You promised a top lane tutorial, but you're just using Worlds as material for your videos?

Chapter 564 Zhou Dian goes mid, let FPX see what mid-jungle strength really means!

For heroes in the mid and top lanes who are solo laners.

Getting the experience from a ward at the start of the game is undoubtedly very satisfying.

If you can reach level two with just one wave of minions, it's unlikely that the difference in combat power between the two heroes at level one will be significant, such as being able to push the opponent out of the experience zone at level one.

Otherwise, based on the experience gained from this ward, the opponent would not dare to make any attempt to rush to level two, and naturally, they would not come up to contest the lane.

In other words, the crocodile can seize a small initiative right from the start of this game.

That just so happens, level one is also when the crocodile is at its weakest.

At this point, destroying FPX's ward with A is enough to make up for Renekton's level 1 weakness.

Therefore, Xx is also very knowledgeable.

Even without Zhou Dian telling him to let the ward go, Xx's Spider stopped attacking after the last hit, deliberately waiting for the Crocodile to come up and destroy the ward.

After destroying the trinket, Zhou Dian pressed the Tab key to glance at the equipment panel.

Yasuo's trinket is still there!

Just now, TES's top and jungle players encountered Doinb's Yasuo.

With Yasuo's vision, you can naturally see Yasuo's equipment status.

"The barrel has been taken back for scanning!" Zhou Dian said immediately.

“Okay, let’s retreat!” Xx followed up.

With that, the TES top and jungle players left FPX's red buff area together.

The two invaded FPX's red buff area with the sole purpose of figuring out which half of the jungle the enemy Gragas was starting in.

Now that this issue has been clarified, it's time to withdraw.

The key to understanding this problem lies in the trinket ward that the spider and crocodile just destroyed together.

This ward wasn't placed by Yasuo who was crouching in the bushes earlier.

Then it's most likely that the barrel was used to insert it.

Furthermore, when TES's top and jungle players entered FPX's red buff area, they only saw FPX's mid laner Yasuo, not their jungler Gragas.

There is basically only one explanation.

That means the Gragas went straight to his own red buff area, placed the trinket ward in the bush behind his red buff camp, and then immediately recalled to town to exchange it for a scanner.

As a professional jungler, after placing a ward with his trinket at the start of the game.

If I have time to return to town, I will definitely return to town to exchange for a scan.

As for Xx's Spider, in this game he even scanned the way out of the gate.

Professional junglers' opening moves, whether it's placing trinket wards or using scanners, are all purposeful and not random.

Since Tian's Gragas placed a ward in his own red buff area at the start of the game, he must have started in the bottom half of the map.

Narrowing it down further, Gragas basically started with blue buff this game.

From God's perspective, it's clear that the barrel has just left its own high ground and plunged headfirst into its own blue zone.

Meanwhile, the barrel has also been fitted with a scanner.

As for the other players on both sides, Akali and Yasuo from FPX have reunited and are still guarding their own red buff area. The minion wave has just spawned, so there's no need for them to rush to lane yet.

FPX's bot lane duo positioned themselves at two intersections in the bottom river near their own blue buff area.

This is the most basic defensive positioning.

On the TES side, while Elise and Renekton were leaving FPX's red zone, Knight also piloted Corki into the upper river.

At this moment, the plane and the crocodile were squatting together in the grass in the middle of the river.

At first glance, it's unclear what these two are up to.

Since the crocodile and spider had just invaded FPX's red buff area, TES obviously had no need to camp in the upper river at this moment.

In the bottom half of the map, TES's bot lane duo, like FPX's bot lane duo, adopted a basic defensive positioning.

Morgana and Kai'Sa stood at two intersections in the lower river near their own red zone.

The remaining spiders, Xx, simply returned to their own blue zone.

He also planned to start with the blue buff in this game.

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with Spider using Blue Buff to start in the jungle.

The problem is that TES was on the blue side in this game.

If Xx chooses the blue starting point, then it's a route that clears from top to bottom.

The problem is that Zhou Dian chose Crocodile again in this game.

Since the spider farms from top to bottom, it can't gank the top lane when the crocodile is level 3.

It's worth noting that the strongest point of the Ueno Zoo duo, Spider and Crocodile, is when both of them reach level three.

That wave, most of the time, was a sure-kill move against the enemy top laner!

If this rhythm isn't established, the power of the crocodile spider will be significantly reduced.

However, after GimGoon picked Akali, it seemed like the matter was settled.

GimGoon is someone who is particularly good at hiding his true nature.

He's playing Akali this game. If he's determined not to die, he might not be able to survive the Elise and Renekton's double level three wave.

But at least it can buy us a lot of time, enough to keep us occupied until the barrels arrive.

Tian chose to farm from bottom to top in this game, hoping to protect Akali at level three.

If Gragas catches TES's top and jungle diving under the tower, then TES is doomed.

Zhou Dian felt it was still worth a try; he had his own methods.

However, Xx had a sudden inspiration and came up with a solution.

That means switching lanes at the start of the game.

Knight and the plane swapped lanes with Zhou Dian's Crocodile.

The crocodile went mid lane against Yasuo, and the corki went top lane against Akali.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Dian decided to follow Xx's method.

Switch lanes in the mid and top!
Zhou Dian's method was actually a bit risky.

While Xx's idea of ​​swapping lanes between mid and top lanes might not yield as much short-term benefit as a double-level gank between Renekton and Elise, it is more reliable.

Because in this game, FPX gave the counter pick to GimGoon in the top lane.

But GimGoon will never be the core of FPX's tactics.

The same applies to this game.

Giving Akali to GimGoon was to let him tank in the top lane, not to let him carry.

Moreover, as long as GimGoon can hold on, he might just be able to carry the team.

In the later stages of the game, Akali is still much better than Renekton.

Of course, FPX's focus in this game was still on the very strong mid-jungle duo of Yasuo and Gragas.

Because the plane and the spider can't create any combos, and the plane deals most of its damage as magic damage.

This has led to a somewhat homogenous pattern of damage output against the midfielder.

If TES continues to stick to their core jungle-mid duo of Corki and Elise, then in the mid-jungle matchup, TES is no match for FPX.

Even though TES's top and jungle duo is very powerful, in League of Legends, the map influence of mid-jungle synergy is naturally much greater than that of top-jungle synergy.

There's nothing we can do; the mid laner is right in the middle of the map!
In that case, let Knight's plane go to the top lane to farm.

For your two heroes who need to farm, just focus on last-hitting minions in the early game!
Anyway, Knight used Teleport on his plane in this game.

Of course, most mid-lane champions nowadays also carry Teleport.

Therefore, Doinb's Yasuo specifically brought Ignite in this game.

Ignite and teleport, utilizing summoner spells to completely compensate for the difficulties of short-ranged characters fighting long-ranged characters.

By taking the plane, it was considered averted.

If the crocodile goes to the mid lane, even though the mid lane is short and it's not as good as fully utilizing the crocodile's laning ability.

Even if the crocodile carries a teleport, it needs to teleport to the mid lane to ignite the enemy.

But this doesn't change the fact that Renekton can still easily beat Yasuo in lane.

More importantly, after this lane swap, TES now has a mid-jungle duo of Renekton and Elise.

FPX, don't you always like to use your mid and jungle strength to create an advantage and then gank the opponent's bot lane?
TES's current mid-jungle duo of Renekton and Elise will show FPX what true mid-jungle strength is!
Who says the zoo duo can only play top and jungle?

Nakano could form a zoo-like team too!

Game time is 1 minutes and 30 seconds.

buff monsters respawn.

With the help of his bot lane duo, Tian's Gragas started taking down the blue buff.

Xx's Spider was soloing his own blue buff.

Meanwhile, Zhou Dian and Knight also left the small patch of grass in the middle of the upper river.

The plane headed towards the top lane, while the crocodile headed towards the middle lane.

FPX clearly had no idea about this.

Doinb's Yasuo was still using his Q on his own six raptors over the wall, preparing to build up some momentum before going online.

Zhou Dian wasn't in a hurry, and the crocodile stayed in the river grass on the left side of the middle lane.

He planned to wait for Yasuo to come online before controlling Renekton to come online.

When Yasuo appeared next to the mid lane minions with a whirlwind, a crocodile walked out from the side.

"Holy crap. They swapped their mid and top lanes!" Doinb exclaimed in FPX's team voice chat, sounding slightly surprised.

But Doinb immediately added, "Their spider started with blue buff!"

As he spoke, Doinb also sent a signal to the TES blue buff area.

It must be said that Doinb's reaction to changes in the game situation is very quick.

The correct information was immediately obtained.

It is possible to deduce accurate map information from changes in the situation or from some inconspicuous actions of the opponent.

This is an extremely important ability for mid-lane players.

In some ways, this ability is sometimes even more important than the operation itself.

In Zhou Dian's opinion, this is the ability that his team's mid laner Knight lacks the most.

Zhou Dian felt that Knight's mechanics were not a problem.

When he makes mistakes, it's always because his mindset is the first thing that causes the problem.

In terms of gameplay itself, Knight's skills are top-notch.

However, he can easily get into a state of playing by himself.

This makes it easy to detach yourself from the game.

Against weaker teams, you can simply overwhelm them with your skills and kill them all.

When facing a truly strong team, Knight's actions can easily put his team in a four-on-five situation.

There are clearly five people on your side, but it feels like there's one less.

Back to the game.

Upon seeing the crocodile approaching, the plane flew over.

On the commentary desk, Cat Emperor exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, TES actually opted for a lane swap! We've rarely seen anything like this lately!"

"That lane swap was pretty clever. Yasuo and Gragas seem to be no match for Renekton and Elise!" Guan Zeyuan said.

There was a hint of frustration in his tone.

After all, ever since Doinb picked Yasuo, he has been raving about how powerful Yasuo and Gragas are in this patch and how much room for maneuver they have in this game.

But now it seems like it can't perform well anymore, which is like being slapped in the face. How can it not be frustrating!

At this point, both sides had already clashed on all three fronts.

Doinb's Yasuo was playing with a wind buff, and upon seeing that the mid laner was Renekton, he didn't hesitate to blow the wind towards Renekton.

Zhou Dian naturally dodged it with his movement.

Yasuo's long-range whirlwind attack wouldn't reach Zhou Dian.

It looks like Yasuo's whirlwind blew right next to the crocodile, which was a bit risky.

In reality, everything was under Zhou Dian's control. He was too lazy to take another step and just barely avoided the wind.

After dodging the gust of wind, the crocodile stepped forward to finish off the attacker.

Halfway there, the crocodile suddenly turned around.

He dodged Yasuo's Steel Tempest (Q) at the perfect distance.

Zhou Dian also had a very precise grasp of the casting range of Yasuo's non-whirlwind Q.

He dodged two Qs right away, and both times he used extremely precise movement to dodge them.

Some viewers might think there was an element of luck involved.

However, Doinb realized that Zhou Dian's dodging of skills was a way of giving him a warning.

Indeed, Zhou Dian wanted to demonstrate his mastery of Yasuo to put psychological pressure on Doinb.

In the top lane, after both top laners each last-hit two minions, Corki found an opportunity to steal a hit from Akali.

GimGoon reacted quickly, immediately using his Q to hit the plane.

The plane didn't bring Swift Steps in this round.

Otherwise, with the speed boost from Swiftness, after the plane finishes attacking Akali, it only needs to accelerate slightly to pull out of Akali's Q skill range.

However, it's not a big deal that the plane was attacked.

Akali's Q skill doesn't do much damage in the early game.

The plane quickly recovered from the small amount of health lost thanks to Doran's Blade.

The initial encounters between the mid and top laners were merely brief, a test of the waters.

However, in the bottom lane, the two bottom lane duos fought fiercely after their first encounter.

The bottom lane is no longer just about who is better at pulling and harassing; it's about who can better manage the situation.

It was a matter of life and death!

(End of this chapter)