Boiling the frog slowly! Xiaotian completely dominates Weiwei in the jungle, Scout's blade rusts, and TES sweeps LNG.

Live broadcast on August 18th: The 2024 LPL Summer Playoff continues, with today's highlight match featuring TES against LNG.

In the early game of the third match, Xiaotian's Lillia first interrupted Weiwei's Sejuani from taking blue buff, then took both river crabs and stole Weiwei's Gromp. Seeing the unfavorable situation, Weiwei flashed to mid and hit Creme with Q, helping Scout secure the first blood. Immediately after, LNG's trio went bot and tower-dived Creme, allowing Scout to get another kill.

In the mid-game, TES secured six Rift Heralds. In the Herald fight, Scout missed his ultimate and was killed, resulting in a 0-for-2 trade for TES. In the subsequent mid-lane team fight, Zika carried Creme but was killed by him, leading to a 0-for-3 trade for TES, who then took Baron and extended their gold lead to 10k.

Ultimately, TES pushed down the top lane, broke all three inhibitors on LNG's base, and LNG, unable to defend, watched as TES destroyed their base. TES swept LNG and advanced to the winner's bracket final against BLG, while LNG fell to the loser's bracket to face WBG.

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[2:18] Lillia invades Sejuani's jungle and catches her taking blue buff. Sejuani abandons the blue buff, flashes, and escapes from Lillia's Q.

[4:30] Lillia takes both river crabs and steals Sejuani's Gromp, earning the first praise of the day.

[9:44] In the mid-lane, Sejuani flashes and hits Corki with Q, missing her ultimate. Yone uses his ultimate to catch Corki and secures the first blood with two hits.

[10:53] Corki respawns and goes bot to farm, LNG's trio tower-dives bot, and Yone kills Corki again. Meanwhile, Ezreal in the top lane takes turret plates and destroys LNG's first turret, giving TES a 1k gold lead.

[13:10] LNG secures two consecutive dragons. In the river fight, Sejuani misses her ultimate again, and Ezreal single-handedly repels Yone and Braum. Corki takes three turret plates in the bot lane, and TES secures six Rift Heralds.

[15:21] Sejuani secures the Rift Herald, Yone misses his ultimate and gets knocked up by Alistar. TES arrives, Corki kills Yone, Lillia kills Braum, and TES secures a 0-for-2 trade, extending their gold lead to 3k.

[18:31] Lillia secures the dragon, Yone teleports to the bot lane to destroy the turret, and Poppy teleports to defend. Both teams disengage, with TES leading by 3k gold.

[21:31] In the mid-lane fight, K'Sante carries Corki, but Corki kills K'Sante in return. Yone, with low health, is killed by Lillia, and Braum cannot escape death. TES secures a 0-for-3 trade and takes Baron, extending their gold lead to 6k.

[24:15] TES pushes the bot lane, destroys LNG's second turret, continues to pressure, and destroys the inhibitor before retreating, leading by 9k gold.

[26:20] TES pushes the top lane, destroys LNG's second turret. Yone destroys TES's first bot turret for a bounty. In the top lane, TES initiates a fight with a numbers advantage, Poppy leads the charge and kills K'Sante. Yone teleports to the top lane inhibitor turret but fails and has to recall. TES quickly destroys all three inhibitors of LNG. Yone, recalling home, is killed by Corki, and TES swiftly destroys LNG's base to secure the victory.