build a lead and snowball.
The team-fight style Positional Warfare that Huowen liked was strong in fights—the more they fought, the more health they had—and could break the opponent mentally. However, the Forest Envoy support was relatively clumsy, and Tianhuan's team fight coordination wasn't that seamless yet.
Therefore, Tianhuan changed their approach, using this innovated Positional Warfare system today.
—I won't team fight you; I'll only push towers, then run.
Commonly known as: Dissuasion Positional Warfare.
This rapid push lineup made it difficult for Huowen to deal with for a while, like mastering martial arts only to punch cotton. Although Zhou Jiawen deleted Ye Shaoyang twice, it had little impact on the situation.
They couldn't kill Cheng Xing.
The Marksman, protected by double layers of Time Traveler and Paladin, hid far away blasting towers. When Huowen's Mid and Jungle tried to go over and delete him, they were blocked by Ye Shaoyang's Fire Walls and rooted by Chi Shuo's traps, making it very hard to get close!
After Tianhuan pushed Huowen's top and bot towers, they immediately grouped to push mid, taking their macro operations to the extreme.
Huowen had a minion disadvantage in two lanes. Although Zhou Jiawen seized an opportunity in a mid-lane skirmish to delete Ye Shaoyang, the "Sacrifice a teammate, gain boundless mana" rule applied—Ye Shaoyang was trading his life for your skills this game.
He deliberately waved around in front of the opponents.
Seemingly saying: Come kill me quickly. No skills left after killing me, right?
Then our Xiao Xing can push the tower in peace.
Ye Shaoyang lay on his own Fire Circle, smiling as he said: "Push tower, push tower!"
Those were the most frequent words he said as the shot-caller this game. Cheng Xing quickly blasted down the enemy tower, then Qu Jiang activated speed boost to retreat. Huowen couldn't chase, nor could they stay.
The situation fell completely into passivity.
Next, Tianhuan started a 5-man guerilla war again. Huowen attempted several ambushes in the jungle, but were dissuaded by Qu Jiang's silence ultimate, blocked by Ye Shaoyang's Fire Wall, or rooted by Chi Shuo's traps.
Even when they finally caught Cheng Xing, he flashed away.
With Tianhuan's five members grouping together, catching and killing the marksman wasn't that easy.
At 20 minutes into the game, Tianhuan forced a fight at Baron. By this time, Huowen's inner towers had all fallen. They retreated to the high ground, and Zhou Jiawen led his teammates to contest the dragon.
Chi Shuo had already covered the enemy's path with traps. Once the enemy stepped on a trap, their vision would be exposed.
Huowen split into three groups to encircle them. Top and Jungle flanked left; Marksman and Support flanked right. Once his teammates spotted the enemy, Zhou Jiawen flashed directly into the dragon pit!
At that moment, Cheng Xing was hitting the dragon. Zhou Jiawen exploded his hand speed to delete Cheng Xing with a full combo.
In the nick of time, a golden light erupted from Cheng Xing's body—it was the Paladin's Guardian skill!
Old Qin used Guardian at the critical moment, transferring all damage Cheng Xing received to himself. Zhou Jiawen's full burst failed to delete Cheng Xing and instead knocked Old Qin to half health.
Huowen's members flanking from the left wanted to dive Cheng Xing but were blocked by Ye Shaoyang's Fire Wall and Chi Shuo's traps. Cheng Xing flashed to a distance, set up his cannon in the grass, and fired his ultimate backhand—
Cannons soared into the sky, exploding with a boom!
Colorful bombs fell one after another, and the explosive damage crippled Huowen's entire frontline!
—Double Kill!
—Triple Kill!
Cheng Xing's eyes lit up: "Ahhh, Triple Kill!"
Ye Shaoyang laughed: "Captain Chi and I will chase their Marksman. Xiao Xing take the dragon, then push high ground."
The two commentators sounded excited: "In this Baron fight, Xiao Xing secured a Triple Kill!"
"Xiao Xing is using the Cannoneer's Christmas Limited skin today. The exploding cannonballs look like fireworks—so colorful and incredibly dazzling!"
"Combined with his seven-colored backlit keyboard, it's really… flashily blinding."
The livestream chat was dying of laughter.
[I have never doubted Little Star's aesthetic sense. Doge.jpg]
[Seven-colored glare, ah, my eyes!]
[With an aesthetic like Cheng Xing's, what gift would he give an Omega?]
[I guess a seven-colored crystal ball.]
[Five-colored firework effects, combined with the Cannoneer shota voice lines, makes for an even better experience.]
Inside the game, the shota's crisp voice rang out perfectly: "Are my fireworks pretty?"
The Cannoneer's image was a cute little boy wearing red Christmas-style clothes, carrying a cannon, and shooting colorful fireworks… truly the brightest cub in the arena.
Zhou Jiawen rubbed his forehead helplessly.
This match wasn't just mental torture; it was torture for the eyes.
Team fights were just a splash of colors. Enough is enough!
Tianhuan took the Baron buff and pushed the high ground. With three waves of Baron-buffed minions and steady macro play, they finally won the match.
With the new Dissuasion Positional Warfare system, plus Ye Shaoyang's outstanding three-lane macro shot-calling, Huowen's Mid-Jungle synergy failed to be effective. They couldn't deal with Cheng Xing, so losing the match was within expectations.
The MVP of this game was given to Cheng Xing. The little guy was so happy he almost jumped up.
The moment the match ended, Zhou Jiawen finally understood how Mitchell felt when he sent him the [Candle] emoji back then—he wanted to light a candle for himself right now too!