The biggest dark horse of the year has emerged, staging a comeback from a 1-2 deficit to surpass JDG in the rankings, while also breaking the elite group’s curse.

While elite group teams have occasionally beaten master group teams, prior to the TES and LGD match, the elite group had an ongoing “curse.” This curse was that no elite group team had ever won in a final deciding game against a master group team.

But after the match between TES and LGD concluded, this curse was shattered! Moreover, TES became the first elite group team to come back from a 1-2 deficit to win the series.

In the first two games, LGD easily took a 2-0 lead and held three match points. It seemed the entire community believed LGD would win effortlessly. Nevertheless, TES refused to give up. At the start of game three, TES launched a counterattack! At 4:20, Xishi flashed to pull Nuwa, and Jing secured the first blood. By 6 minutes, LGD had taken down both side tier-one towers, but Cang scored a double kill, taking out the enemy jungler and support.

At 10:20, Kai absorbed massive damage, enabling TES to successfully counterattack, turning one for four and securing control of the Shadow Tyrant. At 12:40, Xishi pulled Kai to cause disruption, but Charlotte flanked and instantly eliminated Cang to stop the bleeding. TES then pushed the top lane high ground. At 15:30, Sun Quan’s ultimate combined with Frost Impact to kill the enemy top laner, and TES destroyed the bottom lane high ground and crystal, leveling the series.

In the fourth game, at 56 seconds, TES’s mid and jungle invaded the enemy jungle. Gan Jiang Mo Ye flashed in to headshot Kai and secured first blood. At 2:50, Gan Jiang Mo Ye landed all four swords to instantly kill Zhen Ji, then pressed the advantage by taking down the enemy top and support. At 6:40, Yang Jian initiated a fight and quickly killed Zhen Ji; TES traded one for three and destroyed the mid lane tier-one tower. At 11:10, TES pushed down the top lane high ground and crystal, tying the score.

In this game, TES’s early pace caught LGD off guard. Shield Mountain played both offensively and defensively, repeatedly saving teammates from LGD’s attempts to engage. Meanwhile, no one could control Sun Shangxiang’s farming. This game showcased Shield Mountain’s outstanding performance.

In the final game, at 4:40, Shield Mountain flashed behind Goya, and Sun Shangxiang scored a double kill. At 9 minutes, Ma Chao flanked through the brush to isolate and kill Sun Shangxiang. TES then aggressively killed Hino and destroyed the mid lane tier-one tower. At 10:20, Agudo secured the Shadow Tyrant, and Hino dealt full damage to complete a one-for-two trade while counter-pushing the mid lane tower. At 12:30, TES took the Shadow Lord; Crazy Iron flashed in and solo killed Sun Shangxiang, resulting in a flawless 5-for-0 team fight. At 13 minutes, TES pushed straight to the crystal with the minion wave, completing their comeback from 1-2.

With this victory, TES became the third elite group team to successfully conquer the arena in this tournament, breaking the elite group’s losing streak in fifth games. At the same time, TES overtook JDG in the rankings due to superior net score, securing second place in the elite group!

Has anyone noticed that Ying has a very high pick rate in high-level matches? Ying’s first skill boosts attack speed and movement speed; the second skill provides displacement and knockback, and hitting a target heals Ying while dealing multiple hits of damage. The ultimate can store health and supports healing during activation, and the passive essentially grants a built-in revival effect for the team composition.

Ying can stack marks with the first skill and use the second skill to supplement damage because even if knocked back, the second skill still hits enemies. Ying is not afraid of Han Xin; although Han Xin has high burst damage, Ying effectively has two lives. After Han Xin finishes his combo, Ying can easily counterattack and even kill him. Ying is not difficult to master; by utilizing the first skill’s marks well, Ying’s combo can quickly eliminate squishy targets, and her teamfight cleanup ability is very strong.