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

Chapter 236 Dog Head Bar, Brother is Overjoyed!

Just kidding!
The circle, which usually doesn't have many people and can even be described as somewhat deserted, is unusually lively today.

The moment NXG picked Nasus for top lane, the Oasis fans in the forum went wild.

Various live stream posts, discussion threads, and analysis threads emerged in droves.

"Hey, what is Lao Song doing? Why is he walking towards the red buff? He's lost a third of his health for nothing."

"Actually, the safest approach would be to go around from behind the second tower. Even if professional teams need to keep an eye on the red buff, Lao Song can avoid the harassment from the Spider and the Gravekeeper from behind."

"Has it been too long since Lao Song played with dog heads?"

"I'm under a lot of pressure, guys. With the jungler around, Yorick doesn't need to control his mana in the early game, and my Nasus can easily get whittled down by him."

"Hey bro, what should I call you? I didn't mind you calling me Nasus back in the forum, but now that I'm at the World Championship and there are so many new viewers here, remember to call me by my professional name."

"Yes, Mr. Desert Reaper."

The reason why the guys on the Doge forum are so excited is directly related to the fact that the NXG team and Song Yuan, the moderator of the Doge forum, have never picked Nasus in professional matches.

As we all know, while other hero players are complaining about how weak their heroes are and clamoring for the designers to buff their favorite heroes, only the guys in the Nasus forum remain calm and focused on figuring out how to withstand pressure in the top lane and what techniques to use to gain experience.

Because they always believed that as long as the great Oasis Living Buddha survived for twenty-five minutes and accumulated five hundred layers of Q, he would become the Desert Death God and be invincible.

what?
You're saying 500 floors aren't enough?
Then let's go up to a thousand or two thousand floors.

For Nasus players, they only blame themselves for not stacking Q fast enough, rather than complaining that the hero is not strong enough.

But this peaceful mindset was suddenly shattered this year by the team NXG.

I don't know when, but suddenly this rebuttal post appeared on the forum:

"Since you all think Nasus is strong enough, why has the world's number one team, NXG, never used him? In professional matches, teams that pick Nasus, whether they go top or bot, have all fallen before the 25-minute mark when facing NXG!"

"You know, their top laner is a master of Nasus, and I heard he's also the moderator of your forum."

Murder and kill!
This rant post really broke the hearts of the Dota 2 players.

We spend half a day studying techniques and half a day discussing tactics for development, and what's the result?
The fact that Nasus, the strongest Nasus player among us, has never been considered for use in professional matches proves that Nasus is not suitable for professional play.

It's easy to imagine how miserable the guys in the Dog Head Bar must have been this summer;

Imagine this: you finally get off work and want to play a game of Reaper of the Desert, experiencing the thrill of reaping the rewards of your hard work and saving the world in thirty minutes.

As a result, the holy land in their hearts had fallen, and the leader who once led countless Nasus players into battle had become a prisoner of the compromise of reality.

Nothing could be more devastating than this: a broken heart.

However, it all ended today.

The guys on the Doghead Bar are ecstatic! The Oasis Living Buddhas have finally ushered in their spring.

The forum moderator not only chose the dog head, but even used it in the semi-finals of the World Championship.

win!
Win!

We absolutely, positively must win.

In the Doge Bar, some players, if they have the means, sit in front of their computers, practically hugging the screen with both hands, their eyes never wanting to leave the game screen for a moment.

Those who were at work or unable to watch the live stream immediately for other reasons also stayed in the forum, waiting for enthusiastic forum members to share the live stream with text and pictures.

Right now, IG's top and jungle are diving the tower on Nasus, and everyone's hearts are practically in their throats.

Let's get this straight and strong.

The glory of me, the Grim Reaper of the Desert, rests in your hands.

"Hey, we see that both junglers are about to attack the side lane heroes at the same time."

"Vi is a bit faster than Elise, and the kid has Flash Barrier... Oh, NXG played a feint, the jungler charged up his Q to bait out Caitlyn's Flash, and then turned around and Q'd Sona."

"Killing Sona was the right thing to do. Early game, champions are not high level, and tower diving is risky. Supports are very fragile, and Zyra's burst damage is more than enough."

boom!boom!
After throwing three punches, Sona, whose mind was clearly focused on protecting her own AD carry, died under the tower because she couldn't use her skills immediately.

Upon seeing this, the director switched the camera to the upper half of the view at lightning speed.

As a top professional in the domestic e-sports circle, he knows all too well what the audience in his region wants to see.

Spider junglers are among the easiest to tower dive.

On IG's side, jungler Shadow initiated by tanking the tower, then followed up with a QAW combo, followed by Yorick moving into the tower, applying Ignite, and then using Q on Nasus to deal extra damage. He kept his W and E skills in hand to prevent Nasus from running away.

Faced with the combined attack of the two, Dog Head's health bar dropped rapidly.

However, at this very moment, Song Yuan, in the top lane position of NXG's player bench, had a bright smile on his face.

"It's good that you're arresting me. If you don't arrest me, I'll be itching with discomfort."

The mouse was moved twice in quick succession, making the hero in the game face the IG top and jungle. The shadow, transformed into a spider, bit down simultaneously and reminded Xiyang, "Retreat after you've used your skills!"

"it is good!"

Nasus has no mobility or hard crowd control; his only protection is the high slow provided by his W ability.

However, the one diving the tower right now is Spider, who has the E skill. Shadow isn't too afraid of Nasus targeting him, as long as the top laner doesn't go too far and can't pull out of the tower's range in time.

Wait, can't poop?

"withered!"

Beneath the tower, the wise man of Shurima raised his arm and threw it at the gravedigger who was swapping towers.

After unleashing his final Q skill, Xiyang intended to retreat, leaving the spider with only a sliver of health to finish off the remaining enemy.

However, the setting sun was horrified to discover that digging its own grave was proving to be extremely difficult.

"Damn, that bastard Lao Song leveled up W to level two!"

[Wither]: Reduces the target's movement speed and attack speed!

The effect provided by level 1 W is limited, so it doesn't have much impact on Yorick who has gained damage reduction from Ghoul. He can definitely survive two hits and leave the tower.

However, Song Yuan's positioning was already close to the blind spot behind the tower, and the additional movement speed reduction effect from level 2 W led to a miscalculation by the IG duo.

"The gravedigger took a bit more damage from the tower, damn it!"

Xiaoxiao shouted from the tower, "Although the Spider took down the dog's head, the Gravekeeper was traded. Ueno's tower dive resulted in a one-for-one loss, which is terrible."

Both sides were trying to overtake each other, but the rewards were completely disproportionate.

After Sona died in the bottom lane, the three NXG players clung to the bottom lane like glue, refusing to leave. They preferred to share the experience among themselves rather than let Kid's Caitlyn have a chance to touch the minions.

Even after Sona respawned and returned to lane, the three of them blocked the middle of the second tower, forcibly preventing Kid from farming the lane.

After the female police officer finally managed to use her long reach to take down a lot of NXG's health, the purple team immediately retreated, giving IG no chance to fight back.

Looking back at the tower, a wave of minions had been almost completely burned away. In just five minutes, the female police officer's last-hitting damage had been reduced by more than half by the plane.

The policewoman's figure is nothing short of "explosive"!
Even more critically, in this lane swap, the top laner Yorick only got one assist, and with his summoner spells being Teleport and Ignite, the resurrected Nasus was able to return to lane at lightning speed to farm experience.

A lead of 300 gold per kill plus minion experience... well, this is a hellish start.

In the audience, some fans who had supported IG since Season 2 had already closed their eyes in anguish.

Even though they knew before the match that there was a gap in the two teams' strength, they still held onto hope.
Who knows what might happen...

Looking at it now, it's clear that just from the initial tower dive exchange, the two sides were not even on the same level.

"Hopefully, Zz1tai can step up. Lissandra is still a great champion for setting the pace of the game."

attitude?
Lissandra?
Stirring up trouble?
Unfortunately, all I can say is, brothers, you're overthinking it.

With Ming Ge, a true Lissandra master, sitting in his own team, Zz1tai's temporarily expanded champion pool might have a surprising effect against some ordinary professional teams in the World Championship mid lane, but for him, he knows exactly which direction to place Lissandra's QWE skills.

There was no way around it; it was something I was forced into by being abused.

Only God knows how he was brutally beaten to a pulp by Doflamingo and his Black Team during the training matches.

In the mid lane, Lissandra's wave clear ability is slightly stronger than Orianna's in the early game. After all, as long as the angle of her Q skill is adjusted, it is not difficult to cover the entire wave of minions with one Q due to the extended distance.

Many skilled Lissandra players will utilize the Q mechanic in the early game to chip away at the opponent's health while farming minions.

However, due to Yihan's very careful positioning and the frequent bad news from his teammates on the side lanes, Zz1tai gave up the idea of ​​intentionally harassing Orianna and focused on dealing with the minion waves.

At five and a half minutes, Lissandra disappeared from the mid lane, and the NXG trio immediately abandoned their focus on the bottom lane.

"It's only polite to reciprocate, Stone, let's go to the mid lane and make some moves."

"it is good!"

When it comes to line switching operations, if NXG dares to say it's second, then no one dares to say it's first.

Just a moment ago, in the eyes of the audience, it was IG's mid laner Lissandra's roaming that took effect, helping to relieve a lot of pressure on the bottom lane.

To everyone's astonishment, NXG launched a counterattack. Taking advantage of the time it took for the AD to recall to base to replenish his items and return to the lane, the jungler and support rushed directly to the mid lane.

Zyra initiated with her E, forcing Zz1tai to reposition, and Piltover Enforcer followed suit, blocking the path of Ashe's Frost Claw with her giant fist, forcing Zz1tai to use Flash.

"Let me explain here. Although Lissandra's E looks like a skill that blinks from the starting point to the end point, it is ultimately a delayed skill, and there is a possibility that it can be interrupted by Vi's knock-up."

NXG also has a Clockwork that can land behind them to deal additional damage, and Zz1tai doesn't want to maximize losses by saving skills.

Losing a flash is always better than losing a flash, losing status effects, or even being forced to return to base.

"If Lissandra in the mid lane loses her Flash, then IG's bot lane needs to be careful."

Vi went back to base to clear the jungle, unequipped her items, and headed straight down.

"Wow, Pangpang's E was so accurate! It tied Kid and Xiao Wu up under the tower. The plane's burst combo reduced both of their health to half. It feels like we can tower dive now."

At 6:30, the NXG team gathered in the bottom lane.

The jungler Vi arrived first, and although Xiao Wu reacted quickly and ran back with the female police officer in advance, the position had already been occupied.

"IG's Spider is in the top lane, so he can only keep harassing Nasus, but let's see what IG's bot lane duo can do in the face of this tower dive."

"Knowing that your Sona has two summoner spells, Stone aimed straight at your Caitlyn... landed a Q, and the damage from that combo was extremely high. A good kid could take both hands off the keyboard."

The half-health Caitlyn, facing Vi who had already pulled out her small wooden hammer, didn't even need her teammates to deal damage; she soloed the kill on her own.

If Yihan hadn't reacted quickly and shielded Vi through the wall, she probably wouldn't have even gotten the assist.

Backstage, watching his team's bottom lane die so easily once again, Xiaoyan had a bitter smile on his face.

"It's even better than before!"

There's nothing we can do; the difference in strength is undeniable.

Faced with the all-out attack of NXG, IG was like a house made of paper, leaking everywhere.

Even if you know exactly what the opponent is going to do, if your teammates can't execute the plan and control the timing, you'll always be led by the nose by your opponent.

It's not that they chose a female police officer and then ignored the bottom lane.

NXG made a jungle swap at level 1, which forced Shadow's Spider to run to the top lane to gank Nasus, whether he wanted to or not.

Putting aside whether the counter-gank in the bottom lane is successful or not, the main issue is that his Spider has no jungle monsters to farm in the bottom half of the map.

In professional teams, it's not that you can't play if your jungle or lane is swapped. Rather, it's about knowing that the enemy jungler is in your half of the map and under such high pressure, and whether you can minimize the probability of things going wrong while still ensuring your own development.

Yes, it's not called avoiding, but reducing.

Just like Song Yuan's Nasus in the top lane, he was tower-dived in the first wave, but managed to trade two levels of W with Yorick, and with the clever use of Teleport, NXG made a fortune.

The second round for both sides.

On IG's side, the female police officer died, and the spider managed to keep the head of the enemy, but it was only the head of the enemy that was lost.

Without the slightest hesitation, Song Yuan immediately pulled up his pants and ran away, exchanging blows with the bottom lane duo as he returned to the city.

Pleasant to watch!

Watching the game, where the top and bottom lanes coordinated almost seamlessly with the minions, the commentators from various regions, especially the English-language commentary region, turned into enthusiastic fans of Jiang.

One amazing thing after another!

"Wow, man, even though it's only the semifinals, I think Riot can already engrave the team's name on this year's World Championship trophy."

"Haha, Mike, I remember you didn't really acknowledge NXG's strength at the beginning of the group stage."

"Hmm, he's been beaten into submission."

The young Danish man in a black suit looked like he was on a pilgrimage. "It's unbelievable. I thought that after the three NXG players completed the tower dive, they would choose to push the first tower or go for the dragon to increase the team's economy."

"But instead, they chose to swap Nasus to the bottom lane to farm... I feel like my IQ has been completely crushed!"

It's a very obvious and straightforward principle.

Unlike other champions, Nasus's need for gold is far less intense than his need for levels and Q skill stacks.

A dog with all the equipment but no level or tiers is nothing more than a giant punching bag in team battles.

Once NXG's three players take down the bottom lane tower, or choose to take the dragon and leave the top laner to fend for himself, then Song Yuan will only receive heartfelt greetings from the top, mid, and jungle players.

In contrast, given the current lane rotation, Nasus is in the most comfortable position to farm.

Eleven minutes in, just as IG was trying to use their jungler to switch to the bottom half of the map and pressure Nasus to stop the first dragon.

The duo that switched to the top lane suffered again.

(End of this chapter)