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Chapter 385 Military Training Followed by a Hot Dance! Painful Torture!
However, the IG players don't see it that way.

"Damn it, what are they thinking?"

Ning cursed, "Could the enemy be planning to use their strong mid and jungle to invade my jungle, and then go to the top lane to mess with Shai?"

“Possibly.” Song Yijin nodded. “After all, Kshine likes this kind of play the most, taking control of the mid lane and then expanding to the side lanes. This is also EDG’s most frequently used strategy this season.”

IG's research on EDG is undeniably thorough.

After all, IG is confident of defeating other teams, but when facing EDG, they always lack confidence and are therefore spending a lot of time studying EDG's tactics.

But Yu Wenbo was the only one who felt uneasy. He didn't know why, but he always felt that EDG was targeting him.

But thinking about it again, it seems a bit strange.

After all, Jayce and Xin Zhao are the only two physical damage dealers in IG's lineup. Xin Zhao, as a jungler, can be ignored. In other words, IG's lineup relies entirely on Jayce to supplement their physical damage.

Jayce is one of the heroes who is 'very easy to kill'.

In League of Legends, some champions are so easy to gank when picked, like Jayce in the top lane and Caitlyn in the bottom lane.

Essentially, these types of heroes still need to push lanes and exert pressure; as long as they push lanes, they will inevitably be targeted!

Then TheShy is the kind of player who's 'dare to gank and dare to die'.

If Jayce collapses, IG's lineup will easily lack physical damage in the front line, making it difficult to win team fights.

"See? As long as we develop well, we won't be able to kite the enemy team in team fights."

Yu Wenbo said with a smile, "Brothers, let's do our best, crush EDG, and teach them a lesson!"

"Charge! Charge! Kill EDG!" Ning shouted along with him!

Both sides quickly entered Summoner's Rift.

After buying their starting gear at the fountain, everyone quickly rushed out of the fountain and ran towards their own jungle area.

"Hey guys, there are 3 audience members here today. You guys won't be so nervous that your hands will shake, right?" Holy Gun Bro started speaking in the voice chat beforehand.

"Get lost, get lost, who do you think you are!" Xiao Tian cursed. "Are we the kind of people who can't withstand a big test?"

"Oh? I thought you guys would be nervous." Holy Gun Bro continued to liven up the team atmosphere with a grin.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. Just follow our established tactics for the first game!" Wang Yao said with a smile.

"Wouldn't that be a bit cruel to Yu Wenbo?" Meiko's smile was harder to suppress than AK's. "Wouldn't we still have to comfort him after the match?"

"Him? He's got that 'dead pig doesn't care' attitude. Fine, go for it!" Holy Gun Bro was also spouting plenty of witty remarks!
That's right!

EDG's strategy wasn't actually about ganking TheShy in the top lane; their goal was clearly to target IG's weakest link!
Bottom lane!!
Maokai and other members of the coaching staff specifically compiled Ning's activity heatmap and jungle routes in recent IG matches.

Ning's games revolve around the top lane in 8% of the time. If he is on the blue side, he will farm normally from bottom to top. If he is on the red side, he will choose to quickly farm the three jungle camps in the top half of the map to reach level 3.

In short, Ning's jungle strategy is to make TheShy's game comfortable.

Unlike other junglers, Ning is not highly tied to the mid laner. He is more like Peanut in Season 6, highly tied to his top laner!

The main strategy is to play the top and jungle rhythm.

This allowed TheShy to shine in the Summer Split.

IG's top lane is known for its unpredictable presence; Ning is sure to be there within ten steps!

Every jungler who tried to gank TheShy in the top lane was counter-ganked by Ning.

"Holy Gun, this game is up to you. If you feel pressured, be sure to tell the brothers," Wang Yao reminded him. EDG's strategy sacrificed their top laner.

This means that in the early game, Flandre will have to face the combined pressure from TheShy and Ning in the top lane all by himself.

"No problem!" Flandre said confidently. "You guys can rest assured about the top lane!"

Wang Yao simply reviewed the game with his teammates and discussed the pre-game strategies they had prepared.

It's not that we can't compete with IG in terms of strength in the top half of the bracket, but it's too much effort to win this way. Targeting Yu Wenbo would be easier.

Anyway, Ning never takes the initiative to help the bottom lane, and he doesn't even want to help when the bottom lane is about to die. It would be a shame not to take advantage of such an obvious weakness.

With the minions coming online, both sides will officially begin their laning phase.

Wang Yao played very timidly from the start. His level 1 crocodile didn't even have any rage. To put it bluntly, he was even weaker than a super minion. He could only obediently hide in the back.

After the three melee minions were low on health, he used his [Bone Plating] effect to forcefully finish them off with his Q.

Meanwhile, the heroine used an AQA combo to trigger Electrocute and whittle down the opponent's health.

The mid-lane strategy is a very standard short-range vs. long-range strategy: let the lane go first, then wait to push back.

Otherwise, there's not much else to do. The crocodile itself can't lane against LeBlanc. The main reason for picking it is to gain lane control!
LeBlanc's biggest fear is that the enemy pushes the lane too fast, forcing her to use all her skills to clear the wave and preventing her from roaming to other areas to provide support.

"I haven't seen the role of Renekton yet. I've been thinking about it, and Renekton simply can't lane against LeBlanc. Unless LeBlanc actively feeds to him, Renekton will never be able to touch LeBlanc, right?"

The child was quite helpless.

"Don't be in such a hurry, EDG hasn't even executed their strategy yet." Miller remained calm.

"It mainly depends on the junglers on both sides," Wang Jide pointed out the key point!
This game.

Xiaotian's Taliyah chose to start solo from the blue buff in the top half of the map, then farmed the blue buff, wolves, raptors, and red buff to reach level 3, and then headed straight to the bottom lane.

In the bottom lane, lane priority is not clearly defined, and it is basically maintained around the mid lane. In fact, Ziggs pushes the lane more aggressively.

Yu Wenbo kept observing the minimap. Like Wang Yao, he had a habit of switching screens to look at other places, but he soon realized that his bottom lane partner was unreliable.

"Brother Lan, why did you place your vision in the river bushes? You should have placed it in the triangular bushes."

“That position is a bit dangerous. I think it’s more important to play it safe,” Baolan replied.

Yu Wenbo could only manage an awkward yet polite smile. Only he knew how difficult the entire season had been for him.

Having a burden to carry in the bot lane is no less challenging than having a female support in high-elo games.

I have to teach everything myself, not just the positioning in lane, but sometimes even the ward placement.

Aside from Baolan's team-up initiative.

Here, Taliyah walked straight down the wall from the tri-bush to the bottom lane, and by the time the IG bot lane duo saw her, it was too late!
"Damn! It's Taliyah!" Yu Wenbo immediately relayed the message to his teammates.

But he underestimated Meiko's decisiveness!
Alistar used WQ to target Leona in front of him, but flashed the instant he got close to her. A beautiful WQ flash combo knocked Ziggs into the air, and then he activated his E skill!
The Bomber has no resilience in the early game, and if the Earthshaker knocks him up first, Taliyah has plenty of time to follow up with her control abilities.

Use Q to deal damage first, then use W [Rock Smash] to pull the Bomber back, and then use E.

Kai'Sa immediately activated her E to accelerate forward, aiming to initiate with her W [Void Seeker] to stack her Plasma passive.

Yu Wenbo was speechless again.

(End of this chapter)