This also led to FY being pressed and dominated by Big Tiger for the rest of the match.
Big Tiger lived up to their reputation as the strongest team in Korea, once they gained the advantage, it was nearly impossible for their opponents to turn the tables.
Either they would get snowballed increasingly out of control, or they would be continuously suppressed, having their edge gradually worn down, eventually leading to their defeat.
FY Team belonged to the latter category, despite everyone’s best efforts to stop Big Tiger’s snowballing, in the end, they were slowly ground down by Big Tiger.
"Next game, let’s play more aggressively!"
Jian Zihao took a deep breath and said to his players.
"Yeah, disrupt their rhythm. Back in the day, Love Machine and Little Phoenix disrupted the strong operational teams with their fierce fighting and won the world championship!"
Ding Yue thought about the reason why teams from the LPL region had won the World Championship in the last two years.
Apart from the team’s strength, the players’ ability to fight in various situations, disrupt the enemy’s tempo, and break the game was also a very important reason.
After summarizing the experience of the second match,
in the third game, FY decided to go head-to-head against Korea’s Big Tiger.
And no longer allowing themselves to be roped into their dull routine plays!
the third game began.
"The score is now one to one, we’ve seen the terrifying Big Tiger team with strong operations and team-fighting capabilities, I wonder what changes both sides will make for their third game? Whoever takes this round, gets the match point, let’s wait and see." Miwa commented.
After the start of the third game, FY chose a line-up designed for skirmishing.
Big Tiger team also chose a fighting lineup.
Both sides are going to clash?
This instantly ignited the atmosphere of the venue.
Even the commentators Miwa and Vale were imagining how thrilling the match would be with both top world teams opting for fighting compositions.
True to their choice of a fighting comp, the level one clash did happen.
Such early team fights are rare to see in the finals of the World Championship, but it erupted in this game.
The initial skirmish ended in a one-for-one trade.
Eventually, it seemed like FY had a slight edge.
The subsequent laning, the battle between junglers, and the synergy between the junglers and the midlane and toplane were all spectacular.
Both teams were firing on all cylinders.
The most terrifying aspect was Big Tiger’s jungler who, in all the fights that unfolded, not only had a presence but also maintained a lead in the jungle over Qian Yu.
This was rather frustrating for Qian Yu.
Before anyone hit level six, nine kills had already occurred.
FY earned nine kills, while Big Tiger got four—a kill count so rare in large international tournaments.
"Now everyone is level six, the fights were fierce before six, so how intense will they be after hitting six?" Vale excitedly speculated.
As expected, no sooner had the words left his mouth, the mid and jungle from both teams erupted into another skirmish.
This time, the recently cooldown-refreshed Summoner Spells were used up again, and Yao Jing secured a kill on the opposing mid-laner, but FY’s jungler Qian Yu was taken down in return.
A wave of intense small-scale fighting resulted in a one-for-one trade.
At the moment, looking at the scores and the economics, the two teams were fairly balanced, with neither fearing the other.
However, from the perspective of the lanes, jungler Qian Yu had fallen behind a bit due to being killed in the midlane fight, especially when compared to Big Tiger’s jungler who had been farming ferociously.
Qian Yu could already sense he was falling behind.
This whole game was virtually one continuous fight, thrilling the audience.
Even Ding Yue was thrilled, but by the end, his thrill had turned into genuine agitation.
Because his team, FY, seemed to be steadily falling behind in the relentless battles.
Could Big Tiger from Korea really be so skilled in combat?
Not only do you have brilliant strategy and stable, powerful players, but your fighting and control of the fight’s tempo is fierce too.
Your team fights are also excellent, it’s like an unbreachable fortress.
Although FY Team was a strong dark horse newcomer, facing a veteran team like Big Tiger, they still seemed somewhat powerless.
In continuous fighting, Big Tiger team, having found an opportunity in one of the team battles, managed to send Jiahao and his teammates into a "shutdown."
The third game had nearly forty kills in total, with only a difference of three kills between the teams, but Big Tiger of Korea still won in the end.
Because FY had committed to a team fight, planning to push directly afterwards and were in the process of doing so.
But because the fight took too long, by the time they were pushing the crystal base, Big Tiger’s players respawned.
And just like that, Big Tiger team quickly counter-pushed.
At that time, FY only had four players present, with one still a little short on respawn time.
Big Tiger seized this opportunity, forcefully initiated a team fight, won it, and walked off with FY Team.