League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 216: A Glimpse of the Shadow!

The crocodile's backhand E caught three IG players off guard.

Not only did he dodge both Elise's E and Corki's Q, he also forced Sona, who was tanking the tower, to leave early, preventing the level 2 Sona from immediately using her slowing E.

When it was Spider's turn to tank the tower, Renekton used his second E followed by Flash to create distance, managing to escape back to the second tower with low health after taking damage from several heroes.

Big profit!

"problem occurs!"

Backstage, White Crescent slapped her thigh hard.

Jiang Ming nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yes, the top laners on both sides have already fallen behind in development."

When Rumble was forced back to base by Lee Sin's combo, he didn't even get a single minion's experience. On the other hand, Renekton, despite having to use Flash, managed to kill several minions that should have been under the tower using his E skill.

In professional competitions, the snowball effect often begins with details. The gap between the two sides widens not because one side has made a brilliant move or made a brilliant strategy, but because of the opponent's mistake or an unexpected choice. The foundation for the snowball effect is laid at this moment.

Four minutes later, Rambo, who had gone home to update his status, returned to the online game.

But Benjamin's Lee Sin didn't leave. After clearing the F4 camp, he returned to the top lane and kicked Rumble whenever he saw him. Caitlyn and Zyra also pushed forward in unison, preventing PDD from getting close to the minion wave. They were determined not to let IG's Rumble get experience.

Four minutes later, PDD is still at level one!
Watching the scene unfold in the game, many longtime IG fans felt like their hearts were about to jump out of their chests.

Fortunately, the current Parker is an all-star enhanced version of Sao Zhu, not the stubborn kid who would wail and complain that he couldn't play if targeted even slightly.

The good news is that because SKT was too focused on suppressing Rumble's development, their Lee Sin, who was always in the top lane, did not follow the duo lane to push towers like Shadow Elise did. In terms of tower pushing speed, IG was slightly ahead, and ultimately Corki and Sona were the first to take the first tower bounty, which can be considered to have reversed the economic disadvantage.

"The first few minutes were filled with intense fighting in the top and bottom halves of the map, but the middle lane was unusually calm."

After the first tower fell, the director finally switched the camera to the middle lane.

In Season 3, a season where the mid lane reigns supreme, this was a truly rare sight.

Bella frowned as she stared at the CS panel and analyzed, "Since the positions of the junglers on both sides are almost obvious, there is no pressure from the jungle, and Faker's Ahri has achieved the ultimate dominance."

"Well, that's true."

As a teammate, Xiaoxiao's commentary might be somewhat biased, but the difference between the two mid laners is obvious, and no matter how biased he is, he can't just lie through his teeth.

In less than five minutes, Fox had already taken a full twelve hits ahead of Gragas, and Gragas was completely empty of supplies. In contrast, Fox still had a healing potion in her pouch.

"Should I roam?" PDD, who had been anxiously waiting in the bushes for the minion wave and had been thinking about SKT's Caitlyn countless times, finally managed to control himself and asked his team's commander.

"Don't transfer, Lao Pu, just go to the top lane and farm." Xiao Wu's voice came quickly, putting PDD's mind at ease.

It's not that he can't handle pressure. During the All-Star training camp, Lao Jiang used all sorts of 2v1 and 3v1 tactics to train his ability to avoid ganks. The current PDD is no longer the ignorant fool he used to be.

Rumble is a champion who can't withstand pressure; without magic penetration items, he's basically useless.

Fortunately, Xiao Wu, who came from NXG, wasn't mentally impaired.

IG certainly can't compete with Caitlyn in terms of tower trading tempo. The combination of Corki and Sona is designed for lane dominance. If they continue to trade towers with the opponent, Caitlyn can quickly get through the early game weakness just by relying on tower economy.

More importantly, if he switches lanes to the bottom half of the top lane, the dragon is practically handed over, not to mention that the current minion wave status in the bottom lane simply doesn't allow Rumble to take any risks.

Even if Caitlyn Zyra doesn't sneak out to face them, Rumble will definitely be caught red-handed by the enemy mid and jungle if he dares to show his face against the long, snake-like minion wave controlled by Renekton in the river.

Okay, the truth is, in IG's tactical system, there has never been any reason to sacrifice the top laner to protect the AD carry's development!
Even if PDD himself were willing, KID would never agree.

If you don't let the three top players (Ue, Naka, and Ye) carry the game, and you expect them to fight tooth and nail, isn't that just ridiculous?
"Zitai, how's the mid lane?"

"attitude?"

"attitude!!!"

After several unanswered calls, Xiao Wu suddenly raised his voice.

He was so engrossed in the laning phase that he suddenly snapped out of it: "Huh? What's wrong?"

"Keep a close eye on the fox, don't let him easily go to the top lane to gank Rumble."

"it is good!"

The bottom lane is at least protected by turrets, but PDD, who just reached level two, is completely unprotected in the top lane.

Zhong Luzi wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Faker's Ahri put him under immense pressure.

As a melee champion, the opponent can always time their last-hit stalemate to use Q to harass. In addition, because the two are positioned relatively far apart, Ahri's magic orb is often at its maximum range, which means that Ahri has to take the second part of the true damage from the Trickster Orb as well.

Fortunately, after the first wave of equipment upgrades, the existence of the Chalice of Harmony provided him with some magic resistance and sustain, and as his Q skill level increased, the pressure in lane would gradually decrease. Zita, of course, was unwilling to admit defeat; the flames burning within him seemed to leap from his eyes.

They are all genius teenagers known for their skills.

I can't beat JM, that weirdo who likes to use his brain to play games, but I can't beat you?
Six minutes in, SKT made a completely different decision from IG. After the bottom lane tower was pushed down, Renekton did not immediately rotate to the top lane. Instead, he stayed in place and farmed a large wave of minions from Caitlyn before recalling to base.

Currently, Rumble is controlling the lane in front of the second tower. To prevent Renekton from having nowhere to farm later, Caitlyn has sacrificed a small portion of her economy for Da Mu.

During SKT's lane rotation, Shadow found an opportunity in the mid lane with Gragas. Shadow, who gradually got used to farming resources and playing a cary style, showed an unimaginable level of individual competitive ability.

No one expected that the person who would reveal such a strong killing intent when he made his move would be someone who was once criticized by IG fans as someone who was dispensable and invisible.

Jiang Ming is very satisfied with the IG team, especially the changes in the jungle position.

Although Comrade Xiao Wang paid the corresponding price for this, the sense of accomplishment he felt from teaching, imparting knowledge, and resolving doubts—a sense of self-realization that transcended both material and spiritual levels—was real and something he was deeply immersed in.

Compared to discovering an already outstanding contestant, it is obviously more valuable to unleash the potential of an inconspicuous marginal figure from the original timeline.

The "visible shadow" is by no means a trivial or insignificant thing that can be trampled on.

Instead, he should be a wild king who transforms into a ghost, omnipresent, and strikes fear into the hearts of his opponents.

Working together, the two used Ignite to severely damage the fox, forcing her to use a crucial Flash.

"Oh, what a pity!"

The three commentators in the LPL commentary booth were filled with regret, saying, "If Zz1tai's ultimate had been placed a little further forward, he could have knocked Ahri back and had a chance to kill her."

"All I can say is that Faker's reaction time is incredibly fast."

"Shadow and Posture still wanted to chase, but Fox had already retreated back under the tower with his three ultimates, and the Chicken had already arrived, so there was no chance."

When trouble breaks out in the mid lane, Benji, as the first generation of Cao Cao-style jungler, has a terrifying speed to provide support. Within 1,500 yards, it is no exaggeration to say that he can arrive at any time.

Failing to take action against Faker at the first opportunity essentially means there's no chance of further pursuit.

……

The final match of the S3 group stage seemed particularly strange to countless professional players.

Although neither side displayed many special tactics, the competitive state of both players on the field was so high that you could easily believe they were playing in the finals.

At 7:30, Bengi played a contrarian game. Considering that Ahri in the mid lane didn't have Flash and it would be difficult for her to fight a dragon, he abandoned targeting the dragon in the bottom lane and switched to the top lane to help Renekton gank Rumble twice.

After being hit by a flash in the first wave and then by a red-rage bite in the second wave, PDD had no choice but to take his hands off the keyboard.

First blood!

"Little dragon!"

Shadow glanced at the top lane and, unusually, proactively requested in the voice chat, "Zz1tai, come over here as soon as you finish pushing the lane."

"No problem."

SKT's jungler appeared in the upper jungle, and the bot lane duo had no turret protection, so they had more freedom to gank or control dragons.

Eight minutes in, IG secured the dragon.

Shadow also took advantage of the SKT bot lane duo's habitual thinking, invading the red buff area under the blue side's vision, seemingly to steal the red buff, but actually to circle around and gank. In the end, with the duo's tacit cooperation, they killed Fumando's Zyra.

The policewoman managed to escape only after she used her barrier to create a perfect escape route.

"Nice!"

"Wuhu, Shadow Niu Bi".

"Wow, bro, I used to say that Square Dragon was acting against me, but now it seems you're the real actor."

"If I had known I would give you more resources, the pace would have been so amazing, what's the big deal if I just endured some pressure?"

"No, I just happened to come across the right version."

Compared to other teams' junglers or their own laners, Shadow has an extremely high sensitivity to vision, although this keenness stems from a very painful and special experience early in his professional career.

Because in his past career, whenever his team fell into a disadvantageous position, he had to find resources amidst a barrage of vision control, and he also had to protectively give up a large portion of those resources to a few teammates.

His years of struggling to survive in the cracks of the jungle honed his unique sense of vision in the wild.
With each version update, the increased economic importance of the jungle has prompted a restructuring of the tactical system, which is like a long-trapped person being freed from shackles for the visible shadows.

The increased strategic value of the jungle means he no longer needs to sacrifice his own development as frequently as before, and can finally unleash his full potential in a wider tactical space.

(End of this chapter)